Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1902 — SENATOR DEPEW MARRIED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SENATOR DEPEW MARRIED.

Three Separate Ceremonies Necessary to Tie the Knot. The civil ceremony uniting Senator Chauncey M. Depew and Miss May Palmer was performed at the United

States consulate at Nice Friday afternoon, but not until after President Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hay, Ambassador Porter and United States Consul Van Bureu had united their efforts in removing what for two days had seem-

ed an insurmountable legal obstacle. It seems that Senator Depew went to Nice unprepared with the documentary evidence required by French law in the case of foreigners. To secure this evidence would have necessitated the postponement of the wedding. In the dilemma the Senator appealed to the State Department at Washington, and the matter was arranged as already stated. The bride being a Catholic, there were two religious ceremonies. The first took place at Notre Dame and the second at the Episcopal Church Saturday. The trouble arose over the requirement that there must be a civil marriage ceremony. So much authenticated information concerning the bridegroom and bride was required by the French code that it would have been impossible to secure the proofs without great loss of time. It was finally decided that the difficulties might be met by haying the marriage ceremony in the United States consulate, which is nominally American territory.

SENATOR DEPEW.