Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-20
Yesterday day Duly D Observed q! %
As Day Of Funeral o.
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PRESIDENT mckinley
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What Was Done ''At Public
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In accordance. With the .proclama.
itions Of President Roosevelt and Gov.
Stickney, all work III Barre was sus-
pended yesterday out of respect to the
memory Of President Mckinley. Every
store in the'eityi aswell as every stone
shed was closed, the newspapers .sus-
pended publication, and all the schoolal
were closed. " WI
The public exercises In the opera
house we're well ATTENDED, the house
beirg nearly filed. The speakers we're
earnest in their remarks and the audi
ence was demonstrative enough to ap-
,plaud the telling points made.
Mayor Nelson d. Phelps pfesldm1
very acceptably. j. W. Shelley, Mis-.
B. W. Braley, and Mrs. M D. Lamb
sang solos in pleasing manner, and
Bruce's opera Iouse orchestra furn'
ished good music, .,.., ,o.,.
The opera house was we'll decorated
as to the stage, with the National
colors and emblems Of mourning, while
along the front OF the stage was row
OF .potted palms, and 10 the center was
a vacant chair suitably draped.
The exercises, opened with "a ,selecrt
tion by the orchestra, followed with
prayer hysRsy. j. a. Sherburn, after
which Mayor Phelps made his opening
rgmark , in which he denouncs d Anar-
chv very strongly and adyGcated such
legislation as would overcome It. Then
followed u selection by a Stnblk quar-!
,tette oom posed OF 'Rev.'E. ~. Fuller,
David Wyllie, j. R. Kinney and VIM.
SheriffS. jfl. :, a.. ~ ,rst.t fcl.e
Prof. 0. K. Hollister was the dfst
speaker. He said that while there
was no worshipplng of royalty here
there was isi htrong deyotion shown
towards our rulers tnat was greater.
He referred very 'touchingly to the
good work Idehe BY Pfesideht M6KIn.
ley, and, said that we should be- thank :
ful for, having bad him, four. years and
should pray That the good work begun
by him should be continued. -~r--'.-~r-'--..
q, DR.. ]. Henry Jackson said that the,
shot fired at Mr.. Mckinley was not
fired at the man or the President, but
at the constitution, the flag, and the
liberty Of the American people. Re.
ferring to tae Anarchists he said that
they ought to be gathered on one of
the Philippines and if they could There
form a good community accofdin. to
their ideas, and one that was better
than this country, we would all wanU
to go there. Let US deport them,
peaceably it we can, but il not, forcibly,
for they must 60. In conclusion the
speaker declared that all the people
here were law-abidng and peaceful /
Mrs. B. W. Braley followed " th solo,
the refrain of which was "Thy Will Be
Done," the last words OF the Presi-
dent.
Pot. o. D. Mathewson followed
with few words on the life, charac-
ter and position Of the President upon
education., He declared that he was
always ia favor Of education and that
his life and character. would always be
an inspiratiop to teachers ahd pupils
alike. While not a finely educated
man he was always a STUDENT
City Attorney Wishart opened his
remarks with d suitable quotation
rom Burns and said he hoped Con-
gress would enact laws that. would
prevent the assassination Of another
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j Mrs. NJ. d. Lamb then sang a solo,
after which Alderman Ma kay follow
ed with brief remarks In which he
paid a nigh tribute to President Nc,
Kinley. He said that bis death had
aroused the country to 'a.grsve peril
chat would destroy it If allowed to. go
' Rev. P. NJ MoK,s,nnra shsn spdke
upon what he would put as an epftaph
: YER the tombstone Of President NC.
Kirley. He said that while We night
differ In politics, cYeeds, etc, we were
all united In mourning for this good
man and Id detesting' the crime chat
had brought about his death. 1t seems
very strange that we should find In
this free country 9 man who would
raise his hand against the one who
had been so Instrumental In bringing
about SUCH great prosperity. In con-
clus.on he denounced Anarchy very
strongly ahd 'eulogized the President
very highly..~aSaid be, come what will
let US resolve at his grave that we
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