The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-01
BODY PLACED IN A TOMB.
\ Impressive Funeral Rites Over the
Remains Of Vice President
Carrot A. Hobart,
SIMPLE SERVICE HELD At THE HOUSE,

M fusion of Cut Flowers, Smilax and
Palms-Sermon Preached by Rev.
DR.. Magie-Evidences of Mourning
at Paterson and Warrington.
Paterson, N. j., Nov. 27.-Because of
the funeral of Garrett A. Hobart, vice
president of the United States, Satur-
day, business houses, with few excep-
lions, were closed and many private
residences had flags at half-mast be-
sides other mourning emblems..
The early trains brought many to
attend the funeral services. The
bells of the churches started tolling
lat sunrise and at nine o'clock all the
bells of the city began marking the
minutes. In anticipation of the ar
rival of the presidential party and the
military escort, crowds gathered
around the Broadway depot.
Beautiful Floral Decorations.
The military lined the streets be-
tween Carroll hall and the Church of
the Redeemer, where the public serv-
ices were held. The church floral
decorations were magnificent. A
band of smilax over three feet wide
and thick enough to hide the wall
ran around both sides and the front
of the main auditorium. Above the
/, windows the wreath ran unbroken be-
fore the pipes of the great organ.
b AT the windows giant palms reached
+ up to the smilax. These palms and
the festooning around the windows
were laden with white flowers, prin-
'cipally lilies of the valley, orchids and
chrysanthemums. Around the organ
and the pulpit lilies were strewn in
lavish profusion. The fonts before
the pulpit were covered with Amer
lean Beauty roses to the height of
nine feet. A large space before the
pulpit was left undecorated. Here
the casket rested and many of the
floral tributes were laid.
Those Present.
Seats were reserved in the church
for relatives and intimate friends of the
late Vice President and Mrs. Hobart,
President Mckinley and the members
of his cabinet, Chief Justice Fuller and
associate justices of the supreme court
of the United States, members of the
United States senate and house of rep
resentatives; Messrs. Alger, Bliss and
Gary, former members of President
! Mckinley's cabinet; the governor and
/ other state officers of New Jersey; rep
Sresentatives of the county and city gov
: ernments; President Austin Scott, of
Rutger college; Henry w. Green,
trustee, representing Princeton uni
versity; representatives of the repub-
lican organizations of New Jersey and
Passaic county, and various manufac-
turing and financial institutions with
which Mr.. Hobart had been identified.
The Pnllbearers.
p There were 32 pallbearers. eight rep
resenting the United States senate;
eight representing the house of rep
resentatives; eight personal pallbear-
'ers, selected by Hobart two months be-
fore his death, and eight senate police
who carried the casket, as follows:
The personal ballbearers were Attorney
General Griggs, Edward T. Bell Franklin
Murphy. Gen. Joseph w. Congdon, Judge
J. Franklin Fort, George F. Baker, E. A.
Walton. Col. William Barbour
The senate pallbearers were William P
Frye. of Maine; NJ "A. Hanna, of Ohio Will
liam J. Sewell and John Kean. of New Jer-
sey: C. w. Fairbanks, of Indiana: James
Mcmillan, of Michigan; John w. Daniel,
of Virginia, and F. M. Cockrell, of Mis-
souri,
The pallbearers from the house Of repre-
sentative were: D. B. Henderson, of Iowa
John Gardener and r. Wayne Parker. of
New Jersey; Charles F. Joy, of Missouri
William P. Hepburn, of Iowa. John Dalzell
Of Pennsylvania: George B. Mcclellan, of
New York, and John F. Rixey, Of Virginia
Simple Services ut House.
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 late vice president Mrs.
Hobart, with her son Garret A. Hobart,
.Jr., sat near the head of the casket, while
near her were grouped the president
and his cabinet, judges Of the supreme
court, the honorary pallbearers and
the Immediate friends of the family and
the family servants. Rev. DR.. Magic Of
fered the prayer, and read a 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 President Hobart was
carried out to the hearse by members of
the senate police.
The Services mt the Church.
President Mckinley sat in the front
pew on the right of the aisle. He
was accompanied by the secretary of
state and secretary of the treasury.
On the left of the aisle, in the front
pew, were Mrs. Hobart and son, Car
ret A. Hobart, and Hobart futile.
Immediately behind Mrs. Hobart were
David Hobart and family. Behind the
president were Elihu Root, secretary
'of war, John d. Long, secretary of
the navy, and F.. A. Hitchcock, the
1secretary of the interior. Then fol-
lowed the senators and congressman.
The Hobart pew, which is the ninth
on their ght-hand side, was filled with
floral offerings.
The services at the church lasted an
hour and were conducted by Rev. DR..
Magic. They began with an organ
prelude and reading of Scriptures by
Rev. Charles P. 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.. Magic then
preached the funeral sermon and Of
fered prayer. This was followed by
the anthem Weary Hands," sung by
hn n, III of& h.