Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-18

hall in menor1r1m Of our late presldent, William Mckinley.
 2 Blue uniforms will be worn, caps and white gloves The officers of each organization shall wear crape on the left arm and on the sword hilt
 JAMES GEDDES. Marshal.
 Many of the factories will close ail day tomorrow and the rest will shat down at noon. It is understood that almost every line of business will pc suspended between the hours of and o'clock in the afternoon
 As a mark of respect to the memory of President Mckinley. the Convent of Notre Dame closed this afternoon until Friday. Before the classes were dis missed exercises were held regarding the death of the president.
 Leader J. NJ Fulton of the American
 band has arranged the music of the .sStar Spangled Banner i'll a minor key and in dirge time. It will be played at the City hall tomorrow af- ternoon at the Mckinley memorial ex- ercises.
 The services at St Johns church will commence at 10:30 i'll the morn- ing. There will be two addresses by the Rev Dr Joseph Anderson and the Rev pr F. ]. Parry. The Rev F. D. Bassett will read from the Scriptures, 1 and the Rev Dr J. G. Davenport will l offer prayer. The concluding prayer will be offered by the Rev John N. l Lewis. A special musical program l will be rendered. Previous to the
 service approriate selections Will pc
 played on the chimes at St Johns. I It is hoped that every family in Wa lterbury will make 1t point to exhlDlt 1 mourning draperies i'll the widows of
 their homes tomorrow so that when
 the day is over the committee who
 have the matter of observing the day ] in hand will be able to say that the \ feeling of regret over the death or the \ Itnrasident was general in Waterbury. | Of course there Is no compulsion upon l any one to show signs of mourning at l their homes, and this is one reason why 1 people should do it more cheerfully than l if the proclamations issued by the
 president, the governor and the mayor | came in the form of mandates rather than requests. The expense is trifllng l and the labor so light that the poor as well as the rich can afford to carry out 1 the suggestion. Let every man, wo- 1 man and child in the community do l something in this direction, and what l eyer that little may be it will be re- 1 garded as protest against the teach 1 ings that led to the shooting Of the
 president as well as token of respect \ and memoration to his memory. It should also be borne in mind that the | day marks the twentieth anniversary of 1.-the death of President James A. Gar lefieId another of our worthy presidents
 who fell victim of the assassin s
 bullet. The occasion will also recall
 fine death. brought about in similar
 manner, of President Abraham Lir-
 eroIn. Three of our presidents shot
 down within the past thirt-six years!
 Surely we have good reason to mourn ; und endeavor by word and example to impress upon the minds of the youth if the city our horror at such atroci- ii es. The suggestion of Mayor Kilduff fl tat the exercises i'll the schools be irn- pl e ssive. should be carried out and tb at something be said by the teachers to the pupils regarding the shooting of Pr esident Mckinley and the teach ines hat made the rash act possible which will leave a lasting impression upon tn cir minds.