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Lw9fftt Mmmih' 12 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 8, 1903. -- May Goefet-Duf- ce of Roxburgh Marriage' RICHEST WOMAN IN AMEKICA TO WED Will Unite Wealth and Social Position. r HE richest unmarried woman In the I United States In her own right will Flashlight Tm wed the man of her choice Tues- Its day, November 10. 'She is Miss May Goelet, and her betrothed is the Duke of Hoxbnrghe, 17th peer of all Great Bri- tain. He holds one of the most honored titles in Klas, Edward's domain. He is . and Flashlig! young, handsome, lord of ono of the finest castles in, the realm, possessor of a creditable war record, d, raphv is ides clever, and a welcome guest in that small and most inaccessible court which sur- rounds the King. for the long autumn Miss Goelct has equal position, "hot "only In New York and Newport, but at the Court of St. James, as well as at the evenings. palace ............of the Kaiser In Berlin, and with MISS MAT GOEIJST vmo SHE IS. bcr 6, bom, in Jfew Tork pxtr. :: '"J-kzW- ent ed- T Jul JSSS-S- to Burop to beeiu her & 3fe ;rggwBB9 ucation. fffmSSfS 1S95 First public appear&nco ,as bridesmaid at the wedding of Coa-rce- lo Vanderbilt to tba JOuke of h. 1S87 Debat In London at airs. Arthur Jmncs" bouse. Mar 25. Sheets 1897 died, Flash Father aboard his yacht tLt Cowea, Aueunt 7, naming her helr-s- a to half his estate. come below the new Duchess In the social (most daylight) 1893 Reported engaged, to Captain scale. As for the Countess of Yarmouth, like 4 Oswald Amefl, of the-- English army. who was Miss Thaw, of Pittsburg, she ber J, came of legal age. must content herself in tho list below all 1000 Introduced to Xew Tork eoclety the Dukes and Duchesses that of the by airs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., at Earls. Efaerrys, January 2. K.,Bi-?Tha5a- l L;SSdHaBWaBCCrJS&flLly ' MW.Caa2:ff The Duke a General Favorite. m 1002 Reported engaged? to the Grand .:SSFaw The followlng-4- s a character sketch of 9jl jl3. Duke Boris, of Russia. the Duke, by a native of Kelso, Scotland; 1903 engagement announced to the Duke every- teriors Roxburghe. "The was a favorite with Duke of body wlio had anything to say to him a3 a youth. He was a reserved but a steady-goin- g, reliable lad, and that finest of fashionable circles, the a dutiful and attentlvo son and brother. S9 Faubourg St. Germain, in Paris. Fur- Of course, his military duties and his ab- thermore, sho is possessed of a fortune sence in South Africa have prevented us estimated at $25,000,000, and likely to be ' from seeing so much of him of late years, twice that amount if sho lives her allot- but he has Justified every anticipation ted time. formed of him. He has grown into a fine, The new American Duchess will at once manly fellow, and but for the fact of his tako her place Tlthln the charmed circle lw9fftt being Duke, it is well known that he of the British peerage. Mrs. Ogden mmm would have been awarded the Victoria Goelet, the bride's mother, has given out Cross for one conspicuous act of bravery Safe, Economical, little about the wedding, but it will be in South Africa. He saved a wounded the event of the season. SL Thomas' trooper, mounting him on his1 own horse Church will be the place, and Bishop Pot- under a heavy fire, and rode with him to ter and the Rev. Ernest M. Stlres the cel- iH a place of safety In a very hot skirmish ebrants of Uie ceremony. More than 2000 MISS MAY GOELET, with the Boers. Convenient. guests of the fashionable circles of New "He Is a great sportsman, Nand good at Tork, Newport. Washington, Boston and THE DUKE OFROXBURGE, all kinds of sports and pastimes. He can Philadelphia have been bidden. AND HIS DUCAL CASTLES always be relied upon to give a good ac- Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., will probably count of himself on the curling link, the act as best man. Who the ushers are to cricket field, the hunting field, or the golf be is a secret yet. Mrs. Cornelius Van- links. He Is an excellent sporting shot of honor. first-rat- e Is hered- derbilt, Jr., will bo the matron c and a angler. This bridesmaids will be Miss Marion JiLS0..ABBy itary his was one of the best salm- The only daughter. There one father PRICE. Haven, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Is brother, bardlne, Earl of Shaftesbury, Prince Hugo Thames. At that time the young Scotch on-rods In Scotland, and was tho first G Haven; Miss Beatrice Mills and Miss Robert Goelet, who shares the millions Hohenlohe, Prince Helnrich von Hanau, Duke was very devoted to the daughter British nobleman to own a Norwegian Gladys Mills, twin daughters of Ogden of their father with his- - sister. Her Viscount Ingestre, Viscount Crlchton, of the expatriated American. But of a salmon river. 3x4, per pKg. one-hal- f doz. sheets, 25c. Mills; Miss Gwendolln Burden, daughter mother, as all the world knows, is a Wil- Grand Duke Boris and Paul sudden he lost Interest in MIfs Astor to "The Duke is very good to every one of I. Townsend Burden, and Miss Martha son Miss Mary Wilson, eldest daughter Ogden Goelet, her father, died In 137 find himself head over heels in love with under him. It was only a few weeks 4z5, per pKg. onehalf doz, sheets, 40c. Johnson. Miss Goelet's cousin and fiancee of R. T. Wilson. The marriage, In 1S77, aboard his yacht at Cowcs. When the Miss Goelet back that he found a number of employes of Delanccy Kountze, son of the multi- was the social event of the season. will was opened It was found that Mr. It was an ardent courtship. Few on the estate at work late on Saturday 5x7, per pKg. onehalf doz. sheets, 60c. millionaire banker, X.uthcr Koufttze. The daughter, who is soon to become Goelet liad practically left everything to guessed what was going on. When the afternoon. On Inquiry lie was told by his Robert Goelet, only brother of the bride, a duchess, is 25 years old. Hers Is tho his two children. A modest $500,000 be- Duke followed the Goelets to this country factor that this was an old custom of the give awa his Present will be beauty of the patrician type dignified, not came the daughter's upon her 21st birth- August traveling incognito as "Har- gave will sister. exuberant, quite last place, and the Duke at once orders two Ladles Innes-Ke- r brunette. There Isjust day, given to outright. Some was half-holid- the Duke's sisters, the tinge her old E. Brassy and friend" the Duke that they should all have a and probably the Dowager Duchess the of the Latin in it yet, though was also put in trust for her for tho "friend" people began to guess. He on Saturday, besides stopping work an Roxburghe. who was a Churchill, sis- - sifted down through many generations, life, she only to enjoy Campania to New- of for the income. Half went straight from the hour earlier on every other day In tho the first Goelet was a Huguenot and of the residuary estate, estimated at 00 port with the Goelets, and there the en- week." a Frenchman. To the artistic eye there then and $40,000,000 now, was was Cornelius Is even suggestion worth gagement announced. The tenantry on the various Scotland a of the Oriental In. also left to her. put the Duke up all ! neighbors the long, eyelashes, heavy Vanderbilt at the estates and other friends and dark the colls Mrs. Goelet got the Metropolitan Opera-Hou- se New York clubs of Importance and intro- bestirring themselves to TJIE DUKE OF ROXBURGHE of hair and the clear white complexion. aro already make VIIO UE IS. box for life, to go to her daughter duced him socially. s suitable celebration of the wedding local- No child was ever born to more than at the mother's death. To Mrs. Goelet Miss Goelet is quite small, but very ly, and are subscribing handsomely to 1S7&-B- ern 25, eighth to May Goelet. Her was man of COS self-po- on Julr heir father a also fell the town mansion, Fifth ave- smart looking. She has all the s- provide fitting wedding gifts for the Duke tke 2uke4om. affairs, member of the nue, and Newport palace, "Ochre ' Is Union, Knickerbocker the session In the world. clever and ready and his bride. 1S8S Sent to Eton. and other smart Court." Ari annuity of $150,000 a year was in conversation. Of course she dresses The Duchess of Roxburghe and Miss handled two nuggets this Summer that is a club of which Mrs. Daggert, the wife and. to clubs, among the first In New York so- were 182 Succeeded to these titles provided for Mrs. Goelet The principal well. Her charm, of manner Is Infectious. i Goelet have already" met more than once, worth a thousand dollars each. Ho of the proprietor of the Golden Gate ciety and equally prominent in the soical to-t- Floors Castle, on the Scottish horder, will add a few millions more he for- Her accent Is decidedly English. Her ' and Her Grace has caused It to be un- -t Is going to purchase machinery to Install Hotel, Is the president.
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