Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-02
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. GIVEN BACK TO EARTH. The Remains of the Vice President
 BURIED WITH SIMPLE RITES. The Tories Again to the Front.
BURIED WITH SIMPLE RITES.
| HAT FINIsHERs IN COUNCIL.
King Thecbaw's Life to
 be Spared.
THE DEAD VICE PRESIDENT

Laid to Rest fla the Presence of
 Mourning Thousands-simpIe Cere-
 inOntes at the Church and at she
 Grave-A Great Cortese E6IIcws
 The Remains to the Tomb.
 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec. 1-Never has such throng crowded the streets of Indian apolis as that which to-day witnessed the funeral of Vice President Tho1ifas 4. Hen dricks. The lowest estimate placed the number of strangers at fifty thousand, but it was probably nearer seventy-fve thousand. The weather was miserably chilly and threat ening, and accorded wssii With th5 sonbre gloom that peryaded the city. Emblems of mourning were present on every hand, busi- ness was suspended, the bells of all the churches tolled. and on all sides were evi- dences of tender respect to the memory of the dead. The early morning trains brought in delegations frora the national capital and other cities of the Union. The Cabinet was Secretary Lamar, Secretary Whitney, Secre- tary Fndieott and Postmaster-General Villas. The Supreme bench of the United States WAS represented by Associate Justices Matthews and Blatchford. The United States Senate was represented by Senators Edmunds, AL haon, Pdeh, Harris, Conger, Blair; Dolph, Vest, Beck, Camden, Vance, Jones, voor- hees, Payne, Palmer and Harrison. The committee representing the House of Representatives was composed of ". E. Mdr- rison, J. Blount, H. A. Herbert, w. s. Hol- man, William Springer, w. P. Hepburn, S. B. Ward, w w. Phelps, J. J. Kleiner, Thos. Ryan and P. Dunn. The number of active and ex-members of the lower House present in addition to those named was large The Governors of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky were present, attended by their staffs and numerous State officers. Major General Schofeld was the chiet representa- tive of the United States army present. Ex- President Hayes and General William T. Sherman were distinguished guests, the lat ter accompanying a delegation from St. Louis
 One of the central points of attraction for the visiting multitude was the modest home of the late Vice President on Tennessee street, 6 plain twe-story brick structure fac ing the State Capitol building, now in pro cess of construction. On the front door of the home was black rosette, from which constituted the only emblem of mourning On the street in front of the house gathered a large but respectable crowd, which grew ill numbers as the forenoon advanced. 4 4e- tail of the police force and soldiery tVss able, hooweveFr, to kssp the street cleal in front of the ediice, td cradle the close friends and relatives of Mrs Hendricks and the members of the re- spective committees to gain admission to the grounds. The oil portraits of MT. and Mrs. Hendricks were almost h idden in banks of flowers and trailing smi1ax. Upon the man tel in the front parlor was an elegant floral piece, sent in by the nism bers of Chinese class of the Presbyterian Sunday school. The most Iiotabls representation of the de- signs in flowers was that of the log cabin in which Mir. Hendricks was born in Chic. It stood at the head of his coffin and was the work of the ladies ot Shelbyville, where he had formerly lived. It was six feet in length and four feet il height. Its sides were colnposed of calls lilies, white hyacinths, carnations and roses the roof was of English ivy and smilax, and the chimney of red and white carnations Or one side of the miniature structure, in purple immortelles, was the inscription, "The home of my boyhood," and beneath, "Shelbyville , On the open door of the cabin was pendant black satin banner bearing in letters of gold, 'i.God's finger touched him and he sleeps,h ard the second inscrip
 distinguished son." Over large painting of the dead Vice President in the back part of the mansion was flung soft drapery oi
 white Chinese silk and near it stood the splendid banner presented during the recent national campaign containing the faces o1
 President Cleveland and MT. Hendricks
 Resting on the coffin were the tributes of tht
 White House representatives received this
 morning from Miss Cleveland
 At 9 am Mrs Hendricks entered the room
 for her leave taking, accom- panied by hel
 brother and Mrs. Morgan The ordeal was most trying, and the desolate woman seemed to be utterly ptostrated. Late as it was she sent for a photographic to take a picture of the coffin. Before gan to come, and were admitted to pass through and view the body. The member. of the Cabinet, the judges of the Supreme court and others from Washington entered It was Il o'clock when the coffin was re placed and the stream of visitors agai1 passed by and out through the side door Soon after this the pallbearers arrived. The
 
 fly and friends were marshalled before tht doors and the preparations were made fo the final removal of the body. This wa done without further lsave-taking. The DO lice and military kept the curious but al ways respectful mass of people out of tn way, and the cavalcade moved quietly witl it's escort through densely lined streets t. the Cathedral of St. Paul.
 The coffin was borne into the church a 11:40 o'clock. The vast congregation hat already been seated with the exception of tn immediate relatives and the churcl vestry. The officiating clergy, four il
 number, were Bishop Knickerboeke I fellow of Montgomery, Ala, the first recto of St. Pauls, and under whose ministratiol ! MT. Hendricks joined the church, the Rev Dr. Fulton of St. Louis, former rector 0 l St. Paul's, and the e-Rev. Dr. Jenckes, thu | present re. GOT. In their robes of office the, l met the body at the main entrance of tn l cathedral on Illinois street, and preceded b, ! c guard of the Indianapolis Light Infantry l the body was borne up the central aisle tn clergymen and members of the vestry going il | advance. Bishop Knickerbocker spoke tn | opening sentence of the burial service: G ! am the resurrection and the life," foltowet l by the Rev. Dr. Stringfellow and Dr. Fultol
 in their recitation of the other verses luse' | for the dead, until the coffin had been car
 ried and placed outside the chancel Tn
 great audience stood while the impressiv scene was enacted. Following the bier cam | the widow leaning on the arm of Mir Mor 1 gan, followed by the other relatives Tn 1 pew occupied by the Vice President ih hi l life time was draped in black. The chnrcl l is modest brick structure, square and ob l long, but eommodious withal seating 90Gpeo l pie. The interior decorations were plain bu 1 effective, consisting of 8 festoonins o l crepe from the central arches, the pulpit sec l ton and chancel rail having drapery o | white and black intermingled The csntra ] arches were completely draped and the side of the church were paneled in black. On thu I front interior walls were two large designs o a Greek cross in the prevailing sable color I The dark shrouding of the interior was re I heved by only three floral pieces, all hand some in design. On the altar inside the chan | eel rail was plain cross composed of1whit l flowers, contributed by the ladies of the par | ish.
 i Dr. Jenckes then delivered an aHdres l which was a tender and eloquent review o I the life and services of the dead stat@man l the audience being frequently moved to tears | When he had concluded Mrs Dover, If Chi cago, sang 'fRock of Ages" The ssrviee 1 were concluded with the benedictionI Tn l place of honor in the church was givento ex President Hayes In the pew behind hin l sat the members of the Cabinet. Tie pro
 cession formed on the streets in the vtcinit