New-York tribune., 1900-05-06
NEWS NOTES FROM PARIS.

Paris. May o.
SCENE ON THE CHAMPS ELYsEE-The
Champs Elysee is the last place in the world one
would think would be chosen for an attempt at
child abduction in broad daylight. This, however
happened this week. to the amazement OF all Faf's.
The fashionable avenue was thronged as is usual
in the afternoon with stream Of equipages and or
promenaders, when, almost in front OF the impos-
ing entrance Of the Exposition, man rushed into
the roadway and seized by the head horse Draw
ing facre. In which were seated an elderly woman
and man. in whose arms was little boy about
four years old. At the moment a woman
sprang TO the side of the carriage, clutched the
child and attempted to drag him from the vehicIe-
The child cried, and crowd soon surrounded the
struggling group. The newcomer explained that
the boy was her child whom the old people re-
fused to give up The crowd Immediately took
sides with the mother. and the elderly woman
bursting into tears, renquished her hold on the
child. It was then found that the child was girdled
ocenpan am Fo of h asre Ts discovery excited
wrath of the spectators, who prepared TO hahale 9
arrived and took the whole party to the station
house where it was explained ina. @ sodv 10 of the
child, but that during illness she had had MN IN
aW the aroness s5ne Won Won VeldeFg The
the mothers recovery refused to h met met them
on the Champs Eiysee The Baroness, learning
that the mohr INTENDED M to ron cSa ed and
never left the house except IN s wbn held
one end of the chain, the Baroness hoiolhs 'he
other s.o,
At the station house the mother-in law refused ed
to unfasten the paddock. and the Commlssary VI
Police was obliged to have the chain filed IN two
The child was then restored TO ms mothef' -ueHpi'e
the protests and sobs of the Baroness
EXPOSITION NEWS.-The date of the inaugu-
ration of the American National Pavilion in the
Exposition is now definitely fixed for next Satur-
day The ceremony will be simple. Charles A
Coolidge the architect of the structure. VIII mana
over the building TO United States Commissioner
General Peck, who. in turn, will transfer 1t TO
Commssioner-GeneraI Picard. The internal ar
rangement of the Pavilion differs from that of the
other National Pavions. which are generally de-
voted display of additional exhibits or TO some
artistic effects characteristic of their respective
countries The American building on the con-
trary will given up to administrative and recep-
ton purposes the idea being to have sort of club
where Americans may fraternize and secure in
formation. On the main floor is located United
States postoffce and bureau of information we'll
as reading and writing rooms. The postoffce is
intended to be an object lesson to Europeans of
prompt and businesslike handling of postal mat
ters and will itself form an exhibit or as great
practcal value as any with which the other Ma
tional Pavilions crammed. The second moor
will be devoted to various state heaaquarters the
rooms of which will be hapdspmely Iurhlsned Dy
the States of New-York Massachusetts and CAN
fornia but will be open to ali American citlzenS.
The Commissions reception rooms VIII occupy the
third floor while the fourth floor Will be round
the HEADQUARTERS Of the juries and international
Congress delegates, Of the American Chamber OF
Commerce of Paris, OF the women organizations
and of the Loyal Legion.
compilation of figures by an American Of
hood of one hundred and fifty thousand Americans
in Paris during the next six months. These fig
ures based on the number OF residents now
abroad and the capacity of the transatlantic