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 l9S-I PROCLAMATIONS. Nos. 20, 21. at 12 o’clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice. Given under my hand and the seal of the United States, at Washington, the 23rd day of February in the *ear of Our Lord [SEAL.] one thousand nine hundred and one, and of the Independence of he United States the one hundred and twenty-fifth. WILLIAM MCKINLEY ' By the President: ‘ Joni: HAY Secretary of State. [No. 21.] _ March 14» 1901- BY THE PRESIDENT or THE UNITED STATES. A PROCLAMATION. EXECUTIVE MANSION, Ilfashebzgtozz, J!/la/re/v. 14th, 1901. T 0 the People of the United States: H£,§§;}}¤j’f B°°?“m*“ Bengamin Harrison, President of the United States from 1889 to 1893, ied yesterday at 4:45 P. M., at his home in Indianapolis. In his death the country has been deprived of one of its greatest citizens. A brilliant soldier in his youn manhood, he gained fame and rapid advancement by his energy angvalor. As a lawyer he rose to be a leader of the bar. In the Senate he at once took and retained hi h rank as an orator and legislator; and in the high office of President ie displayed extraordinary gifts as administrator and statesman. In public and in private life he set a shining example for his countrymen. ,. In testimony of the respect in which his memory is held by the Government and eople of the United States, I do hereby direct that the flags on the Bxecutive Mansion and the several Departmental buildings be displayed at half staff for a period of thirty days; and that suitable military and naval honors, under the orders of the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, be rendered on the day of the funeral. Done at the City of Washin ton this 14th day of March, in the year of our Lord one tgousand nine hundred and one, and of [sEAL.] the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty-fifth. WILLIAM MCKINLEY By the President: Jonn HAY Secretary of State.