Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-03
PLANSFOR HIS FUNERAL
BODY OF LATE JOHN HAY NOT TO
LIE IN STATE.

A dispatch from Cleveland last night
says: The funeral services for the late Sec
rotary Hay which have been set for We'd
nesday morning at il O'Clock. will be held
in the Wade Chapel In the Lakev.ew cerne-
terry. and will be OF the simplest character.
The citizens committee which has taken
charge OF the funeral arrangements In this
city was in session until nearly u o'clock
tonight before completing the greater part
of the details.
The train on which the remains OF Sec
rotary Hay being carried tonight is
scheduled to arrive in this city at 6;5J to-
morrow morning, but when the train passes
through the suburb of Chenille Ave miles
from the city. the funeral car an dthe pr;-
vate car in which the members of the Hay
family are travelling will be placed ON
sidetrack until 10 O'Clock. when they will
be brought into the city proper While
waiting at Chenille the members of the
family will go to the residence of Samuel
Mather, a brother-in-law of Mrs Hay,
where they will take breakfast. and remain
until the start of the train for Cleveland
Committee Will Meet Train.
AT the depot the funeral train Will be met
by committee of twelve OF the prominent
citizens of Cleveland Ambrose Swasey,
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson +. +. Prentiss,
Charles w Bingham. General George a.
Garretson. II. r. Hatch. James II. Hoyt.
w. G.. Mather. Il. r. Perkins, S. a. Ray
mond Henry c. Rouse and Judge arlos
n. Stone The escort will be furnished by
Troop a of the Ohio National Guard OF
which Secretary Hay was charter mem
ber under the command of Captain VIII
liam Schofled. The casket Will be carried
by four sergeants of Troop to the .dneral
car and soon the escort has taken
It's place. will be driven TO the chamber OF
commerce.
The casket willsbe placed In the audi
forum of the chamber of commerce IN the
identical spot where the remains of the
late Senator Hanna lay in state. In ac-
cordance with the expressed wishes or
Mrs. Hay, the body of Secretary Hay VIII
not lie In state nor will the public be per
mitted to view the remains A guard OF
four members of Troop A will be posted
around the casket, and will be maintained
constantly until the casket is taken from
the chamber OF commerce at $50 o clock
Wednesday morning.
President Roosevelt and the members OF
the cabinet are expected to arrive Wednes-
day morning at about the time set for
the funeral cortege to leave the chamber OF
commerce for the cemetery.
Services in the Chapel.
The services in the chapel will be under
the direction of Rev Hiram G. Haydn. as
sisted by Rev. Teunis S. Hamlin OF Wash
ington. In accordance with the wishes of
the family, the services in the chapel Will
be private and of the simplest character.
There will be but little, If any. music, and
no address by either of the clergymen. The
interment will also be as private as pos
sible.
Mayor Johnson is absent from lie city
in attendance at the bedside of his moth
er, who is seriously ILL.,
Throughout the funeral ceremony he will
be represented officially by City Solicitor
Newton ID. Baker. A proclamation
issued tonight by Acting Mayor {. w
Lapp, in which he suggested that, FAR
as possible, the ordinary pursuits of busi-
ness be suspended along the route TO be
taken by the funeral cortege. and especial
ly at the time of its passing. The public
is also requested to refrain from INDUCING
In noisy celebration of the Fourth of July
in the vicinity of the chamber of commerce
during the time It contains the body OF the
dead Secretary.