St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-27
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Miss Clara Huntington to Become
the Princess Hatzieldt.

Miss Clara Huntington to Become
the Princess Hatzieldt.
The long-talked-of marriage of Miss
Clara Huntington, the daughter of the
Pacific railway king, Coils P. Hunting
ton, to Prince Hatzfeldt, is about to be
celebrated. There have been so many
denials of their engagement within the
past few months that those interested in
the affair are somewhat surprised at the
authoritative announcement that the
marriage is to take place Oct. %, in the
OratOry at B%rOmptou, near London.
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Miss Huntington has spent the
greater part of the last few years
abroad. She met Prince Hatzfelt about
a year ago. The prince Is t%hirty-six
years of age, but looks hardly thirty.
He is handsome, of medium height and
strongly built. His yellow hair is
parted in the middle, and it rolls back
in the distinctiyely German way. He
is said to be the proud pOssessOr of the
handsomest mustachios IN all Europe.
He is considered intellectually bright,
and his pleasant address makes him
generally popular. He is rather modest
in his dress. His family is one of the
oldest in Europe. and the Castle of
SchOnstein, the ancestral home, is over
800 years old. 1t is a beautiful place on
the Rhine, and has been occupied by
the family ever since it was built by the
feudal HatzfeldtS.
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Soon after the prince met the Ameri-
ian beauty and heireSS he began to pay
her devoted attention, and when 1t was
announced, about three months ago,
that they were engaged, the New York
friends of the family were not in the
least surprised. But following close
upon the announcement came a denial.
Again the rumor became current, but
about a month ago MIR. Huntington an
nounced positively that his daughter
was not engaged to the distinguished
German. Nothing mOr was heard of
the matter until the announcement of
the forthcoming marriage reached New
York recently.
The Huntington family have been in
London for about a month, and Prince
HartZfeldt arrived about ten days agO.
They are living in Hanover square; and
MIR. Huntington seems to enjoy i'm
mensely the prospect of being father-in-
law to a prince whose name Is 800 years
old. 1t was first intended to have the
wedding take place in Paris, but Mr..
H%untingtOn'S business compelled the
change IN plans. There were several
obstacles in the way of having the we'd
ding occur i'll London. According to
the rites of the Catholic church. the
marriage bans must be published, both
parties must he Catholics, and have had
a previous residence in the city for a
certain period. Then. too. there must
be a record to enter upon the books,
giving the dates of the birth of the
father and mother and grandmother
and grandfather, as well as the dates of
their marriage.
Miss Huntington voluntarily became
a communicate of The Catholic church,
so the first difficulty was removed. The
residence obstacle will be done away
with by special license. The facts for
the records are purely clerical. The
law firm of Coudert Brothers. of 6S Will
lam street, have an Office in Paris, and
their Paris representatives are Prince
HatZfeldt's attorneys. When Charles
Coudert was asked yesterday if the firm
had been requested to furnish the neces-
sary data he smiled significantly and
said they had not yet been furnished.
He would say nothing more'
Bishop Patterson is to perform .the
ceremony which will make the daughter
of the Pacific railway king, with his
$50, 0OO, 900, the wife of a German prince.
The marriage will take place at IL in
the forenoon. and will be a private one,
as the H%untingtons are in mourning.
Mr.. Huntington is compelled to sail for
New York on the 30th. On the day of
the wedding the prince and his bride
will leave for Italy, where they will
spend a month among the northern
lakes. Then they will go to Hatzfeldt
estate in Germany, where they will
make their home.