Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1893 — TYPICAL “INDIANA.” [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TYPICAL “INDIANA.”

The Great Crowning Figure in Position on the Soldiers' Monument, The work of placing the great bronze crowning figure, “Indiana,” in position on the Soldiers’ Monument at Indianapolis is at last completed. The exact weight of the figure is: Head, 6.000 pounds; body, 8,000 pounds: globe and feet, 3,000 pounds, arms, 2,000 pounds; sword, 300 pounds; total, 19,300 pounds.

The crowning figure was cast by the American Bronze Company of Chicago, which cast tho Montana silver statue on exhibition at the World’s Fair. The statue is the largest bronze figure ever cast. There was some bronze left after the figure had been cast, which the company is making into paper knives of pretty design. The commission has ordered 6,000 medals bearing a likeness of the monument, which will bo received by September 1.

THE CROWNING FIGURE.