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Show SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL TRANSPORT LIBERTY BELL The school children of San t'tun-clseo t'tun-clseo and of California will not bo called cal-led upon to contrlbuto tholr nickels and dimes toward a transportation fund to bring the famous Liberty llol! to San Francisco for tho Panama Pacific Pa-cific International Imposition. Tho Southern Pacific through Us officials In this city yesterday mndo an offer to tho exposition dlrcctolru to transport the Liberty Hell from Philadelphia to San Francisco free of charge. Tho railroad offers to bring tho bell out and to give it as much attention throughout the trip ns Is now given It in its present resting place In Philadelphia. Tho state of Pensylvnnla values tlfo Liberty Bell as much as It does tho history connected with It and tho Southern Pacific officials are prepared prepar-ed to see that provisions nre made for a company of Pennsylvania militia mil-itia to guard the bell on Its long trip across the continent. Tho trip of the honored old bull that In 177G announced tho Hlgulng of the declaration of Independence, will be a trlumphnl procession. At every station In tho country whero tho trnln stops nnd It will have to stop at nearly all of them thousands of school children and their parents will gather to see the bell that tolled the greatest story that has ever been published In ho United States. It Is planned to erect a small belfry on a car and to hang the boll In that for the trip acioss the continent. United States history began with the tolling of Ltbery Dell and there Is not a nutlto of this great country who doo not want to see the beginning of tlm history of tho United Stntes. o |