New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-05
No PUBLIC FUNERAL.
srp,xGrRS WILL MOI BE ADMITTED 10
THE HOME OF JAY GOULD.

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O",on,b-st. The hour set is o'clock III o''
-, and the burial will not he until 10
''o.rovv morning. One reason, and 1t Is S'io ~
-, 49,. main reason. why the funeral was p"' Oh
'..; so late an hour in the day, Is on account
:, .ho desirc of many of the men VINO are nv
o..oa in Wall-st. to attend the services u "'"'
~ vo+bor inconvenient for many OF tne'A !"
80, from their Offices at an earlier houi VI VI,
low Tho exchanges all close at ! ocio'"' o."
.hot will hermit those who WISH 10 uo ~ ~
.nnd - thcir business for the day ana 'il'" "''
time 10 get up 10 the house. 49, ~
1Y,cre were no changes yesterday III '"
rorcemcnts for the funeral services iroiri
wbic, were made on SATURDAY by III "'
,,,nn who WAS Mr.. Gould's physician Tor many
vears and who is supposed 10 kho" nioi ro
A.. Corlds views and wishes in regard 10 '''e
.o.s for the funeral than any one 'iso
o,,sido Of his sons; eN-JudSe Johh T. 49,,
,,ho was Mr.. Goulds personal counsel an" ;a,,
H. sox+on of the West Presbyterian
81 Tho services will he OF the siml'''
.,,,n character The Rev Dir. Jchn Il. laN-
~ tho nastor of the West Presbyterian N""i ~
y, which Miss Gould is member; th' W. "a
Harry VI. Mace racken, chancellor OF '"' -
IF .bo tlitv of New-Yor8 ana the heN' -,
VI ,"o -. nas+or of the South Reformed Church,
them.
.,,o noetor Of Mrs. Gould before her dca'h' anu
VIC ,~. boon . friend of the family for SeVer'
.rs There would he funeral Sermon IL
Ill ,os,or1av The Rev. Or. Paxton VIII
a nortion Of the Protestant Episcopal ourlai
- ond he will be followed by the Kew ITS
W.Cua,I-o, and Terry in the prayers and TN" bcnc-
,:o,ion Tho Quartet from the West presbyterian
Chn,.oh will sing an anthem and two hymns
aIood Kindly LiSIt" and 3" Nearer, Wy ""' W
,r,,o The members of this quartet arc NJ
Clemantinc De Vcrc-Sapio, the soprano MIS-
Carl s1ycs contralto: Payne Clark tenor. anu
rr;csson +. Bushnell, bass. The quartet VIII V
~, tho foot of the main stairway hc" vi" NO.
=, the coNn. The services Will last NOT m"o' wv
,brce-ouartcrs of an hour Daring thehi ou' NV"
bers If the family and few personal irlen"N VI nv
1,.a.al members of it will remain up stairs IN
.ho bou where they can hear easily Tue No'c'N
% .ho ministers and members OF the quart"
Tho cof,n will stand in the hall. where II VIII Dc
,,,ordod nv Mr. Gouds valet and deIec'l''S ia
citizens dress. III !, 1o
orts;de Of the house there Will he large
forco of policemen 10 keep back the crowns "'0
will undoubtedly gather in the street NJ '"rus
90 ;nvjtation TO the house have been l''u'o ""'
Mr. Gould's personal friends and acqua'h'''o''
are expected 10 attend
ha announcement
rrdortakcr that the funeral would be puohc
49, ,,.oe an error No person is expected whose
relations with Mr.. Gould or members OF MS
.,oi,r ,vould not warrant him to h. present lhere
ill nrohablv lc a considerable number OF cfahRs
o,ound the house. who might make an enort
,o cat into the house through some pre'cAt or
onotber- hit detectives and policemen VIII Ue
on the watch for them. The police may nave
their hands full in preventing serious crush.
On account of the fact that the burial VIII
not take place until tomorrow morning. there
will he no pallbcarers at the funeral 'o-"aS
oi,ber acting or honorary. As published IN
The Tribune yesterday, the burial VIII
ho strictly priyate The only persons outside
Of the family aHd the most intimate frlehds Oh
its members who will he present VIII DE thc
Rev Dr. MacCracken and the undertakers aesIs'-
ants together with the guard which has been
nosted AT the mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery
n watch IT, The burial party will be driven
IN the cemetery early in the morning IN car
RACES and on reaching there DR. MacCracken VIII
read the commitment service of the Protestant
Fpjscopal Church, ending with short bcnedic-
ton This will he all of the services that
there will he at the cemetery. Mrs. Gouds bod,
is already there and Mr. Gould will lie place
alongside the body Of his wife
There was constant procession OF people p's'
the Gould mansion all day yesterday. ffth-aVc.
was crowded all afternoon, and the current oil hu-
manity was still flowing past the house wheh
darkness came. There nothing for them to
see save the large knot of black crepe on the outer
door, futtcring in the strong wind that swept
I'D the avenue. Frequently some one would Stop
for n moment 70 eazc intcntly at the house as il
spcculating rs TO the place where MI "onlo
body Inv. This would make an excuse for
I.fc fho ,,nli u IN,
was On guard in front of tho house could gc'
them moving again there would be scores OF
people gazing at the mansion. There weIo
scarcely any siQns of Efe within the house through
ont the entire day. Once in while we'll
dressed man would 90 up the steps and push fhe
electric button. A few minutes later the bi:
front door would he opened cautiously for an
inch or two and Mr.. Gould's valet would peer
out to see what was wanted. II the caller were
some one known TO him and entitled 10 admls-
Sion the door was opened hurriedly and the caicr
would step quickly inside out OF the aght OF
staring crowd of men, women and boys If the
caller were not known 10 the valet the door was
closed much more quickly than it was opened
The undertaken and his ASSISTANTS attracted
great deal of attention when the wagon in which
thev went 10 the house was driven up to the 'front.'
door. -, A.,
In few seconds there were not less than
900 people either standing around ~ or WaIch-
Ing il from the other side of the street. Every
one who happc'cd 10 be- there seemed to think
that the coffin in which Mr. Gould Is to be
buried would be taken ont and carried INTO uie
house. ana that this would afford them an OPP
portunity TO SEE it, In this they, were disap-
pointed, for the coffin was in Mr.. Mans under
taking shop in FoIty-fourth-si.. Just west OF
Ffth-ave Tho place was Ovcrrun during the
day with those who wanted 10 look upon the
cloth-covcred box in which the body Of the dead
millionaire is 10 be placed Only those who
wcrr known 10 the undertaken, however, were
allowed 10 see il
The collin il extremely plain. IL is absolutely
free Of DECORATIONS other than the oXidi2cd solid
silver handles which run the whole lcnqth Of
IL on either side and the two handles at each
end. with thc coffin plate on the top bearing
the inscription: