Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-12-01
HOBARTLAlDT
Immense Throngs Attend the
Last Sad Rites.
PATERSON A CITY OF MOURNING.
President and Cabinet with Large
Delegations From the Senate and
House In Attendance Thou
sands Take n Final View.

gest gathering of distinguished men ever
assembled in this state.
Probably no other city, except the ma.
tional capital during the sessions of con
gress, ever entertained so large and rep.
resentative company us that which at
tended the funeral of Vice President IIo.
bart. 1t is estimated that fully GO,000
of the citizens of Paterson and 10000
visitors were there. In addition to the
president, his entire cabinet four justices
of the supreme court of the United States,
more than half the members of the Unit
ed States senate and more than 40 repre-.
sentatives in congress, there were Il large
number of men who came quietly from
all parts of the country and who did not
make themselves known. 1t was a repre-.
sentative gathering of the professional,
the mercantile and the commercial men
of the country and of the artisans and
toilcrs of the entire nation.
Business was entirely suspended
throughout the city, and emblems Of
mourning were profusely displayed, while
from the surrounding country throngs of
people came pouring into the city to wit
ness the funeral of the states most dis
tinguishcd citizen.
A double service was held. the first be-
lowed by public service at the Church
of the Redecmer
The services at the house were attend
ed by the family, the president and his
cabinet, members of the senate and house
of representatives of the United States
and intimate personal friends of the fam
lily. They began promptly at > p. m. and
were conducted by Rev. DIR. Magic, who
also delivered an address and prayer at
the church services.
The president and cabinet also attend
ed the services at the church, being con
veyed there in carriages, while the 81
pallbcarors, of whom eight We're personal
pallbearers walked in the procession.
The pallbearcrs were selected by the
vice president during his illness. They
were:
Attorney General John w. Griggs, Ed
ward II. Bell. Franklin Murphy. General
Joseph w. Congdon. j. Franklin Fort
George +. Baker, Colonel William Bar
bour, Senators William II. Frye Of
Maine, NJ. \. Hanna of Ohio. w. j. Sew
ell of New Jersey, John Kcan of New
Jersey, c. w. Fairbanks of Indiana,
James Mcmillan of Michigan, John w.
Daniel of Virginia and +. NJ. Cockrell of
Missouri and Representatives ID. b. Hen
dcrson of Iowa, John j. Gardner and X.
Wayne Parker of New Jersey. Charles
f. Jay of Missouri, w. b. Hepburn of
Iowa, John Dalzell of Pennsylvania,
George b. Mcclellan of New York and
John +. RiXey of irginia.
Captain Gordcn of the senate police
and eight members of his force were the
active pallbearers.
The ushers were John II. Beam, Vivian
I I'm L IL l.
Arthur Ryle, Frank Gledhill Henry G..
Knox, Andrew Derron, Frederick Van
Blarcom. a. +. Bell, Jr.; Leavitt Griggs,
j. w. Cleveland, Walter G.. Shields and
Barclay Cooke.
The casket was carried by eight police
men from the capitol at Washington in
full uniform.
On the casket was a large bunch Of
loose flowers sent 10y President McKin-
ley.
In the right hand of Mr.. Hobart was
a magnolia blossom sent by Mrs. McKin-
ley.
The house was beautifully decorated
with plants and flowers. The drapings
and flowers in the church were magnit
cent
The services at the church were very
impressive and consisted of the follow.
ing: Organ prelude, reading of Scripture
and prayer by Rev. Charles ID. Shaw,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian church
of Paterson; hymn, Nearer, My God. to
Thee" by the Orphcus Singing society:
address and prayer by Rev. DIR. Magic;
anthem. Weary Hands" by the Orphe-
us Singing society; benedictiou by Rev.
DIR. Magic.
AT the close of the service the body
was placed in Il receiving vault at Cedar
Lawn, where it will remain for ten days
before burial
The scenes at Carroll hall yesterday
afternoon, when the remains of Vice
President Hobart were lying in state and
the public was given an opportunity to
view them, were exciting and pathetic.
Long before > o'clock. the time announc-
ed for the opening of the doors of the
Hobart home TO the public, the crowd he
gan to assemble and when the first rush
toward the main entrance began fully
J,O0O persons were crowded into Ellison
and Carroll streets. Lines were formed
lay Il squad of police but the force was
entirely too small to maintain any som
blance of order. Women were largely in
the majority. They Included all classes,
from those in Mr.. Iiohart'S social class
to the street bcggar, and all were given
the same opportunity to take last look
mt the face of one they had learned to
esteem.
As the throngs filed into the hall lead
ing to the library the excitement increas-
ed. Women tainted on the porch, and at
one time half n dozen lay inScnsihle ON
the lawn. They were revived, and all,
with the assistance of friends, were able
to go home. Fully 5000 persons saw
the remains in the four hours they were
exposed to view. Thousands more would
have seen them if the time had permit.
ted, but the doors of Carroll hall were
closed promptly Mt o'clock.
1t was remarked by those who had
known the vice president that the face
/ had lost its pleasant roundncss and was
very thin, showing that he had suffered
much. His neck had also thinned con.
,iderably, and his hair and mustache
were gray. He was sadly changed from
| the day he was sworn into the office of