The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-30

ences Of great antiquity. and that
 archaeological excavations will throw
 light on the origin Of western and east
 eFn nations of civilizations.
 The grants made a year ago are of
 feially announced for the first time.
 Among them are: G. A. Dorsey of Field
 Columbian museum, Chicago. s2.500 for
 ethnolOgfcal investigation among the
 Pawnee Indians, a work that will re-
 quire four or five years for completion.
 It is proposed to study the religious
 ceremonies of the PaWnees, with refer ence to the mythological origin Of each lceremOny: W. H. Holmes, director of
 Bureau of American Ethnology of Washington, 5000 for obtaining evil
 dence relative to the early history Of
 man. involving field work extending to
 caves in which the primitive live. ln- Ii ,. ,5willgve 9 aoeas? s?glruns-nyes If vestigations carried on under this ap-
 propriation in Illinois, Kentucky, Ten nessee and Alabama during the past
 season developed no fact that Will tend ! to establish a theory of the great anti quity of man in America. The report says this work was not failure as the
 question must be solved if not by the l discovery of positive evidence, by es- tablishing the uniyersality Of negative
 evidence. William Hayes Ward of New York city, an appropriation for study
 in oriental art recorded on seals, etc., from western Asia. The great cellec- | tions in Paris and Berlin have been ex-
 amined and about two years will be re- I euired to complete the work. Lewis
 Ross, of Dudley observatory, Albany,
 N. r., $5,O00 for astronomical observa- tions and computations, the ultimate object being an investigation of the mo-
 tions of the stars. Professors Boss,
 George S. Halo and w. W. Campbell, s5,Q00 for Investigating proposals for q southern and solar observatory: W. H. Campbell, Lick observatory, $4,000 for
 pay Of assistants in research there;
 Herman s. Davis, Gaithersburg, Md,
 $500 for new reduction of Piazzi's star
 observation: Simon Newcomb, Wash ington, $S.000 for determining the ele- ments of the moon's motion and testing the law of gravity. The report says that by the aid of this grant an important term of long period, produced by the action of Venus, has been computed. E. c. Pickering, Harvard university, $2,- 300 for studying the astronomical photo graphs in the collection at Harvard. The report says that many images of new stars, variable and asteroids doubt less appear on the photographs and the feasibility of systematic examination of the photographs for discovery of these objects is being considered; Herbert Putnam, librarian of congress for pre- pairing and publishing Q handbook of learned societies throughout the world; desert botanical laboratory at Tucson, Ariz., S6,000; P. N. Morse, John Hopkins university, $1,500 for researches on os- motto pressure. Professor More reports thas he has solved several important problems along these lines A. A. Moves, Massachusetts institute of technology, $2,0o0 for chemical Investigations; WIT. Durand, Cornell university, $4.120 for experiments on ship resistance and pro- pulsion; Raphael Pumpelli, Newport, R. l., $6,500 for preliminary examination of the trans Caspian region; Frank D. Adams, MeGill university. Montreal, 5 S2, 800 for investigating the flow of rocks; T. e. Chamberlin, University of Chica- go, $6,G0O for study of the fundamental principles of geology: Baily Willis. U. $. geological survey. s12,oOO for geological exploration in eastern China. This work is now going on by authority Of the Chinese government. w. C, Ford, Washington; D. C., $2,0Oo for examina- tion of the historical archieves of Washington, for the assistance of his- torical Investigators; W. 0. Atwater, Wesleyan university ,Middletown, Conn, $5,ooO for experiments in nutrition to di-' rectly determine the amount, of oxygen consumed by man for sustaining the bodily functions; Arthur Gannbee, Mon treux, Switzerland, s6.05o, for a report on the physiology of nutrition; F. E. Wilson, Columbia university, New York, $1 GOO for Investigations in experiment. embroidery in Naples; Marine biolog- icai laboratory Woods Hole, Mass, St0,- GOO.