The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-17
MEMORIAL MEETING
CITIZENS OF WILMINGTON MOURN Mr..
MKINLEYS DEATH.
Mass Meeting BeId Yesterday-Sincere
Grfef and Sorrow Expressed and
Touching Resolutions Adopted-Eu-
logIes Of the Dead President.

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their morning papers in mourning and
read the terrible news that the tragedy
enacted at Buffalo on Friday, Septem-
Der 9Th, had been consummated in the
death of President William Mckinley,
who died at 2:15 a. m. from the bullet
wounds inflicted by the hand of the
cowardly, miserable and detestibie an
archist, Leon Czologosz. The porten-
tious bulletins of Friday and Friday
night had, however, prepared them to
anticipate the black headlines that new
ertheless startled them and sent the
pangs Of grief and horror to all hearts.
The news of the presidents death
cast a deep gloom yer all the people of
Wilmington without regard to race or
party or sect. They had ~anxiously
hoped for Mr.. McKinley's recovery but
as fate decreed otherwise. the minds OF
our people were absorbed in doing rev.
ercnce to the memory of the murdered
president.
A MEMORIAL MEETING HELD.
A call having been ISSUED in the press
for a mass meeting of citizens at 10
o'clock yesterday morning at the court
house, several hundred of Wilmington's
leading citizens assembled there at that
hour. 1t was a solemn assemblage and
sincere grief and sorrow was depicted
in all countenances on this occasion.
The most representative men Of our
city were there, clergymen, lawyers,
physicians, merchants, clerks and la
borerS.
Mr.. Hugh MacRae, of the brokerage
n banking house of Hugh MacRae
& Co.. Vas called to the chair and
when he had stated the object of the
meeting to be to take action with ref
erence to the death of the president he
called upon the Right Rev. Bishop A.
A. Watson, of the diocese of East Car
DINA, to invoke the Divine blessing.
Bishop Watson made ar eloquent n
touching prayer, and upon it's conclu-
Sion the following committee upon mo-
ton of Mr.. John S.. Armstrong, was
appointed ON resolutions: Mayor A. NJ.
Weddell, Capt. w. r. Kenan, and
Messrs. J. c.. Stevenson, H. w. Malloy
and W. z. Springer.
Mr.. H. W. Malloy reported the fol-
lowing communication and resolutions
which the committee submitted for
adoption and subsequently to be tele-
graphed to the lamented presidents
private secretary.
September ID, 1901.
Secretary George B. Cortelyou, Buff
falo. n. Y:
"At a representative public me9,ing
OF the citizens of Wilmingtor, North
Carolina. held this morning at 10
o'clock the following resolution was
passed unanimously and this commit
tee was instructed to send the ar to
Mrs. Mckinley. Will o kindly con-
vey the resolutions to her?
"Resolved, That on this day, while
wa 1@,,~ --s4I 49, --Io10 g.
our dead president, n listen rever-
emily to the messages of sympathy
which are pouring in from all the ma
lions of the earth, we deem it a
mOurnful duty, as a community, to
express u sorrow for the sufferings
and death of William Mckinley, our
fellow citizen-feeling, as we do, that
we have not only experienced a ma
tional but a personal aff1ictiOn.
His lofty character, his calmn, wise
craftsmanship, and his excellent di-
plomacy in handling our foreign affairs
during a very trying n exciting Pc
Rod of the worlds history have moved
of one nan is moved n have brought
the country to the front line Of the
ruling world powers.
president 0 fthe whole people, and
sustained by the loyalty OF all the
states. he has commanded for us the
respect of all foreign potentates;
whilst his kindly personality, his
eminent services. his patience and
beautiful fortitude in these last anX-
ious days nave endeared him to the
hearts of all good citizens.
extend to his devoted wife and
to his family our respectful sympathy.
HUGH MacRAE.
I'll. c. M'QUEEN,
H. w. MALLOY
Commute"
When the resolutions had been READ
by Mr.. Malloy, Chairman MacRae
stated that he knew it was the sense
of the meeting to hear from as many
as desired to have something to sa" on
the resolutions. He then called upon
the Hon. Alfred NJ. Waddell, formerly
congressman and now mayor of Will
mington.
COL. WADDELL SPEAKS.
Mayor Wadden responded with beau
tiful and impressive remarks. He stat
ed that if he had known of the pres
ident's death in time, he, as chief eX-
ecutiye of the city, would have called
a meeting of citizens himself, but as
others had thoughtfully done so, he
was present to sadly participate in
whatever was done to pay a hitting
tribute to Mr.. Mckinley. He said the
tragedy enacted at Buffalo had shock
ed our entire country and the civilized
world. and it was one of the most hor-
rible crimes in the annals of history.
This was the third of our presidents
to fall by the hands of a~ssassinS-Lin-
coin. Garfield and McKinley-and it
seemed incredible that in the land OF
the free any one should want to take
the life of one of our presidents, yet
despite the high character, amiability
and popularity of Mckinley he had
fallen by the bullet of IN anarchist. In
this country whore fhara iS nothing OF
the despotic rule that one may find in
the monarchies of Europe, it was all
h more strange and horrible. He re-
marked that he had a slight acquaint-
ance with Mr.. Mckinley dating back
a quarter of a century when they serv-
ed in congress together. From that
time till now Mr.. Mckinley has main
tanned a high character and truly bore
the grand old name of gentleman. He
was ever a gentleman of pure and
spotless character and had as clean a
record as any man that ever lived,
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