New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-04
JAY GOULD,
Born May 81. 1885.
Died Dec. 2. lS92.

1.. before the services the CONN VIII %
.o,'on INFO tbe front drawing-room on the ground
eoor and will be placed in front OF the mirror
which il in the middle of the Forfy-seventn-SS.
side of the room. About il will be grouped 'no
floral offerings of friends. The clergymen VIII
stand az the right Of the hall, nearly Opposite
the foot Of the square staircase, WHICH ii'e
from the left of the hall just back OF the re-
cep,ion room. In the space under the stalr-
case the quartet and the orgahist VIII " s'w
toned. The public who attend the funeral VIII
no admitted at the front door of the house in
rYfth-ave. a short time before the services. ana
will ,s MANY as possible be seated in the two
norlors hall and reception-room. When entering
rho house they will have an opportunity Z"
mass the coffin and look at the dead man iaco'
and at the conclusion of the services as they
Ieave the house, the same opportunity VIII De
given.
The dininc-room will be reserved for the inti-
mate friends of the family who may he par
ticularly invited by card 10 attend the funerai.
They will he admitted through the house OF
Edwin Gould. No. l East Forty-seventll-st., ana
will have access 10 the dining-room through tno
passagcway AonneGting the twd houses ihe
doors between the dinirg-room and the nall
will not be opened until just before the beginning
of the funeral.
ing the services Besides the children of the dead
man tho wives of the two sons and their imme-
date relatives Mr. Gould's brother and two SIS
tcrs are expected 10 he present. The brother Is
Abraham Gould, of ST. Louis, the supply agent OF
the Missouri Pacific Railroad system. lhe sisters
are Mrs Palen and Mrs Harris, who Will come
from Philadelphia. All three are expected to-day.
The opening anthem will be selected by tho
choir and what il will be is not Yet known. I'M
mcdiatcly afterward will be sung Cardinal New
mans hymn Lead, Kindly Light Then Dr.
Paxton Will begin the reading of the service, which
is a modification of the Episcopal ritual prepared
and used by him. The two other cergymen WIZ
assist him in different parts of the reading, which
will be followed by eXtemporaneous prayer. Inc
second hymn by the quartet will be, Nearer, My
God to Thee and the services VIII close with tho
bcnediction There will be no address
The body will remain in the parlors until Tues
day morning. when the burial at Woodtwn Gene
terv in the mausoleum where the body OF Mrs.
Gould lies will take place. Only the family and
few friends will 90 to the cemetery. They WIN
90 the whole distance by carriage, and the COM
INITIAL service will be read by Chancellor
Mct.r t.raclen.
O French. the man who built the tomb at
Woodlawm went yesterday TO prepare the cata-
conbs for the reception of the body. guard
will be placed at the tomb. as was done when
Mrs Gould was buried. 10 see that no dis
turbs it,
The shades at the windows of the Gould man
sion were tightly drawn yesterday, as they wero
tbc dav before One leaf Of the outer doors stood
omen and n constant stream of visitors stopped
10 leave their cards and messages of sympathy.
DIR Mum was at the house a great part OF the
day. and assisted George j. Gould in receiving
callers. The family have not yet seen 1t to
publish the dispatches of coincidence which have
flowed in in great numbers. S. II. H. Clark.
tbc yice-president and general manager Of the
Union Pacifc Railroad, has also received greet
many dispatches from officers Of the railroads
with which Mr. Gould connected He said
Yesterday that he had not yet delivered them
10 the family, for he knew they were too much
disturbed to think of looking at them yet
He doubted il those received at the house had
been examined by the family. and that might
lie the reason why they were unwilling to pub
lish them All the children had been much af.
fectcd by their fathers death. Mr.. Clark said
that he saw Mr. Gould's body and that its ap-
pearance was peaceful and natural. lie believed
that the consumption which finally caused the
death of his friend primarily due to an
attack Of pneumonia, which Mr.. Gould had four
or five years ago, and not inherited. The
report that Miss Helen Gould is seriously i'll
is denied by the friends Of the family. She has
been for several days under a great nervous
strain and feels the effect of it now. The same
may be said of all the family; including George
]. Gould who is said by his friends TO be greatly
affected by his fathers death.
Dr. Mum yesterday decided that it would be .
good thing TO have a special officer for duty az
the house. 10 guard against the visits Of cranks'
and curious persons, Of whose presence during life
Mr. Gould always had a fair share. They used
to visit him, demanding money and places, and
try to get them by cajoling anu threats and then
! would 60 to the men around him to get their help
Some we're vicious. and others aued Xllh ~