Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-13
Vessel Is Due to Arrive at
New York Dock Next
Friday.
UNUSUAL HONORS PAID
LATE MAYORS MEMORY
Church of England Funeral Rites
Observation-Disclosures Brought
From Westminster Abbey.

LIVERPOOL. England, September Is
The body of the late Mayor Gaynor OF
New York was removed this morning
from the Liverpool town hall. where it
had been accorded unprecedented honors
by Great Britain, and taken to- the Cunard
Line steamship Lusltania 1t was placed
in the special mortuary chapel on the
forward deck of the steamship The
Lusitana is due to arrive at New York
ON Friday. September 10.
4 special guard OF six policemen
watched over the body in the town hall
throughout the night. The casket rested
on a great catafalque. which had been
brought to Liverpool from Westminster
Abbey.
Early this morning the mayors body
Nas re-embalmed. this being found to be
necessary. A death mask of the fea-
lures of the mayor also was taken this
morning in accordance with Instructions
received from Mrs. Gaynor.
The Liverpool clergy. headed by the
Bishop of Liverpool, persuaded Rufus
Gaynor to consent to the holding OF 4
religious service at I o'clock this morn
ing. In the dim light of candles and IN
the great fog which enshrouded the
hallway the Reev. Theodore Howard.
vicar of St Matthews, conducted i'm
preSsive church of England funeral rit-
udl over the remains OF the DEAD mayor
Body Lies in State.
The body of William Jay Gaynor lay
i'll state last night at the foot of the
grand stairway Of the town hall of Liv-
erpOOi.
1t was an Unprecedented honor that
Liverpool paid to the dead executive of
the American metropolis. for never be-
fore had any one lain in state i'll the
historic edifice. Covered with the Stars
and Stripes and with the British Union
Jack draped over its foot. the casket
rested on a catafalque, brought here
from Westminster Abbey, London. and
on which have reposed the bodies Of
many of England's famous men. 1t was
last used at the funeral of Field Mar
shal Lord Wolseley in ST. Pauls Cathe-
dral last March.
Candles in the great golden candelabra
from Westminster Abbey cast a subdued
Light up the wide stairway and over the
detail Of picked men from the Liverpool
police force who stood guard all night
about the catafalque John Sutherland
Harmood- Banner. lord mayor of the city.
who 1s absent on vacation. had teie-
Eraphed the city officials to DO avery
thing IA their power in honor of the dead
mayor Of New York, and they carried
out their instructions in minute detail.
Great Crowd at Dock.
u
which Mayor Gaynor died at sea last
Wednesday. docked at $50 o'clock last
evening. the landing stage was cleared of
all persons except the holders of tickets.
A grea; crowd had assembled outside the
dock gates. AS soon as the gangplank
was run out Horace l.. Washington, the
United States consul, accompanied by a
delegation from the White Star Line,
went aboard
In the saloon Mr. Washington mef Ru-
fus Gaynor, son of Mayor Gaynor. and
expressed condolences on behalf of him.
self and the lord mayor of Liverpool.
Mr.. Gaynor readily assented to the
plans of the Liverpool civic authorities
Tor the lying-in-state of his father Act
ing on the request of Mr.. Washington,
the port authorities waived the formal
tiles usual in the landing of the dead
from vessels. and the body of Mayor
Gaynor. in plain deal coffin which was
covered by an American flag. was brought
ashore soon as the first-class passcn-
5erS had left the Baltic.
The tide was so high that II was i'm
possible for pailbearers to carry the body
from the ship. and the coffin lei
down 10 the deck through the baggage
chute. Here IL was taken in charge by Z.
London undertaken and sent down to
Liverpool by the American embassy.
Stand Uncovered in Streets.
From the dock the coffin was carried 70
the street, where it was placed in a
hearse drawn by four horses, which was
followed by the lord mayors carriage,
occupied by Rufus Gaynor and Consul
Washington. The funeral cortege es-
corted by a squad of mounted police,
made Its way through a dense crowd of
quiet peop.e, who uncovered as the
hearse passed to the town hall The
hearSe was followed on foot by j woman
II deep black, who had at her side a
little girl. The woman declined 20 give
her name, hut said she was a friend Of
Mayor Gaypor's family.
The secretary of the lord mayor as
sisted by u delegation of civic disnitarles.
received the BODY at the town hall. When
the coffin was paced on the catafalque
one end of 1t was covered by a beautiful
wreath of lilies OF the valley bearing the
following inscription: Deepest sympathy
RON tne ioro mayor and citizens of Liv-
erpool- Another wreath, composed ~
Easrer lilies, bore a card inscribed: "The
Condolences OF Mr. and Mrs. Horace Lee
Washington.
The hall where the body lay was then
Tor few minutes with his dead father.
AYterward Mr.. Gaynor was taken to q
hotel by Consul Washington.
When Mr.. Gaynor had left the buildin.
the coffin was removed from the deal box
and placed in a massive furned oak casket
On a brass plate on the cover was the in
scription: William Jay Gaynor. Septcm-
ber. 1873
Six policemen. who were relieved at in
tervals. stood at attention around the cas-
Eet all night
Late last night cable dispatch was re-
oeived by the lord mayors secretary from,
Mayor Kline of New York requesting that
everything possible be done 10 expedite
the transfer Of the body from the Baltic
the lord mayor would be glad to do his
utmost TO honor the late mayor of New
York
The lead OF tho lord mayor of Liverpoo,
IN doing exceptional honors to Mayor Gay
nor has been followed generally through
out Liverpool. Flags on the town hall
and S<her buildings and on private buiIG-
lii&s wG-a lowered to half mast.
-aesuits Of Nashville Primary.