Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-06-12
THE WEDDING.
A Few Special Items on the Sab.
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Snecial Correspondence of the ISrrR.CcEAs,l
WASHINGTON June S.-Seldom have
bride and groom spent their wedding
day more quietly than did Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland. The marriage was the chief
topic OF conversation throughout the
city: the attendants at the white house
were busily completing the preparations;
the marine band was rehearsing; knots
ofpeople were clustering around the exc
cutive mansion: and every one was
pleasantly excited. But the contrac-
ting parties seemed less concerned than
those about them. The president spent
most of the day in his Office, opening
his mail and attending to routine bust
ness. Whenever any reference was
made to the coming event by the few
friends who were allowed to see him
during the day, he would chuckle good
naturally, but there was nothing in his
dcmeanor to indicate that he was the
man whose approaching marriage was
interesting sixty millions of people.
After inspecting the floral decorations,
the bride passed the day in her room
with her mother and the presidents sis
ter, and showed no more
than the occasion would seen, to JUS
tify.
The wedding was very quiet. a crowd
had collected in the white house
grounds, but the people respected the
presidents wishes that the marriage
should be private, and no noisy demon
STATIONS were INDUCED in, and nothing
but the merry chimes Of bells and firing
Of canon showed that the event was
anything more than a mere private
wedding. The president wore a smooth
ly fitting dress suit of black broad cloth,
with white lawn tie. The brides dress
was of ivory satin. During the ceremony
Mr.. Cleveland looked self possessed and
supremely contented. After the guests
had offered their greetings to the bride,
who was, unlike Niobe, all smiles, and
congratulated the president, they moved
into the dining Dom where an elaborate
collation. was served. The president
and Mrs. Cleveland soon withdrew, how
ever, and reappeared in travelling cos
tune. Amid Il shower Of rice and old
shoes they drove away to take the train
for Deer Park. a little summer resort in
Maryland, where they will spend about
3 week.
During the day messages of congratu-
lation were received from Queen Vic.
toria, President Grevy Of France, Emper.
Or William of Germany, King Leopold
of Belgium, President Diaz Of Mexico,
Emperor Don Pedro of Brazil, and q
number Of other crowned heads OF Eu :
rope and presidents OF Central and South
American Republics.
The members Of the diplomatic corps
in this city, although they had received
no formal notice of the wedding, vet
felt that from their official relations
with the president they should take
some notice of his marriage. Accord
ingly a meeting was held Wednesday
in the house of Mr.. Nognerras, the Por-
tuguese minister, and it was decided
that Mr.. Preston. the minister from
Hayti, should call upon Secretary Bay
ard and through him present to the
President the congratulations and good
wishes of the whole body of diplomats.
There was no feeling Of surprise mani.
tested among the diplomatic corps at
not having received invitations to the
ceremony because the recent deaths in
the family Of the bride was considered
sufficient reason that the wedding should
be strictly private. Then the President
has so vigorously excluded from the
preparations for the event any official
act. that the foreign representatives
were not ut all astonished at the omis-
sion.
The floral decorations in the parlors
and dining room of the White House
were very beautiful and artistic, and it
was a graceful act of Mr.. Cleveland to
order that the flowers used should be
distributed among the hospitals of the
district.
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The bridal presents were many and
rich. The gift of the president to his
bride was a beautiful diamond reckless,
In which she seemed to take much de-
Night. The presents from the cabinet
Officers and their wives we're mostly az
ticles of jewelry. though there were
several handsome gifts Of silverware.
During the day an old farmer and his
wife drove up to the White House in a
tlilapidated and ancient one-horse
vehicle, that looked as if it had been in
use before the war. The farmer stopped
at the entrance, and carried up to the
door Il big market basket filled with
great hluslling Strawberries: each one
of which looked as large as a tea cup.
''Tllis is a present to Mrs. Cleveland'
said the farmer, adding as he drove
away, ''Ill call around for the basket in
q day or two"
Chamberlains Collie, Cholera, and
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