Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-25
GREAT HEIREssEs TO WE'D.
Miss Fair to Become Mrs. Oelrichs
DE-. Ferguson and Miss Armour.

The matrimonial news Is that two great
heiresses are engaged to be married to two mas
culine beauties. The young ladies are Miss Tes-
sic Fair, daughter of the famous California mill
honaire, and Miss May Armour, daughter of the
equally celebrated Chicago Croesus. The young
men are New Workers., and much alike in being
big, broad-shouldered athletic fellows, either
Of whom might serve as a model for a statue
Of Adonis. Herman Oelrichs is the choice of
Miss Fair. He is wealthy himself, and for
fifteen years at least has figured as club man,
patron and participant in athletic sports, and
latteriy a. . politician, having acted a. chair
man Of the democratic campaign committee.
His popularity among men about town is great,
he is free spender Of money and conviv-
ialist Of the first order.
Oelrichs first met Miss Far at Newport q
year ago last summer, and was in her society
again there and at Saratoga last year. The en-.
gagement is understood to date from the
season last mentioned, although it was not di-
vulged until lately and not positively con-
tirmed until this week. magnificent wedding
is To be celebrated, but not until next autumn.
The coupling Of DR.. Frank Ferguson and
Miss Armour affords some interesting facts
Ferguson Ii handsomer chap than Oelrichs,
being six-footer with q fine face and COM
plexion as clear as a girls. He is about thirty
five years old. He came to this country from
Scotland at the age Of twenty and the Scotch
accent is still perceptible in his speech, He
went to work in this city as q shoe maker, but
the bench proved an uneasy seat for young
fellow Of his ambition. Although he began TO
| carve out his own fortune with a shoe knife he
soon changed the implement to . surgeons
scalpel. He got work in St Luke's hospital
one OF the largest in the city, his duties being
mixedly those Of janitor and custodian Of
the anatomical department. He soon made
himself valuable in the preparation and care Of
| surgical specimens and from that advanced to
the department Of dissection. He developed
surprising skill with the scslpel and five years
ago was appointed chief dissector at St Luke'a
His ability In this speciality not long ago led
him into serious dif6culty. When Bishop, the
mind reader, died at the hospital Ferguson
| sawed Oh the top of his head, In order to sup
ply his brain to the physicians. before the
requisite order had been given BY . coroner.
That was breakage Of the law, which forbids
any post mortem examination without formal
| authority. Bishop's mother made all the row
possible, and much interest was excited by the
fact that Bishop himself, having been subject
| to catsleptic fits resembling death, had dreaded
| that he might be buried alive. '., ...-.-. : !,
Mrs. Bishop undertook to prove that he was
not dead at the time Of Ferguson's operation,
| and the evidence was suficient to induce II
grand jury to indict Ferguson and the surgeon
at whose orders he had made the autopsy.
son repeated the offence and was promptly ar
| rested Whether he win bs punished remains
| to be seen. but his acts have at least led to a
reformation in the matter OF hasty dissection
! in the hospitals. His skill with the knife, how
| ever, has brought 70 him q tOlersble income,
and while welding 1t he has assiduously studied
medicine and surgery, with . view Of going
into general practice. He affords an instance
| Of . man self-made by his own energy and braun
Miss Armour has for several years spent con.
siderable Of her time in New York city. Her
| education in music and languages has been pur-
sued here and she has figured In one Of the
many rich and polite circles Of society. She is
good looking, vivscious and amiable, something
more than twenty years Of age, and her friends
ny that abe doesn't put on airs because her
father 10 = millionaire many times over. She
has attended services at DR.. John Halls church
| on 6th avenue, where DR.. Ferguson il an active
member. He has the direction Of one Of the
charities Of this opulent congregation Of
providing medical attendance In connection
with mission chapel, and Miss Armour con-
tributsd money and time to this came partieu-
lar good work. Thus the two psrsons were
brought into familiar intercourse, which has
developed into matrimonial eneaesment, TIE
| public announcement Of which 10 made for
| the afst time. The wedding 10 ct for next
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