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FLAGS ARE LOWERED Washington in Mourn ing for the Nation's Loss. MESSAGES OF REGRET. Condolences for the Gresham Family Come From Many Lands. PREPARING FOR THE FUNERAL. With Due Military and Civic Honors the Secretary's Remains Will Be Interred at Chicago. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 28.—Wash ington was hardly prepared for the an- nouncement of the death of Secretary oi State Walter Q. Gresham, which occurred at such a late hour last night that it was not known to the public until read in the morning papers to-day, for although the fatal termination of the serious illness had been forecasted, there was no general ap prehension that the end would come so soon. Flags were lowered to half mast on all public buildings and many business houses. Official business for the time was laid aside by the higher officers of the Gov ernment and the members of all official circles, together with prominent people in private life, hastened to the Arlington Hotel, where the Greshams have made their home in this city, to leave their cards and messages of condolence. The President and Mrs. Cleveland called during the morning and were for half an hour with Mrs. Andrews, the daughter of the dead man, and Otto Gresham, the son. Afterward the Presi dent and several members of the Cabinet held a conference at the White House to consider the arrangements for the funeral, and later in the day the President issued a proclamation paying a warm tribute to the character of his Secretary of State. There was also a meeting of the diplo matic corps at the British embassy, where appropriate action was taken. The funeral ceremonies in Washington will be of a semi-official character, as they will be held in the east room of the White House, with the President and his Cab inet, Justices of the Supreme Court, Em baesadors and Ministers, representatives of the departments and the army and navy and other departments, and all official business will be suspended for the day. Maj r-Cieneral Kuger will command all of the military forces stationed about the tl, which will act as an escort for the funeral party from the Whit* House to the where a special train will be in r a iiness to convey the party to Chicago. train will leave Washington shortly aft r ;ioon and will have on board Presi- i and and all of Secretary Gresh am's colleagues of the Cabinet, who will ' i me body to the grave. The seven I net officers with Assistant Secretary I'!.!, who is Acting Secretary of State, will ea? active pallbearers. If Secretary of ')!'• Treasury Carlisle does not reach the cV: i:-, time from Tennessee he will join I il party at some point on the Hon. Wilson S. Bissell, ex-Post ' uiieral, has also been invited to pany the remains to Chicago, and it nd he will start from here. While the details of the ceremonies in Chicago an- yet incomplete, it is said that brief services will be held on Thursday after jioon at the cemetery to which the body wiil be borne, accompanied by a military escort in harmony with the day, and Sec retary Gresham's well-known loyalty to old-time war companions. The body will be placed temporarily in a vault in Oak wood cemetery pending the decision by the family regarding its final resting place. The remains of Secretary of State Gresham have been embalmed. The funeral arrangements are dependent upon the wishes of Mrs. Gresham, and owing to her depression and grief, following the death of her husband, the details of time and place of the interment have been left until late in the day. The present inten tions of the friends of the family are to have the funeral train leave Washington to-morrow. A special train will be pro vided, one car to bear the remains and another for Mrs. Gresham and her imme diate relations. These arrangements, how ever, are subject to such changes as Mrs. Gresham may derire. Otto Gresham, the son of the Secretary, arrived at 6:30 this morning by a special train from Karrisburg. He was met at the station by Assistant Postmaster-General Jones, a near personal friend of the family. He joined his mother at the Arlington Hotel, and they were given such privacy as it was possible to give. Mrs. Gresham is broken in spirits and body by her affliction and the constant vigils up to the moment of her husband's death. Her daughter, Mrs. Andrews, and another relative, Mrs. Captain Fuller, were with her constantly last niirht. Tbe body has been laid out in the sleep ing-room where the death occurred. The metallic coffin is to be covered with black cloth with heavy oxidized silver handles and the usual plate for the name and cir cumstance of birth and death. Most of the prominent men in public life called at the hotel early in the day to leave their cards. Floods of telegrams and cable grams of condolence came in during the morning. At the conclusion of the Cabinet meeting held this morning Secretary Lamont made a brief statement of the funeral arrange ment?. The remains of the Secretary will be taken from the Arlington Hotel to the executive mansion to-morrow and placed in the cast room, where the funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock. They will be conducted by Bishop Hurst of the M. E. Church. Seats will be reserved for the members of the diplomatic corps, the mem bers of the United States Supreme Court, such Senators and members of Congress as may be in the city and the chiefs of the War and Navy departments. The President and all the members of the Cabinet will accompany the remains to their last resting place. Secretary Carlisle, who will arrive in this city to-day, Secretaries Herbert, Lamont, Smith, Mor ton, Attorney-General Olney and Post master-General Wilson will act as honor ary pall-bearers at the funeral, and the body-bearers will be a squad of marines from the marine barracks in this city. The funeral will leave the Burlington and Ohio station about noon ahd arrive in Chicago Thursday. The ceremonies in that city will be held on Friday. Beyond this no arrangements for the burial have "»een made. It has not been decided in *hat cemetery Secretary Gresham will be buried nor where the service in Chicago will be held. The casket was brought to the Arlington during the afternoon and the remains placed therein. It is plain and heavy, made of red cedar, with a metallic casing of copper, and the whole covered with black cloth held by oxidized silver nails. The plate bears the inscription: i WALTER QVXSTOH GKESHAM, • BOBS MARCH 17, 1833, SIKD may 28, 1895. In giving directions for the inscription on the coffin-plate, Mr. Otto Gresham stated March 17, 1833, as the year of his father's birth, and it was so engraved, although the biographies of Mr. Gresham give the year of his birth as 1832. Sculptor Dunbar made a plaster cast of Mr. Gresham's head this afternoon. Mr. Haywood, private secretary to acting secretary Uhl, this morning personally de livered at the various foreign legations here a preliminary notice of the death of Secretary Gresham and verbally informed the diplomatic representatives that the funeral services to which they were in vited would be conducted in the East room of the White House at 10 a. m. to morrow. The following executive order was sent from the White House to all heads of de partments to-day : EiEcmvE Mansion. May 28, 1895. To the heads of Executive Departments and Gov ernment Printing Office— A.s a mark of respect to the memory of the Hon. Walter Q. Gresham, late Secretary of State, the President directs that the several executive departments in the city of Washington be closed on Wednesday, the 29th of May, 1895, the day of the funeraL Henry T. Thebbeb, Private Secretary. As soon as the order of proceedings had been arranged and the President and Cabi net had been informed, the meeting of the Cabinet dispersed and official orders and notices began to issue to provide for the execution of the programme. First Acting Secretary Uhl sent out to all the legations in Washington this notice: It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the death of the Hon. Walter Q. Gresham, Secre tary of State, which occurred at his residence, in this capital, at 15 minutes past 1 o'clock this morning, after a painful illness of one week's duration. I shall have occasion to notify you in due season of the date of the funeral services. The information referred to in the latt paragraph was furnished verbally by Mr. Hayward, Mr. TJhl's private secretary, and later in more formal style by a note inviting the diplomats to attend the fu neral ceremonies. The acting Secretary of State also sent a general cablegram to all United States embassies and legations abroad supplementary to the brief note sent last night, adding a direction to place all flags at half-mast for ten days, which order the Ministers were instructed to re peat 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: At all navy-yards and stations colors will be half-masted and will be so displayed until after the final interment at Chicago of the Secretary of State. The bureau chiefs of the Navy Depart ment 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 29, in the East room of the executive mansion, in uni form special full dress. Next an order was sent to Colonel Hey wood. commanding officer of the marines of the navy-yard, as follows: Send an officer to report immediately to General JRuger for instructions as to whatpart of the marine corps will take part in the funeral services of the Secretary of State. Ma rines will assemble, with band, at 9 :15 o'clock on Lafayette square. During the afternoon General Ruger was perfecting his arrangements for the military portion of the programme. He sent word to Washington Barracks 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 District of Columbia, insuring a creditable military display. Orders were sent by Secretary Lamont's direction to all military posts to place their colors at half-mast, and salutes will be tired during the funeral services. Secretary Gresham's will be the third funeral service in the Cabinet circle held in the White House in recent years. The first were the services of the wife and daughter of Secretary of the Navy Tracey of President Harrison's Cabinet, who met a tragic death by jumping from the win dows of their house on I street. Mrs. Harrison requested that the bodies of the Secretary's dead should be taken to the executive mansion, and this was done. Before the end of that administration Mrs. Harrison herself died, and prayers for the dead were read in the East room. No mem ber of President Cleveland's first Cabinet died in office. Secretary of the Treasury Windom of President Harrison'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 Presby terian Church of the Covenant, of which he had been an attendant. Two Secre taries were removed from President Arthur's Cabinet-table by death— Folger and Howe — but their funerals were con ducted at churches. Among the messages of condolence re ceived by Secretary Gresham's family are the following: BLOOMINGTON, 111., May 28.- Mrs. Walter Q. Gretham: I beg to assure you of the heart felt sympathy of Mrs. Stevenson and myself in this your great sorrow. A. E. Stevenson. BERLIN, Germany, May 28.— 1 beg to send respectful condolence in your great affliction in the death of your distinguished husband, in whom the country loses one of its most emi nent and valuable citizens. Theodore Runyon, U. S. Embassador. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 28.- We send heartfelt sympathy in this hour of inconsola ble prief. In the family's loss of a noble hus band and kind father, the country loses a staunch patriot and wise statesman. Mrs. Isaac P. Gray. CHICAGO, 111., May 28.— Am deeply grieved. Beg you and your children accept my sincere sympathy. Marshall Field GRAND RAPIDS, May 28.-Your loss is best appreciated by those who saw your happfness Accept all sympathy. John Patton Jr., ex-Senator. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 28.-You have our heartfelt and deep sympathy in your great affliction. May God comfort and console you. Mrs. Edward .1. Murphy Jr. QUINCY, Mass., May 28.-I feel most keenly the loss of an honored leader and friend. William Everett. PARIS, France, May 28.-Heartfelt condol ence. Morse, Consul-General. LONDON, Eng., May 29.— Our tears fall with yours for the noble dead. Bayard. NEW YORK, N. V., May 28.-Permit me to express to you and your children my deep sor row at the loss of Mr. Gresham. Accept my sincere Bympathy in this hour of grief. C. de Wyckerlin, Minister oi the Netherlands. NEW YORK, N. V., May 28.— Allow me to express to you my deep sorrow and sincere sympathy. Baron Kettler, Charge d'Affaires for Germany. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 28.— Please ac cept our deepest sympathy with you in your affliction. A brave so'.dier and an upright THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1895. : we close : : memorial day i (thursday) i i at noon. i <Jfc» Ob^lpvEj (INCORPORATED), 9, ii, 13 and 15 Kearny Street. 2 BUILDINGS 8 FLOORS, 130 EMPLOYES TO SERVE YOU. Judge and statesman has gone to the reward of the pare in heart. Q. F. Edmunds, Ex-Senator. NEW YORK, N. V., May 28.— Mrs. W. Q. Graham : I beg to tender you and your chil dren my sympathy in your great sorrow. Benjamin Harrison. NEW YORK, N. V., May 23.— Would I could offer you consolation in this hour. I can only say my heart is full of sympathy. Julia D. Grant. BUFFALO, N. V., May 28.-Let us assure you, dear friend, of our profound sympathy with you in the loss of your noble husband. He had much to give his country and he gave it all. Me. and Mrs. W. S. Bissell. . PARIS, France, May 28— Mrs. Eustis joins me in expressing sincere condolence in your sad bereavement. Eustis. ■ DETROIT, Mich., May 28.— Otto Gresham: No purer patriot ever lived than your noble father. Don M. Dickinson. SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 28.— W. Q. Gresham: Mrs. Cullom joins me in tendering to you and family our sincere sympathy in your affliction. The announcement of Judge Gresham's death produces great sorrow in the hearts of our people. S. M. Cullom. CHICAGO, 111., May 28.— Mrs. Lincoln and I sympathize deeply with you in your great affliction. . Robert T. Lincoln. / SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 28.— X. M. Landis: Mrs. Caminetti joins me in regretting Mrs. Gresham's great loss. Remember us to her. '■". ■ a. Caminetti. REGRET IN X OX D OX. Americana and ■ English Express Sym pathy for the Family. LONDON, Enq., May Many Ameri cans called at the United States embassy and at the United States consulate to-day, leaving their '{ cards with expressions of sympathy for the family of Mr. Gresham in their bereavement. The flags on the United States embassy and United States consulate were half-masted and so were the flags on the American exchanges as well as upon several other buildings. Among those who called on the . United States officials were Messrs. Bourke Cockran and Joseph H. Manley and Con gressmen Apsley and McCall of Massa chusetts. ; The latter seconded Mr. Gresham's nomination for the Presidency in 1888. The general opinion expressed among politicians here is that Postmaster- General William L. Wilson will succeed Mr. Gresham. The Earl of Kimberly, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has sent to President Cleveland an expression of his very great regret at the death of Mr. Gresham. ARUANGEMEHTS AT CHICAGO. Federal Officials to Make Preparations '':':.:■ for the Funeral. .. . CHICAGO, 111., May 28.— United States District Attorney Black has invited all of the Federal Judges, : the heads of all the Government offices, and Major-General Merritt of the army to meet him to-mor row to arrange for participation; in the funeral of Secretary Gresham and to re ceive the President and his Cabinet on their arrival in Chicago. A special meeting of the City Council will be held to-morrow afternoon tc take appropriate action on the death of the late Secretary. Mayor Swift will order the City Hall closed on the afternoon of the day set for the funeral. AXXIOUB XV I* AX HOMAGE. Indiana Citizens Desire the Remains Sent to Indianapolis. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 28.— A number of citizens met at the Governor's room in the State House at 2 p. m. to-day to see what could be done toward having the remains of Secretary Gresham brought to this city for public view. The follow ing dispatch to meet the desire of the men present was signed by Governor Matthews and Mayor Denny. It was directed to Otto Gresham, who is now in Washington : "Your father was an honored citizen of our State, and it is the desire of the people of Indiana and of the city of Indianapolis that his remains be permitted to lie in State one day in our Capitol building." Up to a late hour this afternoon no reply had been received. CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY. Speculation as to Who Will Succeed Mr. Gresham. WASHINGTON, D. C, May 28.-There is considerable speculation by politicians and others outside of the administration as to the successor of Secretary Gresham. Prominent among the names mentioned are those of Attorney-General ; Olney, Mr. Uhl, the Assistant Secretary of State, Sena tor Gray of Delaware, Embassadors Bayard and Eustis, ex-Secretary Whitney and ex- Postmaster-General Dicsinson. All the predictions are, however.jspeculative, as the subject has not been mentioned, much less discussed, by the President or any one in his confidence. In the act approved February 16, 1891, Congress has also changed the law affect ing the succession to such an office as is now vacated by the death of Secretary Gresham, so as to read : -'A vacancy oc casioned by death or resignation must be temporarily filled for no longer period than thirty days." The old law had limited the duration of a temporary appointment in such cases to ten days, but the President may ; now designate Mr. Uhl to act as Secretary of State for thirty days at most. In fact, that is just what President Harrison did after Secretary Blame's resignation. Mr. Whar ton acted under his designation as Secre tary of State for the full legal period, and Secretary Foster was not appointed until the last of the thirty days. . iP^Pt' Baptist Home Mission. SARATOGA, N. V., May 29. — The Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society concluded its eighteenth annual meeting to-day. PRESBYTERIANS ADJOURN The Expected Action In the Case of Dr. Briggs Is Not Taken. A Parliamentary Tangle Over the Reception of Polygamlc Converts In India. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 28.— The one hundred and seventh General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States adjourned yesterday at the close of the afternoon session. The last day was characterized by speed and dispatch. The proceedings were confined to routine mat ters with one or two exceptions. It had been expected by some that action would be taken against Dr. Brings by deposition, but such a motion was not proposed. It had been whispered about that a deliv erance would be made against the Presby terian League of New York and against signers of the "Peace and Work Circular," but wiser councils prevailed. The final statement of the moderator that the church would stand by the present decisions was received with applause. The most glorious parliamentary tangle of the whole series of sessions of the assem bly came in connection with a report of the committee on the church policy on'the re ception of polygamous converts in India. The committee recommended an answer to the overture of the Synod of India, which amounted to no action. A serious resist ance was offered by Rev. Robert Morris of the Presbytery of Lodiana, India, and the discussion which he aroused started a stream of motions, amendments, points of order and questions for information, in which the moderator lost his feet. It was finally referred back to the committee for further report. In the afternoon session a committee, consisting of Dr. Howard Duffield of New York, Dr. E. R. Craven and Elder George Junkin, was appointed to assist the United Presbyterian Synod in the preparation of a new edition of the psalmody by compilation and otherwise. The remaiader of the session was devoted to minor matters in cident to the closing hours of the assem bly, which were railroaded through by the clerk in an expeditious manner. Saratoga was chosen as the next place of meeting. VENGEANCE OF ASMEXICAN. He Shoots a Fallote Countryman and Seriously Wounds His Own Wife. DENVER, Colo., May 28.— A special to the Republican from Las Vepas, N. Mex., says : Laf aro Valesquez last night shot CLOSE Of the little details that go toward making a perfect ensemble tell us that our clothes are right. They're Nobby I WITHOUT BEING SNOBBY. -■"-.. '■'■''■'-'. '^ " " ■.-■•"'■ ■•■■■■■ ■■■■■ •■"■■■ •■ . ■ .■. ■ ■ ■:.■.■:■■"■.. ( ' ..•-'u' ■ . ' ■•■,".."..' ■ ■• ■ . They're Fashionable WITHOUT LOOKING LOUD. They're Dressy WITHOUT LOOKING STIFF. Some awfully good suits this week in those Fashionable Serge Cheviots, in Blues and Blacks and Neat Mixtures, at IJflp JL vJ*. EXTENDING BUSINESS That's what we're engaged in now. 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OMAHA, Nebr., May 28.— 1f troops are sent to Pender in an attempt to interfere with the Flournoy Real Estate and Live stock Company, they will be restrained by the Federal court. This is the sentiment declared to-day by John F. Myers of Pen der, secretary of the Flournoy Company, who arrived in Omaha to-day. He says positively that a restraining order from the Federal court will face the Federal soldiers. He asserts that he has positive informa tion that the courts will compel the Indian agent, Captain Beck, and the Interior Department to wait until the matters at issue are adjudicated by civil process. The indictment of Sheriff Mullin has widened the breach between the county officers and Indian police ar Pender and it is thought quite likely the next attempt made by Captain Beck to evict tenants will result in a trip of Sheriff Mullin and a posse to Winnebago agency with the avowed object of placing the Indian agent under arrest. LLOYD IX NEW YORK. His Visit Said to Concern a Compromise Hettceen the fair Heirs. NEW YORK, N. V., May 28.-Reuben H. Lloyd of San Francisco, attorney for Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs and Miss Virginia Fair in the Fair will contest, is at the Ho tel Warldorf. It is said that Mr. Lloyd's visit here concerns a projected compro mise between the contestants, but the Cali fornia lawyer declared that he had made the 3000-mile trip solely for his health. He said he had nothing to say about the contest. Mr. Lloyd says he will remain indefinitely. Shot by an A. P. A. Man. ROCHESTER, N. V., May 28. -Egbert H. Chatfield, in a saloon argument, made the announcement that he was a member of the A. P. A. Dominick Kearus, a by stander, said: "I am glad there is one man willing to acknowledge it." Upon this Chatfield drew a revolver and shot Kearns, killing him. Extension of a JS'ews Service. KNOXVILLE, Term., May 28. — The Knoxville Tribune, the leading paper of Eastern Tennessee, has signed a ninety year contract with the Associated Press and has severed its relations with th e Southern Associated Press. The leased wire night service of the Associated Press will be extended to Knoxville on June L Every daily newspaper in Tennessee tak ing a telegraphic news service, with one exception, is now a member of the Associ ated Press. "COIX" TO MEET HORR. The Author of the Financial School Ac- cepts the Challenge to Debate. CHICAGO. 111., May 28.— W. H. Har vey, the author of " Coin's Financial School," has accepted the challenge to meet Hon. Roswell G. Horr of New York in debate. The question to be argued is whether or not the cardinal facts stated in Harvey's book are true. Time and place of the debate has not been settled. Andrew Jack/ion's Grandson Diet. MEMPHIS, TKSK., May 28.— Andrew Jackson Martin, a grandson of Andrew Jackson, died here to-night, aged 64. 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