New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-26
MR.. ASTOR BURIED.
MANY PEOPLE ATTEND THE FUNERAL.
THE BURIAL TAKES PLACE IN HARD RAIN
-ONLY THE FAMILY GO TO THE
CEMETERY.
CEMETERY.

Long before the hour set for the funeral Of
John Jacob Astor Trinity Chapel, in West Twenty
| nfth-st was packed yesterday morning from the
altar rail to the doOrsavc for the space reserved
for the members of the family, the pallbearers
and the servants-with friends and acqGaintances
Of the dead man. Had it not been for this out
pouring Of people, men, women and children q
stranger would not have known that the head
of ono Of the richest families in the world was
shortly to be buried. Everything conducted
with the utmost simplicity, save in the music after
the service. which was beautiful and grand
The doors of the church were opened at .
o'clock although the services were not to begin
until an hour later. At that time there was q
| large crowd of people standing on the sidewalk
in the mist and fog and drilling rain, waiting
TO get into the church. The first rush would have
almost filled the building, so the sexton and his
assistants were forced to select those only who
were known or could bc vouched for Among
the hundreds who were thus compelled 10 remain
outdoors were many poor people who were
bencfcarics Of Mrs. Astors libcrality in her hie-
time and her husbands after her death Sergeant
| Schmittbcrgcr, of tho Nineteenth Precinct, was
| early on hand with a squad OF police iie
officers were needed only for guard duty Nlthh
tbc church there was not a single floral emblem
! except
The altar. walls and pcws were bare of funeral
decorations Those on the coffin few and
simple. and came from William waldorf As'or
and the other members of the family.
4 few minutes before / 0 o'clock the collin Hd
was closed and the undertaken and his assistants
carried the body 10 the hcarsc Wllch
WAS IN waiting at the door of the family mansion
in Fifth.avc just before this the members oi
the family gathered in the parlor and looKed
for tbe last time on the face Of the dead man.
| The police kept n wide space cleared IN 'he
crowd which was waiting in the street In iroh1
If the church when the hcarse and the carriages
in which were the members Of the family were
driven 70 the door. Here Bishop Potter, Inc
Rev Dr. Morgan Dix, rector Of Trinity Chur'h'
and the Rev Dr. G. +. Swopc, OF lrnlly
Chanel. and The choir Of the church were III
waiting. Dr. Gilbert was at the organ ana "heh
the procession had been formed the strains oil
the professional hymn burst forth Inc I'M
mcuse congregation arose and remained stand
inr while the body was carried up the aisle on
the shoulders OF the undcrtakcrs men Albert
Mcurcr tic sexton Of the church, led The pro-
ccsson NJ the aisle. After him came the choir
behind which walked the Rev. DR. Dix reading
the first lines Of the burial service. On each
side Of him walked Bishop Potter and the Kew.
Dr. Swopc. Dr. Forlycc Barker. who attended
Mr. Astor in his last illness, with DR. Morris
! Asch Dr. Francis Dclahcld, Dr.. Charles l.
Poorc and DR. francis II. Markoc. all ot "hom
have at various times attended him. came next.
The handsome blue plushcovercd coffin was ne\t
in tho line, and on each side of II walked thc
nall hearers They were Gcorec l.. Schuyler,
Iohn JAY. & Oracle King. Richard King, Colonel
t. r. Wright Charles I. Southmayd' sidney
Webster and John l.. Cadwaader. Inc mem
hers ~ the family were last. There were Mt
and Mrs William Waldorf Astor, john jacob
A,tor and Mis-, Leila Gibbs, sister Of Mrs Jonh
Jacob As,or; Mr. and Mr, James L. Roosevelt
Mrs j. Coleman Dnyton and orme
Wilson. Madame de Stcurs, Mr.. Armstrong and
Nr. Paul, from Philadclphia Miss Julia Bihbcy
and Mrs Cooper, and Andrew hhhcy Mrs Will
iou, Fisher and the servants OF the family
Amone the other people present were cN-Judge
Charles 4 Peabody General Henry W. Slocum,
James = T. Strauahan. of Brooklyn; MT. ana
Mrs A 4 Low, President Seth Low. OF Columbia
College: Professor Drisler. cN-Assistant Tinted
STATES Treasurer Thomas G. Acton, Clarence y
seward. the Rev. DR.. John +. Cooiman' Trace
Greenwood the Rev. DR.. George IL. llouShton tho
Rev Dr. Theodore l.. Cuylcr, General nv 'onh
Porter Loui, Chanlcr, Clarence Cary James Il
Colgate. Laurence Hutton, tie Rev. Dr. 'miIeS
+ Deems. William Fearing Gill. Franklin Wood
run. Henry licrsh. Dr. Mary Putnam jacob, Dr
/ Abraham 'acobi, the Rev. Dr. ~ man Ahoott'
David Dows, Austin Corhin, Los all farr'Guu
Herman OcInchN, Judge GrIrS i. lay "VLTI' Wr.'l
Stewart l.. Noodiord, Mr Deiam3'cr, MOTIFS
h Jc,up the Rev. Or. Arthur BROOKS, LOUIS
tiffany, BrNdIcr-Gcncral Lods lIzscIHu
General Buttcrtcld, Isaac Bell ). l. r4'lG
James J. Kcrnochan, Or Charcs \. lc"l, David
Wolfe Bishop, ex-senator Ot's, Arthur Lt3ry'
IcCr,ud f. Cannon, John :. Kennedy, Allan
Campbell. Park Commissioner j. Hampton Ro0b'
MIR and Mrs T. I. Wilson. Robert Ray Hamilton,
Colonel schuyler Hamilton, Marshal Barber
Irving "rinncll, Hamilton Fish ,s As
kinson Smith Byam X. Stevens
y. WN.W " sherman, Robert Il. Roosevelt, Colonel
William .Iay Sherman EyartS, James l.. BrccNc,
+. \ Stout, Anson Phelps Sto@cs. Ward AlcA!IiSltr
" IT, 1ilhnghnst, Robert Rutherford, Colonel
William g. Hamilton. STACEY Clark, d. I. Lord.
H.. Delaney Kane, John Itiri, Lloyd ASpnWHIt
townsend Burden, Gilbert VI. Npcr, AUGUST Bel
mont. General James Fry, Joseph W DfcNcI, l.d-
wards Pirucpont, Robert L. Stuy'cs nj the K"V.
Henry Nottct August Belmont, lr, Henry Van
>chack. L. Randolph Robinson, W lIl'am - p..mer-
horn. George :. lioWdon and Ecor-c l.. iafi'-
WORTH whose father built warehouses Tor Inc
original John Jacob Asior III northern Mlchlo"A
and Wisconsin ln l@2l.
There were also representatives, from the Court
landt Ciocct Ecckman, khlnchndcr ana I,lF,
iugston families. and dc cgatlonS rom inc hc'l
Estate Exchange, United States Trust Company
and the Loyal Legion. .
The services began with the Singing 0i rHc
| psalm Lord, Let Me Know Nine Ina. Inc
| Rev DR. SwOpc read the lesson for the day ana
Bishop Potter the prayer. the Rev. Dr DlN read
| thc committaI During the service the choir SlnS
Nearer My tod to Thee and | Heard Nore
from Heaven. Jerusalem the Golden Was the
rcccsSlonal hymn.
| Only the members Of the family went from the
| church 10 the grave in Trinity Cemetery, az One
hundred and fifty y-Gfth-st. md Icnth-avc. IL was
raining hard and the moist ioS seemed 10 hahS
heavier and thicker over the earth when the car
riagcs reached the grave. The Weather was tic
same two years ago when the wife OF John JACOB
Asur was buried.
William Waldorf Astor stood alone at the head
Of his fathers grave while the undcrtakers men
placed the coffin in the big cedar box and lowerc!
IT, into tie grave. The rest of the family stood