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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1904)
jjJ' Rominrc of a. Chloeae ftlrl. II KONO WAIT, a Chinese girl, who has Ixt-rv playing at the Chinese Theater on the Pike, St. Ijouln, and Charles Iaughrcy, a A ntx-rlal agent of th Unit-Hl State treasury. were married a few days ago la Ban Francisco. Duughrey came to St. Louia with the Chinese actors and actresses Hnl employes Bt tho village to see tint they r malncd together and none violate t ho United State i Immigration laws. Soon after their arrival at the village It wan noticed that I.aushrey utid MIsm Ah Fong Wall wero much together and evinced a strong at tachment for each other. Kevernl days ago I.uughroy 1,-ft tho II lago to bo to Kan Francisco to escort an other party of Chinese to Ft. Louis. Mi) Wall disappeared the K.une day. Likewise nn elderly Chinese woni.m. Thu elderly vioman accompanied tho lovers as their Chaperon. It Is said that Ijiughrcy feared to leavo Ms sweetheart In St. Louis, lost harm should hefull her. Ills wooing hail an gered others In tho Chinese party. He was disliked by them and regarded as living only for tho purpose of keeping the Chi nese ieoplo out of thu ITnlted State.. Throats had bren made and they caused Iwiughrey to decide to take the petite ac tress with him and marry her In Sun Francisco. Ah Koiik'h father Is a merchant In San Francisco ami Ah Fong was horn there, tiho wus soon sent hack to China, how ever, to bo reared among her father's rel atives. Then she came back to the coun try of her birth, which she had really never known before, and thus the camo to tho Chinese village to take part in the pei formuuees of the theater. ItuKlircy had como to St. 1 .011 la with tho party. I'.r a time the managers paid little at tention to I-augluey or the Chinese girl, lmt when he began to buy her extra dainties In tho shape of bird's ne.it roup and pickled shark llns, the cooks began to talk. The bst chickens obtainable vein bought, nnd every time the steward went to town he brought lack a brace of fine chickens or ducks which were handed to I.auglircy and by hlni were lucked In n ppeelal compartment .f the be chest which he had const ruetrd fur tho food of liln celestial sweetheart. ObJ'cllons were made by some of (he Chinamen to the wooing, but Lnughrey took refuse behind (he fact that he was ruMooMnn cf the girl, and that If he wero Interfered with ho would ship them nil back lo where they came from. The lovers were not molested further anil things progrcred favorably until J.uiighrcy Introduced Ah Ken;? Wah to a downtown dry goods store and bought her n complement ef flimsy lace nnd silks. Ah Kong Wah droned herself In tho American togs for the first time th it day nnd. accompanied by Lnughrey, paraded the I1ke, the envy of her countrywomen. That night the cooks refused to cook chicken chop suey for Ah Kong Wah nnd during; the night her new clothes were stolen and a warning sent her to give up irolre; with her "foreign devil" lover or she would he mad? the subject of Inquiry ly the Actora" Tong. The Mint day Ijiughrey was ordered to Fan Francisco. 1-eivlng secretly, the lovira and the chaperon were not missed until the opening performance on the fol io wire day. Then pandemonium broke looso ar.d the actors In the company killed a chicken and vowed vengeance. The Chinese consul was consulted and he gave Ah Kong Wah her freedom and his official consent to the mnrrlage. When told of the marriage the Chinese In the vil lage shrugged their shoulders and said: "Alice samee Iiughrey he will gcttee wise bymc-by." St. IiuIb republic. Asks Pupa Over the Cable. Mr. and Mrs. Radford Pasenm. marrlM In Grace church, New York City, bavo returned from a wedding Journey to At lantic City. The bride abandoned a I nig hoped for trip to Europe when an Im mcitiato marriage was urged by her llani e. Mli'A Shelley Hughe liarrlngcr, who la now Mr. liascom, Is a daughter of Major David S. P.u rririgcr. IT. S. A., le.lred. Me Is In Europe anil bis daughter was the guest of Dr. nnd Mrs. Krtd-rlck II. (Mirk of New Iirlghton, L. I. liascom Is a young engineer engaged In t lie construction of t Hi of the Kast river bridges. When be won Miss P.arriiigor's consent, bo cabled to Major Harrineer: "Shelley and I engaged. Do you con sent?" Major Ilarrlnger cabled bn.'l: "Engage ment approved." Thea liascom urged an Immediate mnrrl nge. The young woman consented, subject to the approval of her father. The- earla was employed again, and Major Uarringer replied: "C!o ahead." Cup Id Their Interpreter. The Rev. It. F. Regan of Carthage, N. Y., murrlvd a coup'.o neither of whom could speak or understand the language of the other. The bride was Kva Urso, a native of Hungary, and the bridegroom was Antonio Amorosc, a native of Italy. The brides maid was a German and the best man an Italian. Mr. and Mrs. Amorose have been in this country only a t-hoi t time. They speak oidy their mother tongue. I, out Trousseau for Itoinnnee. In order that she might have a romantic wedding, Mrs. Jacob Cusscll, who was Miss Hulda Masure of Chicago, had tho courugu to give up the chance of having a $!,ii,0 trousseau mid a brilliant ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Caswell, who surprised their fill nds by their wedding, wi re visitors at the Illinois building at the World's fair, having comu to the exposition on their honeymoon. Miss Masure is the sister of the European buyer for a large Chicago dry goods houso mil her parents are said to be quite wealthy. Consent to her marriage with Mr. Cassell had been given and prepara tions were about to begin for an elegant truusyeau, to cost nitre than $l,0uu, and for a wedding which would have hern quite a social function. An effort had liecn made to keep the engagement a secret among the friends of the young couple, but It would out. The young people in Mr. nnd Mrs. Cassell's set then decided to give them quite a demonstration. Intending it to be a surprise, but Miss Masure und Mr. Cassell heard of It and they prepared a surprise themselves by being married. Mother l.ove Wins. While the wedding guests wero waiting at the Methodist parsonage in Meridan, Conn., to witness the marriage Pf Mrs. Elizabeth 8. Caldwell and Carl Frederick son, the prospective bride and bridegroom were closted with Rev. Frank A. gcofleld. pastor of the church, who soon after an nounced there would be no ceremony. Those assembled were surprised to see Mrs. Caldwell Immediately leave the house, ent?r a waiting carriage and hastily leave the seme. Mr. Frederickson soon Bet out afoot. Mrs. Caldwell Is a divorced woman and has two young children. It seemed Mr. Frederickson informed her nt the eleventh hour that the children would have to go to the Curtis home, an orphan asylum. Tho mother refused to agree to this, and the separation followed. Triple WcddliiHT. Klghty cousins rein ted to the three brides nnd one of the grooms were present at the triple wedding at Wheaton, 111., last Tues day. Of tho contracting parties, two were brother and sister, while four were cous ins. Tho clergyman who performed the ceremony Is father of two nnd uncle of two others. His nssistant in the ceremony was nn uncle to two brides and one groom. The wedding, which is the one topic of conversation in the little town, was Indeed unique. It occurred nt the home of Prof. IT. A. Fischer of Wheaton and the con tracting parties were: Paul Ulanohard Fischer of Wheaton and Miss Caroline Robinson of Gray's Lnke, III. I Tom eo II. Johnson of Perkcley, Cab, and Miss Helen Kennedy of Wheaton. Nicholas Johnson of Iiatavla, 111., and Miss Faith Fischer, Wheaton. Miss Faith Fischer and Paul F.Ianchard Fischer are sister and brother. They are children of Prof. Fischer, who olllelnted at the wedding, nnd nlecr? and nephew of President Iilanehard of Wheaton college, who assisted In the ceremony. Mr. Fischer Is a prruduate of Wheaton college and of tho Harvard .Lnw school. He is an athlete of repute nnd used to row on tho Harvard crew. Ills fiancee Is tho daughter of a wealthy Gray's Lake banker and Is prominent In society circles at that place. After the marriage the couide left for California where Mr. Fischer will practice law. Horace 1 r. Johnson Is a!;:n a graduate of Wheaton college nnd is one of the foremost real estate dealers of licrkeb-y, Cal. Miss Kennedy, who became his bride, is a nleco of President P.lanchard and nt one time taught In the Wheaton business school. Nicholas Johnson, who married Miss Faith Fischer, Is vice president of the Illinois Christian Endeavor association and pres ident of the Elgin district of the same or g mi7.itlon. Miss Fischer, besides bring daughter of one clergyman. Is the niece of the other. President Iilanehard. She Is a graduate of Wheaton and has been teach ing school in Omaha. Chicago Inter Ocean. Groom llucka Oat. Peciiise he "repented" of his proposal of inarriaire, Fred, rick T. Puvon, a young electrician, f;uled to keep ids appointment with Miss Mattel Rcnaud cf Farmlnston. Mo., who had come to Chicago for the cere mony. The minister and guests h;id assem bled at u downtown hotel for the wedding, but after waiting two hours the bride to be gave up hope for the appearance of her lover and the guesfts deported. Miss Henaud, who lives with her mother, Mrs. EilJwbeth Rcnaud, In Fannlngton, Mo., is 18 years old. She says she met Imvon, whose home is In Bloomington, 111., tit the house of friends iu Fannlngton. They corresponded and the joung man .1 - made his proposal by malL The girl tus cepted and it was decided the weddlnff should take pbice in Chicago. The morning after he. had failed to appear for the wedding young Duvon Is said to have gone to the residence of John Erlck eon, 41 North Forty-eighth avenue, where Mrs. Renuud and her daughter are staying, and excitedly told a story of having been held up, beaten and robbed by thugs at Rush and North Water streets on tho way to tho hotel. With his clothes torn and hi3 money tone, Duvon said he was ashamed to appear at the wedding. Mrs. Rcnaud was Incredulous of this story nnd demanded that Duvon accompany her nnd her daughter to the Chicago avenuo police station, where he said he had re ported the robbery. The report was found on the books, but Mrs. Rcnaud was not satisfied. Questioned closely, Duvon is said to have confessed to her and the jsiliee that his story was untrue and that on the eve of the wedding lie had reconsidered hia proposal of marriage. After his confession Duvon is said to have again made a proposal of marriage to Miss Rcnaud, but it was refused. Mrs. Remind withhold her consent and her daughter de clared that she no longer cured for him. Chicago Tribune. How Hube OKlesby Won. The one really charming feature of the noisy nerve-racking convention at Jefferson City, Mo., was Ruba Oglesby's campaign committee of sixteen young girls from Warrensburg, his home town. From time Immemorial candidates have availed them selves of tho aid of some one or two charm ing relatives, but it remained for Mr. Oglesby to work the plan on a wholesale scale. Tho gallant sixteen, arrayed In their best bibs and tuckers, descended upon Jef ferson City like a shower of confetti, and oven beardid delegates, with large families, tripped over their feet in a mad rush 19 Win a sight of them. Every Missouri county seat town boast moro than Its fair measure of pretty girls, who have inherited beauty and breeding from a long line of southern ancestors, but, until another convention brings foi th a sim ilar feature, Warrensburg will remain the Mecca for all worshippers of the be utiful. In all that sixteen, chapirons Included, there was not one that wouldn't have made a man twl.st his neck to tho breaking pi int. And about them there was tho joyonsness of youth, the freshest rort of enthusiasm, so small wonder It was that they found no one hard-hearted enough to turn down an Oglesby badge or say them nay when allied to vote for the Warrcn.sl.iurg man. Some of tho opposition, alarmed at the inroads thus made upon their force., gravely assured Luther Hickman, Oglesby'a malinger, that the introduction of girls into the campaign was "bad politics." Perhaps it would have been had the girls bi en lc-ss charming, less innocent, less enthusiastic and less eager in a warm-harted dettre to do all in their power to help one whom they had known all their lives. It wt.l bo many years, perhaps never, be fore a convention witnesses another dra matic scene like that consequent to Og'.ca by's nomination. Tho white-robed girls, massed In bouquet form upon a table, high above them their victorious candidate and his fiance, borne upon the shoulders of stalwart supporters, and all surrounded by a cheering raob of delegates. Kansas City Independent