Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1904-10-01
PASSING AWAY OF
u. S. SENATOR HOAR
Church Bells Worcester, Mass
Toll a Requiem.
HIS DEATH CAME PEACEFULLY
Surrounded by His Children and Best
Friends the Massachusetts Statesman
Enters the Great Beyond-A Short
Sketch of the Senator's LifeWork.

Enters the Great Beyond-A Short
Sketch of the Senator's Lifework.
Worcester, Mass, Sept. 30.-The toll
ing Of the bells of the church towers
and the fire department this morning
announced to his friends the passing
of United States Senator George Fris
bic Hoar, which occurred at 1885 this
morning.
At 1856 this morning the chimes on
Plymouth church played Nearer, My
God, to Thee" Five minutes later
a flag on a manufacturing plant was
half-masted.
The tiGings communicated by the
tolling bells were heard throughout
the city, and within a few minutes
numerous inquiries at the newspaper
offices by telephone informed the peo
pie of Worcester, to whom Senator
Hoar was endeared in measure be
yond that ever given to any other
man, that the senator had passed
away.
The state of profound stupor which
has been an indication of the approach
of death, embraced the senator for 40
hours. The patient had expressed
the wish in his illness to die peacefui
ly and without struggle and such
death came to him. Besides DIR.
Gilman, the senator's two children.
lockwood 1loar and Miss Mary Hoar,
were at the bedside when the end
came.
William Dougherty, the messenger
of the committee on judiciary Of the
senate, of which Mr.. Hoar was chair
man, came to Worcester today to be
with the senator in his last hours,
Early in the week Rev. DR.. Edward
Everett Hale, an intimate friend came
from Boston, but was not admitted to
the sick chamber, nor was Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge admitted when he
called on Wednesday. The physician
was afraid lest the least commotion
would affect the sick man.
Senator Hoar was inseparably iden.
titled with the interests of Worcester.
He was the president of the house Ii
brary. He was the foremost in plac.
ing the Worcester Polytechnic insti
tute on solid foundation, and for
many years was one of its trustees,
He was a warm friend of Clark uni
versity, being it's first vice president
and at the Ceath of James Clark Rid.
path, Senator Hoar became head OF
the board of trustees, a position J
held until his death. For many years
he was trustee of Leicester academy.
The Worcester Art Society and the
Worcester club was founded by his
efforts. He was an honorary Life
member of the Worcester Mechanics
association and member OF the Re.
publican Club Of Massachusetts. He
was the oldest member, save two, @
the American Society of Antiquity.
He also held membership in the New
England General Geological society,
was a former president of the Ameri
can Historical society and was active
in the Massachusetts Historical soci
ETY..
The funeral will be held Monday
afternoon from the Church OF the
Unity. Rev. Edward, Everett Hale
chaplain Of the United States senate
will be asked to off1ciate Tributes
to Senator Hoar were uttered today
by prominent men of this city and VII
cinity. Among them was the follow.
ing from United States Labor Com.
missioner Carroll D. Wright, president
Of Clark college, who said:
Senator Hoar was a man in all his
characteristics who cannot be com.
pared with any other of his epoch.
He had no enemies because of his
fairness to opponents. His whole
career was marked by industry,
deep concern for all public interests
and an answering integrity, which is
a lesson to all men,"
Senator Hoar was the grand old
man of America. No two public men
ever resembled each other SO closely
as did he and Gladstone. His death
is a national loss. His nobility Oh
character appears most strikingly in
the simplicity of his greatness"
Washington, Sept. 10.-The president
pro tenn, president of the senate, has
designated the following senators as
the committee Of the senate to attend
the funeral of Senator Hoar: Lodge,
Hale, Depew, McComas, SpooRer For.
aker, Beveridge, Elkins, Dryden, Stew.
art, Coclerill, Bacon, Blackburn, Cor.
man and Morgan.