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Show AT HENDRICKS' TOMB. The Final Ceremonies of Luring the Distinguished Statesman to Rest. Indianapolis, December 1. The closing rites at the grave of the dead Vice-President were performed a few : minutes after 3 o'clock. The procession was one hour and five minutes in passing a given point, and the rear of the column had only left the business part of the city a few minutes be-the be-the first division had approached the cemetery. ceme-tery. The scenes at the grave were impressive. The was no special restraint upon admi trance tr-ance to the cemetery and several hundred persons had gathered about the grave before the funeral party arrived. The body of the procession had disbanded after passing beyond be-yond the city limits and only the military with mounted escort entered the cemetery. The spaoe reserved about the grave had onlv been denned by placing a line of plants and evergreen twigs which was quite sufficient to protect it from intrusion. Just before the head of the column came up the crowd was pushed back still further to give ample room : to the friends who were assigned fctthe side of the grave whence the column approached. When Mrs. Hendricks, leaning upon the arm of Mr. Morgan, stepped upon the matting placed beside the grave, and before the casket was removed from the hearse, she paused to look down into THE LAST BESTING PLACE OF HER DEAD HUSBAND, HUS-BAND, Only to see a picture of loveliness in its lining lin-ing of green leaves and flowera. Then she turned to the grave of her child, which had been made glorious with a covering of smi-lax smi-lax and flowers, and read, in letters white, his baby name "Morgie," and on top of the grave, on a field of white in purple letters, the sentence "And a three-fold cord is not quickly broken." The tender love which she discerned in this treatment of her treasure by sympathetic friends seemed to give her courage for the last ordeal. Her glance then caught the monument with its drapery of the National flag, enveloping a life-like portrait por-trait of her husband, facing the grave, and she turned with the bravery, of heroism to witness the last rites. There had been no rainfall, but the sky was lowering. J ost as the coffin was placed inside the erave there was a slight sprinkling of rain, causing many to recall the old saying, "Blessed are the dead whom the rain falls on." The Columbus Co-lumbus Barracks band at this point played an American hymn, and the reading of the services followed. Mrs. Hendricks only leaned more heavily upon Mr. Morgan, resting rest-ing her head at last upon his shoulder, but EES SELF-CONTBOL WAS BBAVELT MAINTAINED. While the service was being read, the Congressional Con-gressional committee, members of the Cabinet Cabi-net and other distinguished visitors stood on the other side of the grave. The words of the' clergy were now and then drowned by the sound 'of the minute gun, which kept firing until the interment was over. When the coffin had been lowered into the vault by four colored assistants of the undertaker, and there was nothing remaining to be done for the placing of the stone and the filling of the grave was to be attended to by the cemetery force there was a moment of pause and silence, broken only by the minute min-ute gun. Then Mrs. Hendricks and friends of the family passed by the still open but not repellant grave, and took their carriages. The people, who had waited so respectfully, then flocked to the grave to get a nearer view. The military order, "Forward march!" started the soldiers homeward. The carriages car-riages rapidly rolled away and THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD WAS LEFT ALONE. Among those who have borne something more than the ordinary sorrow of this bereavement be-reavement is the rector, Mr. Jenckes. It was observed that during the reading of his brief address his voice more than once failed, and when at the close he pronounced his farewell words, it came almost ns a wail of grief. Tears were seen to start in many eyes, and sobs were audible in different parts of the church. This feeling was intensified as that thrilling solo, "Rock of Ages," was sung. THE MEMBEBS OF THE CABINET Left on their special train over the Baltimore Balti-more & Ohio road to return to Washington, at 6 o'clock, departing almost immediately upon their return from the cemetery. The Senate and House committees accompanied by the Supreme Court Justices left the same hour in their special train. Special trains left this city over all the roads early in the evening, carrying away the greater portion ' of the visitors. A close railway estimate shows that 30,1 3D people arrived in the city within the twelve hours preceding the funeral, which taxed the capacity of the hotels beyond their natural limits. THE FEAB OF PBESTDENT CLEVELAND To attend the obsequies was the subject of comment among- those attending .from abroad, and the impression appears to have gained ground that he might possibly attend, notwithstanding the public announcement that he would not be able to do so. There was a rumor that he actually accompanied the Cabinet Ministers, which found its way into print, but it was found to be idle and with no foundation. If there was any general gen-eral sentiment expressed concerning the absence of the President, it was that his coming would- have divested the element of unsafety about the person of the President, the thought of which should not be harbored in the minds of the people. There was some natural curiosity on the part of a portion of the people to catch views of some men of national reputation here to pay their respect for the dead, but this was limited to the lobbies of hotels. In the line of the procession the decorum shown was one of the striking features of the day s happenings. The presence of no one was marked by a cheer or even an open acknowledgment, ac-knowledgment, which might be deemed in its wav an eloquent tribute to the dead and profotbd respeWor the nature of the event. Cen the arrangements for the mteraent were being perfected it was suggested that a mmtamSard should be placed at the tomb, at least for a time. The directors of Crown Hm Cemetery declared that this would be SediS asYheii ! riThSTw against any possible vandalism. This view was also taken by the family, and NO SPECIAL GUABD WAS PLACED OVEB THE GRAVE. The death of Vice-President Hentoks leaves his widow, in one sense, entirely alone, so far as the possession and keeping up of their homestead is involved. It is presumed, however, that she will for a time make her home with the family of S. M. Morgan, her brother, also a resident here, who has been close to her in her present great bereavement. i Colonel John M. Wilson, who had charge of the United States Senatorial party brought with him from Washington not only a gift of flowers from Miss Cleveland, but also an autograph letter from the President Presi-dent 'to Mrs. Hendricks. This letter Mrs. Hendricks says was one purely of personal per-sonal condolence and sympathy and not one that she would care to give out for publication. pub-lication. When' Mrs. Hendricks returned to her home from Crown Hill, the old homestead residence which had been left in charge of a oommittee of ladies was divested of all the memorial floral tributes and other sharp re minders of her great sorrow. The grate fires had been lighted and everything had been done to restore the rooms to their former homelike appearanoe. She passed the evening in company with Mrs. Thornton her nieoe, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, her brother and sister-in-law, and Mr. and Mrs. Nileslof Washington, D. C, very intimate friends. Mr. and Mrs. Mies will remain with her until un-til the end of the present week, when they will return East. |