Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-01-31
AMERICAN GIRL
To WE'D PRINCE
Plans Perfecting for Mar
rage Of Ohio Heiress
in Paris

NEW fDNk. Jan 30 Accord
ing 10 word received from Paris. the
final preparations have been made
for the wedding il that city early
uett week OF Miss Helena StallO. OF
Cincinnati and New York, 20-year.
old GIRL nhO possesses fortune OF
many millions Of dollars In her own
right
The lucky man 10 win her De-
Prince Michael Murat. a nephew OF
the ex Empress Eugene Their en-
gagement vas announced less than a
month ago by the father OF the
bride-elect
Miss Stall0 is the younger daugh
ter of Edmund X Stallo and grand
/ daughter Of Alexander Mcdonald,
who was big man 10 financial cir.
/ cles In the middle West Mr. Nc
Donald died some three years ago
iu Long Beach. Cal al the age OF
Isg Ills estate. which WIS estimated
4 10 be- worth between $4,000. 600
and t20,O00.0OO. was left to his
granddaughtors. Laura Mcdonald
s'allo and Helena Mcdonald Stallo
Mcdonald came 10 this country In
/ 1851 and settled IN Cincinnati. He
was n partner Of John d Rockefeller
/ in the oh business. and was presi-
/ dent OF the Standard on Company
OF Kentucky. vice president OF
+ the standard on Company OF New
Jersey. director OF the Big Four
| Railroad. Of the Third National
Bank. and OF the Carnegie Trust
Company
Mcponald's only daughter mar.
ricd Edmund Is Sallo. now of New
York CITY and Paris and upon her
death her tVo daughters went 10
live with their grandfather lie re-
tired from business five years before
bus death. his sranddaughtors Were
his only descendants he often said
Doc would leave everything 10 them
aud hoped they would marry for
love. without regard 10 the man
financial condition
Upon the death of his first wife
static married. boz 1904, The divorced
wife of Dan Il Hanna. son OF Marx
Hanna She was May Harrington
% daughter OF one OF the woalthiesf
and most Influential men iu Clcye.
land She divorced Hanna in 1898
on the ground OF cruelty Stallos
father was the late Judge Stallo.
who was American minister to Rome
during the first Cleveland admin
lstration
After the death of their grand
father the Misses Stallo came 20
New York For while they lived
M tho Waldorf. and then they went
10 the Plaza In July 1871. an
nouuccmcut was made OF the en-.
uagcmont Of Miss Helena Stallo to
Nels Florman. then resident Of
this city Florman's parents were
residents 81 Stockholm, sweden.
Ills grandfather was said to be- an
admiral In the Swedish navy and
his father captain in the same SER
vice. The young man himself was
said 10 be a warm personal friend
Of King Gustaf Y. of Sweden But
his engagement TO Miss Stallu was
summarily broken of when the
story was published that h. had
been employed since his arrival in
New York as valet and massaro ar
fist though his claims concerning
his family we're never disputed
After the breaking of the engage
ment with Florman. Miss Stallo and
her family went abroad 20 reside.
IN Paris they have been living n a
magnificent apartment on Rue de
Lubbock The house was formerly
the Portuguese embassy Il IS built
DO a., Empire style and has been
furnished with exquisite taste by he
two Misses Stallo aud their father.
II is said that the house viii be
turned over TO Prince Murat and his
bride after the wedding
Prince Murat is the son OF a Rus
sian princess and is a lineal descen-
dant from the famous Marshal Mu-
rat. who married Caroline Bona
partc Prince Michael is a Young
man OF about % years and is said
10 be tall and handsome Vie speaks
English and Russian perfectly
The wedding Is set for Monday
next Ia the Church OF 81 Hor0re
d'Elyau on Place Victor Hugo.
Myron T Ierrick. American ambas-
sador 20 France and Col Henry
Wattorson of Louisville are 20 act
as witnesses for Miss Stallo. while
the Grand Duke Paul OF Russia viii
attend the bridegroom The couple
will spend their honeymoon in AZ
g.ers They are 20 pay visit 10
america next summer and iu the
fan will return 10 Paris 10 make
their future home Mr.. Stallo and
his elder daughter Miss Laura Stallo
Hill return 20 this city soon after