The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-26


mortal of the vice president. Garret A
Hobart. was committed to the earth
this afternoon.
The president, secretary Of state John
Hay. Chief Justice Fuller. former Vice
President Levi p Morton. former Sec
retary of War Alger. Secretary Of the
Interior Hitchcock, the supreme court
judges. members of the senate, mem
bers of congress and the vice presi-
dents personal friends filed the beautl-
ful Church of the Redeemer, and with
moistened eve and bowed head teSti-
fed silently and eloquently to his worth
as statesman, friend and neighbor-
Through the west; window from the
center OF the stained glass maltese
cross pierced a shaft of crimson that
shed its light around the catafalque
and bathed the orchids, narcissus bios
SONS and white roses in bright tints.
The eye of the clergyman Travelled
along the shaft of light to the cross as
he repeated the words:
The Lord gave and the Lord hath
taken away; blessed be the name of the
Lord"
Grief of the President
The chief magistrate of the country
bowed his head in his hands. He was
visibiy agitated. There was scarcely a
dry cheek in the crowded edifice and
the widow was apparently the most
composed.
All the pomp of an official pageant
which was omitted in Difference to the
wishes of the deceased. could never
have caused the impreSsiveness of this
scene. The imposing and solemn strains
of Chopin's funeral march filed the
edifice with its solemn melody as the
casket WIS brought up the aisle on the
shoulders of the stalwart members of
the capitol police and placed on the
bier prepared for it in front of the
pulpit. Following it came the pail
bearers, members of the senate. Fol-
lowing them came the family, the Wild
ow and her son, the president, the cab
met dignitaries and intimate friends.
They all sat close around the casket.
Wealth of Flowers.
On every side of ii the floral offerings
were banked in wealth of beauty and
color The funeral services were open
ed by Rev Dr. Charles S. Shaw, who
read portion of the nineteenth psalm,
verses i-vi and xxi. This was fol-
lowed by a selection from Job XIV.
verses iii and Wiki and concluded by
reading from the fifteenth chapter of
Corinthians, l. After a prayer sixty
male voices filed the church with the
beautiful melody of Nearer My God to
Thee
After the sermon, in which the bust
ness, Statesman-like and social qualities
of the deceased were eXtoller, the Or
pheus club sang a cantata by Chwatal.
DR.. Magic then pronounced the bene-
diction, and in the same order that 1t
arrived the funeral procession left the
church. As the casket was borne down
the aisle and out onto the porch. the
vast multitude, which could hardly be
kept under control by the police and
soldiers uncovered. and when the presi-
dent appeared with bowed head. lean
ing on the arm of John Hay, there was
only murmur of greeting.
City In Mourning.
Through along lane of thousands Of
uncovered heads. the cortege wended
it's way to Cedar Lawn cemetery,
where the body was placed in the re-
ceiving vault
The city wore its most sombre garb
today in mourning. All the mills, big
business houses and stores were closed.
The municipal buildings, banks and
factories looked gloomy in draperies OF
black and purple. On every hand We're
signs of grief for the loss of New Jer-
sey's statesman. s
Out of Difference of the wishes OF
Mrs. Hobart there were no visitors this
morning to Carroll hall. except the i'm
mediate relatives of the family. The
body of the vice president rested in its
caSxet of oak en- the catafaidue in the,
library. His right hand rested lightly
on his breast and held bunch of vio-
lets, placed there by his widow. On
the coffin was a bunch of Gala lilies, a
sheaf of palm and some smilaX and
roses. Around the room were many
floral tributes. conspicuous among them
being several pieces from the White
House conservatory.
Many Mourners of Note.
There were never gathered in New
Jersey and seldom in any part of the
United States, so many mournerS of
eminence in the nation.
In the throngs were senators from
states that were territories before the
war and for years afterward. There
was Hoar of Massachusetts,, represent
ing the old. and Beveridge of Indiana,
representing the new in national life.
There were John w. Daniel of Virginia,
representing the confederate soldiers,
and Hawley of Connecticut, standing
as a type of the Union veteran, each of
them today as senators, mourning the
loss of their presiding officer. There
was Jones of Arkansas, arm in arm
with Frye of Maine.
From over the state came men of
broad culture and e0minence in ma
tional affairs to honor the memory of
the illustrious American whose ac-
knowledged ability had won him a fore
most place among the men of the time.
More than three-fifths of the senate,
and nearly half OF the members of the
house OF representatives were in the
church, with the governors of ene-third
of the states. Before the body arrived
at the church the members OF the
United States senate and house of rep
resentatives. distinguished men of
sta.esaof the Union, and representa-
tives of the legislature of New Jersey
and supreme court. were seated. This
left room only for the funeral party
from the house
Decorations of Church.
The church floral decorations were
a band of snilax over
three feet wide and thlck enough to
hide the wall, ran around both sides
and the front of the main auditorium.
Above the windows the wreath ran un-
broken before the pipes. of the great
organ. At the windows giant palms
reached up to the emilax These palms
and the festooning around the windows
were laden with white flowers, prin-
cipally lilies of the valley. orchids and
chrysanthemums- Around the organ