The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-01
Arrivals i'm the CITY Last Night.

The trains yesterday brought in large num-
bers of strangers from every direction. and
early in the day the streets were t~hronged with
people from the neighborine towns. who
came to view the remains of the
dead Vice president while lying in state.
A number of distinguished men, coming to at
tend the funeral, arrived during the afternoon.
The h2tels last night were all crowded. Most
Of the arrivals were Indiana people, but the
delegations from q distance will begin
to come in on the early trains
this morning. Mayor Francis, of st. Louis,
with a party of twenty five citizens, accompanied
by the Busch Zouaves, will arrive at 4:15 this
morning, and the Common Council of Evans
vile will come in on the same train. Among
the other official delegations which are expected
to arrive during the morning are the ~Iroquois
Club, of Chicago; Common Council, of Pittsburg;
the Dayton Cleveland and Hendricks Club,
numbering 400; the Americas Club. o:
Peoria, H.; the Jefferson Club, Of
Bloomington. and others from nearly all of the
neighboring Indiana towns. Senator Payne, with
a party of ten, will arrive in a private car at GAO
o'clock this morning. Gov. Proctor Knott. and
the State officers of Kentucky, will also be here
his morning.
Forty members of the Tammany Club, of New
York, headed by p. Henry Dugeo, arrived last
night, and are stopping at the Bates House.
Twenty members of the Common Council of
Cincinnati came in at the same hour and were
received at the Union Depot by the committee
representing the municipal government and
were taken to the Grand Hotel.
Governor Hoadly, of Ohio, and his military
staff. comprising fifteen gentlemen, came in on
the Decline train last night, and were conducted
their headquarter. Ex-Governor Bishop arrived
during the afternoon, and stopped at the Bates
House. General Denver and family, of Ohio,
we're also among the early arrivals during the
day.
Last night ex- President Hayes arrived, and
Immediately afterwards retired to his room at
the Denison House. Senator Palmer, OF Michi-
gan, also came in on the night train, and is
stopping at the Denison.
Congressman Geddes and ex-Civil-service
Commissioner Thoman were among the promi-
nent persons arriving during the afternoon who
registered at the Denison.
The Indiana congressman who are in the city
are Gen. Tom Browne, Kleiner, Lowry, Matson
and Cobb. while among the prominent citizens
from different parts of the State, registered at
the hotels, are Hon. Richard w. Thompson, of
Terre Haute; Gen, Geo. B. Williams, of Lafayette;
II. S. Bennett, Evansville; u. z. Wiley, Fowler;
Ben l. Smith, Rushville; George Sweetzer,
Hiram Brownlee. George W.. Harvey, John N.
Trum, John M. Wallace, d. Overman, Marion;
Milton S. Robinson, Anderson; John
It. Scott. Terre Haute, all of whom
are stopping at the Denison House;
Hon. John R. Cravens, of Madison;
Jason B. Brown, Seymour; Judge j. c. Robin
son, Spencer; Judge Walpole Colerick, Fort
Wayne; b. +: Ravens, mayor of Terre Haute;
Judge John r. Coffroth and George w. Friedley,
Lafayette; Hon. Charles L. Jewett and State
Senator Day, New Albany; David Studebaker,
and Isaac Ball, Terre Haute; Calvin
E.. Cowgirl, Wabash; State Senator Rahm,
Evansville, and State Senator Lindley. Rock
Vile, all of whom are quartered at the Bates
House. A party of nine, headed by S.. N.
Chambers, came up from Vincennes last even
ing. Nearly every town in the State is repre-
scented.
George c. Langden, ex-mayor of Detroit, with
Joseph Greuzel and John Webster, from that
city, were among the arrivals yesterday after
noon.
A party of representatives of the press from
Washington, including S. N. Clark, Of the New
York Tribune; Charles I. Murray. of tho Phila-
phia Press; F. P. Ferris, of the Washing
ton Star; A. c. Burton, of the Brooklyn
Eagle. and Jap Turpin, of Indiana. cam in on a
special car yesterday afternoon. The four first
named represent the Gridiron Club, an organiza-
ton of journalists which recently entertained
the dead vice-president. Among the other
newspaper men who arrived in the city yes
erday were e. f.. Mann, managing
aditor of the Cincinnati Evening
telegram, Colonel Little, of the Davenport
Daily Gazette; w. H. Elliott, of the New Castle
courier; l.. l.. Defrees, of the Miami Union,
troy. o., j. P. Mahaffey, of the Cambridge (O.)
Herald; Joseph B. Bates, of the Bloomington
en- Paragraph.
The special train bearing the members of the
Cabinet will arrive this morning.