Evening journal., 1895-03-06

is a privnte family matter on which 7 must
emphatically refuse to talk Yes, the de-
cree has been granted, but will say moth
ing more
He ACKNOWLEDGED Thar slrs Vanderbilt
was Ia this country. But I must decline
TO tel you just where she is. -
The mansion at Fifty-sccond street and
Fifth avenue was visited. The butler was
asked If Mrs Nanderbilt was at home.
Well, he replied, "who wants TO
knowp
The reporter was taken in, but tho
Englishman returned with the statement
that Mrs Vanderbilt could not be found
lie did not know where she was AZ Cor
nolius Nanderhilt's bouee it was said that
he was out Of town Tho same story was
told at the other residences
The dom site difficulties between Mr.
and Mrs w X Vanderbilt first became
generally known through cable dispatches
from Paris on Aug 80. 1894 It was ihen
statcd that formal negotiations wero in
progress between them far judicial sep
aruticn, aud that Mrs Vanderbilt had
placed her interests In the hands Of Colo
mel William Jay, who was then In Europe.
While it was commonly known that GER
tain occurrences during the cruise Of Mr..
Nandorbilts yacht, the Valiant. had pre-
cipitated the separation, it was also known
that there had been talk about Newport
and ~ this city Of a separation as far back
as 1878. During that winter Lord ana
Lady Vaudeville visited the couple at
their Fifth avenue home The visit was
of long duration, and William X. Wander
bilt is said TO have become so attached to
Lady Mandoville that his father finally in
terfered and prevented what might have
become a public scandal Mr. and Mrs
Vanderbilt patched up truce, but the
family relations have been more or less
strained ever since.
There were no further differences Of con
sequence until 1892, at Newport, when the
first serious break came For some years
previous Mr.. Vanderbilt had been spending
much Of his time in England and on the
continent and it was often said that Mrs
Vanderbilt had no hesitancy in accepting
tho attentions Of a well known clubman
whose wife got divorce from him soon
after their marriage There was q great
deal Of talk about Newport Of his atten-
tions to Mrs. Vanderbilt and this is sup
posed TO have caused the serious break
The Cruise Of the Valiant.
AAhtu AAlt NtMpbfu AllIUultltn were
patched up, however. and although there
was still considerable gossip about their
/ troubles to all outward appearances every
thing had been settled amicably. Then
there followed the cruise Of the Valiant
Moonlight walks on deck and the blue
waters of the Mediterranean have some
thing to do with the divorce In 1898, at
her suggestion, a three years yachting
tFrnr ha Na1f ~
/ just finished The party included Mr.. O.
II. p. Belmont, Miss Cutting, Mr.. T. II.
Bulkley, Miss jay and Others besides the
three children, a goyerness, a physician
and host Of servants. The cruise lasted
three months, and then the party broke
up. II was said that Mr. Vanderbilt had
accused well known flnancior and club
man of abusing his hospitality by paying
too much attention to Mrs Vanderbilt
and had spoken to him about it, The ac-
cused man, however, only laughed the
matter of, and not until a second quar-
rel resulted from tho fnanoier' S flirtations
with Mrs. Vanderbilt did tho atmosphere
| become altogether too warm even for the
| Mediterranean, and the entire party dis
embarked. At Nice third outbreak oc-
| Cured, and then the financier left for this
/ country.
Mr. Vanderbilt Went to Paris, while
Mrs. Vanderbilt went to England, where
Scott Murray's beautiful estate, Danes
/ field, on the Thames, had been rented fol
her Mr.. Vanderbilt remained in Pari:
for awhile and then went to London tC
see the Derby run. He returned to Paris
in time for the Grand Pmx on June II
last. On tho day of the race he was intro
| ducod TO Nellie Neustretter
Mr. Vanderbilt won 40. 900 francs on
the race, and in the evening presented the
whole amount to Nellie His friends re.
monstrated but he insisted upon doing as
he pleased. He then fitted up magnih
cont establishment for her in Paris and
| subsequently gave her a residence at Deau
| vile, with servants and every luxury she
| desired. Tho American residents of Parl.
were shocked and surprised, but Mr.. Van
derbilt was SO open in his attentions tC
| Nellie Neustretter as to puzzle everybody
Gave Her Cause For Divorce.
It was alleged that he even went so fai
as to allow the servants of Nellie Neustret
ter TO wear the same livery as was worr
| by Mrs. Vanderbilt's servants. This fact
was commented upon by every one ant
out Of it grew the belief that Mr.. Wander