The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-23
SYMPATHY SENT
BY CONGRESS
Resolutions Are Adopted on
Death Of Queen.
SORROW SHOWN
IN WASHINGTON
Flags on Public Buildings at
Half-mast.

Washington. Jan. 22.-Four days Of
anxiety had in a large measure pre-
pared official Washington for the news
which was flashed across the cable
this afternoon Of the death of the
oueen of ENGLAND. So it happened that
an t,ir-z that could be deeenuy done
in anticipation of the sad end had been
d{sposed of and all was in readiness
for me execution of the formalities
which arc Indispensable to such events.
While the cabinet was IN session uui-
Ing the noon hour the president ana MS
advisers were in receipt from time 10
time of all the news which came from
Osborne house. so when the end came
LATER III the afternoon il found ap-
Droprfste messages of coincidence
framed and even orders ready for exc
cutiou looking to the half mastlnS Oh
the flags over the executive depaIu-
n1ents and the carrying out OF the
usual formalities. The half mastlng
of the national ensign was an unusual
tribute to the memory of the deceased
sovereign. IL is said that this mas bee-
done rarely upon the occasion OF Lle
funeral of some great world rulers
hut never before in the case OF the
death of a monarch
Flag over Embassy Sinks.
The actual dispatch of the messages
from the president to the new king and
from Secretary Hay % Ambassador
Choate was delayed only long enough
to receive the physicians statement
announcing the demise of the queen
and then they were sent forward at
once and copies were furnished 10 the
press. The British embassy also re
Ceived the press news as OF full worth
and the royal standard. flying over the
embassy building was perhaps the first
in Washington to sink slowly half way
down the tall staff, giving notice to OF
fetal Washington of the sad event
The Tapidity with which the news
spread was remarkable and within
short half hour the members of the
diplomatic body here began TO appear
at the British embassy bearing cards
of coincidence. Another unusual mark
of the high appreciation of the worth
of 5he deceased queen was the action
taken by the house of representatives
in aGjourning as a mark of respect to
her memory
Nothing now remains to be done by
the United States government except
to send by mail the formal expressions
of regret which are prescribed by inter-
national etiquette
Formal notice of the queens death
was communicated by Lord Paunce1ote
1 to the president through Secretary Hay
I this afternoon. It contains the simple
announcement Of the fact of death as
sent to the ambassador by Lord Lans-
downe. the British secretary of state
/ for foreign affairs
Pauncefote Feels Personal Loss
/ The announcement of the death Of
/ the queen was received with universal
sorrow at the foreign embassies and
/ legations in Washington and nowhere
} was the sentiment OF bereavement
H. cole ~Hrrn II
at the British embassy. Lord Paunce-
s fCte had expected that Jhe end could
not be long deferred and had been pre-
pared for the sad intelligence that the
/ queen was no more. but it came To him
almost as a personal affection, for II
/ was only a few months ago that ne
/ was the guest of the queen at Osborne,
/ when he received from her hands MS
/ elevation to the peerage.
/ Aside from this, her majesty had ire
/ quently shown most gracious consider
/ alton to the ambassador and Lady
PauncefOte inviting them to Windsor
/ and to Osborne for visits which were
/ something more than brief official ex-
/ changes. On the last occasion when
Lord PauncefOte saw the queen, she
/ was in excellent health. considering her
] years, and her mental faculties We're
keen and observant.
Embassy Kept Advised.
The foreign office has kept the EN-
bassy advised by cable Of the progress
Of the queens condition and from these
dispatches it became evident some days
ago that the queens death was near
! at hand.
/ Official business proceeds as usual Ioi
/ in the eve of the law the national eX-
/ jstenee is in noWise Interrupted by the
/ death Of the sovereign At the head
: of the main staircase of the embassy
hangs a superb oil portrait Of mani
/ moth proportions, showing her maJe5ey
/ soon after her coronation. It is 10y the
/ famous painter, Sir George Hayden
! court painter during the early days ol
/ the Victorian reign, and in counter
/ part of that in the grand corridor al
! Windsor palace. In the ambassador :
! library hangs another portrait OF the
/ queen, showing her with the roya
diadem on her brow.
1t is too early to say what 0I1lCla
tribute the British embassy viii bestoW
upon the dead sovereign. These FOR
malities must await the determinatior
+ OF the new king and his ministers II
is probable the king viii reissue &c
Lord Pauncefote the credentials OF am
/ bassad0r to washington and the Tor