Show VERY PRIVATE WEDDING OF MRS BEinilCK AND BENJAMIN HARRISON Ceremony Performed by Dr Wesley Wes-ley Drown In New York Yester lAt Home in Philadelphia NEW YORK April GThe marriage of Mrs Mary Lord Dimmick to General Gen-eral Benjamin Harrison was solemnized solemn-ized at St Thomas church this afternoon after-noon at 543 Dr Wesley Brown rector rec-tor officiating at the ceremony The marriage which took place in the presence of twenty relatives and select friends of the bride and groom was a very private affair The edifice was not decorated in the lavish style that marked the nuptials of Miss Vanderbilt Van-derbilt and Miss Whitney the two most important weddings of the season I sea-son but the flowers used lilacs and ascension lilies were arranged in ext ex-t quisite taste and the chancel looked even prettier and more effective than I at the two previous weddings Mrs Dimmick arranged all the details regarding re-garding the decorations The altar was I relieved with palms tropical plants and banks of white lilacs surmounted with bunches of ascension lilies On either sde of the altar was placed a large vase of white lilacs The guests as they arrived at the church were received by Mr E F Tibbot General Harrisons private secretary and Mr Daniel 11 Ramsdell who was marshal at Washington dun TiE BRIDE ing General Harrisons administration and who was seated in the front pew of the church At 520 Mrs John E Parker the brides sister was escorted to the front pew on the left by Mr Ramsdell and simultaneously Mr and Mrs Pinchol were escorted to the front pew on the right by Mr Tibbot Governor Morton Mor-ton attended by his military secretary occupied the pew directly behind Mrs Parker and behind them were Senator Sen-ator and Mrs Stephen B Elkins Mr John W Foster and Mr George W Boyd of the Pennsylvania railroad In the pews behind Mr and Mrs Pinciol sat the brides relatives and friends Major and Mrs Richard Parker chan sellor and Mrs McGIH the Misses Dim mck and Mrs Briggs Mr and Mrs Leeds Mr Norman Leeds and the Misses Leeds Mr and Mrs Broughton and Miss Lambert General and Mrs Fltzjohn Porter and the Misses Porter General Harrison left the Fifth Avenue Ave-nue hotel accompanied by General Benjamin F Tracy In a closed carriage car-riage at 5 oclock and was driven to the Rev Dr Browns house on Fifty third street They passed through the house to the vestry where they awaited the coming of the bridal party The bride left the home of her sister Mrs John F Parker 40 East Thirty eighth street at 510 She was accompanied accom-panied by her brotherinlaw Lieutenant Lieuten-ant John F Parker who gave her away They arrived at the church entrance en-trance at 520 and proceeded to the lower room where the bridal procession proces-sion formed in the following order Mr E F Talbot Mr Daniel lI Rams del ushers Mrs Dimmick and Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Parker and proceeded to the chancelroom where General Harrison accompanied by his best man General Tracy received his bride The ushers standing to one side faced the altar as the bride and groom stepped forward for-ward to the altar rail where the rector rec-tor Dr Brown was waiting Dr George William Warren organist of the church playing the bridal mu ic from Lohgren and during the ceremony cere-mony playing very softly Mascagls Intermetzo Caveliere That portion of the matrimonial service known as the marriage service proper the recital re-cital of which lasts only about fifteen minutes was used and immediately the blessing was pronounced General and Mrs Harrison followed by Mrs John F Parker and General Tracy Mr Tlbbot and Mr Ramsdell Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Parker and Mr and Mrs Pin chol walked down the aisle to the strains of the Tannhauser March of Wagner and entered the carriages waiting at the entrance The bridal party was then driven to the residence of Mr and Mrs Pinchol 2 Grammarcy park where light refreshments were served and where the party donned traveling attire for the trip to Indianapolis Indian-apolis Mrs Dimmicks wedding gown was of pearl gray gros grain and silk The skirt was plain with a short train falling from the waist in full soft godets A Louis XVI coat Opening In front over a full vest of white I chiffon with broad revers draped with rare old honiton lace half a yard In width extending down each side of the front and draped over the hips forming a coat effect The sleeves were long and full tapering to the arm below be-low the elbow and extending In a fall of lace at the waist Around the neck there was a plush collar of palest blue velvet over which was entwined a robe of magnificent pearls fastened with a diamond clasp the gift of the bridegroom She carried a large boquet of lllly of the valley The bonnet worn by the bride was a dainty French creation composed of lace and blue velvet with a white aigrette held In place by jewel pins The groom wore a well made Prince Albert coat worn closely buttoned with trousers of dark White gloves and gray a white silk fourinhand tie completed the bridegrooms attire He wore a boirtonlerre of lily of the valley Gen eral TracY woo was attired In conventional conven-tional afternoon style wore a buttonhole button-hole of lily of the valley and white violets and the ushers wore white violets vio-lets Mrs John F Parker th brides sister carried an equlsite bouquet of catalayae orchids General and Mrs Harrison will leave the residence of Mr and Mrs > PIn Chol at 7 oclock and be driven to the Desbroses street ferry driving directly on board the Pennsylvania ferry boat which will leave Immediately for the depot where the bridal couple will enter the private car of President Frank Thomson attached to the regular regu-lar train leaving for Minneapolis at 750 Immediately the train pulls out dinner wil be served on the car General Gen-eral and Mrs Harrison being Joined by Lieutenant and Mrs John F Parker and General Tracy who accompanied the bridal party as far as Philadelphia Mrs Harrison who is a small but very graceful woman rather dark complex ion and of a very bright and attrac atrc tire appearance is related t General Harrison through his late wife who was her aunt She was born at Honesdale Pa Her father was Russell S Lord He was general manager of the Delaware Hudson company Mrs Dimmicks I younger life was spent at Honesdaie jWhprn she became acquainted with herS J h her-S < J t first husband Walter E Dimmick a member of a wealthy Pennsylvania family fam-ily but who Ie within a few months after their marriage After the death of her first husband she lived with her mother and her father and rs Lords father Mr Scott until her mothers death in lEo when she came to New York City to live with her sister Mrs John E Parker She spent some considerable consid-erable time at the White House during General Harrisons administration and was a great favorite with her aunt the geat favorie wih late Mrs Harrison General Benjamin Harrison was born In North Bend Ohio In August 1S33 and is in his 63rd year He is a grandson of v H Harrison eighth president of the United States After graduating from a law school Inl8 he was married in Oxford Ohio to th late Mrs Harrison moving at once to Indianapolis Jn I860 he was elected official reporter of the supreme su-preme court of Indiana In 1SS2 he raised a regiment the Seventieth Indiana went into the field as colonel and served through a number of Important engagements engage-ments with distinction He was breveted brigadiergeneral before the close of the war On his return to Indianapolis at the close of the war he was reelected cose later official court reporter One year he return to th practice of law and in 1876 when the regular nominee withdrew with-drew shortly before the election the nomination was forced upon General Harrison Har-rison for governorship but vas defeated by a narrow majority In 1SSO he was elected to the United States senate from Indiana and served one term and In 1SSS he was elected president of the United States There was a large crowd around the church which kept gathering after the bridal party had entered the church Captain Steinkemo and seventyfive men kept the avenue clear for carriages cear There was no block or unusual crush time at any Immediately after the bridal party left the church the crowd dispersed At 7 oclock General Harrison and his bride left the home of 11 and Mrs Pinchol in Grammercy park and entered a closed carriage In a second carriage were Lieutenant and Mrs Parker and General Tracy and in the third carriage Mrs Harrisons maid Daniel Ramsdell and E F Tibbott had left for the Pennsylvania depot Immediately on leav ing the church to prepare for the arrival of the bridal party At 700 oclock the party arrived at Desbroses street and were driven Immediately on board the ferry which pulled out soon after for the depot On the arrival of the party at the depot de-pot they were conducted to President Thomsons private car which had been placed at General Harrisons disposal In Philadelphia Philadelphia April SThe train bearing General and Mrs Harrison arrived here at 1016 tonight The bridal party occupied 1 oc-cupied a special car A crowd of about lCOO braved the rain and gathered about the car The expresident appeared on appred the platform while the bride stood In the I door way te |