New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-18
S3-Year-Old Brokers' S
Settlement Will Be
Made To-Day
HIS CHILDREN'S
PROTESTS VAIN
Cardinal to Marry Couple
TO-mOrrOW-LOan Led
to Proposal

Before this day is ont Miss Honora
Nav O'Brien, who has been pounding
her bread and butter and bonnets and
bed out OF typewriter for the last
few Of her twenty-eight years, stands
to be richer by 100000.
The 100000 represents eighty-three-
year-old John Bernard Manning's idea
of reasonable pre-nuptial settle
ment, and ne has elected to rush the
little detail out of the way to-day, so
that the chink of gold will not dim
the ringing Of the wedding bells to-
morrow.
Sons and daughters Of the octogens-
rian capitalist who visited his home, at
81 Riverside Drive. yesterday TO voice
their united protest against the mar
riage were met by the information that
Manning had called Miss O'Brien on the
telephone in the morning and had in
structed her to drop in on him and take
away her half million at her earliest
convenience.
Conclave Proves Failure
Thus affected at its outset, the family
conclave developed rapidly into hat
failure. The broker seemed not only 70
have lost his heart, but also his cars.
Alike to pleading and argument he was
deaf. He had made up his mind to take
another wife, he had chosen Miss
O'Bren TO become that wife, and that
was the beginning and end OF it.
"Mss Mary" and "Dr. John the
stay home brother and sister, acted
as reception committee at the gath
ering of the clan. Mrs. Robert J. Nc
Keon. daughter. came down from
Chappaaua for the occasion and
brought her husband along. The
others who attended the conclsve were
Joseph J. Manning, who is himself a
broker, with an Office at II Pine Street
and a residence at IS West Fifty-third
Street. and Mrs. Edward Bsnnon, an
other daughter
None wonld discuss later what hap
pened, but woman who answered the
telephone at Joseph Msnning's home
said the family had decided that any
effort to interpose a legal obstacle be-
tween the lovelorn capitalist and his
intended would be frutless. For Wall
Street is full Of witnesses who can
testify that John Bernard Manning, be-
yond being of SOUND mind, is of for
midabe mentality.
New Version Appears
Along with other developments Of
the day, new version Of the romance
popped up. 1t became known that Miss
O'Brien. formerly described ss Mr..
Manning's secretary. has never been IN
his employ, but has worked as stenog-
rapher in the Office Of fashion maga-
zine.
Miss O'Brien, it is said. visited the
broker several weeks ago in an effort
TO persuade HIM TO provide capital for
A venture in which ner brother, New
port fisherman, was concerned. She
interested Manning, and there were
more visits, on some OF which she was
accompanied by her brother. In the
course Of one OF the visits the broker
asked Miss O'Brien 10 take him and his
Sl5,OO0,O00 and she accepted both.
The ceremony, according TO Mr.. Man
ning's plans, is TO be performed to-
morrow in st. Patrick's Cathedral by
Cardinal Farley. A wedding breakfast t
at Delmonico's has been arranged, after
which the millionaire and his bride Will
fy from disappearing relatives on their
honeymoon.
Miss O'Brien has been living in a
boarding house at 54 West Ninety
sixth Street. II was said there last
night that she was out Of the city.