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Wedded At High Noon

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Parent Issue
Day
1
Month
January
Year
1897
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Public Domain
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Sprlngfleld, Hls., Dec. 30.- The marot John Riley Tanner, governorelect of Illinois, and Miss Cora Edith Eng'lish of Springfield, took place ' Wednesday at high noon in St. Paul's ; church. The ceremony was performed i by the Rev. Frederick Taylor. Long before the hour for the ceremony there carne a continuous stream of carriages to the church. luinging the guests, and before noon every seat was taken cepting those reserved tor the tamily and relatives of the bride and groora. Outside the door there were several stalwart policemen to keep the great crowd of curious back from the church. There were several thousand of them there, but the offlcers had no difficulty ir; maintaining order. Everything in readiness, Professor John David Lloyd executed Lohengrin's wedding march on the organ, and a moment later the wedding procession entered. First there came the ushers - Mr. Louis H. Miner, Mr. H. F. Dorwln, and Mr. H. P. Walker of Springfield: Mr. English Walling and Mr. Willoughby Walling oL Chicago, and Mr. George Pasfield, Jr., of Springfield. Following them came the flower girl, Edith English Buck: the maid of honor, Miss Mollie Catherine Stuve, both of. Springfield, and tinally the bride-elect leaning on the arm of her father. Mr. Turney English. Bride and Groom Meet. As the ushers separated to the right and left of the altar, and as the bride and her father came up, the groom. aceompanied by his best man, Mr. Floyd K. Whittlmore of Süringfield, came into the auditorium through the saeristy and met the bride at the .chancel. The Rev. Frederick Taylor, rector of the cathedral, proceeded to the altar, followed by the flower girl, the bride leaning on the arm of the groom-elect, and the best man and the maid of honor. When all had taken their proper positions, the rector pronounced the words that made the happy pair man and wife. The form of the ceremony was that of the old English church. There were invited to be present at the ceremony 1,200 persons, and included in that number were distinguished people, socially and politically, fi-om all parts of the state. At the home of the bride a wedding luncheon was given to a few of the most intímate friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Tanner. At the home the wedding party was received by Mr. Turney English, the -bride's father. Mr! and Mrs. Coleburn Fields Buck of Springfield; Dr. and Mrs. Willoughby Walling' of Chicago, and Mr. William E. Eng-Iish of Indianapolis, a cousin of the bride. Decorations at the House. The house was attractively decorated with palms, holly and festoons of smilax and asparagus fern in all the rooms and halls. The front parlor was decorated with bridesmaid roses; the second parlor, American beauty roses; the dining room, center table set with cutglass and China, decorated with smilax. bride's roses, Roman hyacinths and marcissus and was lighted with wax candles. .Six small tables with the I same flowers were laid for serving the guests. The stairway was festooned with herrock and the guest chambers were decorated with carnations white, pink and red; varieties- daybreak, meteor, tidal wave and bridesmaid roses. The house was darkened and bVhtori by gas. The luncheon consisted of roast quail, wlth French peas; punch, crème de men the; chicken salad, lettuce sandwiches, cheese sticks, coffee. bon bons and coffee. At the conclusión of the luncheon Governor Tanner and nis bride left the city in the directors' car of the Illinois Central railroad. attached to the Chicago and Alton limited train going south. It was not given out as to the exact route they would take, but they wtll visit a number of the leading cities of the south and return home in time for the inaug-uration on Jan. 11. After the inauguratior Kiey will make their home in the executive mansion. The Van Kortwiek Failure. Appleton, Wis., Dec. 30.- There are no new developments here in theVanNortwick failure. No assignment has yet been made of the Wisconsin properties. Affairs look brighter and it s nowpractically certaln that all the Wisconsin properties will be saved intact. The ex. citement that existed has gone down and there is no further danger1 of a run on the Citizens' bank of Appleton, of which John S. Van Nortwick was president. Everctt's Hotel Closed. New York, Dec. 30.- Everetfs hotel, Vezy and Barclay streets, one of the oldest and best-known establishments of its kind in this city, was closed Tuesday. Ita proprietor, Samuel H. Everett, has been in financial trouble for some time.

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Ann Arbor Democrat