The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-10
BUT FEW PEOPLE PRESENT
DEWEY STEALS A MARCH ON
THE PEOPLE.
AsPEClAL DlSPENSATION WAS GRANTED
Mrs. Aazen Being Catholic and Dewey a Pro-
testaat This Was Necessary. Father
Mackin, Once Sailor, Performed
the Ceremony.


Washington, Nov. 9-Admiral George
Dewey and Mrs. Mildred NJ. Hazer
were quietly married at the rectory OF
st. Paul's church on V street near Eff
teenth. this city, shortly before ten
O'Clock this morning. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. James Il.
Mackin, pastor of the church, assisted
by Rev. Joseph III. Foley, assistant pas
tor. and Rev. Sidney Hurlbut. The
ceremony was of the simplest character,
according to the rites of the Catholic
church, and the only witnesses beside
the officiating clergymen were Mrs.
Washington Mclean and Mrs. Ludlow,
wife of Admiral Ludlow, mother and
sister respectively of the bride, and
Lieutenant Caldwell, Admiral Dewey $
secretary.
The arrangements for the wedding
were made with all the secrecy which
has attended the whole affair After
procuring the license for the wedding
Yesterday, Lieutenant Caldwell called
upon Father Mackin, of st. Paufs, OF
which church Mrs. Hazen is communi-
cant, and arranged for the wedding this
morning. As Admiral Dewey is not a
Catholic. special dispensation was re-
quired for the performance of the cere-
mony, and this was procured by Father
Mackin from Bishop Curtis, vicar gener-
al of the diocese of Baltimoee, who
granted it in the absence of Cardinal
Gibbons. who is at present i'll New Or
leans. Father Mackin went to Balti-
more for this purpose yesterday after
noon.
At 9:45 this morning two carriages
containing the wedding party drew UP
before the modest red brick rectory In
the rear of st. Paul's. The general
public had no intimation of where the
ceremony was to take place and not Il
single spectator was present as the party
alighted Admiral Dewey and Lieuten-
ant Caldwell quickly stepped from their
carriages and the Admiral assisted the
bride-elect and her mother and sister
from the other carriage. Mrs. Hazen
was gowned in pearl gray silk over
which she wore long stylish black
wrap trimmed with silver fox and lined
with lavendar silk. The Admiral wore
a black frock coat, gray trousers and a
silk hat. Upon entering the rectory they
were ushered into the reception room,
where Admiral Dewey was presented to
Father Mackin and the two clergymen
who were to assist in the ceremony.
Upon being presented to Father Mackin
the Admiral said he had heard that
Father AIackin had in his early years
been a Sailor and it gave him addi-
tional happiness to know that he was
TO be married by clergyman who had
at one time followed the sea. Father
AIackin replied that when he found he
could not become an admiral he had
determined to become priest. Mrs
Hazen removed her wrap, and she and
the Admiral Immediately took their
places in the center of the little re-
ception room where the ceremony was
performed which made them man and
wife. Father Mackin and his assistants
wore simple black cassocks. Before the
ceremony Father Mackin addressed the
contracting parties as follows:
Before pronouncing the solemn words
which will bind you forever together 1t
may be well to forget for moment The
things that are around us and to look
inward. We are the children of God
in JOY and in sorrow. We need His
help in both extremes and never more
than now, for although the promises you
are about to make are easily made and
the work of moment, their fulfillment
is the work of a life time.
1--WE call upon God to- witness and
to bless this union Of which He is the
author, and which He has made sacred
~ Il afsAd
Won may be to each other there are in
every life moments Of trial when W.,
in our weakness, need the help that
comes from above and this help Wiz be
given in it's fullness in return for tile
faithful fulfllment of your obligations.
The higher your position in life, the
more incumbent upon you is the faith
full fulfilment of your obligation and
the more rigorous the accounts that will
be exacted. The neglect of these obii-
cations will cast its shadow upon rtern-
ity But this hour we hope marks TIE
beginning of Il career which will make
you wiser. better and more useful 10
your fellow creatures in this fife and
the life beyond it. and WHEN death ar
last shall break the link which binds
YOU. as death alone can break it. may
IDd1 last uOuE HUtt the Two iHIiilS DIS
fordly clasped and the two hcar1s as
closely joined as they are today and
may the joys of this life be !, foretaste
of the joys that are to come"
The ceremony was performed with the
ring according to the nuptial rites Of
the Catholic church. Inclndirg the adj
dress of Father Mackin it consumed
less than five minutes. Father Mackin
q Il. IL
Dewey. Congratulations and felicia
fions followed and the welding parry
drove directly from the rectory TO the
residence of the brides mother, Mrs.
Mclean, where welding breakfast was
served.
Father Mackin who performed the
ceremony when lad of II ran away
from home with two other boys end
went to sea- Father Mackin's sea ca-
reer. however, was very brief He
said that he found he was untitled for