The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-05-31
At REST IN THE TOMB.
The Body Of Secretary Gresham
Taken to 0akwoods Cemetery.
oH1oAGo's soRRowFUL TRIBUTE.
Two Hundred Thousand People LINED the
Streets as the Funeral Cortege Passed
and Crowded the Cemetery Where the
Final Services Were Held.

and Crowded the Cemetery Where the
Final Services We're Held.
CHICAGO, May 81 1.-The remains of Walter
Q Gresham were laid in the vault in Oak
woods cemetery yesterday afternoon, there
TO remain until the members of his family
have decided upon place of final inter
ment, either in Oakwoods or in some other
cemetery Of Chicago. General Gresham
loved Chicago and the city loved him. 1t
revealed yesterday the affection 1t bore
him and the esteem in which 1t held him
when fully 200, 600 people lined the streets
through which the funeral cortege passed
and crowded the cemetery while the body
OF the nations premier was being placed
In the resting place from which 1t will be
taken only for the grave.
Never in Chicago since the day when
the dead body of Abraham Lincoln was
carried through its streets has Chicago
testified so fully her grief for the death of
any one man. The streets and cemetery
were packed with a>crowd SO dense that
they could not be added to without suffo-
cation. For hours before the time set for
the arrival of the funeral train thousands
ofpeople stood waiting in the sun, which
beat down upon them with tropical
ferceness.
As the hearse passed slowly every head
was uncovered in respect to the illustrious
dead, and during the short services before
the body was finally placed In the vault
the cemetery for the distance of several
hundred feet around the vault was filed
by crowd which stood without sound or
motion until the last Of the rites was con-
cluded
Every sphere of life which the dead had
filled and adorned WAS represented by the
side of his bier. The hands which bore
his lifeless form from the car In which ii
had como from Washington were the
hands Of men who had marched and
fought with him in years gone blythe
mon of the Loyal Legion. Tho men who
walked before the oasket as honorary pail.
bearers were men who had sat beside him
when he graced the federal bench and up
held the nations laws with the frank and
fearless spirit in which he had upheld its
honor on the battlefield. There by the
door of the open vault stood Grover Cleve-
land, the man who holds the highest office
In the gift Of the American people, and
there stood other men-they of the Grand
Army-whose hearts were full of love and
the spirit Of brotherhood Of Walter O.
Gresham.
At one side Of the vault were drawn UP
squadrons of the famous fighting Sew.
enth cavalry, and in the background were
the dark blue ranks OF the Fifteenth In
fantry. They stood motionlcss at present.
arms, and when the last Of the commit.
ment service was over the buglars Of the
Seventh stepped forward, raised their bu-
giles, and clear notes sounded TAPS" No
other military honors were given, and the
tributes to which the exalted rank and
eminent services of the dead man SO Justly
entitled him were, at the wish of the fam
ily dispensed with. In fact none were
needed, for the fame of tho manly man,
who had shone as II soldier, q jurist and q
cabinet minister, Is secure with tho peo-
ple who loved him so we'll.
Immediately after the services at the
tomb were concluded the president and
his party took carriages and were driven
to the waiting train, which started at once
on the return trip to Washington. The
train bearing the presidential party ar
rived at Woodlawn station at 2:O5 O'Clock
and started on the return trip at 3:54 The
stay of the distinguished company in Chi
cago was therefore less than two hours.
Secretary Morton and Secretary Carlisle
did not return with the president, but
will remain in the city until tomorrow
afternoon, when they will return to Wash.
ington upon n special car which was cut
off the train and left here for their use.
Secretary Carlisle will visit the family of
his son, w. X Carlisle, 25i Dearborn ave-
nue., With Mrs, Carlisle and children he
entered carriage and was driven at once
to their residence.