River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-29

greeting. lAprlause.l l have felt lifted up,
By tn oeeas. on 1t seems TO me that our
spirts have been borne up 10 meet those
of the dead and g,Oshed, and that from this
place we shall 20 to our homes more resoiutely
set in our purpose as citizens 10 conserve
the peace and weifare Of our neighoorhoods, 70
hold up the digrity and honor OF our free insti-
tutions, and to see that no harm shat! come TO
our country, whether from internaL discussions
or from the aggressions OF foreign Zoe
lGreat and prolonged applause.
Secretary Rusk, Attorney-General Miller
and Private Secretary Halford each spoke
briefly. and their remarks ended the exer-
cises OF the day
The President at lie close Of the exer-
cises returned to his hotel and la the even
ing attended the campfire in Tomlinson
Hall There he was again received with
great enthusiasm by ths 5000 people pres
emit He spoke briefly, and at the close the
cheering was gre@s
tn MONUMENT.
| The scheme for f. monument for the soldiers
/ and sailors OF IatisEa was originated by Mr..
| George Langsdale, editor OF the Green Castle
4 undl Banrer. In 1878, at a meeting OF the
/ State Editorial Association in Indianapolis,
/ he presented his plan, which was heart
/ lily Endorsed, ana resulted IN reunion
| n OctoDer OF the same year OF all the surviv-
| ng sold crs and sailors in the State. Work was
D
| Monument Association was orga nized. The
| work OF collecting funds was commenced but
the panic OF 1876 Put q stop 10 this, only 81, 900
/ being in the treasury. In 1888 the scheme was
| again taken up and the association was in
/ corporated. with Mr.. Langsdale as president.
| The association, after meeting with many
| reVerses, secured the passage OF bill
| aPproprating 600 900 for the erection OF the
| monument This, with the t2200) contributed
by the Grand Army OF the Republic, enabled
the committee TO begin work in earnest Ad-
vertisements for designs were made, and on
! January %. 1888 that OF Bruno Sehmitz, OF
/ Berlin, was accepted The main central founda-
| tions were put in during the summer OF 1883 at
| a cost OF S3l, 6S31i
| In December, 1888, the contract for the erec-
tion of the main shaft and appendices of the
monument was let The contractors expect to
finish the work OF the first shaft OF pedestal by
| November and by the same month next year
/ Will have their contract completed and the
| monument ready for ornamentation.
The monument VIII be built OF light gray
| limestone. When completed it will be 26s
| feet high. The diameter OF the ground which
| it viii cover is 1872 feet On the north and south
| SIDES viii be wide stone steps seventy feet in
/ length, leading 10 the platform OF the terrace,
| from which the interior will be reached by
/ bronze doors. Above these doors large
! tablets Will bear inscriptions commemO-
rative OF the part borne in the war by the diff
| ferent counties, and above the tablets is the
/ dedication: ITO Indianas Silent Victors, by
/ a Grateful State" II is the design of Bruno
| Schmitz, of Berlin, the designer of the great
/ Victor Emanuel monumenp in Italy, and the
winner Of forty out OF atty-eight similar COM
| petitions ia which he has entered Its cost
/ will be about S250,OOO