The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-10
WEDDED IN QUIET
ADMIRAL DEWEY AND MRS. MIL
DRIED HAZEN PRONOUNCE
MARRIAGE vows
FEW WITNESSES WERE PRESENT
FATHER MACKIN, OF ST. PAUL,S.
PERFORMED THE CEREMONY
IN THE RECTORY
PUBLIC NOT AWARE OF IT

After Which Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey
Started for New YOrl-Trip Was
Made Eventful by Curious People
on the Train and at the Depot.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9-Adnira1
George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred M. Ha-
Zen We're married quietly at the rectory of
St. Pauls Catholic church, in street.
near Fifteenth, this city shortly before
10 o'clock this morning The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. James F.
Mackin, pastor Of the church, assisted
by the Rev. Joseph II. Foley assistant
pastor and the Rev. Sidney Hurlbut The
ceremony was Of the simplest character,
according to the rites Of the Catholic
church. and the only witnesses, besides
the officiating clergymen, were Mrs.
Washington Mclean and Mrs Ludlow.
wife Of Gen. Ludlow, mother and sister
respectively, Of the bride, ard Lieut.. Cald-
well, Admiral Dewey's secretary.
The arrangements for the wedding were
made with all the secrecy which has at
tended the whole affair. After procuring
the license for his wedding yesterday.
Lieut.. Caldwell called on Father Mackin,
of St. Paul's of which church Mrs. Hazen
is >communicant, and arranged for the
wedding today.
AS Admiral Dewey is not Catholic. a
special dispensation was required for the
performance Of the ceremony and this
was procured by Father Mackin from
Bishop Curtis, vicar general Of the dio-
cese Of Baltimore, who granted 1t in the
absence of Cardinal Gibbons, who is at
present in New Orleans Father Mackin
went to Baltimore for this purpose yes
terday afternoon
At 9:45 a. m. today two carriages. con-
tanning the wedding party, drew up be-
| fore the red brick rectory in the rear Of
St. PauIs The general public had no
int1mation of where the ceremony was
to take place, and not a single spectator
was present as the party alighted. Ad-
miral Dewey and Lieut.. Caldwell quickly
stepped from their carriage, and the ad
mtral assisted the bride-elect and her
mother and sister from the other car
riage.
Mrs. Hazen was gowned IN a pearl gray
silk, over which she wore long, stylish,
black wrap, trimmed with silver fox, and
| lined with lavender 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 pre-
sented to Father Mackin and the two
clergymen who were to assist in the GER
emony. Upon being presented to Father
Mackin the admiral said that he had
heard that Father Mackin had in his ear
ly years been sailor, and it gave him
additional happiness to know that he
was to be married by clergyman who at
one time had followed the sea. Father
Mackfn replied happily that when he
found that he could not become an ad-
miral he had determined to become a
priest.
Mrs. Hazen removed her wrap and she
and the admiral Immediately took their
places in the center Of the little reception
! room, where the ceremony was performeI
which made them man and wife Father
! Mackin and his assistants wore simple
| black cassocks.
SOLEMN ADVICE.
Before the ceremony Father Mackin
addressed the contracting parties as fol-
| lows:
Before pronouncing the solemn words
which will bind you forever together it
may be we'll to forget for a moment the
things that are around US, and to look
upward. We are the children Of God,
! and we have a right to- call upon Him
! in joy and in sorrow. We need His
J 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 a moment their fulillment is
~ -
/ God to witness and to bless this union
J of which He is the author and which
! He has made sacred. No matter how
/ generous and devoted you may be to
each other, there are in every life mo-
ments Of trial when we, in our weakness
need the help that comes from above
/ and this help will be given in its full
ness, in return for the faithful fulfllment
of our obligation. The higher your DO
sition in life, the more incumbent upon
you is the faithful fulf1llment of your OBJ
legation, and the more rigorous the ac-
counts that will be eXacted. The ne
! glect of these obligations will cast its
shadow upon eternity. But this hour,
we hope, marks the beginning of a ca
reer which will make you wiser, better
! and more useful to your fellow creatures
in this life, and the life beyond and
! when death at last, shall break the link
which binds You, as death alone can
hands as fopdIy clasped and the two
| hearts as closely joined as they are to-
day, and may the joys of this life be a
foretaste of the joys that are to come"
The ceremony was performed with the
| ring, according to the nuptial rights of
the Catholic church. Including the ad-
| dress of Father Mackin, 1t consumed less
| than five minutes. Father Mackin was
the first to hail the bride as Mrs Dewey.
| Congratulations and fluctuations fol-
| lowed, and the wedding party drove di-
rectly from the rectory to the residence
of the brides mother, Mrs. Mclean.
where a wedding breakfast was served.
Father Mackin, who performed the GER
emony, when a lad of seventeen, ran
away from home with two other boys.
and went to sea. Father Mackin's sea
career, however, was very brief He
said that he found that he was untitled
| for the life of a sailor, and a few months
found him back at his books
After arriving at the Mclean residence
! Admiral Dewey was driven to his own
house. There he changed his costume
for a travelling suit, returning to the
Mclean residence on foot. The wedding
breakfast lasted an hour. There were
present only the bride and groom, Mrs
Mclean, Mrs. Ludlow, Lieut.. Caldwell
and Mr.. Fred Bugher. The table was
elaborately decorated with brides roses