Evening star., 1895-05-29
FUNERAL HONORS
Respect Paid to the Dead Secretary
of State.
SERVICES At THE WHITE HOUSE
A Distinguished AssembIage Gath
cred in the East Room.
IMPOSING MILITARY ESCORT

Funeral services for the late Secretary
Gresham we're held in the Executive Man.
sion in this city, at 10 o'clock this morning,
in the presence of the nations most dis
tingushed and representatives OF
every foreign land. At the conclusion of
the brief ceremonies at the White House
the body of the departed Secretary of State
was taken to the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road station under the escort Of the ma
tional troops stationed in and around the
city of Washington. 1t was then placed on
board a special train, and accompanied by
President Cleveland and his entire cabinet.
started on the long journey to Chicago,
where the interment will take place tomor
row.
The Widow and Childrcn's Farewell.
The body of Mr. Gresham lay at the Ar
lington Hotel through the night, having
been placed in the drawing room of the
Pomeroy House annex, on H street. All
yesterday evening and from an early hour
this morning flowers were received at the
hotel from every possible source, and when.
at o'clock, Mrs Gresham, with her son
and daughter, entered the drawing room to
take a last sad look at the features of the
husband and father, the apartment was
literally filled with some of the most beau
IlIul moral designs THAT nave cNIi ptch
gathered together i'll Washington. They
had come from individual members of the
cabinet, from the highest officials OF the
government from memt of the diplomatic
corps personally, and from the corps as a
body and it was soon decided that it would
be impracticable to permit these flowers TO
accumulate at the hotel, and they we're
taken thence to the White House, where
they were tastefuly arranged in the east
room.
For three-quarters of an hour the widow
n1o with hAir
dead. They then withdrew and gave place
to eight stalwart soldiers. detailed from the
third regiment of United States artillery,
stationed at Washington barracks. They
were commanded by Capt. Hall of the
nineteenth infantry and Sergt. Hayes of
the third artillery. They ranged themselves
alongside the casket in the drawing room,
and thenceforth stood as guard of honor
over all that was mortal of Americas
premier Mrs. Gresham had not fully raj
lied from the shock of her husbands death,
and after the trying time in the drawing
room, when she and her children were
alone with the body, she suffered slight
relapse of nervousness. and 1t was then
decided that she would be unable to attend
the services at the White House.
Meanwhile crowds were gathering on the
street corners in the neighborhood and ex-
tending along the curb on the north side
of the park opposite the doorway, Whlch
was the center of all attention. A large
detail of policemen had formed line from
the H street entrance of the hotel down
the east SlQe OF tne SQUARE anu tHcHCc "
the White House gate. The cavalry, ar
,tillery and infantry troops and the marines
had in the meantime assembled from their
various quarters, and were formed in line
along the south side of Lafayette square
to 18th street, and down that street half
way to the southern corner of Pennsyl-
vania avenue.
No Public View of the Dead.
1t was ascertained last evening that it
would be possible, by dispatching the train
from this city at noon, to reach Chicago in
season tomorrow for the funeral ceremonies
there to take place tomorrow afternoon,
and so enable TIE President and his cab
met to return with the least delay. An
ether advantage would be that the cere-
monies could take place on Memorial day,
which, 1T is thought, would be especially
fitting in the case OF so distinguished a
soldier as Secretary Gresham. In conse
quence of this decision, it was determined
last evening to abandon that part of the
program which contemplated the granting
of n public view of the remains at the
White House this morning. The original
plan for the body to be taken from
the Arlington before o'clock and to lie in
state in the east room from 8 to 10, so that
the general public might have an oppor-
tuuty of looking for the last time on the
face of the dead statesman. In accord
ance, however. with the altered plan, the
body was allowed to remain at the Airing
ton until $50 when, escorted by the Pres
ident andsh cabinet, it was taken to the
Executive Mansion and the ceremonies be-
gun at once in the east room.
The President and Cabinet Assemble.
The first cabinet officer to arrive at the
Arlington was Secretary Carlisle, who had
hurried home from Louisville and had
reached the city with Mrs. Carlisle early
this morning. He and Mrs. Carlisle drove
to the hotel with the least delay possible
and reached there a few minutes after 3
o'clock They Were soon followed by Mr.
and Mrs. Olney. The Attorney General
went into the Pomeroy house alone and a
few minutes later Mrs. Carlisle, who had a
few moments of sympathetic talk with Mrs
Gresham, came out of the house, and she
and Mrs. Olney drove together to the EX-
ecutive Mansion.
Secretary Herbert arrived shortly after
ward alone, his daughter being in Europe
Then Secretary Morton reached the house
and was followed in a moment two by
Postmaster General Wilson and his son.
Secretary Smith came to the hotel on foot
AT go President Cleveland and Col. Will
son drove over fromthe Executive Mansion
In the Presidents carriage, followed by
Secretary Lamont in his coach. The Presi-
dent and his two companions Immediately
entered the hotel by the private entrance
at the corner and Joined the other members
OF his cabinet in a parlor adjoining the
drawing roOm where the body lay.
AT twenty minutes before 10 O'Clock the
waiting hearse was summoned to the curb,
opposite the Pomeroy house, and Col Will
son, who officially in charge of the
'uneral ha