Show the richest Itlo hert congressmen congressman charles F sprague ot at boston Is probably the richest man who will sit in the fifty sixth con gress he Is but forty years old while his wile wife who was a miss bliss pratt of 0 brookline massachusetts Is somo some years hla his junior the joint wealth ot of this fortunate couple Is estimated at twenty million dollars sir air sprague comes from an old historic plymouth family his grandfather peleg sprague was a congressman and senator from maine and on his bis retirement from the senate he was appointed a district judge in massachusetts which position he held for many years his maternal grandfather was william lawrence brother of amos and abbott lawrence the latter being minister to the court ot of st james at one time mr sprague was graduated from rom harvard college N 1 t t rz t C F SPRAGUE 3 he Is a lawyer but is seldom seen been la in the courts his big time being taken up in looking after ills his ow own and his wife cifes extensive financial interests he was wai elected to congress last november by the largest majority of any massachusetts member |