Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-28
LAID TO REST.
The Remains Of the Late Vice Presi.,
dent hurled SATURDAY..

Press. because of the funeral of
Garrett A. Hobart, vice president of the
United States, today, business houses
with few exceptions are closed and
many private residences have flags at
half mast besides other emblems of
mourning. The bells of the churches
started tolling at sunrise and at all
the bells of the city began marking
the minutes. In anticipation of the
arrival of the presidential party and
it's military escort, crowds gathered
around the Broadway depot. The mi
litia lined the streets between Carroll
Hall and. the Church of the Redeemer,
where the public services We're 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.
About the windows wreath ran un-
broken before the pipes of the great
organ. At the windows giant palms
rsac he'd np. to, ,she. smilax. These palms
and the festooning around the win
| dows were laden with white flowers,
principally lilies of the valley, orchids
and chrysanthemums. Around the or.
gan and the pulpit lilies were strewn
in lavish profusion. The fonts be-
fore the pulpit, were covered with
American Beauty roses to the height
of nine feet. A large space before the
pulpit was left for the casllet.
Seats We're reserved in the church
for the relatives and intimate friends
of the late vice president and Mrs. Ho-
bart: Mckinley and the members of
the cabinet; Chief Justice Fuller and
the associate justices of the supreme
court of the United States; members
Iof the United States senate and house
| of representatives; Messrs. Alger.
Bliss and Gary, former members of
McKinley's cabinet; the governor and
other state officers of New Jersey,
Representatives of The county and city
governments; President Austin Scott,
of Rutgers college; Henry w. Green,
trustee, representing Princeton Univer-
sity; representatives of the republi-
can organizations of New Jersey and
Passaic county and the various man
lufacturing and financial institutions
with which Hobart had been identi-
fed. There were thirty-two pall-bear-
ers, eight representing the United
States senate; eight representing the
house OF representatives; eight person
al pail bearers selected by Hobart two
months before his death, and eight
senate police who carried the casket.
The personal pail bearers were Attor-
ney General Griggs, Edward L. Bell,
Franklin Murphy, General Jos. w.
Congdon, Judge j. Franklin Fort, Geo.
+! Baker, E. A. Walton, Col. William
Barber. The senate pail bearers were
William P. Frye, of Maine; NJ. A. Han
ma, of Ohio; William j. Sewall and
John Kean, of New Jersey; G.. W.Fair-
banks, of Indiana; James Mcmillan, of
Michigan; John w. Daniel, of Virgin
ia, and +. NJ. Cochrell, of Missouri
The pail bearers from the house OF
representatives We're: d. b. Hender-
son, of Iowa; John Gardener and r.
Wayne Parker, of New Jersey; Charles
+. Joy, of Missouri; William p. Hep
burn, of Iowa; John Dalzell, of Penn
sylvania; Geo.M. b. McClennan, of New
York; and John Il. Rixey, of Virginia,
A special train brought two compan-
les of artillery from Governors Island
in command OF Captains Luigi Loml
and 7. r. Adams. The batteries were
received by Captain j. D. Hopper. of the
New Jersey volunteers. and escorted to
/ the cemetery. Both companies lined
the short route of the funeral cortege
4 from Carroll Hall to the church, and
later acted as an escort to the president
and his cabinet.
Mckinley and his party and the con
gressional and other government repre-
sentatives arrived at Paterson at /
O'Clock. They were Immediately driven
to Carroll Hall. 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
president. Mrs. Hobart, with her son
lGarret A. Hobart, Jr., sat near the head
of the casket, while near her were
grouped the president and his cabinet
the judges of the supreme court, the
honorary pall-bearers, immediate
| friends of the family and the family
{, servants. Rev. David d. Magic offered
prayer and read passage of scripture
The president. cabinet. supreme cour,
/ judges and those present, took a last
look at the face of the dead, the cas-.