Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1891 — COLUMBUS' MEMORY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

COLUMBUS' MEMORY.

New York to Be Presented with a Statue by the Italian Kesident*. Although New York has lost the World’s Fair that is to commemorate the discovery of America, the quadra-

centennial of the landing of Christopher Columbus on the shores of this continent will be fitly celebrated in this city. On October 12, 1892, there will be unveiled in the plaza in front of the entrance to Central Park, at Fifth avenue and Fifty-ninth street, a colossal statue of the great discoverer. There will be a great display. There will be a parade. There will be speeches by the best orators then obtainable. The flags of Italv and America will wave, and the little'difficulty at New Orleans will be forgotten. The monument is to be the gift of the Italian residents of this city to New York. The movement to make this appropriate presentation was started by Carlo Barsotti, editor and proprietor of 11 Progresso Halo-Ameri-cano, in 1889. The cost of the memorial will be $20,000, and the subscription will be confined to those of Italian birth. Premier Crispi headed the list in Italy with a subscription of 1,000 francs. A Committee of 1,000 Italians is being organized, each member pledging himself to raise $lO for the monument fund within six months. Nine hundred names are now on the list. The

prospect is that the movement will result in the erection of one of the finest statues in this country.

THE COLUMBUS STATUE.