St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-08
HEARD HIGH WORDS.
Five Of the Accused Panama
Corruptionists Examined
simultaneously.
Wordy Alterations Heard
Outside the Examining
Apartment.
HERE'S American Passport Pro-
cured Under False
PpetenSeS.
De Lesseps Declares the Black
mailers Had Him by
the Throat.

PARIS, Jan. IN. Baihut. Blondin,
Fonlaine, Cottu and Charles de Lesseps
were examined simultaneously by
MAGISTRATE Franuueville today. The
conformation of the men led 10 vehe-
ment alterations. the noise of which
could be heard outside the court room.
Magistrate Frapqueville afterward held
a conference with the prosecutor gen
eral. 1t has been officially decided to
prosecute eX-Mihister Baihut. The gov
eminent will leave it to the chamber to
decide whether he shall be prosecuted
before the senate or the asSizes. M.
Loubet, minister of the interior, has in
formed his colleagues that, in view of
the disturbance at the anti-Semitic
meeting at the Tivoll-VauXhall last
night, a long-disused law applying to
such meetings will henceforth be rigOr
ously enforced. A sufficient number OF
policemen will attend every such meet
ing, and i'll the event of the use of I'M
lawful language will dissolve it and
make report to the proper authorities.
kzerz' Fine work.
Mention has heretofore been made in
the dispatches to the effect that DR..
Cornelius Herr, one of the men impli-
Gated i'll the Panama canal scandal, had
procured from the legation here an
American passport. The true story of
the manner in which the passport was
secured is something interesting. Herr
went to the American legation. and
asked for one, but, when it was refused,
off Inv wiz baf hA
wanted one only for his wife. She
being an American native this was
readily granted. He promised to send
5000 francs to the PariS-American
charitable society, but never kept his
promise. He did, however, give 500
francs to needy American widow,
whom the then American minister was
interested in and who wished to return
to the United States. The fine house
once occupied by Herr in the Avenue
Henri Martin is owned by his wife, he
having transferred the ownership to her
some time ago.
The Panama scandal continues to
grow in magnitude, and, although the
examinations are in secret, enough leaks
out to keep up public interest and eX-
element to the highest strain. There
is now no doubt that NJ. Charles de Les
SepS has told the government
Everything Jze Knows.
1t Is stated that when he completed his
statement to NJ. Franqueville he ex-
pressed himself as deeply relieved. He
said that he had felt for years that he
was bearing a burden of suspicion
which ought to attach to others. The
single desire of his father and of him
self had been to bring the Panama canal
enterprise to successful conclusion,
but blackmailerS had taken them by the
i Threats, and the Panama company had
been compelled to buy the support and
aid which, in the interest of the good
name of France, and for the benefit of
thousands of French investors, ought to
have been given freely, and as matter
of public duty. Now that he has told
| the truth, he said, he felt as if a great
weight had been lifted from his mind
and hoped that the people OF France
would place the responsibility where it
| belonged.
| NJ. Marius FOntane followed the eX-
ample of NJ. de Lesseps in making a
| frank and complete statement of Pana-
| ma affairs. According to the Alatln to-
day, the arrest of NJ. Bloudin was due
! to an avowal by M.Fontane TO the effect
| that Blondn had acted as go-between
IN the corruption of Minister Baihut.
/ Blondn, the Matin says, has confessed
| to having cashed four checks
On Baihut's Account,
amounting to 100000 francs. This con-
fesson of Blondin agreed with and was
confirmed by the statement of NJ. Fon-
tame. EX-Minister Baihut, however,
persists in denying the charges of cor
ruption. The public are not surprised
at tine allegations in regard to the ex-
minister. and there is strong feeling in
favor of thorough investigation of the
ministry of public works apart from the
Panama scandal. M. Fontane has ex-
pressed an earnest desire to resume
work on his ''Histoire Universelle, -
in which he was interrupted
by his arrest. M. Fontane was
accustomed to get up at c
O'Clock every morning to work upon
this history, of which seven or eight
volumes have already been published.
Should he be sent to imprisonment, as a
result of the proceedings against him,
he will undoubtedly request permission
to continue the task in prison.
A dispatch from Bogota, capital oil
Colombia, says that the president OF
Colombia is awaiting the arrival of g
-delegate from the liquidator of the Pan
anna Canal company in order to con.
slider the question of the renewal of the
Panama concession.
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