The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-02-05
MEMORIAL EXERCISES
TO MEMORY OF QUEEN VICTORIA HfLD
IN AMERICAN CHURCHES
In st. Johns Episcopal Church, Ws1h-
ington, Funeral Services are HAd,
Attended by the President and C4b-
met, Other High Officials and the
Foreign Representatives = Similar
Services In st. Michaei's Church pf
Charleston, 8. c..

Washington. February I'm Die
presence Of distinguished assemblake.
including the president of tie Cn4e6
States and his entire cabinet, impress
sive tritUte today was rendered. to
EnSland's dead queen. The ceremony
occurred at ST. John Episcopal CHURCH.
begirnins at IL o'clock this mo ming,
and was q stinctly official in character.
The British ambassador, Lord Paunce-
fcte. he e, en- directed by the London
foreign Office to bestow this last mark
Of respcet to the dead sovereign.
The quaint old church where the SER
yiLes were held was taxed to it's utmost
capacity with a great crowd eager to
gain admission.
The interior was elaborately decorat
ed with purple, and flowers were pro-
fusely used. President Mckinley and
the members Of the cabinet arrived
shortly before IL o'clock and were es
fcorted to seats on the right of 40
&church, Immediately fronting the chan
lcel. Chief Justice Fuller and the asso-
ciate justices Of the United States su-
preme court occupied pews Immediately
in the rear of the presidential party,
while to the right were ranged senators
and members of the house of represen-
tatives, including the presiding officer
of the senate, Mr.. Eyre, and Speaker
Henderson.
The presence Of the diplomatic corps
in full uniform lent touch OF brillian-
cy to the otherwise sombre surround
ings. Lord Pauncefote was in the full
uniform of his. high diplomatic office,
with a black band about his left arm
and a knot of Grape on the hilt Of his
sword. He was accompanied by Lady
Pauncefote and the Honorable Misses
Pauncefote, and by the embassy staff.
Foreign ambassadors and ministers,
in full uniform, Lieutenant General
| Miles and Admiral Dewey and many
| army and navy officers were present.
At II o'clock the soft strains of the
organ and the distant sounds of the
professional hymn f1oated through the
chruch, and with measured tread the
white robed choir boys entered the
sanctuary singing For All Thy Saints"
Following them came Bishop Henry
Y. Satterlee, D. D., bishop of Washing
ton; DR.. Alexander Mackay-Smith,r rec
tor OF st. Johns church; DR.. Rudolph
H. McKim, rector of the Church of the
Epiphany, and Rev. Ernest NJ. Pad
dock, acting chaplain to the bishop.
The service was that of the church of
England for the burial of the dead.
The lesson was read by DR.. Mackay-
Smith. Bishop Satterlee delivered an
impressive panegyric on Victoria.
Mr.. McKim read the burial ritual
Of the Episcopal church and Bishop
Satteraee pronounced the benedition.
Charleston, s. c., February AT the
request of the st. Andrews Society,
founded 1929, and the st. Georges So
ciety, founded 1888, special memorial
services were held at the time of the
queens funeral, at historic st. MichaePs
church today, Rev. John Kershaw, the
rector and the Episcopal clergy in the
city taking part.
In the crowded congregation were the
mayor and aldermen, all the foreign
consuls, except the British consul, Co.
lionel Coetlogon, who was detained by
illness, and the members Of the two So
cieties, the plaids of the St. Andrews
officers being draped in Grape. There
was no eulogy- the service consisting
of extracts from the Episcopal burial
service, the entire congregation joining
in the recessional hymn "God Save the
King" The organ of the church is of
ancient English make and is said to
have beeen first played at the corona
ton of George LII.