St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-10
A PILLAR OF FINANCE.
Preparations Under Way For the Funeral
Service Of the Great Railway
Magnate.
List of the Pall-Bearers Who Will Bear
Him to His Last Resting
Place.
Coroner MESSENGER Thinks the Con-
versation Between Garrett and
Vanderbilt Too Exciting.
RESOLUTIONS of Respect by Western
Union Directors - Other
Opinions Expressed.
Preparing for the FnneraI.

Preparing for the Fnneral.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-Chauncey M. De-
pew tonight said that at the funeral of
William 81. Vanderbilt, which will take
place Friday. the following gentlemen
would act as pall-bearers: Samuel F.
Berger, Chauncey M. Depew, J. Pierre
pont Morgan, Charles G. Clark, Judge
Rapallo, Judge j. P. Brady William Turn
bull, William l.. Root, William Bliss, D.
o. Mills, George j. Magee and S. W. Cald-
well. The funeral will be held in st. Bar
tholomew's church, and admission will ba
by tickets, which will be issued to day. A
number of prominent railroad and business
men who had been acquainted with MI.
Vanderbilt called at the residence to-day.
Among them were j. P. Morgan, Rev. DR..
John Hall, Rev. DR.. G. F. Deems, Samuel
Sloan, Arthur Leary, Cyrus w. Field, John
D. Rockefeller, Gen. Meredith Riede and
Roscoe Conkling. Gable dispatches of re-
James McHenry and j. S. Morgan, Lon
don. and Messrs. Harges and Winthrop,
Paris. Letters and kilograms were also
received from Bishop Potter. John A.
King, Samuel P. Coll, S. S. Jewett, Mon
signor Copel, F. B. Gowen and A. J.
Drexel. Judge Rapello, it is said,
drew the will of Mr.. Vanderbilt and its
contents will be known Friday, after the
funeral. William K. and George Wander
bilt are tonight keeping vigil beside the
REMAINS OF THEIR FATHER.
Chauncey M. Depew, president of the
New York Central railroad, said this morn
ing that the board of directors would proba-
bly, hold meeting tomorrow to take ac-
ton on the death of Mr.. Vanderbilt. A
number of meetings, in which the directors
were interested, of the following companies,
will be held: The Canada Southern, New
York Sleeping Car company, American
Disttict Telegraph company and the
Western Union Telegraph company. Mr..
Depew visited the Vanderbilt mansion this
morning and held a conference with the
members of the family relative to the fu-
neral arrangements. 1t is not expected that
the will will be read until after the funeral
on Friday. The New York Central depot
will be draped in mourning to-day. Several
engineers have already placed Grape on their
engines. All the officers of the company
will attend the funeral, and tickets for adj
mission to the church will be issued. Cor
| Oner MeSsemer this morning took the fol-
lowing statement from President Robert
Garrett of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
on Mr.. Vanderblt's death:
I reached Mr.. Vanderbilt's house yesterday
about quarter past O'Clock. He received
me in his library, and we conversed together
about an hour. perhaps little longer, when
| Mr.. Vanderbilt's speech became indistinct,
| andathe. next instant noticed a twitching Of
| the muscles of the mouth and face, and
almost at the same instant his face
was suddenly convulsed. He was sitting
OH the edge Of the chair. He fell forward
and I reached him in time to thrust my
| arm under his shonlder and prevented his
falling heavily to the floor. 1 placed q
| cushion which was at hand under his head,
and Immediately summoned a servant and
called for water, with which bathed his face
| until the arrival of his son, Mr.. George Van
derbilt, and DR.. Miller. We did not realize
fact of his death until the arrival of DIR.
Mclean.
Dr.. John F. Miller, who was called in by
servant on Tuesday afternoon, this even
ing made statement before the coroner.
He examined the body, found it warm, the
face purple, the tongue purple, respiration
almost absent, and pulse almost extinct.
He concluded the case was one of apoplexy.