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HAYS BODY LIES IN STATE.
&c NOT EXPOSED TO THE VIEW
or THE PUBLIC.
Men Of Troop A Guard the Comm in the
Chamber OF Commerce Hall-Funeral
services to BE Private Business VIII lie
su.prndccf Along Route Of the COrtege.

SUSPENDED Along Route Of the COrtege.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, July 3.-The body Of
,obn Hay lies in state in the great hall Of
me Chamber of Commerce, guarded by
.o,diers Of Troop A, Of which the late Sec
,ary f STATE was an honorary member.
The coffin SITS on the exact spot where the
romain, If senator Hanna were viewed
bv thousands of people. A plain bier,
droped in Lack, bears the plain black cas-
ket,
IN i, are spray of palm leaves from
,bo ,ead diplomats summer home, The
r,u. and magnificent wreath OF La
france roses and sweet reas, sent aboard
,bo fmera train as it passed through Roch-
as,sr \. t., by the citizens Of Rochester
w,satbs came to-day from kogoro Taxa
,iro the la,anese Minister at Washington;
Mrs Whlteaw Reid of New York, Troop
and the Ohio National Guard.
The train Tearing the body reached Glen
vlle early this morning in a special coli
car II remained in Chenille until 10
o'clock when, unattended except by Sam
ue Na,her. it was brought into this city
at the Union station, where it was met by
a q ~
Cleveland and escorted to the Chamber OF
Commerce building by soldiers.
Mrs. Hay wished, above all, that the
hody should not lie in state for public view.
The paople of the city will therefore have
M opport,Inity of seeing the face Of the
dead secretary of State. The body will
lie in state in the hall of the Chamber Of
Commerce building for two days. but ex-
posed only to the eyes of the troopers who
will stand guard over the coffin.
Al the early hour in which the train
reac he'd Chenille station there were few
persons waiting at the little building beside
been on the Lake Shore Limited. The
first car was Boston and Maine funeral
car with two COMPARTMENTS,
In one was tie coffin, while in the other,
the Pullman koenig sburg. were Mrs, hay
and her son Iarence, Mr. and Mrs.
Nather and : A. Raymond, a cousin by
marriage of the Hays. MIR Mather, had
charge of a II the arrangements and will con-
tinue 10 direct them for the Hay family
curing the ceremonies in Cleveland.
Immediately after the cars were run
onto the siding the funeral party drove to
The Mather summer home in Chenille.
Arrangements for the funeral were COM
platad to-day Mrs. Hay and her son will
10 direct on Wednesday morning from
Inc Mather home to Lakeview Cemetery,
where The services will be held at II o'clock
in the Memorial Chapel, attended only by
Inc family and few relatives and friends
and the Presidential party.
Ere. idsnt Roosevelt and the members OF
his Cabinet, except Mr.. Taft, VINO is on his
way to the Philippines, will arrive Wednes,
dav morning at . o'clock, The party will
be driven in carriages to the Chamber of
Commerce building, where the funeral pro-
cession will at once form and move out
Euclid avenue to the cemetery. The pro-
ces,ion will he headed by mounted police
ana Troop A and relatives and the President
and MS party will follow the hearse.
II is probable that there will not he more
than fifteen carriages in line The Presi-
dentf party will have five. and 1t Is EST
mated that not more than double that num-
Ter will be required for the other mourn
e.. The procession will arrive at Lake
View Cemetery about II o'clock.
There will be no funeral services OF other
than a devotional nature. The Rev DR..
Hiram c. Haydn, rastor emeritus of the
Oid Stone Church, will read passage from
DR.. Haydn was in charge Of the church
when Mr. Hay was member.
The burial will follow the services in the
chanel The list of those to be witnesses
Of the service in the chapel has not been
prepared. 1t will include, however, be-
side the relatives, the Presidential party
and close friends including Robert T.
Lincoln and Colgate Hoyt.
The first secretary to the japanese Lega-
ton at Washington, Hioki. will be the only
member Of the Diplomatic Corps present at
the ceremonies. As the official repre-
sentative of Japan. Mr. Hioki will lay a
floral wreath upon the casket.
no al arfv u,il1 ratt fn
their train immediate after the burial,
and start for Oyster Bay at 8 o'clock. Mrs.
Hay and the relatives will go to the Mather
home and in a day or two with her
son, will return to her New Hampshire
home at Newbury. The Cabinet members
ones being members Of Troop A. If Presi-
den, Roosevelt desires to view the remains
the casket will be opened at the Chamber
Of Commerce: otherwise it will not.
Al the request Of the Diplomatic Corps
al Washington, the Rev. DR.. Teunis Hamlin
pastor of the Church of the Covenant
Washington who was to ha We attended
will remain in Washington, taking charge
Of services to be held there at the same
time the services here are held. This an
nouncement was made to-day after long
distance telephone communication.
Mayor Tom l.. johnson is in Brooklyn at
WV Ihf!>N.f Oh MS lNOlIeT, ana AClHlR
Mayor Charles Lapp to-day issued the fol-
loving proclamation:
TT remains of For lohn Hay, Secretary
Of State Of ihe niteu States. will lie IN the
ball 4 :he Chamber of Commerce from
Monday to We lncsdav morning, when
they will 9 inferred in Takeview Cemetery.
hat due respect be shown TO the memory
Of 50 distinguished a man and a proper
sense OF o,lr appreciation of his exalted
services 10 our common country, I recon-
mend 10 ''c people Of Cleveland that, so
lar as possible. business be suspended along
he route taken by, and especially during
N" naSsjng, Of the cortdge on Wednesday
morning. further recommend that on July
= while the remains are lying in the Cham
yer OF Commerce hall, all persons refrain
nom making noise or demonstration by the
e1I osIon of fireworks or otherwise in the
public square and in the immediate vicinity
M,,he Chamber of Commerce building"
1t was given out at the Mather residence
to-day that requests had been sent to
NE following men to act as pallbcarers at
tie funeral
=, Secretary Of the Treasury Leslie NJ.
ohaw. Secretary of War William II. Taft,
Attorncy-Gcreral William II. Moody, Post
iAastet-t General George B. Cortelyou, Seore-
.ary OF the Navy Charles Bonaparte, Secre-
sry Of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock,
SsFretary Of Agriculture James Wilson.
SSere'ary Of Commerce and Labor Victor
Q Mecaf, all of whom are members of
. ,.i Gent Roosevets present Cabinet,
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