The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-09-18
0RIOANs IN PANIC TO
SEE MRS. LONGWORTH
She Pulls Flag Off Mckinley
Statue to Divert Crowd.
WOMEN WERE TRAMpLED DOWN
Terrorized Thousands Stampeded in
Columbus ana Exercises Are
Postponed and Completed at
Night--ScrambIe For Relics.

Columbus ana Exercises Are
Postponed and Completed at
Night--Scrambles For Relics.
Columbus, Ohio. - TO prevent
panic ana save human life the exer-
cises attendant upon the unwilling Of
the monument to William Mckinley
were brought to an abrupt close
The thousands Of people that
packed the Capitol grounds and adj
joining streets to witness the unveil-
ing Of the monument became so I'M
ruly in their efforts to see at close
range Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth that she was compelled to re-
lease the drapery which covered the
statue and withdraw The addresses
on the program were postponed until
night
Nothing like the wild rush that the
people made was ever seen in Ohio
before. and no such crowd of women
was ever gathered here. More than
$4,000 people, at least 10000 of
whom were women, pushed and
showed. yelled and wept in mad
fever to gain vantage points when
the guests appeared on the platform.
Five acres of syaying persons scram-
bled aud pushed until those in front
were iammed against the stand
Scores OF women tainted, while
thousands were pulled and tossed
about in the surging throng Two
women were trampled on and re-
moved in ambuIances. Their gar
ments were torn, their hats tossed
askew and their hair disheveled.
AT last Mrs. Longworth, without
ceremony, stepped to the front of the
speakers stand and tugged at the
ribbon till the flags that yelled the
statue of the late President fell. A
cheer went up, and Mrs. Longworth
stood smiling and bowling
1t was thought that, her part in
the program over order would be re-
stored Instead, the crowd made a
rush for the ribbon with which she
had drawn the veil 1t was torn into
shreds, and then dash was made for
the wire which had held the ribbon
in place The brass rings were torn
from it. Many were in danger of be-
] ing cut by the wire, which the mob
was trying to tear into pieces for
souvenirs
Unable TO proceed, Governor Har-
ris announced the suspension Of the
exercises until night.
The program of exercises was car
rfed out at Memorial Hall. The inn
mense hall was filled with people.
Governor Harris presided. The
speakers were William r. Day, Assoc
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States; John w. Daniel.
United States Senator from Virginia,
and General Joseph Mckay, of Brook
Ign, National Commander of the
Union Veterans Legion, and General
r. B. Brown, Commander-in-Ch of
the Grand Army of the Republic.
Mrs Mckinley was unable to attend
the dedicatory exercises, but she was
represented by her niece Mrs Ida
Mckinley Day
The Mckinley Memorial was built
at a cost of $4,000, half of which
sum was raised by public subscrip-
ton, the other half being provided by
the Ohio Legislature.
The memorial is in the form of
semi-circle, in the centre of which is
the pedestal, surmounted by figure
OF the dead President, nine feet four
inches in height. On either side of
the semicircle are categorical pieces.