The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-22
ABOUT wELL-KsOwS PEOPLE.

The blackmail scandal involving the dis
appearance Of n. Bulox. editor OF the
ReFxe dss Dear 1eadss, hes quite dared
Paris high society. His famous academic
salon il. OF course. closed forever. Future
academicians must seek another open
sesame to the sacred precincts of the high
est temple Of art and scienceL The first
chamber Of the civil tribunal has decreed
separation between Bulox and his wife.
1t the instance Of the latter. The divorce
proceedings we're not public, and such de-
tails - have been obtained of the affair
have been gathered with much difficulty.
The most scandaious feature, according to
most Of those Who discuss ii, IS not the
moral delinquency of n. Buloz. but the
fact that he has been blackmasled out Of
immense sums Of money. Charles Buick
- . maR OF ~. HIS head, once covered
with light hair. 10 bald His eyes are blue
and his manner timid. He 10 . brother
in-law Of Edouard Pailleron. Nine. Buiex
- large, dark-haired, and has powerful
and intelligent but not captivating fea-
tures- She l. daughter Of Dr.. Rchst, and
became the wife Of Buloz in 1873 The
known facts are that number Of young
women Of striking appearance held re-
peated and prolonged conferences with NJ.
Buloz in his editorial room. The confer
snces were Of . strictly private character
and resulted in NJ. Bulox signing notes for
100000 francs ($l2O. 0oo) for the benefit Of
one Of his female interviewers. These
papers fell into the hands Of Nina Buloz,
who takes an active part in the direction
Of the Revue. She confronted her hus-
band with them and frightened him so
much that he fed from Paris and has not
yet been seen in public places. Nine.
Bu!oz remains IA possession Of the house
hold. It 10 said that she received an inti-
nation from . friend Of her husbands
ways Of life. and then began the vigil
which resulted in the discovery Of the
papers NJ. Buiox was the victim of con-
spiracy similar to that from which Ad-
mirai de Marquessac suffered. His indis-
cretions are sufficiently indicated by the
statement that they would make plot for
. modern French novel. The house of NJ.
Bulox Was at Is Rue de pUniversite. It
was the principal salon in Paris. The
house 10 . magnificent one. and most of
the eminent persons in literature. politics,
finance and the army gathered there
every Tuesday In winter. NJ. Buloz
gave splendid dinners. Among those
who might be seen there were the
Due D'Aumale, Gen. de Gallifet, the
Due de Broglie, Comte d'Haussonville,
the Marquis Of Duferin. NJ. Leon Say.
and in their time. Renan and Taine. The
house was always filled with academicians.
belonging to class which stands before q
very frivolous nation for order. virtue,
morality and the good old traditions.
Such members Of the university youth as
were admitted TO it were encouraged to be
virtuous and orderly. The fall of NJ. Buioz
il made all the more interesting from the
fact that an ordinary French artist or man
Of letters. however distinguished, would
not have allowed himself TO be black
mailed on any.such trivial prstext ~ was
employed against Bulox. Buiox made use
of considerable number of his shares in
the Revue 70 pay the blackmailers. The
Rerme des Dear Mondes provides the purest
intellectual food of any. publication in
France. and it is placed without hesitation
in the hands Of young persons. The staff
which had edited tho paper under Bulox
consists Of Ferdinand Brunstiers. Chsrbu-
liex, Lsvisse, Feuille, Bourdeau and De
Vogue, all names eminent in French iitera-
ture. The Revue was left to NJ. Buloz by
his father, who founded It and provided
by it's rules Of incorporation that his son
should remain at its head.
DR.. James B. Angel. president Of the
American Historical Association. which
met at Chicago last week, IL also president
of Michigan university. He was born at