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Show CUE 1ST THE I'OI'E. The Only Ornament She Wore on Her Wedding Day Came From Hia Holiness, SHOCKED AT HI3 APPEARANCE. A Mm'age Ceremony That Hid Many Curioni and Exciting Features Connected Con-nected With It, Viknva. July S3 Special j The marriage of Archduchess Marie Valerie Va-lerie to the Archduke Francis Nalvator, which was solemnised today vrtk brilliant bril-liant event. The ceremony, which waJ performed by the cardinal archbishop, took place iu tho parish church at Meld. At the nuptial num. at which tho cardinal officiated, the; bride and groom knelt In derp devotion. Tim cardinal, tn'foro performing thn rvr. inony, nd.lri-i.vd the archduke) and tlm archduchess solemnly un the (.acred-next (.acred-next of the sacrament which h wo about to administer to them. Tho only . ornament which lite archduchess wore, apart from the crown jewel. a li.iiiiU.mie diamond lioekUee, thn gift of the pope. Tim emperor and em- j press denned much affected during this j ceremony, Those who know the em j i lor were shocked at hit appearance, j I hey claim that lie hntJ ngmi twenty year in thn ' Inst twelve 'month. The empress who wan never very popular with her subjects wept ropioiudy. 1 Ley eon struct! (his a a cmrolioration of the re port ill it she is mentally unbalanced. The rmM'ivvM-' tigure isttll Itihit and girliih. 'J lie wedding cue-u were very lew, lit fact, only tin' bride, and bridegroom' bride-groom' nearest relative and not alt of these even were pivnout. Therruwn princess, who I at OMetid, and who Is still inolirnirig the death ot her bus-band, bus-band, was not at the reremohv. The limited attendance a caused principally princi-pally by the recent death of the l'vime Helen of Thurn and Taxi, but Irvsoum extent also by the fuel th;tt the till al which the emperor and empress reaidn ut Int-lil is of very moderate ditiienoiaa. The rdding breakfast at wlueh the AiiHlriun aud Hungarian parliament iiinl government were rrprt-scntwd served In the large dining room of the hotel. The furniture, the rhino. glass, plate, raruct and hangings were seat from this city for the oernaion. Uf foreigu court only Berlin aud Munleh were ivpresentetl. All the erowmsl head of Europe, hewerer, dent eoally pr'rnN to the bride. There was mi military display of any kind, aad tho veteran of Us'lil and thn liri brigad furnished the guard. The emptiror for bade the itrclnlukes to accept the vnl-ding vnl-ding presents whi.h the municipal council all over the empire toted tn her, and the (rrnnlx w id now, at thn Miggirttion of Ui majesty. dcrotwt t charitable object. |