Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-29
the DEAD VICE PRESIDENT.
'e"p'es'es OF Arrangement. for the
fanerai-EnOrts TO Indnee Pr..t.
dent Cleveland Not TO Attend
AkkAsoExEsTs Fol. IBF YusERAL.

heuuflck5 are nov about
complete, AID the order of procession
has oeea determined upon az follows:
Mounted and unmounted police.
Military band from the Columbus Bar
General Fred Knefter, Marshal n, the
day. aud staff.
Adi1tsnt General Koqn,z ana STAFF
Military companies.
Hearse ami Guard Of Honor.
Mira. Hendricks and family.
The President Of the United States and
members Of toe Cabinst.
FL President Hayes. judges of the Unit
ed States Court, United States Sen
tors and members of the House
of Representatives..
Governors of States, With their staffs-
Civic organic stions, Mayors Of cities and
officers, members of City Councils
and other municipal bodies.
Citizens in carriages.
The procession will be la three d.
Visions, each under a grand marshal
and aida. The line of march will be
from the church through the principal
streets to the cemetery.
AT THE HEsDRIcKs RESIDENCE
This morning there we're a large mum
Der Of callers, and the usual curious
crowds in front. Mrs. Hendricks had a
good nights rest, and arose this morn
ing much refreshed. At 10 o'clock she
and the other relatives united in private
devotional exercises. There was no
minister present, but afterwards DIR.
Hsraoe q. Stringfellov, of Montgomery
Ala. }, who WAS the first rector of st
Paul Cathedral here when Mr.. and Mrs.
Hanlr,Aka Ea1
ton, came In and participated in the
service.
The burial casket came from X Jches-
ter this morning. Il is of the same pat
tern as General Grants casket, and is
very richly and elsborately mounted
with solid silver. with fiuted white satin
lining. On the head cap is a silver pla g,
bearing in cd English letters simply
the words Thomas A. Hendricks" The
body was dressed and out in the casket
shortly after noon, and then removed
down stairs TO the front parlor. where il
will remain until tomorrow, when il
will be taken to the Court House, to lie
IN state. At present it is exposed to
view through heavy plate glass cover
ing, and on the sides are elaborate floral
designs. None but intimate friends are
admitted to the parlor. The face of the
dead man preserves to remarkable de-
gree its natural appearance.
Tais morning Parks, the sculptor,
took plaster mask of the foe and
succeeded In securing a very fac i'm
preston, from which he will model
bust for the family.
Only intim ate friends Of the family
we're admitted into the parlors this
afternoon, and tonight the house vas
closed entirely to callers.
This evening kilograms we're sent by
Mrs. Hendricks and Hon. Oscar b.
Hord (Hendricks' law partner aud
chairman Of the Committee of Arrange
ments)
To PRESIDENT CLEVELAND,
Saying that while they would be graft
fed at his attendance at the funeral,
his failure to come in the present condi-
ton of affairs would not be considered
at all disrespectful. The understanding
here 10 tina. President Cleveland, thus
relieved of the embarr ,ssment OF stay
ing away, will no, come.
DR.. THOMPSON,
Who attended Hendricks, makes a
formal denial this evening that the Vice
President was subjected to bleeding.
This is in answer to the published
charge that Hendricks had only an
acute pain in the stom ich and vas bled
TO death through the stupidity of his
physician.
REASONING WIFE THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. pa consider
able number OF Senators, Representa-
tives and public officials, as well as
| many distinguished citiZ ms of Wash
| inaton, have called on the President
TODAY 10 urge him to reconsider his
determination TO attend the funeral of
the Vice President. Their argument
was not that there would be more than
ordinary danger involved in the jour
nsy, bat that tho emergency is such
that il is his duty to the country to
avoid every possible risk OF accident to
his life and health until Congress meets
aud the Presidential succession 10 pro
vided for. A large number of kilograms
to the same effect are pouring in to the
| President today from the leading men
OF all sections of the country, iuci uaine
one from Hon. s. j. Tilden. and from a
number Of distinguished friends Of the
Vice President at indianapolis. At a
late hour this afternoon the following
Was received from Hon. o. b. Hord, Mr..
hNuurichh law pfftuct hHu ificud
INDIANAPOLIS Ind Nov. %.
To the Prssideaf: MRS. Hendricks re-
quests me TO thank you for your mes
sage of sympathy. and also Miss Clevs-
land for her kind and beautiful letter.
She requests me to say that your pres
ence At the funeral of her husband
would be very grateful to Ter feelings.
but that she fully appreciates the
veighty public reasons that exist at
this time against your coming West,
aud begs that you will be governed en-
tirely by your sense OF public duty.
OSCAR b. HoRD.
IL Is understood that the President
has not yet concluded TO abandon the
trip, although be said to caller today
| that the matter was being presented to
him in such a way and from such
sou .ces as might induce him. As
question Of duty, TO foreRo the journey.