The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-05-31
UR, Gresham Is DEAD
Secretary Of State Passed
Away This Morning.

Eha End Came Peacefully az tho
Family Apartment in the Airing
ton Hotel--his Wife, Daughter and
sop-in-law Present--The True Con-
dition of the Secretary Was With.
held from the Public Until Last
Eyening-Acute Pneumonia Devcl.
oped Last saturday--Powerful
stimulants Used to Prolong Life
The President Kept From His Pre-
mier's Bedside by Illness.
Washington, May 2S.-Secretary OF
state, Walter Q. Gresham, died at lis
o'clock this morning. No death could
be more quiet, more calm or more peace
mi. For two hours preceding dissolution
there had been no indication either OF a
Pulse or heart beat. he lay during that
time with his head rest ng on the arms
Of his daughter, Mrs. Andrews, while
his devoted wife sat by his side, his
hands clasped in hers; his face so turned
tkat his last conscious gaze should rest
upon her.
Like a Child Sinking into Slumber.
And so the minutes dragged slowly on
until the end came. He was conscious
20 the last. He suffered greatly during
sba preceding forty-eight hours, after
ths pneumonia symptoms were compli-
tstsd with his diseases and was only
temporarily relieved by frequent hypo-
dermic injections. But as the end ap-
preached his suffering disappeared, and
be PASSED away as quietly as little
child sinking to slumber in the arms Of
LEA mother
Funeral Arrangements
Arrangements for the funeral will be
r1ade after Otto Gresham, son of the de-
ceased, shall arrive in Washington this
morning from Chicago.
Mrs. Gresham's Great Grief
Mrs. Gresham's long pent up grief
could not be restrained when she real
ICED that the secretary was dead. She
lssaed over his body, calling him affec-
honately by name, and was with diff
calty removed from his side. President
Cleveland was at once notified by teie-
gram.
Facts Held from the Public.
The official statement given out by the
secrstary's physicians last night, as to
his condition, shows that it was much
more serious since Saturday last than
either they OF the others who had ad-
m tn bo oil III
e &C. After the pneumonia symptoms
appeared injections Of nitro-glycerine
and strychnine were administered freely,
and yesterday afternoon and last
night normal saline injections, aggre-
eating several quarts, were given.
Lay in a Stupor.
During the afternoon the secretary
lay in stupor, which was the founda-
ton for the report that he was resting
easily" AS soon as the physicians,
however, realized that the end was APP
preaching, the heroic measures usual in
such cases, were adopted. Notwith-
standing their efforts the patient sank
rapidly. The physicians in atten dance
were Messrs. w. w. Johnston and Prem
tiss Of this city, the latter having been
called into the case within the past few
days Last evening DR.. Van Rensselaer,
was also called in and it was he who
performed the operation of injecting the
normal saline.
The Sad News Announced.
At ~ o'clock DR.. Prentss, acting for
himself and his colleague, DR.. Johnston,
prepared brief statement of the secre-
tary's condition, which closed with the
declaration that his case was practically
hopeless. In conversation with a United
Press reporter few minutes later, DR..
Prentiss said that his patient might live
through the night and possibly until
noon OF to-day, but he believed this the
utmost limit of time that he could last.
kilograms To Relatives.
At 80 last night telegram was sent
to Judge Otto, of Philadelphia, telling
him to come to the bedside of the secre-
tary, as he il dying Judge Otto was a
comrade of the secretary in the late war.
a telegram was also sent to Secretary
Gresham's son, Otto Gresham, at Chi
eago, informing him that the end was
near, and to hasten to Washington with
out delay.
Crowds in the Hotel Corridors
The Arlington hotel, in the corridors
end at the private entrance, was crowded
with distinguished officials until late last
night, anxiously awaiting the end.
Among those who called were Chief
Justice Fuller, the assistant secretaries
of the department of state, Private Secre-
tary Thurber, Assistant Postmaster
General Jones and Maxwell, Comptroller
Eckels and members Of the diplomatic
corps and other prominent department
officials. No one, Of course, was admitted
to the Gresham apartments.
Acute Pneumonia Developed.
DIR. w. w. johnson, the physician
who has been in daily attendance on
Secretary Gresham, gave out the follow
Ing statement of the case at 8 o'clock last
night: Mr. Gresham's illness has been
an acute pleurisy with effusion, begin
ming on May /. From May IL his con-
dltion was enirely favorable and his
speedy recovery was confidently ex-
pected On May 20 symptoms of re-
lapse appeared, due to the development
OF acute pneumonia.
The President Kept Advised.
anxious about the condition OF Secretary
Gresham, and was constantly advised as
to 1t, though confined to his room for
the past two days with bilious attack.
lie sent word that if it was possible for
MN to see the secretary or be of any as
sstance to him he would be glad to
come in, but the physicians advised that
IL would be impossible for the secretary
70 see any one. The president was bet