Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-10-08

full leutenacy, and two years later was pro-
NOTED to a captaincy, having in the
interim seen service in Cochin, China.
just before the war OF 1917 he became
major. He was with BaZaine at Metz,
but by some means escaped the fate of Ba-
zaine's army and made his way back to
Paris. He was then promoted to a licuten
ancy colonel by the government of national
defence and fought at Champigny Nov ember
20 to December 2. After the suppression of
the commune, Boulanger's newly attain ed
promotion was quashed by the grade revis-
ion committee, but was restored to him in
1874. In 1889 he became brigadier- general.
Being appointed to the command of the
army of occupation of Tunis, Gen. Boulan-
ger had disagreement with NJ. Camleson,
the resident general, and was recalled. He
chen held the war Office appointment of
director of the infantry DIVISION and became
minister of war in 1886. When NJ. De Frey
cinet resigned, and was succeeded by A.
Goblet December 1880, the general retained
mis- portfolio. but on the fall of NJ. Gobltt
Boulanger did not appear in the cabinet Of
NJ. Rouvier. Soon after this the general
was dispatched to Clermont- Ferrand to
take command of army corps,
ceiving a great ovation at Paris
Giis departure. When the LimOusin
scandal broke upon Paris like u
thunder clap, Gen. Roulanger commented
very freely upon the war minister's con
duct and was Immediately ordered under
close arrest for thirty days at his own
headquarters. The government having de 6.
cided in March. 1888, to cashier the general
by placing him on the retired list, he in
augurated vigorous campaign against
the ministry. Vacancies shorty
after occurred I'm the representation
for Boulogne and the Nord. He was ro.
tured by $500 votes to $3.50 polled by the
opportunist candidate. In the Nord his tri-
umph was still more remarkable, the num-
Der of votes polled for him being I72,52s
against 75,90l for Mr.. Foucart, and s,6i7 for NJ.
Moreau. This was on April 10. 1887, which, i'll
manifesto he issued to the electors, he
declared would be marked in the annals
OF the crusade of true deliverance. Sub.
sequently his popularity waned for time
The generals appearance in the chamber OF
deputies in July. 1883, to demand a dissoIu-
tion of the chamber gave rise to n stormy
scene NJ. Floquet made a vigorous attack
upon the general, and in the alteration be.
tween them Gen. Boulanger exclaimed.
''You will see." This LED NJ. FoQuet to de-
mand satisfaction, and on July - Il duel wa3
fought between them. with the result til as
the general received deep wound in tina
throat
After his recovery he appeared (lss9) as q
candidate at both elections in Paris at the
Nord, the SOmmo. and Charent Inferiui, ana
was returned by large mnjorities. Tho
Patriotic league, of which he the head,
was subsequently suppressed AMI the ger
erRl was tried by the senate on the charge
OF having, while minister, appr+-
priated 10000 of public money for
purposes of his own propaganda He
found guilty. To avoid arrest he fled, first
TO Belgium, then to London, where he az
rived April "a. The general was elected as
the general election (September) for Mont
macra, by a small majority, over NJ Joffrin.
but the election was annuled The general
then retired to the island of Jersey, and later
removed to Brussels, where he rented TIE
palatial residence formerly occupied by the
Austrian ambassador
Mime. De Bonnemain. the generals
mistress, upon whose tomb he breathed
his last, died in this city on July 10,
1891, after having accompanied Gep.
Boulanger in all his late wanderingS
She devoted an inherited fortune of
81, 500, 900 to the furtherance of the
generals political fortunes.