The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-26

o'clock this morning in St Marks
Church on North Audley Street.
Inquiries In regard to the wedding
resulted in the most barefaced deniaIs
on the part OF the church officials con
eerned that the Vanderbilt marriage
had taken place OF would take place at
ST. Marks They declared that at the
time the alleged" ceremony was sup
posed to have taken place, a funeral
service was conducted.
Eight Persons Present.
There were exactly eight persons
present. namely, the bride and bride
groom, the vicar, the verger. Henry
White. the secretary Of the American
embassy, whose wife is & sister-in-Iav
OF Mrs. Vanderbilt: the Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough, the latter Mr..
Vanderbilt's daughter and Winfield
Scott Hoyt. q grandson OF General Scott,
who was best man.
Mr.. White gave the bride away. She
was dressed in a dark gray travelling
dress. She wore no Jewels or flowers,
but carried a small prayer book. The
bride was escorted from west end
hotel TO the church by Mr.. White
An Unpretentious Affair.
After the ceremony the couple left
London for the country on their honey
moon. There was no wedding breakfast.
and the ceremony was brief All the
details were carried out in the most IN
pretentfous manner.
If bod
London for three weeks prior to the
ceremony. Mrs. Rutherfurd arrived here
yesterday. Immediately after the we'd
ding the officiating clergyman conducted
a burial service for his little SON.
The preparations for the wedding have
been carried on with the greatest
secrecy The first InkIing that the
American railroad fnaucier was about
10 be married for a second time. was
obtained last week. when Mr. Wander
5iIt, through his attorneys, obtained
from Justice Geigerich. Of the New York
supreme court. an order modifying the
decree Of divorce entered against him on
March ;, 1886, from the then Mrs Van
derbIlt, who is now Mrs. Oliver H. P
Belmont, so that Mr.. Vanderbilt might
remarry a. viii.
A Countess Suggested.
Who the bride would be was at that
time matter Of conjecture. Several
rich society women Of Paris were men
toned. among them Countess Fabbrf-
cotti- Finally, however, # was discov-
cred that the bride to be was Mrs. Lewis
N. Rutherfurd, a sister Of Oliver Harri-
man. tr-. and q sister-in-Iaw of Mrs
Henry White, wife Of the secretary of the
American embassy a London
The question OF the bride settled. the
time and place OF the wedding occupied
society's mind. It was said that the
ceremony would be performed in Paris,
but this statement was apparently dis
proved by another statement, on better
authority, that the couple would be mar
ried at the home OF Secretary White IN
London. Secretary White denied this,
and then society was at sea. The date.
It was said, had been fixed for April %.
but owing to the difficulty in obtaining
special license. 1t looked as if the we'd
ding would have to be postponed for eoue
time. Accordingly, the announcement OF
the wedding this morning came as
genuine surprise.
Head Of the Family.
William Nissan Vanderbilt, the bride
groom. is at present head Of the Wander
biIt family. He Is hfty-four years old
He was born on Staten Island December
u. 1919, and after studying in the United
States and In Switzerland, entered the
Office of the Hudson River Railroad
There he filed many clerical places.
learning in that way the railroad bust
ness and qualifying himself to handle
the vast interests which eventually be
came his Even before the death Of
Cornelius Vanderbilt. his elder brother,
william K, was TO all intents and pur-
poses the guiding spirit IN the great rail-
road concerns with which the Wander
bits are connected
Some time ago his wealth was esti-
mated at over $50. COG, coo, and since that
time II has increased greatly. He is an
enthusiastic horse owner and yachts
man, taking annual cruises IN his pri-
vate yacht He has three children
ConsueIo. Duchess of Marlborough. VIII
liam K. jr.. and Harold.
Twice a Widow.
Mrs. Rutherford, the bride, is the
widow Of Lewis II RutherfuTd. IT.. whom
she married in June. 1880, and who died
IN Switzerland in January Of 1901 At
the tiEne OF her marriage 70 him she was
Mrs Samuel S Sands.
Mr. Sands was killed in an accident at
the Meadowbrook Hunt Club, near New
York in 1889. Mrs. Rutherfurd is the
second daughter Of Oliver Hartman ard
a sister OF Mrs. Stephen H Olin, Mrs
William R. Travers. oliver Hartman,
ir.. J. Low Hartman. and J. Borden
Hartman
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