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D TOPEKA TRIBUTE.
vol. it. no. i9.i
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TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1802.
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1PKOPL23 PAfiTT OP KANSAS,
A REPUBLIC IS DANGER.
The French Government Shaken to the
Foundation by the Late Expose.
Paris, December 24. The scandals
growing out of the recent discoveries of
fraud in the Panama canal deals 'which
involves numerous government officials,
threatens the life of the French republic
There has been a rumor that the officials
and deputies as well as the civilians con
nected with the Panama scandal have
had it intimated to them that their sal
vation lias in an espousal of royalist
schemes, and that their offense will be
condoned if they will consent to betray
the republicans.
According to the statements issued by
the liquidators, the amount expended by
the Panama canal company reached the
enormous total of $260,000,000. Of the
whole amount expended only a little over
a third was spent in the .actual con
struction of the canal. The rest' was
stolen. As a result five deputies and five
senators are to be prosecuted. Among
the ten, five of them have held promi
nent positions. They are M Rouvier, M.
Roche, M. Geves, M. Thevenet and M.
Proust, all formerly ministers, M. Albert
Grevy, brother ef the former president,
and who was governor geoeral of Algeria;
M. Leon Renault, who was prefect of
police, and M. Beral, who was inspestor
general of mines. Madame Cotta, wife
of the Panama canal director, has come
back to surrender herself a prisoner. She
says to her friends ''We will be prose
cuted, but everything will turn out well
for us. Should the trial take place, M.
Carnot will not be president longer than
two months."
M. Andrieux is regarded as the man
ager of the plot against the republic
His statement to the Panama commis
sion Thursday is declared to have been
the first unmasking of the hidden bat
teries of the plotters, which everybody
has dreaded. Of course nobody believes
that Andrieux is alone in the business.
The wbole Boulangiut or revisionist party
is at its back, hence the alarm which the
vindictive utterances of the ex-deputy
and prefect has caused.
M. Andrieux was asked last night
what great reputation he would next
strike down with the revelations that he
has collected. "I cannot speak of my
plans," he replied, "beyond saying that
what I have so far announced is but an
insignificant part of my complete design.
I will, however, give you an interesting
piece of information. I expect to be
arrested to-morrow morning for treason
and conspiracy against the republic M.
Ribot, M. Loubet and other members of
the cabinet were in consultation for three
hours last evening and they finally de
cided to arrest me on the uncertain
Charges of treason. I said yesterday
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JERItT SIMPSON, 8eventh DUtrict.
KANSAS POPULIST REPRESENTATIVES TO THE
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
that high-handed measures would be
used against me, and I say again they
cannot prevent the accomplishment of
my purpose."
It is rumored De Freycinet, minister
of war, has resigned in consequence of
the attacks upon him in connection with
the Panama scandal. A hurriedly con
voked meeting of the cabinet was held
this evening, at which it was reported
the resignation was offered and accepted.
The rumor is not ofil nally confirmed.
There is considerable excitement in
Paris this evening, and groups of people
stand about the streets discussing the
situation, and eagerly waiting for the
latest developments. The rumor of the
resignation caused intense agitation and
ever) body is asking what the effect of
such an event would have upon the
army. Universal confidence is expressed
among the Bourgeoeie in the coolness,
good judgment and loyalty of General
Causeier, the military governor of Paris,
who has stood carefully aloof from the
exiting complications, and would, it is
believed, in a critical juncture, undoubt
edly stand by the government. It was
also reported the cabinet considered the
question of making arrests for treason,
and came to the decision as to its course,
which is kept secret, but that a blow will
be struck within a very short time.
In the chamber of deputies to-day a
determined effort was made to involve
De Freycinet in the net, which ha
caught his late colleague, Rouvier, and
the uproar in the chamber was so great
as to cause an apprehension of personal
violence between the excited deputies.
Ribot preserved his composure amid all
the uproar and closed the session, amid'
great excitement, until after the Christ
mas holidays.
Eevolution in Mexico.
Necva Labedo, Mex., December 23.
Reports, although conflicting, come from
every part of the northern Bide of the re
public indicating the growth of the rev
olutionary movement Dispatches are
rushing to and from the Mexican officials
and the United Statea oflicers on the
frontier, and in the near future there will
be a genuine revolution in Mexico. It
is impossible to gain any information
from those high in authority, as every
one is under the strictest orders to not
make pnbliothe telegrams, but this much
is positively known, that there was a
battle the 17th on Mexican soil near
Guerrero, about thirty miles from the
river, between the Mexican troops and
revolutionists, with a victory for the
latter.
A tram left Monterey last night for
Lampasas Cayoa with eight companies
of cavalry, and they will march with all
possible speed toward Guerrero, and by
to-night there will be some new develop
ments. There has been no information received
from the United StAt.es troops down the
river, but it is reported they are patroll
ing the frontier with little expectation
of capturing any fugitive revolutionists '
from Mexico.
Merchants here are countermanding
orders to points in the north for through
shipments of goods to points in Mexico
until the present trouble subsides.
Impecunious Eoyalty.
Loudon, December 21. In reply to a
request from Gen. Booth, commander cf
the Salvation Army, Sir Frederick Pon
sonby, the queen's private secretary and
keeper of the privy purse, has written a
note stating that her ma jty regrets her
inability to subscribe to the fund being
raised by Gen. Booth for the purpose of
providing a dinner for the poor on De
cember 2G. The private secretary of the
Prince of Wales, to whom a similar re
quest was sent, expresses the prince's
sincere sympathy with Gen. Booth's pro
posal, but says that the prince has in
structed him to inform Gen. Booth that
he intends to distribute his Christmas
alms through the usual channels em
ployed by him,