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Show HUNDREDS ATTEND THE BISHOP SWING FUNERAL Denver, Colo., Sept. 29. Hundreds of sorrow lug friends of the Into Krnukllu S. Spalding, Episcopal bishop of tho dloceso of Utah, assembled assem-bled nt St. John's cnthcdral this afternoon af-ternoon to pay tholr last trlhuto of respect to his lticmorj . Floral offerings offer-ings In profusion weio grouped around tho nttnr and tho Interior of tho vast edlllco was decanted In white, In honor of St. Michael aud All Angeles day. Tho vestments of tho visiting clergy wero nlso whlto. Tho opening lines of tho Episcopal service wero read by tho lit. Hov. Dean II. Martyn Hurt who was as Blsted by Bishop Kobert Lewis of Hood Hlver, Ore.; Bishop Benjamin Brewster, Glenwood Springs, Colo.; Bishop Nathaniel Thomns, Cheyenne, Wyo., nnd tho bishop of Nebraska, Ar thur Llewellyn Williams of Omnhn. Tho latter was In chargo of tho services ser-vices at tho grave and Bishop Thorn-is Thorn-is read the lesson from I Corinthians, Corinthi-ans, XV. Tho funeral of tho lato bishop's father, fa-ther, tho Ht. Hov. John France Spalding, was held thirteen j'ears ago today, and the wishes of his aged mother mo-ther that tho services for her son bo nlso hold on St. Michael aud Al Angels' day wero complied with. With her two duughtcrs, Misses Snr-nh Snr-nh and Elizabeth Spalding ,sho arrived ar-rived this morning from the caBt. Tho following were tho nctlvo pall bearers: CharlcB Ilanlngton, Therou ' Field, Georgo Knifton, Gcorgo Berger, Ber-ger, J. D. Skinner and E. O. Kus-sler. Kus-sler. The honorary pnlbearcrs wero Milo Smith, John Best, E. A. Potors David Ilubldgo, Judgo LcFovro and Judge Harrison. Bishop Spalding was burled beside I1I3 father in tho Riverside cemetery. |