The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-15

Milburn House. Buffalo, sept. IA
President Roosevelt tonight issued
following proclamation:
by the President of the United
States of America:
"A Proclamation.
"a terrible bereavement has befallen
our people. The President of the
United States has been struck down;
crime committed not only against
the chief magistrate, but against every
law abiding and libertyloving citizen.
President Mckinley crowned a ~
of largest love for his fellowmen, OF
most earnest endeavor for their wei
fare, by death of Christian fortitude;
and both the way in which he lived his
life and the way in which, in the SUI
preme hour of trial, he met his death,
will remain forever a precious hearit-
age of our people.
''It is meet that we as a nation ex-
press our abiding love and reverence
for his life, our deep sorrow for his
untimely death.
NOW, therefore, I. Theodore Roose-
welt, President Of the United States OF
America, do appoint Thursday, Sep
TENDER, nineteenth. the day on which
the body of the dead President will be
laid in its last earthly resting place,
as day of mourning and prayer
throughout the United States. I earn
estly recommend all the people to as
semble on that day in their respective
places of divine worship, there to bow
down in submission to the will of
Almighty God, and to pay out of full
hearts their homage of love and rever-
ence to the great and good President,
whose death has smitten the nation
with bitter grief.
I'm witness whereof, I have hereunto
SET my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington the
fourteenth day of September, A. D, one
tho'.sand nine hundred and one, and CT
the INDEPENDENCE of the United States,
the one hundred and twenty sixth.
(Seal) Theodore Roosevelt"
by the President:
John Hay, Secretary of State"
ThereTI BE "a state Funeral.
The cabinet, after comforting with
the family of the late President, has
decided upon state funeral at WASH
ington.
Secretary Cortelyou tonight gave out
the following order of movement of the
funeral ceremonies.
There will be a private ceremony
at the Milburn house Sunday, Sept.
Is, at IL a. M, consisting of reading
the Scripture, prayer by the Rev. DIR.
Locke and the singing of hymn. Inn
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mains of the late President will be
taken to the Buffalo City Hall, under
escort of one company of regular
troops, one company of marines and
one company each Of the Buffalo regi-
ments of the National Guard.
THE body will lie in state at the
City Hall, affording the citizens of
Buffalo an opportunity to pay their re-
spects until nightfall. The time will be
approximately from to 6 o'clock. The
body will remain at the City Hall I'M
der a guard of regular soldiers and
sailors until Monday at 1880 a. m,
when it will be taken under the same
escort to the funeral train at the
Buffalo union station. The funeral
train will leave Buffalo at $50 O'Clock
Monday morning and Is expected to
arrive at Washington at Q o'clock Mon
day evening. At Washington the body
VIII De ldhtH lICIIl the Train 10 the eA-
ecutive mansion under escort OF q
squadron of cavalry; to remain under
guard of soldiers and sailors. until
10 o'clock Tuesday morning, when IL
will be taken to the rotunda or the
Capitol. under the same escort of cav
airy.
The Body VIII Lie in state.
1.-THE body will lie in state in the ro-
tunda of the capitol until II o'clock
Wednesday forenoon. At IL o'clock
Wednesday the public funeral service
will be held at the rotunda. At ~
o'clock the body will be taken under
military escort, followed by the fun
eral procession in accordance with the
precedent in the case of President
Garfield, to the Baltimore and Ohio
station and placed upon the funeral
train, which will leave for Canton at
2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The
funeral train Is expected to reach Can
ton at II o'clock Thursday morning
where the final funeral services will
be committed to the charge OF the citi-
zens of Canton, under the direction of
committee to be selected by the May
or of that city"
Secretary Hays official announce
ment of the ceremonies is the same
as the foregoing, with the additional
statement:
mo ceremonies are expected in the
cities and towns along the route of the
funeral train beyond the tolllng OF
bells"
Mrs. Mckinley, feeble and broken
hearted as she Is. bears up under hsr
great sorrow with remarkable forth
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