The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-11-23
Public, However, VIII BE Given an
Opportunity to View the Remains In
the Hobart Home on Friday.
SENATORS TO BE PRESENT
NEARLY ALL TO ATTEND THE OBSE-
QUIEs OF THEIR LATE FRIEND.
Many Representatives Will Also Wis.,
it PatersOn-Mr. HObart's Wealth
Estimated at Over $2,OOO,OOO.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22-The funeral of
the late Garret A. Hobart. Vice President
of the United States, will take place on
Saturday. The morning services at the resi-
dence will be attended by only the men,
bers of Mr. Hobarts family, President Nc
Kinley and his Cabinet, and Mr.. Hobarts
most intimate friends. At the Church OF
the Redeemer, in Paterson, the public serv-
ice will be held at $50 o'clock in the aft
ernoon. The body will not lie in state in
the City Hall, as was desired by the city
authorities, but on Friday afternoon the
casket will be open in the library of his
home and for three hours the public may
view the face of the late Vice President.
The body lies in a handsome casket of
oak, the plate bearing this inscriptions:
"1S44-GARRET a. HOBART.-1S99.
The following official statement was given
out at the Hobart residence by Private
Secretary Evans tonight:
The funeral services over the body of
the late Vice President will be held at
the Church of the Redeemer, Paterson, on
Saturday, Nov. Is, at 2:30 p. m. lnasmuch
as the seating accommodation of the church
is entirely inadequate it will be necessary
that seats be reserved for the various ma
tional, state and local officials, representa-
tives of the organizations with which Mr..
Hobart was connected, and intimate per-
sonal friends of the family. 1t is, therefore,
impossible to provide for the general public
until various officials, representatives and
friends have been accommodated. Previous
to the public exercises. on Saturday after
noon, brief service will be held at the
Hobart mansion only for the family, the
President and his Cabinet, and intimate
personal friends. On Friday afternoon the
body of the Vice President will be placed
in the library of his home, where the public
may have an opportunity to view it. The
interment will be at the convenience OF
the family, at Cedar Lawn Cemetery"
Four companies of regular soldiers from
Governors island will take part in the
funeral ceremony and will probably act as
an escort from the late residence of the
Vice President to the church. The military
will also act as an escort to President Nc
Kinley and his party.
1t is expected that President Mckinley
and his Cabinet, the Supreme Court JUS
tees and other officials from Washington
will arrive before noon on Saturday. A spe-
cial train, bearing the senator's and repre-
sentatives and other United States officials
will start from New York and committees
will be on hand at Paterson to take charge
of those on board.
A great many messages of coincidence
were received to-day. including messages
from Chief Justice Fuller, of the United
| States Supreme Court: General Gordon, OF
| Savannah; Mr.. and Mrs Whtelaw Reid
| Daniel l.. Morgan, formerly treasurer of the
United States; United States Senator Car.
| ter, of Montana. United States Minister
| Harris, at Vienna; the Oregon State Bar
| Association. Mrs. Julia Dent Grant and q
number of foreign ministers at Washington
All of the public buildings in Paterson
| have been draped, as well as many of the
! private residences throughout New Jersey.
| DR.. Newton, the Vice Presidents phys
| clan, to-day filed the certificate of death
! giving the cause of death as "dilation of the
| heart, due TO myocarditis.''
| Mr.. Hobart was member of the Order Of
| Free and Accepted Masons. a thirty-seconC
| degree Scottish Rite Mason and knight
| Templar. In reply to inquiries of represent
atives Of various Masonic bodies, it mas beer
| explained 10 them that the family deem i
| best not TO have a Masonic funeral.
Up TO the present the names of the pail
bearers have not been announced Mr. Ho
| bart two months ago, when he feared some
| thing might happen. named six of his mos
intimate friends in NeW Jersey, and it is be
lieved that these will act as his pallbearers
Mrs. Hobart is bearing up we'll under hel
| great trouble and to-day was able to see {
| few OF her most intimate friends, includins
Attorney General Griggs and Mrs. Grigg.
and Rev. DR.. David Magic, who will deliver
the funeral grafton.
| Regarding Mr.. Hobart's wealth, IL is re
| lated that shortly after the election of 1se
in reply 10 questions by friends he said tha
he could only give a guess, that he wa
| connected with a great many concerns an,
director in over sixty. If his stock coult
be disposed of for what it was worth h
thought it would bring between 50, 600 900 an,
| 100000. while at a sacrifice sale IL woul,
| not amount to half that The life insurance
| policies on Vice President Hobart's lif
| aggregated about $350.0o0. One compan,
alone had issued a policy on his life 70
| 100000.