The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-16

fions-the Polo club, the Coaching club
and the Auteuil Steeplechase club. Up
till a few days ago his residence in the
club building has been o. voluntary
character and was of so agreeable and
pleasant a nature that both his quarters
and his post were envled by even many
Of the most brilliant members of the
four clubs in question. Since last
Thursday, however. he has been detain-
ed there as a prisoner. 1t seems that
the Marquis de Massa, who Is a mem
Der of the finance committee of two of
the institutions, had his suspicious arOus-
ed the other day by the presentation Of
q bill which he remembered to have
passed on six months previously He
therefore proposed an examination of
the accounts. But as he has the reputa-
ton of being very f1nicly and querulOus
his suggestion was at first rejected. He
thereupon commenced an investigation
on his own account and made such star
ting discoveries as to lead to an EXAM
nation in due form of the financial con-
ditjon of the four clubs. The result has
shown that the treasurer has been guilty
of embezzlement to the extent of some
$50, 600.
At first it was decided to turn the dis
honest official over to the police But
would be well, if possible, to avoid the
adoption Of such extreme measures. as
the scandal resulting from a public
trial would be certain to reflect on the
prestige of the clubs. Accordingly NJ
Maraninchi was locked up in his apart
ments, where he has since been detain-
ed a close prisoner, club servants being
on guard at his door to prevent his es-
cape. Meanwhile all his available prop
erty is being sold, and it is proposed
that after he has been made to disgorge
everything that he possesses he is to be
permitted to go free, providing he I'M
dertakes to emigrate at once to the
United States.
Smart though this club is, there is
not one here that has been the scene of
SO many scandals during the past 10 or
1 8 years. 1t was there that the memora-
BILE ARRAY between the Vicomte de Bre-
teuil and Baron ROthschild's son-in-law,
NJ Ephrussi. took place. It was there,
too. that the sol distant Vicomte An
drac succeeded in cheating members out
of sums amounting to nearly 900, 600
francs And some IL years ago it be-
came necessary to effect not only a
wholesale discharge of the servants, but
also to drop number of members on ac-
count of the discovery Of collision be-
tween them for the purpose of carrying
on unfair play at the card tables
The owner of the premises is Baron
Hirsch, who. although he purchased the
building with the view of getting HIM
self elected q member, has never been
able to succeed in accomplishing his OBJ
ject, this, too, Notwithstanding all the
support which he received from theNOr-
leans princes and from the Prince de
Sagan himself, from whom the baron
has bought she reversion of the historic
palace and estate of Valencaye, where
the great Ta1leyrand lies buried Baron
Hirsch owns besides this at Paris mag
nificent house at the corner of the Rue
de 1'Elysee and the Avenue Gabriel,
which has the reputation of being
blighted with some curse that affects
all those who have resided there Its
history is certainly in favor Of the the
DRY. Built by Empress Eugene for her
sister, the late Duchess of Alba, the lat
ter died there very suddenly
The only mem Der of Partisan society
who occasionally crosses its threshold is
the Prince de Sagan, whose white hair
and mustache flashing black eyes and
smart but by no means foppish dress
make him everywhere a very conspicu-
Gus figure. His father is now lying on
his deathbed in his Silesian castle, and
when he dies the prince viii inherit the
4 titles Of Duke of Sagan, Duke of Talley-
rand Perigord, Duke of VaIancaye and
about a dozen other French, Spanish,
italian and German titles besides. this
also in addition to a seat in the Prus-
/ alan house Of lords.
RARON. SARToR-