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Show Secretary Grresham Dead. Washington, D. C, May 28. Secretary Secre-tary Gresham died at 1:15 o'clock this morning at his rooms at the Arlington Hotel. . The secretary's illness began May 1st, when he was attacked with acute pleurisy. The physicians diagnosed his case as gallstone in the bladder at first, his pleurisy symptoms being overlooked for almost thirty-six hours. A9 Boon as Dr. W. W. Johnston, who u now the attending physician, was called he discovered that the secretary was suffering suf-fering from an acute case of pleurisy, probably caused by exposure while riding rid-ing out to Woodley, the president's country home, at night. In the meantime mean-time the gallstone has passed. The secretary's right lung was affected, af-fected, the cavity being already filled with pleuritic fluid. His respiration rose to 43. The physicians decided not to tap the cavity, but to rely upon absorption ab-sorption to rid it of the exuded fluid. Gradually Secretary Gresham grew better. The respiration was reduced almost to normal. Last Saturday.when Dr. JohnBton ' thought all danger past, the left lung ,uddeniy became affected vntit-GUod rap'jjily. Since thenitiier Dr. Johnston or the consulting physician has been at hie beside cdnstantly, as haye Mrs-Greshamuand Mrs-Greshamuand the secretary'a son-in-law, Mr. Andrews. He passed a very bad night on Saturday, and a bad day Sunday, suffering so much pain that last night he was placed under the in fluence of opiates.' He has been kept more or less under their influence all day. His long illness had weakened the secretary greatly and the physicians physi-cians decided that in his exhausted condition he could not undergo an operation op-eration for the removal of the fluid. The fact that the secretary has had stomach trouble for years and has been obliged to diet, militated against any rapid recovery of strength. Secretary Gresham had an attack of pleurisy years ago. He has also suffered much lrom his . wounds, being at one time bad-ridden for over a year. Shortly before 6 o'clock last night Mr. Gresham waa takeD with a sell tor the worse and his recovery was abandoned. Up to that time he had been conscious and talked at intervals. His words were full of bravery. He fully appreciated hia condition, and spoke word3 of hope and cheer to his stricken wife and daughter. Sometimes Some-times his mind wandered slightly and went back to the days of long ago, recalling re-calling incidents of life and happiness in the Bpringtime of his life. He spoke, too, of his absent son and his" private secretary, Mr. Landis, whom he loved as a son, was speeding to his bedside, all too late Mrs. Greshamsat by the bedside smoothing his fevered brow and occasionally oc-casionally reading to him from Bible pasages which he loved. As the end approached his pulse became hardly perceptible. Grdaually his eyes glazed and closed. Mrs. GreBham, with noble and heroic fortitude, continued to read the words of the gospel to her departing 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, a peaceful shadow passed over his pale countenance, his pulse flickered and the sorrowing family fam-ily were in the presence of death. |