The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-18
c. ,. HUNTINGTON BURIED
REMAINS OF RAILWAY MAGNATE
LAID IN FAMILY IAUsOLEUM
IN NEW YORK
THE FUNERAL WAS PRIVATE
Only Relatives and Immediate
Friends Were Present-Church
Services Held I'm San Fran
cisco and Sacrament.

NEW YORK, Aug. T.-Services at the
funeral of the late Coils P Huntington,
at the Fifth avenue residence today, were
marked with simplicity. They were con-
Quoted by Rev. A. Woodruff Halsey, of
the Presbyterian board Of missions in The
drawing room. The pallbearers were D.
o. Mills, Edward King, Frederick p. o.
colt, Edwin Hawley, Charles H. Tweed,
Martin Erdmann, r. P. Schwerin and C.
Adolph Low.
After the exercises were concluded the
casket was carried to the hearse and in
terment later was made In the Hunting
ton mausoleum in Wcodlawn cemetery.
Piers rs. 81 and 3S, North river, which Is
used by the Morgan line and Southern Pa
cific company, were draped in m emory
of Mr.. Huntington.
Among the friends at the funeral were
Russell Sage, Senator Thomas C. Plat,
Henry Clews, John II. Smyth, president
Of the Virginia Manual Training school, at
Broad Neck Farm, Va, which was heav-
lily endowed by Mr.. Huntington; Horace
See, chief engineer of the Newport News
shipyards; John T. Van Sickle, of the
Morgan Steamship line; Frank Lathrop,
the artist; John Boyd, of Washington;
President Dimcock, of the Metropolitan
Steamship line; President Allen, of the
Cromwell Steamship line; George Howes.
OF thu Southern Pacific company; ID. A.
Chambers, of Washington; Rr. and Mrs.
Clinton CatherWood; William Hood, chief
engineer of the Southern Pacific COM
pany; James StiIman, president of the
National City bank; William H. Bald
win Jr., president of the Long Island rail-
road; senator j. P Jones, of Nevada I;
NTo CHI Of a .
A E. Walker, chairman Of the board of
directors of the Atchison, Topeka 81 San
ia Fe railroad; w. w. Durant, Gen. Sam
uel Thomas, Emil w. Weidenfeld, s. II.
Kneeland, William E. Dodge, G. c. Ward,
e. II. Hartman, Rev. DR.. Alexander Nc
MILAN, Maxwell EVarts, John II. Searles,
William Solomon, of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad; Philip Thompson, of Wash
ington; F. H. Canda, ]. Edward Simmons,
president of the Fourth National bank,
and Mrs. William e. Wilmerding.
A few persons gathered In front of the
house on the opposite side of Ffty-sev
enth street and In Fifth avenue early this
forenoon. Their numbers were gradually
added to, but at no time did they con-
stitute a large crowd.
Only half dozen carriagse followed the
hearse down Fifth avenue towards the
Grand Central station, thence to be taken
to Woodlawn for burial in the family
mausoleum. A special train, consisting Of
two cars left the Grand Central station
a few minutes after noon, In charge OF
| Assistant superintendent Van Tassell.
| The burial was strictly private, only i'm
| mediate family and its most intimate
| friends being present.
ALL TRAFFIC CEASED.
CHICAGO, Aug. H.-Every wheel and
| stroke of comemrce throughout the great
Il
| steamship lines was stopped for seven
minutes today during the burial of e. p.
Huntington, I'm New York. At the ex-
act moment when the clock struck II in
New York, every hammer in all the
! shops ceased Changing; engines paused
| upon the rails, and steamships fioated
! lifelessly on the water. In Chicago the
| offices remained closed all the morning,
and no tickets were sold and no other
business transacted until after the
remains of the once great railroad mag
| nate were laid to rest. During the short
| suspension of business 10000 men in all
| sections Of the United States remained
! idle. The Chicago offices were draped
| with crepe that is to remain for thirty
I days.
| Chief attention had been given to the
difference between San Francisco and
| New York in order that the observations
| Of respect at each place might take
place at exactly the same time. Services
were held at the First Presbyterian
| church at San Francisco at the same
time the funeral was in progress in
| New York.
w. G. Nemeyer, general freight and
general passenger agent Of the Southern
Pacific, with headquarters in Chicago
today said that this was the first time
In the history Of American railroads that
there had been q total suspension Of
business on any system as a mark of re-
spect to the memory of any man.
SERVICES IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.-Services ir
memory of Coils p Huntington were
held at the First Presbyterian church in
this city today, Rev. DR.. Mckenzie deliv-
ering the address. DR.. Voorhanger, DR.
Guthry, DIR. Miller Rev. DR.. Woods. Rev
DIR. Kelly, Bishop Nichols and BishoI