Show 1 General ISouIaiigcr and Hi Bombs PAlS Sept 29 General Boulanger desiring de-siring to secure from the Government an appropriation of 25000000 for the new explosive bombs recently invited the Budget Committee to witness an experiment he was carrying on in private Experiments were made with a Moster mortardesigned as a type for the destruction of fortifications The missile thrown explodes with exceedingly exceed-ingly destructive effect I is charged with a new explosive of which General Boulanger and his associates alone possess the secret The compound however is admitted to have all the powers of gunpowder with none of its defects and is said in addition to be easily transportable and to be free from liability to spontaneous ignition I is said labity spntaneous that the Budget Committee were not only highly pleased with the result of the experiments experi-ments but promised to fully support General Boulangers demand for a large special appropriation ap-propriation |