Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-20
SERVICES At THE CHURCH SIMPLE
Streets Lined With People Who Bow
ed Their Heads as the Funeral
cortese Wended Its Way to the
cemetery-Miltary tIonors at the
Grave.
(By Associated press.l

train bearing the body of Mrs. Jcffcr-
son Davis arrived here about $40
o'clock this morning and was met at
Elba, an uptown station, by Lieuten-
ant-Governor j. Taylor Ellyson. who
conducted the ladies of the funera,
party to the jefferson Hotel.
The members of the Davis family
who came with tho remains were Mr..
and Mrs. j. Addison Hayes, jefferson
Davis Hayes, Miss Hayes and DR.. and
Mrs. Webb.
The following detail from the New
York Camp of Confederate Veterans
acted as honorary guard:
Major Edward Owen, Commanders
DR.. Harvie Dew, Colonel Theodore c.
Caskins and Perry NJ. DeLeon. This
detachment continued with the body
to the Byrd Street Station. downtown.
other Members of Party.
Among others who came South with
the remains were Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Battison. Mrs John II. Park
err. President of the New York chap
ter Of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy; Mrs. X. NJ. Frank. Mrs.
Bennett, Mrs. Beale, Mrs. ]. Fl. Dew,
Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer and Rev. DR.. Ma
than Seagle, pastor of st. Stephens
Church. New York, of which Mrs. Da-
Wis was a member.
At Byrd Street the remains were
met by details from the local camps
of Confederate Veterans and escorted
by them to st. Paurs Episcopal
Church, where the casket was placed
in the basement auditorium of the
structure. amid flowers and floral de-
signs in beauty and profusion such as
have rarely been seen in Richmond,
and under the honorary guard of Con.
federate Veterans and daughters of
the Confederacy.
Casket Taken Into the Church.
At three o'clock. the casket was
I taken into the body of the church.
which was packed with people and
the funeral services were begun
These were conducted by Rev. Robert
w. Forsyth, rector of the church, as
sisted by Rev. DR.. ]. William Jones,
chaplain general of the Confederate
Veterans; Rev. Or. James Power
smith. who was Stonewall Jackson's
chaplain; Rabbi Calisch of Beth
Ahaba Synagogue. Richmond; Rev.
DR.. Landon R. Mason, Rev. Dr. w. V.
Tudor, and Rev. DR.. N. A. Seagle, The
services were of the simplest possible
character, the hymns being "Just AS
am" "How Firm Foundation"
abide With Me-" and ASLEEP in
Jesus"
Escorted to Hollywood.
After the services, procession was
formed and the march was taken up
for Hollywood Cemetery. The process
sion was made up of the local batta-
lion of the Seventeen Regiment of
Virginia Volunteers, company from
Petersburg, the Richmond Light In
fantry Blues. the Richmond Howitz-
ers. local and visiting camps of Con-
federate Veteran and Sons of Veter-
ans, Daughters of the Confederacy
and Confederate Memorial Associa-
tons.
There were representatives In line
from most of the States, which made
up the Confederacy
Gen. Lee at the Head.
At the head of the procession rode
General Stephen D. Lee, of Mississip-
pi, in civilian garb, as chief marshal
of the parade. The hearse was escort
ed by detachment of the Richmond
HowitZers In spite of the fact. that
the weather was extremely inclement.
|ain lulllHS ALMOST constantly, tue
whole route of >the procession was
lined with people. who stood under
umbrellas and looked on the sad cor
tege, evidently with the most reyeren-
tial feeling
Services at the Grave.
At the cemetery there was another
large gathering of people. The SER
vices, which were brief, were con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Forsyth and Rev.
DR.. Seagle. The HowitZers fired an
artillery salute with the guns which
were recently issued to them by the
general government and two compa-
MES of the infantry fired three volleys
over the grave.
1t was remarked as interesting that
the first use of the fine new guns OBJ
tanned from the United States govern
ment was to fire a salute over the
grave of the widow of the President
of the Southern Confederacy.
RooseveIt's Offering Noticed.
Conspicuous. too, among the magni-
ficient floral offerings at the funeral