294 JUAN M. DIHIGO 



Solemn high mass for the repose of his soul was celebrated by 

 Rev. Father Buckey, assisted by Rev. Father Lee and Re^v. Father 

 Cooper. lu the sanctuary were a number of distinouished priests, 

 among them being Rev. Dr. Stafford, of St. Patrick's Church. 



At the cióse of the mass, Rev. Father Backey preached a brief 

 sermón in which he Sfíid: 



«Dr. Rodríguez was a most distinguished scholar. We see the 

 imprint of his hand in the treaty of Paris and in the record and 

 annals of the Burean of American Republics. His work will ever 

 remaiu as a luminous ray.» 



The mass was sung by the fullchoir of St. Matthew's. The in- 

 terment was in Mount Olivet Cemetery, and the honorary pallbea- 

 rers were John Barrett, director of the burean; Williams C. Fox, 

 William E. Curtis, and Frederick Emory, f(»imer directois; Fran- 

 cisco J. Yanes, secretary of the burean; Velox Goitica, South 

 American representative to the Jamestown Exposition; the Minis- 

 ter fiom Nicaragua, Señor Don Luis de Corea, John R. Buck, 

 and Franck Richaídson. The active pallbearers were Thomas J. 

 Clarence E., Francis J., and Edward A. Fisher, St. Stephen Loran- 

 do, and J. Morris Miller, of New Yoik. 



Among those present were the Minister from Ecuador, Señor 

 Garbo; the Minister from Perú, Señor Pardo; the Minister from 

 Panamá, Señor de Obaldia, and the Minister from Bolivia, Señor 

 Calderón. 



The sanctuary was filled with a great mass of flowers, and the 

 casket was completely hidden by clusters and wreaths of the blos- 

 soms. Some magnificent floral pieces were sent, includiiig one 

 from the International Bureau of American Republics, andauother 

 from the officers and employes of that bureau. 



{The Washington Post, Washigton, February 6 1907.) 



A VALUABLE WoRK. — Constítutíon of the Latin Republics Compiled. 

 — By William E. Curtis. — Written for The Star and the Chicago 

 Record-Herarld. 



The bureau of the American republics has published many 

 useful and valuable volumes, bnt none more so than its latest, 

 which contains in two languages, English and Spanish, the consti- 

 tutions of the United States, México, the five Central American 

 republics, Panamá, Venezuela, and the Argentine Republic, and 



