The Washington herald., 1906-12-02

nclalS from ali parts of the country, to- I
gether with the employees Of the Southern 7
Railway Company in this city, who viii
attend in a body. viii pay their last re-
spects TO the late President Samuel Spen- /
Ger, who met his death early Thanksgiving
Day morning. His funeral viii be held
this afternoon, while $1,000 employees and
the entire system of the Southern Railway
VIII come to a standstin for five minutes. /
Arrangements were completed yester-
day by the officials at the general Of /
fees here TO lave the employees of the
Southern Railway in Washington take
part in the services as a mark Of respect
TO the former head of the great corpora |
ton. Beautiful floral tributes from the
officials and the clerical forces have also
been provided.
Rev. MIR. smith to Conduct Services.
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith. rector of
St. Johns Protestant Episcopal Church,
in Lafayette square. where the services
viii begin promptly at 2 O'Clock this aft
ernoon, win conduct the last sad rites
over the remains OF one Of America s best /
known railroad men, and one Of Wash
ington's most prominent residents. The
place Of interment has not been publicly
announced.
Eight. coIored porters who have been
in the employ Of the Southern Railway
many years Will perform the duties Of
active paIlbearers. These men, each Of /
whom has grown gray in the service Of
the road. knew Mr.. Spencer personally /
and all of them at some time in their
careers accompanied him as servants or as
pOrters on his trips, officially and for
pleasure, TO all parts Of the country.
The active palIbeareTs were selected
from the companys most trusted men,
and their names were announced yester-
day at the Offices OF the company in this
city. The list is as follows: Peter Laws,
Frank Palmer. Henry Wilson, Anthony
Phillips Benjamin WarTick, Thomas Win
'ters. George Jones, and William Brown.
j. p. Morgan to Be Here.N
Among other prominent and well-known
officials Of the railroads OF the country
and fnanciers who viii attend Mr.. Spen- |
GERS funeral VIII be J. PierpOnt Morgan,
of New York Many of the thin Cy-seven
honorary palIbearers, which include the
officials of the Southern Railway and
others who are foremost in railroad cir
cles, will be present at the services, and
take an active part in paying their final
respects TO their former personal friend
and business associate.
The majority of these railroad officials
who viii attend the funeral viii arrive in
Washington this morning. Some few
came late last night, and others will ar
rive during the day in time to attend the
funeral services
Al a mefting yesterday Of the Uni
verslty of Virginia Alumna Association,
OF Washington. OF which the late Samuel
Spencer was a member. a comnittee was
appointed 20 attend the funeral services I
this afternoon. a resolution Of coincidence
and sympathy for the bereaved family
was also passed.
Committee Is Named.
The committee is composed Of the fol- .
lowing: Surgeon General Rixey, ex-Sena- /
tor J. J. Faulkner, Thomas Nelson Page, |
c. G. Lee. and Rev. Or. NIcKim.
Mr. Spencer's body is lying in state at /
his late home. 1Cl2 Massachusetts avenue. /
where it viii remain until shortly before /
the hour of tie funeral. when it will be /
removed to st. Johns Church.
Numerous messages Of sympathy from /
persons in all parts of the country promi- /
nent in social and diplomatic and railroad /
circles were received at the Spencer. home
yesterday, in addition to those that had
been delivered the day before.
The funeral Of President Spencer prom /
ises 20 be one of the most notable ever
held in Washington. Probably never AZ 4
one time before has such a number OF /
prominent railroad officials gathered to 4
attend the services over one Of their for /
mer associates.
2If Officials to Attend.
Two hundrea-and fourteen officials and
representatives, Of the Southern Railway. /
including the board of directors. will at |
tend the funeral
These include commercial and travelling 1
passenger agents from all over the coun- /
try. who viii come to pay a last tribute /
TO their former president. Many will
come from Florida and the other extreme
Southern States. Officers and representa-
tives from the entire line of the South T.
ern Railway throughout the South viii
be among the visitors
kilograms from all parts Of the United
States and abroad sent by the traffic
department officials of the various rail-
roads and personal friends Of Mr.. Spen-
Ger have been received by the family
and officials of the Southern Railway. The
number runs into the hundreds and are
from people in all walks Of life, from
the diplomat to private citizen, all voic-
ing tle universal appreciation in which
the dead railroad president was held by
the whole country and among all classes /
of people.
Mccormick Cables Sympathy.
One. received yesterday is from Ambas- /
sador Mccormick, at Paris. It reads:
Sorrow for horrible death of my col
lege friend Spencer. Deepest SYM
pathy with family.
Another is from the Atlanta (Ga.) Lodge, !
No. /. International Association Of Ma
chinists II reads:
Atlanta Lodge, 40. ]. International
Association of MaChinists, in session
instructed its officers TO convey to you
and your family their sincere SYM
pathy and coincidence in your bereave-
ment or the death OF your husband,
Mr.. Samuel Spencer We knew him
as our friend In life. and join with
you in mourning his death.
Mayor L. II. Campbell. Of Columbus. /
Ca. the home Of Mr.. Spencer. wires the
family:
His native city. Columbus, Ga. is
bowed in grief at the untimely death
of her distinguished son. your beloved
husband and extend you tenderest
sympathy in this supreme sorrow.
he South has lost a loyal friend, the
nation @ brilliant genius. We respect
fully urge that his mortal remains be
laid to rest IN this, his native soil.
There is another message from Co /
lumbus signed by. a list of citizens.
Joseph C. Brown. president Of the