The Washington herald., 1906-10-14

Essen. Germany, Oct. 13.-Although the
religious ceremony for the marriage OF
Fraulein Bertha Krupp and Lieut. Gus
sav Won Bohlen IND Halbach is set to
take place Monday. tie civil ceremony re-
quircd by the German law was performed
this afternoon.
This ceremony is legally binding So
that they have already been married
forty-eight hours before the religious
ceremony viii be performed
Fears that an attempt may be made 10
assassinate Fraulcin Krupp BY anarchistic
workmea employed in some of the Krupp
enterprises, on the occasion Of he-
wedding, have caused the greatest pre-
cautions TO BE- taken to prevent any one
from gaining admission to the grounds of
the young heiress palatial residence.
Mansion Is Guarded.
The KrUpp mansion is guarded as care
fully as the palace Of Car Nicholas, and
it is easier for q person to obtain en-
trance TO many royal palaces Of Europe
than TO her home. Guards are every
where and the mansion has been trans
formed into "a miniature fortress.
Members OF the KrUpp fire brigade arc
acting a. guards. and they really con-
stitute a tried hcdyguard
There is another reason for having
these men on watch, and that is To-
/ head OF beggars who are anxious 10
reach the young woman believing that
al this happy period In her life, she
will make liberal gifts TO any one who
might reach her
wedding a simple Oae.
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great wealth of the bride-to-be, VIII set
a record for simplicity. Althoug4 En-
/ peror William viii De one Of the guests,
the marriage VIII b. conducted with tha
simplicity OF any shop eirl's wedding. The
brides trousscau cost only Sz5a. and other
arrangements for the notable event have
( been made with equal care 10 avold any
display Of lavishness. The ceremony VIII
( be performed in a chapel erected on the
( Krupp mansion grounds.
FTaClein KTupp viii make donation OF
( $250.e00 70 the pension fund Of the Krupp
works as a wedding gift She has also ar
I ranged for a series Of banquets 30 bc
given 30 all Of the employees Of the
! krurp industries and their families Over
l0a,r61 people viii be entertained at these
/ dinners which, viii extend over the next
/ fortnight
Queen without n Crown
! The position of this fair-haired. blue
/ eyed girl Of simple. uupretentious man
neT, plain dress. ard modest tastes is
unique. She is the uncrowned queen o.
/ $500 employ -. Through her agents iu
I the various capitals she has dipIomati.-
relations with all The great nations Of
/ the earth. Her feet Of great steaI1sh -
that ply to and from between Hamburg
End Spain laden with treasure from
I Spanish coal and iron mines, would make
no mean snow
Her mines IN Germany number $50 A
+ score of stone quarTies pour wealth into
the treasury. And over and above al.
I The immense Krupp gun manufactory. 50
+ ineNtricably interviewer with Germany's
military power that it is literally part Of
/ the government itself, represents $1,000
/ $50
Al in all, 4 conservative estimate
places Miss Krupps fortune NJ S215.u00. 600,
with an annual income OF N,lE.C00.
/ The steel and gun works are al Essen.
! the shiDyards at Kiel, the gun and armor
works at Magdeburg. and Miss Krupp's
/ palace outside OF Essen. a building which
/ 51 men spent for years in constructing.
/ SUrDaSses in sDiendOr the residence OF
many q royal parsonage
| During the lifetime Of Herr Krupp the
/ annual visit of the German Emporer
7 and Empress ana their suite was regu-
( lqriy fulfilled, and since his death this
attention has been continued TO his
/ widow. The Kaiser, in fact, was So
/ licitous that the removal Of the head
| of the gre3t firm should result in no de
cline of the enterprise as q standard Of
/ efficiency. and ne has kept a jealous
! oil
Kaiser Approves Her Choice.
/ It was the royal approval of her
/ choice which gives Miss Krupps mar
riagc the needed cachet Had this been
withheld it is doubtful If the gunmakeT's
daughter would have consented 10 a step
| involving more or less obscuTity.
/ Bertha and her eighteen-year sis
/ ter Barbara have scarcely seen the IN
! side of the works. They have been edu-
/ Gated in the seclusion Of the vast country
/ place by private tutors and Covernesses,
! special care being given the natural sci
/ ences, languages, music, and painting
They rarely visited the town. were
/ cultivated in outdoor sports. ara are tx
pertS in riding. bicycling. and golfine
Dr- Won Bohlen, who IS thirty-six years
/ old. was born at The Hague. where his
/ lILlel. DI- JtcldF NtI btllitl, WIS mn
/ lister from the Grand Ducby of Baden.
/ His mothers mans. B0hlen, vas !nc0rp0-
rated in that of her husband at marriage.
/ Both families owed something to
America. Young Won B0hleu's grand
/ father was an OGcer on the Northern
! side during the civil war. Some OF his
! descendants now live in Philadelphia
/ The HaIbach grandfather made fortune
/ in the United States and took it back 70
/ Baden.
Dr. Won Bohlen. after his student life
at the universities of Lausanne. EJraSs-
! burg. ard Heidelberg. where he passed In
I law. served In the army, and nJw holds
/ the title Of first lieu,eGan OF Jhe re-
! serve IN d Baden dr2gJOa - -gimeHC lie
took his place IN tEc Baden Fore gn
| Office and accompanied Foreign See-
re.ary von BraUcd % Queen Vic
/ tor.a's jubilee II was third secretary
( Of the Imperial German Embassy ut
! Washington il 1883, second SecreI Iary 81
! Peling in 1901 and in 1905 was appointed
nrst secretary of the PrJssiau legation
at the Vatican.