The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-12-12
DEAD AND BURIED.
THE DECEASED MONEY MONARCH
Carried to the Tomb-Tho Simple Services at
the House Followed by Equally UnoS.
tsntatious Ceremony at the Church.
A Great Millionaire Laid to Rest.

NRw YoRK, Dec. 1.-THE last sad riteI
Of death over the remains OF William q
Vanderbilt were begun this morning when
the body Of the deceased was removed
from the ice box, in which it has rested
since Tuesday, 10 the coffin OF cedar, GOV
cred with black broadcloth. The coffin
was then taken TO the bed room on the
east eide Of the house. The sun had barely
appeared upon the pinnacles Of the St.
Patrick's Cathedral before small groups OF
people began to gather opposite the house.
and when the Rsv. Samuel Cook, the
rector Of St. Bartholomew's Protestant
Episcopal Church, arrived there, shortly
after O'Clock, the groups had increased
tU q small crowd.
The crowd was orderly and the services
OF the police were not needed. AS the
hour appointed for the beginning OF the
home religious services approached car
riage after carriage drove TO the entrance
and deposited the children, the intimate
friends and the pail bearers OF the de-
ceased. Each carriage bore Coachman
mourning liveries.
Shortly before 8 O'Clock the immediate
family looked for the last time upon the
face OF the deceased. The service con-
Quoted by the Rev. DR.. Cook was simple
and touching, consisting Of prayer, a
f4w words OF remembrance and OF con.
ISOLATION. The coffin was then closed and
Mrs. Vanderbilt retired to the apartment
which she has occupied since the death OF
Mr.. Vanderbilt. The coffin was raised
upon the shoulders OF the undertaker's as
Ristants and preceded by the clergyman
and the pail bearers, borne down
the broad stair case, through the corridors
and through the open doors, never more
to return.
SERVICES AT THE CHURCH.
At 9:45 A. NJ. the funeral cortege started
for the church. There were no crowds on
the streets through which it passed, and
the police along the line almost outnum-
bered the sight-seers.
At quarter past 10 the doors of St.
Bartho!emew's Church were opened and
the porters bearing upon their shoulders
the coffin, passed down the centre aisle.
Preceding the coffin walked the pail
bearers, wearing white sashes. These
we're: Chauncey NJ. Depew, J. Pierpoint
Morgan, Charles Rapallo, William Turn
bull, william Bliss, George l. Magee, O.
NJ. Barger, Charles @. Clark, Judge John
R. Brady, W. L. Scott, D. 0. Mills and S.
W. Caldwell. The deep tones Of the organ
sounding the opening measures Of Chop
in's funeral march were heard as the pro.
cessiou moved down the nave Of the |
crowded church.
The Rev. DR.. Samuel Cook, accompanied |
by his assistant, the Rev. I. W. Clampett,
in the white robe OF the Episcopal clergy |
men, walked in advance OF the solemn |
procession and read the well known lines |
from the burial services: II am the Res
urection and the Life etc." Following the
coffin came the members Of the Wander
bilt family headed by Cornelius Wander
bilt and wifs. When the music Of the
funeral march ended, the choir sang q. ord |
Let me Know my End" After the SIM
pie service for the dead had been said,
The choir and congregation united in sing.
ing Nearer, my God to Theo." II was
ten minutes OF eleven when the doors OF
the church again swung ackward and the |
solemn procession returned to the street. |
Here carriages were in waiting to take
the coffin and the mourning family and
friends to the ferry boats at the foot Of
FoTty-second street.
Probably never within the history OF
the city oiNew York have so many promi- |
nent in the financial world assembled to
do honor to the memory Of dead asso.
ciate. No one was admitted to the church
except friends Of the family and the rep.
resentstives Of commercial business Or
educational bodies. As q natural result
there we're less than 100 ladies admitted
to listen to the services. Prominent
among the business men were the presi-
dents and heads Of departments OF all the
roads with which Mr.. Vanderbilt had
been connected.
THE LAST RITES.
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