Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-29

DIR. Schliemann was one OF the most
picturesque characters OF the century.
After undergoing many misfortunes in
his youth, he finally got Il paying posi-
tion when he engaged with firm at
Amsterdam at Si00 year. In 1916 his
firm sent him TO 81. Petersburg, Tor
while in their house he had learned to
speak. read and write Russian. He re-
mained there as their agent for II years,
during ten OF which he did business on
his own account. He added Swedish
and Polish TO his cosmopolitan vocabu-
larry, and in 1856 began his studies OF
new and old Greek.
Two years later he Travelled through
Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy,
Egypt, Greece and Syria. His fortune
grew so that in 1868 he was able 10 re-
tire from trade with all the money he
needed to satisfy the ambition OF his
last twenty years. From that time he
devoted all his days to the study of
Greek archaeology. He made at once
his first journey through Greece,
passed ON 10 India China and
Japan, and brought up in Paris.
where he stopped TO increase with all
his energy his archaeological knowledge.
lie returned to Athens in 1868 to marry
his wife, scholarly Greek woman, who
became imbued with all his enthusiasm,
and aided him faithfully in his subse-
ouent researches. With $50 working
men he conducted from 1870 to lss2 his
famous search for the treasures OF pre-
historic ages. He found relics OF walls,
stone implements, bricks, bronze, arms,
vessels Of bone, bronze, terra Gotta and
ivory, as well as OF gold and silver, and
considerable quantity OF jewels. lie
was confident he had found the treas
ures of Priam.
In his first book on his discoveries he
maintained that the remains OF Llium
were confined TO the first six feet be-
meath the surface, and all the ruins
below to depth OF 52ll feet were pre-
historic. The ruins beneath Llium he
divided into five groups, representing
five cities. In the second book he added
a sixth city to the list. In both books
hs drew the conclusion that the third
city from the bottom was the Troy OF
Homer. In his third book he took back
this opinion aud identified the second
city rs Troy.
His book and the explorations they
record have long been the material OF
the bitterest feuds between arch1olo-
gists, and up to a few weeks ago the
''war about Troy" As DR.. Schliemann's :
countrymcn have called it. was still
raging in Vienna and Berlin circles.
Dr. Schliemann was the recipient OF the
highest honors from scientific men and
associations throughout the world. In
Berlin many OF the products OF his eX-
plorations have been collected under
The name of "Schliemann Museum"
Soon after he unearthed the five
tombS OF kings at Mycenc he was elect
ed in England to fellowship OF the
Society of Antiquaries and to member
ships of the Royal Institute Of British
Architects and of the Archaeological
Institute. lie was made Doctor Of
Philosophy by the University OF Ros-
tock, Doctor of Jurisprudence by OK
ford University, and honorary citizen OF
the city OF Berlin. Since 1871 he had
lived almost constantly in Athens. His
literary works are Ithaca. The Pelle-
ponnesus and Troy" Trojan Antiqui-
ties" "Mycen1," with a preface by
Gladstone; "Llias," with a preface by
X. Virchow; "Orchomenos, Troy"
Travels in the Trood," "Tiryus," and
a book on China and Japan"