The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-07
GEN. HARRISON Is MARRIED
HIS BRIDE. MRS, DIMMICK. GIYEY
AWAY By LIEUTENANT PARKER.

ooiheht was Causeu Be-
cause the ex-President's Daughter, Mrs.
Mckee, and His Son, Russell b. Harrison.
Were Not Present at the Ceremony.
New York, April 6.--Perhaps as simple
wedding as has ever been witnessed
within the walls of st. Thomas church
was solemnized shortly before o'clock
this evening when ex-President Benja-
min Harrison entered into the holy
bond of wedlock with Mrs. Mary Scott
Lord Dimmick. Not one of the thirty
six favored witnesses of the ceremony
could fail to have been impressed with
its singular unpretentiousness The
crowd assembled outside the church
showed the interest the public took in
the affair. Owing to the fact that
secrecy as to the exact hour Of the
ceremony had been carefully maintains
ed the crowd was not as large as had
been feared
The morning was ushered in with a
heavy snowstorm which later turned
into rain. There was a cessation Of the
rainfall about noon, but the day con-
tinued cloudy and threatening. The
crowds about the church were not Of
the city's fashionables. The work-a-
day people were there in force and they
elbowed each other in their earnest en-
deavor to catch a glimpse of the bride
and groom and the statesmen included
in the coterie of invited guests.
For some time after the guests had
arrived deep silence prevailed in the
church. With two or three exceptions
the costumes of the women We're sub
dued in color, and only an occasional
gay Easter bonnet lent life to the
scene.
Prof. w. Warren, the church organ
ist rendered few preliminary selec-
tions from the great masters. Still the
scene seemed cold and almost gloomy.
On could hardly realize that wedding
of national Importance was about to be
solemnized. General Harrison ana Cen
eral B. F. Tracey, his best man. arrived
in carriages at the church at $50 They
entered through the rector's residence
on third street and went to the
vestry, where they awaited the arrival
of the bride. General Harrison wore a
long frock coat, dark trousers and white
gloves. In the lapel of his coat was d
boutonniere of lilies Of the valley.
Mrs. Dimmfck and her brother-irl-
law, Lieut.. John r. Parker, u. s. NJ.
reached the church at 5:18. They en-
tered by the main door on Fifth ave-
nue., and went to the tower room to the
left of the vestibule, where wraps and
coats were discarded. At 5:32 the two
large doors leading to theAcenter aisle
| were thrown open and the ushers side
| by side stood in the passageway. AT
the same moment Rev. DR.. j. Wesley
Brown, the officiating clergyman, robed
in white cassock, appeared from the
vestry, followed by the sexton The
Rev. DR.. Brown passed in behind the
sanctuary rail.
DR.. Brown knelt in prayer few mo-
ments, and then the strains of 'Lohen-
grin" burst forth and re-echoed from
the empty stalls with double volume
Then the door leading to the vestry on
the left of the altar opened and the sill
very locks of Generals Harrison and
Tracey We're seen. At 5:33 o'clock the
bride appeared and fell in behind the
ushers. At the same moment the min
lister nodded his head, signalling the
groom to step forward.
General Harrison and his best man
at once came forward and stood upon
| the top chancel step. Immediately the
bridal procession was begun. The two
ushers walked we'll forward and took
position on the second chancel step.
The bride, leaning upon the arm Of
Lieutenant Parker, with head erect and
| thoroughly self-composed, followed.
Mrs. Dimmick carried no bouquet, but
instead carried a handsome while silk
en- prayer book with an embossed gold
en- cross on the cover.
AS the bridal party approached the
chancel General Harrison came down
| the steps to the floor to receive his
bride. With franw movement she ex-
tended her right hand and the groom
clasped in his left Then the couple
marched UP the step to the center of
the altar and knelt in prayer. General
Tracy and party followed, the former
standing to the right of the groom and
the lieutenant to the left. The reading
of the Episcopal ceremony was at once
begun. General Harrison and Mrs.
Dimmick faced the minister and lis
| tened intently to his words. When the
question was propounded to the groom
''Wilt thou have this woman to be thy
welded wife," ETC., the general responds
ed in subdued, almost inaudible tones.
When the same question was put to the
bride the answered in a clear, musical
voice.
| The bride was given away by Lieu
tenant Parker and the ceremony pro-
ceeded in the usual manner to the end.
The final words that made General
Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick one were
pronounced at seventeen minutes to 6.
DR.. Brown shook hands with both
and offered his congratulations. The
ex-president then extended his right
arm to his bride and, to the strains of
the Tannhauser Wedding March, they
filed down the center aisle. They were
followed by the ushers, Lieutenant
and Mrs. Parker and General Tracy
and Mrs. Pinchot, the guests coming
behind. On the vestibule the party re-
tired to the tower-room, where were
| the wraps and coats.
The party left the church and entered
the carriages awaiting them.
The bridal party was driven to the
residence of Mrs. Pinchot, No. 2 Gram
ercy Park, where light refreshments
were served. Here the bride and groom
donned their travelling attire. Soon af-
ter o'clock the party drove to the
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