The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-18

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The civic and religious sentiment of
the people of this city in this hour
of the nations sorrow is TO be cx-
pressed tomorrow night at a great
meeting to be held in the spacious new
Armory.
The general sentiment of the citizens
of tho city seemed to be so strongely
in favor Of having "A general public
meeting in honor of the martyred
president that several of the leading
clergymcn of the city met yesterday
morning in st. Luke's parish house
and began the work of arranging for
such "A gathering.
Tho clergymen who met together
were: Rev. DR.. Rogers Israel, rector
of ST. Lukc'9 church, Rev. j. A.
O'Reilly, rector of st. Peters cathe-
dral; Rev. DR. G.. T.. Robinson, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church; Rev.
DR.. Robert +. Y. Pierce, pastor of the
Penn Avenue Baptist church, and Rev.
j.. +. Singer. assistant pastor of the
Elm Park Methodist Episcopal church.
These clcrgymcn, after electng DR..
Israel as chairman, decided to call to
their assistance "a lay committee con-
sisting of Captain Dolph Il. Athcrton,
Colonel Herman Osthaus and \. B.
Stevens. This committee will have
charge of tho arrangements at the Ar
mory, such as seating Accommodations
and decorating, while the committee of
Clorgymen will arrange the order of
exercises and other details.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
The meeting is to be open to the
general public and it is earnestly hoped
and expected that citizens from all
parts Of the city will join together
IT, making the gathering one Of the
largest in the history Of the city There
is room in the Armory for 1000 peo-
pie and it is believed that there should
he a least half that number in at
tendance.
Tho Thirteenth regiment will he
| present in a body, as will also the two
Grand Army of the Republic posts and
| Camp No. s, Sons of Veterans. An
effort will he made to have both
| Baucr's band and Ldwrencc's band
| Join together in giving a sacred con-
cert prior to the opening of tho eXer-
| cisos and in rendering selections dur
| ing the night.
| The exercises are to begin at 1.4J
o'clock and will be presided over by
| Congressman William Connell, should
| he accept the invitation of the COM
mittce to act as chairman. Rev. DIR.
Israel will pronounce the invocation,
| and there will be five addresses. Only
| two of the speakers have so far been
| decided upon. These are Rt. Rev.
| Bishop NJ. J. Hoban, who will refer to
the presidents life and death from the
Christian standpoint. and Recorder
William l.. Connell, who will speak on
| behalf of the city,
| The presidents favorite hymns,
Lead, Kindly Light" and Nearer My
| God TO Thee" will be sung by the Holy
Name society of st. Peters Cathdral
assisted by any of the choir singers
from the central city churches who
may volunteer their services. The
| Holy Name sOcicty's rendition of sa-
cred selections, under the direction of
| Rev. ]. \. O'Rcilly. is something so in
| spiring that it never fails to leave a
| lasting impression upon every person
hearing them.
The platform erected in the armory
| for the convention of the State League
of Republican clubs will be enlarged
| sufficiently to accommodate not only
| the singers, but also all the city and
| county officials, including the members
of the school board and both branches
of councils. The platform will be
| heavily draped with black, as will also
| the exterior of the armory.
WILL JOIN IN BIG MEETING.
! The International Correspondence
Schools Social, Beneficial and Educa.
tiOnal association, which comprises ir
it's membership all of the local EN-.
ployes Of the schools, had arranged
to a hold a memorial meeting tomor.
row night. also, and had even gone
SO far as to engage the Lyceum thea.
ter. When the gentlemen having the
affair i'm charge learned yesterday tina
arrangements were under way for
still larger meeting at the armorY they
kindly and magnanimously decided I,
give mp their meeting and co-operat,
in making the big meeting a success
The holding Of the big meeting will
not at all interfere with the services
which have been arranged for Thurs
day i'm the various churches of tn,
city, \ general union service of al
the Evangelical churches in the cen
tral part of the city will he held to
morrow morning at 1890 o'clock in tn,
Elm Park Methodist Episcopal church
Rev. L. r. Singer, assistant pastor
will have general charge of the ser
vice. while the sermon will be deliv
cred by Rev. Or, Robert +. Y. Pierce
pastor of the Penn Avenue Baptis
church,
The Italian citizens of the city hel,
a meeting yesterday afternoon in Cas-
sesse's hall, on LaCkawanna avenue
to take some action on the death o
President Mckinley. The followinj
telegram was sent to President Roose
| Welt:
scranton, Pa, Sept, II, 1901
To His Eyccloncy, Theodore Roosevelt, Prcsidcn