The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-10
FUNERAL OF VICE PRESI.
DENT HENDRICKS.

on the LIST, inst. Prominent men from
all over the country attended and
the attendance from Indiana and
adjacent states was simply enormous.
Tho cabinet was represented by
Secretary of State Bayard, Secretary of
the Interior Lamar, Secretary of the
Navy Whitney, Secretary Of War
Endicott, and Postmaster General
Villas.
The supreme bench of the United
States was represented by Associate
Justices Matthews and Blatchford.
The United States senate was repre-
sented by Senators Edmunds, Allison,
Pugh, Harris, Conger, Blair, Dolph,
Beck, Vest, Camden, Vance, Jones,
Voorhees,, Payne, Palmer and Harrison.
The committee representing the
house of representative was composed
of w. r. Morrison, j. Blount, H. A.
Herbert, w. S. Holman, w. NJ. Spring
er, w. P. Hepburn, S. b. Ward, W. D.
Phelps, j. j. Kleiner, Thos. Ryan and
P. Dunn. A number of active and ex-
members of the lower house were pres
ent in addition to the above named.
The governors of Indiana, Ohio, ILL
nois aud Kentucky were present, at
tended by stats of numerous state off,
GERS. Major General Schotield was the
chief representative OF the United
States army. Ex-President r. B.
Hayes and General VIM. T. Sherman
were among the distinguished guests.
At the Hendricks residence, plain
two story brick building, the floral
tributes were numerous and elaborate.
The most notable representative de-
sign of flowers was that of the log
cabin in which Hendricks was born in
Ohio. It stood at the head of the
cof1ined remains. 1t was the work of
the ladies of Shelbyville, where Mr..
Hendricks formcly lived. 1t was six
feet in length, and four in height; its
sides were composed of Gala lilies,
hyacinths, carnations and roses; the
roof was English ivy and smilax, the
chimney was red and white carnations
At 9 o'clock, Mrs. Hendricks, &C.
companied only by her brother and
Mrs. Morgan, entered the room for the
last leave-taking. The ordeal was
most trying, and Mrs. Hendricks
seemed utterly Frustrated. Impressed
with the placid and life-ike appearance
| of the dead, she desired to preserve this
last scene, and though it was late, she
sent for a photographer to take pic
ture of the casket.
A little before II, noon, the remains
were taken from the residence
St. Paul's Episcopal church. The
officiating clergy were four in number:
Bishop Knickcrbocker of the Indiana
diocese; Rev. DIR. Stringfellow of
Montgomery, Ala, the first rector of
St. Paul's and under whose ministra-
ton Mr.. Hendricks had joined the
church; Rev. DIR. Fulton, of St. Louis.
former rector of St. Paul's and
Rev. DR.. jerks, the present rector
The service at the church was the
usual Episcopal burial service after
which the procession was formed to
march to Crown Hill cemetery, a
distance, by the route taken of about
five miles. The procession was very
long, occupying an hour and five
minutes in passing a given point,
and when the head of the procession
had reached the cemetery the rear was
just in the outskirts of the business
part of the city.
The scenes at the grave were i'm
pressive. There was no special re-
straint upon admission to the cemetery,
and several hundred persons had gath
cred about the grave before the funeral
party arrived. The body of the pro-
! cessiOn had disbanded after passing
beyond the city limits, and only the
military, with the mounted escort, en-
tered the cemetery. The space reserved
about the grave had only been defined
by placing line of plants and evergreen
twigs, which was quite sufficient to
protect it from intrusion. just before
the head of the column came up, the
crowd was pushed back still further to
give ample room to the friends, who
were assigned to the side of the grave
whence the column approached. This
order was cheerfully obeyed. When
the hearse was halted near the lot the
| casket was borne to the grave. The
venerable Bishop Knickerbockcr pre-
coded and read the prayer for the dead,
and after the lowering of the casket
Rev. DR.. Jenckes read the committal
services, the bishop closing with pray
er and the bencdiction. When Mrs.
Hendricks, leaning upon the
arm of Mr.. Morgan, stepped upon the
mating placed alongside the grave and
before the casket was removed from
the hearse, she paused to look down in
to the last resting place of her dead,
only to SEQ picture of loneliness in it's
lining of green leaves and flowers. Then
she turned to the grave of her child,
which had been made glorious with a
covering of smilax and flowers and
read in letters of white his baby name.
"Morgie." and on the top of the grave
on field of white in purple letters the
sentence: "And three-fold cord shall
not be broken" The tender love which
she discerncd in this treatment OF
her treasure by sympathetic friends
seemed to give her courage for the last
ordeal. Her glance then caught the
monument with its drapery of the
national flag, cnveloping life-like
portrait of her husband facing the
grave, and she turned with the bravery
OF heroism to witness the last rites
There had been no rainfall for brief
period, but the sky was lowering
just as the coffin was placed beside the
grave there was slight sprink-
ling of rain, causing many to re-
call the old saying: BLESSED
are the dead whom the rain falls on.
While the service was read the con-
gressional committee, the members of
the cabinet and other distinguished Wis
itors stood upon the other side of the
grave. The words of the clergyman
were now and then drowned by the
sound of tho minute guns, which kept
firing until after the interment was
over. When the coffin had been low
cred into the vault by the four colored
assistants of the undertaken and there
was nothing remaining to be done,
for the placing of the stone
and the filing Of the grave was
to b. attended to by the cemetery force,
there was moments pause, and the
silence was broken only by the min
ute gun. Then Mrs. Hendricks and
che friends Of the family passed by the
still open but repellant grave and took
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