Show MISS HARRIMAN HARRIDAN PLANS TO W D I Railroad King Is Said to Oppose Daughters Daughter's Match With American Consul at MuKden NEW YORK Aug 7 E. E H n It Harriman's Harriman's Harriman's Harri- Harri mans man's daughter Miss Mary Harriman Ise is e engaged to William Straight the American Ameri Ameri- can General Consul-General at Mukden Manchuria Manchuria Manchuria Man Man- churia according to cable dl dispatches patches received received re- re In this city today The reported match Is another romance growing out of ot Mrs Nicholas Longworth's famous trip around the world It ls is said ald that Miss 1 Harriman greatly surprised her father recently when she Informed him that she and Mr Straight had been engaged for nearly a year They met during Mr Harriman's tour of the Orient having been introduced in Peking Pekin by bv the then Mice lIce Roosevelt and the dispatches say it was nas a case of love lovo at first sight Mr 1 Harriman is said to be opposed to the love Jove match but requested his daughter to defer public announcement for the sent present Mr 11 Straight who li is only 30 at present Is said by all of the English and Chinese diplomats who have met him to have nave a great future in the consular consula service In Washington it Is declared that his services service in his present post y have ave been so strikingly good that his transfer to toa toa toa a nearer and more Important appointment appointment appoint appoint- ment Is likely He is a Cornell man having been in China practically all the time since his graduation Until the Russo-Japanese Russo war ar he performed Important service for Sir Robert Ha Hart t famous as the head of the Chinese customs service During the war he acted as a war correspondent correspond correspond- ent and subsequently was made plade American American Ameri Ameri- can Consul |