Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-14
A FRENCH DUEL.
BouLAHaER AND IyLoQugr CROSS
SWORDS.
Bsularesr Wounded in the Arm and
Hsek-rlcqnst Also Hurt-A
Fierce Fight.
rBy Angio-Amsrican cable % The DIspatch.I

PANS, July 13.-As wss expected, the in
suit offered by General Boulanger 10 Prime
Minister Floquet In the Chamber OF Depu-
Ties last evening resulted 10 duel. The
two gentlemen. attended by their seconds,
met in the vicinity OF Paris at 10 o'clock this
morning. Swords were used. and Goth COM
bslants were wounded.
The duel occurred on Count Dlllou's
estate, at Neulily-sur-Seine. short distance
from the city. General Boulsnger was
wounded In the arm and neck. His wounds
are not dangerous. VI. Fioqueps hand
was scratched by General Boulangcr's
sword. Further than this be was not
touched. Floquet's colleagues in the Min
istry were waiting at bis house for news OF
the duel, and were oyerioyed 20 see the
Prime Minister return safe. He was given
an ovation. A small ciowd OF General Bou-
langer's followers were in front OF bis house
when be reached home.
Later details OF the duet are to the follow
ing effects
At the second encounter General Bou-
LANCER was slightly wounded Oh the leg ard
II. Floquet received a cut on the right
hand. After resting the men renewed the
fighting for the third time. General Bou-
LANCER made n lunge at ". Floquets left
breast, but only slightly touched the mark.
Bouhnger then received a wound In the
throat, which put IN end to the encounter.
The wound is 4 severe one, but on account
Of hemorrhsge the doctors ars unable to de-
eide whether Il is likely to prove serious.
The duel was Gercely fought. General
BouIanger tried hard to kill M. Floquet,
and threw himself upon him again and
sgain. When NJ. Flouquet received
wound in the hand aud 1t began TO bleed
the seconds decided that The fight be discon-
tinucd. but both com batants refused to stop.
1t Is now believed that the wound in Gene
raj Bouanger's throat Is serious one. NJ.
Floquet received scratches on bis hand,
chest, and foot.
BoULASGER's SERIOUS WOUND.
The seconds have made formal report in
which they state that Boulanger received a
serious wound IN the neck. DR.. Monod,
who Is attending Boulanger, has issned
bulletin regarding bis condition. 1t says
there il q deep wound in the right side OF the
Generals neck, and thst 1t causes marked dr.
ficnlty Ia bis respiration. At present the
Doctor is unable TO give m opinion as to
what turn The case may take.
DETAILS OF THE CONFLICT.
PARIS, July 1S.-General BouIanger or.
rived first at the place OF meeting. He
paced the walk with his seconds while wait
ing the coming Of NJ. Floquet, who arrived
at 1910 O'Clock. While the seconds were
exploring the garden searching for a con-
veDient spot for the duel, Floquet, without
betrAying any emotion, walked 10 and fro
conversug with friends. AT the same time
Boulapger, with an obtrusiye anectation and
indifference, kept tHirling his walking suck
about and consulting his watchas though In
patient to begin the fighting. There was
large crowd outside the grounds, including
Groguon. one OF the heads OF the Police
Office, and FIoquets secretary.
At 1920 O'Clock VI. Laissant, who directed
the duel, brought together The points OF the
swords and delivered the word Of COM
msud. Boulanger Immediately made a vigor-
Gus mnge at Floquet, woundIng him
slightly on the left thigh. The combatanis
were Immediately separated. when IL was
found that Boulanger's right-hand fore
finger was scratched.
In the second round BOusnger advanced
with extreme violence to the attack. Flo
ouet stood on the defensive aud wounded
the General full in the chest with the sword
point and thrust in the neck. The wounds
bled proiusely. Boulanger offered to fight
on but was prevented.
As he walked to the house, the seconds
supporting bin, he looked iaint. His shirt
front was covered with blood.
Floquet was scarcely wounded at oil.
Boulanger's sword did not penetrate below
the skin.
Many anxious friends greeted Floquet al
the Home Office after his return. Dame Car
not. all the members OF the Ministry, Ferry
| and his wife, and The Project Of Police con-
graduated Floquet, aud before noon nearly
ali the Republican members OF the Chamber
left their cards at the Office Of the Ministry
OF the Interior.
There is no doubt that Boulanger's condi-
ton is SCI ious. Fl0quefs sword penetrated
to the depth OF two inches between the
jugular vein and the carotid artery, seVering
the phrenle nerve and impsiring the play Of
the lungs, perhaps irrecoserably. Anlisep-
tic treatment has been resOrted TO.
The General slept during the afternoon
under the Influence OF morphine. The
prostration was succeeded by feyerisbness
and at times the wounded man gasped for
breath.
Rochsort, on hearing tie result Of the
duel. exclaimed, CHOW wonderful that the
Youngest general in the army let himself be
p.nked by a barrI.ter nearly sixty years
old.v
La Lanierne, hitherto a powerful sup
porter OF Boulauger, refuses to follow
longer "a man who has ceased TO be a Re-
publican and who has shown ambition to be
dictator"
Ia France also publishes an article fore
shadoTing a change Of front.
THE LATEST.
.Midnight.-Party owing to the duel and
partly because it Is the eve OF the fete, streets
at this hour are crowded, especially in front
| OF the Ca Coccardc offices. The merits OF the
quarrel between General Boulanger and NJ.
Floquet are excitedly discussed and shouts
for and against tue General Gll the air.
Nj. Maquet, in the absence OF General
Boulanger, presided at the banquet at the
Avenue Auermal this evening. lie an
nounced that the Generals condition was as
! favorable as possible.
The SOir says that the condition OF The
General Is serious; that high fever succeeded
extreme prostration and that his respiration
| Is rapid and sometimes very difficult. The
doctors are unable to form definite opinion
as to the Generals prospects Of recovery.
| No bulletin has been issued since the one
Issued by DR.. Monod this afternoon.