Evening journal., 1903-11-11
MISS GOBLET
now A DUCHESS
Carriage Of the Bride Stopped
by a Crowd of Curious
Women
POLICE PONERLESS TO CHECK THEM

New York, Nov. 1.-THE marriage
of Miss May Goelet. only daughter OF
Mrs. ogden Goelet, and the richest Of
American heiresses. to Henry John
lnnes-Ker. eighth Duke Of Roxburghe,
and 18th in order of, precedence Of the
dukes OF Great Britain. was solem.
nized at St. Thomas Church, in this
city. Bishop William Croswell Doano
of Albany, assisted by the Rev Ernest
NJ. stires. ofist3 Thomas Church, per.
formed the ceremony. A company Of
$50 guests. a small number for an la.
ternational marriage of such import
ance, witnessed the ceremony.
Forming in the outer vestibule OF
the church, the bridal party proceeded
down the aisle to the chancel steps
the bride on the arm Of her brother
Robert Goelet The maid of honor
was Misss Beatrice Mills, and the
bridesmaids Lady Isabel Innes-Ker
Miss Martha Johnston, Miss Alice Bah
cock. Miss Marian Haven, Miss Ther
esa Iselin. Miss Nina Thayer, of Bos
ton, and Miss, Pauline Whittier
At-the chanoel steps the bride was
met by the duke and his best man
the@ Hon. Reginald Ward. son of the
late Earl fsDudley, and the betrothal
service of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. was read by Mr.. stires, The
party then advanced to the altar rail
where the Episcopal marriage service
was read by Bishop Doane.
Afterward the duke and duchess
went to the home OF Mrs Ogden Goe.
let. on Fifth avenue, where an infor-
NAL reception, to which only a part
of the wedding guests were hidden,
was held lt had been intended to
make the wedding a more brilliant
function. but the death of Sir Michael
Herbert. uncle of the bride by mar
riage, caused the change in plans.
The duke and his bride Will spend
a few days at Newport. and the real
honeymoon viii be spent on his estate
in Scotland.
The duchess received many SUPERB
Jewels among her wedding gifts, which
are valued at over S1.0o0,O00 They
include a tiara of diamonds and pearls,
a necklace OF diamonds, a pendant OF
diamonds and emeralds, a head orna-,
ment OF diamonds a diamond collaR
many rings and bracelets set with
precious stones, besides a great duan-
tity Of gold and silver plate, cut
glass. etc.
The brides fortune. which She holds
entirely in her own right, Is estimated
at about ss0.OOO,00O
The duke owns an estate at Floors
Castle. on the Scottish border, com.
prislng $1,000 acgT OF land. AT the
death OF. his fztlst< he succeeded to
about 100000 a year.
Fifth avenue in the vicinity Of tho
church was the scene before and dur
ing the ceremony of excitement and
disorder unparalleled at any of the
previous great weddings in New York.
From the church TO the Goelet resi-
dence. a distance of FIVE blocks, the
avenue was a surging mob numbering
fully 10000 persons, mostly women.
whom force Of 200 policemen were
powerless to hold in check. Before
the service began several hundred
women gained entrance to the church
and seated themselves in the gallery
from which they were forcibly dis
lodged by a squad of police a few min
utes before the arrival Of the bride
When the carriage containing the
bride-tobe and her brother, Robert
Goelet neared the church II was sur
rounded by women, who stopped the
horses. and IN their efforts to see the
bride clung to the carriage, some of
them getting on the steps and thrust
ing their heads into the open windows.
When the carriage Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, which was just
ahead Of the bride, reached the canopy
leading from the curb 10 the church.
the crowd Of women banked up 25 feet
deep on either side rushed frantlcally
forward. carrying the solid lines of po-
licemen. with them. and for a moment
choked the entrance. They were
forced back. only to again rush for
ward when the brides carriage drew
up. By'this time policemen from other
points had been collected there, but in
spite Of them a group Of half a dozen
women stopped down and lifted the
canvas Of the canopy and crawled I'M
der. They chung TO their positions. not.
withstanding all the efforts Of the
police to o'pull them away, and several
Of them managed TO keep their heads
under the canvas until the bride had
passed up. A patrolman caught one
well-dressed woman by one of her an.
kles and dragged her along the walk,
she still clinging to the canvas. She
was picked up smiling and satisfied
She had seen the bride.