The Dickinson press., 1895-06-01
REST IN CHICAGO
ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNER.
AL OF SECRETARY GRESHAM.
The Remains Will He Taken to the
White House, Where Services
Will BE Held, After Which
the body Will De Placed
ON q Train for Chicago.
MANY DISTINGUISHED MounxERs
The Body viii He Accompanied by
President Cleveland and Other
Prominent PersOnaxeN.

Washington, May 30.-The main de.
tails of the funeral service over the
remains of the late Secretary Gresh-
am We're decided upon at meeting
of the cabinet. At the conclusion of
the meeting Secretary Lamont made y
brief statement of the funeral arrange
ments. The remains of the secretary
will be taken from the Arlington hotel
to the executive mansion and placed
In the East room. where funeral
services will be held at 10 O'Clock.
They will be conducted by Bishop
Hurst, of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Seats will be reserved for
the members of the diplomatic corps,
the members of the United States su-
preme court, such senators and repre-
sentatives as may he in the city and
the chiefs of the war and navy de-
partments. At the conclusion of the
service the remains will he escorted
to the Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad sta
tiOn by all the troops and marines
stationed in the city and at Fort
Meyer, Gen. Thomas II. Kruger in COM
mand. A special train will convey the
remains TO Chicago, where the inter-
ment will take place. Secretary
Carlisle. Secretaries Herbert. Lamont,
Smith, Morton, Attorney General Ol-
ney and Postmaster General Wilson
will act as honorary pail bearers mt
the funeral, and the body bearers will
be a squad Of marines from the ma
rine barracks in this city.
The body will be escorted to the
funeral train by all the government
troops about Washington. The pro-
cesSion will form about noon, and pro-
ceed to the Baltimore & Ohio station.
The funeral train will leave immedi-
ately for Chicago. 1t has not been de-
cided In what cemetery Secretary
Gresham will be buried, nor where the
service in Chicago will br held. The
casket was brought to the Arlington
during the afternoon and the remains
placed therein. 1t is plain and heavy,
made of red cedar, with a metallic cas-
ing of copper and the whole covered
with black cloth held by oXidized sill
yer nails. The plate hears the i'll
scription: "Walter QuintOn GRESHAM III,
born March IL, 1893; died May 27,
1885"
His Mother. Grief.
New Albany. Ind. May =, "Walt
is dead. My poor hoy is dead" was
the exclamation OF Mrs. Sarah Rum.
ley, mother of Walter q. Gresham,
when word was conveyed to her of
her sons critical illness. About 8
o'clock a telegram was received in
this city from the secretary Of war
Daniel Lamont, stating that Secretary
Gresham could not survive the night
and requesting that his mother he
notified. Mrs. Rumley lives at Lanes
vile. Harrison county. The hamlet
has no railroad OF telegraphic facili
ties or communication with the out
side world. and volunteers were Sc
cured to convey the sad news to the
aged mother. They reached the ole
homestead about ten o'clock, and were
met by Mrs. Rumley. who Instant!
understood the purpose of their erran(
before they could speak or reassur,
her.
"Walt is dead; my poor boy II
dead" moaned the mother, wringint
81 1aS hands and weeping bitterly in he
&kony and grief. The mes
aforIned her of the critical III
Ia ssut, asid thus afforded he
Hd3 by conveying the 4,
j 6n that her son was not We
dead The messengers returned t,
New Albany, and upon the receipt o
the news of the secrctary's death an
other messenger was dispatched t,
Lanesville. Mrs. Rumley did not re
ceive the news of her sons death un
til afternoon.