Morning journal and courier., 1888-07-14
IS BADLY woUNDED

l Generals Condition Very Serious. PARIS, July 13.-As was expected the ir l suit offered by General Boulanger to Prim Minister Floquet in the Chamber of Deputie l last evening resulted in a duel. The tw gentlemen, attended by their seconds ant 1 armed with swords, met at 10 o'clock thi morning on Count DilIon's estate at Neuilly Sur-Seine, short distance from the city The duel lasted only four minutes, but wa desperately fought. Boulanger seemed to b excited and nervous. He tried hard to xii M. F1oquet and threw bimseIf upon hin again and again. At the second encounte
 General Boulanger was slightly wounded il the leg and M. F1oquet received scratcl on Che right hand. The seconds then pro posed that the fight be discontinued
 but both combatants refused. Finall.. General Boulanger made 8 desperat sword out and for 8 moment held it so. Thel he followed his advantage by running hi sword through the generals neck, who stag gered, clapped his hands to the wound ane fell unconscious into the arms of his friendl Le HeriEse and Laissant. 4 doctor who wa present put some bandages at once about hi
 throat to stop the Howlof bIeod. The wound AS Q 1OFC1S OAos COIoAkuSs W the ministry were waiting at his house fol news of the duel and were overjoyed to ss' the prime minister return safe. He wa given aR ovation. A small crowd of Genera Bou1anger's followers were in front of hil house when he was carried home.
 Dr. Monod, who is attending General Bou. langer, has issued a bulletin regarding hii condition. It says there is deep wound 1T the right side of the generals neck and that it causes marked difficulty in his respiration At present the doctor is unable to give ar opinion as what turn the case may take.
 The Gambetta statue, in the place Du Car. rousel, was unveiled this afternoon. M Flo quet, despite the duel this morning, delivered the orstion.
 At 6 o'clock this evening there was g marked improvement in General Boulanger's condition. The doctors, however, still de. c1ined to make prognosis. Several jour- nals assert that M. Floquet's sword penetrat, ed General Boulanger's neck six centimetres at point between the jugular vein and the carotid artery. Mme. Floquet knew nothing of the duel until it was over. When inform ed that M. FIoquet had fought with General Boulanger she said: "This is the first time my husband deceived me. But I forgive him" The Soir says that the condition of the general is serious, that high fever suc- ceeded extreme prostration and his respira- rion is rapid and very difficult. The doctors are unable to form definite opinion as to the generals prospects of recovery. No bull letin has been issued since the one issued this afternoon.
 General Boulanger was cheered by the peo- pie on emerging from the Presse office at 1:30 o'clock this morning and responded to their plaudits by raising his hat. He drove to Neville in brougham and arrived first at the place of meeting. He paced mark with his seconds awaiting the coming of M. Floquet, who arrived at 10:10. While tn @ seconds were exploring the garden searching for convenient spot M. Floquet without be.raying any emo- with friends. At the same time General Boulanger with an obtrusive afecta- tion of indifference kept twir1ing his stick about and consulting his watch as though impatient to begin. There was large crowd outside, including M. Grognan, one of the heads of the police office and M. FIoquet's secretary. At 10:20 M. Laissant. who di- of tho swords and delivered the word of com. mand. Boulanger immediately made lung at M. Floquet, wounding him slightly on the left thigh. The combatants were i'm mediately separated when it was found that Boulanger's right hand forefnger was scratch. ed. In the second round Boulanger advanced with extreme violence to the attack. Floquet stood on the defense and wounded the gene ral full in the chest with the sword point and with thrust in the neck. The wounds bIed profusely. Boulanger offered to fight on, but was prevented. As he walked to the house, the seconds supporting him, he looked faint. His shirt front was covered with blood. Flo quet was scarcely wounded. Boulangers sword did not penetrate below the. skin
 Many friends greeted Floquet at the home ofice Mime. Carnot, all the members of the ministry, M. Ferry and his wife and the prsfect of police congratulated N. Floquet and before noon nearly all the Republican members of the chamber left their cards at the office of the ministry.
 There is no doubt that General Boulan- gers condition is serious. MT. Floquet's sword pentrsted to 8 depth of two inches be- tween the jugular vein and the carotid artery, severing the phrinic nerve, impairing the play of the lungs, perhaps incurably. Anti- septic treatment has been resorted to. The genera! slept during the afternoon under the influence of morphine. Prostration was sue oeeded by feverishness and at times the wounded man gasped for breath.
 NJ. Rochefort on hearing the result of the duel exclaimed: "How wonderful The youngest general in the army let himself be pinned by barrister nearly sixty years old!"
 La Lanterne, hitherto powerful support er of General Boulanger, refuses to follow longer Ca man who has ceased to be repubIi- can and who has shown ambition to be a dictator" La France also publishes an arti- cle foreshadowing change of front.