The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1899-08-17
BALFOUR KER MARRIED..
The Young Yakima Artist WEEDS Captain Sigs.
bees Daughter Secretly Last November.

Inc IOunR Yakima Artist WedS Captain SiQs-
bees Daughter Secretly Last November.
The Yakima friends of Balfour Ker,
son of VIM. Ker, former president of the
Mckee company, but now banker in
Washington, will be surprised to learn
OF his marriage. The bride was Miss
Mary Ellen Sgsbee, daughter OF the hero
OF the Maine. The couple were secretly
married on November 26, 1898, by the
Rev. F. Belcher of the Jane street Meth
odist church.
Miss Sigsbee went to New York from
Washington to attend the classes of the
Art students league in competition for
the lie class scholarship. She carried
OIL the prize with sketch OF the nude,
says special to the Ledger.
AT the end OF the term of 1S97-9S she
returned to her home in Washington.
Not even her intimate friends suspected
that she bad promised to become the wife
OF MIR. ker. Last October she returned
to the city to resume her studies. The
following month the marriage ceremony
was performed.
GIVES CONFUSING NAMES.
Late one afternoon, accompanied by
Finn Frolich, Mr.. ker and Miss Sigsbee
went to the home of Mr.. Belcher and
were married. Miss Sigsbee did not an
sWer all the questions propounded to her
by the minister. She said her mothers
name was Mary Lockwood, and that she
was % years old, having been born in
New Orleans, La. In the line intended
for the name of the mother of the bride
the minister wrote: asked: not given"
Miss Sigsbee signed the marriage return
Mary Sigsbee,' while Bsliour Ker sub
scribed himself "William' ker.
Miss Sigsbee gave as her address 800
West Fiftysixth street. She had a
studio there, but lived at 344 West Fifty
sixth street with Mrs. Cushing, a friend
of the family. She was well known in
the block because of the frequent visits
of her father.
Shortly after Miss Sigsbee's marriage
Mrs. Gushing married Mr.. Palmer, who
lived in the Symmetry apartment house.
They are now at Long Branch. None of
the neighbors remember seeing Mrs.
Ker.
At the house it was stated that Miss
Stgsbee had no callers and apparently
devoted all her attention to her art
studies. Among the students at the Art
league none suspected the marriage.
Frolich, who was best man, kept the
secret well.
1t was stated at the Art Students
league that no "Balfour Ker" was en-
rolled as member, and that he was un-
known. Mr.. Ker told Mr. Belcher that
he lived at II West One Hundred and
Tenth street. There is no such mum Der.
GIRL NOW AT NEWPORT.
Miss Sigsbee is now at Newport with
her mother. Mr.. ker's address is not
known. He is water color artist OF
some fame, and is nephew of Alexander
Graham Bell, the inventor of the tele-
phone, who lives at Washington.
1t was in that city that Mr.. Ker first
met Miss Sigsbee, where they were both
students at the Washington Art Students
league. Miss Sigsbee, according to the
stories of friends, disliked Mr.. Ker the
first time she met him. They afterward
went sketching together and became
better friends.
Mr.. Ker left Washington early in the
summer to come to New York, and a cor
respondence was carried on through
third party. Miss Sgsbee decided to at
tend the classes of the Art Students
league in this city. Here again she met
Mr.. Ker. Mr.. Ker's family is we'll to
do, but he lives by his art.
Miss Sigsbee has been fond of drawing
from childhood. Captain Sigsbee, her