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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

cost decided upon and have fund for
endowment which they hope TO in
crease to 100000.
An open competition for designs
brought flood of responses. Before
the year 1903 was out over half Il hun
dred plans had been submitted. \
committee consisting of Robert 5. Pea
body of Boston and Walter Cook Of
New York. architects, and Daniel Ches-
ter French, sculptor, was appointed to
cooperate with an executive commit
tee of the trustees as board OF
award. OF the many who had sub
mitted designs four were chosen TO en-
ter with six other leading architects
of the country a paid contest. Before
the close of 1904. at the beginning of
which year the new set of designs had
been submitted, it was announced that
III. Van Buren, MagOnigie, architect OF
the proposed monument to the sailors
of the Maine in New York. had been
chosen to erect the Mckinley mausO-
| leum. But slight notifications were
made in the design he submitted.
There had been Il preponderance OF
plans calling for shafts. Mr. Magoni-
gle conceived simple, stately dome,
regarded as peculiarly expressive of
Mckinley's life and achievements, an
expression of the character of the
statesman in stone.
A contract with the Harrison Gran
| lite company was entered into in the
spring OF 1905. The Harrison company
| Sublet the setting of stone and the mar
| bic for the interior TO George w
Maltby & Sens. June 6. 1905. Architect
| Magonigle took from the center of the
site the first spadeful of earth and
placed 1t carefully in metal box. TO
be preserved and placed in the corner
stone. In their first great tasks, the
| accumulation of the fund. the saving of
nucleus for the endowment fund yet
uncompieted. by careful award of con-
| tracts, III their choice of suitable de-
sign, the trustees had succeeded. New
labOrers took up their share of the
work. Contractors, necessarily busy.
became wrapped up in the task. To
| build mauSoleum like the Mckinley
memorial in but trife over two years
was in some respects almost herculean.
The Maltby works in Buffalo were
partially destroyed by fire this year.
At once the wisdom of poStponing
the date of the dedication, already an
nodnced, was considered. Assurances
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30
d lie traveller entering the Ohio

IL city of Canton from whatso-
- ever direction can see from
Ear the national Mckinley
memorial, massive bulk of white,
donina ing the city much as Il feudal
baronS castle stood guard over forti-
fed town Of old Europe in the days of
chivalry. From the crest of Monument
hill the mausa.num thrusts upward
into the blue its hundred feet of white
granite, shimmoring and cleaning. ri
valing in purs,y the stone of Carrara or
the white clouds above it. 1t overlooks
the city, and the city is very proud of
the monument. Most Americans knew
Mckinley as public mana presi-
dent. Canton know Mckinley also as
o Cantonian. His old neighbOrs can
tell Of McKinley's first political vic
tory, of his election as prosecuting at
torney of Stark county. In congress,
as governor, he had their well wishes.
but not until the days of 1896. still
memorable in the county seat of "olG
Molly Stark" djd they give him up en-
tirely to the nation. That summer the
ctty's streets were filed with marching
men, who passed beneath Il triumphal
arch to the home now to be preserved
as memorial and asked Mckinley TO
lead the nation. In the past decade
Canton has buried Mckinley. has bur
fed his widow and has seen his mauso-
leum grow.
The mausoleum stands on the north
western edge of the city of 10000 in
habitants. On no one of the seven
hills of Rome-nOt on the Capitoline it
self or off to the southeast, where
stretched the Forum and the Coli
seum-was there n temple so imposing
so appropriately expressive of 1.-THE
spirit of the place" as the memorial
modern nation has erected to its
fallen chief in the twentieth century
The mausoleum, with its approaches
forms sword with a cross in the hilt
and the scheme is rather symbolical OF
the history of the United States. The
sword with the hilt in the shape of a
cross was not to symbolic the war
with Spain. That war, however, ex
plains one phase of its meaning.
The main approach to the monument
is the blade of the sword. As the Wis
itor walks from the point of the sword
toward its hilt he sees before him q
thousand feet or so in the water of q
shallow lagoon JT5 feet in length and
fifty feet wide-the "Longwater" OF
the Mckinley mausOleum-the reflec
ton of the tomb itself, the broad white
granite dome mirrored in the clear
stream that flows sedately over fOul
cascades to its subterranean outlet lie
meath the drive he follows. A leve
green plain to his left and greer
slope to his right down to the banks
of the narrow Nimishillen broaden be
fore him as the roadway forks int
two drives that border the Longwa
ter. AS he follows the narrower par
of the swords blade he sees before
him nothing but the stately simpl,
tomb and its reflection. When the
tomb Is no longer directly in the line
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

This memorial was erected by
contributions of more than a
million men, women and chill
dren in the United States and
many others in foreign lands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

Charles Henry Niehaus, sculptor of
the statue, also designed the ponder
Gus bronze doors to the tomb the lar
gest ever cast in a single piece. Passing
within them, the visitor finds beneath
the apex of the simple dome at the
heart of the cross the sarcophagi con-
tanning the bodies of President and
Mrs. William Mckinley. The base of
each sarcophagus is of black Berlin
granite, and the sarcophagi them
selves are OK dark green Windsor gran
lite. Outspread beneath the feet are
seven varieties of granite and marble
black Berlin granite, green marble,
black marble, red Champlain marble,
pink and gray Knoxville marble and
verde antique. The quarries of the
country have contributed America s
choicest stone. The cross on the floor
extends from the sarcophagi and is
shown by the color of the stone.
Thus the main approach is the blade
of the sword, with the Longwater q
silver mirror bearing q reflection of the
tomb upon it. The plaza is the guard
and the tomb the hilt. From the
tomb's center, the heart of the cross,
extend two arms which end in the lat
eral stairway, and within the tomb the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

of vision he must perforce turn his at
tentiOn to the marvellous beauty of the
approaches and surrounding parks.
The crest of Monument hill is seventy
five feet above the park land round
about and the slope is almost uniform
In all directions, as though the hill had
been cast in mold for the purpose.
From the plaza at the head of the
Longwater, the hilt of the sword a ter
raced stairway almost sixty feet high
and as wide as it is long. leads upward
to a stone platform 1IS feet in diane
ter. the base of the tomb. Another
hundred feet the dome towers and to
the apex of the interior it is more than
seventy-five feet. Even at short
distance the pink Milford granite of
which it is built appears almost pure
white, the more clear doubtless for the
touch Of tint. The stairways of the
same stone have prepared the eye for
the simple, dOmelike eXpanse of white.
which bellies with an appearance of
greater size its actual diameter of
seyenty-eight feet on the exterior and
fifty-eight within.
Halfway up the massive main stair
way stands n bronze statue nine feet
high on Il base seven feet In height
representing President Mckinley rs
he was caught by photograph i'll tbs
course of his speech at Buffalo not
half an hour before he was shot. On
the front of the base is inscribed sen
tence Of eulogy, and, passing the statue
and turning to look upon it from the
rear. one reads:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

that the memorial would be completed
were forthcoming from the contractors,
who rose to the emergency with
emergency measures. The date was
not changed. Sept. 20 the bronze doors
were ready in their place. Even later
workmen were still busy on the marble
floor. A race against time In which
seconds counted had developed, and
the contractors made seconds count.
The contract had called for the compile
ton Of the memorial Sept. 1. Despite
the fire, which alone had prevented the
fulfillment of the contract, all was
rushed to completion within the month
of grace.
With the bodies of President McKfp-
ley and Mrs. Mckinley in their sar-
cophagi, with the baskets of their chill
dren in inches in the wall prepared Tor
that purpose, with the memorial to Il
dead president given over to the people
he ruled, the trustees, after their many
meetings, busy meetings, see the coH-
pletion of their chief tasks. Expert
ence in raising a fund of over q half
million to which every civilized coun-
| try on the globe contributed, and i'll
outstanding that fund by paying all
| running expenses from its interest, has
made them confident of augmentinS
! the endowment fund to the desired to
| tai. In fact, their cares were in large
part over when, Nov. 16, 1905, Justice
| Day presided at the laying of the cor
nerstone of the mausOleum. The last
days have been filed with the myriad
details of the dedication, the elaborate
preparations for the task of playing
the host to the nation. This task the
city of Canton shared.
/ President Roosevelt appointed as
trustees Justice William r. Day, Mar
Gus \. Hanna, Myr0n T. Herrick and
| William \. Lynch of Ohio: Henry G
Payne, Wisconsin; w. Murray Crane
Massachusetts: David r. Francis, Mis-
souri,: Alexander Ii. Revell, Illinois
Franklin lIurphy, New Jersey; Henry
NJ. Dutiield, Michigan; George b. Cor
telyou, Cornelius n Bliss, John G
, Milburn and Il. w. Bloomingdale, New
York: Ell Torrance. Minnesota; Rob
ert j. Lowry, Georgia; Eli S. Ham
mond Tennessee: Charles Warner
Fairbanks. Indiana; William McCon
way and Thomas Dolan, Pennsylva
. mia; Henry T. Scott, California. Jane
; Gary of Indiana was afterward added
OF the trustees four did not live to Sc,
the monument take shape-Marcus A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

Pearl dealers of the Maiden lane dis
trict IA Sew York have started a
movement to save the western pearl
fisLrrips from the destruction that IS
Threatened because there is now no
restriction ca the work of the fishermen
who are taking from the rivers tons
of musseis from which only few
pearls are obtained. 1t is also pro-
posed to TcstocE some of the rivers.
eastern and western, from which the
mussels have been eXterminated. A
petition was recently sent to Washing
ton asking for an investigation of
present conditions affecting the mus
sells in the western rivers and the fea-
sibility of establishing hatcheries III
which the fish may be propagated, as
In the case of various kinds of food
fish.
In view of this movement the fol-
lowing article on pearl hunting in
Indiana is of timely interest:
Scenes along the Wabash river dur
Ing the last summer rivaled the SEN
sational days when men journeyed
to the west by the hundreds to gain
great wealth in the gold mines. This
summer along the Wabash small for
tunes have been made in a single
day, and a number of mussel diggers
have picked up pearls worth $500 or
$500, says the Indianapolis Star.
Encouraged by this success, pearl
hunting has come to be one of the
most favored industries along the In
diana water course. The most success
full find perhaps made so far during
the season was that of a Vincennes
factory employee. He started out one
day to enjoy a two weeks vacation
When he returned he carried pear
which is worth $1,000 and perhaps 81,
900.
During the last four or Eve year:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30
HUNTING FOR PEARLS
Features of Industry That is be Safeguarded
Fortunes Made in a Day.

Vincennes has been the center of n
flourishing pearl industry. The amount
of pearl money circulating now will
run about $4,000 month. When the
Wabash field first attracted the atten-
ton of the mussel diggers it was
thought to be only poor one. EX-
perts making their examination about
five years ago said that the mussels
would be good for the pearl button
factories only, and for awhile the ac-
tivity was but slight. A few months
had passed when experts decided to
make closer examinations, and these
revealed hidden treasures. The news
spread rapidly, and mussel men fiockcd
there from all parts of the country.
Vincennes is the center of the Wa
bash district. and while the industry
has died out in the southern portions il
is still prospecting at Vincennes. Now
there are perhaps a hundred diggers
trying their luck in hunting for pearls
within the immediate vicinity. Some
twenty-five camps are to be found
along the banks Of the picturesque
river, while the number of "cockcuts'
will perhaps reach a total of fifty. The
men are busy, and the scenes are mos
interesting, as each digger is anxiou:
to improve every minute lest hi:
neighboring hunter may make the find.
of value.
While the diggers depend largely OF
their finding of pearls for their "for
tune" they also receive neat sums fo
the shells. In the course of yea
thousands of cars of these shells arr
shipped out of Yineennes. They ar,
used in the button industry. While
diggers receive not little money TO
these shells. they regard that as onl!
secondary business and are of cours'
most anxious TO make the finds tina
have. given so many comfortable for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

tunes. IN the Iour or I'VE years thati
Vincennes has enjoyed the pearl boom
many valuable finds have been made,
and not a few of the most valuable
pearls have been placed in foreign
markets.
Since the industry first opened at
Vincennes quite a few laborers have
realized small fortunes by lucky finds,
and the one man to make this seasons
biggest is Leon Bouchner He had
been employed at glass factory, and
when the plant closed down some few
weeks ago he decided to spend his va
cation in digging mussels. Luck seem.
ed to be with him, and a few days ago
he made the biggest find of the season
when he discovered gem that is worth
$1,000 at least and possibly $4,000.
He will not place the beautiful pearl
on the Vincennes market, but will take
it out of the city, where he hopes to
realize the $1,000 if possible. His pearl
weighs over forty grains and is about
an inch in circumference. 1t was found
just below Vincennes in what is known
as three ridge mussel, which he had
been cooking with bunch which he
regarded as valueless.
White river has also been a good field
for the pearl industry, and number
of good finds have been reported from
different places along this water course.
The pearls in White river are not quite
so plentiful as they are in the Wabash.
but those that are there are Of greater
value. The pearls in White river are
almost twice as valuable as those found
in the Wabash. Mussel shells are mi
gratory and are continually on the
move to find food and the proper kind
of river bottom in which to thrive
Great shoals of them are often de-
stroyed by some change in the course
Of river. Portions of the river where
| there is great quantity of gravel are
always sought by the mussels while
| they avoid the mud bottoms. Just be.
low Hazleton is a mussel shoal which
| covers two acres.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

sarcophagi are most prominent. The
place is tomb severely classical In
conception and execution. 1t does not,
like the Garfield monument, more Ro-
manesque in design, unfold itself TO
the passing glance. The first impress
sion is not the most pleasurable i'm
preston. The Mckinley memorial does
not yield up all its grandeur without
study and contemplation. Every piece
of ornamentation is pregnant with sig
nificance. The columns are Doric
An American eagle is the most notice
able bas-relief. The dome bears a SEN
tence from McKinley's Buffalo adj
dress:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

The tomb itself is the impressive
centerpiece of landscape plan of a
magniticence and appropriateness Of
design not hitherto attempted in Amer
lea. The finished grading cost $4,000,
the Longwater $4,000 and the mausO-
leum itself about $4,000. The me-
mortal as IL whole represents an out
lay of S525,O00. Grants tomb cost as
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

permit necessary landscape gardening
and furnish sufficient income to keep
the proper attendants in charge. The
plan to do away with the necessity of
charging an admission fee has been
successful. The trustees have seen the
erection of the mausoleum within the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

II. VAN buren, MAGONIGLE DIGGING THE
FIRST SHoVELFUL OF EARTH.
Hanna, William y. Lynch. Henry c.
Payne and Ell s. Hammond. Hanna S
place was left untitled. To the other
vacancies Charles &. Dawes. Illinois;
Horace II. Lurton, Tennessee, and
Henry w. Harter of Ohio were I'D
pointed.
w. BURTON KNISELY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

DeWitt's Little Early Risers are good
for anyone who needs pill. Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-30

Let US ever remember that our
interest is in concord, not con-
fiict; that our real eminence
rests in the victories of peace,
not those of war.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
NEGLECTED. Colds Threaten Life

Don't triffle with cold," is good
advice for prudent men and women. 1t
may be vital in the case of child
Proper food. good ventilation, and dry,
warm clothing are the proper safe
guards against colds. If they are
maintained through the CHI Manageable
weather of autumn, winter and spring,
the chances of surprise from ordin-
airy colds will be slight. But the or
binary light cold will become severe
if neglected, and well established ripe
cold is to the germs of diphtheria what
honey is to the bee. The greatest
menace to child life at this season of
year is the neglected cold" Whether
it is child or adult, the cold slight or
severe, the very best treatment that
can be adoptedis 20 give Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy. 1t is safe and sure.
The great popularity and immense sale
of this preparation has been attained
by it's remarkable cures of this all
ment. A cold never results in pneu-
monia when it is given. For sale by
Haynes & Taylor.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
Beware / :'tmentS for Catarrh
that LODtaiD Mercury

As mercury will surele destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering it
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians
as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure, IMAM
ufactured by F. j. Cheney e. Co, Toll
edo, O., contains no mercury, and is
taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you and get the genuine.
1t is taken internally and made in To-
ledo, Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free. Sold by druggist.
Price 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pill for constip-
ton.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
Has Increasing Affection.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, the IA.
nous woman's rights leader, said Of
an untactful motion at woman's
club:
This motion. in its delicacy, re-
minds me Of Ripon man.
"The man got married, and after he
had been married several years his
wife said to him one night:
"'You do not speak so affectionately
to me as you used to. Hal. fear you
have ceased to love me-
"'Ceased TO love you,' growied the
man. There you go again. Ceased to
love you! Why, love you more than
life itself. Now shut up and let me
read the paper New York Trib-
une.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
CAVE.In.ROCK

Mrs. Susie Barnerd moved back to
this place from Missouri last week.
She came up on one of the Lee boats,
and while dressing before landing,
she laid her purse, containing several
hundred dollars, on a shelf in Der
state room, and forgot it until the
boat was well along towards Shawnee
town. Her feelings can better be
imagined than told, when headed off
the boat by telephone and received
the welcome news that her money
was safe and would be returned to
her on the down trip.
The large mills at Cave-in- Rock
mines, was destroyed by fire Satur-
day night, Feb. 10th. The superln.
tendant acted queer, and had two of
our best citizens arrested on Sunday.
He had been drinking and did a
great deal of incoherent talking.
TIE concensus of opinion seems to be
that he is crazy. No one believes
that Mr.. Frailey and Mr.. Hess, the
men arrested had any thing to do
with 1t. They will rebuild at once.
A great religious revival conducted
by Rev. George H. Hall, the pastor,
at the NJ. f. church, has just closed.
Sixty-six professed faith in Christ,
among were many old-ti me sinners.
Robert Lear, of Tolu, conducted
the song service and otherwise rem
dered efficient aid.
NARROW Bros. are working up a
large tract of timber one mile below
here.
Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-07
JOE BLACKBURM.TO
HELP BUILD CANAL
President Roosevelt Appoints Retiring
Kentucky Senator 10 a Position on
Isthmian Commission
ENGINEER STEVENS RESIGNS HIS PLACE

Washington, d. c.. Feb. 27.-The
President has decided to appoint
Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky, a
member of the Isthmian Canal Com
mission. That body is to be reorgan-
lied this week. The Senator will
retire from the Senate March 4, when
he will be succeeded by Judge Payn-
ter. His plan was to 60 to Versailles.
to take up the Canal Commission at
$40, 900 year is SO much more at
tractive that he will accept the offer
as soon as it is made.
The Senator has been ia public SER
wee, that is, in the State Legislature
and in Congress for thirty years.
The business of his life has been poll.
tics and law, and he, therefore, does
not pretend to be an expert Canal
digger or engineering. But the alb
sence of technical knowledge will not
daunt him.
The decision of the President to
nominate him a Canal Commissioner
is due to the activity of the Senator'S
colleagues. All the Democrats in
the Senate, except Tillman and
Baily, who are not on speaking terms
with the President, signed a petition
to have him appointed to some FEEDER
al Office Quite number of Repub.
lican Senators also spoke to Mr..
Roosevelt in his behalf.
Blackburn has been saying nice
things about the administration this
season. He defended the President 5
action in the Brownsville case voted
to ratify the Santo Domingo treaty
and also to keep Senator Reed Smoot,
the Mormon apostle in his seat,
There are many Republican who
may not like to see Democrat Civ
en- such a remunerative Office, but the
President wont worry about that.