The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-25
NEWS CAME
AS SHOCK
People Expecting
Information of
Recovery.
|CITIZENS TO MEET
AT DRILL SHED
Expression of thu
Peoples Grief-Public Offices
Will Be Closed.

Like the spreading of the ripples the
ssaddest news which could come fromI
SMilburn House, traversed the city yes-|
zterday afternoon even before the trans!
Sport Warren had come to the dock.
1.-THE news was carried by word of mouth
Everywhere. and the telephone wires
swere loaded with the messages which,
stold to the people that the greatest of,
americans at the moment had passed.
zfrom earth.
The news came to the people of Ho-|
<nolulu with a shock, for remote as Isl
1.-THE city from the rest of the world !!
there had been none of the prepare
Stion which came to other cities in thel
sdaily reports of the sinking of the Chief
Magistrate of the Nation. In one bust
mess house the head of the firm had
BUST concluded the dictation of lett
ster to a correspondent on Maui tellingI
sthat the people were hoping that the
anews which would be brought by the
Warren would tell of the recovery of the
president, and that such news would be
Followed by day of thanksgiving
swhen the ringing of the telephone bell
scalled attention andNthe message was:
a"The President is dead"
4 It was with just the same suddenness
kthat the news came to all and from
9every side there were expressions of
sthe deepest grief, of the most complete
Ehorror and the most sincere sympathy.
zIt was a numbing message which was
sreceived, for the people were prepared
sfor anything else. There was almost a
zstoppage. of the ordinary business, for
Gall over the streets were little knots of
zpeople, men Of business and profess
SsionaleIife, who with voices lowered and
5eyes cast down discussed the portent
xof the saddening information.
q In every party which gathered the first
7words9 were ofssympathy and grief and
Ethese we're followed by denunciatien of
1.-THE Tcrime and the criminal IL was
#the most common expression that there
must be a Kidding of the country of the
anarchists, Of the lawless men whose
&acts have before this shocked the world
&and torn the hearts of nations The
%hags of the business houses, not usually
lin evidence, were placed at half mast
3all over the city, and there was a gen
#eral early closing of routine business.
4for the feeling Of the community was
mot one which lent itself to other than
znourning.
ret 10
g reached the city Governor Dole was
i Notified of its import and he at once
q vent to his office and drafted executive
n riders ordering the flags on all govern
e nent buildings to he placed at hall
g mast until further orders, this course
q icing necessary in the absence of tbs
a PROCLAMATION of the President. The
g buildings and offices of the Territorial
81 overnment also were ordered closed
q odays Governor Dole said that in his
q pinion President Roosevelt would If
q is proclamation call the people to
q ether to meet and hold memorial ser
81 ices all over the land, and until the
a reclamation had been received here h
% 'ould not proclaim a public gathering
q It was developed through the after
q Don however that the people who fee
81 eeply the loss of the Nation viii ge'
q gether Informally at the drill shed
u his evening, to give utterance to thei
q entiments. There will be nothing O.
& rmality in the meeting. There vii
q no leader of it chosen in advance
81 will be in every sense a spontaneous
q ltpouring of the thought which is VI
q ermost in the minds of the people
. his was called to the attention OF
= oyernor Dole and he said at once thai
q lere could be no more fitting tribute
q the worth and work of the dea1
8 '~es dent than such a turning out Of tn.
q eople. In the absence of an official ca .
z n gathering OF the citizens the plan
n hich is in itself an expression Of thei!
q we and affection for the late Chic
q ,xecutive, was most excellent an
q ould without doubt call together suci
81 throng OF the people of the city q.
q ould fill the great hall. The Drill She.
81 in shape for such a meeting, an
81 at the disposal OF the people. Their,
# aems to be no doubt but that Their
g i'll be an immense audience gathered
IS I'D that there viii be many eloquen
81 1pressions of love and esteem, from
1nored him in his career.
h Not only will the public offices of tn
z erritory be closed today but all tn
9 ourts will suspend business. Their
81 Ill be no schools at any place an
g ldeed there will be a general suspen
q ION of all official transactions for tt
a ay, When asked what would be til
n curse as to the schools Superintendent
n f Public Instruction A. T. Atkinso
= aid:
q CHooLs AND COURTS CLOSET
q THE public schools will be close
q Wednesday out of respect to til
81 lemory of the late President. Til
q superintendent Of Public Instructio
esires all teachers on Friday, Septen
e er q, to hold exercises in their varioU
q chool rooms. in which they will il
q lTuct their pupils of various grades .
Is the calamity which has befallen OF
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