The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-11-23
WILL Be LAID To
REST SATURDAY
President Mckinley VIII Attend
HObarps Funeral
hTERMENT At CEDAR LAWN
Messages of Coincidence Pour
ing Into the Home.
EMBASSY FLAGS AT HALF MAST
Mrs. Hobart is Bearing Up Well Under
Of &c hi 70
See Few Intimate
Friends
FLAGS AT HALF MAST

New York, November 23.-Tihe funeral of
the late Garrett A. Hobart, vice president
of the United States, will take pace on
| Saturday.
The morning services ait THE residence
will be attended by only members of Mr..
Hobart's family, President Mckinley and
his cabinet and Mr.. Hobart's most inti-
mate friends AT the Church of the Re-
deemer in Paterson the public services will
be held at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon.
The body will not de in state in the city
hall, as was desired by tlle city authorities,
but on Friday afternoon the casket will
be opened in the library of his late home.
and for three hours the public may view
the face of the late vice president
The body lies in a handsome casket of
oak, the plate bearing this inscription:
"1Si4-Garrett A. Hobart-1S99."
The following official statement was given
out at the Hobart residence by Private
Secretary Evans tonight:
1.-The funeral services over the body of
the late vice president will be held at the
Church of the Redeemer, Paterson, on Sat-
urday, November S, at 2:3O p. m.
"Inasmuch as the seating accommoda-
ton of The church is entirely inadequate,
dt will be necessary that seats be reserved
for the various national, state and local
officials representatives off the organiza-
tions with which Mr.. Hobart was con-
Eected and intimate personal friends of the
family. 1t is therefore impossible to pro-
vide for the general public until various
officials, representatives and friends have
been accommodated.
Previous to the public exercises on Sat
urday afternoon brief service will be held
at the Hobart mansion only for the family,
the president and his cabinet and intimate
personal friends.
Interment at Cedar Lawn
"On Friday afternoon the body of the
vice-president will be placed in the library
of his home, where the public may have an
opportunity to view it. The interment will
be at the convenience of the family at
Cedar Lawn cemetery.
Four companies of regular soldiers from
Governors Island will take part in the
funeral ceremonies and will probably act
as an escort from the late residence of the
vice-president to the church. The militia
will also act as an escort to President Nc
Kinley and his party.
1t is expected that the president and his
cabinet, the supreme court justices and
other officials from Washington will arrive
before noon on Saturday. A special train
bearing the senator's and representatives
and other United States officials will start
from New York and committees will be on
hand al Paterson to take charge of those
on board.
A great many messages of coincidence
were received today, including messages
from Chief Justice Fuller of the supreme
court of the United States; General Cor
don, of Savannah Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid, Daniel N. Morgan, formerly treas
urer of the United States; United States
Senator Carter of Montana; United States
Minister Harris, at Vienna; the Oregon
State Bar association; Mrs. Julia Dent
Grant, and a number of Foreign ministers
at Washington.
Public Buildings Draped
All of the public buildings in Paterson
have been draped, well as many of the
private residences throughout New Jersey.
|, DR.. Newton, the vice-president's physi-
clan, today filed the certificate of death,
giving the cause of death as dilation of the
heart, due to myocardis."
Mr.. Hobart was a member of the order
of Free and Accepted Masons, of high rank,
thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason
and a Knight Templar. In reply to inquir-
les of representatives of various Masonic