The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-16
THE POOR DUCHESS.
she and the Duke Cannot Live
on Her Income.
APPEAL by the Duchess - n9asaeercuxA
% Her rrsssess ssr Psrnissaea
20 sell Lad.



The Dnches Of Marlborough has como 10
New York for the purpose az induc,u the
trustees under the viii Of her fsrst husband
10 sell some Of the rsal estate which i.
yielding no revenue and re-inv estinr the
proceeds OF such sale 20 that her pre~cnt
Income may b increased.
The duchess simply has q life interest in
the property left BY her first husband, and
At her death IL goes 10 the son Of hsr bus.
bands cousin, Hooker HAmersley. IL he
nas son, anu a hs has net 10 goes 10 char
ines- The duchess. therefore, il anxious.
naturally. 10 get ell the income out of the
property that she possibly can. Part OF the
unproductive property which she wants
sold Is near TO the Fifty-ninth street en-
trance of Central park and IL Is understood
that J. Hooker Hamersley is opposed "a
any disposition OF II II this opposition Is
persisted in the matter will probably be
brought into the courts and q second iisir..
ton over the Hamersley estate viii be pre-
cipitated
Those who are we'll Informed a 10 the
Hamersley estate and its makeup saw
that IL aggregates about $500 ,oo0 OF this
amount s.. mo. 600 are invested in real es-
tate and buildings which yield revenue.
Wo,uW Is represented by real eatate which
= bringing In no money whatever. but. on
the other hand. represents an annual out
LAY Tor taxes. The duehess's income from
the stocks and bonds and productive real
estate Is stated TO be SIS 600 wear. ont
OF this the taxes on the other real estate
has 10 be paid and various other exp~nse,
met, so that her entire income is Si0o. ota.
4 nQ fz~s
regards rs very inadequate revenue when
the value OF the entire property is taken
into account, and probably . great many
people win agree with her.
She has not felt the want OF money up to
the present time, for the reason that. dur.
ing the first litigation over the estate and
subsequently the income accumulated, and
since her marriage TO the Duke OF Maribor-
ongh, IN July, 1883. she has been able 10
draw out from these Accnmulations nearly
sooo,oW. Now that this surplus II ex-
nsusted, and she is getting down to bare
siVuoo year, she finds II necessary Il, be-
sur herself. Twenty thousand pounds .
year Is very small sum to support Blen-
helm Castle and IendoR establishment,
even when it Is eked out with such small
remnants OF income A. are left 70 the Duke
Of Marlborough.
II the duchess Is able 10 make the rear
rangements she desires. and the q. 600 .0oo
arising from the real estate sales are well
invested, she expects that about $4,000 q
year WIN be added TO her present income.
As she wiz be rslisved e the zane tins
rom the necessity of paying taxes upon
the unproductive property, her svrreeate
income will reach nearly 500. 200. and on
~
England can manage TO worry through ex.
istence. The opposition of ]. Hooke,
Hamersley would come from the fact thar
his son, II he has one, is interested in the
future OF the property, and real estate in
the neighborhood OF Central Park il liab,s
to increase very much more in value thar
any other property in which the money
IL represents would be re-invested. The
fact that il is unproductive 1t present il :
matter OF no concern 70 him particularly.
as the taxes are paid out Of the present in.
come OF the duchess.
J. Hooker Hamersley should vithdrav
all opposition TO the sale Of this property
and should in fact signify TO the trustees
that be would indorse such proceeding
the duchess might still have some difyicultv
IN selling because OF the fact that the trus-
tees would not be able TO give Q perfectly
clear title. What has been referred 70 AZ
the tirst litigation over the Hamersley viii
is practically settled. but the questions at
issue have been carried from one court to
another and are now pending in the court
OF appeals. The decisions have, up to the
present time. all been against the contest.
ants and in favor OF the wife. There il
every probability that the court Of appeals
viii confirm the decisions In the lower
courts. but few people viii care to buy prop
erty when there Is the slightest possibility
OF the title to IL ever being in dispute. OF
course good title could be passed IL all the
parties in interest should come TO an agree
ment. The trustees OF the HamersIey estate
believe. however, that q decision in the
court OF appeals viii he had In short time.
and then the situation will be very much
simplifed.
IL is understood that the duchess /. NOT
accompanied by the Duke Of Marlborough
because she believes that. 10 use the French
phrase, as = femme seui she viii be able To
do more than II those opposing her felt that
they were really fencing and fighting with
the English duke who has married her.
She says that she sxpects TO remain here
until the end o. the present month. She il
delighted With the reception she has met
with Al the hands Of her old friends. Mrs
Paran Stevens entertained her at dinner on
sunday evening, while on Saturday even.
ing she went 10 the theater with Mrs.
Stevens. Arthur Leary. Ward MeAilistsr
and Robert Cutting. She has been al ths
opera two evenings during the present
week, and every body who has seen her has
been impressed with the wonderful change
in her appearance As . mere matter OF
fact and arithmetic. she weighed 90 pounds
when she left here, and she weighs now fao
pounds. and her figure is what the novelists
describe as svelss and exceedingly. grace
fni.
nefaHare Stuyw~ou.