The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-10-11
FOR MEMORIAL
TO NJ 'K|NLEY
ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED
AND ORGANIZED.
CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED
All the People Will Be Given OPP
portunity to Contribute to
the Fund.

(. Cleveland, Oct. 1O-At the conclu.
! sion of meeting of the trustees of
the Mckinley National Memorial as
sociation held at Senator Hanna's Of
flee here today the following state
ment was issued to the public:
'The Mckinley National Memorial
association having been incorporated
according to law met in Cleveland to-
day for the purpose of affecting an
organization by the election of Of
/, ficers and the adoption of regulations
for it's government.
"The president of the United States
members of the family, named the
following board of trustees: Cornell
ius N. Bliss, New York; Thomas
Dolan, Philadelphia; w. Mural
Crane, Boston; Alexander H. Revell,
Chicago; Charles w. Fairbanks, In
dianapolis; Henry M. Duftield, De-
troit; George B. Cortelyou. Washing
ton; Ell Terrence, Minneapolis; Will
liam A. Lynch Canton; Marcus A.
Hanna, Cleveland; john G. Milburn,
| Buffalo; William McConway, Pitts
burg; David R. Francis, St. Louis;
Robert j. Lowry, Atlanta; Henry G.
Payne, Milwaukee; Henry T. Scott,
San Francisco; Franklin Murphy,
Newark; William r. Day, Canton;
Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland.
"The trustees having qualified, pro-
ceeded to the election Of officers,
choosing as president Hon. William
R. Day, Canton; vice president, Hon
Marcus A. Hanna, Cleveland; treas.
urer, Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland;
secretary, Ryerson Ritchie, Cleveland
'"The purposes of the association
as defined in it's certificate of incor.
poration, are the erection and main
tenance at Canton, Ohio, of a suitable
memorial to the late president, and
raising the necessary funds for said
purpose; and, after fully providing
therefore, the surplus of such funds
if any, to be devoted to such memor
ial as may be provided for the late
president at the national capital. The
memorial will be erected at Canton
that city having been his home
throughout his public life, and select
ed by him as his final resting plase
'The memorial is to be in the high
est sense, the sincere expression ot
all the people of the country Of their
love for President Mckinley and OF
their admiration for the qualities ex
pressed so eminently in his life and
deeds.
cit is the purpose to have the Of
ferings of the people voluntary with
a full opportunity to all to contribute
"The cooperation of the governors
and officers of the states and munich
palities of the. United States and al
religious, educational, civic, patriotic
fraternal, benevolent and other or
ganizations is cordially invited.
"All public officials or organized
bodies and the press are requested
to take immediate steps to secure, al
the earliest possible time full re
sponse to this appeal. The associa
tion looks to the press of the country
to lend it's efficient aid to the collec
tion and forwarding of subscriptions
Moneys may be deposited in banks
and other financial institutions, tele
graph and telephone and express of
fees and with postmasters, who are
requested to receive and transmit
them to the treasurer promptely The
trustees of the association will re
ceive subscriptions. Subscription!
abroad may be received by the am
bassadors, ministers and consuls o
the United States and in Cuba, Porte
Rico, Hawaii and the Philippine is
lands by the respective governor
thereof or by persons authorized b.
them. Remittances may be made di
rectly to Colonel Myron T. HerricR
treasurer, Cleveland, Ohio.
"The association will prepare an
distribute to all donors to the fund
souvenier certificate which will b
worthy of preservation as evidenc
of the donors participation in tn
work. The name and postofice G
each contributor should be forwarde
4 to the treasurer of the associatio
: with the fund remitted for preservs