The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-12-01
TWO SERVICES.
Clay Of the Late Vice President 10.
bart Consigned to Mother Earth.
Rev. Dr. Magic, Pastor of the Church OF
the Redeemer, Delivers n short fu-
neral sermon--Interment In
Cedar Lawn Cemetery

PATERSON, N. j., Nov. -. Vice Pres
dent Hobart died at $50 a. IN. Tues
day. The family and physicians were
at NJ. Hobart's bedside when ne ex.
pired.
The vice president had been failing
since late Monday afternoon, although
the reports giver out ut the house were
that he was holding his own.
At midnight he became unconscious
and at : o'clock Tuesday morning nc
had an attack of angina peetoris, from
which he never rallied.
PATERSON, ~ j., Nov. 20. The clay
of the late Vice President Hobart was
consigned to mother earth Saturday.
The services at the house were brief
and simple. 1t was held in
the library which was banked
with flowers sent 10y friends of tho
dead vice president. Mrs Hoba, I,
with her son. Garrett A. Hobart jr.,
sat near the head of the casket,
while near her were grouped the
president and his cabinet, judges OF
the supreme court the honorary pail.
bearers and the immediate friends of
the family and the family servants.
The Rev David d. Magic offered the
prayer and read a passage of Scripture.
The president cabinet and supreme
conrt judges, and those present took =
last look at the face of the dead, the
casket was closed and all that was NOR
tai of Vice President Hobart was car
ried out to the hesrse by members OF
the senate police.
The public funeral ceremonies, which
preceded the interment in Cedar Lawn
cemetery, took place in the Church of
the Redeemer.
The services at the church were of
entirely o religious nature. no military
or fraternal body taking part Presi-
dent Mckinley and all the members of
his cabinet occupied the front pews on
the right side of the aisle. Opposite
and filing a large part Of the church
were ranged the scores of members Of
congress, some of whom had journeyed
many hundreds of miles in order TO
pay their respect to the memory of Mr..
Hobart.
The choir of the Church of the Re
deemer, of which Mr.. Hobart was a
lifelong member, sung Lead, Kindly
Light aud the Rev. DR.. Magic, pas
tor of the church, read scripture s.!ec-
tions appropriate TO the occasion.
Another hymn was sung by the choir
and then the Rev. DIR. Magic deliv-
cred a short funeral sermon, in which
he did honor to 1.-THE power, the
grandeur. the sublimity and tho
sweetness OF the noble life" of the
dead vice president. At the close OF
the services the sergeant-at-arms of tie
senate escorted the president, the
mem bers Of the cabinet and the JUS
tees of the supreme court out Of the
church. The senator's and representa-
tives followed. Many spectators gath
cred about the coffin before it was
closed TO be removed TO its last resting
place beside the grave of Miss Hobar,
in Cedar Lawn cemetary.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26-Official WASH
ington is in mourning Saturday for
the dead vice president Business in
all the executive branches of the gov.
ernment is suspended and the depart
ments are closed Nearly all Of
the prominent officials of the
government have gone TO Paters n
to attend the funeral of Vice
President Hobart, and flags thu ough.
out the city are at half staff. AS an
evidence of the popularity Of the late
vice president, hundreds of private res.
licences Saturday displayed mourning