The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-17
.GATHERTO-DAYT TO 1
HONOR :|0||N !. FRANKLIN !. ! / I I. in
Bicct,tcnnial III Birth 81 Poor
Richard to BE Celebrated
With Much Ceremony. si8
WILL BE NOTABLE EVENT
Distinguished Men Iron, Many
Sections TO Attend Services
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ltrnnklin which begins in this city to.
morrow, will ~ tl1o scientiflc event Of
Ia re,i,t.v. ri uili attract tho ,ne,, OF
nrcniost lnnr,l,ly nn,, scientific achieve.
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meeting in lie Academy OF Music mi.
day morning, when tho medal is to be
presented to the Rcnublic OF France.
Carnep RI Confer 4 Degree
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through WITH lao vcars.apo cnnferrIn1
the same degree, ,hat Of doctor ~ law
THE name OF Tia person to be honored
with the title on this occa sion has not
been made known,
Following this speech, the visiting del
erates Mi ,nresent Their forma, addresses
from their various governments and in
stitutIons. This bit OF ceremony viii be
lA.ief enough, and after It the reception
wtl.be entirely informal. 5
d What gives the occnsio its great In
terest, not only 10 America, bit to the
scientific world, Is the fact that the men
who are TO he welcomed are tho loo ders
Of educated thought in all the various
E GOV. 20 sus'' satner,hs 81. reauy
srea. men mas Deeh arranged Tor decades.
Marconl Accepts invitation.
Cuglielno Marcon,. tile most ,,,st,n-
fguished OF the men who have recently
achieved success M orirtnn, -invczti rl-
tors III lie field az electricity, nrst en-
plotted by FRANKLIN. has seni h,a ac-
ceptancc Nof the Invitation to attend the
celebration
Senator Henry CABOT T odce. who IS
President Rooseyelt.s most scholarly,
E friend in tie upper. house Of the Ancr-.
lean con g;.ess. is to lie hore as adele
gate from, thu Smithsonian institution
AZ W.ash,npfon ss'1ga5t
England wil send 4 corns ~ n,ei, % "a
great that II il scarce *. 5noss,h1e IL nan
i tioln One hefore Tic others Sir Willian,,
IcS1ir,.i 1,reecc fo,. l., h, , : th
~ovrri,I,,cnt tclrrr anhs ana si,.is reorpo
11nwarl Darwin n,c.n, ~ : -, ~. l.
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Professor Hugo dc rries. perhaps tile
greatest OF living bOtnnIsts, Will attend
the centennial, With credentials from the
University cf Amsterdam,
RI This IS suggestive list only, intended
merely 10 show tho character OF men
who have been invited to come to is
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