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Show I BIG REWARD FOR I STOLEN JEWELS H Calcutta, India, May 11. A reward H of $10,000 has been offered for infor- H roation leading to the recovery of H jewels worth $250, non stolen from the Hi Marahranl (Queen) of (he feudal HI state of Cooch Behar H The Maahranl's marriage, in 1913, Hi was a world-wide sensation for a day. H The wedding was originally fixed to H take place in India in May, but Hi through racial objections by the HL I bride's parents it was cancelled almost al-most at the last moment and the bride waa taken to England The would-be I groom followed her there, overcame I the parental objections, and insisted upon being married, then and there, J in a prosiar government registry of- Ifice in London. Preceding the marriage the bride was received into thu rirambho Samaj-the Samaj-the groom's religion, at the Buckingham Bucking-ham Palace Hotel. During this service ser-vice incense was burned and music was produced on conch shells by Indian In-dian musicians A marriage according accord-ing to the natie rites was later performed per-formed at the hotel, the bride chang Ing her European dress for the pink and gold saree of India, and the Prince wearing a native white costume cos-tume and turbjn The wedding cake was cut with the state sword of Cooch Behar. A week after the wedding the reign- ling Maharajah died suddenly, and the j bridegroom became ruling monarch Of tho sLate. His two sisters are married mar-ried to two Englishmen and brothers Alan and Lionel Mander. i oo |