Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-25

half-mast at $3.50 o'clock Tuesday aft
ernoon. So far as any record goes this
Is The first timna LII history Of this
been paid 70 the memory of foreign
ruler.
Senate Adopts Resolution.
Washington, Jan. 23.-In the senate
Tuesday afternoon, Senator Allison OF
fered the following resolution:
,That the death of her royal. and i'm.
perial majesty. Victoria, of noble virtues
s BY the he senate u the United States of
America"
The resolution was adopted.
Action by the House.
Washington, Jan. 23.-The house
adopted a resolution expressing pro-
found regret and sympathy for the
English people on account OF the
death Of Queen Victoria. The presi-
dent was requested to communicate
the expression to the British govern
ment, aud as further mark OF respect
TO the memory Of the queen the, house
Immediately adjourned. The action
of the house was particularly impress
siye in that the resolution was aaoPtea
!. without word of dissent or debate.
The resolution followed the prece-
S dents and was in almost the Identical
a language of the resolutions adopted
upon the occasion of the deaths OF the
: president of the French republic and
the car of Russia.
The News in New York.
New York. Jan. 23.-The first appar
ent effect in New York city OF the
cablegram from England announcing
the death of Queen Victoria was in the
almost instant lowering OF flags to hal
mast. That of the British consulate
went down at 2:40 o'clock and an
=. nouncement was Immediately made
y, the consulate that the Office would b
closed for the time being for all but tn
most urgent business. As the news
a. =. the death quickly spread all flags owe
n; the city began to be lowered. This wa
particularly true with regard to tn
NJ financial district, where every bus
&c; ness house or building had its bun
sd ing ready. Wall street and its adj'
cent thoroughfares were soon givin
=. silent intimation that one of tt
ar ar. yo,rid's most notable personages ha
20 passed away. FrinitY church. at II
ny. head of Wall street. took note OF II
"a. event by the tolling of its bell and pc
!, Al sibly the first of the United States OF
cials to take cognizance of the passii
nd of England's monarch was the su
az treasurer of the United States, VIII
~ as soon as he received notice, lower
the,fag of the subtreasury building.
ur. In no part of the city was respect +
ep- the memory of Queen Victoria mo
UP. quickly shown than in the waters
Tel the port Of New York. Steamers 81
'en. sailing vessels flying the British fl
were not alone in their mnnifestatio
o. of honor to the memory of the de
ices queen United States flags over fer
ior houses, schooners and tugs in the Ea
and and North rivers ard lying at doc
hip over on the Jersey shore all broug
ct the emblem down, and by this mea
Nv. the pews was conveyed to thousan
.uo- who were Oh the lookout for the $
rms: nal.
est Effect on Canadian Parliament
New York Jan. 23.-A special to
World from Ottawa, Ont, says: L
& e., death Of the queen will not cause
ers. dissolution Of tpe Canadian par
ows ment, according 10 Sir John BouerR
2s5; the highest constitutional author
se'' in this country. 1t is maxim of Fl
avn lish constitutional law that the s
$500 ereign never dies, the succession of
sb.le heir to the throne Is instantaneous