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Show Career of Eminent Scieotist Cut Short by BrotaS Murder CUTCAGO, March .11. Doctor William Wil-liam Jones, who according to a dispatch dis-patch from Manila, was murdered at the town of Dumobato at the headwaters head-waters of Oayajjan river, in Isbcla province, prov-ince, was assistant to Profossor George A. Dorsoy, ctrrntor of the Field Columbian Colum-bian museum. 11c went lo the Philippines Philip-pines in the summer of 100b' to study tlio haliits and the religions of the tribes, the expense- of the expedition having been provided for by a fund of ;?C".00(i given by Bobcrt V. Cuni-iniug.s Cuni-iniug.s of Chicago. lie was to have remained re-mained four 3'cars. Dr. .Jones hud Indian blood in his veins. lie was born among the Sjauk and Fox Indians in Oklahoma about thirty-four years ago. When a boy he was sent by the government to the Indian In-dian school at Hampton, Va. From there he was Font to Anilovcr academy, al Andover, Mass.. where he was graduated. grad-uated. Dr. Jones then entered Harvard, Har-vard, where he achieved honors. lie was a member of (he Ilastj Pudding club an.fi was one of the editors of the Harvard crimson. After he was graduated gradu-ated frna Harvard he took a post- ' ra d u a t c course al Columbia university and received the degree of doctor of philosophy. Throughout his college career ca-reer Dr. .Tones pursued the study of e Hi no logy and soon after leaving Columbia Co-lumbia "Tie was engaged by the Carnegie institute at Washington in ethnological investigations. During his connection with Hie Carnegie institution ho accomplished accom-plished invaluable results in unraveling many of the mysteries of Indian religions. reli-gions. "Dr. Jones was not only the most promising student of cthuology in this country in my opinion." said I'rofes-sor I'rofes-sor Dorsey today, "but as a psycliol-. ogist I think he was unsurpassed. "Only yesterday T received a letter from him. tho tenor of which clearly indicated lhat trouble might be expected. expect-ed. He described a route that he had mapped out through a hostile territory. Ho had been living with a friendly tribe and had become a member of it. With a parly of those friendly tribesmen ho said he intended to lcao immediately for a remote section of the country in order lo reach which il was necessary for them lo pass through this hoslifc territory. Judging from what he had to say, 1 do not doubt his party was attacked and that he met his death." |