The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-20
At Washington Everybody stood Like
statue for Five Minutes
in Mute suppIIcatiOn-
SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES
PRAYERS AND ADDRESSES IN Ey-
cry CITY, TOWN AND HAMLET.
Sermons by weII-knOwn Divines-
Public Meetings at which the Dead
President Was EuIOgized.

WASHINGTON, Sept 19.-TWenty years
after the death OF Garfield the Nations
capital was again in mourning; the wheels
OF government were locked and the voices
of the people were uplifted in prayer for
the soul OF William Mckinley, while his
mortal remains were being committed 10
the tomb in mis- Ohio home. There was no
need of proclamation To insure proper
observance of the sad event here. Every
where were to be seen badges OF mourning,
and on every flag staff the ensign was at
half-mast. Private and public business was
absolutely suspended, and every face
showed signs of sadness. The city gave
evidence in most impressive manner that
its heart was with Canton in the solemn
hour of President McKinley's funeral. At
exactly half past 2 o'clock Chalf past in
Cantop) the city ceased from labor, prac-
tically from locomotion. for five minutes.
There was no omcial proclamation re-
quiring such observance of the funeral
hour, nor had there been any general
agreement for such observance.
Blu. when the hour came. as if by COM
mon instinct, men, women and children,
white ana black. came to a sudden malt in
whatsoever they were eT gagged and sat
or stood as still as statues wheresoever
they Glanced To be. Men on foot and on
bicycles, the drivers of carriages and
draft wagons, chafieurs and trainmen
stood in mute supplcation for the dead.
Street cars throughout the city were at u
standstill and generally the car operatives
and their passengers united in a silent
service which caused spectators TO look
on If it were the hush of being newly
born" Telegraph instruments, typewriters,
elevators, indeed, all the appurtenances CT
business throughout the capital were, for
the time, noiseless, and the great city was
"a quiet as PRAYER at midnight. 1T a
beautiful contribution to Sne Nation $
breath OF prayer and 1t IS safe To say that
beheld so unique and striking, nor so
sIOntan6 Gus AMI unconventional token
oil respect and love for any man
AT MKINLEY'S LATE CHURCH.
To the people OF Washington the late
President Mckinley was more than an Of
fcial-he was their kindly guardian, and
they rendered their tributes of respect with
their whole hearts. The people. in accord
ance with President Roosevelts proclama-
tion. assembled in their churches to par
ticipate in the memorial services. and rare
~ have the places of worship been so
crowded. All denominations, Protestant
Catholic and Jew, united in these. The
Metropolitan NJ. +. Church, where Mr. Nc
kinley worshiped, was the center OF iTr-
terest, and here the services were more i'm
pressive than elsewhere. The President 5
pew was drsped in black and left vacant.
1t was originally set apart for President
Grant, and has ever since borne the in
scription, Our President" The crowd
could not be accommodated in the main
body OF the church, and second service
progressed simultaneously in the lecture
hall. Bishop Warren ard DR.. Crawford
spoke in each place. The services were
presided over by the Rev. Or. NaylOr, as
sisted by DR. Hugh Johnson, OF Baltimore
the former pastor OF the church, and the
Rev DIR. George b. Teach. The hymns
were the favOrites of the late President. A
tribute was read from Bishop Cranston
One Significant utterance by DR.. Crawford
was that the Presidents words, when Cool
gocz was assaulted. would do more for law
and order than anything that had been said
for generation.
Cathedral also were elaborate and i'm
pressive. They were personally conducted
by Bishop Satterlee. assisted by Rev. DR..
William l.. Devries, rector OF st. Mark S,
and Chaplain Pierce, of the Eleventh In
fantry. u. s. ~ The bishops address was
poetic and beautiful. He felt called upon,
he said. TO sound note of warning against
the unshielded and unprotected position in
which the American people place their chief
the Ignorant. plotting Anarchists for the
third tragedy in the Nations history"
JUSTICE BREWER SPOKE
Justice Brewer. of the United States Su-
preme Court, delivered the principal ad-
dress at the First Congregational Church
His keynote the need of impressing
upon all Americans the necessity Of a per-
sonal respect for the law. He deprecated
the general suggestions that the people
take the law into their own hands and put
every Anarchist speedily to death While
anarchy may be the extreme of lawlessness
he said. every breaking of the law breathes
though in slighter degree. the same spirit
OF lawlessness. Ii was the duty of the citi-
gems TO show by their own conduct and
example that social order was the cuImina-
ton of human happiness.
Al All-souls Unitarian Church Hon. Car
roll Il. Wright, commissioner Of labor was
the principal speaker. though Secretary
brief remarks eloquent with praise for the
memory OF the dead President Mr.
Wright's address was reminiscent of per
sOnal memories OF the late President and
he drew interesting parallels between his
career and those of Lincoln and Garfield
The Rev. Or. John Paxton was the speak
er OF the day at the New YOrk-avenue Pres
byterian Church, his theme being 1T is
Gods Way" This is not an Indignation
meeting" said DIR. Paxton. but a funeral
service, not 10 curse assassins and to advo-
cate lawlessness in eXterminating lawless-
ness. Gen. II. y. Boynton read the Presi-
dents proclamation and he recalled the
words OF Garfield on hearing OF Lincoln's
assassination: God reigns and the govern
ment at Washington still lives"
The services at the Catholic churches
we're elaborate and touching as they were
at the Grace Reformed Chapel where Pres
tdent Roosevelt worshiped when a resident
In Washington
OHIO WAS a SILENT STATE.