The height of few mountains has been ascertained with surveying instruments Those which any one actually ascends are usually measured by the barometer, which is not infallible, and which at different times may give dissimilar results. The eleva tion of other mountains, which no explorer has yet climbed, is estimated by person who scrutinized them from adjacent peaks. Here, again, equally good authorities dis agree. Besides, in some instances-Ararat and Sinai, for instance-modern geographer cannot with certainty identify mountains of great historic interest. In a table like th llowing, therefore, it is impossible to do more than closely approximate the real Lets. But Longmans, Green & Co.'s Gazetteer, which has been used in the main, is robably as safe a standard as can be found, although at the time when the last edition ime out (1895) Fitzgerald had not ascended Aconcagua, the Duke of the Abruzzi had ot visited Mount St. Elias, and Mount McKinley, now believed to be the loftiest peak North America, had not even been discovered: Name. verest odwin-Austen ipsang anchanjanka Kopsh) loneer Peak India 22,600 Muley Hacen, Si. N. 22,500 Spain ....... 11,781 Hood Oregon 11,225 Peru ›rata Bolivia 21,500 Petermann's Peak... Greenland 11,000 RAILROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. (From statistical report of the Interstate Commerce Commission.) The total number of passengers carried in 1905-'06 was 738,834,667, as against 5,419,682 in 1904-'05, THE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR Year. FUND. Organized in 1877; incorporated in 1888. Its object is to send children of the NewYork poor into the country for a summer vacation of two weeks. Hospitable country people receive them, not as boarders, but give them food and lodging and freedom of the country grounds. The fund is dependent upon voluntary contributions. lowing table shows the condition of the work from the beginning: Number of The fol The American Society for Extension of University Teaching was founded at Philadelphia in June, 1890, and incorporated in March, 1892. Present officers: President, Frederick B. Miles; treasurer, Charles A. Brinley; secretary, Charles D. Atkins. The office is in Philadelphia. The aim of University Extension is, first, to extend higher education to all classes of people; second, to extend education through the whole of adult life; third, to extend thorough methods of study to subjects of everyday interest. During the academic year 1905-06 the society arranged for the delivery of 112 courses of lectures at 89 centres. The total course attendance at lectures was 159,231. The number of courses arranged by States was as follows: Pennsyl vania, 36; New York, 33; New Jersey, 16; Maryland, 8; Connecticut, 9; Massachusetts, 6; Rhode Island, 1; New Hampshire, 1; Delaware, 1; South Carolina, 1. The division by subject is as follows: Literature, 28; history, 25; music and art, 24; ethics and philosophy, 34; political economy, 1. The constantly widening use that is being made of the society's lectures and of the University Extension system is shown by the auspices under which the courses' of 1905-'06 were delivered: Centres under control of women's clubs, educational institutions (schools, Brooklyn Institute, etc.), 25; New York City Board of Education (Free Lectures to the People"), 22; the University Extension Society and the Free Library of Philadelphia ("Free Lecture Courses to the People"), 14; regular University Extension Centres, 52. The society has just completed its sixteenth year of work. Since its organization there have been delivered under its direction 1,554 courses, comprising 9,126 lectures. The average attendance at each lecture has been over 200, the aggregate attendance 1,913,448. The most important work outside of that of the general society in Philadelphia, is carried on through the University of Chicago, the Regents of the University of New York, Rutgers College, New Bruns wick; Columbia University, New York, and in California. Sample syllabi and creulars descriptive of University Extension work can be obtained free of charge by addressing University Extenson Socety, No. 111 South Fifteenth st., Philadelphia, Pa To keep this record complete and continuous deaths are included which occurred ter December 23, 1905. DAMS, H. C., Representative in Congress from Wisconsin, 55, Chicago, July 9. DAMS, Robert, jr., Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, ex-Minister to Brazil, 57, Washington, D. C., June 1. LVEY, Richard H., Maryland jurist, Chief Justice Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, 80, Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 14. ANTHONY, Miss Susan B., woman suffrage leader, 86, Rochester, N. Y., March 13. RNETT, the Rev. Dr. W. B., Bishop African Methodist Episcopal Church, educator, Xenia, Ohio, Oct. 2. RTHUR, Joseph, playwright, 57, New York, Feb. 20. AIRD, Henry M., teacher and author, 84, New York, Nov, 12. ARRETT, George C., ex-Justice New York Supreme Court, 68, New York, June 7. BAUGHMAN, L. Victor, Maryland politician and editor, 61, Frederick, Md., Nov. 30. LISS, Aaron T., ex-Governor of Michigan, ex-Representative in Congress from Michigan, -, Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 16. OYD, James E., ex-Governor of Nebraska, 72, Omaha, Neb., April 30. ROWN, Arthur, ex-Senator from Utah, shot at Washingtown, D. C., Dec. 12. ROWN, William Lee, New York politician and editor, 66, Great Barrington, Mass., Dec. 13. ASTOR, George A., Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, 51, Philadelphia, Feb. 19. AYVAN, Georgia, actress, 48, Flushing, Long Island, Nov. 19. HILDS, Henry A., New York Supreme Court Justice, 70, Medina, N. Y., May 15. OCHRAN, Charles F., Missouri politi cian, ex-Representative in Congress from Missouri, 58, St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 19. OSGROVE, the Rev. Henry, Roman Catholic Bishop, Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, Davenport, Dec. 22. AVIS, Mrs. Jefferson, 80, New York, Oct. 16. ELANEY, the Rt. Rev. John B., Roman Catholic Bishop of Manchester, 42, Manchester, N. H., June 11. IXON, Jonathan, ex-Justice Supreme Court of New Jersey, 67, Englewood, N. J., May 21. OREMUS, R. Ogden, chemist, 82, New York, March 22. UNBAR, Paul L, negro poet, 34, Dayton, Ohio, Feb. 9. YER, Elisha, ex-Governor of Rhode Island, -, Providence, R. I., Nov. 29. ATON, John, Brigadier General U. S. V., educator, ex-Commissioner of Education, 77. Washington, D. C., Feb. 9. FIELD, Marshall, Chicago merchant, 71 New York, Jan. 16. FORBES, Gerrit A.. New York Supreme GORMAN, Arthur P., U. S. Senator from HARPER, the Rev. Dr. William R., president University of Chicago, 50, Chicago, Jan. 10. HENDERSON, David B., ex-Representative in Congress from Iowa and Speaker of the House of Representatives, 66, Dubuque, Iowa, Feb. 25. HENDEE, George W., ex-Governor of Vermont, ex-Representative in Congress from Vermont, Dec. 6. 74. Morrisville, Vt. HILL, Walter B., educator, chancellor University of Georgia, 55, Athens, Ga.,. Dec. 28, 1905, HITT, Robert R., Representative in Congress from Illinois, 72, Narragansett Pier, R. I., Sept. 20. HOAR, Rockwood, Representative in Con-gress from Massachusetts, 51, Worcester, Mass., Nov. 1. HOOD, John M., railroad president, 63, Baltimore, Md., Dec. 17. HOGG, James S., Texas politician, exGovernor of Texas, 54, Houston, Tex.. March 3. HUGHES, Aaron K., Rear Admiral U, S. N.. retired, 84, Washington, D. C.. May 4. HUNTINGTON, Daniel, painter, 89, New York, April 19. JOHNSON, Eastman, painter, 82, New York, April 5. JONES. the Rev. Samuel P., evangelist, 59. Perry, Ark., Oct. 15. KEENER, the Rev. John C., Bishop Methodist Episcopal Church South, 87, New Orleans, La., Jan. 20. KEPHART, the Rev. Dr. E. B., Bishop United Brethren Church, 72, Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 24. KETCHAM, John H., Brigadier General, U. S. V., Representative in Congress from New York, 73, New York, Nov. 4. LANGDELL, Christopher C., law teacher and law book writer, 82, Cambridge, Mass., July 6. LANGLEY, Samuel P., scientist, secretary Smithsonian Institution, 72, Aiken, S. C.. Feb. 27. MCCABE, the Rev. Dr. Charles C., Methodist Episcopal Bishop, 70, New York, Dec. 19. McCALL John A., ex-president New York Life Insurance Company, 56, Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 18. MCCLELLAN, Thomas N., Chief Justice Alabama Supreme Court, 53, New Orleans, La., Feb. 10. Idaho, 44, assassinated Caldwell, Idaho, Dec. 30, 1905. MeIVER, Charles D., Southern educator, STEUNENBERG, Frank, ex-Governor of 46, Durham, N. C., Sept. 17. MCMAHON, Martin T., Major General U. S. V., Justice Court of Special Sessions, New York city, president National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 68, New York, April 21. MACDONALD, W. H., actor, 56, Springfield, Mass., March 27. MORRIS, the Rev. Dr. Benjamin Wistar, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Oregon, 87, Portland, Ore., April 8, MORGAN, Edward J., actor, 36, New MOSES, Franklin J., ex-Governor of South 43, PATTERSON, George R., Representative in Congress from Pennsylvania, Washington, D. C., March 21. PATTISON, John M., Governor of Ohio, 59, Milford, Ohio, June 18. PIERCE, James Mills, mathematician, 71, Cambridge, Mass., March 21. PILLSBURY, Henry N., chess player, 34, Philadelphia, June 17. RICKS, Augustus J., U. S. District Judge, District of Northern Ohio, 66, Massillon, Ohio, Dec. 22. ROSEWATER, Edward, Nebraska politician and editor, 67, Omaha, Neb., Aug. 31 RUCKER, Louis H., Brigadier General U. S. A., retired, 66, Los Angeles, Cal., July 9. SAGE, Russell, financier, 89, Lawrence, Long Island, July 22. SCHURZ, Carl, statesman, editor, soldier, 77, New York, May 14. SCHOFIELD, John M., Lieutenant General U. S. A., retired, 74, St. Augustine, Fla., March 4, SCRIPPS, James E, newspaper publisher and editor, 71, Detroit, Mich., May 29. SEYMOUR, the Rev. Dr. George F., Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Springfield, Illinois, 77, Springfield, Ill., Dec. 8. SHAFTER, William R., Major General U. S. A., retired, commander Santiago expedition, 71, Bakersfield, Cal., Nov. 12. SHALER, Nathaniel S., geologist and author, 65, Cambridge, Mass., April 10. SMITH, Wilmot M., New York Supreme Court Justice, 54, Patchogue, I L March 29, THAYER, John M., ex-Governor of Nebraska and U. S. Senator from Nebraska, 86, Lincoln, Neb., March 19. TRAIN, Charles J., Rear Admiral, U. 8. N., 61, Che-Foo, China, Aug. 4. TORRANCE, David, Chief Justice Connecticut Supreme Court, 66, Derby, Conn., Sept. 5. VALENTINE, the Rev. Dr. Milton, Lutheran theologian and theological writer, 81, Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 7. WARD, Henry A., naturalist and collector, 72, Buffalo, N. Y., July 4. WARNER, Willard, ex-Senator from Alabama, 80, Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 23. WHEELER, Joseph, Lieutenant General, C. S. A., Major General, U. & V., exRepresentative in Congress from Alabama, 69, Brooklyn, Jan. 25. WHITE, Stanford, architect and decora WOOD, Thomas J., Major General, U. S Charles T., street railroad builder and operator, 69, New York, Dec. 29, 1905. NOTABLE DEATHS ABROAD. BEIT, Alfred, South African developer and financier, 56, London, July 16. BLANCO, Ramon, Marquis de Pena Plats, Spanish soldier, last Governor General of Cuba, 74, Madrid, April 4. BRETON, Jules, French painter, 79 Paris, July 5. au BRUNETIERE, Ferdinand, French thor and academician, 57, Paris, Dec. 9 CHAVERO, Alfredo, ex-Minister of For eign Affairs for Mexico, 64, Mexic City, Oct. 25. CRAIGIE, Mrs. Pearl Mary Teresa ("John Oliver Hobbes''), novelist and dramatist. 38, London, Aug. 13. CURIE, Pierre, French physicist, discoverer of radium, 47, Paris, April 19. DAVITT, Michael, Irish agitator and par liamentary leader, 60, Dublin, May 30 GARCIA, Manuel, singing teacher and inventor of the laryngoscope, 101, Lon don, July 1. GOOSENS, the Rev. Peter Lambert, Car dinal Archbishop of Mechlin, 79, Brus sels, Belgium, Jan, 25. HOLYOAKE, George Jacob, English lec turer and author, 89, Brighton, England Jan. 22. |