Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-08
GEN. BOULANGER.

the future. and his remaining friends
were becoming colder as the once IA
nous general dropped more and moro
out of public notice. There is
no doubt that the general was
conscious of these facts and
that they preyed upon his mind.
Coupled with this was the morbid in.
fatuation which he had for his dead
mistress.
Revelations made by NJ. Laguerre.
the we'll known Boulangist member Of
deputies, subsequent to Gen. Boulang-
er's fight, show that he had held re-
lations with the count of Paris and
with Prince Jerome Napoleon, and
that Duchesse Dues, one of the most
ambitious and active members of the
royalist party, had spent So. 600, 900 in
advancing the cause of Boulanger.
Lord Randolph Churchill. Marquis de
Breutil and the son-in-law of Duchesse
Dues Due de Lyunes, were also at
one time warmly interested in Gen.
Boulanger's fortunes.
Nine. de Bonnemain has long been
known as the mistress Of the dead gen.
eraL She accompanied him to England
after his fight from France, and early
Al a ILL., ldSC oiIC " do Ill La
Brussels, suffering from consumption.
A Paris ply sician came here especially
TO treat her by new system-inocu-
lating the person affected with the
germs of phthisis with guiacol, OBJ
tanned from creosote. However, in
spite of these efforts, Nine. de Bonne-
main died on the evening of July II.
It was greatly through Mime. de
;r,S 70 hot
was able to carry on his political in
fortune of $780, 900, all of which she
popular leader.
DOULANGER'S CAREER
George Ernest Jean Marie Boulanger,
French exminister of war, was born at
Rennes in 1887. His descent on the maternal
side Welsh In la51 Boulanger entered
the military college of st. Cyr. and was made
sub-lieutrnant in 49,. He was under
Marshal Il tlanOn in the Kabyle campaign.
He also took part in the French Italian war
and was wounded in the battle
OF Turbigo. In 1860 he obtained his
full lieutenancy and two years
later was promoted to a captancy, having
in the interim seen service in Cochin China.
just before the war of 1870 he became major.
He was with BaZ line at Metz. but by some
means escaped the fate of Bazaine's army
and made his way back to Paris. He was
then promoted to lieutenant colonelcv bv
the government of national defense and
fought at Champigny (NOvember 20 to De-
cember D.
It was min lister OF war that Boulanger
achieved his great success and mounted to
the topmost wave of popularity. He seemed
TO have executive ability of a high order and
devoted himself. heart and soul. to better
ing the army of the French. This led to
trouble with the ministers.
When the LimouSin scandal broke upon
Paris like a thunder clap Gen. Boulanger
commented very freely upon the war min :
ister's conduct and WAS imm ed lately ordered
nnder close arrest for thirty days at his own
headquarters. The government having de.
rided in March. IS g. to cashier the general
by placing him on the retired list. he in
augurated n vigorous campaign against the
ministry. Vacancies shortly after occurred
in the representation for BOulOgne and
the NOrd Here he was r. turned by So 500
votes to Is, 80 poiled bv the opportunist can
ddate. In the Nord his triumph was still
more remarkable. the number of votes
pOlled for him being l72s2S against IS SOL for
NJ. FOucart, and 9,541 for NJ. Mores. This was
on April Is, 1889.
subsequently his popularity waned for a
time. The generals appearance in the
chamber of deputies in July. 1883, to demand
stormy scene. NJ Floquet made a vigorous
attack upon the general. and in the aIterca.
fiOn between them Gen. Boulanger ex.
claimed: you will seer' This led NJ.
Floquet to demand satisf tction, and on July
~ a duel was fought between them with the
result that the general received q deep
wound in the throat