St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-27
last to survive?' Little did any of us think
then his death would so soon answer the -

| and now that he is called away am the only
| survivor of the senators and representatives
| then in congress from Indiana. But it is pos
sible there may be one other now living in a
distant state. I knew his father very well,
also his uncle, Gov. William Hendricks, who
was in many respects like the late vice presi-
dent. l have been neighbor of Thomas a.
! Hendricks great many years, and l may say
| intimate with him socially and politically.
! He was good citizen, kind neighbor, pru-
| dent and able statesman, an honest man trying
to do his full duty in his day and generation.
and he deserves every mark OF respect and
esteem that it is possible for his countrymen
to render to his memory.
1t was decided to appoint a committee of
fifteen, with Senator Harrison as chairman,
to receive the president and other dlStin-
gulShed gentlemen who will be here to at
tend the funeral, and a general committee
| OF thirty was appointed to attend to all de-
tails of the funeral and do everything in
their power to make the memorial Observ-
ance attended with all marks of respect and
| esteem which Mr.. Hendricks fellow citl-
zens desire to pay him. OF this committee
Hon. Oscar B. Ford, law partner of the
deceased. was appointed chairman, and it
was divided into necessary subcommittee.
The funeral will take place at noon on
| Tuesday, the procession leaving the house
at 11:45 O'Clock for the church in the fol-
lowing order:
Police, military companies, civic societies,
| the president, members of the cabinet and
! United States senate, pall-bearers, the hearse,
| family carriages, state, county and city OIL
| GERS and citizens.
| The body will be placed in the casket on
Saturday morning. 1t is of cedar, covered
with black velvet and lined with white
satin. with silver trimmings After the
funeral the body will be placed in marble
vault at Crown Hill cemetery, north of the
city, near Mr.. Hendricks private lot, ele-
waited above the common level and in the
center of which is a granite column forty
feet high. plain and uncarved, except the
single inscription,
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS"
near the bottom of the shaft. Here his son,
his only child is buried. r. Fl. Parks,
the sculptor, will arrive from Chicago in the
morning and take cast of Mr.. Hendricks
face to be used in making marble bust of
him. Around the Hendricks family resi-
dence all day was crowd of curious peo-
pie, who watched the solemn tread of the uni
formed sentry marching up and down in front
of the house, and the coming and going of
the sympathetic friends and relatives who
called Mrs. Hendricks staid in her room
all day and saw but few people, but the
parlors down stairs were filled with callers,
who were received by her brother. Mr..
Stephen w. Morgan, and his family and
DR.. Jenckes, the rector of the church. She
talked calmly and composediy with her
friends, only breaking down with bursts of
grief once or twice. The house was dark
ened and everybody moved about with quiet
tread in the large double parlors where Mr..
Hendricks was. accustomed to see his
friends. There were many articles with
which they were very familiar. An old
fashioned portrait in oil. painted when the
vice president was a young man, is on the
wall, and the features had boyish look,
free from care or anxiety. On the table
were
SEVERAL PANEL PHOTOGRAPHS
taken recently, one that was particularly
noticeable on the day preceding his in
auguratiOn as vice president. On stand
in the corner was collection of canes,
twenty or more, which had been presented
to him by admring friends, and some of
them were unique in design and description.
The library cases. in which all manner of
valuable and rare books, were open, just as
he had left them when he had occasion
Monday evening to look up some works OF
reference. The body lay in the parlor
chamber up stairs, and few were allowed
to see it. The embalming process to which
it was subjected this morning had been, sue
cessfully accomplished, and on the face
there was look of contentment and free
dom from care. The features are Won
derfully natural and marked by a sugges-
ton of ghaStliness. In the room adjoining
where the vice president died was his
private desks covered with papers and let
tiers. which had not been disturbed, and
half-written sketch of his public and pro-
fessonal career, which he was preparing for
publication. In book containing the pro-
ceedngS of the surviving members of the
convention which framed the constitution
of Indiana in 1850 are sketches of members.
The decorations of the rooms were plain and
conventional. and the windows were dark
ened and within all day long sat faithful
colored servant, who had been in the
family for years. There was no preten-
tious display of mourning about the prem
ises, only few folds of crepe Oh the front
door above the bell. Just block away
the state house, with large flag at half
mast and all the exterior draped in mourn
ing. stood out in bold relief, but all the
offices were closed and the public business
for the time was suspended. Among the
callers at the residence to-day were Gov.
Gray, the state officers, the judges of the
supreme court and the committees ap-
pointed by the various legal and fraternal
organizations. Among the many kilograms
of coincidence that came this evening were
the following:
Greystone, New York, Nov. 26.-Mrs. T. A.
Hendricks: [ am ineXpreSsibly shocked by
the surprising and painful intelligence of the
sudden closing of the career of your hus-
band. He has fallen with the honors upon
him and in the acme of his popular esteem.
In your personal bereavement deeply SYM
pathize. while In common with the whole
country deplore the loss of Mr.. Hendricks
as public calamity. SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Nov. 26.-Mrs. Hendricks:
Accept from Mrs. Davis and myself our
heartfelt sympathy in this hour of your
greatest sorrow and deepest bereavement.
DAVID DAVIS.
Washington, Nov. 26-The sympathy of
Mrs. Springer and myself is extended in this
your great bereavement and the nations ire
parable loss. WILLIAM NJ. SPRINGER.
Washington, Nov. 26.-The Japanese min
lister, Kulz sends his very sincere sympathy
to Mrs. Hendricks in her bereavement and
his deep sorrow at the death of the vice pres
ident for whom he entertained the highest
personal respect and regard.
New York, Nov 26.-Mrs. 7. A. Hendricks:
You have the heartfelt sympathy of Mrs.
Hewitt and myself in your great sorrow. L
regret deeply that am not able to attend the
funeral. ADRIAN S. HEWITT.
Washington, Nov. 26.-Mrs. T. A. Hen
bricks: I beg leave to offer you my sincere
coincidence and sympathy. A committee of
senators will come on to the funeral.
GEORGE F. EDMUNDs.
New York, Nov. 26.-Mrs. I. A. Hendricks:
One who is suffering just as you are sends
you her tenderest sympathy.
MRS. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN.
Similar messages were received from
Senator Dawes of Massachusetts,, Con-
gressmen Ward, Keimer and Cobb of Indi-
ana, John F. Agnew of New York. S.
Corning Judd of Chicago and many Others
1t was decided to-day not to have post