Evening star., 1909-06-02

A wedding of interest to Washing
tonians occurred in Baltimore yesterday
when John Tyrone Kelly, for several
years in newspaper work in Washington.
and Miss Mercedes de Ruiz. daughter of
the late DR.. Ricardo de Ruiz, the famous
Cuban patriot, were married by Cardinal
Gibbons at the Roman Catholic Cathedral.
Nine. de Ruiz, mother of the bride. and
the brides two brothers and two sisters
went to Baltimore with the young couple
| to attend the ceremony.
| Mr.. Kelly met his wife at a base ball
game in Washington several years ago.
He W as at that time sporting editor of one
| of the Washington dailies, and Miss de
Ruiz was an enthusiastic fan" Their
acquaintance ripened and they became
engaged.
Shortly afterward Mr. Kelly went to
st. Louis. Later he went to New York.
| whore he Is now engaged in reportorial
work on the New York World.
No Elopement, Says Brides Mother.
Some Of the newspapers have tried to
make the marriage of my daughter to
Mr.. Kelly an elopement.' said Nine. de
Ruiz this morning. THE young couple
have been engaged with my knowledge
for two years.
.The fact that the wedding was kept
quiet was due to the desire on MIR. kelly's
part to avoid undue publicity and also
because until few days ago he and my
daughter had been undecided as to when
they would be married.
MIR. Kelly came to Washington a few
days ago. 1t was decided that he and my
daughter would be married yesterday.
Accordingly, /, accompanied by my sons
and daughters. went to Baltimore with
Mr.. Kelly and Mercedes.
while MIR. Kelly and Mercedes were
gone after the marriage license the rest
OF US went to the Belvedere Hotel to
wait for them. When I received a tele-
phone call from Mr.. Kelly saying that
everything was ready 1 met the party at
the cathedral
Cardinal Gibbons said he would be
glad to perform the ceremony. provided
the consent of the brides mother was
obtained. That objection was overcome
the minute / arrived on the scene.
The marriage was performed by the
cardinal in my presence. He was assist
ed by his secretary, Father Stickney.
Nationality No Objection.
Another statement l would like denied
is that / objected to Mr.. Kelly because he
was an American. Now l have lived in
America several years and have many
intimate friends here. Moreover, / have
adopted America as my own country So
how could l object to my daughters mar
was an American?'
Sonora de Ruiz is the widow of DIR.
Ricardo de Ruiz, a Spaniard. who was
executed by Gen. Weylers men in Cuba
before the war with Spain. because of his
Cuban syrnpatfies. Prior to his death he
was thrown into prison and all his lands
and other property were contiScated.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly, after a. brief honey
moon tour to Atlantic City and Buffalo,
the bridegroom's former home, will live
in New York.
Elopement, Says Baltimore Dispatch.
BALTIMORE. Md. June 2.-Miss Mer-
cedes de Ruiz, daughter of the late Dr.
Ricardo de Ruiz, whose name is intimate
ly linked with the history of Cuba dur
ing the latter part of the Spanish sover-
eighty over that island and James T
Kelly widely known newspaper man.
now attached To a New York paper, were
married yesterday at the cathedral after
their attempted elopement from the
brides home in Washington had been
frustrated by Mrs. de Ruiz
The young people came To this city
without the required credentials from
their own pastors. lacking which they
could not be married here. Mrs. de Ruiz.
discovering the elopement, followed them
from Washington to forbid the marriage,
but was finally won over and gave her
consent.
The ceremony was performed and the
cardinals blessing bestowed.