Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-12-03
HENDRICKS DEAD.
The Vice President Dies Suddenly
of Paralysis of the Heart.
No One In the Room When He Dies-Hig
Last Word<--A Special Cabinet Coun-
ella Brief Biography.

No One In the Room When He Dies-His
Last Words--A Special Cabinet Coun-
ella Brief Biography.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, November 26.-Vice
President Hendricks died very suddenly at
his residence a few minutes before five
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Hendricks
came from Chicago early In the week and
complained of feeling tinwel but nothing
serious was thought OF it at the time. Tues"
day night the Vice President and Mrs. Hen
bricks attended reception at the residence
of the Hon. j. j. Cooper. and after he came
and stomach. In the morning he was no
better and his family physician, DR.. Thomp-
son, was called in. He gave him an emetic
and later in the day an injection. Mr..
Hendricks stayed in his room all day, and
the most of the time in bed, although he
sat up at frequent intervals. Mr.. Hen
bricks received no callers, but about five
o'clock Mrs. Hendricks left his bedside to
see a caller for few minutes in the parlor.
She was delayed longed than she expected,
and when she returned to the room she
found that MIR. Hendricks was dead. The
end of busy and eventful life had come
peaceably and quietly. His last words
were: Il am free at last. Send for
Eliza" meaning his wife. There was
nobody in the Vice Presidents room
when he died, and only Mrs. Hendricks,
the servants and caller were in the
house. Mrs. Hendricks was almost dis
trac!ed with grief and could not restrain her
feelings sufficiently to talk.
When the President received the news of
the death of the Vice President he immedi-
ately called the Cabinet together and issued
an order that the National flag be displayed
at half mast on all public buildings OF the
United States that the executive mansion
and the several executive departments in
the city of Washington be closed on the
day of the funeral, and be draped in mourn
ing for thirty days; that the usual mill
tary and naval honOrs be rendered, and
that on all the Legations and COnsnlates of
the United States IN foreign countries, the
National flag be displayed at half mast.
The President telegraphed his coincidence
and sympathy to Mrs. Hendricks, and the
bereaved lady also received many other
kilograms of similar nature from all parts
of the country.
Biographical.
Thomas Andrews Hendricks, Vice Pres
ident of tie United States, was born
near GAINESVILLE, O., September Z, 1919.
When he was six months old his parents
removed to Madison, Ind, then the resi-
dence of his uncle, William Hendricks, who
was successfully member of Congress,
Governor of the State and United States
Senator. In 1882 he removed again, and To-
Gated homestead in the then sparsely set
tied county of Shelby, and the county town,
Shelbyvile, is upon part of the old Hen
bricks farm. In this home Thomas
A. Hendricks passed his bOyhoOd till
1887, when he entered Hanover College,
at Hanover, Ind, from which he was
graduated in 1871. He then went to Cham
bersburg, Pa, studied law in the office OF
his uncle, judge Thomas, was admitted
to the bar in 1913, and returned to Shelby
vile, to practice. His success in his pro-
fessiOn was phenomenal. In 1915 he
married Eliza C. Morgan. They have
no children, their only son having died in
infancy. In the same year, at the age OF
twenty-six, lie was sent to the State LegiS-
latIre, where lie served one term, but he
would not accept a reelection. In 1851 he
was elected without opposition member
Of the convention that was called to revise
and amend the State constitution of Indiana,
dtlu WdS DIOiiflUtIG CluCiCHV III
work. In 1851, and again in 1858, he was
member of Congress from the Fifth District
of Indialia At the close of his second
term he intended to return to his law prac-
tice, but President Pierce appointed him
Commissioner of the General Land Office,
and he served in that capacity for four
years, administering the affairs OF the
office with great ability. In 1860 he
was nominated as Democratic can
didate for the Governorship OF
Indiana, but was defeated by the Re-
publican candidate, Henry S. Lane, who
became Governor by 1851 majority. In
the same year Mr.. Hendricks removed
from Shelbyville to indianapolis. From
1868 to March, 1869, Mr.. Hendricks
was member of the United States
Senate from Indiana, and was regarded as
a Democratic leader in that body. He
served efficiently on the Committees ON
Claims, the Judiciary, Public Lands and
Naval Affairs. In 1864 he advocated and
voted for large appropriations to bring
the war to close and spoke elOQuently in
favor of all amendment to increase the
pay of the soldiers fifty per cent. because
of the depreciation of the currency.
Ii the Democratic National Convention
of 1868, in New York, on the twenty-first
ballot, he received 1872 votes as candidate
for the Presidency, standing next to Cen
eral Hancock, who received 1861; but on
the final ballot HoratiO Seymour was nOml-
mated. In the autumn of that year he was
again candidate for the GOvernOrship OF
Indiana, but was defeated by GAL majority
by the Republican candidate, Conrad Baker,
who afterward became lawyer partner OF
Mr.. Hendricks. At the close Of his Sena-
torial term he returned to indianapolis, and
resumed the practice of his profession.
In 1872 he was elected Governor of In
diana, defeating the Republican candidate,
Thomas NJ. Brown, by a majority OF l, 14S.
In July, 1874. he was Permanent Chairman
Of the State Democratic convention at In
dianapolis. In the National Democratic
convention at ST. Louis in June, 1876, he
received 1881 votes for the Presidential
nomination, and when Samuel j. Tilden
was nominated he received 730 out OF 73S
votes as candidate for the Vice Presidency.
In 1877, and again in 1885, accompanied
by Mrs. Hendricks, he made brief tour in
Europe as q relaxation from his arduOus
professional pursuits. He was member OF
the National Democratic Convention at
Chicago in July, 1884, and in behalf OF the
Indiana delegation nominated Joseph +.
Mcdonald, of that State, for the Presidency.
After the nomination Of Grover Cleveland,
William A. Wallace of Pennsylvania, nOmi-
mated Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice Presi-
dent, and the entire SIG votes cast for Linn
made him the unanimous nominee OF the
convention.
An engineer in quartz mill in
California met with a friOhtful death re-