Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-27

forty years ago. ] was with him IN tht
convention of 1850 which framed the pres
ent constitution Of Indiana. l was viii
him at the reunion Of the surviving msm
berS of that body in this city only las
month q meeting in which hstook the great
est possible interest, and knowthst mat
ters connected with that event were some
what in his thoughts up to the last hours
Of his life. When we we're together at thai
memorable reunion lsst month, realizing
that there were only thirty five living out
of the one hundred and 6fty composing
that body, and that the rest must speedily
follow, / said in my address to the sur
viyors: who will be the next to go; who
the last to survive3 Little did either o.
Us think this death would so soon answer
the first part of that question. | Joined
him again in the Thirty third Congress:
about the third of q century ago, and now
that hs is called sWay,I am the only survi
yor Of the senators and representatives ther
in Congress for Indiana, but it is possible
there may be one other nov living in q dis
tsnt State. l knew his father very well
and also his uncle, Governor Wm. Hen
bricks, who was in many respects ike the
late Vice President. have been neigh
Dor Of Thomas A. Hendricks o great many
yea,s, and / may say intimate with him
socially and publicly. he was good citi
zen and neighbor, prudent snG. able
statesman, an honest man trying to do HI:
duty in his day and generation, aud he de
serves every mark of respect and esteem
that it is possible for his countrymen tC
render TO his memory.
THE oBsEQUIgs.
II was decided to appoint COMMITTEES
Of fifteen, with Senator Harrison as chair
man, 10 receive the President and other
distinguished gentlemen who will attend
the funeral, and general committee oi
thirty was appointed to attend TO the de
tails Of the funeral and do all in their power
to make the memorial observance attended
with all the marks Of respect and esteem
which Mr.. Hendricks fellow citizens desire
to pay him. Of this committee, Hon.
Oscar B. Hor6. d law partner Of the de-
ceased, was appointed chairman, aud il
was divided into the necessary sub con-
mittees.
TIE FUNERAL PROCESSION.
The funeral will take place ct noon on
Tuesday, the procession leaving the house
at HAS o'clock for the church, in the fol
lowing order: Police, military companies
civic societies, the President, members o.
the Cabinet and United States Senator's
pail bearers, the hearse, family carriages
State. county and city officers and citizens.
The body will be placed in the esskst on
Saturday morning. IL Is OF &C.
dar. covered Awith black velvet and
lined with white satin with silver trim
miugs. After the funeral the body will be
placed in marble vault at Crownhill
Cemetery. north Of the city near Mr.. Hen
drieks private lot, elevated above the com
uou level and in the centre of which is q
grants column forty feet high, plain and
uuca1yed ezetp. the simple inscription
THOMAS A. HENDRICKS"
Near the bottom OF the shaft Here bis
son, his only child is buried = K. Fl. Parks,
the sculptor, will arrive from Chicago in
the morning, and take cast of Mr.. Hen
dricSs face to be used IN
making marble bust Of him,
Around the Hendricks family residence
sll day there was crowd Of c1rious people
who watched the solemn tread Of seGtrie:
marching up and down il font ot
the house, and the conings aud goings ol
the sympathetic friends aud relations Who
called. Mrs. Hendricks stayed in her
room al day and saw but few people
bu. the psrlor5 were filed with callers who
we're received by her brother, Ne Stepher
". Morgan and his family snd DR.. Jenckes
the rector Of the church.
She talked calmly with her friends, only
breaking down with outbursts of grief once
or twice. The house was dsrkened and
everybody moved about with a quiet tread.
FAMILIAR ARTICLES.
In the large double psrloEs W. Mr.
Hendricks was accustomed TO see his
friends, were many articles with which
tkey were very familiar. An old fashioned
portrait in oil, painted when the Vice
President was q young man, i5 on
the wall, and the features had g
boyish look free from care or anxiety. On
the table were several panel photographs
taken recently, one was that particularly
noticeable on the day preceding his inaug
uralion as Vice President In stand II
the corner was collection oGcanes, TWEEN
u or more which had been presented to
him By admirers ard some Of them were
uniuue IN design and scription. The
library cases, in which many valuable snd
rare books were open just as he had let
them when he had occasion Monday even
ing 10 look up some works OF reference.
THE BODY
lsy 10 the parlor chamber up stairs, and
few were allowed to see it. The embalm'
ing process to which it was subjected this
morning had been successfully accom-
plished, and on the face there Wss looS
of c. nteutment and freedom from care.
The features are wonderfully natural and
unmarked BY q suggestion OF ghssthnsss
In the room adjoining where the Wee
President died was hiI private desk
covered with papers and letter!
which had not been disturbed and
a half written sketch Of his public and pro
tessionsl career, which he was preparing
for publication in book containing the
proceedings Of the surviving members o.
the convention wsiek framed the conshtu
ton Of Indiana IN 1850, and sketches o.
the members. The decorations Of the
room we're plain and conventional aud the
windows were &arkened, and within al
day long sat faithful coioEsd servant Whc
had bssn in the family for years,
There was 20 pretentious or elaborate
display Of mouPaiGg about thf
premises, only folds Of Grape on the iron
door above the bell Just q block swsy
the State House, With large flag a. hall
mast and all the exterior drapsi in mourc
isg. stool ogt in bold relief bat all th'
Offices were closed sn5 the public busines
for the time was suspended.
1 Among the callers at the residence 10
day were: Governor Gray, the Sla'e odi
GERS, the Judges of the Supreue Court
and committees appointed b. the yariou