Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-30

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understood that Secretaries Baird
Whitney, and Endicott anG
Postmaster General Villas will attend thu
funeral. Attorney General Garland ex
pected to be detained by important bust
ness before the United States Supreme
Court, but as that tribunal has adjourned
over, and as his annual report is nearly
completed, it is thought he will likely at
tend the funeral. Secretaries Manning
and Lamar are both at work on their
annual reports, and it is thought
they will be able to leave the city. Score.
tary Manning is very much behindhand
with bis report and will have to work on il
night and day in order to complete it in
time. A Democratic member of Congress
is authority for the statement that every
Justice OF the United States Supreme
Court and every Republican Senator in
Washington has advised the President not
to go to Indianapolis.
ENrREATING THE PRESIDENT TO DECLINE
RISK.
Within the past twenty-four hours, Hon.
VIM. q. English, and other personal
friends of Mr.. English have been in re-
ceipt Of kilograms from prominent men at
Washington, and elsewhere, expressing the
opinion that it would be unwise and ipju-
dicious for Mr.. Cleveland to leave Wash
iDgton under present circumstances even to
attend the funeral Of the Vice President,
and suggesting that it would be grace
full thing for Mrs. Hendricks and her
friends to ssy to him in a dispatch that
while they would be gratiGed at his attend.
ance, his failure to come in the present
condition of affairs would not be considered
at all disrespectfal. The feeling has in
creased very noticeably in the last twenty
four hours, and this evening messages were
sent signed BY both Mrs Hendricks and
Hon. Oscar B. Hord, Mr.. Hendricks law
partner and Chairman OF the Committee
on Arrangements, to the President max
ing the statement indicated above They
decline to give these out for publication,
saying that the delicacy Of the matter and
the fact that the decision rested entirely
with the President made it proper for the
contents of the dispatches 10 become pub.
lie through him alone. 1t is the under
standing here, however, tina. President
Cleveland, thus relieved Of the embarass-
ment of staying away will not come, al.
though no definite declaration to this effect
has been received.
HENDRICKS PHYSICIAN ACCUSED.
Among physicians there has been con.
siderable criticism Of the medical treat.
ment Of the Gaze and several papers have
openly charged that Mr.. Hendricks was
bled to death through the stupidity of his
physician simply because he had an acute
pain in his stomach. These statements
have doubtless arisen from misapprehen-
sion Of the facts of the treatment. DR.. W,
c. Thompson, the attending physician,
makes the following statement Of the mat
ter:
"Mr. Hendricks was never in bis life
bled by ME. To have bled him under the
circumstances of his last illness would
have indicated great recklessness, but |
never thought OF bleeding him, We were
in the habit of putting dry cups on him,
and in obedience to his request on Wednes-
day / cupped him. / suppose it is from
this that the impression that bled him
gained such Roadway. Said Mr.. Hendricks
70 me: "lt you don't give me an
opiste, you must put a dry cup
on me. 1t was a favorite remedy Of bis
This PROCESS is used as counteraction
and its effect 10 relieve the interior vessels
1t consists in expelling the Dir from a cup
by burning alcohol in it, and while the
vacuum exists TO apply the glass to the
portion OF the body where it is desired 10
produce az effect. The full treatment in
the case was very simple. In the first
place, we were not spprehensive of dan.
ger.
The UNEXPECTED DEATH.
| had no more idea tat day he would
die than | had you or | would. | have
seen him twenty times great deal worie
than he was tibet day. He was chilly, and
we gave him warm water with soda in it to
sweeten his stomach AS said the treat
ment was very simple, for we thought there
was little the matter with him. His bow
els were depleted BY simple stimulating
enema-castor oil ard molssses. He
had complained Of painful iulness Of The
bowels, which was thus relieved BY two
gentle operations He said he felt better,
Strengthened up and remarked: Now !
will take nice sleep" Thee were bis
last words to me. | had declined batore
this to give him any calomel, for | toll
him that be was preparing to 60 to Wash
ington, and that calomel would PROSTATE
and reduce him. This seemed to meet with
his approval and he willingly accepted the
treatment as / have described. / think
his death must have occurred as early as
four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, Tor
it was only q little sfter that hour that
Mrs. Hendricks servant came to me with
the announcement that the Vice President
was dead. He died of brain disease His
trouble was always nervous Paralysis
took either the brnin or The
heart. 1t would require post moTtem &c
determine which, and l suggested to the
family that one be held. blu! Mrs. Hend
ricks was unwilling"
Senator Harrison has received cispstct
from Chief Justice Waite, Of the SOpremt
Court of the United States, stating tina
that body would be represented at the fu
neral by Justices Matthews and Blatch
ford.
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