The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-09-15
Crowd Gets Beyond Control Of
Police and Many Per-.
sons Are Injured
MRS. LONGWORTH HAS
AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE
Had to Fight Her Way Through the
Crowd to Get to Hotel-Senator
Daniel Delivers Grafton
of the Day.

Columbus, O., September 14.-With a
panic threatening in a crowd estimated at
fifty thousand people surging about the
stand erected in the capitol grounds,
frantic to secure glimpse of Mrs. Nicho-
las Longworth, the Presidents daughter,
the exercises arranged for the dedication
of the Mckinley monument were suddenly
terminated this afternoon after the statue
of the martyred President had been hur-
riedly unveiled by Mrs. Longworth.
The prompt action of the committee on
arrangements was regarded as most for
tunate, for the crowd was beyond control
and the shrieking Of women and children
who were caught in the crush was rapid
~ working the crowd into a frenzy. Many
women tainted and were carried out of the
crowd by the police Two were so badly
hurt that they had to be removed in an
ambulance Mrs. Eliza Louisa Kuhn Of
1908 South Sixth street, was trampled ana
a colored woman injured Both will re-
cover.
Throughout the exciting scenes Mrs.
Longworth remained cool and self-pos-
sessed but afterwards she said:
TT was the worst crush ever witness
ed. have seen nothing like it In my
trip around the world"
Exciting Experience.
Mr. and Mrs. Longworth had an ex-
citing experience in escaping from the
crowd at the capitol. At the speakers
stand they went through a window over
,oo,ins tho platform into the governors
tano h,,+ tha,J 1,era scarcely inside when
49, oseoa NOS ouicllv flled They then
4ts,stoa 81 raacb on autonoohila which
ras ryaiting for theni on the street. but
go o,1+siae tbav were caught y, : slirsa
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to 1nittr~ - --.""seihehls ia
e--see.eu an enormous cro"a on aScouil
of the presence OF Mrs. Long"ortn' pu
in view OF the solemnlty ana ulghlly Vi III
occasion, they believed the cro"o "oui
be easily kept in restraint. Under oroi
nary circumstances the police arrange
ments would have been adequate, but Tn
officers quickly found they were powerles
TO cope with the crowd.
Tiers of seats had been constructe
across the entire west front of the capi
tol with the speakers stand in the center
Four thousand tickets were issued 70
tbeea saats TO invited guests and all wer
ooonn;ad
senator Oahie's oPeee"'
senator Jonn w; Daliei oi "e"n
"yvbi1e we are gathered from here an,
.hoa ,hare is no noliticaI nartv her
La onIv Americans.
oThera "a no section here. onlv our coun
-.
ssr,hara 10 No asniration save that O
o.,t ti+rda oe A1migbtv God for what II
,sa ,.,,.1,,oh+ Gov ne and our nraver tina
I1a ,isi, ,,erh+ ,,ay laad ,is 70 sorry
LIS LIS, nl,,uig a,,u ganIa ord o,,r Kin
.arosan H. I,'a p,atsa hin, for that he file,
1r+h 1oya of country and love of all hi
co,,,,trs,r,o,. NO oreet man whose i'm
80 sts,a. : i,,,rora ,,o,,
9spiah. n,a,, ~ is +ha+ tho daughter n
+ba Presidont of the ITnited states nov
baoo,,a tha da,,gbtar ~ Ohio should dra u
the vol Tbis is yyonoanbood united witt
manbood Thus n is denoted that tn
president ,s with ne In snirit Thus ar
NE ,.arninded too that when called sud
denly to office he maid his predecessor th
highest tribute and gave the people tn
con,fort nv instant declaration that h
would continue the policy of Mckinley
"Around are your people of Ohio rep
resentative not only of yourselves bu
representatives also of the majestic an,
far-reaching masses of our fellow citi
zens who are in the multitudinous home
and cities of the greatest republic of tn
world inhabited by the freest people O
all the ages.
r,L. A.. h.xi.t.
"One language DO tney speak. On
eladness thai William MCKINLEY lived
1ningling in pathos with the voice of sor
row that he died. But our sorrow Is no
without hope, for the memory of his goo'
deeds and his example will stand whel
bronze and iron and stone ana marble
have been resolved to dust.