Qne of the passengers of the IlambnrgAnieriean .' pleasure steamer Oceana, which had been cruising aloiig the Scandinavian coast, was a wealthy American passenger, Mr. It. 11. Hood, of New York. Jn the course of t.he cruise (says the. Berlin correspbndent of the "Express") Hood-complained that Ilerr Pick, of Munich, had behaved indecorously in the presence of his wife in the dining saloon, so he. gave J'iclc a thrashing. The Gernif.ii sent n challenge tp Hood to fiijlit a duel with swords or pistols.* Hoed declined this, but offered to fight Pick with his fists under Queensberry rules nt any time or place. When the captain hoard of the incident ho ordered Hood to lenve the ship at tho next port. This the American did, taking his wife with-hiin.
"I consider, it an insult," said a police . constable giving ovidouee in a London Court, "to ask. a pr>licem:ML on duty to have a drink." Tho Courtsmiled.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 15, 12 October 1907, Page 15
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