Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-21
". K. VANDERBILT MAY WE'D
RumOr Says Millionaire Will Marry Amer
lean Widow on Wednesday.
NEW YORK COURT GIVES PERMISSION
Prospective Groom Denies story, hut
Persuades Judge 20 Change Di-
vorce Decree ss He Desires
Another wife.

Copyright, 1908, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS. April 2O.-(New York World
Cablegrsm. Special Telegram.)-It is re-
ported in the American colony that william
X. Vanderbilt, ST.. viii marry within, a few
days Mrs. Lew Morris Rutherford, jr..
daughter of oliver Hartman, ST.. of New
York City. The wedding. Il Is said, will
be quiet. There is some doubt as to where
IL will be celebrated, but It is Believed that
London has been chosen.
Mr.. Vanderbilt's Intentions with respect
to Mrs. Rutherford, who is considered the
beauty Of the American contingent in Paris
have been an open secret for a long time.
The American multi-milllonaire's devotion
to his charming countrywoman was so
marked as to attract general attention, and
1t was freely declared that the widow Of
Lewis Rutherford was deeply in love with
Mr.. Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Rutherford's husband died a year
ago Of consumption. For a time the widow
lived in a tiny cottage, set In a little court
yard, in the Avenue Bots De Boulogne.
she recently removed to her handsome
home in the reimbursement of Passy, In
which fashionable part OF the city the De
Castellanes have their mansion, and where
there are many other splendid homes. Mr..
0luC Al NAPiAuS q ASbai AOStuShSS III
Poissy, which is fourteen miles out of
Paris and where he and Mrs. Rutherford
could declare their intentions as the law
requires.
The necessary legal action might also
be taken in Passy, but since nothing Of
the kind has been done at either It is be-
lieved that Mr.. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Ruth
erford will avoid the red tape and circum-
~locution Of the marriage requirements
against foreigners in France and seek the
less e~xacting regulations Of England.
An American marrying In France must,
among other things, present a fully at
tested certificate of birth and not being
able to provide this must make oath to
the facts Of the customary residence and
conform to certain other declarations to be
made at the nearest American consulate or
embassy,
There Is not yet on file with the am
bassador or consul here any of the neces-
sary legal papers, which lends additional
color to the statement that the marriage
will take place in London 1t. is not inn
probable, however, that the event may be
celebrated at Mrs. Rutherford's house in
Passy, or at Poissy.
In reply to a note sent to Mr.. Wander
bilt at his residence at 1888 Champs Elysees,
asking IL 1t were true he was to be married
on Wednesday or on any other date, the
following was received tonight by the
World correspondent:
Report that 1 am to be married on We'd
nesday is untrue.
(Signed.) w. K. VANDERBILT.
This equivocal note was in the hand
writing Of Mr.. Vanderbilt and was dis
patched Immediately upon Mr.. Wander
bits return from st. Cloud, where he
spent the day at a race meet and where one
of his horses won.
NEW YORK, April 20.-it is reported
here, says the Paris correspondent Of the
American, that William X. Vanderbilt is to
be married here quietly on Wednesday to
a young American widow, to whom he has
recently been paying attention.
The name Of the brlde-to-be, who lis ut
present living in Paris. is kept secret. She
is reported to have visited New York q year
ego, where she was entertained by her sis
ter, In unmarried woman, who is in the
secret of the approaching marriage, to the
exclusion Of Mr.. Yanderbilt's relatives In
New York.
Justice Geigerich in the supreme court
today signed an order permitting william
X. Vanderbilt to marry again. The order
mOdihes the decree obtained by Mrs. Alva
e. Vanderbilt in 1895 by which Mr.. Van
derbilt was forbidden to marry Nithin the
life of his divorced wife. The application
stated that Mr.. Vanderbilt is now in
France and is DESTROYS Of forthwith. con-
tracing another marriage. q