Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-04
ARRANGEMENTS

For the Funeral of the Late Vice.
ent--Dlstingulshed Visitors
from All Parts of the Country tc
be Present.
- INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 30.--All the
trains coming into the city this morn
ing were crowded, and several OF the
roads were compelled to run extras tc
accommodate the people who desire to
come to the capital to attend the fu.
neral of Vice-President Hendricks
The remains still lie in state
in the corrider of the courthouse
and will be removed to the family
residence at 5 o'clock this evening. The
arrangements for handling the crowd
were much more complete and salts.
factory to-day than on yesterday. Mil
itary companies and police were sta.
toned along Washington street for two
blocks away from the courthouse, and
as fast as the people arrived they were
put in two lines which were kept
moving. There was steady
and undiminished stream of humanity
pouring through the building all day.
The doors were opened at seven
o'clock this morning, and from that
time up to noon the crowd pressed
through at the rate Of seven-(ive a
minute. Probably $4,000 people visit
Fing the remains up to one O'Clock.
The greater part Of these were from
out Of the city, although all the
schools, Offices, manufactures, and
nearly all the business houses in the
city have been closed all day. The
crowd was quiet and orderly, and be-
cause of very careful arrangements
and strict attention to their duties. by
the police and military, there were no
accidents or mishaps.
The chairman OF the committee on
arrangements has received dispatches
announcing that the following parties
will arrive this afternoon and to-
night Gov. Hoadley and staff, of
Ohio Gov Oglesby and staff, of Illi-
nois ; Senator Payne and party, from
Ohio the mayors and members Of the
city councils Of Detroit, st. Louis,
Cincinnati and Chicago; Maj. Gen.
Schooheld. Maj Sanger, S. Corning
Judd, of Chicago; Ex-senator Graham
N. Fitch, Of Logansport; the Gondola
club, of Toledo; the America club of
Peoria; Hon. Henry Drago and party,
of New York; the Jefferson club, Of
Dayton; delegation Of twenty-five
trom Tammany hall and others.
The senatorial and congressional
committee and other dignatories of
the government will arrive on special
trains tomorrow morning.
Hon. David Davis, of Illinois, VINO
was expected to arrive here to day and
deliver an address at the bar meeting,
telegraphs that on account of the death
of relative at Springfield, ILL.,, he will
be unable to attend.
Mrs. Hendricks remains quietly at
home this morning, seeing but few
callers. A committee of ladies have
deliberately draped and decorated the
family residence with white Grape,
smilax and flowers.
At a meeting Of the State bar asso-
citation this afternoon, Hon. Walter
O. Gresham, of Chicago, presided,
Judge David Turpie presented a
lengthy memorial, and brief eulogistic
addresses were made by Judge W, A.
Bickle, Of Richmond; Hon. John r.
Cofforth, of Lafayette, Ind; Judge d.
F. Love, of Shelbyville; Judge David
son, of Charlottesville; Judge
Frazer, Of Warsaw, and others.
s. WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-The con-
,,ressional committee appointed to at
tend the funeral of Vice-President
Hendricks left by special train on the
Pennsylvania road at 1880 o'clock
this morning, The senate committee
consisted Of Senators Edmunds, Alli-
son, Pugh. Harris, Conger, Blair.
Dolphe, Vest, Beck, Camden,
Vance, Jones and Voorhees,.
They were accompanied by Gen. Nc
Cook and Col. Canaday, sergent.at-
arms. The House committee consists
of Morrison, Blount, Herbert, Holman,
Sp niger, Hepburn, Ward, Phelps,
Kleiner, Ryan and Dunn. They were
accompanied by Sergeant-at-arms
Leedom.
Associate justices Matthews and
Blatchford, representing the United
States supreme court, accompanied by
Assistant Marshal Ryordan, went up
on the same train. The train was in
charge Of Mr.. Robert A. Parke, Of the
Pennsylvania railroad company, and
Mr.. Robert Barry, of the Pullman car
company.