The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-27
SEARCH OF SUSPECTS
VIGOROUS ACTION TAKEN AT
PARIS TO SUPPRESS A ROYAL
IST UPRISING
PREMIER DUPUY ALARMED
Secret Warrants Issued Mt Midnight
on the Strength of n Report Sub
mitted by the Prefect of Police
Houses OF RoyaIists Searched and
Many Documents Seized--PrOtest
by the LeGitimfst Leader.

PARIS, Feb. 26.-In consequence Of
the placarding throughout the city Of
the speech Of the Due d'Orleans, the
Royalist pretender, recently delivered
in San Reno, and the seizure Of medals
and scarf pins bearing the pretender's
portrait, the chief of police was order
ed by the government to make a strict
investigation into the recent proceed
lngs Of the monarchist party.
Last evening the prefect communi-
Gated the result Of his inquiries to M.
Dupuy, premier and minister of the
interior, with the result that the
minister decided upon vigorous action
At midnight M. Cochefort, chief Of
the secret police, was summoned to
the prefecture and directed to prepare
seventeen confidential letters and sew
enteen warrants, which were handed
to seventeen police commissaries, au-
thoriZing a search Of the residences Of
suspects, particularly M. Guerin, man
ager of the newspaper Anti-Juif;
Messrs. Devaux, Buffet, Robert de
Chavely, Thiebaud, De Monicourt, Sec
retary to the Due d'Orleans; Debucc,
president of the Young Anti-Semites,
The confidential letters indicated
that the warrants aimed to discover
the existence of any political action
on the part Of the Anti-Semitic league
or it's relations with the Royalist and
Bonapartist committee, or with other
leagues
No incident occurred in the course Of
the domiciliary visits.
This morning M. Buffet, who rep
| resents the Due d'Orleans, vigorously
protested against the violation of his
domicile and declared that the Royal
list party will be- always conspicuous
even If threatened with Imprisonment.
Many documents were seized at M.
| Buffett's residence.
DOCUMENTS SEIZED.
Quantities of propagandist literature
and medals of the Duo d'Orleans, a
list of members of the Royalist COM
m1ttee and voluminous correspondence
were seized at the headquarters of the
| Royalist committee in the Faubourg St.
HonOre and at the residence of Comte
Sanhran de .Ponteves.
The officer who visited M. de Moni-
court surprised him just as he had
returned from Brussels with letters
from the Duo d'Orleans addressed to
Royalist personages, and instructions
from the pretender to his supporters
All these were Seized
M. Thiebaud expressed surprise at
the proceedings against him on the
ground that he belonged neither to the
Royal1st committee nor the Anti-Se-
| mitic league.
Altogether large quantity Of docu-
| ments were secured and placed under
seal. All whose residences were
searched denied the possession Of com
promising documents, but it is believ-
ed the raids will be continued.
In consequence Of an announcement
that demonstrations were intended to
be made at the Vendome column,
thirty agents Of the police were posted
In the vicinity today. About 8 o'clock
this afternoon people began to arrive
with bouquets of violets. Five who
threw flowers over the railing sur
| rounding the column were promptly
placed under arrest, although released
shortly afterwards on giving their
names and addresses to the police
Henceforth demonstrators will be al
| lowed to promenade with emhlems but
not to approach the column.
PRETENDER AT TURIN.
TURIN, Feb. 26.-The Due d'Orleans
arrived here this evening from Brus-
sells.