The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-22
THE HONORS. PAID Nd
To the Memory. of the Late Baron
Hcrschell.
THE IMPRESSIVE SERVICES
Held Over the Rcmnins.o of the Latc
Member Of the Anglo-Amcrican
Commissioned Distinguished Audi.
cncc Present In Westminster Abbey.
Ambassador Choatc one of the Pail.
bearers

LONDON. March 21.--Funeral SER
vices over the remains Of the late Baron
Herscirell. who died at washington. on
March /. took place to-day in. West
minister Abbey.
A procession OF carriages formed at
the residence OF the deceased. Gros-
yenor Gardens, to which the body was
conveyed yesterday, on its arrival from
Portsmouth. At the residence the cas-
Set was placed in a glass-paneled
hearse, and the procession moved to
Westminster Abbey. There the body
was met by the relatives. clergy and
choir.
The pail bearers were the United
States ambassador. Joseph H. Choate;
the government leader in the house OF
commons; Mr.. Balfour: the speaker Of
the house Of commons. the Right Hon.
William Court Gully: the high commits
s!oner OF Canada, Baron Strathcona;
the Liberal leader In the house of lords,
the earl OF Kimberley: the Vice chan
cellor of the University of London, Sir
Henry Enfield Roscoe: the lord high
chancellor. the earl Of Halsbury. and
the chancellor OF the Duchy OF Lancas-
ter, Baron James, OF Hereford.
Lord Churchill. the lord-in-waitlng
TO the queen, represented Her Majesty,
and there were also present represent
atives OF the prince Of Wales and the
duke OF York.
The chief .mourner was the son Of the
deceased. Baron Richard Farrer Her
.haI hn fn1tnypnd q ha
members Of the family.
As the procession proceeded up the
nave. the burial office and the nine
tenth psalm were sung.
Lord Churchill bore the queens
wreath. which was OF bays. with an
autograph card. inscribed: "a mark Of
sincere regard, from Victoria, r. t.
The large congregation present in
Guided. the attorney general. Sir Rich
ard Webster. O. c.: the solicitor gen.
eral. Sir NJ. B. Finlay. Q. c.: the bishop
OF London. the Right Rev. Mandell
Creighton; the members OF the United
States embassy, the duke OF Westmins-
ter. the duke OF Aberdeen. the carl of
Morley, Baron Loeb. Of Drylaw; the
earl of Darlington, Baron Ashbourne.
the earl OF Cranbrook. Baron Tweed
mouth. the marquis OF Ripon, the earl
OF Aberdeen, Herbert Gladstone. the
secretary OF state for the colonies. Jo-
seph Chamberlain: the Right Hon. Sir
Her.T bell-Bannerman, the lead
Ing Judges and secretary Cartwright,
o. the Anglo-Amcrican commission.
The coffin was borne through the west
cloister. The late Baron Herschell's
official robes were placed at the head
Of the casket. and his ribbon and or
ders were placed at the foot. The re-
mains were accompanied blythe clergy
and choir up the nave tostthe space
beneath the lectern. whereSthey were
deposited with impressEeS services.
a trombone quartettc played Beetho-
ven's "EQualo.''
At the conclusion OF theservices. Sir
Frederick Bridge. who has been organ
LIST OF Westminster Abbey since 1875.
played the dead march from Saul"
The remains were afterwards remov-
ed TO Waterloo station. to be conveyed
to Clifre, Dorsetshlre, where they will
be inferred.