The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-12-06
JAY GOULD'S FUNERAL.
A GREAT CROWD OF THE CURIOUS
sWARM AROUND THE HOUSE.
Many Men of Wealth and Prominence
Attend the Services - An Impressive
Scene In the Death Chamber.

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NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Not for long
in the funeral of any person as it was in
that Of Jay Gould to-day. Notwithstand-
ing the printed announcement that the
services would be private, and that none
but relatives and intimate friends would
be admitted to the house, people began
to congregate in its vicinity at an early
| hour and many applied for admission
who had not the shadow of an excuse for
so doing. BY o'clock this afternoon
there were at least a thousand persons
gathered in the vicinity of the Gould
residence. and by the time the funeral
service began the crowd increased three
fold. It was an orderly crowd. and the
police had little to do outside OF keeping
the walks In front Of the residence clear
for the passage Of pedestrians. The day
was clear and cold, and raw wind swept
through the streets, making 1t, indeed,
a most uncomfortable task for any per-
son to stand about in one position for any
length of time, but the crowd of morbid
curiosity seekers, which had gathered,
and which was composed of men. women
and children in all stations of life. was not
deferred in the least by this unfavorable
element.
The scene inside the house was an i'm
pressive one. In the front parlor the body
of the great financier lay in a casket amid
a great mass of flowers the fragrance
from which made the air heavy.
To the left of the parlor was an ante
room, in which DR.. Paxton, DR.. Rod
erick Terry and Chancellor McCracken
were seated until they took their places
under the hall lamp, which shed Its ruddy
rays upon them and the choir and
organist, who were placed Immediately
opposite them.
Around the central group were arranged
those who had come TO hear the funeral
services. These included nearly one hum
dred men, all well-known in the world
Of finance. Some were millionaires,
others were railroad magnates and still
others powerful factors in the commerce
OF the country. Next to DR.. Paxton sat
Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, who joined
in the singing of the hymn, Nearer, My
God, to Thee" Behind him, In the back
parlor, sat Hon. Whitelaw Reid. On
camp stool almost Immediately in front
of the hall door was DR.. Mum, and
not far from him sat Herbert ii. Dicker-
son, the private counsel of the dead man.
lDDOSllt
of those stationed in the further parlor
were C. p Huntington and Judge Rufus
y. Cowing. Among others present were
Russell Sage. Judge Dillon, General 4.
T. Eckert, Giovanni Morisini, Washing
ton Il. Connor, III. Walter Webb, Will
liam r. Grace, Henry Clews, j. u. Page,
j. Pierrepont Morgan. William II. Kis-
sam, Or. Norvin Green. Austin Corbin.
William b. Somervile, Charles a. Tinker
and w. c. Humstone.
The immediate family Of the deceased
were all in an upper room, where the
whole Of the funeral service could be
heard The party in this room consisted
of Mr.. and Mrs. George j. Gould and
children. Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Gould,
Misses Helen NJ. and Anna Gould, Messrs.
Howard and Frank Gould, Mrs. North
rop, Mrs. Palen, Mr.. Abraham Gould.
Mrs. Mum, Mrs. Shrady and Mrs. Rus
sell Sage.
At 415 o'clock the strains of the organ
vbrated through the spacious rooms with
the preliminary chords Of the anthem
There Is Land immortal" and
scarcely had the sounds reached the
sorrowing family and relatives in the
upper room, ere Mrs. Charles Herbert
Clarke's clear soprano took up the re-
fraln. The anthem was sung by the choir
Of Dr. Paxton's church. The composer
of the anthem, i. A. Schneider, was the
organist and director.
The anthem finished, Or. Paxton arose
and in sOnorous tones said: Let us in
woke the Divine blessing"
With heads bowed, the large assemblage
listened reverently to the prayer offered
by the dead financiers pastor. The prayer
ended DR.. Paxton read portion OF ---e
Episcopal service for the dead, beginning:
40 nd
This was followed by the singing of Car
dinal Newmans hymn, Lead Kindly,
Light" and the concluding portion Of
the burial services by Rev Roderick
Terry, ID. ID. At its conclusion Chancel-
lor McCracken offered up prayer.
At the conclusion OF his invocation |
Chancellor McCracken reclted the Lords
Prayer, and his hearers repeated il after
him. Many Of those present sang with 4
the choir Nearer, My God, To Thee" the |
final hymn.
Before DIR. Paxton gave the benedic- |
ton TO those present he said at the con-
clusion of the services all there would |
be allowed "to take a last look at our |
departed friend, whose soul has gone to |
its Maker and whose house of clay is |
soon TO be laid away with reverent and |
loving hands.
After the benediction there was gen.
eral movement toward the back parlor,
and here a line was formed and one by |
one each filed by the casket and glanced |
at the pale features Of the late million
aire. Slowly the crowd passed by, and
as the door was reached all were ushered
nto the street. Gradually the hum OF
which followed outside the
house with murmuring, ceased, and soon
he casket, bearing the mortal shell Of
him whom men called in life "The
was alone with those who knew
lim best and loved him most.
Tomorrow at noon Mr.. Gould's body
will be taken from the family mansion to
Noodlawn for interment in the Gould
and at o'clock Chancellor
McCracken will perform the final obse-
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