Fair play., 1893-06-03
TIE COLUMBIAN BELL.

+ Twill - jhc Most Composite Cilppor-
! Trap Ever =. l. ia Ehi. toun;ry-1!-t,is
| from Every STAT" where IT.tai i Tuuud.
/ Together vi :, Contributions of riatr,
| lrinlS"t-. e.G Coins. i:ic.. 70 he Melted
/ and Cast into the Columbian Liberty
| i:cii.
| WAsHENGTuN. May Decentralization
for the Columbian Liberty Bell con.
I tinu" 70 come in from ali the states and
/ territories according To the periodic
/ reports uf the committee. and if half
| the articles contributed are used in the
/ casting it viii certainly he the most
! composite bell in the country. The col
! lection from the mining districts Ot
/ the west include samples from all tho
| famous copper and silver lodas,
notably the great Anaconda mine Of
huttc City, Mont: the Deer mine. OF
| southern Utah; the DAILY. Horn. on
| tariu. san Luis, Bullion Neck. Emma.
| Mammoth and Fl Refugia mines. the
| latter being located in Old Mexico.
! Among other curious contributions
are Roman copper coins. 4 bronze
| medal communicating the Wyoming
! massacre. relics OF the great tire in
cannon used hv Baron pekalb in the
revolutionary war, and spoon over q
century old, which once belonged to
| Elisha Granger. an old revolutionist
Contributions OF kindred interest are
| n piece of the original liberty bell and
Il fragment of a broken bell of the old
| Franciscan mission at Santa Barbara.
Cal. Part OF silver wine ila>l; he
longing to the first bishop of California
| with a link from gold sleeve buttons
worn by Gen. Artcmus Ward. first
ma jor-gcneral in the revolutionary
| army and member of the continental
congress in 1850. and a sword found
after the Mountain Meadow massacre
| in which John ID. Lee and company
| OF men disguised as Indians foully
murdered l31 cmigrarts on their way
| to California.
From the south comes medal of the
| international Cotton exposition ard
silver spoon OF the late Henry W.
| Grady. The Grady spoon will keep
company with Il silver fruit knife be-
| longing once to Lucrrtia Mott. There
are also pieces from the famous key of
the Bastilc. Contributions have al
ready been received or promised of
| historic mcmcntoeS 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
have sent to the Liberty national bank
in money over 5000. The largest part
of this fund has been contributed in
pennies. and it is Il safe estimate that
10000 people are represented III New
Jerseys part of the bell.
The question as to which city has
taken the creates. interest rests be-
tween Washington and Newark.
The first meeting of the Columbian
Liberty Bell committee is called 10
take place Wednesday, june !. 1899. in
Independence hall, Philadelphia.
The bell will be east on June by the
Clinton II. Mcuecly Bell Co. of Troy,
y. Y. The estimated cost, including
the transportation to Chicago. is
5000. There, if nothing prevents.
it Will ring in the Fourth of July
at the Worlds fair. where il
will remain until after the exposition.
Then it will go to Bunker liill or Lib
ertv island. to the battlefield OF New
Orleans 1Si2}. to San Francisco. to the
place where any great patriotic cele-
hration is being held. until 1909, when
il will be sent to the next World c,l-
hihition, which takes place at Paris.
France. There it will continue until
that exhibition closes.
When not is use in other places, it
will return to Washington under the
care of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Washington will he its
home, and from here it will journey
from place to place. fulfilling its mis-
sion throughout the world.