Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-29

small safe In the room In which Heath
was at work at the time OF his death
and that 1t was the general belief in
town that Mrs. Dodge kept ,aoney and
valuables in that safe at different
times. The outcome OF this II ystei ious
case is awaited with the greatest
Interest by lawyers and the public In
general.
(. KANSAS CITY, Dec. 26.-A lone
bandit celebrated Christmas last night
by going through Missouri & Pacific
train No. 112, due here at 1926 o'clock
and holding up one hundred passen-
gers from whom he took only money
and watches. The man boarded the
train at the outskirts of Leavenworth
and left it at the Northwestern Juno
ton in Kansas City, Kans., after Sc
curing several hundred dollars and
several watches and shooting one man
Who attempted to resist him.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 26.-
The Twin Cities will entertain this
week over 1900 scientists. members
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, who have as
sembled to make report on the sci.
entifc progress of the past year, to
lead papers describing remarkable ex
periments and to indicate the direction
Of research during 1911. 1t will be
the sixty-second annual meeting and
the ninth "convocation week" meeting
of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. The gather.
ing is one of the most Important sci
entific events of the year. being, in
fact, the same to America as the meet
ing of the British association is to
England
In addition to the associs tion itself
with its sections devoted to mathe
matics, physics, astronomy, engineer
ing, chemistry, geography, geology
zoology, botany, soci and economic
science, etc, fifteen affiliated scienti.
fic societies are to hold their meetings
in conjunction with that of the Amer
lean association.
The very list of the various societies
and associations is formidable. The
list of members is still more so for
every scientific man of prominence
in the United States is a member OF
ere or another of the various bodies
DR.. David Starr Jordan of Leland
Stanford university, who is president
of the American association, retires
al this meeting in favor of Prof A.
A. Michaelson of the University OF
Chicago, who is elected for the year
1911.
The first general session of the
association will meet tomorrow even
ing in the First Baptist church OF this
city. The meeting will be called to
order by President Jordan, who will
then introduce the new president. The
visiting scientists will be welcomed
by Governor Bberhart, Mayor Haynes
of Minneapolis, Mayor Keller of st.
Paul, and w. r. Decker, chairman OF
the local executive committee. Re
sponse will be made by President MI
chaelson, the secretaries will make
their announcements, after which will
follow the annual address of DR.. Jor-
dan, the retiring president, who will
speak on "The Making of Darwin"
The regular program of addresses
end discussions will be taken up We'd
nesday morning, the sessions being
held at the University of Minnesota.
In the afternoon the addresses Of the
retiring vice presidents will be deliv-
cred before their respective societies.
Vice President B. w. Brock Of Otta-
wa, Ont, will speak before the sec
ton of geology and geography on
Northern Canada" Vice President E.
w. Brown of Yale will address the
section of mathematics and astronomy
on THE Relation Of Jupiter and the
Asteroids" Vice President William
Mcpherson of Columbus, O.. will speak
before the section of chemistry on
THE Formation OF Carbohydrates in
the Vegetable Kingdom" Vice Presi
dent W.. p. Ritter of San Diego, CAL.
will address the section of zoology
on "The Controversy Between Mechan-
ism and Vitalism; Can 1t Be Ended?"
The death of Vice President D. P.
Penhallow of Montreal and the abb
sence of Vice Presidents William H.
Holmes. Washington, and James E
Russell, New York. will make their
three addresses impossible before the
departments of botany, anthropology,
psychology and education.
One OF the most interesting features
OF the entire program is promised for
Friday, when a special session for the
discussion of the subject of Aviation"
will be held under the auspices of the
sections OF mathematics. engineering
and physics. Officers of the United
States signal corps and number of
scientists who have made special
study of aviation have been invited to
address the meeting. The program will
be devoted to the general principles