Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
GOSSIP Of FRENCH CAPITAL
Paris Police Have Much Trouble In
Maintaining Order on the
Exposition Grounds.

Copyright, 1899, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, Nov. 1S-(New York World Cable
gram-Special Telegram. 1.-The police are
beginning to have much trouble to maintain
order among the exotic mechanics encamped
at the exposition grounds. Daily fights,
often real tragedies, take place. Two car
penters employed at the Siberian village
two days ago fought with axes because Of
jealousy over one of the girl cooks about the
camp. Both men died of injuries mutually
inflicted. Now a feud threatens among the
friends and relatives of the victims engaged
at the fair grounds.
Count Boni de Castellane and his wife
(who was Anna Could are severely critics.
ing Helen Gould's recent participation in the
anti-Roberts campaign The Castelanes de-
clare that the part taken by Helen Gould is
unnecessarily forward, If. not utterly un-
becoming in a young unmarried woman. The
count who hates his sister law. is quoted
as saying: "She attained a certain cheap
popularity by posing as the friend of SOL
diers Now, as she is an American and
lacks tact, she takes tiendish delight in
any sort of newspaper puffery and will
surely hereafter court notoriety by any
means whatsoever"
Gentle Ida Towery, the barmaid who
has attained such boulevard fame by the
introduction of her Incompatible cocktails
into French swelldom, on Thursday noon
swan across the Seine and back as the
result of a wager The water was icy. The
banks were lined with 200 clubmen, cheering
and shouting encouragement. Gentle Ida"
accomplished the feat clad in the smartest
and tightest Trouville bathing suit.
Dreyfus Reaches Genoa.
Dreyfus and wife reach Geneva Thursday
from Carpentras ard will stay three weeks,
going thence to some Mediterranean island
by way of Italy.
Duchess Dues, whose millions paid most
of the Boulanger campaign, is again for
ward with a liberal donation of 100000 to
equip body of Frenchmen going to help
the Beers under command of seven brilliant
officers who have obtained indefinite leave
from Gallifet.
Won Saltza, wealthy Swede, offered
Baron Christieni, now at Paris as one of
the royalsts on trial before the senate,
5000 francs for the cane that smashed Lou
bets hat The baron refused Won Saltza
owns the most complete collection of his
torical canes in the world. having 1,i65
sticks, classified in specially built show
cases.
lately. The doctors will again radiograph
the spot to see whether it ought not to be
extracted.
Considerable interest is excited by the
recent publication of grammar and voca-
bulary of a new university language called
the blue language The inventor is Leon
Bollack, a philologist of great merit.
Authorities declare the blue language is
vastly more practical than volapuk.
Paul Potter, the American dramatist. has
come from Switzerland to spend three
months in Paris. He has already secured
rights for several French pieces which he
intends to market in London and New York
next season. Potter confesses he is at the
head OF syndicate composed of a few
French and Americans who intend to over
turn the dominion of Elizabeth Marbury
over the European play market. Marbury,
he says, gives satisfaction neither to Ameri-
can managers nor European authors.