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mysterious Mound Builder was at all
events a good liver. The weather
proved delightful, and the State
officials, as well as trustees, pronounced
themselves as highly pleased first with
the fact that the State had secured
the property, and second that it was
being so admirably protected under
the custodianship of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society.
HARRISON-TARHE PEACE CONFERENCE
MEMORIAL.
On Tuesday, June 28, 1904, at Columbus,
Ohio, a most delightful and
appropriate program of ceremonies was
carried out by the Columbus
Chapter of the Daughters of the American
Revolution commemorative
of the peace conference between
President Harrison and the famous
Wyandot Indian chief, Tarhe, at
Franklinton, on the west side of the
Scioto, opposite Columbus. This peace
conference was held June 21,
1813. The exercises of the celebration
were held in the open air near the
historic spot where the conference took
place. Temporary seats were
provided for the auditors in the little
park which ornaments that part of
the city, the speakers occupying an
elevated platform over which was
spread a canopy. The audience, it goes
without saying, was a sym-
pathetic one, being composed mainly of
the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Sons of the American
Revolution, and members of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society, to whom the committee in
charge had courteously extended
invitations. The Columbus Rifles Band
furnished fitting music. Invocation was
pronounced by the Reverend
Washington Gladden. An immense granite
boulder made an imposing
monument, upon which was attached a
beautiful bronze tablet stating the
event which it commemorated. A most
admirable and appropriate ad-
dress presenting the peace memorial to
the City was made by Mrs. Edward
Orton, Jr., Regent of the Columbus
Chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, and to whose energetic and
persistent efforts was mainly due
the idea and its fulfillment of the
erection of this tablet. The act of unveil-
ing was most unique and interesting, as
the immense stars and stripes
which served as the veil were drawn
aside by Masters Milton Wilcox and
Allen G. Thurman. The address of
acceptance on behalf of the City
was made by Hon. Robert H. Jeffrey,
Mayor of Columbus, who spoke
briefly but eloquently of the
inspiration of honored ancestry. The chief
address of the occasion was made by
General Benjamin R. Cowen, life
member of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society, who spoke
at some length, in his usually graceful
and scholarly manner, dwelling
upon the historic conflict between the
white and red races for supremacy,
the past achievements, present
conditions and future prospects of the
white race. It was an occasion much
enjoyed by those who were so fortu-
nate as to be prsent, and greatly to the
credit of the Daughters of the
Revolution, who find in such occasions
fitting opportunity to express
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their enthusiasm in and loyalty to the
order to which they belong. We
do not give the proceedings in full as
they will be published in book
form by the Columbus Chapter Daughters
of the American Revolution.
HARWOOD R. POOL.
Mr. Harwood R. Pool, a life member of
the Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society, died in
New York, December 30, 1903.
He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel
Joseph Pool, and was born in
Elyria, Ohio, October 22, 1860. He went
to New York in 1868, attended
private school and later fitted for
college at Hopkins Institute, New
Haven, Connecticut. In 1877 he entered
the Ohio State University, and
was graduated therefrom on June 22,
1881, with the degree of Ph. B.
While in college he took lead in
important measures affecting college
life, and was one of the organizers of
the Greek letter society, Phi
Gamma Delta. He was one of the
organizers and first president of the
Alcyone Literary Society. He was also
one of the establishers and first
editors of the college paper, "The
Lantern." He was a splendid student,
a fine athlete, and, through his frank
and winning manner, not only
one of the leaders in all college
affairs, but a most popular man with
all classes of students. Immediately
upon his graduation from O. S. U.,
he attended the Columbia Law School,
from which he received his
diploma on June 13, 1883, as Bachelor of
Laws "cum laude," and was
admitted to practice by the Supreme
Court in 1883. He took a most active
interest in the progress and welfare of
his Alma Mater, O. S. U., and
was honored by receiving office
from the Alumni Association. He
also became prominent as an alumnus of
the Law School at Columbia
University. He was elected a member of
the Loyal Legion, New York
Commandery, of the second class, April
4, 1888. This latter order, at
a stated meeting of the commandery held
at Delmonico's, made fitting
recognition of the decease of their
honored member, the formal reso-
lution being presented by Brevet
Brigadier General Anson G. McCook.
The death of Harwood Pool in the prime
of his activity was not only
a sad blow to his innumerable friends
and associates but a decided loss
to the community and profession of which
he was so conspicuous and
valuable a member. Mr. Pool, from the
beginning of his membership in
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society, took deep interest
in its welfare; his removal to New York
and residence in that metropolis
seemed in no way to lessen his love for
his native state and interest in
the progress of the society which
promotes the history of the Buckeye
Commonwealth.
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