Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-30
AEWENGL AND MOURNS
General Sadness Over George
Frisbie Hoar's Death.
LOVED BY ALL CLASSES
TRIBUTES TO HIS MEMORY FROM
THOSE WHO KNEW HIM.
The Kindly and Patriotic Qualities Of
the Statesman and Citizen
Expressed.
LOVED BY ALL CLASSES

WORCESTER Mass, September 3o-The
tolling 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
Frisbie HOar, whose death occurred at :96
am. today. At 255 o'clock the chimes on
Plymouth Church played Nearer. My God,
to Thee" Five minutes later a flag on a
manufacturing plant, the first one to be
half-masted, was raised The tidngs COM
municated by the toling bells were heard
throughout the city, and within a few min.
utes numerous inquiries were made at tho
newspaper offices by telephone.
The people of Worcester, to whom Sena-
tor Hoar was endeared in a measure be-
yond that ever given to any other man.
anxiously followed the course of his sick
ness for six weeks. and hundreds of calls
on the telephone had been made daily at
the local newspaper offices by persons who
desired to learn the latest news from the
bedside.
In Stupor Forty Hours.
The state of profound stupor which was
indication of the approach of death. en-
braced the senator for forty hours Yester-
day he became weak as he could be and
live with the pulse and respiration so faint
physician. Dr. Warren r. Gilman, the medi-
cal 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
expressed the wish early in his Illness that
he might. die peacefully and without a
struggle. Such death came to him.
Besides DR.. Gilman, the senator's two
children, lockwood Hoar and Miss Mary
H. L,1,
E. w. Doherty, the messenger of the COM
mittee on judiciary of the Senate, of which
Mr. Hoar was chairman, came to Worcester
yesterday 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 have a fatal
effect. ,, ....--.- -.- -s,
Pictures Displayed Prominently.
During the last few days pictures of Sem
ator Hoar have been prominently displayed
in shop windows throughout the city and
today many of those photographs were.
draped.
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
technic Institute solid foundation and
for many years was one of its trustees. He
was a warm friend of Clark University, be.
ing first its vice president and at the death
OF Jonas G. Clark, it's head, Mr.. Hoar be.
came president Of the board Of trustees q
position he held until his death. For many
years he was trustee of Leicester Academy.
The Worcester Art Society and the Wor-
cester Club were founded by his efforts He
was an honorary life member of the Wor-
cester Mechanics Association and member Of
the Republican club of Massachusetts. He
was the oldest member. saving two, of the
American Society of Antiquity. He also
held membership in the New England Gen.
ealogical Society, was a former president OF
the American Historical Society and was
active in the Massachusetts, Historical So
ciety.
Senator Hoar was trustee Of the Peabody
trust fund for the promotion of education
In the south He was a regent of the Smith,
sonian Institute at Washington, and was
prominent in the Unitarian Church. Dur
ing the day hundreds of messages of con-
dolence were received at the family resi-
dence on Oak avenue.
1t is understood that the funeral will be
held Monday from the Church of the Unity.
and that Rev Edward Everett Hale, chap
lain of the United States Senate, will be
asked to officiate.
Rev. Rush r. Shippen of Brockton for.
mer pastor of the Church of the Unity.
and the minister who performed Senator
Hears second marriage, will be invited to
assist. The body will lie In state, probably
at city hall, during Monday. The inter-
ment will be made in Sleepy Hollow ceme-
terry, Concord, Tuesday morning
Mayor Blodgett issued proclamation
calling upon the business men of Wor-
cester to close their establishments during -
the funeral. The common council and
board of aldermen will meet tonight for
the purpose of taking appropriate action
on the senator's death. Flags throughout
the city displayed at half-mast.
Many Tributes Uttered.
Tributes to Senator Hoar were uttered by
prominent men of this city and vicinity.
Among them was the following, from
United States Labor Commissioner Carroll
D. Wright, president of Clark College, who
said:
Senator Hoar was a man in all his char
acterdstics who cannot be compared with
any other of his epoch. He had no enemies
because of his fairness to opponents. His
whole career was marked by industry, q
deep concern for all public interests and an
answering integrity, which is lesson to
all men,
The Rev Joseph F. Hanselman, president
of the College Of the Holy Cross Roman
Catholic). said:
of America. No two public men ever resem-
bled each other SO closely as did he and
Gladstone. His death is a national loss.
His nobility of character appears most K
strikingly in the simplicity of his great
ness"
Message From Roosevelt.
lockwood Hoar. son of the late Senator
Hoar. today received the following mes
sage from President Roosevelt
Gen lockwood Hoar: Accept my most
profound sympathy. The loss is not yours
only but of all those who believe in the
lofty standard of purity. integrity and fear
lessness in public life.