Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 38
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, October 2, 1907
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McKINLEY MEMORIAL.
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Stands on an Eminence and Can Be
Seen a Long Distance.
Canton, O., Oct. 1--Upon the crest of the monument hill, two miles from the late
president's residence, is the mausoleum containing the rmeains (sic) of William
McKinley and his life companion. It was erected by the McKinley Memorial
association and its entire cost, including surroundings was about $525,000.
Half way up the main stairway is a bronze
statue nine feet high representing President McKinley as he was photographed in
the course of his speech at Buffalo less than thirty minutes before he received
his death wound from an assassin, one read:
"This memorial was erected by contributions
of more than a million men women and children in the United States and many
others in foreign lands."
From the first step of the approach to the
monument, to the actual top of the structure is 163 feet 6 inches, the mausoleum
itself being 98 feet 6 inches high above the summit of the mound. The top
of the dome has an oculus (sic) 15 feet in diameter through which comes the
softened light which adds greatly to the beauty of the interior.
The mausoleum is 78 feet 9 inches in
diameter. In the center of the floor beneath the dome stands the
sarcophagi containing the bodies of the president and Mrs. McKinley; and in
niches on the north side of the dome are the caskets containing those of the two
daughters, Ida and Mary, who died in infancy.
Huge Doric columns are placed around the
interior in such a maner (sic) as to appear half buried in the sides of the
building. The floor is of mosaic, the marble having been brought from many
states for the purpose.
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