The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-10-14

PANS. Oct. BIT is announced that
A., Ja,ahters OF tho late General
I,,,,rrrr, who committed suicide on
csn,.mber 70, ly shooting himself, will
,,n,c., four of the clauses Of his will.
~r.cypcctcl that the legal proceed
,r,. vjil result in the development Of
,nnc interesting evidence regarding tho
Jr,I mans inner political and private
affairs,
4 retired liplomatist who was on in.
,;,pg,e terms with General Boulanger,
ciycs an interesting account OF q con.
,cr.g.ion Which he had with him dur.
inn bi5 ll.! VISIT 10 Brussels some weeks
a,o, lie had not seen the ex-Ministcr
NJ War since the death OF tho lady to
whom lie was so dcyotedly% attached,
and he was quito appalled, at the change
.Ir, bql come over him, So far rs his
personal appearance was concerned,
i6crn w.. nothing TO indicate the in
,"nsr suffering TO which he was 4 prey.
I,c s,ilI looked wonderfully Young for
lis years. 1t wIJ tho moral collapse
which struck his visitor 80 painfully.
Iiis mind seemed completely unhinged.
jnnI,npr threw himself weeping
Violently into the arms OF his friend,
and il was some time ere II word was
uttered Oh either side. Then as
Ln rr5w calmer his visitor tried
ia console him ior his loss
iy speaking OF the possibility Of his re-
Joining her, whom he had loved SO well,
IN another world. The General inter-
mpied him suddenly with the question
whether he believed in another life,
pvl, On receiving Al emphatic reply in
tAc Affirmative, exclaimed, "For my
,art, | do not believe in it. or in any
iAinr." Then, us his friend proceeded
10 argue the point, he cried that all this
coall not pc true, and that il was folly
10 imagine that men could ever see
a.ain those loved ones who had been
taken from them. As his intcrlocutor
persisted, he rose, and looking him
Straight in Tie iacc, while he held his
arms, said that ii he thought for q mo-
mcu, .bu1 he would cvcr again behold
the woman whom he had loved he
would kill himself OF the spot-hc gave
him his 8orI OF honor that he would
us lie could no. understand a person
situated like himself surviving such n
Bereavement. lie knew that there were
homes, folk who still rcckoncd on him,
so he world 10 all lie could to conquer
h:s grici. lie would struggle 10 the
bitter end, but he did not succeed. tant
yE Ills visitor having cndcavorcd to
convince him that suicide was opposed
to every moral law, and that 4 man OF
hi stamp ought not to give way to such
%iocijngs, Boulangcr exclaimed, I'll only
thpT" We're fighting somewhere | should
70 d! At once That idea met with
,hcapproyaI OF his interiocutcr, but then
cane the objection that everything was
quiet, in met, that L dead calm pre-
vailed along the whole line. well,
there may possibly be something in
Bulgaria" cried the General. al COM
pjica.lona were to occur in that quarter
that would be my dream" The retired
diplomat, however. maintained his
opinion that the Gar was all ior peace,
and, after rcmariing that the General
could not play the part oil 4 condoficre
in South America, advised him 10 wait
patiently lora favorable opportunity OF
further distinguishing himself. As he
6aic him farewell at the end OF the
day GouIangcr told him to rest assured
that he would do all he could TO live on,
but ii he Jailed, Ell! bien. A
lIgrace dc Dieu!"