Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-30
Tne Body OF Vice President
hendricks Moved from his Res
ldence to the Court House,
Mrs. Hendricks Visits the Remains Of
Her Husband While Lying in State.

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M;l;tarr Uunteu hsa sno 1 onmounted police,
"en' FRED hneffier, marshal of the day, and staf.
Military compsnies. ''""'
=. Hearse.
President of s' ths Yrneis henoricks and family.
cabinet ""u memoer' Oh MS
Ex-President Hayes.
'uoges OF me United States Court.
Members Of the Honss 81 seHa.ors. Pan.
Governors Of States and their STAFF.
Civic ORGANIZATIONS.
Members of civ connci,s TI,ies 81 ana % omcers:
Citizens in carriages- 'H'''fa' oooies'
The process;on wi,, he IN th.o
each under the grand marshal ond III. n:aS
The line of march will no f-or, -. NO aiuS
through the nrinc;n.I s,roo,s 90 .b w % Snuloh
At the Hendricks res;denoo III. ei!.
there was a large numhors ~ o.iin Iis 'nol".hg
usual curious crowd in fron, 90 80 anu .ne
At 10 o,clock M,s uona.;nh. 'ne nouse'
tives united in nrava,a dorn,;onaI I o.ner = iela-
there being no mnister nrosan, h.. ISIS
ward Rev. Dr St;nofolIau - .so ". ai'er'
came in and narticinsted in .ha soru;"t un.sonery
The burial caskat coma 80 pees
N Y this morn;no r.. : n., :"i :'oIne'ter,
elaboratelv monnted nth LA ~ onu
lined with fluted white satir n, .te anu
cap is silver shrine nlata hoor;,o nv :, "ed o,a
English letters the words s III oiu
iho"AS A. HENDRICKS.
This afternoon the body of Vice President
hendricks was dressed, and, after being
placed IN the burial casAet, was carried down
stairs to the front parlor, where it will remain
until tomorrow. Around the room on tables
and mantels are beautiful floral devices sent
In by sympathetic friends, and on the coffin
is large pillow of white flowers, with the
simple initial "H" in blue immortelles 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 ap-
pearance. and aside from the closed eyes and
rigid muscles the presence 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-
tlrely to Callers.
This morning H. r. Parks, the sculptor,
took plaster cast of the face, and succeeded
in securing fine impression, from which he
will model bust for the family.
Telegrams of coincidence continue to come
in. dispatch from Hon. Edward S. Phelps,
minister to England, reached Mrs. Hendricks
through the state department, and so or more
similar messages came this morning from
mayors of cities, chairmen of memorial meet
ings and political clubs in all parts of the
country.
At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning the local
military companies will march to the resi-
dence, and with the metropolitan police force
will escort the remains to the court house,
where they will lie in state until Monday
evening. The body will rest in the catafal-
que in the middle of the main corridor, which
will be covered with black serge, and over it
will be black silk canopy, while both the
interior and exterior of the building will be
heavily draped in mourning.
Within the last twenty-four hours Hon.
William II. English and other personal
friends of Mr.. Hendricks have been in receipt
of kilograms from prominent men at Wash
ington and elsewhere expressing the opinion
that it would be unwise and injucious for Mr.
Cleveland to leave Washington under the
present circumstances-even to attend the
funeral of the Vice President, and suggesting
that it would be a graceful thing for Mrs.
Hendricks and her friends to say to him in a
dispatch that, while they would be grateful
at his attendance, his failure to come in the
present condition of affairs would not be con-
sdered at all disrespectful. This feeling
has increased very noticeably within the last
twenty. four hours, and this evening messages
were sent signed by both Mrs. Hendricks and
Hon. Oscar B. Hood, Mr.. Hendricks law
partner, and chairman of the committee on
arrangements to the President making the
statement indicated above.
The Indianapolis Board of Trade at its noon
meeting today unanimously adopted appro-
pirate resolutions.
Among physicians there has been consid-
cradle criticism of the medical treatment of
the case, and several papers have openly
charged that that Mr.. Hendricks was bled to
death through the stupidity of the physician,
simply because he had an acute pain in his
stomach. These statements have doubtless
arisen from Misrepresentation of the facts
of the treatment DR.. W. c. Thompson, the
attending physician, makes the following
statement of the matter;
''Mr Hendricks was never in his life bled
by me. To have bled him under the circum-
stances of his last illness would have indi-
Gated great recklessness. But never thought
of bleeding him. We were in the habit of
putting dry cups upon him, and in obedience
to his request on Wednesday, cupped him.
suppose that it is from this that the impress
sion that l bled him gained such headway.
Said Mr. Hendricks to me 1T YOU don't give