The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-25
LAST TRIBUTE
Paid to Che Remains of Garret
A. Hobart
In His Home Town of Paterson,
n. j., Today.
SIGNS OF MOURNING.
Day Is Ushered In by the Toll
ing Bells.
Floral Decorations at Church
Are Magnificent.
SIGNS OF MOURNING.

Paterson. y. J. Nov. 25.-Because of
the funeral of Garret A. Hobart. vice
president of the United States. today
business houses, with few exceptions,
We're closed and many private resi-
dences had flags at half mast besides
other mourning emblems. The early
trains brought many to attend the fun
eral services. The bells of the church
es started tolling at sunrise and at
o'clock all the bells of the city began
marking the minutes. In anticipation
of the arrival OF the presidential party
and the military escort. crowds gath
cred around the Broadway depot.
The military lined the streets between
Carroll Hall and the Church of the Re
deemer. where the public services will
be held. The chief floral decorations
We're magnificent A band Of smilax
over three feet high and thick enough
TO hide the wall ran about both sides
and the front of the auditorium. Above
the windows the wreath ran unbrOken
before the pipes of the great organ.
AT the windows giant palms reached
up to the smiIax. These palms and the
festooning around the windows were
laden with white flowers, principally
lilies of the valley, orchids and chrys-
anthemums. Around the organ and the
pulpit lilies We're strewn in lavish pro-
fusion. The fonts before the pulpit
were covered with American beauty
A large space before the pulpit was
left undecOrated Here the casket Will
rest and many of the floral tributes be
laid.
Seats had been 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 f1a
T. s senate and house of representa-
tives. AIessrs. Alger. Bliss and Gary,
former members of President AIcKin-
IeyS cabinet The governor ana othef
state officers of New Jersey, represen-
tatiVes of the county and city govern
ments, President Austin Scott of Rutt-
ger college, Henry w. Green, trustee,
representing Princeton university; rep
resentatives of the Republican organic
atiOns of New Jersey and Passaic
county and various manufacturing and
financial institutions. with which Mr.
Hobart had been identified.
There were % pallbearers, eight repre-
senting the house of representatives,
eight personal paIbearers selected by
Mr. Hobart two months before his
death, and eight senate police who car
ried the casket.
The personal palbearers were Attor-
ney General Griggs, Edward T. Bell,
Franklin Murphy. Gen. Joseph W.COng-
don. Judge J. Franklin Fort, George E.
Baker. f. A. Walton, Col. VIM Bar
bOur The senate pallbearers were VIM.
Frye of Maine. NJ. A. Hanna of Ohio,
VIM. J. Seweu and John Kean of New
Jersey, @. w Fairbanks of Indiana,
James Mcmillan of Michigan, John W.
Daniel of Virginia and F. NJ. COckrell
of Missouri.
The pallbearers from the house of
representatives were d. b. Henderson
of Iowa John Gardner and r. Wayne
Parker of New Jersey, Charles F. Joy
of Missouri, VIM. P Hepburn of Iowa,
John Dalzell of Pennsylvania, George
b. Mcclellan of New York and John F.
RiXey of Virginia.
A special train brought two COM
panieS of artillery from Governors Is
land in command of Captains Luigi
TOmai and T. r. Adams. The batter
les We're received by Captain J. D. Hop
per of the New Jersey volunteers. and
escorted to the Armory, where break
fast was served. Both companies lined
the short route of the funeral cOrtege
from Carroll hall to the Church of the
Redeemer, and later acted as escort to
the president and cabinet.
President Mckinley and his party
and the congressional and other gov
ernment representatives arrived at Pat
ersOn at 1 p. They were immediate
" driven to Carroll hall.
SERVICES AT THE HOUSE.
The service at the house was brief
and simple. 1t was held in the library
which was banked with flowers sent bv
friends Of the dead vice president. Mrs.
Hobart, with her son. Garret A. Hobart
jr-, sat near the head of the casket. 1
while near her were grouped the presi-
dent and his cabinet. judges of the sll-
preme court. the honorary pail bearers
immediate friends of the family and the
family servants. The Rev. DaFid d
Magic offered prayer. and read pas
sage of scripture. The president. cabi-
net 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.
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 the
Church of the Redeemer about two
blocks from Carroll Han. An immense
crowd was in the vicinity of the church.
The casket was carried by eight mem
bers of the capitol police, in uniform.
under command of A P Garden The
church was beautifully decorated with
flowers.
AT THE CHURCH
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 in the front
pew, were Mrs. Hobart and SON kSar-
ret A Hobart, and Hobart TuttIe I'm
meulately behind Mrs David Hobart
and family. Behind the president were
Long, secretary of the navy and e A
Hitchcock, the secretary of the inter
iOr. Then followed the senator's and
congressman. The Hobart pew. which
is the ninth on the right hand side. was
filed with floral offerings
The services at the church lasted an
hour and were conducted by the Rev
D-. Magic. They began with an organ