The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-02
GEORGE GOULD MAY BRING
COUNTESS CASTELLANE HOME
Family Council Decided Young Woman's For
tune Has Been Imperiled by
French Count.

thus making her responsible for the prod
isalities of her husband a7i holding her up
to public ridicuie.
Yet Eoni. who is always ready to fight a
duel on his own behalf upon the slightest
provocation. has no word of defense for
his wife. lie Is sulking away at his Cha
teau de ROcheCotte six hours by train from
, Paris. De Rodays. editor of lie Figaro. Is
Juhiiant over Castellane's collapse. He says
time has verified his statement and tis
man who threatened to murder him has
simply killed himself"
COnnt nOni Paid Little.
Castellane does not seem TO have paid
anything. not even his charities For m
stance. he owes one item of s.a.." for the
real estate upon which he built the Bazaar
les Charities. and for the land whereon
stands his house in the Bois du Boulosne.
He owes Charles Wertheimer. bric-a, brac
dealer. S4S.oD. and he has mort iSaSed ev-
crything in sight to the amount of Sl,-
10000
TIE tradesmen who furnished the mate
rial or worked upon his house are not paid
yet. The Indebtedness TO them. together
with some short time notes and loans.
amounts To $4,000. but the acknowledged
Indebtedness of 81, 100 coo far from represents
the full liabilities.
He owes large sum to Arnoux. the IA
nous dealer in old furniture. from. whom
Castellane bought two wardrobes for the
fabulous price of s2s0.000 He owes horse
men for his racing stable. jewelers., for
presents TO his female friends. and Lon
don tailor for 100 pairs of trousers.
omiztRg of late. a little luncheon at the
Madrid for himself and two friends cost
500; His great house at the Avenue Mala-
koff and the Boise looks like a dungeon
tonight 1t is enveoped In Egyptian dark
ness: II has scarcely any furniture; there
are no servants. save one pretentious poT-
Ike one who treads alone some deserted
banquet hall. There is not single Cas-
tellane in Paris tonight: father. mother and
brother. have gone to rural retreats.
Sneered at by All Paris.
Castellane has also bankrupted himself
In the domain of political literature. po-
litical article. which appeared over his
name in the Revue des Deux Mondes. re-
Gently attracted much attention.
1t is fatty given out tonight that the
article IS from the pen of the secretary
of municipal counselor named Dausset 1t
Is also said that Denis Gnilbert. deputy
from Martinique and a member of the staff
OF lie Gaulgis, has aided Castellane In lis
literary aspirations.
His debts have been increased by sub
sides to newspapers. The latest accounts
say his constituents in the Department of
the Lower Alps are calling upon him to re-
sign his seat in the chamber. They expect
lie Petite RepubliGue scotfingly asks:
when will Judges understand that 1t is
their own affair If millonaires spend their
money as they please?"
lie Eoltaire says:
Nine. Boni Castellane puts into practice
the paradoxica1 maxim that money was
George will Bride Castellane's extrava. I,aVa:
gance."
lie Matin says:
Countess de Castellane can now spend
only her simple income. namely, s.219 francs
Il centimes per day.
LAurore says:
Behold Mime. de Castellane compelled to
live within sfO,0C0 per year. We hope the
public charities will do their duty at this
time"
The section of the public most delighted
nt-ar n satl ra,S foil =
for one of his latest acts was to exclude a
gentleman from the fashionable club. dan
tou. because the latter happened to be a
Jew.
Castellane says he will return to Paris for
the reassembling Of the Chamber. on No
vemher Is.