Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-12-12
THIRD EDITION..
DUST To DUST
the FnntrnI Oss~ aies Of William
n Wander biif.

n. Vanderbilt
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The last sad
rites over the remains OF William IL. |
Vanderbilt were begun this morning,
when the body was removed from the
ice box 10 the coffin of cedar covered
with broadcloth. The coffin was then
placed on a catafalque in the bed room
ON the west side of the house. Rev.
Samuel Cooke, rector of st Bartholo-
new 5 Protestant Episcopal church, ar
rived shortly after 8 o clock. AS the
hour approached for the beginning OIL
the religious services at the house car
rage after carriage drove to the en-
trance and deposited the children,
friends most intimate and pall-bearers|
OF the deceased. Each carriage bore a.
coachman and Q footman, and all or
these wore mourning liveries.
Shortly before o O'clock Mrs, Van
derbilt, accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. Bromley, William X, Cornelius,
Frederick and George Vanderbilt, her
sons, and her daughters with the ex-
ception Of Mrs. Shepard, who is abroad,
entered the bedroom and looked for
the last time upon the face of the dead.
The service conducted by the Rev.
DR.. Cooke consisted of prayer. q few
words oil remembrance and others oil
consolation to the bereaved family.
The coffin was then closed, and Mrs.
Vanderbilt retired to the apartment
which she has occupied since the death
other husband. The coffin was raised
upon the shoulders of the undertaken
assistants, and preceded by the clergy
man and pail bearers, was borne down
the broad staircase, through the cor
ridors and out through the open doors
to the street and placed in the hearse
At LAS a. m. the cortege started i0l
St. Bartholomew church, which wa
reached in thirty minutes, The coifineC
remains were here borne by porters W
the centre aisle OF the church, preceded
by the pall-bearers, wearing Whit
sashes'
Upon the lid of the coffin rested 1
bed Of violets, Mr.. Vanderbilt's favorit'
flower, and two leaves of palm. Wher
the music of the funeral march CAM
TO an end the choir sang the anthem
UGHluuluE IOlhy lIb liz hhoW ~
end" While the last notes were We
lingering in the air, Rev. DR.. Cook
advanced 10 the reading desk and reaI
the fifteenth. chapter of First CORN
thians Now is Christ risen iron
the dead and become the first fruits @
them that slept" Then the choir an
congregation united in singin
Nearer, my God, to Thee" Tn
remainder Of the service consisted {
the usual prayer for the dead and ii
singing by the choir of the antheI
hcarda voice from Heaven, an
therecessional hymn, " would n
live Away"
1t was ten minutes Of II when Il
doors Of the church again swung bac
ward and the solemn procession 7
turned 10 the street. Here the hear
and carriages were in waiting to tai
the coffin and the moarning fami
and friends to the ferry boats at 4
foot Of West Forty second street
The boat landed at II % O'clock p.
at Clifton, Staten Island, and the pl
cessiOn again formed and started
ward New Dorp, several miles ava
III was after O'Clock when the cen
terry was reached. The 1sket was
moved and placed Immediately in If,
OF tie door of the temporary receiv
vault, and Rev William II. Vozl
pastor Of tue Morayian church, uttel
an eloquent prayer, after which Il
DR.. Cooke recited the Episcopal serv
for the dead.
The casket was then carried into {
receiving vault where was herueti,
lyseatd In the preseG- OF the four son
the deceased. When tins had been d
the Inonrners again took their place,
lhe carriages, were driven oack 10 {
ton Landings and abe south held brou
them back 20 New York, arriving ali
io'cioek
Robert Pirkersoa anl a force of
pen W re left In charge If the vault
I'll Ia mauso.eum Is auish4d, whiC
ls eipeetad will be- within six non