Milford chronicle., 1903-11-13
MISS GOBLET WEDS
DUKE OF ROXBURGHE
Only Two Hundred and Fifty Persons
Witnessed the Ceremony.
WILD DISORDER ABOUT CHURCH

New York, Nov 1.-THE marriage
of Miss May Goelet, only daughter OF
Mrs. Ogden Goelet. and the richest of
American heiresses, to Henry JChn
Innes-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 Doane,
of Albany, assisted by the Rev. Ernest
NJ. Stires Of St. Thomas Church, per
formed the ceTen, ous. a company of
$50 guests. a sn- b, numbor TOR "a -
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 Their
esa Iselin, Miss Nina Thayer, of BOs-
ton, and Miss Pauline Whittier.
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 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-
The duke and his bride will spend
a few days at Newport, and the real
honeymoon will be spent on his estate
in Scotland.
The duchess received mSny superb
Jewels among her wedding SITS. which
are valued at over $1,0OO,00O. They
include 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 guam
tity Of gold and silver plate, cut
glass, etc.
The brides fortune, which sae a Nlds
entirely in her own right, is estimated
at about s3O,OOO.OOO.
Fifth avenue in the vicinity Of the
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 a force of 200 policemen were
poweTless 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 few min
utes before the arrival of the bride.
When the carriage containing the
bride-to-be and her brother, Robert
Goelet. neared the church it 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 to the church.
the crowd of women banked up 25 feet
deep on either side rushed franticaily
forward, carrying the solid lines of pO-
Hcemen with them, and for a moment
cholSed 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 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.