03/02/1897
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"EXECUTIVE ORDER 254 is published for the information and guidance of all concerned."
"it becomes my mournful duty to announce the distressing fact to his fellow-countrymen."
"it is ordered that the national flag be displayed at half-mast upon all the public buildings of the United States;"
"the Executive Mansion and the several Executive Departments in the city of Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and be draped in mourning for the period of thirty days;"