Among the innumerable phases of the 

 great calamity which has fallen upon our 

 country and the world in the tragic death 

 of President McKinley, the loss of a 

 generous friend of science is by no means 

 the least. The prosperity of the scientific 

 bureaus under his administration has been 

 as marked in improved organization and in 

 method as in extension and in generous 

 patronage, and the establishment of a new 

 bureau in the interest of scientific and com- 

 mercial precision is a laudable feature of 

 special moment. 



