Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-04
MEMORIAL SERVICES
Exercises at the Church of
the Covenant.
EVERYTHING COMPLETE
BUILDING DRAPED AND DECO
RATED THIS MORNING.
Tributes to Be Paid to the Late Sec
retary of State-Participation
of Department Officials.
EVERYTHING COMPLETE

Arrangements for the Hay memorial
service tomorrow in the Church of tho
Covenant were completed today. The
state Department officials will assemble
at the department and march to the
church. Bureau chiefs OF the depart
ment will act ushers There will be
no cards. admission to the public gener-
ally will be unrestricted. Services will
be brief. Rev. DIR. T. S. Hamlin. pastor OF
tho Church of the Covenant, of which
Secretary Hay was a member. will read
Scripture lesson, and will deliver brief
address. There will be a prayer and a
song.
Sections of the church have been reserved
for the use of the members OF the dpo-
matte corps, the principal officials OF tho
government and officers of the army and
navy. The officers OF the military depart
ments have been ordered to wear special
full dress and II is expected that the mem
bers of the diplomatic corps win appear in
official dress As the President and tho
members of his cabinet will be in attend
ance at the regular services in Cleveland,
the government will be represented at tho
services In this city by Acting Secretaries
Peirce, Oliver and Darling OF the State,
War and Navy departments. respectively.
The following named bureau officers Of
the State Department will act ushers at
the Church of the Covenant: Sidney Smith
of the diplomatic bureau: Galiard Hunt OF
the passport bureau; 4. II. Allen librarian:
y.
tions Charles r. Dean of the appointment
bureau and Thorlas Morrison of the bu-
reau of accounts.
The church was draped and decorated
this morning The pulpit. choir railings
and the late Secretarys pew were draped.
Palms and other floral decorations were
placed in the aisles
Baron Karl Won Giskra. charge d af-
faires, Austrian embassy, wired from
Lenox today that he would come on for
the services, accompanied by Count
Wenckheim.
The Theta Delta Chi fraternity notified
the State Department today that the
members of the local chapter would at
tend in a body. Secretary Hay was a
member of this fraternity continuously
since his college days.
The Presidents proclamation for the
observance of the usual period OF general
mourning on account of the death of Sec
retary Hay VIII not go into effect until
tomorrow. the day of the funeral This
enabled the Navy Department TO carry
out the usual ceremonies of dressing ship
for the Fourth of July. Had the order
for half-masting the flags on all war ves-
sells gone into effect today, 1t would have
rendered the usual Fourth of July cere-
monies on shipboard Impossible.
1t is required that a salute TO the
Union,"' consisting of one gun for eaeh
state or forty-fve in all, shall be fired AT
each military post al noon on the Fourth OF
July and that every vessel In the navy
shall be dressed in honor of that occasion.
The flag must be at full mast While these
honors are paid and the observances today
will necessitate a temporary break, AT least,
nthe Presidents orders for the half mast
ing of the flag In memory or the aeceasea
honored with the usual salute at noon To-
day at Fort Myer. the post flag being tenn
porarily raised to the peak for that pur-
pose
Recent Sympathetic Messages.
Acting Secretary Perce has received the
following cablegram from Mr.. Leishman.
American minister to Turkey, dated fefa'
July 3:
.'The great loss which the nation sus-
tanned by the death of Secretary Hay IL
shared by the entire staff of the legation
end also the American colony here. peg
you kindly extend our condolences 10 the
bereaved family.
Mr. Jusserand. the French ambassador; Il
deeply regretted not to meet YOU al De
purtment of State when l called July 20
express the sorrow felt by my government
for the great loss sustained by America and
by every admrer OF noble MANHOOD IN tho
death of Secretary Hay. Permit me 20
ask you to convey to President Roosevelt
the expression of the deep concern OF the
government of the French republic at bis
being deprived of such a friend and amer
lea OF such great citizen.
"JUSSERAND, French Ambassador
From the Netherlands came the follow
ing:
.'SGvAvENHAGE crhe Hague). July 3.
N
in note dated today expresses in his gov
ernments name deep sympathy In the loss
sustained by the American governmehl
and people. phrr,@i
Action of Governing Board.
At a meeting of the governing board or
the international bureau of American re-
publics. held at the State Department yes
terday. at which Minister Calvo of Costa
Rica presided action was taken In respect
to the late Secretary, is told in the FOL-
lowing telegram sent to the President by
Acting Secretary Peirce:
''The governing board Of the international
bureau of American republics has passed
the following resolutions and requested me
to communicate them to you:
First TO express to his excellency the
President of the United States in suitable
form our most profound coincidence at the
lamented loss of the illustrious citizen. the
Hon John Hay, for whose departure the
chief magistrate, his government and the
American people mourn
Second. That similar expression be
sent to Mrs Hay.
Third. That a wreath with an inscrip-
ton, 1.-The International Union OF tho
American Republics" be placed on tho
casket at the funeral.
Il have expressed my appreciation as act
ing secretary and on your behalf.
The governing board consists OF all the
Latip-Amerlcan representatives In WASH
ington, with the Secretary of State as
bureau officially notified Assistant Secre-
tary PeIrce of the boards action.
Honors to Be Paid at Manila.
A cable message received today from
Gov. Wright In the Philippines acknowledge
ing the receipt of the Presidents proclama-
tion of the death of Secretary Hay, and
announcing that he had given orders for
the closing of all the departments and tho
half-masting of all flags in the islands on
the day of the funeral.
Unionist Returned to Parliament.
LONDON. July 4.-The parliamentary
election at Kingswinford. Staffordshlre.
yesterday caused by the death OF Col. w.