The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-18
A MASS MEETING
OF Citizens Decides To Hold Memoir
ial Services.

ial Services.
A citizens mass meeting was held
az the court house Monday night to
arrange suitable program for the OBJ
servance of the day OF our presi-
dents funeral, Thursday, September
49, A large crowd was present
when the meeting was called tc order
at o'clock and no time was lost Ill
getting down to business.
Judge Billings was elected chair
man and presided at the meeting. On
taking the chair he made a few re-
marks that were appropriate to the
occasion. James X. Lang was elected
secretary A committee OF five to
take charge of the arrangements
ami arrange a suitable program was
then elected and consisted OF the fol
lowing: Maj. baldwin, Capt. Hiiburn,
Judge Billings, Rev. Falls and Au-
gust Lagoni. On motion a commit
tee OF five was appointed to draw up
suitable resolutions to be read AZ
the time of these services Thursday.
This committee was composed of the
following: Maj Baldwin, Lieut.. w.
II. Poorman, r. M. Goshorn. Judge
Nash and Captain Eaton.
liz plO6Id AA Nchilii1ISS nv 49,
the office of Captain Hilburn
Tuesday and decided upon the ex-
ercises for the day. The services
will be held at the south side OF
the public school building and will
commence at 2 p. m. At half
past one the parade under charge Of
Captain Sam Hilburn, marshal OF the
day, will start at the corner OF Second
street and Second avenue east, and
after marching through the principal
streets of the city will return to the
school house and the exercises will
begin. The parade will form as fol
Iows): Marshal of the day, Captain
Hilburn, kalispell City band, veterans
of the G. A. r., SpanishAmerican
veterans, civic societies and school,
children. After starting from the
place of beginning the parade will
move one block south to Third street,
thence west two blocks to Main street,
down Main street to First street, up
First street to Second avenue east,
then to south side of the schoool
house where the following program
will be given:
Song, Lead Kindly Light, Chorus
Invocation, ..... Rev. G. M. Wells
Reading scrip ure, Rev. A. Carswell
Prayer, ..............k Rev. Pringle
Reading resolutions, .........
......... Maj. M. ID. Baldwin
Sermon, .....Rev. Il. M. Craven
Sermon. ...... Rev. G. NJ. Fisher
Song, Nearer My God to Thee"
................... Chorus
Address. ...........W. H. Poorman
Address, ..............C Capt. Eaton
Song, Star Spangled Banner
| Chorus of the public school
| BenedlctiOn. Key. lvarsOn
Taps, ... ....... Alfred Force
The twohymnst to be sung in the me-
moral service were the favOrite hymns
of the dead president and will be tn :
only ones sung at his funeral. As
he lay aging at Buffalo President M:-
i>inley. with half conscious lips, re-
peated the words of Nearer My God
to Thee" and it is but appropriat J
that his favorite hymn should be
sung at the services held in his mem
DRY.
If the weather Thursday should be
such that no outside exercises can be
held the services will be held at the
opera house
At special meeting of the city
council held Monday night it was de
ciled to issue proclamation calling
upon the citizens of kalispeA to prop
eriy observe the day. fhe proclama
ton will be found in another column