The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-10-08

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the general. who GEN. boCLANGEH.
had respectfully remained at some dis
tance from Nine. de Bonnemain's
tomb, suddenly heard . sharp report in
that direction. Rushing to the spot
the attendant found Gen. Boulanger
lying dead upon the ground with re-
volver clinched in his right hand. A
hasty examination Of the body showed
that the dead man had placed the
weapon to his right ear and fired the
fatal shot.
It lad been noticed by his friends and
associates of late that the general was
gloomy and nervous, but nothing had
transpired which would have prepared
them for the tragedy. During the
morning the general declined to receive
visitors and started for his customary
drive little earlier than usual. lie was
accompanied by his niece and his
private secretary. Upon reaching the
cemetery he left the carriage and
entered the burial place alone
His companions remained in the
carriage outside as they had
frequently done before on sim
liar occasions. They had no reason
to suspect that anything unusual was
about to occur, and as they did not
hear the shot the first intimation they
had of the tragedy was given them by
the cemetery keeper some time after
the body had been found. The keeper
had been summoned to the spot by
some workmen who heard the
shot. He was the first to touch
the corpse and upon turning the body
over he at once recognized the face as
that Of Gen. Boulanger. When the
generals niece was informed of what
had occurred she tainted. The corpse
was pla ed in the carriage and
conveyed to police headquarters,
whence, after the proper rec
ord had been made, il was
removed to the late residence of the
deceased The French minister to
Belgium was promptly notified and
transmitted the news by telephone to
the foreign Office in Paris. The news
spread quickly throughout Brussels
and crowd speedily gathered around
the house where the body of the gener-
al lay.
The affair has caused great exotic
ment in the city and some commotion
among the generals followers in Paris.
The police and the dead mans friends
here have taken possession of his
lodgings. and they have not an
nounced if he left any statement
The generals position, financial
and political, has, it is generally
admitted, been getting blacker and
blacker of the recent months He had
no hopes for the future and his remain
ing friends were few and becoming
colder rs the once famous general
dropped more and more out of public
notice. There is no doubt that the gen.
eral was conscious of these facts and
Coupled to this was the morbid love or
infatuation which he had for his dead
mistress, to whom he was un-
doubtedly greatly attached, as evil
denced by his renouncing what might
have been an important political
career in order to fly with her from
France. 1t is an open question as to
what would have happened in France
had the general chosen to face imprison-
ment and possible political upheaval
instead Of preferring the safer sum
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Gen. Boulanger came to this city
from London few months ago. Re-
Gently he had not occupied his former
gorgeous residence on the avenue
Louise, but owing to reduced means
had been compelled to live in a small
hotel, where his apartments were diff
ferent from those he had been accus-
toned to as general in the French
army, - minister of war or rs friend
of Nine. de Ronnemain.
NINE. de Bonnemain has been known
as the mistress of the dead general.
She accompanied him to England, after
his fight from France, and early in
July last she was dangerously i'll
in Brussels, suffering from con.
sumption. A Paris physician went
| expressly to treat Nine. De Bon
nemain by q new system. consist
ing II inoculating the person affected
with the germs Of phthisis with gaya-
col, which is obtained from creosote.
However, in spite of the efforts made to
save her, Nine. de Donnemain died
during the evening of July II.
Nine de Bonnemain, at the height
of Gen Boulanger's career, two or
three years ago, lived in the Rue De
Berri, Paris, where she was continual
! " visited by the general Spies kept
track Of their movements and soon
!, discovered that the two persons
referred to were very inti-
mate. Nine. Boulanger was informed
of these facts. but refused to apply for
. divorce. 1t was greatly through
Nine de Bonnemain's favor that Gen.
Boulanger was able to carry on his po-
litical intrigues, for madame had inher-
tied fortune of S1,50O,00O, all Of
which sum she devoted to the cause of
i the then popular leader.
To such an extent did Gen. Boulanger
carry his infatuation for Nine. De Bon
nemain, that when the French govern
ment determined to arrest him, he
could not be persuaded to pose rs q
martyr before the French people by
going to Jail, preferring to fly with his
mistress from France to England, and
eventually to Brussels, where they
both met their death.
Revelations made by NJ La Guerre,
the well-known Boulangist member OF
the chamber of deputies, subsequent to
Cen Boulanger's flight, show that he
hSd held friendly relations with