The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1885-12-10
THE y1cE PRESIDENTS REmA1ss.

They Are Laid Atray In the Presence of a
Large Csotcd-DistinDuished Officials Ia
Military and Civl Life Present.
The mortal remains Of Thomas A. Hen
bricks, the fifth vice president of the United
States to die during his term of office, was
conveyed to the tomb on the I'd. The
event was made memorable in many re-
spects by the presence OF a tremendous con-
course OF people from all parts of the ma
ton to witness the simple rites which pre-
coded their interment.
The cabinet was represented by Secretary
OF State Bayard, Secretary OF the Interior
Lamar, Secretary OF the Navy Whitney,
Secretary of War Endicott, and Postmas-
ter General Villas. The supreme bench OF
the United States was represented by AS
sociate Justices Matthews and Blatchiord.
The United States senate was represented
by Senator Edmunds, Allison, Hugh, Har-
ris, Conger, Blair, Dolph, Beck, Vest, Cam
den, Vance, Jones, Voorhees,, Payne,
Palmer and Harrison. The committee rep
resenting the house OF representatives was
composed OF w. r. Morrison, q. Blount, H.
A. Herbert, w. S. Holman, w. NJ. Springer,
w. P. Hepburn, S. B. Ward, w. A. Phelps,
j.. j. Klemer, Thomas Ryan and P. Dunn.
The namber OF active and eX-members OF
the lower house present in addition to
those named was very large. The gov
ernors of Indiana, Ohio. Illinois and Ken
lucky were present, attended by their
staffs and numerous state officers. Major
General Schofield, chief representative OF
the United States army, was present. Ex-
President Rutherford B. Hayes and Gen.
VIM. T. Sherman were distinguished guests.
The scenes at the grave were impressive.
There was no special restraint upon admit
lance to the cemetery and several hundred
persons had gathered about the grave be-
fore the funeral party arrived. The body
OF the procession had disbanded after pass
ing beyond the city limits and only the
military, with the mounted escort, entered
the cemetery. The space reserved about
the grave had only been defined by placing
a line OF plants and evergreen twigs, which
was quite sufficient to protect it from in
t%rusion. Just before the head of the col
umn came up, the crowd was pushed back
still further to give ample room to friends
who were assigned to the side OF the grave
from whence the column approached. This
order was cheerfully obeyed. When Mrs.
Hendricks, leaning upon the arm OF Mr..
Morgan, stepped upon the mating placed
beside the grave, and before the casket was
removed from the hearse, she paused to
look down into the last resting place OF her
HuSDctllu, Only W Sec d. plCUuIC vi
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 q covering OF smilax and flowers, and
read in letters of white his baby name
"Margie," and on top of the grave, in a
field OF white, in purple letters, the SEN
tence, "And a Threefold Card Shall Not be
Broken" The tender love which she dis
cerned in this treatment of her treasure by
sympathetic friends seemed to give her
courage for herlast ordeal. Her glance then
caught the monument with it's drapery OF
national flags enveloping the lifelike portrait
OF her husband facing the grave, and she
turned with the bravery OF heroism to wit
ness the last rites. There had been no ain
fall for a brief period, but the sky was low
ering. just as the coffin was placed beside
the grave there was a slight sprinkling OF
rain, causing many to recall the old saying,
Blessed are the dead whom the rain falls
on" The Columbus Barracks band at this
point played the American hymn and the
reading OF the service followed. Mrs. Hen
bricks only leaned more heavily upon Mr..
Morgan, resting her head at last upon his
shoulder, but her s~elf-control was bravely
maintained. While the service was read,
the congressional committee, members of
the abine and other distinguished visitors
upon the other side OF the grave. The
words of the clergy were now and then
drowned by the sound Of the minute gun
which was kept firing until after the inter-
ment was over. When the coffin had been
into the vault by four colored as
s~istants of the undertaken, and there was
nothing remaining to be done, for the plac-
ing of the stone and the filling of the grave |
to be attended to by the cemetery |
force, there was a moments pause and the
silence was broken only by the minute gun.
Mrs. Hendricks and the friends of the
passed by the still open but not re-
pellant grave and took their carriages.
people who had waited so respectfully
then flocked to the grave to get a nearer
The military order, forward
started the soldiers homeward,
the carriages rapidly rolled away and the
distinguished dead was left alone.