Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-02
WEDDING BELLS WILL RING MAY t3
Millionaire Magnate of Pittsburg, Who Rose From Ranks In Carne- gle Mills, to Make Actress
 His Wife.

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 NEW YORK, May g. Following
 close upon the reelection of William
 Ellis Corey as president of the steel
 trust at salary of $100,000 a year
 Miss Mabelle Gilman, his fiancee, ar i rived here from Paris and Havre on
 the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm der l Crosse.
 Miss Mabelle Gilman said when seen concerning her reported marriage, to
 William E. Corey:
 | "1 must refuse to discuss my per sonal affairs. However important you may regard 1t for me to gratify the cu- riosity of inquiring friends and stran- gers, am afraid cannot share your view. But will so far depart from this resolution to say that Mir. Corey and 1 will be married in this city on May 13 and both Mir. Corey's family and mine will be present. That is all."
 The actress and her mother came over on the big liner under assumed names, and their presence was not known to many of the passengers. The officers of the ship were, however, fully aware of their identity.
 To the customs officials Miss Gilman explained that she had come over un- der an assumed name because she wished to avoid notoriety. II did not want to see the reporters" she added.
 When she came off the liner at the pier in Hoboken, Miss Gilman wore a salmon colored dress and an elegantly cut jacket. A long turquoise veil part, ly covered her face.
 When addressed by reporters she turned her head away and pretended not to hear. Her mothes explained that she was deaf, saying, This is not Miss Gilman"
 A picture of Miss Gilman was shown to the actress, but she did not even smile.
 At the foot of West Twenty-third street an auto car was waiting, and Miss Gilman and her mother were whirled away to the Hotel Gotham.
 Miss Gilman, it is said. brought a magnificent rousseau with her. She spent many days ordering dresses and other articles in the Rue de la Paix, in Paris, and her purchases are report ed to have reached a very large sum- One of the gowns made by Worth is said to have cost $10,000
 Mir. Corey had had a corps of dec orators and furnishers in the house at sos Fifth avenue. which he recently leased. and it is said the wedding cere- mony is to be performed there.
 Mabelle Gilman has been more or less celebrated on the stage in New York and London for ten years. She was born in San Francisco, and her first New York engagement was with Augustin Daly's company. She un- derstudied Virginia Earle in 'The Geisha" company and took the part when Miss Earle fell i'll and since then has been playing principal parts or starring.
 The most striking incident in her ca- reer. aside from her theatrical success es. may be said to be the publication of several love letters addressed to her by the crown prince of Siam. who met her in London when she was playing in 'The Belle of New York"
 William E. Corey was born in Brad ] dock. Pa, thirty -nire years ago and i at sixteen went to work in a coal mine. but soon got a place in the Carnegie | mills. His promotion was rapid and | from the position of a roller and pud- dler came to have charge of the armor i plate department. Before he was thir- ! ty he was head of the Carnegie Steel company. and three years ago he was made president of the steel trust. He married some years ago. but his wife has recently obtained divorce.
 Four yeals ago Corey met Mabelle Gilman. who was then starring in the comic opera The Mocking Bird" which filled a weeks engagement at Pittsburg.
 Corey attended the performance on the first night. and. it is said. was then smitten by Miss Gilman's charms. Al idue Iel'oTl sdld Inat the couple | lad been married last night.
 Miss Gilman. her mother and Corey III vanished from the hotel during the evening. and the gossip among their friends was that the ceremony was performed by New York pastor.
 Meanwhile the Gotham was besieged y reporters. who swarrned about the and were finally informed hat under orders from Mir. Corey the lotel management had cut of all teIe- hone connection with the Gilman apartments and that neither telegrams iOr any other message would be deIiv- ] red.
 Corey's reelection Is regarded as a indication because of the rumor that Ie would be depOsed from his position