Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-15
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HAS GONE TO ATTEND THE HARM.
son oBsEQtIEs.
Order Issued To Diplomatic aud Con-
suiar Officers by score
tary Hay.

President Mckinley left Washington at
I;i5 O'Clock last night by the Pennsylvania
railroad for Canton. Ohio. whence he will
proceed tomorrow night to IndianapoIis to
attend the funeral Of General Harrison
With him Were Mrs. Mckinley Secretary
Cortelyou and DIR. p. NJ. Rixev Mrs. Nc
ltinley will not go to Indiana polls. but viii
await the Presidents return at Canton.
1 he return trip from lndianap polls will he
made Sunday night. and although the mat
ter has not been finally determined the
probability is that the chief executive will
make only a brief stop At Canton and como
back promptly To Washington. The party
occupied the private car Yale attached to
the regular west ern express
The State Department has addressed the
following circular letter to all United
States diplomatic and consular officers
abroad:
Department of State.
WASHINGTON, n. -, March IA, 1901.
Gentlemen: Your attention is invited To
tie Presidents proclamation Of this date
announcing the death If eN-President Ben
1amin Harrison. and directing q proper eN-
preston in honor of his memory
You will cause the flag of sour respec-
tive offices to be displayed at half stan on
the reception of this circular and for a
period of thirty days thereafter
Il am your obediont servant.
JOHN HAY"
After disposing OF the case under argll-
ncnt the United States Supreme Court
yesterday afternoon adjourned until today
out of respect to the memory OF the late
eN-President Harrison. The announcement
OF Mr.. Harrisons death was made by At
torney General Griggs i'm a few eulogistic
words, and was responded to 10y Chief Jus
tice Fuller. who announced the adjourn
ment of the court. In announcing the death
OF General Harrison. Attorney General
Griggs said
1T is my sad duty to convey to the
court the intelligence of the death of Ben
jamin Harrison of Indiana, which occurred
at his home in Indianapolis YESTERDAY He
was President OF the United States from
1889 to 1893, and most distinguished as a
citizen and a statesman-as a soldier and a
practitioner at the bar Of this court. Out
of respect to his memory / move that the
court now adjourn until tomorrow"
Chief Justice Fuller responded:
The court fully shares in the national
sorrow and sympathizes with the question
winch has Just been made. The great ser
vices to his country rendered by this dis
tinguished soldier, statesman and citizen:
the exalted offices so worthiy filled by him:
his conceded eminence at this bar, his pri-
waite virtues. make recognition of the loss
sustained in his death involuntary and
universal.
As a mark of respect to the memory
of Benjamin Harrison the court will now
adjourn until tomorrow at the usual hour
Secretary Long, in conversation with
Star reporter today, said: president Har-
rison's death was a sad surprise. After his
presidency he retained his prominence be
fore the people, active both as a lawyer
and as a public speaker and writer. He
added honor to an ancestry which both
here and in the mother country was distin-
guished in the cause of human freedom
and progress Like President Hayes he
was good soldier, rising in the war To
general command, and President he
gave the country good administration Of
a high standard and attended with in
creasing prosperity"
Local EuIoRieS.
The following are some of the eulogios
pronounced by local jurists and other on
Gals on the dead statesman:
Justice Charles c. Cole Of the Supreme
Court Of the District of Columbia enja-
min Harrison. in my opinion, was one OF
the very strongest men this country has
ever produced. For twenty years past he
has undoubtedly stood I'm the front rank I'll
the lawyers and statesmen Of the world
Justice Harry NJ. Clabaugh of the So
preme Court of the District of Columbia
Il admired Benjamin Harrison most for
great intellectually. His death is greatly
to be lamented."
Mr.. Louis A. Dent register of wills for
the District of Columbia-'During nv long
honored by being brought into contact
with President Harrison. The characteris-
tic which impressed me most was his
strong judicial temperament. His judg-
ment of public questions was never swayc1
by sentiment; always clear prompt and
incisive. While extremely reserved and
to many apparently cold, he was always
most courteous Underneath his outward
reserve he cherished kindness of heart and
warmth of feeling.
Like his great ancestors, he was intense
ly patriotic, was evidenced by his UNI
bending and unyielding attitude In the
Chilean affair While he and Mr.. Blaine
were so entirely different in temperament,
they could never in the nature of things he
entirely congenial, yet in their relations
each maintained the highest respect for
and evidenced the greatest appreciation of
the intellectual attachments, the force Of
character ana the SURPRISING ability OF the
other"
Mr.. William B. Robson, assistant United
States marshal for the District of Column
bia: He was perhaps the greatest man
the country has known during his pen-
GRAFTON. He was a great soldier, q gieat
statesman. a great lawyer and a great
President"
DR.. William Tindall. secretary to board
Of District Commissioners: II did not
know ex-President Harrison sufficiently
well to discuss him from the standpoint Of
personal intimacy, but satisfied that
as an administrator he will rank well I'm
reputation with any who have filled THAI
Office"
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