Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-12
GAYNOR WILL Be GIVEN
GREAT PUBLIC FUNERAL


ton Is inaugurated on January l, in
tends, he has announced, to carry
out the policies of the Gaynor adj
ministration, insofar as I know
them and to make no changes in
appointive officials
None of these officials, it was be-
lieved today, would hand in their
designations.
Messages of coincidence from all
parts of the country continued to pour
In today at the office of Robert Adam
son, the mayors secretary, and at the
Gaynor country home, st. James,
Long Island, where Mrs. Gaynor and
her children are reported to be bear
ing their loss with fortitude.
Had No Fear Of Death.
The dead mayors friends recalled
today q paragraph he wrote in a letter
to his sister soon after the attempt on
his life. three years ago. 1t was this:
81 was not a bit afraid to die If that
was Gods will of me. I said to my
self. just as well now as few years
from now. No one who contemplates
the immensely of Almighty God and
His universe and His works and
realizes what an atom he is in 1t all
can fear to die inthis flesh, yea, even
though 1t were true that he is to lose
his identity and be dissolved forever
into the inffnity of matter and mind
from which he came"
QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 1.-THE
steamship Baltic, on board which was
the body of Mayor Gaynor, of New
York, who died suddenly at sea on
Wednesday, arrived at Queenstown
this morning.
The mayors son, Rufus w. Gaynor,
was abed when the Baltic reached
Queenstown Fearing that he would
be besieged with inquiries upon the
arrival OF the steamer young Gaynor
had left orders with the officers in
charge that no one be allowed to
disturb him.
1t was said that the shock OF his
fathers death had somewhat unset
tied him. Officers of the ship said
that nothing definitely seemed to have
been arranged about the transfer of
| the mayors body to a New York
| bound steamer, but 1t was surmised
| that it would be sent home on the
Cunard liner Lusitania instead of on
| the White Star line steamer Cedric
as at first planned.
He Had Held AIoof.
1t was learned that the mayor had
not mixed with his fellow passengers
during the voyage. and this was re-
called as an indication of more
serious indisposition than he ad-
| mitted when he embarked at New
York a week ago for fortnight on
the ocean.
He had had all of his meals served
In his stateroom, but he had often
gone above for the invigorating
ocean breezes and those close to him
thought his health was improving
daily. To them his death was wholly
| unexpected.
Died Seated in Chair.
The Mayors death was the one
topic of discussion among the passen-
gers ON the Baltic, but they had
learned no further details than con-
tanned in Rufus Gaynor's message
yesterday to the Associated Press in
which he told how his father ex-
pred while seated in chair just
before luncheon hour on "wednesday
afternoon.
The Mayors body, which has been
taken in charge by the ships officers.
after being embalmed and placed in
a steel casket, was placed In the
pected that a transfer from the Bal
| tic to the Lusitania would be made
In Liverpool later today. The Lusi-
tania is due in New York just a
week from today.
One of the Baltic's passengers said
that Mayor Gaynor had been the
object of keen interest throughout the
voyage, particularly as he had en-
barked so unexpectedly following the
great open aair demonstration in the
City Hall plaza at New York when
hnr nd Af @ nrta
him an independent denomination.
Respect His Desire for Quiet.
AS soon as 1t became known that
the Mayor was in Indifferent health,
his fellow passengers took pains to
respect his desire to remain quiet.
They passed him sitting in deck
chair on the sunny side of the ship,
often there for hours, sometimes
reading, but generally resting.
Several cablegrams which had been
dispatched to the Mayor before his
death and later ones addressed to
his son were taken aboard the Baltic
by the White Star agent when the
steamer arrived here this morning.
The American consul, Horace Lee
Washington, of Liverpool, was ex-
pected to board the steamer at an
early hour to offer his services to
the bereaved son in connection with
the transfer of his fathers body.
Dies with Smile.
/ Death came to Mayor Gaynor as
he sat at rest in a sheltered nook on
the deck of the Baltic, where he was
warmed by the noontime sunshine of
a brilliant day. He passed away
with a smile on his face.
These details of how the end came
for the noted New Yorker are told
by fellow passenger on the steamer
the novelist. Mrs. C. N. Williamson.
1T think I was the last person to
see Mayor Gaynor alive" Mrs. Will
hanson said. II was attracted by
his kind and thoughtful face and
watched him with peculiar interest.
I often saw distant look in his
eyes. His body Is here, thought,
but his heart and mind are In New
York.
"It was only Tuesday that saw
how much better and stronger he
seemed. Wednesday got up later
than usual and came on deck shortly
before / o'clock. AS I walked along
the promenade deck saw the Mayor
sitting in his accustomed place. There
was q. smile on his face, and a man
Just ahead Of me seemed to think 1t
was a recognition. He spoke. but
the mayor made no answer, and then,
as I passed saw a different quality
in that smile.