Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-28
A CITY OF MOURNING.
rnoiic and Private Residences Draped-
Letters Of CondOlesce Sent Mrs. Hes.
aricks- Pail Bearers Chosen - The
President Urged not to 90 to Isdian.
ap0lis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 27.

'istots we're excluded from the house last
evening, but this morning the parlors were
again filed by sympathizing friends. Mrs
Hendricks is almost prostrated from grief and
exhaustion, and her physicians have given
orders that shall see nobody unless on bust.
ness OF the greatest moment. plaster cast
OF Mr.. Hendricks face was taken today 1,
was not altogether satisfactory, however, and
another will be taken tomorrow from which
Dust will be made. The burial casket
which will be here in the morning, is like thai
IN which Grant is buried, except it is covered
with black broadcloth. A force of men is
employed in building white marble vault in
the Hendricks lot at Crown Hill cemetery
and it will be finished tonight.
Mrs. Hendricks has received several hun.
dred messages of coincidence since the death
OF her husband. Among those that came this
morning were tributes of respect and assur.
ances of sympathy from Gov. Pattison OF
Penn, Associate Justice Harlan, Mayor
Francis of St. Louis, and fifty or more polit.
lcal organizations in all parts of the country.
The pail bearers were selected this forenoon,
with Mrs. Hendricks approval. They are
Gov. Gray, ex-Gov. Porter, Judge Wood of
the U. S. Court, Mayor McMaster of Indiana.
polls, Aquilla Jones, David Macy and Judge
Frederick Rand, all of this CITY,
AT Hendricks residence this afternoon a
curious crowd continued about the entrances
and the parlors were filled with callers. For
the first time since her husbands death Mrs.
Hendricks came down stairs to dinner this
evening and talked quietly and composedly
with her relatives, having recovered some
what from her prOstration of this morning.
She received a lengthy letter from Miss Rose
Cleveland. the Presidents sister, but on ac-
count of its personal character declined to
give it to the press.
Just before dark Bishop Knickerbocker of
the Episcopal church, called and with Mrs.
Hendricks went into the darkened chamber
where the body of her husband was vaguely
descernable and prayed fervantly and earnesi.
To her friends she gave loving accounts OF
Hendricks last hours, what he was doing and
what he said about ordinary affairs. There
not being any Apprehension on the part of
either of a sudden fatal termination of his
illness, while lying on the bed, only few
oours before his death, he read several
papers and few chapters in the book,
Lazarus of London" in which he appeared
to be nue., interested and discussed with her
the book and the dispatches in the papers.
He wanted to be at work answering letters of
personal friends but she urged him to remain
quiet in accordance with physicians instruc-
tions.
She talked candidly of these things, but
when to say that soon after leaving him
cheerful and almost free from pain, for a few
moments, she returned to find him cold in
death. she broke down completely and wept
almost Historically. The ladies with her
were powerless to administer any comfort,
but after a time she grew calm and expressed
her appreciation of the kindness of friends
and neighbors and citizens generally, who re-
lieved her of so much anxiety and care in
attending to matters pertaining to the funeral.
The city has now put on mourning. The
public buildings are covered with black, and
above them all are flags at half-mast. Hun
dreds of business houses and residences are
likewise draped, and its noticeable fact tn At
in the poorer portions of the city, where the
humble homes of the working people are, in
almost everyone of them is a picture of the
Vice President, surrounded by Grape or some
other emblem of sorrow and respect.
Messages of coincidence continue to come
in by the score from all parts of the county.
Among those received this afternoon was the
following:
FREMONT, o., Nov. 27,
To Senator HARRISON.
Please tender to Mrs. Hendricks the heart.
felt sympathy of Mrs. Hayes and myself in
her great sorrow.
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES.
Mr.. Hayes also sent private despatch
stating that he would attend the funeral. Ex-
Pres. Arthur will attend the obsequies if he
can get away from business. Immense
crowds are expected here on Monday and
Tuesday.
The Journal. in an editorial this morning,
expresses the hope that President Cleveland
will not attend the funeral of Vice-President
Hendricks because of the danger that would
attend the transit of the president from
Washington to indianapolis, and which, in
case of accident, might result go disastrously
to the country. The Journal argues that the
risk of the journey BY rail does not warrant
the president in exercising the usual functions
of his office as to demonstration of official
respect to the memory of the distinguished
dead.
ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. 81.
Gov. Hill has issued proclamation an.
nouncng officially the death of Thomas A.
Hendricks, vice-president of the United
States, to the citizens of New York, eulogiz.
ing the distinguished dead, and commencing
that flags on all public buildings of state be
placed at half mast from now till after the
funeral.
New YORK, Nov. %.
The Board of Aldermen today adopted res
olutions of regret at the death of Hendricks.
After reciting the attainments of the deceased
the resolutions order that the flag be Kept al
half-mast on the City Hall till after the fun
eral, and a copy of the resolutions be sent to
the widow of the deceased statesman.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.
The chairman of the Senate committee has
added Senator Beck to the committee to At
tend the funeral of Vice President Hen
dricks. Messrs. Canaday and Leedam, SER
geants at arms of the Senate and House re-
spectively, have made arrangements for the
committee to 60 to indianapolis, via Penn.
sylvania Railroad, leaving Washington Mon
day and arriving in indianapolis Tuesday
morning at 8 o'clock. Returning they leave
Indianapolis at o'clock Tuesday evening
and arrive in Washington Wednesday at 6
o'clock.
The Star, this evening says The intention
expressed by the President to go to Indianapo.
lis for the purpose of attending the funeral oi
Vice President Hendricks, next Tuesday, is
in the highest degree creditable to him ~ q
man and citizen, bat il is nevertheless great
ly to be regretted that he 10 not able to see
that his higher duty to the republic entirely
absolves him from any supposed or official
obligation to be present on that occasion.
The present juncture in public affairs 10 such
as to make the seat of the government the
time and place for the President for some
time to come, and it 10 hoped that wise coun-
sells may yet persuade him to forego his pur'
pose and place himself - little in the way Of
edvarse fortune n poseible