Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-18

verse 80. All German speaking peo-
pie are invited to attend the service.
/ In the afternoon the children OF tic
p irish school will take pilt II TIE
procession.
In accordance with the proclama-
tion issued by President Roosevelt
memorial services for our late presi-
dent, William Mckinley. will be held
at First Church of Christ, Scientist,
on TWenty-third street, Thursday
evening at 1880.
There will be services for the Rock
Island members of the congregation
from IL to ~ tomorrow morning at
Temple Emanuel, Davenport.
There will be masses for the presi-
dent at o'clock tomorrow morning
at st. Joseph's. st Mary's and Sacrei
Heart Catholic churches.
A memorial service will be held at
Trinity Episcopal church at lO;3J
q. m.
Exercises In Sc hOols'
1t has been decided by the school
authorities to hold the exercises as az
first planned in the different schools
tomorrow afternoon, and finish them
| in time for the children above the
fifth grade to Join in the parade. All
over the city the children are busy
collecting material for the programs
to be held in the rooms in which the
,ssons to be learned from the life and
death Of McKjpley are to be enlarged
upon, the exercises being for the most
part in the hands of the pupils them
selves. 10 the rooms the exercises
" IL take from l: so ill 2 p. m while
, 10 the corridors or other places of
bling for the schools it will last
/ till $50. In the latter cases the pro-
grams will open in each case with the
singing of America" folio we'd by
prayer. Then there will be short adj
dresses by citizens selected for the
occasion. followed by a salute to the
| flag, in which the pupils will stand
and in unison address the national
EN- blem in such words as these: Il
pledge allegiance to the flag and to
the nation for which it Glands. One
nation indivisible. with justice and
liberty for all" Tne last number
will be the singing of Nearer, My
God, TO Thee" by all the pupils After
this the pupils will be dismissed
those of them that are old enough 10
report for the parade on Twentieth
street above Third avenue. The high
school students aud pupils of the
Lincoln school will assemble in Il {
main auditorium at the Broad way
Presbyterian church for the general
exerci. es.
The speakers selected for tho differ.
ent schools are as follows: Haw
thorne, Rev. ID. l. McNary; Washing
ton, Rev. William Torrance; KEN BILE
H A Weld ard William Jackson
Lincoln and high school. Rev. w. S
Marquis; Eugene Field, Prof. A A
Williamson; Irving. Rev. q b Sim
IONS; Longfellow. Dr.. L F. Bartholo
new; Horace Mann, + ID Sweeney
iGraut, unsolicited, James +. Murphy
Business Suspension.
The banks will be closed all dav.
Drug stores will be closed from Il
> p m.
The city council will attend tn
memorial services in body.
All factories will close for the day
The postollice will close at 10 a. M
The freight Offices of all the rail
roads of the city will be closed from
O'Clock.
All barber shops are to suspend
from to p. m
The board of Woodmen director
has voted to close the head office al
day Thursday and to urge the em
} ployes to attend the exercises il
honor of Mckinley.
The county offices will ba closed TO
the day.
| The Tri-City Railway company an
, nounces tnat bet ween 3:55 and p. N
| tomorrow the power will be shu
down and ali cars on tie lines in tn
three cities will stop running.
w. Z Cirey. president of the boar
of supervisors. has issued n call to a
mem bers and ex-mem bers of the boar
to meet at the court house at 2 p. NJ
! to take part in the exercises.
The general committee request
that all business houses decorate il
keeping with the solemn occasion.
City In Moaning.
The draping of homes and places c
business with the signs of mourning
aud the displaying of pictures of tn
late president with crepe is goin
on, many having been compelled t
, wait for both engraving and crep
till dealers could order fresh supplies
ALTHOUGH there were hundreds OF pi"
lures about the town left from y ca
ago, they proved entirely Insufficient
)MoLINE WOMAN MADE
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