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ICK9 of workmen digiritiit 1 i
hundred feet beneath the -urfi '
of old Msrket si-reet in Phll1 1
phia, Just above the water frcn'.
have unearthed what 1 In all pr ,p
billty the clew to the
foundation
.. - . , . . . . . a Im.
r; rarnous oio siepnen un-
mfn fortune.
Burrowing d urn heneth the oil Glrn.d
mnW.n in North Water tret, one Mr-;
d-rd paces from the Ielawar Blver hor.
th- laborers have uncovered a series c.f
ghastly underground dungeon, falling one
tier below another. Three such tlen have
Wn bared, nnd there la the possibility of
still anotKer below them.
ith Iron bound and barred window
lilting out on a narrow three foot corri
d r tffn three foot wall, with manarie
irons still In the walla and In the corner
of the cei.a a femur none
me
whose
a: ,-. i uumiFtakeable. there la no 0ou.
to the use to which these aunken cells
were put.
Thev formed prlsnna for slave. ue
-blackbird" who :n the time of U.rard.
were such profitable merchandise. j
Historian, anc.ent deniiens of the neigh
borhood, the Botrd of City Trusts, in
whose hands are t!.e countless m.l! cms of
the old "rr.sr.rier and merchant." huv
had nl.solutely no trace of knowledge of
th existence of this deep aunken pr.son.
Tht- Hoard resists dutifully and strongly
tht- rrpcrt that the rrejtor of the wealth
ther held derived It from so terr:U a
source. Nevertheless, experts, men who
know tne RoiMh and the oid slave pens
ti ere. r3y that there Is absolutely no doui.t
as t i tl.e purpose of the den beneath Gir
ard .M mansion.
J..hn Y. Jordan, librarian of the !'er.n
sylvina Historical Society, after insp-ct-lr.?
tne j. lace. d that there wjs no douM
st as to its use. He had visited re
cent'y J jst such an underground struc
ture In n?knn. Mil., and this duplicated,
f ir ;-ne almost, the one Just f.njni.
l'n'f r:'tirs for cha'ns and tnansc'H were
ft11 in I's wills. In themselves the dun
pfo's rhw clearly the r reason for being.
FOFTVNE A MYSTEFY.
S r-e of the fortune of Stephen Gtra-d,
,..rV- of the irreat Glrard Col'ege. In
Ph!'H-1'phla. flm-iclal hacker of the
I'i.-M States In the War of 111. hero .V
t r-tf.c yel'w fever ap-deml? In hi
- ' -. alw ays bp n veiled In rvyttry.
T-i"r ha been a I er latent rtory that
rpo-t "f It came from the rtgro uprising
n p-n r.-Ti'nf: that at that time Glrard.i
'i i-nnund of a vessel, wss In th htr
b -id that to him th- whites had H-tr-t--1
1 1 . -: r jewel and mrny. The i:p
r.n; came be'ore they ro.ild ret t the
.!. wh ') fami'.ie were slaughter.'.''.,
r.nd fl.rard sa wth the treasure. On the
ot if-r htird. there have been persistent re
torts tn?t he was actively engaged In the
fla.e trde. "It Is no S"cret thst he lept
(i'v in Phl sde'phla s his personal r-
int. and that on h s gr-at ajgar m
l'a ttion In Hoj slana he tmipoed h n-dr.-.l.
H" sr-led In rh'ladelphla in 177S. Pio-i
rnr hi.'S belonging to him set o it Ir tn
1 ie p :v His riches inrased J; was
!.' wealth that rea'ly enah ed tlie I' i t J
F:vm to win the IVir of Wll Ronie i.f
''l ard s sh pa had been ovrrhiu'id ly the
Kn."!!h and h1 sailors Impressed T!ie
stror, ecpentrle old man swore veng;
an.-e and financed the government to an'
en irmtiai extent. Afterward, when the
yilow fever spi'irg-d Phlfadelphla, ard
when men wr n-i'- g 'rorr) It, o d Giriifl
and n ght i r.on the eufe -
regrd!e of persor al peril .
Al r.-. e'c-pt f- hs t nf r Unate mar
r a-f 'ie lived and a.on he died. J
'Vt.en his will sit opened it waa found;
that he har! created the tremendous Jn-1
f .fjt -in ttt nyw, oppupylrg ten squares
cf the mis- valuable land in the city, bear.'
h; name. Every ? ny of his immense '
r:-he he had left f r an orphins' college.
T'.e ol I mt h1 orke 1 out all the dp tat Is
No !! t:lter or pr t wi ever to r-.-as it?
t!.:sh .Ti Relig otis n.trurtkn was to he
c J iel nire'y to r--j.1!n. of th B h e
1 " efhl.-! train. The urricu.um
e i'e k ;.t al r f.f the T..:i.ts.
'.' ro.ijh tue years im ct.Hre has grown
ii- 1 . a -h year it tutns out hundreds of
.! "ij.iited men. to lu.-n In
a y r.' jl.i t.Ju'a:uifi have come The
--!j il t-state lef in the hand o the
H arj :s now In t ie hun.J-eJ of ni 11 . rs.
il tiki's in mtns. railroad and u-h. Ie
to n-: a
liii-.f-r. r fe dur r.g Glrard a life as to tne
way in r. v h he gi.nel his fortune, began
ti Ue any after his death. Until th
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THE IROU TiA3i.12.lir
WIMTDOW OF QrJF OF
THE CULL 3
nn to attack what was s; pa-tr. :ly the.
foundation of the building Tney per.e-:
trat.J tnrough the cellar rl.r and found'
that th.a was only th roof of uia-2.ee'
no other excivat on beneath. Entering tola t.-.ey
found the first tier of c!l
There were six stone rooms on thi t.er 1
wlnJos heavily barred with iron and e.ach
oompartmen: capaMit of holding a x pr
sons. Aljng the front of them ran a J-f..-t
con-idor between walls three feet thltk
Peniirittng the dungeons the workmen
found at regular lntervala in the tilj
d.scovery of these slave pens it rested ODly' support that were aftsrwixd declared to
in histor.cal documents and old lettara. intented for manacle.
Jn the course of It operation In bttild-t Toilosrlcg the corrldjr th tr.veat' gator
ing l ie un.ierg
to :ret -h under Marked trt. th Hblla-1 another tier of cell irallar to thoet
delphla F.apid Tra.-iatt Compsnr found It bov. Still another dip and th third tier
r.oi-i.ry to buy Glrard old kou, at on hundred feet below th urfao of th
No. a North Water trt, to rr.aka way street, wa discovered. There ar ron.-
r the huikliUon of its rlTer front ter- to auppose ttat ther 1 a ourtk tiar and
m.nai. The aacieat dwlltim, 1a which tost gbs
bought froml there.
i . i t ee'. the miu&i aupporu
.-e found It wws m the second tie:
uat the baue a picked
! :ate. Northern and Souther Niter a
have been protectorates. Recently it ha
been decided to unite Lagos and Sou'h-rn
Nigeria. Uh colonial headquarters et
LdigOS.
west Africa, Bltuated In the oo.jat .rial
belt, ha much against it on account .f cli
matic conditions, says Mr. Douphfrty. t.u:
even thl inhospitable part has not teen
neglected. Energetic rieamahlp compa-1.
traverse the whole coast. Railroads are
pushing into the interior. The trlegra h
follows the Bteam engine and ocean al i
form cimmerrfal and political links sttn
the great nation of th world. The mla
sionarv with hi chool and church- n
stll higher view of U.'e. All theke in
fluences and agencies contribute largely t.
the oi'iai. cjnimerclal and pollUia! i.plirt
of the vele- uch an adviuicen.ent
thoisrh it hJt touched only the fringe of
the Dark Continent. Carrie with it a great
im re-ise in don--.ic and foreign trade, and
tn.s w ill receive a till groater lmpe.ui a
civilisation penetrate kiland.
j i..m West Africa were broupht u.e an
c.jiti.rs of tae miJlioTi of blaoa men r,uw
il.in m th Utiitd ate. Tlisj Intelligent
uopu.ai.on of t.rra loae and Jai-ria
ia large y roi1 u of Ui deeceuoxnu of
feed slave. Tli9 enligmened m-m:rs
of the negro rap tail active pert in ail
tht flair" ot their commonweaj .a i ard
are developing- ta counuy Ju.i .ru..v
and ooniroerrlaUy- Some of the promo:, rs
t-jjje aSricuJtura, and ottier ii.djstr.es
ver formerly Inhabitant of tr.e biutk
it in AmriC cr lmoloJ the Amn.-an
. rl W udy tr"VL Tukegee
l i!. is tak.r.g iw'd vn In tiiw rem . e
Itea is -,.,r.d. Xitlvs tribe aj - also
pari w
i hor Young men are be.ng
.. trades ana proiev:t,as.
th dvance In ekl'.ed
are t e ng uaineu
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includes
61era
lslatiJ of Slier ro.
tirp'.rh'rg far
evil, conimercal and
of tne
Th colony and tlie proteo-
hae aa area of M.mri
The colony contairis TT.iw
'. ,.r,v of sllerra L-..i.e
,T -,.r, mula at tne nvoutn of t
ifw ... don th coat.
.... from the
a 11 tarv p.nties 1 the va.t territory
prou?c!orai;.
lurnte toS"--'er.
i.hablttnt nd the protectorate arwu: 1.
,,, jui. The development of the pi.,:e torn
fa' tor in the aa ar.ee r
has tt-nrt.ra:ed
GENERAL
OF E1XCAVAT 1 Oi-Z S P.CVCAT.TrJG TIERS OT COl EFJTEATM
JTZIPHEIM GJRARDS HOUSE
str tront and then queLly marched up first ecsSety ay thy ear.njt tee Theypont sombre tier of unmistakable J111000"- OPPORTUNITIES IN
LEONE.
Glrard tjouse wa right
them away
vesse It
...tn.4 .,Mav l.'(iil);iA A wen nnt I tr lOilB t alk'rir atrtr.r!
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uuarr GO ua... s iv u.iiu uuuk:, lj uir lan mil i ii i uujt l.imc was a. ..in lue . r o : K iuu.m. .c u j.im uu i
nly a few ttr& aaay. Thr thsy itu.a th preluulce uganst slavery ttiat Dow ex- prutun currldora. ataxlng Philadelphia in I
have been kept until th tlm cam to h;p lata ard that o.d Stephen G:rard oou.d me face. And
in or. of th el mrcharil .eg t.n siely have engaged in the tiaca on tup of them
l nAaa'SW rhal incihor ' he hs cjlmI auch mvstenr arOUhd It 1 AleO t.'i.'e are the tlra-1 r.Mltia the
1U river front ter- to uppos ttt ther. I a ourt. tlx anC Mln. ,.',; ruol .aUini th only thing that they y they aw -'., ur, of hhh ta never teen known.
r....- " tkpi My hav, thrown abl. a understand.
dark hole ui.der the Water street house Jnm masnber haa aireaay prparka
wiisu toey tetu too unruly on a:i!p- u.urujgraph on it for the dtesctauun A the
0.rd. Hkftor.caJ Socisty at It text n,mt:rvg On
The Pennsylvania H.stor;a4 Socity an 1 th oi&er hai.d tupe.-.ntendent Jam
G rard bad Hved ajd died
the e:'.e' trustee. anJ early iu October
li t aork of raalng u sl. began.
SECHET OF THE DUNGEONS.
lxn to Its foundations the hous had
uree of hhh ta never
It as poMih.e that oep it. fourth In;
1 dug Into the at.ssrer alii mi ..neqiiivacal
and ;i.a- ::.u i o'. the ius:iy of th tit. 'it
u.sui Lfe a 1.1 b c.ear.a uj.
M!
Kver,tnlh 1 ths vitas' ruction of the'
dj;.,-ons givr Jfp rt to the contenttiB'
been t..r.i hen th o smen can a.'ro u,at thty
the Fk.rd of City Ttui'i ar taking tr,t. Kilpitra, of the hjrj of City Trasria. I
matter up In e-.rntt -the rt to find out defend, (iirard's nie iKiry by t"i rgjrrieut
iwtiaj. um dei real y wer tf or. ti e . uud trial "ne wou.d not have pui a toil cow
pa.igeway ieaa:ng iron in cwar. iirMntwnt r mwu, os tm. ii wou.o M . Glrard a nam. if oaeaitl of th. or hora those ho.. mu;r. tea. a
had been blocked and filled, but th. .n-bav bea the aa.et matter la lb wtui.d ia elav, trsudliifc-. aithontf. ir.v.y they , bck."
U-.OCS wss soli v slo. and n Isbwttsl'sr aho tiSack t ha be landed at thelrtMraM try to o th sh. m err bees of th' m rV.. mean tlm. ther. ar th three
were ud for a pis
or toncc of aljvrs
of Ira-
It would
a veolintst. re
ng ail thXougt.
"Look hre," remarkej
nttui.y, "jou aei
1UV o.u "
"On. dun t worry o '-i l it'" nep; d
th nan addreaeed. "1 a'i:r you I wasn't
aayua a:. yvctng that y'-i would parOcu
r!y wai.t to hear '
ULtiiKN a.toVti and deveiopment.
uav maae Africa a country worthy
.11. Con. derm. un or tuLtieu m.n
A.iiji ti.e word report. Vic r.ui are
Leai Reju..i.d Y. jour.ertT from
b.erra Iaon. Vx.e mp of Africa 1 no value
longer a bar. outline tuaratt witn a f.
river and mo ui.lair.a. '1 he secret, of ii..
he.rt of th continent havt beeu laid bar.
. i. nigtity ::erle if lis toturtton.iue.rc
tracwa and its fa: pi en-ling .tvi.re. and
.T.dtrfjl tujii.eria:.a Lrjugi.t u.-iler U.e
tr.fi tei.c. of a r.et-: of piva-re.e WU(.
U es
ii V est Africa l-r.f'nd ha tne f
ng tsn-iii" .. .j... ...... Birrra Lon
Ooid Coast. 1 !.. 'ul
Northern Nierla
orie of s'ai.il-.g
i"u.0Ot. " he '
I ,miKi-il
' .,w The railroad
'almost to the Ubanan boundary foun
trv roads nave been Improved, while t.em-
!controt4 ta certain part. w,.ra
!of bottertog t" thtsrooghfare of trud cti.l
icont'nuea. and tner is ito m the stage of
formation a government project to facl.i-
SIFRRA'tat to navigation of the laree river
Oicrvrvrt eh'flov, lnlo th, harbor at J-'-rtoan.
: export of raw produ'-ts from bierra
Leone is increasng. Among au-.-.i proa
uet vs ben til load, a valuable oil producer,
which 1 eipor.ad 10 a mia: n....i. .
In avaax ot-ntnn in n irinsrii
Afru-an pjoiwitrtea, nd r tkporUa lo th.
of 3j isiuvr ia cjkiiin Leo ii.
...t jino ern.x;y vo in. va.u. wj
.... a n Pln kernel la tb. main c:m
ierx:ial prodiKA. and i a staple article of
raie i'. tropical Afrloa ali exported.
t iku T Palm oil. obtatnad from ti
p'.lm keruel hull, al -Dorted to th vlu
17 K- h Ob tndus-ry Is recelvlr g
r-eater atwiitloo, and many vetatt.e
i nwtii re furnlatsnf eTtcei ent f'-ni.
m... . . -. iff raw oommotitle. makt. It
nt ieone mit 1
N.gerla and cult appareu that Sierra Loc U rich In
Th hrst fojr ar col
wlrh ! ijcent pro'ec-
ruril ir"6 ir-T and th. resourc' ar o.i.y
yartlslly drrelopl.
