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MRS. OLARK'S SAD DEATH.
Tragic End While Alone In Her
House.
Probable Dropping of Lamp Set Fire
to Dead Woman's Clothing-She
was Horribly Burned.

Mrs. Kate Clark, widow of George
Clark, aged about 54 years, was burned
to death shortly after o'clock yester-
day morning in her home, No. 1103 Chest
nut street and the house was damaged
to the extent of about 5000. Mrs. Clark
was alone in the house and she is sup
posed to have caused the fire by drop
ping lighted lamp, which she was
carrying along a hallway on the second
floor of the building.
The fire was discovered by a young
woman who passed the house while
returning from party.
She knocked on the door but was un-
able to get any reply from within. The
noise was heard by Il. Il. Curran, how
ever, and he started toward the Wee
cacoe enginehouse, four blocks away, to
notify the tiremen and have an alarm
turned in. At Lancaster avenue and
Van Buren, street, he met policemen
Kane and Hawk, one of whom sum-
moned the fremen and turned in an
alarm from box No. rs, and the other
went to the house, where, with the as
sistance of several other people and
members of the Weccacoe Fire Co.,
| who were quickly on the scene. an en-
trance was effected. They were joined
shortly by Policemen J. T. Scott and
Jakubowski and the firemen and four
officers did good work i'll subduing the
fire.
In cropping their way through the
smoke the firemen and policemen found
the dead body of Mrs. Clark which had
been burned to crisp from the waist
down.
Beside her was broken oil lamp
which leads to the belief that she was
carrying it and dropped it, thus causing
the fire.
The body was removed to the morgu'
: in the Phoenix Ambulance.
Martin Shay of Kennett Square, Ia.
: Mrs. Clark's nephew, came to Whining
ton yesterday to arrange for the funeral
: Her people live at Kennett Square.
1t was arranged late last night t
] hold the funeral services at st. Paul
/, r. q. Church Monday afternoon an
e interment to be made in the New Catht
E dral cemetery.
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DIRECTORS
MUST SPECIFY
Will Have to Say How They Will
Spend the 100000.
CITY. COUNCILS POSITION
Not in a Hurry to Act on the Street
and Sewer Directors Appeal.
An Old Scheme in
New Guise.

City Council does not seem in hurry
to take any decided action on the de-
mands of the Street and Sewer Direc-
tors for more money, which they claim
they are sadly in need Of.
An appeal from the directors was
read at the meeting Of Council on jan
uary Gath asking that body to give its
hearty approval and cooperation for the
bill which was to be presented to the
Legislature, resorting to the directors
their original appropriation Of $4,000
year with the additional sum of 6 per
cent for each succeeding year after the
first appropriation.
| The matter was referred to the finance
committee but it has never made re-
port on it.
The directors finally got up a brand
new scheme which was unfoulded to the
members of Council on last Saturday
night. 1t was to ask the Legislature
permission to make loan Of 100000.
Some of the councilmen claim to have
spotted" this scheme as the old ont
in a new guise. They say that the di
rectors, will of course, pay the interes
on the 100000 out of their annual ap
preparation and that everything will g
all right without expense to City Coun
cl until the 100000 is spent
Then the directors will again complain
about not having enough money and vii
make a request for an increased apprc
priation.
1t is said that the proposed bill ha
no chance of being approved by ms
:, jority of Council in the present shap,
If, however, the directors will stat
, how the 100000 will be spent, designa
: ing specifically what sections Of the cit
a will be improved and the amounts to
:. spent on each section, thus accountir
: for the entire appropriation, it is pro
a able that majority may favor it.
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"ROYAL MANHOOD"
George L. Tibbitts Will Lecture In
the Grand Opera House.

GIL. Tubbitts, State secretary of the
Y. NJ. g. A. will give an illustrated lee
ure in the Grand Opera House tomor-
ow afternoon, under the auspices Of
he local Y. NJ. G. A. His subject will
,e "Royal Manhood" The meeting Will
10 omen to both men and women and
admission will be by ticket which can
10 obtained at large number OF the
prominent business houses and at the
Y. NJ. c. A. Hall, No. 1907 Marker
street. .,
Tomorrow evening hir. Tibbitts VIII
ecture at Rodney Street Presbyterian
Church on "Christian Activity"
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QUESTION OF
SOUND MIND
Witnesses Said Mrs. Pritchard
Wore a wild Look"
DECLINED TO ANSWER
Court Threatened to Commit Albert
Jaquette After Which he An
swered All Questions-Com.
PEELED to Stand up.
DECLINED TO ANSWER

A councilman stated last night that
this was its sole hope of being ell
dorsed by Council Considerable evil
tlence was offered in the Superior Court
yesterday in the case of John Pritchard
VS.. Henry Henderson to show that
Caroline Pritchard was of unsound mind
when she made her will, leaving her
property to Henry Henderson.
Albert Jaquette was among the wit
nesses who were called to testify as to
her mental condition. He was OH the
stand for quite length of time and
!! desired to sit down. The court, how
ever, ordered him to stand up and finally
a court attendant removed the chair
from the witness box.
Jaauette saed he knew Caroline well.
| He seemed unwilling to answer certain
questions and the court finally told him
he would be committed to the custody of
the sheriff if he did not answer.
| He admitted that he had eaten meals
at the woman's house and upon being
closely pressed, said he had probably
taken twelve meals there.
He said he sometimes got groceries
for her at the store. He considered that
she was of unsound mind.
He stated that he saw her frequently
land talked much with her, sometimes
they talked all day. When asked what
about, he said General Washington,
Jackson and all those people"
Mrs. Emma Bullock testified that she
helped to lay out Mrs. Pritchard after
she was dead and that she had broken
leg and had a sore in her side.
Msr. Ella Scarborough testified that
She had known Mrs. Pritchard for n
long time. She said she had a wild look
! and red face and did not consider her
! Of sound mind.
Mrs. Sarah Bullock testified that she
knew Mrs. Pritchard and that she had
n wild look and that she did not consid'
or her of sound mind.
!, Thomas III. Morrison, an elderly man
! a resident of Cecil county, proved very
; cautious witness, qualifying many an
y ;wers. Thus he understood" thai
e "Red" Caroline was Henry Pritchard
~ wife, although he did not see them mar
81 ried. He understood also that she wa
in the penitentiary but did not see he
there.
John S. Writ of Cecil county, was ad
:, mittcd to practice here for this case o.
Y motion of J. Harvey Whiteman.
ie The court admitted in evidence
IS legislative act permitting Carolin
pritchard to sell land in Pencader hun
10 dred, and a deed of April 1858, conveyin
T property to Caroline. The other sid
ie noted exceptions to each point.
Mr.. Whiteman offered in evidence Il,
paper writing purporting to be the las
will and testament of Caroline I
no Pritchard, dated January 2S, 1896
~ starts off I'm the name of God, Amen,
-. and AYERS that the maker is in pain an
h. weakness of body, but Of sound an
as disposing mind and memory. She d
reefs the payment of 81 to her sol
John Pritchard, and the giving of h
property at Pleasant Hill, Nd, No
900 and Gil Church street, lilo Peat
ID, street, and a lot there, and 103 and L
an Claymont street, this city, to her SO
Ir. Henry Henderson. The residue is to
ial to Henry.
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BRAKEMAN KILLED.
Joseph v. Lear Crushed to Death at
Perryville, Md.

Joseph V. Lear, aged about "a years,
freight brakeman on the p, w. Il B.
railroad, was killed at Perryville about
2.so o'clock yesterday afternoon. He
was caught between car and the plat
form at that station and was crushed.
The coroner of Cecil county, Md. took
charge of the remains and had them
shipped to this city. Undertaken James
7. Chandler removed the body from
French street station to the late home
of the deceased, No. 519 East Sixth
street. The deceased was widower
and leaves two small children. The
body will be shipped to Delmar for in
terment on the 4.37 o'clock Delaware
Railroad train this afternoon.
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TABLEAUX AT POW-WOW.
Brass Band and Cake Walk the At
traction for Tonight.

About 1900 persons attended the Red
Mems pow-wow and carnival at Pyles
Cycle Academy last night. Waneta
Council degree Of Pocahontas, Keokuk
and Cherokee tribes gave delightful
tableaux in costume. A quartet con-
sisting of Horace Mcdaniel, Mrs. Harry
Vandersloot, John Vandersloot and Miss
Alba Vandersloot rendered several Sc
lections. The prizes last night We're two
4O-pound cans of lard and they were won
by the molders Of tickets Nos. 1882 and
3243.
There will be special matinee this
afternoon. Tonight Will be Lenape ant
Mattahoon tribes night. For specia
attraction there will be full brass ban1
and cake walk.
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will Attend the Funeral

The members of the Jefferson Council,
No. 10 o. U. A. Nj, will hold a special
meeting tonight to make arrangements
to attend the funeral of w. III. Peacock,
which will take place from his late home
No. 512 South Claymont street at 1.SO
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Du Pont Post
No. 2, G. A. r., will also attend.
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Red Mems pow-wow all this week.
INJUNCTION ASKED,
To Prevent the Property No. 1917
West 9Th From Being Sold.

John D. Kurtz yesterday filed with the
chancellor a bill of complaint against
the Equitable Guarantee and Trust Co.,
Mary Il. Thomas, William L. G. Thom-
as, Stirling H. Thomas and Carl Eisen-
menger, and rule was issued on the de-
PENDANTS requiring them to show cause
why preliminary injunction should not
be granted. The rule was made re-
turnable February 27. 1t appears that
Chas. G. Kurtz, acting as agent for John
d. Kurtz, Jr., sold the property No. 1877
West Eighth street and it is alleged that
Mary e. Jones has since contracted for
the sale to Carl Eisenmenger.
The injunction prayed for is to prevent
the property being transferred or mort
gagged.
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chief Clerk Not Yer appointed.

Superintendent w. n. Barnard, of the
Maryland division of the p, w. Il b.
Railroad, has not as yet appointed
chief clerk to succeed Cornelius w.
TAYLOR deceased, but it is rumored that
Paymaster John w. Lawson may get
the appointment. 1t is also reported that
Roscoe Baylis will succeed Mr.. Lawson
MS Daymaster.
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Skate FishTail.

Detective William Il. Jones of the
p. w. & B. railroad received through
The mail from the Philippine Islands
Yesterday, the tail of a skate hsh, wnlcn
was in the shape of a cane. The glIt
was sent to Mr.. Jones by George b.
Campbell of the United Steamship
Brooklyn, former resident of this city.
letter accompanied the gift in when
Campbell stated that he received tne
rurio from a friend Of his stationed III
| China.
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celebrated Two Anniversaries.

Erdman Hoffman, chief clerk at w. @.
Taylor's pharmacy, No. 302 King street,
entertained a number Of friends at the
Hotel Bellevue, Philadelphia, on Thurs
day, in honor of his 14th anniversary as
a graduate of pharmacy and the 10th an
niversary as chief clerk at the local phar-
macy. Covers were laid for IL and a
pleasing time was spent, after which the
party was entertained at theatre by q
friendof Mr.. Hoffman's. Ottomer w
Speer, of this city, was in the party.
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Funeral of Elizabeth Johnson.

Funeral services over the remains Of
Elizabeth Johnson, wife of George John
son, will be held at o'clock this after
noon in Asbury NJ. Il. Church. Inter
ment will be made in Wilmington and
Brandywine cemetery.
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A Trim Through Germany.

Under the auspices of the Young
Peoples Lutheran Society, the Rev. f..
Wischan,of Philadelphia, gave an inter
esting illustrated lecture in Zion Luth-
cran Church last night. His subject was
"A trip through Germany"
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Magistrate Dismissed the Case.

The charge made by Mrs. Mary Gill
against Mrs. Jennie Hammerer for the
larceny Of four pairs of lace curtains
was brought up in Magistrate Daley's
court again last night. AS there was no
proof that Mrs. Hammerer got the cur
tains Magistrate Daley dismissed the
case.
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Officers Made q Raid.

SergeantBayley and squad made
raid on the house No. S1s Orange street
last night and arrested Stella Taylor
onthe charge of keeping a house Of i'll
fame, Two inmates were also arrested
and held as witnesses.
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Funeral of Maggie ID. BuiIen.

The funeral of Maggie d. Bullen, wife
of Lewis NJ. Bullen, will take place
at $50 o'clock tomorrow morning from
her late home, near Talleyville, Del.
Interment will be made at Head of
Christiana cemetery, near Newark, Del.
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nouna pooketbook and $3.50.

While walking around the French
street station yesterday morning, Char
les J. Barr, of No. sos West elAth
street found woman's pocketbook con-
tanning s12o in notes. On making m m
ouiry it was found that the pocketooo.es *
was lost by Mrs. Warren to whom II
was returned.
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Mr.. Barrett left for Hartford.

Horace Barrett was taken to Hartford,
Conn. yesterday in special Pullman
car, accompanied by Mrs. Barrett. Mr..
Barrett has been suffering from partial
paralysis and had been at Delaware
Hospital since last November.
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Musical at MadeIey.

Another interesting musical was given
in Madeley NJ. E. Church last night. 1t
was for the benefit of the new organ
fund and good sum was realized.
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Rev. Mr.. Lewis Goes to Bermudas
The Rev. w. Il. Lewis, pastor of Rod
ney Street Presbyterian Church, leaves
\ for the Rermudas today, where he will
remain about two weeks. Mrs. Lewis
will accompany him.
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Fell From Ladder.

While cleaning the windows of the
Grand Union Hotel, on stepladder,
yesterday morning, Laura Williams, col
ored, fell and was slightly injured.
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Fine sen trout, &c. per pound, Friday
and Saturday and all during Lent, at 11s
King street.-C. M. Murden.
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Presented With silver Service.
Theodore l.. Hawkins has resigned his
position as foreman of the Woodwork-
ing department of the Lobdell Gar
Wheel Work, to take charge OF the
Hotel Wellington at Atlantic City. On
Thursday the foreman and workmen at
the Lobdell works presented Mr.. Haw-
kins with q handsome silver service.
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Poeahontasss, tribes, Cycle Academy
this week.
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Indian, Indian, all this week.
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Come to the pow-wow this week.
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Injun, Injun, war dances this week.
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Chiefs, squaws, papooses this week.
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perhaps than on the ground, where the
pyramids and entertainments have been
worn down into mounds of debris the
original form of which Is almost in
distinguishable, and where nothing but
the foundations of the temples which
once crowned them remain-that for
extent and grandeur the monuments Of
Copan could hardly have been sur
passed on the American continent, and
would have compared favorably with
many of the famous sites of the Old
World. The length of the Main Struc-
ture, from north to south, is 800 feet;
from east to west it must have original
ly measured nearly as much, but part
of the edifice has been cut away by the
annual freshets In the Copan River.
Palacio's grand staircase" for exam
pie, has quite disappeared since he
wrote to King Philip. At the bend OF
the river, where it is detected by the
ruins, it has left a sheer cliff, 120 feet
in height, in which the whole construc-
ton of the entertainments, revealing the
gradual growth of centuries, is laid
bare, just as at Hissarlik, the site Of
ancient Troy, DR.. Schliemann was able
to trace the evolution of city after city,
each reared upon the debris of its pre-
decessor. So ancient are the founda-
tons, indeed, that Mr. Gordon believes
that, old as the Maya civilization is,
here, at the bottom Of these embank-
ments, are to be found the remains of
its earliest beginnings.
The Hideroglyphic Stairway, to
which reference has already been made,
was erected on the face of large py-
ramid. 1t led from a broad plaza or
kind of amphitheatre to a system OF
courts in the higher portion Of the
Main Structure When 1t was discov-
cred, in 1894, the stairway was com
pletely buried under a mass of debris,
while the whole upper part had slid
down, probably in an earthquake. 50
that 1t entirely covered the lower por-
ton. The work of Strengthening out
the resulting confusion was not COM
pleted until 1900. The stairway was
ornamented at intervals. in the centre
and on the broad balustrades on either
side, with seated statues, while at the
base was great carved throne or ped
estal. Both statues and carvings, here
as elsewhere. were originally covered
with stucco and painted IN color
which. Of course, would have tremen-
dously added to their effectiveness Oni
the face Of each step. running its en-
tire length, was a row Of 'glyphs.1 as
they are called. each about nine inches
square, composing. probably. one great
inscription in that strange Maya pic
ture writing whose meaning no arch |
aeOlogist has VT been able to de-
cipher. In all, so steps were found and
arranged in order-such Of them as had I
fallen from position-fOr moulding. In I
the earlier stages Of the work from so /
TO 100 men were employed in clearing
away the debris. and no less than an
acre Of ground was covered with the
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which the Peabody Museum is the
archaeological department-and the
government of Honduras, by which, for
a term of 10 years. the former should
have exclusive custody of all prehis-
toric monuments in Honduras, with the
right to take out of the country half of
all material brought to light by exca-
walton.
The vicissitudes of Central American
government, however, are we'll known;
but although the concession was with
drawn after three or four seasons Of
work-which from the first was con-
fined exclusively to Copan-the cour-
tesy of one official or another has made
it possible to continue the excavations
from year to year, until most of what
had been originally planned has been
accomplished. Thus the Main Struc-
ture, as it is called, with it's terraces,
entertainments, temples, pyramids, and
monuments, has been carefully sur
veyed and mapped; and a. complete set
of moulds has been made of the su
perb series of steps composing the now
famous "Hieroglyphic Stairway
haps the most splendid monument of
Maya art-so that the whole may be
reproduced and erected here in Cam
bridge.
1T NalAEg VI COBolA 10 NV POI eAg
under cultivation; when Stephens Wis
tied it, as apparently for centuries be-
fore, it was covered by a dense forest
for It must be remembered that even
at the time of the Spanish conquest the
city had been in ruins for ages. 1t was
as old to the Spanish viceroys. appar
entity, as to US; and a clear-eyed Span
ish official, the Licentiate Diego Garcia
de Palacio, travelling down from Qua
temala in 1876, has left, in a letter to
Philip IL, what may still be received as
a fair-as it certainly is .vivid-ac-
count Of the ruins as they might still
appear to a visitor rho had no knowl-
edge of scientific archaeology
ION the road to the city of San Pc
dro," he wrote, Gin the first town with
in the province of Honduras, called Co
pan, are certain ruins and vestiges of a
great population and of superb edifice g
of such skill that it appears they could
never have been built by a people as
rude as the natives Of that province.
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blocks and fragments which were re-
moved. OF all this material-steps,
statues, and fragments of sculpture
careful moulds were made and sent
back to the coast on mules for ship
ment to Boston, so that at some future
time the whole stairway. 100 feet in
height from the lowest to the highest
step, may be re-erected, possibly with
certain reservations, in the Peabody
Museum-not, of course, In its original
magnificence Of color and carving. but
probably with a much closer approxi-
nation to what 1t must have looked
like in it's glory than would be possible
with the broken and time-worn blocks
which were left behind in Copan.
Who the Mayas really were can be
gathered only from such remains as
those at Copan. from a few untrust-
worthy traditions, and from two or
three Of their manuscripts, which we
cannot read. The figures Of their gods
and heroes which they carved out Of
trachite with obsidian knives have lost
their coating Of stucco and the bright
pigments with which they were once
adorned. but even as they are they in
dictate a race at once gentle and inteili-
gent. Mr.. Gordon reports that there
Is no evidence in the Copan ruins OF
human sacrifices, such as Palacio
SAoubhb ne AOuiiu traces o. ne HB-
ures on the great stelae or monoliths
are grotesque in many respects, but the
faces, here as in other sculptures, have
often a repose and dignity that would
not be altogether unworthy Of good
Egyptian art. The type. as has often
been pointed out approaches the Mon
gollan; there is not the same interest
for US as in an Egyptian statue, the
art Of which is part OF our own Pc
euliar heritage Of civilzation-but no
one can look at the sculpture now in
the Peabody Museum, especially GER
tain faces Of women, without wonder
ing that a wider interest has not been
shown in delving into the history Of
this mysterious and remarkable race.
and that work such as Harvard has
done in Copan has not been extended
to every Maya monument in Central
America.
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co,,bri,ga Mass. oct. 22.-The ex
49,, of The ruins of Copan in Hon
dl1ras which was begun by Ihe Ga
bodv Museum of American Archaeol
nsv and Ethnology, 10 years ago, n 'ls
20, brought to a close by the recent
ret,Irn of Mr.. George B. Gordon-Wnio
has been in charge, since 1882 OF tlIe
various expeditions sent OUT :. - "a
Cambridge-from a final Visit 10 eiii7
remarkable seat of that ahcieht -
civilization which once dominance -
greater part of Central Amer -
many respects the exploration mas 80 -.
the most notable, IN Know tGu7 ,acI,
tanned and in material broushI jan
go. undertaken by American arcnae-
oIoeists Thousands of moulds OIL pre-,
historic carvings and sculptures anu
innumerable photographs, have peeh
added TO the collections in CalhpIlu6e 9
together with many original opJects.
including not only great variety VI
pottery. implements, ana peIsohai u
I,ar,,er+s b,t some hundreds of pieces
of scuIntura large and small, OF the
Greatest inheritance to the student OF
native American art. Even more val
1lablo is the additional light when mas
been shed on the development Oh Cen
tral American culture betore tne Gum
ing of the Spanish cohq uei 18Th,
Conan is situated a few mics sou.n
Of HE Guatemalan border, and about
100 miles. as the crow flies, from the
Gulf Of Honduras and the Caribbean
Sea. 1t had already been Nlsi'Gu py d
number of explorers. John L. Sue
nbens for example, an American Dip
iomatic agent, was there in 1888, and
his description of the ruins. skilfuily
and accurately illustrated from lne
sketches of his companion, Catherwood.
is stiu a standard work. Nearly 50
Years later Mr.. Alfred P. Maudslay,
an English student of Central Ameri-
can archaeology. spent a season on the
IL Mich however. remained to be
done. Copan had been a populous city
-nopulous. that is. like cities Of an
cient Egypt or Assyria-and its ruins
comprise the whole Of a valley seven or
eigbf miles long and from a mile and
a half to two miles wide. In 1891, ac-
cordingly. an agreement was entered
into between Harvard University-of