The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-12-17
WASHINGTONC CELEBRITIES.
Mrs. Leland Stanford and Her Wonderful
Collection of Costly BrilIiants.

Mrs. Leland Stanford and Her Wonderful
Collection of Costly BrilIiants.
So little does Mrs. Leland Stanford
care for ornaments that few know that
she has diamonds to the amount of ST.
100000. She has four entire sets which
belonged to Queen Isabella of Spain. the
mother of the present king. 1t will be
remembered. writes Washington cor
respondent to the Louisville Courier
J6sa-HG. that the queen ut one time was
in Paris in such needy circumstances that
she had to sell her Jewels and other val
uables Gov. Stanford bought the four
complete sets at that time. Each set has
tiaras, necklaces. brooches. earrings,
bracelets. and other ornaments. One
set is called blue, because the rays which
are emitted are of violet hue. These
are the rarest of all diamonds Another
set give out rose-colored flashes; another
has yellow tints, and the fourth pure
white. The price paid for these sets was
100000. Outside of these Mrs. STAN
ford has one necklace which cost $780,
600, and the pendant $4,000. She also
has many black diamonds, and has sixty
rings of great magnifcence. and does not
wear any. She has emeralds, pearls, land
rubies, in addition to a million dollars OF
diamonds She is the bereaved mother
who mourns her dead boy, and finds no
consolation in wealth or splendor. Sena
tor Stanford has taken the house owned
by Gen. Brady; Of the star route fame:
1t Is pleasant house, situated ON Farra-
cut square. and the senator will give
dinners and accept invitations, but his
wife will not appear i'll society. 1t Is her
wish that her niece. Miss Lathrop, shall
represent her on official occasions.
Mr. Scott, of Erie. and his daughter,
Mrs. Townsend. have taken the house
adjoining the one which Senator Stanford
is to occupy. Thus the richest men in
congress will be neighbors, and the rich
est legation, n,-that of Russia,-occupies
the third house, and these are the only
houses in the block facing the square
and extending from Seventh street to
Connecticut avenue. The original own
ers and builders of these houses were Mr..
Hallett Killbourne, Mr.. Cluse, the archi-
tect, and Gov Alex. SHEPPARD Mr.
Killbourne sold to Gen. Brady; Mr..
Cluss to DR.. Bruen, of New York, and
Gov. Sheppard to Mr. Pepper, of Phila-
delphia. Senator Don Cameron once
occupied the Sheppard mansion. and was
succeeded by the Chinese legation, which
lived there several years, and now the
Russian legation have been there three
years. The government has a lease
which still has several years to run. The
minister and his secretaries are in the
house, but it is very desolate without
Nine. De Strive and the children. They
are in Russia. and will not return to
Washington this winter, and perhaps
not at all if Mr. De Struve is promoted
to European court. This family is a
great loss TO society.
Not for many years, or until the De
Strives came, had there been an accep-
table Russian minister, or one with whom
it was pleasant to have social intercourse,
and it is said by the gossips that European
courts have rather enjoyed our own con-
tretemps in this respect. As soon as a
name is mentioned here for a foreign
mission, mischievous persons write let
terS to the diplomats and court officials
relating gossip and scandals if any exist.
Long before the late Mr. Hunt reached
St. Petersburg all the people whom he
was to meet officially were informed
that he had been married four times, and
that a divorced wife had suit concern
ing the legality of the divorce and his
marriage with the lady who accompa-
MED him as Mrs. Hunt. This knowledge
produced some unpleasant results, which
were administered as retaliation on ac-
count of the De Catacazies and Barthole-
mics. The same thing is done in Europe
toward the ministers VINO are appointed
TO this country.
There is profound sorrow felt here for
the alfiiction which has befallen the wife
of ex-senator Angus Cameron, of Wis
cOnSn. Mrs. Cameron was one of the
| handsomest and most charming women
| in Washington. She was as lovely in
character as in form and face, and was
held III the highest esteem by everyone
who knew her. She expressed many re-
grcts when breaking up her home here
| last April. that she was TO leave Wish
| ingtOn, and perhaps, never to return.
When her friends bid her good bye they
| hoped that she would at least visit Wash
| ingtOn occasionally, and all hoped to see
| her again. During the summer she Wis
| tied relatives from New York and while
| crossing from New York TO Jersey City
| met with the accident from which she
| has never recovered. The ferTy-bOat
| collided with another boat and, although
neither of the boats was injured, Mrs.
| Cameron was thrown against a bar OF
iron, striking her spine. She has been
i'll and helpless ever since, and recently
she realized that her injuries would cul
inmate in insanity. Before she reached
that dreadful crisis. she exacted y pro-
mise from her husband that he would not
put her in an asylum. News comes from
her home that she is hopelessly insane.
and her friends could better hear of her
death. She was gifted with such rare
intelligence that if that is blotted out
it leaves but an empty casket. 1t was
the mind which gave thought, feeling,
and expression to the beautiful eyes; it
was goodness. purity of thought, and
beneyolence which gave radiance to her
beaming face, it was innate refinement
and delicacy of taste which dictated the
rich, becoming toilets which so well be-
came her and heightened her beauty.
She was artistic in the arrangement of
her gray hairs, and a coillure which was
adapted to each one of the picture toi-
lets which suited her style. Oh. how
hard it is to understand why she should
be so afflicted! Nor can, we, in our grief
for her, forget the sutferings of her affec-
tionate husband. He has the sympathy
OF all his own and wife's friends.
Professor James Warren is announced
IS the inventor of a new process of re-
ducing ores by the aid of electricity.