The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-03
MR. SPENCER LAID TO REST - Impressive Services at Washington. NOTABLE TRIBUTE IS PAID Men of Prominence in Al Spheres
 Attend. Great Raiiroad system stopped for Five minutes During the Funeral of rts First aad only
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NOTABLE TRIBUTE IS PAID

Washington, Lee. 2---AN that is nor tal of Samuel Spencer. late President of the Southern Railway. whose trafiic death on his own road on the morning of Thanksgiving Day. shocked the people of two hemispheres, was laid to rest this afternoon in the receiving vault ak Oak Hill Cemetery, there to await final disposition.
 notable tribute was paid to the memory of the distln guIshed railroad Tnagnata and his associates by states naen ana by men eminent In all the walks of Eublic lie The funeral oo- sequfes held in historic St. Johns Protestant Episnopal Church, were att tended by railroad officiaia. tinanciera and public men from all parts of the country Many of them were lifelong associates. Hundreds of friends came from the South.
 Long before the hour announced for the funeral @ o'ciock) admission to the church had to be denied to all but the closest and personal and official friends of Mir. Spencer. Hundreds of people stood utslde the ediice in the crisp December air throughout the ser vices paying so1emnity and silently 1heir respect
 shortly before 1880 ?. m. the officers and employees of the Southern Railway s1s in number, assembled ct the gen. eral offices of the company and pro- ceeded in a body to St. Johns Church. They were headed by the four general superfntendents of the company, For aleer, Loyal, Ritchie and Chapman, and. including General Passenger Traf- hc Manager Hardwick General Pas senger Agent Tayloe and Assistant General Passenger Agent Carey.
 Practically all of the officers throughout the system of nearly 5000 miles were in attendance. Joining their friends of the Southern Railway in paying respect to President Spencer were representatives of the Mobile and Ohio; Georgia, Southern and Florida; the c. N. o. and T. P, the New 0r- leans and NUgtheastsFh: the Central of Georgia; the Atlantic Coast Line, tiie Eeaboard Air Line: the Chesapeake and Ohio. the Pennsylyania and the 7yarfsalz saa,a western
 Among the distinguished people who attended the church services were vice President Fairbanks, Justice White Of the Supreme Court of the United States; Senator and Mrs. Foraker of Ohio: Senator Bacon of Georgia: Govornor Swanson and Senator Martin of Vir- ginia. Secretary eff the Interior Hitch cock and former Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia.
 Railroad stops work.
 Just at 2 o'clock the soft strains of Chspin's funeral march pealed through the church from the organ. At the same instant, throughout the system of railroads lately presided over by MT. Spencer. every train came to a dead stop, every wheel ceased to turn, every smploye put aside his work. For five minutes over thousands of miles of railway every employe paid silent re- spect to the dead president
 To the strains of the funeral march the surpliced choir of forty male voices silently entered the church and rang ed itself on each side Of the altar. The choir was led by the Rt. Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee, bishop of Washington; Rev. Dr. Roland Gotten Smith, rector of St Johns and the assitant rector of the church.
 Directly after J. iPerpont Morgan of New York, lifelong friend and busi- ness associate of the dead President, came First Vice-President Andrews and Second Vice-President Finley of the Southern Railway, who entered the pew reserved for them. They were follow ed by the funeral party, the great con- course of people rising and remaining standing as the casket bearing the re- mains was placed in front of the altar, and the members of the family were ushered to their seats.
 It was peculiarly appropriate that the body bearers should have been se- leeted from among the colored porters of the Southern Railroad. All of them have been in the employ of the company for many years, several of them near ly a lifetime and all of them were known personally to President Spencer.
 Following the body came the honor ary pail bearers, all of them personal and official friends of Mir. Spencer. E. H. Hartman, a life time friend, was one of the last to arrive at the church.
 The funeral services was strictly in accordance with the ritual of the Pro- testant Episcopal Church. A special musical program was rendered Mrs. Spencer having selected her favorite JiymEs. These were Lead, Kindly light" For All the Saints Who from Their Labors Rest" Abide With Me. D
 No such profusion of exquisite floral offerings has been seen in Washington since the obsequies of the late Presi- dent Mckinley as today filled the Mas sachusetts Avenue residence of Presi- dent Spencer and the chaneel at St . from all parts of the country, among white roses tieu with white satin rib- bons from President and Mrs. Roose- welt. ice-President and Mrs. Fair banks sent a huge bunch of chrysan- themums.
 Nv special direction of Mrs. Spencer ali Of the floral offerings were distrib- ,,tad later among the various hospitals and charitable institutions of Washing ton.