Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-09
BORNE TO THE TOMB.
Funeral of Vice-President Hen
bricks at Indianapolis.
Business Entirely Suspended in the
Mourning City.
Scenes at the Residence, in the Church
and in the Streets.
Touching Tribute of Respect TO the Mem
o~v of thu Statesman.
Touching Tribute of Respect TO the Mem
DRY of the Deceased Statesman.

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mortal remains OF Thomas A. Hen
bricks, the fifth vice president OF the
United States to die during his term
of Office, were conveyed to the tomb,
to-day. The event was made memorable,
in many respects, by the presence OF ire
mendous concourse of people from all parts
of the nation to witness the simple rites
which preceded their interment. The pre-
sage of inclement weather, on the day of his
funeral, which was given yesterday, was
verified only to the extent of wintry
leaden sky, and thick atmosphere, during
the early hours, unusual to this latitude.
The heavy fog of the preceding afternoon
still hung over the city, when the day broke,
but as the hours wore on, it lifted some
what and became less impenetrable.
The sombreness of the heavens was
reflected even more deeply in the
appearance of the city which witnessed the
development of his career. It's chief struct-
ures were hidden in their folds of black
drapery, while to the occasion were lent all
the forms which people can observe to
show their respect for the dead. The bust
ness life of the city was entirely suspended.
The clergy, without respect to sect, Joined
in the obsequies, the bells of all the churches
tolled requiem, and the presence OF the
populace in the column which followed his
funeral car or stood as silent spectators of
the solemn spectacle attested their fealty
to his memory.
DISTINGUISHED MoURNERs.
The early morning trains on all the rail
ways brought delegations from the national
capital and all the leading citizens of the
Union, together with an influx CT people
from all the interior cities and hamets of
tro md nd bo
was represented by Secretary of State Bay
ard, Secretary of the Interior Lamar, Sec
rotary of the Navy Whitney, Secretary of
War Endicott and Postmaster General Vi
las. The supreme bench of the United
States was represented by Associate JUS
tices Matthews and Blatchford. The
United States Senate was represented by
Senators Edmunds Allison, Pugh, Harris,
Conger, Blair, Dolph, Vest, Beck, Camden,
Vance, Jones, VOORHEES,, Payne, Palmer and
Harrison. The committee representing the
House of Representatives was composed of
w. r. Morrison, j. Blount, Fl. A. Herbert,
w. s. Holman, W. M. Springer, w P. Hep
burn, s. B. Ward. w. w. Phelps, j. J. Kle-
mer, Thomas Ryan and P. Dunn. The
number of active and ex-members OF the
lower house present in addition to those
named was very large. The governors of
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Kentucky were
present attended by their staffs and numer-
Gus state officers. Maj.-Gen. Schofield was
the chief representative of the United States
Army present. Ex-President Rutherford B.
Hayes and Gen. William T. Sherman were
distinguished guests, the latter accompany
ing delegation from st. Louis.
The official and other notable delega lions
were met on their arrival by local sub-com-
mittees and given tickets of admission to
st. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, to be pres
ent at the church services, and assigned
positions in the funeral column. The train
arrivals swelled the multitude on the streets
to an extent to impede the ordinary progress
on all the chief thoroughfares Washington
Street presented black mass of humanity
and hours before the services were entered
upon at ST. Paurs and long before the pas
sage Of the column the windows of its bust
ness blocks were filed with occupants. The
eye rested on waiting multitude which oc
cupied apparently every vantage point
along the broad thoroughfare.
EVIDENCES OF SORROW.
The emblems of mourning which began to
appear on public and private buildings the
day of the vice presidents death, have
grown in quantity and design, until now.
the whole city may be said to be In funeral
garb. Washington Street presents an al
most unbroken line OF draped houses, while
on every business street, and even along
the residence streets the people have been
lavish in their display of the signs of public
sorrow. Perhaps the most effective drap-
ing is that at the post-office building, where
wide bands of black cover the entire cor
nice, run up the corners and completely
cover the wall space of the first story, leav-
ing only the doors and windows visi-
BILE. Not a line nor spot of white
relieves the entire building. The county
courthouse, where the remains lay in state
until Monday evening, and the state-house
are tastefully draped, but in much less
elaborate style, owing to their much more
massive exteriors. A striking feature Of
the display of the drapery of buildings is
the almost universal use of white material
as border or in bows or rosettes upon
the black. Legends are very few; one bust
ness house on Washington Street has the
words, Il am free at last''-the last words
of the dead vice-president. Portraits of
the deceased, all shrouded in black, are pro-
fusely hung in windows. The general effect
tells in mute eloquence Of the high respect
with which the people of Indianapolis re-
garded heir fellow townsman, and OF the
tender sympathy which moves them to
thus try to mitigate grief OF her upon
whom the blow of this national bereave-
ment has fallen with heaviest force.