The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-29

resentatives abroad, conveying the
news of Secretary Gresham's death.
The president, accompanied by Mrs.
Cleveland, came to the White House
at 1880 and y ere Immediately waited
upon by Acting Secretary Uhl- An
official order was prepared, closing the
executive departments on the day ap-
pointed for the funeral.
At Chicago
The funeral services over the re-
mains OF the late Secretary Gresham
will be conducted in the east room of
the White House tomorrow at 10
o'clock. All the executive departments
will be closed that day under executive
order. The body will lie in state all
morning and leave Washington for
Chicago at p. m.
President and Mrs. Cleveland called
at the Arlington at IL O'Clock
to see the members Of Sec
rotary Gresham's family and ten
der their sympathy. They drove
over from the White House in
an open carriage, with no attendant
but the driver on the box.
Attorney General Ola9v and Secre-
taries Lamont and Her.ert arrived
about the same time to confer about
the arrangements for the funeral.
President and Mrs. Cleveland were in
Gresham's apartments half an hour.
1t was decided at noon that the re-
mains of the dead secretary lie in
state at the executive mansion tomor-
row. The casket will be taken from
Arlington hotel to the White House at
8 a. m, and placed in the large east
room. II will remain there until the
departure for Chicago.
The president and all the members
of the cabinet will accompany the re-
mains to their last resting place. Sec
retaries Carlisle, Lamont, Smith, Nor
ton, Attorney-General Olney and Post
master General Wilson, will act as
honorary pall-bearers. Bishop Hurst
of the NJ. Z. Church will conduct the
funeral services at the White House:
All troops and marines in the city will
escort the body to the funeral train,
the procession forming about noon.
Execution of the Programme.
AS soon as the order of procedure
had been arranged and the president
and cabinet had been informed, the
meeting of the cabinet dispersed, and
official orders and notices began to is
sue to provide for the execution of the
program.
First Acting Secretary Uhl sent up to
all the delegations in Washington this
notice:
1T becomes my painful duty TO in
form you of the death of the Hon.
Walter Quintin Gresham, secretary of
state. which occurred at his residence
in this capital at 10 minutes past 1
o'clock this morning after a. painful
illness of four weeks duration. shall
have occasion to notify you in due
season OF the date of the funeral SER
vices"
The information referred to in the
last paragraph was furnished by Mr..
Hawayard, Mr.. Uhps private secre-
tary and later in more formal style by
a note inviting the diplomats to at
tend the funeral ceremonies. The
acting secretary of state also sent a
general cablegram to all United States
embassies and legations abroad sup
Elementary to the brief note sent last
night, adding q direction to place all
flags at half mast for ten days, which
order the ministers were instructed to
repeat to every United States consul
IN the world. Then Secretary Herbert
provided for the due observance of
the occasion by the navy through the
following order:
cat all navy yards and stations
coiors will be haifmaSted and VIII be
so displayed until after the final inter
state"
The bureau chiefs of the navy de-
partment were instructed as follows:
THE secretary of the navy desires that
all bureau chiefs attend the funeral of
the late secretary Of state at 10 a. m,
May %, in the east room of the
executive mansion, in uniform special
full Dress
Next an order was sent to Colonel
Haywood. commanding officer of the
marines Of the navy yard, as follows:
Send an officer to report tmmedi-
ateIy to General Kruger, for instruc-
tons as to what part OF the marine
corps will take part in the funeral SER
vices or the secretary of state tomor-
row. Marines will assemble with band
at 9:15 o'clock on Lafayette square"
4 Military Display.
During tie afternoon General Kruger
was psrfecting his arrangements for
the military porsion of the programme.
He sent orders to Washington Bar
racks and Fort Meyer to have all
available troops in line to participate
in the funeral parade, and a place will
be reserved for the militia of the Dis
trict of Columbia, ensuring a creditable
display.
Orders were sent by Secretary La
TaonEs direction to all military posts
Salutes will be fired during the funeral
services.
Secretary Greshams will be the third
funeral service in the cabinet circle
held in the White House in recent
years. The first was the services over
the wife and daughter of Secretary of
the Navy Tracey, Of President Harri-
sens cabinet, who met a tragic death
by jumping from the windows of their
house on I street Mrs. Harrison re-
Quested that the bodies of the secre-
tary's dead should be taken TO the
executive mansion, and this was done.
Before the end of tha, administration
Mrs. Harrison herself died in the
White House and prayers for the dead
were read in the east room. No men,
Der OF President Cleveland's first cab
met died in Office. Secretary of the
Treasury Window, Of President Har-
rison's official circle, was stricken by
sudden death at a public dinner in
New York, and although his body was
brought to Washington the funeral
service was held in the Presbyterian
Church of the Covenant, o. which he
had been an attendant. Two secre-
Arthur's cabinet table by death-Fol-
conducted at churches.
Stream of Callers.
There was constant stream of
callers today at the door to the annex
TO the Arlington where Secretary Ores
ham had been accustomed to issue
3 bout 10 o'clock in the morning, to
walk across the park to the department
Of state. A knot Of Grape hung from