The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-09-02
OGDEN GOEL.E'1''S ]
!. FLOATING I |. bier
The Dead Millionaire's
Yacht Still Lying in.
Cowes Roads.
Fate. of Her Owner Supplies
Many Interesting Topics
of Gossip.
Church-Goers Exercised over the
indifference ofthe Family to
!. Religious Rites.
fCopyright, 1897, by the Press Publishing Com
-: pany, New, York World. J..

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LONDON, Eng, Sept. 1.-The splendid
stea N yacht Mayfower is still fulfilling in
Cowes Roads the office of stately float.
Ing bier for the embaimed body OF Ogden
Goelet. She is an object of melancholy
curiosity, and the illness ard death of her
owner still supply royal Cowes with its
most interesting topics of gossip.
The Worli correspondent saw Queen
Victoria start Tuesday on her annual
journey from Osborne to -BalmoraI. As
the royal yacht Alberta passed under the
May flowers towering bows the Queen,
with Princess Beatrice, both clothed In
mourning, were standing at the stern
gazing at the dead Amer leans imposing
pleasure craft, transformed SO suddenly
into cham Der of death.
Miss Goelet. who was deeply affected by
her fathers approaching dissolution, was
spared the ordeal of seeing him pass
away. Mrs. Goelet was.in her cabin and
remained there for the rest of the day.
She did not go ashore until Sunday even
ing, when she landed to get someexer-
else, BUTT rained so heavily that she had
to return. =. =
When the captain went on deck shortly
after noon totell thenands 'the poor Gov
ernor is gone several men were visibly
affected, for Mr. Goelet had been Kind,
generous master. All nost-mortem. ar
rangements were looked after by The doc
tor and the captain, Mrs. Goelet being too
much unstrung to attend to anything,
W bile her son was untitled to deal with
the sad situation. Ogden Goelet was too
sick to be present at any OF the entertain
m enis given on board the yacht by Mrs.
Goelet during regatta week. !:
The morning of the famous luncheon
party-attended, as cabled to the World,
by the Princess of Wales inoognita-Mr.
Goelet tottered into the saloon while. his
own cabin was being put to rights, and
seeing elaborate preparations, YEARLY
asked, What is all this fuss about2" The
answer from the steward was the first no.
tification he had received of the 'contem.
plated smart" party. He returned to
his cabin and rem aimed there, seen by and
seeing no one.
The ctuch-going folk of cowes are
much exercised because no clergy
was called aboard the May flower while
her owner lay dying, and think it still
stranger that no kind of funeral rite has
been performed, s'.-~-.'
"If Mr.. Ogden Goelet held to any reli-
gious tenets, "said the Worlds informant,
"be kept them 10 himself The funeral
service in New York will suffice for all
purposes" ,.
Another circumstance causing remark
is that neither the widow nor children
will accompany the body across the At
lantic. Mrs, Goelet and he- daughter will
go later on an American liner from South
ampton, out it is not known here neither
or not they will sail in time to receive the
body on the other side.
In the opinion of her skipper the May.
flower is well able to make the passage,
but she must be taken. carefully, her en-
gines never having been fully tried. She
will probably occupy fifteen days on the
trip.
1t is expected by the crew that Mrs.
Goelet will put the Mayfower up for sale,
as she is not a yachting woman, except for
special purposes.
Mr.. Goelets body was sealed up in a
lead case on Sunday, and to-day heavy
oak casket with silver mountings was re-
ceived from London, in which the case
was placed.
Rumor has it that young Goelet in
herits the great bulk of his fathers vast
fortune and that Miss Goelet's portion
will be very large, while beyond the pro-
vision in the marriage settlement Mrs
Goelet's share will De relatively SIN all,
Mr.. Goelet was the first man in New York
next to the Astors.