Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-11

| The greatest excitement prevails and peo-
pie throng the streets. The police are out
in force and dispensing crowds. president
Carnot has charged Nj. Rioot with the outy
of reconstructing the Ministry.
1t is stated that M. Bourgeois, Minister
of Justice, opposed the arrest OF NJ. Balnut,
at council held in the Elysee Yesterday,
aud threatened to resign in case the arrest
should be made 1t is openly charged that
the President and NJ. Ribot are not in
earnest in the Panama prosecutions, and
that they have no intention OF taking the
bribe takers TO trial, and the prosecution
of De Lesseps Fontane, Cottu and Elnel
will be nothing more than farce IL is
also charged that efforts are being made to
postpone the exposure Of certain guilty
parties untilthe law Of prescription Will
have taken effect
After the designations were announced
the following statement was given out: Al
a Cabinet Council held in the Elyseo to-
day, Premier Ribot announced TO President
Carnot that he and his colleagues reeog-
nized that it was necessary to reform the
Cabinet The Ministers thereupon pre-
sented their designations to President Car
not, and the President charged NJ. Ribot,
as stated, with the duty of reconstructlng
the Ministry. II is understood that NJ.
| Ribot will retain the Office Of Premier, but
will exchange the Ministry OF Foreign Al
fairs for the Ministry of the Interior. IL
is also reported that NJ. Loubet, Minister
of the Interior, and Nj. de F'reycinet,
Minister of War, will probably not be
found in the reconstructed Cabinet.
THE RETIRING MINISTRY.
The retiring ministry is as follows: M.
Ribot, Premier and Minister for Foreign
| Affairs; NJ. Loubet, Minister of the In
terror: M. Bourgeois, Minister of Justice
and Public Worship; NJ. Tirard, Minister
of Finance; NJ. de Freycinet, Minister for
War; NJ. Burdeau, Minister Of Marine and
| Minister for the Colonies; NJ. Dupuy, Min
! ister of Public instruction; NJ. Dovelle,
| Minister of Agriculture Nj. Sarrien. Min
| lister Of Commerce; NJ. Viette, Minister OF
Public Works.
The Ministry which has esigned was the
same as the old Ministry Of NJ. Loubet,
with the relative situations Of It's members
changed and without NJ. Ricard and NJ.
Roche. M. Bourgeois is d man Of firm
character, and being Partisan, his head
is not easily turned. He belongs TO an iutel-
! ligent, old-fashioned family and is an act
i've man. Energy is with him always
tempered with discretion. There can be
no doubt about the sincerity and advanced
quality Of his Republicanism.
AS NJ. Loubet stays where he was the
| Provinces will know that his speech,
which was posted few weeks ago on the
door of every mayorslity, is still the rule
by which the perfectorlal administration
! is 10 guide its conduct
! M. Dupuy, Minister Of Public Instruc-
ton is Of the town OF Puy, IN Averine. de
spent many years as lyceum professor in
provincial towns, and was for some time
| sub.rector at high school at AIaccio. M
! Bourgeois thought him the best man Tor the
/ department which he has just resigned. HIS
report on the budget Of secondary educa-
! tion last session was an able one, Like most
! university professors, he is free from the
] canker Of love of luxury and shades Of poll
! tics. NJ. Dupuy graduated at the Ecole
! Normale des Hautes Etudes
NJ Tirard. Minister OF Finance. who has
! held that place since the resignation OF M.
! Rouvier, is well known, having held that
Office. as well as the Office Of Agriculture
and Commerce, in previons cabinets. TAX
! en- as a whole the Ministry was highly
respectable one, with man OF great dis
tinction at its head.
THE BRIBERY TRIAL
Intense interest is manifested in the trial
| of the men who are charged with compile
! itv in the Panama sfIair. Article 4o6 OF
! the French code. which deals with the mis-
! demeanors mentioned In the charges against
| NJ. Charles de Lesseps and his associates,
declares that 'whosoever by using false
name or false title, or by employing fraud
ulent manGuvres 10 cause belief In any
enterprises. imaginary credit or power, or
hone or fear for a chimerical success
| accident. or any other event, shall
| cause to be delivered to him, or try TO have
delivered to him funds, bonds, bills, prom
| issory notes or receipts, and shall by this
means have swindled or tried 70 swlndle
another party from all or portion OF his
fortune. shall be punished with imprisOn-
ment for at least one year and five years at
most and fine OF not less than than 80
francs and not exceeding 5000 francs"
| The culprit may also be deprived OF civil
rights for five years 10 ten years. The
other articles are Of correlstive character,
dealing with the embezzlemept Of shares
and the punishment of accompNces.
The Parliamentary Commission Of in
ouirv has discovered a hiatus in the Sc
| duence Of the Canal Compsny's check
| stpbs. Nearly $50 Of the stubs are miss
| ing. and IL has transpired that in every case
q large sum was Involved. One Of the
| checks in question was for 100000 francs;
others for sums ranging between 10000
and 10000. II the stubs Of these checks
are not found Felix COttu and Marius
| Fontane as Directors Of the Canal Com
| panv will be liable 20 imprisonment for
| three years each. They are suspected Of
having destroyed the stubs 50 as 70 protect
| their reactionist friends.
The report of the Parliamentary Panama
| Commissions OF 1856 and 1855 have been
presented before the Commission OF In
ouirv. They show that President Carnot
refused 10 support the lottery bill, and that
| M. Sarrien also disclsimed all response
bility in the matter. NJ. De Freycinet ad-
mitted that the money asked for would not
finish the canal, and, when reproached oy
| a fellow committeeman with being fright
eued bv the responsibility which the gov
erument would incur, explained that the
government granted merely faculstive per-
mission without assuming any guarantee.
Nj. Baihut, who introduced the bill in the
Chamber, expressed the opinion that the
government had become involved ia the
matter through sending NJ Rousseau 70
the Isthnus He believed that the canal
could be completed, aud thought il would
be most reprehensiDle 70 thwsrt the plan so
far advanced.
NJ. Ferdinand de Lesseps, although sb-
sent on account Of the state Of his health,
was included today as one Of the defend
ants with Charles de LessepS, Fontane,
Cottu and Eiffel. accused Of colnpiicity in
the Panama Canal frauds. The. trial was
opened in the First Chamber OF the Court
| of Cassation, as the Court Of Appeal is
called, N. Perivier presiding. IAe space