MR. HOLMES' HO HORS. 
Washington Scientist Receives an Important Prize. 
The award of the Le Due de Loubat prizes , founded with 
Columbia College of Hew York, to be awarded once in five 
years, for the most noteworthy works on American anthropology, 
has been made, and the first grand prize of $1,000 was cap- 
tured by Mr. William Henry Holmes of Washington, Head, curator 
of anthropology at the United States National Museum, and 
formerly curator of the Department of ethnology in the 
Field Columbian Museum at Chicago. 
Le Due de Loubat is American born, of French descent, 
inheriting his title from his father. He is immensely 
wealthy, and is a cosmopolitan, spending a greater portion 
of his time, however, in He?/ York city. He recently gave 
$1,000,000 to Columbian College in that city, aside from 
founding the prises for anthropological works. The award of 
these prizes is the first that has been made, and the impor- 
tance of the works submitted in competition cannot be over- • 
estimated. Judges are appointed for each five-year period. 
The committee of judges which has just completed its services 
was composed of Professor H. T. Peck of Columbia College, 
Dr. Daniel G. Br inton and Professor W. J. McGee of the bureau 
of ethnology in this city. 
Besides carefully scanning the works received in compe- 
tition, the committee also examined such other works relating 
to American archaeology as have been published in the English 
language during the last three years. In the consideration 
of the monographs the committee took into account not only 
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