Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-05-10
TWO MILLION DOLLARS
And an American Girl Is What Count
Mansfield Gets When He WEEDS
Miss Nora Iselin.
oHerald Specially

New York, May 1O.-Two million
dollars is reported to be the dot
that goes with Miss Nora Iselin,
whose marriage to Count Colloredo
Mansfield is announced to take place
today at the Iselin country home at
New Rochelle.
No elaborate wedding marks this
latest union of American dollars and
a foreign title. On the contrary, it
has seemed to be the desire of the
partiest most concerned to avoid all
publicity in regard to the marriage
and the details of the wedding. This
extreme reticeuse is said to be due,
in part at least, to the early opposi-
ton on the part of c. Oliver Iselin to
his daughters choice of a husband
The well known banker and yachts
man is understood to entertain a
strong dislike for international matri
monial alliances, particularly where a
member of his own family is concern
ed But the determination of his wife
and daughter won the day, and after
a personal interview with his pros
pective son-in-law, in which the lat
ter made most favorable impression,
Mr.. Iselin gave his consent for the
marriage to take place.
Miss Tselin and Count Colloredo
Mansfield met for the first time last
year, when Mr. Iselin and his family
were in Rome They became engaged
to be married before Miss Iselin re
turned to New York, and the marriage
E would have occurred earlier had not
Mr.. Iselin been opposed to his daugh.
ter's marriage to foreigner
The count is secretary of the Aus
trian embassy at Rome and is said to
belong to highly distinguished fam
lily. His mother is the sister of Baron
, Achrenthal, Austrian minister for for
eign affairs, who melted the seizure
of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and so
threatened the peace of Europe. The
family own castle near Aquileja,
which was built in 1902. The head of
the house is Prince Joseph, who mar
ried twice, but is childless.
By marrying Miss Iselin the count
allies himself with one of the first
families of New York. For many
years the Iselins have been prominent
in finance, in business and in the so
cial life of the metropolis. The head |
of the family was Adrian Iselin, who
died four years ago. His father was
a Swiss capitalist, who came to this
country from Basic, Switzerland, early
in the last century as a representa-
tive of the silk and glove industries
of Lyons
Adrian Iselin was the founder of |
the banking house of A. Iselin & Co.,
of sc Wall street At the outbreak of |
the civil war his firm had gained such
strength that it helped to finance the
government At his death Mr.. Iselin's |
wealth was estimated at upwards of |
sSO,OO0,OOO.
Adrian Iselin left seven children, of
whom C. Oliver Iselin is the Oldest
and consequently succeeded his father
as head of the family and of the great
banking house bearing their name.
The large interests of the family are
invested principally in railroads and
mining stocks and real estate. Social
~ the family has for years ranked
among the first in New York. c. Oil
yer Iselin is noted as a sportsman and
particularly as yachtsman. It was
he who successfully defended the
Americas Cup in the International
yacht races against the Valqurie 1 and
II.
Adrian IseliR, ST., erected a hand
some Catholic church in New Ro-
chelle and was liberal giver to that
church, though himself not a Catholic. |
His wife, however, was a very devout |
member of that faith, and all her chill |
dren, sons and daughters were
brought up in it. But C. Oliver Ise-
lin and all of his brothers have mar
ried wives who We're not Roman Cath |
olics, and their children have been
brought up in the faith of their re-
spective mothers.
FAMOUS MASONIC TRoWEL