The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-01
MOURNING FOR
SENATOR H0AR
Flags at Half Mast in the Old
Bay State.
WILL BE BURIED AT CONCORD
FEELING TRIBUTE OF PRESI-
DENT SMITH.

IaI ORCESTER, Mass, Sept, 30.-The
w toning of the bells Of the church
towers and fire stations of
Worcester communicated to his fellow
citizens the intelligence Of the passing
of United States Senator George FRS
bic Hoar, whose death occurred at 1:S5
a. m. today
The people of Worcester, to whom
Senator Hoar was endeared in a meas
ure beyond that ever given to any other
man, anxiously followed the course of
his sickness for six weeks, and hun
dreds of calls on the telephone COM
pany were made daily at the newspaper
offices by persons who desired to hear
the latest news from the bedside.
The state of profound stupor which
was an indication of the approach OF
death, embraced the senator for forty
hours.
His Wish Granted.
Yesterday he became as weak as he
could be and live, With the pulse and
respiration SO faint that they could be
detected only by the physician. Dr.
/ Warren r. Gilman. the medical attend
ant, said that so slight thing as pull
ing the clothing on the bed would have
been sufficient to take away enough
strength to cause death. The patient
had expressed a wish early in his illness
that he might die peacefully and with
out d struggle. Such d death came to
him.
Besides DR.. Gilman, the senator's two
children, lockwood Hoar and Miss
Mary HOar, were at the bedside until
! the end. L. w DOherty, the messenger
of the committee on judiciary of the
senate, of which Mr.. Hoar was chair
man, came 70 Worcester yesterday tC
/ be with the senator in his last hours.
] Early in the week Rev. DR.. Edward
1 Everett Hale, All Intimate friend. came
! from Boston, but was not admitted t
/ the sick chamber. nor was Senator
/ Henry Cabot Lodge admitted when M
( called on Wednesday. The physician
/ was afraid lest the least commOtior
! would have d fatal effect.
Woreester's Great Loss.
Senator Hoar was inseparably iden
! titled with the interests of Worcester
/ He was the principal i'm establishing ;
: free public library and later reading
room He was foremost I'm placing tn
/ Worcester Polytechnic Institute on /
solid foundation, and for many year
was one of its trustees. He was
: warm friend of Clark university. benI
f. first its vice president and at the dealt
of Jonas g. Clark. its head. Mr.. Hos
became president Of the board of trus
tees, a position he held until his death
+ Fer many years he was trustee
! Leicester academy. The Worcester AT
i II
ed by his efforts He was an hOnorar
: life member of the Worcester Mechan
: les association, and member Of IN
Republican club of Massachusetts. II
was the Oldest member. saving two o
the American Society of Antiquity. RI
! also held membership in the New Eng
land Genealogical society was a for
mer president of the American His
torical society and was active in tn
4 Massachusetts Historical society h
was a trustee Of the Peabody trust fun
! for the promotion Of education in tn
south. He was a regent Of the smith
sonian Institute at Washington, an
was prominent in the Unitarian church
During the day hundreds of message
( of coincidence were received At the fam
. lily residence.
viii Lie in State.
The funeral win be held Monday fror
J the Church of the Unity, and Rev. I'd
I ward Everett Hale. chaplain of In
/ United States senate viii be asked {
ofiiciate- The body Will lie I'm stat,
I probably at the city hall. during Mon
day. The interment will be made i
Sleepy Hollow cemetery. Concord
/ Tuesday morning.
Tributes to Senator Hoar were al