The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-18
MILLIONAIRE'S son, DYING,
WEEDS WEEPING GIRL
Fate 0yertakes Him on Eve Of Date For fash.
ionable MarFlage--f0rtune to
Young Widow.
Father of Bridegroom-Elect Arrives
Barely in Time For the Death
bed Ceremony.

Louisville, Ky.-Six hours before
mis- death here Robert Horner, TWEEN
ty-nine years old, son of Samuel Hor-
ner, a multi-millipnaire of Philadel-
phia, married Miss Elizabeth Dallam
Burnett, member of one of the most
prominent and wealthiest families
in this city. The wedding of the
couple had been set for Tuesday, and
several guests already had arrived.
Horner died of blood poisoning
caused by carbnncle.
The young man came here three
years ago as manager of cement
company owned by his father. He
fell in love with Miss Burnett at first
sight, and their engagement was an
nounced last winter The wedding
was to have been one of the most
fashionable of the early summer.
Horner was preparing for the union,
and had arranged for a wedding trip
of two months. A week ago the
carbuncle developed in his neck and
he grew steadily worse until his
death.
At first Horner made light of the
carbuncle, but on Thursday evening
his condition had become so serious
that he decided to go to the Norton
Memorial Infirmary. There the ply
sicians said an operation should have
been performed at least twenty-four
hours before. They placed him at
once on the operating table, but the
knife gave no relief Instead, the
patient was attacked by blood pois-
oning, and early in the morning it
became apparent he could not re-
cover.
Horner read his fate in the face
of his fiancee, and he bore it like a
Spartan The doctors tried to hide
the truth from him, but he silenced
them by his questions. Then he
asked that Miss Burnett become his
bride, and the girl consented. The
young mans father, expecting to at
tend the arranged wedding on Tues
day, arrived from Philadelphia bare
ly in time to be present at the hur-
ried ceremony. He was accompanied
by his second son, Charles, who was
pledged by the dying man to care
for the widowed bride.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. j. G. Minnegerode. Horner
was so weak that the physicians re-
fused to prop him up with pillows.
He gathered strength, however, to
make his responses in full, clear
voice. Miss Burnett was so overcome
her voice hardly could be heard. Sew
eral nurses were affected SO deeply
that they left the room. Charles
Horner broke down and cried, but
the father stood without the move
ment of a muscle looking straight
into the face of his stricken son.
After the wedding Mrs. .Horner bent
over and kissed her husband, then
she took a chair at the bedside and
held his hand on the Counterpart
until death came.
Only ten days ago Horner took out
a life insurance policy for $25, 900
for Miss Burnett. 1t is believed that
all his estate, amounting to several
hundred thousand dollars, will go
to the widow.
Des Moines, Iowa.-Emily Haven,
baby orphan, has the proud dis
tinction of having twelve mothers,
and all college girls at
BABY HAS that.
A DOZEN For lark the girls
MOTHERS. visited the Iowa Chill
drens Home and all
fell in love with the baby and decided
to adopt her. They will mother"
the child on the instalment plan,
each taking her for a month at a
time.
The baby is to-day getting ac-
quainted with the home of Edna and
Amy Symires, two of the dozen girls
who have adopted her. She is to
stay there six weeks, and will then
go to the home of Miss Alsit, and
then on around the circuit.
The mother of the child died when
1t was an infant.
Carlisle, Pa.-Wallace Denny, a
Wisconsin Oneida Indian, for many
years trainer Of the famous Carlisle
athletes, was mar
WEEDS ried here a few
INDIAN nights ago. Nellie
SIOUX MAID. v. Robertson, a
South Dakota Sioux
maiden of the Indian school execu-
tive staff, became his bride. The best
man was Hastings Robertson, who
was several days ago the first Indian
to graduate in law at Pennsylvania
University. The maid of honor was
Anna Guyituey, a Pueblo maiden.
Salt Lake City.-Former Congress
man Brigham H. Roberts defended
Mormonism in the Tabernacle and
serted he
ROBERTS would live with
ADMITS PLURAL his plural wives
WIVES. in spite of the
Church and the
State. He admits having contracted
plural marriages since the manifesto
President at Oyster Bay.
President Roosevelt arrived at hi:
Oyster Bay summer home, where he