Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-23
OF Reconciliation
Has Marconi.
Breaking Of Engage
ment With Miss Holman.
His Eyes Were Moist as He Spoke
OF II.

graph system, confirmed the announce
ment that his engagement to Miss
Josephine Bowen Holman, of Indian
apolis, had been broken, at the request
Of the young woman, before sailing
for Europe, yesterday. @t
Signor Marconi was found in his
apartments in the Hoffman house in
the deepest detection sitting at
table opening letters and kilograms.
1T is true, and I am very sorry to
have it to say" he said.
was the engagement broken off at
Miss Holman's requestY,
"Yes, at Miss Josephine's request"
"Was it owing in any way to the
delay in the complexion Of your ex-
periments?"
II can only say that it was at Miss
Josephines request. Any further ex-
PLANTATION must come from her."
Mr.. Marconi's eyes were moist and
his whole air betokened that he had
received a severe blow.
"Was the decision reached hastily"
"No; she requested it, and / took a
couple of days to consider, and then
complied with her request"
Have you any hopes of recon
ciliation, Mr.. Marconi?" Sig. Mar
conf hesitated. His eyes wandered
around the room. At length he an.
swered sadly:
81 fear the decision is fnal."
In answer to further questions Sig.
Marconi said that he was hardly IN
a position to get married at the pres.
ent time.
II have to travel about so much"
he said, land then my experiments
have been delayed great deal be.
cause of the winds at Cape Cod and
other reasons. If it was not for this
my experiments would be much fur
ther advanced" -
He added that he intended to sail
for Europe on the Philadelphia, to be
gone about six weeks.
"Will you hold any correspondence
with Miss Holman while you are
away?'
mo. 1 don't think So"
"Have you any hope that Mt a Later
date, when your experiments are fur
ther advanced, the engagement may
be renewed?'
81 fear not" Signor Marconi an.
swered, very slowly and dejectedly.
The engagement of Signor Marconi
and Miss Holman was announced last
April and they had planned to have
been married before this. While the
young inventor was still in Newfound
land just after the announcement that
he had succeeded in transmitting the
letter "S' across the ocean by, his
wireless process he telegraphed his
sweetheart in Indianapolis to meet
him here in New York. She left i'm
mediately for this city, and it was
said in her home that she would bt
married shortly after her arrival here
The young woman herself refused II
discuss plans for her wedding, bu
that did not keep the gossips from
asserting that the young couple woult
be married and 60 to Europe togeth
er.
Miss Holman arrived here Decembel
81. She went to visit friends at No
2O1 West Seventy-third st. Signo
Marconi came down from Newfound
land and went to live at the Hoffman
house.
Miss Holman Is graduate of Bryl
Mawr, and Is niece of the late Con
gresham w. s. Holman, of Indiana
who was known as the Watch Dol
of the Treasury"
A correspondent. called at the hpus
where Miss Holman and her mothe
are visiting, but 1t was said there tha
neither of them was at home.
Two days before the announcement
of the breaking of the engagement
was made Miss Holman talked abou
her marriage to Sig. Marconi in tn
happiest vein. She seemed greatl
in love and there was then no hint o
what has since happened. When ask
ed If she would not tell the date Of he
marriage she replied:
my mother and I realize that ov
ing to Mr.. Marconi's position a Gel
tain amount of notoriety in cennectio
with us is unavoidable, but it is nc
pleasant. Wereally have made no plan
as to the date of our marriage. .Th
date has not been set. When 1t
we will, of course, make 1t know