The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-03
SERIOUS LOSS TO MANKIND
PROCLAMATION ON DEATH OF
 SECRETARY HAT.

{ Issued by the President-To be Sent to
 All Ambassadors and Ministers of the
 United States in Foreign countries--
 Flags to be Displayed at Half-Mast
 for Period of Ten Days-City of
 Washington to be Closed on Day of
 the Funeral.
 Oyster Bay, N. V, July ?, President Roosevelt has prepared the formal proclamation announcing the death of John Hay, secretary of state. and t wiil9 be promulgated tomorrow in Washing ton. The proclamation will be forward ed by mail to all ambassadors and min isters of the United States in foreign countries and also transmitted officially to the diplomatic representatives at Washington of foreign nations. Fol- lowing is the full text of the announce, ment:
 "A Proclamation by the President of
 the United States:
 John Hay, secretary of state of he United States, died on July \ Ttis death, d crushing sorrow to his frieT ds, lis to the people of this country q jisg- tional bereavement, and, in additt n, it is . serious loss to mankind, foI 70 him it was given to stand as a leader in the effort to better world conditions by striving to advance the cause of inter- national peace and justice,
 He entered the public service as the trusted and intimate companion of Abraham Lincoln, and for well-nigh forty years he served his country with loyal devotion and high ability in many positions of honor and trust; and finally he crowned his life-w work by serving as. secretary of state with such farsighted-. ness of the future and such loyalty to lofty ideas as to confer lasting benefits mot only upon our own country, but upon all the nations of the earth
 As a suitable expression of national mourning I direct that the diplomatic representatives of the United States in all foreign countries display the flags over their embassies and legations at 1half-mast for ten days; that for like period the flag of the United States be displayed at half-mast at all forts and military posts and at all naval stations and on all vessels of the United States.
 T further order that on the day of the funeral the executive department. in the city of Washington be closed ard that on all public buildings throughout the United States the national flag be displayed at half-mast.
 Done at the city Of Washington. this third day of July, A. D. 1905, and Of the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty ninth.
 (signed) Theodore Roosevelt.
 By the president:
 Herbert D. Pierce, E Acting Secretary of State.''
 Secretary Loeb has practically com pleted arrangements for President Roosevelt's trip to Cleveland to attend the funeral of Mir. Hay. The funeral will take place at Il o'clock Wednesday, morning, and as the Journey from Oys- ter Bay to Cleveland will consume about twenty hours it will be necessary for the president to leave here at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. He will make the trip on a special train over the Pennsylvania railroad. At Phila- delphia the president will be joined by members of his cabinet.
 It is expected the president will reach Cleveland about 9 o'clock Wednesday, morning. He will remain there only a few hours, the special train being scheduled to start on the return trip at 3 o'clock that afternoon. The pres ident will come directly to Oyster Bay, arriving here about Il o'clock Thursday morning. Ixaiser Dimes With MT. and Mrs. Corr
 nelsus Vanderbilt.