The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-20
BOWED IN SORROW
SAVANNAH MoURNs FOR McKIN-
LEY'S Loss.
THE TRIBUTE UNIVERSAL.
ENTIRE CITY TEsTIFIEs ITS HIGH
REGARD.

es Largely Attended, and Very
Deep Interest shown-An Glasses
United to Honor the Noble Dead.
Fitting Tribute Paid His Memory
and His Life Upheld as an Example
by which All May Profit.
Savannah paid full tribute to the
memory of William Mckinley yester-
day. The day was almost a universal
holiday. All public buildings were
closed, business was generally sus-
pended for the greater part of the day.
and in many instances for the entire
day, and the people generally Joined in
manifesting their love and esteem fof
the man who had been their chief
magistrate.
Large crowds gathered at the
churches where services were held,
bells tolled monotonously and cannon
doomed the entire day. The business
section at midday was like it is on Sun
day. Business was almost totally sus-
pended, there were few people on the
streets, and an air of quiet pervaded
everything. There seemed to be a gen.
eral feeling that the day was sacred
to the memory of one who deserved to
be held in honor by his people, and
that it should be observed as such.
There were none of the usual holiday
sports, no attempt at merrymaking
and no signs of revelry which usually
marks the so-called holidays, no mat
ter to what purpose they may be de-
voted.
AS it was in Savannah, so it doubt
less was in the country at large, and
an entire nation mourned at the bier
of one who had been suddenly taken
away from them and whose goodness
ana greatness, appreciated but not ex-
pressed, had only been fully brought
to mind by the suddenness and sad
ness of his departure.
mot since the death of Gen. Robert
e. Lee" said a well-known Confeder-
ate veteran last night has Savannah
and the entire South mourned so fully
and so freely and with such heartfelt
sympathy the death of any man. There
have been other great Presidents, but
Mckinley was great enough to win the
love OF a people to whom he had been
opposed
The services at the Lutheran Church
of the Ascension yesterday morning
We're truly typical of the deep SYM
pathy and general interest of the peo-
pie of Savannah in the death of Presi-
dent Mckinley. A congregation more
fully representative of the city and its
people has rarely been gathered to-
gether. Gentle and Jew, Protestant
and Catholic congregated together with
but one sentiment animating the minds
of all. that of paying loving and ten
der tribute to the man who was held
in honor and esteem by all and whose
death had brought grief to the hearts
OF a great people.
The services were simple, but COM
plete, and every sentiment expressed
both by the speakers and the ministers
in their invocations to the throne above
found an echo in the hearts of the
listeners. II was such a service as the
dead President might have himself en-
tered into with hearty sympathy. had
he been honoring the memory of some
great American.
The congregation gathered promptly.
and the large auditorium of the church
was entirely filled by the hour set for
beginning of the service. Many who came
later remained standing in the aisles
and vestibule, and numbers were un-
able to obtain admittance. The num-
Der of business men and their employees
present was especially noticeable.
The Mayor and aldermen gathered at
the City Exchange at 10:45 o'clock, and
accompanied by number of the city
officials, proceeded to the church, where
seats had been reserved for them i'm
al in Of he
those in attendance were Mayor Myers,
Aldermen Dixon, Thomas. Bacon, Hol-
land, Horrigan. Canty, Fripp, Frank,
and Colding, City Marshal H. f. Dree-
son, City Engineer w. J. Winn, Clerk
of Council w. p. Bailey, Deputy Clerk
c. V. Hernandez, Secretary Thomas
Gamble, Messenger of Council Charles
A. Gradot and Mr.. Leander Butler of
the public works department.
The altar, railing and chancei We're
heavily draped in black. A splendid
likeness of President Mckinley, loaned
by the Morning News, as he looked in
life and health, occupied the central
place. It was draped in black, and be-
low ii was a floral piece, of white roses,
with a border of ferns, and beneath
that a laurel wreath. Above the draped
picture perched the white dove, winged
for its fight.
In the pulpit were Rev. w. c. Schaef-
fer, pastor of the church; Rev. Ed. f.
Cook of Wesley Monumental Church,
Rev. w. A. Nisbet of the Second Pres
byterian Church, Rev. r. Van Deventer
of the Duffy Street Baptist, Rev. NJ. j.
Epting of st. Paul's Lutheran. Rabbi /
p Mendes of Mickva Israel Synagogue
Hon. Herman Myers and w. b. Stubs
ESQ.
The music rendered was especially
appropriate to the occasion. Promptly
on the hour the services began with
Chopin's Funeral March," by Miss An
ME Haines. Thy Will Be Done" was
then sung by the choir consisting OF
Mrs. F. Barber soprano; Mrs. F. Hub
ner, alto: Mr.. Herman Hill, tenor, and
Mr.. H. Hardy, bass.
Rev Ed. F. Cook then read from the
fifteenth chapter of Corinthians st
Pauls grand description of the resur.
rection and the life after death. Rev
w. A. Nisbet. as master of ceremonies
then called upon Rev. r. Van Deventer
who delivered'a splendid prayer, thank
ing God for the great blessings which
he had showered upon this country es-
pecially its great men and the great
character of such men. He prayed thai
the great sorrow which had fallen up
on the country might become a great
blessing, and that the life of this man
whose grand character had so won Il
him the hearts OF his fellow citizens