The San Francisco call., 1899-02-19

-. CHICAGO, Feb. 1S.-Despite the 20OC
miles which separated them and score
of interfering relatives and friends,
: Miss Lois Mai Webber, daughter Of the
Late Captain John Webber of Oakland,
Cal, succeeded to-day in reaching her
.fiance and becoming the wife of
Charles F. Dwyer, son of Michael f.
Dwyer, the famous turfman, and him
self famous on two continents as
plunger in the betting ring.
: This is the brief synopsis of fast
and furious romance that has covered
a space of six weeks, stretched from
coast to coast, involved a half-dozen
well known names and finally united
THE young girl from San Francisco to
q scion of one of the foremost turf fol-
lowing families of the world.
= With newspaper men, detectives and
anxious relatives searching for her,
Miss Weber succeeded in slipping into
Chicago early this morning, breakfast
ing with the man who a few hours
later became her husband and return
ing to the Auditorium Annex tonight
as his wife. 1t is as romantic tale
as has come out of the sunshine and
flowers Of California, or any other To-
cality, in many a day and has been
.CdIIEGu Oh Will Tic IAOSl 4lilplONCA
nigdern devices.
= Six weeks ago Charles f. Dwyer- was
unknown to most Golden Gate people.
HIS name was known to the racetrack
followers 2p3 many had heard it men
TONED as that Of the young man whose
= consistent backing of Tod Sloan S
mounts in England last fall had netted
him g 100, ,000
Then Dwyer came to San Francisco
and all was changed. Miss Webber
came into his view as a vision perched
high upon the box Of a cart behind
a. pair of tandem ponies. and Dwyer
was .impassive no longer. Tod Sloan
and Eddie Bald, his travelling COM
pAlions,. found him preferring his own
thoughts to their previous jollity, and
they knew that a change had come.
For two weeks he strove TO obtain an
Introduction to his divinity. He
searched everywhere. for d mutual
friend, and at length became ac-
Qualnted with Captain Pollock, late of
: the. Rough Riders, warm friend of
Miss Webber In the meantime Miss
, vyebber had not been blind. She had
NOTICED the fixed stare of Dryers eyes,
turned always in her direction upon the
dozen or more times she happened to be
near him during these two weeks, and
She too. found herself loving the man
She knew only by name and by hearsay.
Then came an introduction by Captain
Pollock that Won for DWyer a wife. In
a downtown restaurant in San Fran
cisco Dwyer found Captain Pollock and
. MISS Webber among an after-theater
supper party and obtained the intro
duction which left him free to tell his
love.
:. They met but fnfrequently after that.
but association was not necessary. One
week ago last Thursday Dwyer and
: Sloan left San Francisco for Chicago.
e The evening before he bade goodb by
to his sweetheart, but by no means
gave her up. He did not ask her to
write to him or promise to write to her.
His methods were far more energetic.
He proposed an elopement then and
there, but Miss Webber hesitated. The
premier Jockey and the premier plum
ger departed alone. Before he was
across the ferry and in the station at
Oakland, DWyer regretted his depart
ure He was silent until the train
D: Tea ched Omaha. There he left the train
o and conferred with General Passenger
and Ticket Agent Lomax of the Union
Pacific. A few minutes later this mes
sage was in Miss Webber's hands:
Miss you dreadfully. Ticket for Chica-
go for you at Oakland depot. Come on
a once and we will be married in Chica-
go. Lovingly, CHARLEY.
The young woman's movements were
closely watched, and every argument
was used to induce her to abandon all
:: thought of the young turf follower, but
to no purpose. She left her home with
but a small grip, for the apparent pur-
pose of visiting some relatives in
Sausalito, a suburb of San Francisco
but it was speedily discovered that Chi
cago was her real destination. By the
next overland train q pursuit was be-
gun, while messages hurried ahead to
friends of the family in Chicago ask
o. ing that, Sha he iDtPrcRntGd
=. These plans came to the ears of
Dwyer in Chicago, and plans were i'm
"mediately made to balk them. He dis
covered that he was being shadowed
by detectives. and late Friday night
the following telegram was sent:
:: Miss Mai Weber, care Pullman con-