The Portland daily press., 1899-11-25
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Fully Ia.OOO View Remains of Late
Vice President Hobart.

New York, November 24.--The funeral
Of the late Garrett A. Hobart, Vios Presi-
dent Of the United States, will take place
tomorrow at Paterson. \. j., services be-
Ing first held at Carroll hall, the Hobart
home and o fSer that, at the Church of
the Redeemer. The services at the house
are intended for the family, the President
and his cabinet, mem bers OF the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the
United States and intimate personal
friends Of the family. They will begin at
two p. m, ard win be conducted BY Kew.
Dr. Maggie, who also will deliver an ad
dress and prayer at the church services.
The President and cabinet will also at
tend the services at the church, being
conveyed there In carriages, while the
thirty-two pail bearers Of whom eight are
personal pail bearers, will walk in the
procession.
The scenes ct tine Carroll hall this after
noon when the remains OF the Woe Presl-
dent were Tying In state and the public
was given an opportunity to view them,
were exciting and pathetic. Long before
two o'olock. the announced time Of open
ing Of the doors to the public, the crowd
began to assemble and whom the first
rush toward the main entrance began
fully 5000 persons were crow dsd into Eli
son and Carroll streets. Lines were
formed by a squad Of police, but the force
was entirely too small to maintain any
som blancs Of order. Women were largely
In the majority. They included all GLASSES
from those In Mr.. Hobart's social class
to the street beggar and all were given
ths same opportunity to take last look
at the face of one they had learned TO es-
TEEN. Many Of the women carried In :
fants. The first person to sos the remains
after they had been removed from the
room where Vics President Hobart died
to ths library, was Attorney General
9rigss. He shook his head as he noticed
the change In the face of the dead, and rs
be stepped aside from the room. very
much affected, he remarked: he has
suffered much more tnAn any one will
know"
AS the throngs filed into the hall had
ing to the library, the excitement In
creased. women Idlntou On inc porcn hhu
at one time half a dozen lay insensibls
on the lawn. They were revived and all.
with ths assistance of friends, we're aba
to go home. This kind of excitement was
cot confined to the outside. At the c fin
there was a fainting scene. woman
about twenty years Of age, after gazing
on the face of the dead Vice President
stood at the coffin rs Though trsnsfxed.
lhen She screamed and fell forward into
the arms Of q policeman. She YVES placed
in q chair and revived with q glass OF
water. 1t was estimated that fully Il, 900
persors saw the remains In the four
hours they were exposed to view. Thou
sands more would have seen them II this
time had permitted hut the doors were
closed promptly At six o'clock. The In
terlor of the houss was guarded BY all
tho detectives from police headq uarters
and no one was allowed to linger at the
casket. 1t was remarked by those who
had known the Vice President that the
face had lost Its pleasant roundness and
was very thin, showing that he had suf-
feIei much. His neck had also thinned
considerably and his hair and mustacte e
were gray. He was sadly changed from
the day he was sworn into office of Vice
President OF the United States. bat there
was . peaceful expression, as though he
had drupr ed into q sleep.