Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . commemorative of the anarchistriot on the night of May 4, 1886. Location, the HaymarketSquare, at the intersection of West Randolph and Desplainesstreets. Take West Randolph Street car to reach it. The statueis a life-size representation of a city police officer in full uniform,with uplifted hand, in the act of commanding the peace. Theinscription on the pedestal, which is surmounted by a railing,reads, In the name of the People of Illinois, I command anarchists bomb was t
Rand, McNally & co.'s handy guide to Chicago, and World's Columbian exposition ..What to see and how to see it . commemorative of the anarchistriot on the night of May 4, 1886. Location, the HaymarketSquare, at the intersection of West Randolph and Desplainesstreets. Take West Randolph Street car to reach it. The statueis a life-size representation of a city police officer in full uniform,with uplifted hand, in the act of commanding the peace. Theinscription on the pedestal, which is surmounted by a railing,reads, In the name of the People of Illinois, I command anarchists bomb was thrown on Desplaines Street from analley near Crane Bros. establishment. Seven policemen were ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND MONUMENTS. 129 killed and many wounded, besides an unascertained number ofthe mob. Seven rioters were convicted of murder. Parsons,Spies, Engel, and Fischer were executed for the crime on the nthof November, 1887. Ling-g committed suicide while under sen-tence of death; Fielden and Schwab had their sentences commutedto life imprisonment. The executed anarchists are buried inWaldheim The Grant Monument, Lincoln Park, Columous Statue, by St. Gaudens, is to be placed at theWorlds Fair facing the lake at the principal pier. The ColumbusStatue belonging to the City of Baltimore (Maryland) is, it issaid, to be loaned by the Monumental City, and exhibited onthe Worlds Fair grounds. A proposal is also afoot to placeanother statute of Columbus in the Lake Front Park. Drake Fountain and Columbus Statue is to occupy spacebetween the City Hall and Court House buildings, WashingtonStreet frontage. It was presented to the city by Mr. John , a worthy and respected citizen of Chicago. It is Gothic I30 HANDY GUIDE TO CHICAGO. in style, and will be composed of granite from Eavino, base is sixteen feet square, length thirty-five feet. Thedesign includes a pedestal, on the front of which will be placeda bronze statue of Christopher Columbus, seven feet lii
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