The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 19, 1901, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1901 DR R P, CHURCH SERVICES IN COMMEMORATION .OF THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT CITIZENS' COMMITTEE HOLDS Members Complete Arrangements for Fitting Serv- ices at Pavilion and Special Report Is Made as to Admissions and Seats. Addresses in Eulogy to B and General W. H. Music by Band and Choir. HE Citizens' Committee of One Hundred met in Mayor Phelan’s of- fice yesterday to complete arrange- ments for the memorial service in honor of the late President, to be heid this afternoon at Mechanics' Pavilion. Chairman F. W. Doh mann of the committee on invita- tion filed a report by which it is desired to convey the information that the gen- eral public will be admitted on the Lar- kin street side. The doors will be opened 2t 1:15 p. m. The report follows: General admission of the public on Larkin ich no cards are necessary. Invited of requested to enter the Polk street side of the Pavilion (not es stated on invitation, on Haves street), showing their invitations at the door Invited officials will | be seated on ground floor on arrival, except those who will occupy seats on the platform. These are requested to form in groups, as d ignated b; then form ted seats at 1: igns in the anteroom, and w 1to procession and take their allot- 5 sharp, their ladies being seat- ed on the ground floor as they arrive. This Pprocessich will consist of the Mayor, the Gov. ernor, commanding officer of the army, com- manding officer of the navy and the minister and orator of the day, foreign consuls, judi- eiary, representatives of universities, members of Senate and Congress, army and navy, Gov- ernor’s staff, city officials, State officlal - tional Guard and other representative bodies. The Grand Army and Loyal Leglon will en- ter by the Polk street side in a body at 1:30 | and march directly into the hall, where seats are specially reserved for them. No seats will be reserved for invited officials after 2 o'clock and no invited guests can be permitted to as- cend the platform after the exercises have been opened. The members of the chorus and the musicians will be admitted by their special tickets at the Grove street entrance Owing to the very short time at the dis- posat of the committee and the difficulty of getting invitations addressed, etc., the com- mittee hopes that any slight inaccuracies which may have happened will be pardoned. Rolla V. Watt, chairman of the pro- | gramme committee, announced that after the funeral march the audience will sing two verses of ‘‘America.” The Third Artillery Band will give a sa- | cred concert at the Golden Gate Park from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. The original in- | tention of having solemn music in front | of the City Hall to accommodate the overflow at Pavilion was abandoned. Professor Spadina stated that as many | of the best musicians had been engaged | this afternoon for the Pavilion and for | the Oakland memorial exercises, another | sacred concert will be given at the park | on next Sunday. The music platf he Pavilion will accommodate 640 = nd 80 musicians. | The prog: elsewhere on this page. GARFIELD POST PAYS HONOR TO A COMRADE Resolutions of?y;;fiay Passed Will | | | Be Engrossed and Forwarded | to Mrs. McKinley. At a largely attended meeting of James A. Garfield Post, G. A. R., Tuesday night the following resolutions of sympathy for | Mrs. McKinley in her hour of deep afflic- tion were submitted by General E. omon and adopted by a rising vote: The President is dead! Dead by sthe ruth- | less hand of a cruel assassin; struck down i the midst of his loving countrymen who proud- ly looked upon him as the personification of all | that is good, grand and glorious in mankind. His untimely death is a fearful blow to clv- | fization, &nd overwhelms the American peo- | with an irreparable los: James A. Garfield Post of Celifornia and Nevada, 24, Department | A. R, deeply G, mourns_with all America this_terrible afflic- tion. We loved our noble comrade for the roodness of his heart; for his lofty patriotism; | or the rectitude of his private life; for hi grand and sublime virtues, and for the abil ties continuously manifested by him in the di charge of the arduous and ®omplicated duties of his exalted station. ‘With awed and mournful submission to the inscruteble will of providence we here record our sorrow and grief, and express our convie- tion that the name of William McKinley will ever live in the hearts of his people as that | of the best beloved American of his time, | To the widow of our comrade we extend our | deepest heartfelt sympathy. We fervently bope the knowledge that she was his most | dearly beloved on earth will be such solace and | comfort to her that she will bear her sor- | rowful bereavement with the courage and for- titude which has ever distinguished her, and | which made her the support and helpmate of her iilustrious husband. | It was ordered that an ornately en- | grossed copy of the resolutions be sent to Mrs. McKinley as a token of love for Cemrade McKin e e NATIONS PAY HONOR TO MARTYR PRESIDENT | Chamber of Deputies in Mexico Will Not Hold a Session To-Day. CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. 18.—The Chamber of Deputies of Mexico, by a unenimous vote, decided to-day to sus-| pend its session of Thursday, to drape its | tribunes in mourning for three days, to| cause the Mexican flag to be half-masted | over the Comgress building for the same length of time and to send a message of condolence to Washington. LIMA, Peru, Sept. 15.—Yesterday the United States Minister, irving B. Dudley, vieited President Romana, the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies, the Fore; Minis- ter, Senor Chacaltana; the Mayor of Lima, and the various legations and ex- pressed the thanks of the American na- tion and Government for their sympathy and cablegrams of condolence regarding | the death of President McKinley. A memorial service for the late Presi- dent McKinley will be held next Sunday at the Anglo-American Episcopal church. It is anticipated there will be g large at- tendance, including high officlals and members of the d£glomx!lc corps. THE HAGUE, Sept. 18.—Dr. Kuyper, the Premier of The Netherlands, and other members of the Cabinet, with rep- resentatives of Wilhelmina and the royal family, attended the memorial service to- day for the late President McKiniey in the | Episcopal church. They were received by the United States Minister, Stanford Newell. BERLIN, Sept. 18.—The Neusteben of Berlin and the Freiheit, anarchist papers, have suspended publication. D S e TORESTERS ADJOURN OUT OF DEEP RESPECT Members of Court Eclipse Pass Reso- lutions in Memory of Late Chief Magistrate. Members of Court Eclipse No. 14, For- esters of America, adopted the following resolutions at their last meeting and then adjourned out of respect to the memor; of the late President McKinley: & > Whereas, We, the members of Court Eelipse No. 14, Foresters of America, in regular session now assembled, feel the profound sorrow and gloom that now hangs over our fair land on eccount of the death of our much beloved and highly honored worthy Chief Magistrate and martyred President, William McKinley, fore be it g Resolved, That out of respect to Gead we do now adjourn; and be it fu Resolved, | ye that labor and are hea | give you rest.” We commend you, dear madam, to His words, “Blessed are they that moutn, for they shall be comforted.” Yours in | THEIR CHARTER WILL | and officers’ badges be draped in mourning for | in the Qaily press. | Meade Post, G. A. R., in Pioneer building, FINAL MEETING e Delivered by the Mayor L. Barnes---Special whole civilized world; therefore as brothers and citizens of this great republic we tender our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and his ever devoted, loving, true and affectionate W. —and widow, Mrs. McKinley, ,and we further pray that.like her noble, grand, kind, loving and ever devoted husband she may look through her tears and sorrow to Him who does all things well, and say: *Thy will be don: JOSEPH MILLMORE. . F. MITCHELL. GEORGE READ. 3 ___Gro THIRD BAPTIST CHURCH EXPRESSES 4 SYMPATHY Pastor and Congregation Send Letter of Condolence to Private Secretary Cortelyou. The following letter was sent yesterday to the late President’s private secretary by the Third Baptist Church of this city: SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 17, 1901 Secretary Cortelyou, Canton, Ohio: The Third Baptist Church (Afro-American) and its Chris- tian Endeavor Soclety held special memorial services on Sunday evening for our beloved President. It was there desired that convey- ance be made to Mrs. McKinley, through you, of our sincere and heartfelt sympathy in this hour of bereavement. In the passing of Presi- dent McKinley Christianity has lost an earnest worker and worthy advocate: our country, the truest exponent of its national principles, and the world one of its noblest of men, whose flawless charstcter will shine forth as an ex- ample and guide to humanity now and for generations to come. We mourn with you the death of our Pres- ident as an individual visitation into our house- holds of Him who said, '‘Come unto Me, all laden, and 1 will loving ‘sympathy, REV. JAMES H. KELLY, Pastor. MRS. B. L. TYRREL, Pres. C. E. Society. MISS M. GIBBS, Assoclate. T. B. MORTON, Church Clerk. L pitiTia BE DRAPED IN MOURNING Members of St. Patrick’s Mutual Al- liance Take ‘Action on Death of President. The following resolutions were adopted by the members of St. Patrick’s Mutual Alliance Assoclation of California at a meeting last Monda: SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16, 1901. Whereas, The St. Patrick's Mutual Alliance Association of California in meeting assembled on the above date learned of the death of Wil- llam McKinley, the beloved President of our country; therefore, be it . Resolved, That we deplore the loss which our country has suffered in the death of a noble character, a man without blemish in public of private life, a devoted husbgnd and an ex- ainple for all ‘true Americans, § Resolved, That the charter of the assoclation a period of thirty days and a copy of these res- olutions be spread on the minutes and published T. M. SEAREY, T. F. ALFORD. IGNATIAN COUNCIL EXPRESSES ITS SORROW Members Adopt Ee;\;utians Deplor- ing the Cowardly Act of the Assassin. Ignatian Council No. 35, Young Men's Institute, adopted the following memo- rial resolutions by a rising vote at a re- cent meeting: Whereas, The hand of a brutal assassin by cowardly blow has deprived our country of its beloved President, and whereas, by the dread calamity our nation has been robbed of an able and conscientious leader, whose every ac- tion, both in public and private life, has been characterized by the highest degree of sterl- ing integrity and uprightness, and whereas, by his recent visit among us he had endeared himeelf in particular to the people of Califor, nia, be it Resolved, That we view with horror and deep indignation the great calamity which has befallen our fair land, and that we condemn in unmeasured terms the dastardly act, and hat we hereby desire to express our most pro- found and sincere ®orrow over our nation’s afiliction, and that our deepest sympathy goes forth to the stricken wife and sorrowing rela- tives of our late beloved President, and be it further Resolved, That we do now adjourn out of resvect to his memory. J. B. QUEEN, President. C. L. EBNER, Secretary. —_——— Meade Post Adopts Resolutions. At a meeting of the General George G. last Tuesday, the following resolutions in memory of the departed comrade, Major William McKinley, were unanimously adopted: Resolved, That we deplore and sincerely grieve over the death of our beloved com- rade, Major William McKinley, late President of the United States. Resolved, That we further deplore his un- timely taking off and the dastardly method by which his family, his country and his com- rades were deprived of his great counsels and devotion. Resolved, That our comrade, Willlam Mc- Kinley, was a typical American as a citizen, a soldfer and a statesman, and that no Amerl- can was ever heid In greater esteem by the people of his country during the period of hiy bigh public career than was Willlam McKin- ey. Resolved, That we deprecate and denounce the means by which he met his death, and call urgently upon all honest Americans to suppress by every lawful means the class of people whose teachings have led to this great nationel calamity. Resolved, That this country should not be tree enough to shelter anarchists from abroad, nor should it be permitted to be the breeding place of that class. Resolved, That the colors of the post be draped in mourning for a period of thirty days. Resolved, Also that a copy of the foregoing resolutions be spread on the minutes of the post. JOHN MURPHY, Commander. WILLIAM F. HOWE, Adjutant. —_— Second Lecture Postponed. The Catholic university extension course of lectures by Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, D.D., which were postponed on account of the death of President McKinley, will be resumed in Metropolitari Hall next Mon- dnfievenlng. e new dates are: Monday evening, September 23, “THe Cathedral Builders of Europe;” Tuesday evenlnfi September 24, "Thde egruselc_lfis-—}gow the ilddlesAges Ex- anded;” ursday evening, Septemb b oMedieval Ireland, éhgg'r Rer and fvilizer o orthern Europe;” Fri, evening, September 27, “The Renalssanes/ Christian and Pagan.” All tickets heretofore issued hold good for these dates. SRR A Triumph Lodge Takes Action. Triumph Lodge No. 180, Anclent Order of United Workmen, adopted the follow- ing Tesolution at iffs last meeting: Resolyed, That Tritmph Lodge No. 180, A.: . U. W.,"deeply deplores the assassination of our late’President, William McKinley, and our abhorrence of the foul deed = gur_abh ul deed is hereby ex. RS Adjourn Out of Respect. The marine engineers adjourned their meeting Tuesday night out of respect to the memory of President McKinley, L} beginning at 2 o’clock. mer edifice at 10:30 a. . o’clock this afternoon. SIR KNIGHTS ARRANGE FOR NIGHT SERVICE Members of Two Com- manderies to Honor Late President. —_— HE Masonz of this city will meet this evening and hold memorial services. The members of Golden Gate Com- mandery No. 16, Knights Templar, will assemble in Jolden Gate Hall The following programme has been arranged for the occasion: Quartet, “‘Lead, Kindly Light reading;_introductory remarks, £ D Loveland; hymn, ‘‘Nearer, My God, to Thee"'; Seripture’ reading by the prelate; eulogy, P. Seripture 8ir H. D. C._Campbell; solo, ‘‘Flee as a Bird address, Sir Frank McGowan; cholr, “Abide With Me'’; address, P.. C... C. L. Field; cholr, “Rock of Ages”; benediction. California Commandery No. 1. Knights Templar, has arranged to hold services in Odd Fellows' Hall. The programme is as follows: Orchestra, dirge; quartet, ‘‘Lead, Kindly Light,” Knickerbockers; prayer: orchestra, “Death of Asa From Suite Peer Gynt'’; 1 plar services, officers of California’ Command- ery; quartet, “Nearer, My God, to Thee, Knickerbockers; orchestra, ‘‘Largo’; tenor solo, I Heard the Voice of Jesus Sav,” Sir Clarence T. Wendell; eulogy, Eminent Sir Wil- liam H. L, Barnes: orchesira, “‘Ave Maria’; quartet, ‘‘Good-night'’; benediction. Sir George W. Bennett, musical director. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD PAY A LOYAL TRIBUTE Resolutions of Sorrow Are Adopted By the Members and Or- dered Printed. At the regular session of Camp, No. 63%, Woodmen of the World, held last evening, the following resolu- tions were unanimously adopted ‘and the clerk was Instructed to transmit a copy of the same to The Call and Chronicle with a request that the same be pub- lished: The Subreme Commander having summoned to his everlasting sleep our beloved and hon- ored President, William McKinley, he of the true and dauntless heart, who faced the dan- gers of the battlefleld unharmed, and who while in the discharge of his exalted duties as the President of the United States, to which he had been elected for a second term by a grateful nation, was stricken by the cowardly Llow of an assassin, therefore be it Retolved, That when he answered the last summons of his supreme officer, the nation lost & most honored leader and statesman, soclety one of its kindest benefactors and the rising generatfon a worthy exemplar;_be it florts & slved, That California Camp No. 634, ‘Woodmen of the World, in session assembled, extends to the loving wife bereft of a loving husband the assurance of its sympathy in this her hour of grief. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be entered in the minutes of this camp and a ‘opy of the same be Suitably engrossed and smitted to Mrs. Willlam McKinley at Can- Obio. t ton, im INTERIOR TOWNS TO HOLD APPROPRIATE EXERCISES Haywards, Ba;l Leandro and Liver- more Arrange Services in Mem- ory of the President. OAKLAND, Sept. 18.—Memorial exer- cises will take place to-morrow after- noon at the public school grounds at San TLeandro, under the direction of the Board Trustees and the following com- mittes B. C. Hawes, G. R. Morgan, J. ¥'ranks, Daniel McCarthy and T. J. Mar- tin. Superior Judge Henry A. Melvin will deliver the eulogy. All of the school children_will take part. The Veterans' League has charge of the services which will be held to-mor- row afternoon at Haywards. Addresses will be delivered by the Rev. Father Lally of the Catholic church, the Rev. Dr. Johnson of the Congregational church, the Rev. G. Lyons of the Presbyterian church and a representative from the Methodist church. Union memorial services will be held at Livermore at 10 o'clock to-morrow morn- ing at the Farmers' Union Theater. The school children will attend the exercises, which will be addressed by the clergy- men of the city and other prominent citi- zens. Carriage-Makers Express Sympathy. The Carriage and Wagon Makers’ Asso- clation met Tuesday night, H. M. Black presiding, Ricnard Nugent acting as sec- retary. The following resolutions were passed: Whereas, The sad, tragic death of our beloved President, William McKinley, in whom the peo- ple of the United States placed the utmost con- fidence for his patriotism and the many virtues which endeared him to the heart of every true American, has filled our hearts and homes with gloom and grief; therefore be It Resolved, That we, the Carriage and Wagon Makers' Association of San Francisco, close our business places on Thursday, the 19th day of September, and unite with our fellow citizens in commemorating the day and honoring the memory of the man we loved so well. i e S Postpone Entertainment. At a recent meeting of the members of the League Club it was unanimously decided to postpone indefinitely the com- ing entertainment and dance at Odd Fel- lows' Hall on,Friday evening, September 27, out of respect to the memory of our beloved President, Willlam McKinley. The members are deeply grieved and do not wish to hold or take part in any gayety till this sad affair has passed. Police Station Draped.’ The front of the Seventeenth-street po- lice station has been draped in memory of President McKinley's death. The ex- pense of the draping was borne by. the lieutenant and the men attached to the station. All of the entrances leadin, into the several offices at the Cit; Hafi have been hung with deep mourning as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed Presiden ke S s Court of Appeals Adjourns. United States Judge Morrow and Frank D. Monckton, cltex:’ af the h‘iwm su::.d Circuit Court o s, have return from Portland, at Wmh place the court adjourned out of respect to the memo; California | THREE BISHOPS WILL EULOGIZE EMORIAL services will be held in nearly every church and hall in this city to-day in com- memoration of the martyred President. The citizens are filled with sorrotw and are showing their grief by closing up their places of business and draping their buildings in mourning. The most important memorial service of the day will be conducted in Mechanics’ Pavilion, Avrchbishop Riordan will speak at the cathedral at the 10:30 o'clock mass. * Bishop Nichols will address the congregations of St. Luke's and Trinity churches in the for- Bishop Talbot will preach at Grace Church at 11 o’clock. ; The Third Artillery Band will render sacred music in Golden Gate Park from 2:30 to 3:30 Golden Gate Commandery No. 16 holds services in Golden Gate Hall this cvening. " California Commandery No. I will conduct services in Odd Fellows’ Hall this cvening. — PROGRAMME OF SERVICES - AT PAVILION 9 HIS afternoon at o'clock the citizens of this city will assemble In the Mechan- fes' Pavilion to pay thelr tri- bute of sorrow and affection to the memory of the late President Willlam McKinley. Orators will grow eloquent in eulo- gizing the honored dead; pasters Wwill offer up prayers for the mar- tyred dead and the nation; music of the most sacred character will be rendered by a full orchestra and a large chorus and the vast assemblage will join In singing the hymns that the late President dearly loved. The exercises will begin prompt- ly at 2 o’clock and it is expected that more than ten thousand peo- | ple will seek admission to the ser- vices. The programme is as fol- lows: Overture dramatic, ‘‘Melpomene' ... . Chadwick "H. Rode- Full orchestra. mann, Introductory. Funeral march, August conductor. Mayor James D. Phelan otterdammerung’ ‘Wagner Full orchestra. Paul Steindorff, ductor. ‘Lead, Kindly Light’" con- Hymn, .. Newman Chorus and orchestra. J. W. McKen- zle, conductor. Prayer....Rev. S. D. Hutsinpiller, D.D. Chanting of the Lord's Prayer. By California Quartet, Elks' Quartet, Knickerhocker, Quartet. ‘Nearer, My Ggd, to Thee'" . Adams Chorus, orchestra and audience. J. W. McKenzie, conductor. Soprano solo, ‘‘Ave Maria'. Gounod Signorina Nice Barbareschi. Egmont Overture Beethoven Full orchestra. Paul Steindorff, con- ductor. Eulogy........General W. H. L. Barnes Funeral march, second movement from symphony ‘‘Erofca’ Hymn, Beetl"‘oven ....Smith I W. Hymn, ‘“‘America’ Chorus, orchestra and audience. McKenzfe, conductor. Benediction ... “‘Star-Spangled, Banner” . Chorus, orchestra and audlence. Steindorff, conductor. Key Paul E3 UNIVERSITY AND TOWN WILL HOLD SERVICES Arrangements Ateri;de for Proper Observance of Day of Mourn- ing at Berkeley. BERKELEY, Sept. 18—Memorial ser- vices in honor »f President McKiniey will be held at Harthon gymnasium at 10:30 o’clock to-morrow morning. Addresses will be made by President Wheeler, the Rev. C. K. Jenness, pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church, and the Rev. G. B. Hatch, minister of the First Congrega- tional Church. The choirs of all the local churches and the Women's Choral Society of the uni- versity will unite in a grand chorus, un- der the direction of C. R. Morse, to sing ‘Willlam McKinley's three favorite hymns —*“Lead, Kindly Light,” “Jesus, Lover of Mg' Soul,” and ‘“Nearer, My God, to Thee.” The Town Trustees have placed the public services to be held at 2:30 o'clock at Shattuck Hall, in charge of Durant Lodge, Free and Accepted MaSons. The local fraternal crganizations, the Grand Army veterans and the members of the fire department will form in procession at 0dd Fellows' Hall and march to Shattuck Hall. Addresses will be made by Town Trustee R: C. Staats and Professor R. R. Lloyd of the Pacific Theological Semin- ary. The Rev. A. M. Eiston, Rev. C. K. Jenness, Rev. H. H. Dobbins and W. H. Waste, worshipful master of Durant Lodge, will conduct the services. it The members of the local Grand Army post will hold services to-morrow evening in the Park Congregational Church. Berkeley Council No. 808, National Un- fon, has aflopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the members of Berkeley Council No. §08, National Union, do hereby give public expression to our loving sympathy with the bereaved widow and relatives, our grief over the national calamity and our abhor- rence of the dastardly crime and of that li- cense of speech and of that part of the press which, masquerading under the name of free- dom, helps to make such a deed possible, \ E. C. MARLIAVE, C. L. BIEDENBACH, P Committee. Resolutions expressin, the grief and sympathy of the West Berkeley Improve- ment Club over the death of cKinley have been adopted. Ahaieit ot by Point Lobos Club Adjourns. The Point Lobos Improvement Club, by a unanimous and rising vote, passed suit- able and appropriate resolutions to the memory of Willlam McKinley, martyred President of the United States, and then adjourned its regular semi-monthly meet- ing to next Wednesday evening out of re- spect to the memory of the beloved man Wwho was made the victim of .an assassin’s bullets, \ —_— Rebekahs Postpone Party. The party which Templar Rebekah Lodge, 1. O. O. F., was to have given to its friends Tuesday night was postponed out of respect to the memory of the late President until next Tuesday. el President Knights Templar Memorial Service. Golden . Gate Commandery No. 16, Knights Templar, will hold special me- morial_services_to-day in Golden Gate Hall. The late President McKinl Knight Templar. e o ——— Federal Offices Close. of President McKinley. The Circuit Coug The Custom-house, Postoffice, Internal of Appeals will sit in this city on Octo- ber = B Revenue office and A] alser’s bull Wil be closed to-day, "0 o o Pullding THE DEAD MEET TO PASS RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY Civil, Social and Relig- ious Organizations Take Action. e BEARLY every civil, social and re- ligious organization in this city have adopted resolutions condemn- ing the assassination of President McKinley. They have all expressed Sorrow at his loss and have condoled witk his bereaved widow. Owing to the length of the resolutions and their num- ber it is impossible to print them all. Among the organizations that have passed resolutions are the following: Chamber California Council, No. 530, National Union; Distriet Council of Paint- ers; Socialist Party;- Golden Gate Camp, No. 64, Woodmen of the World; Local Branch No. 22, Glass Blowers of Califor- nia; San Francisco Lodge No. 2, Knights of the Royal Arch; Garfield League, Grand Army of the Republic; Bay City Parlor, No. 104, Native Sons of the Golden West; George H. Thomas Post. No. 2, G. A. R.: National Batteries B and C, First Artillery, N. G. W.; Columbia Coun- cil, No. 55, Y. M. 1.; San Francisco Brick- layers’ Association; Empress Victoria Lodge No. 142, Order of St. George; Altah- mas Tribe No. 87, Improved Order of Red Men and the Belgian Benevolent Society. SAY A CORRUPT PRESS CAUSED ASSASSINATION Grand Army Veterans Find a Prompt- ing Influence for the Murder of President. OAKLAND, Sept. 18.—Lyon Post No. 8, Grand Army of the Republic, has de- clared that the murder of President Mc- Kinley is to be attributed to the uphold- ing of anmarchy by ‘“yellow journalists.” In resolutions adopted last night the post’ puts itself on record as follows: Whereas, The beloved President of the United States and our former comrade in arms, Wil- liam McKinley, has been stricken in death by the bullet of a cowardly assassin; and, ‘Whereas, We believe that the motive which prompted his murder was and is the resuit of the infamous teachings of a soclety styled an-,| archists and his death attributable to the up- holding of such a belief by a corrupt press in its attack upon the recognized authority of law and the citizens of this republic placed in those positions by a majority vote of all the people; therefore be it Resolved, By Lyon Post No. 8, Grand Army of the Republic, Department of California and Nevada, that our heartfeit sympathy and con- dolence be extended to his bereaved widow and that the charter of this post be draped in mourning for thirty days; also be it Resolved, That we with great indignation de- plore the fact that the outcasts of other coun- tries are allowed to openly advocate .their per- nicicus doctrines and openly to defy the laws of our common country and subvert that freedom of speech to the infamous ends of the doctrine of anarchy; and be it further Resolved, That we demand of the makers of our laws the enactment of such a law as will recognize even the utterance of sentiments such as prompted the death of our President high treason punishable by death. Memorial services for President McKin- ley will be held at St. John's.Church, Eiginth and Grove streets, this -morn- ing 4t 10:30 o'clock. The_ choristers will sing a requiem for thc dead Presi- dent, and a sermon will be preached by tue sector, the Rev. M. N. Ray. The rec- tor and congregation extend an earnest invitation to_all persons, whether mem- bers of the Episcopal church or not, to be present and join with the choir boys in singing the hymns. —_————— SPECIAL SERVICES IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP Frominent Speakers Will Address the Residents of Irvington, Cen- terville and. Niles. NILES, Sept. 18.—There will be three services in different parts of Washington Township to-morrow. At 10:30 a. m. services will be held in the Christian church at Irvington, at which five addresses will be made, as follows: ‘“‘Government and Anarchy,” by- Rev. J. H. McCullough; “McKinley as a Statesman,” by J. E. Wamsley; "“Mc- Kinley as a Man and a Citizen,” by Pro- fessor W. W. Anderson; ‘“McKinley's Home Life,” by Rev. E. D. Hale; *Mec- il{lnley as a Christian,” by Rev. J. Dur- ham. At 2 p. m. all of the school children of the township will gather at the Center- ville Grammar School: 'The meeting will be held out of doors'and will be presided over by T. C. Huxley. Speeches will be made by William R. Davis, Rev. E. D. Hale, Rev. W. C. Gunn and’ Rev. Father D. Governo. At 8 o'clock in the evening services will be held in Odd Fellows’ Hall, Nlles. There will be scripture reading -and a prayer by Rev. E. D. Hale, and three addresses: ‘“McKinley as a Statesman,” by James Clarke; “McKinley as a Man,” by George A. Edgar, and “‘Anarchy and the Republic,’ by C. H. Shinn. There will also be music. e Lo BAKERSFIELD PASTORS FIX THE CULPABILITY Include the Extreme Statements of Yellow Journalism in Anarchy’s Category. BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 18.—The Minis- terial Union, at a meeting: to make ar- rangements -for assisting in the memorial services to be held in this city to-morrow evening, adopted resolutions, signed by Rev. W. C. Whitaker and Rev. Edgar R. Fuller, in _which the extreme statements of yellow journalism were included in the list of forms and expressions of anarchy. Following the expression of the high ap- preciation of the noble Christian charac— ter d(;t the late President, the resolution reads: Resolved, also, That we deeply deplore all forms and expressions of anarch To-morrow has been set aside as a gy{ general prayer and mourning in V. Riacars SERVICES TO B E HELD IN ALL THE CHURCHES People of Every Denomination Will To-Day Offer Up Their Prayers for the Martyred Presi- dent and His Afflicted Widow. Solemn High Masses to Be Celebrated in All the _ Catholic Churches in Memory of Dead. Archbishop Riordan Will Speak. N all the churches in this city to-day | solemn memorial services in commem- | oration of Wiillam McKinley, late| President of the United States, will be | held. Bells will solemnly toll and the; churches will be crowded with sor- rowing people. Pastors will again set | forth in glowing terms the life and char- acter of the martyred stafesman. The chancéls and vestibules -will be draped in mourning. Sacred music will be rendered by the choirs and the fayorite hymns Og the President—‘Nearer, My God, to Thee and *Lead, Kindly Light"—will be chant- ed by choirs and congregations. In all the Catholic churches the services this morning will be most solemn. The Archbishop has directed that all the belis be tolled and that a votive mass pro quacunque necessitate be said. Priests | will give expression to the sentiment of sorrow that everywhere fills the hearts of Catholic men and women. Archbishop Will Be Present. Archbishop Riordan will attend services at the cathedral and will in all probability | speak in eulogy of the honored dead. A very impressive service will be held in Grace Church in memoriam of the late President. Bishop Talbot of Pennsylvania will deliver the address, and the choir will render appropriate music, including “Te Deum” and *‘Eenedictus,” by Mozart; the fifty-first Psalm, as well as the Presi- dent’s favorite hyrans. Appropriate services will be held at the Franklin-street Fresbyterian, Church. Rev. J. T. Wills, pastor of the church, will deliver an address. Patriotic services of a memorial charac- ter will be held at 11 o'clock in the Geary- street Temple by the Sabbath school chil- dren and the children of the Pactfic He- brew Orphan Asylum. The temple wili be appropriately decorated. The chlidref ot the orphan asylum will be accompa d by their band, which will reider patri..e music. Judge Paterson to Speak. A memorial service will be heid this morning in the First Congregational Church, corner of Post and Mason streets. The Rev. George C. Adams, D.D., will preside over the services. The principal address will be delivered by Hon. Van R. Paterson. There will be special music by choir and congregation. The service will close in ampie time to allow all to attend the afterncon service at the Pa- V‘llio'r|\. A cordial invitation is extended to_all. Special services will be held at the How- ard Presbyterian Church, Oak and Baker streets. Rev. J. 8. Thomas will deliver the address of the day, and Miss Doane will render a number of beautiful hymns. At. St. Markus Lutheran Church this | morning the pastor, Rev. J. Fuendeling, will preach a sermon appropriate to the occasion. A special musical programme has been arranged. A funeral service for the late President will be held in the Second Unitarian Church this morning. Rev. E. F. Dins- more will preach the sermon. Joint Memorial Services. Memorial services will be held at 11 o’clock in Calvary Presbyterian Church, corner of California and Octavia streets. The congregation of the First United Presbyterian Church will unite in this service. United States Semator George C. Perkins, an intimate friend of the late President, will deliver the eulogy. The Rev. F. A. Doane, pastor of Mizpah Presbyterian Caurch, will conduct memo- rial services this morning. He will also deliver an address. There will be special music for the oecasion. A memorial service will be held by the First Church »f Christ (Scientist) at 223 Sutter street this mornirng. All, are in- vited. .Services will be held in the Third Con- gregational Church, Fifteenth street, near Mission, this morning at 11 o’clock. The Rev. William Rader, pastor of the church, will make an aadress. The Rev. E. Ver- non Jones of Park and the Rev. Mr. Da; of Olivet Congregational churches wlfl assist in the services In the Synagogues. The Congregation Sherith Israel will hold a memorial service in the synagogue, corner of Post and Ta{lnr streets, this morning. Rabbi Jacch Nieto will deliver a special address. A special memorial service in commem- oration of the iate President will be held in the synagogue of the Nevah Zedeck congregation, on sion street, between Fifth and Sixth, at 4 p. m. to-day. Ser- vices will be conducted by Rabbi Marke- witz and Rabbi Sachs of New York. All are invited. A memorial service will be held in Tem- ple Emanu-El this afternoon. Rabbi Voor- sanger will pay a fitting tribute to the late President. Special memorial services will be held | This is necessary, as the church is be! in the African Methodist Episcopal Z Church, %5 Stockton street, at moon to- day. There will be a special sermon the pastor, the Rev. Tighlman Brow and special music by the choir. There will te a united meeting of the city corps of the Salvation Army at 1 Market street this evening. Colon French will preside. he Rev. J. George Gibson will conduct special memorial services in Emmant Baptist Church this morning. Miss Lotia Underhill, organist of the church, w have charge of the choir, which will ren der sacred music. Address by Bishop Nichols. A public commemoration service will be conducted at St. Luke's Church, corr Van Ness avenue and Clay street, at o'clock this morning. The ergy a choirs of Tririty and St. Luke's join the service. Bishop Nichols will preac A memorial service will be held in S James’ Protestant Episcopal Mission, Richmond district, this morning. Services of memorial character will held in St. Stephen's Hall this morn repaired. The Rev. E. J. Lion will cor duct the service. A union memorial service in honor President McKinley will be held at Olivet Congrezational Church this eve ing. The Rev. F. V. Jones, the Rev. D. Buck and the Rev. William Rader. D., will deliver the addresses. The Rev. 8. D. .. utsinpiller, a persona friend of the President, will conduct clal services in the Central Metho Episcopal Church this morning. He w deliver an address and the choir will . der a programme of sacred music. High mass celebrated at Patrick’s Church at 10 o'clock this m. ing. Rev. Father Collopy will preach sermon and the choir will render spec musie. At noon to-day the congregation of th Bethel A. M. E. Church will take pa in memorial services. The eulogy will be preached by the pastor, Rev. Dr. G. Snelson, F. R. G. 8. A patriotic ad- dress will be delivered by Lieutena James M. Dickerson. All citizens are vited to attend. SO SCHOOL CEILDREN HOLD MEMORIAL EXERCISES Pupils and Teachers of the Cleveland Primary School Show Their Re: Memorial exercises were held yesterday afternoon by the pupils and teachers ot the Cleveland Primary School. The fol- lowing programme was rendered: Song, ““God Ever Glorious,” by sch ing of vroclamation of President song, “The Lorl Is My Shepherd Presicent Willlam McKine Slavan, principal; sons. “Silent Is reading of proclamation of Gov- ernor Gage; song, ‘“‘Star-Spangled Banner remarks by Miss A. E. Slavan; song, 'Nea My God, to Thee”: piano solr. “& Funeral March, by Miss C. ““America,” by schaol. o v SN Orders Flags Half-Masted. The Board >t Education held its regular meeting yesterday but transacted no bu ness out of respect to the memory cf late 'amented President McKinley. A the adoption of the following resciu the meeting adjourned: Whereas, Under the inscrutable dispensatio of Providence the nation stands to-day be- reaved through the death of its late beloved chief magistrate, Willlam MecKinley; and whereas, it Is tte desire of this board to show in every way possible its sorrow as well as its respect for his memory. Be it Resolved, first, That all the public schools of San Francisco be and they are hereby ord cicsed during Thursday, September 19. Second, That fags shall be displayed at half- mast on every schoolhouse in San Francisco from sunset of September 18 to sunset of tember 19. Third, That th's board does now adjourn. Postpone Golden Jubilee. Despite the fact that announcements of the postponement on account of ths death of President McKinley of the gollM en jubilee of the Dominican College at San Rafael have been published, so ma invitations have been sent out that the executive committee fears that some may not receive word of the change. Many costly presents have been sent to the coi- lege from former pupils now in Europe as well as cash donations. These will be asknowledged by the Sisters in charge. —_—— Anarchist Attempts Suicide. SEATTLE, 3ept. 1S.—Valentine Gobel attempted to commit suicide by swallow- ing laudanum on a west-bound Great Northern passenger train last night near Spokane. ~ Two anarchistic pamphlets containing seditious language were found on his person. The United States secret service is looking up Gobel's record. “GOLD DUST.”