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About Eugene weekly guard. (Eugene, Or.) 190?-1910 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1906)
racter Study of the "Soble” Spendthrift Who Has Been Cast Adrift by His Air.erican Wife 11 th» Beil Drened Min la Pari», W ho B um Hit Sulti by the Dozen ind li a Coanoineur on the Fit of in Overcoat — He It a Flat Failure aa a Husband n finance Is bad, high nobility i worse, and a combination of he two Is tbe limit. For proof if proof be needed—there is rce suit brought by the daugb y Gould against Count Boni de ae. That is enough to make gb and wisdom weep. What Is the tree of civilization that It ich fruit? What Is there in itatlve government that the is in this affair should hall e two chief republics of tbe After nineteen centuries of ilty, after all that science aud ave done for tbe world, hav« to this—a riot of extrava.tauc« idal. the matrimonial purchase reduced to an absurdity? en Years In the Limelight, irch 4. 189.*. at tbe home of J. Gould, New York city, his S AT-l nna was married to Couut •nest Bouiface de Castellme. « F™ e known as "The Powder Eleven years jtjave passed. >Mt?- Puff.” as In so many cuses where Anter- he presses have married foreign a are asked to annul 1 .rr During those eleven e Castellanos have been In the E ant 1, kept there by tbe count’s 4ITL J expenditure of money, bis his election campaign meth duels and his grotesque per ps generally. Once be was ex- d i 8 q 2 rom the French chamber of 11 ■ I on tbe charge of buying Ills (to that body, Once bis debt« 10 such an enormous figure that . Gould was forced to step In d capai ^■appointed trustee of hia faciliti« each, wears at least three a day and never wears one more than three or four times. His theory of dressiug evi dently is that a man who has no in bereut qualities to recommend him necessarily must make the most of ap- pearances. One thing can be said In his favor—his clothes are never loud. Herein Is suggested the second good thing that can l>e said of him. He 1» tasty. His buying of paintings and brie a-brac and his manner of furnishing his l'aris palace have evidenced this quali ty. That palaeo, by tlie way. Is exact ly Kodeled ou the Trianon, which was built by oue of the dissolute monarchs of France to bouse his mistress Couul Boni uot only had his building Itself lift« .• this model, but got all bis fnrul titre from special makes of the seven tec-nth and eighteenth centuries, pay ing fabulous J rices, of coutse. Most ol these furnishings are those actually ustsl by royalty. For example, a bed presented to tin» Countess Anna 1.« said to t-e one of the most expensive beds if uot the most expensive in the world. It was made nt the order of some French monarch for his mistress, pos sibly the same one for whom the Tri anon was built. There were so many of these cases it Is impossible tos;»eak with exactitude. No wonder the French were driven to revolution. a word further as to this matter of alleged good taste. It is au open ques tion whether such display, however re fined. Is uot based on vulgarity. vanced tn hla own "behalf Is that he likes America. And why shouldn't be) Has It not furnished him with aU the money he has squandered and made it possl' le for him to cut some figure In the world, eveu though It Is but a sorry one? Are not travelers, shippers aud consumers lu this country putting up for earnings ou Jay Gould's watered railroad stock tbe funds that this lift'* foreign tailor's dummy Is throwing tc tbe winds? Why shouldn't he like America? These constitute the list of question aLle credit marks. Out of the whole bunch only three can be mentloued with any g- nulne warmth of upprovaL They are that Boni sou,.ht to protect the name of a woman, tbit he turned e Joke and that be fought for b's seat It the chamber of deputies. That Is tht exteut of Count Boni's virtues. Hon estly. after diligent search, the write« lias been able to find no more. Is H uot pitiful? As for the other slJe of tht ledger. It Is of sn»i-le-it extent to p x> dine nausea. But let It speak for it self. Fisher of Heiresses. Count Boni's fir»t appearance In tbit country was a dozen years Hgo. Ther be went fishing at Newport—a flihet not of men. but of heiresses. It is or record that lie first cast bls bait fot Miss Virginia Fair, who Is now Mra W I< Viin li rl ilt. F illing to land her be next angled for Consuelo Vander li'.lt. now the Duchess ,,f Marlborough Fisherman's luck again. It was whil« nt Newport that he got the name of “The Powder Puff.” I'e’-hai« It was on account of de pleted finances that die now left th« watering place of the Four Hundred an 1 traveled through the west for a wino house. But the matrimonial cam paign was by uo means abandoned Upturning to New York. Count Bon1 gave a dinner. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould were among the guests; alsc tliclr sister Anna, then a your.g girl budding tnto womanhood. The impres s’.- liable Boni’s heart was again smit ten—or was It Ills pocketbook?—and tlie Goulds were Invited ou a hunting trip to Canada. Six week« after tbe initial meeting the engagement was an nouneed. Tbe couut. who had been An Opera Boutte Duel. living very modestly In rooms on East The third thlr.g that has been claim Thirty-second street, promptly moved ed In Count Boid's favor Is that be is to the Waldorf-Astoria and began to a fearless duelist, a rather equivocal cut n swell. The announcement of tbe betrothal had evidently Improved his credit. Tbe wedding followed in due course aud was of course sumptuous. Cherries at 54 Each. ,' ju tht . stbjt owed a revedle ooklet AND COUNTESS DE CAS ! El.LANE PARIS , re empi mountd md »¡I g, a mk e. Asil eri tail I t to en figure standik i home, nd W lily ora ail, X ions, o :e. Twice Count Boni fought h editors for printing scan- jmlng him. Joni Is a royalist. He wants inctly understood. The as- Is hardly necessary, as his •uld proclaim that fact, but popular government will re- deflnlte announcement with •n. The mere fact that he er It is something of a re democracy, but bls opposl- ipular rule serves to remove the stigma. The Incident is tmbered of the manner In countess led a mob of titled lepnWk lghts in a demonstration i-weekly resident Loubet and for no ry, w* on apparently than that Lou o potó from the common people und rd them. The Taris papers .. 'e«M t the time that Count Boni ■erica trned In that affair. One of of the# commendable things about ■ yew. 1 Be of France is found in the pictuf* y of its enemies. a pleasant task to write of nriy without being able to say •.end?!*________ B' mju vi r r>nu that innv «*° good of Limi. him. From as- • aui like Count Bud de Cas- bereU — discouraging. - There are a may * however, that can be said and * commendation even In this Id send t Dressed Parisian. flee <* ■edl* erson*i EPAKI . St Í* thing he la said to be th» rd man In rar!. whatever latIon that may be. He or- lulls and overcoats by tlw b a slight variety of shade each. His specialty Is over- *se be has In all varletf« of the best workmanship >st expensive material. Il’s •be is on the same el line. For example, pair of glove« m for skirts, be pays »7 virtue nt least. Even the bravery in volved is questionable, as French duels nowadays seldom or never even tuate fatally. As for Boni, be bar fought four times and has never been wounded. Three of his opponents lie wounded slightly—one be shot in the log. one he gave a slight sword thrust In the wrist, and the third received a trifling puncture of the thorax. Very much in the line of opera bouffe duel ing. Is It not? The first of these af fairs was a farce altogether. Boni had heard a slighting remark concerning a lady with whom he was smitten, whereupon he upset a table and made hostile demonstrations against the man who uttered the scandal. The other challenged blm, and the fight took place on tbe bank of a river Boni thought tbe thing was in earnest but all the others involved knew It to be a Joke. The pistole were loaded with pellets of black bread. As Boni fir*"»! bls antagonist dropped like a stock beef, and the young count ran up In great trepidation, asking If the man was killed. "Yea,” said tbe supposed corpse, sitting up and grinning. Tbe whole situation flashed on Castellane's mind, whereupon be cried. "I will bury blm. then," and. seising bls opponent's ankle, dragged him to the river l»ank and rolled him over As the dripping figure emerged he probably had some doubts as to whom the Joke was on. The fourth thing that can t-e said In th» little count's behalf Is that when be was thrown out of the deputies for cor rupting the electorate he showed spunk enough to fight. 1------ - As be left the chambet he cried defiantly, " Gentlemen, you will see me again." It was a dir* threat, and be made it good. Going berk to his province In th» Bi*;e-Alpes, —.... f.i^cte.1 by an increased major- wer been able to The fortune which Anna Gould brought to her husband Is estimated at about $17.000.000. but bound up lu such a way that she could only enjoy the In come from it, $000.000 a year. Boni promptly begtm- to burn this. Ills ex penditures were so lavish and tbe swell lie cut was so joyous that Paris first gasped and then laughed. As a sample, it is related that he paid $4 each for cherries. Other things were In proportion. In five years he bad 1 '■cor. e ,o involve I that London Ann of 1 •■velers brought suit. George J. Gould here had to step in. Prior to that time Boni had sold George at a fabulous figure a fine pair of Sevres vases. George found them In the Lon doner's bill still unpaid for. Since then there has been a decided coolness be tween the head of the Gould futnily and bis titled brotlier-ln-law. Suit was at once begun by George J. Gould to sequestrate his sis er s estate. Then Boni's transactions came to light. In these live years he had not only spent $3.000,(Oo or more, but was in debt to tbe time of $4,400.(100. As a re sult Anna's allowance was beuceforth cut to $200.000 a year, tlie other $400.- 00'.» going to liquidate the couut s lla bllities. But it is known that Boni has been making debts since wherever lie could get credit. Still bo has nut flown quite so high. An expensive yacht ho bought has lieen sacrificed for oue tiling. In connection with tills yacht there is a story. At the Countess An na's order it once put to shore aud a high society woman to whom Boni bad been unduly attentive was landed. ' ug and baggage. There were many other stories of this sort. As for Anna Gould, only sympathy is expressed for her both iu this country aud in Europe. Perhaps she is not eutl- tied to too much of it. aa sympathy is too precious to be squandered and she has got what she paid for, but she was only a youug girl when she married, and evidence is not lacking that the truly loved her sca[>egrace of a bus band. She has borne much. She baa overlooked all tbe little peccadillos many of which the world has heard whispers concerning and many more of which doubtless the public has known nothing. As long as only chorus girls aud women In like station were con cerned the aggrieved wife bore In si lence, but when women were Involved whom she bad to meet In per own so cial set sbe drew tbe line. It is said that three have been named In the di vorce suit. One of them, a baroness, tbe wife of a man with a worldwide reputation, precipitated tbe scandal. Count Boni was warned by his wife that tbe Hffalr must be broken off. and he promised. Thereupon the baroness out of revenge laid a trap for btm. and from this grew the suit. That Ls tbe story Pitiful Is the only word that de- scrlttes It Tbe Castellanes have three sons— George. Boni and Jay. Of these tbe mother has rontroL-merctfully In tbe last quarter of a century over ISO American heiresses have married titled foreigners. It 1« estimated that the fortunes which they have handed over to their bus amis have aggregate) over $2U0.(KM.< *J0. pe~hnps fi» Caetellane divorce suit may serve to awaken peonte to the enormity of this matrimonial tuft hunt tng and commercialism. J A. EDGKBTON THE WORLD’S NEWS OF TODAY IN BRIEF the justice of tie f«see st Ca’«’«f!l, charging him with murder He was placed in the county jail and will b. taken to Caldwell for a preliminary examination tomorrow. Sheriff Ku tan, of Telluride, Culoiado, is expect ed to arrive at Boise this afternoon with a warrant for St. John, charging him with the murder of Superinten dent Collins, of the Smuggler Uuioi Philadelphia March 14.—McGovern mine. is some* hat under the required weight this morning and his trainers say he is in tit condition. Nelson New York. March 14.—C.melius H. continues the favorite at 3 to 1. Bliss, treasurer of ti e liepul licai national committee,was in confer» nee Denver, Colo., March 16.—At 2:30» this morning the I'tah and California Express doubleheader on tbe llenver 1 A Kiu Grande, ooUiiled in a snow I storm with the Leadville local near I Florence. Forty are reported killed and many injured. It was due to a St. Petersburg, March II.—The elec with Jerome for au bi ur this m< rn miscarriage of orders. The majority tioae for a represe utative astern! ly are I ing. It is supposed to I e in relatioi of the dead were in the forward coach, slow,the people generally being afraid ' to political contributions from insur westbound, but how many is uot deti ance officials. to vote. Many liberals elected were uitely knowu as the car, with tel» immediately banish«.«! to Siberia. others was entirely constimtsl l>y Rochester, March 15.—Susan B An Many pinned fast in tin* thony’s funeral was held this after flames. Hongkong, March 14.—Kwangsei, noon. There was a big crowd and wreckage were burned to death it» the rebel leader, and three followers many addresses were made, paying sight of th»» rescuers. Nothing re main« but blackened timbers and have l een beheaded for an attack on tribute to her great work. twisted tods and human ashes. the home of Dr. Andrew Beattie, an The traius were running at a high American miseionatry, at Fati. At Chicago, March 15.—The prolate the time of tbe attack clothes and Court today issued a decree to prevent rate of speed and met with terrible, jewelry to tne value of a thousand Mizner or his wife troin drawing force on a curve. The locomotives, baggage cars and smokers on both dollars were stolen, money from the York» s estat»' without trains were overturiasl and the rest Hrst consulting tlie court or Louis piled up on them in awful confusion. Washington, March 14. — It is under Owsley, who was given letters testa Ihe gas tanks exploded and in a few mentary this afternoon. stood that Spooner will tie secretary minutes tiie entire mass of wreckage of war iu case Taft retires. The canal was in flames. Those who o.-caped will Le placed under the state depart- Tokio, March 15.—The 1. wer house threw snow over the victim« iu tho n*nt. with Assistant Seretary Bacon adopted a bill for nationalization of vain effort to extinguish the tire. Re to direct control. railways today. lief trains have been rushed to the seen»' Corvallis, Or., March II.—Benton Engim'er WiPiam Hollis, Firemen Paris, March 14.—The Algeciras county is out of debt. Tlie last out Consullette and Hugh S iA Inth ami conference is unable to proceed on lie standing warrant was call • I in l>v. count of a deadlock between tbe Treasurer Buehiuian in a cull issued Express messenger MeCarthmd were killed. Engineer Kelker ami Fireman French and German repruentatnes, this morning. There were 426 of such J. II. Smith escaped by jumping and each bound to allow uo more conces warrant.», and their aggregate, it dud Wer»' badly injured. All the sleeping sions. King Edward is exerting his ing interest, was but ?87(ML F.vory cars Wi re saved and the occupants un influence for pence. year for the past three years, ul-out injured. But for the lire the loss of this time, all standicg varral t-aie life would have been small. The sur Portland, March 14.—The storm called iu, Htid for a ptriod of four or vivors state that the wreckage soetned which has raged throughout the five mouths the public business is to burst into flames as the crash oc- Northwest for the past four days is transacted on a cash basis. curred. Nine memtiers of th»' Hewitt a ily, of Lebo, Kunsas, are among subsiding and tLe ¡.uu is out iu East ern Oregon. Snow from half a foot to Colfax, Wash., March 15. — Fire this tne dead. aAinoii^ the in íuhm I «re Myron Phil three feet covers the entire region e;,-t morning united the new Hotel Coltax, of the Cascades. A thaw has begun the finest in the Palouse eountry,an<l lips, Salt Lake,> Hiikle hurt; W. F. • * l aid, Portland, iOr., font i n iu the Palouse valley and no serious the First National Blink. The tire ( . Im IV’iMi., i-ck damage to fruit trees has Iweu done. < rigimited fiorn an overheated fur juiur» rn ntun It is still snowing at Ashland. Ti e nace. The loss amounts to ?l(»,Oo(». di. «4 Th snow in the Siskiyou mountain« is prest t the deepest ever reported. Slit ,-p:nen He illjUltv Indianapolis, March 15.—1’ornn-r » end have suffer» d severely. State Auditor Sherrick was found guilty today of the misuse of state Pm 1 ’ . »lai <’h 1 a. The St. Petersburg, March 14.—A con funds. The penalty is an indetermin wrecl * exHet io pm of life will spiracy among tbe reactionaries to op ate sentence of two to twenty-one probi know n, is cvitain pose Witte by inciting counter revolu years. He will seek an appeal. J to be ono < *f the worwt tion has been discovered. Witte at i wrecl lit*' 't$<I 't li irtory. Con- today’s cabinet meeting insisted upon tew thiMnAoruil g ¡iiaco Indianapolis, March 15.—The min serval t ìe suppression of the Black Hun ers’ first session assembled this morn tl.e ni lead ut .'U dred The conspirators include Tre- ing. Patrick Dolan is present and tiodies nre n •* 11 e n ' r « :»■, ttnidi t ti poff, Durnovo and others of the high will oppose the Ryan resolution, tl» «l. Fe» end i tLcrs ><ie ki < « n to be est official». The plan of the reac which he deciares is uu insult tj »be dead."J Possibly H sci.ic were burn« <1 tionaries is to provoke riots and Jew operators. 1 to asín s. This morning the names of ish massacres in order to justify to ('«¡•tain 1 »trick Murphy , of Florence, the czar the necessity of still more re ( cl. ; I .y Fi. 1<I , Keystone, M)o, «nd pressive measures to set at naught the Washington, March 15 —fho Jolo Mrs. Belle VG fib, Keystone, Wyo., liberal manifesto of October. Witte's Cattle was deserilieu iu tlie Louse to Were adued to the list of dtad. opponents in the cabinet control the day by Jones, of Virginia, us a “m«s- governor generals throughout tbt‘ em Hscre.” Bacon, of Georgia, tn tbe pire, and through them the soldiers. senute, hoped tbe slaughter would IaiGrande, March 17.- Tl.e Hewitt. Meantime tbe proleatariat is organiz prove to be justified. Lo.lge declared family of ele»en , of »liich nine were ing another general strike. An out- it was “uot time yet to condemn the killed in ti e Ad <>!><» wrec k, were en- brtak about Easter seems certain. ■ route to t ‘rogón to Hettle on a liotne- American soldiers.” [stead in Wallowa county. Mrs. Hew- Baker City, Or., March 15.—Today itt's parents reside iu 1 . :i, Union Kansas City, March 14.—Commis is tlie coldest known for year«, the couuty. sioner Prouty, in the inquiry on oil , thermoim ter registi-riug ten degree« freight rates,would not allow the rail lieluw zero. There is a great shortage road attorneys to combat his state of hay, and stock will sutler. ment that rates foree»! the independ ents out of business, but declared the fact was well established. A w itness Ashland, Or., March 15—The ther toid of the Standard's private tele mometer i« eighteen ilcgrei-« above graph system, and said communica zero, th»' «•oldest weather of th»' w in tion with Rockeielh r's private office ter. Much of the fruit is injured. could la- es.ablishul with any part of the system in a minute. San Francisco, March 15. — It is an Portland, March 15. —Senator Gear nounced authoritatively that th»' Sei New York, March 14. —Prince Tse by smelter concern will soon com in arrived this morning to register in aud bis fellow Chinese cotnmissiouers mence the construction »if a big cop order to go ou the ticket ns a candi sailed for Europe today. He believe« per» smelter near this city, probably date for re-election. He states that the friendly attitude of tbe two na at San Bruno on tbe ocean shore. he did not leave Washington until h tions will produce a good understand The Guggenheim« have already an whs assured of th»1 pii-snge of the ap nounced they will build a $3.5o(l,«KK) propriation of $4(10,(MX) for the Colum ing aud fettle differences. :• melter at Port Costa. Daniel Gug bia river by the bouse. v He predicts the passage of tbe rail genheim will be here tomorrow in road rate till) after an extended de Manila, March 14.—Fire broke out connection with the plan. bate. The raitroails are making little on board the liattleship Ohio, Train's ot>j< ction. flagship, in tbe harbor here today. Before the flame« were extinguialmd ~ Washington, Match 15.—Wood ca- the battleship had been daniagisl to i e s th it Henry H. Rodebrough, of the hospital corps, wits also killed at tbe extent of $400(1. Jolo, ami Roderick McDonald, of the hospital corps, was kille»l in au ac tion at Cebu on March 8. This is Portland, March 14. — Roy Kiser, the first mention of the Cebu fight. aged 12, anil Kay Yelton, 14, were ar Prineville, Or., March 14.—A severe rested this morning. They ooufeaeed storm of wind ami snow, accompanie»! to over a dozen robberies carried out Washington,March 17.—Agent Crist, with clou»is of dust, commenced by a system of their own devising. 1 of the department of commerce an»i blowing on Saturday morning and Both carried loaded revolvers. i labor, has returned from a tour of 1 caused tbe thermometer to go lower ‘ Japan and Northern China on an in- than at any time during tlie past win Pendleton,Or., March 14.—In a raid vestigatlon of trail»; condition«, an»i ter. Thia storm following so closely last night forty gamblers were arrest ia enconrag»-») at tbe prospect« for on the long spell of fine weathi-r, in Th»* bocyott quite severe on range stock, some of ed by the chief of police.inaugurating Am»'ricat* comii.*i-i a campaign for a cloaed town. The didn’t take root in the province of which had been turned out. In some gambler« were arraign» 1 thi« after- TienTsiu. He says: “American tra»le instance« it was n«c< ssary to return 1 has grown and will continue. In them to the fee»l yards. noon. • neither th»’ manufacture of cloth nor Snow is said to be one foot deep at machinery can the Japanese »«pial Pend. The Silver Nike mail is de- B March 14.—Judge Stewart, in Ameriranx, Lntfth» . J«|>auese are im- j layed by a storm south of Rend. A the ilistrict court this m ruing.grant provili.” - very cold wind, with dust and a small »si the writ of habeaa corpus ami or j amount of snow, is re| orted by tele deled the discharge of St. John, I phone from the cvuntiy aronnd Mad Kf« Y' * k M hh * 1 15 A Mirrar«! ra«. Haystack, holding that the proljate ju»lge *•»•«■,» »1 Culver hi d Warm Ibis city todaly and crippled ail ^Spring»- to have juriedicti»»n after March 2. 1 when th» preliminary examination 1 tratiMpurlMl iuu. and many wire« are • I Ho gan Watson has been eieCts-i should have t»een held. As St. John ' <iovn. Mi ny íh’rttli »•»ptain of tbe high sch»s>! 1« cl (I st f* I i: to the corrid >r be » •» ar- th'-r I« predicted reeted again on a warrant i--n»'d by SENATOR GEARIN RETURNS TO REGISTER STORM SEVERE ON RANGE STOCK