The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1895-05-29
Last Sad Rites Over Remains
of Secretary Gresham.
PRESIDENTS PROCLAMATION
President and Entire Cabinet Will
Accompany Funeral Train to Chi
cagO--M Messages of Coincidence,
Associated Press.

Washington, May 2S.-The president to-
day issued the following proclamation:
walter @. Gresham, secretary of state
of the United States, Is dead. The presl-
dent in making this distressing announce
ment to his fellow countrymen, speaks
from the depths of personal afIiiction, to
remind them that they, too, have lost a
pure and able public servant, wise and
patriotic guardian of all their rights and
interests, manly and loyal Amerncan
and a generous and lovable man. AS q
suitable expression of national bereave-
ment, direct that the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of the United States In all for
eign countries display the flag over their
embassies and legations at half-mast for
ten days; that for like period the flags
Of the United States be displayed at half
mast at all forts and military posts and
at naval stations and on ali vessels of
the United States. l further order that
on the day Of the funeral, the executive
departments in the city of Washington
be closed, and that on all public buildings
throughout the United States the nation
al flag be displayed at half mast. (Slgned)
Grover Cleveland"
Secretary Gresham's will be the third
funeral service in the cabinet circle held
in the White House in recent years. The
first was the services for the wife and
daughter of Secretary OF the Navy Tracy,
of Harrison's cabinet, who met tragic
death by jumping from the windows of
their house on L street. Mrs. Harrison
requested that the bodies Of the secreta
ry's dead should be taken to the eXecu-
tive mansion, and this was done. Before
the end of the administration Mrs. Har-
rison herself died In the White House
and prayers for the dead were read in
the East room. No member of Presi-
dent Cleveland's first cabinet died In
office.
General Ruger will command all the
military forces stationed about the cap
ital which will act as escort for the fu-
neral party from the White House to the
depot where a special train will be in
readiness to convey the party to Chicago.
While the details Of the ceremony in
Chicago are incomplete, 1t is said that
brief services will be held Thursday after
noon at the cemetery to which the body
will be borne accompanied by military
escort in harmony with the day and Sec
retary Gresham's well-known loyalty to
his old-time war comparisons The body
will be placed temporarily in a vaun in
Dal0wood cemetery pending the decision
by the family regarding its final resting
place. The president and entire cabinet
Will accompany the remains to Chicago.
While 1t is at present the intention to
follow the precedent regarding mourning
as in the Window case, there must be
one important departure, and that is the
omission Of all signs of mourning with
which the great executive department
buildings were draped for 30 days. In, the
legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priatton act approved March 8, 1898, con-
gress provided:
THAT hereafter no building owned or
used for public purposes by the govern
ment of the United States shall be draped
in mourning and no uart of the public
funds shall be used for such purpose"