Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-06-10
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The McCormick-Hanna Wedding

/ The Mccormick Hanna Wedding.
Cleveland, O., June 10. There was
much furry at the palatial Hanna home
on Lake Avenue, in anticipation OF the
wedding this morning. A special car
with party from Washington arrived
over the Lake Shore road at 1885
O'Clock. In the party were Senator
and Mrs. Keane; Senator and Mrs.
Wetmore; Senator and Mrs. Aldrich;
and Senator Hale. They were driven
at once to the Hanna residence where
Senator aud Mrs. Hanna were waiting
them. An early morning train yester-
day from Chicago, brought Robert ,.
Mccormick, Ambassador to Russia,
father of the groom, who had come
10 900 miles from st. Petersburg to at
tend the wedding. Mrs. Mccormick
accompanied him. They are guests oil
Senator and Mrs. Hanna. Senator
Hanna refused to permit any of the
Senatorial guests to be interviewed by
the newspaper men. Adjutant General
Corbin was the only one of the distin-
guished visitors who was at any time in
evidence.
Chiefof Police Kohler arranged to have
a big detail of policemen on hand when
President Roosevelt arrived in Cleveland
today. The PRESIDENTS special arrived
between six and seven O'Clock this
morning. When the party left the
train at the Union station 100 picked
policemen in uniform we're on guard
there. Senator Foraker will not attend
the wedding nor will either of his
daughters. IL was explained at the
Hanna home that the Forakers had been
invited, but had found it impossible to
attend. The wedding breakfast will be
served at 2 p. m, the brides table to
occupy the centre of the large dining
room accommodating the bridal couple,
the bridesmaids, the parents of the bride
and groom, President Roosevelt and
Miss Alice. The remaining tables will
be set upon the lawn. About $50 plates
will be laid. The bridal couple will
leave Cleveland this evening, but the
lime Of their departure will be known
only to the immediate family. They
will 90 first to Chicago, thence to Mon
ticello, Ills. Though Senator Hanna
has refused to tell what his wedding
gift to his daughter Ruth will be, it is
understood to consist of a check for a
large sum with which she is to purchase
a handsome home in Chicago. Mrs.
Hanna's gift to the bride was a splendid
string of pearls.
Cleveland, O., June 10,-Ruth, the
second daughter of Senator and Mrs.
NJ. A. Hanna, was united in marriage
to Mr.. Joseph Medill Mccormick, Of
Chicago at st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
at noon today. An hour before the
wedding time the church began to fill
up rapidly. Carriage after carriage was
led to the door and the wealth and
fashion of Cleveland stepped forth and
swept into the edifce. 1t was bewilder-
ing display of feminine beauty gowned
in striking creations. No state function
in the national capital ever witnessed more
distinguished men in attendance upon
gorgeous women. The interior of the
church was a mass of white and green.
No other colors we're to be seen in the
decorations. Peonies, deutschia, ferns
palms and vines were everywhere, the
great white clusters of the familiar
flowers mingling in harmony with the
green of the vines and spreading potted
palms. Magnificent simplicity marked the
whole. At the first tones from the organ
the bridemaids leading the bridal pro-
cession moved slowly up the aisle. As
he bridesmaids, carrying moss roses
and bridal wreaths, approached the
altar, they divided at the chancel steps.
The bride passed up the aisle on the
arm of her father. She wore princess
gown of peau de sole, long tulle veil,
and orange blossoms in her dark hair.
A short veil covered her face. She car
ried no flowers and was gloveless, a mag.
nifcent solitaire diamond ring being hel
only ieweled ornament. Following the
bride and her father came Mrs. NJ. A,
Hanna on the arm of President ROose-
welt. The ushers brought up the rear
of the procession. The bridegroom,
Joseph Medill Mccormick, and best man,
Rutherford Mccormick, entered from q
side door and met the bride at the foot
of the chancel steps. Rev. George G..
McGoew, rector OF St. Pauls Church,
and Rev. S. p. Billings, rector of Gro
ton, Mass, school, received the party.
As the organ ceased, the bridegroom and
bride stepped to the two clergymen and
and the espousal was performed. The
couple then assembled the steps to the
altar where Bishop w. A. Leonard COM
pleted the ceremony. Immediately after
the final services, the bridal party and
wedding guests were driven to Glenmere,
the Hanna home, for the wedding break
fast.
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