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Show YANDERBILT LAID TO REST. His Funeral Tcetcrday, and the millions Left Behind. New Yobk, December 10. The last sad rites over the body of Wm. H. Vanderbilt were begun this morning, when the body of the deceased was removed from the ice box to the coffin, which was then taken to the bedroom on the east side of the house. Small groups of people began to gather opposite op-posite the house before 7 o'clock, and shortly after 8 o'clock the groups increased to a small crowd. The crowd was orderly, and the services of tha polioe were not needed. As the hour appointed for beginning the services approached, carriage after carriage drove to and left the occupants at the entrance. en-trance. Each carriage bore a coachman and a footman, and all those wore mourning liveries. Shortly before 9 o'clock the immediate imme-diate family looked for the last time on the face of the deceased. The services, con ducted by the Kev. Dr. Cook, were simple and touching, consisting of prayer and a few words of remembrance and consolation. THE COFFIN WAS THEN CIOSED And Mrs. 'Vanderbilt retired to the apart-msnt apart-msnt which she has occupied since the death of Mr. Vanderbilt. The coffin was raised upon the shoulders of the undertaker's assistants as-sistants and, preceded by the clergyman and pall-bearers, was borne down the broad staircase, through the corridors and through he open doors, never more to re-enter. At 9:45 the funeral cortege started for the church. There were no crowds on the streets through which it passed, and the police along the line almost outnumbered the sightseers. At 10:15 the doors of St. Bartholomew's Bar-tholomew's church ware opened, and the porters bearing upon their shoulders the coffin passed down the center aisle. Preceding Preced-ing the coffin walked the pall-bearers wearing wear-ing white sashes. The deep tones of the organ or-gan were heard as the procession moved down the nave of the crowded church. Kev. Dr. Samuel Cooke, accompanied" by an assistant, as-sistant, walked in advance of the solemn procession and read the well-known lines from the burial service : "I am the resurrection resurrec-tion and the life," etc. Following the coffin came the members of the Vanderbilt fam- ily 4ieadei J)y!ornelius Yanderbilt and wife. When tbe music of the funeral march ended the choir sang, "Lord, Let Me Know My' End." After THE SIMPLE SERVICE FOB THE DEAD Had been read the choir and congregation united in singing "Nearer, My God, to Thee." It was 10:50 o'clock when the doors of the church were again swung backward and the solemn procession returned to the street,, when it proceeded to the cemetery. No one was admitted except the friends of the family and representatives of commercial, business or educational bodies. As a result there were less than 100 ladies admitted to listen to the service. -Prominent among the business men were the presidents and heads of the departments of all the roads with which Mr. Vanderbilt has been connected. con-nected. Vanderbilt's will was read after the funeral in the presence of the family, but it was decided de-cided that the contents should not be made publio until after the document had gone to the Surrogate's office. The will proved to be longer than was generally expected. There was much speculation during the evening as to the contents, but no trustworthy details could be obtained. |