New-York tribune., 1904-10-01
ALL WORCESTER MOURNS.
Senator HOars Home Leads Country
ia Expressing Sorrozc.


senator George Frisbie Hoar. At 2:55 a. m the
shines on Plymouth Church played Nearer. My
ca TO Thee" and at 8 o'clock flag on a
,,snufscturing plant. the first one to be half
+s5 WIS raised. The veteran legislator died
:. f.35 a N Fire alarm headquarters were in
s,,sd q short time afterward. IL having been
.--snged 10 strike fifteen blows on the fire bells
:. ,,.e-vals Of q minute There was delay in
a,5,nR out the signal on account OF efforts made
- the Fire Department to inform the bell
trssrs OF a number Of churches with whom
a-roneements had been made, IN order that the
S,ns might be tolled. At PAP o'clock the first
s,ow was struck. The tdings were heard
.h-5ughout the city. and within a few minutes
-oerous inquiries were made at the newspaper
o.nces by telephone
senator Hoar had been IN an excessively weak
80 since Sunday, but a tenacious vitality
- the spark of life until II burned so low
-hst IL was not possible 10 tell exactly when it
,r.nt out Word was sent to the press within
q few minutes and the death watch set six
v,ssks ago, when Mr.. Hoar became critical
~ m and renewed on Sunday, when he had
relapse, ceased it's long vigil
The people Of Worcester, to whom Senator
T4oar was endeared in a measure beyond that
ever given 10 any other man here, anxiously fol-
loved the course of his sickness for six weeks,
orGh
ynsde daily at the local newspaper offices by
re-sons who desired to hear the latest news
from the bedside.
IN A sTUPOR FOR FORTY HOURS.
The Senator was in the state Of profound
s+upcr which was an indication Of the approach
oF 6eatb for forty hours Yesterday he became
.. weak as he could be and live. with the pulse
snd respiration so faint that they could be de-
,ecte6 only by the physician. DR.. Warren R.
Gilman. the medical attendant. said that so
slight a thing as pulling the clothing on the bed
would have been sufficient TO take away enough
strength to cause death. The patient had ex-
r-essed the wish early in his illness that he
might die peacefully and without struggle
sueh 2 death came TO him. At / o'clock this
morning Mr Hoar was barely alive and no
change could be noted. In fact, DR.. Gilman
thought, IL possible, life might be prolonged un-
III liter daylight but careful watch was main
tsinad. and al 1S5 o'clock the physician de-
clared that the heart had ceased to beat
Besides Dr. Gilman the Senator's two chill
6ren. lockwood Hoar and Miss Mary Hoar.
we're st The bedside until the end. E. w. Do
hs-+v the messenger Of the Committee on Judi
c4s-v of the Senate. Of which Mr.. Hoar was
chairman, came to Worcester yesterday after
mon. to be with the Senator in his last hours
There were no other callers yesterday. Early In
the week the Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale,
an intimate friend, came from Boston. but was
not admitted 10 the sick chamber, nor was
fbe 1unior United States Senator. Henry Cabot
Lodge admitted when he called on Wednesday
afternoon. The physician was afraid lest the
least couTnotion would have fatal effect Dur
ing the last few days pictures Of Senator Hoar
have been prominently displayed in shop win
dows throughout the city. and to-day many of
those photographs were drsped.
HIS INTEREST IN WORCESTER
Senator Hoar was inseparably identified with
The interests Of Worcester. He was the principal
in establishing free public library and later
reading room He was foremost In placing the
Worcester Polytechnic Institute on a solid
foundation, and for many years was one OF it's
trustees. He was warm friend Of Clark Uni
versity. He was a vice president, and at the
death Of Jonas G. Clark, its head. Mr.. Hoar be-
came president Of the board Of trustees. posi-
ton he held until his death. For many years he
was trustee Of leicester Academy. and was the
first president Of ST. Wolfstan's Society. of
this city. The Worcester Art Society and the
Worcester Club were founded by his efforts He
was an honorary life member Of the Worcester
Mechanics Association. During the day hun
dreds OF messages of coincidence were received
Al the family home in Oak-ave.
It is understood that the funeral Of Senator
Hoar viii be held on Monday from the Church
Of the Unity. and that the Rev. Dr. Edward
Everett Hale, of Boston, chaplain Of the United
States Senate and the Senator's lifelong friend,
viii be asked TO oficiate. The Rev. Rush r
snipPen OF Brockton, Mass, formerly pastor of
the Church Of the Unity and the minister who
Performed Senator Hoar's second marriage cere-
nnny, VIII be invited TO assist. The body will
lie IN state, probably at the City Hail. on Mon
he vii hay of
viewing it. The burial viii be made beside the
gave Of the Senator's wife, in Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery, Concord. on Tuesday morning. The
BODY viii be taken 10 Concord in the funeral car
9f the Boston and Maine Railroad
SENATOR'S LAST PUBLIC APPEARANCE
few weeks later Senator Hoar spoke at
special session of court when eulogies were de-
nsesed on the life Of Colonel z. B. Stoddard, a
Hieiong friend Of the Senator, and he also made
az informal afternoon address at the English
Ia'sh School Oh the occasion Of the pres
ea1suon 10 the city of some copies of
s'norts portrait OF Washington by the Daugh-
p@rs o. the Revolution This was the Sena-
toFs last appearance In public life. In the
'stler part Of July. and up to August IL. he
remained IN his home. and much of the time
stayed in bed. He received visitors daily, and
eie1Hleo many letters TO his secretary. Pre-
s u~s te the 18th reports OF his illness were
sSssted lightly by his family and his immediate
als1os On one occasion when a report was
49, a. 1lSted hat his condition serious, he
-etateo senli-humorous account OF his illness
- requested that IL be sent to the press. He
a-elbuted his illness to Washington malaria
- 20 The effects of the attack of lumbago He
s.sN weaker gradually, however, and on the
1uanh'g OF August IL had a sinking turn, caused
= me weak action Of the heart. His condition
s-ss'1Siy alarmed his. physician and his son
~ daughter. For a time It was thought he