Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-02
HIS DYING COUNSEL.
The Late General BOulanger Leaves
o Political Testament.
STILL CONFIDENT IN HIS CAUSE
Belgian Clergy Refuse to SOlemnize the
Suicides Funeral.
POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE DEEI


attend the funeral of General Boulanger,
which will be purely civil ceremony. The
clergy, under the instructions of the Arch
bishop of Malines, have definitely refused
to oficiate at the ceremonies. NJ. THE
baud and Deputies Laur, Dumontel and
Castelar, arrived in body in order to at
tend the funeral.
The remains of the General have been
placed in coffin, the outer casing of
which, in accordance with the desire of the
deceased, is an exact replica of the one
which contains the remains of Nine.
de Bonnemain.
The political testament of the dead gen.
eral was read to-day at private meeting
of his friends, held in the hotel in the Rue
Montover. The text of it is as follows:
BoULANGER'S POLITICAL TESTAMENT.
'This is my political testament: 1t is
my desire that it be published after my
death. / shall kill myself tomorrow.
am convinced of the future of the party to
which have given my name. 1 cannot
bear the frightful misfortune which befel
me 2H months ago. 1 have tried to get the
better of 1t, but have not succeeded. am
persuaded that my followers are so devoted
and so numerous that they will bear me no
anger for disappearing on account ofa sorrow
so great that all work has become impossi-
bic to me. Let them remember the maxim,
uno avulso non deficit alter, and may they
continue then to act against those who, in
scorn of all laws, force me to die for my
country.
Tomorrow shall be dead man. To-
day 1 have nothing to reproach myself
with. All my life l have done my duty and
nothing
to myself, but it is shame for my proScribers
those who sought to brand a loyal soldier
by the Judgment of political tribunal.
II desire to recall the fact that l have
many times offered to constitute myself q
prisoner II they would accord me common
law Judges. This the holders of power have
always refused. Thus, acquittai was not
possible.
WOULD DIE A SOLDIERS DEATH.
81 quitting life have but one regret-that
have not died on the field of battle, fight
ing for my country. That country, at least,
will permit one of its children, at the mo-
ment of returning into nothingness, to re-
call himself to the memory OF oil lovers of
la dTiTt Gatrie; +, Franco, v,vs 10 penu,,o, nons
and signed under my hand on the eve of the
day of my death. EARNEST BoULANGER."
Mime. Boulanger, who is living at Yer
sallles, was overcome with grief when in
formed of her husbands tragic death in the
short time after hearing the sad news, and
is at present very much depressed in spirits.
The suicide of General Boulanger is dis
tinctly recognized in Paris as victory for
the Republic, and an acknowledgment of
failure by the man who led the struggle for
its overthrow. A Berlin dispatch says that,
while nothing is said that commits high Off
cials to an expression. on the subject, the
news of the suicide was evidently not graft
flying il Government circles, it being looked
upon as the disappearance of a man who
tod his fafrr
France. In st. Petersburg, on the other
hand the news was regarded as that of a
French victory.
THE NEWS IN PARIS.
A cable dispatch from Paris says: Prac-
tically the only news feature Of the news
papers Of this city to-day is the suicide of
General Boulanger. Many members of the
so-called Boulangist party are convinced, or
say they are convinced, that General Bou-
langers retirement from France was due to
the influence of Mmc. Bonnemain had over
him, and whom they do not scruple to call
very hard names for what they term her
"cowardice" and love Of ease" But in
spite of these facts it seems to be certain
that Nine. de Bonnemain had received sup
life of General Boulanger was in actual
danger when she persuaded him to fly from
France.
1t is also admitted that though placed in
an awkward and difficult position Nine. dc
Bonnemain was both liked and respected by
almost all her intimate friends. Her devo-
tion to the cause of General Boulanger was |
absolute and unremitting, and he seems to
have fully recognized this, for when follow
ing her coffin to the grave General Boulanger
repeated somberly to three friends who ac-
companied him, ''She was all had left, and
now she also is taken from me-"
Boulanger said he desired to be buried be-
side Mime. de Bonnemain, with her photo
graph and a lock of her hair in the coffin
and his wedding ring on his finger. General
BouangerS secretary asserts that of late
his employer had had consunlptive, wasted
appearance with n hectic flush on his
cheeks. He says that during recent months
the General spent an hour daily in destroy
ing letters and papers