Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-11-25
RITES FOR THE DEAD.
Services Over Hobart's Re.
mains Today.
PRESIDENT AT The FUNERAL.
Members Of the Cabinet. Supreme Court,
Senator's and Representatives at His
bier-services at House and Church
Thousands Saw Remains Yesterday.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The funeral of
The late Garrett A. Hobart, vice presi-
dent OF the United States. took place to-
day at Paterson, N. j., services being
hrst held at Carroll Hall. the Hobart
home, and after that at the Church of
the Redeemer.
The services at the house were 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 began about p. NJ, and
were conducted by Rev. DR.. Magic. who
also delivered an address and prayer at
the church services.
The president and cabinet also at.
tended the services at tine church, being
conveyed there in carriages, while the
30 palIbearers, of whom eight were per-
sonai pallbearers, walked in the process
sion.
The body was then. taken to tho
church.
About 2 O'Clock services were held
In the church, when Dr. Magic deliv.
cred an address. I
There were 80 paIlheorers, eight rep
resenting the United States senate,
eight representing the house OF repre-
sentatives, eight personal pallbearers Sc.
ected by Mr.. Hobart about two months
before his death, and. eight Of the
senate police, who acted as quarter
bearers.
The president and cabinet went to
the church in carriages, but the 81 pail
bearers walked to the church.
The personal pallbearers were: At
torney General John W. Griggs, Ed
ward T. Bell, General Joseph w. Cong
don, Colonel William Bar Der and George
F. Baker. all Of Paterson; Franklin
Murphy and j. Franklin Ford OF New
ark and E. A. Walton of Ridgewood.
n. j.
The pallbearers from the senate were:
Senators Sewall, Mexican, Mcmillan.
Frye. Daniel, Fairbanks and Coclzren.
The pallbearers from the house of rep
resentatives were: Henderson of Iowa,
Gardner Of New Jersey, Parker of New
Jersey, Joy OF Missouri, Hepburn Of
Iowa, Dalzell of Pennsylvania, McClel-
Ian of New York and Rixey of Vir-
ginia.
The body was then conveyed to a re-
ceiving vault, in Cedar Lawn cemetery.
. AAC 1abcIu1SAU WILL Uc p1lNdbC, dV tilO
convenience of the family.
The scenes at Carroll Hall Friday
afternoon, when the remains of Vice
President Hobart were lying in state
and the public was gwen an opportunity
ito view them, were exciting and pa
ithetic. Long before o'clock, the time
announced for the opening of the doors
of the Hobart home TO the public, the
crowd began to assemble, and when the
first rush toward the main entrance be-
gan fully 5000 persons were crowded
into Ellison and Carroll streets. The
first person to see the remains after
they had been removed from the room
where Vice President Hobart died was
Attorney General Griggs.
He shook his head as he noticed the
change in the face of the dead, and as
he stepped aside from the room, very
much affected, he remarked ''he has
suffered much-more than any one will
know
Mr.. Griggs was one of the few men
who saw Mr. Hobart before he died,
but he only had few words with him.
That was week before the end came.
As the throngs filed into the hall
leading to the library the excitement in
creased. Women tainted on the porch
and at one time half dozen lay in
sensible on the lawn. They were re-
vived and all, with the assistance of
friends, were able to go home. At the
coffin there was 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
transtixed. Then she screamed and fell
forward into the arms of policeman.
She was placed II chair and revived
with glass OF icewater brought by a
member Of the Hobart household. 1t
was estimated that fully 1900 persons
saw the remains in the four hours they
were exposed TO view. Thousands more
would have seen them If the time had
permitted.
1t was remarked by those who had
known the vice president that the face
had lost its pleasant roundness and was
very thin, showing that ne had suffered
much. His neck had also Trimmed con-
siderably and his halr and moustache
were gray. He was sadly changed
from the day he was sworn into the Of
flee of vice president OF the United
States, out there was peaceful express
sion as though, he had dropped into a
sleep.