The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-17

so far, is the programme that will be
carried out at the Auditorium Thursday
afternoon, when St. Paul will do homage
to the memory of a martyred president.
In setting aside Thursday as day OF
mourning in st. Paul, the initiative was
practically taken yesterday when at a
meeting of the common council resolu-
tons were passed and a committee Of
which President Schiffmann was made
chairman, was instructed to make ar
rangements fer its observance.
The meeting was a special one called
at the instance of Mayor Smith, and
when raped to order by President Schiff,
mann, found ever member present.
That both city and county might be
unit in the expressions of grief which
will be universal on Thursday, the board
of county commissioners were invited to
participate and in the naming of COM
mittees for the celebration they were
individually chosen to assist.
Aldermen Dobner and Knauft and As
semblyman Dix were selected to draft
suitable resolutions, and the following,
which they offered, were adopted by a
rising vote, the members of the board
of county commissioners who were pres,
ent, assisting:
I'm the midst of national peace and
prosperity, and while enjoying the at
mosphere of universal hope and good
will, the shadow of a great calamity has
fallen on our way.
The chief magistrate of the republic,
the evidences of public grief and ma
tional bereavement, has passed into the
valley of death as the result of an as
sassin's blow, and the civilized world
joins with us today in deploring the
cruel and untimely death of one who en-
bodied in his own personality the charac-
teristics of the soldier the statesman,
the true patriot, the wise and conserva-
ii a no nd
good citizen, especially endeared to the
heart of humanity by the spirit of Chris
tan fortitude and resignation with which
he met his sad and pathetic end.
Therefore be it Resolved, That in the
death of William Mckinley we mourn
the loss of another martyred president,
distinguished alike for his long and Illus
tfious public service as soldier, states
man and patriot, and for the spotless
purity of his personal and private char
acter. We recognize in his death the
loss of one more Of Americas distin-
guished sons, whose love Of country,
whose devotion to duty, and whose 10y
atty to all the noblest instincts of human
nature has done SO much to make our
glorious country what it is today.
'"That in testimony of the nations af-
Fiction, and as an evidence of our pro-
found respect for the illustrious dead,
we drape the council chambers IN mourn
of the city to be tolled at the hour
which shall be appointed for the
funeral.
THAT these resolutions be spread upon
our minutes and published in the daily
papers of st. Paul, and that an en-
crossed copy be forwarded to the wife
of the deceased
At the close of the reading the clerk
was instructed to see that the resolutions
were properly engrossed and Assembly
men Nelson and Whitcomb were selected
as representatives to convey the Same
to Mrs. Mckinley at Canton. This work
will be done at once, and Messrs. Whit
comb and Nelson will leave for Canton
as soon as they are completed.
President Schiffmann announced that
arrangements for public memorial
service on Thursday afternoon were be-
ing made and on the suggestion of AL
dermen Dobner, DR.. Schifrmann was
placed in direct charge, a committee
consisting of Aldermen Huber and Muir
ply, Assemblyman Wheeler and Com
missioners Lott and Webster being Sc
iected to assist him in the preparation
of the programme and the selection Of a
place for holding the exercises.
This committee met yesterday after
noon, and without delay decided upon
the Auditorium as the place for holding
the exercises, they to follow a parade,
the arrangements for which ware placed
in the hands of Comptroller McCardy.
Several of the members favored the ex-
erclSeS being held either at Smith park
or at the capitol grounds, but the ma
jority were afraid of Indictment weather
and the selection of the Auditorium pre-
vailed
To President Seliffmann was left the
task of naming the committees, and
from the general committee, which in
cluded the members of the two council
bodies, the board of county commission
ers, J. B. Sanborn for the old soldiers,
H. A. Boardman for the Commercial
club, e. A. Young for the Jobbers'
union, w. r. Dorr for the Chamber of
Commerce, J. B. tombstone for the Manu-
facturers' association, Dow S. Smith for
the city railway company, he named the
following special committees, the work
ing members being selected from the two
council bodies and the county board:
SUBCOMMITTEES
Carriage Dix and Huber
Printlng-Craig, Knauft and Webster.
Badges-Warner Holt and Wright.
Decorations-Denny, Ulmer and Dix.
Hall-Lott, Huber, Murphy, Wheeler
and Webster.
Transportation Wright, Murphy and
Dobner.
Invitations-Hunt. Whitcomb and Gray.
Music-Bantz, Nelson and Powers.
Speakers-Benson, Dahlquist and Mo-
riarty.
observation-disclosures, Dix and Knauft.
Finances-Powers, Haas and Denny.
Audit-Wheeler, Moriarty and Lott
Tomorrow morning there will be
meeting of the general committee. and
at the gathering President Schiffmann
will announce his selection of commit
tees, and to each will be apportioned