Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-03
PRESIDENTS PRocLAMArIoN.
Formal Announcement Of Death of Sec
rotary Hay.

President Roosevelt has prepared the
OF John Hay. Secretary of State.
. The proclamation will be forwarded by
mail to all ambassadors and ministers of
the United States in foreign countries and
also Will be transmitted officially to the
diplomatic representatives at Washington
of foreign nations.
Following is the full text of the announce
ment:
A PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
John Hay Secretary of State of the Unit
ed states, died July l. His death crush
ing sorrow to his friends is to the Presi-
dent of this country a national bereave-
ment. and in addition it is a serious loss to
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.
lie entered the public service the trust
ed and intimate companion of Abraham
Lincoln, and for wellnigh forty years he
served his country with loyal devotion and
high ability in many positions of honor and
trust, and finally be crowned his lifework
by serving as Secretary of the State with
such farsightedness 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 representatives
OF the United States in all foreign coun-
tries display the flags over their embassies
and legations at half-mast for ten days;
that for a 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
L further order that on the day of the
funeral the executive departments in the
city of Washington be closed and that on
all the public buildings throughout the
United States the national flag be displayed
at half-mast.
ba ola Of "a
day of July, A. d. 1905. and of the indie
pendence of the United States the one hun
dred and twenty ninth.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
By the President:
HERBERT H. D. PIERCE, Acting Secre-
tary of State.
Secretary Loeb practically has completed
arrangements for President RooseveIts trip
to Cleveland to attend the funeral of Mr..
Hay. The funeral will take place at IL
journey from Oyster Bay to Cleveland will
consume nearly twenty hours, it will be
necessary for the President to leave there
tomorrow afternoon. He will make the trip
in a special train over the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad, leaving Oyster Bay about O'Clock
in the afternoon. AT Philadelphia the Pres
ident will be joined by members of his Cab
iret, who will accompany him to the funeral
OF Mr.. Hay.
1t is expected the President will reach
Cleveland about o o'clock Wednesday morn
irg. He will remain there only a few hours,
the special train being scheduled to start on
the return trip at O'Clock that afternoon.
The President will return directly to Oyster
Bay. arriving there about II o'clock am.
Thursday. Members of the Cabinet who
accompany the President will leave the spe-
cial train at Philadelphia and return to
Washington.
The President passed quiet and I'M
eventful Sunday at Sycamore Hill with his
family. a few neighbors called informally
during the afternoon and evening. but no
official visitors We're received. The Pres
ident, Mrs. Roosevelt and their son Archer
attended church services in the morning.