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H r av bl‘l 1V N THE COUNT TA LKEl). ANNA GOULD’S HUSBAND LIKED HIS NAME IN PRINT. Every Evidence that a Regular Literary ‘Bureau Was Maintained in Connection With the Preparntions for tho \Veddinl. Interviews and Details by the Yard. That the Count de Caszcllane, Anna Gould’s French husband, enjoyed the cheap notoriety usually accorded act- resses. is clearly evinced by the space oc- cupied in metropolitan papers by the ante-nuptial announcements and gossip of the then impending event. That (:01- nmn after column of the. stuff published emanated from an inner source there is no doubt. Why the great papers gave theirspace to it is one of thus c thinr's one cannot explain. Here is astory from the _\C\V York Herald: “Helas!” he exclaimed wit‘ 11 true Gal- lic fervor. “I came to Ame 1 lca unknown, and to-day I am famous. Each hour brings me t1 'cnty letters. There are men who want to sell me jewels and lace, sil- ver and old furniture. There are others who want to be my coaclrmen, my grooms and my valets de chambre. There are lots who beg outright, aiid many more ‘who wish to extract from me the secrets of my soul. There is notan hour of the day that I can call my own. “The manner of my going to bed and getting up has been minutely described. They say I lace and pad, that my father and mother are separated, and that I am to be a charge for life upon the Gould . estate. “My pictures are scattered broadcast through the land, my—” A messenger approached the count with a note. “Yestand here is a man who wants to curl my hair for nothing. “I came to America to indulge in my love of sport. I had heard much of your \Vcsteru shooting and hard riding. _I went first to Newport, where I was fasci- nated by the place and its society. I stayed on and on. Then I came to New York and to Colouldo, where I had great shooting. find the hunting clubs in full blast. “It was while hunting with the Mou- mouth County pzrck at Lakewood that] first met the Goulds. ness itself. I was throw' 1 (.- ften in their Society, both then and 11fte1 .":11 d in New York. I greatly admired \Ir. CreUL'Ie Gould’s cleverness and wide grasp of information. Miss Anna Gould was a charming young lady, simple and unal- fected, but no idea of" marriage or any other feeling than esteem cressed my mind. “Then came the invitation to join their party to Canada. It had been my origi- nal intention to journey north and see the famous sports 011 snow and ice. It was during that trip that the truth came out. Iknow not exactly how or when, but Ireturncd to New York the accepted suitor of Miss Gould. “The brother and sister, her guardians, gave their consent, and it. was when the Herald announced the engagement that I awoke to find myself famous.” Count do Castellane was talking for publication, but with the "1 eatest frank- ness. “I have been misunderstood complete- ly as to any settlements the Gould fam« ily may make upon me. The question I not back in time to f They were kind- has never been broached or even hinted f at in any way. ingly repugnant to me and must be so to my relatives and friends in France. lawyer has naturally conferred with the The whole idea is exceed- E My I Gould lawyers upon those 111attcrs,which 1 must come up when marriage is contour I plated. Beyond that I know nothing. "I have always declared against a long engagement, and only asked that our marriage should be as soon as possible. “My. great pleasure on getting "home will be that I shall not find myself so G “El USED BY “\GLNI Will Not Join the PdWers in the Proposed Mediation. PLAN, or SPANISH ORIGIN Madrid Cabinet Wanted Europe to Inter- vene— Believed Great Britain’s Position \Vill Nullify the Proposal—France Was the Prime Mover in the Suggest-ed Medi- :2.tion-Coznmunications Are Still Being Exchanged Between Continental Powers London, April 6.~—Th=e movement of the powers of Europe for a. joint‘offer of mediation between (the United States and Spain has received a se— vere, and probably fatal, rebuff in the fort-10f a. definite refusal upon the 1:311: of the British Government to par- llL mite in it. Many conflicting and erroneous hints 1'2; ding this scheme -to bring the Hispano- American quarrel u 112. 1 the juirsdietion of the “consort o’f Eu- rope“ have been telegraphed from the dillerent European capitals. From the high-est auth-clrilttrs the Associate-d Press has obtained an outline of the deals of the movement, which has been learned by London diplomats. The project is distinctly of Spanish origin, and was set on foot by two influences, official and personal, tl’h former requesting the good offices of the Chancelleries of Europe to pre- vent war, while the Queen Regent art— tempvted person-sly to influence the sovereigns. ‘ It is understood that the tenor of these communications was to the ef- feet that European interests are threatened by what Spain terms “the pretensions of the United States to the right to interfere in colonial mat- tersfl’ France, not Austria, was the prime mover in the suggested mediation and by 'her counsels it was suggested to the British Foreign Office that the powers unite in a. note to the United States and Spain, offering to mediate in the disputes between these two countries. Great Britain, however, definitely refused to j‘oin in the move- ment, starting in substance that the Cuban question did not concern her, and while it was not actually an- nounced that she sympathize-s with American intervemtilon to 'end the war in Cuba,.suel1 sympathy is a fact. Communications looking to media- ton are still being exchanged between the continental powers; but the lat- ter recognize that Great Britain‘s re— fusal to eo-operate will rob [the move- menrt of much of its weight. The Emeperor of Austria is the most deeply interested from certain stand— points, but financial interests seem to have actuated France even more than dynastic interest actuated Emperor Francis Joseph. Emperor ll’i-lli-am of Germany is known .to be lukewarm in the mahtsr,"bu1t rthere is reason to believe he has learned that the major— ity of Germans are unwiling that Germany should oppose the United States. It is still uncertain whether the con— tinental powers will finally offer me- diation. Now that Greast Britain has given the matter a cold shoulder the diplomats do not believe the United States would accept such an offer, the combination being 05 evidently biased in favor of Spain. The foregone conclusion and chief importance of the movement, in the '1 opinion of a diplomat who is conver- l'umous a. person there, and can then ' afford to snap my fingers at all the un- true statements that have been circulated about me here. “I can nevtr accustom myself to hav- ing my name :5 1 constantly in print. Mr. Gould tells me that thatis the American Way of doing things; but I must say that it is the only Americau'fashion to which I object.” A Well Intentioned Man’s Mistake. The \Vell Intentioned Man overheard two women talking together in the cable car and he immediately letdown the por- tals of his ears, for the “fell I-rtentioned Man always goes about with a. lifelong hunger in his heart to insert himself into the affairs of other people. “I tell you he is a perfect tyrant,” said woman number one. “I hav en’t a doubt of 1t number tw 0. “I will listen to this poor woman’s tale,” thought the \Vell Intcntloned Man “and perhaps I may be able to assist the poor soul.” “Yes, he isa regular tyrant and des- pot. He has no mercy on me whatever. He rules the whole house like a regular czar.” “Of course he does,” said woman num- ber two. “I shall have to (ti-fer my services to this poor down trodden woman,”thought the Well Intentioned M1111. “Yes, he rides over the “hole of us rough shod. - And sometimes when he gets on the rampage he breaks every- thiner he can lay his hands on.” “Madam,” said the “’ell Intentioned Man, who could stand it no longer, "madam, my services are at your dispo- sal. Let me go to your h 1111c and inter- cede with your tyr tillllCitl husband. ” “Ho 1511 ’1. my husbru 1d at all, you sim- pleton,” snapped woman number one. “He’s my nine months old baby—bless his precious little soul!” ’ sail woman An Extravagant Girl. “A. penny for your thoughts!" she criad To the dudeling by her side. Then she stopped to reconsider And her calm redection b1 11 her N oi to Cling To a. bargain quite so 111sh, So she spoke up like a flash: “Hold! 'l‘ha-‘t 5 what bad habits bring- In my extravagant w ay 1 always do pay About two prices for a thing!" —Chicago Record. One Habit corrected. “Idon’tknow whether I will be able to break him of all the habits I do not like,” said the engaged girl, “but the first one I stopped for him was just as easy’ “\Vhat habit was that?” asked the other girl. “The habit he‘ 11 1.1 of proposing to me - two or three times a week. "windianapoli: lurnal. ' ‘ A l . the first requisite being that sant with the situation, is that it will the cleavage between Great Britain and other nations, and of strengthen— ing the growing sympathy and com- munity of interests of the Uni-ted States and Great Britain. Spain’s present efforts to secure the - - 1 E - ’ mediation 0f the Pope are now "Up ' he said, was such that he could have posed to be due to rthe knou ledge that , European mediation will probably be a fiasco. Known in Washington. Washington, Am‘il 6.—The‘ diplo- matic corps is fully advised of the telegraphic exchange now going on between Itlhe capitals of Europe and is on the Qufi vive. One of the members of the diplomatic corps expres-sively started the diplvomaltic view of the situ— ation by saying: “The accord or concert of. the great powers is like a concert of musicians, the in— struments are brought into complete harmony. That is what is being done now—the instruments are being tuned to the key preparatory to sounding- the first note.” . It is known art the embassies and legaltioms that France and Austria are most active in endeavo-ring to bring about a. common basis for con- certed action. It is understood also that the exchange has proceeded suffi- ciently to acquaint the powers with the fact that any steps they may take toward mediation will be accepable Ito Spain. There is not the same as- surances that it will be acceptable to the United States, and, indeed, it is the prevailing feeling at the foreign establishments in Washington—and (this feeling has undoubtedly been communicated to the powers in the European concert—that the tendency in the Unit-es State is against any me- diation from foreign sources. This is regarded as making the action of the powers much more difficult. It was said to-day that mediation by the powers would be based on the willing— ness of both parties to accept it. A distinction is made in this case from that of the concert of the pow— ers when they intervened to stop the Turbo-Russia. war, and when Russia, Germany and France combined to compel Japan to relingui-sh the Liao Tusng peninsula as part of be: war indemnity from China. In both of those cases the European powers cai- ried their action to ‘the point of a pos- itive demand, backed up wi-th a show of force. It is said among diplomatic officials that this attitude was due to the character of lthe combatants, Greece. Turkey, China. and Japan, it is said, not having attallned that status before the world that the United Sltaes and Spain occupy. For their reason, it is pointed out, the action of the powers in the present crisis would be purely of a. friendly (diameter, carefully de- signed to avoid wounding the feel— ings of either party, and expressly 1 t standing . .based on late advices, is that Spain 'wlhjle the unofliciall that the United States willnort accept it. The Associated Press bulletin from . “oAznTrE. based on their willingness to accept this medium of securing continued peace. As already stated, the under— in diplomatic circles here, stands ready .to'acceprt this mediation, indications are London saying that Great Britain had finally declined to enter tithe concert of -'the powers, places a. new and most important condition on this European movement, and one which may finally 'defeat it. It ‘has been known here that Great Britain was holding out most strongly against any ten-der of media- tion, on the ground that it would look like outside pressure to force the hand of the United States. The attitude of Great Britain—and this View has been made known 'to the 3 State Department—has been that the war in Cuba. should cease in the in- terest of humanity at large. The French Ambassador maintains his usual reserve, but it is known that she looks forward to definite action on the part of the powers almost any mo- ment. The Austrian Minister, Mr. Von Hengelmuller, denies himself to all callers «and there is the most rigid secrecy as to his communications with the State Department. VICTIMS OF THE FLOOD. Shawneetown’s Death List May Not Ex- ceed Thirty—Appeals for Aid. Shawneetown, 111., April 6.——Twenty- three known dead, a possibility that the list may reach thirty, 1,500 persons in actual need of the necessaries of life, 700 homeless and damage to the amount of $200,000 is the net result of the flood which swept through Shaw- neetown late on Sunday afternoon. Not one of the bodies has been re— covered, am] it is not likely that any will be until the waters subside, which will be in ten days or a fortnight. There is no danger or! further dam- age to the town unless more storms should set in, and. even then it is dif- ficult to see 'how matters can be made worse than they now are. The entire town is buried under ten to fifteen feet of water with the exception of the houses on the embankment immediate- ly fronting the Ohio River All of these have water in the cellars and the most of them are flooded to the second story. The extent of the flood is best shown by the fact sthat from S'hawneeto-Wn inward to Ridgeway, fully 12 miles, and to the southward for an equal distance the country is submerged. In addition to the pressing necessity for food to sustain life, 700 persons have. been driven from their homes with no clothing but what they were .r. their backs at the time they were overtaken by rthe flood. Mayor Carney has appealed for money and clothing. He says these articles were more needed than food. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad has contributed $500 to the relief fund. Already Carml, McLeansboro and Mt. Vernon have sent $3,000 worth of pro- visions. Two boatluoads of provisions have been received from Evansville, Ind. CAPT. SIGSBEE TESTIFIES. '.Says a Spanish Mine Blew Up the Maine ——‘Members Think VVar is Inevitable. Washington, April 6.—«Capt. Si‘gsbee, in the oounse of his examination be- fore «the House Committee on For- eign Aft-airs yesterday, stated it to be his opinion that the Maine was blown up by a submarine mine located by the Spanish authorities. As to whether ilt was fired by the Spanish 1 r " .1 3' . ' 1 _ probably have the effect of widening , author-atlas or not he declined to ex 'zl press an opinion. He told the committee what he had testified 1to before the board of in— quiry about the buoy to which the Maine wars anchored being the most unfrequen'ted buoy in the harbor. The position in which the ship was placed, fired upon both forts at the same lime. Discussing the probabilities of the situation, Capt. Sigsbee said that if the United States were hurt a. little better prepared in some respects regarding which he did not go into details, we could laugh at Spain’s efforts and equipment alike. Delay in bringing matters to a. crisis, in his opinion, was to the benefit of Spain rather than to this country. Personally be was ready for a contest. The members of the committee, from the information they have, believe war :is inevitable unless Spain makes a square backdlown. An intimation is thrown out that a declaration of war will not be made just yet, in any event, because Consul-General Lee has cabled that it will require several days to get the Americans offthe island. Andree llIay Be Alive. Victoria, B. C., April 6.—Jack Carr, ex-United States mail carrier, arrived at Departure Bay yesterday from St. Michael by way or Dawson with ad- vices from Andree, who left Davies Island in July, 1897, in a. balloon to find the North Pole. The news of the ar- rival of Carr with advices from An- dree was telegraphed from Departure Bay upon the arrival of the steamer on which Carr traveled from St. Mich— ael. No details were given beyond the fact that Carr had such advices, and nothing further is obtainable until the steamer, arrives at Vancouver or Vic- toria, some time to-day. To Protect Spaniards Herc. W’asrhington, April 6.—Arra.ngemenlts are being made for the protection of Spanish subjects in this country and Americans in Spain and her possess— sions. Minister Woodfo-rd has ar— ranged to :0 1:0 the British Embassy in Madr'd if his life should be threat- ened. It is rro 1able that the Span— iard-s in the United States will be un- der the protection of the French Am- bassador in Tv'ashingrtron and French C-oncular officers throughout the coun- try. B«1it‘sh Consuls art Spanish ports i‘l in all lik ehhood affiond protection e511 asylum t) Americans in Spanish to l‘Fi'tO'l‘y. .‘ipaniih Troops Sail This Way. .‘T;—1.:'11.d,L\:ril 6.-——Two companies of 31:: [cry and two battalions of Chas- seé'ls sat-led for the Canaries yester- .‘:11;1'. The crew of the Fi‘ench training ship Iphigenie cheered the departing troops, who, with the crowds on the quays, warmly r». clprocated, making a Franco-Spanish demonstration \ 1 . I age which lasted 1.75 we. 1 I CURRENCY HIFQRM BILL. —-—.‘ Leading Features of the Measure Intro- duced in the House—Reserve Notes to Be Issued. Washington, April 6.—T-he bill pre- pared for the reform ort the. currency and the protection of the Treasury by the sub-committee or! the House Com~ mitt'tee was introduCed in the Hones yesterday. The bill was prepared by Messrs. McCleary, of Minnesota, 'ch'air- man of the sub-committee, Princeof Illinois, and Mitchel, of New York. A general statement 0? the purposes of the committee was printed some days ago, but some changes have since been made in the details of the bill, and a. careful summary has been pre- pared of its leading provislog and its effect upon existing national banks. This sum-m'arv is as follows: The proposed bill creates a clinic» ion of issue and redemption in ‘bhe Treasury, substantially in accord with the provisions of this plan of the Mon— etar y Commission The amount which the Secretary of the Treasury is an: thorrized to set aside for the purpose of this division is all the money in the Treasury in excess of a cash bal- ance of $50, 000, 000. This would have permltted a, reserve on March 311898.. of $176,157,327. “I The division of issue and redemption is authorized 'to redeem legal notes in notes, redeem standard silver dollars in gold, but not to redeem silver certifi— cates in‘ gold, and to make other ex- change of currency and coin . Notes redeemed in gold shall be canceled to the amount of new bank notes issued. Provision is made for the conversion of existing legal tender notes into 1‘3- serve notes, of which the banks as— sume the current redemption. but which constitute a liability of the gov— ernment upon the failure of. liquida- tion of a national bank. All features regarding reserve notes are permissive to existing national banks whose char- ters have not expired. Banks may pay into the Treasury United States notes to any amount not exceeding 35 per cent. of their unim— paired capital, and receive in exchange a new form of note, known as na- ‘tional reserve notes. The United States nortes surrendered are required to be canceled and destroyed as re- cenived. ‘Wshen United States notes cannot be obtained for the purpose of banking under the act, Treasury notes of 1890 may be used, and when these cannot be obtained, the Secretary of the Treasury may waive the requirement and permit the issue of notes upon commercial assets to the same amount as if the reserve notes previously pro- vided for had been issued. Reserve notes are to be redeemed on demand by the bank to which they are issued, in lawful money over its own counters, or from the 5—per-eent. redemption fund established by exist- ing law. This fund is hereafter re- quired to be equal to 5 per cent. of the amount of reserve notes, as well as currency notes, outstanding, issued by the bank, and to be kept in gold coin. Upon the failure or liquidation of a national bank its reserve notes shall be redeemed in gold coin and. canceled and destroyed. National banks desiring to issue 0111'» rency notes based upon their commer- cial assets may receive and issue notes to the amount of the national reserve notes taken by them, not exceeding. 35 per cent. of Itheir unimpaired capital. Currency notes shall be» protected by a first lien upon 31 the assets of the bank and by a'guaran-ty fund of 5 per cent. of their circulation of this char- acter. Assessments to make good the. guaranty fund cannon exceed 1 per cent. per year. The guaranty fund is to be paid by the banks in gold. Cur— rent redemption of currency notes shall be in lawful money over the counter of the bank, or in gold from the redemption fund in the custody of the United States Treasurer. ‘ Circulation in excess of 69 per cent. of the capital of a national bank, not secured by United States bonds, shall be subjected to a tax of 2 per cerrt.‘ up to 80 per cent. of the capital, and to a tax of 6 per cent. above 80 per cent. of the capital. Circulation can: not in any case exceed the unimpaired capital of the bank. No change is made in the status (if national banks desiringr to continue business by the deposit of bonds as security for circulating notes. except that they are authorized to increase their circulation to the face value of the bonds. National banks may reduce each year their deposits of United State-s bonds to secure circulation after the expiration of one year by one-fourth of the amount of the bonds. and after five years no such bond deposits shall be required. The withdrawal of bonds shal not diminish the circulation per- mitted to remain outstanding against commercial assets. The minimum amount of bonds required upon the passage of the act is the same as un— der existing law—25 per cent of the capital, but not exceeding $50,000. All existing national banks are re- quired to accept the provisions of the new law within one year. but it is provided that such acceptance “shall not be construed as changing the term of the existing charter of the bank.” Existing national banks which do not avail themselves of the option of issuing notes upon commercial assets are not required to contribute to the bank note guaranty fund, are not sub- jected to any tax upon their circula— tion and are not liable in any manner for the notes of other banks. New National banks are required to invest 25 per cent. of their capital in reserve notes issued in exchange for legal tender notes, if such notes are available, and banks whose charters expire, after the expiration of three years from the passage of the act are required to comply with the same pro— vision. All banks are required to accept new form of notes, which does not specifi- cally state that the notes are secured by United States bonds. National banks are required to pay a tax of one-tenth of one per cent. semi—annually upon their capital, sur- plus and undivided profits. National banks are permitted to es- tablish branches under regulations by the Secretary of the Treasury. New Yorkers for Klondike. San Francisco, April 6.——The schoon— er Nellie G. Thurston, with a party of New Yorkers on board, bound for Alaska, has arrzrived here after ,a voy-
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