St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-29
Last Sad Preparations For the Funeral
of the Late Vice President Now
Nearly Complete.
Strong Persuasion Being Used to Prevent
the President From Risking the
Trip to Indianapolis.
In View of the Peculiar Ctrcum-
stances Prominent Statesmen
Consider it Unwise.
Order of the Funeral Processfon-The
Remains to Lie in State To-Day
--NotabIes.
Final Preparations.

and the order of the procession has been de-
termined upon as follows:
Mounted and unmounted police.
Military band from Columbus barracks
Gen. Fred Knefer, marshal of the day, and
staff.
Adjutant General Kountz and staff.
Military companies.
The hearse and guard of honor.
Mrs. Hendricks and the family.
The president of the United States and men,
bers of the cabinet.
Ex-President Hayes.
Judge of the United States court.
United States senators.
Members of the house of representatives.
Governors of states, with their staffs.
Civic organizations.
Mayors of cities and officers.
City councils and other municipal bodies.
Citizens in carriages.
The procession will be in three divisions.
each under grand marshal and aids. The
line of march will be from the church
through the principal streets of the city
to the cemetery. At the Hendricks resi-
dence this morning there was large num-
ber of callers and the usual curious crowds
in front. Mrs Hendricks had good
nights rest and arose this morning re-
freShed.
THE BURIAL CASKET
came from Rochester this morning. 1t is
of the same pattern as the Gen. Grant
casket and very richly and elaborately
mounted with solid silver, with huted white
satin lining. On the head cap is a silver
shrine plate bearing in old English letters
simply the words Thomas A. Hendricks.
The body was dressed and put in the casket
shortly after noon and then removed down
stairs to the front parlor, where it will re-
main until tomorrow, when it will be taken
to the court house to lie in state. At pres
ent it is exposed to view through the heavy
plate-glass covering, and on all sides are
elaborate floral designs. None but the in
innate friends are admitted to the parlor.
The face of the dead man preserves to
a remarkable degree its natural appear
ance. The eyes are slightly closed but
there is no perceptible discoloration of the
features, nor ghastiineSs of expression.
This morning Mr.. r. II. Parks, the
sculptor, took a plaster mask of the face
and succeeded in securing a very fine i'm
preston. from which he will model bust
for the family. Telegrams of coincidence
continue to come in. John Kelly has sent
to Mrs. Hendricks assurances of his SYM
pathy and regrets that his bad health will
prevent his attendance at the funeral. A
dispatch from Hon. Edward T. Phelps,
minister to England, reached Mrs. Hen
bricks through the state department, and
fifty or more similar
MESSAGES OF COINCIDENCE
came this morning from mayors of cities,
chairmen of memorial meetings and polit-
ical clubs from all parts of the country.
Around the room in which the body lies,
on tables and mantels, are beautiful
floral devices sent in by sympathetic
friends, and on the coffin is
a large pillow Of white flowers. with the
simple initial ''H." in blue immorteiles in
the center. The casket rests near the
window. At 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
the local military companies will march to
the residence, and with the metropolitan
police force. will escort the remains of the
vice president to the court house, where
they will lie in state until Monday evening.
The body Will rest in the catafalque in the
middle of the main corridor, which will be
covered with black serge, and over IL all
will be black silk canopy. while both the
interior and exterior of the building will be
heavily draped in mourning.
THE PRESIDENT NOT TO ATTEND.
Within the last twenty-four hours Hon.
William H. English and other personal
friends of Mr.. Hendricks. have been in re-
ceipt of kilograms from prominent
men at Washington and elsewhere,
expressing the opinion that it would
be unwise and injndicious for Mr..
Cleveland to leave Washington under the
present circumstances, even to attend the
funeral of the vice president. This feeling
has increased very noticeably in the last
twenty-four hours, and this evening mess
ages were sent signed by both Mrs. Hen
bricks and Hon. Oscar 3. Hard, Mr.. Hen
bricks law partner, and chairman of the
committee on arrangements to the presi-
dent, making the statement above. Among
physicians, there has been considerable
criticism of the medical treatment of the
case, ard several papers have openly
charged that Mr.. Hendricks was bled to
death through the stupidity of his physi-
clans, simply because he had an acute pain
in the stomach.
THE PHYSICIANS STATEMENT.
The statements have doubtless arisen
from misapprehension of the facts OF the
treatment. DR.. W. G. Thompson, the at
tending physician, makes the following
statement of the matter:
Mr.. Hendricks was never in his life bled
by me. We were in the habit of putting dry
cups on him. and in obedience to his request
on Wednesday I cupped him. Said Mr.. Hen
dricks to me: 'If you don't give me an opiate
you must put dry cup on me- 1t was ia
vorite of his. ] had no more idea that day
that Mr.. Hendricks would die than l had that
you or would. have seen him twenty times
a great deal worse than he was that day. He
had complained Of painful full
ness of the bowels, which was re-
lieved by simple means. He said he felt
better, Strengthened up and remarked: "Now
will take q nice Sleep. These were his last
L. =
CURED as early as O'Clock. as it was only
little after that hour that Mrs. Hendricks
came to me with the announcement that the
vice president was dead. He died of BRAIN
disease His trouble was always nervous.
Paralysis takes either the brain or the heart.
It would take a post-mOrtem to determine
which, and suggested to the family that one
be held, but Mrs. Hendricks was unwilling.
Senator Harrison has received dispatch
from Chief Justice Waite of the supreme
court of the United States stating that that
body would be represented at the funeral by
Justices Matthews and Blatchford.
ADVISING THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 2s.-A con-
siderable number of senators, representa-
tiyes and public officials, as well as many
distinguished citizens of Washington, have
called on the president to-day to urge him
to reconsider his determination to attend
the funeral of the vice president. Their
arguments are that there would be more
than the ordinary danger involved in the
proposed journey; that the emergency is
such that it is his duty to the coun try to
avoid every possible risk of accident to his
life and health until by congress presi-
Dental succession is provided for. Large
numbers of kilograms to the same effect
have been pouring in upon the president to-
day from leading men in all sections of the
country, including Hon. Samuel j. Tilden
and number from distinguished friends of
the late vice president at Indianapolis. At
a late hour this afternoon the following
was received from Mr.. Hord, his law part