Evening star., 1895-02-23
DOUGLASS MEMORY
Arrangements Completed for the Fu-
neral Monday.
IN THE METROPOLITAN A. N. E. CHURCH
The Colored Public Schools to Be
Closed That Day.
HONORS TO THE DEAD

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The preliminary arrangements for the
| funeral of Frederick Douglass have been
| completed and the program arranged for
| the services at Metropolitan A. NJ. b.
| Church. Monday the remains will lie
| in state in that church from . am.
| until pm. The clergymen and speakers
will meet in one Of the lecture rooms down.
stairs before the service and will meet the
mourners and relatives at the entrance
| and precede them up stairs into the main
room of the church, Rev. j. G. Jenlfer,
| pastor Of the church, leading the funeral
procession and reading the ritual service of
| the church the procession moves along.
| Bishop Turner will announce the hymn
| for the occasion, which will be followed
| by prayer by Rev. Alexander Crummell.
The choir will render appropriate Sc
| lection and Bishop Wayman of Baltimore
will read the Scripture subject. Moses
Hodges of Boston will render a vocal solo,
and then will follow the funeral sermon
by Rev. Mr.. Jenifer. Short addresses will
| follow by DR.. F. ]. Grimke and Rev. Hugh
T. Stevenson, pastor of the Anacostia Bap-
| tist Church. The choir will render another
selection and the services will conclude
| with five-minute talks by speakers not yet
selected.
The list Of honorary pallbearers as now
arranged is as follows: b. X. Bruce. w.
II. A. Wormley. John r: Lynch John F.
Cook, Professor E. C. Messer, P. B. s.
weather, John r. Francis. F. G. Barbados.
Captain d. l.. Pitcher, Professor b. E. Mes
ser Congressman George H. Murray, DR..
G. 3. Purvis and Leonard c. Bailey.
The active pallbearerS We're selected from
among the colored letter carriers Of Wash
in,;ton and comprise Messrs. John H: George,
Richard B.Peters. John w .Curry.W H. Mar
shall, w. H Cowan, H. w. Hewlett. Mer-
Ger s. Alexander, John D. Butler, Raymond
Russell and Dorsey Seville
The question of handling the crowd has
been puzzling those having the arrange
mcnts in hand, and only a limited number
Of seats have been reserved, which, if not
filled by ten minutes of O'Clock by those
who have engaged them, will be thrown
open TO the public. Prof. George w. Cook
of Howard University was today besesed
by applicants for seats in the church. and
this afternoon had but a few left for dis
poSal.
Many persons, in order to view the re-
mains. will possibly go to Anacostia. but
the remains will be conveyed from the
| home at very early hour Monday morn
ing, and there is but little trouble aut1ci-
pate from crowds at that place, though
Sergt. Kirby has been asked to prevent
any croWding.
AS far as has been learned, the remains
will, after the funeral, leave promptly on
the train Monday afternoon for Rochester.
and be received by a committee appointed
by the city council of that place, which
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to make arrange ements for receiving the
body.
All of the floor Of the Metropolitan A.. M.
E. Church will be reserved for the funeral
services. Those desiring tickets must ap-
ply to Prof. Geo. Cook of Howard Uni
yeTsity after $50 pm. today. The gallery
seats will not be reserved.
HonOrs for the Dead.
Several suggestions have been made as to
the mode of honoring the memory of the
dead colored leader. The suggestion from
Mrs. NJ. F. Otey, published in The Star of
last evening, that the children in the color
Ell schools wear badge of mourning for
a suitable period, seems to have met with
the approval OF many. Today it was decid-
81 to close the co,ored public schools on
Monday the day of the funeral.
DR.. f. j. Shadd, trustee of the county
schools, in an announcement sent to The
Star. that the co!orei schools of the county
| would be closed. wrote:
The death of Frederick Douglass has
deeply affected all of The American
people mourn his loss. When impartial
history shall be written the name OF Doug
lass Will be placed among the leaders OF
thought ana action of the world AS his
| life and character should be inspiration
to every youth of the land it is hoped that
| in the near future there will be a Douglass
| day in coloced schools, 50 that the chll-
| dren can learn of the many brave ana ne
| ro!c deeds done by this champion OF the
+, cause of freedom and equal rights. AS a
| tribute of respect to his memory nave
| suspended the colored schools of the county
| for next Monday.
The Enamel pa ton Association.
| JasW. Poe. president of the Emancipation
| Association of the District of Columbia, has
| issued the following request to the men,
| bers and friends of the association: Where
| as. God, who doeth all things WELL has call
| Frederick
| Douglass, statesman, counselor, diplomat,
| orator and one of the great instrumentaii-
| ties in the emancipation of his race; there
| fore, l request the superntendents COM
| mittees and all officers and friends OF the
association to meet at israel BaptiSt
| Church, 11th street between f and u
streets northeast Sunday, at ) pm, to
mass suitable resolutions of respect in hon
| or of our great dead, and TO fix date Tor
| memorial services by the association.
Mr.. HiiIyer's Suggestions.
Mr.. Andrew F. Hillyer says in commu-
nication to The Star:
The life of Mr.. Douglass is certainly an
| exa,nplifcation of the possibilities of our
free American institutions. In no other
cotntry in the world would it have been
possible for a man to have come up from
the low depths from which he came, at
tain the height which he attained, and
accomplish what he accomplished. But
he himself was created great IN a country
of great opportunities. He took advantage
of his opportunities and was the central
figure in a movement that revolutlonlzed
the sentiment of his country IN regard 10
his race movement which resulted in
their emancipation. their enfranchisement,
their right to hold office and their recogni-
ton as citizens throughout this entire
country Who ins history has accomplish
ed more for humanity, for his country and
for his own peoples? In view of his emil
nent services 1 take the liberty to suggest,
in order to secure concerted action, that
all persons who appreciate moral worth
and greatness should adopt some emblem
| of mourning for Mr.. Douglass. just as was
| done when Grant and Lincoln died. Es-
pecially should this be done by that class
| of American citizens whom he did so much
| to make free.
/. Let us drape our dwellings. our church
| es, our public halls and schools in mourn
| ing.
3 Let us wear upon our persons for
thirty days some badge Of mourning.
g. Let US adopt the suggestion of Mrs.
| Mary F. Otey. as published in The Star, to
a badge of mourn