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Show KILLED IN DUEL. Thlo Combat In France Proved To Be No Joke. London. Word Is received hero of tho death at Paris of Earl Percy, Henry Algoron George, formerly under un-der secretary of state for foreign affairs. af-fairs. According to tho family, death was duo to complications following an attack at-tack of pneumonia. It Is widely reported re-ported hero, howover, that tho earl's fatal Illness followed wounds received In a duol in which ho Is said to have taken part in Paris somo days ago. Karl Percy was tho oldest son and heir of tho seventh duko of Northumberland. Northum-berland. Ho had represented South Kensington in parliament slnco 1895. In 1902-03 ho was under secretary of stato for India, and in tho two succeeding suc-ceeding years under foreign secrotary. Ho was born In 1871 and was unmarried. unmar-ried. His homo was In London. |