St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-20
the night before on account of their vile con-
duct. Search is being made for them.
ACCEPTED BENNY THURSDAY.
Mrs. Difnmfck Then Said Yes-Her
Former Matrimonial Venture.

Former Matr1ID Ontal Venture.
NEW YORK, Jan. ia friend of
MIR. Harrison said that although the
engagement with Mrs. Dimmick had
been currently accepted as true by
friends of all the parties concerned
without formal verifcation, the mat
ter was not really decided until Thurs
day evening.
Gen. Harrison came here from Iii
dianapolis to talk over the matter with
his son Russell, and his daughter Mrs
Mckee, who have been stopping at
the Imperial hotel. He has called on
them there almost every day, and
their presence in the city has made it
easy for him to meet his fiancee with
out attracting attention at the house,
NO 40 West Thfrty-eighth street, where
she lives.
Mrs. Dimmick has persistently re-
fused to make any statement. Call
ers at the house tonight were told
that she was not at home Russell
Harrison and Mrs. Mckee were equally
reticent.
Mrs Dimmick is said to be little more
than half as old as Cen Harrison.
who was sixty-two last August Her
maiden maine was Scott, and she was
a niece of Gen. Harrison's first wife.
VINO died IN the White house during
the last year OF his administration.
Gen. Harrison was mere youth
When he married his first wife He
was not twenty years old when he
graduated from Miami university in
Oxford, o., in 1852. While there he
met and fell in love with Caroline
Scott, daughter of the president of a
girls school in the neighborhood Miss
Scott was graduatd from her fathers
school in the same year that Young
Harrison left college life One wear
later. when Harrison had found a firm
footing for start in the law. they
We're married
;, MRS Dimmick was born at Honesdale. Pa.
der Iather was Russell Lord, at one time a
capitalist, but who lost his fortune Her girl
Eood was spent at Princeton, n. j. and IL was
there she was married to Mr.. Dimmick His
lasher was prominent and wealthy Pennsyl-
state. - ''-o
There was romance connected with her
first marriage. Her husband was an officer
in the United States navy There was some
opposition to the match, so they ran away
enc was quite young at the time.
Her husband died OF typhoid fever while
they were on their wedding tour in the West
for some years after she lived in Princeton
with her mother, and then moved to Washing
ton. Although she had been left in comfort
aDie circumstances by her husband, she lost
much of her fortune, and is now far from
being rich.
Mrs. Dimmick used to visit the Harrisons a
great deal. When they went to the White
mouse she went with them and was generally
locked upon as companion for the wife OF
the president. She did not go into society
much, as she was mourning for her mother
Gradually she grew to be the INDISPENSABLE
person of large household Not only Mrs
Harrison, but the children and the president
grew dependent upon her to attend to mauy
little matters that otherwise would have been
overlooked. While Mrs. Harrison was oc-
cdpied with social duties Mrs. Dimmick used
to devote her time. to the president assisting
with his correspondence. keeping his appoint
1nent book up to date, and taking care OF the
ODDS and ends that were beneath the notice of
Secretary Halford and his staff, but which
made great deal of difference in the presi-
dents comfort.
The president did not hesitate to state he
liked to have his wifes niece about him be-
cause she was quiet, methodical in her habits
ana knew how to keep her own counsel. 1t is
reported that on one occasion he remarked:
She is the only woman around the house
VINO does not talk when l want to think
During Mrs. Harrison's late illness Mrs
llimmick was unremitted in her attentions at
the bedside, and she undertook all the family
details in arranging for the White house fu-
neral Afterward she became more indlspens
able than ever to the president, and remained
with the family as long as they were in the
White house. Since then she has passed most
of her time with her sister.
Women who know Mrs. Dimmick fairly well
say she is not beauty in the modern accepta-
ton of the term, but she has most gracious
and charming manner. She is decided bru-
nette, with an obvious eye to clothes that are
comfortable and serviceable.
She is well up in literature, fond of music,
and, while the reverse of new woman, likes
to keep pace with new ideas. She has been a
guest of Soross, the Nineteenth Century and
other clubs, where fashionable women of ad-
vanced thought congregate.
People who met her at the White house din
ner table say that she is good talker. Like
all the Harrisons, she is Presbyterian, and
she has been a fairly regular attendant at
Rev. DR.. John Halls church here. If the
wedding takes place in this city the probabili-
ties are Rev. DR.. Hall will be asked to Off
ciate.