Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03

respect to President Spencer were repre-
sentatives of the Mobile and Ohio, Georgia
Southern and Florida, Cincinnati, New Or
leans and Texas Pacific New Orleans and
Northwestern, Central of Georgia, Atlantic
Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Chesapeake
and Ohio, Pennsylvania and Norfolk and
Western.
Among the distinguished people who at
tended the church services were Vice Presi-
dent Fairbanks, Justice White of the Su-
preme Court of the United States. Senator
and Mrs. Foraker of Ohio, Senator Bacon
of Georgia, Gov. Swanson and Senator
Marion of Virginia, Senator Kean of New
Jersey, Secretary of Interior Hitchcock
Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island and
former Senator Henry G. Davis of West
Virginia.
The Opening Services.
At precisely o'clock the soft strains Of
Choplns beautiful funeral march pealed
through the church from the organ. 1t was
rendered by Prof. H. H. Freeman, the
organist of st. Johns.
To the strains of the funeral march, the
supplied choir of forty male voices silently
entered the church and ranged itself on
each side of the altar. The choir was fol-
lowed by the Right Rev. Henry Y. Satter-
tee, bishop of Washington: Rev. Dr. Ro-
land Cotton Smith. rector of st. Johns, and
the assistant rector of the church
Immediately afterward. J. Pierpont Nor
gan of New York. a lifelong friend and
business associate of President Spencer;
Charles Steele Of New York and First Vice
President Andrews and Second Vice Presi-
dent Finley of the Southern railway en-
tered the pew reserved for them. They
were followed by the funeral party, the
great concourse of people rising and re-
naming standing as the casket bearing
the remains was placed in front of the
altar and the members of the family were
ushered to their seats. 1t was peculiarly
appropriate that the body-bearers should
have selected
ored porters of the Southern railway. All
of them have been in the service of the
company for many years-several of them
nearly a lfetme-and all of them were
known personally to President Spencer.
Following the casket came the honorary
pallbearers. all of them personal and off,
cial friends of Mr.. Spencer. They were
principally presidents or high officials of
the railroads of America and 1t was noted
that either personally or by proxy they
represented quite one-third of the vast
wealth of the United States E. H. Har-
riman, lifelong friend, was one Of the
last to arrive at the church.
Seated with the honorary pallbearers
were the members of a committee appointed
by the Washington Alumni Association Of
the University of Virginia. of which Presi-
dent Spencer was q member. The commit
tee included Surgeon General P. NJ. Rixey
of the navy, former Senator c. j. Faulkner
of West Virginia. Thomas Nelson Page, c..
G.. Lee and Rev. DR.. Randolph H. Nc
Kim.
DR.. Smith Reads Scriptures.
Rev. DR.. Roland Cotton Smith read part
of the twentieth chapter of st. Paul's Epis-
tie to the Corinthians, and as the minister
spoke one could have heard a pin drop in
the ediflce. AS he closed with the words
"Oh death where is thy sting, o grave
where is thy victory the choir sang Gar
rett's beautiful setting to Il Heard Voice
From Heaven"
service for the dead. AS he repeated the
words Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
many personal friends of the deceased shed
tears. Lead Kindly Light was sung by
the choir This hymn was especially de-
sired by Mrs. Spencer, who selected the
burial music from among the hymns which
are her favorites For All the Saints Who
From Their Labors Rest and abide With
Me- were sung by the choir. The body
clergy and choir retired to the strains Of
Handers dead march from Saul
Floral Offerings.
No such wonderful profusion of exquisite
floral offerings has been seen in Washing
ton since the obsequies OF the late President
Mckinley as yesterday filled the Massachu-
sets avenue residence of President 6pen-
Ger and the chancel at st. Johns Church
These tributes were from all parts OF the
emblems wrought from the rarest OF cut
flowers. Only a portion Of the floral offer
ings were displayed at the church
From the time the casket containing the
remains of President Spencer arrived In