Ohio History Journal
EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO
STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY.
(June 5, 1903.)
The eighteenth annual meeting of the
Ohio State Archaeo-
logical and Historical Society was held
in the rooms of the
Society, Page Hall, Ohio State
University, Columbus, Ohio, at
2:30 p. m. June 5, 1903. The following
members were present:
Judge J. H. Anderson, Columbus; Mr. G.
F. Bareis, Canal
Winchester; Gen. R. Brinkerhoff,
Mansfield; Mr. A. B. Coover,
Roxabell; Col. J. W. Harper, Cincinnati;
Mr. W. H. Hunter,
Chillicothe; Rev. I. F. King, Columbus;
Rev. N. B. C. Love,
Deshler; Prof. J. P. MacLean, Franklin;
Prof. C. L. Martzolff,
New Lexington; Mr. W. C. Metz, Newark;
Prof. W. C. Mills,
Columbus; Mr. Robert S. Neil, Columbus;
Prof. B. F. Prince,
Springfield; Prof. E. O. Randall,
Columbus; Dr. W. O. Thomp-
son, Columbus; Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus;
Gen. George
B. Wright, Columbus; Prof. G. Frederic
Wright, Oberlin.
The meeting was called to order by the
President, Gen.
R. Brinkerhoff. The Secretary, E. O.
Randall, was called upon
for the minutes of the previous annual
meeting, held June 6,
1902. The
Secretary responded that the complete minutes of
the last annual meeting as set forth in
his minute book were
very lengthy, and would require an hour
or more for reading,
but a condensed report of that meeting
is published in volume
II,
Society's annual publications (page 71), consisting of some
twenty pages. He briefly outlined that
published report, which
was duly approved as the minutes of said
meeting.
In regard to the work of the year, which
this eighteenth
meeting closes, the Secretary made the
following report:
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Executive Committee, it will be
recalled, is the repre-
sentative and acting authority of the
Society. During the past
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year, ending this June 5th, meetings of
the committee were held
at Columbus on June 21, July 18,
October 6 and December 13,
1902;
February 10 and April 7, 1903; and also in
joint session
with the Centennial Commission November
14 and December
29, 1902, and March 6, 1903. So the Executive Committee
has held during the past year nine
meetings, including the
three held with the commission. The
Committee, as you well
know, has been occupied largely during
the past six months with
work in conjunction with the Centennial
Commission, in pre-
paring for the Centennial at
Chillicothe, hence the work of
the executive committee has not been as
distinct as usual, but
it has worked with more than ordinary
efficiency and interest,
and the result of its year's labors
speaks for itself.
PUBLICATIONS.
In January, 1903, volume eleven
of our annual publications
appeared; that volume consists of the
July and October Quar-
terlies for 1902, and an index to all the previous volumes, includ-
ing the index to the two Quarterlies
this volume (II) contains.
This index comprises two hundred and
twenty pages, and it
was thought best to make this volume
consist of the two Quar-
terlies and the complete index, thereby
making a volume of some
five hundred pages, the average size of
our publications. The
closing of this volume with the October,
1902,
quarterly, permits
the beginning of volume twelve with the
January Quarterly,
1903, in order that the volumes may hereafter be
contempor-
aneous with the calendar year. The
preparation of this index
was assigned to Professor C. L.
Martzolff, and it has been
done in a most satisfactory and thorough
manner. It was an
enormous labor, and gives an added value
to our publications
as the matter in each volume is now
easily accessible by means
of this index.
We are just about to issue a volume of
some five hun-
dred pages on the Illinois campaign of
George Rogers Clark,
written by Consul Wilshire Butterfield.
This manuscript was
completed almost the very day of Mr.
Butterfield's death, and
is perhaps the most valuable production
of his pen. It was
placed in our hands through the courtesy
of Mr. W. H. Hunter,
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with the proviso that we publish it,
otherwise it was to go
to Washington and Lee University. The
Executive Commit-
tee decided that it was not within our
authority to publish this
book. Finally Mr. Fred J. Heer,
publisher for the Society, came
to our aid and agreed to issue the book
upon his own responsi-
bility under the auspices of our
Society. It will appear in a
short time, the Society to have credit
for its appearance.
It was clearly understood that the
appropriation by the leg-
islature to our Society of $10,000 for
the Ohio Centennial was
to include the cost of issuing a
souvenir volume of the com-
plete proceedings. That volume will be
issued as soon as the
matter is fully in hand. It will make a
separate and distinct
volume of our society's publications and
will be without doubt
one of the most interesting books we
have yet produced.
The appropriation of $6,500 which the
legislature gave us a
year ago last winter for the reprinting
of the then ten complete
volumes of our publications has been
expended for that pur-
pose. Ten complete sets have been sent
to each member of the
legislature and the officers of both the
House and Senate. There
has been a great demand for extra copies
by the libraries and
schools throughout the state, a demand
we have been entirely
unable to supply.
PERMANENT BUILDING PROJECT.
This subject is our continued story. It
is perennial. In the
session of 1902 the legislature passed an enactment enabling
counties, under certain conditions, to
issue bonds for a memorial
building for the G. A. R. Franklin
County, in accordance with
the approval of the voters, issued bonds
for the erection of such
building to the extent of $250,000. The
law authorizing this,
by its wording permitted "occupancy
by any * * * histor-
ical society," etc. (95 Ohio Laws,
41). It was thought this
would include our society, and the
county commissioners ap-
pointed by the Governor made overtures
to our Society to unite
with them. They suggested co-operation
in securing from the
legislature an additional appropriation
which would permit the
building to be so planned as to
accommodate both the county
purpose and that of our society. This
plan was submitted to
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our Executive Committee in the fall of 1902. Pending that
idea, the trustees of the Ohio State
University offered to re-
move our quarters from Orton Hall to the
new Page Law Build-
ing. It was finally decided that the
Memorial Hall project was
impracticable, and the proposition of
the University trustees was
accepted. Curator Mills in his report
will give an account of
the removal to the rooms which we now
occupy, and in one of
which we are now meeting. There is
nothing binding on either
our part or that of the University as to
the length of time we
may remain in our present ample and
suitable rooms. The ques-
tion of a permanent building is still
open and may come up in
the next legislature. Certainly the day
is not far off when we
shall have a building of our own,
probably on the College campus.
SERPENT MOUND.
Your Secretary has made several visits
to the Serpent Mound
during the past year, viz: on July 17,
September 12 and Octo-
ber 24, 1902, and April 1, 1903. In accordance with the appro-
priation for that purpose, we have
erected a substantial and
commodious house in the park near the
Serpent for the occu-
pation of our custodian, Mr. Daniel
Wallace. We have also built
a barn, and purchased a horse, wagon and
mower. We have
had the boundary lines re-surveyed and
properly designated,
and new fencing has been erected where
necessary. The park
was never in such an excellent and
beautiful condition. It is
being visited by hundreds, visitors
coming not only from all
parts of this country, but even from
Europe to study this won-
derful relic of the Mound Builders.
FORT ANCIENT.
Mr. Warren Cowen, the custodian of Fort
Ancient, has
kept that property in fine condition. A
competent family resides
in the residence within the Fort, and
the funds for the purpose
have been economically expended by the
committee in the preser-
vation of the property. On October 22, 1902, the trustees
of
our Society visited the Fort with the
International Archaeologists
as their guests. This interesting and
unique event is fully de-
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scribed in the January Quarterly for
this year (1903), begin-
ning on page 97. The distinguished
foreigners from nearly all
parts of the world were profuse in their
praises of the work
which our Society is doing in this
state, and particularly in our
care of this property, the largest and
most complete remains of a
prehistoric people.
OHIO SCHOOL DAY.
On Friday, February 27, 1903, upon the
suggestion and
under the direction of our Society,
"Ohio Day" was celebrated.
Some fifteen thousand of the Ohio
Centennial syllabi, spoken of
elsewhere in this report, were sent to
as many of the leading
teachers and superintendents throughout
the state, and thousands
of school-children gave their thought
and attention on that day
to the history and achievements of our
great state. This cele-
bration is detailed on page 185 of the
April Quarterly (1903).
WORK OF THE SECRETARY.
Aside from the events noted above in
which the Secretary
participated, it may be stated that he
has prepared during the
past year several articles pertinent to
Ohio history, has edited
the Quarterly, and in addition acted as
Secretary of the Centen-
nial Commission. The latter duty
required a large part of his
time during the last six months. The
correspondence concern-
ing the Centennial was very great.
Hundreds of letters were
received and answered, and several trips
were made to Chilli-
cothe in arranging for the celebration,
which was held on May
20th and 21st. Several trips were made
to various parts of the
state in connection with matters
pertaining to the work of the
Society.
OHIO CENTENNIAL.
The importance of this event is worthy
of a detailed state-
ment of the work by our Society, aided
by the Centennial Com-
mission. It will be recalled that on
April 21, 1902, the general
assembly passed joint resolution No. 53,
which read as follows:
WHEREAS, On the 29th day of
November, 1802, the first constitution
of Ohio was ratified by the convention
which framed it; and,
WHEREAS, On February 17, 1803, congress
passed an act admitting
Ohio into the Union under that
constitution; and,
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WHEREAS, On March 1, 1803, the first
general assembly of Ohio
assembled and organized and Ohio
thereupon became a state; and,
WHEREAS, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society
proposes to celebrate the centennial
anniversary of the above named great
and important events in the history of
Ohio in a suitable manner; and,
WHEREAS,
The general assembly of the state of Ohio recognizes the
importance and significance of these
events and believes that they should
be duly celebrated; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society be
requested to take charge of said
celebration and conduct it, and that the
governor of this state be requested and
empowered to appoint seven hon-
orary commissioners to represent the
state in the preparation for and carry-
ing on of this centennial celebration.
W. S. McKINNON,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
CARL L. NIPPERT,
President of the Senate.
In accordance with this resolution,
Governor Nash, on June
19, 1902, appointed the
following commissioners to co-operate
with The Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society: Gen-
eral J. Warren Keifer, Springfield; Hon.
Rush R. Sloane, San-
dusky; General B. R. Cowen, Cincinnati;
General James Bar-
nett, Cleveland; Hon. D. S. Gray,
Columbus; General Chas.
M. Anderson, Greenville; Hon. Robert W.
Manly, Chillicothe.
On October 22, 1902, during its extraordinary session, the
seventy-fifth general assembly
appropriated to The Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society
"for expenses of the cen-
tennial anniversary of the admission of
Ohio into the Union
*
* * to be paid out upon vouchers approved by the Gover-
nor and Secretary of said Society,"
$10,000.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE FOR
THE OHIO CENTEN-
NIAL CELEBRATION.
On November 14, 1902, in the ante room of the Law Library,
Capitol Building, at 2 P. M., was held
the first joint meeting of
the Centennial Commission and the
Executive Committee of the
State Scoiety. There were present of the
Commission: Gover-
nor George K. Nash; Gen. J. Warren
Keifer, Springfield; Judge
Rush R. Sloane, Sandusky; Hon. R. W.
Manly, Chillicothe;
Gen. C. M. Anderson, Greenville and Hon.
D. S. Gray, Columbus.
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Gen. B. R. Cowen of Cincinnati and Gen.
James M. Barnett of
Cleveland telegraphed their inability to
be present. Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society there were present: Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, Mansfield;
Hon. D. J. Ryan, Columbus; Prof. B. F.
Prince, Springfield;
Hon. A. R. McIntire, Mt. Vernon; Hon. S.
S. Rickley, Colum-
bus; Gen. George B. Wright, Columbus;
Mr. G. F. Bareis, Canal
Winchester; Mr. W. H. Hunter,
Chillicothe; Mr. E. 0. Randall
and Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus.
Governor Nash was made honorary
president of the Joint
Commission and Gen. J. Warren Keifer
permanent chairman,
Mr. E. O. Randall permanent secretary.
The secretary explained the object of
the meeting, relating
the history of the resolution of the
legislature (passed April 21,
1902, 95 O. L., page 957), empowering
the Governor to appoint
a commission and the subsequent
appropriation during the Extra-
ordinary Session of $10,000 to the Ohio
State Archaeological and
Historical Society for the Centennial
Anniversary. The item in
the appropriation bill is given above
(96 Ohio Laws, page 14).
After some discussion upon the relative
status of their re-
spective authority it was decided,
without opposition, that the
Commission and the Executive Committee
act throughout in this
matter as a single committee, it being
understood that the centen-
nial was to be celebrated under the
auspices of the Society, but
with the advice and co-operation of the
Commission.
Mr. Hunter offered the following
resolution: "That the
centennial of the adoption of the
Constitution of Ohio be cele-
brated at Chillicothe, Saturday,
November 29, 1902, and that the
centennial of the organization of Ohio
into the Union (that date
being March 1, 1803), be
celebrated at Chillicothe, the first state
capital, on Wednesday and Thursday, May
20 and 21, 1903."
This date in May was selected because
the date of March 1, this
year (1903) happens on Sunday, and comes
in the season of the
year, when there would likely be
inclement weather. The deter-
mination of the date in May met with the
unanimous favor of
the meeting.
The celebration of the anniversary of
the Constitutional Con-
vention, November 29, 1902, was to be
entirely under the auspices
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of the local authorities at Chillicothe,
but the Commission and
all members of the State Archaeologicol
and Historical Society
were invited to be present and
participate. (An account of the
celebration will be found in January
Quarterly, 1903, page 1).
Upon motion an executive committee was
selected from this
joint committee, which executive
committee was empowered to
meet at the earliest possible moment and
formulate a detailed
program for the centennial, said program
to be reported later
to the joint committee for its action.
The executive committee
selected consisted of Messrs.
Brinkerhoff, Hunter, Ryan and Ran-
dall from the trustees of the Society,
and Messrs. Gray, Keifer
and Manly of the Commission.
Governor Nash on being called upon for
his views as to the
nature of the celebration, stated that
it was his idea that it should
be a literary and historical event, with
no attempt at an exposi-
tion; some prominent and eloquent
speakers should be chosen
who would properly present subjects
pertinent to the occasion.
The appropriation was not sufficient for
any military or spec-
tacular display. If the people of
Chillicothe desired to have an
exposition of historical relics or other
attractive features fitting
and interesting to the occasion, they
would of course be permitted
to do so. In this view the members of
the meeting generally ac-
quiesced.
Gen. Anderson suggested that there
should be a list of sub-
jects so designated and arranged as to
practically present in
toto a history of the state from the
days of the Northwest Terri-
tory to the present time.
Mr. A. R. McIntire presented the plan
which had been pro-
posed by the State Society to have a
celebration throughout the
state by the school children on some
day, as near as possible
to the actual date, March 1. After much
friendly discussion
concerning topics and speakers the
selection of the same was
left to the executive committee.
Secretary Randall was authorized to have
prepared and
designed a souvenir invitation and have
charge of the engraving
and its printing and distribution to
such list of names as might
be selected.
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A meeting of the executive committee was
held at Chillicothe,
November 29, 1902, in the
parlors of the Warner House, at 2
P. M. There were
present: Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Chairman;
E. O. Randall, Secretary; D. J. Ryan, R.
W. Manly and W. H.
Hunter. The meeting was purely a
deliberative one, in which
the speakers to be chosen and the topics
to be assigned them
were considered.
On December 13, 1902, the executive committee again met
in the Public Library, City Hall,
Columbus, at 2 P. M., with the
following members present: Gen. J.
Warren Keifer, W. H. Hun-
ter, R. W. Manly and E. O. Randall.
Messrs. Gray and Ryan
sent word they were unavoidably
prevented from being present.
After lengthy consideration a list of
subjects was decided upon
and speakers suggested for the
respective topics. It was de-
cided to make the report agreed upon at
the next meeting of
the Joint Commission.
On December 29, 1902, was held the second meeting of the
Joint Commission of the Centennial
Commission and the Execu-
tive Committee of the State Society, in
the office of the court
stenographer, Judiciary Building. The
meeting was called to
order at 2 P. M., with the following
members present: Gen. J.
Warren Keifer, B. R. Cowen, Rush R.
Sloane, R. W. Manly, D.
S. Gray, B. F. Prince, W. H. Hunter, A.
R. McIntire, G. F.
Bareis, Gen. G. B. Wright and E. O
Randall. There were also
present Messrs C. L. Martzolff and F. B.
Pearson of the com-
mittee appointed by the trustees of the
Society on the school cele-
bration. Gen. C. M. Anderson notified
the secretary of his inabil-
ity to be present.
Prof. C. L. Martzolff presented a
program for the celebration
by the school children of the admission
of Ohio into the Union,
said celebration to be held on February
27, 1903,
that being the
nearest available date to the historical
one of March 1. The
committee had prepared a complete
program of exercises for that
day, the program being of a sufficiently
varied nature to suit
the different grades of pupils and to
cover points of interest in
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Ohio history from the Mound Builders to
the present time.
The committee had prepared the material
for a pamphlet of some
65 pages in extent, said material
embracing excerpts from the
histories, biographies, works of
literature, poems, etc., with ref-
erence list for future reading and study
upon the different topics
pertinent to Ohio history. It was
proposed that this pamphlet
be sent to the teachers as far as
possible throughout the state:
These teachers, however, number some
27,000, and the expense
involved in the printing and
distribution of the pamphlet, which
was to be called "Ohio Centennial
Syllabus" would be very great.
This proposition met with some
discussion as to its feasibility
and the legality of appropriating money
for the purpose from
the centennial fund. The Secretary
(Randall), gave the infor-
mation that this matter had been
proposed in the trustees' meet-
ing of the Society, and there met
unanimous approval; that he
had conferred with the Attorney General,
who stated that it
would be a perfectly legitimate
expenditure from the fund in
question if the committee so desired.
The project also met the
approval of Governor Nash, and most
hearty endorsement from
the School Commissioner, L. D.
Bonebrake. It was finally de-
cided without a dissenting vote that the
committee having the
matter in charge be authorized to
proceed with the publication
of the Syllabus and its distribution to
the teachers, as far as pos-
sible, the expense to be from the
centennial fund.
The Executive Committee of the Joint
Commission then
made its report of the topics and
speakers for the Chillicothe
Centennial. (As there were subsequently
many changes both in
the topics and in the speakers the
report as made and agreed
upon in this meeting is here omitted,
the program as finally
carried out being stated elsewhere.)
It was decided that the executive
committee should have full
power to fill any vacancy which might
occur in the list of speak-
ers or otherwise rearrange the program
as necessity required.
It was determined that the speaking be
held on both days
of the centennial, and that Governor
Nash be invited to preside
and make the opening address upon the
first day, and that Gen.
R. Brinkerhoff, President of the
Society, be invited to preside
upon the second day.
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It was also unanimously agreed that Gov.
Nash, Gen. Keifer,
Gen. Brinkerhoff and Hon. R. W. Manly
constitute a commit-
tee to visit Washington and invite
President Roosevelt, Senators
Foraker and Hanna of Ohio, Lodge of
Massachusetts, Daniel of
Virginia and Gen. Grosvenor of Ohio, to
be present and make
addresses at the centennial.
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On February 23, 1903, the Executive
Committee of the Joint
Commission met in the Public Library,
Columbus, Ohio, at 2
P. M. There were present Gen. J. Warren
Keifer; Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff; D. S. Gray; R. W. Manly; W.
H. Hunter and E.
O. Randall.
Secretary Randall reported that he had
communicated with
all the parties chosen to speak. That
most of the appointees
had accepted; that there were some
declinations and that there
would have to be some changes in the
list of speakers, and prob-
ably some slight changes in the subjects
assigned.
Gen. Brinkerhoff reported that on
January 21-4, 1903, the
committee named for the purpose, had
visited Washington and
invited the gentlemen selected for
speakers, and that they were
informed by the President that he would
probably be absent at
that time upon his trip to California;
that Senator Lodge re-
ported he would probably be absent in
Europe: Senator Daniel
was not in Washington and could not be
seen. Senators Foraker
and Hanna and Congressman Grosvenor
accepted the invita-
tion and agreed to be present.
Secretary reported that 15,000 of the Ohio
Centennial Syl-
labus had been sent by the commitee to
as many teachers, and
superintendents of schools throughout
the state.
At this meeting the question arose as to
just what the joint
committee was expected to do and what
would be required of the
people of Chillicothe. After a full
discussion it was agreed that
the joint commission was to secure the
speakers, select the topics,
arrange the program of the speaking and
of the exercises; pay
for the transportation and entertainment
of the speakers and dis-
tinguished guests; secure the music;
provide and have charge
of the issuing of the invitations and
the incidental expenses of the
commission, such as those of the office
of the secretary, typewrit-
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ing, postage, etc. That the commission
should furnish a large
tent in which the meetings were to be
held. The city of Chilli-
cothe was to do the rest. Messrs. Manly
and Hunter advocated
that the commission ought to appropriate
at least $2,000 from the
centennial fund to the people of
Chillicothe for the purpose of
decorating the town. If that was done,
they asserted Chillico-
the would do the rest. It was finally
decided to leave this mat-
ter to the action of the joint
commission.
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On March 6, 1903, there was
held the third joint meeting of
the Centennial Commission and the
Executive Committee of the
Society in Room 40, Neil House,
Columbus, Ohio. The meet-
ing was called to order at 2:30 P. M.
with the following mem-
bers present: Gen. J. Warren Keifer; B.
R. Cowen; Rush R.
Sloane; R. W. Manly; Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff; Gen. G. B. Wright;
B. F. Prince; W. H. Hunter; A. R.
McIntire; G. Frederick
Wright; E. O. Randall and E. F. Wood.
Mr. Gray was absent in California;
Generals Anderson and
Barnett and Mr. Bareis sent statements
of their inability to be
present. Mr. Ryan was absent in Florida.
There was present a
committee from Chillicothe consisting of
Mayor W. D. Yaple;
Gen. S. H. Hurst; Mr. D. H. Roche and
Mr. W. H. Brimson.
These gentlemen all made addresses
requesting the commission
to appropriate at least $2,500 to
the people of Chillicothe to be
expended in local decorations. They
argued that it would be
difficult for the people of Chillicothe
to raise funds unless they
were somewhat assisted by the
commission, the people of Chilli-
cothe feeling that a portion of the
centennial fund should be
placed at their disposal. The matter was
finally disposed of by
the adoption of the following
resolution: "That this Joint Com-
mission allow the citizens of
Chillicothe, from the said appro-
priation, a sum not to exceed $2,000, this sum to be expended
by the proper local authorities and
itemized bills for expend-
iture to be made out in a form of
voucher signed by Col. Rich-
ard Enderlin, Chairman of the Finance
Committee and Mr. R.
W. Manly, Chillicothe member of the
Commission." These
vouchers of course to go to the Governor
and Secretary Randall
who were to honor them by proper
vouchers on the state treasury.
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Upon request secretary Randall stated to
the meeting that
it must be clearly recalled that this
centennial celebration was by
and under the auspices of the Ohio State
Archaeological and
Historical Society, and that the
appropriation of $10,000 was to
the Society for that purpose and not in
any way to the people of
Chillicothe, although that city had been
properly selected by the
Society as the place for the
celebration; that the Finance Com-
mittee of the legislature made the
amount $10,000 with the dis-
tinct understanding that out of it was
to be paid the expense of
issuing a volume giving in full the
proceedings of the centen-
nial, and that the publication of such
volume would probably be
in
the neighborhood of $2,500.
The Secretary gave a full statement of
the state of affairs
to this time; of his numerous
correspondence with the proposed
speakers and also gave the "tale of
woe" of his troubles in dealing
with aspiring individuals who desired to
be upon the program.
Their names were legion; all sorts and
conditions of men and
women; also various classes of citizens
and professions who
wanted to be represented.
On May 8th in Room 40 of the Neil House
was held a
meeting of the Executive Committee of
the Centennial Com-
mission. It convened at 2:30 P. M. and there were present
Messrs. J. Warren Keifer; D. J. Ryan; R.
W. Manly; W. H.
Hunter and E. O. Randall. Gen.
Brinkerhoff was in Atlanta,
Ga., and Mr. Gray was in Pittsburg, Pa.
Secretary Randall reported that on May
5, Governor Nash
had issued a proclamation announcing the
centennial, which proc-
lamation read as follows:
PROCLAMATION.
"On March 1, 1803, the first
General Assembly of Ohio met and
organized at Chillicothe, Ohio, and at
that time the State of Ohio entered
its career of statehood.
"The centennial celebration of this
event will be held at Chillicothe,
May 20 and 21, by authority of the
General Assembly of Ohio and under
the auspices of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society.
"The growth and development of Ohio
during the century of its
statehood has been one commensurate with
the greatness of our Nation.
202 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
It is fitting that its achievements be
properly observed, to the end that
the commemoration of its great deeds and
the lives of is founders may
be not only perpetuated for the benefit
of generations to come, but may
be a source of inspiration to the living
of to-day.
"Now, therefore, in behalf of the
State, I invite its officials and the
people thereof to assemble at
Chillicothe on the dates aforesaid and par-
ticipate in the celebration there to be
observed."
GEORGE K. NASH, Govrnor.
L. C. LAYLIN, Secretary of State.
Secretary Randall reported that
invitations had been sent
to all the leading newspapers in the
state; to presidents of all
colleges and universities; hundreds of
leading teachers and
superintendents; officers of leading
labor organizations; mayors
of all cities and chief villages;
superintendents and trustees of all
state institutions; all G. A. R. Posts;
all chapters of the D. A. R.,
of the S. A. R. and Colonial Dames; all
Societies Ohio Federa-
tion of Women Clubs; all members of the
State Archaeological
and Historical Society; Members of Ohio
Society of New York;
all county, state and circuit judges;
all U. S. judges in Ohio;
all officials and employes in the State
House and Judiciary Build-
ing; all members and employes of the
Ohio Legislature; all
members of the incoming and outgoing
congress; governors of
all states and territories; the
president, cabinet, supreme court
and chief national officials; the
leading citizens of Columbus;
all city officials of Columbus; 500 to
the chairman of Commit-
tees in Chillicothe, 50 each to each
member of the Centennial
Commission.
Secretary reported that during the
previous week he had
visited Chillicothe to inspect the
arrangements there being made,
and they were entirely to his
satisfaction, and he felt sure would
be pleasing to the commission. A tent
which would seat some
5,000 people had been secured from
Springfield and had been
erected in the park at Chillicothe, and
that music would be sup-
plied by the 4th Regiment
Band of Columbus; the Neely Band
of South Salem; Veteran Drum Corps of
Columbus; a Young
Men's Orchestra of Chillicothe and a
Massed Chorus and a
Children's Chorus organized in that
city.
The Secretary further reported he had
had the last word
from all the speakers and with the
exception of Senator Massie,
Eighteenth Annual Meeting. 203
they had notified him they would be
present to perform their
respective parts, and the following was
the program finally agreed
upon after consultation with the
Chillicothe officials:
OFFICIAL PROGRAM.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20.
Reception of guests.
9 A. M.- Presentation of plaster
medallion of Governor Edward
Tiffin, Ohio's first governor, to Ross
County by Mr. William H. Hunter;
exercises to occur in the Common Pleas
Court in the Court House on the
site of the first capitol, Judge J. C.
Douglass to preside. Rev. R. C. Gal-
braith will deliver the invocation; Miss
Anna Cook, a great granddaughter
of Governor Tiffin, will unveil the
tablet. The presentation address will
be made by Hon. Archibald Mayo for Mr.
Hunter, and the acceptance to
be made on behalf of the county by Mr.
Horatio C. Claypool.
10 A. M.- Centennial celebration of
Ohio's statehood opens in audi-
torium in the City Park, Governor George
K. Nash presiding.
Selection by the Fourth Regiment Band,
Columbus, Ohio.
Invocation, Rev. A. M. Courtenay, pastor
of Walnut Street M. E.
Church.
Address of welcome, Hon. W. D. Yaple,
Mayor of Chillicothe.
Response in behalf of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society, General J. Warren Keifer,
Springfield.
Music by chorus of school children.
Opening address, Governor George K.
Nash, of Columbus, Ohio.
"The History of the Northwest
Territory to the Marietta Settle-
ment," Hon. Judson Harmon, of
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Music, chorus of school children.
"The History of the Northwest
Territory from the Marietta Settle-
ment to the Organization of the
State," Prof. Martin B. Andrews, of
Marietta.
"The Date of the Admission of Ohio
into the Union and the Great
Seal of the State," Judge Rush R.
Sloane, of Sandusky.
"The Star Spangled Banner," by
the Fourth Regiment Band, of
Columbus.
Intermission.
Music by the Fourth Regiment Band.
2 P. M.--Invocation, Rev. H. Bene,
rector St. Peter's Catholic
Church.
"Ohio in the American
Revolution," Hon. E. O. Randall, Columbus.
"The Military History of Ohio,
Including the War of 1812," Gen-
eral Thomas Anderson, U. S. A.,
Sandusky.
Music, "The Hills and Vales
Resound," mass chorus.
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204 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
"The Military History of Ohio from
the War of 1812, Including the
Civil War and Spanish-American
War," General J. Warren Keifer, of
Springfield.
"Ohio in the Navy," Hon. Murat
Halstead, Cincinnati.
Music, "Old Glory," solo,
George U. Sosman and mass chorus.
"The Governors of Ohio Under the
First Constitution," Hon. David
Meade Massie, Chillicothe.
"The Governors of Ohio Under the
Second Constitution," Hon.
James Campbell,.of New York City.
"Ohio in the United States
Senate," Hon. J. B. Foraker, Cincinnati
Music, "Centennial Hymn," mass
chorus.
"Ohio in the National House of
Representatives," General Charles-
H. Grosvenor, Athens.
Music, "America," mass chorus.
Intermission.
7:30 P. M.- Music, Kipling's
"Recessional," mass chorus.
Invocation, Rev. S. N. Watson, D. D.,
rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church.
"The Judiciary of Ohio," Judge
Moses M. Granger, Zanesville.
"The Industrial Progress of
Ohio," Senator Marcus A. Hanna, Cleve-
land.
Music, "The Red, White and
Blue," solo, S. A. Roach and mass
chorus.
"The Public Schools of Ohio,"
Hon. Lewis D. Bonebrake, Columbus.
"The Universities of Ohio,"
President W. O. Thompson, O. S. U.,
Columbus.
Music, "To Thee, O Country,"
mass chorus.
"The Achievements of Ohio in the
Care of Her Unfortunates," Gen.
R. Brinkerhoff, Mansfield.
"The Part Taken by Women in the
History and Development of
Ohio," Mrs. J. R. Hopley, Bucyrus.
Music, "Star Spangled Banner."
"The Ethnological History of
Ohio," Gen. B. R. Cowen, Cincinnati.
Benediction, Rev. J. L. Roemer, pastor
First Presbyterian Church.
Music, "Hail Columbia."
After the close of the exercises the
speakers, the distinguished guests
present and the members of the State
Centennial Commission, the State
Historical Society and the visiting
representatives of the press and the
Executive Committee in charge of affairs
in Chillicothe will be entertained
at a banquet under the auspices of the
Press Club of Chillicothe, in the
Eintracht Hall.
THURSDAY, MAY 21.
Second Day's Session.- General R.
Brinkerhoff presiding.
10 A. M.- Music by the Fourth Regiment
Band.
Invocation, Rev. Joseph Reinicke, pastor
of German Salem Church
Eighteenth Annual Meeting. 205
"The Ohio Presidents," Thomas
Ewing, Jr., New York City.
"The Press of Ohio," S. S.
Knabenshue, Toledo.
Music by the Fourth Regiment Band.
"Ohio Literary Men and Women,"
Prof. W. H. Venable, Cincinnati.
"Religious Influences in
Ohio," Bishop C. C. McCabe, Omaha, Neb.
Music by the Fourth Regiment Band.
Introductions and congratulatory remarks
by distinguished visitors.
Benediction, Rev. G. H. Schnur, pastor
of Lutheran Calvary Church.
Music, "The Stars and Stripes
Forever," Fourth Regiment Band.
Intermission.
2 P. M.- A grand parade of all military
and civic societies in the city
and of visiting delegates, to be
reviewed by the governor, distinguished
speakers, etc.
Band concerts at different localities
during the afternoon.
7 P. M.- Band concerts in the City Park,
the Fourth Regiment Band,
the Veteran Drum Corps of Columbus and
the Neely Cadet Band of
South Salem.
An elaborate display of fireworks will
close the ceremonies attending
this celebration of Ohio's one hundredth
birthday.
The speakers will necessarily be limited
to twenty minutes in their
addresses before the audience. They are,
however, expected to prepare
papers fully and accurately treating
their respective topics; these papers
will be published in a souvenir volume
by the Ohio State Archaeological
and Historical Society.
The committee then adjourned and in a
body called upon
Governor Nash and paid their respects to
him, and expressed
satisfaction over the preparations made
for the coming cen-
tenial.
THE CENTENNIAL.
The exercises of the Centennial
were held on Wednesday and
Thursday, May 20 and 21, 1903 according to
program. All of the
speakers were present as advertised
except Hon. D. M. Massie,
who was absent in Havana, Cuba, and
wrote that he would for-
ward the manuscript of his address, and
Governor James E.
Campbell, who telegraphed the morning of
the first day, that ill-
ness would prevent him from
leaving New York, but that he
would forward the manuscript of his
address. There were some
other minor changes in the program.
Secretary Randall gave
his allotted time in the program to
Judge Moses M. Granger, in
order that the Judge might be heard by
the members of the Ohio
Supreme Court, who were present at that
time, and were com-
206 Ohio Arch. and His. Society Publications.
pelled to return to Columbus later in
the afternoon. Rev. Cour-
tenay of Chillicothe read, on the
morning of the second day, a
Centennial Ode. The program at the last
session of the literary
exercises was closed with extemporaneous
speeches by Ex-Gover-
nor Charles Foster and Bishop B. W.
Arnett. Hon. Albert
Douglas offered a resolution that
Governor Nash in his next an-
nual message to the legislature, suggest
an appropriation to our
Society for the erection of a monument
on the State House
grounds, at Columbus, to Governor Arthur
St. Clair.
The resolution is as follows:
Recognizing that the people of Ohio have
for one hundred years
done injustice to the name and fame of
Major General Arthur St. Clair,
valiant soldier of the Revolution,
beloved friend of Washington, presi-
dent of the Continental Congress, and
for fourteen arduous, formative
years the devoted governor of the
Northwest Territory.
Believing that, whatever his mistakes or
faults, his work and his
accomplishments in that critical period
of our history deserve our
gratitude, and should receive formal
acknowledgment from the men of
our time and,
Encouraged by the just and eloquent
utterances from this platform
of our present governor, Geo. K. Nash;
therefore,
Be it Resolved, by us, citizens of Ohio, assembled at this Cen-
tennial celebration of our statehood,
that the State Historical and
Archaeological Society, and the governor
of Ohio, be, and they are here-
by most earnestly requested to urge upon
the General Assembly of Ohio
at its next session, the propriety and
advisability of erecting, in the
State House grounds at Columbus, a
bronze statue of General Arthur
St. Clair in recognition of his great
services to this commonwealth,
whose firm foundation he helped to lay.
This resolution was unanimously and
enthusiastically en-
dorsed by the entire audience.
A dramatic ending to the program was
rendered by Bishop
McCabe playing upon the organ and
leading in "The Battle
Hymn of the Republic," accompanied
by the vast audience rising
to their feet.
The proceedings in full of this
centennial will be published
by the Society in the souvenir volume,
the publication of which
is provided for in the centennial fund.
The event in every respect
was an eminent success. From 3,000 to
5,000 people occupied
the tent at each of the literary
sessions. The people were greatly
Eighteenth Annual
Meeting. 207
interested and
patiently sat through the long program. The
weather was
delightfully pleasant and every one seemed happy
and content. Vast
crowds, perhaps 40,000 people, frequented
Chillicothe, and were
most hospitably cared for by the good
citizens of the town.
Visitors, speakers
and members of the Society without dis-
sent agreed that our
Society had arranged and carried out the
program with very
great credit. It was a fitting achievement
along the work of the
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical
Society. There were
present at these exercises; of the Trus-
tees: Bishop B. W.
Arnett, Mr. G. F. Bareis, Hon. A. R. Mc-
Intire, Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, Hon. M. D. Follett, Hon D. J. Ryan,
Rev. H. A. Thompson,
Mr. W. H. Hunter, Col James Kilbourne,
Prof. J. P. MacLean,
Judge J. H. Anderson, Rev. N. B. C. Love,
Gen. George B.
Wright, Hon. R. E. Hills, Prof. B. F. Prince,
Mr. E. O. Randall,
Col. J. W. Harper, Mr. Edwin F. Wood and
W. C. Mills. And of
the Commission: J. W. Keifer, Rush R.
Sloane, D. S. Gray,
R. W. Manly and B. R. Cowen.
Governor Nash
presided at the morning session of the first
day, Secretary
Randall, at the request of Gov. Nash, presided at
the afternoon and
evening sessions of the first day and Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff presided
at the session on Thursday.
It is difficult to
conceive how the celebration could have
been more
successfully carried out on the part of the local au-
thorities at
Chillicothe. Great credit is due to Mayor Wallace
D. Yaple and the
committee chosen by the citizens of that town,
namely: Chairman,
Major William Poland; Secretary, Burton
E. Stevenson; Parade,
A. R. Wolf; Entertainment, Albert
Douglas; Finance,
Richard Enderlin; Music, F. C. Arbenz;
Program, E. S. Wenis;
Decoration, Henry H. Bennett; Badges,
Burton E. Stevenson;
Fireworks, William H. Hunter; Con-
struction, Joseph
Gerber; Information, Capt. E. R. McKee;
Grounds, Ferdinand
Marzluff; Transportation, W. H. Brimson;
Reception, Wallace D.
Yaple; Publicity, Burton E. Stevenson;
Relics and Museum,
William B. Mills; Floral Section of Pa-
rade, Mrs. John J.
Nipgen; Women's Committee, Miss Alice
Bennett.
208 Ohio
Arch. and His. Society Publications.
The scheme of decoration in the city was most artistic
and
appropriate, for which Mr. Henry H. Bennett should be
ac-
corded all praise. The thanks also of the Joint
Commission is
due to the local papers, the Scioto Gazette, edited
by Col. G.
W. C. Perry, and the News-Advertiser, edited by
Mr. W. H.
Hunter. The chorus led by Capt. McKee was one of the
most
attractive features of the program. If there were ever
any doubts
about the wisdom of holding the centennial at
Chillicothe, these
doubts were completely removed by the fortunate
outcome.
ADDENDUM.
[In order to complete the history of the Centennial we
add to
the report of the annual meeting, as related above, the
proceedings of
the meeting of the Joint Commission held June 30.]
The Fourth meeting of the Joint Session of the
Centennial
Commission and the Executive Committee of the Society,
was
held in the rooms of the Society, Page Hall, Tuesday
after-
noon, at 2. p. m., June 30. There were present of the
Commis-
sion: J. Warren Keifer, Hon. David S. Gray, Hon. R. W.
Manly,
Hon. Rush R. Sloane; of the Executive Committee: Mr. G.
F. Bareis, Mr. W. H. Hunter, Prof. B. F. Prince, Mr. S.
S.
Rickly, Hon. D. J. Ryan, Gen. G. B. Wright, Prof. G.
Fred.
Wright and E. O. Randall.
The Secretary stated he had called this meeting as a
final
wind-up in which he could report the outcome of the
Centen-
nial. Every one present was sufficiently familiar with
its his-
tory and the preliminary proceedings leading up to the
cele-
bration, the great success of the celebration itself,
and the sat-
isfaction which seemed to prevail on the part of
everybody; the
speakers, the local managers in Chilllcothe, members of
the So-
ciety and the public at large.
The Secretary stated that from the $10,000 appropriated
by
the legislature the special expenditures had been:
Ohio Centennial syllabus ............................
........ $653
49
Tent andchairs for
the meetings
............................ 712 95
M usic ...................
........................:......... 706 03
Livery service for speakers and guests
....................... 81 00
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Annual Meeting. 209
Expense of
Secretary's office, including clerical and stenog-
raphic assistants,
postage, etc
............................. $675 15
Archaeological
Exhibit .................................. .. 22
00
Printing of
Programs
...................................... 25 25
Entertainment
and railroad fare of speakers and Commission-
ers ..............
.................................... . 852 99
To Chillicothe
for
decorations................................ 2,000 00
Invitations (engraved)
...................................... 588 00
To Trustees
and Commissioners for expense at meetings..... 137
35
Total
.................................................. $6,454 21
Mr. Randall
explained that these expanditures, which were
lumped in
this report, were all covered by itemized receipts signed
by each
separate individual payee to whom any money had been
paid. These
receipts were all deposited at the state auditor's of-
fice, being
attached in each instance to the voucher drawn for
their
payment, and signed, by the governor and the secretary of
the society.
The
Secretary stated that as all bills had now been paid, or
ordered
paid, and nothing remained to be done but the publication
of the
souvenir volume, and that would properly come within the
province of
the Publication Committee of the State Society. It
must be
remembered that the $10,000 approperiated was, not to
the
Centennial Commission, but the Ohio State Society, therefore
the
publication would legitimately belong to the Society. The
amount left
from the appropriation was in round numbers $3,500.
After some
discussion it was the sense of the meeting that the
book should
be issued uniform in size, type and binding with
the annual
publications of the Society. The Secretary was au-
thorized to
proceed with the publication of the souvenir volume
with the
advice of the Publication Committee. Copies should
be sent to
all members of the legislature.
Hon. Rush R.
Sloane introduced the following resolution,
which was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved,
That Hon. E. O. Randall, the Secretary
of this Joint
Committee in
the Ohio Centennial Celebration, is entitled to our sin-
cere thanks
as member of both the "Centennial Commission" and of
the
"Executive Committee," for his faithful, laborious and efficient ser-
vices which
so largely contributed to the complete success of that
210 Ohio Arch. and His.
Society Publications.
grand Centennial, and that this
resolution be made a part of the pro-
ceedings and record of the Centennial
celebration.
The Secretary expressed his sincere
thanks to the Joint Com-
mission for their expression of
appreciation of his labors, and for
their courtesy and assistance in the
discharging of his duties.
Gen. Keifer also thanked the commission
for honoring him
with the chairmanship, saying he had
never been engaged in a
more pleasing work and never connected
with a body of men
who were so harmonious and happy in
their joint efforts. Mr.
Gray moved a vote of thanks be extended
to the people of Chilli-
cothe for the hospitable and gracious
manner in which they
had entertained the thousands of
visitors in their city. He also
thought that the gentleman in charge of
the local affairs in
Chillicothe deserved great praise.
The Joint Commission then adjourned sine
die, leaving all
further matters pertaining to the joint
commission to the exec-
utive committee of the Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical
Society.
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.
The seventy-fifth general assembly in
its appropriation bill
of May 12, 1902, gave our
Society "for exhibit of The Ohio State
Archaeological and Historical Society at
Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position, including packing,
transportation and care of same
while there, $2,500." In accordance
with the proper legislation,
Governor Nash, on June 11, 1902,
appointed Hon. Stacy B.
Rankin of South Charleston, the
Executive Commissioner of the
Louisiana Purchase Commission, and on
November 28, 1902,
appointed the following commissioners:
Hon. D. H. Moore,
Athens, Hon. N. K. Kennon, St.
Clairsville, Hon. Edwin
Hagenbuch, Urbana, Hon. L. E. Holden,
Cleveland, Hon. W. F.
Burdell, Columbus, Hon. M. K. Gantz,
Troy, and Hon. David
Friedman, Caldwell.
When the Finance Committee of the
Legislature decided to
make the appropriation for our Society
it was with the expec-
tation that we were to have our exhibit
in the proposed Ohio
Building. When the Ohio Commission,
however formulated
their plans for the Ohio Building it was
found that provision
Eighteenth Annual Meeting. 211
for our exhibit would interfere with the
proper design for their
building. This proposition, therefore,
to have our exhibit in
the Ohio Building was abandoned, and we
are now negotiating
with the Exposition authorities for
proper quarters in the de-
partment of Ethnology and Archaeology.
It is probably better
that we be located with the same class
of exhibits.
DEATH OF TRUSTEE GRIFFIN.
The Secretary reported the decease, at
Toledo, December 18,
1902,
of Hon. Charles P. Griffin, who had been a
trustee of the
Society since 1891, having been
first appointed by Governor
Campbell, reappointed by Governor
McKinley, by Governor Bush-
nell, and by Governor Nash. The last
appointment would have
continued until February, 1903. He was
therefore in continuous
service as trustee by appointment twelve
years, the longest en-
cumbency of that kind by any trustee. He
rendered conspicuous
service as member of the legislature to
our Society. A sketch of
his life appears in the January
Quarterly (1902), page 99.
On March 2, 1903, Governor Nash
appointed Colonel John
W. Harper of Cincinnati, a trustee for
three years as the successor
of Mr. Griffin. The Governor also
appointed Rev. N. B. C. Love
of Deshler, Ohio, as trustee for three
years to succeed himself.
LIFE MEMBERS.
The following life members have been
taken into the society
during the last year: Hon. D. S. Gray,
Columbus; Col. E. L.
Taylor, Columbus; Prof. Frank B.
Pearson, Columbus; Mr.
Frank H. Howe, Columbus; Mr. A. N.
Whiting, Columbus; Mr.
Harry P. Wolfe, Columbus; Major W. F.
Goodspeed, Columbus;
Mr. Emil Schlupp, Upper Sandusky; Mr. S.
S. Knabenshue, To-
ledo.
The Secretary then proposed the election
by this meeting
to life membership the following
gentlemen: Hon. Myron T.
Herrick, Cleveland; Colonel Webb Hayes,
Fremont; Hon. Albert
Douglas, Chillicothe; Prof. Frank T.
Cole, Columbus; Mr. G.
W. Lattimer, Columbus; Mr. W. N. King,
Columbus; Hon.
Henry C. Taylor, Columbus.
212 Ohio Arch. and His. Society
Publications.
They were duly elected.
In conclusion, the Secretary congratulated the members
of
the Society upon the successful work of the society
during the
year just closed. It had undoubtedly been its most
fruitful year.
He thanked the officers and trustees, and particularly
the exec-
utive committee, for their uniform courtesy and
consideration
and hearty cooperation with him in the direction of the
affairs of
the society.
Mr. E. F. Wood, assistant treasurer, then made
the following report in behalf of Mr. S. S. Rickly, the
treasurer:
RECEIPTS.
Balance on hand Feb. 1, 1902 .............................. $824 17
From State Treasurer -
Appropriation - care
of Ft. Ancient ......................... 294 35
" Repair
and care of Serpent Mound .......... 20
75
" Field
work, Ft. Ancient and Serpent Mound 3,027
04
" Current expenses
.......................... 2,436 08
" Publications ............................... 2,527 00
" Reprinting publications .................... 5,500 00
Active Membership dues
................................... 102
00
Life m em
bership dues
...................................... 125 00
Provisions sold (field
work) ................................ 3 80
Interest ................................................... 84 93
Subscription ............................................... 24 00
Books sold ................................................ 145 75
Total ................................................ $15,114 87
DISBURSEMENTS.
Publications
............................................... $2,583 32
Reprinting publications
.................................... 5,500
00
Field work ......
.................................. 614 11
Care ofFort Ancient
....................................... 611 33
Care ofSerpent Mound
Park ............................... 336 10
House in Serpent Mound Park
............................. 837
00
Barn (in part) in Serpent Mound Park
...................... 100
00
Well, pump, etc., in Serpent Mound Park
.................. 88
60
Expenses of trustees and committees
........................ 177
70
Salaries
(3)
........................................ 1,800 00
Museum and Library
...................................... 384
35
Office expenses
......................................... 100
00
Permanent fund ........................................ 661 83
Fire
insurance
............................................. 66 00
Postage
............................................. ..... 82 04
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Express and drayage
...................................... $63
65
Job
printing ..
........................... ............... 37
50
Sundry supplies ........................................... 5 35
" incidental expenses
................................. 126 29
Balance on hand February 1, 1903
.......................... 939
70
Total
......................................... ...... $15,114
87
The report of the treasurer was received and approved.
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.
The Secretary reported that the Trustees whose terms
ex-
pire at this meeting were the following: Hon. Elroy M.
Avery,
Cleveland; Bishop B. W. Arnett, Wilberforce; Hon. S. S.
Rickly, Columbus; Hon. A. R. McIntire, Mt. Vernon; Mr.
G.
F. Bareis, Canal Winchester. Upon motion the Chair
appointed
a committee of five upon nomination, viz: Messrs.
Martzolff,
Neil, Harper, Wood and Coover. The committee, after a
con-
ference, reported in favor of Hon. J. Warren Keifer,
Spring-
field; Bishop B. W. Arnett, Wilberforce; Hon. S. S.
Rickly,
Columbus; Hon. A. R. McIntire, Mt. Vernon; Mr. G. F.
Bareis,
Canal Winchester; these to serve until February, 1906, or until
their successors were elected and qualified. Upon
motion the
Secretary was authorized to cast the ballot of the
society for
the gentlemen named by the committee. The board of
trustees
therefore now stands:
ELECTED BY THE SOCIETY.
(Terms expire in 1904.)
GEN. R. BRINKERHOFF, . Mansfield.
HON. M. D. FOLLETT, . . Marietta.
HON. D. J. RYAN, .. Columbus
REV. H. A. THOMPSON, . Dayton.
MR. W. H. HUNTER, . . Chillicothe.
(Terms expire in 1905.)
PROF. G. FRED. WRIGHT, . Oberlin.
COL. JAMES KILBOURNE, . Columbus.
PROF. J. P. MACLEAN, . Franklin.
PROF. C. L. MARTZOLFF, . New Lexington.
JUDGE J. H. ANDERSON, . Columbus.
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(Terms expire in
1906.)
HON. J. WARREN KEIFER, . Springfield.
BISHOP B. W.
ARNETT, . . .Wilberforce.
HON. S. S. RICKLY, . Columbus.
HON. A. R.
MCINTIRE, . Mt.
Vernon.
MR. G. F.
BAREIS, .. Canal
Winchester.
APPOINTED BY THE
GOVERNOR.
(Terms expire as
indicated.)
GEN. GEORGE B.
WRIGHT, Columbus, 1904.
HON. R. E. HILLS,
Delaware, 1904.
PROF. B. F. PRINCE,
Springfield, 1905.
MR. E. 0. RANDALL, Columbus, 1905.
REV. N. B. C. LOVE,
Deshler, 1906.
COL. JOHN W. HARPER,
Cincinnati, 1906.
GRADED WAY IN PIKE
COUNTY.
Prof. J. P. MacLean
called attention to the Archaeological
History of Ohio by
Gerard Fowke, stating it contained many
errors, more than
could be easily corrected. It should not be
understood, however,
that the society stands sponsor for the
statements in that
book. Its authority rests upon its author,
but he thought that
this Society should appoint a committee to
investigate the
disputed question as to whether the graded way
in Pike County is a
natural or artificial work. After some dis-
cussion it was voted
that the Executive Committee appoint a
committee of five,
among whom should be a geologist, an ar-
chaeologist, and a
topographical engineer, of repute, to investi-
gate the works in
question, examine them, and report to the
society the result of
their investigation. There being no fur-
ther business of
importance before the meeting of the Society
it was adjourned.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
TRUSTEES.
The annual meeting of
the Board of Trustees was held im-
mediately upon the
adjournment of the annual meeting of the
Society, and the
following trustees were present: Judge J. H.
Anderson, Mr. G. F.
Bareis, Gen. R. Brinkerhoff, Col. J. W.
Harper, Mr. W. H.
Hunter, Rev. N. B. C. Love, Prof. J. P.
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MacLean, Prof. C. L. Martzolff, Prof. B.
F. Prince, Mr. E.,
O. Randall, Gen. George B. Wright and
Prof. G. Frederick
Wright.
Letters regretting absence were received
by the Secretary
from Judge M. D. Follett and Bishop B.
W. Arnett. Prof. G.
Fred. Wright acted as temporary
chairman, and Mr. E. O.
Randall as temporary secretary. The
election of the various
officers of the Society for the ensuing
year was then held. It
resulted as follows: Gen. R.
Brinkerhoff, President; Gen.
George B. Wright, First Vice President;
Mr. George F. Bareis,
Second Vice President; Mr. E. O.
Randall, Secretary and
Editor; Hon. S. S. Rickly, Treasurer;
Mr. Edwin F. Wood,
Assistant Treasurer; Prof. W. C. Mills,
Curator and Librarian.
The following were selected as members
of the executive com-
mittee: G. Fred Wright, W. H. Hunter, B.
F. Prince, A. R.
McIntire, D. J. Ryan. With these as
ex-officio members, will
serve Geo. F. Bareis, R. Brinkerhoff, E.
O. Randall, S. S. Rickly,
George B. Wright. The Board of Trustees
thereupon adjourned
with the understanding that the
Executive Committee would
meet at the call of the Secretary.
AMERICAN INDIANS.
In the evening, under the auspices of
the Society, in the
auditorium of the Ohio State University, a lecture was de-
livered by Dr. J. A. Leonard, of
Mansfield, on the American
Indian. Dr. Leonard was for many years
United States In-
spector of Indian Tribes, and is perhaps
one of the highest
authorities in the country on the
subject of the modern aborigine.
His lecture was intensely interesting
and profitable.
REPORT OF THE CURATOR.
The report of Prof. W. C. Mills, Curator
of the Society,
was as follows:
It gives me much pleasure to make my
annual report upon
the condition of the Museum and Library
and on the Archaeo-
logical explorations of the Society.
During the first part of last year the
field work was car-
ried on at the Baum prehistoric village
site where for two sea-
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sons prior to this, work had been
carried on. The object of
a further examination was to gain some
idea of the extent of
this village and to further examine the
burials and refuse pits.
The northern portion of the village was
examined and here
very interesting burials were
discovered. Heretofore no burials
having pottery placed with them were
found, but in this section
quite a number of burials had pottery
placed in the graves. Of
the hundred or more skeletons removed
from this village prior to
this examination not a single piece of
copper was found, but
this year a single grave rewarded us
with two copper beads
and many objects made of bone and shell.
The examination
of the village during the present year
has somewhat enlarged
the former boundary lines. At present
the village extends
almost one-fourth of a mile along the
terrace due north, and
about the same distance south of the
mound and almost the same
distance directly east of the mound. The
part west was no doubt
uninhabited by aboriginal man as the
land was low and swampy.
A complete report of the animal remain
burials, and imple-
ments will soon be in press.
The latter part of the season was spent
in examining the
Gartner mound, which is situated about
six miles north of
Chillicothe. It is located upon the line
between the farm
of Mr. Gartner and the farm of Miss
Elizabeth Leevy. The
mound was 71/2 feet high with a diameter
of 75 feet. This
mound contained very many interesting
things that were new
to science. Of the 44 skeletons
unearthed, 18 were placed below
the base line; all the others were
buried on an average of
31/2 ft. above the base line. This mound
was made up of three
distinct mounds; the first or original
mound having no burials
beneath the base and only six that were
placed on an average
of 31/2 feet above the base. However,
six inches above the base
line was made a platform of earth which
seemed to be made
from puddled clay firmly tamped into a
level floor, which upon
examination proved to be 23 feet wide by
43 feet in length.
Upon this floor were placed ashes,
varying in depth from 6
inches to 21/2 feet. Beneath the floor was
found the remains
of an old home, the fire places, refuse
pits and post holes of
the tepees being plainly visible. With
the burials in the other
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portions of the mound were found pipes,
ocean shell gorgets,
beads, perfect pieces of pottery and
large quantities of per-
forated teeth of various animals. But
perhaps the most inter-
esting of all the things taken from
these graves was the pud-
dles and tempered clay ready to be made
into pottery. This
clay was placed in a nitch in the grave
near the head. In
several instances small boulders
accompanied the clay and were
piled over it in a small heap. These
were no doubt used in
cooking their food. In another grave was
found a small shell
gorget with a hole in the center in
which was inserted a fresh-
water pearl.
During the winter 1902-03 the Ohio State
University ten-
dered to the Historical Society rooms in
Page Hall. These
rooms were accepted by the Executive
Committee at the Jan-
uary meeting and I was instructed to
proceed with the transfer
of the collection of the Society as well
as that of the University
from Orton Hall to Page Hall. But it was
the first week in
February before the work could begin as
the basement rooms were
not quite ready for occupancy and the
floor in the main Museum
had to be put in shape; and it was
almost the first of March
before the specimens could be removed.
The University during the year supplied
the Museum with
upwards of $745 worth of cases; some of
these were for new
cases while $578 was in lieu of cases
that could not be removed
from Orton Hall.
At the present time the Archaeological
exhibit occupies a
room containing 4,000 square feet and
the Library and office
occupies about 1,800 square feet, the
Historical room and Photo-
graph Gallery on the first floor, each
900 square feet, and about
2,500 square feet of basement room which
will be used for
storage. Although we have a very large
room for the archaeo-
logical exhibit yet at the present time
I find that this room is
crowded and it will be a very short time
until we will be com-
pelled to have more commodious quarters.
I would respect-
fully recommend that the Legislature be
asked to supply us with
a new building to take care of the great
number of collections
that are coming to us unsolicited. I
further recommend that
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Arch. and His. Society Publications.
this building be placed on the
University campus as the most
available site.
During the year several thousand
specimens have been added
to the Museum and a new card catalogue
is now being made.
It will take about a year to complete
this catalogue as each
specimen of importance will be labeled
as well as drawings made
and placed upon the card. An historical
file is also being made
in which the history of each collection
of specimens is carefully
preserved. The library has made quite a
growth during the
past year and 325 volumes have
been added to our list. We
have received about 300 pamphlets in
exchange for our publica-
tions. We have 138 exchanges but hope to
increase them dur-
ing the coming year.
During the year specimens and material
that was stored at
the State House and various other places
throughout the city
have been gathered together and placed
on exhibition in the
Museum of the Society. The most
interesting historical object
procured during the year is the model of
the John Fitch engine,
presented by Mr. A. N. Whiting. Another
interesting gift is the
first printing press ever used in
Franklin county, presented by
Col. James Kilbourne. We are now in a
position to receive many
historical relics and we hope the
members will take it upon them-
selves to add to the collection.