Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-01
SUICIDE OF noULANGER.

The French General Shoots HimseIi at the Grave of His Mistress-Sketch of His Career.
 BRUSSELS, Sept. 30.-General Boulanger
 committed suicide to-day in the cemetery
 at Ixelles, one mile south of this city, on
 the tomb of Mime. de Bonnemain.
 The suicide took place about noon. Bou-
 langer stood alone by the grave of his mis-
 tress for some time. appearing to be deeply
 affected by sorrowful recollections. An
 attendant, who had respectfully remained
 at some distance, suddenly heard sharp
 report. Running to the spot he found
 Boulanger lying dead upon the ground
 with revolver clenched in his right hand.
 A nasty examination of the body showed
 that he had placed the weapon to his right ear and fired.
 Boulanger's position, financial and politi- cal, has, it is generally admitted, been get ting blacker and blacker of late. He had no hopes for the future, and his remaining friends were few and becoming colder as the once famous general dropped more and more out of public notice.
 General Georges Boulanger was born at Rennes, in Brittany, in 1887, was a military student at
 the First of aeeTa raears a a Bhdah In 1857, under General Bandon, he took part in the great Kabyle expedition, and was present at the attack on Irdietes Heights In 1859 his regiment was called to Italy, and at the Turbigo skirmish on June a bullet went s through s his chest This wound and his gallantry earned for him the Legion of Honor-an unusual distinction after only three years of service Re turning to Al. Africa; he was promoted to be lieu China in 1851, and he was wounded by lance at Iraidan: IT 1saa In 1893 he became captain, and at W St. cyr. There 0 he as rsmained ioaPuatn pntil three days after the declaration of war in 1870, when he was appointed chief of battalion
 Bouianger was in the army of Paris, and on November g, 1870, became lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Fourteenth infantry On tured by ball at the battle ot Champigny, and he was promoted to be an officer of the Legion of Honor. In January, 1871, while still suffering the One Hundred and Fourteenth infantry and received fourth wound in the elbow; was again of the Legion of Honor He then the One Hundred and Thirty third in fantry, was placed on the promotion list in 1872, 1880, when he becamesbrigadier general and took command of a brigade in the Fourteenth Army the French delegation at the Yorktown centen- nial in 1881, returning to France to take com 9d ns hs os h but returned nearly two years later as minister General Boulangers political life, which prac- uCaly began aS IululSUeF or war ID lSSb, was | one of extraordinary vicissitude and one which l kept him almost constantly before the public | He has been an occasional popular hero in | France and his peculiar methods gained for hem the title of 'Boulangism.' As a member 'f the chamber of deputies he was always az | yressive, and not always happy in his choice of l anguage. He took part in many bitter de | ,ate, and tried to force duel upon Jules Ferry | Or some sighting remarks on his con | tuct. In 1858 he was prominent through | lis demand for dissolution of the | ;hamber of deputies on the ground of | he necessity for a revision of the constitution which brought about the outbreak of a quarrel | which had long been brewing between the pre- | nier and himself. The debate embroiled the dis | ,utants in personalities in which General Boulan. ger proved to be the more apt. After a very | tormy scene, in which he called M. F1oqnet ssan mpudent liar," " he resigned his seat, and left the hamber amid the jeers of the deputies, who | promptly proceeded to pass vote of censure on jim. He fought duel with M. Floquet and was wounded in the throat. From that time he was ngaged iu agitation in an endeavor to become he leader of the French republic and he left no tone unturned to cOunpasS his desires