Funeral Train on Way Carries Hay Family to Cleveland
Albany to Cleveland route details the state secretary John Hay’s funeral train passing Albany in rain. The service included Mrs Hay and others, with demonstrations of respect along the route.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1905
Page
3
Albany to Cleveland route details the state secretary John Hay’s funeral train passing Albany in rain. The service included Mrs Hay and others, with demonstrations of respect along the route.
Rain drenched the route as a funeral train bearing the secretary's body departed Newbury for Cleveland. Clarence Fay and relatives joined Mrs Hay and others aboard the car set, with a brief sunlit moment as the hills appeared. A chamber of commerce delegation and cabinet members arranged private ceremonies at Lake View Cemetery with ministers from Old Stone Church and Church of the Covenant assisting.
Cleveland July 7 funeral services for the late Secretary Hay set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Yale Chapel Lake View Cemetery will be simple. A citizens committee organized the arrangements and the ceremony includes an escort by Troop A Ohio National Guard. President Roosevelt and Cabinet members are expected to attend. services are private with no public viewing.
Messages of condolence pour in from sovereigns, foreign offices, and diplomats upon the death of John Hay. The State Department and Mrs. Hay receive telegrams and cables from leaders including Japan, Germany, Britain, Austria-Hungary, Brazil, Peru, and Uruguay, with funeral plans set for Cleveland and flags at half mast in mourning.
Multiple foreign chancelleries and American diplomats express deep sorrow over the death of Secretary of State John Hay. Messages from Sweden Norway Nicaragua Haiti the Netherlands and other nations convey sympathy and pledge to inform their governments. Americans abroad including Meyer White and others request funeral details and plan commemorations.
President Roosevelt proclaims John Hay death mourned as national bereavement and orders flags at half mast for ten days. The proclamation directs display of the flag at half mast on all embassies, legations, forts, military posts, naval stations, and vessels, with Washington federal offices closed on the funeral day.
Special Cable Dispatch from St. Petersburg reports the death of Secretary of State Hay astonishing Russian politics. Lamsdorff sends condolences to Roosevelt and Meyer, praising Hay as a statesman who pursued U.S. interests, while noting his policy aligned with Japan’s forthcoming requests to Russia and that his death leaves a gap in Asian diplomacy.
Secretary of War Taft and party arrived in Omaha this morning by the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, then planned to depart west via the Union Pacific at 9:30. He said he telegraphed the President after Hay's death for instructions and was told to proceed, noting he does not expect to become Secretary of State. Lafayette Young and Mrs. Young joined the party en route to Manila.
Special cable from Paris reports Ambassador Loomis and Admiral Sigsbee to meet Prime Minister Rouvier and M Thomson while arrangements for transferring Admiral Paul Jones body proceed. Loomis notes Hay's death, praises his diplomacy, and confirms no change in Fourth of July reception. The transfer procession routes and ceremonies are outlined to Cherbourg with guards, half mast flags, and official dinners in Paris and Cherbourg.
The crew on the Kniaz Potemkin mutinied after docking at Odessa prompting a partial surrender and disarming of the ship. Admiral Kruger, unable to rely on crew loyalty, ordered fires drawn and allowed disaffected sailors to go ashore as the fleet moved toward Sebastopol. The mutiny, linked to revolutionary agitation, threatens wider upheaval and was corroborated by a cable from Ambassador Meyer via Consul Heenan. The Potemkin may drift south of Russian limits within hours.
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