South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-04-02

Crane 1s25-1S83); Rear Admiral Jo-
/ seph Smith, OF the "Old Navy; Mont
gomery Blair. postmaster general in
i LincOln's cabinet; Col. William Turn
/ bull. u. S. A, and his wife; Henry h.
/ Randall and his wife, Emily Monroe,
and their daughter, Julianna w A
! Elliott, and Brevet Maj. Amos Beebe
/ Eaton, L. ). A, and to Col. John j.
: Albert, who, as chief of the Topograph-
J zeal Engineers, L. s A, in 1923 origin
4 ated and directed the geographical
and scientific explorations conducted
\ In the great west" by Fremont,
eatherstonaugh, Emory. Nicollet and
! Sitgreaves.
Commander William Lewis Herndon
/ OF the old Navy, who lost his life
when the Central American went
down, is cOmmemOrated by a window,
! as Is his daughter, Mrs. Chester A. Ar
thur, who. confirmed in St Johns, was
married TO Mr.. Arthur in New York
/ oy It's rector. the Rev. Or. Smith Pyne
Dolly Madison. reared a Quakeres
sat beside her husband. the great
| little Madison" in the PRESIDENTS pew
IN the first days of the church Later
! as Prest MadisOn's widow, when she
( returned 10 Washington TO make her
| nome in the house which still bears
her name. she presented herself at ST.
johns for baptism and confirmation.
! one OF the most notable asSemblages
IN all the church history was brought
together when funeral services were
held for the sprightly Dolly, one Of the
most vital and picturesque figures in
American history.
The yellowed pages Of the old parish
records read like a roster Of historic
personages. The democracy of the
old days is displayed in the side by
Of %
uel Gouverneur and Maria H. Mon
roe. youngest daughter of Pres't Mon
roe, at the presidents house" and of
/ James, slave OF William Writ, to
Martha, slave of Mrs. Elzey, by the
rector at his home"
Famous Weddings Held.
The rectors OF ST. Johns were Off
Giants at all the early white house
weddings Around the central block
of seats on the way TO and from the
chancel, have travelled men and wom-
en- whose names are known on both
continents Miss Kate Chase, the dash
! ing daughter of Salmon 2. Chase, sec
rotary of the treasury in Pres't Lin
coins cabinet, was the center of
brilliant ceremony when in Civil war
times she became the bride of Gov.
Sprague OF Rhode Island. Miss Mary
EndicOtt. daughter Of William Crown
| inshield Endicott, secretary of war
in Pres't Clevelands cabinet, was mar
ried to Joseph Chamberlain, later
England's great imperialistic premier,
In st. Johns church. the presence of
Sir Lionel Sackville- West, about TO be
recalled for diplomatic indiscretions,"
and Pres't Cleveland. whose displeas-
ure brought about the recall, serving
10 electrify the atmosphere.
The lovely Mary Letter" later
vicereine of India, eldest of the three
daughters OF the late Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Z. Letter of Chicago. became the
bride of the Hon. Mr. Curzon. then an
under secretary of the British en-
bassy at st. Johns. The Hon. Lillian
PauncefOte, daughter of Sir Julian
PauncefOte. then British minister to
the United States, was married to the
Hon. Robert Bromley. now Lord
Bromley, in st. Johns church. Miss
Elizabeth Glover, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles G. Glover, took her vows
10 the minister from the Netherlands.
Jonkheer r. de Marees van Swinderin.
at the altar OF St Johns in the pres
ence of the social, diplomatic and off,
cial dignitaries of the capital.
A short time ago Robert A. Taft,
son Of the one-time president and Mrs.
William II. Taft, was married TO Miss
Martha w Bowers, daughter of the
late Solicitor Gen. Lloyd w. Bowers.
In a continuous chain for 100 years
the parish books at St Johns carry
the historic days and personages Of
the country down TO the present day.
Famous Men on Books
Henry Clay, John G. Calhoun, Levi
=. Morton, Melville Fuller, Salmon Z.
Chase Samuel l.. Southland, Benjamin
+ Butler. Lewis Cas-, Louis McLane.
Hugh s. Legare, John Forsyth, George
Bancroft, the historian; John Y. Ma
son, Benjamin F. Tracy, Wilson S.
Bisseu, Richard Rush. Henry ID. Gill
pin. Bancroft Davis, Thomas +. Bay
ard, William c. Rives, John G. Spen-
Ger. Abel Z. Upshur, Joel Il. Poinsett.
represent statescraft, while the army
and navy shine in such names as
Gems Meigs, Scott. Schofield, Totten.
Ramsey, Emory, Cooper, Jessup, Nc
Comb and COmmOdores (of the Old
Navy Bainbridge, Hull, Patterson.
Chauncey, Porter. Norris. Crane,
WadswOrth. Aulick, Ramsay. Warning
ton, Rogers, Shubrick Decatur and
others of the later day. Admiral
George Dewey, Admiral Stephen Por-
ter Rear Admirals Wilkes, Jenkins,
Lee. Skinner, g. p. r. Rogers, Alden,
Vice Admiral Rowan and Rear Adj
miTal WOTden.
Sir Charles Vaughan, Henry Fox.
Richard Parkenham, Sir Henry Lytton
Bulwer. Lord AshburntOn, Sir John
Champion. Sir Frederick Bruce. Sir
Edward Thornton. Lord Pauncefote
and Sir Michael III. Herbert of the for
eign diplomatic corps, and William II.
CorcOran. J. II. Bayard Smith, Henry
Whetcroft. Francis =. Blair. Stephen
Pleasanton. George BomIord. Robert
5. Chew. among the local citizenship,
and further lustre 10 the records.
The original plan. designed by Ben
iamin H. Latrobe, who at the same
time was engaged in restoring the de-
stroyed white house. was in the form
Of the Greek cross. with equal tran
septs perfectly proportional. TO the
nave Massive pillars stood at the in
tersection of the nave and transepts
stoves placed before the pillars formed
the heating plant" the aisles were
paved with brick, the commodiOus