PARIS NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1027, 21 October 1903, Page 2

PARIS NEWS.

Baron Henri dc Rothschild is evidently a believer in strenuous auto- ■ mobiiing. The Baron’s last mis- , adventure was to be arrested this ,week in the Rue d Amsteruam foe exceeding the speed limit. A policeman told the judge that he caught , the Baron s mudguard ; the Baron insisted that this was a physical impossibility, and offered to prove it in the court-yard. The Judge consenting, the spectators were soon delighted by, the spectacle of a jumbo policeman, puffing like a porpoise, chasing around trying to catch the Baron s automobile as lie said he had caught it. He could not perform the leat, however, owing to the lowness of the guard, so the complaint of evading tlie police was dismissed, but tne Baron wasr condemned to a day’s imprisonment and a fine of ten francs for excessive speed, .The Baron is getting hardened to such experiences, having been there before without a cell door having been closed on him.

The most disillusioned woman in France is Rosalie Lemairc, who recently bought a ticket in a lottery, for the benefit of consumptive children. Glancing at a newspaper she ' saw her number had drawn the capital prize of 50,000 francs. But an- j other person objected to tile payment of the. money, producing another tic- ; ket bearing the same number. The authorities are at a loss to know, what to do, and the case will now, be decided by the civil tribunal. France has’lost another Emperor 1 in the person of. Napoleon Bayard, king of peddlers. He died from injuries caused by an automobile. Fifteen thousand persons, principally, j pedlars, attended the funeral. For many, years Bayard had written original popular songs, political and otherwise, which were sold along the boulevards by his faithful camelots.His discernment was unfailing in catching the .public sense of humor, and he helped hundreds of his assistants financially^ Ho accompanied Loubet to London with an army of camelots, selling appropriate Anglo-French songs and : nick-nacks. His camelots were al- i ways available, and were valuable ■ for demonstrations during Boulanger and Dreyfus times, and it has been » known for them to be employed by j opposite political leaders at the same meeting, to furnish applause without prejudice for speakers on either side.

A colonist insured in a Paris fire insurance company claims 25,800 francs damages as a lesult of the eruption of Mount Pelee in Martinijque. He alleges that his possessions were destroyed by fire in consequence of the eruption, while the company contends that the property was destroyed by an avalanche of lava before the fire started. The Seine Tribunal is wrestling with the point.