The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-22
New York Pays Re-
markable Tribute to
Dead Mayor.
PUBLIC FUNERAL
SERVICES TO-DAY
Will Be Held at Trinity Church
and Conducted by Bishop
Greer-Rotunda of City Hall
Almost Filled With Floral
Offerings-Pathetic In
cidents During Day.

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| double line that never seemed to d.
minish as the day wore on. thousands
of persons to-day passed through the
| flower filled rotunda of tho city Hall
and past the body of William j. Gay
| nor. lying in state Unmlndful OF
heavy downpour of rain in the morn
Ing. frequent showers during the ar
ternoon, and threatening skies tonight.
! the people came in n continuous
stream silently to find places In the
! long. slow moving professions that
extended for half mile along lower
| Broadway and through City Hall Park
| to the City Hail. 1t was New York's
| spontaneous tribute to its dead
! Mayor
! II the long line. were street clean
ers In their white uniforms. police
men. iremcn and men high in the Of
hcial life of the city and State, but,
| FOR the most part, the procession was
| made up from the great so-called mid
| die class
About n fifth OF the crowd was made
! up OF women and children, and many
OF the latter carried small wreaths or
| bouquets OF flowers, which they placed
near the coffir.
AT o'clock the police on duty at
! the City Hall estimated that more than
| $4,000 persons had viewed the body
| The line was still forming at late
| hour tonight, and Mayor Kline issued
an order to keep the roturda open un-
III o'clock In the morning, IL neces-
| sary. so that all who came might nay
! personal tribute to the memory or his
predecessor. Fully 100000 0iperspnH, 1t
Is believed will have viewed the BODY
before the doors arc closed
Remarkable Tribute.
1T is remarkable tribute" Mayor
Kline said. as he viewed tine great
crowd. NO King. no Emperor ever
had tribute paid to him like this
great outpouring of citizens to-day. 1T
is tribute from the hearts OF the
| people,"
MI last night the police kept guard
around City Hall Park, and had DIFF
hculty In Keeping the crowds moving
as many tried even at an inordinately
early hour to get in line to view the
body. Three policemen and three nre-
| men. In reliefs OF half hour. STOOD
rigidly at attention during the night
beside the coffin. which was draped in
the Stars and Stripes and the Mayors
iae. while beheath could be seen the
coiors of the Union Jack. placed there
at the request OF tho Gaynor family,
in recognition OF the courtesy extend
ed ny the city OF Liverpool upon the
arrival OF the Mayors body after his
death at sea. Crossed branches or
palms of victory We're the only iioral
decorations on the cover OF the coffin.
| Those branches were sent by the fam
ily- Behind the bier hung the draped
picture of Mayor Gaynor rhe bier
rested on the same spot where the
bodies OF many famous men have laid
In state. The last was that OF Gov
ernor George Clinton, whose body. ar
ter resting In the grave for many
years. was removed to another ceme-
terry and remained for few hours I'm
the City Hall. Other noted men whose
biers have rested beneath the dome or
tho hall were Abraham Lincoln. Cen
eral u. S. Grant, Horace Greeley, ana
General jose A. Paez. President OF
Venezuela
Pathetic Incidents.
Pathetic incidents were numerous
during The day. rs men and women
whom the late Mayor had befriended
looked upon his face. Among these
was Brooklyn youth whose part
Mayor Gaynor took when it was al
legged he was being prosecuted by the
police. and which resulted in an inves-
| tigation and also the removal or tho
boys picture from the Rogues Gal
lery.
| While the thousands 1ourneyed
downtown to pay their respects in per-
| son, thousands OF others attended me-
mortal services in many churches in
all parts of the city.
Tonight the rotunda OF the City
Hall was almost filled with floral Of
ferings from individuals and organiza-
tions from all parts of the United
States and from foreign countries.
One OF these was sent by the Lord
Mayor of Liverpool, who cabled that
he would be represented at the funeral
tomorrow by Max Muspratt, a former
Mayor of the English city.
at the Grace Methodist Church the
Rev. c.. f. Reisner, the pastor read
letter from former President Taft, in
which ho said:
IT count 1t a great honor that Mayor
Gaynor regarded me as his friend.
There was no place in this nation,
executive. which did not Mt him ad-
miraby to hli Everything no did ana
| said had the flavor OF an attractive.
| aggressive and broadly liberal person
ality that will be and ought to be long
remembered"
Funeral Services To-Day.
The public funeral services for
Mayor Gaynor will DO held from Trinity
Church at II o'clock tomorrow. and
Will be conducted by Bishop Greer
Services for the overflow crowd win
be hold at ST. Paul's Chapel, a Few
| blocks distant. Tho funeral process
sion will move from the City Hall at
10:3O o'clock down Broadway to
Trinity Church. A regiment OF police
will lead the procession, in which also
will be 200 firemen and delegations
from evory city department.
At noon the funeral procession Will
movo from Trinity Church to Brooklyn
Bridge, and thence to Greenwood Come
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