The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-05-17
A MIDNIGHT WEDDING
Steel Magnate and Actress
United at New York.
COREY GETS A BROOKLYN PASTOR.
PittsburE Millionaire and Mabeile
Gilman, Married Early This Morn
ing, Sail For EHrope-Gives
Bride Million.

NEW YORK, May 14.-The wedding
Of William Ellis Corey and Mabells
Gilman took place at 1913 u. N. thi.
morning at the Gotham hotel here.
Owing to the scandal caused by Mr.
Corey's recent divorce not only Epis
copal, but Presbyterian, Methodist and
Baptist ministers had refused to tie
the knot.
II is known that hr. Corey asked
many New York pastors to ofliciate
and was met with polite but firm dee
linations. Perhaps the decided stand
taken by Bishop Burgess Of Long Is.
land Influenced them. The bishop said
such a marriage-of a divorced man
could never take place in his diocese.
The general tendency OF the Episcopal
church has been to mako the rule more
stringent recently, and apparently
New York ministers have been living
up to the spirit OF the law.
The ceremony was performed by
Rov. ]. L. Clark, pastor OF the Bush
wick Avenue Congregational church Of
Brooklyn.
Long before the theaters had poured
their thousands into the night a thin
line Of curious people gathered about
the hotel and gazed expectantly at the
brilliant windows. The management
Of the hotel and those I'm charge Of the
decorations were given carte blanche
as to expense, and the decorations IN
the royal suit were magnificent.
After a sumptuous supper the party,
led by Mr.. Corey and Miss Gilman.
passed down the hall between the rows
Of palms to the double salon, which
was decorated to represent a small
church. Broad white ribbons attached
to small white posts formed an aisle
down the center Of the room, on either
side Of which were the chairs for those
invited 10 witness the ceremony. Here
the couple were married.
After the nuptials Mr.. Corey and his
bride took an automobile and were
whirled away to Hoboken, where they
boarded the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Of the
North German Lloyd line and sailed at
100 o'clock this morning for Europe
They occupied the captains suit, which
has been specially fitted up for the
trip.
Mr.. ana Mrs. A. A. Corey, father
and mother Of the bridegroom; Ada
Corey and Mrs. Elizabeth A. Riggs. his
sisters, and Mrs. A. A. Thomas Of Ne
Keesport, Pa, sister Of Miss Gilman.
were present at the wedding.
The wedding took place in the "royal
suit" on the first noor Of the Gotham
Between twenty-five and thirty
guests were present. most Of them
members Of the immediate families OF
Mr. Corey and Miss Gilman. Some Of
the steel magnates business associates
were also there.
Reversing the time honored custom.
the wedding dinner was given before
the ceremony, and It was very elabo-
rate affair. Decorations costing more
than $1,000 graced the room. One thou
sand dollars worth Of American Beau
ties were banked upon the tables and
about the room.
The ceremony took place immediate
~ after the dinner Mr. Corey was un
attended. Only one bridesmaid accom-
panied Miss Gilman to the horal arch
beneath which she became Corey's
bride. This was her companion. Miss
Mary Shaw.
United States Steel securities
to S1,OOOOOO were Mr.. Co
rey's wedding gift to his bride. The
securities were transferred to Miss Gll-
man at the Office Of the Morton Trust
where they are on deposit
The securities become Miss Gilman's
property absolutely.