Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-06-08
AT REST.
Funeral Ceremonies at the White House
Over the Remains of Secretary Gresham
Laid TO Rest at Chicago.

Funeral Ceremonies at the White House
Over the Remains of Secretary Gresham
Laid TO Rest at Chicago.
WASHINGTON, May 80. - Before
o'clock yesterday morning the floral
tributes to the late ex-Secretary Walter
Q. Gresham began to arrive at the rooms
in the Arlington hotel annex in which
the body of the departed secretary of
state lay. Most of these were sent to
the white house, where the funeral
service was to be held. Mrs Gresham,
broken in spirit, exhausted by her
long vigilS and overcome with grief,
was in such a nervous state that her
daughter ard son prevailed upon her
not To under sake the trying ordeal of
attending the services at the white
house.
At exactly $50 o'clock five red-coat-
ed trumpeters marched up Lafayette
place and stationed themselves outside
the line of mounted police to give the
signal when the cortege should de-
part. Thirty seconds later the
hearse, drawn by two black horses,
drew up at the door. The presi-
dent, followed by members of
the cabinet in the order of their rank,
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scended the steps and stood with I'M
covered heads while the eight artillery
men carried the coffin, shrouded COM
pletely in the folds of an American flag
and covered with flowers, to the
hearse. The death vehicle halted at
the corner until the president and
members of his official family in their
carriages had taken their position
ahead.
The funeral procession, preceded by
a squad of mounted police, moved
slowly down Lafayette square, fanked
on either side by a line of policemen,
behind whom were thousands of peo-
pie, many of them with bowed
and uncovered heads. The process
sion swept around the great
bronze statue of Lafayette, at
the corner of the square, and up
the broad avenue, passed the drawn
up artillery and cavalry at the en-
trance of the white house grounds and
the carriages carrying the diplomatic
corps, members of the supreme court,
officials, members of congress and
other invited guests drove up at the
steps of the white house.
The coffin, preceded by the president
and cabinet, was borne by the artil-
lerymen to the east room, which was
deliberately draped. A few moments
before 10 o'clock the family of the de-
ceased, except Mrs. Gresham, were
ushered into the green room. Almost
Immediately at sign from Col. Will
son, the coffin, borne by eight SER
geants of the Fourth artillery, was
brought in. The floral tributes were
gathered by the ushers and heaped
upon the black surface Of the coffin.
Bishop Hurst stepped forward and
hush fell upon the company, while the
clergyman said: II am the resurrec-
ton and the life The service was
very simple and free from ostentation.
It was the full burial service of the
Methodist Episcopal church, practical
~ the same as that of the Episcopal
Church. The entire service lasted
but fifteen minutes.
Just at II o'clock bugle sounded as
the signal TO move. A carriage with
Mrs. Gresham and her daugter Joined
the funeral cortege at the executive
mansion. The military, which had
been drawn up on Pennsylvania ave
nue., facing the white house grounds.
awaiting orders, was given the word
of command and the funeral party
with it's military escort moved down
Pennsylvania avenue to the Baltimore
& Ohio station, from which the sad
journey to Chicago was to be made.
At Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 31.-With notable civic
tributes the body of the late Secretary
Walter Q. Gresham was temporarily
laid to rest yesterday afternoon in
Oakwoods cemetery amid the flower
strewn graves of his comrades in arms
and in the shadow of the monument
dedicated only a short time before in
honor of the valor of those who had
given their lives for the confederate
cause. The brief time after the deci-
sion as TO the time and place of burial
gave little opportunity for elaborate
preparations for funeral honors.
The funeral train was met at the
station by the military and escorted to
the cemetery.
Arrived at the cemetery chapel, the
casket was removed from the funeral
car and borne within by eight SER
geants of marines The services, con-
Quoted by Rev. S. J. Mcpherson, of the
Second Presbyterian church, were inn
pressive but simple, consisting merely
of Scriptural readings, hymn by the
choir and prayer. At their conclusion
the body was temporarily deposited in
the receiving vault OF the cemetery.
At the conclusion OF the cere monies
at the grave the presidential party re-
turned to Washington.