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NATION PAYS TRIBUTE
TO WILLIAM M’KINLEY
Imposing Monument to Martyred President Dedicated
at Canton, Ohio-Great Throng Witnessed Cere
monies—President Roosevelt Delivers
Dedicatory Address.
The nation paid homage at Canton,
Ohio, Monday to the memory of Wil
liam McKinley, when the splendid
monument, which marks his last rest
ing place was unveiled in the pres
ence of an assembled throng such as
the little city never witnessed be
fore and with the president
of the United States as the principal
speaker. It was the tribute of a
grateful nation, both in word and in
deed, to “a good citizen, a brave sol
dier, a wise executive” and more than
60,000 persons, representing all walks
of life, and every of the country,
participated in the ceremonies dedi
cating the monument, the loving gift
of a million Americans, whose contrl
buttons, aggregating SOOO,OOO, provid
ed the splendid tomb in which rests
the bodies of the third .of the martyred
presidents, his wife and their two chil
dren.
Distinguished men from all parts of
the country, and many representatives
of foreign countries made the pilgrim
age to participate in the dedica
tion of the mausoleum and made the
event a notable one. ,
The monument is a magnificent
structure, simple but imposing. In the
sarcophagi are the bronze caskets con
taining the bodies of both President
McKinley and his wife. In niches in
the wall of the tomb are two little cas
kets containing the ashes of their only
children, Ida and Mary, both of whom
died in infancy.
The presiding officer of the day was
Governor Harris, who was introduced
by Justice Day. The introduction was
followed by an Invocation of Rev.
Trank M. Bristol, pastor of the Met
ropolitan Methodist Episcopal church
of Washington, D. C.
The opening address was then giv
,en by Justice Day. This was followed
by the singing of the “Star Spangled
Banner’’ by the G. A. R. band of Can
ton, the Canton Singers’ Club and the
entire assemblage.
TWO DIVISIONS ELIMINATED.
Southern Makes More Changes in Carrying
Out Retrenchment Plans.
General Superintendent H. E. Hutch
ens. of the western district of the
Southern railroad, has given out sev
eral changes which are to be made as
a beginner in the second step of the
policy of retrenchment adopted by the
Southern.
lae Chattanooga division, which
was established January 1, last, and
the Mooresville division in the north
ern district, have been abolished. The
Chattanooga division is merged into
the Knoxville and Atlanta divisions.
I Governor Harris then delivered an
; address, which was followed by the
; unveiling of the bronze statue of Wil
liam McKinley by Miss Helen McKin
ley of Cleveland, the only sister ot
1 the late president.
James Whitcomb Riley read a poem
(composed for the occasion. This wa3
{followed by the address of President
' Roosevelt. The program was closed
by the singing of “America,” and ben
; ediction by the Right Rev. Ignatius F.
Horstmann, bishop of Cleveland.
Immediately upon the close of the
I program President Roosevelt and par
.ty visited the interior of the tomb.
This was followed by a visit by the
invited guests and then the general
public.
The section of the city surrounding
the reviewing stand was roped off as
well as other parts of the downtown
streets, and all other routes traversed
by the president were heavily guarded j
by secret service men.
At this point the soldiers stood
shoulder to shoulder and no one was j
allowed near the chief executive. He.
was closely guarded by secret service
detectives, who walked by the side of
his carriage.
The mausoleum stands oil an emi-,
uence to which has been given the
name of Monument Hill, about two
miles due west of the McKinley home
in the city of Canton. It is not an
ornate affair, but its simplicity is re
lieved by sufficient artistic embellish
ment to make it an object of beauty,
as well as one of massive proportions
and breadth of design.
Four states have contributed a share
of the material which has been used
in the building of the monument. The
granite used in the approaches and the
mausoleum proper are from the quai
lles of Milford. Mass. Tennessee has
furnished gray marble for the intelor
of the tomb, while the sacophagi whlcn
now holds the bronze caskets in which
lie the bodies of President and Mrs.
PRESIDENT BEGINS JOURNEY.
| Leaves Washington for Extended Trip to
the West and South.
With a hearty “Goodbye and good
luck,” President Roosevelt left Wash
ington Sunday night at 7.41 in a spe
cial train over the Pennsylvania rail
road on his western and southern trip.
Accompanying him were Secretary
Ixieb. Assistant Secretary Latta, Sur
geon General Rixey, U. S. N., Secreta
ries Wilson and Garfield, who went as
1 far as Canton, Ohio, where the first
I stop was made; representatives of the
I press association and a photographer.
; McKinley are of dark green granite
! from Windsor, Vermont. The base on
which the sarcophagi rests is black
1 granite from Berlin, Wis.
! From the first step of the approach. ,
! to the monument to the actual top of
the structure is 163 feet 6 inches, the
’ mausoleum itself being 98 feet 6
inches high above the summit of the
! mound. The top of the dome has an
oculus 15" feet in diameter through
which come3 a softened light, which
< adds greatly to the beauty of the in
terior. _
The mausoleum is 7S feet 9 inches in
diameter. Doric columns are placed
! around the interior in such a man
■ ner as to appear half buried in the
j sides of the building. The floor is of
1 mosaic, marble having been brought
1 from many states for the purpose.
Half way down from the top of the
j 123 granite steps that lead up to the
main entrance on the south side of
the mausoleum stands a heroic bronze
figure of President McKinley repre
senting him in the ’ attitude usually
assumed when speaking his right _
hand holding a manuscript, and the
left hand in the trousers pocket. Be
hind the figure is a bronze chair encir
cled with a wreath and draped with
the flag of the United States. The
bronze figure, which is 9 feet high,
stands on a pedestal 18 feet from the
base to the feet of the figure.
Twenty-six acres of ground were
purchased by the monument associa
tion, and the utmost art of the garden
er has been lavished upon the grounds.
The mausoleum and grounds have
been built and arranged at a cost of
1300,000, and it is the intention of the
commission to raise an endowment
fund of $150,000 which precludes the
charging of a fee for admission.
At the next meeting of the mauso
leum trustees custodians will be
chosen, and it is the intention to ask
for an indefinite detail of soldiers of
the regular army to guard the tomb.
LACK OF DORMITORY ROOM
Bars Hundred Students from Georgia
School of Technology.
Lack of dormitory room for appli
cants to the Georgia School of Tech
nology at Atlanta, which opened its
doors Monday morning, has caused
that institution the loss of ICO stu
dents. Fully that number has applied
for admission, and for rooms in the
dormitory, ar.d because of iusufiicient
accommodations and a parental objec
tion to the would-be collegians room
ing off the college grounds, have fail
ed to matriculate.
BOAT LOAD DROWNED.
White Boy and Fifteen Negroes Find Wat
ery Grave While Attempting to
Cross River Ferry.
Leslie Vernuille, a white boy, and
fifteen negroes were drowned in the
Tombigbee river at McGrews shoals,
about 100 miles up the river from
Mobile, Ala., shortly after noon Thurs
day, w'hile crossing the river in a fer
ry boat from the government’s works,
w r here they were employed. They were
on their way to dinner when the acci
dent occurred.
About midstream the little boat
drifted beyond control of the men into
the rapids and soon capsized. Two of
the negroes in the boat scrambled on
top as it overturned, but the other
occupants were thrown into the swift
current and were drowned almost in
stantly. On account of the strong
undertow rescue work wms impossi
ble.
The young white boy drowned is the
son of W. B. Vernuille, the chief en
gineer in cuarge of the government
works at the shoals. Their home is in
Oakdale, a suburb of Mobile. The boy
was not employed at the works, but
was there on a visit to his father and
was returning home when the acci
dent occurred.
The Tombigbee river, at the point
where the boat capsized, is very
treacherous and has long been con
sidered too dangerous for navigation
by experienced steamboat men.
DEAD GOVERNOR IMPLICATED.
Steunenberg, Slain by Orchard, Grew Rich
in Idaho Land Frauds.
At Boise, Idaho, Thursday, in the
trial of United States Senator Wil
liam E. Borah, charged with timber
land frauds, former Judge Burch of
Detroit, special prosecutor, outlined
the government’s case against, the
senator.
It was stated to the jury that the
idea of making money out of the tim
ber lands which the United States
threw open to settlement in in
tracts not to exceed IGO acres to any
individual, and at a price not to ex
seed $2.50 per ac.-e, originated with
State Senator John Kincaid, one of
the men indicted with Senator Borah.
He is alleged to have gathered seve
ral men around him, among them the
late Governor Steunenberg and Wil
liam Sweet, a mining man. These two,
it is alleged, put up the first $75, a
joint note being the security by which
the alleged fuaud was inaugurated.
About this time, in IS9O, Attorney
Burch asserts, Governor Steunenberg
went to a conference called presuma
bly for the patriotic purpose of putting
down the mining troubles, and while
there met a mine owner, Ab Campbell.
Through Campbell, it is alleged, Steun
enberg, who had exhausted his per
sonal resources, met Barber and Moon,
who immediately took a deep interest
in Idaho timber lands. Governor Steun
enberg soon had a bank account of
$35,000, it is alleged, which he check
ed from as “agent.”
In connecting Senator Borah with
the conspiracy Mr. Burch says the gov
ernment will show that all deeds from
“dummy” trustees to the Barbour Lum
ber company passed through his office
and were recorded, as the records will
show, at his request.
It is further stated that when tour
of five fraudulent claims were held
up, Mr. Borah went to the borne of
the register of the local land office
and made inquiry as to what was to
be done concerning them. Tke reg
ister told him, it is said, that the
claims were fraudulent and had better
be left alone. In the government’s
outline of the case it is said that
James T. Barber in sending one of
his men to Idaho, was heard to re
mark: “If there is anything you want
in Idaho go to William E. Borah. Ho
is our attorney out there.”
CHALLENGE IS TURNED DOWN.
Sir Thomas Lipton Sought to Fix Siz
Limit cf Racing Yachts.
Sir Thomas Lipton's challenege for
contest for the America’s cup in 1908
was declined Wednesday night by the
New York Yacht Club.
Lipton's challenege calls for sloops
under the sixty-eight foot rating and
is refused on the general proposition
that the cup represents a trophy for
the speediest type of yacht that can
be produced on a water line length
of 90 feet or Hnder and that there
fore any proposition to limit the size
of the boats must be refused.
UNITED STATES SENATOR
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
PRAISES PE-RU-NA.
Ex-Senator M. C. Butler.
Dyspepsia is Often Caused by Catarrh
of the Stomach— Feruna Relieves Catarrh
of the Stomnch and is Therefore a Remedy
for Dyspepsia.
I Hon. M. C. Butler, U. S. Senator X
Ifrom South Carolina for two terms, J
in a letter from Washington, D. C., ♦
writes to to the Peruna Medicine Cos., I
as follows: f
•‘1 can recommend Peru tun for f
and yspepsia anil stomach trouble. I I
have been using your medicine t
for a short period and I feel very X
much relieved. It is indeed a $
wonderful medicine, besides a j
t good tonic.” X
CATARRH of the stomach is the correct
name for most cases uf dyspepsia. Only
an internal catarrh remedy, such as Para
na, is available.
Peruna Tablets can now bs procured.
A man can run a store without ad
vertising and he can wink at a girl
in the dark —but what’s the use?
tired backs.
The kidneys have a great work to
do in keeping the blood pure. When
they get out of order
it causes backaqfte,
mor headaches, dizziness,
> ifrlC | languor and distress
ing urinary troubles,
i In Keep the kidneys well
and all these suffer
lugs will be saved you.
rs - S- A. Moore, pro
prietor of a restau
rant at Waterville,
Mo., says: “Before
using Doan’s Kidney Pills I suf
fered everything from kidney trou
bles for a year and a half. I had
pain in the back and head, and al
most continuous in the loins and felt
weary all the time. *’A few doses of
Doan’s Kidney brought great
relief, and I kept on taking them un
til in a short time I was cured. I
think Doan’s Kidney Pills are won
derful.”
For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalt,
N. Y.
There are sermons In stones and
ice cream in bricks.
FURIOUS HUMOR CM CHILD.
Itching, Bleeding Sores Covered Body
—Nothing Helped Her—Cuticura
Cures Her in Five Days.
“It is in my opinion my duty to join
those who praise the Cuticura Remedies.
After my granddaughter of about seven
years had been cured of the measles, she
xvaa attacked about a fortnight later by a
furious itching and painful eruption all
over her body, especially the upper part of
it, forming watery and bleeding sores, es
pecially under the arms, of considerable
size. She suffered a great deal and for
three weeks we nursed her every night,
using all the remedies we could think of.
Nothing would help. We then remembered
haring heard so much about Cuticura Rem
edies. We sent for them and after twenty
four hours we noted considerable improve
ment, and, after using only one complete
set of the Cuticura Remedies, in five con
secutive days the little one, much to our
joy, had been entirely cured, and has been
well for a long time. Mrs. F. Ruefenacht,
R. F. D. 3, Bakersfield, Cal., June 25 and
July 20, 1906.”
When a woman hasn’t anything to
tell she is willing to let a man talk.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinflamma
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle
HOOKS AND EYES.
Sing a song of shirtwaists,
White or blue or black;
Four and twenty hooks and eye3
That fasten up the back,
And the language father uses.
When clumsily he tries
To fasten mother’s hooks,
Only opens mother’s eyes.
—Harper’s Weekly.