The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-01
II IS RIDICULOUS
 SAYS MRS. YERKES
Nobody'S Business if ST is
 Married
PREACHER SAYS IT IS so
Tells How MT. Mizner Came to Him and Requested His SerVices-Mrs. Yerkes Thinks He Did
 Not Say 1t.

New York, January 31.-J. L. Eastland of San Francisco this afternoon con firmed the report of the marriage of Mrs Charles T. Yerkes to Wilson Mizner of San Francisco. MT. Eastland was a wit ness to the ceremony which took place last evening at the Yerkes residence in Fifth avenue. The other witnesses were Emile Burgere, also of San Francisco, and Mrs. Goodsel, a woman companion of Mrs. Yerkes.
 The ceremony was performed by Rev. Andrew Glllies of 12O West seventy-sxth street
 Rev MT Gillies said tonight
 Tells How It Was Done.
 "I was called upon at my home by d man who said he WAS Wilson Mizner yesterday afternoon. He came to me like man and said he was about to be mar ried. He asked me to be in Mrs. Yerkes home last night at 7:30 o'clock to per- form the ceremony, and l promised to be there.
 Why he came to me I do not know, and I did not ask him. It was enough for me to know that there was no ob-
 
 to Mrs. YerSes' home as requested, and about o'clock MT. Mlzner and his friends arrived. Mrs. Goodsell was already there The only witnesses at the ceremony were Mir Burgere, MT. Eastland and Mrs. Goodsell.
 'As to the filing of the certificate of marriage, I shall certainly attend to that within the ten days prescribed by law and in view of the publicity of the affair I shall try to see that the certificate is filed tomorrow or next day
 Mrs Yerkes tonight In an interview would not admit the marriage had taken place Even after a representative of Mizner had made known the name of the clergyman and the latter had confirmed the marriage, Mrs. Yerkes said:
 Says Story Is Ridiculous.
 ..The story is ridiculous. I do not know how 1t originated. If 1 intended to get married l should announce it to my friends, although l would not consider it q matter in which the public need be n- terested But l have not been married since Mir. Yerkes' death, and 1 have no intention of marrying again. I shall de- vote myself to planning and building the hospital for which my husband made pro- visions in his will, and l expect that my interest in the hospital and in the con valescents' home which l shall found will occupy me for the remainder of my days"
 Mrs. Yerkes, when seen for the second time, just before midnight, practically reiterated what she had said earlier. When told of the statement of Dr. Gil- lies, she exclaimed;
 "This is ridiculous. l do not believe he said such q thing. Even If | did marry Mizner, 1t was nobody's business but my own. But l am still Mrs. Yerkes.'' manned in New York and reports of heavy amount of work in sight come from other centers.
 Thus far this week one contract in- volying from l5,OO0 to 1S.0O0 tons was n1aced in this city for delivery during the first half of the year An interesting order is one for 9000 tons of steel for southern saw mill. The open wea ther has had sharply weakening effect upon coke and continues to affect adversely values for old materials. This in turn has led to weakness and irregularity in the bar iron trade.
 Reports from foreign markets so far as steel and finished roducts are con- cerned are uniformly good and the de- mands upon Aneriefn makers are heavy.