The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-26

Funeral of Dead Statesman Marked BY Impressive
ness No Pageant Could Have Shown
Great Gathering Of the Notable Men Of the Nation Attend
the 0bsequies-Dr. Magie's Eloquent Eulogy.

and the pulpit lilies were /rewn in law
ish profusion, the fonts before the pull
pit were covered !, it'll American beauty
roses to the heighth of nine feet. A
large space before the pulpit was left
undecorated where the casket rested
surrounded by floral tributes.
The pew regularly occupied by the
late vice president was filed with floral
offerings
Thirty-two all-bearers.
There were thirty-two paIl-bearers,
eight representing the United States
senate, eight representing the house
OF representative eight personal pail
bearers selected by MIR. Hobart two
months before his death. and eight SEN
ate police, who carried the caSket. The
personal l-bearers were Attorney
General Griggs. Edward T. Bell, Frank
lin Murphy, General Joseph w. Cong
don, Judge J. Franklin Fort, George T..
Baker, E. a. Wilton, Colonel William
Barbour.
The senate pall-bearers were William
T. Frye of Maine. NJ. A. Hanna. of Ohio,
William J. Sewall and John Kean Of
New Jersey, C. w. Fairbanks of In
diana, James Mcmillan of Michigan.
John W. Daniel of Virginia and F. W.
Cockrell of Missouri.
The pall-bearers from the house Of
representatives were d. B. Henderson
of Iowa John Gardner and b. Wayne
Parker of New jersey, Charles F. Joy
of Missouri. William p Hepburn OF
Iowa. John Dalzell of Pennsylvania,
George B. Mcclellan of New York and
John F. Ripley of Virginia.
Services at the House.
The service at tine house was brief
and simple. 1t was held in the library.
which was banked by flowers sent by
friends of the dead vice president. Mrs.
Hobart. with her son, Garret A Ho-
bart, jr., sat near the head of the cas-
ket, while near her Were grouped the
president and his cabinet, judges Of
the supreme court, the honorary pail
bearers, immediate friends of the fam
lily and the family servants. The Rev.
David ID. Magic offered prayer and
read a passage of scripture. The presi-
dent. cabinet and supreme judges and.
those present took a last look at the
face of the dead. the caSket was closed.
and all that was mortal of Vice Presi-
dent Hobart was carried out to the
hearse by members of the senate Pc
lice.
President Mckinley and his cabinet
officers and over sixty memSers OF the
senate and great many congressman
who came on special trains attended
the services at the house.
After the house. services. the body,
enclosed in an oaken casket with sill
yer ornaments and almost hidden with
flowers. was taken from the house, and
the president and his party went to the
Church of the Redeemer, about two
blocks from Carroll Hall.
The services at the church lasted an
hour, and were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Magic. They began with an organ pre-
lude and reading of the scriptures by
the Rev Charles p. Shaw, pastor of
the Second Presbyterian church of Pat
erson-
Then followed the singing of the
hymn Nearer My God TO Thee" by
the Orpheus club. DR.. Magic then
preached the funeral sermon and offer
ed prayer. This was followed by the
anthem, Weary Hands," sung by the
Orpheus club. after which the benedic-
tio1 was pronounced by Dr.. Magic.