Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-05-28

About $50 last evening he sank so
rapidly that death was momentarily x
pected. RestOratives were applied, and
hypodermic injections Of nitro -glycerine
(the most powerful of all heart stimulants)
and strychnine were made. His blood
vessels were in state of collapse, and his
condition was so critical that the phy-
sicians decided that TRANSMISSION was inn
mediately necessary to stimulate the heart.
DIR. Van Ransenlaer opened a vein in the
left arm and infused a pint and ahalf Of
normal saline solution. The operation
was successful, and about o O'Clock the
stricken statesman had revived somewhat
The secretary lay in one of suite Of
rooms on the ground floor of the Johnson
annex of the Arlington hotel. AT his bed
side were Mrs. Gresham, his daughter,
Mrs. f. +. Andrews Of Chicago, and his
sOn-in-law, Mr.. Andrews, the nurses and
the three physicians.
The anxious watchers at the bedside
about $3.50 saw the giant frame of the
secretary convulsed by severe chill. He
sank rapidly, but the chill passed away
and he recovered slightly, and then dozed
for few minutes. The physicians con-
tinued to give hypodermic injections of
nitro-glycerine. At 1920 he suffered an
other rigor.
At 80 o'clock, the physicians, despair
ing of all further effort, had retired from
the chamber and sat in the next room
ready to render such service as they might
in smoothing the way to the end when
summoned.
BY midnight the signs OF dissolution
| were crOwding thick and fast He had
been conscious and even conversed calmly
with those about him, but as the midnight
hour drew near, the waning forces of life
were no longer equal to the effort, and he
sank into silence. Although almost pulse.
less, and without sign of life, his eyes still
showed the CLEAN Of intelligence and ap
| probation Of what was going on about
| him.
Mrs. Gresham sat at the bedside smooth
ing his fevered brow and occasionally read
ing to him from the Bible passages which
he loved. AS the end approached, his
| pulse became hardly perccptible. Gradu.
| ally his eyes glazed and closed. But Mrs
| Gresham. with noble and heroic fortitudc
| continued to read the words OF Gospel
| to her departing husband. Her daughter
and son-in-law stood with bowed heads al
the side OF ths couch.
At 1:l5 O'clock his breathing ceased q
| peaceful shadow passed over his pal,
countenance, his pulse flickered, and tn,
sorrowing family were in the presence o
| death.
An Honorable Career.
Walter Quinton Gresham was n soldier
judge and a statesman, eminent and dis
tinguished i'm the great fights Of human
endeavor. He rose TO the rank OF ma jo
general Of volunteers during the rebellion
He was for IA years United States distric
Judge for Indiana, and for eight year
United States circuit judge for Illinois
and held three cabinet portfolios-post
master general and secretary Of the treas
ury, under Arthur, and secretary Of stat
under Cleveland. Such an epitome Of pub
lie service few men can boast.
He was born March IL, 1892, near Lanes
Vile, Ind. He obtained common schoo
education and entered the state university
but was only able TO remain there ON
year. He was admitted to the bar In lS5
at Corydon, Ind, and became n successful
lawyer; was elected to the legislature II
1860, and In August, 1851, became lieu
tenant colonel Of the Thirty II
diana infantry. The following Decembc
he was made colonel of the Fifty-third In
diam and served for two years In tha
tank. making an exceptionally brillian