The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-13
NEWS In SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Resume of Important Events at Home and
Abroad Chronicled in the Issue o fMarch IL.

London.
The Kansas Legislature has practically
conelud ed its work, and will adjourn to-
Mrs. Anna Potter has announced her.
self O candidate for Mayor of Kansas City,
Kan.
Efforts are making to arrange an inter-
view between the Kaiser and the Pope next
month.
S. b. Stltt e. Co.. wealthy wooden man
u~facturers. of Philadelphia, have as
signed.
The Bessemer iron miners of Michigan
admit the formation of q pool TO limit their
output.
The Ulster opponents or home rule are in
earnest. They are trying 70 purchase
100. 900 rifles.
A convention of health officials has been
called for April 5 at New York to discuss
cholera precautions.
The payments of the CT llian indemnity
to sailors of the man-of-war Baltimore will
be closed up early this week.
Floods are doing heavy damage in Ne
braska,. Wisconsin. Michigan. New York.
Pennsylvania and
1t is said that 9 movement Is on foot
the brotherhood of Telegraph Operators.
The Chicago railroad men have been fore
warned and in case of q strike of switch
men say they have enough new men on
hand to run trains.
The treasury situation grows brighter
daily. Saturday q number of offers of gold
were received. much to the qualification of
the new administra ton.
Boston's three disastrous fires have been
rung In from Box 81. The figures as first
given as TO life and property loss have been
verified as about correct.
The Minneapolis City Council, by the
boiling of two Republicans. has a Demo-
cratic majority, and every Republican
Officeholder in the city is being "hred.h
In the Panama trial at Paris Nine. Cottu
testified to having been offered. In effect.
her husbands freedom as the price of dis
closures regarding compromising docu-
ments.
From the Second Edition Of the Sunday Journal
Minister Bourgeois Resigns.
PARIS, March 1l.-Msdame Cottn's evil
dence at the Panama trial to-day caused q
sensation In the court. She said that q
few days after the arrest of her husband
she learned that the government. annoyed
at tue turn the prosecution was taking. de-
sired to supDress it, and sought an interme-
diary bet een themselves and the Panama
canal directors. A gentleman named Gey-
ard visited her and offered to act In the Ca
pacity of intermediary. H3 informed her
that q true bill would not be returned if
the directors bound themselves to silence.
She wanted. however, to deal with q bet
ter authority than Nj. Goyard. She was.
on jar. 16, conducted to the office of M.
SoInoury. chief of the detective department.
who asked her whether she possessed any
compromising documents which might be
useful to the Ministry. III. %S0inoury did
not make any proposals In precise terms.
but she felt that the release of her husband
was being offered as q bride for the sur.
render of the compromising papers. The
conference at SoInoury's office lasted for
one hundred minutes. SOin0ury offered TO
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she could induce her husband to warn
Charles de Leseeps, who had already
spoken too much. Soinoury also asked per-
mlss,Ont to report the giSt OF the converse
ti0n to NJ. Loubet.
The testimony of Madame Cottu caused q
deep stir In the court room, and every body
eagerly awaited the action of the presid-
ing Judge regarding the revelations. Pre-
siding Judge Desjsrdins declined to sum-
mon Soinoury and others wanted as wit
nesses. and thus cut off this line of inquiry.
Nj. Descbamps, who had been mentioned
by NJ. AndrieuX as having communicated
with Anton in his behalf, testified simply
that he had none of Arton's letters in his
possession.
Nj. Andrieux, being again called to the
stand and questioned by counsel, declined
to reveal the identity of the famous X,
whose name had been erased from Here's
alleged list of bribe-takers.
NJ. Large, formerly Minister of the In
terror, declared that Charles de Lesseps
had menaced him with attacks in the news
papers. unless he would help the Panama
canal project. Charles de Lesseps arose
and denied having uttered any such
menace.
M. Soinoury. chief of the detective de-
parrment. had FASTENED to court of his own
accord when he heard of Madame Cottu's
statement. NJ. Soinoury took the witness
stand, and declared that Madame COttu
came to his Office voluntarily to ask per-
mission to visit her husband. Soinoury
Qvnrn nnatffualu that ha hoh raUar thvaof
ened. and had never attempted TO bargain
with Madame Cottu.
Madame COttu here arose, and repeated.
with energy. her declaration In words to
the effect that SoinOCry had asked her
whether she possessed any documents COM
promising Deputies on the Extreme Right.
This declaration caused O prolonged senea-
tion In court, and loud murmur were heard
on all sides. Nj. SoinOury seemed some
what Disconnected. On being pressed, he
admitted that merely our of curiosity he
had asked Mime. COttU whether she had any
documents involving Deputies on the Ex.
treme Right. The court then Adjourned.
| The greatest excitement prevails. At
half-past IL O'clock this Sunday morning,
NJ. Bourgeois. Minister of Justice. resigned
his office, and the news, coupled with the
J days exposure. has caused q widespread
| ferment in Paris.
M. Loubet, the former Premier, In an in.
terview tonight, made an emphatic state.
meDt to the effect that he had given no
orders TO S0in0ury TO procure any CON-
promising documents in the possession of
Nine. Cottu as the price of her husbands
| release.
At q session of the committee of ~investi-
CATION of the Chamber of Deputies, the
committee to-day refused to accept the
resignation of NJ. Henry Brisson as presi-
dent, and also resolved to summon NJ. Ribot
and NJ. Bourgeois to explain the measures
taken for the arrest of NJ. Arton, the al
legged go-between in the bribery of
Deputies. The committee also resolved TO
ask for the documents showing what had
Cornelius Herr. and for the facts relating
at large. 1t Is understood that the lack of
confidence indicated by the course on the
part of the commission of investigation
has had much to do with prompting the
resignation of NJ. Bourgeois. NJ. Bourgeois.
IN his letter to NJ. Ribot announcing his
resign alton, SAID that be resigned because
nj. Soinoury's evidence had failed to es-
tabllsh the fact that he had never author
lied any one TO approach Madame Cottu in
connection with the Panama case and he
felt that there was no alternative but To
resign in order to free himself from all sus-
piciOn.
Money Raised to Pay McKiniey's Debts.
CHICAGO. March 11.-Trustee Kohlsaat
has received enough money by popular
subscription to pay Governor Mckinley's
debts. anu by April ! every cent of the
$685. 600 liabilities will have been wiped out
with single dollars from individual Repub-
licans and $1,000 contributions by faithful
admirers. Not a cent of the Governors