Evening star., 1895-05-28
MIR. WILSON'S TRIBUTE.
What the Postmaster General Says of
His Dead Colleague.

What the Postmaster General Says of
His Dead Colleague.
Postmaster General Wilson in speaking
of Secretary Gresham today said:
"To know Judge Gresham was to love
him as q man and to admire and respect
him as a public servant. When Mr.. Bissell
was leaving this department he told me
that for all the worries and anxieties and
disagreeable experiences of his official life
he was richly compensated by having
made the acquaintance and enjoyed the
friendship of Judge Gresham. I share in
the warmth of that feeling. AS man
the dead Secretary was plain direct. cor
dial and high-toned. AS Secretary of State
he was severely laborious and pains taking.
Through exceptional difficulties and en-
barrassments he conducted our foreign af-
fairs with great ability, to the honor of the
American name and the steady increase of
our standing and influence among the ma
tions of the earth. for justice, wisdom and
self-respecting devotion to freedom. Few
lives have been more fruitful in high. un-
selfish and solid service to his country
MIR. Herbert's Tribute.
Everybody knows of his ability and his
patriotism. He was one of the most low
able men 1 ever knew. He was warm
hearted, generous, frank and impulsive.
He was SO natural in his manner that
every one could see that the kind things
he said and did came straight from bis
heart, and that was the secret Of his great
popularity.
He was painstaking and conscientious
in the discharge of all his duties, loving
justice above all things, and the immense
labor he devoted to the work of his de-
partment broke down his constitution, and
no doubt shortened his days"
Doctors Disagree.
There is considerable discussion Of the
case of Mr.. Gresham in medical circles
This is due in part to the fact that Dr.
Krogstad. homeopathic physician, was in
charge of the case up to May 4. DR.. John
sen, who was then called in, was asked to
consult with DR.. Krogstad, but declined.
DR.. Johnson was then given charge of the
case. In n bulletin given out last evening
Drs. johnson and Prentiss stated that Mr..
Gresham's illness was acute pleurisy with
effusion, beginning May l. Dr. Krogstad
questions whether pleurisy set in May 1,
at which time he was in attendance on Mr..
Gresham.
He said to a Star reporter today: IT was
called to see the Secretary at noon on
April 80, when he was found to suffer from
an acute attack of gaStralga, complicated
with congestion of the liver and the pass
ing of a gall stone. For the following two
CT three days the gastric and intestinal
conditions were Very troublesome, but were
improving satisfactorily, and on Friday
May }, were very much relieved. The liver
and a developing intercostal neuralgia
were very troublesome factors At an
early call on Saturday morning, May 4, l
discovered symptoms of threatened pleurisy
on the right side, which are always to be
looked for in such liver troubles as the
Secretary was found to be suffering from
They were pointed out to the patient and
Mrs. Gresham, and treatment instituted
FOR their relief My connection with the
case ended at this time, and l did not see
the Secretary again."