Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-01-10

buried the next day after their death.
At the time Clinton died Washington
Civ contained under ten thousand
,,eople aud the funeral could no. have
been very grand one. The body
vas taken on lis way 10 the grave
rom the city TO the capital and here
ct of half an hour was
aiken. Thence II marched OIL
Yard in martial parade. a cOm-
oanr of militia preceded the hear-e,
nd the eight pail carers who carried
lie cotiin from The hearse To the grave
we're all rcyoluii. nary soldiers. The
.cn.;e attended in body, and on |
heir return Ia the capitol Resolved |
,hai the vice ,,fes DENT chair in the |
.cnate clianiber he ehrouded III black |
la inv The session OF congress then |
assembled, AMI that each senator
,houi,i u>e mourning in III, shape OF Il |
.,and of GRAPE on the arm for thirty |
ia,s.
The second vice-pre-ide .iial aih
,ccnrrcd rwo YEAR later and Matt
sons adminisi ration showed the cuiI-
az coincidence at TWO vice prcsi!en
|, ing during liz coniinUancr. Ir.
Gerry had presided over The senate oh
he dav breeding his ,icath and he ate
,rcak fat al Mrs. Wilson's boarding
.olise thai morning as usual, saying
ne was wei. but had Il slight oppression
IF the ci.cs,. After breakfast he
walked out 10 do some busiurs> at one
the government departments. lie
had gone but a short distance when he
q ln ln.i, .posed. AID took ear
rage to return. When the carriage
reached Ills boarding house he was
found to be in>ensibie, and on being
AIKEN from it he expired without n
groan or sigh. THIS was between 10
and IL O'Clock IN the morning. SeUa'c
| al once adjourned, but the house cor-
| inued il session, th"ugh il adjourned
or the funeral next day. The funeral
ok place at 3 O'Clock. and from the
| nirlii= encer of ih~t date l see that
he R-v Obediah Brow II pronounced
| he funeral service. Gerry WAS buried
Ike Clinton, in The Congressional
cemetery, and though III ms day he
was one of The greatest of men, not
| iozen statesmen in this Capita City
have seen his monument or know that
he lies here. lie was a graduate of
| u ~ INV
| Continental congress, a signer OF the
declaration. and one of the makers of
our constitution. though he refused
| 10 sign il. lie had been several times
IN congress, once governor OF Massa-
| .-huseits AMI also IN mister to France
before he was elected viee-president.
md his whole c,reer had been most
stirring one. During his ea,ly days
n congress he narrowly escaped from
| The British by hiding in corn field,
when a body OF troops captured tie
house " here he was staying and were
,earclin. for him. lie was Tie frs
t. inaugurate as governor of Ma>sa-
r,,useiis The present. political
-y>iem of redistricii"2 states
cungre>- ionai districts for political
purposes. and i. is from flbridye
terry T. III the term 90" rrvInaudrr-
ing" co.n-s As a sample. of The News
PAPER enterprise of 1914 and 1912. con-
ua-,, d,w'th shat of To-day, the chief
paper of Washington tiIy, Where
tie e two deaths occurred, contains
about "a quarter If a cn!uinn The dpy
after they died in regard 10 their
deaths. 1t de>riihes the funeral of
buin in less ii,an fry lines. and gives
Gully the bare>t details. Trrte da, :
after The death If Gerry, john Gal
lard, of South Carolina. WAS elected
president pro TEN. at Tie senate with
uu' discussion, and the luirlligeBcer
.iucs nos consider the >i,ua ion uf
erough ma TT T. an rdi o n.
Nice-P.e- dent King did no. die in
Cuba. ~ sune papers state. IL. was
IL Cuba for Iii, health AT the time of
his election. aud had resigned tom The
! senate come iIunr lief re- OH account OF
III health. He had coU-ump ion and
al the time he . ~ sworn in before ii
consul in Cuba he did not expect TO
ike. and had 10 be prevailed upon 10
take lie cath lie was too feeble TO
stand alone al the time and had TO be
supported while it was administered.
lie sailed for America and grew
worse during the voyage. When he
landed III Alabama il was evident he
would never get 10 Hashiugi on. lie
died the day after he landed. I he de-
pariment5 we're not closed here ia
honor of his death, and he did not
have a public funeral. lie was the
first bachelor ever elected 20 one of
the TWO highest offices of the nation.
and he had long been Z senator, having
ser. ed Tor more than ten Wears as
president pro tern. of the senate be-
10 e le vas elected vice-president
Like Hendricks. hr had bee" Ine,n-
Der of constitutional convention of
HIS state, aud he was elected 10 his
first term iu the senate during the
| III
bricks WIS born. he was for thirty
wears Il United States senator, and
had twenry-tour years Of continuous
service there. In addition 10 this, he
served five wears in the lower house,
aud two wears rs minister TO France.
lie was six feet tall, and very erect
He vas Il good talker. aud was. prob
lahlv. The great "Reminiscences man oil
bis latter da, 8
The last yice-presidential death be-
fore that of Hendricks WAS that Of
Nice-Prc>idpnt Wilson, who died here
in Washington just ahont ten Years
ago. lie had been sick Tor some lime,
and at New York had had an opera
ten pc, formed, in which his spine
WAS scared. Returning TO Washing
iOh dtf'i 'fs@ ~ ~ ht
cretelv took a warm bath IN the senate
bath room. This W, akened him. and
his system did not recover from il.
lie wa taken down sick at his board
ing honse, and shortly aiierward died.
HIS death occurred n sos O'Clock
Monday m"ruing, November %. 1875.
The au-e was sei down ms apopicxv.
During his last hours he. like Hem
drichs, VAS working upon a volume
of memoirs or history, aud he said in
hi ia-i hours that he would like To fin
ish his bo X. Shortly before he died
he pics ed up a hymn book, in The
trout al which his wiie's picture as
pasted. aud grZed at il for long
lime. Fifteen minutes before he died
he heard OF the death of
senator Ferry. of Connecticut,
and it is believed that the
knowledge of the death of one of hi
1t. ar friends fastened his death. The
death of Ferry had ocrn' red the day
or night before. ami his friends han
deferred telling him OF il until The las'
moment AS morning went on and
the lime for the newspapers TO come
approached. il WIS seen that ii would
he impossible to kerp the news from
| him longer lie was told of il ani