Rocky Ford enterprise., 1895-05-30
DEATH OF GRESHAM.
WAS SICK NEARLY a MONTH.
Tho Illness of the Secretary of State Com
mencsd with Plsurisy Hut Was Sue.
ceeded by Heart Trouble and Other
Complications.

The Illness of the Secretary of State Con
1 mencsd with Plsurisy Hut Was Sue
cesded by Heart Trouble and Othei
Complication.
Washington, d. c., May 2S.-Secre
tary Gresham died at 1:15 O'Clock THU
morning, at his rooms at the Arlington
Hotel. Although his recovery wa
practically abandoned when hi
sinking spell occurred shortly be
fore six O'Clock last evening, the mos
powerful heart stimulants known t.
medical science We're injected periodi
cally, and an infusion of normal saline
solution was made through an oper
vein in the arm. He recovered slightly
but owing to severe rigors shortly be
fore II O'Clock he began to fail rapid
ly, and his vitality began to ebb.
The three physicians saw that the
end was near, and at IL O'Clock with
drew to the ante-Dom, leaving In the
sick room only the members Of the fam
lily and the nurses. Up to that time he
had been conscious and talked at inter
walls. His words were full of bravery
He fully appreciated his condition and
blphe "OTuS VI uopt lhu SheSI " LIS
stricken wife and daughter. Some
times his mind wandered slightly and
went back to the life and happiness In
the springtime Of his life. He spoke,
too, of his absent son and his private
secretary, Mr.. Lands, whom he loved
as a son and who, like Is son, was
speeding to his bedside, all too late.
Mrs. Gresham sat by the bedside
smoothing his fevered brow and Occa-
sionally reading to him from the Bible
passages which he loved. AS the end
approached, his pulse became hardly
perceptible. Gradually his eyes glazed
and closed. Mrs. Gresham, with noble
and heroic fOrtitude, continued to read
the words of the Gospel to her depart
ing husband. Her daughter and SON
in-law stood with bowed heads at the
side of the couch. At 1:15 O'Clock his
breathing ceased; peaceful shadow
passed over his pale countenance; his
pulse fiickered and the sorrowing fam
lily were in the presence of death. One
of the nurses conveyed the news that
the end had come to the physicians in
the next room, and they, in turn,
brought it to the watchers in the recep-
ton room.
In the hotel lobby outside were a
half hundred Of the Secretary's friends.
No arrangements will be made for
the funeral until the arrival Of his son
to-day.
Mrs. Gresham's devotion to her hus-
band during his illness has been Of the
most tender, patient and faithful char
acter.
She seemed determined to fight off
death. ''If he dies" she said many
times, 81 lose ALL" The utmost persua.
sion yvn q IN, in1,rr. har IN, oypu
lie down. Yesterday she grew so faint
from exhaustion that she reeled and
would have fallen had not one Of the
nurses caught her in her arms.
Mr.. Gresham's Illness began May 1,
when he was attacked with acute pleu-
risy. When he was taken sick-four
weeks ago-the physician diagnosed the
case as gladstone in the bladder. His
pleuriSy symptoms were overlooked for
almost thirty-six hours. AS soon as DR.
w. w. Johnson, who Is now the attend
ing physician, was called, he discovered
that the secretary was suffering from an
acute case Of pleurisy, probably caused
by exposure while riding out to Wood.
ley. the presidents country home, al
night. In the meantime the gladstone
had passed. The secretary's right lung
was affected, the cavity being already
filled with pleuritic fluid. His respira
ton rose to 43. The physicians decided
not to tap the cavity. but to rely upon
absorption to rid 1t of the exuded fluid
Gradually Secretary Gresham grew
better. The respiration was reduced al
most to normal. Last Saturday when
DIR. johnson thought all danger passed
the left lung suddenly became affected
and filled rapidly.
Since that time he has grown steadily
worse, heart trouble developing yester
day.
About $50 last evening he sank rapid
ly and death was mOmentarily expected
Restoratives We're applied and hypoder
mic injections of nitro glycerine (tht
most powerful of all heart stimulants
and strychnine were made.
| His blood vessels were in state o
collapse and his condition was so ex
tremely critical that the physicians de
| cided that TRANSMISSION was Immediately
necessary to stimulate the heart. DIR
| Van Ransaeller, an expert surgeon, ant
son-in-law of DR.. johnson, was hastil!
sent for. He opened a vein in the lef
| arm and infused pint and half O
normal saline solution. The operation
/ was successful and about nine o'clocl
/ the stricken statesman had revived
| somewhat.
| IrcSlueuC IleNeldlu, WHO WIS d
| Woodley, was telephoned to, and KEEP
| constantly informed as to his premier
condition. He, too, has been confined t.
his room, 1t Is said, for two days, by ,
bilious attack. He sent in word tina
IL 1t was possible for him to see the sec
| retary or to be of any assistance, h
would be glad to come in, but the ply
sicians stated that 1t would be impossi
BILE for the secretary to see any one, ant
/ he. therefore, decided to remain u
| Woodley.
Walter Quintin Gresham was ,
soldier, Judge and statesman. promi
nent and distinguished in those three
great fields of human endeavor. HI
rose to the rank of major general o
volunteers during the rebellion. He wa
for fourteen years United States circui
judge for Illinois, and held three Cab
met portfolios, postmaster general ant
secretary of the treasury under Arthur
and secretary of state under Cleveland
Mr.. Gresham came of English stock
| His ancestors moved to Virginia, ant
later to Harrison county, Indiana, wher'
he was born OH st. Patrick's Day, 1882
In 1858 Mr.. Gresham married Mis-
Matilda McGrain, the daughter Of Thos