The herald., 1895-05-29
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HARRISON requested tnaJ lHe DouleS vi biic
secretary's dead should be taken TO the
Executive Mansion, and it was done. Be-
fore tl.e end of the administration Mrs.
Harrison herself died in the Whlte House.
and prayers for the dead were read in the
east room. No member of PRESIDENT
Cleveland's first cabinet died IN once,
Secretary of the Treasury Window OF
President Harrisons official circle, was
stricken oy sudden death at pubic
dinner in New York, and although ms
body was brought to Washington, tne iu-
neral service was held i'll the PreSbyte-
rian church OF the Covenant OF whleh ne
had been an attendant. Two secretaries
we're removed from President Arthurs s
cabinet table by death--folger and howe
but their funerals were conducted at
churches.
Among the messages of coincidence re-
ceived by Secretary Gresham family are
the following:
BLOOMINGTON, H., May Mrs.
Walter Q. Gresham II beg to assure you
of the heartfelt sympathy OF Mrs. Steven
son and myself in this your great sor-
Tow. (Signed) ,>reo>-
BERLIN. May 2.-I beg to send on, re-
spectful coincidence in your great attic
ton in the death of your husband, IN
whom the country loses one Of its most
eminent and valuable citizens:
(siened) THEODORE UNAoN.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. May 2s.-We
send heartfelt sympathy IN this hour o.
inconsolable gri e.. In the famiiy's loss OF
q noble husband and kind father, the
country loses a staunch patriot and wise
'''' ' MRS. ISAAC P. GRAY.
CHICAGO, May 2S.-Am deeply grleved.
Beg you and your children accept my
sincere sympathy, !Signfd2 rrrrn
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May IS
Your loss is best appreciated by those
who saw your happiness. Accept all
sympathy. (Signed(
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-Iou have our
heartfelt sympathy in your great afiiic-
tion. May God comfort and console
MRS. EDWARD MURPHY. JR.
QUINCY. Mass, May 2s.-.l feel most
keenly the loss of an honored leader and
WILLIAM EVERETT.
PARIS, France, May 2s.-deartfelt con-
MORSE. Consul General.
LONDON, May 2S..-Our tears fall with
yours for the noble dead.
fSigned) BAY ARD.
WASHINGTON, May aS.-There is
considerable speculation by politicians
and others outside the administration as
to the successor of Secretary Gresham.
Prominent among the names of those
mentioned are Attorney General Olney,
Mr.. Uhl, the assistant secretary OF state
Mr.. Gray of Delaware. Ambassadors
Bayard and Eustis. ex-Secretary Whitney
| and ex-Postmaster General Dickinson.
| All the predictions are, however. specu-
I lative, as the subject has not been men
| toned, much less discussed, by the presl-
| dent or anyone III his confidence.
NEW YORK, May 2s;-A Morning
| Journal special from Washington, d. y,
says: Naturally there is much specula-
ton as to the successor Of Secretary Gres-
| ham in the state department. The index
| finger OF every public man in Washington
| points to ex-Secretry of the Navy William
c. Whitney. Just how far the possibility
! of his selection by the president at this
| juncture can be traced is not determined,
but in the conversation of the public in
/ Washington at the present time the be-
lief exists that there is no other man
| sufficiently prominent in public affairs
whose nomination would be so
| thoroughly IN accord with public opln-
ion, both outside and inside OF the ap-
| proving power of the senate, as that OF
ex-Secretary Whitney.
| 1t is singular fact that upon the lips
| OF almost every one asked here in Wash
| ington their opinion as to who might
properly be Secretary Gresham's success
or, the reply Is, Whitney," or "ex-sec-
retary Whitney"
Mr.. Whitney is Yale College gradu-
ate. He has been unerring in bis lines
of social observances and left Washington
! with kindly glow of general benevo-
lence, good will and remem brance OF
superb Americanism behind him. He is
looked upon from this center today as
the most desirable successor to MI. Gres-
ham.
A special to the World from Washing
ton, d. e., says: Dr. Henry Krogstad,
one Of the leading homeopathic physici
ans in Washington. who has been Secre-
| tary Gresham's family physician for six
years past. gives the following signed
statement to the World. Physicians will
notice that grave points OF difference eX-
list between the statement OF DR.. Krogstad
and the statement given by DR.. w. W.
Johnson, an allopathic physician, his I'M
| med iate successor:
was called in to see Secretary Gresham
o: Tuesday noon, April 30th. He was
suffering from an acute attack OF gastralgia
with congestion OF the liver and the un-
doubted passage of q galistonc. which
conditions were relieved by opiates.
These conditions continued in rather
severe form till Friday, May 3d. when
the stomach and bowel troubles were
much improved, but the condition in
the liver and a developing intercostal
neuralgia were troublesome factors.
Saturday morning, May 18th, at an
early hour, symptoms OF pleuritic COM
plications were discovered on the right
side, undoubtedly an extension from
inflammation OF the liver. Up to this
time Secretary Gresham had no cough or
cold and these pleurItic conditions we're
pointed out to Mrs. Gresham and treat
ment instructed for their relief. My con-
nection with the case terminated at this
time, Saturday, May 18th, at n. III. l
have not seen the secretary since.
so far as the stom acb and intestine
troubles are concerned, they were repi-
titions OF former attacks through winch
Secretary Gresham had been brought sue
cessiully."
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,. May %. Doth
houses of the legislature adopted reso-
lutions deploring the death of Secretary
Gresham, adding that his life has taught
the young manhood Of America the pos
siblities which lie i'll the path OF pluck,
ambition, determ ina alton and honesty,
and that in his death the cause OF free
government has lost one OF its ablest
champions and the state OF Illinois one
ofits noblest citizens.
INDIANApOLIS, Ind. May 2s.--A
mum Der OF citizens met at the governor S
room in the state house at +. III. today
to see what could be done toward having
the remains OF Secretary Gresham
brought TO this city fJr public view.
The following dispatch TO meet the Ge-
sire OF the men present. was signed by
Governor Matthews and May or Denny. 1t
was directed to Otto Gresham, who i.
now iii Washington:
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