LATE MR ROOSEVELT.
THE LAST RITES. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) NEW YORK, January 8. _Mr W. H. Taft and I>r. C. E, Hughes, who was Republican candidate at the last Presidential election, jere prominent among the mourners at Mr Roosevelt's funeral. Mr Taft was in tears during the committal service, t anq the ex-Speaker, Mr Joseph Cannon, W .®L S visibly affected. The streets of the village -were crowded with silent mournThe Colonel's favourite hymn, How Firm a Foundation." was recited the rector. The only flowers at tho p;ave were those from his ex-Rough *uder comrades in tho Spanish-Ameri-can war, but hundreds of wreaths filled tn© church. President Wilson has issued a proclamation stating that Mr Roosevelt, when ."resident, displayed administrative powers of a high order, and distingu'shv + -* n t * ie war. In pri3?.t® We his character was one of simplicity and virtue.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16419, 13 January 1919, Page 7
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147LATE MR ROOSEVELT. Press, Volume LV, Issue 16419, 13 January 1919, Page 7
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