Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-02

ooh my" calculated the operator at the
White House, and dropping the receiving
tube, he ran in to tell the President
Inc resident was at dinner, where the
operator broke in upon him with the news.
Leaving the table he went upstairs two
steps at time to the telephone room and
asked now the report came and whether
there was any confirmation of it. Being
tolo bnaG The message was from the mana
ger OF the Baltimore & Ohio officein Indian
apons, and that it's accuracy was indis-
putable, he asked that any further details
might De given him promptly, and returned
TO MS sister, who remained in the dining
room In tiutter of excitement. Swallow
ing a lew morsels the President went up
stairs, and wrote the following message OF
coincidence to Mrs. Hendricks:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, d. G.. Nov
Ind The sudden and lament table death of YOUR
nusDanu e&cltes my profound sympathy for you
IN tnls nOur OF your great bereavement, and |
sinceIely mourn the decease of one so lately asso
ciateu WIN me in the execution of the peoples
hlghest uust while the nation mourns the loss of
al nonored citizen and q faithful public servant
GROVER CLEVELAND.
he then dispatched messengers to the
residences OF the cabinet officers, asking
them to come to the White House at once.
THE CABINET ASSEMBLIES.
1t was abour $50 or 6:45 when the mes
sage to the Cabinet was dispatched, and in
about half an hour Mr.. Villas came rushing
in, not having waited for his carriage. Mr..
Whitney was the next to come, who was in
evening dress, and just about leaving his
house to attend a dinner party when the
news reached him over the telephone. He
had not received the Presidents message,
but came as soon as he was dressed, to in
quire what was to be done. The next ar
rivals were Mr.. Lamar and Mr. Bayard,
who came in the latter's carriage, as
they are near neighbors. Mr.. Lamar is q
man OF intense feeling, and showed the ef-
feet OF the shock by his appearance and &C.
ton, but said very little. He has himself
been warned of tendency to apoplexy,
and the sudden announcement completely
unnerved him. Mr.. Bayard always looks
at the practical side Of things, and came in
to the White House talking OF the neglect of
Congress to pass law providing for the
presidential succession. Mr.. Endicott came
on foot soon after Messrs. Bay
ard and Lamar arrived, very much
flushed in the face and out of breath
with excitement and exertion. but it was q
long time before Messrs. M, nm ng and Gar
land appeared. AS the members of the
cabinet entered the Executive Mansion
ments, where the President received them,
and after Bayard and Lamar came they
adjourned to the Presidents office The
session did not adjourn until after IL
o'clock, when the following proclamation
was issued
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov
%, 1885. To the People of the United States:
Thomas A. Hendricks, vice-president of the
United States died to-day at o'clock P. NJ, at
indianapolis, and it becomes my painful duty to
announce the distressing fact TO his fellow coun-
rymen.
In respect to the memory and the eminent and
varied services of this high official and patriotic
public servant, whose long career was SO full of
usefulness and honor to his state and to the
United States, 1t is ordered that the national flag
be displayed at half-mast upon all the public
buildings of the United States; that the Execu-
tive Mansion and the several executive depart
ments 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 usual and
appropriate military naval honors be rendered,
and that on all the legations and consulates of
the United States IN foreign countries the national
flag shall be displayed at halfmast on the recep-
ton of this order and the usual emblems of
mourning be adopted for thirty days.
By the President: GROVER CLEVELAND.
T. F. BAYARD, Secretary of State.