The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-11-23
MR. HOBARTS FUNERAL
Private Ceremony For the Family
and Cabinet Officials.
BODY WILL NOT LIE IN STATE,

But VIII Be Exposed in the Library OF
the Hobart Home For Three Hours
on y-Government Troops VIII
Act "a Escort.
New York. Nov. 23.-The funeral OF
the late Vice President Garret A. Ho-
bart will take place on Saturday. The
morning service at the residence will
be attended only by the members Of
Mr. Hobarts family. President Nc
Kinley and his cabinet and Mr. Ho-
bart's most intimate friends AT the
Church of the Redeemer in Paterson
the public service will be held at 2:30
o'clock in the afternoon. AS the seat
ing accommodation Of the church Is
entirely inadequate seats will be re-
served for the various national. state
and local officials. representatives OF
the organizations with which Mr. Ho-
bart was connected and intimate per-
sonal friends of the family. II is.
therefore. impossible to provide for
the general public until these friends
have been accommodated
The services in the Hobart residence
will probably be conducted by Rev.
DR. Magic. of Paterson. Rev. DR.. Ham
lin, of Washington. and the blind
chaplain of the senate, Rev. DR.. Mil
burn.
The body will not lie in state in the
city hall, as was desired by the city au-
thorities, but on Friday afternoon the
casket will be open in the library of
his home and for three hours the pub
lie may view the face of the late vice
president.
Four companies Of regular soldiers
from Governors Island will take part
in the funeral ceremony and will prob
ably act as an escort from the late
residence of the vice president to the
church The military will also act as
an escort to President Mckinley and
his party.
It is expected that President McKin-
ley and his cabinet, the supreme court
justices and other officials from Wash
ington will arrive before noon on Sat
,urday. A special train, bearing the
senators and representatives and other
United States officials will start from
New York, and committees will be at
hand at Paterson to take charge Of
those on board. There will be about
40 members of the lower body.
All Of the public buildings in Pater-
son have been draped, as we'll as many
Of the private residences throughout
New Jersey.
DR.. Newton. the vice presidents
physician, yesterday filed the certifi-
cate of death, giving the cause Of
death as "dilation Of the heart, due to
myocarditis"
Mr.. Hobart was a member OF the
Order Of Free and Accepted Masons,
of high rank, a thirty-third degree
Scottish Rite Mason and a Knight
Templar. In reply to inquiries OF
representatives of various Masonic
bodies 1t has been explained to them
that the family deem 1t best not TO
have a Masonic funeral.
Up to the present the names Of the
pail bearers have not been announced.
Mr.. Hobart, two months ago when
he feared something might happen,
named six of his most intimate friends
in New Jersey, and it is believed that
these will act as his pail bearers. II is
understood that the vice president left
a will, naming as his executors Colo
mel William Barbour and e. T. Bell.
both personal friends. and It is more
than likely that they are two Of the
pail bearers selected.
A Washington dispatch says that un-
less present intentions are altered
neither Mrs. Mckinley nor the ladies
Of the cabinet and the supreme court
will attend the funeral of the vice
president While they are anxious to
show all respect to the memory Of the
distinguished dead, it is felt that the
long Journey to and from Paterson
would prove too trying, especially for
Mrs. Mckinley, and the decision has
been reached to confine the Washing
ton party to gentlemen.