Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-10-25

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Hwy memory of distinguished
XV0 statesmen, warriors, litera-
tours and heroes of various
characters, for many centuries, and
the types of architecture Of these
tokens of love and loyalty have as
sumed as many distinctive designs as
are indicated by the character whom
they commemorate, as well as that OF
the artist or architect who designs
them.
The love and loyalty Of one man, a
friend, for one whom he had admired
throughout his m0mentous career, will
be fittingly portrayed in the magnifi-
cent Birthplace Memorial building,
which is to be erected in Niles, O., to
the memory of it's first citizen, the late
President William Mckinley, through
the efforts of Hon. Joseph G. Butler,
Jr., millionaire philanthropist and
capitalist of Youngstown
The plans and specifications of this
majestic. shrine are now completed and
a portrait of the building is herewith
presented. 1t is expected that work
on the construction will be COM
menced in the early spring.
Plan to Raise Funds.
The conception Of this memorial
has been upon the mind and heart of
Mr. Butler since the death of the mar
tyred president, and he always ex-
pressed the belief that Niles was the
fitting place for such a memorial. AL
though he contributed literally to the
funds for the majestic mausoleum at
Canton, he was then evolving plan
to erect a memorial in Niles himself,
but on taking the matter under due
consideration, he felt that there were
many who cherished the memory of
the great statesman as deeply as he,
who would feel that they were deserv-
Ing Of the opportunity to contribute to
such a cause. A number of friends
we're consulted, and Mr.. Butler was ac
corded the greatest encouragement.
He planned to make it a thoroughly
national movement, and decided that
it would be security to the enter
prise to appeal to congress for a
charter, with the understanding that
the government was not called upon
to provide any Of the funds. These
are to be raised by private subscrip5
ton, and bill was accordingly intro
duced into congress by Representative
W. Aubrey Thomas, who represented
the old Nineteenth district, which was
passed without a dissenting voice, in
or id ha nIa nf
the third session of the Sixty-first
| congress, and Joseph G. Butler, Jr., of
Ohio; Myron T. Herrick Of Ohio, Jacob
G. Schmidlapp of Ohio, John G. Mil
burn Of New York, and w. A. Thorn
as of Ohio were appointed members
of a commission, to compose a body
corporate, which would be known by
the name of the National Mckinley
Birthplace association, to perpetuate
the name and achievements of the
late President William Mckinley, by
erecting and maintaining in the city
of Niles, o. his birthplace, monu-
nent and memorial building.
VIII Serve Many Purposes.
Impressing upon the minds Of his
associates that his plan was to es-
tablish a building, far removed from
the usual monumental pile, which
would be digniied structure of noble
architecture, to serve as a civic center
tor the people of the city, to contain
an auditorium for public meetings, a
relic room, where documents, relics
and other valuable mementoes of the
Mckinley period would be stored and
statuary and rare paintings and por-
traits of notable people connected
with that period will be placed. An
other compartment will be given over
TO the free public library. An effort
will also be made to allow space for
portraits of notable men associated
with McKinley's career, both as citi-
zen and as statesman, and also
illustrations and other representations
of the industrial developments of the
Mckinley policies. A room will be
placed at the disposal of the Grand
Army of the Republic and the Wom-
ems Relief Corps, and here will be
found many relics of McKinley's mill
tary career in the Civil war as a pri-
vate, arising to the rank of a major
general and also of the Spanish-Amer-
lean war
In order to allow the people of Niles
to show their appreciation of this
great gift, 1t was deemed a courtesy
by the trustees of the association to
allow them to make such a contribu-
+iop &c fhav foIf In THAR nouar m
give, and in order to promote the gen
eral good feeling Mr.. Butler and his
aids came to Niles and conducted
six-day campaign. Previous to this,
Mr.. Butler had headed the list with 2
contribution Of $4,000 and each of