The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-12-02
HENDRICKS DEAD
THE yrCE-PREsIDENT STRICKEN
DOWN.
Eound Dead i'm His Room by HIS
Faithful Wife-P 'raiysis OF the
Heart the Cause.

Faithful Wife, iraiSSts "a INC
Heart the Cause.
TxnIANAPoLIs. Nov. 26.-Vice Pres
;5enr Hendricks died very suddenly
and unexpectedly at his residence on
Narth Tennessee street. this city, at
o'clock Yesterday evening. Inc oe
mise of this illustrious cluzen was SO
,,nlooked for that the city was shocked
OF its occurrence. and mosl OF the peo-
nie were 10th TO believe il until 1t was
bnlletined from the newspaper ofnces
and confirmed by personal visits 10 the
house The stricken wife was visited
nv her immediate friends, but sueh
Was the shock TO her nerves ina II was
with the greatest difficulty tnat Sne
could talk upon the SUBJECT al an ne
o1% Il in mourning. and the great heart
of Indiana is bleeding over the re-
mains of her distinguished son.
Mr. Hendricks re urned from Chl-
cago Monday suffering from very Sc
xara cold but his condition was not /
such 10 awake fears for his SAFETY. /
Or. Thompson. the family PHYSICIAN, |
was called, and the patient insisted /
upon having calomel admins eTe9 70
him. This the physician refused 10
do owing to the pros rating enects
which the drug always produced upon |
Mr. Hendricks. and he gave nm an |
emetic and later in the day an lnlec-
tion. At night the Wee 1reSldehC
had so much improved that ne ana
Mrs. Hendricks attended a reception
at the residence OF STATE 1 IeasuIsl
Cooner where they remained III MD
night. During the enterl alnment Mr..
Hendricks was, IN personal appear
anes. rs well as usual, anu none save
q few TO whom he spoke about the mat
main. He complained to one or TWO,
however. that he was feeling unWeH,
but did not express any apprehenslohS
of fatal consequences. He slept well
during the night and arose this morn
ing apparently refreshed ana leeIlhS
better. An hour or two later ne was
taken with a rigor. and despite the ell
| forts of the attending physician the
chills remained unbroken for quite an
| hour. He was seriously Frustrated as
| a consequence, but the doctor was not
| apprehensiye of danger, and he en-
| gagged in conversation with the patent
| on several subjects, among when was
| the Vice Presidents expected depart
| IRE for Washington and his reSump-
| ton of duties as President OF the Sem
| ate. Mr. Hendricks. however, appeared
| TO be oppressed by his sickness, ana
was very solicitous that Mrs. Hen
| bricks should always be near nm. IL
| she left the room for a moment he M
Guired concerning her, and appeared III
az ease until she returned 10 the room.
| When this disposition was developed
Mrs. Hendricks continued by his side,
and was present during the visit OF the
| physician.
A few minutes before o'clock Mr..
Hendricks turned to the physician
and said: 81 am free at last"
"To what do you REFER" asked the
physician.
a mean am free from pain" was
the reply.
The physician then left the house.
and Mrs. Hendricks was called below
to see a friend. When the caller was
first announced Mrs. Hendricks hesi-
tated about going down, but being re-
assured by the remark of her husband,
she left his bedside and passed down
} to the parlor. She was delayed longer
than she expected, and when she re-
turned to the room she found that Mr..
: Hendricks was dead. The end OF a
busy life had come peacefully and
quietly. On his face there was no IN
dicatiOn of pain or suffering, and his
, eyes were only half closed, as If in a
gentle sleep. There was nobody in his
room when he died, and only Mrs.
Hendricks, the servants and a caller
in the house.
The physicians attribute Mr.. Hen
bricks death to paralysis of the heart,
for had ii been apopleXy there would
have been some indications of 1T III the
appearance of his face. He complain
ed principally of his stomach this
morning, although there was a Der-
yous twitching of the muscles of his
/ face.
] At meeting of number of promi-
I nent citizens held in the United States
District Courtroom tonight. COM
mittee. consisting Of Senator Ben Har-
5 rison, w. II. English, Judge W. E.
Niblack, Noble C.. Butler and Aquilla
Jones, was appointed to confer with
the family and make all the arrange
. mentS for the obsequieS. Mrs. Hen
/ bricks is in receipt OF dispatches from
all sections of the country, Offering
sympathy in this, her SdddeSt hour OF
!, bereavement. The city, irrespective
of party, mourns with her.
The funeral will be held at st. Paul's
: cathedral, indianapolis. next Tuesday
noon, and the remains viii be laid III
q Crown Hill cemetery. The body has
5 been embalmed. Mrs. Hendricks de-
clines to permit an autopsy, feeling
: certain that it was paralysis of the
' heart. kilograms of coincidence have
been received from Samuel J. Tilden.
, David Davis. Senators Dawes and Ed
munds. the Japanese minister. Mrs.
Z
I, The IroquOis club of Chicago, after
adopting a suitable tribute TO the mem
DRY of the dead statesman, appointed
committee of twenty to attend the
v funeral.
+ a silver communion service, present
{ ed 10 Trinity church. Monroe, Miehi-
gan, was carried away by thieves.
, Patrick johnson. at Adrian. Mich.
has been acquIt, ed of the charge OF
having murdered his twin children.
. smallpox is under control at Mon
. treal at last. and gradually disappear
ing. The deaths for last week were
132.
t The Allan line steamer Buenos
' Ayres carried smallpox from Montreal
a to Glasgow, where she has been quar-
h antined.
=, Two journalists have Just been re-
leased from political imprisonment III
: the Mexican capital, and viii be given
5 a banquet.
e Colonel Axline, of GAINESVILLE. has
been selected as adjutant general of
ONO, ana his assistant viii be w. w.
AlcOrn, of Toledo.
( Rumors come from Dakota that
/ President Cleveland has promised Mr..
Ziebach the governorship of that terri
tory within TWO weeks.
On the first bid of 81. 000, 900. the
r west Shore railway was knocked down
TO j. Plerrepont Morgan, Chauncey NJ.
> Depew, and Ashbel Green.
Heavy rains are reported at San
LUIS ODlspo, California, where ten in
ches Tell IN twelve hours, doing dam
age to the amount of 100000.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. in a SER
mon to the memory of III. B. Clafin,
stated that the dead merchant left
| 81 ,0OO, 900 to private charities
A jury at Sparta, Georgia, sustained
the Will OF David Dickson, leaving
sou ,OOO 10 his colOred mistress and
child, and disinheriting his heirs.
Failures TO the number of two hum
dred occurred in the United States
last week. An increase is shown in
the south and on the Pacific coast.
Dense clouds of grasshoppers passed
over Helena. Arkansas, late Wednes-
day evening, and thousands We're dis
abled by striking roofs or windows.
Burglars who explored the home of
Jay Cooke. at Chelton Hills. Pennsvl-
yanIa. found among his assets dia-
monds and jewelry valued at g. 200.
The federal commissioner and dep
uty marshal arrested at Salt Lake for
leWd conduct assert their innocence of
the charges brought by Mormon lead
ers.
. Three masked robbers in Paint
township, Pennsylvania, poured petro-
leum on an old farmer and set him
afire, thus learning where h had CON
cealed SO.
The leading candidates for speaker
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