The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-26
FORTUNES LINKED
Miss Edith Rockefeller Be-
comes the Wife of Har-
old F. Mccormick,
THE BRIDEGROOM VERY ILL
Ceremony Performed at His Apart
ments in the Buckingham
Hotel.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Ss5.-Miss Edith
Rockefeller, youngest daughter OF MI.
John D. Rockefeller, the multl-miiiioh-
| aire, was. married at noon TO-DAY IN Tue
| buckingham Hotel to Mr.. Harold =
Mccormick. son of Cyrus McCormlch'
the well known Reaper King" OF enc
ago.
In point of briliancy the wedding had
given promise of being one OF the Mos'
notable of the season. 1t was the
third great event of its kind scheduieo
within a month, and society was on the
oui vive, for it had been whispered that
the wedding would be celebrated in a
| stvle commensurate with the wealth ana
standing of the families of the contract
ing couple. The marriage was to nave
been solemnized in the Fifth Avenue
Baptist Church., and the beautlful IN
terror of the ediice had been Transformed
into a tropical garden. The great
gothic columns of the church were COW
cred with white. pink and green norai
designs. Their were chrysanthemuIis
in an endless variety of blossoms, 1ornieo
in immense pillars, with a ~packsrouhu
of greenery, presenting a charming po-
ture. Back of the communion RAN was
a gorgeous display of potted plants anu
other flowers, all tastefully and ef1ectiVe-
w arranged. Some forty men nao
been at work at the church yesterday
| afternoon, and had nearly compleeeu
the arrangement of the elaborate hof"i
decorations which were to nave oeen q
feature of the wedding, when woro was
received that the marriage cereh.ons
would take place at the B~ucAlhshana
Hotel instead of the church, and the
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TILE BRIDESMAIDS.
Miss Alta Rockefeller, the brides Sis
ter, was named to be the nav We're
Miss Emma Rockefeller, a cousin OF
the bride: Miss Carrie MeCorm mic Miss OF
Chicago. aco oS;sn S e. thg gnoo Of New York,
ana Miss Francis Adams OF Bosn 9ad
While the bride was also s to be a nmmona
Blaine nsri little nephews of the groom.
M. Stanley Mccormick was to have
attended his brother as best man. an n
RFnneckefe ii Jr., the brides brother; Nj;
Mr.. burlington Harvey OF Cnlcago' Mf.
eonain Of the groom; Nj. JOIN Garrett
oe oBaltimore. Nd; Mr.. Howard Colby of
New York. Mr.. James Blair OF Scra a.
Rev. DR.. w. H. P. Paunce was to pc
ths oficiattng clergyman, assisted by the
Rev. Dr.. john Hall. Certainly a grand
ceremony was promiseadI o and me NJ. ME- Me-
Corn,ick found himself confined to his
room on his wedding day, III with an
attack Of pleyrisy, WHEN D 6rssa Jane
way, McCosh and James, after a con.
suItation yesterday, decided that the
groom-elect was too sick to venture Out
Of loor., especially as the weather was
inclemenf. The Rockefeller family was
notified, and, the young couple not want
ing to postpone the ceremony, IL was
| decided to have the marriage solemnized
in MT. McCormick's apartments in the
Buckingham Hotel.
AN AWKWARD PRBDICAMENT.
1t was an awkward predicament for
the families of the contracting parties.
| Over a thousand invitations mad been
issued for the church, and from Chicago,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Baltimore and other
witness the ceremony A notification OF
| the change of arrangements was sent
last night to all with whom 1t was pos
sible to communicate. Despite this quite
a number of persons presented themselves
at the church this morning with cards
of admission. They were told there
would be no ceremony at the church,
and they drove off with a puzzled and
disappointed expression upon their u
tenanceS.
ness of Mr.. Mccormick cast considerable
gloom over the wedding party, and in
stead of smiles and Congratulations,
there was hardly more than sympathetic
PURELY AMERICAN.
1t was purely an American wedding, in
contradistinction to the Marlborough
| Vanderbilt and Paget-Whitney mar
riages, when both the grooms were
days wedding had more significance
than either of these events, for besides
a union of young. hearts, the ceremony
was the means of linking together two
Miss Rockefeller is said to be heiress
to more millions than any other young
Cormick also inherits an immense for
tune.
1t was at Christmas time a few years
ago that Mr.. Mccormick met his bride;
He was then a student at Yale, and had
come to New York for the holidays. 1t
was a case of love at first sight,
Just about this time Miss Rockefeller
had made up her mind to go to Japan
as a missionary of the Baptist Church,
but young Mccormick quickly persuaded
Miss Edith Rockefeller is an attrac-
tive young woman. of twenty-four years.
saaess in a the city IN and nde with Il the the doess
of society open to her She never cared
to enter its realms. Her life has been
of New York of equal standing. She is
a thorough Christian woman, and chose
to devote her spare time to charity
rest of the Rockefeller family, she is
unostentatious in her. manner, and Is &C
great Interest in athletic sports, and is
accomplished in swimming, skating, rid
ing and driving.
IN Mr. ..P aarold MfeaG or tbs is the lni,,f SON Of
manufacturer of Chicago. He is twenty
three years of age.
When the groom's health permits, he
| and his bride will sail for Egypt on
their wedding tour. Upon their return
they will make their home at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, where Mr.. Mccormick
will become a partner with his brothers
in the Mccormick Reaper Company.
DEFEAT FOR JAMES j. BELDEN.
ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 2s, 1s95.-The
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