The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-13

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From the Philadelphia Fress.
Nvw YORK, June 10.-The topic of the
,,ont to-day is the dramatic marriage of
H.. Florence Garner to Sir William Cor
~ Cumming. 1t was dramatic in its sim
ro;tv Both the bride and bridegroom
ave near friends and many relatives in
.his CITY. and they all had expected that
.ho marriage would be one of the most
sr;IIiant of social events in Great Britain
.h,s simmer. OF course, the conclusion of
.ba bsccarat scandal trial, with its unfavor-
Mo verdict, was what led TO the private
~odd;nR. but the fact that Miss Garner thus
sosas public opinion and in the most sig
ai6csnt and potent of ways signifies that
har respect and affection have not been
diminished by the sad disclosures of the
rial is what makes the marriage so dramatic
and conspicuous.
The Garner girls, though of New York
birth. aud though their early life was in
.bs city, have been so long abroad, and
we're educated so thoroughly in accordance
With continental custom that they seem
almost to belong to the aristocracy of
4rla
tbe only heirs of that remarkable man,
William L. Garner, whose death in 1875
vas a sensation which clouded the CITY
with gloom for many days.
Mr. Garner was only 30 years of age when
. he was drowned in his yacht, the Mohawk,
on summer afternoon in July of csnten-
NAL year. Yet in the short business life
| which he had led he had accumulated a
| fortune estimated at not far from 800, 000,-
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Had his estate been closed out at a forced
sale the heirs would have been fortunate if
thew had realized $40, 100000.
| His property was in cotton mills, and he
had vast factories in New England. New
York and Pennsylvania. He was business
man of extraordinary capacity. He had
colossal ambitions Even then he was plan
ming TO erect great cotton manufacturing
plants in the south. He was already, at his
death. merchant prince, who rivaled the
elder Clafiin and Alexander T. Stewart, and
Moses Taylor, and our business men believe
that before he had passed the prime of life
he would be the first merchant prince of
America; would possess a fortune which
would rival that of the Astors or Wander
bilts every penny of which would be made
bv honest business endeavor.
DROWNED IN THE CABIN.
Although Mr.. Garner was a very busy
man, yet he found time to indulge in sport
which was q genuine passion with him, and
that was yachting. His yacht, the Mohawk,
was beautiful vessel, swift sailer, was
elegantly fitted I'D and in it Mr.. Garner was
the most hospitable and lavish of enter
taners.
The Yacht lay at anchor off Staten Island
one afternoon, aud in the cabin were Mr..
Garner and his wife, Frost Thorne,
Miss Adele Hunter and two or three others.
squat came up, and in a twinkling the
yacht was capsiZed and those persons whose
names are mentioned were imprisoned in
the cabin and drowned. Never have we
had an accident which has caused greater
excitement
Mr. Thorne, who was brother in-law of
Mr.. Garner, was a society man in New
York, a handsome, daring, and delightful
man. He had been a student in Yale Coll
lege of the class of 1871. His daring and his
vivacity had led him to cut up some college
prank which was particularly shocking to
the faculty, and he retired from the college
carrying away with him the regret of his
entire class.
He married daughter OF E. L. Daven-
port, and was therefore a brother in-law of
Miss Fanny Davenport, and his wife was
the most beautiful OF the Davenport girls.
Although he was little wild in college,
JSS AHOAhO 0ONOAOPCG oPAOhdAQ OuctDCoo
capacity, steadied down at once, as he I'M
dertook the agency of the great Garner
business in the west, and Mr.. Garner re-
garded him as the most promising of all the
young business men with whom he had
ever been associated.
MIR. CARRIERS CHILDREN.
Mr.. Garner lived in beautiful but old
fashioned house on Washington square. He
alsO baA ftuO nfb 0ifu raciHanCo0 opd az
the time of the accident, was temporarily
living in fine house on Thirty-third street.
The news of the drowning of their father
and mother was carried to the little girls,
the Oldest of whom was only years of age,
and the others too young to realize the ter
rible affection. The colossal estate was put
into the control Of very able business men,
so that 1t is now very much larger than it
was at the time of Mr.. Gamers death. The
three children will have not less than &c.
100000 apiece.
The oldest girl, Florence, is now the bride
OF Sir William Gordon Cumming, and is
considerably younger than he The children
were put into the care of Mr.. Garner's sis
ter, Mrs. Frances G. Lawrence, and three
years after Garner's death she took them to
England, where she has since resided. The
girls were educated after the manner of the
arlstocracy, and yet they never lost their
American charm, and those who have seen
them OF late years say that their manners
are simple and unaffected, and that they
have developed into beautiful women.
The little year old girl, Lita, who did
not realize that she had lost her father and
mother, was married in Paris last spring,
and is now the Marquise de Bretreuile.
Their cousin, Miss Mary Lawrence. married
into the English aristocracy, having in 1884
become the bride of Lord Vernon. Miss
Florence Garner met Sir William Gordon
Cumming at the home of her sister, Lady
Vernon, and the report at the time was that
1t was a real case of love sat first sight"
Sir William Gordon Cumming was just the
sort Of martial, manly person to attract
glrl Ike Florence Garner.
A private letter received here day or
Two ago by gentleman who is close to the
frlnce OF Wales set, states that when the
baccarat scandal became public Sir William
offered at once to cancel the engagement,
leaving it to Miss Garner to say whether, in
view OF the social cloud, she would run the
FISK of living with q man against whom the
arlstocracv IF Great Britain had closed its
doors. II ~ )ort is true, the reply which
she made is most touching, and went far to
compensate her lover for the mighty strain
which ne has been obliged to bear.
The same letter intimates that Sir Will
liam will speedily come to this country, and
may remain here for several years. His
friends in New York stick to MIN with per-
Iect loyalty. Such reproaches as are heard
are for the Prince of Wales, and for the
contemplate set which seems to have made
business of country house gambling. The
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