Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-12-09
FUNERAL OF VICE PRESI.
DENT HENDRICKS.

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DENT HENDRICKS.
Tho funeral of Vice-President
! Hendricks took place at Indianapolis
on the 1st, inst. Prominent men from
all over the country attended and
the attendance from Indiana and
adjacent states was simply enormous.
The cabinet was represented by
Secretary of State Bayard, Secretary OF
the Interior Lamar, Secretary of the
Navy Whitney, Secretary of Wa,
Endicott, and Postmaster General
Villas.
The supreme bench of the United
States was represented by Associate
dtstices Matthews and Blatchford.
The United States senate was repre-
sented by Senators Edmunds, Allison,
Pugh, Harris, Conger, Blair, Dolph,
Beck, Vest, Camden, Vance, Jones,
Voorhees,, Payne, Palmer and Harrison.
The committee representing the
ho;'se Of representative was composed
of W. T. Morrison, j. Blount, II. A.
Herbert, w. S. Holman, w. NJ. Spring
es, w. p. Hepburn, S. b. Ward, w. D.
Phelps, J. j. Kleiner, Thos. Ryan and
?. Dunn. A number of active and OK
| members of the lower house were pres
ent in addition to the above named.
The governors of Indiana, Ohio, Iii.
nois and Kentucky were present, at
tended by Stats of numerous state Off
GERS. Major General Schotield was the
chief representative OF the United
States army. Ex-President &. B.
Hayes and General VIM. T. Sherman
were among the distinguished guests.
At the Hendricks residence, q plain
two story brick building, the floral
| tributes were numerous and elaborate.
The most notable representative de.
sign of flowers was that of the log
| cabin in which Hendricks was born in
Ohio. It stood at the head of the
| coflined remains. It was the work OF
the ladies of Shelbyville, where Mr..
Hendricks formely lived. It was six
feet in length, and four in height; its
sides were composed of Gala lilies,
hyacinths, carnations and roses; the
roof was English ivy aud smilax, the
chimney was red and white carnations
At 9 o'clock, Mrs. Hendricks, &C.
companied only by her brother and
Mrs. Morgan, entered the room for the
last leave-taking. The ordeal was
most trying, and Mrs. Hendricks
seemed utterly prostrated. Impressed
with the placid and life-like appearance
of the dead, she desired to preserve this
last scene, and though it was late, she
sent for photographer to take pic
ture of the casket.
A little before IL, noon, the remains
were taken from the residence
and the procession moved te
St. Paul's Episcopal church. The
officiating clergy were four in number
Bishop Knickerbocker of the Indiana
diocese; Rev. DR.. Stringfellow ol
Montgomery, Ala, the first rector o.
St. Paups and under whose ministra
ton Mr.. Hendricks had joined the
church; Rev. DR.. Fulton, of St. Louis.
former rector of St. Paul's anC
Rev. DR.. jerks, the present rector
The service at the church was the
usual Episcopal burial service after
which the procession was formed tC
march to Crown Hill cemetery, {
distance, by the route taken of abou,
five miles. The procession was very
long, occupying an hour and five
minutes in passing a given point
and when the head of the procession
had reached the cemetery the rear was
Just in the outskirts of the business
part of the city.
The scenes at the grave were i'm.
pressive. There was no special re.
straint upon admission to the cemetery
and several hundred persons had gath
cred about the grave before the funeral
party arrived. The body of the pro-
cession had disbanded after passing
| beyond the city limits, and only the
military, with the mounted escort, en-.
tered the cemetery. The space reserved
about the grave had only been defined
by placing line of plants and evergreen
twigs, which was quite sufficient to
protect it from intrusion. Just before
| the head of the column came up, the
crowd was pushed back still further to
give ample room to the friends, who
were assigned to the side of the grave
whence the column approached This
order was cheerfully obeyed. When
the hearse was halted near the lot the
casket was borne to the grave. The
venerable Bishop Knickerbockcr pre-
ceded and read the prayer for the dead,
and after the lowering of the casket
Rev. DR.. Jenckes read the committa]
services, the bishop closing with pray.
er and the benediction. When Mrs.
Hendricks, leaning upon the
arm of Mr.. Morgan, stepped upon th'
mating placed alongside the grave ant
before the casket was removed from
the hearse, she paused to look down in
to the last resting place of her dead
only to see picture of loveliness in its
lining of green leaves and flowers. Their
she turned to the grave of her child,
which had been made glorious with a
covering of smilax and flowers and
read in letters of white his baby name
"Morgie," and on the top of the grave
on field of white in purple letters the
sentence: 'And three-fold cord shall
not be broken" The tender love which
! she discerncd in this treatment OF
her treasure by sympathetic friends
seemed to give her courage for the last
ordeal. Her glance then caught the
monument with its drapery of the
national flag, enveloping life-like
portrait of her husband facing thu
! grave, and she turned with the bravery
| of heroism to witness the last rites
There had been no rainfall for brie1
period, but the sky was lowering
Just as the coffin was placed beside the
grave there was slight spriDk
ling of rain, causing many to re-
call the old saying: ''Blessed
are the dead whom the rain falls on
While the service was read the con
gressional committee, the members Of
the cabinet and other distinguished Wis
itors stood upon the other side of thu
grave. The words of the clergyman
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