Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-12-30

BOnaparte, only daughter OI Cne Idle
Col. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte, and
Count De Moltke-H HuitSeldt, of Den
mark. was solemninZed to-day at st.
Pauls Roman Catholic Church, corner
of Fifteenth and V streets, Cardinal
Gibbons officiating. The marriage cere-
mQny was followed by the celebration
of a nuptial mass by Rev. Father
Foley.
Miss Bonaparte is the daughter OF
the late Col. Jerome Bonaparte, who
died in the fall of 1883, while at his
summer home in the North. She is
very pretty girl of about twenty-three,
of medium height, with dark brown
hair. worn high but relieved by clus-
ter of tiny curls at the brow; regular
features and brown eyes, over which
curve heavy dark bTows. Her COM
! plexion is pale but clear, and her whole
appearance that of a stylish and at
tractive girl.
She was educated at the Convent of
the Assumption, in Paris, has several
languages beside her own, and the mus
ical accomplishment of fin de slcle
girl. Her hands are well formed and
small the left making an attractive
background for her engagement ring
a circlet of diamonds set with large
sapphire. She made her debut in Wash
ington, D. c., some years ago, at fine
ball given in her honor at the Arlington
Hotel The occasion was brilliant, and
among the cotillion favors were gold
bees. suggestive of the imperial coat
OF arms of France.
Count de Moltke- Huibfeldt is % years
old. He is in the diplomatic service.
He is at present stationed at st. Peters
burg. where he is charge d'affaires or
Denmark. The Oddity of Won Moltke
and a Bonaparte marrying is not so
great. as Count de Moltke is Dane
and the famous Gen. Won MOltke very
distant relative.
Count De Moltke is a fine looking
young man above medium height and
is blonde, with pointed beard and
blue eyes. IIe is now the head Of his
family, but viii not return Immediately
to his native land, having entered
diplomacy and his present post in Paris
having been recently vacated. His
plans for the present are not known,
neither are those Of the bridal tour
| made public
Former Empress Eugene is a god
mother of the bride, and has always
taken a warm interest in her god
daughter. 1t is understood that the
couple will make their future home
abroad.
The brides dot is $4,000 year, set
tied on her by her mother. Miss Louise
Bonaparte is the daughter of Jerome
Bonaparte, and granddaughter
of Jerome BonapaTte, younger brother
of Napoleon l.. one time king of West
phalia, and his wife, Elizabeth Patter-
son. of Baltimore Her mother, nee
! Appleton. of Boston, was at the time
of her marriage TO Mr.. Bonaparte wild
ow of Mr. Edgar Newbold, of New York.
On the maternal side Miss Bonaparte is
a great -granddaughte of Daniel Web
ster.
THE BONAPARTE RESIDENCE.
The Bonaparte home is one of the
most interesting at the Capital, and is
large, red brick on a fashionable
street in the same block with the for
mer residence of Secretary Smith, and
Just opposite the mansion occupied by
Senator Matthew Quay. 1t is hand
somely furnished, containing in its
suite of parlOrs many relics of count
less value. souvenirs of the BOnaparte
family. The walls of the hall are Ia
pestried with tan color, in which is
embossed the bee, the emblem of the
Bonaparte family.
Miss Bonaparte is the only daugh
ter. there being another child, Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte, who is a young
man yet in his teens. Mrs. Bonaparte
was a widow when she married Colo
mel Bonaparte, her first husband being
Mr.. Edgar of New York. Mrs. Bona
parte is descended from Daniel Web
ster. Her two children by her first
husband are living, the son being an
officer in the navy while her daughter
is a Visitation nun in the Roman
Catholic Church.
Colonel Jerome Bonaparte was the
grandson of the famous Madame Bo
naparte. whose marriage to the brother
of Napoleon was one of the most ro-
mantle events in the history of early
days in American society. As Miss
Elizabeth Patterson, the daughter of
a wealthy merchant of Baltimore, she
was one of the bellies and beauties of
the day. her lOveliness of person being
retained till her dying day. She was
born in 1885. and was in the height Of
her fame as one of the most beautiful
women in the world. when Jerome Bo-
naparte came on a visit to this coun-
try. While attending the races near
the city he met Miss Patterson, and
very soon fell a victim to her charms.
! In a short time the young people be-
came engaged.
THE PARENT OBJECTED.
Mr.. Patterson, who was a man of
cool and excellent sense, did not ap-
prove of the marriage, but to all his
remonstrances she turned deaf ear,
asserting that she would rather be
the wife of Jerome Bonaparte for an
bour than the wife of any other man
for a life" This declaration was made,
not through affection. but ambition,
for even to her most intimate friends
she never made any pretence of being
actuated by any other motive in her
marriage than that OF ambition. On
( the eve of Christmas. 1903. the wedding
took place at the Cathedral in Balti-
more. Rev. John Carroll, Bishop Of
MARYLAND. officiating.
THE Young couple spent some time trav-
cling through the United States. and were
tbe recipients of much social attention in
the cities. Mr.. Patterson took immediate
steps to have the marriage made public