The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-27

I Dd"es lnes MS Vile while he was teaching
school Sac was one of his pupils, aad he
married her after her graduation. Senator
/ Teller married girl who lived in the same
town in which he was brought up in New
/ Hork, and Frank HiscOck got the money
/ which enabled him 10 engage in a political
career by his marriage with pretty Cornelia
! King, who now presldeS oVer his Washing
/ ton establishment
! Senator Pay is largely Indebted to his
| wife for his millions. She was tie daughter
/ of an old farmer, who had a large amount
OF land near Cleveland, Q. Payne was a
| poor lawyer when he married her The city
! grew, and Mrs. Payne's fathers farm in
| cluded the lands which now make I'D the
most fashionable part Of Euclid avenue
LOVES OF SHERMAN AND CAMERON.
Senator Sherman was married when he
was %. His wife has lived With him dur
| ing his thirty-iive years residence at Wash
| ington, and she is one of the finest looking
| women at the capital. Tall, straight, and
brown-haired, sac has rosy cheeks and
bright brown eyes, and a graceful and
/ stately form. She was the daughter of
Judge Stewart of Mansfield, O., and the
| Hon. Thomas BARLEY, who afterward be-
came the governor of the state, was one OF
John Sherman's rivals. There is story
| told at Mansfield Of how the two went TO
| see Miss Stewart at the same time while she
| was ding a Pennsylvania female
seminary, and how they narrowly escaped
| meeting. Sherman, however, won tho
maiden. and BARLEY. 1 think, married SEN
ator Sherman's sister.
| Speaking of Sherman. calls attention to
the fact that Don Cameron married John
| Sherman's niece. Mrs. Cameron is one Of
| the prettieSt and most accomplished women
| of Washington. She must be about %
| years of age. but she does not look over o.
| She is Il great favorite in diplomatic circles
| and
LIKES TO GO INTO SOCIETY.
as much as her husband likes to stay out of
it. She was the daughter of Judge Sher-
man Of Cleveland. Don Cameron met her
here while she was visiting her Uncle john
He proposed and she accepted, notwith-
standing the senator has some daughters
nearly as old as she is. The wedding took
| place at Cleveland, o., and was one of the
most brilliant ever held in that city of mil
| lionaires.
Senator Bruce, who has just been ap-
| pointed recorder of deeds of the District of
| Columbia. was married at about the same
| time a. Cleveland to the pretty octoroon
who presides over his Washington house
hold. Bruce got the best dart of his educa-
| ton at Oberlin, o., aid | think that Mrs.
| Bruce was attending school there at the
same time. After she finished her educa-
| ton she came to Cleveland to teach school,
and she was acting as school teacher
almost up to the time of her marriage She
is woman of more than ordinary attain
ments and her complexion is no darker
! than that of many the white ladies Of
Washington.
MICHIGAN ROMANCE.
Another romance is that of ex-senator
! Conger. Conger was young Ohio lawyer
| and he was practiciug at the town of Ra-
VIENNA, not far from Akron, when he fell in
love with Miss Stella Humphreys, the
| daughter of the Judge Humphreys who
presided over the court at that time. lie
was poor and Miss Humphreys was rich,
and the success of his suit was by no means
assured. One of his first cases was a
| breach of promise suit a1d he was trying il
before Judge Humphreys. He made
stirring, spread-eagle speech, denouucing
the claims of the girl to the hand of his
| client aud ridiculing the maiden in no
| moderate terms.
When he had finished his speech the op-
posing lawyer arose and turned his shafts of
ridicule upon Mr. Co Iger. He referred to
! his unsu ccassful suit with Miss Stella
! Humphreys, and made Sd much fun of him
that the future senator laid his arm down
on the table and bent his head upon it and
cried. He left the court room without com
| pleting the trial and went off to Michigan to
make his fortune. In time, however,
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and he married a Michigan girl and had
| family by her. He was elected to congress
and finally cana to the Senate His wife
died and he was here as a bachelor senator.
| Miss Stella humphreys also married. and
! her husband moved out to the west, made
| something of a fortune and died. The
widow, to drown her grief, took trip
through the east, and among other places
visited Washington. Going into the Senate
| gallery out of idle curiosity she saw sitting
below her man whom she thought she
| knew. 1t was Senator Conger.
She sent her card to him. He came up to
the gallery. The two chatted over old
| times and after an hours conversation the
old flames of love began again to burn
Senator Conger asked permission to call,
! and after a short time another engagement
was mad, which was fulfilled. Tie two
now live very nicely at Washington, and
they are one Of the most loving couples at
the pital
THE MARRIAGE OF SENATOR LAMAR.
The romance of Justice Lamar is some
what similar. The marriage, you know.
| took place a few years ago while Lamar was
| Secretary of the Interior. Lamar fell III
love as boy with Miss Henrietta Dean, who
was then a beautiful and accomplished girl
of l6. The two were engaged, but they had
| lovers quarrel and parted in anger
Another sultor for the lady's hand came to
the front, and he married her before Lamar
was able TO make up the quarrel. Lamar
! was married and his wife died. and he then
married his first love, who had became a
widow and who was wealthy through the
fortune left her by her first husband
HOP LING'S SWEETHEARTS GIFT.
After Carrying It for Ten Years 1t
Proved to be Diamond Worth
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