Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-11-13

In some places representatives. OF iaDOr
were elected to Office, and many of the
largest and strongest national unions
now existing were established.
HOW BoNl SPENT THE MONEY.
pissi pated $4,000, 900 Of the Gould For-
tune In Four Years.
Eight million dollars In four years,
and with seven more years Of extrav-
agance as yet unaudited, Is the mar
velous record Of expenditure Of Boni
de Castellane, the titled French hus-
band, from whom his countess, former
ly Anna Gould. Is now seeking to be
freed by divorce.
It was testified at the trial this week
that when the American heiress would
not satisfy her husbands demands for
money he slapped and pinched her; but
other titled husbands have been known
to entertain similar ideas Of domestic
discipline. ,e ,.
1t is as spendthrift, man who
threw greenbacks about like so much
confetti. that Boni de Castellane stands
unriyaled IN the long list Of foreign
husbands bought with American dol
lars. Cleopatra melting a pricelsss
pearl in her wine to show her reckless
ness, was a miser by comparison with
this little French nobleman, who, be-
fore his marriage to the Gould heiress,
lived over dressmaker's shop, and
after his engagement had all his bills
paid at the Waldorf desk. because he
had not the wherewithal to meet his
living expenses. 80
Nine. Du Barry, whose remarkable
extravagances were held largely re-
sponsible for, the French revolution,
was niggard when compared with
the little count.
To spend $S.0Oo.00o in four years
seems almost an impossible achieve
ment, yet Boni did 1t gayly, careless
ly, and at the end Of his golden tether
is said to owe as much more. Anna
Gould paid all the counts debts on her
marriage to him, and settled a for
tune of ss,0O0.0oo on him, which was
s2.00O.O00 less than he asked. Her In
come amounted to $500, 900 q year; yet
from the day of her wedding she has
been continually harassed by creditors,
and has found even her colossal mil
lions inadequate to satisfy Boni's de-
mands.
A consultation Of the Gould family
had to be held in 1901. Boni had spent
his 100000 marriage portion and
owed $4,000 more. OF this amount.
George and Edwin Gould furnished &1,-
600, 600, and the little countess income
was cut to s25OOOO a year to supply the
remainder.
How did Boni spend this incredible
sum Of money? Here are some of the
things he bought and what he paid for
them: E"
First of all was the building OF his
100000 home In Paris, copy Of
Louis XIv's Little Trianon at Ver-
sailles. Then there was the yacht VAL
halla, which cost him 100000 more.
A hunting expenditure for the king OF
Portugal cost $4,000; dinner and re-
ception to the same sovereign, $4,000
more. There were a $4,000 clock, an
$1,000 sable overcoat for Boni to have
his pictures painted in; pair Of ward
robes painted by Vatican, costing
$2SO.00O.
Then there was the chateau d. HI
yer. country place, costing 100000,
to which Boni added a memorial chap
ell at an expense Of 100000. A garden
party, held at his chateau. cost $780,
600. The counts election to the cham
ber Of deputies diverted 100000, from
the Midas board. A boar hunt for the
Grand Duke Boris Of Russia, took from
1t 100000.
So the Gould money few. Moreover,
the countess had not even the satisfac-
tion of knowing that she received good
value for It, The count gave 100000
IOT u pdintilS WHICH hdu Sooe ehS SSAA
er $50. He bought pair Of candle
sticks which purported to have been
Marie Antoinette's, but which turned
out to be the crudest limitations, for
$4,000. He frequently lost $25,00O In
single afternoon at the races. He
dropped hundreds Of thousands on the
French Bourse, buying worthless
shares. He gave Louis XVI ball
which Is said to have cost 100000.
The list Of the Casteliane follies is end
less.
Year after year Anna Gould, with
the thrifty instincts inherited from
hardworking ancestors looked on ap-
palled while her millions few from the
rose tinted Castellane fingers that for
generations had not worked. II she
PROTESTED, Boni, as she has declared In
her petition, slapped and pinched her.
It took her entire income to purchase
peace, and even that income was in
adequate to buy for her what the
poorest woman expects from her hus-
band-truth, loyalty. and a sense OF
honor.-New York special to Washing
ton Post.