Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-12-02
MISS HAMILTON, oMAHA,s RICH.
EST YOUNG WOMAN, us Ex.
COMMUNICATED
CATHOLICISM FRowNs
Miss Hamilton Was Bridesmaid at
Wedding Of Girl Frleri to Man
Who Had Been Divorced-BIshop,s
Order May Also Affect Mrs. E. A.
cudahy.

Oudud, NSD., Dec. l.--BeCauSe She
attended the wedding Wednesday o1
Congressman John L. Kennedy, di
vorced. to Miss Margaret Pritchett
Miss Mae Hamilton, ,heiress to millions
in her own right, has been excommuni
Gated from the Roman Catholic church
Mrs. Edward Cud-hy, wife of the
packer, may also suffer excommunica
ton.
Miss Hamilton was one Of the four
bridesmaids. Few, if any, other Cath.
olics attended the wedding. Some
however, attended the reception which
followed and these may also be pun.
ished.
When Bishop Scanneps manifesto
was read last Sunday declaring that
all Catholics who assisted at or at
tended wedding Of divorced per.
son while the other divorced partner
Is still alive would be excommunicat.
e., the tongues Of society began to
wag because of the fact that Miss
Hamilton is a Catholic.
Notwithstanding the warning, how.
ever, Miss Hamilton decided to fulfill
her agreement as planned before the
issuance of the bishops edict.
Bishop Scanned had little to say
wnen informed that member of the
catholic church had acted as brides
maid at the wedding.
ExcommunIcate-!, Declares Bishop.
"All Catholics who attended the
kennedy-Pritchett wedding, by the
act put themselves without the pale
o. the church." the bishop said.
do not know who attended the
Wedding, said the bishop. Whoever
they are, gave them iai. warning.
they know the law, ana theya nrnst
abide by what they have done. Those
VINO did wrong knew it at the time.
and they will not seek confession. for
they know that the sacramelts are
denied them. I understand there is
rumor that gave permission to Ger.
tain persons to atteLu the wedding.
lh1s 1s absolutely untrue l did not
ana could not give such permission" !"
Some Send Regrets.
When Mrs. Prichett, the mother of
the bride, was asked what effect the
bishops pastoral had had on the at
tendance, she replied:
My home was full, know that
Some OF my friends sent their regrets.
but whether they remained away be-
cause Of the pastoral 1 do not know.
| regret exceedingly the discontinue
and annoyance caused Miss Hamilton.
l certainly would consider it a huge
joke If the sole purpose of the bishops
pastoral, which was read last Sunday
In every Catholic church in Omaha.
was directed against an act of friendli
ness on the part of one young girl to.
ward her friend"
Heiress Won't Discuss It.
Miss Hamilton is still in her twen-
ties. She and her sister, who are re.
puted to be the richest women in
Omaha, are daughters Of the late G.
w. Hamilton, former president of the
United States National bank. They
are also nieces Of the late Frank Muir.
ply, president of the Merchants Ma
tional bank and of the street railway
company. From the Murphy estate, as
well as from their father, both the
girls inherited fortunes.
Miss Hamilton declined to be inter
viewed. To friend, however, she re-
marked: iThe bishop should remem-
Der that people nowadays are not what
they used to be-"
Church Wedding Refused.
Because the bride is an Episcopali-
an IL was at first intended that the