The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-03
Orders Regarding Nations Ex-
preston Of Sorrow on The
Death Of John Hay
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
TO CLOSE WEDNESDAY,
President Roosevelt viii Attend Fun.
cral of Late Secretary of State.
Pays Great Tribute to
Late Diplomat.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, July president
Roosevelt has prepared the usual pro-
clamation announcing the death of John
Hay, Secretary of State and it will be
promulgated tomorrow in Washington
Tie proclamation will be forwarded by
mail to all the ambassadors and min
listers of the United States in foreign
countries and also will be transmitted Of
ficially to the diplomatic representatives
of foreign nations at Washington. 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 lie
United States died on July l. His death,
crushing sorrow to his friends, is to
the people of the country a national be-
reavement; and in addition it is a serious
loss for mankind, for to him it was given
to stand as leader in the effort TO
better world conditions by striving to
advance the cause of international peace
and justice.
Friend of Lincoln.
He entered the public service as the
trusted and intimate companion of Abra-
ham Lincoln and for well night forty
years he served his country with loyal
devotion and high ability In many po-
stions of honor and trust and finally
he crowned his life work by serving as
Secretary of State with such far-sighted-
ness of the future and such loyalty to
lofty ideas as to confer lasting benefits
not only upon our own country but upon
all the nations of the earth.
AS a suitable expression of national
mourning / direct that the diplomatic rep
resentatives of the United States in all
foreign countries display the flags over
their embassies and legations at half
mast for ten days that for like period
The flag of the United States be display
ed at half mast at all forts and military
posts and at all naval stations and on
all vessels of the United States.
Il further order that on the day of
the funeral the executive departments of
the city of Washington be closed and
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 Am
erica, the one hundred and twenty-ninth
by the President Theodore Roosevelt
HERBERT d. PIERCE,
Acting Secretary of State.
Arrangements for Trip.
Secretary Loeb has practically COM
pleted arrangements for President Roose-
velt's trip to Cleveland to attend the
funeral of Mr. Hay. The funeral will take
place at II o'clock next Wednesday morn
ing and as the journey from Oyster Bay
to Cleveland will consume nearly twenty
hours, it will be necessary for the Presi-
dent to leave here Tuesday afternoon. He
xxrin oil fta IL on q crn in aUa
the Pennsylvania road leaving here about
2 o'clock in the afternoon. At Philadel-
phia the President will be Joined by mem
hers of the cabinet who will accompany
him to the funeral
1t is expected that the President will
reach Cleveland about 9 o'clock Wednes-
day 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 President will
come directly to Oyster Bay arriving here
about II o'clock Thursday morning.