Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1899-12-06
NATION PAYS ITS TRIBUTE
YlCe-PTeSident Hobart'S Remains Car.
ritd 10 The Tomb.
Funeral Attended by The President, CabILet
and judiciary Services Marked by Off,
Cal Simplicity : Pail Bearers.

Paterson, n. j., Nov. 25.--The earth
~ remains of the late Vice President,
Garrett A. Hobart, were consigned to a
temporary resting place In the receiv-
ing vault at Cedar Lawn cemetery, near
this city today A brief funeral SER
vice was held at the late residence of
the deceased, the officiating clergyman
being Rev. DIR. Magic.
President Mckinley and his Cabinet
officers and over sixty members of the
Senate and great many Congressman
who came on special trains attended
the services at the house.
After the house services the body, en-
closed in an oaken casket with silver
ornaments, and almost hidden with
flowers, was taken from the house and
the President and his party went to tn 2
Church of the Redeemer, about two
blocks from Carroll Hall. An i'm
mense crowd was in the vicinity of the
church.
The casket was carried by eight
members of the Capitol police in uni
form. under command of A. p. Garden.
The church was beautifully decorat-
ed with flowers.
President Mckinley sat In the front
pew on the right of the aisle. He was
accompanied by the Secretary of State
and the Secretary of the Treasury. On
the left of the aisle on the front pew,
were Mrs. Hobart and son, Garrett Ho-
bart and Hobart futile. Immediately
behind Mrs. Hobart was David Hobart
and family. Behind the President were
Elihu Root, Secretary of War: John ID.
Long, Secretary of the Navy, and Il. A.
Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior.
Then followed the Senators and Con-
gressmen. The Hobart pew which is
the ninth on the right side, was filled
with floral offerings.
The services at the church lasted an
hour and were conducted by Rev. Dr.
Magee. They began with an organ pre-
lude and reading of Scriptures by the
Rev. Charles u. Shaw, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian church of Pater-
son. Then followed the singing of the
hymn Nearer My God to Thee" by the
Orpheus Club. DR.. Magee then preach
ed the funeral sermon and offered pray
er. This was followed by the anthem
Weary Hands," sung by the Orpheus
Club, after which the benedlction was
pronounced by DR.. Magic.
There were thirty-two pall-bearers,
eight representing the United States
Senate, eight representing the House
OF Representatives. eight personal pail
bearers selected by Mr.. Hobart two
months before his death and eight Sem
ate police who carried the casket.
The personal pall-bearers were: At
torney General Griggs, Edward T. Bell,
Franklin Murphy, General Joseph w.
Congdon, Judge j. Franklin Fort, Geo.
Il. Baker, L. A. Walton, Colonel Will
liam Barbour.
The Senate pall-bearers were: Will
Ohio; William j. Sewell, and John
kean, OF New Jersey; G. w. Fairbanks,
OF Indiana; James Mcmillan, of Michi-
gan; John w. Daniel. OF Virginia, and
Il. w. Cockrell, of Missouri.
The pall-bearers from the House of
Representatives were: ID. b. Hender-
son. of Iowa; John Gardner and b.
Wayne Parker. of New Jersey; Charles
+. Joy, Missouri; William p. Hepburn,
Iowa; John Dalzell. Pennsylvania; Geo.
Is. Mcclellan, New York, and John f.
Rixey, Virginia.
The service at the house was brief
and simple II was held in the library
which was banked with flowers sent by
friends of the dead Vice President Mrs
Hobart, with her son, Garrett A. Ho-
bart, Jr., sat near the head of the cas-
ket, while near her were grouped the
President and his Cabinet, judges of
the Supreme Court, the honorary pail
bearers, immediate friends of the fam
lily and the family servants. The Rev.
David Magee ohered prayer and read a
passage of Scripture. The President,
Cabinet and Supreme Court judges and
those present took last look at the
face OF the dead, the casket was closed
and all that was mortal of Vice Presi-
dent Hobart was carried out to the
hearse by members of the Senate po-