The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-09

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I'm that time got his medals "a OF of.
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The number of legionnaires In this
country has so increased OF late years
that the fact has justified Prof. James
Howard Gore, of George Washington
university In preparing and publish.
ing directory of all who have re-
ceived this honor.
The French statutes restrict the
number OF officers OF the Legion
| OF Honor to 1000. OF commanders to
1000, OF grand officers to 200. and OF
holders of the grand cross to so. Gen.
Chaffee has received probably the
highest honor in the Legion OF Honor
in this country Archbishop Ireland.
Thomas A. Edison, Gen. o. o. How.
ard, Prof. George +. Barker and Perry
Belmont wear the cross of command.
er Prof Agassiz, Prof. Alexander
Graham Bell, Andrew ID. White. Prof.
Simon Newcomb. James Hazen Hyde.
NJ. Il. Stone and Prof. Gore hold the
cross of officer.
Among women in this country who
have had the distinction of wearing
the cross Of the Legion of Honor is
MIS- Potter Palmer OF Chicago. and
Mrs. Daniel Manning. of Albany, who
were thus honored for their services
In connection with the exposition Of
1900
Among other orders given to Amerl.
cans there are numerous decorations.
such as the Order of Leopold. the
Osmanieh and Medjidieh of Turkey.
the order OF the Prussian Crown. the
Red Eagle of Germany. the order of
81 Stanislaus of Russia, the White
Elephant Of Slam. the order of Dan.
nebrog OF Denmark, and many similar
decorations.
Probably F. ]. v. Skin, OF the Field
museum, of Chicago, has as many dec.
orations as any one man I'm this coun-
try lie has made collection, 1t
might be said. They all came for his
services at exposltions. Mr.. Skin is
an ofiicer OF the Legion of Honor for
work connected with the Paris expo-
sltion of 1900. He has the order of
Leopold the order of Civil Merit of
Bulgaria. has the second class order
OF the Double Dragon of China the
order OF the Sacred Treasure of Japan.
the order of Orange and Nassau of
Holland, the order of the Sun and the
Lion OF Persia, the order of st. James
OF Portugal, and the Red Eagle of Ger
many.
Prof. Herman V. Hilprecht has nu.
merous orders for his researches in
ancient history. He wears the Cross
OF Albert, the Bear OF Germany. the
Cross Of Dannebrog of Denmark. for
his cuneiform investigations.
Prof. Simon Newcomb received last
year the German Order pour le Mer.
lite. This is a distinctly great honor.
as there are but 40 members of the
order, and q new member is chosen
by the survivors whenever death
makes vacancy. The decoration Is
given by the German emperor. Con.
gress authorized Prof. Newoomb. who
Is retired attache of the naval oh
seryatory, to accept the decoration.
One Of the rarest decorations that
have ever been rendered an Ameri.
can is the Star of Ethiopia, given by
King Menelek to Robert p. Skinner.
who was intrusted with the delicate
mission of opening up treaty relations
with Abyssinia. II is a large gold
medal surmounted by a gold star with
a fine. large turquoise in the center.
A smaller but quite valuable gold dec.
oration was also given to Cant.
George c. Thorpe, OF the marine
corps, by King Menelek.