Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1901-09-20
during token Of respect for the passing
ot our noble executive.

ot our noble executive.
WILLIAM LARKIN, Mayor.
In accordance with the above procla-
nation all business was suspended yes
terday afternoon and vast audience
gathered at the opera house at three
o'clock to honor in song and eulogy the
memory Of the martyred president. Owing
to the illness Of captain Brown, Mr.. Venne
performed the duties Of marshal Of the
day and was assisted by j. D. Armistead.
q monster procession, typical Of the brain
and Drawn Of the country and consisting
Of the various civic, fraternal and other
societies Of the city, formed il line in
front Of the court house, and, headed by
the Miners City band with the Grand
Army and Spanish war veterans having
the place Of honor, marched with muf-
fed drum beat to the opera house, where
appropriate and impressive memorial
services were held. 1t was an imposing
parade, with between 600 and 500 peo-
pie il line, and pomp and pageantry
combined to give the moving memorial
column splendid appearance.
The wallis Of the opera house we're
draped with the national colors and fes-
toons Of red, white and blue hung from
the stage, while a large picture Of the
martyred president, surrounded with
plants and cut flowers, adorned the arch
way. As tbs crowed surged in and took
their seats, the hush Of death seemed to
take possession Of the vast audience.
The stiffness was impressive and bespoke
the solemnity Of the occasion. Rev. w.
ii. Watson acted as chairman and the
memorial services began with the rsndi-
tion Of a medley Of national airs by the
Miners City band, after which Chairman
Wilson read the proclamation Of Mayor
Larkin and made a few appropriate open
ing remarks. He said there had never be-
fore been such a gathering in this city
and hoped there never would be another
such an occasion for such an outpouring
Of people. He spoke Of the significance
of the gathering and declared that we
are part Of one great family plunged
in grief, seeking to pay homage and
honor and respect to the immortal mem
ory Of a pure president and noble citizen.
President Mckinley, said he, was an
ideal executive and the highest type of
American craftsmanship. He expressed
his adherence Of the assassin and his
foul crime and said that one result Of
this great national disaster would be to
more firmly cement the ties OF national
unity.
The quartet then sang the lnartyred
presidents favorite hymn, Lead Kindly
Light" and 4 fervent prayer was offered
up By Rev. N. b. Coen, pastor Of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
County Attorney u. O. Caswell then
made a few remarks. He declared that
the assassination Of Mckinley had in it
the clements Of double tragedy, in
that one blow was aimed at the heart Of
the president and another at the liber-
ties Of the people.
The audience joined in singing Nearer
Ny God to Thee and Rev. A. Sand
strom pastor Of the Finnish Lutheran
church, addressed the audience. He
emphasized the fact that Mckinley was
good man, a noble minded president
and wise statesman.
He was followed by State Senator w.
r. Meyer, who employed a pretty simile
in illustration of the point that the shots
which ended the life of this nations
president were heard around the world.
His address was as follows:
1.-THE tourist in California, when visit
| ing the city of Pasadena, is taken up
near the summit of the Sierras to a
point called Echo Mountain. To demon.
strate to the visitor the appropriateness
of the name the guide fires a pistol shot.
Immediately the report is returned from
another mountain side and again from
another point and another, continuing
from craig to craig, from wall to wall.
until it seems that the report will be
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wrapped in wonder
This echo, wonderful as it is, pales in
to insignlfcance beside the echo of that
fatal shot fired on the 9Th day Of this
month by the bastard assassin of our
loved chief It dinned and reverbrated
round the world as it was caught up
and returned by every organized state
government. 1t came to and from every
human heart, fraught With its load Of
sorrow, regret, admiration, its abhor:
renee, shame, Indignation. to and from
every human breast the wide world over
save only the black heart of the anar
chist and nihilist. In this foul, darl