Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-12-18
Funeral Or nR. YAApERBILT.


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in New York.
NEW YORK, December 1.-The
last rites over the remains oi VIII
liam II. Vanderbilt were begun this
morning when the body OBJ ihe de-
ceased was removed io the coffin
of ccder covered with black broad
cloth. The coffin was then placed
on q cafa'alcuc in the bedroom ON
the east side of .ho house. Small
groups Of people began carly TO
gather opposite the house, and
when the Rev. Samuel Cook. the
rector Of ST. Bartbolomcw's Prot
estant Episcopal church, arrived
there shortly after 5 o'clock, the
groups had increased to- small
crowd as the hour appointed for
the beginning of the home religious
services approached. Carringe ai-
ter carriage drove TO The entrance
and deposited the children, tho
most intimate friends and the pail
bearers Of the deceased. Each
carriage bore c0achman and foot
man and all Of these wore mourn
ing liverics. Shortly before .
o'clock Mrs. Vanderbilt, accom-
panied by her sister, Hrs. Brom-
ley; William r., Cornelius, Fred
crick and George Vanderbilt, her
Sons and her daughters, with the
exception of Mrs. Shepherd, who
| is abroad, entered the bedroom
and looked for the last time upon
the face Of her husband. Her
/ grief was very great, and II was
shared by all present. The service
conducted by the Rev. Dr. Cooke,
was simple. consisting OF a prayer,
a few words OF remembrance aud
others of consolation TO the bcreav-
ed family. The coffin was then
closed and Mrs. Nandcrhllt retired
to the apartment which she has
occupied since the death Of Mr..
Vanderbilt. The coffin was raised
upon the shoulders Of the under
takers assistants, and preceded by
the clergymen and the pall-bearcrs,
borne down the broad staircase,
through the corridors, and into the
/ gorgeous vestibulc, now bathcd IN
a flood of bright December sun
shine, and then ont through the
open doors. At thatmomcnt there
1Oatcd in from some distant church
bells the soft, sweet sound OF the
"Angelus."
II was 9:lj when the doors OF
the hearse were closed. Down the
avenue to FoIty-seventh street and
through it to Madison avenue and
/ the church, three blocks below.
| the cortege wound its way. There
were nineteen carriages n the door
when it started, bat before the
the Grand Central depot came in
sight the number had swclled to
nearly two score, and as many
were then at the church. The
sightseers had gone before to the
church, the doors OF which had
been besieged all morning by
crowds of wcll.dreSsed people seek
ing admission, principally woman.
Nearly all were turned away I'M
less they were known to members
of the family, vino were stationed
at the door. Al no time did the
latter exceeded a hundred or two
in number.
At fourteen minutes past 10
o'clock the doors of st. Bariholo.
news church were swung back
ward. aud the porters, bearing
upon their shoulders the rich and
vet plainly constructed collin' en-.
tered the church by the central
aisle. These were Chauncey NJ.
Depew, j. Pierpont Morgan, Judge
Charles Rapallo, William Turn
bill William Bliss, George /. Magee
G. ~ Berger. Charles {. CLARK,
Judge John Il. Rady, ". l.. Scott,
ID. o. Mills. and 5. ". Caldwell.
The deep tones Of the organ sound
inethe opening measurcsof Chop
ms Funeral March were heard as
the procession moved down The
nave. The Rev. DR.. Samuel Cooke,
accompanied bS his assistant, the
Rev. +. ". Clampitt, clad IN The
white robes of the Episcopal clergy,
walked in advance Of the solemn
procession, and read the wcll-known
lines OF the burial service.
AS the rector read the crowded
church was silent. The clergy eli
tered the chanccl, and with the as
sistant bishop, Henry {. Potter,
knclt in prayer before the altar.
Following the coffin camo the Van
derbllt family. headed by Corne-
lius Vanderbilt and wife.
There was no osicntatlon III the
burial service which followed. No
public man has been buried with
80 little Of what may be turned
"show.7 Upon the lid Of the coffin
rested Il bed Of violets, llr. Wander
bits iavorite flower, and two lea.
YES of palm.
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 XIV. chapter OF First
Corinthians, beginning CHOW is
Christ risen from the dead and be-
come 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 pray
er for the dead and the singing by
the choir Of the anthem II Heard
Voice from Heaven and the re-
ccssional hymn, 81 Would Not Live
Away
It was ten minutes Of II when
the procession returned to the street.
Here carriages were in waiting to
take the coffin and the mourning
family and friends to the ferry
boats mt the foot of West Forty
second street.
AN UNUSUALLY HEAVY SUGAR
CROP.-A New Orleans dispatch
SAYS: "The sugar season now
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