Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-28
Arrangements for the Funeral Of Vice
President Hendricks.
A KINDLY LETTER FROM HON. SAM
uEL ]. TIIDEN.
Mrs. Hendricks is Almost
Frustrated.
EIGHT INDIAN M%uRDERERs HANGED IN
CANADA.
AN ACCOUNT OF THEIR FIEND'
ISL DEEDS.
A capsized Vessel on Lake
Erie.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Arrangements fOr the Funerai O1
Wee President HendrickS

Arrangements for the Funeral OF
Wee President Hendricks.
I~Sp1ANAPoLIs, Nov. 27.-The flags on
all public buildings here are at half-mast
this morning, and forces of men are en-
gagged in adding to the various insignia
of mourners out Of respect to the men,
DRY of Vice President Hendricks, who
died Wednesday evening. In several
churches yesterday Thanksgiving services
were turned into memorial services, and
Bishop Knickerbocker, Of the Episcopal
Church, to which Hendricks belonged,
abandoned his services altogether. Early
in the morning Hon. w. d. English re-
ceived o dispatch from the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the United States Senate. asking
for information about the time and place
OF funeral, of which be will take charge.
An answer was notreturned Immediately, as
arrangements had not been made. At Mrs,
Hendricks suggestion q number of prom
inent gentlemen, personal and political
friends, called in to consult over the mat
ter. A committee, consisting OF senator
Harrison, w. H. English INT Chief JUS
tice Niblock, of the supreme Court, was
appointed to take general charge OF the
arrangements for the funeral and public
meetings. The body, which was en-
balmed yesterday morning, will remain at
the residence until Sunday morning, when
it will be removed to the courthouse to lie
in State until Monday evening. Local
military companies and detachments o! the
Regular Army were doing guard duty
Funeral services will be held in st. Pauls
Cathedral at noon Tuesday, DR.. Jenickes,
rector, and DIR. Fulton, of st. Louis, Off
ciating. The services will be those OF the
Episcopal Church and there will be no
sermon or memorial address. The burial
will bs at Crown Hill Cemetery, north OF
the city. Governor Gray will issue q me-
mortal proclamation to the citizens of the
State, and the Statehouse ia already GOV.
cred with. emblems Of mourning. All
public offices and business houses here will
be closed on the day of the funeral.
Messages of coincidence were received yes
terday and to-day from hundreds OF prom.
inent men all over the country. among
which was the following:
GREYsToNE, Nov. 26, 1887.
Mrs. T. A. Hendricks: l am inexpres'
sibly shocked by the surprising and pain,
full intelligence Of the sudden closing oil
the career Of your husband. He has fallen
with houors thick upon him and In the
acme of his popular esteem. In your per-
| soual bereavement l deeply ~sympathize,
| while, in common with the whole country,
I d eplore the loss of Mr.. Hendricks as 9
| public calamity. ~(Signed):
SAMUEL ]. TILDEN.
A general committee, selected at Mrs
Hendricks suggestion to arrange for the
funeral of the dead Vice President, me
this evening and appointed the necessary
subcommittee TO perfect arrangements
| The funeral will take place at noon Tues
day, the procession leaving the house a
1I:45 o'clock for the church in the follow
Ing order: Police and military companies
civic societies. the President and Members
of the Cabinet and United States Senators
pail. bearers, hearse. family carriages, State
county and city officers and citizens. The
body will be placed in a casket on Satur
day morning. of cedar covered with blacl
velvet and lined with silver trimmings
After the funeral it will be placed in a mar
bic vault at Crown Hill Cemetery, nortl
Of the city, near Mr.. Hendricks private
lot. 1t is elevated above the common level
and in the confer. which is granite, is
column 40 feet high, plain and uncovered
except the simple inscription: "Thomas
A. Hendricks" Near the bottom of the
shaft lies his son, his only child. r.. II
Parks, sculptor. will arrive from Chicago
in the morning and take the cast OF Mr.
| Hendricks face, to be used in making &
marble bust of him. Around the resi-
| dence all day was a crowd of curious peo
pie, who watched the solemn tread of uni
formed sentry. and the coming and going
of friends and relatives, who called. Mrs
Hendricks remained in her room all day
and saw but few people. The parlors down
stairs were filled with callers, who were
received by her brother, Stephen W. Nor
gan.
On account Of the strain on the nerves
OF Mrs. Hendricks, visitors were excluded
from the house last night. but this morn
ing the parlors were again filled by sympa
thizing friends. Mrs. Hendricks is slmost
Frustrated from grief and exhaustion, and
her physicians have given orders that she
see nobody unless there is an emergency,
Eight MurderOus Indians Hanged,
BATTLEFRONT, N. W. Territory, 1885 P,
M.-Nov. 27.- The execution OF the eight
Indians found guilty of murder at Frog
Lake and Battleford occurred at 1927 this
morning. OF the Indians seven were
active participants in the horrible mas
sacre at Frog Lake on the Sd of April
last. The bloody work was commenced
by Wandering Spirit. and was afterwards
carried on under his directions until the
white people Of Frog Lake settlement were
almost exterminated. On the morning OF
the fatal day, according to the most trust
worthy accounts, a number Of the Indians
OF Big Bears band determined to stop the
white mans return and assert their own
sovereignty over the land. Early On the
morning of April 8 Indian Agent Thomas
w. Quinn. who was q Sioux half-breed
from Minnesota. was ordered by Wander
ing Spirit and his companions TO increase
their supplies Immediately. Quinn seems
to have complied with this order, sup