The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-27
WILL MOURN LOSS
OF NATION'SLEADER|
Great Gathering of Citizens and Universal
Suspension Of Business Will Mark
Memorial Day.

| The Merchants Association at a spe-
sidered what part should be taken In
the expressions of the sorrow and sym
patty of that body. On account OF
! the committee which is arranging fol
| the public meeting there was no dis
position to do other than share in tina,
rotary Harris the matter of the prep
aration sof a memorial was left in the
hands of a committee, with the under
standing that the memorial should &C
/ forward not later than the Coptic, on
October 1st. The committee consists
of F. ]. Lowrey, chairman; G.. w
Smith, L. F. Hamburg, j w. Wake
field and w w Dimond.
The following members of the asso-
citation were present: E. c. Macfar-
lane, j. G. Spencer, ]. F. Hamburg,
/ c. M " Forster, M. A. Gonsalves, w.
, w Harris, W. w. Dimond, M. Phil
lips, J. G. Rothwell, ]. w. Wakefield,
F. B. Auerbach, George Rodiek, t. w.
Hebron, H. c. Pflueger, George H.
Paris. Fred Lewis and Robert F.
Lange.
The work of decorating the Terrific
rial building in black was begun yes
terday. There will be circles and half
circles of black along the lanais, and
the pillars will be entirely in black.
The greatest display will be made up
3 ~,
building The mourning will remain
for sixty days.
The government buildings in Homo
lulu, the postoffice and customs house,
are not draped in mourning, though it
is not for any lack of respect of the
officials in charge. The United States
statutes especially prohibits such dec
grafton, as Postmaster Dat learned
yesterday, by visit to the United
States attorney for the purpose of as
pertaining such facts.
The law in question is as follows:
Section 3, Chapter 211-United
States Statutes-That hereafter no
building owned or used for public pur
States shall be draped in mourning,
and no part of the public fund shall
be used for such purpose"
Upon being informed of this statute,
Mr.. Dat was very reluctantly COMPEL
ed to abandon the idea of draping the
postoffiee, though willing to bear the
expense himself.
Judge Gear yesterday morning made
an order for the decoration of the Ju-
dietary building with black, but after
wards revoked it, upon learning of the
above statute. The interior of the
buildings, as well as the courtrooms,
are draped with mourning, the like
ness of the dead President adding to
the effect. Over each doorway. up
stairs and downstairs, black crepe is
draped, while the interior of the court
rooms are more deliberately decorated.
Throughout the city there are evil
dences of the deep feeling which the
death of President Mckinley has Gre
ated. Flags are still at half mast on
all the public and many of the private
L
ed in black, are in many of the store
windows.
w L. Eaton, chairman of the citi-
zens' meeting at the Drillshed, has ap-
pointed the committee authorized and
requested that a meeting be held at
the Drillshed this evening at 1880
o'clock for conference. The committee
is as follows:
F. M Hatch, T. McCants Stewart,
j. w. Jones, J. NJ. Vivas, w. L. Stan
Thomas Irving, John Dawson, w. c.
Aehi, George A. Davis. James Quinn,
w. r. Harrington, F. j. Tesla, Allan
Dunn, A. W. Pearson, A. V. Gear, F.
L. Hoogs. George H. Huddy. Walter
G.. Smith, S. M. Damon, Charles Bel
lima, j. H. Fisher, Edmund Norrie, A.
E. Cooke, j. o. Carter, S. f. Chilling
worth, Charles S. Desky, E. S. Gill,
A. Fernandez, p. G. Jones, Cecil
Brown, George r. Carter, K. r. G.
Wallace, Ho Fon, Y. Ahin, L. c. Ables,
John Ouderkirk, S. NJ. Kanakanui, f
S. Beardslee, S. Ozaki, B. H. Wright
w. H. Wright. L. de L. Ward, J. s.
Slater, DIR. c. B. Cooper, DR.. C. b
| Wood, Col. c. j. Mccarthy, Dr. w
S. Taylor. A. G. Robertson. w. E
Wall, Gen. A s. Hartwell, Lyle A
Dickey, E. ]. Wilson, John w Short
]. D. McVeigh.
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