The record-union., 1895-05-31
WALTER Q. GRESHAM.
CHICAGO TESTIFIES HER GRIEF
FOR TIE DECEASED.
The Remains of the Late Secretary
Placed in Vault In Oak
wood Cemetery.
Special to the RrcoRp-UNroN.

Snec1at 10 Ihe EECORD-ON
CHICAGO, May 30.-The remains of
Walter @. Gresham were laid in the
vault at Oakwood Cemetery this after
noon, there to remain until the members
of his family have decided upon place
of final interment, either in Oakwood's
for in some other cemetery il Chicago.
General Gresham loved Chicago and it
loved him. Never in the city's history,
save the day when the dead body Of
Abraham Lincoln was carried through
its streets. has Chicago testified so fully
her grief at the death of any one man.
The streets through which the funeral
cortege passed and the cemetery were
packed with crowd so dense that they
could be packed no closer. For hours
before the time set for the arrival of the
funeral train thousands OF people stood
waiting in the sun, which beat down on
them with tropical fervor. AS the hearse
passed slowly along every head was un-
covered, in respect to the illustrious
dead, and during the short service before
the body was finally placed IN the vault,
the cemetery for the distance of several
hundred feet around the vault was filled
with crowd which stood without q sound
until the rites were finished.
1t was a most remarkable juXtaposi-
Federals and Confederates had Joined in
unveiling monument TO 6.000 soldiers
who died in the military prison at Camp
Douglass. The ex-CoEfederateS Associa-
ton had strewn upon thegraves of Union
soldiers flowers brought from the very
ground over which these two had fought
less than generation ago. the Union
veterans had upon the graves OF their
fallen comrades in other cemeteries about
this city flowers which grow IN our own
latitude. Almost while the echoes OF the
volley fired over the Coniederate bury
ing ground by the First Regiment State
militia were still sounding, the cortege Of
the dead Secretary OF State filed into the
cemetery. Beyond the general outlines
the funeral arrangements were not COM
pleted till within an hour OF the time for
carrying them into execution.
| The following were honorary pail
bearers: William A. Woods, James G.
Jenkins, John w. Showalter, Judges of
the United States Circuit Court; Romanzo
Bum, William j. Allen, William ii.
| Seaman, Judges United States District
Henry w. Blodgett. retired Judge of the
| United States District Court; w. q. Ew-
ing, Richard S. Tuthill, Judges Circuit
| Court; Mashall Field, j. Russell Jones,
Thomas Dent, Edwin Walker, Charles
Ii. Aldrich, General William b. Ander-
son, Captain William P. Btack. General
George w. Smith, James l.. High.
The followIng were active pailbearers:
Slack, Captain James Duguid, Captain
Myron II. Beach. Captain Herman b.
Jackson, Colonel William l.. Barnes,
General John Macarthur, Major George
X. Paddock, Captain Nathan A. Reid,
Colonel Lemuel O. Goldman, Colonel
George NJ. Gulon and Captain James Ii.
Bell.
lJ,,, polt
Ohio Railroad, the special funeral train
was switched to the tracks OF the Illinois
Central, arriving at SiXty-third-street
station at p. II. There the procession
was formed, headed by an escort of
honor, consisting of troops from Fort
Sheridan.
These were followed by the honorary
pall- bearers, and next came the funeral
car with the active pall-bearers walking
on either side. Next rode the members
of the late Secretary's family and the
/. Presidential party. The rear cortege was
| brought up by members OF the Loyal Le-
| gion, Grand Army OF the Republic. vet
erans, Judges of the State and municipal
officers civic societies and citizens.
e-President Stevenson, ex-Post-
master-General Bissell and Governor
Matthews of Indiana met the funeral
| train on its arrival and were assigned
| places in the carriages.
Major-General Wesley Merritt. while
| not assuming command of the military,
was in attendance in full uniform, ac-
companied by his staff. Lieutenant Gen.
erai John NJ. Scofield was accompanied
by Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Scho-
field and Lieutenant-Colonet A. II. L.
! Bliss Of his personal staff.
The entire line of march was crowded
| with people, who respectfully bowed
their heads as the cortege passed. Hav-
ing arrived at the cemetery chapel, the
| casket was removed from the funeral
| car and borne within by eight Sergeants
of marines.
The services, conducted by Rev. 8. X.
MCPHERSON, were impressive but simple,
consisting merely OF scriptural readings,
| hymns by the choir and prayer. At the
conclusion the remains were temporarily
deposited in the receiving vault of the
cemetery. No salute was fired. The cer-
emonies were concluded with ''taps."
Tho train had been held at SixIy-third
street and the Presidential party re-
turned to it and at once started on the re-
turn trip to Washington. The day was
| fine.