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Castollane Domestic Troubles
May Be Aired in Divorce Court
Countess Bonl de Castellano who
was Anna Gould daughttr of the late
Jay Gould has separated from her
husband says the Paris correspondent
of the New York World The countess
suddenly left the Grand Trianon her
magnificent town residence on the
- avenue du Bois de Boulogne by night
more than a week ayo and went to
the Hotel Bristol Two days ago she
returned to the Trianon but that was
only after Count Boni had departed
for the south of France
The Counless Anna has consulted
Edmond Kelly a distinguished Ameri-
can lawyer here and he has associat-
ed with him Miitre Cruppl a celebrat-
ed advocate who will appear for the
countess In what promises to be one
of the meet sensational divorce suits
ever brought in the aristocratic circle
to which the Cas'ellanes belong
but (TIVo-fK
which the American heiress' friends
believe she will demand of French
justice
The countess long ago gave a sol-
emn and final warning to her husband
with whose extravagances in money
matters and whose frivolous entangle-
ments with dancers and singers and
other persons outside her own circle
of acquaintances she had been pa-
tient She told him such adventures were
beneath her notice But she added
her friends say that she would not
endure for an instant any departure
from the most strict conventions
which involved any woman whom she
might be obliged to invite to her own
house
To thjs It is said her husband pave
tle most solemn promises of agree-
ment The woman who Is hlatned for the
apparently final rupture of the Cas-
tellanes is a titled Frehrh woman
who is one of the smartest and most
charming leaders of society in Peris
She Is beautiful and rich in her ouu
right She is married to a man promi-
nent not only In society but also in
imliiira lie also has a great fortune
Indeed if ns puw seems to be prob-
able tbe scandal comes out in the
(juris it will have far-reaching con-
sequences in both the sor-ial ami po-
litico! worlds and wiut those conse-
quences may bq have sit the clubs j
and scions of Paris ns ir with excite-
ment and exaggerated rumor
This latest trouble has been brew-
ing since the reception of King Car-
los On the day she it ft her husband
Countess Eonl discovered or rather
became convinced that his long-
standing social friendship with the
woman already described covered a
irore serious relation
Perhaps one of the reasons which
led her to suspect this slate of af-
fairs Is the fact that for a tong time
Count lloili baa seemed a'solute'y to
have reformed so far ns his entangle-
n ent "outside of society" were con-
cerned He spent no more la’e evenings
a: suppers with his friends of the vau-
deville He passed among lilsfrlcnds
for a sobered father of a family proud
of his children and content st last to
accept the responsibilities of Ids sta-
tion ill life and to direct his command
of his wife's wealth and ids social
opportunities to furthering Ids well-
known ambitions for politics! advance-
ment ‘ ‘
It Is odd that n t-n Irish husband's
steadiness rhoul 1 hrve tnnde his wife
suspicious but this according to those
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Count and Countess da Castellano and Duchess D Uzea Who Is Be-
lieved to Ba Responsible for the Preeent Disagreement
gossips who are iii a position to know
‘is probably true
Friends of both are endeavoring to
convince the countess that she is
altogether mistaken in her suspicion
of tbe woman on whose account she
has left her husband These friends
seem to be sincere In saying that how-
ever gravely she may have been
wronged In the other cases which she
las condoned in this matter she has
no cause for anger and humiliation
Tbe suspected woman has been a
frequent gm-st at the festivities given
by the Castelianes at the Grand Tria-
non and who hast always passed for a
wife1 who is above reproach The
trlrnds of this woman And it impos-
sible to believe that the Countess
Boni has proof to ttie contrary
One of the occasions referred to
when the countess condoned apparent
misconduct on tile part of her hus-
band was the incident on the Castel-
lano yacht Near a Mediterranean
port by the orders of the Countess
Eoni one of her guests a' woman of
title was suddenly sent ashore with
her baggage
It was then that the countess read
her strongest lecture She said that
sue now mocked at -public opinion
and that she had shown in the most
public manner that she could no
louver endure the presence of the
woman concerned
"Now" she said “If ever I hear of
your being entangled with any oilier
wumun of our own rosltlon In the
world I vow to you that I shall di-
vorce and ruin you!”
The countess has also been Jealous
in the past of lady Austin I-ee wife
of the first secretary of the British
embassy at Paris to whom Count
Boni paid rather exaggerated atten-
tions Thus far a determination to make
the separation final is evinced by Jay
Gould’s daughter She hns refused
It Is reported to listen to any over-
tures for st least an amicable separa-
tion She appears bent upon the full-
est revenge possible for her husband's
luck of faith and for her own long-
suffering under humiliation
She Is confident that If site gets a
a divorce tbe courts will award her
tlie children and she is planning her
friends say to tuke them to America
end bring them tip completely out of
touch with Europe
“let them be mude over" she says
"Into healthy-hearted Americans like
my own family That is all I have
left to hope for from life”
et Is of no small consequence— to
fount Boni— (lint If his wife divorces
him she can mnke him penniless also
for as her income Is derived from
America no French tribunal has
power to award any share of It to her
husband so long at least as she re-
mains in the United States
Count Boni gave out through his
major domo that he and his wife are
traveling which of course is not
true
Edmond Kelly the countess’ law-
yer answered a message of inquiry
sent to the countess herself saying
that he would answer inquiries about
the afTair at bis office Immediately
after sending this message Mr Kelly
left town to bn gone several days
It is understood that three children
— George Boni and Jay — are now liv-
ing nt the homes of tutors Jean De
Casteilane brother of the count Is In
charge of the palace on the Bois de
Boulogne on which the count expend-
ed millions of the Gould fortune in
attempting to copy the Grand Trianon
of Versailles He declined to discuss
the absence of 'lie count or countess
or the report i f a rupture In their
n arital relations
Reconciliation Possible
Those social circles In which the
Crsteilanes arc best known are stirred
up over a report that a reconciliation
between Count itoni and his American
wife (formerly Miss Anna Gould) is
at hand
This condition of affairs is said til
have been brought about by the good
nflhes of a counless In whom both of
flip estranged pair have great con-
fidence and from their own wish to
avoid further pcbliclty
Even those who hold there can lie
no reconciliation are doubtful that the
case will develop any of the sensa-
tions possible in It
Although proceedings have been be-
gun tliev are only for a separation
and not for nbsolute divorce and even
If carried to the final Issue they will
not cut tho knot In the meantime
judgment mar he delivered accord-
ing to the French procedure solely
upon the papers in the cases without
calling a single witness or without n
single fact becoming public
It Is altogether likely that no wom-
an's name will appear In the case
Count Ilnnl absolutely denies the story
of his too warm friendship for a dls-
tingulHhetl woman nnd It seems to
be certain her name wilt not lie men-
tioned In the proceedings The storv
which Involves her name it Is dp-
dared rests solely on idle rumor
The primary causa of the quarrel
between them appears to be Count
Beni's reckless way of spending the
money which came to him through
his marriage with the daughter of Jnv
Could The count Is about as careful
of money as of pebbles on Ihe sea-
shore -
Some of the
Sent
Carload orcoalsam
mmayiKHia
Some ot the presents sent Miss
Roosevelt — Marvelous stories are
warting around the White House as
to the value of the gifts which are
coming It Is said that only com-
paratively unimportant gifts have al-
ready been received to mnko a foot
MAIL MATTER MOVES RAPIDLY
From End to End of Continent In
Forty-Eight Hours
When rocks and hills divide Pacific
coast dwellers from Atlantic coast
dwellers and they each other no long-
er see they can tnke pen nnd paper
and write a few lines that will fly
from ono end of the continent to the
other In forty-eight hours In 1906 It
first has been made possible to mall n
letter In New York city nod receive
a reply from San Francisco within a
week Tho fast mall train leaving
New York on Monday at 2:45 a in is
due at San Francisco Thursday noon
A reply mailed before 6 p m Is due
to reach New York at 9:30 a m on
tho following Monday The number of
passengers who benefit by extraordi-
narily high railway speed Is a trifle
compared with the public advantage
represented by a saving of aix hours
In tho time of transit of perhaps a
million letters nnd other mnil matter
carried every trip by the fust trains
Became Senator Despite Boss
The announcement made by Senator
Pettus of Alabama who Is now In Ills
eighty-fourth year and la Ilia oldest
mnn In the senate that he Is a candi-
date for re-election revived the atory
at the capital of how he came to the
senate the first time Ex-Senator Pugh
was the Democratic boss of the state
When Pugh was 'conducting Ills can-
vass for re-election to Ihe senate Pet-
Ins went to hint nnd asked for Ills in-
dorsement for a local Judgeship "Non-
sense” snld Pugh arrogantly "you
are too old to bo a Judge" "Well by
gum" shouted I’eltus "I may he too
old lo lio a judge! I ain’t too old In he
a senator" And he wnsn’t os Pugh
found out when Ihe canvass was over
and Pettus was elected
Presents
Miss Roosevelt
hlgu stuck which is uow In that mys-
terious chamber in the White House
attic under which there Is at night
the steady tramp of an officer and the
nearby snores of the servants who In-
habit the same floor There is little
danger of loss by theft
PRACTICE HAD MADE PERFECT
Redwood James "Sp’lled" Chinamen ’
But He Wat ProficienL
Miss Bret Hurte with tho aid of a
number of her father's English
friends has opened a typewriting of-
fice in London title is a proficient
typewriter and an American Journalist
calling to have Borne copying done
complimented her on her skill "My
skill such as It la Is due to prac-
tice" said Miss Bret Harte' "It was
acquired very painfully like the mark-
rnunshlp of one of my father's west-
ern friends My father used to tell
of a man called Redwood James a
character of California James in a
bar one night drew a revolver and
shot the ashes from the cigar of a
Irlend on the other side of the room
The friend lnughed nnd calmly drunk
off the remainder of his cocktail My
father said to Redwood James: ‘That
muRt hare required considerable prac-
tice’ 'Practice' Redwood James re-
plied 'I should sny so young man
I guess I sp'lled more'n three dozen
Chinamen n-learnln' thnt there
trick’ ”
“Bulls'’ of Parllamsntarians
fllr Harry Snmuel a unionist candi-
date for parliament Is Hie author of
this bull: "The legislative garden of
the ltherulR" he said "is an arid
swamp" If such a parliamentary au-
thority as Mr ‘Gladstone said “It Is
no use for the honorable member to
shako his head in the tenth of Ills
own words" lesser lights who blunder
In the political nrena have no renson
lo bo ashamed Mr Balfour onre
spoke of "an empty theater of un-
synipalhollc auditors" nnd Lord Cor-
son cnngrutiilnted Ills party on the
circumstances that 'Though not out
of the wood we havo a good ship"