The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-30

period Of fwo wears or more Two SAN
n1@rs ago ". Il. Vanderbilt trrred 1p sf
Newport On his yaeht Ava 1nd vss On u
when il sank IN Vineyard SQUAD a few
months Later Ezndsrbiit. Who j. an en-
thusIastsc ysehssnan, vent 10 England.
where he renamed while bis present
yaent. the Valiant. wss being bgilk Wnen
vanderbsIs returned gossip was salence1
By the announcement OF plans for
long trip With Ars- Vanderbilt and
other xeiI-knoxn persons. Curions
stories have reached here Of quarress
aboard the yachr. which are said TO have
resulted in the abandonment Of the cruise
az an early stage, and the entire break
ing I'D Of the party. Mrs. vander5ilt has
tod her friends that she had no intention
OF returning 10 Newport for years and
thss the marble house, which cost 81 co.
900 and which her husband settled on Der.
would remain closed. Depsw first heard
OF tue late iroable when The Debs crisis
was az its height in Chicago. When the
strike was practically over be sailed Tor
Europe. and until word was received yes
terday to the contrary it Was believed he
had succeeded In keeping the Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt has left Newport
Mrs. Wm. X. Vanderbilt is . Southern
woman Of the family OF Smiths, Of Mobile,
Ala. who are much prouder OF their blood
than the Vanderoilts are OF their millions.
She is handsome woman, and. although
she il exceptionally exclusive, those who
know her say that she Is gracious and
charming TO those whom she fsvors with
her friendship.
ALBANY, y. Y, Aug 29.-Joseph III.
Choate, of New York, president Of the con-
stitutional convention. was asked today II
there IL any truth in the report that be
had been retained 10 prosecute the suit
for divorce which il is alleged that Mrs.
w. X Vanderbilt will institute. He re-
fused either TO confirm or deny the state
msnt IL never tell my private affairs TO
the press" Elihu Root denied that he
had been retained by any OF the Wander
bilts in divorce proceedings.
San Francisco, Aug S.-Settie Neu-
steter. the young woman who Is said TO be
the cause OF the family troubles of w. X.
Vanderbilt, Is we'll known here. She is
native OF Eureka, New; was educated At
Mills seminary. Alameda county; resided
for a number of years in San Fran
cisco, and has frequently figured in
escApades that have won her noto-
riety both in the new and old worlds.
She was born twenty-nine or thirty
years ago in Eureka, New, where her
father Ben Cohen, kept q clothing store
and became wealthy. She returned 10
Eureka from the seminary when she was
Is years old, and was the belle OF the
town. Pretty. witty. graceful and VI
vacious, she possessed all the requisites
for the breaking of hearts. Her first vic
tim was the son of a well known capi-
talist, and her liaison with him created
sucn a scandal that her parents sent her to
the care of relatives in San Francisco.
The change failed to make the desired re-
formation. and she soon became marked
figure on Kearney and Market streets dur
ing the afternoon parades. Among her
admirers was q wealthy Hebrew named
Rothschiid. who laid himself and his for
tune at her feet. She utilized them both
until she fell in love with q cigar drummer
named Henry Neustader. She married
Neustader IN 1854, and all went well for
time. Her husbands business compelled
him 10 be out Of the city most of the time,
and during his absence Nettie led a rapid
existence. She was the boon companion
of all the fast young men about town, and
the end came In 1857. She left her hus-
band and went 10 New York
IN company with Laura Edelman, q
noted woman of Los Angeles. Neustader
secured divorce, and Nettle continued to
lead cay life in New York She cap
tured the heart of millionaire manu-
facturer, who gave her 3 sumptuous fiat,
horses and carriages aud all the money she
could spend. He took her TO Europe.
where she travelled like n princess. When
she returned TO New York she dazzled the
people with the elegance of her Worth
dresses and the brilhancy Of her jewels. In
1899 she returned to San Francisco to visit
her parents. who had removed to this city
from Eureka She took rooms at q lead
ing hotel, dressed better than any other
woman IN town, wore thousands of dol
lars worth of gems and spent money as
freely as If she had an unlimited letter of
credit on the United States mint. Her
money began TO give out and she went
back 10 New York for more, taxing
with her pretty Oakland girl.
The next that was heard Of her was that
she had gone 10 Europe again and had
been elected from the Continental hotel in
Paris. To her parents she wrote that she
was studying for the stage, and she always
carefully concealed from them the fact
that she was leading a fast life. She wrote
that she would return to San Francisco 10
October, but probably her encounter with
Mr.. Vanderbilt may interfere with her
plans.