The record-union., 1897-08-16

| exchanged, and both looked Good and
determined. They fought in their shirt
| sleeves, Prince Henri with barred hands
and the Count with gloves. At the
word ''alles messeurs,'' both started
vigorously, SO vigorously as to aston
| ish and disturb the seconds. 1t was a
/ thrilling exhibition of sword play and
/ Major Leontieff, describing it with it
extraordinary vivacity, says it was ter
| rible. II appears that Henri's sword
was bent by a button of the Counts
| trousers, and but for this chance it
| seems there is little doubt that the
| Count would have been run through,
or at least dangerously wounded. In
fact, the doctors and seconds thought
| this had happened. When Prince
| Henri received the wound in his abdo-
men he clapped his hand to the spot
and sank back to his seat, supported
| by Leontieff. He then rallied upon the
ground, exclaiming that he could do
no more. The doctors fear that the
wound may be complicated by peri
tonitis and there is need of extreme
care for a few days.
Both men maintained hot fighting at
every stage of the encounter. When
| the Counts hand was scratched he
| ridiculed the wound, and tried to stop
the medical examination, but the doc
tors insisted. Toward the end of the
fourth assault the onlookers became
anxious, as the opponents, who, becom-
ing fatigued, fought with looser guard
and more careless thrusts.
| In the fifth assault the Prince, after
feeling his way, began an impetuous
attack, the Count defending desperately
and slowly retiring. 1t seemed that
the rounds which had gone before had
only excited the fire of the combat
ants.
Suddenly the Prince made a wild
lunge, which the Count barely parried.
| The latter Immediately returned the
thrust, and the Prince, slightly over
balanced swung back to avoid the
blow, and received the point of his ad
versary's sword in the abdomen.
The news was not generally known
through Paris until about 10 o'clock,
when there was a rush of visitors to
the residence of the Due de Chartres,
| but only Major Leontieff was allowed
access to the room of the Prince. ex-
cepting, of course, his father, mother
and brother
M. Faure sent a special messenger
to make inquiries as to Henri's condi-
| ton
The duel grew out of certain criti-
cismS made by Prince Henri of Or
leans upon the conduct of the Italian
| officers and soldiers while prisoners of
the Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia.
These criticisms were published early
asst in La
and Paris Figaro for which Prince
Henri had been writing of his travels
in Abyssinia, which began last Feb
ruary. The particular statements to
which the Italian press and public. as
well as Italian officers, took exception
to We're published on July 18th last. The
words of the Prince were as follows:
Naturally the subject which was
most often discussed was that of the
war between Italians and the Negus,
and the captivity of the Italians. 1 am
bound to say that I am no longer in
| dignant, but simply dfsgusted, at what
hear each day about them. Out of
respect for a nation with whom we are
friendly, I should have been silent if
the Italians had not shown in regard
to ourselves the most reprehensible con-
duct Have they not confessed that had
they entered Adds Abada VIGOROUSLY
they would have given no quarter to
any F'renchman, not even the small
tradesmen? They added, moreover,
with am ironical air, that they would
not have inflicted the death penalty
on the French women. Even this did
not permit them to accomplish their
wishes. Although they came to the
Capital as prisoners, they do not seem
to realize it. Some of their officers
were not ashamed to take part in the
celebration of the anniversary of the
! battle of Adowa."
1t appears that the police have been
unusually active, and had ordered the
foresters to watch carefully all places
likely to be chosen for the encounter,
but everybody was deceived by the re-
port from Naples and by the unusually
early hour chosen. Lieutenant Pini's
seconds had left Paris in disgust, de-
claring that Prince Henri had acted
against the rules of chivalry
ROME, Aug. 15-The news of the re-
suit of the duel has been received with
the greatest enthusiasm. Crowds fill
the streets cheering for the Count of
Turin and the army and calling upon
the bands in the public squares to play
the royal hymn. Many of the houses
are decorated with flags in honor of the
result. and all newspapers have issued
special editions of the encounter Ex-
ira guards have been mounted at the
French Embassy and Consulate. Con-
gratulatory kilograms We're showered
upon members of the royal family from
al parts of Italy, and many have been
received from abroad.
The general belief is that King Hum
bert must have acquiesced in the
Counts action. It is unlikely that any
diplomatic complications will ensue.
Emperor William has telegra phed the
Count his warmest congratulations AT
the principal cafes champagne flows
freely tonight in toasts to the Count
of Turin, whose popularity is bound
less.