The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1899-11-23

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Shortly before midnight he sud.
denly awoke and spoke to Mrs.
Hobart, who was kneelIng at his
bedside. What his words to her
we're are not disclosed, but after
were spoken the vice president bs-
came unconscious. He remained
in a comatose condition during the
balance of the night.
Or. Newton ascribes the cause of
death to heart failure.
Mrs. Hobart is bearing up well
under the shock of her husbands
death.
No arrangements have yet been
made for the funeral, but this will
likely be attended to later in the
day.
AS soon as the vice president ex-
pired a message announcing his
death was sent to President Nc
Kinley at the White House. An
other message was dispatched to
Governor Voorhees, of New Jersey.
Vice President Hobart was first
taken i'll at Washington nearly a
year ago with kidney trouble, which
increased until he sought relief in
travel. For a time he soiourned in
the upper part of this state, finally
going to Long Branch, where he
spent the summer.
About month ago Mr.. Hobart
went to his home in Paterson. At
the time he was said to have shown
signes of improvement and his re-
covery was expected. Later 1t was
found that the improvement was
wholly due to the cheerful impress
sion of his visit to Lake Champlain
with President Mckinley and his
party.
His disease took an alarming turn
with the change of weather, and he
was told as gently as possible that
it was useless for him to think of
returning to work or resuming his
law business. He pleaded to be al
lowed to 60 to Washington to at
tend to his duties in the senate, but
the physicians advised him that his
life depended upon giving up all
thought of work absolutely for the
time. Mr.. Hobart was unable to
reconcile himself to the thought,
and mental worry is said to have
fastened his sudden collapse.
AROSE FROM A POOR BOY.
Garrett A. Hobart was an Ameri-
can man Of affairs. 1t Is said of
him that he aided in the organic
alton and development of more
mercantile enterprises than any
other citizen of New Jersey. He
was equally at home as the chair
man of u national committee or as
the head of railroad directorate.
The only great political honor he
ever asked for WAS the nomination
to the vice presidency, and this
honor was paid him as a natural
right after ne had brought about
the election of Republican COVER
nor In his home state, the first one
in 80 years. Mr.. Hobart came of
English and Dutch stock. was born
on New Jersey farm, and grad
uated from Rutgers college in 1868.
He used his earnings as a school
teacher to buy suit of clothes, and
the remainder of his savings 81 so,
was his entire capital. He was ad-
mitted to the bar In 1866, and three
years later he became counsellor.
His rise in politics was steady,
and he entered the national COM
mittee in 1884, and became vice
chairman in 1892. In the national
committee he was recognized as
man Of exhaustless energy and in
valuable executive ability.
Mr.. Hobart's business associates
were ever fond of relating stories
OF his wonderful grasp of details.
Although director of three score
companies, he knew what each one
was doing, and at meetings of di-
rectors he often surprised his
friends by correcting some error la
report or answering a question
about some minute detail.
AS president Of the senate his re-
markable memory was often In evil