The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1885-12-04

and on his desk We're his papers, memoranda
and n large number of letters which had
been allowed to accumulate without an
| swering for the last two or three days. His
dressing gown and slippers were at his bed
side, and near by was a small stand on
which were various medicines and Il goblet
Of water. Portraits, landscapes and bric-a-
brac adorned the walls OF the room, ana
were in striking contrast with the sad
scene within. DIR. Thompson says that,
IN his opinion, Mr.. Hendricks died Of
paralysis OF the brain, and there Will prop
ably be a post-mortem examination to estaO-
lish what the disease was, For several years
he had not been a robust man. and was sub
ject to frequent bad spells" as he called
them, during which he would be Frustrated
sometimes for days at n time. About two
years ago he was confined to his room for
several weeks by a gangreneOus affection Of
the foot, which at the time it was feared
would result in blood poisoning, and it was
then thought that the end Of life was near;
but he apparently recovered entirely from
this and was in his usual health. While in
Washington during the last session Of CON
gress, he was OverwOrkcd and almost worn
out by the press of political matters, and
upon his return home he stgnihed his tnten-
ton of laying aside all public business last
summer and devoting the time to recreation.
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, Nov. %
A bulletin announcing that Vice President
Hendricks had fallen dead was received at
the Baltimore & Ohio telegraph office at $50
tonight As Mr.. Kelser, the chief ope-
rator, took it from the wire he ran to the
telephone and called up the White House
Tell the president MI. Hendricks is dead, he
exclaimed.
WHATS that?"
Mr.. Hendricks Is dead"
mol"
Yes. We have just received a telegram from
indianapolis announcing that he fell dead a few
moments ago"
"Oh. my!" calculated the operator at the
White House.
Dropping the receiving tube, he ran in to
tell the president. Mr.. Cleveland was at
dinner when the operator broke in upon him
with the news Leaving the table he went
up stairs two steps at a time and went to the
telephone room and asked how he report
came, and whether there was any confirma-
ton of it. Being told that the message was
from the manager of the Baltimore d Ohio
office in Indianapolis, and that its
accuracy was ~indisputable, he asked
chat any further details might be
given him promptly, and returned
to his sister. who remained in the dining
room, in a fiutter Of excitement Swallow
ing a few morsels, the president went up
stairs. wrote a message of coincidence to
Mrs. Hendricks and dispatched messengers
to the residence of cabinet officers, asking
them to come to the White House at once.
THE PRESIDENTS CoNDoLENCB.
The president sent the following telegram
to Mrs. Hendricks: .-
Executive Mansion. Washington, D. c., Nov.
25.-To Mrs. L. A. Hendricks, Indianapolis: 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 decease Of one so lately associated
with me in the execution Of the peoples highest
trust, while the nation mourns the loss OF an
honored citizen and faithful public servant.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Senator Edmunds was appraised of the
death of the vice president by q reporter.
and was greatly affected He said that he
had known Mr.. Hendricks a great many
years, and they were intimate friends in old
times in the senate, and he added:
/ have always had a personal regard for him. I
egret exceedingly his death. l shall call a
meeting tomorrow Of all the senator's in the
nty to make such arrangements to have the
lenate represented at the funeral as are proper.
Secretary Bayard said:
The news Of Mr.. Hendricks death is painful to
as all, but the condition In which the American
people are placed by his death, through the
failure OF congress to pass proper laws regarding
Is now but one man between the American peo-
Pile and no president, is more painful to con-
template.
Secretary Lamar said:
MY acquaintance with Mr.. Hendricks was not
intimate. He has been for many years q great
~fayorite In the South, and I think was regarded
All over the country as q very safe, conservative
.sarae1erl : n man Sa q t S5sas fa cnfp1'y of ana at Eo assiD %
friends to him very warmly. Although his
death 10 very sudden and q great shock to Us, !
have often heard his friends express apprehen-
sion as to the condition Of his health ever since
bis attack some years ago.
THE PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION.
When the abine adjourned the president
issued the following:
Executive Mansion, Washington. d. c., Nov.
81, 1ss5.-To the people Of the United States:
Thomas A. Hendricks, vice president Of the
United States, died to-day at 5 o'clock p. m. at
Indianapolis. and II becomes my mournful duty
TO announce the distressing fact to his fellow
cial and patriotic public servant. whose long
career was SO full OF usefulness and honor to his
state and to the United, States, 1t is
played at half-mast upon ali Of the
public buildings OF the United States; that the
executive mansion and the several executive de-
arJment 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 and naval
donors be rendered, and that on all the legations
and consulars of the United States In foreign
countries the national flag shall be displayed at
half-mast on the reception of this order, and the
usual emblems of mourning be adopted for
thirty days. [Sigaedl
GROVER CLEVELAND, President.
TT. BAYARD, Secretary Of State.
A NEEDED A MAY BE PASSED.
The death of Mr.. Hendricks leaving, as IL
does, but one life between the presidency
and a vacancy in the Office, to which no one
under the law can succeed, will undoubtedly
impei congress to pass the bill which has
been pending 80 long to provide for a regular
successor. Several times has such a bill been
reported from committees of both houses,
and once a measure for the purpose was
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