The Portland daily press., 1885-11-30
/. THOMAS A. HENDRICKS.

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This afternoon the body of Vice President Hen
dricks was dressed, and after being placed in the
burial casket carried down stairs to the front
parlor where it will remain until tomorrow.
! Around the room on tables and mantels are beau
tiful floral devices sent in by sympathetic friends
and on the coffin Is large pillow OF white flow
| in the centre. The casket rests near the window
| and through the darkened curtains but little light
falls upon it. The face of the dead man retained
| very much of its natural appearance, and aside
| from the closed eyes and rigid muscles the pres
| ence of death is not shown conspicuously. Only
the intimate friends of the family were. admitted
| to the room and tonight the house was closed en-
| tirely to callers.
| plaster cast OF the face and succeeded in secur-
| ing fine impression, from which he will model
| bust for the family
! kilograms of coincidence continue to come in.
| A despatch from Hon. Edward S. Phelps, minister
| to England, reached Mrs. Hendricks through the
| State Department, and so or more similar messa-
ges came this morning from mayors OF cities,
| chairmen of memorial meetings and political
| clubs in all parts of the country.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 29-The full list of pail
| bearers is as follows: Gov. Gray Ex-Gov. Por-
ter, Hon. VIM H. English, Judge W. A.. Woods,
| Postmaster Jones, Mr.. Frederick Rand, Mr. DAY.
| id Macy and Mayor McAIaster.
WASHINGTON; Nov; 28-The United States Su,
preme Court will meet Monday and adjourn until
| Thursday without tranSactlng business. JuStic-
| es Matthews and Blatchford will represent the
court at the funeral of the late Vice President.
considerable number of senators, representatives
and public officials, as well as many distinguished
citizens of Washington have called on the Presi-
dent tOurge him toreconSider his determination to
attend the funeral of the Vice President Their
argument has been, not that there would be more
than ordinary danger involved in the proposed
journey, but that the emergency is such that it is
his duty to avoid every possible risk of accident
to his life and health until Congress meets and a
succession is provided. large number OF tele-
grams to the same effect have been pouring in up
on the President today from leading men from all
sections of the county including Hon. Samuel j.
a
of the late Vice President. AT a late hour this
afternoon, the following was received from Mr..
Hord, his law partner and intimate rlend; 90
TO the President:
Mrs. Hendrick requests me TO thank You for
your message Of sympathy, and also Miss Cleve-
land for her kind and beautiful letter She re-
quests me to say that your presence at the funer-
feelings, but that she fully appreciates the
weighty public reasons that exist at this time
against your coming west and begs that you will
be governed entirely by your sense OF pubic duty
OSCAR 3. HoRD.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-The President this af-
ternoon determined not to make the tripto In
dianapolis To a representative of the Associated
Press he said:
"In the first moment Of the shock of Mr. Hen
dricks' death yielded to my inclination and de-
clared my intention to be present at the funeral,
OF course in reaching that conclusion l did not
put out of view peremPtory press pres OF public
ness Thought [ could dispose of by additional
application and more hours of work, and con
sidered if my duty to the people to answer the
tender sentiment of respect and affection to the
dead Vice President which does them great
honor. In am satisfied now was at fault in con-
sidering the question in that did not take as
comprehensive a view of the duty owe the
public rR as 81 % and dnt ana m dG y H6T o9R ne al
sonal desire somewhat clouded my Judgment |
am now reminded by some OF the best
and most patriotic and thoughtful OF our
citizens that the solemn duties of my
Office are at the national capital and
that in the present peculiar and DELICATE situation
/ ought not to take an even chance OF accident in
cident to travel to crafty sentiment so general
and so characteristic as that involved in this sub
ject. have been profoundly impressed by these
considerations, but most of all influenced by
their strong and unanimous presentation by de-
voted friends of the late Vice President living in
his State aud city, and their endorsement by the
noble and patriotic woman, who in the Infinite
sorrow of her widowhood, reflects the spirit and
character of her honored husband in her SOlictude
for the public good. / am now certain that
neither my desire nor the sentiment referred to,
nor the difficulty that attends in this case a
change of design nor any stubborn idea OF hero
ism will Justify me in subjectlng the country to
any greater chance of disaster than attends my
ought not to infct upon my countrymen even
the unrest and anxiety attending my departure,
absence and return in attendance upon the fun
eral ceremonies
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 29-Uniformed soldiers
kept watch all last night in front of the residence
of the late Vice President. The day dawned
".
curious people began cOngregating about the gate
Way BY O'Clock there were a thousand persons
present, mostly working people, and an hour later
the crowd increased to such proportions 1t was
necessary for the police to keep a passage way
clear for those whose duty called them to the
house. Mrs. Hendricks arose early and with the
family and DIR. Jenckes went to st. PauPs church
and Joined in devotional exercises. No callers
were admitted except those who were to make
the necessary arrangements for the removal of
the body to the court house. 1t lay in the darken-
ed parlor, the casket and floor around it being GOV
cred with floral designs. On the outside the
crowd increased till it reached a block away from
the house in each direction, and all the streets
down town were filled with people who hurried
about searching for eligible locations from which
to see the procession, while the side streets were
filed with carriages. The usual religious obser-
vances of the day were for the greater part unat-
tended All the forenoon the weather had been
threatening, but abOnt 10 O'Clock the sun came
out brightly and continued to shine throughout
At iO3o the local military companies under
command of Adjutant General Kountz and the
Governors staff marched to the Hendricks resi-
dence sand were drawn up In line in front OF the
gate. The hearSe was drawn by four black horses
covered with silk flags festooned with Grape.
the hearse and the procession slowly moved to-
wards the court house. When the procession
neared the court house it was found necessary to
stop for NEARLY 10 minutes till the streets could
be cleared for it to proceed. This building pre-
sented striking appearance the entire front
was covered with black and the white marble
columns were incircled with streamers of black
and white and the national coors. Inside the ap-
pedrd0ce was SLflklHS anu Ill peIltCl tdSlc. luc
galleries were covered with evergreen inter
woven with the folds of flags. The approaches to
the stairs and side corridors were full OF ferns and
growing plants and flowers were under the
rotunda. Directly in the centre of the building
stands the catafaque and in the centre is the bier
raised about three feet from the moor ana covered
with broad cloth.
At II 80 O'Clock the easket was brought in and
placed in the catafalque, after which the floral
offerings were arranged at the head and foot A
large broken column surmounted by white doves,
and sheaves of rosebuds, smiax, ferns and carna-
Ons was placed directly at tne err eaG OF d ne n, eS
by Patrick Eagan, president OF the Irish Land
League of America and was placed on the
coffin, together with beautiful floral pillow of
roses and smilax, on which rest a broken gavel,
the insignia of office made of yolets, and below
this another pillow of white, with the letter ZIP
in blue immorteles in the centre. At the foot
was another very elaborate design, sent by clti-
zens OF Madison county Many other Moral oter-
catafalque. Only the bust and face of the dead
statesman were visible through the heavy plate
a 5ck eGey Mas bab collar and White six
tie and plain shirt front with goid STUDS; Inc
features are remarkably life IKE, with the
eyes
After the personal friends and organizations
that performed escort duties had viewed the re-
mains, doors were opened and the apparently
endless procession began The arrangements had
been made so perfectly there was neither confu-
They were not allowed to linger by The coffin, but
could catch only hurried glimpse of the features
OF tne dead man as they passed. AT naf past nVe
O'Clock it was decided to close the doors till six,
and this arrangement was announced to the
crowd. Thousands. however, remained In line
and more than %, 900 people poured through the
building during the afternoon.
AT o'clock in the morning the building Will
once more be thrown open to the public and be
Kept open till o'clock p. m. when the remains
will be returned to the family residence.
Mrs: Hendricks having expressed desire to
visit the court house. where the. body of her hus-
band was lying in state, Gen. Knefier this evening
sent her message asking her to designate the
time, so the building might be cleared She
named 9o'elock, and at that hour the doors were
clesed and everybody was excluded while Mrs.