The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-26
WILL SHOW LIBERTY
BELL ON WEST SIDE
Arrangements Are Completed
for Exhibition of Famous
Relic on June 6.

The Liberty bell, when it reaches
st. Paul for exhibition June g. viii
be found on the fiat car which brings
it west from Philadelphia and viii
be at the entrance to the public baths
on the West side. The morning of
the day will be made a public holiday
and the school children especially viii
be given an opportunity to look upon
the famous old bell that rang out
liberty to the world July 4, 1875.
The St. Paul Commercial clubs
special committee met yesterday after
having received telegram from the
Philadelphia committee in charge of
the western trip Of the Liberty bell
that it would be impossible to take the
bell from the fiat car upon which it
is to be loaded at Philadelphia for
transportation to st. Louis. This in
formation enabled the committee TO
complete its plans upon a definite
basis.
1t was arranged that a special COM
mittee from the st. Paul Commercial
club and similar committee from
the Minneapolis Commercial club
should go to Winona Sunday evening,
June 5, and accompany the Phila-
delphia party to. St. Paul The ar
rival time for st. Paul is 9:45 Sunday
night, and during the night the car
containing the bell will be trans
be stationed at the entrance to the
public baths on Harriet Island.
viii. Arrange View Point.
An open space will be arranged for
approaches to the location of the car
and every effort will be made in the
preliminary arrangements to prevent
crush or any congestion of the enor-
nous crowds that are expected. The
natural expectation is that many of
the sightseers will be children and the
committee of the club will cooperate
with the police to the end that their
safety will be guaranteed
AT o'clock in the morning of Mon
day salute of thirteen guns will be
fired by Battery A and all the bells of
the city will break forth in peal of
welcome to the old Liberty bell. A
committee of the Sons of the American
Revolution will guard the bell during
its stay at Harriet island.
In case of rain the union depot will
be utilized for the exhibition of the
bell, but with anything approaching
fair weather the public baths location
will be utilized, for it is believed that
there viii be much less danger of a
crush.
During the morning, while the bell
is being shown to the multitude. the
party of Philadelphians will be enter
tanned by st. Paul and the state of
Minnesota as represented by their Off
cial heads. Mayor John Weaver, of
Philadelphia, is the official head of the
party, which will include Henry Clay,
chairman of the joint special commit
tee of the common councils; the may
official council
mittee, and a number of city officials
and representative citizens. The party
will consist of sixty persons, including
the guards Of the bell during it's tran
sit
Mayor Will Welcome Visitors.
The guests will be driven from their
hotel to the city hall, where Mayor
Robert A. Smith will deliver a brief
address of welcome; thence to the
capitol, where Gov. Van SAINT will
speak for the state of Minnesota;
thence to Como park, past the new
state capitol, and the return will be
made via Summit avenue and the
city's handsome residence district
There will be service of refreshments
to the party at the Commercial club
where the party will rendezvous upon
the return from the drive, and Presi-
dent Theo. f. Smith will deliver a
brief address, and there will be re-
sponses by Mayor Weaver. Henry Clay
and others of the party. The bell
will be shown at Minneapolis in the
afternoon of Monday.
The Commercial clubs special COM
mittee in charge Of the arrangements
for the Liberty BELLS stay in ST. Paul
consists of Judge John w. Willis,
chairman; F. P. Sanborn, E. c. Strin-
ger, H. A. Boardman, E. S. Chittenden,
Oar F. Reese and A. E. Horn. Secre-
tary c. P. Slime, of the club is CO.
operating with the committee.