Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1906 — MAY OBTAIN DIVORCE [ARTICLE]

MAY OBTAIN DIVORCE

COUNT BONI DE CASTELLAN E AND WIFE LIVE APART. Coantni t»fl Horae A flop Soon* with IlnKlMiiitl and Han Slnee Sell lmpurliml I’rceeilriit.

Countess Boni de Castrllnnc, who was Miss Anna Gould, lis living opart from her husband, according to a private dispatch received from l’aris. The cause. of the estrangement was got gjyen. The information was eofvoborsted in cable ndyices to, I-a Trensa of Biis;nos Ayres, to the effect that the count and oOuntads have parted ah 3 That a legal separation will follow. They hare three sons, George. Boni and Jay. It i> reported that the countess left her home, a few days ago. after a scene with her husband, ahd has l>een living at the Hotel Bristol since. Count Boni is said to have departed for his dub and io have iniule his home there-siace t h»- separation. Be ery effort is tyring made, however, to Bring alxfht a -reeonciliat Ton. Miss Anna L. Gould was .married to the. Count.ndt' Cas; tellane March 4. IX!C>. Miss Gould's dot was $17,000,000. which had been settled upon* her--with the proviso that in. ease of legal Reparation it should revert to her. The const told hts friends before T U>B_ weddin- that he expected $2,000,000 to l>e settled on him. Three days after the wedding the Castellanos sailed for Europe, and their lives ever tunoe have been eventful. In the fourth year of their union it. was repeatedly asserted that the count's financial affairs Were in a bad condition. The announcement came from Paris, in 1000, that his wife's fortnoe had. been, placed by the French donrts under the trusteeship of hp brother,- George J. Gould, It wan stated that -- thrs measure had been' taken at the request of the Gould family, because the count had contracted debts of $4,-100,000.

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Court Hold* Director* Not Liable Beyond Interest n* Stockholders. Tlie Ohio Supreme Court established a precedent in affirming a derision from Columbiana county in the case of Charles H. Mason against John McVieker, James K. Frew and Dr. William Moore-, directors of the defunct First National bank of - Lisbon. The Supremo Court -holds that bank directors are not liable beyond Their liability as stockhohlers for not knowing the condition of a bank which is wrecked a few months after the publication of the annual statement by a defaulting cashier. Mason alleged that he bought stock shortly before the failure on the strength of the directors" report. In the only similar case yet passed upon the Nebraska Supreme Court held against the s djrectors. rKHOLG FAMILY Wll’KD Ol : T. Father and Three Children, One a Day Old, Pertwh la Home. Grant Stewart and three children, one of them lull a day OKI, were burned to death in their Rome in Prentice, Wis. Mrs. Stewart arose from her bed and leaped through a window. The exertion and subsequent exposure will cause her death.. The fire spread to adjoining buildings. and for a time the whole town was threatened, as a strong wind was blowing. The firemen, however, succeeded in confining the flames, to narrow limits. - __ nia»e Cost* *tt..%OO.tHHk The Union elevator in East St. I.ouis, 111., containing 1 ,o**o,ooo bushels of wheat, was entirely destroyed by fire, enollinfr » josucestinmted at $1..>00.000. The fire spread to the stables of the £>t. Louis Transfer Company and 1100 horses and as many wagons were burned in addition to the destruction of the building. Seven dwelling houses were covered with burning oil by the explosion of four tank cars and entirely destroyed.

Delay Alton*®’* Marrlaite. The Madrid correspondent of the Echo de Paris says that owing to the British court being in mourning for King Christian of iVnmark King Edward s official visit to Madrid will not take place in the spring and that for the same reason King Alfonso's marriage to Princess Ena of Battenbcrg has been postponed until June. Vote *>n Senator* 1* \*Wed. The Ohio Senate and House have adopt- 3 *) a joint resolution favoring the election of United States Senators by popular vote. The resolution merely expresses the sentiments of the Ohio lawmakers and does not go into details as to how the necessary changes iu the constitution art? to be made. Policeman a Highway BobberT Patrolman Reynolds of Baltimore, now s fugitive from justice under a charge pf larceny, was a highway robber while on his brat, according to charges made. In bis rooms c number of articles were found which were identified as belonging to Patrick Lyons, who reported that he had been held up on Reynolds’ beat.

('hlanr Strike Hack, Angered by the failure of the Congress of the United States to remove restrictions on Chl-amen desiring to enter America, the Chinese, according to advices from Pekin, have renewed th« commercial boycott and begun to take personal |rengenncc on American missionaries and educators. Prrprr mt Girls’ Collect. Girls of the Western College for Women in Hamilton, Ohio, sre terrorised by a Jack the Peeper. Officers guard the school and the girls are not allowed to walk alone. . * v .1 *1 Robber Killed by o»eer. A man who gave his dame as'Patrick gay of Peoria. 111., died in a hospital in Philadelphia .from ,h " °* * buI ’ Jet wound received while endeavoring t escape from a policeman. Say was detected in the act of robbing a grocery •tore and sought safety In fight.