The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1895-05-31
Gresham Dead.
The American Premier At
Rest.

WASHINGTON. D. C..-Secre-
tary Gresham died at 1:I5 a. m.
Tuesday. All hope of his
recovery was practically aband.
oned when his sinking spell &C.
CURED shortly before 6 o'clock.
last evening. The most power.
full heart stimulants known to
medical science, nitro-glycerine
and diai tails, were injected peri.
odically and an infusion of
normal saline solution was made
through an open vein IN the arm.
The three physicians saw that
the end was near. and at -
O'Clock withdrew to the ante
room, leaving in the sick cham
Der only the members of his
family. Mrs. Gresham, her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Andrews, and son. in.
law, MIR. Andrews, and the nurse.
Up to that time he had been con.
scious and talked at intervals.
He fully appreciated his condi-
ton as the end approached and
spoke words of hope and cheer
to his stricken wife ard daughter.
When Secretary Gresham was
taken sick four weeks ago the
physician diagnosed the case as
gladstone in the bladder. His
pleurisy symptoms were over.
looked for almost thirty.six
hours. AS soon as DR.. W. W.
Johnston was called in, he dis.
covered that the Secretary was
suffering from acute pleurisy,
probably caused by exposure
while riding out to Woodley. the
Presidents country place, at
night.
He has also suffered much
from his wounds, beng at one
time bed-rjdden for over a year.
Notwithstanding these facts DR..
Johnston says he had great deal
of vitality.
HIS CAREER.
Walter Quinlin Gresham vas a
soldier, Judge and Statesman,
eminent and distinguished in
these three great fields OF human
endeavor. He rose to the rank
Of Major General of volunteers
during the rebellion. He was for
fourteen years United States Dis.
trict Judge for Indiana and for
eight years United States Circuit
Judge for Illinels, ana had three
portfolios: Postmaster
General and Secretary of the
Treasury under Arthur, and Sec.
tary of State under Cleveland.
Gresham came from English
stock. His ancestors moved 10
Virginia, and later to Harrison
county, Indiana. where he was
born on St, Patrick's day, 1852.
His grandfather was a farmer.
His father learned the cabinet.
making trade, which he pursued
industriously together with farm
ing. His courage made him a
popular idol in the neighborhood,
and he became colonel of mill.
tia. His mother, Sarah Davis,
was of Scotch Irish descent. The
house in which her distinguished
son was born was an
HUMBLE COTTAGE,
perhaps twenty feet wide and
thirty long, a story and half in
front, standing on the side of a
hill. past which runs the old In.
diana State road. In 1888 Ores.
hams father was elected sheriff
and the next year was murdered
by a noted desperate. whom he
had gone to arrest. His mother
Was left widow with five small
children. Walter q. was but two
years OF age when his father was
killed. Walter grew up with
but two or three years winter
schooling, until he was sixteen
years Of age. He succeeded in
entering the seminary at Cory
don. Two years here and one a,
Bloomington University comp!et.
ed his education, so far as school.
ing was concerned.
In appearance Gresham was
somewhat slender-in youth re
markably so six feet tall, his