Evening journal., 1901-09-18

colored people will hold memorial
services at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Each Episcopal congregation will
worship in its own parish. Bishop
Coleman, of the Episcopal diocese of
Delaware. is opposed to union services
for the Episcopal Church, because the
proclamation OF President Roosevelt
calls upon the people of the country to
assemble in their respective places Of
worship on the day of the funeral.
Baptist congregations of the city
will meet for worship and prayer in
Second Baptist Church, at Ninth and
Franklin streets, at 1890 o'clock. Ad-
dresses ON the life CT President Nc
Kinley will be made
Rodney Street Presbyterian and the
First Unitarian Society will hold
joint service in the First
Unitarian Church, in West street
above Eighth, at IL o'clock. The ser
vices Will be conducted by the Rev. A.
T. Bowser, and music furnished by a
special quartet choir. Addresses will
be made by the Rev. William Fred
erick Lewis and John p. Nields.
ALL DRUG STORES TO CLOSE
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the city, all drug stores will be closed
tomorrow, out of respect for the mem-
ory of the dead President. AS a rule
drug stores are open on Sundays, be-
cause of the need of medicine, but
every retail druggist in Wilmington
has decided to close his store from l
to p. m. tomorrow.
Every retail grocery store, also, will
be closed in Wilmington from 1 to 3
p. m. The committee of the Retail
Grocers' Exchange announced that this
is a thing that never happened here
before.
The Seidel e Hastings Company will
close its large plant for the entire day.
BUT ONE MAIL DELIVERY
In accordance with instructions re-
ceived from Washington, the local
postofIice will close at 10 o'clock to-
mo- row morning and remain closed
until the same hour on Friday morn
ipg.
There will be but one delivery Of
mail which will be at z a. m. There
will be a collection of mail at Z a. m,
a collection from Front TO Tenth and
Market and King streets at p. m, and
the usual collections at $50 and 10
p. m.
St. Stephens Church will hold its
joint memorial service on Sunday
morning The church will be draped
and the large flag used on the Della
ware building at the Worlds Fair will
be used The pastors theme will be
Cur National Cloud"
: On Sunday evening the Rev. A. n.
Kcigwin ID. D., of West Presbyterian
Church, will preach an illustrated SER
mon. giving a review Of the funeral
services Of President Mckinley in
Buffalo, Washington and Canton.
Out of respect for the memory of
Mr. Mckinley, the dancing class OF
the Shields Library will not meet to-
morrow night. The trolley ride of the
Pastors Aid Society Of Gilbert Pres
byterian Church has been postponed
for the same reason.
The borough of Marcus Hook has
postponed the celebration Of its 200th
anniversary because of the death of
the President.
SAW FUNERAL PROCESSION
Among the Wilmington people who
were in Washington yesterday and
viewed the funeral cortege of Presi-
dent Mckinley were: Senators Groves
and Blakely. DR.. Samuels. of Marshall
ton; Mrs. Willard Hall Porter; Mrs.
Caleb Churchman. Mayor George NJ.
Fisher, j. Edward Addicks, State Seu-
ator Alice, Howard d. Ross and Har-
vey 2. Vandegrift. Congressman L. II.
Ball and General James II. Wilson
were in the funeral procession.
Inmates Of the Minquadale Home