New-York tribune., 1919-08-15
Mr.. Carnegie
Laid tORest i'm
Sleepy. Hollow
Simple Services Held at
Shadow Lawn in Presence
of Few Old Associates
in Business and Friends
No Eulogy Is Pronounced
Prayers Are Read and Quar-
tet From the Brick Pres
byterian Church Sings

LENOX, Mass, Aug. 14.-Sixty per-
sons were present to-day at the SIM
pie funeral services held for Andrew
Carnegie, who died Monday morning
at his estate, Shadow Brook. There
was no eulogy for the man, who, since
his death. has been praised and
mourned throughout the world
The ritual of the Presbyterian
Church was used by the Rev. DR.. Will
lam Pierson Merrill, pastn~ of the
Brick Presbyterian Church. Fifth Ave
nue., New York, where Mr.. Carnegie
and his family worshipped. DR.. Mer-
rill was assisted by the Rev. Ben
son N. Wyman, pastor of the Lenox
Congregational Church, where Mrs.
Carnegie frequently worshipped dur
ing the summer months. The service
was held in the large reception room
at Shadow Brook, on the first floor
at the east end Of the mansion. The
oooy feposed IN plain casket. COW
cred with heavy black broadcloth.
which was placed in the centre Of
the room. A small name plate of sill
yer bore the following in English
script:
ANDREW CARNEGIE
Born Dunfermline, Scotland
November %, 1885.
Dled Aenox, Mass, August II, 1919.
In the Family Party
just before 10:30 those who were to
near the last rites entered the room
ana grouped themselves about the cas-
ket. Mrs. Carnegie and her daughter
Mrs. Roswell Miller; Ensign Miller
Ine IN. daughters husband; Miss Estella
Whltefield, Mrs. Carnegie's sister: his
hephews, Andrew and Morris Carneeie,
ana MIS-. Morris Johnson, niece of
Mr. carnegie, formed the family cir
Gle. '''' VII
Next in the mourning circle were
NOSE VINO had helped the ironmaster
make his millions and others who had
helped the philanthropist distr;bnta t'J l4e q
his money. Among these were Charles
NJ Schwab, Robert A. FRANKIE. bust
ness adviser to Mr.. Carnegie for MANY
years and treasurer of the Carnepic
corporation and the Carnegie Founda-
ton Tor the Advancement Of Learn;r~.
the Rev. Frederick II. Lynch. who re-
resented the Carnegie Peace Founda-
[lon uG at the Versailles peace conference.
ouVer Klcketson, Mrs. Henry Phipps
"lle OF one Of Mr.. Carnegie's part,
ners, me ana her son, Howard; DR.. r. s.
W :" ood"ard, president of the Carneo;e
institution at Washington; Elihu Root
Jr, repres senting his father as Mr.. Car
negle es attorney; James C. Greenwav
and his wife, and Arthur A. H""y Hamn,.r
schlag, director of the Carnegie IN
stitute at Pittsburgh. AL
y, OVners at the service were Mr.. and
mrs. Chauncey M. Depew, Mrs. John =
farSons, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. r. Winthro.,
ana ar, two daughters, Mr.. and NJ
Charles Lanicr and Mrs. Josenh u
onoa'e. " Guards stationed at the Gates
Oh the estate prevented persons. eScent
guests OF the family, from enterinp
during the service. '''s
Music by Quartet
Inc clergymen stood at the head of
'he casket and back of them ware tbo
mm,emners members Of the quartet, directed bv
Rt';aS, Rt$ne"ce Dlcklnson, organist of the
PICK Presbyterian Church. The
SINGERS were Miss Rose Bryant. Miss
Mario Stoddardt, Frank Croxton, ''a1S and
Grant Kimball. The service onenad
With the singing of 20 Love. That viii
Not Let Me Go" The Rev. M. Wvman
reclted two prayers of the ritual and
10 loiloWed these with the Lords PRAYER
Inc quartet then sang "He Leadeth Ne );
Dr. Merrill read passages chosen from
the Psalms. and the service closed
With the singing of "Crossing the
par par: Ihe benediction was pronounced
by the Rev. Dr.. Merrill.
which occupied ony twenty Ua 5ns mnviss sa5vss
tne pody was removed in a motor car
to Hillsdalc, n. Y, where funera1
coach was in waiting. This car was
attached to the regular train Of the
New York Central Railroad, leaving at
III O'Clock for Tarrytown. Many of
me MOVERS which had been sent to the
carnegie home were taken with the
oo0y' and large cluster of orchids Law
on top OF the casket as it was trans.
1erred to the funeral car.
Trip in Private Car
Mrs. Carnegie, her daughter and mem
pers OF the immediate family made the
Of Charles M. Schwab. which was at-
tached to the train just ahead of the
funera car. Mrs. Carnegie walked
from her automobile to the car with
MIR. Schwab, but she required no as
slstance and appeared to be bearing up
we'll. Np
The train bearing the body reached
the statlon at White Plains at 4:3S
tins afternoon. The funeral process
sion, consisting of eight automobiles
TOR the thirty persons in the party
proceeded to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
along the Tarrytown road. Mr.. Schwab
renamed on the train from Lenox and
continued TO New York.
The cortege arrived at the cemetery
at $40. The services at the grave
were very brief They were conducted
by the Rev. DR.. William G.. Merrill. The
body was Inferred at 5:25
A death mask Of Mr.. Carnegie was
taken last night by Augustus Lukeman,
OF 145 Fifty-fifth Street, New York.
SANTIAGO, Chile, Wednesday. Aug.
l3.-Resolutions honoring the memory
Of the late Andrew Carnegie were
adopted to-day by the Chilean Chamber
of Deputies.
Seven States Approve