New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-30

hearse drove up. and a buge-can from the avenue
The solemn march down the avenue to the rail-
ROAD station was mos; impressive. All the eNecu-
dead secretary. ana the avenue down when Inc
procession passed was lined with specta tors; The
orler OF march was this: Captain Austann , NM a
SQUAD or mounted police 9Th Cavalry banI' FOODS
T. + and G OF the 9Th Cavalry. Coonel g., = tror
don commanding General Kruger and MS san IHtee
batteries Of the 4th Artillery and one Of the 30 Ar
The Marine battalion. Coonei Hayward command
Ing; oo.o.,.
nany the procession but drove directly 70 rnS s h
ton from the hotel. Mrs. Gresham resalneu hsr
me irst carriage after the military cotarVu III, hI
physicians VINO had attended MI Gresha nam IN his
came bishop Hurst. The remaining carriages, in
their order. were filed by the President ana Mrs
O.ney. Postmaster General and Mrs. wilson, sec
sent from The c,t ,,v sccrntarv and Miss Morton and
other personal friends in the diplomatic ana private
When the mead Of the procession reached the main
entrance to the Baltimore and Ohio station, the
10 pass between them. II was almost ne, noon when
the President: and his Cabinet reached the stauon
cent illness His face flushed ana heated ana
as he stood with barred head the persplrauon
The train that viii carry the funeral party, to
Chicago composed Of i've Pullman cars ,H me rSt
Columbia with Secretaries Carlisle herhert smith
Attorney General Olney: the Iolanthe. with the
Mexican Minister. the brazilian Minister Private
Tirrnn WIN Presdc MT Cleveland and Secretary
Lamont. and the Haslemer. with Mrs. Gresham
and the members Of her family . -
Although nothing had been said about II, II was
noticed that pr O'Rcilly attended the PRESIDENT
na ,ha 40 this Was done on Mrs Gresha
count but II is believed that the condition OF the
cncc Of the doctor as anything else.
The train pulled out Of the station at exactly
train nc 8. which leaves Washington at lbs. The
train Is due TO reach Chicago AT ll:So tomorrow
except such are absolutely necessary
large number Of mSss1ses OF conH9cnce from
were received las; evening ana this morning AmonS
those who expressed the rcErI peer, of so
through Minister bunny DC Lone; the German En-
france through Ambassador Patcn6tre; Guatemala
through Minister Arraga; Nicaragua through Min
lister Guzman. and Portugal and Denmark through
The Japancs. and Hawaiian governments. among
others Were emphatic in their expressions OF Re-
The foliowing statement by Dr. W. ". Johnston
~ was called io atteni Secretary Gresham on the
ith of May. I was told by him personally that no
G4r qSn' peuysy Of he sh Side sill there
was nothing dangerous In The case his tcmpera r.,
minished and came down to normal %'s' not long
Everything about the went favorably un''l
the 18th The day before were confident that
In a few days he would be able TO sit up on he
25th he complained Of acute pain In the pit OF his
stomach. II looked as If he We're threatened with
attack of plcurisy the left side He grew
rapidly worse through the day, his temperature
going up. II not until o'clock Monday even
Ing that he changed decidedly for the worse and Il
looked like the beginning Of the end. by O'Clock
he in q state Of collapse His pulse was al
most imperceptblc We had been administering
stimuants 20 keep up the action OF the heart AZ
ter O'Clock he failed rapidly. and died at liz
o'clock
No" responded the doctor on the question being
asked Il don't believe be worried over state AFFAIR;
il. But you could not tell what he was thinking
about: he the most mperturhahle man | ever
saw Nothing seemed to disturb him one day
I told him ala not want him 70 read the papers
until he better. Very WELL he said and never
asked for them again. He was perfectly conscious
until within an hour OF his death and his mind was
a clear n bell
what his last Words" The doctor shook
his head. you'll have 10 ask that question Of his
wife. He talked with her until the last moment.
She the last ~ spoke with or looked 70. hers
was the last hand he pressed: her face the last he
saw"