Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-31
His Lite Work Al An End.
Secretary of State Gresham
Passes Away.

arlingt N Hotel at LILO o'clock TINS
morning. Oath was due to
pleurisv, complicated by acute
pneumonia and hart failure.
At the bedside, when the states
man passed. away, we're Mrs. Ores
ham; his daughter, Mrs. E. +
Andrews of Chicago his sOn-in'law
Mr.. Andrews; the nurses aud three
ply sicians.
Mr.. Otto Gresham, son OF the
Secretary, arrived at q 80 o'clock
this morning by spec al train from
Harrisburg. He was met at the
station Ivy Assistant Postma ster-
General Jones, who lsa near per
sonal friend OF the family, who III
formed him that the end bad cone.
He was prepared tor the news, az
a TELEGRAM lIOm Mr.. Jones bad
reached bin at Altoona, saying
that ne must b, prepared for the
worst. He understOo the mem
ing of the dispatch. and, although
the con firmatlOn of his tears was
al added shock, he received the
inform alton calmly. Mr.. Gresham
,ined his mJther at the Arlington
Hotel and the two W ere given such
privacy as was possible.
THE END NOT UNEXPECTED.
While Score airy Gresham's physi
cans and family had throughout
yesterday realized that his coDdi'
ton was very serious, it was not
till after 8 o'clock in the event G
that they abandoned hope OF his
esovery. AbJut B o'clock such 4
sudden collhps. OvercAme him tina
his physician, d.. John >tOn, who
had been constantly III attendant
throu ghout the night aud day, be
came very much alarmed, and, as
almost a last resort, began immed-
lately 10 administer hvpOdermlc
doses of nitro.glycerlne an d dlgi
tails, the most powerful heart
stim lants known 10 medical
science.
The sufferer recovered slightly,
but after two severe rigors shortly
before IL o'clock he bagan to fall
rapidly and his vitality began to
ebb. The three ph! sicians saw
that the en- was near, aud 1T l.
J.;lock withdrew 10 the ante-room,
leaving in the sick chamber only
the members of his family.
S cretary Lamont, First AS
sstant Postmaster General Jones,
Assistant Secretary of S ate Uhl,
Chief Justice Fuller, Colonel Corbln
and Captain Fuller of the army
rema ined ID Psrlor A, connecting
with Secretary GIesham's suite,
receiving such persons as we've
admitted aud answering inquiries.
Among those who called were
the ChiLese Minister and hi
Sc cretary, Senior Romero, the
NJ exicau Minister, the japanese
Mlniste r, Assistant Secretary Ham
lin and Mrs. CnIlsle, Go nptrolleI
Eckeis, Justice Harlan OF the
Supreme curt, Senator German OF
Maryland aud DIR, Gnzman, tn
Nlcaraguan Minister.
CONSCIOUS ALMOST TO THE LAST
Tue Secretary was conscious al
day, aud almost to the time OF BIZ
death. He spike at intervals ia
Mrs. Gresham, who although no
strong in health, WIS devoted II
her attentions during her distin
gnlshed husbands Illness. Th'
pstient fully appreciated his con
Jitiun. Int at tim - hiI mind wan
dered Eighty. tie spoke of hi
absent son. aud his private secre
tary Mr.. LIN lis, whom he lOve'
as a sOn, and who like hi' son wa
speeding to his bedside, all to
late.
Just before the ply sicIans retlre'
he ceased sp'aklng, though he ~
reared to he conscious. Mrs
Gresham occasionally read to hin
from the Bible passages which h
loved, but as the end approache
his pulse became hardly percep
tibIe. Gradually his eyes glaze
and closed. At l.l5 o'clock hl
breathing ceased, peaceful shado'
passed over his pale countenanc'
his pulse flickered and the sorrow
ing family were In the presence {
>. death.
The President was lmmedlatel
notified of Mr. Gresham's death
he had sent frequent inquire
from his summer home at WoodieJ
and would have called IN perso
had his ply not forbidden hl
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