The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-12
GREAT MEDICAL.
SCHOOL GOING UP.
John d. Rockefeller Institute in
New York Rapidly Near
ing Completion.
GREAT INTEREST. IN OPENING.
High Class Japanese Refuse to
Mix With the riff
Raft
fspecIa1 % The Times. plspatch.)

Especial to The &Tlmes.DlBpAtch.) tsttg
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE John y.
Rockefeller Institute Of Medical Re-g
search founded by the Standard OIL mil
lionairc after the death of his little
grandson. Is rapidly nearing completion.
It is an immense building. and stands In
Slxty-fourth TO Sxty-sevcnth Streets,
along the East River. It is to befthe CEN
trail building OF a group, all of whichtwill
undoubtedly play an important part IN
The history Of medical science. The
site has historic connections, being the
very spot on which stood the home Of
Governor De Witt Clinton. who WAS
ncighbor OF Peter scl1crmerhorn. one fof
the largest landowners OF the section as
early as 1914. III
Medical men alslook forward with the
greatest interest to the opening OF the
Institute for the work 1t Is planned TO
do there will be OF the greatest benefit
to mankind. The building that Is now
nearing completion Will cost Mr.. Rockefcl-
Ter $a25 900, while the other buildings that
are contemplated will aggregate probably
three times this sum. Besides this tho
millionaire has endowed the institute
with fund Of sl.500, 900.
DR.. Simon Flcxuer, formerly OF the
Johns Hopkins University. Is ito be the
head OF the new institute, and he has
gathered about him a staff Of tho most
eminent scientists and physicians In the
country. One OF the chief features Will
be the experimenting with Wild and do
mestic animals. An animal house Will
Join the main laborator and all kinds
OF animals will be kept there for expert
mental purposes. SO far as possible these
animals will be kept in the same tenn
perature, In the animal house., as when
running wild.
Il One OF the first diseases that the COM
mission will attempt to find q cure for,
and, In fact, a disease on which they are
now even working, is cerebro-spnal men
nights. In this research the commission
is working in conjunction withft the spe-
,cial commission that was some time ago
appointed by Mayor Mcclellan.
It Is strange how great grief and ex-
element will lead people into the strans-
est sort OF errors, and often this happens
in cases where there seems TO be not
the slightest excuse for mistake. Re-
Gently the police OF ono OF the Upper
West Side sta tons notified a family that
their eIcven-year-old son had been killed
BY the cars son Eleventh Avenue. The
father first visited the station and iden-t
tilted the remains as those of his SON..
and later the mother not only Identified
the body but tl1p clothes as being. those
OF their boy. 81 " Vi 4
From the station the parents returned
to their home only to find the son they
thought dead alive and waiting their
return. From Intense grief the home
was turned into one OF the widest Joy.
But how came the mistake? twas sim
{plIcity itself. The lad had been playing
on the tracks with several companions,
and with another lad he had boarded
a passing train. His companion slipped
from the car and was killed. and In their.
fright the lads mistook the boys one for
the other. and reported to the police
that ~ ohnny" had been killed. XII
j The police followed the cue OF the boys
and notified the parents that their son
was dead. In their grief and anguish
the father and mother did not think TO-
question the police. and identified the
dead boy In perfunctory manner. AS
the two lads had been similarly dressed,
and the youngster who was not killed was
SO badly frightened that he took some
hours in returning home. there seemed
to be no question OF the accuracy of the
Identification.
Tho Japanese OF the Flowery Kingdom
may be the Yankees of the East, but
certain IL IS tney are not democrats as
we'll. Several well intentioned women
have planned bazaar for the benefit OF
the widows and orphans Of the Russo
Japanese war, and, like unto ordinary
American women, they planned to give
the Japs Of all sorts and conditions ms !. In
the city a chance to participate In the
affair. But behold! The wifo Of the
consul-general and score more Of high
caste" Japanese ladies' stepped IN and
notified the ladies who were organizing
the affair that they could not possibly
mix with the riff raft! Either tho people
who were to take partin the littlc,Japan-
ese play and tableaux must be high caste
Japanese or low caste; 1t was utterly
impossible for the two classes to do in
this country, even for charity, what they
never did at home So those who go to
the benefit will see high Caste, Japs
doing their best to show an anxious world
what the low caste Japs look and act
like.
SECRETARY WINTHROP