The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-07-02
CHARLES AND kiTTiE WE'D.
Parnell Married to Mrs. O'Shea by
Registrar ut Steyning, Eng.

tof00u Aofrte0 TO Mrs. OsSne0 ~
Registrar 1t steyning, Eng.
LONDON. juno 26.-The great sensa-
tion of the day has been the wedding
Of Mr. Parncll and Mrs. O'Shea- Mr..
Parnell took the most extraordinary
precautions to conceal as long as possi-
bic the fact of the marriage. He-
bribed or cajoled all the officials at
Steyning who were likely to DC in
terrogated on the subject, so that
it was impossible to obtain by tele-
graph from registrars. the postmaster,
the stationmaster or the clerks any
thing but denials or evasive answers.
The scores of messages which poured
in upon these officials remained un-.
noticed or were responded to unsatis-
factoriIy. Mr.. Parnell took special
pains to prevent either one Of the
large news agencies from obtaining
any information. lie notified their
lobbymcn to meet him at o'clock
Thursday afternoon. when he would
give them some important information.
One Of the associations did not find out
the trick until too late to
send a man to Steyning. A COR
respondent went down on an after
noon train and with the greatest
difficulty learned the details Of the
wedding. The chief registrar, Mr..
Cripps, refused to allow the register to
be seen until he was threatened
with legal proceedings, the law requir-:
ing tho book to be kept open to the
public. The record showed that the
e,.su 1n Ak
q SPECIAL license empowering the
union within three months from the is
suance thereof Of Charles Stewart Par
nell, bachelor, NJ. p, aged A, of Avon
dale, Ireland, now in England, and
Katherine O'Shea. formerly Wood, the
divorced wife of William Henry O'Shea,
Of full age. residence Nalsingham ter
race, Arlington.
It was learned that Mrs. O'Shea had
earnestly desired a religious ceremony,
but the conscientious scruples of the
church Of England clergymen against
marrying a divorcee and Mr.. Parnell's
strong antipathy for dissenting persons,
in consequence of their fierce on
slaughts upon him, conspired to render
civil marriage necessary. All Cath.
olics and many Protestants consider
such marriage void, and this fact is
sure to harm Mr.. Parnell among
his Irish constituencies and in
the estimation of the English
masses. lev. DIR. Pridgeon, the Stey-
ming curate, was ut first inclined to
perform the ceremony. but backed out
ut the last momeut. This doubtless
accounts for the selection of Steyning
as the place for the ceremony.
Mr.. Parnell went to Brighton on
leaving the house of commons Wednes-
day and dined with Mrs O'Shca, whose
residence is next door to his own. The
couple spent the evening listening to
music and chatting together. The
watchers noticed that the lights were
out earlier than usual, and they did not
see Mr.. Parnell leave the house
until o'clock in the morning. He
then took short walk, emitting his
usual ride. The departure was before
breakfast. Mr.. Parnell wore flower
on his coat, and was clad in a suit OF
unusual elegance for him. Mrs. O'Shea
seemed in high spirits, and hummed
a lively tune as she was escorted
to the phaeton and gallantly as
sisted to enter by Mr.. Parncll.
She wore q black silk and brocade
gown, with black lace mantle and
black hat adorned with pink roses.
The morning was a gloomy one. and
It soon began to rain in torrents. The
carriage hood was drawn forward and
the occupants made themselves as COM
Portable as possible under the rather
depressing circumstances. A z;gzag
route was taken in the hope Of throw
ing followers off the scent and
the travelling of byways made
the journey twice its ordinary
length. Mrs. O'Shea was handling the
reins when the phaeton arrived at
Steyning. The official hours of the
registrar are 10 a. m. to p. m, but
the couple were readily admitted at
Q a. IN. Twaservants from the Brighton
establishment arrived half an hour
later. keeping the couple waiting, and
during this period they betrayed con
siderable nervousness.
The principals. the two servants Al
witnesses and the registrar completed
the audience. The formalities or cere
mony occupied forty minutes. Mr.. Par
nell remarked to Registrar Cripps thai
he intended to have religious ceremony
performed later in London as soon as :
minister agreeable thereto was found.
FIVE PERSONS DROWNED.
A noatins. Party Meets Its Fate In t..,
Dark Waters Of the Ohio River.
CINCINNATI, June 26.-Thomas Thur
man, = member of the Banner Tobacco
Company of this city, aged 81; Mr.. Jo
Zins, booxkeeper of the same Arm, age
%; Misl Edith Zins, his sister
aged 20; Mrs. Catherine Cox
niece Of Mrs Riverside. age
%. and Miss Kate Riddle, Q
Burlington, Ky, aged Is. 4 cousin Q
the Zins brother and sister, wer
drowned in the river here Thursda
night. They had been up the river an
were floating down on its waves whe
they met the towboat Frank Gilmor
coming upstream with larg
tow of, empty barges. The
steered clear Of the steamer, but wer
run down by its barges. People on tn
shore heard screams, OWNED the caus
and put cut to the rescue. The empt
yawl, q mans hat, a girls hat and
couple OF handkcrchiefs were all the
. found. Miss Zins was stenographer an
typewriter for Richard Smith, and
short time before left the Commercial
Gazette Office full of life and gayety.
VIII Boom the Fair.
CHICAGO. June Wednesday afte
noon Director-General Davis selected
|. commission of five men to go abroa
as agents of the United States govern
, ment on six weeks tour for the pu
pose of booming the worlds fair. III
commission is composed of ex-Go
Thomas Al. Waller, of Connection
Ex-senator j. Is. Eustis, of Louis
ana; Maj. Moses p. Handy, pr
moter general; Benjamin Butterwortl
solicitor general, and Ferd w. Peel
!. The party will sail from New Yor
! July !, or July at the furthest, return
ing early in September.