Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-09

LONDON, Feb. 9There wcr'
crowds III sightsecrB at %HerinehaIn TO
day 10 catch a glimpse u the duke q
Norfolk and Hon. Gwenjolan consta
Bile Maxwell, whose marriage attract
cd scarcely less attention that N man
ifesied In the royal Wedding which
takes place tomorrow. The bride II
tho eldeat daughter d Lord Herries,
and the bridegroom the Earl Marshall
and premier peer OF Great Gritain.
Although the wedding was consid,
cred more private than public there
assembled in the chapel a most dis.
tIngnished company. he townsfolk
erected d largs bridal arch and there
was d great disply OF flowers both IN
side and outside of the chapel, Lord
Hsrries gave his daughter away. She
wore a beautiful gown OF white nous.
seine de sole, bounced with old d.
Alecon lace, caught here and there
with tiny wreaths o. small white roses
and orange flowers. while her veil
covered a coronet OF natural orange
blossoms In her hair. The wedding
was conducted In accordance with all
the rites and ceremonies OF the Roman
Catholic church. of which the duke
Of Norfolk Ii, perhaps, the foremost
lay member In England.
The bride was attended hs eight
bridesmaids, They were her sister.
Miss Angela eonktable.Maxweli, her
nicces. Miss Mary Maxwell and Miss
May Maxwellstuart. AMI her cousin,
Lady Margaret criehton.staart the
bridgerooms's nleces. Miss Cecil Kerr.
daughter of Lord Ralph and Lady
Anne Kerr. Miss Magdalen Talbot,
Miss Minna Stewart, daughter OF Lady
Phi ppa steMart. and Miss Howard,
daughter o. Mr. and Lady Mabel How
ara.
The duke Of Norfolk and his bride
will spend their honeymoon ut Alb
botAford. the historic seat of Sir Wal.
ter Scott. which Is now tho property
OF Mrs. Maxwell+scot the aunt OF the
bride.
Among the wedding presents re.
celycd by the b%rlde-nearly 1000 IN
number-werc handsome gifts from
the King and qneen. from many promi-
nent members Of tho pecragc and
rom the City OF shefleld and other
municipalities where the duke has
arge interests.
Henry Fitzaian Howard. duke Of
Norfolk. 10 the head and front q the
peerage of Great Britain. ontranks
he Colonnas AMI orsinis OF Italy. and
walk before the Spanish
grandee who claims legitimate de-
cent from the Cid himself. The pre-
.ier duke and the premier earl OF the
kingdom. he yields precedence 70 no
man who Is not of the blood royal
His family Is the oldest Saxon nobil
in England and were anclently
The Harewards. Although immense
y rich. the duke has always been one
" the hardest worked men In Engl
lni. lie has held c as mayor OF
Sheffield. county councillor or Lpndan
Ind postmastergeneral and has al
ways devoted much time TO his duties.
ic II the head Of every Roman Cath.
lie movement in The three kingdoms
The present duke Is lfty seven
ears old and succeeded 10 the title
ipon The death o. his father in 1860
1857 he married Lady Flora Ab.
lay.Hastings. elder daughter nf the
ifst Lord Doniugton The duchess
lied III 1887. In 1879 she gave birth I
Q q son, Philip Joseph Mary. Earl 81
smndel aud Sarry. The child WAS
,ofn deal. dumb and blind During
IisE lifetime the son was die object OF
he greatest cara ana Affection
there we're repeated rumors
The effect that the duke was 10
marry III recent years il was NOT until
IL afflicted son died about i year
20 that bis engagement VA an
Iounced.
The duke IL enormously rich, in
act, one u HE richest me- III Engl
nj. Besides town property ID Lon
on. Sheffield and elsewhere be Is the
Of any number az country
cats and hIs home IN Sussex. Arun
Castle. IL one Of The show places
I England.
The Hon. Gwendolen Constable Max j
tell, who through her marriage 10 tho
ukc Of Norfolk. becomes premier
of England. Is scarcely half
age Of her husband and Ia said to
q beautiful charming and accom-.