The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-15

yet il rather unsettled. but 1t IL probable
That memorial service of imposing pro-
portions will be held at Westminster
Abbey, as was done at the time OF the
death Of General Grant. Whether the
British government will issue any official
notification of mourning rests chiefly with
King Edward. The King this morning tele-
graphed TO Ambassador Choate as follOws:
Most truly do / sympathize with you
and the whole American Nation at the loss
OF your distinguished and eVer-to-be re-
GREETED President"
Affecting scenes marked the announce
ment Of the death of the President at the
Ecumenical Methodist Conference, which
passed resolutions declaring that the whole
Christian world sympathiZed with the
American people.
The number of callers and the kilograms
received at the United States embassy in
creased as the day wore on. The British
ambassador TO the United States, Lord
Choate mis- deep sorrow. Lord Salisbury
and the Marquis of Lansdowne sent repre-
sentatives TO the embassy and Lord Rose
berry and Mr.. Chamberlain sent messages.
The members Of the diplomatic corps left
their cards at the embassy. Mr.. Broderlck
the war secretary, Lord George Hamilton,
the Indian secretary, ana countless OF
Sir Henry Irving's message was particu-
larly sympathetic He said: May l add
personally my deep grief TO that or the
people OF this nation, and the nations or
the earth for the loss OF great and good
life. so ruthlessly snatched away in the
fUllneSS of love and honor.
The Earl OF Aberdeen, in presenting
medals 10 some of the Gordon Highlanders
at Aberdeen to-day, said that, with their
whole hearts, the British give the AmeIl-
cans unstinted sympathy, intensified by
the memory of their ungrudging manifesto
tiOns at the time of Queen Victoria s death.
The Earl referred 20 President Mckinley
as a splendidly courageous and lofty
spirited man, and to President Roosevelt
as a brave and upright man, who would
nobly devote himself TO the arduous work
before him"
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most
Rev Frederick Temple has sent the fol-
lowing dispatch TO Mr.. Choate:
c,,,I Geslre TO express IN oehaIL OF , t4e
which have heard of the death of the
President. The loss of so great ruler is
a calamity TO the whole world. The
triumph OF wickedness fills us with sOr-
row. our prayer and good will will be
earnest for the American people"
Mr.. Choate, in replying said: II assure
prayers of the church will be offered for
our afflicted people will excite the graft
tude of my cOuntrymen."
All the evening papers contain long edi-
torials eulogizing President Mckinley, ex-
pressing sympathy with Mrs. Mckinley,
and forming estimates of President ROose-
welt.
The Westminster Gazette printed a rather
striking article on the new President, con-
GLIDING as follows:
Taking him all i'm all. probably no man
has succeeded to so important a post since
the present Emperor OF Germany sue
ceeded his father who has so great a ca
pacity to influence his cOuntry's destinies.
Unlike Emperor William, President Roose-
welt is a man whose gifts and character
are well known to his countrymen. In the
case of William IL, the revelation of the
man was a surprise, and an uneasy sur
prise TO the world. The best and the worst
is known about President Roosevelt be-
fore he embarks and those who, seeing
through the mists of popular exaggeration
both his merits and his faults, perceive the
man as he really is, foretell "A period
of office in which he is bound to influence
American history profoundly, and in al
probability beneficialy. There has been no
other President I'm the history of America
who has had either the gifts or the oppor-
Gay."