Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-06-08
LAID IN OAKW0OO CEMETERY
A Great AssembIage Follows
Gresham to the Grave.
The President and Members of the Cab
met Present - Veterans of tho
North and south Uncover to
the Brave Departed.

Chicago. May 30.-Chicago today In
TERED the nations les The funeral
train bearing the body of Walter q.
Gresham from the national capital
reached It's destination shortly after =
o'clock this afternoon. And with civic
and military honors II was entered In
the vault at lakewood cemetery. there
20 remain until a hnal burial place Is
chosen.
The gathering at the cemetery was
made up OF all ranks of men; there were
attachments from the regular army
and the state militia, representatives or
the state legislature, the city council
the county board, the Bar association
and all the clubs In the city, together
with thousands of citiZens from all tho
walks of life. From Washington came
the president OF the United States M
his cabinet, the members of the supreme
court, senators n congressman, n
officers of the army. But the most im-
pressive of the gathering was the pres
ence OF thousands of veterans of the
late war. both federals and confede-
rates. The former had passed the fore
loon I'm decorating the graves OF their
comrades, while the latter had gath
cred to unveil the monument In men,
DRY of the confederate prisoners who
had died at Camp Douglass and were
buried In lakewood cemetery during ths
war. SO 1t came about that in the sama
burying ground where the dead of the
Lost Cause" were honored In the fore
noon, n distinguished federal general
was laid to rest In the afternoon.
mourned by those whom he had so gal.
lantly fought against thirty years ago
IMA- - - - A-.I-
at the Woodlawn, or Sixty-third street.
station OF the Illinois Central railroad,
the troops, which were drawn up I'm
parade formation. presented arms and
the drums gave forth the long roll, fol-
lowed by a bugle salute. The body was
taken from the train by eight sergeants
of the regular army and placed In a
hearse drawn by six black horses. The
procession was hen formed on Sixty1
third street and moved west to Green.
wood avenue and then south to tho
cemetery on Si~xty-seventh street. Az
the procession turned west on Green
wood avenue a light battery fired a ga,
lutte of thirteen guns. the alu which
General Gresham's army rank entitled
him to. and which was also due him as
a member of the cabinet. On arriving
at the entrance to tho cemetery tha
funral cortege was met by a cavalry
detachment, which was drawn up at
the left of the entrance. The troopera
presented sabers and the trumpeters
sounded a salute. AS the procession
passed into the grounds 1t was met by
q great throng OF people, some OF whom
had been attending h dedication OF
the confederate monument, while others
were decorating the graves OF federaI
soldirs and still others had come ex-
pressly TO witness the funeral service
over the dead secretary of state.
Slowly the line moved through the
densely packed masses of people until
the cemetery chapel was reached. then
the casket vas taken from the hearse
and the distinguished party who had
accompanied ii from Washington were
conducted TO the chapel. The building
Is a small one and held only a few OF
those who wished to hear the services.
which were very simple and brief.
There was a prayer by DR.. Mcpherson.
who then read a scripture lesson. The
choir OF the Second Presbyterian
church sang Lead, Kindly Light"
and with the benediction the ceremo-
MES came to an nd. The body was
deposited I'm a crypt in the chapel.
there to remain until the family decides
whether to hav the final interment
In Rose Hill cemetery or at Corydon.
the home of Mrs. Rumley. the mother
of General Gresham.
AT the conclusion of the commitment
services the cavalry buglers sounded
taps" and the battery fired a salute
of twenty-one guns In honor Of the
president of the United States. This
concluded the ceremonies.