Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-27
THE DEAD STATESMAN.
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY MOURN
ING IT'S Less.
Messages of Condelence-Trib 10
Hendricks Memory-Arraugc-
ments for the Funeral.

ments for the Funeral.
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INDIANAFoLIs, November 26lh.-The flags
on all the public buildings here are at half
mast this morning, and forces of men are
engaged in putting up insignia of mourn
ing out OF respect to the memory of Vice
President Hendricks, who died last even
ing. In several of the city churches to-day
Thanksgiving services were turned into
memorial services, and Bishop Knicker-
booker, OF the Episcopal Church. to which
Mr. Hendricks belonged, abandoned his
services altogether.
Early this morning Hon w. H. English
received . dispatch from the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the United States Senate. asking
information about the time and place OF
the funeral, of which he will take charge
An answer was not returned immediately.
as arrangements had not been made. At
Mrs. Hendricks suggestion number of
prominent gentlemen, personal and politi-
cal friends, were called i'll to consult over
the matter. a committee consisting of
Senator Harrison, w. II. English and Chief
Justice Niblack of the Supreme Court. were
appointed to take general charge of the
arrangements tor the funeral and public
meetings.
NO PosT-MoRTEM TO BE HELD.
1t was decided to-day not TO hold post
morten examination of the remains, Mrs.
Hendricks not thinking it necessary, as she
Is satisfied that her husbands death was
the result of paralysis of the heart.
LOCAL FUNERAL COMMITTEES.
. M
general committee, selected at Mrs. Hen.
bricks suggestion, to arrange for the
funeral of the dead Vice President, met
this evening, and appointed the necessary
sub-committees to perfect all arrangements.
Senator Benz. Harrison called the meeting
20 order, and on his motion Hon Wm. Ii
English was chosen President. 1t was de-
cided to appoint n committee of fifteen,
with Senator Harrison as Chairman. TO re-
ceive the President and other distinguished
gentlemen who will be here to attend the
funeral. \ general committee of thirty
was appointed to attend to ali the details of
the funeral. and to do everything in their
power to have the memorial obseryances
attended with all the marks of respect and
esteem which Hendricks felloW-citizens
desire TO pay him. OF this committee
Hon. Oscar b. Hord, the law partner of
deceased, was appointed Chairman. and it
was divided into the necessary sub-com-
mittees.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral viii 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 U. S. Senators, pall-bear-
ers, the hearse, family carriages; State,
county and city officers and citizens.
FINAL DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS.
The body will be placed in a casket on
Saturday, which, after the funeral, will be
placed in a marble vault at Crown Hill
Cemetery, north ofthe city near Mr. Hend-
ricks' private lot, elevated above the com
mon level, and in the center of which is n
granite column forty feet high. plain and
uncovered except the simple inscription,
Thomas A. Hendricks" Near the bot
tom of the shaft his son, his only child, is
buried. r. H. Parks, the sculptor. will
arrive from Chicago in the morning and
take cast of Mr.. Hendricks face, to be
used in making the marble bust of him.
AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
Around the Hendricks family residence
all day there was a crowd of curious peo-
pie, who watched the solemn tread of the
uniformed sentry marching up and down
in front of the house, aud the coming and
going of sympathetic friends and relatives,
who called. Mrs. Hendricks STAYED 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,
Stephen W. Morgan and his family, and
DR.. Jenckes, rector of their church. She
talked calmly and composedy with her
friends, only breaking down with outbursts
OF grief once or twice. The house was
darkened, and everybody moved about with
quiet tread. IN the large double parlors,
where Mr.. Hendricks was accustomed to
see his friends, were many articles with
which they were very familier. An old
fashioned portrait in oil, painted when the
Nlce-President was q young man, is on
the wall, and the features had a boy
lsh look, free from care or anxiety.
On the table were several panel photo
graphs, taken recently. One that was par
ticularly noticeable was taken on the dav
preceding his Inauguration as Vice Presi-
dent. On the stand in corner was the
collection OF canes, twenty or more. which
had been presented to him by admiring
friends, and some of them were unique in
design and inscription. The library cases,
IN which were many valuable and rare
books, we're just as he had left them
when he had occasion Monday evenings to
look up some works of reference. The
body lay in parlor chamber upstairs
and few were allowed to see it. The en-
balming process, 10 which it was subjected
this morning, had been successfully nc.
complished, and on the face there was a
look OF contentment and freedom from
care. The features are wonderfully
natural and unmarried by suggestion of
ghastllness In the room adjoining, where
the Vice President died was his private
desk, covered with papers and letters,
which had not been disturbed and
a half written sketch of his
public and professional career, which
he was preparing for publi-
cation in a book containing the
proceedings of the Convention which
framed the Constitution of Indiana in 1850,
and sketches of its members. The deco
Tations OF the room were plain and conven-
tional. The windows were darkened sand
within all day long sat the faithful colored
servant, who had been in the family for
years. There was no pretentious display
OF mourning about the premises, there be
ing only few folds of Grape on the front
door, above the bell. Just a block away
the State-house with large black flag at
half-mast, and all the exterior draped in
mourning, stood out in bold relief. but all
the offices were closed, and public business
for the time was suspended Among the
callers at the residence to-day were Gov
ernor Gray, the State officers, Judges of the
Supreme Court and committees appointed
by the various legal and fraternal organ
iZations.
EXCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF IN
DIANA.
INDIAYAroMs, November 26th.-Gov-
ernor Gray has issued the usual proclama-
ton, closing as follows
Rhe distinguished dead viii lie in state in the
corridor of the Marion County Courthouse
from Sunday noon next until the following
Monday afternoon Therefore, l. Isaac P. GRAY,
Governor of the State of Indiana do hereby
issue This proclamation requesting that at the
hour Of II o'clock, noon, on the lst day of De
cember, 1885, the day set apart for the funeral
of the distinguished dead all citizens meet in
their usual places of worship and public as
semblage, and there engage in such services
as may to them seem appropriate to
the solemn occasion; the flags on
all spublic buildings of the State to be dis
played at half mast, and places of business to
be closed from said hour until the hour of .
o clock in the afternoon, and recommen ding