Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-11-30
LAID IN THE GRAVE
FUNERAL OF VICE PRESIDENT
HOBART OCCURS SATURDAY.
AN IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY
All Pomp Laid Aside But Presence of
Distinguished Mourners Lend So
lemnity to the Exercises Thirty
Two Pallbearers Escort Coffin to the
Tomb-McKinley Affected


Paterson, Nov. 26.-With the impress
sive religious services of the Presby-
terrain church and with the dignity due
his high office, all that is mortal of
Vice President Carrot A. Hobart was
committed to earth Saturday. Presi-
dent Mckinley, Secretary of State John
Hay, Chief Justice Fuller, Former Vice
President Levi P. Morton, Former Sec
rotary Of War Alger, Secretary of the
Interior Hitchcock, supreme court
judges, members of the senate, mem
bers of congress and the vice presi-
dents personal friends filled the beau
tiful church of the Redeemer and with
moistened eye and bowed head testified
silently and eloquently to his worth as
a statesman, friend and neighbour
Through the west window from the
center of stained glass Maltese cross,
pierced shaft of crimson that shed
it's light around the catafalque bath
ing the orchids, narcissus blossoms and
white roses in bright tints. The eye
of the clergyman travelled along the
shaft of light to the cross as he repeat
ed the words THE Lord gave and the
Lord hath taken away; blessed
be the name of the lord"
There was scarcely dry cheek in the
crowded ediice, and the widow was
apparently the most composed. All
official pomp, which was omitted in def
70 +hn
could never have equalled in impress
siveness the scene in the church. The
imposing solemn strains of it's Chopin
funeral march filled the edifice with is
solemn melody as the casket was borne
up the aisle on the shoulders of the
stalwart members of the capitol police
and placed upon the bier prepared fo1
it in front of the pulpit. Following
it came the pallbearers and members Ct
the senate. Following them came the
widow, her son, President Mckinley
government dignitaries and intimate
friends. They all sat close around the
casket. On every side of it floral offer
ings were banked in wealth Of beauty
and color.
The funeral services were opened by
Rev. DR.. Charles S. Shaw, who read a
portion of the nineteenth psalm, verses
1 to 6 and 10 to II. This was followed
by a selection from Job XIV, verses l
to and to II, concluded by reading
from the 18th chapter of Corinthians ].
After prayer 60 males voices filled the
church with the beautiful melody
Nearer Ny God to Thee. After the
sermon in which the business, states
manlike and social qualities of the de-
ceased were extolled, the Orpheus club
sang a cantata. DR.. Magic then pro-
nounced the benediction, and in the
same order that it arrived the funeral
procession left the church. AS The
casket was borne down the aisle out
onto the porch before the vast multi
tude, which could hardly be kept under
control by the police, the soldiers IN
covered, and when the president ap-
peared with bowed head, leaning on
the arm of John Hay, there was only a
murmur of greeting. Through The
long line of thousands of uncovered
heads the cortege wended its way 10
Cedar Lawn cemetery, where the body
was placed in the receiving vault. The
city wore it's most sombre gacb.
All mills, business houses and stores
were closed and municipal buildings,
banks and factories looked gloomy in
draperies of black purple.
There were thirty-two pall-bearers,
eight representing the United States
senate, eight representing the house of
representatives, eight personal pail
bearers selected by Mr.. Hobart two
months before his death, and eight SEN
ate police, who carried the casket.
The personal pall-bearers were At
torney General Griggs, Edward T.
Bell, Franklin Murphy, Gen. Joseph
w. Congdon, Judge J. Franklin Fort,
George F. Baker, E. A. Walton, Col.
William Barbour
The senate pall-bearers were William
P. Frye of Maine, NJ. A. Hanna of Ohio,
William ]. Sewell and John Kean of
New Jersey, C. w. Fairbanks of Indi-
ana, James McMillin of Michigan, Gohn
w. Daniel of Virginia and F. M. Cock
rell of Missouri
The pall-bearers from the house of
were: D. B. Hender-
son and William P. Hepburn of Iowa,
John Gardener and R. Wayne Parker
of New Jersey, Charles F. Joy of Mis-:
souri,, John DalZe1l of Pennsylvania,
George B. Mcclellan of New York and
John F. Rixey of Virginia.