The labor world., 1899-11-25

NEW YORK, Nov. A.-The funeral
Of the late Garret A. Hobart will oc-
cur today at Paterson, N. j., services
first being held ct Carroll Hall, the
Hobart home, and after that at the
church of the Redeen1er. The services
at the house are intended for 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
family. They will begin at p. III. and
will be conducted by Rev. DR.. Magic,
who also will deliver an address and
prayer at the church sarvice. The
president and cabinet will also attend
the services at the church, being con-
Quoted there in carriages, While the
thirty-tWO pail bearers, Of whom eight
are active pail bearers, will walk in
the procession.
The scenes at Carroll Hall this after
noon when the remains of Vice Pres
ident Hobart were lying in state and
the public was given an opportunity
to view them were exciting and pa
thetic. Long before 2 o'clock, the time
announced for the opening Of the doors
TO assemble and when the first rush
towards the main entrance began fully
five thousand persons were crowded
into Ellison and Carroll streets. Lines
were formed by q squad Of police, but
the force was entirely too small to
maintain any semblance of order.
Women were largely in the majority.
They included al classes, from those
in Mr.. Hobart's social class to the
street beggar, and all We're given the
same opportunity to take a last look
at the face Of one they had learned
to esteem. Many of the women carried
infants. The first person to see the re-
mains efter they had been removed
from the room, where Vice President
Hobart died was Attorney General
Griggs.
He shook his head as he noticed the
he stepped aside from the room very
much affected he remarked:
HE has suffered much more than
anyone will KNOW
Mr.. Griggs Was one of the few men
who saw Mr.. Hobart before he died,
but he only had a few words with
him. That was a week before the end
came.
| AS the throngs filed into the hall lead
| ing to the library the excitement in
creased. Women tainted on the porch
and at one time half a dozen lay in
sensible on the lawn. They were re-
vived and all, with the assistance of
friends, were able to go home. This
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the outside At the coffi nthere was a
fainting scene. A woman about 20
years of age, after gazing on the face
| of the dead vice president, stood at
the coffin as though transfixed. Then
she screamed and fell forward into the
arms of policeman. She was placed
| in chair and revived with a glass of
ice water brought by a member of the
Hobart household. It was estimated
that fully twelve thousand persons saw
the remains in the four hours they
were exposed to view. Thousands more
would have seen them if the time had
permitted, but the doors of Carroll
Hall were closed promptly at o'clock.
| During this ceremony r. L. Bell,
president of the First National bank of
! Paterson, and one of the executors of
| the Hobart estate, stood at the head
OF the casket. Others in the room rep
Presenting the family were J. W. Cleve-
land, Edward A. Walton, General
Congdon and Colonel Bright. The room
bore the fragrance of flowers sent by
friends The interior of the house vas
guarded by all the detectives from 70
lice headquarters and no one was al
|lowed to linger at the casket. It was
remarked by those who had known the
vice president that the face had lost
Its pleasant roundness and was very
thin, showing that he had suffered
much. His neck had also thinned con-
siderably and his hair and moustache
were gray. He was sadly changed from
the day he was sworn into the office
Of the vice president Of the United
States, but there was q peaceful ex-
preston as though he had droppen into
a sleep.