Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-18
MISS FULLER,s MARRIAGE.
There Was No Opposition to II and No OBJ
lection to the Husband She Chose.

II
lection to the Husband She Chose.
| The publication Of sensational story Of the
marriage in italy last month OF Miss Mary Full
Ter. daughter of the chief justice, to Mr.. Collin
C. Manning of South Carolina has, say the
members of the family of the chief justice,
but one element of truth, and that is the fact Of
the marriage. In few days the friends Of
the Fuller family all over this country
will receive a card formally announcing the
happy event. All the rest of the picturesque
details of the opposition of the chief justice to
this marriage are pure inventions and cruel to
the last degree to Mrs. Fuller, who
has just returned from Europe
after spending many weary weeks at the bed
side of her daughter. Mrs. Fuller, in CONVEX
satIon with representative of THE STAR this
morning. expressed her sorrow and indigna-
ton that such unkindand unnecessary coloring
should have been given to her daughters mar
riage when it would have been equally easy to
have secured correct statement from herself
or her husband
The publication Of such An unwarranted
story. coming, as IL does, as a climax to months
and months Of watchful attention to her three
daughte rs. has hurt her imme asurabIy M ore than
it:could have possibly done at any other time
Last summer she was three months with her
married daughter, Mrs. Wallace, in Tacoma,
wash, who was during that entire period des-
peiaecis ~ Will De remembered that during
the same time Mrs. Brown, another daughter, Law
also Tor weeks at the point of death, carefully
and tenderly watched by the chief Justice
and Miss Mary Fuller. now Mrs. Collin
Manning. The solic;tudo Of the parents,
separated by nearly half the continent
and anxious from day to day for
news Of each others charge can be only appre-
ciated by those who have gone through a SINH
lar experience. To add to this an other younger
daughter @ was ill in Philadelphia under DR.:
nhnlI Q rarn IL r -
nurse. Miss Mary Fuller's nerv-
Gus system broke down under the
strain OF nursing her sister, Mrs. Brown, and
when the latter became a trife better the chief
justice urged her to come on to Washington,
which she did, attended only by her maid.
She did not grow any better and was joined
here by her younger sisters
IN the meantime the elder sisters were
slowly improving and Mrs. Fuller returned to
chicago from Tacoma. AS Miss Fuller was
most anxious to return to Berlin AMI to finish
her musical course, which only required two
more months, the physicians decided that the
ocean voyage would be perhaps the very
best thing for her. She went abroad
with Miss Katherine Fuller, whose health
was also quite delicate. After reaching Berlin
had then been back here ten days, re-
celved cable message-"Come; Mary is
worse" II it had not been for Mr.. Man.
ning, Mrs. Fuller says. she would scarcely
have been able to hold up during the
long journey before she reached her daughters
bedside in Berlin. For days and days they
watched the invalid and just as soon as it was
possible for her to be removed they took
her down to San Reno. Her condition
became again so critical that her
life was despaired of, and Mrs. Fuller felt that
the devotion of Mr.. Manning should receive
its reward. The bans were put up, all the
necessary conditions complied with, ard the
marriage took place at moment when it
seemed as if the bride would scarcely live
another hour. But from that a decided i'm
provement was noticed in the invalid, and the
fortnight longer that Mrs. Fuller stayed with
the happiest bride and groom in all
the world she could see her daugh-
ter's strength slowly but surely COM
ing back. When she was taking the
steamer to return to America she had
farewell message from MIR. Manning, saying
that his wife had that day taken fifteen steps
across the room. Mr.. and Mrs. Manning will
remain at San Reno O few weeks longer, but
the Chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller expect to
have them home again in a month or
two. So far from there being any
opposition on their part to the marriage, the
very contrary is the state of the case. The
their entire consent and nothing but the young
ladys own determination to finish her musical
studies had postponed their marriage.
MIR. Collin q. Manning comes from one of
the best families iii the south. His father and
grandfather were both governors of South
Carolina and the young man himself has made
such rapid progress In his profession that it is
easy to prophecy for him a brilliant future in
the legal lights of coming years.
Mrs. Fuller received news yesterday from
Mrs. Archibald Grown, who lives III Chicago,
that she was able to be moved over to her own
house, which has been furnished for months
and awaiting her occupancy. She has been i'll
since last summer.