The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-10-01

htates at the head of the French officers at
tending the Yorktown celebration.
General Boulanger's political career began
when he entered the De Freycinct cabinet ana
was made minister OF war. His policy WA
energy and reform, and hc pushed forward
preparations to securing his country's reveng'
on Germany. On the fall Of the Goblet min
fstty he wan ordered 10 retlreifrom Paris This
wAsexoeedingly gsllins to him And he dis
ctcyed the order. With .hs result 81 his eeius
dismissed from bis command.
Gradually General 3oulaEgef became ths
hope OF the Tevencha, or revenge party OF
France. AZ ths election OF 1888 the general
was elected q member of she chamber for tie
derattmeat Of ths NORTH by l72sgs votss
against 81, s0 for MS N ost .uceessful oppcnent
He made frequent demonstT atoms aaainst this
government, all Je.u!ilng tr hsscos. 6tung 5V
cefeat he nsuited NJ Fioqret il the ohamosf
Of deputies. calling him "an tmp1dsnt hst
and duel was fought, the general being se.
vetelS wounded ip the neck 1t WAS tt :Gis
Ieticd Of his career that General Boulanges
was the ideal OF certain section OF the French
People, which popularity was :eatly yernAEeea
by The famous BouiAuGer March
Then came the iurn OF the tide the doiiset
general was cha ged with s.rfopriatiag $50.
~ OF public moneys toi n!J cwn pr5pa4
end hc eventually fed 10 Brussels. Th.I
seemed to be the beginning Ct ihe cad :or
what had seemed dangerous torra zion ct
'aoulsasisn." The a4nsrents Of the b,svs
reaerai' gradually dropped oil and the seax.
t=e5 general tosx Iefase 10 the sand OF !sr.
fey siace then he mas been back 10 Parts.
sGi hao,ng no Political prestige pre.en. OF
Ifoniissd, he has tot tho rss, year disappeared
from tho pc.itioA horizon OF France.
Nine. de Bonremain has 5een known as tie
mistress Of BoG,ahger. She accompanied Aiui
U Arg.acd after mis- flght rom France srJ
early In July .ast she was dangerously NJ in
EfIssels suffering from consumption. She
died curing ,hs evening OF July Y.
Nine. ce Bornemair at the height OF Geo.
crRl Boulanaer's career two or three years
ago, liked In the Rue do Beeri. Paris, where
she was continually visited by the general.
Spies kept track of their movements and Nine.
boulanger was informed of tnelr Intimacy,
but refused TO apply for divorce.
1t was greatly through Nine. de Bonne-
mains favor that General Bouianger was able
10 carry on his political iutrigues, for mad
anne had Inherited fortune OF Si,5OO,0O0, all of
which sum she devoted to the cause Of tho
taeu popular leader.
To such an extent did General Boulauger
carry his intatuation for Nine. de Bonnemain
that when the French government determined
to arrest him he could not be persuaded to
pose as a martyr before the French people by
going to jail, preferring TO fly with his mis-
tress.
Revelations made b. NJ. Laguerre the well
known Boulaugist member Of the chamber of
deputies, subsequent TO General B0ulanger's
fislt, show that he had held relations with
tAe Count de Paris, with Prince Jerome Ma
po,son, md that the Duchess d'Ules, one OF
the most ambitious and activo members of the
Royalist party, had spent 3,t0O.0Ol francs in
advancing the cause OF the man who has just
taken his own life.
Lord Randolph Churchill, the Marquis do
Brucill, und the sou-in-law Of the Duchess
d'Uzes. the Due de Luyndes, were also at the
time warmly interested in General Boulan-
gor's fortunes,