The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-10
lusrIN 0ORnIN,S FUNERAL.

Services Largely Attended in st. Bartholo-
news Church Many Prominent Men
and Large Delegations of Former Em-
ploNos Join in Honorins the Memory of
the Dead Enancier.
New York, June 9,-St. Bartholomew S
church, Madison avenue and Forty
fourth street was crowded to the doors
at 10 o'clock this morning, when funeral
services We're held over the body OF
Austin Corbin, who was killed at New
port, N. H., last Thursday in a run
away accident.
The body Of the church was reserved
for the officers and directors of the Long
Island Railroad company and of other
concerns in which Mr.. Corbin was in
terested. Delegations from his farm at
Babylon, L. T., arrived early.
Engineers and other employees of the
railroad attended in large body. The
Corbin Banking company was repre-
scented by nearly every employee.
The attendance of representative men
of the city was conspicuous. Among
the first to arrive was Chauncey De-
pew, friend and business associate of
Mr.. Corbin for many years. Daniel
Lord, Ex-Governor Cornell, George w.
Quintard, Coils p. Huntington and
John D. Crimmins followed immediate
ly after.
Others present were Mr., and Mrs. AL
fred 7. Dicks, j. f. Dorset, Robert w.
Rolston, Henry w. Maxwell, J. Roger
| Maxwell, Daniel Chauncey, Albert AL
len, Il. E. Rice, Mayor Gleason, l.. w.
Locke, William G. Davis, Russell Sage,
August Belmont and w. Bayard Cut
ting.
The floral decorations We're beautiful.
Roses, orchids, lilies of the valley and
palms concealed the pulpit The chan
| eel was filled with floral tributes in the
shape of Wreaths, crosses and pillars
from friends and relatives of Mr. Cor
bin. Noticeable was an immense stand
ing wreath, six feet in diameter, COM
posed of pink orchids and moss roses,
presented by the employees of the Cor
bin Banking company. Another en-
blem was a broken column of white
roses from the employees of Mr.. Cor
bins farm at Babylon. The engineers
| of the Long Island road sent a large
cross of white roses, and other en-
ployes of the road sent a wreath of
| roses and orchids, which had the word
President" in the center,
The usual services for the dead, ac-
cording to the Episcopalian ritual, were
conducted b. Bishop williams of Con-
| necticut, assisted By the Rev. DR.. w.
| r. Huntington, rector of Grace church,
and the Rev. Dp r. c. Booth, assistant
| rector of st. BartholoinaWs
The immediate relatives of Mr.. Corbin
who We're present at the funeral were
Mrs. Corbin, the widow; his son, Aus
| tin Corbin, jr., who is student at Har-
ward; Mr.. George s. Edgell and his
wife, the eldest daughter of Mr.. Cor
| bin, and Miss Annie Corbin.
The coffin stood at the head of the
center aisle, hidden beneath a wealth
of roses and orchids. The pallbearers
were: Cornelius Vanderbilt, William f.
Chandler Sir Roderick Cameron, Cen
eral b. f. Tracy, Dumont Clark, j.
| Rogers Maxwell, Charles NJ. Pratt, j. G.
X. Duer, A. N. Parlin and W. B. Ken
dali. The burial was at Woodlawn. a
squad of police from the East Fifty-first
street station looked after the large
| crowd which stood about the entrance
of the church, and the best of order
was preserved. ..
| Young Corbin Edgell, Mr. Corbin'S
| grandson, who was thrown from the
coach in the fatal drive, Is still in a
critical condition, but the surgeons have
hopes of his recovery.