St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-05
Only the Intimate Friends Of
Mr.. Gould to Be Present
at the Funeral.
After the Services, H viewer,
Others May Lock at Mr..
GOuld's Remains.
One of the Sisters Will Not
Be Able to Be at the
Services.
Mr.. Sage Says the Face Of
His Dead Friend Is Very
Natural.

New YORK, Dec. 4.-Quiet reigned
without and within the Gould res
dence today. Only the broad and long
streamers OF crepe attached to the door
bell, which fioated on the chilly breeze
outside. indicated that death had re-
Gently invaded the household. The
stream of carriages and the pedestrians
seen on Sunday afternoon passed to and
fro as usual, and only few people
were attracted by the crepe, tapping
to the wind, and gaZed for moment.
No one stopped. About 3 o'clock Un-
dertaker Main and his assIs-
tant arrived and entered the
house, where they remained about
three-quarters of an hour and placed
fresh ice on the remains. which were
removed down stairs and placed on a
the house until tomorrow morning.
When the pail of darkness descended,
the chilness of the street seemed in
keeping with the sad silence pervading
the house of mourning. The police
guards resumed their vigil outside,
which will be kept up until after the
remains have been removed for inter
ment. MIR. Gould's brother, Abraham
Gould, arrived in the city this afternoon
and went to the house of Edwin Gould,
No. East Forty-seventh street, adjoin-
ing the residence of the deceased.
The arrangements made Friday for
the funeral services over the body of
Jay Gould were changed today in 4
very important particular. In the
regular death notice, the statement ap
peared that friends and relatives of the
dead financier were invited to attend
the funeral, but now it is explained
that George Gould never enter
tanned the idea OF inviting all visitors
who might call themselves friends, and
that the person who made the statement
that the public would be permitted to
look upon the face of the dead railroad
king had no authority from him to con-
slider such thing. A personal friend
of the family said last night that George
Gould never had any intention of max
ing public display.
of George Gould to discuss the arrange
mentS for accommodating the people
who are expected to attend the funeral
tomorrow afternoon. When he came
out Mir. Sage said he had had
look at the face of his dead
friend, and it was very natural.
Mr.. Gould might have almost been
sleeping, and there was not wrinkle
III the skin. The body was still in Mr..
Gould's room on the second floor over
the conservatory, in what was prac-
tically caSket, covered by black cloth.
1t will be placed in the burial cas-
ket in the morning. said MI. Sage,
and be carried down to the
parIor, where the face would be viewed
by the friends and the public after the
funeral services were over. AS to how
many would be present at the services,
Mr.. Sage said he feared the two parlOrs
to which the acquaintance of the dead
man would be admitted and the dining
room, where the family and intimate
friends would sit, would not hold
over 200 persons. He was sorry the
house was so small, because there were
a great many who had known Mr.
Gould who would like TO pay their last
respects. Because of this. it had been
decided to permit the personal frienns
of Mr.. Gould who were unable to get in
the house during the funeral services
to pass in afterwards and look CD Mr..
Gould's face.
Mr.. Sage said that the sisters of Mr..
Gould, Mrs. Palen. who lives at Tuck
gunk, Pa, and Mrs. Northrop. who
lives in Camden, A. j., had not arrived
yet, but are expected i'll the morning, as
are also a number of Mr.. Gould'S
friends from other cities, including
the directors of the Union Pa
cifc railroad from Boston, officials
of the Missouri Pacific from st. Louis.
and other railway men. Mrs. Northrop,
a third sister of Mr.. Gould, who is the
wife of a minister in Los Angeles, Cal.
will not be present, as she cannot make
the trip in time for the funeral. Those
who are expected from st. Louis to-.
morrow are Assistant General Manager
George c. Smith, General Solicitor J. P.
Cochrane, General Auditor e. G. War
ner and Local Treasurer d. S. III. Smith.
Joseph H. Aii1liard. Western director
of the Union Pacific road. is coming
from Omaha.
The funeral is not to be public. Be
ing at the house, it would be entirely
impossible to accommodate there the
many who from interest or curiosity
would be drawn to the funeral were 1t
public. The funeral will be as quiet as
possible, and so, quite in line OF Mr..
Gould's unostentatiouS preferences will
be at the house at O'Clock in the after
noon. There are no cards of admission.
Rev. John r. Paxton, Of the West
Presbyterian church, at which church
Jay Gould was more or less regular
attendant, did not in his sermon this
morning make any direct reference to
Mr.. G0uld'S death, but, referring to
PLATE, he said humanity was prone to
do as Plate did in granting just COIL
sideratlOn 20 the door that had received
them i'll life.