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Show VIOLET ABODT TO WED. A Young Lady Whose Mother Has Been Persecuted For Years is Going Go-ing to Marry, A DAUGHTER OF LADY CONGEES. Testing Armor Plates Trains Began Running Today Portrait of a German Empress, Loxrtrix, Aug. 15. Special. The betrothal of tho Hon. Violet Lane-Fox, y ounger daughter of Lady Congers and sister of the Countess of Yarborough, to (icorge Herbert, only surviving son of Sir Percy Herbert and Lady Mary Fitzmaurice, only daughter of William Thomas, earl of Kerry, and granddaughter grand-daughter to the third maniuis of Lans-dowuc, Lans-dowuc, is announced. The groom is heir presumptive to his uncle, the earl of Powers. Tho prospective bride and her mother, Lady Congers, have for some years been annoyed by tho attention, atten-tion, wheuever they appeared in the public streets, of a handsome man of dashing appearance, named Edward Kowden, whom they had repeatedly re-peatedly arrested. The persecution has boon going on since 1183. During that time lie has been imprisoned altogether five years and a half. As soon as he was released from jail he commenced his annoyance of the ladies by addressing address-ing theiii on the streets, writing and telegraphing to them from various places. As no no motive for his eondut could bo surmissed it was thought Kowden, who is a well-educated man aud of polished address, was insane, but a board of physicians appointed to examine him pronounced him of sound mind. He is at present in prison serving serv-ing out a sentence of eighteen months for libelling Lady Congers. When he comes out and finds that her guardian has an athletic husband to guard her, it is thought he will cease his persecutions. |