St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-30

march from Fra Diavolo." The arrange
ments had been made so perfectly that
there was
NEITHER CONFUSION NOR DELAY
and the crowd passed quietly and orderly
through The building. Those who had kept
their places nearest the entrance by pa
tientlv standing there for several hours,
and were consequently the first to get in,
were workingmen, their wives md families,
carefully dressed and hundreds of them
wearing emblems of mourning. After
them came thousands of children, all quiet
and well behaved, and several organized So
cietieS in a body. Church people came
down after the services were over, and dur
ing the afternoon and evening almost the
entire population was there. They were
not allowed to linger by the coffin, but could
catch only hurried glimpse of the features
OF the dead man as they passed. For the
first hour about sixty people a minute passed
by the coffin, but as the crowd kept increas-
ing on the outside it became evident
that something must be done to hasten
the procession. Accordingly the guards
were instructed to keep the columns NOV
ing faster, and during the remainder of the
afternoon about eighty people viewed the
remains every minute. This average was
kept up until near 6 o'clock, but instead of
the expected diminution of the crowd on the
outside it continued to increase. 1t had
been originally intended to keep the doors
open from noon to s o'clock this evening,
but before that time it became evident that
other arrangements would have to be made,
The streets around the building were
blocked with people. and the lines approach
ing the doors reached several squares away.
Accordingly, at $50 o'clock, it was decided
to close the doors until 6, as there was APP
prehension that in the great rush some acct
dents might occur, and this announcement
was made to throngs. Thousands of them,
however, instead of going home, renamed
in line. More than $4,000 people passed
through the building during the afternoon.
THE COURT HOUSE DOORS
were opened again at o'clock, with no
apparent diminution of the crowd outside
and the mournful procession was continued.
Men, women and children, of ali classes
and conditions of society, were hurried
through at the rate of eighty per minute,
and this was kept up until midnight, when
the building was closed for the night, de-
tachment of police and militia being left on
guard. Up to this time the crowd
around the building on the outside was very
great, but excellent order prevailed, and
the police had little difficulty in carrying
out the arrangements. At Z o'clock in the
morning the building will once more be
thrown open to the public, as it was to-day,
and will be kept open until o'clock in the
evening, when the remains of Mr.. Hen
bricks will be returned to the family resi-
dence. A feature of the OBJ
servance at the court house to-day
was the music furnished by the
Columbus barracks band, and the Menner-
Choir society of this city, who, from the
hidden gallery above the catafalque, sang
numerous appropriate selections during the
afternoon and evening, among which were:
"Jutegar Witta," Mozart; Rest" Kul-
lock; ''Slumber Sweetly." Handel, and
BLESSED are the Dead" Mendelssohn.
Probably so, 900 people viewed the remains
to-day. Mrs. Hendricks, having expressed
a desire to visit the court house, where the
body of her husband was lying in state,
Gen. Knefter this evening sent her mes
sage asking her to designate the time she
would come, so that the
BUILDING MIGHT BE CLEARED.
She named O'clock and at that hour the
doors were closed and everybody, must
clans. guards and officers, retired from the
corridor. Mrs. Hendricks, Judge and Mrs.
Holman. Hon. James 81. Rice and MIS-. Y.
K. Hendricks came in carriage and were
admitted by private entrance. She wore
deep mourning and heavy crepe veil. Her
face showed evidence of weeping, but
she bore herself with much composure,
giving way to her emotions only once.
She expressed surprise and qualification at
the elaborateness of the drapery and floral
display, and, while the remainder of the
party waited in side corridor, she, leaning
on the arm of one of the gentlemen, went
to the side of the casket and gaZed long and
fiXedly on the face of her husband, and
was finally led away, apparently be-
ing reluctant to leave the spot After
she had retired from the buildings,
the doors were once more opened and the
crowd allowed to go through until midnight.
One of the most touching floral offerings
that were sent in reached the family resi-
dence this afternoon. 1t was from the
Chinese residents in the city, The first in
timation that was made of their intention
to make such an expression of sympathy
was this afternoon, when they came to the
Sunday school which they regularly at
tend that of the Second Presbyterian
church, carrying it with them, and an
nounced their intention of
SENDING IT TO THE HOUSE.
1t is very large and handsome design in
the shape of two pillars, four feet high,
connected at the top by an arch. From
these pillars hang beautiful gates, half
aiar, the whole being made of white roses,
smilaX and Gala lilies. The words,
Coates Affair."" and Mr.. Hendricks initials
in blue violets are the only in
scriptiOns on it. Excursion trains
loaded down began coming into
the city this evening, and all the railroads
centering here are preparing to run extra
trains very frequently tomorrow, and they
report tonight that they will probably be
unable to get cars enough to transport the
people who wish to come. All the rooms
at the leading hotels have been engaged by
telegraph, and it is estimated that 80, 900
strangers will be in the city by
Tuesday morning. Senator Voorhees,
and Hon. J. Il. Bright arrived from
Washington at noon. To-day Mayor O'Bren
and members of the city council of Boston
reached here. Mrs. Hendricks, with the
exception of her visit to the court house,
remained quietly at home all day. and saw
only few intimate friends. Within the
last few days she has received hundred or
more letters from private friends, offering
their sympathy and coincidence.
viii Stay in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The president
this afternoon determined not to make the