Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-06-26

and In that choice interval took good
care to call for his decorations, which
had for years, in some cases, laid in
the vaults of the department. Among
them were the Order of the Double
Dragon, conferred by the Chinese gov
eminent, and the cross of comman-
der of the Legion of Honor.
In the same way William F. WILL
oughby, formerly expert of the bureau
of labor, and lecturer on social eco
nomics at Johns Hopkins and Harvard,
stepped out of government employ
few days before accepting his appoint
went as treasurer of Porto Rico. and
in that time got his medals out of of.
fetal hook.
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
lng-a 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
l,ooe OF grand officers to 200, and of
holders Of the grand cross to So Gen.
Chanee has received probably the
highest honor in the Legion of Honor
IN this country. Archbishop Irelanffe,
Thomas A.. Edison, Gen. o. O. How.
ard, Prof George F. Barker and Perr7
Belmont wear the cross of command.
er. Prof Agassiz, Prof Alexander,
Graham Bell, Andrew D. White, Prot.
simon Newcomb, James Hazen Hyde.
M. sE. Stone and Prof. Gore hold the
cross of officer.
y Among women in this country who
have had the distinction of wearing
the cross of the Legion of Honor il
Mrs. 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 Ameri-
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
st. Stanislaus of Russia, the White
Elephant of Siam, the order of Dan.
nebrog CT Denmark, and many similar
decorations.
Probably F. J. v. Skiff, of the Field
museum, of Chicago, has as many dec.
orations as any one man in this coun.
try. He has made collection, it
might be said. They all came for his
services at expositions. Mr.. Skiff is
an officer of the Legion of Honor for
work connected with the Paris expo.
sition 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 tho
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 distinctly great honor,
as there are but 40 members of the
order, and new member IA chosen
by the survivors whenever death
makes a vacancy. The decoration is
given by the German emperor. Con-
gress authorized Prof. Newcomb, who
is a retired attache of the naval OBJ
servatory, to accept the decoration.