The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-11-23
1874.
GARRETT A. HOBART.
1890

The following OIlClhI blhtGuleHL MoS
given out at the Hobart residence by
Private Secretary Evans tonight:
"The funeral services over the body
Of the late vice president will be held
at the Church of the Redeemer, Pater-
son, on Saturday. November 25, at 2;sO
p. m.
"Inasmuch as the seating accommo-
dation Of the church is entirely made
quate, 1t will be necessary that seats be
reserved for the various national, state
and local officials, representatives Of
the organizations with which Mr..
Hobart was connected and intimate
personal friends of the family. 1t is.
therefore. impossible to provide for the
general public until various officials.
representatives and friends have been
accommodated.
previous to the public exercises on
Saturday afternoon brief service will
be held at the Hobart mansion only for
the family, the President and his cabi-
net and Intimate personal friends.
ION Friday afternoon the body Of the
vice president will be placed in the
library Of his home. where the public
may have an opportunity to view 1t.
1.-THE lnterment will be at the conve-
nlence OF the family at Cedar Lawn
cemetery"
-Four companies of regular soldiers
from Governors Island will take part
in the funeral ceremony and Will prob
ably act as an escort from the late res
idence of the vice president to the
church. The military will also act as
an escort to President Mckinley and
his party.
It is expected that President McKin-
ley and his cabinet. the supreme court
justices and other officials from Wash
ington will arrive before noon on Sat
urday. A special train bearing the
senator's and representatives and other
United States officials will start from
New York and committees will be on
hand at Paterson to take charge Of
those on board.
messages VI 0SuPuLuys
A great many messages of coincidence
were received to-day, including mes
sages from Chief Justice Fuller, of the
United States supreme court; General
Gordon, of Savannah; Mr.. and Mrs
whltelaw Reid; Daniel N. Morgan, for
merly treasurer of the United States;
Senator Carter, of Montana: United
States Minister Harris, Mt Vienna; the
oregon State Bar Association; Mrs. Ju-
LA Dent Grant and number of for
elgn ministers at Washington.
All Of the public buildings in Pater-
son have been draped, as well as many
of the private residences throughout
New Jersey.
DR.. Newton, the vice presidents ply
sIclan, to-day filed the certificate of
death, giving the cause of death as "di-
latlon of the heart, due to myocordItIs."
Mr.. Hobart was n member Of the Or
der of Free and Accepted Masons, Of
high rank, thirty y-second degree Scot
tIsh Rite Masons and a Knight Tenn
plar.
In reply to inquiries of representa-
tlves of various Masonic bodies 1T
has been explained to them that the
family deem It best not to have n Ma
sonic funeral. Up to the present the
names of the pall-bearers have not
been announced Mr.. Hobart two
months ago, when he feared something
might happen. named six OF his most
intimate friends in New Jersey, and 1t
is believed that those will act Os his
pall-bearers.
Mrs. Hobart Is bearing up well un-
der her great trouble and to-day was
able to see few of her most intimate
friends, including Attorney General
drIggs and Mrs. GrigEs and Rev. DR.,
David Magic. who will deliver the fa-
neral oratIon.
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