The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-11
NO MILITARY HONORS
FOR POSTMASTER
GENERAL
AT MRS. PAYNE's REQUEST THEY
ARE ELIMINATED.
Funeral Services Today viii BE Sim.
pie and No Sermon viii Be
Preached.

pie and No Sermon viii Be
| Preached.
Washington, ID. c.. Oct. 6.-Although
every arrangement had been complet-
ed for full military honors to be paid
the late postmaster general at the con-
clusion of the funeral services to-
morrow, Mrs. Payne tonight expressed
the desire that the ceremony be shorn
of that spectacular feature. Her
wishes, will Of course. be complied
with and the body will not be escorted
to the train by military escort, as
had been President Roosevelt's inten-
ton.
The services at st. Johns church
tomorrow will be conducted by the
Rev. Cotton Smith, the rector and his
! two assistants, the Revs. e. s. Dunlap
and the Rev. F. II. Bigelow. The Epls-
copal burial service will be read and
two hymns will be sung. Lead,
Kindly Light" and Jesus, Lover of
My Soul" They were favorites of the
deceased.
All the rights of the church has been
reserved by postoffice department Off
cials. The president will occupy his
regular pew. The center will be filed
by army and navy officers, with the
diplomatic corps on the left, while the
rear portion will be reserved for those
admitted by card.
| Only three of the cabinet officers,
Secretaries Hay, Hitchcock and Wilson
orary pallbearers.
There will be no funeral sermon
preached. The simple services will be
followed, as at the funeral of Sir
Michael Herbert, the late ambassador
of Great Britain and other notables.
A cablegram received at the post
office department this afternoon from
the Imperial German postal admin
istration at Berlin was as follows:
THE Imperial German Postal ad-
ministration expresses to the postoffice
department its heartfelt sympathy
upon the loss it has suffered by the
death of its highly honored postmaster
general Payne"
The officials of this service now in
Washington, Messrs. Kobelt and
Krause, will represent the Imperial
postal administration at the funeral
services.
Eleven representatives of foreign
governments called on Secrtary Hay
at the state department today. All
expressed their sorrow at the death OF
Postmaster General Payne.
Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 6.-With the
consent of Mrs. Payne to a public
funeral, Frank G. Bigelow, Gardner
; P. Stickney, Mayor Rose and others
today arranged that the body lie in
state in the city hall from to II
o'clock Saturday night and from
until ~ o'clock Sunday morning.
4 The funeral train will be met at
the Union station Saturday night at
! 7:15 o'clock by officers and directors
of the Merchants and Manufacturers
; Association, a committee from the
, Chamber of Commerce and another
from the Old Settlers club.
In addition 200 letter carriers in uni
!, form will be at the station, headed by
, a band, to escort the body to the city
hall.
At 1870 o'clock Sunday afternoon
the body will be taken to All Saints
cathedral, where funeral services will
be held at 8 o'clock. Bishop Isaac
Lee Nicholson, who will officiate, will
be assisted by the Right Rev. G. B. B.
, Wright.
Active pallbearers will be eight let
ter carriers to be selected by Post
master E. M. Stillman.
A large delegation of Chicago post
office and government building en-
ployes will come to Milwaukee Sun
day to attend the funeral.
, Flags on all public buildings and on
all school houses were at half mast
today and will continue SO until after
the funeral. All employees Of the Chi
cago and Milwaukee postoffices are
wearing mourning badges.