Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-03

chief executive of great nation
Following the presidents address
the thousands OF spectators Joined
In singing THE Star Spangled Ban.
ner." sending up a mighty volume OF
melody that was heard throughout the
city. James Whltcomb Riley recited
a poem prepared for the occasion.
Bishop Horstman OF Cleveland pro
nounced the benediction.
! The Mckinley national monument
was erected at a cost OF half mil.
Hon dollars and was paid for by
funds gathered from every state and
territory OF the Union. An additional
S100U0O has also been raised for an
endowment fund. from the earnings
OF which the magnificent marble me
mortal Will be maintained and kept
in repair, ;,
| The mausoleum proper Is construct.
ed entirely of pink Milford granite.
and the interior finished with Knox.
vile marble. II. Van Buren Magoni.
| -h's VI AN'N iVAht was bilt L.
The Mckinley National Memorial
association numbers among its honor.
airy members President Roosevelt and
the governors OF every state and terri.
tory in the Union The trustees In
charge Of the work. nearly all of whom
were present at today's exercises, in
clude Vice President Fairbanks. Jus
tice William h. Day. Secretary Cor.
telyou, Ex-Governor Myron r. Herrick,
Charles g. Dawes and Franklin Muir.
ply.
Thousands OF visitors from all over
Ohio and surrounding states witness.
ed the exercises. Shortly after the
completion OF the dedicatory program
tue president left for Keokuk, Ia,
where he viii begin his trip down the
Mississippi.
Chicago, Sept. 30.-Chlcago appear
ed yesterday to have been seized by
veritable wave of crime and when
the last reports OF the day were In
the police were confronted with two
battling murder mysteries. one mur.
der and suicide. one killing. in which
the murdered fled and left his victim
to die at the Alexian Brothers
hospital, There was also another Mt
tack upon a white girl. the victim be-
ing in the last case a child 6 years
old AS II result of this almost un-
paralleed criminal activity the police
at every station in the city have been
gwen instructions to be unusually Wig
liant and arrest all suspected char
acters under the new vagrancy law.
The following is a summary OF yes.
terday's crime. The body OF an I'M
Identified man taxed from the river
with the hands tied and clothing
weighted with stones and gives the
police a new murder mystery to solve:
the body of Joseph Genissti was taken
from the lake at the foot OF Twelfth
street and the police scent murder
mystery. Ross c. Price murdered his
wife because the baby cried all night.
then commits suicide; John Goss
bar in a quarrel. and died at AIexian
Brothers hospital. The murderer es-
capped. Hilda Anderson, the sixth and
latest victim of attack by negroes
reported to the police within ten days.
Chicago. Sept 30.-Two desperate
holdup men who attacked and robbed
Jefferson Knox, 40 years old.
wealthy stockman from Polk street
station early today were pursued sew
eral blocks by detectives. They es-
capped after policeman had fired sew
eral shots. Many persons about to
enter the station witnessed the bold
holdup, but feared to go to the VIC
TINS assistance. Knox battled with
his assailaDts who struck him over
the head with revolvers. They Sc
cured ss5 and made their escape.
st. Louis, Sept. 30-The east bound
fast passenger train on the st. Louis
and San Francisco road. known as
the Meteor" due here 1880 D. M.
left the track and turned over while
speeding down a heavy grade known
as Dixons hill. 1870 miles west of here
this morning. 1t is reported that the
wreck took fire and many passengers
perished. special train containing
physicians, nurses and the fire hgnt-
ing apparatus has gone to the scene.
Greeley, Colo, Sept. 30.-William II.
Davis is In the Johnstown hospital ut
Longmont, with three bullets in his
body fired by Hiram T. Wilson.
| Eeighbor. last evening. Davis has
not a chance OF recovery. The shoot
ing occurred on Dr. Schowald's ranch.
| four miles south of Johnstown. The
men had been quarreling nearly all
day over family matters. The two
principals in the shooting were re-
| lated. Davis married Wilson's sister.
| Davis had been leasing the Schowald
ranch. the lease OF which would ex-
uire In a few DAYS Wilson had leased