New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-10-06

ercise OF merely physical strength. For Bon
valot is g magnificent athlete, with muscles and
nerves Of steel that enable him TO Withstand
the greatest fatigues and the most severe taxes
upon his strength Of mind and body.
The French Captains Vouillet and Chanoine
Cthe latter. son of the general Of that name
who was Minister of War at Paris at the time
of the Dreyfus revision controversy mutinied
when they learned that the commander-in-chief
at Algiers had sent out a favorite OF MS, a
Colonel Kolb, to assume the command OF their
expedition of exploration OF the French Soudan,
and thus to rob them Of the fruits of their dis
coveries and TO secure for himself all the credit
and the rewards for the successful issue OF
what they had looked up on as their own par
ticular enterprise They shot hlnl' as Wen a5
those members Of the expedition who showed
any disposition to follow his lead. and then an
nounced their intention Of deserving civilization,
of breaking with their past, and of founding an
ernptre of their own in Central Africa. But they
soon auarrelled with their followers, who killed
them in turn and then made their way back
TO the nearest French settlements TO secure the
pardon Of the authorities for having momentum
~ yielded TO the persuaslons OF the Two cap
tains
Then there is the mysterious case OF Count
Segonsac one Of the most brilliant cavalry OF
7cers of the French army, the bearer OF an Ia
lustriols name and formerly prominent hgure
II Partisan clubland and society. Starting OF
with a fellow officer named Quiquerez on Il
mission of exploration into the interior OF Al
RIGA a few years ago. he returned to the ivory
Coast alone. declaring that his comrade mad sue
bpd n IN the interior. some iilOutllS
afterward the news reached France that stories
were current at St. Louis and along the Ivory
Coast to the effect that the version gwen py the
count of the death of Quiquerez was lhcorrect:
that th. captain had persisted, not of FEVER but
of q bullet wound and that 1t was pelng proao-
~ limited that the person VINO hred II Was iio
other than the count himself Asked by the
Minister of War for explanation. the count
admitted that his account OF the death OF
Ouiuuerez was incorrect. that the captain had
blown his brains out during an attack or de-
uriun and that he had concealed the true iacts
of the out of consideration FOR the leeiulss
OF his comrades family Thls created pau
irnnression The count was charged by the
Quiquerez family with having shot ms com
panion in order that he might receive Doti t ne
credit and the reward for the results achieved py
tho mission and so strong the crusade
" hich they started against him that the govern
rnent had no alternative but to place him un-
der arrest. After spending almost a year IA
ian he was sent a prisoner charged win
murder to St. Louis, on the west coast OF A.
RIGA where he was tried by court maj uai NJ
orI,, witnesses were natives, and, while they all
agreed that the two officers were constantly
o,arr eIIine while in the interior, some ascrtbed
the responsibility for the disputes TO the cap
tain and the others to the count and, wnlle nan
OF the evidence went TO show that the captain
had shot himself the other testimony was 10 the
effect that Quiquerez had been shot py tile
count in the course OF a hand to mana encounter
and in selr-defence Eventually the count was
ocouitted and restored to his rank In the army
hut he felt so bitterly the suspicion which pre-
/ vailed with regard to his responsibility lot the
death Of his comrade that. Notwithstanding that
he nossesses rank, fortune and everything cal
/ culated 10 make life attractive, he demanded
I'D obtained his transfer to regiment sta
tIoned IN the most dangerous portion of Ton
/ ouir where the French troops are In almost
/ Saiiv conflict with the Black Flag pirates. ana
uith a still more cruel enemy. namely, q pesti-
lent climate. -.
In Australia in South America. and in the
! ,nra raroote portion OF the Far North OF this
! no~tinent there have been cases of an analogous
: character. all going TO show that the fame at
tached to geographical exploration mas the erect
~ developing selfishness and jealousy to such a
/ degree as TO unbalance the mind.
oes EX-ATTACHE.