Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-04

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 H. C.-Glve us history of the Hall of Fame; who are the voters, where do they get the right to vote. what names have. been accepted and what rejected? @ What makes the market price of any commodity?
 A. The Hall of Fame was built by the New York university. having re- ceived gift of s100,0O0 for that pur- pose which was later increased to S250,O00. Names presented for a place on it's tablets, one hundred and fifty in number, are submitted to a com mlttee on one hundred eminent cit. zens chosen by the university council. and these are selected by vote. The rejection of name does not. imply final rejection, as it may be voted for in later installment if as many as ten votes were cast for 1t the first time. At the first election. in 0ct0- Der. 1900. 252 names were submitted and of these twenty-nine were elected, as follows: George Washington. Abra- ham Lincoln, Daniel Webster. Benja- min Franklin. L. s. Grant. John Mar shall, Thomas Jefferson, R. W. Finer son, H. W. LongfelIow. Robert Full ton. Washington Irving. Jonathan Ed wards, $. F. B. Morse, D. c. Farrngur Henry Clay. Nathaniel Hawthorne. George Peabody. Robert E. Lee, Peter Cooper. Eli Whitney. ]. ]. Audubon. Horace Mann, Henry Ward Beecller. James Kent, Joseph Story. John Ad- ans. W. F. Channing, Gilbert Stuart and Asa Gray. Another election was think I have seen that 1t was held hut cannot find 1t now. @ The demand and the supply.
 W. F.. C.-Please print sketch of the life and family of Sir Francis Drake. the buccaneer. s0-called?
 A. Sir Francis Drake. the English naval hero. was born probably at Tav- istOck. Devonshire. about 1540, and died of Porto Buello January 2S. 15gEi. Nothing is known to me of his family. In 1567-S he commanded a small yes sel which had escaped from the de struetion of the English fleet by the Spanish. In 1570 he visited the Span ish main and the West Indies and con vinced himself that the towns there would fall an easy prey to a small armed force. He therefore In 15T2. fitted out what was properly a free booting expedition. England and Spain being then at peace. and took Hombre de Dion and an an immense treasure. n .IaaT Esswa4 ever. that both town and treasure were abandoned. He later crossed to Panama and was the first English commander to see the Pacific After serving until 15TG under tine Earl os Sussex in Ireland he fitted out another freeboofing expedition in which he crossed the Strait of Magellan. obtain pd an immense booty on the Pacific coast of Spanish America. crossed the Pacific and returned by way of the Cape of Good Hope to England. ar irving in 1lss0. This was the first English eircumnavigation of the globe. He was then knizhted by EliEaheth and was given important commands. For year he was In par lament and In 15S5 he commanded a powerful expedition to the West h. dies. took and renamed Sautc Dou1in- gO and Cartegnna. ravaged the eoast of FlOrfda- and on his way back brought off the remnant Of the Eng Hsh VirKinia colony. Tn 1887 he af- fscked the coast of Spain and destroy ed numerous vessels Intended foF the Armada and participafnd In the fEht arainzt the Armada In 15a5 he com handed another expedition to the Wesf Indies which met with little snc- cess and during which he died