The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-07
BURIAL OF Mr.. CHILDS.
nm 10 RL>T N THL sfDf on ms
TgIIND. a. >. DRFNEL.
A Great Crowd Of People Follow HIS Re
.,alps 10 tho Tomb Disiinguished
Men Bear the P.sli.-fne services.

emil. woodlands cemetery beside those oi
closest friond and busincss COM
....on. Anthony j. DrcNol, who died but
f months ago. Almost inscparaole
..e was deemed fitting that they
...s.d resi- togcthcr in death. although
.as not known that any request to
pa. cnec, had ever been made by Mr..
,.ds ,. ~, Mr. chnds
, i. felt hv prominent New Norkefs
81, displayed by q large deiesa.on VI
r knoun men who leit Jersey my on
,., snccial trains this morning 10 A.
-.rl the funeral
special car was attached 10 'h'
..k train and placed at the disposal
... members 81 the New York Press
. Amone those Who went. on this
49,. colonel A. ~. Defreece, Colonel
e.. A. Cnckerin Julius chambers
..,sree W. Turner. X. T. Dorsey, ). Han
:. =. Pratt Mr. Marsh. q. II. nm
..tn. Gcorgc T.. Williams ana about forty
cher members OF The Press 'iup'
saecinl train left al 10 O'Clock anu
wasa nm of six passenger care
U.ut on. hundred and hiiy peiS'"'
re on board. . ,.a.seneers
Anonc the most prominent P"S Al
core Cornelius VANDERBILT 'h"" ,,,,.s,,o,,,
,...,.v,. cen. Horace Porter - -.
Morgan. Bisnop Potter. 'o'' AM tro,,,tt
,.r.I. Grant. cA-Mayor NnI",l :, -,
IVA Mrs Goodwin. Hartford. Conn.,
81. Igeciow. Hiram Hitchcock
H .tu-.nic L. = ~, James haS nc
-..,srf Judge Edward patterson
..,. T. Preston. John w. N''ci'
4.., Vow York Press CLUB; 'eoIHe
.sntnrov. g. A. Miller. ". NJ. l'Aii"N,
,.e1.iinc smith, Gilbert t. Jones' anu
Henry l.. Dyer. ,-.;or
4 delosatlon from Typogiaphle" 'n'on
so = consisting OF President j. D. ~" ~.
,t, and cN-trcsidcnt John \. hehs,
pumar. NJ. y. Boseicy, ana
,,.,ioi 4 Kineen. also came on the tram,
a.. wou as Mcssrs Charles II. Smith an"
~ =. Brennan, who represented inc
Nationai Guion-
The Services at the Church.
q, v.,e nj frs. Intended 10 have inc
mineral services private, but ylciuiii1 ~
fhr request Of many frivnds MIS- "'',',
rnsfly consented To public funeral anu
-ne services were held AT ] o CLOCK lo-u's
r 81. James Protestant hp'scop7i
i..,-ob which IS directly opposite inc
,do,co ,r mo dead phiisnthropist, al
,t.lnut and Twcuty-sccond streets anu
,,hf.b AFR Chfds had been an honoreu
..,,,bor and vestryman for many years
hri.c service for the family and i'm
f.,f. friends was held at the house
t.f,re the public service at the chuith
tt It's conclusion those present were given
an opnorti nifty 20 take last LOOK at Vl'
Taco of tho one they loved ana ronn
which death had not effaced that 5enei
.m. itnd look one OF the characteristic
marks Of the man OF whom everybody
said. TO know him was TO love nm.
Tbon the casket was tenderly borne oul
fr.fn fhe white marble mansion ana dciVs'
fh. street to the church, where II was
rIaced on a bier in front OF the chahcei
Tie services I'm the church, as well as
chose at the house. were conducted 10y
lUshop Potter. Of New York, assisted by
Bishop Whitaker. OF Philadelphia; Rev
Io.eph II. blanchard. rector of 81. james
church. and Or. William b. Bodine. rec
tor OF the Church Of the Saviour, which
Tho late Mr.. DreXel attended
fonc before noon the vicinity was
vhronged with crowd eager TO gain adj
mission into the latter ediiice. The audi
,orium has a seating capacity of about
100 and the greater portion of the space
was reserved for the family. the inme-
date friends. 800 employees Of the Public
lciler and various delegations When
fhese had been seated the public was ad-
mIited, and the church was quickly
crowded 10 the doors. Several thousand
persons clamored ina vain for admission,
and they had 10 be content with viewing
the COltcgc as IL Wended Its way TO the
cemetery.
The funeral procession was met az the
church entrance boy the bishops and cler-
~ and a surpuccd choir Of twenty-seven
boys and nine men. With the clergymen
3n the lead and Bishop Scarborough in
roning the sentences of the beautiful
hut simple burial service Of the Church
of England. the procession moved up the
main aisle. The casket. which was cover
81 with black cloth. bore a silver plate,
apon which was inscribed George W.
'hiids. born May y, No. died February
g. l@i"
The pall-bearers who followed the bier
were j. rerpont Morgan. John r.. Nc
Lean. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Chauncey
~ BcpeW. Gen. Horace Porter, Judge
tdwafu Patterson Col. Frederick ID.
Grant John Bigei0w, EnOch Pratt, Rev
erdy Johnson. Gen. Felix Agnus, Mr..
Charles b. Mayer j.. +. Wilbur Dr.
James McAlister. Frank Thompson, Judge
Henry Green, Judge Craig Biddle. FreGe-
Ick fraley, Henry y. Paul. John Low
Der Melch. Ferdinand J. Dreer. George
a. Thomas, william NJ Singerly, l..
Clark Davis, Richard I. Dale. Clement
b. 1risc0m. William V. Mexican, Eugene
i-iano, Isaac ii. ClOthier, Charles T..
arburton. Joseph NJ. Wilson, Richard
NJ. Cadwalader. Joseph @. Rosengarten.
John Russell Young. Col. NJ Richard
Muckle and Col. William Wayne.
The casAet was placed in front Of the
chancel and the choir chanted the burial
anthem. alter which Rev. Dr. blanchard
read the lesson beginning with Now is
Christ risen from the dead" the HYMN
Jesus Lives was sung with solemn
elect and then Bishop Potter delivered
an address upon the manifold virtues of
the departed.
When the choir had sung the hymn
"Aly God. NY Father" the creed an,
prayer were intoned by Rev. Or. Bodine
I'm the Hour OF Trial" was the mex
hymn. and Bishop Whitaker closed IA.
services 10y offering a pathetic prayer
and pronouncing the bcnediction. "IarlS
iiark. Ais Soul" was the recessiOnai.
The cortcge then proceeded 10 the W God
lands cemetery, where intcrmcDt va.
made in The DrcNcl mausoleum. The
brief services al the grave were conduct
"a hy Bishops Potter and Whitaker ant
Rev. Dr. Blanchard. The interment was
aunounccd 10 be private. but over two
thousand pcTsons entered the cemetery
and crowded around the vault,
The Ledger employees and many OF the
distinguished attendants marched in a
body 20 the church from the Ledger
office The latter was closed from noon
mtil r. NJ
The floral tributes. OF which scores were
sout TO the church, were OF rarest blooms
and IN many instances OF most ornate de-
fgn. BY midday and before the doors of
The church were opened. the florists in
charge had dispersed them with note
worthy taste about the altar and the
Connect so that TO tho right and 10 the