Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-02
'LIBERTY'S BELL
Honors to Be Paid to It in This
City.
An OFFICIAL PROGRAM ARRANGED
Result of th.s Conference With
the Commissioners.
THE PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES

The committee appointed by the District
Commissioners to prepare a program OF
exercises to be carried out at the Pennsyl-
vania depot when the Liberty Bell arrives
Friday morning on its way from Phllauel-
phia to the Atlanta exposition met this
morning at the rooms Of the board OF
trade. There were present Mr.. Lewis j.
Davis of the Sons Of the Revolution, DIR.
G. Brown Goode, Mr.. w. v. Cox, Mr.. Jonn
B. Wight and Mr.. John w. Douglass OF the
Sons of the American Revolution. and MIS-
Mary s. Lockwood of the Daughters or the
Revolution.
Mr. Davis was made chairman, with Mr.
Cox as secretary, and a committee was ap-
pointed to confer with the District Com
ed of DR.. Goode. Mr.. Davis. Mr.. Wight
Mr.. Douglass, Mrs. Lockwood and MISS
Eugenia Washington.
The Program.
AS result of the conference with the
District Commissioners, the Commissioners
this afternoon decided upon the program of
exercises which will take place upon the
arrival of the Liberty Bell in Washington
The train bearing the historic relic, which Is
dear to every American citizen, will arrive
in Washington at 1911 pm ever the Penn
sylvania railroad. The car bearing the bell
will be switched on the special track on 9th
street, where the public generally will nave
chance to view it. 1t will leave at o clock
en- route for Atlanta, where it is to be placed
on exhibition at the exposition grounds.
The Commissioners We're busy all day ar
ranging program for the reception of the
bell. They have written letter TO the
Secretary of the Navy asking that the Ma
r!ne Band be detailed at the depot to play
appropriate national airs during the re-
,ception. The Commissioners Of the Dis
trict of Columbia together with COM
mittee of the board of trade and com
mittee from the Sons of the Revolution and
Sons ahd Daughters of the American Rev
clution, will be on hand to receive the COM
nittee from Philadelphia which is in charge
of The bell.
The Official Announcements.
This afternoon the committee issued the
following:
The Columbian liberty bell, en- route for
the Atlanta exposition, will arrive at the
Baltimore and Potomac railroad station at
12:1l on Friday, accompanied by an escort
of honor, including the mayor and other
officers of the Philadelphia city govern
ment. A committee, composed of members
of the patriotic societies of Washington,
was appointed on Monday by the Commits
sioners to make arrangements for the re-
ception of the bell on its arrival in this
city.
The committee is composed of the follow
ir.g members from the societies of the Sons
of the Revolution. Sons of the American
Revolution and the Daughters of the Amer
"
j. Davis, DIR. G. Brown Goode. Mrs. NJ S.
lockwood. Admiral j. A. Greer, u. S. N;
Mr.. John B. Wight, Miss Eusenia A. Wash
iGgton and Mi. W. i. Cox.
The committee met in the board of trade
rooms this morning and decided to recon-
mend to the Commissioners to close the
public schools on noon of Friday. in order
TO enable the children to see the bell; to
appoint the High School Cadets guard of
honor to serve during the time that the hell
is in the city. and also to secure. If pos
sible, the services of the Marine Band.
Trainmaster Mckeeyer of the PennSyl-
vania railroad has arranged to have the
liberty bell placed upon the 9th street
siding, so that no trouble is anticipated in
the management Of the crowd, especially
since this track is Immediately adjacent
TO a large park.
MIR. Lewis j. Davis the president of the
Sons of the Revolution, has issued the fol-
lowing order: Members of the Society of
the Sons of the Revolution who desire to
participate in the reception of the commit
tee in charge of the liberty bell train of
the baltimore and Potomac railroad depot
at 12:17 on Friday will please meet at the
depot at IL o'clock on that day wearing the
insignia of the society"
The president of the Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution has issued the following
call: Members of the Society of the Sons
of the Am: rican Revolution are requested
to meet at the b. and p. railroad staten
on Friday, October 4, at noon, to welcome
the committee esoorting the Liberty Bell
from Philadelphia to the Atlanta EXPOSE
ton. Members are requested to wear the
insignia of the society,"
"a similar call has been issued by the
president of the National Society OF the
Daughters CT the American Revolution"
Owing to the short time the bell would
be in the city. the Commissioners found il
eApedtent not to close the public schools
ger orally. but to close the High and Nor
NAL schools of the city.
Maj. Moore. the chief of police. was in
consultation with the Commissioners and
arranged to have a competent corps of po-
licemen on hand to preserve order and to
give every ono who wished an opportunity
to the bell.
The Washington Light Infantry will act
as an escort to the official escort from
Philadelphia to the rooms of the Board of
Trade, where lunch will be served