Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-12-10


| the FIRST story, leaving only doors and
| windows visible. Not 4 line, not 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 less elaborate style, owing to their
| much more massive exterior. A striking
| feature of the drapery of the buildings is
| the almost universal use of white mate.
| rfai as border, or in bows or rosettcs
upon black
Legends are very few, One business
house On Washington street has the
words:
~ Al FREE AT LAST"
the last words of the dead Vice. Pre- sident.
Portraits of deceased, shrcuded in black.
are profusely hung in the windows. The
general effect tells in mute eloauence of
the high respect with which the people Of
1ndiananolis regarded their fellow towns
man and of the tender sympathy which
| moves them to thus try to mitigate the
grief of her upon whom the blow CT this
| National bereavement ha: fallen with the
heaviest force.
One of The Central points Of attraction
! for the visiting multitude was tie mod
| est home of the lete Vice-Presidett on
Tennessee street, plain two-story
brick structure, facing the State Capitol
building now III process of construction.
On the front door of the home was
black rosette, from which was pendant
strip of black Grape, which consti.
tuted the only outward emblem of
mourning. On the street, in front of
the house, were gathered large but
| respectable crowd, which grew in
numbers as the forenoon advanced. A
detail OF police and soldiery was able,
however, to Keep the stree. clear in front
OF the editicc 20 enable close friends and
relatives OF Mrs. Hendricks and members
OF the respective committees to gain adj
mission to the es0undS. Within, en-
blems or mourning and memorial floral
designs We're at hand everywhere. The
on portraits OF Mr.. and Mrs, Hendricks
were almost hidden III banks of flowers
and trailing siiilaX. On the mlntel, in
the front parior, was IN elegant floral
piece, enblematic of
"THE GATES AJAR,"
Sent in by members of Chinese class
OF the Presbyterian Sunday school. The
most notable floral design was that of the
log cabin in which Mr. Hendricks was
born in Ohio. 1t stood at the head of his
colin, and was the work of ladies of
She!byyile, where he hal formerly lived.
1t was six feet in length and four feet in
height. Its sides were composed of Gala
lilies, white hyacinthes, carnations and
roses; the roof OF English ivy and smilax,
and the chimney OF red aud white carna-
tons. On one side of the miniature
structure, in purple immortelles, was the
inscriptions: "The home OF my boyhOOd,"
and beneath, "Shelbyyille." On the open
door Of the cabin was pendant black
satin banner bearin., in letters of gold:
GOODS FINGER TOUCHED HIM AND lie
SLEPT"
! and second inscription underneath
"Shelbyyille mournS her distinguished
SON"
Over a large painting of the dead Vice
President in the back parlor of the man
sion was flung soft drapcry of white
Chinese silk, and near it stood Il splendid
banner, presented during the recent Ma
tional campaign, containing the faces of
President Cleveland and the deceased.
During the morning the arrival of addi-
tiOnal floral designs caused Il change in
the arrangement in the parlors. An en-
County Democratic Club of Chicago was
placed at the head of the casket. Per-
haoS the most thoughtful and touching
tribute was a simple wreath from the lit
Tie village of Fultonham, Ohio, where Mr..
Hendricks was born 1t was placed on
the caskct, and along side of it were cast
the more rare and brilliant products of the
White House cOnScrvatorics received
tbiS Ipnrninp fran Mise Cleveland
At Il. m. Mrs. Hendricks entered the
room for her last leave-taking, accom-
panied by her brother and Mrs. Morgan.
The ordeal was most trying, and the desc
late woman seemed to be utterly pros
tratch, clingjng to the last to the clay SO
soon to be hidden forever from her view,
and impress sed with the life-like appear
ancc of the dead, she desired to pre-
serve this last scene, and 50, late as
it was, she sent for a photographer to
take picture of the caSket. Before he
arrived, delegations from distant cities
began TO come and were permitted to
pass through and view the remains
while the photographer was engaged at
his WORK. The members of the Cabinet
Judges OF the Supreme Court and others
from Washington entered, and were for
tunately detained few minutes by the
process.
1t was eleven O'Clock when the casket
was replaced and the stream of visitors
again passed by and out through the side
door. Shortly after this the pali-bcarers
arrived. The drapcd hearSe and car
ria@es for the family and friends were
marshalcd before the door, and prepara-
tons were made for the final removal of
the body. This was done without further
leave-taking. The police and military
kept the curious but always respectful
mass of people out of they way, and the
little cavalcade moved quietly With its
escort through the densely lined streets
to the cathedral Of st. Paul.
The caskct was borne into tie church
at 2:l4 p. M, the vast congregation hay
ING already been seated with the eXccp-
ton of the immediate relatives and church
vestry. The officiating clergy, four in
number, Bishop Knickerbocker, of this
diocese: Rev. DR.. String(ellow, OF Mont
gomery, Ala, first rector of st. Pauls,
and under whose miniStration Mr. Hem
bricks Joined the church Rev. DR.. Fulton,
of st. Louis, a former rector of St.PauFs,
and Rev. DR.. Jenckes, the present rector,
in their robes of Office, met the remains
at the main entrance of the cathedral on
Illinois street, preceded by guard of
indianapolis light infantry. The body
was borue up the central aisle,
the clergymen and members of
the vestry going in advance.
/ Bishop Knickerbocker voiced the opening
sentence of the burial service: 81 am the
resurrection and the life," followed by
Rev. DR.. Stringfellow and DR.. Fulton, in
their recitation of other verses used in
the Offices for the dead, until the casket
had been carried forward and placed out
side the chancel. The great audience
stood while the impressive scene was