The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-01-30
AMERICAN RICHES
FOR FRENCH PRINCE
YOUNG NOBLEMAN TO WE'D MISS
STAllO, AMERICAN HEIR.
ESS, NEXT MONDAY.

New York, Jan. 30-According to
word received from Paris, the final
preparations have been made for the
wedding in that city early next week
of Miss Helena Stallo of Cincinnati
and New York, a 20-year-old girl
who possesses a fortune of many mil
lions of dollars in her own right.
The lucky man to win her is Prince
Michael Murot. a nephew of the ex-
Empress Eugene. Their engagement
was announced less than a month ago
by her father of the bride-elect.
Miss Stallo is the younger daugh-
ter of Edmund X. Stallo and grand
daughter of Alexander Mcdonald
who was big man in financial cir
cles in the middle west. Mr. McDon-
aid died some three years ago in Long
Beach. Cal, at the age of SO. His es-
tate. which was estimated TO be worth
between si5.0OO,000 and 10000, ,O00
was left to his granddaughters. Lau-
ra Mcdonald Stallo and Helena Nc
Donald Stallo.
Mcdonald came To this country in
1851 and settled i'm Cincinnati. He
was partner of John d. Rockefeller
in the oil business. and was president
of the Standard oil company of Ken
lucky. - vice president of the Standard
oil company of New Jersey. a director
of the Big Four railroad. of the Third
National bank and of the Carnegie
Trust company
Engaged Once Before.
McDonald's only daughter married
Edmund X. Stallo, now of New York
city and Paris. and upon her death,
their grandfather. He retired from
business five years before his death.
His granddaughters were his only de-
scendants. He often said he would
,eave everything he had To them. and
hoped they would marry for love. with
out regard to the mans financial con-
dition.
Upon the death of his first wife.
Stallo married. i'm 1904, the divorced
wife of Dan r. Hanna. son OF Mark
Hanna. She was May Harrington, n
daughter of one of the wealthiest and
most influential men i'm Cleveland. She
divorced Hanna in 1898 on the ground
of cruelty. Stallos fatha was the
late Judge Stallo, who was American
minister to Rome during the first
Cleveland administration
After the death Of their grandfath-
or the Misses Stallo came To New
York. For while they lived at the
Waldorf, and then went to the Plaza
In July. 1911, announcement was made
of the engagement of Miss Helena
Stallo To Nels Florman, then a resi-
dent of this city. Florman's parents
were residents Of Stockholm Sweden.
His grandfather was said To be an
admiral i'm the Swedish navy and his
father q captain i'm the same service.
The young man himself was said To be
warm personal friend of King Gus
taf V. of Sweden. But his engage
ment Ia Miss Stallo was summarily
bTOktH OH WHtn the stpIN WIS pun
lshed that he had been employed
since his arrival i'm New York as a
valet and massage artist. though his
claims concerning his family were
rot disputed.
To Be Welded Monday.
After the breaking of the engage
ment with Florman, Miss Stallo and
her family went abroad to reside. In
Paris they have been living in a
magnificent apartment on Rue de Lu-
beck. The house was formerly the
Portuguese embassy. II is built in
the empire style and has been fur
nished with exquisite taste by the two
Misses Stallo and their father II is
said that the house will be turned over
to Prince Murat and his bride after
the wedding,
Prince Murat is the son of Rus
sian princess and is a lineal descend
ant from the famous Marshal Murat
who married Caroline Bonaparte
Prince Michel is young man of
about 25 years and Is said to be tall
and handsome. He speaks English
and Russian perfectly.
The wedding is set for Monday
hext I'm the Church of St Honore
dEylau on Place Victor Hugo. Ny
ron T. Herick. American ambassador
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