Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-12

no time did the latter exceed
hundred or two IN number.
At fourteen minutes past 10 o'clock
the doors Of St. Bartholomew Episco-
pal church were thrown backward, and
porters, bearing upon their shoulders
the rich and yet plainly constructed
coffin entered the church by the central
aisle. Preceding the coffin walked the
pail. bearers wearing white sashes.
These were Chauncy NJ. Depew, j..
Pierrepont Morgan. Judge Charles Ra-
pablo, William Turnbull, William Bliss,
George j. Magee, C. NJ. Barger,
Charles C. Clark, Judge John B. Brady,
W. S. Scott, D. 0. Mills and 5. W.
Caldwell. The deep tones of the organ
sounding the opening measures of Chop
pins funeral march were heard as the
procession moved down the nave of the
crowded church. The Rev. DR.. Samuel
Cooke, accompanied by his assistant,
the Rev. F. W. Clampett. clad in
the white robes Of the Episcopal clergy,
walked in advance of the solemn pro-
cession and read the well-known lines
of the burial service. As the rector
read the crowded church was silent ; the
waiting multitude listened with almost
bated breath until the clergy had enter
ed the chancel and with the Assistant
Bishop, Henry c. Potter, who had
already preceded them, knelt in prayer
before the altar. Following the coffin
came the members of the Vanderbilt
family, headed by Cornelius and wife.
The solemn music from the organ, the
sad faces of the bereaved children, the
respectful silence of the hundreds of
businessmen who had known the dead
financier in his lifetime, rendered the
scene an impressive one. There was
no pomp or circumstance 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 a bed
of violets-Mr. Vanderbilt's favorite
flower-and two leaves Of palm. When
the music Of the funeral march at length
came to an end the choir sang the
anthem beginning Lord, let me know
my end" While the last notes of the
song were yet lingering on the ear the
Rev. DR.. Cooke advanced to the read
ing-desk and read the fifteenth chapter
Of first Corinthians. beginning Now
is Christ risen from the dead and become
the first fruits Of them that slept"
Then the choir and congregation united
in singing Nearer, my God, to Thee"
The remainder of the service consisted
of the usual prayer for the dead and
the singing by the choir of the anthem
81 heard voice from Heaven " and
the occasional hymn q" l would not live
Away"
1t was ten minutes Of ii when the
doors Of the church again swung back
ward, and the solemn procession re.
turned to the streets. Here carriages
were in waiting to take the coffin and
mourning family and friends to the
ferryboat, at the foot of west Forty
second street.
Probably never within the history of
the city Of New York have so many
men prominent in the financial world
assembled to do honor to the memory
Of dead associate. No one was adj
mitted to the church except friends OF
the family and representatives of COM
mercial and business or educational
bodies. AS a natural result, there
was less than one hundred ladies
admitted to listen to the services.
Prominent among the businessmen
were the presidents and heads OF de-
partments of all the roads with which
Mr.. Vanderbilt had been connected.
Among others who sat in the pews
were Mayor Grace, Judge Noah Davis,
Thomas l.. James, General Clinton b.
Fiske, Cyrus w. Field, Benjamin W.
Field, Jay Gould, Henry Clews, II. X.
Enos, Augustus Shepard, Robert Bon
ner, Russell Sage, Whitelaw Reid,
George W. Childs. of Philadelphia ;
John Mcbride, George II. Blanchard,
S. b. Roberts, Commissioner Albert
Fink, Samuel d. Babcock, j. NJ.
roucey, President Barnard, Of Colum-
oia College; Salem II. Wales,
II. A. Langdon, John A. King, |
president Of the Erie road; j. II.
Breslin, W. G. King, Erastus Corning,
A. j. Drexel, General K. 7. Winslow, |
J. N. Bissell, superintendent of the
Iudson.River road I; +. LOOMS, G. T.
Titus, John Newell, President Of the
AXE Shore railroad; Alfred Skitt, su-