Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-27
EEIE'S WELCOME OF THE BELL.
Old Liberty Greeted With Enthusiasm by
the Dwcliers on PresGuc Isle Fay.

Old Liberty Greeted With Enthusiasm by
the Dwcliers on Presquc Isle Bay.
The reception given tie liberty bell by the
citizens Of Erie, Pa, has overwhelmed the
Philadelphia comm lite enen. A.. o'clock yes.
terd:y morning the booming OF cannon, giving
the national salute and the Blowing o. the
whistles os every factory in the place an
nourced that the city was awakened 20 The op-
pOrtunity of testiiying Us affection To- the an
Glen. emblem of liberty. In q shor: While
committee OF citizens. headed by Marc" Scott.
waited on the viri ors and escorted them to
Carriages. in which they were driven to the
famous Soldiers Home. looking out on Lake
Ere. Mayo- Stuart OF Philadelphia vas sur
prised 10 meet score OF GA friends anon, the
veterans VINO formerly we're among his council
manic constituent.
On ti;cir way back The visitors "5~e met bv a
mouS,e street procession. COMPRISING ali the
civil and military o-glElZI. ions. municipal
bodies ard oIcar. when e.co-1e1 them 40 the
pia.! orm elecset before the ur!c:: Depot. Here
patriotic songs were sung ~ a trIple gee ciuo
and speeches we-a made bv Mgvo-E Scot, and
Stuart. the Rev. Scion Cobb AID Pro-. Burns of
Erie and 5iaj. William 4. Lambert and Presi-
dent Niles of tle select council OF Philadelphia.
the liberty bell car de ached and run M
under a platform. over which thousands passed
iii viewing the hoUored relic. Here again the
same enthusiastic scenes were witnessed, parents
insisting on having their children sit for a
second on the bell and hundreds asking that
their watches. medals coins be rubbed on
it.
AT mon the train drew out amid tie plaudits
of tho sands.
The committee was kept awake until early
this morning responding 10 the oyatioas that
were rendered the bell. no!withste nding the
lateness of the hour At Remove there was a
remarkable demonstration. \ line OF mean
descent lights had been strung over 4 Tempo
rary inclined platform erected beside the
tracks. and for five minutes hundreds of bright
looking schoo! children passed in seemingly
endless procession. AT Emporium and Kane
there were similar demonstrations, blazing
famDeaux of natural gas furnishing the illumi
nation. A huge bonfire at Cameron enabled
the people to see the bell at that point. How
ever late the hour. the blowing of the whistles
of manufactures and locomotives or tie ringing
of church bells suficed to draw muiti.udes of
people.
Its Reception at Chicago.
Elaborate arrangements for meeting the old
liberty bell were made yesterday by the special
committee of fifteen appointed at the last
meeting of the Chicago city council The bell
will be turned over to the president of the na-
tional commission by Mayor Stuart of Phila-
delphia in answer to whose speech President
aiihct Will SpecCu-S Will also Oc uc-
livered by Mayor Harrison. President Higgin-
botham of the local directory and Others
The first. second and fourth regiments, ILL
nois National Guard. will march to the union
depot. and the bell is brought from the train
will present arms to it. They will then head
the procession. which will march to the fair
grounds.
The truck bearing the bell will be drawn by
thirteen coal black horses, which will represent
the thirteen original states of the Union. and
will he surrounded by forty-four mounted
policemen, representing the present states in
the Union. As the procession reaches the lake
battery ID, which Will be stationed there, will
fire national salute of tyenty-one guns.
At the Lexington Hotel the troops will be
drawn up On either side OF Michigan avenue,
and the bell stopped Immediately in front of a
platform from which the President and the
Duke OF Versgua are to make addresses and 20
view the procession. At 35th street the troops
viii! leave the procession and the bell viii con-
time the rest of the way with the police escort,
followed by the members of the Philadelphia
city council and the prominent men of Penn
syivanis and the members of the Chicago city
council and the city officials following in car
riases At the grounds the speechmaking as
outlined will be listened to.