The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
HIS WILL BE DOM"
M'I<INLEY's LAST WORDS ON PoR-
TAI-j OF DEMOCR ATTIC HEAD
QUARTERS IN NEW YORK
ORDERS GIVEN BY CROKER
Ruler of Tammany RonoFs the Mem
mory OF the Dead President-Not
Enough Black Goods to
Drape Buildings.

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE tolling of
bells about 3 o'clock this morning appris-
! Ell the people of this city of the death of
| President Mckinley. The crowds had
left the bulletin boards and hotel corri-
| doris and other places where the news of
the presidents condition was to be had
and the streets had taken on the usual
! appearance at that hour of the night
when the announcements of the pres-
dents death was received. Within a
quarter of an hour the church bells had
/ taken up the message, and in solemn
tones spread the sad tidings.
/ With the dawning of the day flags
were run up at half mast on the Office
| buildings and hotels ond on all the public
buildings and schools, and by 7 o'clock
| drapings were being hung from many of
! the buildings.
Sir Thomas Upton today sent the fol-
| lowing message to the Associated Press
| from Sandy Hook:
| Il am very much panied and grieved at
| the sad news regarding the presidents
! death, all the more so as l had a most
cheering telegram from-his brother on the
| 10th saying ne was happy to inform me
! that the doctors looked for a speedy re-
| covery. His $eath is a loss to the whole
| world, and it will be felt nowhere more
than among the British people,
Richard Croker was passenger on the
steamship Lucania. which arrived here
from Liverpool today. He would not dis
cuss politics.
| when the whole nation is filled with
sorrow at the untimely death of our chief
magist: ate, it is no time to discuss poll
! tics" he said. "Under the great affection
that has befallen US Democrats and Re-
| pUblicans stand side by side as American
citizens, with uncovered heads, shocked
and grief-stricken at the bier of our dead
| president
Flags on the shipping in the harbor
/ were also placed at half-mast.
The closing of the various exchanges
was a foregone conclusion fixed by
precedent at the time Of the deaths of
President Lincoln and President Gar
| field. AS soon as a quorum could be as,
sembled of the governors of the stock
exchange it was therefore decided TO an
| nounce from the rostrum at 10 O'Clock,
the hour of assembling, that the exchange
would remain closed today as mark
| of respect to the memory of the late
! president. In order to comply with le-
gal obligations it was decided to have
! loan market from 10 to IL O'Clock. Bank
ers and fnanciers were present in large
force in the financial district this morn
! ing, but no formal action relative to
| monetary affairs was taken and none was
! contemplated
| Mayor Van Wyck this afternoon sent a
! telegram to Secretary of State Hay re-
Questing that the programme of ebsequIes
| for the dead president include a public
| funeral in this city. The mayor also sent
this telegram to Mrs. Mckinley:
! THE people of the city of New York,
| IN deepest grief over the death of your
well-beloved and ever to be lamented
| husband, beg to present their condolences
and to extend their intense sympathy to
you in your overwhelming anguish and
Sorrow
| In proclamation issued today Mayor
! Van Wyck calls upon the people of the
city TO drape their residences and places
of business in mourning and to keep the
national flag at half-mast during this
| period of sorrow" He directs that the
| city hall be draped in mourning and the
| flags upon the municipal buildings and
schoolhouses be displayed at half-mast
Several of the foreign consuls located
| in this city called upon Mayor Van Wyck
during the day and expressed their sym.
/ pathy with the American people in the
national bereavement. So great was the
/ demand tor large decorative work in the
| draping of large buildings in this city
! that, IN spite of the fact that the presi-
dent has been in danger for a week, the
market for black goods suitable for dec
| Grating buildings was insufficiently sup
/ piled.
When Richard Croker reached the
| Democratic club he found a number of
! leaders waiting for him. He Immediate
ly gave orders to have the Democratic
| club, Tammany hall and every Demo-
| cratic headquarters in each assembly dis
trict Of the city draped in memory of
! President Mckinley.
| He ordered that the words "Tt is Gods
way, His will be done; not ours be
put in white letters across the portals of
all DEMOCRATIC headquarters. Mr.. Croker
| also ordered that several picnics schedul-
| ed for Monday be abandoned.
| Today being the Jewish New Years's
| Gay, there We're special services at all
| the synagogues, and at every one prayers
were offered for Mrs. Mckinley.
AT Oyster Bay, L. l., the home of Pres
! IGent Roosevelt, mass meeting was hell
teday, at which resolutions were adopted
| expressive of sympathy for Mrs Mckin
| ley, and also extending Sympathy 10
| GU; honoTed fellow toWnsman. Presidcn Mt
| Roosevelt, in this great emergency. and
invoking for him strength and wisdom to
| thrust upon him."
An anarchist picnic was to have been
| held at West Hoboken n. j. tomorrow
| but has been abandoned because the DO
lice gave notice that any person who
Participated in any public demonstration
| ade by the anarchists would be prompt
| ly arrested
! Of the national house of represen tatiVes
and Mrs. Henderson returned on the
steamship st. Paul today, after a two
morths trip abroad Speaker Henderson
was very much affected when he heard
the news of the death of President Nc
Kinley.
THE death of President Mckinley is a
blow to me- he said Il feel as though
| had lost brother, He was my personal
friend, and good man and a great char
aeter and one who filled the presiden-
| tial position.
HE is dead, and his assassin st''' 49,
| CzolgosZ was not killed by the mon wf,e,
he struck the dastardly blow, and this
shows that law and order are supreme in
this land.
"Our eyes turn to the future, and |
have no fear for the government to come,
as it is in able hands,
HIGH PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT.