The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-07-19
SETTLED BY SWORDS.
General Bo4lange and M. Floquet
Fighta Fuel With Swords.
The General Re ,eivss a Severe
Wound In the Throat.
FiOquet Only Slight y Scratched on
the Right Hand.
BouIanger Resigns His Seat in the
Chamber Of Deputies.

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the insult offered by General BoulaDger
to Prime Minister Floquet in the cham
Der of deputies last evening resulted in
duel. The two gentlemen, attended
by their seconds, met in the vicinity of
Paris at 10 o'clock this morning.
Swords were used and both combatants
were wounded. The duel occurred on
Count Dillon's estate at Neuilly Sur
Seine, short distance from the city.
General BOulanger was wounded in
the arm and neck. His wounds are
not dangerous. FI0Quet'S hand was
scratched by General BOulanger's
sword. Further than this he was not
touched. NJ. Floquet's colleagues in
the ministry were waiting at his house
for news of the duel and were over
joyed to see the prime minister return
safe. He was given an ovation. a
small crowd of General BoulOnger's
followers were in front of his house
when he reached home.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
PARIS-NOon.-Late details of the
duel are AS follows: In the second en-
counter General BOulanger was slight
ly wounded in the leg and NJ. FlOquet
received a cut on the right hand. After
resting the men renewed the fighting
for the third time. General BOulanger
made a lunge at NJ. Floquet'S left
breast, but only slightly touched the
mark. General Boulanger then re-
ceiyed a wound in the throat. which
put an end to thGcontest. The wound
is a severe one but on account of hem
orrhage the doctors are unable to de-
eide if it is likely to prove serious.
THE ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE.
TIII oh Nf
commons to-day General Boulanger
proposed the dissolution of the chamber.
His proposition was rejected. General
Boulanger thereupon resigned his seat.
A heated debate then occurred between
General Boulanger and NJ .Floquet, dur
ing which General Boulanger ca lied NJ.
FlOQuet an impudent liar. The mem
bers of the left demanded a vote of
cenSure, which was carried and General
Boulanger left the chamber. The
members of the right accused the pres
ident of showing partIality toward NJ.
FlOquet. After much uproar the
chamber adjourned.
QUEEN NATALIA.
BERLIN, July i3.-The German po-
lice have ordered Queen Natalia of
Servia to leave Germany within TWEEN
ty-four hours. They have also informed
her that before depaI ting she must
to NJ. ProticS, who will take him back
to Belgrade. The police will after
wards escort the queen to the railroad
station at Wies Baden and place her on
train bound for Vienna. If the
queen attempts to resist the orders
force will be used in carrying them
out. Her majesty is Frustrated. Her
villa is surrounded by police. The
statement that the young prince passed
= hT
to Belgrade was incorrect.
EX-EMPRESS VICTORIA A PRISONER.
BERLIN, July 12.-The excitement
created throughout Germany by the
reports of the Germany doctors who
attended the late Emperor Frederick
is intense and their criticisms of DIR.
Mckenzie S conduct of the case form
the sole topic of conversation. The
KreenSe Zeitung, in its comments on
with inyectiveS. To the question why
the German doctors did not attempt
to save the royal patient from DIR.
Mckenzie the National Zeitung re-
spends that according to PruSSian
principles their officials position in
the tragedy prevented them from
making an appeal to the public. but
they did appeal to Emperor William
while the sick man was at san Reno
case to him without reserve. His
majesty was deeply distressed by the
recital of the circumstances, but an
swered: My son is fifty six years of
age and the right of final decision re-
garding his medical treatment cannot
be taken from him. The prOgressist
journals which are inclined to defend
DR.. Mckenzie point to the fact that
there were eight doctors concerned IN
the case who did not sign the reports
criticising Mr.. Mckenzie.
EX-ENIPRESS VICTORIA A PRISONER.
LONDON, July 12.-The Pail Mall Ga
Zette publishes some sensational cores
pondence from Berlin under date of
July 10, which is in effect as follows:
1.-The Freidrichskron palace at Pots
dam, where the Dowager Empress
Victoria is living, is in all but name a
prison and the eX-empress is virtually
under arrest. In any case she is re-
ceiving scant consideration from the
men now in power. 1t is presumed that
the object is to bring influence to bear
upon her majesty which will induce her
to surrender her husbands papers.
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