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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. On September 19, 1904, a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Trustees of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society was held in the rooms of the society, Page Hall, O. S. U., with the follow- ing members present: Mr. George F. Bareis, Col. John W. Harper, Mr. W. H. Hunter, Prof. B. F. Prince, Secretary E. O. Randall, Hon. D. J. Ryan, Hon. S. S. Rickly, Prof. G. F. Wright and Mr. E. F. Wood. The Secretary presented the resignation of Professor J. P. MacLean as Trustee of the Society and also as a life member. Professor Mac- Lean since his connection with the Society dating back to the annual meeting of April 26, 1901, when although not even being a member of the Society, he was elected a Trustee, has taken great interest in the progress and success of the Society, having written several articles of historical value which have appeared from time to time in the Quarterly and having especially devoted himself to the gathering of material con- cerning the history and literature of the Shaker Societies particularly those in Ohio. He has made numerous donations to the Society of books published by or pertaining to the Shakers and has also collected for and delivered to the Society a considerable number of historical Shaker articles in the shape of household utensils, articles of dress, implements of farming, manufacture and so on. All this material the Society received, catalogued and prepared to properly arrange and pre- serve. On August 10th, during a visit to the museum and library of the Society, Professor MacLean requested one of the assistants in charge to send him a complete list of all articles and books delivered by him to the museum and that receipts of all donations be sent to the various donors. This was during the time when the curator of the museum and library was absent in Saint Louis having in charge the exhibit of the Society at the Louisiana Exposition and unusual duties devolved upon the assistants in charge. On September 1st, Professor MacLean wrote the Secretary, complaining that he had not received the requested list from the museum. In explanation of the delay the museum assistant wrote Professor Mac- Lean as follows: "COLUMBUS, OHIO, September 6, 1904. PROF. J. P. MACLEAN, Frankin, Ohio. My Dear Sir:- The list of Shaker pamphlets and books was forwarded to you some time ago. Mr. Mills has not been home in the meantime and I (89) |
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have had other duties besides making the
list and answering receipt of
the Shaker material so that the delay
was unintentional. If you have
not received the list please let me know
and I will make a duplicate at
once.
Very truly yours," etc.
To the expression in this letter,
perfectly harmless and proper,
"Shaker material" Professor
MacLean at once took offense and in the
face of attempted explanations by the
Secretary to the effect that nothing
was farther from the intention of the
writer than the casting of any
reflection upon the Shaker Society in
the term "material," Professor Mac-
Lean insisted upon an immediate
resignation of his Trusteeship and after
waiting only a few days for action upon
it by the Executive Committee
which had not yet met, he followed up
his resignation by returning his
life certificate and the peremptory
demand that his name be erased from
the list of membership. His resignation
was dated September 13 and
his demand for removal from the list of
members was dated September 17.
Tile Executive Committee after making
itself fully acquainted with
the facts in the premises unanimously
accepted the resignation of Pro-
fessor MacLean as Trustee and also by
the same formal vote ordered
the Secretary to remove the name of
Professor MacLean from the list
of membership as per his request. In
both of these actions the expres-
sions on the part of the Committee and
the Secretary were general that
Professor MacLean had rendered admirable
and valuable services to the
Society in his studies and
investigations of the history and various phases
of Shakerism in Ohio and that they
sincerely regretted that he felt com-
pelled to discontinue his relationship
with the Society. A committee
consisting of three was appointed by the
chair to present at the next
meeting of the Executive Committee a
name or names of candidates
for the trusteeship to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Pro-
fessor MacLean.
Mr. W. H. Hunter presented to the
Society a handsome framed pho-
tograph of the medallion of Ohio's first
Governor, Edward Tiffin. The
medallion being the one which was placed
in the Court House at Chilli-
cothe with fitting ceremonies at the
time of the Ohio Centennial held in
May, 1903. The photograph was accepted
by the Committee with thanks
to Mr. Hunter and with directions to the
Curator that it be hung on the
walls of the Society's library.
Secretary Randall and Assistant
Treasurer Wood on September 6-10
made a trip in behalf of the Society to
the Saint Louis Exposition to
inspect the exhibit being made by the
Society in the Anthropological
Building. They found the same in every
respect highly creditable to the
Society and the management and
efficiency of Curator W. C. Mills. It
was the favorite quarter of visitation
for the thousands of spectators
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who daily sought entrance to the
exposition. During their visit, in com-
pany with a party of archeologists
including Curator Mills and Pro-
fessor Starr, the eminent archeological
scholar of Chicago University,
Messrs Wood and Randall made a trip to
the famous Cahokio Mound
located in Illinois on the Mississippi
opposite Saint Louis. This is the
largest mound now remaining constructed
by the mound builders. The
trip proved to be a most delightful and
profitable one as the party were
the fortunate auditors of informal
dissertations, by the various scholars
present, upon the antiquity and purpose
of the great mound, and the
surrounding ones, of which there are
more than one hundred in number.
On nomination of Colonel John W. Harper,
the names of many
prominent gentlemen, resident in
Cincinnati, were elected to active mem-
bership in the Society.
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On November 28 a meeting of the
Executive Committee was held
in the reference rooms of the Public
Library, Columbus, with the follow-
ing members present: General R.
Brinkerhoff, Mr. George F. Bareis,
Col. J. W. Harper, Prof. B. F. Prince,
Secretary E. O. Randall, and Mr.
E. F. Wood.
Explanations of absence were received
from Hon. M. S. Greenough,
Mr. W. H. Hunter, Hon. D. J. Ryan and
Hon. S. S. Rickly.
The Secretary submitted for the
consideration of the Committee
some letters which had passed since the
last executive meeting between
the Secretary and Professor MacLean and
also between Professor Mac-
Lean and General Brinkerhoff, President
of the Society. The only por-
tion of this correspondence worthy of
attention was the request by Pro-
fessor MacLean that the Society return
to the Shakers any of the material
which it had received through Professor
MacLean and which the Society
did not desire to retain. Without
dissent it was decided by the committee
that the Society would return none of
the Shaker gifts as these donations
had come properly into the possession and
ownership of the Society and
there was no legitimate cause for the
return of any. Indeed, the Society
had been at some expense in their
reception; moreover these donations
were regarded as of great interest and
value by the Society and their
acquisition had been duly appreciated.
Indeed, the Secretary was re-
quested to inform the Shakers that the
Society would be very much
pleased to receive further donations
from them and would properly place
and care for such gifts in its museum.
The committee appointed at the previous
meeting of the Executive
Committee to nominate a successor to
Professor MacLean reported in
favor of Hon. R. E. Hills of Delaware
and he was unanimously elected
to fill out the unexpired term which
will terminate at the next annual
meeting of the Society to be held in the
Spring of 1905.
The Secretary reported to the Committee
that on October 11, he had
been invited as a representative of the
Society to be present at the dedi-
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cation of the Soldiers' and Sailors'
Memorial Hall now being erected
on East Broad Street, Columbus, under
the auspices of a commission
appointed by the Governor. He had
accepted the invitation and was
present at the open air exercises in the
afternoon when the cornerstone
was laid with fitting ceremonies.
Captain N. B. Abbott presided. Ad-
dresses were made by Governor Herrick,
Ex-Governor Nash, both life
members of The Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society. Gen-
eral Eugene Powell on behalf of the
commission made the chief address.
In the evening an open campfire was held
under the auspices of the
Wells Post and McCoy Post, G. A. R. in
the auditorium of the Board
of Trade, at which the speakers were
General H. A. Axline, Hon. J. Y.
Bassell, Hon. D. C. Badger, E. 0.
Randall, Col. W. L. Curry and others.
Col. John W. Harper reported to the
Committee an account of a
visit made by Messrs. Harper, Martzolff
and Randall of the Executive
Committee to Serpent Mound on Saturday,
November 5, 1904. The
party met at the Pennsylvania Depot in
Cincinnati on the morning in
question and proceeded by the Norfolk
and Western train to Peebles
whence they were driven by private
conveyance to Serpent Mound, arriv-
ing there about 11 A. M., and remaining
till 2 P. M., dining at the custo-
dian's house in the park. They were
received by Daniel Wallace and
conducted over the property of the
Society. The inspection revealed
that the park and the serpent were in
most excellent condition; Mr.
Daniel Wallace, the custodian, having
continued in his faithful and
efficient care of the property. Various
suggestions were made by the
members of the committee to the
custodian in regard to details in the
method of his protecting the property
and preventing any injury being
done by improper intruders. Mr. Wallace,
the custodian, petitioned the
visiting committee for the privilege of
erecting at the expense of the
Society a summer kitchen and a chicken
coop, the cost of both not to
exceed $110.00. The visiting committee
reported in favor of this request
to the Executive Committee and the
Secretary of the Society was in-
structed to notify Mr. Wallace that he
might proceed with the erection
of the buildings in question.
The Secretary reported that he had
received from Professor Mills,
the curator, the following letter:
"SAINT Louis, U. S. A., October 19,
1904.
My Dear Mr. Mills:
This is to apprise you formally of the
action of the International
Jury of Awards in voting The Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society a grand prize on the admirable
exhibit in this building, with a
gold medal to yourself as collaborator.
The certificates of award will
probably be issued in the course of the
month, though the medal will
not be ready for delivery until some
time later.
Yours cordially, W. J. MCGEE, Chief."
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This is a great honor to our Society as
it places it foremost among
the various competitors at the
exposition. Several of the states and some
of the foreign countries, particularly
of South America, having made very
elaborate archaeological exhibits. This
award places the Ohio Society at
the head of the list in so far as its
exhibit is to be compared with the
other exhibits. The Jury of Awards was
as follows: Prof. M. H. Saville,
Columbia University, Chairman; Dr. De
Lima, Brazil, Vice-Chairman;
Dr. George G. McCurdy, Yale University,
Secretary; Madam Zelia Nuttall,
Mexico; Prof. F. W. Kelsey, University
of Michigan; Prof. Mitchell
Corrall, Columbia University.
The exposition was closed at noon,
December 1.
Professor W. C. Mills, curator of the
Society has been the recipient
of many complimentary attentions during
his stay at the exposition. He
was invited to address the Congress of
Arts and Sciences, The National
meeting of Anthropologists, The Missouri
Historical Society, Central
High School of Saint Louis and other
bodies.
Prof. Mills was also made honorary
Superintendent of Exhibits,
as the following letter will testify:
ST. Louis, U. S. A., November 15, 1904.
DR. WM. C. MILLS, Ohio State Exhibit,
Anthropology Building.
MY DEAR SIR:-With the approval of the
Director of Exhibits
under authority vested in him by the
President of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition Company, and in
recognition of the confidence reposed
in your abilities and training, I have
the honor to designate you Hon-
orary Superintendent of Archaeology in
this department. This action is
inspired largely by the desire to convey
to you some token of apprecia-
tion not merely of the high value of
your special exhibit in the An-
thropology Building but of the
scientific and scholarly character you
have constantly aided in giving to this
Department.
In case you find it consistent with your
duties toward the institu-
tion and state you have so efficiently
represented to prepare a general
report on the archaeologic exhibits of
the Department, I should greatly
appreciate the favor and should take much
pleasure in incorporating the
same in the general report of the
Department for publication by the
Exposition Company.
With assurances of consideration, I
remain,
Yous respectfully,
W. J. MCGEE, Chief.
Mr. Mills has also been made Consulting
Editor of the Records of
the Past, of which Prof. George F. Wright is editor-in-chief.
The Secretary announced that he had
received a communication
from Reuben Gold Thwaites, Secretary of
the Wisconsin Historical
Society, and a member of the Executive
Committee of the National
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Hist. Society Publications.
American Historical Association,
requesting that our Society be repre-
sented at the forthcoming annual meeting
of the American Historical
Association to be held in Chicago,
December 28-30. The Executive
Committee selected Secretary Randall and
Mr. A. J. Baughman, life
member of the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society and
Secretary of the Richland County
Historical Society, as representatives
of the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society at said meeting
in Chicago.
The Secretary reported that on the
evening of Friday, November
18, the famous Liberty Bell passed
through Columbus on its return trip
from Saint Louis to Philadelphia. It was
on a special train accompanied
by the Mayor of Philadelphia and a
committee of fifty citizens as its
escort. It stopped at the Columbus Union
Depot from 7:00 to 7:30 P. M.
Arrangements had been made by Mayor
Jeffrey and Superintendent
Shawan of the public schools to receive
the bell with fitting ceremonies.
At the request of the Mayor a committee
of thirteen each was selected
to represent the Daughters of the
American Revolution, Sons of the
American Revolution, Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society,
Grand Army of the Republic, Ladies'
Auxilliary to the Grand Army of
the Republic and the Schools and
Universities of the city. The follow-
ing committee from the Society had been
chosen as its representatives
on that occasion: lion. C. B. Galbreath,
Mr. O. C. Hooper, Mr. W. A.
Mahony, Mr. F. B. Pearson, Mr. A. H.
Smythe, Hon. H. C. Taylor,
Gen. J. L. Vance, Dr. D. H. Gard, Rev.
I. F. King, Hon. O. A. Miller,
Dr. G. S. Stein, Miss Anna E. Riordan,
and Mr. E. O. Randall.
This committee met at the Chittenden
Hotel at 6:00 P. M. on the
evening in question and with the other
committees proceeded to the
depot to await the arrival of the bell
train. Thousands of school children
and citizens were present. There were
appropriate exercises consisting
of music by the Columbus Glee Club,
patriotic tunes by the G. A. R.
drum corps and a speech by Mayor Jeffrey
on behalf of the Columbus
welcoming committees.
Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, Pastor of
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn,
was elected an honorary member of the
Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society in recognition of his
being the author of a book just
published by the Macmillan Company,
being a story founded upon the
career of John Chapman known as
"Johnny Appleseed," one of the unique
and original characters in early Ohio
history. Dr. Hillis in his preface
to this book acknowledged his
indebtedness to the Secretary of the Society
for valuable assistance in securing the
historical material upon which his
book was founded. There were elected to
life membership in the Society,
Hon. Jeptha Garrard, Cincinnati; Hon. E.
V. Hale, Cleveland; Prof.
G. A. Hubbell, Berea College, Berea,
Kentucky; Prof. John D. H. Mc-
Kinley of Columbus; Judge James B.
Swing, Cincinnati; Dr. C. E.
Slocum, Defiance; Miss Martha J. Maltby,
Columbus, and Mr. Stephen
B. Cone, Hamilton.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA.
The latest and one of the best
encyclopedias to appear is that known
as the Encyclopedia Americana, published
under the auspices of the
Scientific American Company and edited
by Frederick Converse Beach
and a corps of competent assistants. It
comprises sixteen large volumes
and is produced in the best mechanical
and typographical form with
copious illustrations, maps, tables,
etc. One of its excellent features is
that the articles on leading subjects
are written by well-known and
acknowledged authorities over their
subscribed names. This gives the
topics thus treated an unusual
attraction and value. The article on Ohio
is contributed by the Honorable Daniel
J. Ryan, Ex-Secretary of State
and trustee of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society. It
goes without saying that Mr. Ryan has
produced a most scholarly, read-
able and comprehensive chapter. The
article would occupy some fifty
pages of an ordinary 12 mo. book and
treats tersely of the typography,
hydrography, and geology of the State,
its natural resources; material,
industrial, agricultural and other
productions, its educational and charit-
able institutions; its development and
government. The portion devoted
to the history of the Buckeye State from
earliest pre-state times to the
present is a recital particularly
satisfactory and interesting. Few, if any,
students are better versed in the
history of Ohio than is Mr. Ryan and
in the compass of a few thousand words
he has given in clear and logical
sequence the brief events in the
remarkable and romantic narrative of
the emerging of the great and powerful
Ohio Commonwealth from the
early days when La Salle (1669) on his
journey of adventure discovered
the Ohio River and ascended its waters
from the Mississippi to the site
of Louisville. Mr. Ryan's chapter is the
best sketch of Ohio "in a nut
shell" we have yet seen in any
publication.
GOVERNMENT OF OHIO.
The Government of Ohio, its history and
administration is a new
volume just issued from the press of the
Macmillan Company of New
York and written by Wilbur H. Siebert,
professor of European History
at the Ohio State University; author of
the Underground Railroad from
Slavery to Freedom. This little volume
is an admirable and reliable
compendium of the history of the State
and the structure and machinery
of its government. It deals with the
growth of the government, begin-
ning with Ohio as a part of the Northwest
Territory and following the
events that led to the organization of
Ohio as a state. Chapters follow
in logical order concerning the
character of the state constitution, citizen-
ship, suffrage, local governments of the
state, the administration of jus-
tice, control of economic interests,
management of public finances and
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so on. Professor Siebert is a careful
and painstaking student and has
exercised discriminating judgment as to
what is necessary for the proper
educidation of his subject. He gives
under each chapter the list of
authorities which he has consulted or
which may be further examined
by those who desire more exhaustive
study of the various topics. The
book is accompanied by an excellent
appendix giving a chronological
outline of the historical events
incident to the development of the state,
beginning with the land grant of King
James in 1609 and leading through
to the last event of importance in 1904
when the new school code was
enacted by the legislature. There is
also a complete text of the ordi-
nance of 1787 and the enabling act of
1802, constitution of 1851, etc.
The book is thoroughly indexed and will
be of incalculable interest not
only to the historical and economic
student of Ohio but particularly to
teachers. It comprises one of the series
of handbooks of American gov-
ernment; 308 pages with map of Ohio
giving counties, railroads, etc.
Macmillan Company. 75 cents.
THE QUEST OF JOHN CHAPMAN.
John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed
was an eccentric and
unique character who first appeared on
the Ohio River about 1790 in a
boat filled with appleseeds. His plan
was to go in advance of the settlers
planting orchards through the wilderness.
This strange and philantropic
vocation he followed for some 25 or 30
years. His earlier career is
shrouded in mystery but is made romantic
with the tradition that he was
early disappointed in love. He was a
character of much ability in some
directions and exercised in his peculiar
way a serviceable influence upon
the forest pioneers among whom he
wandered.
Rev. Newell Dwight Hillis, the eloquent
pastor of Plymouth Church
has chosen John Chapman as the hero of a
fascinating and beautiful
narrative entitled "The Quest of
John Chapman." Says Mr. Hillis in his
preface: "Save Col. Clark, he
(Chapman) is the most striking man of
of the generation that crossed the
Alleghanies." Sir Walter Scott thought
it a matter of moment to his countrymen
that some one should preserve
the story of that old man who went
through the cemeteries rechiseling
the names of dead heroes. But this
scarred old hero of our republic is
a thousand times more fascinating than
Old Mortality or the heroes of
the Nibelungen Lied." Mr. Hillis
with a vivid and artistic imagination
and in the most felicitious and charming
English initiates his narrative
in the Town of Redham, New England, at
the time of the departure of
Mannasseh Cutler and his party for their
journey to the Ohio wilder-
ness. John Chapman is the son of the
village minister and has given his
heart to Dorothy, a daughter of Col.
Durand. The latter is a prowd,
high-spirited, influential gentleman who
objects to the alliance of his daugh-
ter with John. Col. Durand and Dorothy
are members of the Ohio Com-
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pany. Subsequently John Chapman seeks in
adventurous wanderings
through the western country, the home of
his plighted love. There is,
of course, a rival, fascinating and
chivalrous, but unworthy. Mr. Hillis
has with rare gifts of pen portrayal
pictured the simple but perilous life
of the New England pioneers who sought
their fortunes and amid the
Indian inhabited fastnesses beyond the
Alleghanies. It is a beautiful
story, pure, idyllic, poetic and through
the entire volume runs a delicate
vein of moral and elevating sentiment
such as renders the story at once
a prose poem and an eloquent sermon.
Amidst the flood of trashy and
demoralizing novels of the day Mr.
Hillis' "Quest of John Chapman" is
like a draft of sparkling and refreshing
water from some mountain spring.
It should be read by every lover of a
thrilling story told in the choicest
language. It is published by Macmillan
& Company, New York.
FIRST OHIO BATTLE IN 1812 WAR.
The Van Wert Bulletin of October
1, 1904, is responsible for the
following:
The first trial of arms in Ohio, in the
war of 1812, was a skirmish
on Marblehead peninsula between Indians
in the employ of the British
and early white settlers in the Ottawa
County firelands. The whites
were principally from Trumbull and Ashtabula counties. Among them
was Joshua R. Giddings, then aged
sixteen years, and who later stirred
the halls of Congress as one of Ohio's
senators.
The skirmish resulted in the flight of
the whites across Sandusky
Bay. After going but a short distance,
however, they met a relief party
from their former homes bound for their
own new settlement. The entire
party returned, and succeeded in
dispersing the erstwhile successful in-
vaders. But it was only after a terrible
conflict, and after many whites.
lost their lives, that the redskins were
forced to retreat.
A number of years after this memorable
conflict the survivors of
the battle met on the spot where the
conflict took place. It was agreed
that they should meet at stated periods,
but the few who assembled in
later years dwindled until finally in
1864, but one was left. That person
was Joshua R. Giddings, and, visiting
the scene of the conflict for the
last time, as fate destined it to be the
last, he erected a monument to the
memory of the hundred brave men who
fought the skirmish and resisted
the siege which was Ohio's debut in the
war of 1812.
A short time after the placing of this
little stone, and in the same
year, 1864, Giddings died. The monument
was placed by Giddings at
Meadowbrook, a beautiful spot near
Sandusky Bay, and but a short dis-
tance from Johnson's Island, another
place which became a location of
history as the federal prison for
southern prisoners captured in the War
of the Rebellion.
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STORY OF THE FIRELANDS.
The following interesting account of the
"Firelands" is taken from
the West Liberty Banner:
Unnumbered native Ohioans, not to speak
of hundreds of thousands
of residents of the state from foreign
lands and other states of the union,
must have wondered why a fertile and
productive tract in northern Ohio,
a district which in no way hints of the
ravages of fire, should be called
the "Firelands." Among all the
vicissitudes of Ohio's early history great
conflagrations were known for their
absence. No such terrible forest
fires swept this state as ravaged large
areas in Michigan and Wisconsin
seventy or eighty years later.
The fires to which the name refers raged
in Connecticut, not Ohio,
and they were the work of British or
Tory soldiers instead of the result
of accidents or natural causes. In 1781,
when the long struggle for inde-
pendence was nearly ended, Benedict
Arnold commanded an expedition
which ravaged the Connecticut coast of
Long Island Sound. He burned
New London and other towns and left
behind misery and destitution
as well as a greater hatred himself than
he had earned before the outrage
upon his native state.
This and other cruel and senseless
attacks upon Connecticut's towns
left so strong a feeling of sympathy and
injustice behind that in disposing
of Connecticut's rights in lands now
forming part of Ohio, 781 square
miles in the extreme western edge in the
Western Reserve were reserved
to reimburse those who had suffered by
the British raids. Five ranges
of townships running north and south
were included in this tract.
Sandusky Bay and Lake Erie extend so far
southward at this point
that the five ranges of townships
contained only about 500,000 acres of
land. The tract measured some
twenty-seven miles by thirty. The Con-
necticut sufferers from the torch of the
enemy lived chiefly in New Lon-
don, Norwalk and Fairfield, and it was
from these towns that many of
the settlers of the
"Firelands" came to build in the Ohio wilderness
settlements bearing the same names and
having like civic ideals and
character.
OHIO COLONIAL WAR SOCIETY.
On November 25, 1904, at the tenth
general court of the Society of
Colonial Wars in the State of Ohio, held
at the Queen City Club, Cin-
cinnati, the following officers were
elected:
Governor -Perin Langdon, Cincinnati.
Deputy Governor - Charles Theodore
Greve, Cincinnati.
Lieutenant Governor-Hiram Harper Peck, Cincinnati.
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Secretary--Harry Brent Mackoy,
Covington, Ky.
Deputy Secretary - Murray Marvin
Shoemaker, Cincinnati.
Treasurer - Howard Sydenham Winslow,
Cincinnati.
Registrar -Robert Ralston
Jones, Cincinnati.
Historian -John Uri Lloyd,
Norwood.
Chancellor - Herbert Jenney, Cincinnati.
Surgeon - Dr. Phineas
Sanborn Conner, Cincinnnati.
Chaplain - Rev. Henry Melville Curtis, Cincinnati.
Gentlemen of the Council - Nathaniel
Henchman Davis, Cincinnati;
Edwin C. Gashorn, Cincinnati; Charles
Humphrey Newton, Marietta;
Harry Langdon Laws, Cincinnati; Dr.
Gilbert Langdon Bailey, Cincin-
nati; John Sanborn Conner, Cincinnati;
James Wilson Bullock, Williams-
town, Mass.; George Merrell, Cincinnati;
Roderick Douglass Barney,
Wyoming; Benjamin Rush, Cowen,
Cincinnati.
Committee on Membership-Achilles Henry
Pugh, Cincinnati;
Charles James Stedman, Glendale; Ward
Baldwin, Cincinnati; Howard
Barney, Wyoming; Michael Myers
Shoemaker, Cincinnati.
Committee on Collection of Historical
Documents and Records--
Rev. Dudley Ward Rhodes, Cincinnati;
Prof. Edward Orton, Jr., Colum-
bus; Ethan Osborn Hurd, Plainville.
Following the election a banquet was
held, after which speeches
were made by the retiring officers and
Gen. B. R. Cowen.
The flowers used on the occasion were
sent as a remembrance to the
widows of the two members who have died
in the last year, Mrs. W. W.
Seely and Mrs. John Bailey.
CLARK COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
On November 15, 1904, the Clark County
Historical Society, in its
new rooms in the East County Building,
Springfield, Ohio, held its annual
meeting and elected the following
officers for the ensuing year:
President - Prof. B. F. Prince.
Secretary-William M. Harris.
Treasurer - Charles H. Pierce.
Trustees -Oscar T. Martin,
for five years; L. H. Fahnestock, for
six years.
All of the officers elected succeeded
themselves except Mr. Fahne-
stock, who succeeded Prof. A. H. Linn.
The Board of Trustees, as at
present constituted, consists of seven
members. An amendment to the
by-laws was proposed, increasing the
number of trustees to nine. The
meeting was well attended and great
interest was manifested in the
progress of the Society. Professor Prince,
who was honored with the
presidency, is a trustee of the Ohio
State Archaeological and Historical
Society.
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NOAH'S ARK.
The construction and voyage of Noah's
Ark is not exactly material
pertinent to Ohio history or
archaeology; but as a matter of universal
curiosity we herewith republish from
very recent popular press items the
following:
M. V. Millard, archaeologist and
distinguished excavator along the
Nile, who was recently at Indianapolis,
declared that he had discovered
the place where Noah built the ark.
Millard for a year past was engaged
in excavations at various places on the
Nile, especially at Gizeh, in the
neighborhood of the great pyramid of
Cheops.
"I have discovered during the last
three years," he said, "just where
Noah lived, where the ark was built, and
that Noah built the great pyra-
mid of Khufu, known as the pyramid of
Gizeh. Noah was the greatest
king this world has ever seen. He was
the greatest of the Egyptian
Pharaohs, not excepting Rameses the
Great.
"Noah was a millionaire. The
biblical account of the flood gives no
clew as to where Noah lived or where his
ship carpenters were at work
for 126 years constructing the ark. Noah
was 600 years old when the
flood came. He must have been a
millionaire, and a man of great
authority. He built the ark at his own
expense. Such a boat in these
times would cost more than half a
million dollars.
"Noah built the great pyramid
during the earlier part of the fourth
Egyptian dynasty, and not more than
1,200 years after God had expelled
Adam and Eve from the garden of
Eden."
King Christian of Denmark will, in the
near future, have a chance
to experience the feelings of Noah
during the flood.
A Danish engineer, M. Vogt, supplied
with money by the large
Carlsberg fund, left by the late
millionaire brewer, Jacobsen, has built
an exact copy of the ark in which Noah
floated around until he stranded
on Mt. Ararat. The new ark was built
according to the description con-
tained in the Old Testament and an ancient
representation of the Biblical
vessel on an Apamean coin, dating back
to 300 B. C., which is on exhibi-
tion in a museum at Stockholm.
M. Vogt's ark is, however, only one
tenth the size of the one built
by Father Noah, but a number of Danish
University professors and scien-
tists declare it to be a fine craft,
which behaves spendidly in the open
sea, as they had an opportunity to see
during a recent trip on the Oere-
sound.
King Christian has promised to make a
trip in the unique vessel
during next month, and later the builder
of the vessel may try to take it
across the Atlantic.