Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-11
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VANDERBILTS FUNERAL.
MEXICANS INVADE TEXAS.
QUELLING THE MEXICAN REVOLT.
A MURDEROUS PRISONER SHOT.
FUNERAL OF MIR. VANDERBILT
simple and Transformations Ceremonies
i'm New York Today.

i'm New York To-day.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE last rites over the
remains of William II. Vanderbilt were begun
this morning when the body OF the deceased
was removed to the coffin of cedar covered with
black broad cloth. The coffin was then placed
on catafalque in the bedroom on the east
side OF the house. Small groups of people
began early to gather opposite the house, and
when the Rev. Samuel Cook. the rector of 1t.
Bartholmews Protestant Episcopal church. ar
rived there shortly after = o'clock. the groups
had increased 10 a small crowd a. the hour APP
pointed for the beginning of the home religious
services approached. Carriage after carriage
drove TO the entrance and deposited the chill
dren, the most intimate friends and the pail
coachman and footman and all of these wore
mourning liveries. shortly before 3 o'clock
Mrs Rron,,av aeW iiIiam .! 1er s.St'
Frederick and George Vanderbilt her
sons and her daughters, with the exception of
Mrs. Shepard, who is abroad, entered the bed
room and looked for the last time upon the face
OF her husband. Her grief very great and
1t Was shared by all present. The service, con-
Quoted by the Rev. Or. Cooke was simple con.
slsilng OF prayer. a few words OF remembrance
and others of consolation to the bereaved fam
lily. The coffin was then closed and Mrs. VAN
derDllt retired TO the apartment which she has
occupied since the death OF Mr.. anderbilt.
The coffin was raised upon the shoulders OF the
undertaker's assistants, and, preceded by the
clergy men and the pall-bearers. borne down the
broad staircase, through the corridors, and into
the gorgeous vestibule, now bathed in a food
OF bright December sunshine, and then out
through the open doors. At that moment there
floaied i'm from some distant church bells the
SOFT sweet sounds of the "Angelus.
1t was 9:4o when the doors of the hearse were
closed. Down the avenue to Attn street and
through it 10 Madison avenue and the church,
three blocks below, the cortege wound its way.
There were ID carriages at the door when ii
started started but before the Grand Central
sweled TO nearly two score and many
We're then AT the church: The sightseers had
gone before to the church, the doors of which
had been besicged all morning by crowds OF
well-dressed people seeking admission, princi-
paly women. Nearly all were turned away
unless they were known TO members OF the
family, VINO were stationed al the door At no
time did the latter exceed "A hundred or two in
number.
At fourteen minutes past 10 O'Clock the doors
OF 81. Bartholomew church We're swung back
ward, and the porters, bearing upon their
shoulders the rich and yet plainly constructed
coffin. entered the church by the central aisle.
These We're: Chauncey NJ. Depew, ]. Pierpont
Morgan, Judge Charles I.ap.illo. William Turn
bull, William Bliss, George /. Magee & NJ Ber-
ger, Charles G. Clark, Judge John X. Brady, w L.
scott. ID. o. Mills, and :. W. Caldwell The deep
tones OF the organ sounding the opening
measures of Chopins funeral march were heard
as the procession moved down the nave. The
assistant, the Rev. +. w Clalnpitl, clad IN the
white robes OF the Episcopal clergy, walked In
advance OF the solemn procession, aud read the
We'll known lines Of the burial service.
As the rector read the crowded church was
silent. The clergy entered the chancel aud
with the assistant bishop. Henry G. Potter.
knelt in prayer before the altar. Following the
coffin came the Vanderbilt family, headed by
Cornelius Vanderbilt anu wife.
There was no OStentation in the burial service
which followed. No public man has been buried
with SO little of what may be termed 'show."
Upon the lid of the coffin rested bed of violets
Mr.. Nauderbilts f;lvorlte flower and two leaves
When the music Of the funeral march ended
the choir sang the anthem beginning Lord
Let Me Know My End Then the Rev. Dr.
Cooke read the Nv chapter of First Corinth-
ians, beginning Now is Christ risen from the
dead and become the iirst fruits of them
that slept
Then the choir and congregation united in
singing Nearer my God to Thee" The
mainder OF the service consisted of the usual
choir of the anthem 81 Heard Voice from
Aearen' ana the recessionai hymn, Il Would
Not Live Away
II was ten minutes OF i / when the procession
returned to the street. Here carriages were in
waiting 10 take the coffin and the mourning
of west AID street.
Among others who sat i'm pews were: Mayor
Grace, Judge Noah Davis Thos l.. james, Gen.
Clinton il. Fiske, Cyrus w. Field. Benz. W.
Augustus Sheppard, Robert bonner, Rus
>eli sage, W hltelaw he!d, Geo. w. ChIids,
OF Philadelphia, John Mcbride, George ii.
blanchard :. X. Roberts. Commissioner Albert
Fink, Samuel ID. BabcocS, }. NJ Toucey, Pres
ident barnard, of Columbia college. Salem H.
OF the Ere road: j. H. Breslin, Ii. NJ Ellsworth,
Gee. >. Webber, Joseph Van Wormer. L. {.
Prime. EriStus Corning.
n. j. DreXel, Gen. T.. L. WinSlow, c. NJ Bissell,
superintendent OF the Hudson River road; +.
LoOmis Z. I. Titus, John Newell, president OF
the Lake Shore road Alfred Skitt, superinten-
dent Harlem City line: AShbel Green Edwards
PierrepOnt, Havey Fisk and +. X. Gowen.