The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-02-22
LAST SIGNATURE OF
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Put His Name Down In Visitors
Book" the Afternoon He
Was Shot.

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New York, Feb. 2cs-What is be
lieved to be the last signature O.
William Mckinley is to be seen il
the Visitors Book" at one OF tn,
lpower houses at Niagara Falls. Hi
signed his name there September 6
1901, about two hours before he
was shot by Czolgosz in the exposi
ton grounds at Buffalo,
On the pages of the same Visit
lors' Book" are to be found the sig.
natures of many other famous men
Theodore Roosevelt inspected the
lpower station In 1899, when he was
governor OF New York, and summed
fnp his Impressions In these words,
ia marvel Indeed William H.
l Taft's name appears under date OF
July IL, 1906.
| J. Pierpont Morgan and the late
Bishop Potter put their names In
the book in 1895, the first year in
which it began to supply commercial
power. Andrew Carnegie came
shortly after them, writing opposite
his name, mo visitor can have been
more deeply impressed nor more
certain of the triumphant success of
this sublime undertaking.
Under date Of August IS, 1897,
appears the simple subscription,
Kelvin. Glasgow" Beside 1t the
eminent English scientist has writ
ten, Very much pleased to see the
great success here achieved as re-
suit of courageous undertaking
and originality of invention. and
skihul design and construction"
| Chinese characters stare at one
tfrom several pages. Ii Hung Chang
occupies three columns, stretching
up and down an entire page to in
scribe himself as grand secretary OF
state and earl OF the first class. WI
Ting Fang registered in 1897 when
The was Chinese minister to this
country, while Rear Admiral Ching
inscribed his name last year, but of
all the Chinese records perhaps the
most interesting Is that of viceroy
who says: II am the ruler of a prov
ince of 80, 900, 900 inhabitants which
contains the greatest water fall and
the most beautiful scenery in China.
Here you have the greatest water
fall and the most beautiful scenery
in the world"
Many other distinguished persons,
after seeing Niagara Falls in undi-
minished splendor, have inspected
the plant where a fraction of the
vast water power is converted into
electricity for operating trolley cars,
lighting streets and houses, and
running machinery on farms and In
factories within an AGRA OF 100000
square miles.
The Falls and the power general
ling plants remain as companion at
fractions, for the use of part OF the
water has not affected the beauty
of the spectacle In response to a
unanimous public sentiment for the
preservation of the cataract, Great
Britain and the United States have
now joined in a plan of protection
and the Canadian-American Water
ways Treaty, which will go into
force in this country on March l, Ii
the result 1t will permanently lin.
I1t the diversion oI WdtSl " a.
amount the loss of which will have
no visible effect upon the appear
ance of the Falls.
The Waterways Treaty will sup
ersede the Burton law. temporar,
expedient to protect the Falls. Tit
engineers upon whose reports thu
treaty was based found that, out o
a total flow of about 100000 cubi'
feet per second 10000 cubic fee
per second might be diverted on Thu
American side and $4,000 cubic fee
| on the Canadian side without dam
tage to the scenery. The treaty alst
| removes restriction on the importa
ton of power from Canada into tn
Hunted States.
| Thus, after ten years of inyestiga
ton and discussion the preservation
of Niagara's beauty is assured, an
at the same time double the amour
of power now generated Will D.
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