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VOLUME XV 7 .
GRESHAM IS DEAD.
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE
PASSES AWAY.
Hopes of His Recovery Spier
taioei to lie Last Boiaeet.
Disease of the Lnngs and Heart
the Cause of Death.
Dissolution Was Painless—-A Brief
Sketch of His Life.
Hon. Walter Q. Gresham, seretary
of state, died at his rooms in the
Arlington hotel at Washington at 1.13
o’clock Tuesday morning.
During the day the secretary lay in
a stupor, which was the foundation
for the report which was given to the
press that he was “resting easy.” As
soon as the physicians, however, real¬
ized that the end was approaching, tho
heroic measures usual in such cases
were adopted. Notwithstanding their
efforts, the patient sank rapidly.
At 10 o’clock Monday night the
physicians acknowledged, that they
considered the case a hof>eles9 one but
they did not relax their efforts.
Secretary Gresham died at 1:15
o’clock. No death could be more
quiet, more calm or more peaceful.
For two hours preceding dissolution
there had been no indication of either
a pulse or a heart beat. He lay during
that time with bis head resting on the
arms of his daughter, Mrs. Andrews,
while his devoted'wife sat by his side,
his hands crossing hers, his face so
turned that his last conscious gaze
should rest upon her. Aud so the
minutes dragged slowly on till the end
came. He was conscious to the last.
He suffered greatly during the pre¬
ceding forty-eight hours, after the
pneumonic symptoms were complica¬ and
ted with his other diseases, was
only temporarily relioved by frequent
hypodermic injections. But as the end j
approached the suffering disappeared j
and he passed quietly 1
tired child sinking away as as a 1
to slumber.
ACUTE PLEURISY HIS DISEASE.
Dr. W. W. Johnson, who has been
in daily attendance on Secretary Gres¬
ham, gave out the following statement
of the case early Monday night:
“Mr. Gresham’s illness has been an
acute pleurisy with effusion, beginning
on May 1st. From May 13th his con¬
dition was entirely favorable and bin
speedy recovery was confidently ex¬
pected. On May 25th symptoms of
relapse appeared, due to tho develop¬
ment of acuto pneumonia. His pres¬
ent alarming condition is duo to weak¬
ness of the heart’s action, and there
seems to be little or no hope of his re¬
covery.”
A Sketch of IBs Life.
Walter Quinton Gresham was little
moro than sixty-five years old when his
record as asoldier, jurist and statesman
was closed by death. He was essen¬
tially an Indianian, though of lato
years claiming residence in Illinois.
Born in Harrison county, Indiana,
March 17, 1832, and receiving all his
early education aud legal train¬
ing in that state, he abandoned a
prosperous law practice and a mem¬
bership in the state legislature in Au¬
gust, 1861, to throw his whole energies
' into the prosecution of tho war for the
defence of tho union. His gallant and
conspicuously able services fn that ca¬
pacity secured for him the strong
friendship of General Grant and the
respect of his confederate opponents,
which was frequently manifested in af¬
ter life.
He entered the service as lieutenant
colonel of tho Thirty-eighth Indiana
volunteers, was breveted brigadier
general for gallantry in the siege of
Vicksburg and retired as major gen¬
eral. In the operations before Atlanta,
Ga., while commanding a division in
General Frank Blair’s corps, he re¬
ceived wounds while charging at the
head of his brigade which put him in
the hospital for nearly a year and to a
considerable extent incapacitated him
up to the end of hi3 life. He was
awarded a pension for this disability,
but after he became secretary of state
declined to receive it, although the
constant and intense suffering result¬
ing from those injuries undoubtedly
augmented the physical ailments which
contributed to his death.
He Enters Politics.
After the war closed he was brought
forward prominently as a political
candidate. He ran for congress in the
New Albany, Ind., district in 1866 as
a republican and was ’defeated. Then
he was ajipointed financial agent of
his state in New York city and
while holding this position was select¬
ed by President Grant for appointment
as United States district judge in his
native state. In 1880, when one of the
customary changes in the complexion
of the Indiana legislature made it pos¬
sible to elect a republican to succeed
Mr. Jos. E. McDonald to tbe United
SPRING PLACE, HURRAY COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1895.
States senate, Judge Gresham and
candidates Benjamin Harrison were the leading
for the position, and Mr.
Harrison secured the election. After
the death of President Garfield in
1882 Judge Gresham was tendered
the position of postmaster general
in President Arthur’s reorganized cab¬
inet and resigned his judgeship to ac¬
cept it. When Secretary Polger died,
in 1884, after his overwhelming defeat
as candidate for governor of New York
by Grover Cleveland, Mr. Gresham
was transferred to the treasury port¬
folio thus vacated. The duties of
a cabinet oflicer and the exacting
requirements involved in the disposal of
the patronage of one of the great¬
est executive departments of the gov¬
ernment were not to his taste, and at
his own request President Arthur
nominated him, after barely three
months’ service as secretary of the
treasury, to the position of circuit
judge for the seventh judicial circuit,
which embraces the states of Indiana,
Illinois and Wisconsin. He retained
his position until at -»Ir. Cleveland’s
urgent personal request he joined Mr.
Cleveland’s second eabinet as secretary
of state.
AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
The state department was technical¬
ly closed Tnesday, admission being
denied to all visitors, although the en¬
tire force of employes were kept in
waiting to assist in the discharge of
formalities attending upon notifica¬
tion to the foreign powers of the na¬
tion’s loss. Acting Secretary tJhl,
hollow-eyed and nervous ns tho result
of his all-night vigil at the door of the
death chamber, was early at bis post
engaged in tbe preparation of orders
to be signed by tho president and in
frequen t communication with tbe fami¬
ly of tho dead secretary. Within
three quarters of an hour after the end
came he had dispatched brief cable
messages to the four ambassadors who
represent the United States abroad;
to Bayard, Enstis, Runyon and Mc¬
Veigh, stating that Secretary Gresham
had expired at 1:15 o’clock. In ad¬
dition, Mr. Enstis was directed to
send a like formal announcement to
all of the United States legations.
draft Subsequently, Mr. Uhl prepared a
of a formal note intended to be
issued to the representatives of the
foreign nations accredited to Wash¬
ington and also for transmission to the
United StatdS representatives abroad,
conveying to them the newB of Secre
tary Gresham’s death in more formal
style than could be attained in a brief
cablegram.
EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED.
The following executive order was
sent from the White House to all
heads of departments:
Executive Mansion, May 28, 1895.
—To tho heads of the executive de¬
partments and the government print¬
ing office: As a mark of respect to tho
memory of tho Hon. Walter Q. Gres¬
ham, late secretary of state, tho pres¬
ident directs that tho several executive
departments aud the government
printing office in tho city of Washing¬
ton be closed on Wednesday, the 29tli
day of May, 1895, the day of tho fu¬
neral.
(Signed,) Henry T. TnuRBER,
Private Secretary.
PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT.
The president issued tho following:
Walter Q. Gresham, secretary of
state of the United States, is dead.
The president in making this distress¬
ing announcement to his fellow-coun¬
trymen speaks from the depths of a
personal affliction to remind them that
they too have lost a pure and ablo
public servant, a wise and patriotic
guardian of all their rights and inter¬
ests, a manly and loyal American and
a generous and lovable man.
As a suitable expression of natural
bereavement, I direct that the diplo¬
matic representatives of the United
States in all foreign countries display
tho fii^s over their embassies and le¬
gations at half-mast for ten days; that
for a like period the flag of the United
States bo displayed at half-mast at all
forts and military posts and at all
naval stations and on all vessels of the
United States.
I further order that on the day of
the funeral the executive departments
in the city of Washington be closed,
and that on all public buildings
throughout the United^States national
flags be displayed at half-mast.
Grover Cleveland.
TO RECEIVE A SOLDIER’S BURIAL.
Walter Q. Gresham will receive a
soldier’s burial. Except John A. Lo¬
gan, of Illinois, no other man outside
the regular army has ever been honor¬
ed by the ordering out of United
State troops to attend his funeral.
The preliminary services will take
place in the east room of the white
house, which has witnessed some me¬
morial obsequies, the last being the
burial of President Harrison’s wife,
but has never before been the scene of
funeral services over a cabinet officer.
There will further be this distinc¬
tive feature in the sad ceremonies—
that the draperies and other accesso¬
ries will be eutirely military in char¬
acter. The United States flag will be
the chief emblem of m orning round
his funeral casket. Bishop Hurst, of
the Methodist Episcopal church, will
conduct the services. He was a warm
personal friend of the dead secretary,
who himself was brought up in the
“Tell tlae Truth.”
Methodist faith, his father and mother
belonging to that denomination. All
the cabinet will be present except Sec¬
retary Carlisle, who will join the fu¬
neral cortege en route to Chioago,
where it has been finally determined
that the interment shall take place.
THE FUNERAL OBSEQUIES.
At 9:30 o’clock Wednesday morning
the remains of the late secrotary of
state were removed to the white house.
The funeral procession, preceded by a
squad of mounted police, moved slow¬
ly down Lafayette Place, flanked on
either side by a lino of policemen, bo
hiud whom were thousands of people,
many of them with bowed and uncov¬
ered heads. Here aud there a tear
trickled down the cheek of one who
had known and felt the kindness of
him who was so soon to be laid to rest
forever. The procession swept around
the great bronze statue of Lafayetto at
the corner of the square and up the
broad avenue, passed the drawn up ar¬
tillery and cavalry, to the entrance of
the white house grounds. Slowly it
moved along the line of carriages of
the diplomatic corps, members of the
supreme court, officials, members of
congress and other invited guests to
the steps of the white house. Tho cas¬
ket, preceded by the president and
cabinet, was borne by the .artillerymen
to the cost room, where tho services
took place.
The service was remarkably simple
and free from ostentation. It was
the fall burial service of the Method¬
ist Episcopal church, practically tho
same as that of tne Church of Eng¬
land, though somewhut abbreviated.
The bishop read selections from differ¬
ent ninth parts of the Scripture, the thirty
Psalm and tho fifteenth chapter
of the First Corinthians. Then a
quartette stationed at one side sang
sweetly Cardinal Nowman’s hymn,
“Lead Kindly Light.” Again tho
bishop read a few verses from the
Scriptures and the funeral prayer, and
then tho servioe closed with tho Lord’s
Prayer and a blessing.
The entire service lasted fifteen
minutes. Tho bishop stepped to one
side after inviting those who cared to
do so to look upon the face of the em¬
inent deceased.
At the conclusion of the services the
funeral party with its military escort
moved down Pennsylvania avenue to
the Baltimore & Ohio station from
which tho sad journey to Chicago was
to be made.
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NEGROES KILLED BY MEXICANS.
Thirty-Two of a Colony Shot While
Attempting Escape.
A party of fivo negroes arrived at
San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday from
Tlahtinlido, a negro colony in the state
of Durango, Mexico. They confirm the
report contained in recent dispatches
from El Taso, Texas, of tho killing of
a party of the negroes who wore at¬
tempting to make their escape from
the colony.
Jim Crawley, formerly of Griffin,
Ga., is the loader of the party of foot¬
sore pilgrims who arrived. He stated
that he aud tho other four men with
him were members of the band who,
about ten days ago, attempted to es¬
cape from the colony. In relating his
experiences, he said:
“All of tho colonists are kept'con¬
stantly under guard by Mexicans arm¬
ed with guns. We were so badly
treated that a band of forty of us re¬
solved to make a break for the United
States. We deserted tho colony in a
body and were pursued by a party of
armed Mexicans, who soon overtook us
and fired on us. Thirty-two of the
negroes wero killed and only eight es¬
caped. None of the promises fulfilled which
were made us have been and
tho remaining colonists will escape as
soon as they can find an opportunity
for doing so. The negroes there are
made to work very hard and they have
a big crop of cotton and corn under
cultivation.
SILVER'S OPPONENTS
Will Hold a Nonpartisan Meeting at
Philadelphia.
Tbe agitation for sound moDey in
opposition to the demands of tho silver
ites for free silver has met with a re¬
sponsive echo in Philadelphia and on
next Tuesday evening a non-partisan
meeting of those arrayed against the
free coinage of silver will bo held in
the Academy of Music. Tho meeting
will be addressed by ex-United
States Senator Edmunds, William
N. Trenholm, comptroller of the cur¬
rency under Cleveland’s first adminis¬
tration, and a number of other promi¬
nent gentlemen. The letters inviting
Mr. Edmunds and Mr. Trenholm to
speak were signed by fifty of the lead¬
ing business and professional men in
Philadelphia. The names of demo¬
crats are as conspicuous among the
signers of the letters as republicans,
and among the democrats are William
F. Harrity, chairman of the democrat¬
ic national committee; William M,
Singerly, proprietor of the Records
and Alexander K. McClure, editor of
the Times.
Corbett Begins Training.
Jim Corbett is training for his fight
with Fitzsimmons at Asbury Park, N.
J. He intends remaining thoro until
the first of July at least, in order that
he may be in good condition when the
time and place of battle are announced.
STATE NEWS NOTES.
CULLED FROM MANY SOURCES
BRIEFLY PARAGRAPHED.
Happenings of General Interest to
Georgia Readers.
The first crate of Georgia peaches
was shipped from Fort Valley Monday
afternoon. Tho peaches were of tho
Alexander variety and were very line.
<i.' Fannin county will take a vote on
moving the courthouse from Morgan
ton to Blue Ridge some time this year.
A new courthouse will have to be built
soon, and the prevailing feeling of the
county is in favor of moving it to the
railroad, whore taxable property will
be increased.
The attention of the public has been
so frequently called of lato to the sub¬
ject of pear blight, and so many in¬
quiries have been received by the
Georgia experiment station asking for
detailed information on this head,that
Direotor R. J. Redding, finding it im¬
possible to satisfy each individual in¬
quirer, requested Mr. H. W. Starnes,
the horticulturist of the station, to
briefly summarize all that is known up
to date concerning this sconrgo of the
orchardist.
Tho guns that fired the first shot in
the civil war and declared in loud
tonos that tho southern states wero
united in an effort to form a govern¬
ment of their own may he Been at At¬
lanta during the exposition. The old
guns now slumber in tho sands on
Snllivan’s island. For years they
have lain there, near Charleston, grim
and silent reminders of a lost cause.
As the years have passed they have
sunk deeper into tho earth until now
they are almost entirely covered and
only a few of them can be seen.
Military circles are all astir ovor the
recent letter of Colonel George A.
Mercer, of Savannah, addressed to
Governor Atkinson, calling upon him
to disband tbe Gate City Guard. It
in 'jenerally understood that it will
bring to a crisis the fight that has
been on for some time between the
r.dvfrd and the state militia. It is
thought that Governor Atkinson will
tako into consideration the contents of
the letter from Colonel Mercer, and
that tho question as to tho right of
existence of the Gate City Guard will
be permanently settled.
Rev. W. A. Candler, president of
Emory college, has announced the fol¬
lowing honors and places: First hon¬
or, E. G. Jones, Kartali, Ga.; second
honor, D. D. Cox, LaGrange; third
honor, M. C. Quillian, Cartersville;
fourth honor, J. C. Elder, Baruesville.
Other commencement places given on
scholarship are A. H. Alien, Colum¬
bus; W. T. Banks, Colnmbus; E. F.
Fincher, Clarkston; John S. Glean
ton, Conyers; A. M. Pierce, Austell;
T. J. Shepherd, Brunswick; C. C.
Smith, Palmetto; M. E. Thompson,
Seneca, S. C. These gentlomen will
deliver original orations on commence¬
ment day, June 12 th,
At the request of the board of di¬
rectors Augusta of the Enterprise factory at
a call has been if-sued for a
stockholders’ meeting on June 15th,
to whom will bo referred the advisabil¬
ity of increasing the capital stock for
the purpose of enlarging the plant.
It is the opinion of the board that it
can with advantage increase the pres¬
ent plant by adding 40,000 spindles
and 1,000 looms. This increase of ma¬
chinery would require the capital stock
to be increased about 8500,000. The
action of the board of directors will
doubtless be approved by the stock¬
holders, and thus 8500,000 will be add¬
ed to the cotton mill business of Au¬
gusta. This company now has 33,000
spindles and 900 looms.
The Pension Funds Give Out.
The following was published in the
Clarksville Advertiser as a communi¬
cation from Atlanta: “The old con¬
federates must wait till the legislature
meets for their pensions. The appro¬
priation of 830,000 made by the last
general assembly is inadequate to pay
thorn. This is to be greatly regretted,
as many of them are greatly in need,
paupers, old and in ill health, and
when the legislature assembles it should
provide for a pension of $8 per month,
instead of 86, as provided by the bill
enacted at the last session of the legis¬
lature. Our soldiers richly deserve
being cared for in their old age and
infirm health. They fought for the
southern cause and it is the bounden
duty of the legislature to provide for
them. Legislators ought to remember
that they risked their lives, suffered,
hungered and denied themselves all
the comforts of life for four years, and
it is but justice that they be provided
for. It would be ingratitude, even
treachery to them to ignore them in
their poverty.”
Si a Tear In Advance
Cadet Wanted.
The following from Congressman
Livingston explains itself:
Editor Constitution: Permit me
through your columns to give notice
that on the 25th day of June next
there will be a competitive examina¬
tion for a cadet to the naval academy
for the term of six years from Sep¬
tember 1st next. The competitors
must be between fifteen and twenty
years old, “physically sound,” “well
formed,” “and of a robust constitu¬
tion,” “citizens of the fifth congres¬
sional district for at least two years
prior to their appointment.” The ex¬
amination will be in the hands of three
gentlemen appointed by the president
of the board of education of public
schools, Atlanta, Ga., and will take
place at the Markham house on said
day. Mr. I have placed in the hands of
D. A. Beatie, Capitol avenue,
president of said board, a copy of the
regulations for reference by those
wishing to compete. My appointment
to secretary of navy must be in his
hands July 1st, so I have given all the
time possible.
The Weekly Editors.
The ninth annual meeting of the
Georgia held Weekly Frees Association will
be in Gainesville, July 2nd and
3yd, and the members will go on an
excursion to Cumberland island for a
week’s outing. The “Queen City” of
the mountains has opened wide her
gates and generously offered to the
weekly editors every courtesy that her
hospitable people always extend to
their guests. On Tuesday evening,
July 2nd, a reception and banquet
will be tendered the association at the
Arlington hotel, at which there will be
eloquent responses to appropriate
toasts. Governor Atkinson has been
invited by President W. 8. Coleman,
of the association, to be present at tho
banquet and it is hopod that he will
aocompany the editors to Cumberland
island.
The regular session of the associa¬
tion will be marked as a strictly busi¬
ness one. A two days’ session will be
held, at which many matters of vital
interest to weekly papers will be dis¬
cussed in papers by several of the
brightest members of the association.
It will be one of tho most important
in all the history of the
and measures are to be inaugurated
that will greatly benefit the weekly
press of the state. There will be a
large representation from the ranks of
weekly journalism, fully 100 editors
and their wives, sisters and daughters
being expected to attend.
President Coleman has prepared a
programme that embraces maDy en¬
tertaining features and several papers
on appropriate subjects will be pre¬
pared for the meeting. Everything
has boen so arranged that the greatest
possible benefit may result to the ac¬
tive men in the profession.
TIIK SOUTH NOT IN IT.
Gov. Atkinson Says Our Section Will
Not Supply a Candidate.
A New York special says: Governor
William Y. Atkinson, of Georgia, who
is one of the young and progressive
democrats of the south, was at the
Fifth,Avenue hotel today, where he
received a number of visitors. He
came here to deliver nearly 8300,000
of Georgia bonds, which draw interest
at 3J per cent per annum.
In regard to selecting a presidantial
candidate from the south, ho declared
it was not practicable and would not
be for some years to come.
“Although we are a united people
and loyal to the flag,” he added, “I
think there is a latent feeling in the
north among a few that would be in¬
imical to a candidate from the south.
No man identified with the old regime
in the south would be eligible. The
vice presidency? Well, a vioe presi¬
dent might be more practicable, but
if he should be selected from the south
the presidential candidate would have
to be a strong and healthy one.”
The governor said the people in his
state are conservative aud would not
vote for any man for a third term.
“Business is fast improving,” he
continued, “and we are making great
headway with tbe preparations for the
Cotton States and International expo¬
sition in Atlanta. It will be larger
and grander than anything we have
had yet.”
SHOUT ON GRAIN.
An Elevator Company Finds Itself in
a Bad Way.
Six years ago eight of the St. Louis
grain elevators wore absorbed by the
United Elevator Company, nnd since
then it is alleged the management has
not checked up its stocks. Recently
there haB been an urgent demand for
wheat to make deliveries, and the ele¬
vator folks were surprised to find that
there was an immense shortage of
wheat in the elevators. The shortage
is attributed to mismanagement rather
than to crookedness and theft.
For an Exhibit and a Monument.
Governor Morton, of New York, has
signed the bill allowing a commission
headed by Mrs. Levi P. Morton to ex
pend hibit 825,000 to provide a suitable ex¬
at the Atlanta Exposition, also
the bill appropriating 883,000 for
monuments at Chattanooga.
NUMBER 19.
If You
ARE GOING TO
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Texas, Nebraska, Louisiana,
Colorado, Utah, California,
Oregon, Washington, Mex¬
ico, New Mexico or Arizona,
And will send me a postal card or let- •
ter stating where yon are going,
when you are going, where
you will start from, how
many there are in your
party, what freight and
baggage you have,
I will write you or call at your
house and furnish you with
the fullest information regard¬
ing routes, lowest rates of all
classes, besides maps, descriptive and
illustrated land pamphlets, resort
books, Hot Springs guides, etc.
Cheap farming lands in Mis¬
souri, Arkansas, Kansas and
Texas.
A. A. GALLAGHER,
SOUTHERN PASSENGER AGENT,
Missouri Pacific R'w’y
and IRON MOUNTAIN ROUTE.
103 Read House,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
(JHARLES N. KING,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA,
J. BATES,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Special attention to collections and
• criminal practice.
Y # L. WATTS,
Attorney-At-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Prompt attention to all business.
L. HENRY,
Attorney-at-Law,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Will practice in the courts of this and
adjoining counties.
J, S. FANN,
r Dentist,
DALTON, GA.
JJcNELLY & HEARTSILL,
General Job Printers,
CLEVELAND, TENN.
Mail orders will receive prompt atten¬
tion. Send for prices and
samples of work.
rfHOMAS J. BRYANT,
Livery Stable,
DALTON, GA.
I have bought the entire Livery
business of Calaway & Longest, and
solicit your patronage.
k, P. BAGWELL, M. D.,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Offers his professional services to the
people of this section and solicits a
share of the patronage.
W. ANDERSON,
Physician and Surgeon,
SPRING PLACE, GA.
Professional services offered to the
people of this section. Calls cheer¬
fully answered day and night.
J. A, PRICE, M. D.,
SUMACH, GA.
Will practice his profession in this
and surrounding country.
Will be at the Temple House on the
first Tuesdays in each month for the
purpose of examining and treating
Acute and Chronic diseases.
We have Money to Loan at 6 per cent.
On farm or city property in any sec¬
tion of country where property has a
fixed market value. Money ready fsr
immediate loans where security and
titlo is good. No commission. We
solicit applications. Blanks fnrnished
upon request. ALLEN & OO.,
40-42 Broadway, N. Y,