The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-06-07
IMPRESSIVE AND SAD.
WASHINGTON DOES HONOR TO
THE DEAD SECRETARY
Funeral Services Held ut the White
House in the Presence of Dis
tinguished Assemblage-Remains Now
on Their Way to Chicago.

this morning the floral tributes to the |
distinguished dead began to arrive al
the old POmeroy house. overlooking La
fayette square. now an annex to the Az |
lngton, in which the remains of the
secretary OF state lay Only 4 few |
pieces, however, We're received there
Most of them were sent to the White |
House, where the services We're to be |
held. The tlayin the drawing-room
looking out upon the public square. |
Secretary and Mrs. Lamont, First AS
sistant Postmaster-General Jones, ex- !
Secretary Of the Treasury Bristow and
Mrs Bristow and a few other intimate
friends We're with the sorrowing and
stricken family. Mrs. Gresham, broken
in spirit, exhausted by her long vigils
and overcome with grief, was in such
nervous state that her daughter and
son prevailed upon her not to under
take the trying ordeal of attending the
services at the White House. At $50
O'Clock, therefore. the doors were all
closed and the stricken family was left
alone with their dead. For almost thir-
ty minutes they remained taking their
last leave. Then the bugle commands
fOated across the square as the horses
OF the yellOw-tasseled cavalry, the lum-
bering caissons of the red artillery and
the blue-coated foot soldiers. the mill
tary escort. were drawn up into lines
along Pennsylvania avenue.
At o'clock the doors to the room
where the remains lay were opened,
and the family retired to the rear
apartments. Mrs. Gresham. in an agony
of grief was almost carried from the
room by her stalwart son, Otto, and wa S
followed by her daughter, Mrs An
tln ,f
drews, and Mrs. McGrain and Capt.
Fuller Mrs. Carlisle and other ladies
of the cabinet arrived and offered such
words of coincidence as they could.
Soon after the carriages, containing
the members Of the ca binet, began ar
irving. Secretary Carlisle, Acting Sec
retary Uhl Attorney General Olney and
Secretary Herbert drove up in the order
named A 9:15 President Cleveland ar
rived in the White House carriage, ac-
cOmpanied by Col. Wilson. The Pres
tdent looked far from we'll and aScended
the brown-stone steps with some diff
Guilty. A moment later Secretary Nor
ton and Postmaster General Wilson ar
rived in their carriages, followed by
Secretary Smith on foot. The casket
had been closed and the President and
members of his cabinet We're given no
opportunity to view the remains.
At exactly $50 o'clock five relocated
trumpeters marched up Lafayette place
and stationed themselves outside the
line Of mounted police to give the sig
nal when the cortege departed. Thirty
seconds later the hearse, drawn by two
coal black horses, drew up at the door.
The president followed by members Of
the cabinet in the order of their rank,
acting as honorary pallbearers. descend
ed the steps and stood with uncovered
heads while the eight artillerymen car
ried the casket with slow and solemn
tread between them. The casket was
shrouded completely in the7folds of the
American flag. The stars and stripes
could hardly be discerned for the flow-
ers banked upon the <casket. The artil-
lerymen walked beside the hearse as it
drew away, halting at the corner until
the president and members of his Off
cial family in their carriages had TAX
en- their positions ahead. Acting Secre-
tary TThl was with Mr.. Cleveland, Sec
retary Carlisle was alone and Secre-
tarieS Herbert and Lamont. Attorney
General Olney and Postma ster- General
Wilson. Secretaries Smith and Norton
and First Assistant Postmaster General
Jones and eN-Secretary BriStOW fol-
lowed in the order named. Bishop
Hurst, who arrived at this moment in
his carriage, followed the hearse; Mr.
and Mrs. Andrews. Otto Gresham and
Captain Fuller followed. Mrs. Carlisle
Mrs. Lamont. Mrs. Bristow, the wife of
the eX-secretary; Mrs. McGrain, Mrs
Gresham's sister and sew veral other close
friends remained behind with f. Mrs
Gresham. &st asEf# fE&$E&&$E
The funeral procession, preceded by
squad of mounted police, moved slow
ly to the entrance of the white house
grounds.
The casket, preceded by the president
and cabinet. was borne by the artillery
men to the east room, where the serv-
ice took place. Seats were reserved for
the immediate llinsfolk and relatives of
the deaG man. for the president 4 and
Mrs. Cleveland and for the members Of
the cabinet and their wives. Within
this solemn, black-robed circle, stood
the standards for the catafalque, rest
ing on large black seal rug. By 1O:4 AS
the vast east 6room was nearly filled
The seating arrangements were
perfect. The remainder of the diplo-
matte corps came along very rapidly.
Sir Julian Pauncefote,. the British am
bassador. with his wife and daughter,
preceded Ambassador Patenotre, who
was accompanied by his wife. Then