The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-31
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WASHINGTON Oct. 31.--Pres- =
= ident Taft at noon today issued .
public proclamation notifying .
: 3 the nation of Vice 1 resident y
! Sherman's death and requesting =
: that all public officials pay spec =
% c,al tribute to his memory on =
: the day Of the funeral. All gov !.
ernment business will probably =
) be suspended on that day.
. Notified that Vice President =
shermans funeral would prob =
; ably be held Saturday afternoon, =
) President Taft today cancelled .
; his engagement to speak at the =
y unveiling ceremonies of the =
y Washington monument at New .
% ark, N. j., for that day and pre- =
pared to leave Friday night for =
= Utica.
= The president had not definite =
= " decided this afternoon wheth- .
= er he would return to Washing =
= ton after the funeral, or pro- =
= coed from Utica direct t. Cincin- =
= natl. where he will vote on Tues =
day, but he favored th,s latter .
plan.
Orders were ISSUED from the =
= war and navy departments to- =
day to all army and navy posts ?
and all war vessels to half mast =
their flags.
Senator Bacon, president pro =
TEN OF the senate. telegraphed .
. Sergeant-at-arms Ransdell, CIV =
ing him authority to make full =
= arrangements for the attendance =
= Of the senate at ShermaRs funer- =
cal. AS many senators are at =
their homes in the west, 1t will =
= be a physical impossibility for =
them to reach Utica In time for y
the ceremonies. =
Speaker Champ Clark Of the =
house sent telegram here to the 2
sergeant-at-arms Of the house 2
= appointing a special committee =
y Of representatives to attend the .
funeral 1t Is probable that the .
= speaker himself will attend. =
The supreme court, 1t is ex-
tpected, will adjourn today for Q
. several days out of respect to =
= the vice presidents memory. =
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UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
UTICA, N. Y, Oct. 31.-This city
was in deep mourning today for the
death OF its foremost citizen, James
Schoolcraft Sherman, vice president
Of the United States. Flags were al
half staff everywhere and black drap
cries enshrouded the public buildings
and most OF the big business estab
lishments. The mourning was gener
al because Sunny Jinl,'' as his fellow
townsmen best liked to speak OF him
vas universally liked. AS mayor O
the city and later as congressman ht
had been identified with the affairs
Of the community for more than thirt!
years and the members Of the famil!
have been asked to consent to q pub
lie funeral.
Plans were being made today sub
1ect to the approval Of Mrs. Sherman
and the three sons of the dead man
1t was considered certain that tn
funeral would take place from the oil
Dutch Reformed church here OF whicl
Sherman had been a trustee and treas
urer for many years. The tentatiy
plans provided for the attendance Q
the president OF the United States,
possible, and the majority of the ser
ate over which he presided for tn
last four years and Of the house i
which he had been one Of the leader
so long.
The doctors in attendance on tn
Vice president to the last, declared Z
day that he sacrificed himself to hi
party loyalty 1t was against thei
advice that he exerted himself 0
notification day, and 1t was agree
that his fatal illness dated from the
although he had been sick for a yea
Then when he insisted on going to th
polls to register last week, he aggri
vated his condition to such an e1ter
that the doctors were unable to repa
the damage.