Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-12

remains were conveyed 10 crown Hlll GENE
terry, north OF the city.
The procession was In three divisions, each
march being from the church through the
principal streets OF the city to the cemetery In
the following
ORDER or PROCESSION.
Mounted and unmounted police.
Military band from Columbus barracks.
Gen. Fred Kn,1er, marshal of the day, and
staff.
Adjutant General Kountz and staff.
Military companies.
The hearse and guard OF honor.
Mrs. Hendricks and the family.
Members Of the Presidents cabinet
Ex-President Hayes.
Judge OF tho United States Court.
United States Senator's.
Members OF the House of Representatives.
Governors OF states, with their stats.
Civic organizations.
Mayors OF cities and officers.
City councils and other municipal bodies.
Citizens In carriages.
The pall-besrers comprised the following
prominent gentlemen:
Governor Isaac p. Gray. Elk Governor
Albert @. Porter, Hon. w. H. English, Judge
w. A. Woods, Postmast,r Aquilla Jones,
Frederick Rand, David Macy and Mayor John
l.. Nc Master.
Ar immense number Of people followed the
funeral cort,ge to the cemetery, where the re-
mains OF the dead Vice-President were inferred
In an appropriate manner
L. 90 young Democrats, appointed a commit
tee TO make the preliminary arrangements for
starting a subscription TO raise means TO erect
a monument 10 Mr.. Hendricks In this city,
and are encouraged In this undertaking by
assurance Of generous donations from all
sides. Mrs. Hendricks has received several
hundred messages o coincidence since the
! death OF her husband. An air Of general de-
preston hangs over t'e city. Messages Of
condolrnce continue to come In from all parts
Of the c ountry.
~lNDIANA"c. :, Dec. with pomp and
ceremony. with mourning sincere and grief
unrestraine the foal page In the history of
Thomas A. Hendricks has been written and
the book OF his life sealed. In the countless
thousands VIII gathered In the streets OF In-
diXuapOlis To-Day TO do homage To the Ameri-
can who, IS lawyer. governor, statesman and
Vice President, was always before and for the
people In every condition and walk Of life.
Every phase OF political opinion was represent.
20, and with the city shrouded In trsppin,s OF
woe, with the look OF sorrow aud gloom on
every face, and with the repres, NATIVE men
from all parts OF the country who We're TO be
seen on every hand, the scene was q vivid re-
minder If that eventual day, a few months
ago, when the successor OF Washington and
Lincoln IN the est.mstion and honor Of his
countrymen was borne to the tomb. No more
striking example OF the esteem In which the
people Of the United States hold their greatest
men has ever perhaps been witnessed. II
seems but y~esterCa Az that the deceased OF IT,
day was a central figure In an exciting political
campaign, the target for that opposition, that
MISREPRESENTATION Of motive, that dislike aud
that hatred, which falls To the lot OF every
man who ia or has been publicly prominent IN
public fairs. Bat to-day, when his life Is
closed. when the mental giant, who a week ago
was with as, is sleeping the eternal sleep, tn
political aspcrities are forgotten, the bitter
memories OF the Presidential cor nict are ban
ished and Republican pins With Democrat to
do honor 10 the memory of the greatest states
man that has ever been given to the country
by the Hoosier state.
The streets Of tue city were crowded from
an early hour, and special trains, from a score
Of near and distant points hourly added thei.
human freight TO the throng. The street Ia
front Of the residence OF the decreased was
blockaded long before he bour appointed for
the procession Ia move, but only a few were
pc rmitted u enter and take II last look at the
remains. The cssket lay In the front parlor
on the H. 81 Il nor. II as of red cedar. covered
with fhe black broadcloth, wi h mouldings
and joints Of solid silver. The handles were
covered with black silk. while the lin'ng was
Of hlted white satin with pad ed bottom, snd
white satin pillow. The remains presented q
ife-like appearance, the expression OF the face