St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-26
HISTORICAL RELICS
Will Enter Into the Composition
Of the Columbian Liberty
Bell.
After the Exposition 1t Will Be
Sent 80 Celebrations of Lib
erty's Victories.

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Contributions
to come in from all the states according
to periodic reports of the committee, and
if half the articles contributed are used
the casting it will certainly be the
most composite bell in the country. The
collection from the mining districts of
the West includes samples from all the
famous copper aud silver lodes, notably
the great Anaconda mine, of Butte City,
Mont; the Deer mine, of Southern
Utah; the Maly, Horn, Ontario, San Luis,
Bullion Neck, Emma. Mammoth and Ell
Befugia mines, the latter being located
Ill Old Mexico. Among other curious
contributions are Roman copper coins,
bronze medal concentrating the Wyo-
ming massacre, relics of the great fire
in Virginia City. New, piece of brass
cannon used by Baron de Kalb in the
Revolutionary War, over century old,
which once belonged TO Elisha AleXan-
der and other ReYolutioniStS. Other
subscriptions of kindred interest are a
piece of the original liberty bell and
fragment Of a broken bell of the old
Franciscan mission at Santa Barbara,
Cal. Part Of silver wine flask belong
ing to the first bishop of California also
goes into the pouri. together with link
from gold sleeve button worn by Gen.
ArtemuS Ward, first major general in
the Revolutionary army and member of
the continental congress in 1850, and
sword found after the Mountain Mea-
dow massacre, in which John d. Lee
and a company of men disguised as
Indians foulY murdered 13l immigrants
Oh their way to California. From the
South comes a medal from the interna-
tional exposition, and silver spoon OF
the late Henry W. Grady. The Grady
spoon will keep company with silver
fruit knife belonging once to Lucretla
Mott. There are filings from the famous
key of the BasGile. 4--.
Contributions have already been re-
ceiVed or promised of historic memen-
toes to the memory Of Washington, JEFF
ferson, Franklin, Hamilton and other
great names in American history. Up
to date the state of New Jersey leads in
the amount contributed to the Column
ban Liberty bell fund. Besides the his
torical contributions her citizens have.
sent to the Liberty National bank i'll
money over 500. The largest part of
this fund has been contributed in pen
MES, and it is safe estimate that 10000
people are Represented Ill New Jersey
part or the bell.
The first meeting of the Columbian
Liberty bell committee is called to take
place Wednesday, June Z, in Independ-
ence hall, Philadelphia. The bell will
be cast on June 8 by the Clinton Ii.
Meenely Bell company, of Troy, N. Y.
The estimated cost, including trans
portation to Chicago, is $1,000. There,
il nothing prevents, it will ring the
Fourth OF July at the worlds fair, where
it will remain until after the exposition.
Then it will 90 to Bunker Hill Or Lib
erty island. to the battlefield of New Or
leans QSl2), TO San Francisco, to the
places where any great patriotic cele-
bration is being held, until 1900, when
it will be sent to the next worlds eXhi-
bition, which takes place at Paris,
France. There 1t will continue until
the exposition closes. When not in use
in other places it will return to Wash
ington under the care of the Daughters
Of the American Revolution. Washing
ton Will be lis home and from here it
will journey from place TO place, full
filling its mission throughout the world.