The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-06
A FIGHT OF MILLIONS.
The Battle in France, But the Nil
lions in America.

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Paris.-Levi P. Morton's millions in
the hands of his son-in-law, Count
Bosom de Taueyrand- Perigord, have al
ready begun to tell The famous his
toricaI castle and demesne Of Valencay
have been wrung from the Castellane
family by the sheer force of American
money.
When the depleted condition of the
Duchess de Sagan's finances compelled
the sale OF that estate a few months
go Count Bosom mother was en-
ragged to find that her sister-in-law,
the wife of Count Jean de Castellane,
had bought it, thereby placing it in the
loss ssion of the Casteilane elan and
forever deprivins her descendants Of
that cherished great ancestral estate.
Her Selliere blood (she is the daughter
of Baron 5 llisre) was still more fully
ar-used by the news that Count Jean
de Castellana intended TO apply to the
keeper of the seals for a decree grant
ing 10 him the title of Duke of Nalen-
cay, upon the grounds that ne not only
owned the Valencay demesne, but that
his wife was really the last Valencay,
her brother, the Duke de Sagan, being
u confirmed paTetic.
The Duchess de Sagan moved heaven
and earth to prevent such action before
the marriage Of her son Bosom with
Helen Morton.
It was a great war of mining and
cCu7t ermining.
Count Boni de Castellane naturally
allied himself with his brother to pre-
vent the marriage. Moreover. Countess
Anna was said to be losing sleep on ac-
count of the prospect Of Helen Nor
tons entering French society much
better equipped than she to exert pre-
pond rant influence, and also because
If Nj. MOrtOn's daughter should even
tuauy become the Duchess de Sagan
she would far cutrank Jay Goulds
daughter.
But despite an unrelenting campaign
the MARI age occurred.
Gossip says this was because Mrs.
Morton was early taken into confidence
of the plUcky, interchangeable mother Of
the nridegrOOm-e ELECT and sympathized
with her prospects, and finally per-
sueded Mr. Morton and her daughter
Helen. both of whom had objections
o. different sorts.
Last Thursday Count Bosom Arch
ambaud de Talleyrand-PerigO availed
himself of a clause in the law permit
ting a member of the family re-
Orening within one year the
at forced sale, provided that the
fist new bid should exceed the price at
tn sale by oae-sixth. Therefore, the
estate of Valencay. comprising the
chateau stables outbuildings. park,
kitchea gaI dens. orchards the forest
OF GatineS, meadows. tillable lands,
woods. rivers. brooks and bills were
awarded to Count Bosom for 2,1lS,2S4
francs (S54S,665).
An eager crowd followed the proceed
ings.
Count BOni and Jean de Castellane
were present, but made no bid. though
the price at which the property was
bid in was only onehfth of its real
value. knowing we'll that Levi p. Nor
ton who stood there with his SOn-in-
law, was prepared to see the game
through and being unwilling to expose
themselves to ublic defeat.
Eve ybedy feels that unGying bitter
ness will hereafter divide the families.
Mrs Morton and Miss Alice sailed
for New York today on the steamship
St Louis. hut they VIII return here in
Il ne to attend the series of magniti-
cent fetes which will mark the reopen
ing Of Valencay next spring after a
thcroush renovation and restoration.