The Washington times., 1903-04-25
". K. VANDERBILT
QUIETLY MARRIED
IN LONDON CHURCH
His Bride, Mrs. Rutherfurd.
Twice a Widow.
GREAT SECRECY OBSERVED
But Eight Persons, Including Vicar and
Couple, Witness the Cere-
mony.
GREAT SECRECY OBSERVED

LONDON, April 25.-W K. Vanderbilt
was married to Mrs. Rutherfurd at 9
o'clock this morning in st. Marks
Church OF Nortb AudIey Street.
Inquiries in regard 10 The wedding
resulted in the most barefaced deniaIs
on The part CT tie church officials con
cerned that the Vanderbilt marriage
had taken place or would take place at
St Marks. They declared that at the
time the alleged" ceremony was sup
posed TO have taken place. funeral
service was conducted
Eight Persons Present.
There we're 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 a sfster-fn law
Of Mrs Vanderbilt the Duke and
/ Duchess OF Marlborough. the latter Afr.
/ iNanderbilt's daughter; and Winfield
/ Scout Hoyt, grandson OF General Scott.
Who was best man.
Mr.. White gave the bride away. She
was dressed in dark gray travelling
dress She wore no jewels or flowers.
/ but carried q small prayer book. The
bride was escorted from vest 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 TN
+ pretentious manner
Nr Vanderbilt had been stayiug in
/ London for three weeks prior TO the
! ceremony. Mrs Rutherfurd arrived here
( Yesterday. Immediateiy after the wed
] olng the oiicIe-tng clergyman conducted
/ a burial serFlee Tor bis lilJIe son
! The preparations for the wedding have
/ been carried OF with the greatest
+ secrecy The first inkHng that the
american railroad fnancier was about
/ 10 be married for a second time, was
obtained last week, when MIR. Wander
I bilt. 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 o 1885, from the then Mrs. Van
derbilt gho is now Mrs. Oliver H. p.
Belmont, so that Mr. Vanderbilt might
+ remarry at VIII.
: Countess Suggested.
Who the bride would be was at that
time q matter Of conjecture. Several
rich society women of Paris were men
4
coJti. Finally. however. it was dfscov-
cred that the bride 10 be vas Mrs. Lewis
II. Ruthcrfurd. sister OF Oliver Iarri-
man. jr-, and sizter-in-Iaw OF Mrs.
Henry White, wife Of the secretary. of tbe
American embassy al London
The question Of the bride settled. the
time and place OF the wedding occupied
sOciety's mind. Il 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. it looked as if the we'd
dig tould have 10 lie postponed fer some
time Accordingly, the announcement of
the wedding this morning came as a
genuine surprise.
Head of the Family.
William Kissam Vanderbilt. the bride
groom, is at present head Of the Wander
biIt family. He is fifty-four years Old.
He was born on Staten Island December
y. IS49. and after studying in the United
States and in Switzerland. entered the
Office OF the Hudson River Railroad
There he filled 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
blIts are connected.
Some time ago his wealth was esti- |
mated at over $50. .G00, eco, and since that
time it 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 X. ir., and Harold.
Twice Widow
Mrs RuJherfurd, the bride. is the /
widow OF Lewis NJ. Rutherfurd, Jr., whom /
she married in June. 1880, and who dfod /
in Switzerland in January of 1901 At /
The time OF her marriage 10 him she was
Mrs. Samuel 5. Sands.
Mr. Sands was killed in an accident at
the Meadowbroolt Hunt Club. near New
York. in 1859. Mrs. RutheTfurd IS ihe
second daughter Of Oliver Hartman and
q sister Of airs. stephen II. OIin. Mrs
William Z. Travers. Oliver Hartman,
jr., J. Low Hartman. and J. Bor3-n
Hartman