The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-02

the Legation SigBifying Mourning
While the solemn funeral services over
the remains OF EngIsnd's late Queen were
stiu in progress in London more than
! 5 0QO miles away, official Washington was
| also paying a similar tribute to the dead
| sovereign this morning at st. Johns Epis-
! copaI Church. Seldom if ever has this his
1 toric and arIstocratIc old edifice held 50
| distinguished a congregation as was that
which assembled there this morning to
! pay tribute 10 the memory Of Victoria. and
! with Lord Pauncefote. the British Ambas-
/ sador, and the members Of ks household
/ and embassy, mourn the loss Of Britain s
/ renowned ruler
Though simple throughout. and not IN
| Ike those held for the IowIlest eommu-
meant. the services were none the less
| impressive The ceremonies consisted
with the usual service for the dead with
some slight notifications and a brief ser
mon euIogistic Of The dead Queen deltv-
cred by Bishop SatterIee. OF the Diocese
of Washington
BRILLIANT AsSENBLAGE PRESENT
The assembIage which was there gath
cred to do honor to the memory Of the
great English sovereign may properly be
described as brilliant, both from the
standpoint of material display by diplo-
mats. and army and naval officers. and that
Of The national and international standing
| CT those who were present
/
the members Of his Cabinet and
near them sat the Ambassadors
/ Of foreign countries, personal ss
well IS official representatives Of
( their sovereigns and as such entitled 20 be
regarded as nouTners. Il was not per
functory gathering There was much real
sorrow felt by many Of those present for
the Queen who had Feigned so long. but
! even had those VINO gathered in St Johns
gone there for duty's sake alone. they
/ must have felt that TO The distinguished
/ looking and venerable representative OF
/ Great Britain and his family and embas-
! 50 staff the services meant something
moro than an expression of official regret.
4 Personal loss TO LORD PAUScEFoTE.
/ To Lord Pauncefote and Lady Paunce-
| fote the passing away Of Victoria came as
| a personal loss for they had known her.
/ had slept under the same roof with her as
! her guests. and had shared her condolences
/ and esteem Lord Pauncefote and the sec
! retarfes and attaches OF the embassy. were
| in the uniform Of their respective grades
| Of the British Diplomatic Service. but the
/ ladies Of the embassy were gowned in
/ deep black All the uniformed officers
present whether Of the Diplomatic Corps
| CT the American Army ard Navy wore
| some Insignia Of mourning. either on the
/ left arm or the sword hiIt-
! There was 2 liberal attendance CT army
| and navy officer Admiral Dewey led the
! naval contingent and Lieutenant General
/ Miles headed the army. The uniforms Of
| the military and naval men and OF the
| members of the Diplomatic Corps were
/ brought out all the more brilliantly By
the plain black dress of the President and
| the Cabinet and other americans present.
| The Justices Of the Supreme Court of the
United States formed q conspicuous and
Notwithstanding group
THE PRESIDENTS PARTY
! The President and his Cabinet met at
/ the White House just before Il o'clock
and proceeded % St. Johns in a body At
that time the interior Of The church was
dued and there was a good-sized crowd Of
people outside who had come. in the hope
Of obtaining admission or Of seeing the
distinguished congregation. Admission
was by ticket only. but Lord Pauueefote
had adopted the democratic course OF FUR
nishfng cards TO all who requested them
after the official distribution had been
completed
In keeping with the occasion. the stars
and Stripes floating over the White House
were lowered 20 half-mast. recognition
by the President that the ruler of a
friendly nation had passed away md
/ every Government building displayed a
similar signal Of official mourning
The interior Of The church where the
| services were conducted presented an ap-
! pearan,e OF simple but tasteful dscora-
| ION. This was in accordance with the
personal wishes of Kaz edward vi
made known by Lord -eeIoJe- In
stead of the usual sCulr- black there
! vas displayed the riya ~ayaI purple
/ Crepe OF this color was bound about
.he-svo chaneeI pillars aad 52on the
altar rail. while drapings Of the same
color adorned the pulpit ana tae lection
! In the chaBceI were p'a@ growing
-5lrns. and about the walls The church
we're the wreatb5 AID gsri- ot ever
| .rceu ana foliage similar 20 --1se used al
me Christmas festival ir7" J1e altar
.- Jzo large vases Of whit -7s Ae7e,
yErh few rcseJtes Of ro-a- purple, c5n--
rlati1z the decorations ia striking con
-r=- TO she uclrui1g erap- were the gor-
=gus lace and goLd-triGnleE uniforms OF
NorfoE,s 4 a-uslinastor. Steamboat Co.
.h g. g. u-l P--a- Comfort Newport N-as.