The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-27
Hs NATION NOURSS.
THE DEAD Wcs-PRtslosNr


dsaih we're sariicu.arly distressing TO
lis family and friends, inSaMush 40
they had not anticipated . fatal
'erm,nstlsa OF his brief illness,
Aac nobody was with hun whom
ihe end came. He relurssd
from Chicago on last Saturday
aud sines then led been
complaining somewhat Of pain
IN his head aud breast, but
otAing serious was thought OF 1t. On
raesssy night he and Mrs. Mecdfiohs
,etesded = reception givan. As the resi-
isnRe OF Hon. Jahn ]. Cooper, troSx
arer OF the State, returning hoMe ~
neir oArriage asslt midnight. Mr..
Hendricks had taken oif The heavy
soih,Eg whish he uslslly wore and
u, en- y dress sa!t OF lighter material,
and before he rot hoMs he semplainsd
" shillinsas and certain degree oi
exhs, isa, bat sttributed IL 70 mate
rlsl infl lasnsss. He SAT BY the are for
,n hour or nero before retiring, hn,
iaelinea 10 send for u physisian 81
nouEh uraed 70 do 20. a. silent res,-
essty aHtii about s o'clock Bsxt morx-
nx, when he arSae, drsAsed himsalj
,ud sie (uito u hearty brsskfast, ray
lns he feat neeh better sad iateudrd
10 sttshd to considerable dclayoa bus-
iness during the dav.
He and Mrs Hendricks walked GU,
r nSarlv half an hour, and ho had ap-
arently rcga,nea his pnysiual viger
oG cheerfAlness. Au hspr later. ow-
aver, no began to he troubled with
osias Ia tso region of the stnmAeh, aud
Nre, hendricks sent for tho family
pay stsiae, DR.. w. q. The N pssn, l!ie-
,oas Nod soneasptia friend OF ia
,iee-sreaident. As The palkg IN tn.
tomaeh ssatiDusd to inressr, he wa
S'vdn au elastis aud af.SrwaySs sN iu-
ctlon, and relief came In the natura
way. He arose from his bed, In vhion
Do mao iaia ou,y few nlnutes, nha
razd tss snorning papers, talkiue
snerrfuily with his wife and an ole
house servant.
Jast before noon ke had n relapse,
nowcver. and the phvaicisn wSs
agstn sumMones, aud adiainiete,sd
.he ususi rsMedirs, b1s,ees bleed
log .hp patient, AID Mr.. H0uaricss
again sxstss.sd himself as being
greatly relieved. Hs rsma, cd In biz
rooKa eli tEe afssrnoos, occasionally
ris'nR iron hia bed, to which ne wa.
aompslled W resurn by The rscsr-
renee OF the abdominal pains. To MI
callers who came, and they w6ro nu-
sosrcus, ho sens word that he was IN.
usspssed, bat would bs glad 30 nee
them 70 morrow. About A;3e O'clock
Mrs. Hendricks, who had been ~ his
nodside all day, went down into the
parlor to see caller WAC bad GONE 10
consult with her regarding he affair,
of resor aaatory Institution oi whish
che was one Of the managers, and she
r-mslned with him aSost = min
utes. Tom,A s0lored servant, and 3sr-
Iry VI ryan, Nra. Hen trien.' nepheo ~,
maineA With him. Tho servant went
oas Ana Master Morgan remained.
Nr, Hcna risks tossed unessily In mir
osd ard complained OF great pain, ba
ndrerlv H. seemed to sesse and he
said 10 his nephew:
~ m free ~ last, soud fer ELS 4, y
meaning hts " lfe, and these were hi.
'ast words, for the yourg man, not 70,
al'zisg Lhs urgency vt the message,
did not doliver u at 0Hua.
Just before 5 O'ciosk Mrs. Hendricks
ssine inso the room and f0uad that hsi
husband was dead.
He lay In the bed, outside the ssvor
isR, only partially disr0bsd, with hil
eyes ha.f closed, ~ II As wcro Ia I
gontIc sicep. On HIS fees tasre wore
~ traces OF paia or suffering, but :
psllor bad come over Is that indicated
My tso plsiply shat he had passed
away. It needed no close examination
70 toll tnat he was Dead, aud Mrs
HsncJioks screamtd and ran d0wr
ataife. 4 servant was dispstshsd tc
tho residence OF DR.. Thompson, nd
iuins, and hs came INN eaintsly, bu
by tho NnO he had reached the bs d
side the limbs Of tho diB.inauirbs 1
sssd man were becoming Geld anc
rigid, and ~ Mrs. HsHdricts' pathoti,
appsal-"Oh! Doctor, cant you dy
sOnetbinsf"-hs was obliged e
answer: "It IL too late"
Mrs. Hendrinks became almost dls
tractsd with grief, and Il
was IN hour more be
lore she bssons sufflcisntly
somsossd 70 give any inform a,iur
about her haebsnd's LASS moments
The family servants, i've OF WHOM
had lived with them for years, rst
about tho house cryiDa and moau,ns \
| scu sh0iS Wss thS utnSst toouiublOn iOl
timo. -
When the news was balletined dowr
town, 1t WAS gsnerally discrrditoa and
In a very lew mtsntes n hundred or
more Of Mr.. Hendricks close polItioa
and personal frisAds had hurried u
tns house. Very soon . crowd mad
soilesscd Aronud the cntrsnos and or
the s.reot, and IL was found necessary
l 10 Vsfa aiy ~ xuts - II
o 'mera except tho immediate rela
tives.
| Mr.. Hendricks died In his privai,
shan hsr, a large, comfortable room n
whioh he did tue most of his work
| Near his bsdsiho was q ssse contain
ing iegsl ahd political works, ana on
| Nss d.sk wore his papers, nsemsrsud,
aud lsrge number OF letters, = hint
has bcsS allowed 70 assumulata with
ont answering ip the lssrtwo or thrs.
dsys. HIS dressing gewn and slipper,
were st his bedside, and near hy wns
s1sll stsnd, on which were var,nu
medicine and = ssblet OF water. Pur
rai,s, lardesapls snd bris.s-brs
ada ned the walls of tho rsem an,
were In s'rlkiss csHtrsst VITA Tie "a,
sssue wltsin.
| va. ~ HPrvh shleNnSb ia mtv 0Niu
ion Mr. H-ndricks dlsd Of parsiysi
Of he braiOana there will pro bably y
post tnortsm sx.misAsiOn " sstsh
sh tbs disease. For sSvsral years b.
had Net b'sp robust inau and Va
sunjest IN frequsnt bad spells (" 40 h,
called tksn,, curing which no woul,
bs prostrHted, 40 neiimcs for days .,
time. Ab a. two ysAro sgo he wa
conhosd to his rooa for several week
by eenyrexous sGssti0n OF che foo,
whlnh At the uuie 10 vac feared wOul,
result IN blaod poisoning. aud II Wa
ihen thought the eRo VI bis life VA
near al hant. Nut no apparently ~
u,vefcd entirely rem thfs, and was II
his ususl health. Whilo ia Washing
ton curing tho last seueion Of 0nn
arsss he was ovsrworko1 ami almoe
worn cut BY the press d dpolitieai mai
tsrs, ana upon his rstura homo no aig
niaed his intsution OF loving aside sl
pablis bualnes- this so@nmev anu d
voting the tine - recreation
Ne tpent three wesks M Altar
tie Giy, hshtns, bathing au'
y aohttng, and came t>sk West au
wen, W nor hsra lake fesorts aud o
ter wards ~ Mama rssorvoir. Ia Oni,
on y Asnisg exssrsluu} He rsiurne