The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-25

Fully Twelve Thousand Persons
Viewed the Remains of the Dead
Vice President - Those Who Had
Known Mr.. Hobart in Life Re-
marked Upon Evidences of suf-
ferinG Shown Upon His Features
NEW YORK, Nov 24-The funeral of
the late Carrot A. Hobart will occur to-
morrow at Paterson, n. J., services being
held at Carroll hall, the Hobart home,
and after that at the Church of the Re-
deemer. The services at the house are in
tended for the family, the president and
his cabinet, members of the senate and
house of representatives Of the United
States and intimate personal friends of
the family. They will begin at p. m.
and be conducted by Rev. DR.. Magic, who
will also deliver an address and prayer
at the church service. The president and
cabinet will also attend the services at
the church, being conducted there in car
riages, while the thirty-two pallbearers
will walk in the procession.
The scenes at Carroll hall this after
noon, when the remains of Vice President
Hobart were lying in state and the public
was given an opportunity to view them,
were exciting and pathetic. Long before
2 o'clock, the time announced for the
opening of the doors of the Hobart home,
the crowd began to assemble, and when
the first rush towards the main entrance
began fully 5000 persons were crowded
onto Ellison and Carroll streets. Lines
were formed by a squad of police, but
the force was entirely too small to main
tain any sembIance of order. Women
were largely in the majority. They in
cluded all classes, from those in Mr. Ho-
bart's social class to the street beggar,
and all were given the same opportunity
to take a last look at the face of one
they had learned to esteem. Many of the
women carried infants.
The first person to see the remains
after they had been removed from the
room where Vice President Hobart died
was Attorney General Griggs. He shook
his head as he noticed the change in the
face of the dead, and, as he stepped aside
from the room, very much affected, he
remarked:
HE has suffered much-more than any
one will know"
Mr.. Griggs was one of the few men who
saw Mr.. Hobart before he died, but he
only had a few words with him. That
was week before the end came.
WOMEN TAINTED.
AS the throngs fled into the hall lead
ing to the library. the excitement in
creased. Women tainted on the porch.
and at one time half a dozen lay insensi-
BILE on the lawn. They were revived and
ALL with the assistance of friends, were
able to go home. This kind of excite
ment was not confined to the outside.
At the coffin there was fainting scene.
A woman about twenty years of age,
after gazing on the face of the dead vice
president, stood at the coffin as though
transfixed. Then she screamed and fell
forward into the arms of a policeman.
She was placed in a chair and revived
with a glass of ice water, brought by a
member of the Hobart household 1t was
estimated that fully $4,000 persons saw
the remains in the four hours they were
have seen them if the time had permitted,
but the doors Of Carroll hall were closed
promptly at 6 o'clock.
During the ceremony, E. L. Bell, presi-
dent of the First National Bank of Pat
erson. and one of the executors of the
Hobart estate, stood at the head OF the
casket Others in the room representing
the family were ]. w. Cleveland. Edward
A. Wallan, Gen. Congdon and Col
Bright The room bore the fragrance of
flowers sent by friends.
The interior Of the house was guarded
by all the detectives from police head
quarters, and no one was allowed to lin
ger at the casket.
1t was remarked by those who had
known the vice president that the face