The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-24
Everything Planned
T or Mr.. Hobart's
Funeral.
PALLBEARERS SELECTED.
Home Services Will Be Of
Most Simple De-
scription.

New York, Nov. 23.-President Nc
Kinley, the members of his cabinet and
the judges of the supreme court of the
United States will arrive in Paterson
at 1880 p. M, Saturday, for the pur-
pose of attending the funeral of the
late Garrett A. Hobart, vice president
of the United States.
Col. Richard Bright, sergeant at-arms
of the Senate, arrived here tonight for
the purpose of making arrangements
for their reception. A special train
bearing the members of congress, will
also arrive at Paterson, N. j., at Ito
p. m, and the train of the New Jersey
state officials is expected to arrive at
LAO p. m. The funeral service at the
home of the late vice president will be
short and simple, the reading of the
| Scriptures and prayers completing the
program there. The services at the
Church of the Redeemer will occupy
less than one hour.
Rev. DIR. Magic will preach, and
prayers will be offered by Rev DIR. Mil
burn, the blind chaplain of the Sen
ate, and the Rev. DR.. Shaw of Pater-
son. The only vocal music rendered
at the church service will consist of
| INO pieces pIOuuCeu W the vi HGuS
Club. Mr.. Hobart had been a sub
scribing member of the club from it's
! inception six years ago.
| Prof. Wiske will play on the organ
the funeral march from Chopin and
Beethoven. Hobart Smock, a cousin of
the late vice president, will aid in SUI
! pervising the musical program. While
the Orpheus Club was rehearsing as its
| second number last night, another Sc
lection. a request came from Mrs. Ho-
bart for a substitution of the hymn,
Nearer, my God, to thee.
This was Mr.. Hobart's favorite. IT
was rehearsed to an adaptation by Prof
Wiske similar to that given at the
| funerals of Gen. Grant, Gen. Logan and
| President Garfield, and at the dedica-
| ton of Grants tomb. The other Sc
| lection will be produced to music by
! Chwapal, the words being considered
singularly appropriate to Mr. Hobart's
| life in public and to his personal rela-
lions. The poem commences as fol
lows:
| Weary hands, oh weary hands!
| Resting now from life's endeaVor,
| From the conflict,
| From the fever,
| Peaceful, lying where he fell,
oh folded hands! farewell! FAREWELL
Vice president Hobart, during the
| long illness preceding his death, select
| ed his pail bearers. The following are
| believed to have been designated to act
| in this capacity: Judge J. Franklin Fort
of New York, Franklin Murphy of
Newark E. T. Bell of Paterson, Col.
William Barber of Paterson, George
| Wurts, secretary of state of New Jer-
| sey, and Col Joseph w. Congdon of
| the staff of Gov. Voorhees, of New Jer-
sey.
| The body will be placed in a receiv-
| ing vault at Cedar Lawn, and it will be
| ten days later before the remains will
| be inferred. All the federal govern
ment offices in the financial district of
| New York city will be closed on Satur-
| day as a mark of respect to the late
vice president.
| A number of the business exchanges
will close in consequence of the funeral.
| Several hundred employees of the Ha-
mil & Booth Silk Company of Pater-
son, of which Mr. Hobart was president,
met today and passed resolutions of
coincidence and appointed a committee
to attend the funeral. They also voted
to send a floral tribute in the shape of
a vacant chair upon which appear the
words: "Our president"