The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-11
Disgracefu| Scsaes follow the GOe|et- ROxbuTghe Wedding
POLICE ALMOST POWERlESS
One Woman craWled Under Canvas of Canopy and Was Dragged Away By an Officer, Who Caught
 Her by the Ankle.

Ne~ York, November 1O.-The marriage of Miss May Goelet, only daughter of Mrs Ogden Goelet, and one of the richest of American heiresses to Henry John In- nes-Ker. eighth Duke of Roxburghe was solemnized today at St. Thomas church in this city, Bishop William Croswell Doane, of Albany, assisted by the Rev. Earnest M. Stires of St. Thomas church, perform ing the ceremony. A company of 250 25O guests, small number for an interna- tional marriage of such importance, wit messed the ceremony but masses of palms shrubbery and flowers banked the altar so effectively that the great nave seemer far from empty. In the chancel itself where the ceremony took place, palms. Japanese chrysanthemums and English primroses were combined in an artistic color scheme with which the orchids on the pulpit and the lilies about the altar toned beautiful ly.
 Forming the outer vestibule of the church the bridal party proceeded down the aisle to the chancel steps, the bride the arm of her brother, Robert Goeet. She was gowned in white satin yelled with pink yalenciennes lace and trimmed with wreaths of orange blossoms. Her veil was of tulle and she carried an old fash toned bouquet of lilies of the valley. The maid of honor Miss Beatrice Mills and the other bridesmaids, Lady Innis- Ker, Miss Martha Johnston, Miss Alice Bab- cock, Miss Marian Haven, Miss Theresa 1slin, Miss Nina Thayer of Boston, and Miss Pauline Whittier wore gowns of pink mousseline de soe, of the quaint and effective Louis Seize period combined with ecru lace toques of pink velvet trimmed with lace and sable and carried in place of bouquets, muffs of pink velvet and sa- ble. The ushers, Hugo Barring, Howard Brassey, Robert Wharton Goelet, Rogers Winthrop, Henry Bull and William Wood ward did net precede the brid. party as e;zktcrlsxy, bdt @Nere seated Sefore the bride entered.
 At chance Steps.
 At the chancel steps the bride was met by the Duke and his best man, the Hon. Reginald Ward. son of the late Earl of Dudley, and the bethrothal service of the Protestant Episcopal church was read by MT. Stlres. The party then advanced to the altar rail, where the Episcopal 
 Doane.
 Afterwards the Duke and Duchess went to the home of Mrs. ogden Goelet on Fifth avenue, where an informal recep- ton, to which only a part of the wedding guests were bidden was held It had been intended to make the wedding a more brilliant function, but the death of Sir Michael Herbert uncle of the bride, caused the change in plans.
 The Duke and Duchess left the Goe- let residence in a carriage, to which at the last moment long white streamer was attached by the ushers, and drove to the grand central station where they en- tered private car for Newport.
 Fifth avenue in the vicinity of the church, was the scene before and dur ing the ceremony of excitement and dis order unparalleled at any of the previous great weddings in New York. From the church to the Geolet residence. a distance of five bo<s, the avenue was a surging mob. numbering fully 10000 persons, most ly women, whom a force of 200 policemen was powerless to hold in check.
 Women ForcibIy Elected.
 Before the service began, several hun dred women gained entrance to the church and seated themselves in the gal leries from which they were forcibly dislodged by squad of police a few min utes before the arrival of the bride.
 
 bride-to-be and her brother, Robert Goe- let neared the church, it was surround ed by women, who stopped the horses in their efforts to see the bride, clung to the carriage some of them getting on the steps and thrusting their heads into the open windows. MT. Goelet called to the police, but it was some moments before the half dozen policemen who rushed to the rescue were able to drive the crazed
  proceed.
 When the carriage of MT. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt which was just ahead of the bride, reached the canopy leading from the curb to the church, the crowd of women, banked up twenty five deep either side, rushed fran tically forward carrying the solid lines of policemen with them. and for mo- ment choked the entrance. They were forced back, only to rush forward again when the brides carriage drew up By this time policemen from other points had collected there, but in spite of them. a group of half a dozen women swooped down and lifted the canvas of the can opy and crawled part way under. They crawled to their positions notwithstand- ing all the efforts of the police to pull them away, and several of them man. aged to keep their heads under the cam vas until the prlde ndu passed up.
 Woman Caught by the Ankle.
 patrolman caught one well-dressed woman by her ankle and dragged her along the walk, she clnging to the can vas until she was forced to loose her hold She was lifted up smiling and sat- isfied. She had seen the bride.
 Along the Fifty-third street side of the church. fifteen weli-dressed women crawled down into a coal hole leading underneath the chancel They could not see anything, but they could hear what was going on above. Policemen had to get in and drive them out.
 Four hours after the ceremony, Fifth avenue was still crowded with curious women, many of whom were laden with spells from the church decorations, for after the invited guests had left the mob crowded into the church and proceeded at once to tear the chrysanthemums and lilies from the entrance In few min- r.ta hoo tO Ia