The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1901, Page 1

R B VOLUME XC—NO. 112 PRICE FIVE CENTS N THE HABILIMENTS OF WOE THE NATION WEEPS ASIT GIVES _SEPULCHER TOITS TTARTYR DEA R O N TP 535305 M S VA T A R M S mm;mmmfig £ g { y 0 > ~t " ; « ; WOMEN SOB AND STOUT-HEARTED MEN SHAKE WITH EMOTION AS THEY LISTEN TO THE BEAUTIFUL EULOGIES IN THE PAVILION. m CITY ADDS PUBLIC TRIBUTE OF SORROW WITH IMPRESSIVE MEMOR- IAL SERV]C[‘E_S_ AT MECHANICS’ PAVILION. ITH hearts en-|concluded with the singing of the natlonal cased in sorrow, |anthem. The beginning brought out the the people of San | sorrow and sadness and mourning for thoe ancisco paid a |loss of the nation's chief. The end was a bile mourning | voice raised on high for the nation itself. jbute to Presi-| With reverence and devotion the peo- dent William M an Francisco set the seal of their Kinley yesterds espect to the memory of the dead Presi- ternoon in Me. |dent fast upon their hearts. For a brief More n 13,000 sor- (two hours they gave up their thoughts red the big build- nd their better selves to unconstrained and sacred |and sincere sorrow—not the kind that sentatives of foreign countries, State offi-| great Pavillon, with its sable trappings Ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | Yow, his Imperial Chinese Majesty's Con- | mann's direction, gave utterance to “Mel- clals, municipal officers, military men, |and the bowed heads of a mourning mul- | of California Willlam T. Wallace occu- | sul General. He was dressed in & mag- | pgmene’ struck a responsive chord in the regular and State staff officers, men of | titude, presented a scene that will linger pled a seat directly across the aisle from |nificent purple robe, with a sleaveless | breasts 6f the mourning multitude. the old guard, the veterans of the Civil| long in the minds of all who attended and | General Young. Ranged alongside of him | jacket of black satin, on which was em- | - MAYOR PHELAN'S TRIBUTE. War and leading citizens of the city oc- | took part in the serv: . were representatives of the Federal judi- | broidered in gold bullion the imperial cupled places on the platform. An or-| MANY NOTABLES PRESENT. |ciary, Judges Morrow and De Haven, dragon of the Flowery Kingdom. chestra of a hundred pieces and a choir | Grouped immediately behind the speak- | tices of the Supreme Court of California, | Arother conspicuous section w: of many hundreds also had space on this|ers' rostrum and the orchestra, rising |Judges of the Superior Court, Justices of occupled by the State, city and county raised stand which was erected at the | tier after tier, as notable a concourse of | the Peace and Police Judges. In another | officers. They were somber in black suits west end of.the building. But for the | people as has ever been seen in San Fran- | tier was a glittering array of army offi- |and formed a liné of demarkation be. gold braid on the military coats all was | cisco was gathered together. in Mechanics’ | cers, the staff of Major General Young | tween the glittering pageant of color be- of the gloom and black of mourning. | Pavilion yesterday. Garbed in his full |and the Governor's staff, no less radiant low and the diversified costumes of the Fhen came Mayor Phelan’s introductory reémarks. He had met the President, felt the influence of his ki courtesy, hia warm affability. and his gentle nature. His tribute Was to the unimpeached hon- or and the spotless purity of the man. When the M tears were in every eye. The Mayor said: city is bowed in grief. We mourn the were dim- | outbursts, but the deeper grief that Our city is b n arts beat in sad | more truly typifies great sorrow. emn memorial eer- A NOTABLE ASSEMBLAGE. ning with or- ‘Within the our Vi and under the ed the tender | lcfty roof of the Pavilion were men and the services | women from e v walk of life. Repre- black curtains and the dfm lights added | expansive chest, Major General Young| But the consular corps in the official |pled the remainder of the seats rising to'|, O"".¢ wor Pre " B T e to the somberness of the scene. The dull, | was the central figure. To his right eat|robes of the countries they represented |the great shield on the western end of the | i us. belaved an 3.0t al} toen, st bleak day had attuned the hearts of the{ Mayor James D. Phelan, Governor Henry | formed another line of color. Some wore | Pavilion. | now he is lying ictim of & cruel and pecple to the very depths of sorrow and | T. Gage, Lieutenant Governor Jacob H. |the royal orders presented by their gov-! ‘The very first roll of the drum and the|cowardly erime that humiliates the republic the ceremonies gave fitting expression to | Neff and W. H. L. Barnes the orator of | ernments. Each wore a sword by . his [ wild, mournful cries of cello and violin = = the overpowering feeling of sadness. The | the day. side. One conspicuous figure was Ho|as the orchestra, under August Rode- Continued on Page Seven. of a common |ends in paroxysms of tears or emotlonall Daylight was barred from the interior by | dress uniform, his gold sash covering his | in epaulets, aigrettes and medal: ladies forming the chorus, which agén-