The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-20
CITIZENS PAY TRIBUTE TO
MARTYRS MEMORY.
DEEP GRIEF OF PATRIOT
Eloquence and Music Attest to
Reverence for Nations
Honored Dead.

Nowhere in the land was greater
respect shown to the memory of the
martyred president yesterday than in
this city. Nowhere were words spOk-
en- which expressed greater or more
sincere sorrow than those which fell
from the lips of the speakers who ad-
dressed the magnificent audience hat
filled the opera house as it had "
BEEN filled before, and nowhere was
more eloquent or feeling tribute paid
to the memory of the fallen chieftain
than that offered in the garlands of
words woven by them. The hearts of
the people who listened to them beat
tered and as one heart vent out in
sympathy to the widow who has been
bereft of him who was her protector
in life and the recollection of whose
unfaltering love and devotion must be
her solace in death. Eyes dimmed
and breasts heaved az the speakers
dwelt with eloquent word and impress
sive gesture upon the noble qualities
ever displayed by him whom they adj
mired and loved in life and whom they
revere in death.
Simple, yet impressive were the GER.
| monies, as ever simple and impressive
had been the life of the dead. By
the very simplicity which marked the
occasion was it given greater dignity
and the expression of true sentiment
; and honest sorrow robed it with an
i'm pr~essiveness that neither cere-
nony MOI stilted phraze could have
given. 1t was an outburst of deep
and profound sorrow and the offering
of a loyal and patriotic people.
1t was shortly after 3 o'clock when
| Mayor George called the audience to
order and announced that the exer-
cises would begin. Briefly referring
to the occasion which had brought
them together he asked the Rev. Mr..
Clark to offer prayer. At the conclu'
sion of the invocation the Billings
band played a dirge which led to the
presidents favorite hymn, Nearer
My God to Thee" and ended with
"Pleyel's Hymn Mr. George now
made a short address e%ulogistic of the
dead president and introduced the
Rev. Father van Clarenbeck of the
! Catholic church.
Father van C~larenbeck.
The father referred to the fact thai
three presidents of the United States
had been stricken down by the rec
hand of anarchy and then spoke of the
deaths of the empress of Austria
King Humbert of Italy, Presiden'
Carnot of France and Alexander, EN-
peror of Russia, all slain by an
swelling number of anarchists in the
older countries was not a matter O
surprise. Infideiity and the total ig
noring Of God was responsible TO
the existence of anarchy in some o
the countries, while oppression AM
the wrongful u%surpation of govern
mcnt tended in others to breed dis
content and murder and assassination
by those who felt themselves wrong
ed. But to him it was Incompetent
siale why anarchy should find an abid
) ing place in this above all othe
. snds and how it could produce sue
, a monster as the II who had cause
, the nation to go into mourning an
| tring sadness to the people. No GOV
eminent could endure. and no peopl
could prosper who did not accept tn
existence of a God and worship hi1
and lead lives of virtue and religion
honesty.
After reading from Bishop Brol
deFs pastoral letter addressed to tn
clergy of the church in the state d
recting them to hold worship and i
which the awful crime of the assassi
was reprobated, Father a Clarel
beck closed by exhorting his hearel
to model their lives after that of tn
dead president and follow the teacl
ings of Christ and so live that whe
the final summons came to them the
could say with Mckinley, Thy wi
he dOne." "Nearer NV God to Thee
Hon. O.. F. Goddard.
The choir sang Nearer My God
Thee" and the Hon, o. F. Goddal
was introduced. Mr.. Goddard opene
his remarks by saying that to h
mind yellow journalism and anarct
were almost synonymous and tt
press and rostrum were not witho1
blame in the calamity which had b