The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1899-11-30
HOBARTLAIDTOREST
Immense Throngs Attend the
Last Sad Rites.
PATERSON A CITY OF MOURNING.
President ana Cabinet with Large
Delegations From the senate nnd
House In Attendance - Thou
sands Take a Final view.


gest gathering of distinguished men ever
assembled in this state.
Probably no other city, except the ma
tional capital during the sessions of con-
gress, ever entertained so large and rep
resentative Il company as that which at
tended the funeral of Vice President Ho-
bart. Ii is estimated that fully 10000
of the citizens of Paterson and 10000
visitors were there. In addition to the
president his entire cabinet, four justices
of the supreme court of the United States,
more than half the members OF the Unit
ed States senate and more than 40 repre-
sentatives in congress, there were a large
number of men who came quietly from
all parts of the country and who did not
make themselves known. 1t was repre-
sentative gathering of the professional,
the mercantile and the commercial men
of the country and of the artisans and
toilers of the entire nation.
Business was entirely suspended
throughout the city, and emblems Of
mourning were profusey displayed. while
from the surrounding country throngs OF
people came pouring into the city to wit
ness the funeral of the states most dis
tinguishcd citizen.
n double service was held, the first be-
ing at Carroll hall, the Hobart home, fol-
lowed by public service at the Church
of the Redeemer.
The services at the house were attend
ed by the family, the president and his
cabinet members of the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
and intimate personal friends of the fam
lily. They began promptly at , p. III. and
We're conducted by Rev. DR.. Magic, who
also delivered an address and prayer at
the church services.
The president and cabinet also attend
ed the services at the church. being con-
veyed there in carriages, while the ~
pallbearers, of whom eight were personal
pallbcarers, walked in the procession.
The palbearers were selected by the
vice president during his illness. They
were
Attorney General John w. Griggs, Ed
ward Il. Bell. Franklin Murphy, General
Joseph w. Coz gdon. j. Franklin Fort,
George +. Baker, Colonel William Bar
bour. Senators William 7. Frye of
Maine, NJ. A. Hanna Of Ohio, w. j. Sew
ell of New Jersey. John Kean of New
Jersey, G. w. Fairbanks of Indiana,
James Mcmillan of Michigan, John w.
Daniel of Virginia and II. NJ. Cockrell of
Missouri and Representatives ID. B. Hen
derson of Iowa, John j. Gardner and X.
Wayne Parker of New Jersey, Charles
+. Jay of Missouri, w. b. Hepburn Of
Iowa, John Dalzell of Pennsylvania,
George b. Mcclellan of New York and
John f. Rixey of Virginia.
Captain Gorden of the senate police
and eight members of his force We're the
active pallbearers.
The ushers were John II. Beam, Vivian
Lewis, John II. Reynolds, Henry f. Bell,
Arthur Ryle, Frank Gledhill, Henry G.
Knox, Andrew Derron, Frederick Van
Blarcom, A. 4. Bell Jr.; Leavitt Griggs,
j. w. Cleveland, Walter G. Shields and
Barclay Cooke.
The casket was carried by eight police
men from the capitol at Washington in
full uniform.
On the casket was q large bunch of
loose flowers sent by President McKin-
ley.
In the right hand of Mr.. Hobart was
a magnolia blossom sent by Mrs. McKin-
ley.
The house was beautifully decorated
with plants and flowers. The drapings
and flowers in the church were magnih-
cent.
Inc services Ut tHe Church were very
impressive and consisted of the follow
ing: Organ prelude, reading of Scripture
and prayer by Rev. Charles ID. Shaw,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian church
of Paterson; hymn, Nearer, My God, to
Thee" by the Orpheus Singing society:
address and prayer by Rev. DIR. Magic:
anthem, Weary Hands," by the Orphe-
us Singing society; benediction by Rev.
DR.. Magic.
At the close of the service the body
was placed in receiving vault at Cedar
Lawn, where it will remain for ten days
before burial.
The scenes at Carroll hall yesterday
afternoon, when the remains of Vice
President Hobart were lying in state and
the public was given an opportunity to
| view them, were exciting and pathetic.
Long before 2 o'clock, the time announc-
! cd for the opening of the doors of the
Hobart home to the public, the crowd be.
gan to assemble, and when the first rush
toward the main entrance began fully
| 5000 persons We're crowded into Ellison
/ and Carroll streets. Lines We're formed
| by a squad of police, but the force was
| entirely too small to maintain any sem
| blance of order Women were largely in
| the majority. They included all classes
from those in Mr. Hobarts social class
to the street beggar and all were giver
the same opportunity to take IA last lool
at the face of one they had learned tC
| esteem.
As the throngs filed into the hall lead
ing to the library the excitement increas
ed. Women tainted on the porch, and al
one time half dozen lay insensibe OF
the lawn. They We're revived, and all
with the assistance of friends, We're abb,
to go home. Fully 5000 persons saw
the remains in the four hours they wer,
exposed to view. Thousands more woulC
have seen them If the time had permit
ted, but the doors of Carroll hall wer,
closed promptly at o'clock.
1t was remarked by those who ha,
known the vice president that the fac
had lost it's pleasant roundness and wa
very thin, showing that he had suffere
much. His neck had also thinned con
siderably, and his hair and mustach
were gray. He was sadly changed fror
the day he was sworn into the Office o
vice president of the United States, bu