Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-18
PLANS FOR THE FUNERAL.
II VIII Take PIncc in Old Trinity
Church on September ~.


New York, Sept 12.-While all New
York mourned to-day for William J. Gay
nor, and signal honors were being paid
the dead mayor in Liverpool, where his
body was taken ashore from the steamer
Baltic on which he died suddenly at sea
on Wednesday, tentative arrangements
were being made for the public obsequies
planned to constitute a final and striking
tribute of his home city to the memory
of It's late executive head,
Mayor Gaynor's funeral wiz take place
IT Old Trinity Church in lower Broad
way at eleven O'Clock In the morning of
Monday. September 90, with Bishop
Greer Of the New York diocese Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, officiating.
His body will be laid at rest in Green
wood cemetery In Brooklyn.
The Solemn ceremonials on the day of
the funeral arc to be preceded by various
distinctive tributes to the dead executive.
On the arrival, probably next Friday
Afternoon, of the steamer Lusitania. the
mayors body will be taken direct from
the steamer to the GaYnor home in Brook
Ign, there to remain until Saturday even
ling, when according to the plans, It will
be removed to the city hall in Manhattan
to lie in state on the scene of the late
mayors activities until the hour of his
funeral on Monday.
ESCORT OF L. S. REGULARS
| The coffin will be borne from the city
! hall to the hearse and from hearer to
church on the shoulders of uniformed
men of the fire and police departments
Gen. Thomas n. Barry, commandant Of
the department of the east, has offered an
escort Of soldiers from Governors island
for the body Of the mayor from the time
! of its arrival in tho city until the burial.
should Bishop Greer. who is now In
Maine, be unable To officiate at the serv-
Ices. his place will be taken by Suffragan
! Bishop Burch Assisting viii he the Rev
! DIR. Frank Page of Culpepper, Va form
| erly pastor of St Johns Church in
! brooklyn of which Mayor Gaynor was n
member. and the Rev. l.. f. Holden. pas
tor Of the Episcopal Church of St James,
| Long Island, which the late mayor at
tended while at his country home in that
place. The arrangement for the funeral
will he submitted to Mrs Gaynor at St
James tomorrow for her approval. At
/ the same time, it is expected the pail
bearers for the funeral will be selected
resolutions of regret at the mayors
| death and tributes to his career as man
and official were adopted. marked the
| day. Messages of coincidence continued
+ to pour in to his family at St James and
to Mayor Kline at the city hail. The
new mayor. who actively entered upon
his new duties to-day. reiterated his dis
claimer Of any intention to make any
| radical changes in the personnel of the
) city's officials over whom he has the
power Of appointment and removal.
LEFT AN AMPLE FORTUNE.
That Mayor Gaynor's family will be
found to be we'll provided for when his
will comes to be probated seems the gem
eral belief. Friends of the family, and
individuals in a position to know more or
less accurately the extent of the mayor 5
holdings of real estate and securities,
variously estimated the value of his es-
tate to-day as from s5oo,C0 to $50. 1000.
| with the consensus of opinion favoring
not more than half the larger figure.
Mayor Gaynor had large and lucrative
law practice before ne went on the bench
and had realized much In fees from i'm
portant trusteeships and from wise In
NeStncnts. his ltSdl hlioWdilSe III tHe
settlement Of the estate Of William Zeig-
ler the baking powder manufacturer OF
which he was trustee. was a large one.
The striking event of the day in con-
nection with the political complications
which have arisen through the death OF
Mayor Gaynor who was an independent
candidate for reelection came when the
Gaynor campaign managers designated
George McAneny, fusion candidate for
lpresident Of the board of aldermen, as
their candidate for mayor to take the
vacant place on the ticket Mr.. McAneny
however. promptly declined the honor
declaring ne would not accept any nom
lhation in opposition to John Purroy Nit
Ichel the fusion candidate.
There existed tonight the impression
that the Gaynor managers would persis,
for time at least in their plan of put
ting an independent ticket In tho field
lWm. r. Wilcox, former chairman Of the
public service commission. was mentioned
as another man whom the Gaynor lead.
ers had urged to accept place on the
Indpnpndenf ticket