The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1893-06-03
THE COLUMBIAN BELL.


Twill BE the Most Compoeite CIapper-
Trap Ever Made in This Country-Metals
from Every State where Metal is Found,
Together with Contributions of Plate,
Trinkets, Old Coins, Etc, to be Melted
and Cast Into the Columbian Liberty
Bell.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-Contributions
for the Columbian Liberty Bell con-
tinue to come in from all the states and
territories, according to the periodic
reports of the committee, and if half
the articles contributed are used in the
casting it will certainly be the most
composite bell in the country. The col
lection from the mining districts Of
the west include samples from all the
famous copper and silver lodes,
notably the great Anaconda mine of
Butte City, Mont: the Deer mine, of
southern Utah; the DAILY, Horn, On
tario, San Luis, Bullion Neck, Emma,
Mammoth and Ell Refugia mines, the
latter being located in Old Mexico.
Among other curious contributions
are Roman copper coins, a bronze
medal commemorating the Wyoming
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Virginia City, New, piece of a brass
cannon used by Baron DeKalb in the
revolutionary war, and spoon over a
century old, which once belonged to
Elisha Granger. an old revolutionist.
Contributions of kindred interest are
a piece of the original liberty bell and
a fragment of broken bell of the old
I'r-, ,,,iSeiap ut 10 ha,
Cal. Part of silver wine flask be-
longing to the first bishop of California
also goes into the potpouri, together
with link from gold sleeve buttons
worn by Gen. Artemus Ward, first
majur-general in the revolutionary
army and member of the continental
congress in 1850, and a sword found
after the Mountain Meadow massacre
in which John d. Lee and a company
of men disguised as Indians foully
murdered 131 emigrants on their way
to California.
From the south comes a medal of the
International Cotton exposition and a
silver spoon of the late Henry W.
Grady. The Grady spoon will keep
company with n silver fruit knife be-
longing once to Lucretia Mott. There
are also pieces from the famous key of
the Bastile. Contributions have al
ready been received or promised of
historic mementoes near to the memory
of Washington, jefferson, Franklin,
Hamilton and other great names in
American history.
Up to date the state of New Jersey
leads in the amount contributed to the
Columbian Liberty Bell fund. Besides
the historical contributions her citizens
haze sent to the Liberty national bank
in money over 5000. The largest part
of this fund has been contributed in
pennies. and it is a safe estimate that
10000 people are represented in New
Jerseys part of the bell.
The question as to which city has
taken the greatest interest rests be-
tween Washington and Newark.
The first meeting of the Columbian
Liberty Bell committee is called to
take place Wednesday. June I, 1895, in
Independence hall, Philadelphia.
The bell will be cast on June by the
Clinton ii. Meneely Bell Co. of Troy,
n. Y. The estimated cost, including
the transportation to Chicago, is
$1,000. There, if nothing prevents,
it will ring in the Fourth of July
at the Worlds fair, where it
will remain until after the exposition.
Then it will go to Bunker Hill or Lib
erty island. to the battlefield of New
Orleans uSl2), to San Francisco, to the