The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-05-29
HON0RS TO Mr.. GRESHAM
The Late Secretary Of State to Have
a Military Funeral.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR FUNERAL
The Remains Will Be Deposited in n
Vault nt Oakwood Cemetery on tho
South Side of ChicagO-Troops
Will Form an Escort.

Washington, May 2S.-Walter Quin-
ton Gresham will receive a soldiers
burial. Except gallant John A. Logan,
of Illinois. no other man, not of the reg
ular army has ever before been hon
ored by the ordering out of United
States troops to attend his funeral
The preliminary services will take
| place In the east room OF the white
house. which has witnessed some
memorable obsequies. the last being
those of President Harrison's wife, but
which has never before been the scene
OF funeral services over a cabinet Off
Ger. There will further be this dis
tinctive feature in tomorrow's sad cere-
monies that the draperies and other
accessories will be entirely military In
character The flag which General
Gresham loved so well, for which he
fought so bravely, and in whose de-
fence he was so grievously wounded,
will be the chief emblem of mourning
wound round his casket. Bishop Hurst,
of the Methodist Episcopal church. will
conduct the services. He was warm
personal friend of the dead secretary,
who himself was brought up in the
! Methodist faith, his father and mother
belonging to that denomination.
All the cabinet will be present ex-
cept Secretary Carlisle, who will join
the funeral cortege en- route to Chicago,
| where 1t has been finally determined
that the interment shall take place
Secretary Eoke Smith, the only other
absentee Of the presidents official fam
lily, returned this morning. Sir Julian
PaGncefCte, the British ambassador, as
| dean of the corps, this evening con-
vened a meeting Of the members or the
diplomatic corps, at his embassy and
they, after adopting suitable resolu.
tions of sympathy on the occasion of
the grievous loss which the government
of the United States has sustained, de-
termined to attend the funeral services
in body. Similar action was also had
by the justices of the Supreme court.
| All the executive departments have
been ordered closed by one executive
order.
Public Business suspended.
This action, with Decoration Day,
| legal holiday, SO closely following, will
practically shut off public business for
| the balance of the week. The callers
today at the Arlington annex, where the
remains of the dead secretary Will lie
until removed to the white house early
tomorrow, included all the foreign am
bassadors and ministers, the cabinet Of
ficials. the judges of the supreme court
and most of the other distinguished
residents of tine city, Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland being among the earliest visi-
tors. Hundreds of kilograms of condol-
ence have been received during the day.
The honorary pall-bearers will be
Secretary Lament, Attorney General
Olney, Secretary Smith, Postmaster
General Wilson, Secretary Herbert,
Secretary Morton, Acting Secretary
Uhl, representing the state department,
and Acting Secretary Hamlin, repre-
senting Secretary Carlisle. Mr.. Car
Isle will Join the funeral party en-
route.
All these will accompany the remains
to Chicago with the possible exception
of MIR. Hamlin, whose place will be
taken by Mr.. Carlisle.
The decorations of the east room for
the funeral services there tomorrow are
most elaborate, and exceeds in beauty
and impressiveness the attempts made
on similar occasions.
A Military Funeral.
To carry out the intention to make
the occasion purely military, the Ameri-
can flag Is predominant in the decora-
tive display. Whenever the eye
wanders, the stars and stripes are seen.
Each of the four great salon mir
rors is half hidden by large flag.
and every window Is curtained by hang
ings composed of the national standard
| twenty feet long. These form the back
ground for an effective display of grow
ing plants and cut flowers. Great,
spreading palms branch out from every
window and alcove, and are surrounded
by potted oleanders and other greenery.
| White and gold pots, holding smaller
palms and innumberable varied and of
evergreen, are banked on the mantels
and beneath them, and cut flowers are
| infarCnnrcpd n here ami there wbila
wreaths of smilax entwine mirrors and
windows and doorways. The effective
ness of the arrangement will be greatly
enhanced by the glow of electric lights,
rendered through hemispheres of thick
glass of pinlish hue.
The officials and clerical force Of the
| state department assemble at the de-
partment at $50 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing and proceed to the white house in
body. Four of their number Messrs.
Renck, the chief clerk; Chiffon, Hay
wood and Fl. II. Smith, will seat the
members of the diplomatic corps, while
Messrs. Biddle and Keller, of the de-
partment, will receive the diplomats as
they arrive at the entrance to the
grounds.
| At the conclusion of the services at
the executive mansion, the funeral es-
cort, under command of Major General
Thomas H. Ruger, United States army,
will move in the following order from
the executive mansion to the Baltimore
and Ohio depot: Military escort. Clergy
and physicians who attended the de-
ceased. Pall-bearers and hearse. Rel
atives of the deceased.
| Places will be reserved for the presi-
dent and heads of departments. Mem
bers of the senate and house of repre-
sentatives, justices of the supreme court
and diplomatic corps.
Funeral Arrangements.
Final arrangements for the funeral of
Mr.. Gresham were made tonight.
The remains will be deposited in a
vault at Oakwoods, a large cemetery
on the South Side of Chicago. The flu
neral train will leave the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks at South Chicago and be
branched off on the Illinois Central
tracks leading to Oakwoods station.
Here the remains will be met by the
| troops from Fort Sheridan, Ill.,, which
will form the escort to the cemetery,
few blocks distant. The train is sched-
uled to arrive at Oakwoods station
| shortly before 2 o'clock Thursday after
noon, and the final services at the vault
| will be held at the latter hour. Rev. DR..
Mcpherson, pastor Of the Second Pres
| byterian church, of Chicago, will Off
ciate.
The services will be simple and brief
| and at their conclusion the president
| and other members of the funeral par
| ty, with the exception of Mrs. Gresham
and the relatives of the deceased, will
return to the train, which will begin
| the homeward journey without delay.
| Secretary Gresham's remains were
exposed to public view at the Arlington
tonight, but as few people knew Of this
| there was no large gathering Of peo-
pie to see them. A guard of honor,
composed Of Messrs. Emery, Naison,
| Chiffon, II. T. Smith and Biddle, Of the