Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-11-29

is is understood that the President hal
not vet concluded to abandon the trip, al
though he said to caller to-day that the
matter was being presented TO him IN sucf
a way and from such sources as might in
duce him, as q question Of duty, to toregc
the journey. 1t it pretty vel
understood that Secretaries Baird
Whitney, and Endicott snd
Postmaster General Villas will attend the
funeral. Attorney General Garland ex'
pected to be detained BY important busi
ness before the United States Supreme
Court, but as that tribunal has adjourned
over, and as his annual report is nearly
completed, it is thought he will likely at.
tend the funeral. Secretaries Manning
and Lamar are both at work on THAR
annual reports, and, it is thoughl
they win be able to leave the city. Secre.
tary Manning is very much behindhand
with his report and will have to work on it
night and day in order to complete it in
time. A Democratic member of Congress
is authority for the sts'euent that every
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court and every Republican Senstor in
Washington has advised the President not
10 go to Indianapolis
ESrREATISG tbs PRESIDENT TO DECLINE
RISK.
Within the past twenty-four hours. Hon
Wm. Fl. English, and other personal
friends Of Mr.. English have been in re-
ceipt of kilograms from prominent men at
Washington, and elsewhere, expressing the
opinion that il would be uRWise and iDjG-
dicious for Mr.. Cleveland to leave Wash
ington under present circumstances even TO
attend the funeral of the Vice President,
and suggesting that it would be grace
tul thing for Mr5. Hendricks and her
friends to say to him in dispatch that
while they would be gratifed az his attend
suce his tailpre to come in the present
condition of affairs would not be considered
at all disrespeclful The feeling has in.
creased very no'iceably in the last twenty
four houts, and this evening messages we're
sent signed by both Mrs Hendricks and
Hon. Oscar B. Hord, Mr. Hendricks Law
partner, and Chairman OF the Committee
on Arrangements, TO the President max
ing the statement indicated above. They
decline to give these out for publication,
saying that the delicacy Of the matter md
the fact that the decision rested entirely
with the President, made it proper for the
contents of the dispatches 10 become pub.
lie through him alone. 1t is the under
standing here, however, that President
Cleveland, thus relieved Of the embarsss-
ment of staying away will not come, al
though no definite declaration to this effect
mas been received.
HENDRICKS PHYSICIAN 4CCosED.
Among physicians there has been con
siderable criticism of the medical treat
ment Of the ca,e aud seversl papers have
openly charged that Mr.. Hendricks was
bIed to death through the stupidity Of his
physician simply because he had an acute
pain in his stomach. These statements
have doubtless srisen from missppreheR-
sion of the facts Of the treatment. Dr.. ".
C. Thompson. the attending physician,
makes the following statement of the mat
ter:
Mr. Hendricks was never in Ills life
bled by me. To have bled him under the
circumstances Of his last illness would
have indicated great recklessness, bat
never thought OF bleediDg him. We were
in the habit Of putting dry cups on him,
and in obedience to hia request on Weduet.
day cupped him. l suppose til from
this that the impression that | bled him
gained such hesdway. Said Mr.. Hendricks
to me; "It you don't give me an
opiate, you must put a dry cup
on me. 1t was favotite remedy Of his
This process is used ss a countersotion
and its effect 10 relieve the interior vessels.
1t consists in expellipg the air from cup
By burning alcohol in it, and while the
vacuum exists to apply the glass to the
portion of the body where it is desired to
produce an effect. The tull treatment in
the case was very simple. Ia the first
place, We we're not apprehensive Of dan.
ger.
TRE UNEXPECTED DEATH,
| had no more idea that day he would
die than | had you or would. / have
seen him twenty times a great deal worse
than he was thct day. He Was chilly, and
We gave him warm water with soda in it to
sweeten his stomach AS said the treat
nent was very simple, for We thought there
was little the matter with him. His bow
els were depleted oy simple stimulating
enema-ca8tor oil aud molssses. He
had complained of painful iulness of the
bowels, which was thus relieved by two
gentle operations. he said he felt better,
gtraightened up and remarked: Nov l
will take nice sletp." These were his
last words to me. had declined before
this 10 give him any calomel, for l told
him that he was preparing to 60 to Wash
ingtou, aud that calomel would prostrste
and reduce him. This seemed to meet with
his approval and he willingly accepted tho
treatment as hsve described. think
his death must have occurred as early as
four clock on Wednesday afternoon, for
it was only little after that hour that
Mrs. Hendricks servant came to me With
the announcement that the Vice President
was dead He died of brain disease His
trouble was always nervous. Paralysis
took either the brain or the
heart. 1t would require post mortem 10
determine which, and suggested to the
family that one be held, but Mrs Hend-
ricks was unwilling"
Senator Harrison has sreceived dispatch
from Chief Justice Waite, of the Supreme
Court of the United States, stating that
that body would be represented at the fu-
neral By justices Matthews and Blstcb.
ford.
A Gas Well Explodss.
SpsoidI to tss SSHGSy Register.
WELLSBURG, November 28.-0Le of the
Wellsburg Gas Companys wells, known as
the Barclay No. 3. exploded this evening.
| A shnrt distance doRn q vein Of gas was