Show BOULANGER WOUNDED PRIME MINISTER MEASURES STEEL atu HIM A miracle that Coul aDger was not killed july 13 As was expected the insult offered by boulanger to floquet in the chamber of deputies last evening resulted in a duel the two gentlemen attended by their seconds met in the vicinity of paris at ten adock aliis morning swords were used and both combatants were wounded the duel occurred on count dillons estate at neuilly sur seine a short distance from the city boul anger was wounded in the arm and neck his wounds are not dangerous Flo hand was scratched by Bou langers sword further than touched Flo colleagues in the ministry were were waiting at his house for tho news of the duel and were overjoyed to see the prime minister return safe he was given jm ovation A small crowd of Bou langers followers were in front of his house when he reached home noon later details of the duel are to tho following effect at tho second encounter boulanger was slightly wounded in the leg and floquet received a cut on the right hand after resting the men renewed the fighting for the third time boulanger made a lunge at Flo left breast but only slightly touched the mark boulanger then received a wound in the throat which put an end to the encounter the wound is as asemore evore one and on account of the hemorrhage the doctors are unable to decide whether it is likely to prove serious the buol was fiercely foughi Boulanger tried hard to kill floquet and threw himself upon him again and again when floquet received the wound in the hand and it began to bleed his second proposed that the fight bo discontinued but both combatants refused to stop it is now believed that the wound in general boulan gers throat is a serious one floquet received scratches on his hand chest and foot the physician who is attending boulanger has issued i bulletin regarding hia condition it says there is a deep wound in the right side of the generald General 5 neck and that it causes marked difficulty in his respiration at present the doctor is unable to give a prediction as to what turn the wound may take the republican journals in commenting on the discussion in the chamber of deputies last night between M floquet and say that general boulanger has entered upon a plebiscite campaign and that the struggle between the republic and a dictatorship has begun universal suffrage they say will do justice to Casan sm la lanterns lanterne Lan terne gives notice that it definitely severs all connection with Boulanger ism the conservative organs commend general Bou langers attitude and ascribe to him the honors of yesterdays scene in the chamber the gambatta Gam botta statue in the place de carrousel Car was unveiled this afternoon Floquet the prime Minister who fought the duel with boulanger Bou langor this morning delivered the oration at 6 this evening there was a marked improvement m general Bou langers condition the doctors however still declined to make a prognosis several journals assert that Flo sword penetrated general Bou langers neck for six centimeters at a point between the jugular vein aud the carotid artory midnight partly ng to the duel and partly because it is the eve of a fete tho streets are at this hour crowded especially in front of the cowarde office the merits of tho quarrel between boulanger and floquet are excitedly discussed and shouts for and against the general fill tho air maquet in the absence of boulanger presided at tho banquet on avenue this evening ho announced the generals condition was as favorable as possible coir says the condition of boulanger is serious that a high fever has succeeded extreme prostration and that his respiration is rapid and sometimes very difficult the doctors are unable to form definite opinions as to the generals prospects ot recovery no bulletin has been issued since 1 this 1 there is no doubt general boulan gers condition is serious Flo sword penetrated to the depth of two inches between the jugular vein and the carotid artery severing the nerve and impairing the play of the lungs perhaps irrecoverably the slept during the afternoon under the influence of morphine rochefort on bearing the insult of the duel exclaimed haw wonderful that the youngest general in the army let be pierc ed by a barrister nearly sixty years old la lantere Lan teme hitherto a powerful supporter of boulanger refuses to follow any longer a man who lias ceased to be a republican and who has shown an ambition to be a dictator general boilanger Bon langer has issued a circular to the electors in the department of Ar dische in which lie asks their suffrage doctor laffe believes matters will progress favorably and boulanger be cured in a fortnight the doctor considers it a miracle that boulanger escaped a directly mortal wound the general is suffering from much pain A prince taken away aruin mother WIESBADEN july 13 queen natalio is soro pressed by her enemies and so far has get help from russia her suit tor protection to the busian consul gendral at frankfort not having been answered the emissaries milan today to day will make a formal demand on the queen for tho heir apparent the queen is firmly resolved to refuse to give up her son an officer attended by twenty policemen entered queen natalies villa at ten this morning and shortly afterward appeared reappeared re with young alexander tho servian crown prince and alady vt honor an fn tho queens suite the two were bundled in a close carriage and driven to tho railway station where tho prince was handed the chief qt the servian police who r placed him in the train in a few minutes and his charge were on their way to belgrade the journey will be made without a break it is believed the queen surrendered The crowd cheered when be was brought out of the house when the queen received notice from the police that she must part with her son she telegraphed to king milan imploring him to allow the boy to remain with her another month the sing however was incensed at the abrupt manner with which the queen had refused bis conciliatory proposal for mediation and telegraphed back to the crown princes tutor that the boy must not remain with the queen a day longer the queen had planned to hy with the boy and with this intention had ordered a special train she failed to state her destination and the authorities refused to give her a train BERLIN july 13 the german police have ordered queen natalie of servia to leave germany within 24 hours the police will escort the queen to the railway station at wies baden and place her on the train bound for vienna if the queen attempts to resist these orders force will be used in carrying them out ane mine holocaust LONDON july 13 A dispatch from cape town says the debtors mine in kimberly the scene of the fire on wednesday night has been explored by a party of searchers twenty four whites and natives were found to have been bumen to death cause of fire unknown forty three whites and natives have been rescued from the mine tho cause of the terrible calamity was as follows while the shifts were being changed the wire broke and the ship rushed down the shaft alth frightful rapidity the oil lamps were broken and the blazing fluid ignited tho wooden casing of tho shaft the flames in volumes shot up completely preventing egress the mine was soon filled with smoke and the lights carried by the miners were soon rendered useless the panic stricken natives and whites in their efforts to escape massed together in the galleries and were suffocated to death the rescuers who subsequently explored the mino were compelled to use dynamite to clear the passages of corpses it is believed lives were lost A DENVER july 13 word is just received here from the ute agency utah that four weeks ago chief biah the notorious renegade chief while returning to the ouray agency from green kiver with a band of indians had a quarrel with his son during which revolvers were drawn several shots were fired but friends stepped in and parted the men before there was any bloodshed next morning when the indians broke camp and resumed their journey old biah dropped behind and when out of sight of his band shooting himself through the heart A ittoku july 13 the allegheny and monongahela valleys were visited by another heavy rain last night and the rivers are again rising at the headwaters this has caused some apprehension but old river men do not anticipate another flood the rivers are still receding here with eight feet six inches in the channel it is clear and very cool the mercury dropping 24 degrees in a few hours last night was the hardest of all on the families in pittsburg who had tc move out of their shanty boats these floating homes were in bad shape when tho river fell yesterday and not fit for occupancy then the weather suddenly grow quite cool and the rain soaked theirbee clothes and wet their other goods piled up along the river bank and in the yard of the pittsburg lake erie idail road baay of the women and children were cared for by their neighbors and the men built fires and passed the night on the wet ground as best they could |