The Washington times., 1902-01-12
Mr.. DEPEW AND
BRIDE HOME.
To Stay in New York City
Over Sunday.
WILL REACH HERE ON MONDAY.
Senator and His Wife Arrive on the
Steamer st. LOuis-Distressed by
News Of the Central Tunnel Dis
aster-Formnlity of Marriages in
Frnnce-Fnvors the Panama Canal.

NEW YORK, Jan, live are going
to my house, 81 West Fifty fourth Street
TO stay over Sunday" said Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depew when he and his
bride landed from the steamer St. Louis.
which reached her pier at o'clock last
evening. Then We are going to Wash
lngton on Monday, and on Tuesday l ex-
pect to be in my place in the Senate ready
for business
The Bride and Bridegroom.
Clad in a brown, fur-lined cloak which
covered her completely. and wearing a red
nat OF rather dashing outlines, the new
Mrs. Depew presented the pleasing pic
ture of tall, radiant woman, fresh and
clear of color. Senator Depew looked the
pink of health and vigor, but at first he
seemed to have lost some of his ordiuar-
lily merry and buoyant snirits, for he had
heard of the terrible disaster in the New
YORK Central tunnel only a short time
before, when the pilot came aboard at
Sandy Hook
Distressed by the Accident.
ut is awful" said the Senator. his face
showing genuine distress as he spoke. II
never was met with news before on ar
irving from sea that SO shocked me as
this. l know that tunnel as we'll as |
know my own library. l know that there
was nothing that science or ingenuity or
mechanical skill could devise that was
lacking in the tunnel to make its signal
system perfect and its safety as absolute
as possible, Somebody must have disre-
garded rules or signals. One man can
beat the best system in the world If he
puts himself out of harmony with it.
Marriages In France.
About the marriage-or, rather. the
marriages. for there were three of them.
Well, getting married involves a great
deal of formality' in France. The French
take great care of property. To begin
with, you cannot get married, if your
parents are living, without their consent.
IL you are seventy years old and your
parents are alive, you must have their
permission frst.
Then again, it is only the civil marriage
there which is legal. The church mar
riage is regarded as a mere ceremonial
Moreover, you must have had six
months residence In France before you
can marry.
Avoided Residence Provision.
THE way got around that was by the
provision Of the law which enables two
foreigners to be married by consul of
their country. By the Presidents author
fzation, our Consul, Mr. Van Buren,. mar
ried us at the consulate. We were then
In way married, an American said.
Then the French law recognized the
marriage, but before we could be mar
rled in the church We had to have q GER
tthcate from the Consul. The two church
marriages, of course, were because of the
two different churches. Moreover, it's all
right; 1t is complete; there is no doubt
about it now
Didn't Brenk the Bank.
How about the gambling at Monte Car
lc. Senator? Did you break the bank, as
rumored?" asked one of the Senator's au-
dience.
No. / didn't break the bank" replied
Mr.. DePew- II did not even play. l saw
good deal of the gambling there. though.
Everybody is laughing at Lord Rosslyp's
system for breaking the bank He an
nounced IN England that he had an infalIi-
bic system and only needed $4,000 to
make it 60.
People tumbled over each other to give
him the money. He began playing with
thousand franc notes. When left he was
playing with fve-franc pieces. l was told
that all but about s. 600 of the $50, 900 was
gone. There is no such thing as break
ing the bank at Monte Carlo"
Asked About Miss stone.
Senator Depew asked anxiously if Miss
Stone, the captive missionary, had been
released When answered In the negative
he said:
1T is the general opinion on the other
side that the Bulgarian Government is
back Of 1t all in some way 1t also is the
general opinion that IL even the amount
that has been raised is paid. no travellers
or missionary will be safe out in that
country"
How about the vote on the Nicaragua
Canal?" asked the Senator.
FavOrs Panama Route.
When told that the House had passed
the Hepburn bill, with only two opposing
votes, and that the French company had
offered to sell the Panama plant for s4O,-
00O. 900, he said:
There is no question in my mind that
Panama is the better route for us.
have had an opportunity to study the
subject, and my mind is very clear as re-
CARDS it. AS to the French demanding
at first over 500 OoO, 900 for the caLal you
must remember that 600. 900 French peo-
pie subscribed s24o. 100000 for the canal
OF this. s90,000O00. was, l suppose, rgr
into the canal. The rest evaporatsd.
Senator Chauncey Il. Depew and ur-4
did not reach the National Capital last
evening as expected. Instead they re-
ma;ned in New York cry over Sunday
and will not leave for Washington until