The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-19
IN HONOR OF DEAD
TO-DAY IN MEMORY OF PRESIDENT
MCKINLEY.
WILL BE A GENERAL CLOSING.
BUSINESS HOUSES, BANKS AND PUB
Lie OFFICES TO BE CLOSED.

to Be Held Also at Christ Church.
Mayer and Aldermen to Attend
Former in "A BOdy-COurts to Con-
vene at Usual Hour and Then Adj
journ-Mnny Services in CoIored
Churches-COIOred Military Also
Will Honor the Late President.
To-day, when the remains of the
late President Mckinley will be buried
| in Canton. will be generally observed
as a day of mourning in Savannah.
The postoffice. the city offices, the
banks, and many of the largest bust
ness houses in the city will be closed
all day, while others will be closed for,
at least, a part of the day Among
the latter are those of members of
the Retail Merchants Association, who
will be closed from II o'clock a. m.
to p. m. Many of the grocers and
green grocers also will be closed for
a part of the day, as has been an
nounced before in the Morning News.
Two union services will be held. One,
comprising the congregations of all of
the evangelical churches, will be held
in the Lutheran Church of the Assem-
sion, while the congregations of the
four Episcopal Churches will gather
at Christ's Church, where the service
will be conducted by Rev. M. Camp
bell Strvker.
The courts will be convened at the
usual hour, and will then adjourn for
the day. The Mayor and Aldermen
will meet at the City Exchange at 10: AS
O'Clock and, in a body, will go to the
service at the Church of the Assem-
sion.
| Members of the G. A. R. also will at
tend services at this church, meeting at
the office of Mr.. William Pease, at 1890
o'clock, for this purpose The pro-
gramme of the services will be-
Organ prelude, Funeral March"
! Chopin, Miss Annie Haines.
Anthem, Thy Will Be Done" choir.
Scripture lessons, Rev. Ed. F. Cook.
Prayer, Rev. Robert Van Deventer.
Hymn, Rock of Ages" congregation.
Address, Mr.. Mckinley as a Public
Man." Mr.. w. B. Stubs.
Address, Mr.. Mckinley as a Chris
tian," Rev. DIR. William C. Schaeffer.
| D. d.
Prayer, Rev. NJ. ]. Epting.
Hymn. Nearer, My God, to Thee"
congregation.
Anthem, Lead, Kindly Light" choir.
| Benediction-Rev. DIR. 1. P Mendes.
The choir consists of Mrs. F. Barber,
soprano; Mrs. F. Huber, alto; Mr.. Her
mann Hill, tenor; Mr.. H. Hardy bass;
Prof. F. Hubner, director; Prof. F.
| Warth, organist.
The services will be in charge of Rev.
| w. A. Nisbet, pastor of the Second
Presbyterian Church.
The church altar has been draped in
| mourning. At the front of it has been
placed a large picture of the dead Pres
ident, and beneath the picture a laurel
| wreath
Services will be held in the Syna-
gogue B. B. Jacob at the conclusion of
the regular daily devotions.
Services will be held also in a num-
Der of the colored churches. At the
St Phillips A. M. E. Church there will
be a service at II o'clock a. m. and
another tonight at which the follow
ing programme will be given:
Opening address, Rev. C. c. Cargill,
D. D.
Mckinley as a Husband" Harry }.
Gordon.
Mckinley as an Opportunist," John
p Taylor.
- Mckinley as a Statesman" William
Mckinley as President" F. ]. Hill
ton.
Mckinley as a Christian" w. ].
Williams.
The services will be in charge of
John H. Baldwin. The choir, under
Benjamin Reed, will furnish special
music.
At the Second African BAPTIST
| Church, services, conducted by Rev.
| Alexander Harris and Rev. John w.
| Whitaker, will be held at 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon. This service will be
attended by the First Battalion, Geor-
| gia Troops. Colored.
Yet another service will be held in
| the Thankful Baptist Church at Il
| O'Clock in the morning, conducted by
| the pastor, Rev. w. B. Berrien, who
will preach memorial sermon on LET
| Thy Will Be Done" A second service
will be held at o'clock at night, when
the subject will be He Was a Man of
| War"
The Georgia Artillery will pay mill
| tary honors to the memory of Presi-
| dent Mckinley to-day. Orders to this
effect have been issued by the com
mander. Capt. ]. c. Simmons. The bat
| terry will fire half-hour guns from sun
| rise to sunset and a national salute
of forty-five guns at sunset The exer-
cises will take place in the Park Ex-
tension The firing squad will assem-
Die at o CLOCK this morning for the
purpose, and the battery will assemble
at East Broad and Liberty streets at
2 this afternoon. The order for this
observance also announces that be-
ginning to-day. the members of the COM
mand willwear crepe on their saber hits
on all military occasions for the ensu-
| ing thirty days. Similar honors were
paid by the Georgia Artillery on the
occasions of the deaths of Presidents
Grant and Garfield.
At Fort Screven all labor of the dav
will be suspended, and at noon TWEEN
ty-one minute guns will be fired
The colored military organizations of
the city will also have quite an elabor-
ate programme for the day. The fol-
lowing order has been issued to the
First Battalion, Georgia State Troops,
Colored, by Maj. John II. Deveaux:
THE death of the COMMANDMENTS
chief of the army and navy of the
United States, William Mckinley.
which occurred at Buffalo on Saturday
morning, Sept. IA, 1901. brings sorrow to
us all. He will be buried at Canton. O..
on Thursday Sept. 10, and in obedience
to the proclamation issued by the Pres
ident. the companies of this battalion.
located at headquarters, are hereby
ordered to appear on the south side
of Liberty street with the right rest
ing on East Broad street on Thursday
afternoon Sept. 10, at 3:15 o'clock, fully
arr10ed and