Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-22
Has caused Universal Griet
in This Country.
THE PRESIDENT'S ORDERS
Are Embodied in Proclamation Issued
Yesterday-Clash Between Negro
Troops and Citizens in TeXaS--Ihe
Laurada Fine Was RENTED

Washington, Nov. 21.-Nice President
Hobart's funeral on Saturday will be at
tended by the members of the cabinet,
the supreme court, the senate in a BODY
and a large committee from the house OF
representatives, besides many dignitaries
of the capital who will journey to Pater-
son to pay their last tribute of respect
ITO the memory of the vice president.
Every senator has been invited to be
present and the senate will meet at the
Fifth avenue hotel, in New York, Satur-
day at II O'Clock, thence traVel in a body
to Paterson.
Sergeant at Arms Bright has engaged
a special train to convey the president
and his cabinet and the justices OF the SUI
preme court. The train will leave over
the Pennsylvania railroad at I a. m. Sat
urday morning and will return at IL p. m.
thief Justice Fuller was not IN the city
today and in his absence no one cOuld
saw whether the court woul be able to
attend the funeral in a body. but the
officials of that tribunal generally ex-
pressed themselves as very hden that
it would do so.
Owing to the fact that the house of
representatives is without a speaker
nothing regarding the house committee
is decided. General Henderson, who will
be the next speaker, telegraphed to Major
Mcdowell, the clerk of the house, at his
home at Sharon, Pa, and Major Nc
Dowell is expected here tonight. Upon
his arrival he will consult General Hen
derson and other representatives who are
in the city and a committee will be ap-
pointed to attend the funeral.
The death of Vice President Hobart
naturally recalls the death of Vice
President Hendricks, who expired sud
denly Of paralysis of the heart Nov. %,
1886. At the time the question of the sue
cession of the vice presidency had not
been settled by law, although Senator
Hoar's bill providing the presidential sue
cession through the cabinet had been sub
mitted on Dec. 4, 1883, and had remained
Enacted upon.
The news of Mr.. Hendricks death was
received in Washington late in the after
noon of Nov. 25. President Cleveland was
at dinner when the news was brought to
him by Secretary Lamont. Notices We're
sent at once to all the members of the
cabinet and a special cabinet meeting
was held that night. President Cleve-
lands first act was to dispatch a tele-
gram of coincidence to Mrs. Hendricks,
after which a proclamation was prepared
making an official announcement of the
vice presidents death to the public and
establishing a usage which was followed
today by President Mckinley.
On the morning following Mr.. Hend-
rics's death meetings Of such members
Of the house and senate as were in town
were held at the capitol and the COM
mittees from both legislative bodies were
appointed to attend the funeral services,
which were held in Indianapolis on the
Tuesday following. Nineteen members
were appointed or the house
and the rather unusual number of 13 from
the senate.
President Cleveland at first expressed
1t. .4 10 + n,,1 tho ran,n Init
there was an immediate protest from his
advisers, seconded by the press of both
parties, against his subjecting himself tn
even the slightest possibility of an acct
deEt incident to ravel at a time when
there was no provision for a successor in
office and When his death might have en-
tailed serious consequences.
After some days President Cleveland
deferred to the advise of his friends and
remained in Washington. The cabinet,
however, attended the funeral in a body
and the supreme court adjourned over
till after Che services Pending the presi-
dents decision not to go to indianapolis
the most elaborate preparations We're
made by the railroad officials fer the safe
guarding of his train in case the journey
should be made, special track walkers,
pilot engines and the like. being detailed
ito insure the safety of the whole route.
The vice president was in Indianapolis
at the time of his death, and through a
singular net of circumstances no one was
in the room with him when he expired. :
After the abine meeting yesterday
President Mckinley issued the following
proclamation:
by the president of the United States
PROCLAMATION.
"fo the people of the United States:
Garrett Augustus Hobart, vice-presi-
dent of the United States, died at his
home in Paterson, N. j.. at $3.50 o'clock
this morning. In him the nation has
lost one of its most illustrious citizens
and one of its most faithful servants. His