Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-11-25
THE VICE PRESIDENTS FACE
Viewed for the Last Time by Thous-
andS at Paterson Yesterday.


THE REMAINS EXPOSED TO PUB
Lie VIEW FOR FOUR HOURS.
DURING WHICH TIME TWELVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE PASSED
THE CASKET, WHILE AS MANY
MORE FAILED TO GAIN ADMIS-
SION TO THE HOUSE-THE AR
RANGEMENTS FOR THE FUN
ERAL TO-DAY ALL COM
PLETED.
NEW YORK, November 24.-The
funeral of the late Carrot A. Hobart,
Vice President of the United States,
will take place tomorrow at Paterson,
N. j., services being first held at Car
roll Hall, the Hobart home, and after
that at the Church of the Redeemer.
The services at the house are intend
ed for the family, the President and his
cabinet, members of the Senate and
House of Repre5 entatives of the United
States, and intimate personal friends OF
the family. They will begin at p. M
and will be conducted by Rev. DR..
Magic, who also will deliver an adj
dress and prayer at the church SER
vice.
The President and cabinet will also
attend the services at the church, be-
ing conveyed there in carriages, while
the thirty-two pall-bearer, of whom
eight are personal pall-bearers, will
walk in the procession.
The scenes at Carroll Hall this after
noon when the remains of Vice Presi-
dent Hobart were lying in state and
the public was given an opportunity
to view them were exciting and pathe-
tic Long before o'clock, the time an
nounced for the opening of the doors
of the Hobart home to the public, the
crown began to assemble and when the
first rush toward the main entrance be-
gan fully 5000 persons were crowded
into Ellison and Carroll streets. Lines
were formed by a squad of police, but
the force was entirely too small to
maintain any semblance of order Wo-
men were largely in the majority.
They included all classes, from those in
Mr.. Hobart's social class to the street
beggars, and all were given the same
opportunity to take last look at the
face of one they had learned to es-
TEEN. Many of the women carried in
fantS. The first person to see the re-
mains after they had been removed
from the room where Vice President
Hobart died was Attorney General
Griggs. He shook his head as he no.
ticed the change in the face of the
dead, and as he stepped aside from the
room, very much affected, he remark
ed: 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 lead
ing to the library, excitement increased.
Women tainted on the porch and at
one time half a dozen lay insensible on
the lawn. They were revived, and all
with the assistance of friends were able
to go home. This kind of excitement
was not confined to the outside. At the
coffin there was fainting scene A
woman about twenty 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 a police
man. She was placed in a chair and
revived with a glass Of ice water
brought by a member of the Hobart
household. 1t was estimated that fully
$4,000 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 the ceremony E. T. Bell. pres
ident 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 repre-
senting the family were ]. w. Cleve-
land, Edward A. Walton. Gen. Cong
don and Col Bright. The room bore
the fragrance of flowers sent by friends.
The interior of the house was guarded
by all the detectives from police head
quarters and no one was allowed TO lin
ger at the casket.
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 he had
suffered much His neck had also thin
ned considerably, and his hair and
moustache were gray. He was sadly
changed from the day he was sworn
into the Office of Vice President Of the
United States, but there was a peaceful
expression as though he had dropped
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