The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-05-31
SIMPLE CEREMONIES
Cresham'S Remains Laid at
Rest in Oakwood Ceme-
terry, Chicago.
MOST FITTING CLIMAX
To the Exercises at Douglas
Park, Earlier in the
Day.

CHICAGO, May 3l- Without ostenta-
tion, as befitted his life among this
people, but with the military and civic
I Accomplishments which ran even foot
with his achievements as soldier, jurist
and statesman, the remains of Walter
Quinton Gresham, general in the Union
armies, judge Of the federal courts and
1 secretary OF state OF the United States,
were temporarily laid to rest in Oak
woods cemetery amid the flower strewn
graves of his comrades In arms; graves
decorated by the hands of men who
had fought them Oh many bloody
field, and i'll the shadow of the monu-
ment just dedicated i'll honor of the
valor of these who had given their
lives for the Confederate cause. 1t
was
Most Remark able Juxtaposition.
In the earlier hours of the day Fed
erals and Confederates had joined in
the unveiling OF q monument to the
5000 Confederaues who had died in the
military prison at Camp Douglass the
EX- Confederate association had strewn
upon the graves of the Union soldiers
buried there mass of flowers brought
from the ground over which they had
fought less than generation ago, and
the Union veterans had placed upon
the graves of their fallen comrades in
the other cemeteries about the city the
flowers which grow in our own lati-
tude. Almost as the echoes of the vol
ley fired over the Confederate burying
ground by the First regiment Of state
militia. and of the bugle blare and
"taps' were still sounding, and the
smoke from their rifles was still float
ing over the field Of peace, the corte ge
of the dead secretary of state fled in
through the gates into the cemetery.
1t was
Remarkably Fitting Climax
to the remarkable ceremonies which
, had just closed that the remains of the
man who claimed the allegiance of both
the North and the South should be de-
posted there, the keystone to the arch
of recemented friendship, whose visi.
BILE emblem had just been unveiled
there. AS soldier, he had won the re-
spect of those who fought him; as jur-
ist he had gained the love Of the COM
mon people, and as secretary of state,
in Democratinc administration, he
had commanded the support of the peo-
pie of the South as we'll as of the
North.
The brief time at command after
the decision as to time and place of
burial left little time FOR elaborate
preparations for funeral honors to the
dead secretary. In fact, beyond their
:, general outlines, the arrangements
were not completed until within an
hour of the time of carrying them into
execution.
At Fordham, on the Baltimore and
, Ohio road, the special funeral train
was switched to the tracks of the uli-
nois Central, arriving at Sixty third
street at 2 p. IN.
II The Procession Formed.
There the procession was formed,
t headed by the escort of honor, consist
t Sheridan. These were followed by the
honorary pgll-bearers and next came
7 | the funeral car, with the active pail.
, bearers walking on either side. Next
rode the members Of the late secretary
family and the presidential party, and
the rear of the cortege was brought uI
by the members of the Loyal Legion,
G. A. r. veterans, judges of the courts
= state and municipal officers, civic So
cieties and citizens.
The procession moved west on Sixty
,, third street to Oglesby avenue. south
to Sixty-six street, west to Evergreen
l To ho
= entire line of march was crowded with
= people who respectfully barred thei,
heads as the cortege passed.
At tho Cemetery.
Arriving at the cemetery chapel, the
casket was removed from the funera
car and borne within by eight sergeants
Of marines.
. The services, conducted by the
Rev. s. J. Mcpherson, Of tht
: Second Presbyterian church, were
, impressive. but simple, consist
. ing merely of scriptural readings, .
hymn by the choir and prayer.
At their conclusion the remains wer,
temporarily deposited in the receiving
Y vault Of the cemetery.
h No salute was fired, the ceremonies
Y concluding wish "taps."
VI The train had been held at Sixty
v third street. and the presidential party
Il returned to it and at once started OF
the return trip to Washington.
Thirty-thres Men Lost Life on the spanisl
r. River.
l. OTTAWA, Ont, May 3l.-A loca
N paper says terrible accident has oc
N Cured Oh Spanish river, by which 8
0. men lost their lives on Wednesday last
A courier just arrived here could Civ
only meagrs details. He says part
G of lumbermen Were camped on cri
rt OF square lumber for the night. 1t wa
moored near tho head of the river an
aC hrrLo from rn0or,,us and Carrie