The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-05
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The heat was intense. Beneath, the
beating rays of the sun the crowd con-
tlnued Ia stand aud wait. Through the
windows of the church flooded the dcei
notes of The organ. giving to those Inside
= rs to those others In the street the iirs,
jnttmation that The service was soon &c
begin. Minutes passed, and slowly the
2 funeral party began TO, fill the body oil
the cnurcf The glttering uniforms Of
& Colonel 30 Lane Stern. chief of ushers,
and Colonel e. Randolph Williams. one OF
his aides flashed along the aisles ms
now and then some distinguished guest
arrived and passed inside The beat OF
muffled drum and the tramp of horses
and OF men hernlded the approach and
the passage on the outside of some com
pany Of troops making its way to join
the others.
Shortly after 9 o'clock ~ carriage drove
swIftlyup to the door, followed quickly
by several others. From the first Mrs.
fdtzhneh Lee stepped. and Immediately,
escorted by her son, Lieutenant George
mason Lee, entered the church. She was
followed by other members of the family.
z There was not q. sound among the crowd
as they appeared. but every eye was
turned toward them and eveGy heart in
sympathy beat in unison with theirs.
Is Meanwhile the honorary rall-bearers
were being seated Those from the city
government came first, and We're fol-
lowed by delegations from the Confed-
crate camps. The entire funeral cortese
was soon pouring into the building, and
before many minutes more the doors
were closed again and the service mad
begun.
THE SCENE WITHIN
ST. PAUL'S CHI URCH.
Never before in all It's history had Old
St laul's, already hallowed by many Of
the most sacred memories of the South,
held within its walls company more
distinguished or presented a. scene more
beautiful or more touching. The sun
light filtered through the 'many-colored
windows and fell in prismntic rays across
the fower-laden bier; flashed upon the
FURNISHED brass of the pulpit; lit up the
sacred and undocorhted gray Of the old
warriors as 1t did the more gorgeous. but
less tried uniforms Of the unscarrcd
Younger generation The sweet fragrance
Of many flowers filled the air; the grand
swelling notes of the Master entered and
sunk deep into every soul.
In the audience itself were many figures
we'll known. Officialdom was there in all
its force Lieutcnant-Governo Willard,
representing the State Virginia, sat be-
side Governor Warfeld CT Maryland.
.
looked for the first time upon the Mary
lander gray-haired, kindly, distinguish
cd. The striking, resemblance to Fitz
Lee, often commented upon, was never
more apparent. Passing from Warficld
where 1t was checked, and startled IN spite
of itself, the eye could distinguish i'm tho
crowd around him many others likewise
worthy Of note. The picturesque figure
Of Senator John w Daniel was'in plain
-: 1,t,, N Tart in
Major William a. Anderson and others.
General Hayes, the old comradc of toe
dead soldier. stalwart III spite of his
years, was another in the crowd to enum-
crate all of which would be to print q
list of those most prominent IN the city's
life. In the pulpit were a number of clcr-
Eymen in full canonic.ls The Right Rev.
Robert a. Gibson, bishop Of Virginia. aa-
sisted Bishop Randolph, of the Southern
Diocese, in conductingithc service.
The, beautiful ritual of the church was
followed, the vested choir assisted at
times by the congregation. singing several
of the favorite hymns OF General Lee.
The service, sad and sweet, was over in
a few moments and by ) p Nj. or shortly
thereafter the cortcge WIS preparing to
move to Hollywood.
THE MARCH THROUGH
THE sCITY'S STREETS.
J,be long, long nrocession wound itself
s,,oyylvs4ilonr the streets Of the city. Rare
IL mas richmond witnessed a sight SO re-
3,i,arkable and so Impressive. The side
walks bounding the lnc of march We're
crowded with men, women and children,
black ana white Behind the curbstonc
line surgcd a double stream that followed
TIC procession as it advanced ana foot
sore and weary, stopncd with 1t only
4 iaf n ,rra.,r lGl
Yards marches ana windows were filled
Where the car tracks intcascctcd thcli
cf ,,a,or F2cars we're standin., banlsed With
,,aon,a Many of whom had clamberou
,,,ls,,'N ~ To-,
!, 80, 4, no cemotcrv however thar
~ 800 s,,,.n. Sad ,tsesf ,lhc ni,curc5
~, ~ isn, 4 mad hecn I'M
,.rassi,a IN no ',moaorned streets Tho
ot,ls were ne,,cr rreencr the
.,,sai,', a,.a,,,,,s etretchad through yisias
~ s,,ri,a fllwers hrenl,ingl into bloom.
). ~ 80 rh,o ~ the toml,s was