The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-28

the personal representative of King Ed
ward. On his left sat Capt Bell, repre-
sentfng the Dominion OF Canada by
special designation. To the left or the
presidential pew and in line with it were
Lady Pauncefote and her three daugn-
ters, the Hon Sybil, Audrey and Maud
The ambassadors We're placed in the
pew to the left Of these ladies. The cor
responding pew on the right Of the
president was occupied by Major Cen
eral Young and staff, in charge OF the
military portion Of the funeral services.
The staff Of the British embassy sat di-
rectly in the rear of the Pauncefote
ladies, and in their rear the diplomatic
corps filled a considerable portion Of the
body of the church. The cabinet was
accommodated in two peWs, directly be-
hind the presidents pew, and the SUI
preme court was given similar accom-
mediation IN peWs in alignment with
these. The senate committee on foreign
relations, headed by Senator CullOIn,
fairs, under the lead of Representative
Hit, were behind the cabinet IN the
right middle peWs, and adjoining them
sat Lieutenant General Miles and Adj
sistant secretaries Of departments and
the commissioners OF the District of Co
lumbia. The space in the rear Of these
officials was occupied by officers of the
number of the personal friends of the
PauncefOte family. A notable feature
Of the attendance here was 16 servants
from the embassy, for whom Lady
PauncefOte had made special provision.
The services at St.John's church in their
general contour were very similar to those
which marked the memorial service held
at that church in honor of the late Queen
Victoria. The large choir of forty men
and boys took part in the service at Lady
Fauncetote's request, and the three hymns
sung IN the body of the service also were
Of her personal selection.
church the music of organ and harp were
blended in splendid harmony as Mr. H
H. Freeman, the organist and choir d.
rector, and Miss Anita Cluss played in
solemn rythm Chopins grand funeral
march. Then through the choir door on
and black yestments, singing the hymn
For All Thy Saints" followed by Bish-
ops Satterlee and Mackay-Smith. The
ehoristers marched up the chancel steps
and took their customary places in the
stalls and the two bishops proceeded to
the door OF the church to meet the remains.
The casket was borne up the entrance steps
and then. turning about Bishops Satterlee
and Mackay-Sm preceded it back into
the church, reading the Scripture verses
beginning, Il am the resurrection and the
life, saith the Lord" and 4 know that
At the south of the chancel steps the
casket was lowered on the waiting stand
PauncefOte, THE Saints of God, Their
Conflict Past" the music by Sir John
EEai1eT, the famous English COmDqSeT.
was sung by thee hoir. The burial anthem
taken from the Psalms was then sung to
the old Georgian chant by the choir.
nen TINS quaint old English chant had
ended, the officiating bishop advanced and
read in a firm even tone the lesson for
the burial of the dead. taken from the
fifteenth chapter OF the First Epistle of
st. Paul to the Corinthians, beginning,
Now is Christ risen from the dead " and
ending with the comforting words. For
as much as We know that your labor is
not in vain in the Lord When the les
On the Resurrection Morn Soul and Body
Meet Again and then chanted the ApOs-
LIE u 80 70 III d9tC gy 0A JoHA htdluet.
Inc blshopL splendid inquire in his white
vestment, advanced to the front Of the
chancel and, standing over the casket, pro
n0unced the last words that viii be spoken
over the remains before their interment at
the ancestral home at Preston, England
As the solemn words Man that is born
of woman is cut down like a flower" and
in the midst OF life We are in death, -
We're spoken, the church presented a most
beautiful and impressive picture
choir sang II Heard a Voice from
Heaven and afterward the hymn Now NOW
the Labourers' Task is Ger" the closing
prayers were then said and after the ben
took up the strains of y esus. Lover of Ny
Soul" and marched in slow cadence down
the chancel steps and out the door to the
left Meanwhile the bOdy-bearers had lift
ed the casket again and carried it slowly
the Two DlshOpS- As It was being placed
into the hearse the mingled strains of or
gan and harp again sounded through the
church, this time in the grand solemn
measure Of the Dead March from Saul
At the sound Of a bugle the head of the
funeral escort swung up the street leading
the march to the Rock Creek cemetery
At the express wish OF the family the es-
cort from the church to the cemetery was
limited to single squadron of U. S. cav
airy. which passed at first slowly and then
more rapidly between the lines of troops
at ''present arms Not even the honorary
pallbearers were called upon to accompany
their remains further than the church. So,
will 1aiT nnr i1r nd
the officiating clergymen and a few of the
embassy staff. the remains were taken di-
rectly to Rock Creek cemetery. where they
were placed in the receiving vault, there to
remain until such time as they should be
conveyed in a u. s. Warship across the
broad Atlantic to the ancestral home Of
late ord Rallnnafnta