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afterward became minister at Washing
ton: Mr. Utsumi, the governor Of Ma
rcsaki. John Russell Young and the
American consuls at Nagasah and
Shanghai completed the party.
All these difficult foreign names the
old landlord had transcribed in Japan
csc characters in recording the list Of
guests. along with the menu, descrip-
tions of the decorations of each room
and sketches Of the flower arrangements
in each recess or alcOve. and OF the
symbolic pieces set before Grant Shotgun
and his wife.
IT pleased the good old soul beyond
words 70 have his work OF so long ago
appreciated and he turned the pages
and read the notes concerning the great
est event in Nagasakis municipal his
tory with JUNCTION. It was warm and
sunny, with the stiffness Of enchant-
ment in that poetic little garden. and
lingering there was a pleasure while the
old landlord dwelt with delight on those
June days of 1879 when the great Ameri-
can Shotgun had honored the city.
I'VE have nothing like that now said
the old man. Those were great days
noble davsl"
The traditions of General Grants days
are about forgotten among the foreign
residents IN Japan Ihere are Few now
residing in the treaty ports who We're
there at that time. and nearly az Of the
American and Japanese officials who
took part In the festivities are dead.
The lower classes long remember the
visit of this ruler who was not an en-
peror. but greater, more absolute, than
a shotgun, they understood. Mrs. Grant,
however, they spoke of as the American
1ogo sama (empress), and there was
long pointed out enviously that Yoko-
hama amah Qady's maid) TO whom the
American kogo sama said ''arigato"
(thank you).
u happened after a dinner, when in
tho dressing room the amah reverently
laid the evening wrap on Mrs. Grants
shoulders, that she turned and kindly
said Thanks" and went her way
But the amah stood transf1xed. almost
fainting with emOtion-Overpowered that
the great itogo sauna should speak TO,
should say, "Arigato" to her. a lowly
coOlie class woman. For the rest OF her
life she was envied and shone in the re-
fiected glory Of that incident
When Grant Shotgun went TO Nilxko IL
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not readily see the light without aid
from an endowment. 10 IS not proposed
10 scatter them broadcast, for their
contents are of interest only to the stu
dents OF the subject discussed, but to
such as desire them the publications are
sold at a low price. All persons are at
liberty TO present important subjects for
the consideration Of the trustees. Dur
ing the past year many applications
have been received, some OF them de-
handing but slight consideration, while
others were OF great merit. A perusal
Of our year book. recently issued, viii
tell you something Of the results so far
accomplished"
Some Practical Results.
One Of the most ambitious problems
under investigation by the Institution is
that Of the location OF an observatory
in the Southern hemisphere. ,Astrono-
my, as everybody knows. is a very ex-
acs science. and the more exact It is
made. the more completely errors are
eliminated. and variations accounted
for, the greater ease, among other
things. attends the efforts OF the mari
ner in obtaining knowledge Of his To-
cation at sea. It so happens that nearly
all OF the great observatories are located
In the Northern hemisphere 1t is re-
allied that greater accuracy were OBJ
tainable IL observations could be taken
for a period Of years from the South, to
be correlated with those taken at the
North. The difficulty is in the climatic
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GENERAL GRANTS VISIT TO FAR JAPAN
A TREASURED MEMORY IN THAT COUNTRY

Away toward the end OF the long chain
OF temple grounds in the hills behind
Nagasaki one passes the serried row Of
red torh' or skeleton portals. leading 10
FOX gods shrine, crosses a rock. rayine
and comes 10 the prettiest tea house IN
al Nagasalxi It IS not the tea house
whose lanterned balconies, looking on
the harbOr. was celebrated by Pierre
Lott. nor can IL be Identified with Nine.
Butterfly"
Those literary landmarks OF Nagasakl
are nearer the tone and appeal TO the
vulgar foreign popular taste
This tea house might have been
dropped from KiOtO intact. It's kitchens
and back yards look down upon the
roofs OF the town. It's ceremonial rooms
and little tea chalets look upon a gar.
den At for a monastery, where beautiful
trained pines surmOunt tina green bank
that IS foreground for the Tar sky line
OF the hi1ltOps
A sound Of falling water comes from
beyond a pine tree. and a thread OF
water slips down the rocky bed OF q
miniature torrent and fills a lakelet
over which an arched bridge connects
two wings OF the house
The large rooms are OF exquisite sim
picity, the detached rooms for the leis-
urely rites and refined pleasures OF the
ceremonial tea are models OF their kind
and there IS a hush, a dreamy repose
IT for poets and their gentle pastime.
Once IN, around the camelIia hedges
ana treading the fat stepping stones OF
this ideal garden, one might as well be
a thousand miles from busy, trading.
money making. coal loading. shipbuild-
ing Nagasaki- 1t was ideal Japan.
did Grant Shotgun have a great ban
quet here IN the twelfth year Of Feit2''
I asked. And have you still the cush-
ions the American Shotgun sat uponY'
And 70 my Joy they answered yes, for
! had begaa 70 believe myself the only
person IN Nagasah who knew General
Grant had ever been here. japanese and
Europeans, old residents and new
corners, Of great zeal. with time on their
hands. had questioned in vain. The
General Grant cushions were shown me
many years ago. in the midst of a
crowded day Of sightseeing. when Cen
eral Grants visit was fresh in the minds
OF those living here.
The old landlady remembered Il all
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and began 10 tell about Il. while her
daughter and the little housemaid ran
for tea. and soon four square wadded
cushions Of green brocade were brought
from their wrappings and box IN the
far Rodome.
There were five. Of course" said the
landlady. but they sent down from
Tokyo for one cushion TO keep as a relic,
and, OF course. We had to let it go"
Then the master Of the house came, a
dreamy eyed, hollow chested old man
with thin hands and racl1ing cough. but
when he realized the errand that
brought US there he warmed TO a lively
interest and went and found the manu-
script book he wrote about It all at the
time Of the great soldiers yisi
When General Grant came TO Japan
as the guest OF the Emperor he was
housed in monastery building attach
ed 10 the Suwa temple. Foreign ap-
pointments, French chef and every
thing was provided to make him com
Portable according to his own customs,
bu', for the formal hospitality tender
ed by the governor OF Nagasaki a ban
quet in japanese style was arranged.
Inc menu was conhded to the master of
this FuJi-ya tea house. whose estab-
the choicest resort Of gourmets.
The people Of Nagasaki. sons Of good
families and rich merchants. offered 20
serve the banquet. rather than that
common servants should approach SO
6reat man. II was an honor. they
ielt 70 serve Grant, the great shotgun.
Inc citizens offered their choicest. por-
celain and lacquer dishes 10 be used
on the occasion. and each little white
pine stand set before each guest held
such collection or ceramic treasures
as could not be assembled now.
Special dresses for the occasion were
ordered from Kioto. in order to make
the geisha girls who danced before him
worthy OF the great guest The five
guests OF first honor were Grant Sho-
gun, his wife, his son, the American
minister az Tokyo, Mr. Bingham. and
the Marquis Date. who had come TO
Nagasaki 20 meet the great general as
the representative of the Emperor.
Mr.. Yoshida, who had been the Japan
csc minister at Washington during Cen
eEal Grants term as president; Mr.. Ia
teno, Of the household department, who
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OF mankind. provide buildings. labOra-
tories. books, and apparatus, as may be
needed; aud afford instruction of an ad-
vanced character to students properly
qualified 10 profit thereby"
Research Assistants.
It IS the purpose Of the institution,
among other plans, to encourage ex-
ceptional talent by appointing each year
a certain number Of research assistants.
These positions are not those commonly
known as fellOwships or scholarships,
nor is the object of this provision to
contribute to the payment Of mechanical
helpers or Of assistants in the work OF
instruction. 1t IS rather to discover and
develop, under competent scrutiny and
favorable conditions, such persons as
have unusual ability. 1t is not intended
TO provide means whereby a student
may complete his. courses of study, nor
10 give assistance in the preparation IF
dissertations for academic degrees
Work Of a more advanced and special
character is expected OF all who receive
appointments. The annual emolument
varies according 70 circumstances. As
rule. it does not exceed 81, 900 per
annum for this class OF work There
are no limitations as TO age. sex, ma
tionality. graduation, or residence, and
quite number have received the ap-
pointment during the past year. These
appointees are expected 20 give all their
time TO the objects named in their let
tiers Of application, and to report upon
the progress of their work at such times
as the Institution may require.
Where the greatest results are hoped
for. however. and that provision OF the
institution Of the greatest public in
terest. IS the work done by eminent
scientists. under the large grants Of
money from the institutions funds.
some OF which are as large as So, 600.
The significance Of such research, and
its relation to the practical things OF
life. IS thus illustrated by President
Gilman, OF the Institution, formerly
president Of Johns Hopkins University:
DR.. Gilman Explains.
You are not exactly begging the ques-
ton when, especially. in view Of the
brief life Of the institution, you ask for
practical results of our work; but you
are at least looking at but one phase
OF II. II IS the work Of science TO lay
the foundations of truth: utilities Will
evolve themselves in due time. Feraday
once said: There is nothing so fruitful
IN utilities as distractions.
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and atmospheric conditions which gener-
ally prevail in Southern ATTITUDES. Last
year, Prof. Lewis Boss. OF the Dudley
Observatory, Albany, n. +, Prof.
George E. Hale, and Prof. w. W. Camp
bell. received from the Carnegie Institu-
ton a grant OF 5000 to enable them to
canvass all probable sites for such an
observatory. Their work IS not COM
plete, but they have gone Tar enough to
report that the most promising locali-
ties are In New South Wales. in the VII
cinity OF Sydney; in South Africa, near
Bloemfontein. or on the great Karoo
plateau in Cape Colony and near San
Luis. In Argentina. The advantages of
these respective sites win be thoroughly
Investigated. SO that it may be possible
for the institution 10 build, equip. and
maintain the observatory. at least for
a period Of years.
Other grants for work in astronomy
were made to Prof. Boss. for observa-
lions and computations; Prof. Herman S.
Davis. Of Gaithersburg, Nd. Prof.
Campbell. OF Lick; Prof. Hale. Of
Yerkes; Prof. Pickering. OF Harvard,
and Prof. Simon Newcomb, Of Washing
ton. whose explanations on the status
and purport OF his efforts in determin-
ing the elements OF the moons motion
are herewith printed. Altogether. 5000
vas granted last year for astronomical
research
Public Health Benefited.
In 1879. DR.. John S. Billings and DR..
Robert Fletcher established the Index
Medicus. The scope OF this work was
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If Bin was there

was ordered that the sacred Red Bridge
should be opened for him to walk across
"a bridge only trodden by the shotgun or
his representative sent to perform the
annual rites. and after the downfall Of
the shotgun reserved for the passage Of
members OF the imperial family.
But the great shotgun would not tread
where the Japanese shoguns had gone
by right unquestioned. He forbore lest
the feelings Of any humble worshipers
be offended. lest they view the intrusion
OF Americas great general as sacrilege.
a Dissertation.
Small wonder that the name of Grant
Shotgun is revered by all Japanese who
remember his visit and all the legion
Of princes.
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IF BILL WAS THERE.

/ II Bill was there
| There where the Jap and Russ
Are raisin' such a fuss
| This cables would be sizzin' hot
A-tellin' of the fights they fought,
For Bill-he's got the whole thing
planned
| How each one ought TO make stand.
And just how either could begin
And, with no tricks at all. could win:
There would be no trouble in the air
If Bill was there.
II Bill was there
He'd take his submarines
And rapid fire machines
And tow EN- slowly, after dark,
! Right up 70 where he's put n mark
Near that there town-its name, b'gee,
Runs out some fifteen miles to sea-
And then, you bet, there'd something
He'd fight 'em and on top.
And some one, sure. would set scare
II Bill was there.
II Bill was there
hes stuck a dozen pins
TO mark the outs and ms
OF how he'd march a million men
Across the land and back again,
And put the foeman in the ditch.
Whose men? What side? He don't care
which,
He says sometimes he fairly aches
To see how both sides make mistakes
There would be hghtin' everywhere
IF Bill was there.
If Bill was there
But he's at Miller's store
Him and dozen more
OF our towns keenest stra tegists,
With stubby pencils in their fists.
ConcOctin' battles and campaigns
That take in all the seas and plains
If either one-the Russ or Jap
Is lOORtu' for a likely chap
10 run the war with tact and skill
They'll send for Bill
Chicago Tribune.
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In 1879. DR.. John S. Billings and Dr.
Robert Fletcher established the Index
Medicus." The scope OF this work was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-13
OWNER OF AUTO FOUND
Thinks He SaUed injured Mans
Life by Pushing Him.

The owner OF the automobile which ran down
Sunday is Jacob Wertheim. of No. 763 Fifth
ave- Mr. Wertheim is cigar manufacturer, at
No. 101S Second-ave
He said last night that he in the ma
chine at the time of the accident and had with
him a man. q and driver He was
going west through Pelham-ave., he said. and
was near the curb when Murphy and his wife
started TO the street. The latter did cross.
Murphy stumbled, and just as the machine was
about TO bowl over him. Mr. Wertheim says he
leaned over and struck him. showing him from
the path of the automobile; this action he
thinks. saved Murphy's life.
The automobile stopped says the owner,
within about ten feet of the mishap, and the
party returned and found that the injured man
had been taken TO a drug store. a physician
who said he knew Murphy arrived. and, exam
lining him. told Wertheim that the man had
merely q scalp wound and that there was no
why the automobile should not go on.
Then, after giving his telephone number, Vert
helm went off. He wishes to deny that he tried
to conceal his identity, and says the telephone
number he gave was 236S Plaza.
Edward Jackson. a shoe dealer and eye
witness OF the accident, took the automobile s
number. He said that the machine fully
sixty feet off before it stopped. and that
Wertheim waited about five minutes. The pO-
lice now admit that they had knowledge of
the accident on Sunday, and that they did not
investigate until yesterday At Fordham Hos
pital 1t was said last night that Murphy was
suffering from conclusion of the brain, and that
he was not out of danger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-13
SAYS INDIANS ARE DESTITUTE.
Minister Sent by President to Investigate
Saws Pima Tribes Are Misused.

Orange, n. j.. Dec. u (SpeciaD.-The Rev. Dr.
George L. Spinning. pastor Of the First Presbyterian
Church, of Orange. has just returned from Ari-
IONA, where he went at the instance of President
Roosevelt TO investigate the condition of the Pima
Indians there. DR.. Spinning declares that the In
dams are in poor shape that they have been un-
fairly treated and that their condition is steadily
growing worse. The Pmas and their companions
in misery the Papagoes. number in all about eight
thousand souls and until six years ago in
dustrious and prosperous. DR.. Spinning continues
Only two hundred families are drawing rations.
All are anxious work and would rather do that
than draw rationS ana live in idleness. Their con-
dtiOn of suffering has been brought about by an
unlawful diversion OF their water supply The COM
mttee has recommended to the President in its
report the immediate installation of IA system OF
pumping plants TO iTrigate 10000 acres of land.
This recommendation has been indoTsed by a COM
mttee of five expert government engineers, who
met the committee on the reservation. In the
mean time, in order to give the Indians work by
which they may support themselves, the committee
has recommended the immediate construction of
roads between the principal villages and of Il sys-
TEN of rrigatiug bitches to be used ater on. The
committee has also recommended radical changes IN
the method Of distributing rations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-13
Mems Winter ODercoatS

For such good, old-fashioned Winter
weather had yesterday, man wants a
good, od-fashioned Blue Chinchilla Ulster
with large collar that protects him effect
ually around the neck; with side pockets for
his hands, and the length that protects him al
most to the ground. We have these listers
made up in the best possible manner with
shoulders lined with good black Venetian
cloth, and wool body-lining, for SIS.
And, for the man who wants the regular
Box Overcoat, we have ready to-day another
lot of two hundred of these remarkable Over
coats at SIS. They are made of heavy
black and Oxford-mixed smooth-faced chev-
lots, and some have satin-lined shoulders and
sleeves with wool body-lining; others have the
entire body lined with heavy serge. They are
the best overcoats ever sold regularly at the
price-$l5. All sizes for regular, stout or
tall men. Second floor
Fourth avenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-13
TRIAL OF MRS. DI PIETR0 BEGINS.
Prosecution to Try to Prove She and Hus-
- band Plotted Admirers Death.

The trial Of Mrs. Rosa di Pietro. the italian
woman who killed Michael Rago in her home No.
a6 East Thirtyfourth-sr. october 81. began yes
terdoy before Recorder GOff.
Deputy Assistant District Attorney Train in his
address TO the jury declared the prosecution eX-
-pected to prove that Mrs di Pietro did not shoot
Rago while he was forcing attentions her, but
that she deliberately planned with her husband
10 kill him. laid il wait for him in the hallway of
the house, and there shot him down.
- II was brought out that the woman and her hus-
band went to Captain Shres Of the East Thirty
a1fth-st. station about two months before the kill
Ing of Rage and told him that the
moving her. Captain Shres sent a policeman TO
warn Fsago leave Mrs. al pietro alone. and Rago
promised to do
Philip K. Sweet formerly chief OF police Of Ma
Mia, whittier ne with the Aston Battery after
resigning a member of the New-York uniformed
Olice force told the jury Of seeing Rago fail after
the 'shots and Of conversation he had with Mrs.
Z di Pietro that time.
2 He wanted TO away with him. and said
that he would buy good clothes and everything
else | wanted. but l am good wife" the witness
! testified she said.
The trial Will continue to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-13
GILSEY J0YFULLY OPENS.
"Old Gaard Greet NeS0 Manage
ment scith Cheers.

The o,enine- Of a new hotel probably never pro-
duced the enthusiasm that went with the reopening
OF the GTsey House. at Twenty ninth-st. and
broadway at noon yesterday. In the celebration
that followed the advent of the new manager
George w Moore the group OF men who have
been guests of the hotel for the last twenty years
or more took the leading part They had refused
10 be ousted when the Seaboard Hotel Company
walked out Saturday afternoon and declared the
hotel closed. These men, who are already planning
form an organization called the 'Gilsey Ola
Guards" put up with all sorts OF inconvenience
since its abandonment by the hotel company and
until the accepting Of the management by the
Gilsey estate.
At noon yesterday Mr.. Moore. who had recently
left the hotel to become chief clerk of the Hotel
Breslin, across the street. returned as manager
The employees. including the aged engineer. VINO
had kept the building heated in the interregnum
were ready to resume their work. 1t took about
minutes TO reopen the hotel.
The first to inscribe his name in the new
register was George w. Upton Of Warren, Ohio
Pierre Gillon IF Paris, followed Neither knew
of the troubles of the famous hosiery. At 4
O'Clock yesterday afternoon the electric lights
were suddenly turned on, and the blaze that sue
There was one department of the Gilsey that
managing company. That the ticker in the
cafe. That ticker will have fond place In the
IT was nearly g. oclock when the bar began grn
doing business. The "0id Guard lined up fo or
the line The three women who have stood
with the devoted Gilsey band were not forgotten
WHY did you stay on under the discomforts Of
candles and elevators" some one asked Al
Did you ever hear of word called hone me-. p?
House has been home to us for the best part or
our lives ard If any one Jninks ne can put Us
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-13
ASLEEP NEXT TO a SUBWAY RAIL.
Man Said To Be Intoxicated Discovered
There by Track Walker.

Asleep between the rail and the east wall of the
subway. John Neilan was found by a track walker
a block above the Thirty-third-st. station last
night Neilan was discovered just northound
train wss bearing down him. He was stretched
at full length on his back entirely obliYiOus of the
trains that had been whizzing by him. The track
walker sgnaled the oncoming train with his red
lantern and after It had stopped he. with the as
sistance Of John keenan,. ticket chopper, got tho
man to his feet and had him stand in one of the
inches at the side until the train had passed. Then
they carried him to the station platform Neilan
was taken TO Bellevue Hospital where Il said
that ne was under the influence OF liquor. He
would not explain how he got into the subway
cept to say that he had been comfortable. and
he cheerfnlly cursed the men who disturbed him
He was locked uD.