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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 180, 25 April 1908, Page 10

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•) —J frHfp , : i \i- ; • «r..« jo >: v " <vil !■ £200.000. FOB AND CHARI-'.i . 'IIESm,, ; Mrs. W6ightm&n WiltSi l . started ,a. new fashion in on'itewrual'y 26 m-New • York; ; \^en'-Slie : ' ifi\'' ii'fcdcricli:; CdUrtlandp.TOifield, a • former • Coiisul-Grciieral!' to ■ distributing ■ . jE2pOjOOO:,among'.-Her "MaftM and • cortam' chanties.'i Tliis-.'.leaves': tlip F£ Brr3e; a beggdrljf 1 -; ;fili;Boo,ooo.i!mth • -\vhicH};-t"p?-hot. new' leaso of .married -liYo: ' s.• j ' Mr9.' ! \Veiglitman i .daughter. 1 of- th'o'latis Ml-; William' a d'hila- • tlelphia olietnistj: onormotfty fortune' and : bequeathed it- with cor- 4 tain ' stipulations, which / she is^no\r\barrying?oaK-:;~- ; .\ : ".«'^'V, V bei4':6f iiis.fiiiniii' - attac!cbd . >iid : ;exp<aißii:6 ; litijjfltiqii : The irtarriage of ,Mrs! WalkcoifdjJU-. Ponifield ' took place. '• at ' St.'- Palflifop KOm'S.ii.; ,Catholic'\'Cathedral,; : and « is' liMM' seo-"-ret; only- thirty of', the tfipst nf tho brido and groom being preset, (Arc);hishop Farlcv. pertoi-ijicd thq. cty-snom-, .'sn'd'j from the Pope, through. del; ;jv:' telegram-', of . ; Tho wedding breakfast tools pl(\pebride's Now ork residence, guests included the.daughters of 'Wistbri'.wlio were, the';.principals in, theiisusl foVr.thb.'AVnigh'tman'SniUions... i|3s' .'Announcement.; of . the'. \gifts was - made: at tlie' breakfast. given:— • . ; v ~,' ~ ■ £20,00.0 each, to a licpht'w, arid- . £10,000. ojich. to four great. ■ grett nieces.. 'V\^ :: vvi.'W' bborfu : £40,000 to charitics. Nothing to Mrs.r Jofibs":'^ls^or*s l falhs&v. ' The bi'iclo : issiiod a 'brief, statement' ,{n tfieJelfoet that she Avas carrying out her faMior-'si-intentions, 1 , which shu ' would have pdono,earlier, but -'tho ill-advised, groundless,; and .unsuccessful'attack,.upon his will this, and. deprived the beneficiaries of what they.might havo enjoyed ior tho last three, years.'" ; . . : ••• - ; Tho distinctly sub-acid postscript to tho ;hride's, statement states .that. she. intends to ) dor-'iHiatyshe ;jpltirtsss".. ,wit;h her I'.bwn,--' fortune, "undeterred by inljici'tiijcut and m-; .tnisi've,,'suggestions:'V'' '*/ T. ''}• J!r. Penlield, who is'a'proniinont'iVwv Yorki lawyer; has been ait autliov aswoll loniatist s , 116 was Consul-General to Lou'dop-' in 18ft),.and affenVards Mi»isi:or/,Residoi;t''irs Egypt. '.llowas married twicrt' prov fouSfy',his second wife' l.eing > Mrs:':-M's2 unto;-' ;ilVe wifo iof an engineer, who received 'a lavire-' silm from Portugal- in . satisfaction of -tEe ' Delagoa Bay Railway claim. .' ■