New-York tribune., 1901-09-18
PUBLIC OFFICES CLOSED.
THE MAYOR ISSUES AN ORDER DECLAR-
ING TOMORROW A LEGAL HOLI-
DAY-STREETCARS WILL STOP

Tomorrow will be a legal holiday in this city
10y the proclamation of Governor Odell. In reply
TO an inquiry of Typographical Union No. G. Cor
porauon Counsel Whalen yesterday handed down
an opinion that the proclamation makes tomorrow
legal holiday within the meaning of the law.
Mayor Van Wyck issued order suspe ending all
public business. The order follows:
To al heads of departments and officers of the
The President of the United States and the Gov
ernor OF the State of New-York have by their
proelamations designated and set apart Thursday,
n 1s @ as &c day OF humiliation and
our lamented President William Mckinley.
and an all pnbe pn5i da oc M
as mark Of respect to the nations late Executive.
memory will be ever venerated.
Justice McA6am. of the Supreme Court judicially
determined yesterday that tomorrow shall be a
legal holiday. The sale of a piece of property had
been fixed for that day and the lawyers interested
appeared before che judge to ascertain whether or
not the sale wc0d take place the scheduled time.
Justice McAdam declared that the proclamation
issued by President Roosevelt setting aside to-
morrow day of prayer and mourning ac-
count of the funeral of the late President, brings
the day within the definition of a legal holiday.
He directed the referee adjourn the sale for a
week.
sURRoGATE'S COURT ADJOURNED
Surrogate Thomas had a calendar of 145 motions
no dispose OF yesterday. but announced that IA
mark Of ras7ect to the memory of President Nc
kiney he would not hear arguments in any case
until next Tuesday. At the urgent request of some
OF the attorneys in contested motions. cases
VIII be disposed of Friday.
Alexander S. Webb. comman der-general of the
National commandery of the Military Order of
Foreign Wa&s. yesterday addressed order the
members Of the organization expressing deep sor-
row at the death Of President Mckinley. who was
ascompanion of the order. and requesting the MEM
oers TO wear the rosette with Grape attached for
The Hungarian Literary Society will hold me-
moral services out of respect to the memory OF
1Tenne r. at O'clock tomprroW n eyenins NO ls'
Borough School Superintendent JASPER yesterday
iutions upon the assassination of President Nc,
forwarded to Mrs. Mckinley. AT lis o'clock this
afternoon memorial services will be held in Public
Broadway, of which D E. Gadds is principal.
ned fo re are t oday rom ons e
pier at Forty-fourth-st. and the North River.
Of Gf PTssidsR5 MsKRlsy YESTERDAY adopted By
aety Of the City of New York, the Gold Beaters'
Union, the National Association of Clothiers. the
George the East Side Re publican Club the New
York State Grocers' Association; the Fruit Trade
the City of New-York.
sTREETCARs TO STOP.
An order signed by Superintendent Root of the
metropolitan Street Railway Company posted
yesterday in all the barns of the company directing
that all the streetcars under the of the
pany in the beroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx
shall be brought to a standstil and remain motion
less for five minutes at the hour fixed for the move
ment of the funeral from the Presidents home in
The Bank of America yesterday received cable
gram of sympathy from the Lloyds Bank, Limited
London.
The twenty-third anniversary of Heptasoph Day
of the Improved Order of Heptasophs, which was to
have taken place tomorrow, has been indefinitely
postponed out of respect the memory of the dead
President
The New-York Stock Exchange received a cable
dispatch from the Glass Stock Exchange announc-
Ing its intention of closing tomorrow A message
Of coincidence from the Sydney (Australia)
Stock Exchange. The governing committee of the
Stock Exchange will this afternoon and adopt
resolutions and take other action.
A floral piece in the form of shield will be sent
TO Washington by the Syrian Society, of this city.
The New-York Mercantile Exchange yesterday
adopted resolutions deploring the death of Presi-
dent Mckinley and expressing sympathy with Mrs.
Mckinley. An engrossed copy of the resolutions
will be sent Mrs Mckinley.
The American Society of Ciyil Engineers yester-
the death of President Mckinley from the Insti-
tuition of Civil Engineers of Great Britain