Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-02
DUST TO DUST.
TIE REMAINS OF THE VICE
PRESIDENT Lab TO REST.
indianapolis Crowded with Mourn
ers-Sad and Impressive Scenes
A Wife's Farewell.

ers-Sad and Impressive Scenes
A Wife's Farewell.
ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE REooRD-uN1oN.l
INDIANAPOLIS, December 1st.-The NOR
tai remains of Thomas A Hendricks, the
fifth President of the United States
who died during his term Of office, were
conveyed to the tomb to-day. The event
| was made memorable in many respects by
the presence of a tremendous concourse of
people from all parts of the nation to wit
1ess the simple rites which preceded the
interment.
| DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
The Cabinet was represented by the Sec
rotary of State, the Secretary of the In
terror, the Secretary of the Navy, the Sec
rotary of War and the Postmaster General.
| The Supreme Bench of the United States
was represented by Associate Justices
| Matthews and Blatchford. The United
States Senate was represented by Senators
! Edmunds, Allison, Pugh. Harris. Conger
Blair, Dolph, Vest, Brown, Camden, Vance
Jones, Voorhees,, Payne, Palmer and Har-
rison. The committee representing the
House of Representatives was composed of
| w. R. Morrison, J. Blount, H. A. Herbert
| W. S. Holman, W. NJ Springer, w. p.
| Hepburn, S. b. Ward W. w. Phelps. J. J.
| klemer, Thomas Ryan and p Dunn. The
| number of active members and eX-mem-
bers of the lower House present, in addi-
| ton to those named, was very large. The
| Governors of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and
Kentucky were present, attended by their
| stalls and numerous State officers Major
| General Schofield was the only representa-
tive of the United States Army present.
Ex-President Rutherford B. HAYES and
| General William T. Sherman were dis
| tinguished guests later, ACCOMPANYING a
| delegation from ST. Louis.
FLORAL TRIBUTES.
| At the Hendricks mansion emblems of
mourning and memorial floral designs were
at hand everywhere. The oil portraits of
| Mr.. and Mrs. Hendricks were almost hid
den in banks of flowers and trailing smilax.
On the mantel in front of the parlor was
an elaborate floral piece of Gates Aiar"
| sent in by members of a Chinese class of
| the Presbyterian Sunday school. The
most notable presentation of designs in
flowers was that Of the log cabin in which
Mr. Hendricks was born in Ohio It stood
at the head of his coffin, near the remains
| and was the work of a lady of Shelbyyille
where Hendricks had formerly lived. Ii
was SIX feet in length and four in hight.
lis SIDES were composed of Gala lilies, hva-
clnthes, carnations and roses. The roof
was OF English ivy and smilax, and the
chimney of red and white carnations. On
| one side OF the miniature structure, in pur-
| pie lmmortelles was the inscription 1.-THE
Home of my Boyhood," and beneath
"Shelbyviile.' On each end of the cabin
| was pendant black satin banner. bearing
letters of gold Gods Finger Touched
Him and He Slept and a second inscrip-
ton underneath, Shelbyville Mourns Her
Distinguished and Gifted Son" Over the
painting of the dead Vice-P President in the
back parlor of the mansion was flung a soft
drapery OF white Chinese silk. and near it
stood the splendid banner presented during
the national campaign, containing the faces
OF President Cleveland and the deceased.
THE GRIEF STRICKEN WIDOW.
At o'clock Mrs. Hendricks entered the
room for her last leave taking, accompa-
MED only by her brother and Mrs. Morgan.
The ordeal was most trying, and the desc
| late woman seemed to be utterly Frustrated,
| cllnglng to the clay so soon to be hidden
| forever from her view Impressed with
the placid and life-Iike appearance of the
| dead, she desired 10 preserve this last scene.
| and so, late as it was, she sent for photog-
| rapher to take picture of the casket Be
fore he arrived, delegations from distant
|
pass through and view the remains while
the photographer was engaged at his work.
AT THE CATHEDRAL.
The casket was borne into the church at
| 12:14 o'clock, the vast congregation having
already been seated, with the exception of
| the immediate relatives and the church
yestry. When the casket had been placed
in front of the chancel rail, the choir sang
| the anthem, Lord Let Me Know Nv
! End. The lesson for the dead was then
read by Rev. DR.. Jenckes. This was fol-
lowed by the singing of the hymn, Lead,
Heavenly Light" by the choir, the audi
ence joining. Rev. DR.. Jenckes then deliv-
cred an eulogy on the late Vice President.
tracing his career from boyhood. When
the speaker had concluded, Mrs Donev. of
Chicago, sang Rock of Ages" the Bishop
closing with prayer and benediction. The
casket was then lifted and borne from the
church, the audience remaining seated.
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION.
The bells of all the city churches began
their tolling when the remains were taken
| from the house, and continued their peal
| ing during the continuation of the church
| rite, and while the procession was on its
| long march to Crown Hill Cemetery
| There was very little delay in the move
ment of the great column when once the
distinguished people who had composed
the church audience had been assigned to
| their carriages.
The head of the funeral column entered
the cemetery at 2:46 o'clock, the hearse
reaching the grave at 2:54 o'clock. The
| closing rites at the grave were performed
a few minutes after O'clock The process
| sion was one hour and five minutes in
passing given point, and the rear of the
column had only left the business portion
of the city few minutes before the first
division had approached the cemetery.
| SCENES AT THE GRAVE
! INDIANAPOLIS, December 1st.-The scenes
at the grave were impressive. There was
| no special restraint upon admittance to the
cemetery, and several hundred persons had
| gathered about the grave before the funeral
party arrived. The body of the procession
| had disbanded after passing beyond the
city limits, and only the military, with the
mounted escort, entered the cemetery The
space reserved about the grave had only
been defined by placing a line of plants
| and evergreen twigs, which was quite suffi-
| clent to protect 1t from intrusion Just be-
| fore the head of the column came up the
crowd was pushed back still further.
| to give ample room to the friends
who were assigned 10 the side of the grave
from whence the column approached. This
! order was cheerfully obeyed. When Mrs
| Hendricks, leaning upon the arm of Mr.
Morgan, stepped upon the mating placed
beside the grave, and before the casket was
removed from the hearse she paused to
| look down into the last resting-place of her
| dead husband-only TO see a picture of
green leaves and flowers. Then she turned
to the grave of her chile, which had been
made glorious with covering of smilax
and flowers, and read in letters of white
| his baby name Morgie,' and on top of the
grave, on a field of white, in purple
letters, the sentence, And threshold
cord shall not be broken" The tender love
which she discerned in this treatment of
| her treasure by sympathetic friends seemed
TO give her courage for the last ordeal. Her
glance then caught the monument, with its
drapery of national flag enveloping life
| like portrait of her husband, facing the
grave, and she turned with the bravery of
| heroism to witness the last rites. There
had been no rainfall, but the sky was low
eripg, and Just as the coffin was placed
beside the grave there was slight sprink-
ling of rain, causing many to recall the old
saying. Blessed are the dead whom the
rain falls on The Columbus barracks