Evening star., 1895-05-27
Mr.. McCULLOCH BURIED
Simple and Impressive Services at Rocl
Greek Church.
Laid to Rest This Morning in a Quiet
Spot in the Beautiful Home
of the Dead.

Simple and unostentatiouS as his life had
been We're the funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Hugh McCulloch, held
this morning at Rock Creek Church, pre-
ceding the burial in Rock Creek church
yard The rain storm, which ragged with
unusual fury during the early morning
hours, broke away as the cortege bearing
Mr. McCulloch's body left Holly Hill, and
when the church was reached the sky was
cloudiess and the sun shone with gentle
warmth. There Were but few persons pres
ent at the hour of arrival, and the coffin,
borne by old retainers of the McCulloch
family. was met al the church door by Rev.
DR.. Buck, pastor of Rock Creek Church.
Rev. DR.. Alexander Mackay-Smith and
Rev. DR.. Aspinwan. Mrs. McCulloch. Miss
Mary McCulloch. Mrs. Yale and Messrs
Charles and Frederick McCulloch followed
the casket. and after them came other re,-
atives and the servants and domestics.
The friends who had come to pay their
last respects to the memory of who
had been so dear to them took their places
after these, and with them were the repre-
sentatives Of the, Treasury Department,
over whose affairs the dead financier had
presided with such signal success and
marked ability. The services were COM
merced Immediately the congregation had
entered the edifiee, Rev. Dr. Buck reading
n,
the responses being given by all who were
present. AT the conclusion of this beauti-
full and impressive service. DR.. Mackay-
Smith read, with deep feeling, the twenty
fifth chapter of the first epistle of ST. Paul
to the Corinthians AS his solemn and
sonorous voice ceased, the soft music of
the organ played the prelude to the ninety
third hymn, T Would Not Live Away"
which was exquisitely rendered by the
quartet forming the choir Prayers for the
dead were offered up by DR.. Aspinwall, and
at their copclusion the coffin was lifted,
and, followed by relatives of the dead and
the other mourners, was taken away to it's
last resting place, the choir singing Lead
Kindly Light" as the procession moved
out. ~' H
The grave had. been prepared on a hill
side, gently sloping to the north, beneath
the boughs of a tall chestnut tree, and the
coffin was lowered into bed of pine
branches. with which the opening had been
lined. The short and simple prayers at
the grave were recited by the minister's
and the earth closed over the mortal re-
mains of great and good man.
The gathering was small because of the
bad weather which prevailed almost up to
the time set for the services to begin, but
1t contained many prominent and distin-
guished people who had known the de-
ceased gentleman in life. The Treasury
Department was represented by Assistant
Secretary Hamlin, Treasurer Morgan AS
sistant Treasurer Conrad N. Jordan, vino
came over from New York to pay the last
tribute to his old friend; Controller Eckels
and Mrs. Mccormick and Miss Cartright
of the controllers office.
Mrs Mccormick is the only person now
IN government service who was with Mr.
McCulloch when he organized the office of
controller of the currency. Among the
others present were Judge 1. G. kimball,
Mr.. H. c. FahneStock of the First National
Bank of New York, Mr.. John Joy Edison,
Mr.. Brainard H. Warner, Mr. Lewis ].
Davis, Mr.. Hunt and Dr. Schaefer. The
choir consisted of Miss Mccullough, So
prano; Mrs. Hormies, contralto; Mr. Cros-
ley. tenor; Mr.. Reside, bass with Mrs.
Robbins as organist. The coffin was a
black cloth-covered casket, with massive
silver handles. and upon it rested a large
spray OF American beauty roses and palms.
This was the sole floral Offering seen in the
church, but a large bunch of roses and
lilies of the valley and two wreaths of
white roses were taken to the grave and
placed upon the mound after the interment