Evening star., 1901-09-14
The State Department Inundated
With Messages of Coincidence.
HIGH TRIBUTE FROM KING EDWARD
Many Cabiegrams From Cuba and
the Philippines Arrive.
DEEP REGRET EVERYWHERE

Before the State Department opened for
business this morning there was a pile OF
cablegrams on the desk Of the chief clerk
waiting to be opened. These came from all
parts or the world, and they indicated the
remarkable speed with which news Of
great events now circles the globe, for all
OF them were tributes Of sorrow and condo
leReee upon the death OF President McKin-
ley. Almost first among them was the
cabiegram from King Edward. who. by the
way, has never failed since the President
was shot to send each day an inquiry as to
his condition, dictated personally by the
king The number Of these cablegrams.
coming. as they do. upon those already re-
ceived when the President was shot, has
severely taxed the capabilities OF the State
Department with its limited force to make
suitable acknowledgment of them. and 1t
will be several days at least before this can
be done.
From King Edward.
Some of the messages received were as
follows:
From the King OF England:
Il have received the following message
from the king: Most truly do I sympathize
with you and the whole American nation
at the loss of your distinguished and ever
to-be-regretted President
From Pierre de Margerie, charge DAFT
faires Of France:
Deeply afflicted at the sad news which
has reached me. l share earnestly In the
intense grief of the federal government and
OF the people Of the United States"
faffaires:
With feeling of intense regret 1 offer to
the United States government my most
heartfelt coincidence on the death Of the
President.
Frome the Princess OF Hohenlohe and
Schwarzburg and the Duke Of Meiningen.
through United States Consul Hughes at
COburg:
Prince Regent Hohenlohe, Prince
Schwarzburg, Duke Meiningen and their
governments request me to express deepest
sympathy
From Mr.. A. Lazo Arriago, minister Of
Guatemala:
With great regret hear of Presidents
death My government and myself accom-
pany you with their deepest sympathy and
deplore this great loss"
Condolences From Cuba.
Col Dunwoody, acting chief signal off,
Ger, received the following from the chief
signal officer in Cuba:
"Cubans and Americans of the Signal
Corps in Cuba desire to express heartfelt
sympathy and join in the universal sor-
row."
The War Department has received the
following cablegrams:
From Judge Taft, governor Of the Philip
pine Islands:
Please convey to Mrs. Mckinley pro-
found personal grief Of every member Of
the commission and deepest sympathy in
her irretrievabie loss and that of the ma
ton"
From Senior Quilex. governor Of Pinar del
Rio province, Cuba:
Heartfelt sympathy In nations grief"
HAVANA. September IA.
Secretary Of War:
II deplore with all my heart death of
President Mckinley.
HAVANA, September II.
Secretary Of War:
Cuba mourns the loss of the American
patriot and statesman. and joins the Amer
lean people in their bereavement.
IF. FIGUEREDO,
Assistant Secretary of State"
The Navy Department received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Captain Perry OF
the battle ship Iowa:
PANAMA, September IA.
''The officers and men of the Iowa are
overwhelmed with grief on learning Of the
death OF President Mckinley PERRY"