The Penn's Grove record., 1899-12-01
run0l nununo 10 HOBART,
Nations Grief Expressed at the Vice.
Presidents Funeral.
THOUSANDS THRoNGED STREETS.

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the House, in ths Church and at thu
Csmstery-A Distinguished Gather.
fnE-simpie and Impressive Characts,
OF The Exercises.
PArkasox, MI. (spsclaDI-wIth entire
simplicity, and In the presetce OF what was
undoubtedly one OF the most distinguished
gatherings d public wen ever sesn In thi.
country. the last honors we're paid to Gar,
tet A. hobart. Vice. President OF the United
States. Each OF the three services we're as
simple az It COW ASmade. Essentially, IT
was not an raj. 1t was a gath.
ertng Of men, IN and respect.
90, ana ~ JGarret A. Ho-
pAEksa& .the number
were tnsr nited States
figures OF both PARTIES n the .sational dow
efnment was not permitted osalter In any
degree the nature Of the services.
n the city of Paterson, where Mr.. Ho.
bart had lived so long, the day was de.
voted to mourning. Factories and stores
were closed during the hours of the SER
v,ces. AZ over the city flags drapsd In
black Heated at halfmast. Streamers Of
srepe decorated the fronts OF places OF bust
ness, city and county buildings and rest
dences alike. Men and women wore badges
Of mourning econsplcuously. From early
morning the bells tolled from the church
towers.
The one respect in which simplicity was
DOT the keynote Of the ceremonies was the
Towers. Scores Of organizations, political,
sociaf military and business sent their
onertngs; the city, county, State and
y national ojltcials filled the house with thslr
tokens, and the personal friends OF the
family added their mementoes until room
after room was filled and overfiowed and
ihe house was a bower of fairy beauty.
Il had been arranged that only the fam
ny, the intimate friends and tho national
onictals should be present at the services
At tho house. The services began shortly
alter two O'clock, and lasted twenty min
utes- A quartet sang Peace, Gentle
Peace" The Rev. DR.. David Magic, pastor
II the Church of the Redeemer, offered a
short prayer, and read the twenty-third
Psalm.
Tbs Capitol police, led by Captain Sar-
Ian, bore the CONN on which was strewn
whtts roses, white gardenlas and purple
orchids, to the hearse, and the soldiers
formed q guard OF honor around 1t. Prssi-
don't Mckinley, Chief Justice Fuller and
the Cabinet Officers went out the side door
and 6ot Into carriages waiting .or them
hers. Mrs. Hobart and the family party
followed the hearse in carriages, and the
pailbearers and Senators and Representa-
lives marched to the church. AS the pro-
sssston passed the crowds stood uncovered
and mute.
1t was quarter before 0 when the funeral
procession reached the church and marched
in to the GLOW solemn strains OF Chopin's
Funeral March. When the comm was half
way down the aisle there ross above the
aufied beat OF the march the words OF the
promise OF Christ:
II am the resurrection aud the life; he
hat belisseth In Ne, though he were dead.
rot shall he live"
It was DR.. Magic, reading as he walked.
He stepped into the pulpit. The coffin was
rot on tho standards and the march
:hrobbed through the church as the long
line slowly dispersed and settled In the
ieats. No more notable congregation ever
sat In an American church. Through the
body Of thu church tho eye rested every
whore on the faces Of men of national repu-
:ation,
Ths Bev. DR.. Charles 4. shaw, pastor OF
;he Second Presbyterian Church, read the
psalm: Lord, Thou hast been our dwell
ng place in al generations" and the pas
snee from Job beginning, MAN that is
3orn Of woman is OF few days" This was
followed BY a prayer. As the last words
were spoken the strains OF Nearer, My
God. to Thee Mr.. Hobart's favorite hymn,
oeaied out from the organ and the notes
bad hardly died aYay when the harmonies
we're taken mp ~ the Orpheus Club, a
,plendld chorus OF mems voices, the sing
srs being almost concealed behind the
palms and flowers at the front oil the
shurch. President Mckinley. who had sat
Upright after the prayer, bent his head
again, n there we're many other heads
bowed all over the church as the music
Of the old hymn swelled and died, and
sWefed again to the end. DR.. Magic rose
It the close OF the hymn and delivered the
grafton.
DR.. Maggie concluded with a prayer and
I'll Joined In the Lords Prayer. after which
the chorus OF the 0rpheus Gu sang to the
music Of a German song, the hymn:
WEARY hands, o weary hand,
Resting now from LIES e~ndeayor."
Alter = iew words 81 regret that Chap.
tksa Mtlburn OF the Senate should have
been prevented by Illness from attending
the funeral. Dr.. Magic dismissed tia con-
gregation With a benedlction.
The family party followed the hearse diN
rect TO Cedar Lawn Cemetery. For the
whole distance OF a mile and a half the
roads wore lined with people who paid
With uncovered heads. At the cemetery
several thousand persons were gathered,
but = space OF about two acres around the
receiving vault had been roped oh, and
there was nc Intrusion.
The last services were very short. Be-
sides the family there were present the
President aud Cabinet. the Chief Justice
and justices OF the Supreme Court, the
personal paHbearers, General and Mrs: Al
ger, ex-Postmaster General Gary and his
daughter, adjutant-G General Corbin, Con-
OF the Currency Dawes, DR.. Newton,
Nj. HobArt's physician aud Mrs. Newton.
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