The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-02
Loving Hands and Tender Lay Him
Where Rest and Peace Are
Eternal.
Thousands OF His countrymen Pay a
Final Tribute to the Honcred Dead
The City That Knew Him
shrouds Itself In Emblems of Mourning
Description of the Obsequies of the
Late Vice President-Burial Scrv-
ice and Funeral Address
incidents,


memorable in many respects by the presence
If tremendous concour-e of people from
III parts OF the nation to witness the simple
'ites winch preceded their lntermehr Inc
>resage OF Indictment weather on the DAY OF
lis funeral, which was given Monday, was
certified only to the extent Of wntry,
aadan sl,v and n thick atmosphere during
H. aar,t, - rn,s,,ol +, tbis loti'
"a, M, t TO- - tho ,ro
uue - p
euihs AFTERNOON sun nu"s o'ei
he city when the day broke
,ut as the hours wore on, lifted somewhat
md became less inpenetrable.
THE spNHFpNEss of THE HEAVENS
.o.,, o,.,,,,. WON, ,,,a,1, i, tha nm.
'"' ;t', .t
'arhnce VI tue o'1t "h'0" "''"o'''A ."o
development OF ms career us cniel
tructures wers hidden In their folds OF
black drapery, while to the occasion were
ent all the form, which n people can OBJ
.rva h., sbovy tnoir ra,nact for ths deai Tho
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r NJ Va w. .|.,;.
Inc CLERGY, "itaou' reSp'eO !" S'r' JoNhet III
no ob'equie'; the Dolls OF All tHe churcheS
oiled requiem, ani th9 presence OF the
,opulace in the column which folio we'd hii
uueral car, or stood as silent spectators of
r,tr eorruy epe,vr,p,r
c,.,4.,,;, - nr,o
'''os''' 'ho'i i0i'9 ~ ,' a."
arly morning trans on al railways brought
delegations from the national capital ana
Ill the leading cities of the union together
With an influx of people from all the interior
titles and hamlets OF central Indiana and
Illinois,
The presidential special over the Balti.
u tl,,N. l.;
arrived few minutes past o. The party
vas NIT by the reception committee,
headed by Senator Harrison, and immedi
.tely driven to the Hendricks residence.
,ol. John NJ. Wilson, o. $. A., was in
rusted with an autograph letter from
President Cleveland expressing his pro.
ounl sorrow and confidence and regre.
hat circumstances over which no hal no
control prevented his attendance on the GER
,monics. Col. Wilson also bore n beautiful
1oral design made from flowers from the
jhe conservatory OF the executive mansion
"ith the confidence Of MISS Cleveland.
lhe cabinet was represented by secretary
u the state biyhrd, SECRETARY La
mar Secretary hitney' Sscre'
AIRY EniIcott and fo>tma'tor Gen
,ral Villas The supreme bench OF the
Ihltsd States was represented by Asso-
The uhitel States senate WIS represented
oy Senators + mund', AL Is II, fuS Har-
rs, G. ger, Blair, DolpL st, BOX,
Camden Vince, jones, Noorhe Payne,
talmer ana III "rlNoh' The committee rep
oe9ol''lS 'I' v''o VI =, p'e'o"''''N "h'
Fl. A II rhert w s Holman. w. NJ
Snrinr,r w. p II ,nburn, $ Il Ward.
VI ~ phelns r :. E,si,ar and p
nm, rha nnt,har nf octiva AMI ex.
nenbors nf tho Ioy,r bouse nrasant in ad.
,iti,n II, thosa napal was Iorre
THO GOVERNORS of Iniion, Ohio Illinois
and Kentucky were present atten,ed by
tbeir statps ana humorous state otficers
Mai Con Srhotiall was tina chief ranresent
alive of the United States army present
ExPresiient Have, and Cen. William r.
Sharn,an were ai .tingui,hel quasi. tho lat
ter acrom,ouvinr n dolagntio, from 81.
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-, H., treat tn n, cxtcnt IN INN, la the
nriinarv progress on the chief thorough
faras Washington street presente | n black
p,ass of humanity hours before tho services
ware entered upon Mt St Pauls. and long
before tho MASSAGE of the column the win
dows of the business block were filed by
occupants. The oyo rested anon
u.,r,>, u,r,r,rrnv
"nlen occuPien aPp",enIS every van tn ,
pom. aioiis one VI GA" uuoi ouI hiare' Inc
empiehis or mourning "hlen began TO APP
Oh We vico l,iesioehES ueath haa grown
IN qnahIlty anu ueS'eh uneil the "holo Guy
""' III iuneia sHip 'oh s'iee'
presents an ann '9o u'iorpNen INC u urape,
houses, WINS pi every business sIreeU anu
q Won go - 49,, pop"1
n,,blio sorrnw parhar. tbe most afTac+iva
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I'D 81 h,on,, coyaraI tho a,tir, c,-,,iaa
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iner ONLY, do,,.. ,nJ ,yinJo,ys t,is;hla Not
my, ro' sp'' y. "i,''o e,.ere' UH' eiitile
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Well ''i"@n '''''' 'i'''e'''' W.
SihIhlN" ftAi IKE
of the drapery of buildings was the almost
universal use of white material as border
or in bows or rosettes upon the block. L.
gendS Were very few; one business house on
Washington street had the words: Il am
free at last, the last words of the dead
vice president Portraits OF the deceased,
IN black, were hung III the win
dows. The general effect tells IN mute elo-
quence of the high respect with which the
people OF indianapolis regarded their fel-
low towns man, and of the tender sympathy
which move them to thus try to mitigate
the grief Of her upon whom the blow of this
national bereavement has fallen with heav
lest force.
the visiting multitude was
THE MODEST HOME
of the lat, vics president on Tennessee
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