The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-11-26
PATERSON IN MOURNING
SERVICES At Ills HOME AND
THE CHURCH.
LAID TO REST IN CEDA9 LAWN CEMETERY
The President and His Cabinet, Congressman,
Judges, Senator'S and Many Others High
in the Nation Present. Order of
Services at the Church.


Paterson, n. j., Nov. 25.-With the
impressive religious services of the Pres
byterian church, and with the dignity
due to his high office. all that is NOR
tai of the Vice President, Carrot a.
Hobart. was committed to the earth this
afternoon, The President, Secretary OF
State John Hay, Chief Justice Fuller,
former yice-P President Levi T. Morton,
former Secretary of War Alger, Score
tary of the Interior Hitchcock, the SUI
preme Court Judges members Of the
Senate. members of Congress and the
Vice Presidents personal friends, hiled
the beautiful Church of the Redeemer
and with moistened eye and bowed head
testified silently and eloquently to his
worth as Il statesman, friend and neigh
bor
The imposing and solemn strains of
Chopin's funeral march filled the edi-
fee whit its solemn melody as the cas-
ket was borne up the aisle on the
shoulders of the stalwart members of
the Capitol Police and placed upon the
bier prepared for it in front of the pull
nit Following it came the pall-bearers.
members Of the Senate. Following them
came the family. the widow and her
son. President Mckinley, the Govern
ment dignitaries and intimate friends.
THE funeral services were opened by
Rev. DIR. Charles S. Shaw, who read a
portion of the 9Th Psalm, verses Ia and
1912 This was followed by selec
ton from job XIV, verses /. 2 and
I-12, and concluded by a reading
from the XVIII chapter of Corinthians |.
After a prayer sixty male voices filled
the church with the beautiful melody
Of Nearer My God to Thee
After the sermon, in which the bust
ness. statesmanlike and social qualities
of the deceased were extolled, the Or
pheus Club sang a cantata by Chwatal.
DR.. Magic then pronounced the benedic
ton. and in the same order that it ar
rived the funeral procession left the
church.
Through a long lane of thousands of
uncovered heads the cortege wendell its
way to Cedar Lawn Cemetery, where
the body was placed in the receiving
vault.
The city wore It's most somber garb
today. All the mills. big business houses
and stores were closed. The municipal
buildings. banks and factories looked
gloomy in draperies of black and purple.
On every hand were signs OF grief
The service at the house was brief and
simple. 1t was held in the library which
was banked with flowers sent by friends
of the dead Vice resideal. Mrs. Ho-,
bart, with her son Garrett "A. Hobart,
.Jr.. sat near the head of the casket,
while near her were grouped the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet, judges of the SUI
preme court, the honorary pail bearers
and the immediate friends of the family
and the family servants. The Rev. Da-
yid ID. Magic offered the prayer and read
Il passage of Scripture The President.
Cabinet and Supreme court judges and
Those present took "a last look at the
face of the dead. the casket was closed
and all that was mortal of Vice Presi-
dent Hobart was carried ont to the
hearse.
In the throng We're Senators from
States that were territories before the
war and for years after There We're
Hoar, Of Massachusetts. representing tae
old and ReyePidge, OF Indiana. represent
ing the new in national life There We're
John w. Daniel, eff Virginia, represent
ing the Confederate soldier. arid Hawley,
of Connecticut, standing as IA type of
the Union Veteran. each of them today
as Senators mourning tire loss Of their
presiding officer. There was Jones, of
Arkansas. arm in arm with Frye, of
Maine. From every state came men of
broad culture and prominence in ma
tional affairs to honor the memory of
the illustIious American, whose ac-
knowledged ability had won him fore
most place among men of the time.
Tho fthIsprh HrlraI nnf.npafinbG 1ynTn
magnificent
The order of services was ais follows
Organ prelude, by A. Mortimer Wiske
from Chopin and Beethoven.
Reading of scriptures and prayer by
Rev. Charles ID. Shaw of the Second
Presbyterian Church, of Paterson.
Hymn, Nearer My God TO Thee" by
the OrTlheus Club.
Address and prayer Rev. Ir,
Magic.
Anthem. Weary Hafds, by the Or
phens Club.
Renediction by DR.. Magic
WASHINGTON IN MOURNING.
Washington, Nov. 25.--Offcial Wash
ington is in mourning today for the dead
Vice-President. Business in all the eX-
ecutive branches of the Government is
suspended aaIu the departments are eiDs-
ed. Nearly all of the prominent officials
of the Government have gone to Pater-
son, to attend the funeral of Vice-Prcsi-
dent Hobart. and flags throughout the
CITY are at half staff As evidence of the
popularity of the date Vice-presidemt,
hundreds Of private residences today dis
played mourning emblems.
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Dropped Dead on the Street.