The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-17
DiWEY'S WEDDING
It Was to Have Occurred
Last Week.
A License Was Taken Gu: and Roman
Catholic Dispensatlon Sc
cured.

NEW YORK. Nov. 6.-Admiral
Dewey accompanied Mrs Mildred Ha-
zen, to whom he is engaged to be mar
ried, on a shopping tour today. While
walking on Fifth avenue the Admiral
saw a little boy in charge of nurse
with an Admirals flag in his hands.
Hello" said the Admiral, Il can
not pass that flag" He shook the lit
tie fellow by the hand and chatted with
him for a few moments.
The Admiral and Mrs. Hazen walked
to the Dewey arch. Here the Admiral
pointed out the figures to Mrs Hazen
and explained their significance. The
Admiral was recognized and a crowd
collected. He was saluted by number
of persons and bowed pleasantly in re-
turn to their salutations. Admiral
Dewey was asked by a reporter when
he would return to Washington.
4 have no plans" replied tie Ad-
miral. Il shall return to the hotel this
evening"
THE LICENSE ISSUED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-Admiral
Dewey will in all probability be mar
ried tomorrow His marriage license
was issued today. Several other peril
nent circumstances led to the belief
that the interesting ceremony would
take place this evening, but from rela-
tives of Mrs. Mclean it has been
learned tonight that the wedding will
take place within the next twelve
hours 1t is likely that it will be a
quiet affair and will be performed by
Archbishop Keane of the Catholic Uni
versity, if he reaches Washington in
time; if not, by the Rev. James Mack
in, pastor of ST. Pauls Church, which
Mrs. Hazen attends.
The Admiral attended to the civil
part of the preparations, but it de-
volved upon Mrs. Hazen to arrange the
details of the religious ceremony. A
dispensatiCn is necessary for a Roman
Catholic to wed a non-Catholic, and it
requires some little time to obtain this
indulgence. This morning at o'clock
Mrs. Hazen appeared at mass at st.
Pauls. She received the sacrament,
and after the service asked an audience
with the pastor, the Rev. James T.
Mackin. This conference lasted but a
few moments. Shortly after breakfast
Father Mackin, accompanied by the as
sistant pastor, Father Foley, left
Washington for Baltimore. No one
around the church knew the nature of
their business. They arrived home at
6 o'clock. Father Mackin had with
him the coveted djspensatiOn, and it
it was a days labor to get it ready.
This document is written in Latin, set
ting forth that for good and sufficient
reasons Mildred Mclean HaZen, a
member of the Catholic faith, is al
lowed to be united in the bonds of holy
matrimony with George Dewey, a non
believer in the faith.
A license authorizing Admiral Dewey
to wed Mrs. HaZen was issued today by
the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia. The application
for the license was made by Lieutenant
Harry Fl. Caldwell, United States Ma
Wy, Admiral Dewey's secretary, in per-
son. The information furnished the
clerk and set forth in the license is
that Admiral Dewey is 81 years Of age
and his bride-elect 43; that both are
citizens of the United States and that
in the case of each party there was one
former marriage. To these statements
Lieutenant Caldwell was required to
make oath.