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New York and in Texas, a dispiite over the 

 probate of one will having been brought into 

 court on the charge that the signature to it 

 was a forgery. A controversy also arose on 

 a claim against the estate for $2,000,000 by 

 the executors of the estate of the wife, Eliza- 

 beth B. Rice. This was settled by the pay- 

 ment of $200,000. Nearly a million dollars 

 have been paid in lawyers' fees and expenses 

 incidental to the administration of the estate. 



The department of anthropology, of the 

 American Miiseum of Natural History, has 

 received as a gift from Mr. T. Van Hyning, 

 of the State Historical Department of Des 

 Moines, Iowa, a series of grooved axes, celts 

 and stone disks. 



Mr. L. H. Farlow has recently presented 

 the Peabody Museum with a large and rare 

 collection of relics of Indian manufacture, col- 

 lected on the northerii Pacific coast — from 

 Alaska to northern California. 



Nature states that the Municipal Museum, 

 at Hull, has recently acquired a valuable ad- 

 dition to its collection of local Roman and 

 other remains. The specimens are principally 

 of Roman date, and include more than 2,000 

 coins, nearly 100 fibulas of a great variety of 

 patterns, several dozen buckets, pins, dress 

 fasteners, ornaments, strap ends, bosses, 

 spindle whorls, armlets, spoons, beads and 

 other objects. Among the fibulae are two of 

 exceptional interest, as they bear the maker's 

 name upon them (Avcissa). There is also an 

 extensive collection of pottery, including many 

 vases, strainers, dishes, etc., in grey ware, as 

 well as many fine pieces of Samian ware, sev- 

 eral of which contain the potters' marks. 



We learn from the Boston Transcript that 

 the anniial meeting of the Teachers' School 

 of Science was held at the Twentieth Century 

 Club, Boston, on October 20. Addresses were 

 made by Henry L. Clapp, of the Putnam 

 School; Arthur C. Boyden, of the Bridge- 

 water Normal School; Mrs. Caroline F. Cut- 

 ler, of the Wyman School, Jamaica Plain; 

 and Miss Annette M. Blount, of the Wellesley 

 Schools. The following ofiicers were elected: 

 President, Professor George H. Barton; first 

 vice-president. Professor A. Lawrence Lowell; 



second vice-president. Miss Mary C. Mellyn; 

 third vice-president, Miss Mary F. Thompson; 

 auditor, Mr. Seth Sears; secretary and treas- 

 urer. Miss Cora S. Cobb. 



Medical journals report that the second In- 

 ternational Sanitary Conference of American 

 Republics was held in Washington, D. C, be- 

 ginning on October 10. Delegates from 

 twelve South American republics, from the 

 army and navy and from the United States 

 Health and Marine Hospital Service were in 

 attendance. Surgeon General Walter Wyman 

 presided. The address of welcome on behalf 

 of the government was made by Mr. Root, the 

 secretary of state. Mr. Taylor, assistant 

 secretary of the treasury, also welcomed the 

 delegates on behalf of the Public Health and 

 Marine Hospital Service. The response was 

 made by Mr. Quesada, the Cuban minister. 



It is reported that Dr. Max Reithoffer, pro- 

 fessor at the Vienna Technical High School, 

 has, jointly with the court watchmaker, Karl 

 Morawetz, submitted to the common council 

 of Vienna a plan for an electric system of 

 clocks run by wireless electricity. They pro- 

 pose to furnish the chronometric and electric 

 apparatuses, including clocks, to the city free 

 of charge, and to make the trials. The city 

 has only to furnish the current, the cable 

 connections, etc., and give the use of suitable 

 buildings. The common council has appro- 

 priated $600 for making experiments. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



Mr. Andrew Carnegie has .offered $100,000 

 to Union College, for an engineering building, 

 on condition that the institution raise a like 

 amount for this purpose. Mr. Carnegie has 

 also offered to give Smith College one half of 

 $125,000 required for a biological laboratory. 



Building A, the first of the initial group 

 of seven structures that form the new Carnegie 

 Technical Schools, in Pittsburg, Pa., has been 

 opened with a class of ■ 120 students, selected 

 from more than six hundred applicants. The 

 classes will be increased from time to time as 

 the building-s are opened. The schools for 

 apprentices and journeymen are to be opened 

 next month, and the other mechanical depart- 



