Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1906 — FALLS IN SWORD DUEL [ARTICLE]

FALLS IN SWORD DUEL

FRANCE’S UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE WOUNDED. Enraantrr' Follmra Storm In t'hntubfr or nrpdlir, Onrlnß. I)rrjfn» niHCOMHion Mcetlns Arrangnl While So««loii lireaLi I p In Klot. France’s Under Secretary of State Sarraut fell dangerously wounded, with blood gushing from'a .deep sword thrust, in one of the most sensational duels in the history of that country of duels. XI. liesi-Conu, « republican member »ls the Chamber of Deputies. was Sarraut's oi>ponent. The cause of the encounter oat earlier in flic day when XI. l’lighesi-Conti, assailing the government officials as ’’scoundrels" for their action in the Dreyfus case, was set upon' by Sarraut and pnjrrmelcd to the floor-of the legislative hall. The session of the deputies broke up in pandemonium. Xlembers met in the center of the House, fighting like demons end raining blows to Tight and to l it with apparent indiscriminMion, Men distinguished in French Statesmanship fought tike a crowd of school lews, 1-wc-liesi-OauU and Sarraut withdrew front the Tumult and quickly dispatched seconds to arrange a duel ot-honor. The scene ’ when the men faced each other was one which will long fie it nicnihcnsl. It was a veritable combat between the government and the opposmom The preliminaries arranged, "the antagonists sprang together savagely. The were shushed to silence. scarcely breathing ns the muscular little under secretary parried and thrust and thrust again, seemingly having « slight advantage over his heavier "bppoiivn;. Hut the duel was quickly over, for suddenly XI. Sarraut left an*oi»ening and Ihigliesi-t*ohfi-’a blade sprang in. inflicting a dangerous wound. Sarraut dropped his sword and fell back into the arms of his seconds. It was reported that his ohaiuv of recovery was gontL ~ - . . . rr '■ J'

OX THE DIAMOMI FIELD. Progrraa of t'lnltN 111 Hart* fur Dnse llnll I'cnnnnt*. ——■ NATIONAI. I.IOAOI K. \V. 1.. W. I. Chicago ....50 24 Cincinnati . .3.4 40 N.xv Y0rk..40 27 Sr. Ixhus.TT.3l 50 Pittsburg .. .30 28 Brookly» . . .28 47 Phil’delphia 40 30 Boston .... .27 33 AMERICAN LEAGUE! W. 1.. W. L. New York.. 40 29 Detroit 444 30 41 ; 20 St. L0ui5....39 38 Cleveland ..43 31 Washington. 27 40 Chicago ..".43 34 Bos:oil *...•.. 10 30 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. 1.. TP. 1.. Columbus . .32 34 Minneapolis. 43 40 Milwaukee. 47 33 Kansas City.3B 43 Toledos ..... 44 37 St. Paul 31 31 Louisville ~4+ 38 Indiana j>olis 30 31 ~T ' r T WESTERN I.EAGVr. w. i.. \v. 1.. Des M oines.4B 31 Sioux City. .31 38 Omaha 38 31 Lincoln 20 42 Denver .. . ..‘l7 33 Pueblo 27 43 r— POSTAL RECEIPTS CAIN. Aaritrecalc Inrrraned. hut Wnshlnjcton’a Show* Retrogression. Notwithstanding Congress was in session during the entire month of June this year and was not in session at all las. June, the monthly statement of postal receipts shows a failing off for the capital city of about per cent, the receipts for the month in 1900 being $84,333 as compare*! with sßb.<'>4Bvin 1905. There was a decrease of over 31 per cent in San Francisco, which was due to the fire and earthquake, the receipts for June. 1900, being $100,828 as omipared with $147.390 for June last year. The statement covers the five largest cities in the Uni tel States and shows a total collection for June of $0,421,318, a net gain of BVe per cent. MAY KEEP OIT CRITICS. Krn York Supreme Court Holds theaters Are Private Places. Playhouses are private places, according to a decision of the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court, and the mauager or proprietor has a right to say who shall and who shall not enter. The decision dismisses the complaint of James S* Metcalf, the dramatic critic, against Charles Burnham, a member of the Theater Managers’ Association, for excluding Metcalf from Burnham's theater. Metcalf charged that Burnham and other theatrical managers had entered into a conspiracy to prevent ffeim from exercising his lawful calling.

CONTRACTS FOR BATTLE SHIPS. - Crsmpi mad New lork Company Are to Bnild New Vea>«-p«. Secretary Bonaparte has awarded contracts for the two 10.000-ton battleship*. South Carolina and Mibcignn, one to the Cramps of Philadelphia and the other to the New York Shipbuilding Company, of Camden, N. J. The Cramps’ bid was $3,540.000, and that of the New York Shipbuilding Company $3,585,000. The Secretary of the Navy was obliged' to dis- * tribute the contracts in this way because Congress had provided that not more than one ship should be built by any one concern. Bora Crop to Kill Peat. The burning of the entire wheat crop of the State of Washington this year as a means erf exterminating the Hessian fly," which has made its appearance, is rpoommeqded by Entomologist Melander of the State Agricultural college. Halt fur a Wild Man. A .wiW iun is roaming through the. woods in the vicinity of Kenyon, Minn., and a large number of men are -scouring the country for him. When last seen he - was only half dad. his bead and face were badly cut and oe carried a big knife.