The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-01
FOR SPENCER FUNERAL.
WILL BE HELD IN WASHINGTON
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

For Five Minutes while the Ceremony Il I'm
Progress Every Moving Thing On the
Southern Railway System VIII stand
stM-PaIbearers Have Been selected.
WASHINGTON, Nov. sO.-Every train on
the Southern Railway, every piece OF ms
chinery and every worker will be at a stand
still for five minutes on Sunday afternoon on
account Of the funeral services over the
late Samuel Spencer. president OF the
Southern Railway.
The funeral will be held at the historic
st. Johns Episcopal Church, opposite the
White House, at ? O'Clock
Mr.. Spencer was q member OF st. johns,
and it il probable the service will be pom
Quoted by the rector. the Rev. DIR. Roland
| C~olton-Smith. The interment will be pri-
vate, and no announcement has been made
| OF where the burial will be.
The order directing the stopping OF loco
motives and machinery and the cessation
! OF labor for five minutes was issued late
this afternoon by First Vioe-Presiden A, b.
Andrews after a meeting with other'offcers
OF the Southern.
After a conference to-day among NOM
bers Of Mr.. Spencer's family and Officers
Of the Southern Railway a list OF honorary
pallbearers was made public. They were
chosen from among Mr.. Spenoer's business
associates. The list is as follows:
Col. A. B. Andrews, W. W. Finley. j. NJ.
Culp, c. H. Ackert, T!sC. Powell, Fairfax
Harrison, Francis Lynde Stetson, Alfred r..
Thorn, Judge Alexander p. Humphrey
r. d. Landlord, II. c. Ansley, W. s. Town
send, Col. E. l.. Russell, w. j.. Murphy,
Major j. F. Hanson, Col. A. r. Lawton,
j. p. Morgan, George s., Bowdoin, George
F. Baker, Joseph Bryan, Robert M. Gallo
way, Samuel NJ. Inman, Adrian Iselin, DR.,
Charles Lanier, Edmund ID. Ra dolph,
James T. Woodward. Harris G.. Fahnestook.
Charles Steele, John NJ. Cadw alader, Angus
tus d; Juiiliard' +; 81 G SasS Rosw rel iIunst
F. ID. Underwood, Henry Walters and
W. Butler Duncan
MANY persons prominent in official, diplo-
matte and social life at the capital left
Oriefstricken family could not receive
callers. IL was late this afternoon before
Mrs. Spencer had sufficiently recovered
from the nrst shock of her Bereavement
to advise with the Southern,s oh1cers re-
garding the plans for the funeral. Inc
body of Mr.. Spencer was removed early
this morning from the establishment OF a
local undertaken, where it reposed last night,
TO the family home, 2ol2 Massachusetts
First Vice President A.. B. Andrews called
a meeting OF the Southern Railway officers
this morning and they were IN session
most of the day at the general offices OF the
company in this city. 1t was decided 70
take no action concerning the future OF the
Southern until after the funeral OF MI.
Spencer. 1t is likely that a meeting OF the
directors will be called soon after the fune-
raj. Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan Is expected
in Washington tomorrow and will remain
over for the funeral, as he Is To be one OF the
honorary pail bearers.
The bodies OF Francis T. Redwood and
Curtis d. Fisher, who were travelling COM
panions OF Mr.. Spencer In his private car
and who met death in the same tragic way,
were taken to Baltimore at 1870 tins morn;
ing bv relatives. The body Of the colored
porter, which had not been Identified last
night. was found to be that of William Bos-
we'll OF Washington. The failure to identi-
fv him promptly wa due to the fact that he
WAS not regularly in the service of the
southern Railway, having been engaged
for the trip and assigned 70 Mr.. Spencer's
private car. Relatives of the deceased
claimed the body and carried it away.
The meeting Of the Southern's officers
TODAY was to make arrangements for the
funeral of Mr.. Spencer and to try II possible
10 fix the responsibility for the wreck.
Conductor Rust, in charge OF train No. 81,
which collided with train No. IS, TO which
Mr.. SDPnCeTR car was dCUACI1eu, was DelOT6
the general officers OF the road to-day.
He Dromptl denounced the stories OF
looting sent out from ~Lynchburg as pure
faxes. He declared that there had not
been a single act TO base such reports on.
In the hasty removal of trunks and parcels
from the wrekced trains some of them
we're accidentally broken open and the
contents scattered about, but there IA
no evidence that any articles were carried
away.
and from other information which they
deemed reliable. the general officers OF
the Southern authoritatlvely denied the
stories of looting.
President Andrews, who has been acting
president since Mr.. Spencer's death, is as
follows: .
Spencer, late president OF this company,
will take place at st. Johns Church, Wash
ington, d. c., on Sunday, the second day OF
December.
aAs a mark Of respect for his memory
IL is ordered that all trains on the lines of
this company come 20 a full stop, wherever
main standing for a period Of five minutes.
The fourth vice-president and general
manager will see that this order IL carried
olt. A.. r. ANDREWS,
First Vice-President."
The body OF D. Walter Davis, the teIe-
graph operator who accompanied Mr..
Spencer in his private car and who died
from his injuries fifteen minutes after
the accident. was taken from the train
at Alexandria, Va. his home, and after
being prepared for burial was removed this
morning to the residence of his father-in-
law, T.. c. Joyce.
Among the passengers who escaped in
Jury but who we're in imminent danger
were Kosciusko Kemper and bride Of Alex
andria, Va. The bridegroom is a brother
Of Edward p. kemper, auditor OF the
Southern Railway. They were travelling in
the Pullman coach directly in front of Mr.