The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-22
Ar THE MAL0NEY WEDDING
ELABORATE CEREMONY PARTlc,
IPATED BY HIGH DIGNITARIES
OF THE CHURCH.
Function of Unusual Note in the Unit
ed States Attended by Immense
Crowd

| SIIiNt LA II r, y. j., June ZZ.-1ne
marriage here today Of Miss Margaret
! Maloney, daughter of Martin Maloney,
berry Richie, Il young lawyer of WASH
| ington. d. c., was attended with Off
cial dignity and churchly splendor new
er before Witnessed at an American
wedding. The ceremony was perform
ed by Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia
assisted by Bishop McFail of Trenton,
with their highnesses, Cardinals Glib
bons of Baltimore and SatOlli of Rome
| witnessing, and Archbishop Farley of
| New York, a guest
| Some years ago the father of the
! bride was created Marquis of the Pa
pal court in recognition of his generous
gifts to the Roman Catholic church.
1t was in virtue of this title of nobility
possessed by her father that Miss Ma
loney was permitted to have her we'd
| ding marked by the full Roman Catho-
lie ceremonial, which is rarely per-
| formed even in Europe and then only
when crowned heads are the princi-
pals.
The scene of the wedding was the
beautiful church of St. Catherine,
church built here by Mr.. Maloney at
Ia cost of half a million dollars. The
rather elaborate ceremonial and the
participation of the high dignitaries of
ton one of unusual note. At the same
time there was a careful avoidance of
destinations display such as has
brought ridicule on more than one
American wedding of late years. Sim
plicity characterized the floral deco
rations of the church, the musical pro-
land her attendants.
Miss Helen Maloney was her sisters
maid of honor, and the bridesmaids
We're Miss Madeline Shriver, of Mary
land; Miss Anna Cochrane. of New
York; Miss Maud L. McCahill, of
Washington; Mrs. T. Edwin Neu, of
Portsmouth, Va: Miss Bertha Gibbs
and Miss Margaretta Maloney, of Phil
ladelphia.
The best man was Abner Cloud Rit-
chic, and the ushers Graham Hume
Rawlins Hume and Clark Waggaman,
of Washington; DR.. S. Logan Owens,
of New Orleans; J. Walter Lyons, of
Rutland VT and John J. Sullivan. Will
liam c. Eglin, J. Ashton Devereux and
Lewis Audenried of Philadelphia.
A special train brought the Phi ladel-
phia guests. several hundred in num-
Der, to Spring Lake. Other guests
We're in attendance from Baltimore
New York, Washington and several
other cities. After the wedding cere-
mony at the church the bridal parry
land guests proceeded to the Malonov
lsummer home. "BaIlingarry," where
wedding breakfast and reception were
held.
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The elaborate wedding at Spr ny
Lake today has attracted national at
tention to family l'ttle known hereto
fore outside of Philadelphia and Roman
Catholic church circles. A few years
lago, Martin Maloney. father of the
who had emigrated to the new world
in search of fortune if not fame. He
ATTAINED his great fortune within very
short time by the inventing of the
"fish-tail burner" for electric lights.
subsequently he became a power in the
electric and traction combination of
Philadelphia and other cities.
When the agitation against religious
orders broke out in France, Mr.. Malo-
lney was in Europe. When the decree
of expulsion was issued he is credited
with purchasing and putting in his own
name several French converts. One of
them was the home of the sisters of
NOtre Dame. Another near Paris was
maintained by the Order of the Sacred
Heart. When this act became known
to Pope Leo MIL he rewarded Mr. Ma
loney's generosity and loyalty to the
church by creating him a papal mar
Quis, giving him precedence over many
of the older mobiles of Rome.
The daughter of Mr. Maloney who
| today became the bride of Mr. Richie
is still quite a young woman, only %.
She is an enthusiastic horsewOman, is
fond of golf and an expert whip. is
smart in her costumes, unassuming in
manner. and a good business woman
AS she will inherit a large part of her
| fathers wealth, he has taken care TO
train her in financial ways and means.
| To give her experience he settled a
| snug little fortune on her when she
came of age. For several years she has