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Show MUSEUM GAINS TINE SPECIMEN J. Pierpont Morgan Contributes Con-tributes Warren ilas- todon to Collection,; ; NEW YORK, March.. 20. J. , 'Pierpont Morgan has 'given to ) the American ' Museum of " Nat-' ural History the Warren masto-7 don, which Is considered - tbe : finest specimen In .existence. With this gift also goes the rest of the Warren collection of bones . of extinct animals. The masto- - don will be set up In the museum as soon as it can. be brought from Boston..' The Warren mastodon ' was . found about 1880 near Newburg, - N. Y by laborers engaged In , draining some marshy land; It was purchased by . Professor ' Warren of the Harvard Medical schooL.- Because of Its fine state, of preservation,, the, skele- .ton being also complete, it has. attracted much attention among scientists,' : ' ' ' ' ' : ' |