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LthfLPAL ARTS BUILDING LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION ST. LOUIS. US A. 1904

The Liberal Arts Building, another of the monster structures which makes up the great picture of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, was designed by Barnett, Haynes & Barnett, an architectural firm of established requte in St. Louis. The Liberal Arts Building is built of staff. Its contract price was $475,000 and its builder the Kellennann Contracting Company. The main facade is 750 feet long and is made interesting by the use of a central pavilion and •of two end pavilions.

SENATOR KEAN’S HOME. Historic "Uberc; Hall" Ha* Bren in Kamil]' Man] Yrara. P. M. Babcock writea la the "Four Track Ncw»," a splendid description ot tbe home of United State* Senator Krnn. The landmarks, which have stood a* monument*to dsaiguate the pathway of Washington and his co-patriots a* tln-y matured and perfected tbe policy whl resulted in tbe establishment of this Krpublic, arc fast fading from view, and it will not be many years before they will be known only In history. Scarcely any spot in tbe eastern Aatea is more Interesting, or. associated with more romantic and historic revolutionary Incident* than Liberty Hall, now known B*"Ur*lpo" the residence of United Slates • Senator Kean, of Sew Jersey, situated In tbe ontskirts of tbe city of Elisabeth.1b

that state

Ham Liringvtone. tbe first Governor ol £sw Jersey, in 1773. who occupied it a* hi* residence when be signed tbe Cecorslio of Indrpendeoce. In 1774 Alexander Hamilton, then an awkward and unknown youth, art red at Uherty Hall, bearing letters from prom iuent officers in tbe Want Indies. Such a favorable impraaaion did be make upon the family that be waa invited to make Liberty Hall hi* borne while be altsodsd tbe school of Francis Barber in tbe town of Elisabeth for several mooths. In April 1774, John Jay. another signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the first chief justice of the United State*, was married in Liberty Hail to Mias Sarah Livingston, a daughter of tbe owner- In 1775 William LIriogaton waa sent as a delegate to the first continental congress.sod in 177t was appointed commander aud-io-cblef of tbe New Jersey militia, and tbe 1 elected governor of tbe

j All daring and after ibr Revolution. I Washington waa a freqnent guest at UbI erty Hall, in May, 17K8, Mrs. Washington ' mid Mrs. Hobert Morris were entertained 1 at the historic mansion by the Livingston

| family.

Governor Livingston died in 1780. and

I Eis wife soon afterwards

the property was .uurchnsed hi j Lord Bollngbroke. who occupied It for 1 soste time, acd a number of year* afterwards Mrs- John Kane of Sou'h Carolina, formerly Mis* Susan Livingston, and * | grnuddanubter of tbe origi-*l proprieloi of the property, purchased l.ibeity Ha! - and mnde it her home, 'he afterwar.:* married the distinguished Polish Patriot Coant Julian N^euioewic. slid in bis honor the place was changed to " Ursino ” The effecting hand of time hag dealt most gently with this magolficeul rvvolu lionary raiiflie. The stranger npjn Inspecting its perfect walls anil in erior finish, can scarcely realize that they echiw the shouts of victory wblrh i-n.wnsil thief fort* of Washington and his tireless

fought along the Atlantic C almost see the >uosk of bailie as it rooted over the grief-stricken city of Trenton. Altbongb the' grand old structure is still in substantially tbe same condition It was when the exci.tng scenes growing out ot tl|e Ketplutiou were enacted, jret It mustaople day yield to lh* corroding touch of ti 'r The solid fouedation ou w hich it resis must some day crumble into ruin, but the principle* of constitutional liberty which were breathrd within its portals, milEs material elrm.ina, do

not decay.

Coming in contact with a structure of this cbaracter~is an inspiration to tbe present gvneraiion. and n rekindling of the aspiral.ous which fired the hearts of our ancestor* when they resolved to trans--motest ge.ieratious a govern-

ud fr»e from

tyranny and

So aggressive was be in recommending legislation against tbs toiies that they threatened bis life as well as the destruction of Liberty Hall. One night a youth on horseback rode up to tbe front doar and warned the governor that a party of dragoons was spproachlng the house, and were but a short Knowing the desperate character of tbe Invaders, Go vers or Livingston deemed It advisable to seek safety In flight, but before doing so confided to hi*daughter Susan important let^-rs which be bad from Washington and members of the continental congress. As soon as he had gone his daughter placed tbe important document* in a box which she bad concealed in a room In tb. second story of tbs bonne. Shortly afterwards the British appeared, led by Lord Catbcart. They entered the boose, but by a clever rash of the daughter tbe Invaluable document* were saved So exasperated were tbe dragoons their fraitleas raid that some of the mast Impulsive drew their sword* and slashed the ben lateri of the staircase, and these marks are still plainly risible. In 1780 a band of drunken lories killed Mrs. Caldwall, wife of the Presbyterian minister at Conoeeticnt ' farms, aboot three miles distant, and that night took n of Liberty Hall. Governor Liv-

...luisbyd by vice not!

and op|p ssioo.

THK KA POSITION. A Show Yon Most Visit. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Lonia Is. In all rteperta. tbe greatest iprvbenstvr , vrr uud rtaxen in any country It Is more than ten times the size of the 1 an-American Exposition at Buffalo in point of fippr-spsce in the exhibit palaces; tu ice as large a* the Columbian Exposition at Chicago; about th ee times larger than the last Paris Exposition times larger than Expositions at Omaha, Nashville, Atlanta San Francisco or Ci.arltetoc. It will prenew and important development of tbe Exposition idea^hewiagtheevolutiou* of tbe raw materials through all the proof manufacture to the flaisbed product- It will be a grand exhibition of life, color, motion and demonstration in every part where practicable The builder* of the St. Lonia Exposition have profited by In tbe constrnctio

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