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port. Hasteningt the spot he found
Boulanger lying dead upon the ground
with a revolver clenched in his right
hand. A hasty examination of the body
showed that he had placed the weapon
to his right ear and fired. The deed has
caured intense excitement among the
followers of the dead general
both here and in Paris. The police, who
are now in possession of the suicides
lodgings, have not yet announced
whether he left any statement. 1t is
known that Boulanger's position, both
financial and political, had been getting
blacker and blacker of late. The future
held out no hope to him, and his re-
manning friends became as cold as they
had once been warm when it was seen
that the famous soldier was no longer
necessary to the welfare of France. OF
these things he was conscious and they
preyed upon his mind. To this is to be
added the morbid love or infatuation
which he felt for the late Mime. De
Bonnemain.
George Ernest Jean Marie Boulanger,
French ex-minister of war, whose suicide
in this city is announced, was born at
Rennes, in 1887. His descent on the ma
ternal side is Welsh. In 1855 Boulanger
entered the military college of st. Cyr and
was made sub-lieutenant in 1857 He
served under Marshal Ranolon in the
Kabile campaign. He also took part in the
Franco-Italian war, and was wounded in
the battle of Turbigo. In 1860 he obtained
his full heutenancy, and two years later
was promoted to a captaincy. He was
with Bazaine 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 a Observation-Disclosures
by the the government of national defense,
and fought at Champigny Nov. 80 to Dec
9. In 1880 he became brigadier general.
General Boulanger had disagreement
with M. Camelon. the resident general,
and was recalled. He held the war Office
appointment of director of the infantry
division and became minister of war in
1885. When M. De Freycinet resigned,
and was succeeded by M Goblet, Dec. 1885,
the general retained his portfolio; but on
the fall of NJ Goblet Boulanger's name
did not appear In the cabinet of M. Rou-
vier. The government having decided in
March 1888, to cashier the general by
,gurated q vigorous campaign against the
ministry. Vacancies shortly after oc-
Cured in the representation of the Bou-
logne and the Nord. Here he was re-
turned by $500 votes to B,570 polled by
the Opportunist candidate. In the Nord
hts triumph was still more remarkable,
the number of votes polled for him being
172,52S against 75,9 ,901 for M Foucart. and
9,647 for M. Moreau. This was on April
is, 1883, which, In manifesto he issued to
the electors, he declared would be marked
In the annals of the country as a date OF
true deliverance. Subsequently his popu-
larity waned for time. The generals
appearance in the chamber of deputies in
July, 1883, to demand o dissolution of the
chamber, gave rise to stormy scene. NJ
FloQuet made vigorous attack upon the
general, and in the alteration between
them General Boulanger exclaimed, "You
liep This led M. Floquet to demand sat
isfartion, and on July i3a duel was fought
between them with the result that
General Boulonger received deep wound
In the throat. After his recovery he ap-
peared fl8S9) as a candidate at the bye-elec-
tions in Paris, at the Nord, the Somme, and
was returned by large majorities The
patriotic league of which he was the head
was subsequently suppressed, and the
general was tried by the same on charges
of treachery. To avoid arrest he fled to
Belgium, then to London, finally return
Ing to Belgium and settling In this city
with his mistress, Mime. de Bonenemarie,
upon whose tomb he breathed his last.
She died in this city on July 16, 1891, after
having accompanied General Boulanger
in all his latest wanderings. She deyoted
an Inherited fortune of 81 ,500, 900 to the
furtherance of the generals political for
tunes.