Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-09
HOST OF WITNESSES.
They Will Tell the Story Of the Pan
ANA Canal.
THE GREAT TRIAL BEGINS TOMORROW.
Narrow Escapes From a Burning
Factory.
OTHER TELEGRAPUtC NEWS.
BE GREAT TRIAL BEGINS TOMORROW.
OTHER TELEGRAPuTc NEWS.
rhirty-one witnesses summoned sor the
Great Panama Trfal


Great Panama Tgtai.
I PAIIs. Jan. a-The new pro--urrr GENERAL.
". Tanon, has summoned thirty-cne witnoss-s
for the great Panama trial which begins toror-
row The parties 10 bc put eR tiaI sfe n.
Charles dc Lcsseps. director Of thu rsnau..
Canal Company; N. Marius Foutnuc. ss-rc,ary
general 81 the company. NJ Cotta of the irta
OF helnnch. hobn a Co. and NJ. Gustav Eihei.
the distinguished engineer. ths-i.s Ae I.s-rps
has caused three l-nglish 6irUcto-s of the -uss
Canal Company - De Summoned as Witnesses
In his behalf
The indictment against the accused charge.
that Charles de ios-eps. lontAue aud ,otta
with having employed lrauauleat ta..aus to pr
susde people 90 believe m the olist.ncs u fal-
!acioaS enterprise aud iI,ag.narN Influence -
credit, thus causing divers p,rs1us to remit
subscriptions that would not uihsrviso have
boea given.
| The second section OF the indictment relate.
10 the Panama cansl lOan u nec.u Der ~
lsSs. Tho accused are charged with having
! tired 70 obtain subs-tiptiugs O. this Ian IN
falso preiensos, their attempted spindliu,
being only frustrated ~ circumstances in-
dependent Of their intentions.
Thirdly II IL alleged that the .rr4sod la
misappii,d or expended with = view - ,teju-
dice the interests of bonihuliors efi.cta ana
money given into their charge a. trttft deposits
Tor specific purposes.
NJ Gustave EiGel is indicted a. an accomplics
IN the alleged sWindiug operations. and %
accused 81 having rscoiv.d a char, q the .-tt.,.
Of money unlaVfaily presumed frum tlo tublc.
NJ Einel is also scgused of Esyiac n,i.aplli.i
funds intrusted % him for the mandatory par
pose OF expenditure Tor salariei labor.
wVsE MAY M srNsoNrn
Nothing 10 said Ia G,s indictment a. O. The
bribery or corruption ~ public oglic.als ono
Of the witnesses summoael j. said 20 be NJ.
i,ueien Napoleon bonararto wysc. VINO cialras
the ercd.t OF having been the ir.t H. conceive
the idea o' a canal between tho Ailanilc aud
Pacific. IL WAS hs WHO In liz clarartcf a.
engineer obtained from the Colo Ii6ian govern
| meat the concession o. carry olit ;!Ie iauAtn.
canal, IN the works of which ke wac eugagcf
until the hnal COLLAPSE. he a. eaid % know a
great many secrets Ia connection with tho scAa-
dals
''Alas.' he remarked in a recent interview.
/ ''of wLat asnil would II be- 20 depart from the
reserve which / have hither.o mAintalnedp
The scandal is great enoIgh al present. aRi
can only be pre- Judicial TO the completion
Of the canal. which las been the fond
dream oI my life. Perhaps 1 am tho
! only person VINO has not ,labtlsl i'm the mlre.
Those who have received brIbes aro Very
| numerous. But how Ia Il that nobody has vet
| pronounced the names oi the principal cli-
pEits. of the high parsonage Mo hhv. pocEotei
| enormous sums! 1 cannot name them my-ah
| until i called before a regularly
/ constituted authority. A. regards N. Do Rem
dNu h-fN nun well. lie "a fAtrf fIflT active
and intelligent and had a profound guoNledgs
of the world. At the ou;se; hc was not in good
odor with tine Panama company. but shen dlffi-
cultios began 20 rise hi- help was eagerly
licited for he was on Intimate tcrTa- With al
men Of mark, political as well financial
coTTEAU PROTESTS INNOCENCE
NJ. Cottoau 1t is said, persists ia asserting HIS
innocence. He asserts tl4at Baron dc Reinach
never placed In the Golfers II the bank the sum
no a.,Fr
! company for distribution. Baron de Reinsch
had an sccoun. at the bank; IL varied botweon
1000 900 aud 3 OO9 coo francs, but precisely az
| the moment the distribution - the Inoney vas
| alleged to have been made II was diminished by
| 10000 francs.
Except has banking business none Of BAroa
de Geinach's p. ivato affair were known NJ tic
bank.
DRIBISG PARLIAMENT AND THE PRESS
Anecdotes are rife Of how loading men In tho
parliament and the press were bought over.
Some of them very typical and throw dash
of humor on this gloomy record.
/ NJ. Arton, the chief dispenser of the doceurv
distributed. called on a leading parsonage whose
| support was deemed 10 be essential. lie dis
charged his delicate duty with exquisite tact but
was met with a stern aud rather angry mega
4 tive. lie was retiring, rather cTe-tfalen at his
failure. when he u Jticed in the auts room sone
pictures painted by tss wife Of the ineOrrupti-
bio one
''Yes," said the incoruptibls. "lly wife is
an artist, you know. We arc not miliOualrcs,
and she Is very glad 10 ind purchaser Tor her
pictu. -"
IL as hardly necessary TO saw that the lady lid
find purchaser for at least one Of her pIctursA,
which commanded the comfortable sum OF
20 600 francs, or about forty times Its real
! value.
cARSoT's SKIRTS ARR cLEAS.
| The attempt 10 involve President Carnot in
the Panama accusations causes much excite
menL SO far as made apparent there is not tho
| slightest evidence Of corrupt comp Ilicity IN
| Panama swIndling on the part OF ".
Carnot, the utmost all, ged in any d.a-
mite way being that lac may have por-
| fgnctorily and nllnistcrially given o'tl-
| cial sanction e. transaction oa tho
part Of other officials who corrupt. The
enemies Of the republic have from the first
/ been ondeavoring 20 involve H. Carnot. bc-
heving that by bringing about a prosid"i.til
crisis they would strike a fatal blow st the
pubic. Besides. there several canildAtes
| for the presidency In the field who would bo
/ delighted to see ". Carnot forced TO resign.
Many rumors have been fying about for se--
eral days past. but SO far TO definite charge has
been made even by his enemies against the in
I tcgrity of II. ,arnot, although al sorts " In
nuendocs are passed from car ~ ear.