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remains of the late Secretary GreSh
am were decided upon at a meet;n.
of the cabinet. At the conclusion Is
the meeting Secretary Lamont made
brief statement of the funeral arronoe
ments. The remains Of the secratarr
will be taken from the Arlington bots,
to the executive mansion and placod
in the East room, where funeral
services will be held at 10 o'clocL
They will be conducted by Risbon
Hurst. of the Methodist EpisconaI
church. Seats will be reserved for
the members of the diplomatic conS
the members of the United States sn'
preme court, such senators and renro-
Sentatives as may be in the city and
the chiefs of the war and navy do.
partments. At the conclusion of Tho
service the remains will be escorted
to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad sta.
ton by all the troops and marines
stationed in the city and at Fort
Meyer, Gen. Thomas III. Ruger in com.
mand. A special train will convey The
remains TO Chicago, where the inter.
ment will take place. Secretary
Carlisle. Secretaries Herbert. Lamont
Smith. Morton, Attorney General On
ney and Postmaster General Wilson
will act as honorary pail bearers at
the funeral. and the body bearers viii
be q squad of marines from the Ina.
rine barracks in this city.
The body will be escorted 10 the
funeral train by all the government
troops about WASHINGTON. The pro
cesSion will form about noon and Pre-
coed 10 the Baltimore & Ohio station
The funeral train will leave immedi
ately for Chicago. 1t has not been de-
cided in what cemetery Secretary
Gresham will he buried nor where The
service in Chicago will be held. The
caSket was brought to the Arlington
during the afternoon and the remains
placed therein. 1t is plain and heavy,
| made Of red cedar. with Il metallic cas-.
ing of copper and the whole covered
with black cloth held by oXidiZed sil.
Yer nails. The plate bears the in.
scriptiOn: walter Quinton Gresham,
born March Il, 1888; died May q,
1875
Chicago. May 31.-The remains Of
Walter .. Gresham, the dead secre.
tary of state. accompanied 10y Presi.
dent Cleveland and by members Of bis
cabinet, and the SorrOwinG family. left
Washington yesterday afternoon on
special train for Chicago. where the!
arrived at l o'clock this afternoon.
The funeral service in Washington
| was devoid Of OstantariOn, hut this
| fact only served to deepen the pr
| found impression which it created IN
| life Secretary Gresham had lorea
most the military career of his ardent
youth, and Of all his titles which had
been fondest was that Of general
which he had won upon the battle
field. In death he was wrapped in the
Stars and Stripes and given <Jldlers
funeral. The whole city nOurned the
nations loss. Every department Of the
government at Washington was
closed; every flag was ut half-mast
All the regular troops in and about
Washington, cavalry. artillery and IN
fantry escorted the remains To the
railroad station. Mrs. Gresham. the
stricken wife. was so overcome by her
grief that she was unable 10 attend
the services AT the White House. The
mansion through the files e military
and there deposited in the east re ON,
MIR. CleN Gland and his cabinet, as hon
Orary pall-bearers. accompanying the
remains thither The east room had
been draped with a profusion of Amer
lean flags and decorated with palms
and potted plants. All present were
profoundly moved by the simplicity OF
the service. 1t consisted merely Of Inc
reading of the funeral service Ct the
Methodist Episcopal church by Bishop
hurst personal friend of the dead
secretary. When the benediction was
SAD. the strains of Cardinal New
mans beautiful hymn. Lead Kindly
Light trcmbled on the air, end
was over. The trip to Chicago was
uneventful.
At Rest in OnkwoOds.
An undertaken met the funeral train
when it reached Chicago with state
hearse. drawn by six black horses
The funeral train was switched onto
the tracks of the Illinois Central rail.
road at Fordham. At SiXty-thlro
street the remains were placed in the
hearSe. and the line Of march was ny
SlXty-third to Oglesby avenue. TO FIX
ty-SlXth street to Greenwood avenue,
to the SiXty-seventh street entrance 10
Oakwoods. The honorary pall-bearers,
the city officials, the county Judi ,iary
and the Loyal Legion joined in the es.
cort. meeting of the judges If the
United States court and the local gov
eminent officials was called YESTERDAY
The following were selected as honor
airy pall-bearerS: William A. WOODS
James q. Jenkins. John w. Showalter,
Judges of the United States circu!
court; Romano Bum, William j. Ar
len, William III. Seaman, judges of tne
nited States district court; Henry W;
BlOdgett. retired Judge of the Inlteu