New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-04
WHITNEY BURIAL FRIDAY
FUNERAL, GRACE CHURCH.
Er-President CleUeland PaUbearer
Resolutions of EuIogy.

Among the men. close friends and business
associates. who VIII bear William c. whitney
ito the grave will be ex-Presldent Cleveland IN
whose first Cabinet Mr. Whitney served as Sec
retary OF the Navy. One OF Mr.. whitney's
dearest friends. Mr. Cleveland will come from
the secIusion in which the recent death of
his little daughter has placed him TO pay this
last tribute to his dead associate. The other
bearers viii be men almost rs notable IN their
caraers-Thomaa F. Ryan. Elihu Root. who
has just resigned the portfolio OF the War De-
p1-tment; Thomas Dolan. J. Pierpont Morgan.
Grant Il. Schley. Colonel William Jay. p A. B.
widener. II. Mex. Twombly and c. G. Haven.
Mt. Cleveland said last night:
shan attend the funeral OF Mt. Whitney on
Friday morning. I have been asked by his
family 20 be one of the pallbeareT5. and have
informed them that will do
The funeral arrangements were about COM
plc,ed Yesterday although Harry Payne Whit
rcy. on whom depends almost everything. was
so prostrated by his fathers death that ne was
unable 90 take any charge OF the details. He Is
confined 10 his room. and sees only his irnrne-
diate family. His brother. Payne Whitney
reached the house at $50 p m. A family coun-
ell was held then and preparations were COM
pleted for the services. Many OF the various or
ganizations with which Mr. Whitney was as
sociated Will send delegations The Jockey
Club and the New-York Geological Society have
voted 10 attend in body.
With Payne whitney came Miss Adelaido Ran
dolph whom he Joined at Aiken. g. c. He looked
worn and haggard. greatly overcome by grief
and the strain of his long. hard Journey.
1T is a terrible shock to me-" he said. simply.
IT can hardly realize that my father Is dead
You can readily understand that under the cir
cumstances I say nothing"
with Payne whitney's arrival all the NOM
bers of the family Mrs. Almeric Paget. Of
London. are here She IT is understood is on
her way here from England.
The funeral will be held at Grace Church to-
morrow at 10 a. m. The Rev. Dr. Huntington
will conduct the services It is supposed. Ad-
mission TO the church will be by card. as the
cspacitv of the church is limited. After the SER
vice n speciaI train will leave the Grand Gen.
tral Station FOR woodlawn- There will be ample
nolice protection Inspector Mclaughlin in
conference with the family yesterday relative
to this
William Ortway Partrfdg- the sculptor. made
q death mask of Mr.. Whitney. It was a good
one he said.
A long black strearner OF crepe hanging from
the outer door closely drawn shades and black
robed servants denoted the house OF mourning.
Even the bells were muffled. To the many call
ers the doors swung noiselessly open only for the
butler TO receive the cards. however. All day
carriages and electric cabs stopped in front of
the house. while coachmen left beautiful flowers
Among the callers were Mrs. Cornelius Van
oerbilt Miss Gladys Vanderbilt and Judge Gray
OF the Court OF Appeals
An unpleasant feature of the great public IN
terest was in evidence. The curious IN pairs
md little groups walked up and down Fifth
ave- stood the corner opposite the Whitney
home or fingered In front Of the house until
they were requested to pass on. Toward even
ing a couple OF policemen patrolled Frfth-ave
and the Slxty-eighth-st- side There half
a dozen detectives in the house.
In a great pile the table In the main hall
lie letters of coincidence, kilograms and mes
sares from visitors. Few have been opened by
the family, which has felt its loss too keenly
eve, 10 pay heed 10 the kindly thoughts OF the
friends.
One particularly pathetic incident was the ap-
nsarspce of the postman in the morning. This
,,on who wears on his sleeve the gold star
ard silver bar Indicative Of thirty-dve years
..rv,ce had not heard of the death. When he
..,v The crane he was much affected. He ex-
,la,n.d that two or three years ago he got
t,+o some trouble at his Office. He spoke to
Ar whitney ebout It. and Mr. Whitney went
20 ,he office and had the affair Strengthened out
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