Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-11-27

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INDIANAPOLIS. November &c.
Flags on all public buildings here are
At hslf.mast and forces Of men are en-
r,sed in putting up various insignia OF
meurning out Of respect to the memory
Of Vice-Prssident Hendricks. In sew
rrsl Of the churches to-day, instead CT
thanksgiving services, there were me-
mortal services, and Bishop Knicker-
booker, Of the Episcopal Church, to
which Mr.. Hendricks belonged, sban-
doned his services altogether.
Early this morning Hon. William II.
English received a dispatch from the
serceAnt-at-arms Of the United States
senate asking for information about the
time and place Of Mr. Hendricks's
funeral, Of which he will take charge.
An answer was not returned immedi-
.tely. as arrangements had not been
made. AtMrs. Hendricks's suggestion,
a number OF prominent gentlemen
personal and political friendsl were
called in to consult over the matter. A
committee, consisting Of Senator Hsr-
rison, W. II. English, and Chief-Justice
Black, Of the Supreme Court, was APP
pointed to take general charge Of the
arrangements for the funeral and public
meeting.
Mr.. Hendricks's body, which was en-
balmed this morning, will remain at his
late residence until Sunday noon, when
II will be removed to the courthouse,
where it will lie in state until Monday
evening. Local military companies and
4 detachment Of the regular army are
doing guard duty. The funeral SER
vices will be held at st. Psul's Cathe-
drsl Tuesday at noon, DR.. Jeneker, the
rector, and DIR. Fulton, Of ST. Louis,
officiating. The services will be those
Of the Episcopal Church, and there will
be no sermon or memorial address. The
burial will take place at Crown-Hill
cemetery, north Of the city.
The general committee selected, at
Mrs. Hendricks's suggestion, to arrange
for the funeral Of the dead Yice-Presi-
dent, met this evening and appointed
the necessary subcommittee to perfect
all arrangements. Senator Benjamin
Harrison called the meeting to order,
and on his motion Hon. William II.
English was chosen president. On
taking the chair, Mr.. English spoke
briefly and feelingly Of the object Of
the meeting, and gave some personal
"reminiscences Of Mr.. Hendricks.
1t was decided to appoint commit
tee Of fifteen, with Senator Harrison as
chairman, TO receive the President and
other distinguished gentlemen who will
be here to attend the funeral, and a
general committee Of thirty was ap-
pointed to attend to all the details Of
the funeral and do everything in their
power to make the memorial observ-
ance attended with all the marks Of re-
spect and esteem which Mr.. Hendrick' S
fellow.citizens desire to pay him. OF
this committee Hon. Oscar b. Hord,
the law-psrtner of the deceased. was
appointed chairman. and 1t was divided
into the necessary subcommittee.
THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL.
The funeral will take place at noon
on Tuesday, the procession leaving the
house at HAS o'clock for the church
in the following order: Police, mill
tary companies. civic societies, men,
bers of the Cabinet and United States
senator's, pall.bearers, the hearse, fam
lily carriages; State, county, and city
officers and citizens. The body will
be placed in a Casket on Saturday
morning.
After the funeral the body will be
placed in marble vault at Crown Hill
cemetery, north Of the city, near the
Hendricks's private lot, in the centre OF
which is a granite column forty feet high,
plain and uncarved, except the simple
inscription: /" Thomas 4. Hendricks"
near the bottom Of the shaft. Here his
son-his only child--is buried. r. IL.
Parks, the sculptor, will arrive from
Chicago in the morning and take the cast
of Mr.. Hendricks's face, to be used in
making marble bust OF him.
Around the Hendricks's family resi-
dence all day there was a crowd Of
curious people, who watched the solemn
tread Of the uniformed sentry marching
up and down in front Of the house, and
the coming and going of sympathetic
friends and relatives who called.
Mrs. Hendricks stayed in her room
all day and saw but few people but
the psrlors down stairs were filled with
callers. who were received by her bro
ther. Stephen W. Morgan, and his
family, and DR.. Jenckes.,, rector of the
church. She talked calmly and COM
posedly with her friends, only breaking
down with outbursts Of grief once or
twice.
The body lay in a parlor chamber
upstairs, and few were allowed to see
it. The embalming process to which
il was subjected this morning has been
successfully accomplished, and on the
face there was q look of cOntentment
and freedom from care. The features
are wonderfully natural. In the
room adjoining, where he died,
was his private desk covered with pa
pers which had not been dis
turbed, and a halfwritten sketch
Of his public and professional career,
which he was preparing for pub
LEGATION in book containing the pro-
ceedings of the surviving members of
the convention which framed the Con-
stitution Of Indiana in 1850 and
sketches Of the members.
The decorations of the room were
plain and conventional and the windows
were darkened, and within, all dag long,
sat the faithful colored servant who had
been in the family for years. There
was no pretentious display Of mourning
about the premises-only folds Of Grape
on the front door above the bell. Just
block away the Stste-house, with a
large flag at half-mast and all the exte-
rior draped in mourning, stood out in
bold relief, but all the offices were
closed and public business for the time
was suspended.