Hawaii Holomua, Volume III, Number 209, 12 September 1894 — A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR. [ARTICLE]

A SENSATIONAL AFFAIR.

A Separati n In th.e "V ar derhilt Family Ntw YoRt, Aog.j«t 29. —Ttu I million Jollars is the 5 m whieh William K. Vand»*rbilt setlled ap 1 on Lis wi/e when a fiaal sepamtion betwe* n them wa» »grecd upon according to an accred»ted »eport now carrent in fashionable society in this city. The fact tbat a sepamtion was immineul l»a« been known for more tl»»n a venr to th se iotima(e with both. Sevcml reasons are givtnas having caased tbis ,step whieh 1 has created a deep sensation in ; Araerican soc : ety where the \an- ‘ derbilts »-hine with r»y il lastre. ‘An open bre»cl» took plaee be- : tween the eoaple after the Grnu«l Prix r«ces at Paris in June. Mr. Vanderbilt won 40,000 francs on the nee, aud almcst »romodiately after receiving his winniugs was introduced to a woman well knowu for her hi-au-ty and nnn»erous following araong the lipbts in swelldoirf. This person was Nellie Neustret ter. Shc fascinated the milliou a»re, «nd as ev dence of his ai»preciation of hei eoropany he presented her with the 40,00t) fmncs sd openly that sever»l friends saw ‘the unasual oecnrronce andremonstrated with him Oae of the most surprising things he did whs to allow tbe servants of Nellie Neustretter to waer the same livery as those wom b\ Mrs. Vanderbilt’s servauts. This fact h:is been noticed and comraented npon by *very person who saw her aud her eqaipages in Paris nnd Deauville. When this news reachcd Mrs. Vanderbilt she immediat©ly e.nnmuuicated with hor friends in Amerioa aud set about to proeme a divorc\ Howover this may be the geneml gossip at Nowport now is that William K. Vuuderbilt wants to be free and marry tljh Dacbess of Manchester uee Yznaga, who he has loved as long a? tho Duke of Dovonshire did her own titled predecessor. beforv he gothis ehanee tomarrv. Thls is w;»at m.»ny of tl»e society women aro whispering. William K. Vanderhilt, known to his friends *and «cqaaintancfs hs “ Willie K., ” is a grandsoo of the fonnder of the Van«l rb»lt f rtu: e, ; nd ho wus the s cond 8uu of William H., who inbeiited tl»e bnlk of tl»o luiliinn* left by llie Commodoro. \\ hen W iliiim H. Vanderbilt d ic«l it wi»s f iund tli.it h« had w»lled eael» of his na»nerou8 childreu $10,00*3,000 oolr : ght. The tesidoe of tl»e est:»te, valuedconservative!y at $100 000.000, was devided eqaaily between his3to sons, C>>rnelius and Willie K. Tl»e Vanderbilt'mo uey has al««ys been well csred for, «nd to day William K. is ono of the richest men iu the worldMrs. K V«ud«rbilt fs a woman of mueh spirir. Sho is handsome and has a distihguisbed air and carriaga, and is very exclnsive. She was Miss Alva Smith daughter of >.n aristoon»ti« faraily of Mobile, Al*., when she met W. K. Vanderbilt. over twenty : vears «go, ut tbe W h»te Salpher Springs. Their nttachment was mutnai aud »ftei a «hort conrtship they wero marr»ed. Mrs. Vafiderbilt’s family were not weaitby, bat their blae blood mcre than «ttoned for any iaek !of wcalth. The marriage of the yoang eouple, for bo wasscaree11v twenty-four years of age, «nd . she was younger, was.tne social event of import«nce in 1874. They iived « qaiet, happy life for ye«rs in this city. He was a d«voted lmsband «ml ahe « model wife. Three children were born to thera. «U of whom are siill )ivicg.

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