The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-11-21
Marylebone Parish Registrar De
scribes Manchester Nuptials
as Melancholy Affair.
SECOND CEREMONY PLANNED.
Bridegroom's Best Man Says the
Duchess Demands the Knot
Be Tied Again on This Side -
Unusual Haste Exercised.
SPECIAL BY CABLE.

SPECIAL BY CABLE.
! London. Nov. @.-(Copyright, 1900 by w.
| r. Hearst. )-The Duke and Duchess of Man
! chester will be Remarked upon reaching
| America next week. The Duchess demands
| It. says Ernest Cavan Lambert. who was
| the bridegroom's best man at the hurried
| ceremony which secretly united NIanches-
| ter to the American heiress
| The registrar of Marylebone Parish,
| where they were married said to-day:
The bride looked greatly depressed and
anxious. She cried during the ceremony.
| The whole party seemed anything but gay.
l register go marriages annually. but /
! never in all my experience saw more
melancholy wedding. The Duke looked wor-
ried. He did not even pretend 10 be cheer
full.
1T was a marriage by ordinary license.
such rs any par!shioner can get at Doctors
Commons fer 60 IS Cd Cslo.s2}.
although the secrecy Of the proceedings
showed that there was something to con-
ceal. Canon Barker could not refuse to
ofIiciate except under penalty of ESQ. The
Duke got the license by swearing to an af-
fidavit that the ceremony must take place
Immediately. and even II the BRIDES father
had presented himself and objected. that
could not haze stopped the wedding.
"The whole thing was hurried through as
quickly possible. and the bride and BRIDE
groom left in the carriage in which the
bride and her friend had come. There were
no congratulations that l saw. They were
glad to get il over as quickly as possible" 4"
The Duchess Of Devonshire. the Dukes
grandmother. Is reported to be highly In
dignant. She mas vowed she will do moth
ing more to extricate the Duke from his
l.Srl-.
now even II his family Will relieve him from
bankruptcy, which they had planned.
MIR. ZIMMERMAN HAPPY.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Cincinnati, o., Nov. ao-"I have cabTed
to the Duke my son-in-law. hearty vel
come to this country. admire and like that
young fellow. who went to work at news
paper reporting when bit short Of funds
and you may say for me that whatever Is
mine Is his"
Eugene Zimmerman said It. And the last
five words mean that the Duke of ManCheS-
ter is many times a millionaire. Mr.. Zim-
herman has had only twenty-four hours
experience Of being father-in-law to a Duke.
but the more he thinks abou: it the more
he likes 1t.
A tel:ow-club member suggested to Mr..
Zimmerman that he make railroad man
out of the Duke.
Put him in charge Of that new hne" he
remarked.
Not by a ID sight!" was the Million
aires reply, with a laugh that may have
meant any one of several things.
Mr.. Zimmerman cabled tonight his Con
gratulatons." as he expressed it, and
hearty welcome to this country to his SON.
in-law Mr.. Zimmerman told your corre-
spondent that this was the first time since
the wedding that he had communicated d.
rectiy with the Duke. He has not yet re-
ceived n single word from his daughter
since the marriage.
II have received n hundred kilograms to-
day from all sections of the country con-
graduating me on the marriage of my
daughter he said. But none of them was
IA pleasant messages I received from
the Mayors of Talledega, Ala. and Cedar
interests. asking that when my daughter
arrives we all visit those towns. The mes
sages declared that the keys Of the towns
would be turned over to US and everything
would give way to feast of welcome.
''There has also been manifest here IN
Cincinnati disposition to extend to my
daughter and son-in-law welcome in the
way Of a public function. shall not agree
to this II 1 have anything to say In the
matter.
'T shall leave for New York tomorrow.
there to await the arrival of the Duke and
Duchess. We VIII come to Cincinnati with
out much delay. 1 shall try to keep them
with mo here as long as possible, but I
suppose It will not be for long. A man a
little past middle nfe. 1 am practically
alone in the world row.