The Washington times., 1901-09-22
and only about twenty-five relatives were

present at the ceremony
Mrs. Mcconnell is Mr. Conger's sister.
Miss Conger was attended by her cous-
ms. Miss Mary c. Pierce and Miss La
vinia Pike Mcconnell The ceremony was
performed by Rev. DR.. j. } M Hanson.
The bride was attired in a princess gown
of white embroidered crepe. trimmed with
duchess lace, and carried lilies of the val
ley. III
Among those present were t,,e bride s
mother, Mrs. Conger, the father and
mother of the groom, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ].
Buchan.
Miss Pierce, who was Miss Conger' S
companion during the siege is Engaged to
Lieutenant Hammond. who was also one
of the gallant rescuers of the imprisoned
members of the American Legation. At
ter visit to Lieutenant Buchan's home
in Kansas City the officer will take his
wife to the Philippines, where his regi-
ment is now stationed.
The cousins, whose love stories have
been so singularly associated, will not be
separated in the immediate future, for
Miss Pierces marriage to Lieutenant
Hammond in the later autumn, before
Mrs Congers return to Pesin, will be i'm
mediately followed by their departure for
the Philippines.
The return of DR.. Merou to Washington
In, his former capacity as Minister from
Argentina, has caused an out-of-town
correspondent to write the following:
washington society is glad to welcome
Senor Dr. Don Martin Garcia Merou, the
new Minister from Argentina, and his In
teresting family. to the fashionable circle
in the National Capital. He is far from
being a stranger to the native society or
the Diplomatic Corps, having been IN
Washington first in 1897, to represent ms
Government here. He was recalled after
two or three years service, to become
Secretary of Agriculture in his own
country, for a while, because there was
some very important work to be accom-
plished in that department, for the de-
velopment of which the Doctors scientihc
knowledge was needed. The work done,
he returns and it is conceded that he Is
one of the brightest men of the Dfplo-
matte Corps. He is q multi-literatus, ana
one long shelf of his library is filled with
his own works-essays on economic ques-
tions literature, art, and authors, with
biography, travel. fiction, and poetry.
Or Merou has a most interesting fam
lily. HIS wife, Sonora Della Herrera de
Garcia Merou, is a lovely woman, with a
stately form and dignlfied bearing, a
fair. sweet face, and a motherly look, and
is devoted to her family. not being much
of a society woman. She was born in
Buenos Ayres and educated in a convent
there. They have three little daughters
aged, respectively, thirteen, eleven, and
eight years, who m, stored our language
when they first came to our country four
years ago in less than a year, speaking 1t
much better than either OF their parents.
Know great people cannot
a new language so readily as small peo-
ple,' said the doctor, apologetically. But
his own pronunciation is very good; in
fact fine, because 1t is cultured. and the
short time in which he learned 1t is really
surprising.
''Dr Merou has been sent as a diplo-
matte representative of his country sue
cessively to Madrid, Paris, Paraguay,
Peru, Brazil, and the United States. He
is a member of the Executive Committee
of the Bureau of American Republics, and
also of several royal academies. He pos
of Portugal granted him that of Santiago,
and literary merit. And yet he is only
thirty-eight years old"
Miss May Hill. daughter of Mrs. P. II.
HILL of the Portner, and Mr.. Charles
Aloysius Dunn will be married next Wed
nesday morning at St. PauIs Catholic
Church. The ceremony viii take place at
$3.50. and the couple will leave soon after
for their wedding journey. There will be
no reception. .A
Miss Mamie Curlee and Misses Julia and
Susie Gambler. of Corinth. Miss, arrived
in the city yesterday, and are the guests
of Mrs. Fred Beall. "a b Street northeast
The Misses Gambler are daughters of Hon
+. s. Gambler, jr-, who succeeds Hon. j.
M. Allen as the Representative in Con-
gress from the First District of Missis-
sippi. Mr.. Gambler is a nephew of Bishop
Gambler, of Georgia, and cousin of Gov