The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-06
ELECTIONS IN FRANCE TO-DAY.
EFFORT TO BE MADE TO TEST THE
CoUNTRY's FEELING.

There Seems to he No Present Sign
of Discomfort with the Govern
ment--A Sensational Attempt at
Abduction on the Champs EIysees.
American Pay fIion to Be Inaugu-
rated Next saturday-security of
Exhibits.
Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press)
Paris, May 5.-F'oreign visitors to Paris
this week find the dead walls covered with
huge eolored posters setting forth the cleo
toral manifestos of the candidates at the
municipal elections which are to be held
tomorrow Sunday throughout France.
The results are awaited with particular
interest owing to the announced intention
of the Nationalists to utilize the election
as field of battle to test the feeling of the
country on the governments policy, espe-
cially in domestic matters.
At the present moment there is no sign
of serious political effervescence or grave
discontent with the government This is
shown by the tranquil manner in which
Labor day passed in France. At one time
the celebrations on the first of May al
most convulsed the country. This year
the day fell into completes allegiance. work
proceeded as usual nearly everywhere, and
meetings of labor committees, which for
merly were a feature of the day, were few
and far between
A Sensational Incident.
The Champs Elysees Is the last place In
the world one would think would be chos-
en- for an attempt at child abduction in
4orf hannan0l
this week. to the ama8ement Of all Paris.
The fashionable avenue was thronged, as
is usual in the afternoon, with a stream or
equippages and of prone naders, when, AL
most In front of the imposing entrance to
the exposition a man rushed into the road
way and seized by the head a horse draw
ing a fiacre in which were seated an ell
DERBY lady and gentleman in whose arms
was a little boy, about years old. At the
same moment a woman sprang to the
side of the carriage clut ched the child and
attempted to drag him from the vehicle
The child cried and crowd soon sur
rounded the struggling group. The new
conner explained that the boy was her
child, whom the Old people refused to give
up The crowd Immediately took sides
with the mother and the old lady, burst
ing into tears, rellnquished her hold. II
was then found that the child was g4rdled
with an iron chain, which was padlocked
discovery excited the wrath OF the spec
tators, who prepared to handle the Old
people roughly.
AT this juucture the police arrived and
took the whole party 10 the station house
where It was explained that the mother
had been granted a divorce and awarded
the custody of the child, but chat during
an illness she had had him temporarily
given into the care of the mother-in-law,
the Baroness Won Veldegg. The latter,
upon the mothers recovery refused to re-
turn the child and the mother tracked
them until she met them on the Champs
Elysees. The baroness. learning that the
mother intended to secure the child. fore
IDLY, II necessary, had the iron chain
forced ard never left her house EXCEPT
IN a carriage and accompanied by the old
Prussian officer, who held one end OF the
chain, the baroness holding the other.
Al the station house the mother-in-law
refused to uufasten the paddock, and the
! commissary Of police was Obliged to have