The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-20
AN ENTERpRISING EDITOR
Establishes Two Papers In Different
Interests,
AND ABUSES HIMSELF UNMERClFULIf
H.. s,c..he. uu His Omces, Collects Dam
ages and Arranges to Fight h''nss"
fore Diseove-ed-Parisian Inciaen's'

PARIS Sept. S.-ProDaDiy oho Va
humorous instances in the history OF JOURNAL
ism was made public to-day.
M. Debix. the hero Of the affair ana "hoSe
| name to-day is on every tongue. may DC oo-
seribed as pseudo journalist with strlA'ns
,an,ns in a certain direction that entities nm
| 20 iva ir the memory OF the world some
| little time ago there arose between 'ne
brewers located in the suburbs OF fa'iS anu
| the brewers located iii the city proper a
| Socialist and anti-Socialist war winch io'
some time gavo the police moro OF inss
| anxiety. This was the opportunity auo .ns
| occasion for uebiY TO burst radlantly upon
| tba ~cene and cary into execution q scheme
which far hrilliancv is not paralleied In tho
| history OF Journoi ISM. ,...;o;,o,
| a psper was established which went Dy inc
name Of La FRANCE C0Inmerclaie' Wn .I paa;s
| specially devoted TO the interest or inc faris
brewers' Debi1 under the assn ned name Oh
Duchatel edited this paper hims eli and con-
ducted il in tho most fiery ma amer. IL ID
| needless 10 say the Paris Brewers Assoclation
was deliffhted to have an organ 'rhich would
express IL ideas. and the membe rs OF that or
ganizati Oh subscribed literally TO the venture
AN OPPOSITION sHEETI
No sooner was La France Commemorate
thoroughly established than there suddenly
appear ed upon the scene an opposition jour:
nal OF the most violent tendency named
LiUnion Sociale. which supper ted the brewers
outside of Paris. and was edited ana con-
Quoted by q gentleman calling hIInseil III;
Durnont Ii is again needless to say that
Dumont. who pleaded his cause very well
indeed with the other side OF the question,
was also largely subsidized by his constituency
of brewers. and opened his campaign IN their
behalf by the most violent attacks against his
contemporary and its editor. Dnehatei.
Naturally, this excited Duchatel. who re-
piled in lkind. and the most insulting articles
were exchanged. the most violent ana IN
cendiary suggestions were made by ooth
papers until at last angry meetings were heid
by both factions. at which respectively
Du mont and Duchstel appeared on the pia'-
foi III, denounclpg each other ana MAKING ino
most violent speeches.
MUTUAL RIOTS.
Things went on in this way. growing hotter
a. I'd hotter, until at last on one occasion. after
a particularly turbulent meeting, Duchatei
Il I'd his band of angry brewers to the once
CfI'Union Sociale. where they promptly. at
| lis instigation. stoned and broke all the WIN
dows in the place. besides doing other dsIn-
| age. -,
The next day Dumont put IN his clam
against the municipality for the injury done
| his building and business and the claim was
immediately paid.
DUEL ARRANGED.
+ But the matter did not end there for q
\ week later a small but determined crowd Of
| excited brewers headed by Dumont. retail
ated by smashing the windows OF La Franc:
| Commercials Needless to say tho next
| II iorning NJ Duchatel suavely called upon
| h is municipality for damages which were
| Ii kewse paid. This sort of thing went on al
{ in teryals for some time, until finally the re-
| III arks exchanged between the editors IN theil
| fhaf fhara xral
/ nothing to be done in order to maintain then
| re,q ,ective standing and the opinions OF theii
con tituents but to fight q duel Accordingly
| in fierce article in La France CommercIalt
Due hatsl challenged DuInont and the latter
| in an equally rsbid article IN his paper &C
| copied the challenge.
| il ere the admirable sch eme that had worked
Thu far so well showed It's weak element, To-
tho committees on both sides of the rival fac
! tions took such q violent interest IN the mat
ter that they insisted upon participstinR u
some extent in the coming duel. Each edito
| had at least q hundred offers from sympa
| thizers to act as seconds but the affair gradu
ally deepened into my stery when IN the race
! of the liberal contributions and the unstintet
| show of confidence reposed IN them at such
! critical time both Dum.ont and Duchat.,l LEI
town for a vacation.
! 1t would be rather n long story to tell how
! the police, who are always looking into
l. everything that happens here, became inter
| ested in this matter. and finally announced tt
| the astonished brewers that Dumont and
| Duchate were one and the same person AND
| Debx was the gentleman who had success
| fully impersonated them both.
| The DISCUSSES OF Mr. DebI and his magp id
| cent impudence succeeded in carrying hin
/ through further than most m an could have
zone, and to-day when Debix " as brought W
| in the tribunal for meeting ri OF the pres
| dent who heard the case probal lly echoed the
| sentiments of all Paris when he said IL wa,
| one of the most remarkable al airs that had
| ever been before him. Unfortu. 1ately for the
| world the talents of Mr.. Debix were not ap
| precisted by the jury when they commended
/ him 10 five years imprisonment.
| INCIDENTS oY SAPoLEos's COURT.
| In talking with an ex-official 81 Napoleon,
/ court few days ago he reel ted some Incl
\ dents and among them one as iociated with
| Rosa Bonheur. the famous FAINTER, that
| think new.
! In the month of April. 1865. when the En-
| peror went to Algeria and left he Empress Al
regent the incident occurred. Before goinl
the Emperor at the request Of tho Empress
gave her permission to prose at the Cross o.
the Legion Of Honor to two famous French
women, leaving them 10 her selection. One
morning in the early days Of the regency the
Empress was breaks with some hall
dozen others at Fontsineblesu.
| The breakfast was in tho Pavilion Sully
| and at its conclusion the company wandered
through the palace. which i n tho absence OF
the court was silent and sombre, when the
Empress stepped into her carriage. bidding
her company to follow, and rode through the
forest 10 Ry, the home Of Rosa Bonheur Ar.
irving at the house the Empress left her car
rage and herself walked across the court
where she was received by the servant, and
said
II wish TO see Madame Rosa Bonheur"
''She ia in her study" replied the servant.
II will not trouble you to announce me- but
will 90 directly up, said the Empress
The studio door WAS open. Rosa Bonheur
dressed for her work WAS intently looking al
Il piece of canvas that she had placed on her
easel She was short of stature. her head was
well placed on her shoulders. her abundance
Of hair was a natural blonde and arranged in
q coil upon her head, her face WAS lighted with
beautiful gray eyes and she wore an express
sion of intellect and power. Her dress was a
sack Of some dark cloth and short petticoat.