The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1899-12-02
THE PASSING OF HOBART.
Funeral of the Late lice -President
of the United States at
Paterson, N. ].
The ENTIRE CITY WAS IN MOURNING.
The Services Mt the Home and at
the Church of the At
tended by the President. Menu
bers of the Cabinet and Many Sem
ators and Representatives.

DcEs VI H NpIh ~ u SSA-
ntors and Representatives.
Paterson, n. j., Nov. 25.-The earth
ly remains of the late vice-president,
Carrot \. Hobart, were consigned to
a temporary resting place in the re-
ceiving vault at Cedar Lawn cemetery,
near this city. y brief funeral service
was held at the late residence of the
deceased, the officiating clergyman be-
ing Rev. DR.. Magic.
President Mckinley and his cabinet
officers, and over sixty members of the
seI:atc and a great many congressman,
who came or special trains, ATTENDED
the services at the house.
The Home Services.
The service mt the house was brief
and simple. 1t was held in the library,
by friends of the dead vice-president.
| Mrs. Hobart. with her son Garret a.
Hobart, Jr.. sat near the head of the
! c~asl;et, while near her were grouped
the president and his cabinet, judges
of the supreme court, the honorary
! pall-bearers, immediate friends of the
| family and the family servants. Rev.
David D. Magic offered prayer, and
read a passage of Scripture. The pres
iGent, cabinet and supreme court
Judges and those present. took n last
lock at the face of the dead, the casket
was closed, and all that was mortal of
Nice-President Hobart was sarried out
to the hearse by members of the cap.
itol police.
The Public Services.
After the house services the body,
inclCsed in an oaken casket with silver
ornaments, and almost hidden with
flowers, was taken from the house,
and the president and his party went
to the Church of the Redecmer, about
two blocks from Carroll Hall. An i'm
mense crowd was in the vicinity of the
church.
The casket was carried by eight
members of the capitol police, in uni.
form. under command of A. p. Gar.
den.
The church was beautifully decorat'
ed with flowers.
Within the Sacred Edifce.
President Mckinley sat in the frcni
pew on the right of the aisle. He wa
accompanied by the secretary of state
and secretary of treasury. On his left
of the aisle, in the front pew, were
Mrs. Hobart and Carrot A. Hobart, Jr.
and Hobart futile. Immediately be
hind Mrs. Hobart was David Hobart
and family. Behind the president
vere Elihu Root, secretary of war;
John d. Long, secretary of the navy
and f. a. Hitchcock, the secretary o.
the interior. Then followed the sena
tors and congressman. The Hobart
pew, which is the ninth on the righ'
hand side, was filled with floral offer
ings.
The Last Ceremonies.
The services at the church lasted al
hour and were conducted by Rev. DIR
Magic. They began with an organ
prelude and reading of Scriptures b!
Rev. Charles p. Shaw. pastor of tn
Second Presbyterian church of Pater
son. The followed the singing of thu
hymn Nearer My God to Thee" by tn,
Orpheus club. DIR. Magic then deliv
cred an eloquent and touching eulog!
and offered prayer. This was followed
by the anthem Weary Hands, sun!
by the Orpheus club, after which tn
benediction was pronounced by DR.
Magic.
Business Was Suspended.
Because of the funeral of the lat,
Carrot A. Hobart, vice-president of tn
United States, business houses, witt
few exceptions, were closed and man,
private residences had flags at hal
mast, besides other mourning EN-
blems. The early trains brougE
many to attend the funeral services
The bells of the churches started toll
ing at sunrise. and at nine o'clock a;
the bells of the city began marking tn
minutes. In anticipation of the arriva
of the presidential party and the mill
tary escort, crowds gathered aroun'
the Broadway depot.
Streets Lined with Military.
The military lined the streets be
tween Carroll Hall and the Church o
the Redeemer. where the public ser
vices were held. The church fora
decorations were magnificent.
Mails Ordered F~umiEatcd.
South McAlester, I. T., Nov. 27.-O
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