The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-20
MEMORY is REvERED
BUSINESS Is SUSPENDED PRAC-
TICALLY THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE COUNTRY
MOURNING SERVICES HELD
Street Car Lines and Railroads Gem
orally Suspend Operations for
Five Minutes During
the Funeral.

CHICAGO, Sept 19.-The noises of a
great city were hushed, and it's commerce
suspended for a few moments today
while mourning thousands paid their
last tribute to the memory of William
Mckinley. The silence was broken alone
by muffled bells tolling off the fifty
eight illustrious years of the dead
presidents life.
During the forenoon services were held
in nearly all churches and the virtues of
William Mckinley as a man and as Il
president We're sung. A big memorial
meeting VIII be neld at the Auditorium
this evening
Between 10000 and 5000 men marched
in the funeral procession which followed
a draped carriage. Its empty seats were
more eloquent than words of the ma
tons loss, In this carriage two years
ago, the president rode through long
aisles of applauding people. Unfurled
near the carriage was a flag which had
flown over the president on occasions of
rejoicing in Chicago, in Canton and in
Washington. In common with other
cities, all business not already suspended,
stopped. att 2;3e p m. fer five minutes.
For the first time in history the pulsing
heart of Chicago's commerce ceased al
most entirely, while sorrowing citizens
stood with DOTTED hats in respectful 81
leEce. Business generally was not pros
ecuted during the day and the streets
were draped in mourning.
An immense audience gathered at the
Auditorium tonight to honor the mem
cry Of the dead president The meet
ing was held under the auspices of the
Marquette club and was addressed by
Gen. John c. Black, former commission
81 of pensions; Rev. Father Edward KEEL
BY, of st. Cecilia's Roman Catholic
church, and Rev. Frank w Gunsaulus.
DR.. Gunsaulus said in closing:
More than resolutions or conventions,
more than party promises or official or
ders, the awful cost and sacrifice of Gar
tield and the spirit flowing from his
wounds have fatally struck the spoils
system, More than JailS or ScaffoldS,
more than national ornaments or Strin-
gent legislation. the gentle, pure, just
and loving spirit of William Mckinley
flowing from his wounds will at last, I'M
der Gods helping hand, annihilate an
a-chy, Civilization costs, but it is worth
al it-costs. These graves have been dug
III the heart of the American people, but
they alone will keep the heart of the
nation strong and pure.
1T is fitting that we should reflect upon
that majestic power for self-sacrit1ce
which won victory after victory, until it
seached its grandest triumph in con-
Suest over death itself. When he came
20 death, at the very moment when the
aims and purposes of his life had brought
forth a visible harvest of seed, waiting
to be planted for a new era and new
harvesting, he transformed death into
messenger of the highest and made him
servant of that same self-sacrihclng spirit
that saidssIt is Gods way. His will be
done. - -ls7.s-,
NEW YORK, Sept. 1s.-An business, ex-
cept work of necessity, was suspended IN
this city today in respect to the memory
of President Mckinley and the day OF
mourning was observed. by persons of all
religions. g. In all churches and in2 SYM
agogaes special services were held. In
marked contrast to the ordinary holiday
custom here, all sporting events sched-
uied for today were either abandoned or
postponed.
At the time set for, the removal of the
late presidents remains to the cemetery,
the Commercial Cable cempany'S cables
ard land lines in America Canada, Eng
land, Ireland, Scotland, France and the
Azore islands were silent for five min
utes. The line of the Postal Telegraph
company observed the same ceremony,
and the leased wire system of the AS
sociated= Press also suspended. go =
The Western Union Telegraph COM
panS observed holiday hours throughout
its entire system, and all signaling on
the international cables and land lines OF
the Western Union Telegraph company s
central cable office was suspended, every
instrument being silenced for five min
utes.
The Western Telegraph company today
sent out the following notice:
The British governments cable station
at Nassau, N. P, connecting the. West
Indies with the United States at Jupiter,
Fla, closed today at II a, m. and will
remain closed until 8 p. m.
The $50 passengers of the Hamburg
American liner BeIgravia from Ham
burg, which arrived this afternoon, had
= just reached the dock at Hoboken as the
clock struck 2:30. Instantly everyone
stopped and stood for five minutes with
. uncovered heads. With that all work on
the dock, with all the noise of the en-
sines and the ,longshoremen, was stop
ped, causing an impressive silence. Nv bile
the people waited the band of the
steamship Pennsylvania, lying alongside,
played Chopin's funeral march, and a
quartette sang Nearer, My God, to
Thee
> Fully 10000 people crowded into Madi-
son Square Garden during the afternoon.
A. memorial service was also held on the
Union square during the hour of the
funeral at Canton which thousands at
tended.
The memorial. services in the crypt of
the Cathedral of st. John the Divine, on
MOrningSide Heights at which fbe Pow