The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-22
drape the city Hall in mourning for Vice
President Hobart.
NOT TO LIE IN STATE.
Funeral of Vice President
Will Be as Simple as
Possible.

lSpecldl 10 Luz SSi ~ N&~s
PATTERSON, Nov. 22, 1Sss.-Mrs. Hobart
who had been worn out by her long Vigil
at her husbands bedside, awoke TINS
morning feeling much better and was
able to assist AttorneyIGeneral Griggs
and her husbands law partner, Albert A.
Wilcox. and Private Secretary Evans IN
the preparation for Saturday afternoon $
funeral. The Attorney General informed
the family TODAY that President Mckinley
would attend the funeral.
Regarding Mr.. Hobart's wealth. 1t is
related that shortly after the election Oh
1896. in reply to questions by friends, he
said that he could only give guess; that
he was connected with a great many
concerns md a director in over sixty. IL
his stock could be disposed of for what
It was worth he thought it would bring
between two and three million dollars,
,rh,,s at sacrifice sale it would not
amount to half that.
He further remarked that if ne would
subscribe to all the begging letters ne re-
ceived he would not be worth a cent at
the end of the year. The life insurance
nolic3es on Vice President Hobart's life
aggregated about sS50,0Oo One company
alone has issued policy on his life for
100000
1t is understood that ON Saturday there
will be two funeral services, one at the
house at which besides Mrs. Hobart, the
relatives and women friends of the family
there will be present President Mckinley
and the Cabinet officials. This will be fol-
lowed by the public services at the
Church of the Redeemer at which Mrs.
Hobart may not be present
The meeting of the Bar Association OF
Passaic county was held at the City Hall
today and the following committee of six
was appointed to represent the lawyers
of the county at the funeral:-John ?.
Hilton, William Pennington, Eugene
Stevenson Thomas M. Moore, William B.
Gourley and ex-state Senator Robert
williams. The lawyers passed resolutions
of sympathy.
The body of the Vice President will not
lie in state at the City Hall, but the pub
lie will be afforded an opportunity to
view the remains of Mr.. Hobart at Car
roll Hall on Friday afternoon between
the hours of and o'clock
Attorney General Griggs said that Pres
ident Mckinley the Members of the Cab
met and of theUnited States Supreme
Court would leave Washington at seven
o'clock Saturday morning and return inn
mediately after the funeral They will at
tend both services, at the house and at
the church.
kilograms of coincidence were received
this morning from General Horace Porter,
u. s. Ambassador to France; General
Muzzy, of Paris; Wu-Ting-Fang. Chinese
Minister; Powell Clayton, U. S. Ambassa-
dor to Mexico, and Thomas Smith, U. S.
Consul at Moscow.
Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
States Supreme Court; Minister Grit, of
swedeA and Norway; General Gordon. of
Savannah; U. S. Minister Harris, at VI
emma; the Oregon State Bar Association;
Mrs. Julia Dent Grant. widow of the for
mer President; her daughter. Mrs. Nellie
G. Sartoris.
There were also number of messages
from United States Senators.
Mrs Hobart, who is bearing up well
was able to see a number of intimate
friends, including Attorney General
Griggs and Mrs. Griggs.