The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-14

1 eer, as she had large and varied informa
ton and excellent judgment, besides beings
greatly ambitious for her husbands pOliti
cal advancement Since her husbands Sc
riOus attack of two years ago both OF them
have been apprehensive OF the sudden end
Of his life, and the attachment betweenE
them has grown very strong-almost SEN
timentally 50. So intense had this become.
in fact, that he would not consent for his
wife 10 DC away from him for any length
i Of time. Only last week while in Chicago I
4 he accompanied Mrs. Hendricks even on
her shopping expeditions. They had fire.
quently talked over his condition and the
probabilities of his early death, and ii is
evident that for several months past there
has been growing fear of this kind on his
mind. His method of living was simple
and unpretentious His house is an old
Fashioned structure, large, and built so as
{ to give the most room. 1t was furnished
richly, but III excellent taste, and had Il
cheerful, hOme-like appearance.
y Hendricks had no near relatives except Al
brother, who lives in SheIbyville, Indiana
and a sister, wife of Dr. Winslow S Pierced
{ of New York. He owns considerable prop
erty in this city, but his entire fortune isl
estimated to be no more than 500, 900, theE
greater part of which he earned by the;
practice of his profession. 1t is known
here that ii was his intention to abandonj
politics at the end of his term as Vice
President
THE NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
Z The news of the Vice-Presidents DEATH
created a great sensation at Washington.
A Cabinet Council was called and the
president issued the following proclama-
ton:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON Cd. c., Nov. %, 1850.
To the People of the United States !
EThomas A Hendricks, Vice-President of
the United States, died to-day at p. m. atI
indianapolis, Ind. and it becomes myI
q mournful duty to announce the distressing
fact to his ellOw-countrymen. In respect
to the memory and eminent and varied
services of this high official and patriotic
spublic servant whose long career was sol
Hull of usefulness and honor to his State
sand to the United States, it is ordered that
: the national flag be displayed at half-mast
aupOn all public buildings of the United
Estates; that the executive mansion and
several executive departments in the city
8of Washington be closed on the day of the
funeral and be draped in mourning for a
Speriod of thirty days; that the usual and
appropriate military and naval honors be
rendered, and that on all legations and
s consulates of the United States in foreign
countries the national flag shall be dis
Splayed at half-mast on reception of the or
der, and the usual emblems of mourning be
adopted for thirty days.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
BY the President.
I. +. BAYARD, Secretary Of State.
The President likewise sent a telegram
to Mrs. Hendricks expressing his senti-
ments of respect for the memory and char
acter of her deceased husband. Congress
will be properly represented at the funeral
of the late Vice-President of the United
States.
BIRTH AND FAMILY OF HENDRICKS.
Thomas Andrew Hendricks was born i'll
Muskingum county, Ohio, near the city OF
GAINESVILLE, September Z, 1919, and was
therefore 66 years, , months and Il days
aOld at the time of his death. His father
the late Major John Hendricks, with his
family, left Ohio when Thomas was only a
few months old, and settled at Madison
Indiana. His father subsequently re
moved to Shelby, Indiana, where he made
his home, which was the most hospitablt
81 in the county, and where every travelling
or ''circuit" preacher invariably stopped
In such home and amid such surround
ings Thomas 4. Hendricks grew to man
hood The quiet home life, with its purify
ing influences, left an impression upon the
character of the man which time could moi
efface, and it was doubtless owing to these
that his private and public careers have
been as free from those qualities which are
often observed in the character of the pub
lie men of the day, especially those who
have had much to do in the world of poll
stics. After completing his education a
Hanover College, one of the pioneer educa
tiOnal institutions of the West, Mr. Hen
bricks studied law, and in due time was adj
mitted to the bar. From that time unit
shis election to the Vice-Presidency he wa.
active in the practice of his profession, ex
cepting only the period during which h,
was Commissioner of the General Lane
= Office, and the four years he was Governor
of Indiana
Mr.. Hendricks married Miss Eliza c
Morgan, who is now about % years of age
Mrs. Hendricks is known among her &C
quaintances as a woman of good sense
/. She is remarkably well informed, of saga
cious judgment, and was her husband
best adviser as well as a competent assist
ant in affairs not frequently of absorbing
interest to women. 1t is said that hi
speeches on several occasions were evi
dences of her taste and discrimination
Her charities are administered with a bust
ness-lille method which is admirable Whel
her husband was Governor of Indiana sh
visited with him the various penal and re
+ formatory institutions, and made close in
squiry into their affairs. Mrs. Hendricll
has no children living, the only one bOrl
Ito them, a boy, having died i'll 1851, wheI
only three years of age. 1t was matter 0
general observation that Mr.. and Mrs
Hendricks presented one Of the most beau
dtiful examples of confidence and domesti
Felicity anywhere to be seen.
DEATH Or THE KING OF SPAIN
Queen Christina Proclaimed RcSeu
A CarIiSt Rising Feared.