Morning journal and courier., 1893-01-14
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
From All Quarters.
IMPOSSIBLE OF SUCCESS.
Further Disclosures of the
Squandering
Of The CANAL G9M'ANY'S Money.
Senators Discuss the Anti
Options Bill.
YOUNG WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
Iowa Central Passenger
Train Derailed.
YOUNG WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH
THE PANAMA TRIAL.

/ uIlheT 81 the Fanam
Corruption-M. de Lesseps Aware o
the CoInpany's Financial Dimc ultie
-COntractors Extorting Exorbitan
Sums in Turn Compelled to Pa,
Heavy Commissions.
PARIS, Jan. 13.-To-da was the fourtl
day of the trial of NJ Charles de Lesseps
Baron Cottu and NJ. Fontane and N. Eiffel
and, as on the preceding days, the cour
room was crowded.
| A number of witnesses were called K
show that at the time the rosy reports wer,
being made by the canal company the of
ficials had full knowledge that the repor
was untrue and that the difficulties tina
were brushed aside on paper as though
| they were nothing were known by de Les
seps and others to be insurmountable.
The first witness, Captain Frasse, testi
the seriousness of the difficulties that were
being met with were hindering the execu
ton of the enterprise.
Captain Frasse said that after he went
to the isthmus he saw at once that success
| was impossible, and that money was being
| squandered recklessly upon men whose
| aim was to get as much IS possible without
doing the work which they had agreed to
| do. He became discouraged and soon re-
| turneQ TO france.
M. Retault, shareholder in the canal
| company, testified that he formerly had
| unbounded confidence In NJ. de Lesssps,
| which led him to make large investments
in Panama stock.
NJ. Retault desired to read number of
documents to show that the newspapers
and members Of the chamber of deputies
had deceived the public as to the real con :
dition of the company, though they knew
that it was swindle.
President Perivier stopped him, saying
that the court wanted personal and not
hearsay evidence.
The next person to be examined was NJ
Hyeronimus, the chief accountant Of the
Panama Canal company. He was ques-
toned at length by President Perivier in
regard to the Borz Anonymes. M. Hyer-
onimus declared that he thought the course
followed in the matter of these bonds was
adopted in order to keep the names of those
who received them from the Off ials of the
company.
Uron receiving this answer President
Perivier remarked: when people are act
ing uprightly their proceedings are not sur
rounded by such mystery"
Further questions were put to the wit
ness, but he gave evasive answers and 1t
was evident that he was determined to cay
nothing that would compromise the COM
pany. He insisted that he knew nothing
of the company's operations. Though
President Perivier and NJ. Tanon, the pub
they failed to elicit any information that
would throw light on the methods pursued
by the company.
M. Etienns Martin, once chief secretary
of the canal company, described with gusto
his experience while in office, and the
scorn he felt for the methods of the direc-
tors.
NJ. Odell, city councillor and stove manu-
| facturer, testified that he had received
| contracts from the Panama canal and he
had followed its course closely, as he had
been rather heavy shareholder. He had
| bsen obliged to deal with several agents in
| obtaining each contract. They all demand
| ed commissions. The rate was 60 exorbit-
ant that he inferred the company was being
| plundered, and he therefore sod al
his Panama shares. III. Lsndrobie, who
| examined the books of the Panama COM
psny in 1889 and wrote pamphlet about
them, gave his opinion that excessive
| amounts were paid TO contractors for work
TO be done. The compensation for cancel
| lation of contracts also had been exorbit-
ant. NJ. Reynier, the canal company Z
| cashier, made a statement as to the eI
/ penses of issues of loans. Careful ques
| tioning as to the names on the vouchers
that he signed ELECTED only the reply:
| do no know "Who received the voucher
for 100000 francsr was asked by the
judge.
| 81 do not know"
| "You do not know? That is strange. II
seems to me 1 should have been more in.
quieitive if had been in your place"
M. Boutard, the next witness, Is CHIEF
i a. &c hn Sro1 Hn on,
trusted with psrt of the press fund used
by the Panama company, but when ques
toned he professed to have forgotten the
| names~of all the recipients, as we'll as the
smounts..disbursed by him. Judge Periviel
| remarked that he had very peculiar
| memory.
Charles de Lesseps was recalled to ties
| tify IS to the bonds payable to bearer Is
sued by the Panama Canal company. HI
was white and haggard, his eyes wer'
b,oodshot and he spoke apparently will
difficulty. He heeitatsd repeatedly ant
often sank mis- voice 80 that only person.
within few yards could hear him. HI
explained that of some /, 100000 francs II
bonds Bons an Porteur 375, 900 france
| went to NJ. Bsihut, then minister of pub
lie works and 600, GOO francs to Corneliu
Herr. The rest Of the money was dis
tributed in small amounts among man,
| persona.
NJ. Flo1y was recalled. He ssid:
"Charlee de Lesseps told me that he CAV
NJ. ObeIndoeaer large sums to reward hin
for suggestion Of the lottery plan and pre-
vent him from speculation on the bours
against the interests of the canal com
psny."
Engineer Pisch of the Commentrye Irol
works said that the canal company wa
J struggling constantly against the most out
rageous demands of the contract ors.
NJ. Martin declined to modify or with
draw any of his testimony.
The Panama commission to-day decide
! to aek NJ. Frarqueville, the examinin
magistrate, to press Charles de Lesseps fo
the names of payees of the anoDymeu
checks drawn by the canal company. Thi
means that the pursuit of those implicate
, | in the scandal is not to be relaxed
and that the commission is dete1mir
ed to secure evidence that will lea
to the punishment of all concerne
| in the frauds. 1t is believed II. Franou,
Vile will find means to compel all hsvin
: guilty knowledge of the affairs of the con
pany to tell sll they know. The liquidt
tor of the estate Of the late Baron d
Reinach has placed at the disposal of IL
commission the counterfoils of the CHECK
given to Be,z by Anton. NJ. Anfroy, Ii
banker, has handed to the conmi
sion tie Arton check. The liquid'
tor of the dynamite company tol
the commission that Arton's abb
ity had been greatly exaggerated
10 the reports purportinR to describe hin
He was merely clever. He had, howeve
:, absconded leaving shortage of nearly f'
million francs. On Monday the commi
! sion will question NJ. Tettische #, the Par
representative of the Russian newspap
Novoe VIemys, as to the identity of Il
payee of the check for Eve hundred tho
+ sand francs that 1t is reported was paid
the Novoe Vremys. j % rumored that Il
INQUIRY in Baihut's c, , is ended and tn
, he will be next charged before the sssizs
q the chamber Of deputies, with giving
privilege of sitting as high court Of ju
tice for his trial
The two deputies appointed BY the Pan
a ma commission to search the Office of
Proper, business associate of Baron
T. Reinach, seized many of Baron de Reinscl
papers Mention of several contractors
made in these papers, but the desired g
against deputies is missing. A bank
n | testified before the commission Ii
many checks drawn by n. Art
In favor of a conspicuous Boulang
deputy hsd passed through his hands 7
D.. commission appointed two members to .
~ anime the books Of the late NJ. Bsrbe, 8,
ator and minister, whose receipt for 60
600 francs "for the Panama affair" Y
found In papers of Baron dc Reinach.
Tauops aava that the Az aiming maRiatr