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Show OUR DEAD STATESMAN. Tke Body of Vice-President Hendricks Will Lie in State Monday and Be Bnried on Tnesday. Senator Harrison Thinks President Cleveland Will Be Unable to Attend the Funeral. Republican Talk of General Loan or John Sherman as His Suc- cessor. leath of Vice-President Hendricks. Indianapolis, November 26. Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, Vice-President of the United States, died very suddenly at his residence in this city at 4:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after-noon, under circumstances that were particularly partic-ularly distressing to his family and friends, insainncbllMii hey had iiot anticipated the fatal termination of his brief illness, and nobody was with him when death came. He j returned from Chicago last Saturday and since then had been complaining somewhat of pain in his head and breast, but nothing serious was thought of it. Last night he and Mrs. Hendricks attended a reception at the house of Hon. J. J. Cooper, Treasurer of the State, returning home in their carriage about midnight. Hendricks had taken off the heavy clothing he usually wore and put on a dres3 suit of lighter material, and before be-fore he got home . OOMPLAXKED OF A CHILLINESS And a certain degree of exhaustion, but attributed it to malarial influence. He sat by the fire for an hour or more before retiring, retir-ing, but declined to send for the doctor, although al-though urged to do so. He slept restless until un-til about 8 o'clock in the morning, when he arose, dressed himself and ate a hearty breakfast, saying he felt much better and intended to attend to considerable delayed business during the day. He and Mrs. Hendricks Hend-ricks walked out for nearly half an hour, and he had apparently regained his physical rigor and cheerf ulness. An hour later, however, how-ever, he began to be troubled with pains in the region of his stomach, and Mrs. Hend ricks sent for the family physician, Dr. W. C. Thompson, a life-long and confidential friend of the Vice-President. As the pains in the stomach continued to increase, he was given an emetic and afterward an injection, in-jection, and relief came in the natural way; He remained in his room all the afternoon, occasionally rising from his bed, to whieh he was compelled to return by THE BECUBBENCE OF ABDOMINAL PAINS. About 430 Mrs. Hendricks, who had been at bis bedside all day, went to the parlor to see a caller who had come to consult with her about the affairs of a Reformatory of which she is manager, and she remained with him about twenty minutes. Tom, a colored servant, ser-vant, and Harry Moran, Hendricks' nephew, and a page from Washington, remained with him. The servant went out and Mr. Moran stayed; Mr. Hendricks tossed uneasily in his bed and complained of great pain, but suddenly it seemed" to cease and he said to his nephew, "i AM FBEE AT LAST ; SEND FOB ELIZA," (Meaning his wife) and these were his last words, for the young man, not realizing the urgency of the message, did not deliver it at once. Just before 5 o'clock Mrs. Hen-i dricks came into the room and found that her husband was dead. The end of a long and eventful hie had come peacefully and quietly. He lay on the bed outside of the covering only partially disrobed, with his eyes only half closed as if he were in a gentle sleep. On his face there were no traces of pain or suffering, but a pallor had come over it that indicated only too plainly that he had passed away. . It needed no close examination exam-ination to tell that he was dead, and Mrs. Hendricks screamed and ran down stairs. A servant was dispatched to the residence of Dr. Thompson, adjoining, and he came immediately, but by the time he had reached the bedside, the limbs of the distinguished dead man were becoming cold and rigid, and to - MBS. HENDBICKS'S PATHETIC APPEAL, "Oh, Doctor, can't you do something?" he was obliged to answer, "It is too late. Mrs. Hendricks was an hour or more before she became sufficiently composed to give any information in-formation about her husband's last moments. mo-ments. The family servants, two of whom have lived with them for years, ran about the house CBXTNO AND MOANING, And there was the utmost confusion for a time. When the news was bulletined down town it was generally discredited, and in a very few niinutes a hundred or more of Mr. Hendricks's close political and personal friends had hurried to the house. Very soon A GBEAT CBOWD COLLECTED Around the entrance and on the street, and it was found necessary to refuse admission to any and all comers except the immediate relatives. |