Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-06
Of the Late Sec. Of State
John Hay at Cleveland.
Services Very Simple Whole
City Pays Last Honors.
Pres. Roosevelt and Cabinet Officers Al.
tend...President Leaves for Home.

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John Hay rests. tonight. in his family
burying ground in corner of Lake
| View cemetery. Around his grave are
| the granite monuments of men who
have done strong things for Cleveland.
| for Ohio, and some of them for the ma
| ton. Five hundred feet to the west of
| where the great secretary lies is the
| great memorial of James A. Garfield;
200 feet to the north rises the monolith
| of the Rockefeller family. Closer still
| are the graves Of the OtiseS and the
Rusts. Most of these mon were buried
with the funeral services far more
| elaborate than was John Hays: GER
| tainly mono of them could have been
| inferred with ceremony more simple.
When. however, the years shall have
established their true perspective, the
! world may come to realize that he who
was laid beside the men. today, was
| fortunate in that he surpassed most
| and cqualled MI Of them in the scope
and value of the services he was en-
ablcd to render to his countrymen.
| The services throughout were admi-
| rably cOnducted-in most excellent
taste and from the arrival of President
| Roosevelt. in the morning, until his
| departure. in the afternoon. brought
| the official day to a close not single
untoward incident was in evidence.
| When .he special train carrying
| President Roosevelt and the members
| of his clbinet arrived at the depot OF
| the Pennsylvania Railroad at 9 o'clock.
/ a reception committee composed OF
members of the Chamber of Commerce.
| | eaded by President Ambrose Swasey,
| entered the Presidents car and greet
| ed him. The other members of the re :
ception committee We're presented to
| the President. A short conversation fol-
lowed between the President and Mr..
Swasey relative to the funeral arrange
ments and then the President with a
quick nod Of the head, signifying that
he understood, walked quickly from the
| train towards his carriage. accom-
panied by Mr.. SwasCy. AS soon as they
Tad taken their seats, the members OF
the cabinet. and the committee entered
| the other carriage. and escorted by
| Troop A the carriages moved off at
| sharp trot for the Chamber of Com
| lncrce two miles away, where the body
OF Mr.. Hav lay in state.
| In the Presidential party were Secs.
| Snav'. Bonaparte, Wilson, Hitchcock
and Metcalf: Postmaster General Geo.
IB. Cortelyou, Attorney Gen. Moody,
Senator 2. c.. Knox Of Pennsylvania
former attorney general; Charles
Emory Smith. former postmaster gem
eral; Paul Morton. former secretary CT
the navy. ana Elihu Root, former sec
rotary Of war.
| In addition there were the Presidents
stcnog, lphcr. NJ, A. L;tta and the Presi-
dents secretary, VIM q. Loeb. Jr.. and
| Dr. Il Xby, surgeon general of the navy.
| An enormous crowd had gathered In
! front 81 the Chamber of Commerce to
! see the coming of the President and the
! departlre Of the funeral and a strong
| detail Of police was necessary to keep
| them in line. Side by side with Mr..
| SwaSey and closely followed by Vice
| President Fairbanks. who in company
| with Gov. Herrick met the President at
| the depot and the members of the cabi-
| net and reception committee, the Presi-
| dent passed slowly along the nall toward
| uhe door Of the auditorium. beyond which
| lay the body. Sentrics on guard at the
| door, fell back with presented arms and
| giving them a salute the President en-
| tered and stood by the caskct. The
members of the Presidential party fol-
| lowed and when all had entered the
| doors were swung and the sentries again
resumed their guard.
It was the expressed wish Of Mrs. Hay
| thai President Roosevelt should be al
| lowed to see the face Of his secretary
| again if he desired TO do so. When the
| matter was mentioned to the President
| he declined to disturb the existing ar
| rangements in the slightest degree and
| the casket was not opened.
| There was n little pause during which
| the President and members of the cabi-
| net stepped forward to pay their re-
| spects to Mrs Hay as she entered the
| auditorium from the anteroom. and then
| all was ready for the departure from
| the hall. The members of the cabinet,
| present and past, ranged themselves in
| advance of the bier and the six non
| commissioned officers Of Troop took
| their places at the side of the cabinet
| When the honorary pail bearers moved
| forward the casket was raised by the
| cavalrymon, and followed by the mem
| bers of the Hay family. the President
| and members of the reception committee,
| it was born along the hallway and out
| TO the funeral car at the door. The
| sabres of the cavalrymen flashed In the
| sun in salute as the casket appeared
| in the doorway and every hat In the
great and waiting crowd was removed.
| The members of the cabinet formed In
two lines outside the door and the casket
was borne between them and placed In
| ahe hearse The carriages of the pail
bearers then formed line in advance OF
| the hearse and those of the family, OF
| President Roosevelt and of the commit
| tee followed on A few sharp words OF
l command scurrying and trampifng Oh
| hoofs and the cavalry wheeled to coiumn
| and passed to the front of the cortcgc
| Exactly Oh the minute OF II O'Clock.
| Captain Scholield of Troop A. brought
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