Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1889 — SUPREME COURT AND SENATE. [ARTICLE]

SUPREME COURT AND SENATE.

■ T Both Bodies Adjourn as a Mark of Respect for the Doud Jurist. When the Supreme Court met at 12 o’clock on the 22d Inst., Chief Justice Fuller announced tho death of Justice Stanley Matthews and adjourned the court. Orders were also given to drape in black the seat lately occupied by the deceased. . In the Senate the Vice President presented & note from the Chief Justice announcing the death of Justice Matthews, and on motion of Mr. Hoar the Senate immediately adjourned. Tributes to His Worth. A large number of messages of condolence were received by the family of the deceased, among them being the following from the President: “I have heard with the most profound regret of the death'of your most honored husband. Tho sense of loss and bereavement which you fdtel will be shared by our people. I have known' ■Justice Matthews for many years and had a very, high appreciation of his character and learning. That you may be comforted and sustained in this hour of trial is my most sincere prayer. Very truly yours, Benjamin Haluuson.”