New-York tribune., 1906-12-03
MR.. SPENCER'S FUNERAL
Many We'll Knoscn Men attend
Services tn WASHINGTON.

washington, Dec. 2-The body OF Samuei
spencer, president of the Southern Railway
who was killed on his own railroad on the morn
ing Of Thanksgiving Day was laid this after
noon in the receiving vault at the Oak Hill
cemetery. to await final disposition. Tribute
vas paid to the memory of Mr. Spencer by his
associates ard by men eminent In all the walks
4 life. The funeral, in st. Johns Protestant
episcopal Church, was attended by railroad Of
fcials, financers and public men from ell parts
If the country.
Long before o'clock the hour announced
or the funeral, the church had to be closed to
all except the closest personaI and official friends
# Mr.. Spencer. Hundreds stood outside the
edifce in the crisp December air throughout the
services
Shortly before ] 80 D. m the officers and
employees of the Southern Railway, $40 in num-
Der. assembled at the general offices Of the
pany and proceeded in a body to St Johns
-hurcH- They were headed by the four general
5uperintendents of the company. Almost all of
the officers Of the company were in attendance.
as were representatives of the Mobile & Ohio.
Georgia Southern G, Florida, Cincinnati, New
Orleans & Texas Pacific, New Orleans & North
western. Central of Georgia, Atlantic Coast
Line Seaboard Air Line, Chesapeake & Ohio
pennsylvania and Norfolk 6 Western.
Among others who attended the services were
49, AOS4O~lAI rdITDdHhSp justice WnlIe, OF tHS
Supreme Court; Senator and Mrs Foraker, of
Ohio; Senator Bacon, of Georgia; Governor
Swanson and Senator Martin, OF Virginia, Sena-
tor hean. of New Jersey; Secretary Hitchcock;
senator Wetmore. of Rhode Island, and ex-
Senator Henry G. Davis, OF West Virginia
AT o'clock, as the organist at the church
began Chopin's funeral march every train on
the southern came to stop, every employee
put aside his work and for five minutes every
one paid silent tribute to the dead president.
To the strains of the funeral march the choir
Bishop Satterlee the Rev. DR.. Roland Cotton
Smith, rector of St. Johns, and the assistant
rector Of the church entered Immediately
afterward J. Pierpont Morgan. Charles Sterling
Of New York; First Vice-President Andrews
and Second Vice President Finley of the South
ern Railway entered the pew reserved for them
They were followed by the funeral party those
IN the church standing as the coffin was carried
10 the altar and the members OF the family
were usnered TO their seats The bOdybearers
were selected from among the Negro porters of
he Southern Railway. All of them have been In
the service Of the company for many years sew
eraI or them nearly lifetime, and all of them
were known personally to President Spencer
FoHoWing the body came the honorary pail
bearers, all of them personal or official friends
OF Mr. Spencer. They We're principally prsst-
dents high officials of the railroads of Ar,ar
lea, and it was noted that, either personally or
py proxy, they represented about one-thjrd of
lne wealth of the United States f 81 Harrt-
man was one of the last to arrive at the church
Seated with the honorary pallbearers were the
members Of the committee appointed bv the
washington Alumni Association of the Uni
Vers1ty or Virginia, OF which President Spencer
was member. The committee included Sur
geon General Rixey, OF the navy: ex-senator
Faulkner, Of West Virginia; Thomas Nelson
rage l. G Lee and the Rev. DR.. Randolph Nc
kim
The service, IN accordance with ths rituaI or
the Protestant Episcopal Church was conducted
by Bishop Satterlee. assisted by the Rev DR.
Smltn- special musical programme was rem
dered Mrs. Spencer having selected her favor
lte hymns. These were: Lead. Kindly Light
For All the Saints Who from Their Ilabors
Rest, and Abide with Me- Fast Falls the
EVentide The burial anthem and gloria were
When Bishop Satterlee had pronounced the
commtttal service, the committal being given
IN the church because the body was TO be de-
posted only temporarily, the choir sang 'I
Heard Voice from Heaven" The coffin was
borne from the church during the singing of
abide with Me-"
No such profusion OF flowers has been seen in
Washingt at funeral since that OF President
Mckinley. They filled the Massachusetts, ave-
nue. home Of President Spencer and the chanceI
at St. Johns Church. These tributes came
from all parts Of the country. Only a few
WagonIoads Of the flowers were displayed at the
church. President and Mrs Roosevelt sent a
wreath of orchids and white roses tied with
white satin ribbons Vice-President and Mrs
Fairbanks, a large bunch Of Chrysanthenuus
officers Of the Southern Railway. a wreath of
orchids lilies valley and violets; J. Pier
pOHt Morgan. of rare cut flowers and
E n. Hartman. a cluster Of American Beauty
roses, palms, violets and lilies-of- the-vaIIey
BY special direction Of Mrs. Spencer all OF the
flowers distributed later among the vart-
Gus hospitals and charitable institutions of
Washington.