The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-20
Impressive Services at En-
gleWood Church and
Home this Morning.
DISTINGUISHED MEN PRESENT.
Affecting Scenes When the Old
Servants Take Leave of Their
Employer and Friend.
Special to the jersey City Nsscs.

o'clock this morning the private funeral SER
vices were held at the residence OF the late
William Walter Phelps for the attendance
of attaches and retainers on the estate. The
Rev. James Fells officiated. Seated in the
room to the left Of the hall where
the casket was stationed were Mrs. VIII
liam Walter Phelps, Mrs. Won Rottenberg,
Captain John Phelps and wife, Mrs. I, B.
Van Buren Ia sister of Mrs. Phelps, Miss
Hutchinson sister-in-law of Captain John
Phelps, Miss Boardman Cneice OF Mrs. Phelps
and Mr.. Harold Van Buren, nephew The
Rev Mr.. Felis read a chapter from 81.
John, after which he Elade some appropri-
ate remarks upon the life of the de-
ceased. dwelling at length upon the true
Christian spirit characteristic of his nature,
and lastly upon the great friendship and
love that he bore not only to his family
but to the employees and retainers on
the place, whom he spoke of as friends and
not as servants. The male attaches OF
the Teaneck estate, OF W1lch theEe were
twenty-four present, formed q small pro
cessiOn and filed slowly, with Manager N.
Bennett at their head, through the room,
each taking farewell look at the face OF
him they had loved so we'll
AFFECTING SCENES
The wives and families of the attaches
next followed, after which Mrs. Phelps and
her daughter, the Baroness Won Rotten
berg, each gave a longing and afectionats
look at the features of their husband
and father Mrs. Phelps bore up
bravely, but it was evident that it was
a great struggle to appear calm. Mrs:
Won Rottenberg had maintained herself
against all emotion until Patrick ONeill, the
old family coachman of thirty years service
in the Phelps household, who was the last to
look upon the face of the dead, stopped at
the oasket. Recollectionss OF the many
many delightful drives that she and her
dead father had often taken together
with the faithful old coachman in charge,
of their equipage was more than Mr.. Phelps
beloved daughter could bear, and she broke
out into convulsive sobs, as she and her
mother left the room hand IN hand and re-
paired to their rooms to prepare for the
services at the church to be held an hour and
half later. Mr. William E. Bond,
chief clerk at Mr. Phelps New York
Office. was in charge of all the
arrangements at the house. The floral
decorations were handsome and were the
gifts solely of the attaches of the place.
They consisted principally Of large wreathes
/ of white roses and morning glorles The
scenes along the route OF the sad funeral
cortege were all suggestive OF the passing
away of a great man.
MARKS OF RESPECT.
Flags everywhere We're at half mast-upon
the schoolhouse upon the lawns ana upon
The Arlnory Hall on Palisade avenue was
draped in mourning and the flag was at half
mast At thirty-six minutes past ten
o'clock the special train arrived The
church at that hour was already
filed to overfowing, and those who had
come many hundreds OF iaiies to pay last
tribute of respect to the departed were
compelled to remain outside the large edlfice
while the Rev. James Fells conducted the
services. The ushers at The church were
prominent gentlemen of 'Englewood aud
near friends of Mr.. Phelps They were;--
Blake, Wilbur F. Corliss, J. Hugh
Peters, j. w. Pitkin, Walter W.
Mackey, Donald Mackey and William N.
johnson of Hackensack. Tim floral decora-
tions at the church were elaborate and beau
tiful The chancel was handsomely decor
ated with palms, lilies and garlaads or
flowers. The casket rested upon an embank-
ment of flowers.
At 1880 o'clock the funeral certege ar
rived at the church from the house, the first
four carriages containing the immediate
members of the deceased's family. The pail
bearers were:-Wnl. E. Bond, Wm. Bennett,
Jacob s. Wetmore, Patrick O,Neill, Hugh
NJ Herrick and Donald MatheWson, re-
tainefS of the estate.
PROMINENT MEN PRESENT.
Among those In attendance were:-GoVer-
nor WeTts, Secretary of State Kelsey, Chief
Justice Beasley, Supreme Court Justice
Dixon, Depue, Albeit, Llpgincott, Garrison,
Vice Chailcellor McGill, Vice Chaneellors
Pitney and Green, President Timothy
Dwight, of Yale; T. B. Reynolds Spring
field; G. Robinson Gregg, New York; Gli-
| bert Collins, Jersey City; Judge John A.
Blair, Murat Halstead, Congressman Ga
lusha A Grow Of Pennsylvania. CQrtlandt
| Parker, Assemblymap D. z. ZabrisGe of
New Jersey, Rev. DR.. Butts, President
| Drew, Theological Seminary, Madison, NJ: !;
ex-Speaker Nathaniel Niles, Madison. n,
j.; ex-United States District Attorney
A, o. Keasby, Newark; D. Willis James,
of the United States Trust Company;
| John Kean, Elizabeth; Rev. MIR. Wander
poel. representing the Washington Asso-
| citation of Morristown, n. j., OF which
Mr. Phelps was a member; ex-senator
Martin of New Jersey; Chairman +. Rap
dolph, Morristown; W. s. Sharp, Trenton;
E. D. Halsey, Morristown; Comptroller HAM
cock. Trenton Sheriff Toffey, Hudson coun-
| ty: Gen. w. S. Stryker, Trenton; HIS. Little,
| Trenton Mayor Wanser, Jersey City /;
| George Wilson, Secretary New York Cham
ber Of Commerce; Wbitelaw Reid. =. Q.
| Steanman, Judge Ford, Newark, and Theo-
dore Runyon, United States Ambassador to
| Germany
| There were also $50 members of the Hud-
| son County Union League with which Mr..
| Phelps was associated.
| The interment viii be at Simsbury, Conn.s
| in the family vault.