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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1901
Page
2
Citizens across faiths and nations offered prayers for the recovery of President McKinley. Catholics, Protestants, Hebrews, Christian Scientists and others joined in the appeal to spare the leader of the United States.
Septimus J. Hanna of the Christian Scientist Church announces a mass prayer effort by the church for President McKinley. The First Church filled with worshipers but officials say there is no coordinated action to heal him. Church members believe prayer offers superior efficacy and envision recovery through focused thought.
Special services in Watertown Mass address the McKinley assassination attempt. Rev Edward C Porter denounces anarchy and circulates a petition urging Congress to declare treason and ban anarchist meetings and literature to protect society and civil service.
In Westbrook Maine on September 8, the parson-sheriff Rev. H. F. Pearson urged that corruption of both parties doomed the President at a gospel barge gathering at Pride's Corner. Evangeline Pearson and Marian Titus provided cornet and melodeon music, with first and second meetings near local businesses Alderman Clark's grocery and Allen's Corner.
In Halifax the Roman Catholic and Protestant churches prayed for President McKinley with officials and Archbishop O'Brien calling the incident shocking. Clergy urged congregations to seek prayers for his speedy recovery.
During the morning service at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Tremont Street the Armenian preacher P. A. Adamian gave a brief life sketch of President McKinley and offered a prayer for his recovery as the congregation sang a hymn.
Poem reflecting a spiritual journey and trust in guidance cited as Cardinal John Newman. Text references McKinley and his cited favorite hymn with lines about lead me on and enduring faith.
European and Latin American leaders and officials sent messages of sympathy to President McKinley after the assassination attempt. Monarchs and rulers including Edward, William, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey, Loubet, and King Oscar voiced condolences and prayers for his recovery. Local diplomats in Canton, Stuttgart, Munich, and Madrid relayed heartfelt sorrow to Mrs McKinley.
Public notice from North End Savings Bank outlines meeting provisions for depositors under Massachusetts statute. The document specifies banking hours and indicates requirement for deposits to be invested as approved by the Board of Commissioners of Savings Banks. Treasurer Frank E. Buxton signs the notice in Boston dated September.
About 500 Poles gathered at the Church of Stanislaus in New York to denounce Czolgosz and his crime. They voiced sympathy for the President, questioned the assassin's nationality, and decided to send delegates to Cleveland and Toledo to prove Czolgosz is not Polish but of Russian descent.
Chicago & Northwestern Railway advertises a $50.00 round trip from Chicago to California with a $60 return option and a limit of November 15. It touts three fast trains daily and low rates from the East, inviting calls or letters to 368 Washington Street Chicago.
The Rev H R Naylor at President McKinleys church defends strict law enforcement yet says the Buffalo killing drives him toward lynch law If I had a pistol I would have blown the scoundrel to atoms he declared Several congregants praised his stance while others condemned it Judge Anderson and Judge Lynch attended and spoke Mr Croissant urged the murdered president may abolish anarchy on American soil applause followed his remarks.
The Reverend Edwin W. Bishop of the So Congregational Church in Concord says the tragedy at Buffalo shows American citizenship must protect its health and remain untarnished by contagion, as the Maine incident is recalled.
Amid calls for unity, speakers note the United States will not tolerate license in liberty. They stress teaching new arrivals American citizenship and ideals. Special church services today offered prayers for the President’s recovery.
The sheet metal workers strike at Walker and Pratt Manufacturing Company leaves 31 men out on an eight hour day. Building Trades Council endorsed the strike and warned of a general walkout affecting about 300 workers if no settlement is reached. Financial and moral support has been pledged to the strikers. Thirty-one firms currently operate on the eight hour schedule.
News briefs from Amesbury Salisbury Beach report a drowning at Salisbury Beach with no body recovered. Provincetown notes the seaward fishing schooner O K Kingsland with five men and one woman reached New Haven after a wreck north of Race Point in a gale. West Dennis says Officer Letteney and deputies captured Allen OBrien and Hiram Vincent for assault and robbery in Dennisport. Incent confesses.
The special train carrying diplomatic representatives returned to Washington from Buffalo at an early hour. Guests were somber about the President’s visit yet spoke warmly of the exposition and the courtesies shown to them.
At the Essex Trades Council gathering in Newark on Friday night a motion to deplore the McKinley assassination attempt failed as socialists clashed over the issue. A high-pitched voice called McKinley a despot and the room erupted before the resolutions were voted down.
Secret service agents questioned former members of an opera company in Mobile about Antonio Maggio, a former cornet player, who allegedly told company members last March that President McKinley would be assassinated before October.
On September 8 Newton pastors from all churches delivered sermons about the shooting of President McKinley. Prayers for the President’s speedy recovery were offered in services across the city and many pastors denounced anarchy while urging strong measures to uproot it. Catholic churches held prayers before each mass and addressed the attempt on the President’s life.
In New York and Brooklyn churches Catholic and others offered the same mass prayer for President McKinley. Tomorrow hundreds of thousands of city public school children will join a special session of prayer led by teachers.
In Manchester the Rev. J Bunyan Lemon argues in a sermon that the assassination of the President was God moving Americans to condemn the liquor trade. He links the killer’s saloon background and President McKinley’s inaction against saloons in the Philippines to a divine rebuke.
The president tells his wife that this is not their first battle and that they have won tougher cases. He acknowledges harsh conditions but says he would take the lone chance if it meant a hopeful outcome for her.
Washington speculation centers on Vice-President Roosevelt forming a trusted Cabinet. He would surround himself with Lodge, Wood, Greene, Littauer, Holls, Riis, Shaw, Carter, Long, and others, potentially dethroning Hanna as chief adviser amid tense ties with him.
A large exodus of monks and nuns begins as a law restricting religious associations prompts voluntary exile. Wisques orders head to Holland, Liguge groups split between Holland and England, Solesmes Benedictines bound for an Isle of Wight home. A Sept 16 procession departs Abbey for the railway, led by visiting royalty.
Paterson New Jersey Mayor Hinchliffe defended the city against anarchist insinuations from Montgomery Alabama. He warned authorities will act if anarchists show themselves stating they have nerve to extinguish them locally and would enforce action once Congress meets.
A Gaelic School session attracted a large attendance yesterday afternoon at 1151 Washington street. Classes taught by council members ran from 8 to 5 with time for Irish place names on the board and a concluding half hour of songs readings and recitations in Irish and English. Participants included Thomas G. Collins D. Sullivan Eugene O'Sullivan T. J. Griffin Edward Curran and Hibernian editor Mr. Sheehan.
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