St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-26
vice president. When the cabinet adjourned

dent of the United States, died to-day at p.
III. at Indianapolis, and it becomes my mourn
| full duty to announce the distressing facts to
| his fellow-countrymen In respect to the
| memory of this official and patriotic public
| servant whose long careefwas SO full of use
| fulness and honor to his state and the United
| States, it is ordered that tue national flag be
| displayed at half-mast upon all the public
| buildings Of the United States; that the ex-
| eel tive mansion and the several executive de-
partments in the city Of Washington be closed
| on the day of the funeral and be draped in
mourning for the period of thirty days; that
the usL nj and appropriate military and naval
honors be rendered, and that on all the Legal
tions and consulars of the United States in
| foreign countries the national flag shall be
| displayed at half-mast upon the reception of
| this order, and the usual emblemS of mourn
ing be made for thirty days.
GROVER CLEVELAND, President.
| T. F. BAYARD, Secretary of State.
The following was sent to the secretary
OF the senate.
Washington, D. G. Nov. 25, 18S5.-To Hon.
A.G. McCOok, Secretary of the Senate: am di-
| reoted by the president to inform you that he
has received intelligence Of the death Of Hon.
| Thomas A. Hendricks, vice president Of the
| United States, and to convey his suggestion
| that you take Immediate steps. in conjunc-
| ton with the clerk of the house of represent
atives, to secure proper representation of
| congress at the funeral Of the deceased. Very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
| DANIEL S. LAMONT, Private Secretary.
The president was just sitting down to
dinner, when the following dispatch was
| handed him:
Indianapolis, Ind. Nov. 20, 1Ss5.-To Presi-
dent Cleveland: Vice President Hendricks
! died suddenly this afternoon: disease prob
| ably paralysis. WIN. Fl. ENGLISH.
He was greatly shocked at the news. and
| Immediately sent the following telegram,to
Mrs. Hendricks:
Executive Mansion, Washington, D. O.,
| Nov. 20, 18s5.-To Mrs. 7. A. Hendricks In
dianapolis: The sudden and lamentable
| death of your husband excites my profound
sympathy for you in this hour Of your great
| bereavement, and sincerely mourn the de-
! cease of one so lately associated with me in
! the execution of the peoples highest trust,
| while the nation mourns the loss Of an hon.
ored citizen and faithful public servant.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Shortly afterwards he received the fol-
lowing:
Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 25. President
| Cleveland, Washington, d. c.: Mr.. Hen
| dricks sent me message after noon to-day,
al which time he was slightly unwell only. He
died about p M. no one being present at
the actual moment Of his death. DR.. Thomp-
son. his physician, thinks paralysis of the
heart occasioned his death, which was wholly
unexpected. VIM. H. ENGLISH.
The work of draping the White house
and the various departments will begin to-
morrow morning. A large force OF work
men have been engaged for that purpose.
The following was sent tonight to all the
senators in the city by the sergeant-at-arms
of the senate:
| Mr.. Senator: You are requested to come
to the judiciary committee room Of the senate
| at IL a. m. tomorrow to take action in regard
to the funeral of the late vice president.
W. P. CANADAY, Sergeant-at-Arms.
| New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The news of the
death of Vice President Hendricks was
slow to spread through the city tonight,
and the first reports were scarcely listened
to and in very few instances credited. The
| general belief seemed to be that a canard
was being spread about. At uptown
hotels and clubs, the first and second re-
ports required triple confirmation be-
| fore those who heard them were
| fully brought to an understanding
| that the vice president was dead.
Extras, however, after time found their
way up town, and the information they
brought crept into theaters and clubs and
created astonishment in all quarters. The
County Democracy took action this evening,
| which will result in meeting of the eXecu-
| tive committee Friday afternoon, to give
expression to the sorrow OF the organiza-
| ton. Senator John Sherman was seen at
| the Fifth Avenue hotel. He said:
This comes to me with great surprise. L
| have known him ever since 1 entered public
| life. He was commissioner of the general
| land Office under Franklin Pierce. He came
| into the senate during the war and served
| one full term. He has been conspicuous,
| leading actor in his time, and always strong
| Democratic partisan. He was man OF
| highly respectable character, was pleasant
| and courteous to his associates, and may
| fairly be considered among the successful
| and respected politicians of the day.
''What will be the effect of his death?''
sit will, of course, create vacancy in the
| office of vice president. The senate will be
| called upon, at its first meeting, to elect
president pro tem., who becomes active vice
| president"
Ex-senator William H. Barnum of Con-
| necticut, chairman of the national Demo-
cratic committee, said:
| This will make sad Thanksgiving to
| great many people.
Ex-senator Thomas c. Platt said:
| Hendricks was genial, good fellow. He
was consistent Democrat. He did not pre-
| tend to be anything he was not, as so many
| of his party associates have done. He be-
| lieved that his party should occupy the offices
as the result of their victory, after being
| tweuty-four years out of power, and he did
not hesitate to say what he believed.
Ex-Congressman James A. Haley Of
| Ohio:
[ I knew Hendricks during most of his en-
| tire career in Washington. During the first
eight or ten years, except as to his Greenback
| views, our relations and understandings were
naturally cordial. Hendricks was broad
| and generous man, and ithorough-going
Democrat. He was pleasant man socially.
| Congressman Adams said:
| Hendricks was big-hearted and big-braned
| statesman, who did more to elect Cleveland
| than any other man in the country. David
| Hill is the only Democrat left.
! Philadelphia.
| PHuADELPHIA, Nov. 25,-The an