Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1899 — DEWEY IS MARRIED. [ARTICLE]

DEWEY IS MARRIED.

Weds Mrs. Hazen Privately but Without Secrecy. Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred Hazen were married at the Presbytery of St. Paul’s Catholic Church, Washington, at 10 o’clock Thursday morning. In anticipation of this event Washington society has been in a state of feverish excitement for the last two weeks, since tbe engagement was announced. It was one of the* simplest weddings ever held in the national capital. It united fame with beauty and wealth, but there was nothing to indicate either in the simple ceremony performed in the plain apartment of a Catholic priest. There were no distinguished witnesses, no bridesmaids, no flowers, no music. There was no gaping crowd of curions onlookers, there were only the bride and groom, the mother and sister of tbe bride, Lieut. Caldwell, the admiral’s secretary, Father Mackin and his two assistants. In love, ns in war, George Dewey had no hesitation or ostentation. While tbe world waited to hear when Dewey expected to attack the Spanish fleet, there came flashing under the seas and across two continents the brief but startling news that Dewey had destroyed the Spanish fleet and held an empire in his grasp. So, while society waited anxiously to know when Dewey was to be married, and who would be invited, the simple announcement went out from Father Mackin's house that George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred Hazen were married in the presence of proper witnesses at the presbytery.