Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-01
Nation Mourns Death Of
Senator Hoar.
Funeral to Be Held at Worces.
ter, Monday Afternoon.
Closing Hour SEEMS Of the Minis
Life.

frc stations of Worcester communicate
ed 10 his fellow citizens the itclIi-
S"nCc of the passing OF United States
Senator George f. Iioar AT 2.5I A. NJ
til" chimes on Plymouth church PLAYED
Nearer, My God. to Thee. and at 3
O'Clock Il flag on manufacturing
plant, the IIrSt one to be half m;ISted
WAa raised.
The veteran legislator died n 13I.
Fin" alarm headquarters WAS notified
within a short time afterwards it hav-
m$ been arranged to strike Il blows
on the fire bells at intervals Of Il min
ute. There was Il delay in sending ont
. The signal on account Of efforts made
by tho fire department. to notify the
bell ringers Of Il number of churches
with whom arrangements had been
m;lir in order that the bells might be
t"lied. At 2.i2 the first blow was
struck. The tidings Were heard
throughout The city and within few
minutes numerous inquiries We're made.
1T the newspaper Offices by telephone.
Senator H"ar had been in an excess
Sivciy weak state since sunday. bat a
Wonderfully tenacious vitality kept the
spark Of life until it burned 50 low that
it Went cut. Word Was sent to the
press within a few minutes and the
death watch. set six weeks ago when
Mr.. Hear became critically i'll ana re-
rcWcd. Sunday. when he had L relapse
ceased its long vigil.
The pcopl" of Worcester to whom
S"nator Hoar was cnd";lrrd in Il meas
ure beyond that ever given 10 any 9TH
Of his sickness throughout six weeks,
ana Hundreds of calls on the telephone
had been made daily ut III" local news
paper Offices by people Who desired to
hear The latest news from the bedside.
There WAS no Indication. Thursday
that the senator was growing weaker
as for hours he had hccn as weak as
he could be ana live. with the pulse
and respiration So faint that they could
not w. detected. His physician, Dir.
Warren Il. Gilman. however, saw that
the end cuUld not 10 long delayed. 50
slight a ding as pulling the clothing
on the bed would have been sufficient.
the doctor said. to take away enough
strength to cause death. For 40 hours
the senator had been III his death sleep.
He had occasionally expressed the
wish during the summer that he might
az peacefully ana without a struggle.
Such ! death came to him.
AT | O'Clock. Friday morning. Mr.
Iioar was barely alive. ana no change
could he noted. In fact. Dr. Gilman
thought. if POSSIBLE. life might be pro-
lorgcd until after daylight. bur Il care
FIJI watch was maintained ana at 1.335
The ph, sc.an DECLARED that the heart
bud ceased to beat.
Besides DR.. Gilman. the senator's
two children. Gen. lockwood Hoar and
Miss Mary Hnar. We're 1T the bedside
until the end. F. w. Doherty, the
(lnoseenccr Of the committee on judi
ciary of the senate of which Mr.. Hoar
was chairman. came to Worcester, |
Thursday afternoon. to be with the
Scn1tnr in his last hours. There We're
No otncr callers. EARLY in the week
RnV. DR.. Edward Everett Hale. an in !
tin,atc friend. came from Eoston. but !
MAS not admitted to the sick chamber. I
nor was the junior United States SEN
ntur. Henry Cabot Lodge admitted
when 10 called. Wednesday aftcrnoon.'
The physician Wae afraid lest the com !
motion should have a fatal effect
During the last few days pictures Of
c.-natnr Huar have hccn prominently
lis,la ycd in shop windows throughout
the city and. Friday. many Of those
~ otographs We're draped.
Worcester owes much to Senator
Unnr. Tie was The prime mover in e.
t?i.;;Ghing 2 free public library and
l7t.r 4 reading room He was fore
lr"gt in pl5cng tn" Worcester P"lv-
;urd for many years was one OF its
trustcrs.
HI. WIS q warm fiinn1 of Clark Uni
ycrsitv III TN time Of its origin ana ov-
cr siGc". II. was 4 vicH president on
ut n. Gcath Of Jonas q. clark. its
Lnod. Mr.. Hnar became president Of tho
board Of trustees. 4 position he H. ld I'M 4
III his death. For many years he was
trustee of Leicester Academy and was
the. first president IF st. Wchans So u
,icfy Of this city. The Worce ster Art
Society and the Worcester Club We're
founded by his efforts. He was m
bouorarv life member of the Wor-
,astc. Mechanics Association and q
,remhor of the Republican Club Of
Massachusetts,. Fl" WIS the Oldest
,aar,bcr. eaye two. Of the American
society Of antiquity. He al~o hid
men bcrshin in tn" Now England c.
realngica1 Society. vas . former pr@si-
don't Of the American Historical Sncia-
- ana was active in the Massachusetts,
historical society. lie was chairman
cf the public preservation committee
of ssachusetts AMI trustee of the
peabody trust fund for the protection
- education in the South.
He had been trustee Of Harry
r-nivarsiy and was I, former president l
- the Harvard Alumni Association and !
-, of the Worcester Harvard Alumni l
9Th uc was regent Of the Snithson-
;o,, institute at Washington. He was
a1so 2 rrominent official of the Ameri-
can Antiquarian Society.
II was through Mr.. Hoar that the
bradford manuscript vas obtained
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