The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-04
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.
Books Received in the Grant Memorial
Library-Tslk With DIR. Jordan.

THIRTY VOLUMES kAayo been contributed TO
The FFp1eT1c james Grant memorial H.
hrAry % American history IN the niycr-
s'9y Or Washington. These volumes con-
ass OF tue following valuable works:
Seven vosUnseE ey .9san fi@he. Discovery
or America" The Beginnings OF New
Euglaa6' "anlexlcaa Revolution" Grit
teal Period q, American History and
American Political IdeAs.' complete
works az FranezS Pzrkzfsan. fResve VOL
nnses. Winning OF Tire West. four VOL
urse~s. ~ Theodore Roosevelt. Ifvsng's
fAfs OF Co.umo1Hs' Bryce's American
Commonwealth Prestons ''Documents
Illustrative u American History. ieas-
1seS.' 'Dess0tos TforSza,f by theodore
irving. Naaal.Ac's 'sPre.is Store America"
Wesses History of the Discoveries o:
America" These volumes make a splen-
sisd beginning OF the memorial library.
Iapy were sesecfed and contributed by
Hrs. Fresieri. ]. Grant. WHO has watched
VIE wArEa liFterest the WORK OF her no
bic h1s5and's friends ia erecting TO sss
memory this appropriate monument.
President David Starr jordan. OF stan
ford University. passed through Seattle
one evening last week or his wsy home
from Ire fz-r North. sTaere he has been
faF ths past three months working ap the
raj question with one OF tIls greatest SCI
sntfc expeditions ever organized by the
American government. lie says tie work
Of the commission. Of aheh he was pres
.slanf. has been efrtneItiy successful. Be
ss'iss finding out all about the seals. The
rgrHaa.szign incidentally picked Up great
many Interesting natural history speed
gnenS. !nciA8sng at least t&snty new spe-
ases Of fishes Mr.. Stsineger l. STA on
board the Aibatross working I'm Japanese
waters and RlIl 60 - the Okhotsk sea.
an sutHaiy anexps0Tszi region, rs FAR as
rlatsz~a. history is concerned. and Dr. Jor-
dan expects az least 10 new species OF
fishes from that section. A picture of the
new flsa found by Capt. George W. Jacob
500 an. presented 20 tu4 Young Natural
ssss' &oeaefy Vas shown TO President Jor-
dan. Tho al once pronounced s. ''opah."
He said = was undoubtedly a L.au.prls
b1E Il tad never been com. pared. and 70
h1 does not know whether II IL new
spec4.s or not. lie said thss WAS the
fourth specimen taken on the Pacific
coEst. bIt only ina skeleton Of one OF the
Other three had been preserved, aud tho
Young Satgrasss;s therefore have the only
cowpi~ss specimen known OF the Pacific
oisAh Dr. Jordan ate part OF the ono that
FINISHED The skeleton for the Stanford
-sgsseur,. ard BE- pronoances * tho finest
favored nsh &c ever tasted. which OF
co..-s@ sgeaDs = sas no equal on earth.
DR.. Jordan said he vas 2Stcnished on
h,s RETURN 10 civilization 20 find that he
hsd been iaAen seriously n his yarn about
gaoss ga, photographs In the Popular
f'est - IN THAT yarn Qns MAS he fact
ira, h s&S ~1itten D. Aprsl :. Asa another
ra< ta&t u was he tanis9E's rat that xa
uscf." and then - ccefcr laughed n his
eooe-agfl-sd way.
Afacas tae Sis!toss a. the Gn.ye:s,iy this
weeS was IAaaf. EmTaon. executive on ,sr
~ sne United States revenue cutter Trnta.
who Is on his way 10 New York. where he
VIII spend tie w-i-5er months he has be-
Genre n s1th0Eity on ths A.asAa Indians
s-s especially on he Tisnstt tribe. on
which .fiae 1e al soon Issue an exhaust
ivs report. lie has maize a collection @.
Owe ieea pisces - Tnrxt har.lwo-k
w'iii-h .a=se collection 49, Probably go 20
the Na'uT1. Figiory Museum ~ New
Nefk 81 waiah lasescstoa tae lieutenant
- pstfar
The ar~ aa.aad ia tFnio0 hsy ~ am O..
Leae NashfnEtcT. Sc stii} 81 evidence ord
y noN $50 weeks o}d. IEo So! IS bccoyn-
f7s fsmtF end there ara other Indications
that & has coma 10 be- a permanent feat
trc ~ thn beautiful BAY. Ahout 20 er.e-i-
iHena ~ fresh uktsr clans have been q
leTtcfl Gruin the island. and four MUSK
f8fa have been trapped there. The Low,
'tsEe % lhe water - probably responsible
Tor me Islands. Thts shows wha; may
~ expected when the canal lowers lake
Nasiting-cn permanently
itor. Charles " Seymour. OF Tacoma
Save taR university students and their
friends Hem'lDe intellectual treat Fy8es,
evening tn the form - hls scholarly at-
drfsc an Marie tufo{nette The hia-
try ~ th2f efuaFt able queen ana ~ the
fs-ntslfuer@ tirivs in which she ifve4 tl+s
GAYS Of terror if France. were por:~avs-l
in thc -oo7S Gui@hed snd dramatic nan
afer The irCtfre nas given una.~ The
auspices az ttc Aetheuonsaa Iftcra~v So
riet~ 5-r suaaker vas Introduced LIZ
Frank y. Su3ifh- Tile uro~~ar--y,e ,,sx
s'li-tcnr'f ~ INSTRUMENTAL music ~ Mrs
George Ii. Tcmpietnn Nhc was recalled "a,
enthusiasts applause 'rha |-nfve~sf,-,
GAartettc. recently orEans~ea csestf 4hs,
l.-esr1tstn~ With selection that WAS very
well received Thf~ ouarseste oas,-4sts -
NcssSs Bvtt, Iensgaer-. f.paio,s ard
Richardson.