Evening Star Newspaper, September 5, 1887, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY. Except Sunday, AT THE STaR BUILDINGS, Sorthwest Corner Pennsylvania Ave. and 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, & H. KAUFFMAND, crest, Tre Evextea Star ts served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, ou their own account, at JO cents Werk or dic yer mouth Cojies at the counter gente cach” By” mail poste prepaid 30 cents & Month: oue year. #5. «ix months, g. : the Post Utica at Washington, D. 0.6 ail matier | Weexty Stam_pabiished on Priday—gi year postace prepaul. Six mouths, S0 cena 7) ® FPA] mail subscriptions must be paid in advances pe payer sent louger than is paid for Kates of sivertisitus made kaown on application, The Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D.C.. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1887. TWO CENT: ___ SPECIAL _NOTIC — EQUITABLE CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING ASSOCIATION “EQUITABLE BUILDING,” 1003 F at. ASSETS—$772,056.04. 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Presic Secretary. <STHE mob-caKRIERS UNION No. i Rs mths" pave Dam. to4-30 0. i li celebrate their Seventh Annual Picnic at Brown’s 7th st. above Boundary, SEPTEMBER 19th. They will leave hall, Pennsylvania ave.. bet. 6th and 7th ste. at 10 o'clock: arrive at the Park at 12 o'clock. Otficers—-Richard Goraway, President Archie Harris, Fred Jackson, Treasurer; Jos. Smith, iu; Henry Jefferson, Sergeant-at-Arms; Wm. kins, Financial Secretary; John T. Adams, Re- ite ERSONS ATTENDING THE GOOD jars’ rally at Washington Grov iy). the Gth inst, can ve ei, now in charge of northwest, aud will give them me whenever they cam spare the ti OFFICE FIRST © OPERATIVE BUILDING SSOCTATION, 1251 Hi Seorgetown. D. ©. SPECIAL MEETING OF SIOCKHOLDERS TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1887.8 P. ML, To vote ou Arwendmment to Constitution, Subscription to alxth series. er above date, ILBERT President, MAYHEW PLATER, Treas- W. KING, Secretary. 3 > ALL KINDS oF BOOK BINDING DONE ip best manner and short notice, cok, WEIDMAN & WAENESON. 20-422 11th stn. <=>, THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS DAY formedacopagtuershsp, under the firm-name HOPKINS & HIESTON, to carry op the Real Estate Dos'nes: sn all its branches. W- L HOPRINS, WALTER HIESTON, 6th st and La. ave, mw. suai => NOTICE?! <. Iwill pay the sum of $50 for any informs- Lat w. lead to the arrest and convichon of the "who ast fire to my place he nicht of 73 ME BELL. Cor 30th and 0 sts Mi JOSEPH A. GAMBLE. RE- Bo ccty of the tr RENSHAW S GAMELE st Provision Men-hants. nortbwest corner ol M ata nw. has located himself in the seme Dustnese on the opposite southwest coruey where he be gratified to meet and serve any of bis former woets Who may Rouor hiia with thelr patronage. arpets, &c.. &c. OVED ORDER OF RED MEN | aud brothers of the sister tribes of | pate going to Wilmington, | to take part in the eting of the G meet at Seneca Tribe's Wigwam, com | E, McARDLE HAS nd yeidence to 121 Se ~ Ge OXF THOUSAND CAKES CUTICURA SOAP, 15 CENTS PER CAKE MERTZ’S PHARMACY, andi Tithand Fate, ND STAND PIPES. januiact turnis Ofice—Koom 13, Corcoran Building. au24-1m® EDWw'D CAVERLY & CO. <— a. 2 Washington News and Gossip, Govenxwext Recerrrs To-pav.—Internal reve- nue, $767,356; customs, $564,584.09, GUAGER APPOINTED. Webb gauger at Grain V Hey, Mo. Comsussiong® MILLER, of the Internal Revenue Bureau, has returned to the city and resumed his official labors. He looks quite well and says that though he was ll during his vacation in the mountains of West Virginia, that he has entirely recovered and 1s in better physical coudition than for some te past, AnMY Oxpgrs.—By direction of the Acting Sec» of War, Major Robert M. O'Retlly, surgeon, 1s ordered to Fort Magara on public business, and upon completion of that will return to his station here. Capt. Allen Suutth, 4th cavalry, 18 appointed. to act “as inspector on one cavalry horse at the general depot of the quartermaster's department, St Louts, Mo. reported upon by a board of survey “and for Which Major Charles W. Foster, quartermaster, 13 responsibie.” “The leave of absence granted'2d Lieut. Harris L. Roberts, 19tn iufautry, June 27th | last, is extended two montns. reta as requiring the action of an Inspector Tue PRESIDENT only remained a few moments at the White House this morning. He drove to Al- baugh’s Opera House in a carriage with Secretary Bayard, Speaker Carlisle, and Dr. Garnett, the latter represendug the focal committee of the Medical Congress Free of Dury.—The Treasury Department has instructed the Collector of Customs at Philadel- phia to admit free of duty the personal effects of M. Leopold Dubois, who came to this country in 1880 In the service Of the Brazilian governuient. He decided to become a citizen of the United States, and having established himself, asks the free admission of his personal effects, The order 1s to admit them just as if they had arrived with the owner, M. Dubois, SECRETARY Farncuip will return to Washington this evening, though his stay here will probably not extend over afew days, When he left Wash- ington recently it was his purpose to take at least @ Month's vacation, as he had not had any rest for two years, and ft 1s understood that hissudden request of the President, who Wishes to confer witu the Secretary in regard to al ques- | Uons in the forthcoming annual message to Con- y Fairchild will not, probably, | resume the active charge of the Treasury Depart | ment just now, and 1 ts his plan to accompany | the President to Philadelphia, and to then return is at’ th the treatment of the tariff and finan gress. Se out his mouth o1 No More ReveMprion or Trap Doutars.—The period fixed by law for the redemption of the trade dollars has expized, and of $36,000,000 that were cotned less than $8,000,000 were presented for re- demption, Most of them wen¥to China, POSTMASTER CLENDENNIN, Of Springfleld, Ills., has informed the Postmaster-General that he 18 Teady Uo meet and refute all charges against him, Coxtracts for supplying forage for the Life. Saving Service on tne Virginia and North Carolina coasts have been awarded to the following name : W. C. Lindsay, of Portsmouth, Va., for ay, At 78 cents per 100 "pounds; evans Burwell, of Norfolk, Va., for rye straw, at 83 cents per 100 pounds; corn dt $1.04 per 106 pounds, and oats at $1.17 per 100 pounds Carr. Jvo. A. Hownuz has been appointed prest- dent of a board of officers which will meet in Portsmouth, N. H., next Tuesday to test the dyna lite pneumatic gun. ApMInAL Luce.—It fs stated at Newport, upon Apparently good authority, that Admiral Luce Will be relfeved from the command of the North Atlante Squadron and become president of the War College at Newport. ‘Tye PRESIDENT AND MRS. CLEVELAND WILL SEE- A Suam Figut.—It seems that President and Mrs, Cleveland are to be treated to a grand military display of a unique character during their visit to Atlanta on the 19th of October. “Gov. Gordon Was desirous Of arranging a sham battle for the President, and in connection with Gen. Young, Who was the yor ib Major-geueral in the Con- federate army, he has perfected the maneuvers for such a battie. Four batteries of artillery, ten compantes of cavalry and 6,000 infantry with engage. Gen. Young will command the forces. ‘The Held covers seventy acres, and the battle will last about two Lours, and promises to be an 1m- posing spectacte. Thdications trom the North. West are that many Of the veterans who fought | from Chattanooga to Atlanta in the Union Army Will attend the reanion, which takes place on Oc- tober 11 on the Kenesaw Mountain. A SERIOUS ACCIDENT T0 GEN. OnDWaY.—Informa- tion comes trom Manitou Springs, Col, that Gen. Ordway and his family while passing through Ute Pass, in the Rocky Mountains, about a week ‘go, were thrown irom thelr carriage. Mrs, Ord- Way and son escaped with a few slight bruises, but Gen. Ordway was very severely Injured in’ the head. The physictans, however, give assurances Of his recovery. AwERICAN OFFICIALS IN LONDON.—Gen. Baird, in- Spector general of the Army, and Col. Hasbrouck, commandant of the cadets at the West Point Academy, escorted by Mr. W. H. White, secre: ry of the United States legution in London, inspected the camp at Aldershot, Saturday. ‘they’ were shown every possible attention by the officers at the camp and were entertained by them atdinner. LARGEST STOCK. LOW PRICES. NEW ANDIKONS NEW FENDERS. FE. F. BROOKS, sn18 591 15th st. Corcoran Building. = FINE Gas FIXTURES, SLATE MANTELS, PLUMBING, BEATING. £. 8. SHEDD & BRO. Cee eee 432 9th st_ nw Sa> CPORGETOWS HMTyERsITy, scHoot Thr ext sewsion of this school will open WEDNES- DAY EVENING. OCTOBER OSH. Circulars can be ‘ebtamed DF applying to 3. M YEATMAN, Secretary, University Law Building, aml0-to set __ Corner th aud F sta B.w. S<> tees: HAS REMOVED TO autdet _1016 1 ST. Nw. Bq OW Comox sso, W. uacanreny, Meuiber 8. ¥ Steck Ee CORSON & MACARTNEY, GLOVER BUILDING, 1419 F ST. NW. Pankers aud Dealers ia Government Bonds Exchans. Loans. Collections. cks and Bonds, and all securities listed » the Fachanxes a: New York, Puiladeiplis, Boston and Baltimore bonght and sold. ‘of Investment Securities, District i a Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold. Jy18 Sx Mes 2 THIS COMBINATION, OF ya, Wild Cherry and Horsford’s Acid | hopular and eiicient Lrait sud Nerve | rd it Dialaria. Solu at MIL- WAIMACY, “ISD. Pensyivaiae a Or cb drauelt with seds water. AVE THIS DAY FORMED A Co- with Dr. Gustavus Kk. Brown, Yeexperience iu fine and artistic Grotatry. Ican recommend him asa thorougly scien- cf aud an expert in, his specialties gold Teng Sodgework.” 8. MUNCAST ERR gue and | A larative refreshing, irun lozenwe, very agreeable to take, for a CONSTIPATION, hemorrhoids, bile, INDIEN louse! appatite, rastric and Gas, Insurance and Lele- | lntestiual troubles aud eauache arising from them. FE. GRIL Xx. GRILLON 27 Rue Kambuteau, Paria us 7 Sold by all Druggist, Wooo Masrera Our customers have the opportunity of selecting fron the pr Bvt ihe bent desebers off IDterior {Lenn se aed trom the largest stock to be found in the country. We beve much favorable aivengements ihe prpeiyal cabipet-makers that we can sell & ‘deviate Sabie uae Mantel jue us cheap Gen. Baird and Col, Hasbrouck will proceed imme- diately to France, whither they go to witness the military maneuvers, Cor. Laaoxr’s VacaTios.—Col. D. 8. Lamont, with Mrs. Lawont, arrived at Syracuse, N. ¥., Satur- day trom MeGrawville, and Col. Lamont received a long visit from Attorney-General Denis O'Brien, and Was also in conference with local democratic leaders. Col, Lamont and family Will return to Washington Taursday. Ges. Mies has telegraphed to friends that the Published accounts of the accident to himself and members of bis staff at Los Angeles are exagger- ated, None of the other officers received more than afew bruises As for himself, Gen. Miles says he will be able to attend to bis régular office duties without iaterruption to ls ankle will confine hia to his room for sev- eral weeks yet. Tue Weatuer Last Weex.—The weather-crop bulletin of the Signal Ofice for the week ending During the week the rainfall September 3 sai has been slightly In excess from E: northward to the Misseuri Valley, 1u F! the upper portion of t in the other sections there has becn a siight’ def eieney, amounting 10 about one inch fn the South Atlante and Middie Atiuutic States. ‘The defl € Mississippt Valles and portions of Mlinols and Towa,fexceeding ten inches. Over 100 pel the usual amount of rain el in the from Eastern month Cent of the usual rainfall has the lower Mississippi Valley, Tose wuo LEAVE THE CITY during the sum- mer can bave Tus Stax mailed to them for any the rate Of 50 cents per month, and tue address chunged as often as desired. Tue requisite amount of money must tn each lengthof tm case accompuny the order. Personal Movements, etc. Mr. W. W. Corcoran, who has been at Deer Park all summer, surrounded by a number of bis faith- Tul and attentive relatives, has returned home inuch benefited by the mountain air, although he is growing so feeble that he seldom Walks without assistance. The three Misses White, and Miss Hattie Jordon of 805 L street northwest, left this morning for Central Pennsylvania, where they expect Lo enjoy & month of rural recreation among their relatives and trends. Among the guests of the Internationa: Hotel, Niagara Falls, ts Miss Lilian Thomas, of Wash gton, D. C., who has been spending the summe: months at Montreal und Quebte. ‘She will renal there until cool weather. Miss Susie P. Pollock has returned from Moun, tain Lake Park, greatly benefited by her two months’ sojourn in Whe Alleghantes. ‘Mra. A.B. Hines and family have returned from miawary mili-tuad are sold elsewhere. Tiles, Trent Tiles, ealere lus all grades Uf Domestic aud Furein Tiles HALWALD & HUTCHINSON, ‘ 424 oth street tex Tur Besr. “THE CONCORD HARNESS” “THE CoNCOKD HARNESS” A Ful Stock of all kinds kept iy on hand. Beware of lmitations. be Sure of Name and Number LUTZ & BRO, 497 Puwes. Avexcm, Adjoining National Hotel. yirunks and Satchels of the Best Makes at very Low Frices. Trubs repured by skilled worswen. sez "LEE eivLom TEs Lat Lever Ureass, Lever wears cut, always clean Sie can be worn wile Latin. = inter alcas Colonial Beach, where they have been sojourning for the past two mouths, ‘Among the recent arrivals at the Rygeia Hote, from Washington are Theo. Scheran and wife, ‘Mr. Thomas J. Fisher bas returned trom Poland rings, Maine, where he has been spending & Sumteror wee. His health has been ¥ery mech Denenited. Mr. Asa P. Knight, of the Post-omice « epart- ment, and Mrs. Knight will leave this evening for @ Visit to Vermont and other pulnts in New - and, ¥ ——_——-+e+-____ Judge Donohue, of New York, has refused to re strain Thos. W. Keene from playing under that name in New York State, ‘Mrs. J. K. Vincent, widely known for many years as & member of the Boston Museum Dram- atic Company, died yesterday morning of apopiexy. ‘The State troops bave been ordered away {row Moorehead, Ky. All 1 quiet at Moorehead now, but it 1s believed ‘bushwhacking will be indulged im now that the soldiers nave gone. An East Tawas, Mich, mau kicked his wife about and killed her canary because sue would not su¥ he was brute. He then kiled the dog because be ‘would not eat the canary. DOCTORS OF ALL NATIONS. THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL OONGRESS. OPENED BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. WELCOMED BY SECRETARY BAYARD Acting Secretary Thomp- son, of the Treasury, today appointed Wm. L. ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT DAVIS. ee SES SCENES ABOUT THE OPERA HOUSE. The Officers Elected—Speeches by Foreign Delegates~The Pro- gres of the Week’s Entertain- ment—A Rousing Reception to President Cleveland. ae Doctors with dusters and gripsacks kept stream- ing into the city this morning, crowding the hotel lobbies and the headquarters of the registration committee, The new arrivals swelled the large army of physicians who were already in the elty. ‘The new arrival, after getting the raliroad soot off his face, soon appeared on the street in his best black clothes and the blue badge of the Ninth In- ternational Medical Congress pinned upon his lap- the interest cen- tered about Albaugh’s Opera-House, where the congress was to be 11 o'clock, ‘The doors to the auditorium of the Opera House, however, were Kept closed until quarter past 10 o'clock. Before that time a large crowd of doctors and ladies assembled in the lob- bies and on the steps and sidewalk outside. When the doors were thrown open the auditorium rap- idly filled up, delegates taking seats on the orches- tra floor and in the front rows of the balcony, the general public belng accommodated in the upper gallery and the back rows of the balcony. Mean- while the curtain was down and all was silent behind the screen, At 11 o'clock the building was pel. Early in opened at iuisb ON THE STAGE. At that hour the curtain rolled slowly and silently upward, revealing‘on the jstage President Cleveland and Secretary Bayard, Speaker Carlisle, n-General Hamilton, Dr. Garnett, members local committee, Dr. 'H. H. Smith, chairman 0 the executive comiittee, and many members of committees, CALLED TO ORDER BY DR. SMITH. ‘When the curtain was fairly up Dr. Smith, chatr- man of the executive committee, a handsome, portly gentleman, with a shining bald head and white stde-whiskers, advanced to the foot-lights and fronted the meeting to order “Ic is probably known to all present, as well as to the physicians throughout the world, that in resentative members of the pro- ‘ited States decided to send a fra- ternal greeting to the Eighth International Med- teal Congress, then about to assemble in the capital of Denmark, and ask that the Ninth Inter. national Medical Congress might meet in the city ‘of Washington, “This invitation being accepted, an executive cominittee Was named to make the necessary ar- Tangements, and the result of their labors Is seen in this large assembly that the regis contain many of the most brilliant and distin. guished medical minds of Europe, Asta, and May, 1854, re fession in the “To welcome these guests of the profession, and show his interest in a great humanitarian objec the President of the United States has consente to open the congress for organization, and I have tie honor to aunounce the land, President of the United States of America.” CURERING PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. At the mention of President Cleveland's name the hundreds of grave-lodking doctors rose in their places and cheered like resident meanwhile rosé from his chair, and the lemonstration was renewed, ladies waving thelr handkerchiefs and men” hurrabing with great en- ‘The president stood in silence uatl thusiasm had somewhal subsided. President Cleveland Opens the Congress. ‘Then he spoke with great distinctness and dellb- eration, saying: “| tee] that the country should be congratulated to-day upon the presence at our capital of so wany of our own citizens and those representing forelgn countries who have distinguished them- selves in the sctence of medicine, and are de- Voted to its further pt connection fs a very Ivis stinply to national Medical Congress zation and for the transaction of business.” the President gave a stroke upon the table with a gavel, and then resumed his seat, gress Was opened. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Dr. Smith, again advancing, said: “It ts now my duty to present for your approval the names of the officers of the congress agreed upon by the executive committee, For the high office of pres- ident of the congress the committee unapimousiy nominate to you oue widely known as a sclentitic ractitioner, an abie teacher and medical author, r. Nathan Smith Davis, of Chicago, All approving of Luis uw unfaation will Say aye,” ‘The motion was carried with applause. Dr. Sunith reque ted Dr. Francesco Durante, ana Dep- uty Surgeon-Geueril Marston, of her ‘majesty’s service, Lo conductthe president-elect tothe chair. ne Marston soon, ap- ‘on the stage ig Dr. Davis, a dis- tinguished looking mat the “grand old man” of this commons, who re- sponded with compliment, Heisa patri- arch among the doctors, having completed nitty Yearsof practice. He ap- eared on the stage Deat-fitting swallow tail coat that set off his ercct figure handsomely. has been president of the American Medical Asso- ig editor of the of zthat associa- land, &4 professor in ush Medical College. When Dr. Davis had as- Hon. Grover Cleve- Of school boys, The My’ duty in this leasant and a very brief clare that the Ninth Inter- is now open for o1 ‘Thus the con- although the injuries: eney for the Season coutinues large in the lower DR. N.S, DAVIR. sumed the chair, taking a seat at the table be- side President Cleveland and Secretary Bayard. Dr. Smith, again stepping forward, sald: President, the committee ame to You_as secre- cent of Ss borthward to the Missourt alley, ia the northern portion of Tiltnols, south- ern portion of Wiscousia, and from Western Vir- glula to Northeastern Georgia. Less than 30 per ‘n reported trom Central Alabama, Southern Ilinots, «nd the greater portion of Ohio. ‘general of the con of Washington, supervising surgeon general of thé United States Marine Hospital service, ‘The question being elected, the well known form of Dr. appeared on the stage. He grasped some manu- senptsin bis band and roceeded at once to Dr. Hamilton, address. ing President Davis, nom- nated the following of vice-presidents: icCall Anderson, Glasgow: Thos. Annan- Paris; Cuthbert Bird, ‘London; Prot. Carl Braup, Vienna; Wm. DR. HAMILTON. Brodie, Detroit; Jno. Chiene, Edinburgh; Wim. Coler, Berlin; Prot. A. Cherpen- ter, Paris; ‘A. Chervin,’ Paris; 'F. Dumont, Berne, ; Thos Michael’ Dolan Halttax; Win. Wort Dai Cincinnatt; Fran- rante, Rome; irmingham, Et Grant. Bey (honorary), Cairo, jolas Jose Gutierrez, Gull, London; Dr. A. L. Gi Y. P. Garnett, Washi don; Dr. Jonathan Hut M. Humphrey, Cambrid, Hambury, London; sir’ Fred B. Jéssett, London; Dr, Theo. itisou, Londons, DE, Gea, ; Sir James Arthur ‘m. Jenner, London; Dr. London; Sir John Tomes, Surrey, Bog. | ‘Thompson, Dr. J. M. "Toner, Washti ; Sir Wm. Edinturgh; Prot. Tre! 8; Dr. PG. Uns honorary, Hamburg; Dr. Hats He ‘Yon ‘Hebra, ipa; Dr. Karl Von Mosen; > Dr. Vallin, Paris; Dr. Waidever, ‘Berlin; Prot + Winexel, Munich, ae Davis put the question and it was car. A delegate in the rear of the hall objected to Paving names on the lst of persons who were not resea tion; he sald that those nominated had been com. municated with and had ace Be ato tn ceeded with nis noming- jons, ni treas- urer'Dr i & F armold; =D fee finance "Dungieson,” of Philae eee ‘secretar 3 Atkinson, "of "Philadel: 4 phia; “Dr. Geo. Byrd Har ti ite a y. anwowp, and Dr. bem ges chicago, ‘These gentlemen were duly elected and took their places on the plat. form. The treasurer, Dr. E. 8. F, Arnold, ts ot New- port, R. 1, and has a face Fesembling that of the late Senator Burnside. He practiced for years in New York before goin to Newport. He serv as treasurer of the New York State Medical So- clety for several years,, and has a talent for finance as well as for medicine. Dr. Dungleson 1s a handsome middie- Ste He MSR nction literature, havi yublished a number of standard Works, H¢ is editorof 3 medical journal and treas- urer of the American Medical Association. Dr. Atkinson, of Phila- Gelphia, associate secre tary, ts'an active practi- toner and has been an officer of many medical bodies, For many years he has been permanent secretary of the American ‘Medical Association, ‘Dr. Geo, B. Harrison 1s a well-known young phy- siclan of thigscity. “When these officers had been duly installed Dr. Hamil ton nominated as PRESIDENTS OF SECTIONS the following: General medicine, Ab’m B, Arnold, Baltimore; DR. GEO. B. HARBISON general surgery, Wm. T. Briggs, Nashville, Tenn.; military and naval sur- gery ahd medicitie, Henry H. Smith, LL, D. Phila. Iphia; obstetrics, DeLaskie Miller, Ph. D., Chi- cago, IL; gynmcology, H. 0, Marcy, Boston; therapeutics ‘and ma- teria” medica, Frail Green, Easton,Pa.; anat- omy, Wm. H.' Pancoast, Philadetphi: hystol- ogy, Jno. H.. C: ophthalmology, r holin, Baltimore; otology, 8.J.Jones, LL.D. laryngology, W. H. Daly, Pittsburg; ‘dermatology and syphilography, A. R, Robinson, New York: ublic and international \ygiene, Jos. Jones, New DR. WM. B. ATKINSON, Orleans; “medical climatology and demography, Albert L. Gthon, medical director U. 8. N.; psycho lugical medicine and nervous diseases J. R. Ap- drews, Buffalo, N. Y.; dental and oral surgery, Jonathan Tatt, Ciucnaatt. ‘yhe secretary general then nominated the gen- tlemen selected as vice-presidents, secretaries, and members of the council of the several sections, a8 printed elsewhere in THE Stak, and the nomina- tons were approved. President Davis then announced the o1 tion of the Ninth International Medical Congress ‘as complete, and called for the report of the secre. general, Dr. Hazilton then read a brief report recount. ing the action of the Copenhagen congress and the proceedings leading up to U ree, He said 1t was now a matter of history that in May, 1884, the American Medical Association met in tis capital ‘and passed a resolution inviting the congress to honor America by holding 1ts next session In the United States. At the meet- ing in Copenhagen when the question came up for disposition, Washington was selected. ‘The com- mittee having borne the invitation and secured 1ts acceptance returned home and immediately the Work of organization. Shortly before the meeting of the American Medical Association in New Orleans in May, 1885, the preliminary organ- ization was completed, But tt. transp) that this committee was unable to form an organization satisfactory to the major- ity of he members of the sasoctation ant some discussion a resolution was adopted, which authorized the appointment | of tional meimbers of the committee, 80 a8 to include, in ac~ cordance with our American system of represen- tation, one member from each State and Territory, and to these were added one represontative frou each of the three public medical services. The en- larged committee met n Chicago and a majority Of Lue first comtittee was present and acted har- moniously With the new committee. In a short Ume, however, the members of the original com. mittee withdrew and the management was thus deprived of their valued services, ‘he commitiee had, therefore, to contend against more than the ordinary difficulties uttend~ Ang so great an undertaking, and its success was due entirely to the zeul aud energy of its chair. wan, Prof. H. H. Stuith, of Philadeiphta, and the unfligging interest and Industry of the remaining members. ‘The time was too short to adequately ‘speak of the multifarious labors uttached to the office of the secretary-general, but he had to re- port that at tue present moment there remained HO unfinished business on the secretary's table. ‘The Work of organization was now complete, and he submmitved the programs and the volume of abstracts, DR. GARNETT ANNOUNCES THE PROGRAM FOR ENTER- ‘TAINMENT OF THE VISITORS, He called, in concluston, upon Dr. A. ¥. P. Gar nett, chairman of the local committee of ar- rangements. Dr. Garnett then came forward and announced ‘the arrangements made for the social entertain- ment of members Of the congress. ‘This evening, De ‘sid, meinbers of the congress will axseanble, from 8:30 to 11 o'clock, tn the ball of the Unit ‘States Pension bullding, for the purpose of meeting each other and getting acquainted. “Tuesday evening there an informal recep- tion by President and Mrs, Cleveland at the White House to members of the congress and their families, Afterward the members would vielt the Corcoran Gallery, which will be opened for the Purpose by order of the trustees, Wednesday, from 4 to 6, there will be a lawn party at the residence of Hon. Josiah Dent, Road Street, West Washington, to which the ladles were especially invited. lay evening there will of une foreign members of the congress, ‘Thursday evening there will be a. ion and Danquet at the United States Pension Mall, when Y joped that the President and his Cabinet will be present. riday afternoon the members ‘There Will be carriages on @ street in front of the ‘Saturday there will be an excursion for members only to Mt. Vernon on the U, & Despatch and the U. 8, revenue steamer E' ‘vited as an escort to the guests, ne eoracene rie e rate of 75 cents, yurday 245, 8 sleepers will leave for ‘Niagara ‘valis free i : 5 gs i ‘3 Sir Thomas Loo Dr. . Jeftrey A. Marstot eh; Br Withers Moore, yw; Dr Joho 8. "McGrew, Honolult Leovcid tervals pol yavony, London; sir Wm. Eereracaes New vore 9 ‘Lawson Tuit, §. B.C. ham, Eng’; Dr. Jobn-Tweedy, London; sir, My. E & i : 8 4 i f s a i a E #3 be receptions by citizens of Washington in honor are Invited to a rece ara ‘the a mat, Grasslands, She country residence of the Secretary of the Navy. Hi at 4: Woonvey members to Raw. joueey Pe xy ‘The executive committee of the congress ate tn Arrangements had been made for American members to visit Mount Vernon at any time dur ES i i é 5 Ei i i 8 Le E ee a i Ene i f name of my fellow-countrymen, to the gratifica- tion felt by < moaned you should have selected this capital le scene of your ninth congress, and cordially to bid you welcome. The world 18 Decoming better acquainted; social assimilation has i; small providences and minor Kingdom are feteratizing eran mptres; in- ternational intimacy surfers fess" obstruction: the broad and powerful current of literature 13 bilently wearing away the banks of geopraphical prejudice, and spirit of @ common brotherhood, Sf mutuality and interdependence is expanding fteelf irresistibly over the barriers of mountain peel pea eee nem and beneficent: ees Word “stranger” soon Ouilterated trom the vocabularyror civilization, You, Reser wal Rot, I hope, feel—and I am gure you will not be considered by us—as strangers in the United States; for not only has the fame of of your number—whom to name might seem Invidious—iong since surpassed the limits of your own lands and been recorded in the world’s annals of scientific attainment, but I take leave to say ‘that here especially will your claims for public re- Bpect and grateful acknowledgment, due to your enlighte! services, find prompt and hearty allowance by the ulations who dwell amid the Diessings of civil and religious liberty beneath the broad banner of these United States. ‘THE BROTHERHOOD OF SCIENCE. It letters be a republic, science 1s surely a de- mocracy, whose domain 1s penetrated and tra- versed by no royal ‘road, but 1s open on all sides, see ctey alr i As and Ws for light as it l- ally disclosed by Divine Providence for the ame- Uoration of mankind. In this democratic repub- Uc the Brotherhood of Sctence can best realize 1ts universality; for Derg you will find institutions for the promotion of gtience in every de] ent, andin none more conspicuously than in that of medicine and surgery; the most important of Which are the voluntary gifts of private citizens, men ee the great majority of cases, were painfully limited in their associations with science and letters, who began life at the lowest round of forvune’s ladder; but, thanks to the noble equities Of our political system, rose without “invidious bar” to the highest level of material success and ublle usefulness. To the. public spirit and bene. ‘Volence of such individuals is due the endowmen§, ona scale that princes may envy, but have never ve mm for jntellectual an Bdvancement of all’ who desire to share ad are ‘oomipetent to recetve such benefits, oun emngress is held, gentlemen, in the closing ‘THE FIRST CENTURY of our national existence, and what has been here accomplished in the line of scientific edification and equipment owes comparatively lttle to off- ctal or governmental assistance. To no system of Dresoriptive privilege, but. to individual energy, enterprise and generosity we owe what under God We now possess of such things, and non-interter- ence by the government has proved a promotion and nota hindrance in our advancement. Busy in every department of industrial pursuit, en- ‘with diversified occupations, and hurrying With a breathless energy that has left its traces upon the physiognomy of Our people, vet, belleve me, Weare ot deat to the calls of huunasity nor tacking in appreciation and grateful respect for the votaries of science, ‘We welcome this congress as guardians of the Sanitation of the nations, In your profession we Tecognize the noblest school of human usefulness, and in the progress of the development of the laws of cure, the mitigation of suffering, the pro- longation of human existence, and the efforts to discover the true principles and conditions by Which life can be made “worth Uving,” we have learned to appreciate our debt to those whose highest reward ts the “still, small voice of grati- tude” and consciousness of benefaction to the human race. Gentlemen, I confidently promise your convention a worthy audience—not alone the members of your profession here assembled nor the Itmfted number whom this building can contain, but that vaster audience to whom, ube the wings of electrical force, your message WIil be dally borne far and wide tothe listening ear of more that 60,000,000 of American citizens, Sure am I that your message will be worthy, and equally that your thoughtful de: liverances wil be welcomed by a continent. ‘THE NEED OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. ‘The closer relations of mankind which modern invention has induced has been necessarily ac- companied by an increased dissemination of dis- ease, and the need 13 obvious of frequent tnterna- tonal conference, that. in the grand sweep of sel- entific observation, new discoveries in the healing art may be proainuly, tested and applied in coun- Veraction, Forgive me if, as one of the great army of patients, I humbly petition the profession thut in your deliberations batnre may be allowed a hearing when remedies ure pro ; that her vis ‘medicatri may not be omitted in computing the forces of cure, and that science may be restricted as often as possible to sounding the alarm for na- ‘ture to hasien, as she surely will, if permitted, to the defense of the point assailed.” My duty is Fery simple, and I fear] have already overstepped its tunit, for there was indeed little more for me to say than to repeat the words of an ancient dame whose cottage Was close by the battleileld of Wa- torloo, and belag somewhat deaf, and hearing the sound of the artillery when the famous “pound- ing” was hardest, thought she heard some one knocking at her uoor, and simply said, “Coie in!” ‘This nay seem an unscientific illustration of -aus- cultation and percussion, but you need not make half the nolse of Wellington or Bonaparte, and 1 Cap assure you the peer eee will bear you and heartily say to you, us Ido for them, “Come Several points in Secretary Bayard’s address ex- cited apy or laughter, His appeal to the doctors vo give nature a chance was received with ‘much gi ‘humor. RESPONSES OF FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES, When he had finished speaking President Davis called for responses from several representatives of the foreign nations seated on the stage. Th? first to respond was Dr, Wm. H. Lloyd, of the royal navy of England, who made a briet and neatly-worded speech, thanking Americans for thelr kind reception and their welcome to“ this truly great country.” Dr. Lloyd has a typical Brit- ish face, a Uttle fori, with iron-gray side Whiskers, its slender form was neatly attired in Prince Aibert cout and gray trousers, He was followed by Dr. Leon Le Forte, of Paris, the surgeon in charge of the tamous Necker Hos- tal, Dr. Le Wore spoke fluentiy in French, re- the thanks of the French deiegates, He hasa and head that reminds one of Hon, Jas. @. Blaine. ‘The beard is pointed and iron gray. Proi. Urma, of Germany, a typical German, with a brown beard ike the prince imperial, spoke in German, Prof. Semola, a handsomé {tallan, with 8 neatly-trimmed dark beard just touched with gray, spoke in Itallan. Dr. Chas. Rehrer, of ‘St. Petersburg, was calied out, He said in broken English, with a simile, that if he spoke in Russian he would not be understood, and he could not 3] in English. Therefore he only briefly thanked the assemblage for the reception ac- corded to the foreigners. Dr. Davis anuounced then that the next thing in order was a briet address from the president of tue Songress. He Lueretore called on Dr. Sayre of New York to Mill the chair while the president per- formed his duty. Dr. Sayre, who is slightly lame, ‘came over to Ube presidenv’s chair and, as he took it, remarked: “I don’t know that any one can fill the chalr of Dr. Davis, but Pl hobbie toward it.’ President Davis then delivéred his address. President Davis Address, Dr, Davis sald: With a full consciousness of my own deficiencies, and stilitwith a heart overflowing with gratitude, 1 thank you for the honor you Ihave bestowed in selecting me to preside over the eliberations of this great and Jearned assembly. It isan honor that I appreciate as second to no other of a temporal nature because it has been be- ‘stowed, neither by conquest nor hereditary influ- ence, nor yet by partisan strife, but by the free ex- pression of your own choice. A myself now more directly to those here assem! Who have left homes and loved other lands and encountered the fatigue danger of travel! by sea and by land, in ‘the name of the medical profession of this cotun- ty I welcome you, not only to tnis beautiful city and the hospitality of its citizens, as has been so admirably done aiready by the ‘honorable repre- sentative of the Government, who as Jus, taken geat, but I cordially welcome you to the open ‘arms and warm hearts of the medical men of ‘whole country, in whose name you were invited here three years since, and whose representatives are now here, side by aide with you, gathered from the East, the West, the North, the South, as Well a8 from the rugged mountains and fertile valleys of Uhe Center, to make good the promise Implied by that invitation, they do not cause you to feel at home and happy, not only in the soctal circles and halls de- ‘to the advancement of science, literature thiscity ‘nation’s pride, but where- : id i 5 vy of our | ‘The living human body—the chief object of your solicitude, Hot only combines in Ttseit cae greatest number of elementary substances and the most numerous organs and varied functions, so attuned to harmonious action as to illustrate’ the opera- Uon of every law of physics, every known force In nature, and every step in the development. of Itv- ing matter, trom the simple aggregation of proto- Plasm constituting the germinal cell to the full- grown man, but it is placed in apprectable and im t relations with the material objects and immaterial forees existing 1n the world in which e lives, Hence a complete study of the living man, in health and disease, involves a thorough study, not only of his structtire and functions, but more or less of every element and force, entering tnto the earth, the air and the water with which he stands in constant relation, The medical science of to-day, therefore, em- braces not only a knowledge of the living ‘man, but also of such facts, principles, and materials fathered from every other departinent of human mowledge as may Increase Your resources for pre~ venting or alleviating his suffering and of pro- longing his lite, ADVANCE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. ‘The time has been when medical studies em- braced little else than the fanciful theories and arbitrary dogmas of a few leading minds, each of which became for the time the founder of a sect or so-called school of medicine, with his disciples more or less numerous. But with the development of general and analytical chemistry, of the several departments of natural setence, of "a more prac cal knowledge of physics, and the adoption of in- ductive processes of reasoning, the age of theore cal dogmas and of medical sects blindly followii some more plausible leader passed away, leaving Dut an injinitesimal shadow yet visible on the medical horizon. So true 1s this, that in casting our mental to-day, over the broad domain of medicine ¥ its votaries ¢ngaged, some searching for new f and new materials; some studying new appl Uons and better ‘uses of facts and material Teady known; some of them are in the dead-house with scalpel dnd microscope, not only studying the position and relations of every part, from the obvious bones and muscles to the stuallest leuco~ cyte, in health; but also every deviation caused by morbid action or disease. Some are searching the fleids, the forests, the earth and the air, both for more knowledge doncerning the causes of dis. ease and for additional remedial agents; some are in laboratories with crucible, test-giass and micro. scope, analyzing every morbid product and every rem jal agent, separating the active principles trom the crude materials, and demonstrating their action on living animals, while far the greater nuimber are at the bedside of the sick and wounded applying the knowledge gained by all other work. ers to the rellef of huinan suffering. A more ac- Uve, earnest, ceaseless, and beneficent ticid of labor is not Gpen to your viston in any other direc- Uon or occupied by any other profession or class of men. And thus has the science of medicine Decome a Yast aggregation of observed facts, misny of them so relat investigations, and therefore Mable to prompt, hasty, or even erroneous conclustons. EMBAKRASSMENTS OF MODERN SCIENCE. Indeed the most defective and embarrassing featurein the sclence and art of medicine, at tus tume, is the rapid accumulation of facts furnished by the vast number of Invidual workers, each Pushing investigations in some special direcuoa Without concert with his fellows, and without any adequate conception of the colucident lines of ob- servatlon necessary to enable huin to see the true bearing of the facts he evoives, Hence he 1s cou- stantly mistaking mere coincidences for the reia~ Uon of cause and effect, and the pages ot our medi- cal literature are being filled with hastily formed gonelustons and rules of practice from luudequate ta, ‘This results in part, at least, from the extent and variety of the flelds’of inquity and the com- plexity of the problems presented forsolution, For nowhere else Withia tue realins of humau thought does the inind encounter problems requiring for thelr correct solution the consideration of a greater number of data than in the study of eulology and pathology. ‘To determine the appreciable condi- Uons of ‘the earth, air, and water of any country belore, during, and after the invasion of an epi- demic disease long enough to include several con- SecuLlVe Visits Of ‘the satne, Is not possible for a single Individual, nor for any number of observers acting separately or without concert, Yet Jusi Us compicte knowledge is necessary to enable us to separate the conditions that are merely colncident or accidental from those that are such constant accompaniments of the disease a LO prove a necessary relation belWeen them, And itis only by Such persisteut, colucident sys tematic observations of many individuals, each having a definite part, and the results carefully compared analyUcaily and syatheticaily at proper intervals, that the real conditions and laws con. trolling the prevalence and severity of epidemics and endemfes can be clearly demonstrated. 1t 18 not enough to discover tue primary Iniection, or the confagium vivum, whether it be the buctilus of cholera, yellow fever, or tuberculosis, for abundant experience has shown that not one of these will extend Its ravayes In any community or country Unless tv finds there 18 a soll or pabu- lum cougental for {C3 support and propagation. Ttis on the development and diffusion of knowl edge concerning the local conditions necessary for recelving and propagating the specitic Intecitons of disease that nearly all the important sanitary measures of modern times bave been bused. Aid it 1s on a further development of knowiedge in We same direction, galued by more systematic, con- Unuous and coincident investigation, that we shall most successtuily protect Our rade from the pestilences that have bituerto “walked in dark- hess and wasted at noonday.” Tt was the extensive and éver-extending field of medical science, tne complexity of the problems pressing for solution, and stl more the individual responsibility of applying the resources at com- mund tothe direct treatment of disease, that eai 5 disposed medical men to seek each other's counse, to 1orm groups or clubs for comparison of views and mutualimprovement, Tue manifest advan- tages of these soon prompted mo e extended sociai gatuerings, until at the present Ume a large pro- portion of the more active imembers of the profes- sion in every elvilized country are participauing in mucicipal, district, national and internatoual medical organizations. THE BENEFIT OF INTERCOURSE. ‘The aggregate bencfit derived from all this active 1ntercourse 1s beyond easy expression in words, In the more frequent and famiilar com- parison of cases and views on all professional sub- Jects in tue local socteties, closer habits of abserva- Uon and a Wider range of thought are induced, While narrow prejudices and bigotry give place to cherous rivalry and personal friendsiips. In the larger gatherings, the formal preparation of papers and reports On a great Varlety of suujects Impels. thelr authors to a Wider range of study and greater mental discipline, While tue collision with’ other tninds in discussion brings all aspects of the sub- ject to view, enlarging the scope of mental vision, Starting new trains Of thought, and begetil broader and stronger mental grasp wich purer and nobler alms in lite. I think I aun justified in saying that no otherone influence operative in human society during te resent century has done so much to develop and Sfruse medical knowledge, to sunulate Its pract cal and successful application, both in sanitary measures for preventing disease and in the direct alleviation of suffering atthe bedside, and in_uni- fying and ennobing tue professton itself, as has been accomplished by the aggregate medical so- clety organizations of the World. Yet their capa- city for conferring other and perhaps still greater benefits, under proper management, will have be- come manifest in the near future. And that I may accomplish the chief object of this address, I must ask your Indulgence while I indicate some of te more important additional benefits in advancing medical science and saving human life through the instrumentality of our médical society orgaui- zations, and the methods by which they may be accom ‘Evety experienced and intelligent practitioner ot the healing art is familiar with the fact that all acute general diseases are influenced in their prev- alence and severity by seasons of the year, topo- graphical and other conditions of the earth, meve- ‘oral conditions of the atmosphere, and the social condition and habits of the people thei selves, The most familiar endemics vary annual. in the same localities, while the great epidemics that have for ages broken over the comparatively lmited boundaries of their habitats onty at inter vals of years, and extended thelr ravages from country to country and receded again to the source from which they apparently Originated, differ widely in the different periods of their prevalence. Buv in st the essential causes of any one of ‘variable and hydrogen peroxide, active petaionrss or those nitrogenos products ‘called tree and minoid ammonia, ther do the sanitary records ive the desired information concerning the com Position and impregnations of the soll, or of the Organic and inorganic emanations that'may arise Of a disease and another not, as weil as the marked differences in the 2 the same disease at i Tocalities and same classes of the peo} same additional knowle. dasis for further sanitary ie Practical value. perioas tn Ue also furnish U1 sures Of the gre ‘And yet it must be obvious that tue coopers tion of numbers of medical men dire i the fleld of general practice, with. ¢ sessed of more and microscopical rese cessfully prosecutin Unwous Invest the desired re practitioners in {on could observe and Ual symptoms of acu’ under their notic 2 : and report them fo a central commit daily observations concerainyg We ores teal facies f rch, 18 necessary for sti Such coincident and con- | tab; as would be likely to secure Only weil-trained the date of the int. he | tragedy af nitrogenous organic and the water, wo in the atmosphere 1d require tue Selection of one microscopical re- Snore are Included in ta ’5 | ting the finishing touches to the d felt for thete emergency sungical cases. But this terrible danger was averted. ‘The President, did not run any risk of having bones broken to be by a thousand and odd doctors, PRESIDENT CLEVELAND CHEERED. When the curtain rolled slowly up Mr. Cleves land was observed comfortably seated on a red plush sofa, with Speaker Carlisle at his right, and Secretary Rayard et his left, Joy at his Safety found expression tn pro Applause broke out again eand the members of the con- gress, Indies and every one else in the hall stood 1 their places when Mr. Cleveland's presence wat ictally announced by mith, Again when vo open the congress he Was greeted With 1 riy all the dete, ingutshed }ook!) Dadges, tor tes were not old and dts. Three ladies, wearing K underneath the tng a deep and intellle ntry doctors. The ration, in conse. dignified Character of in response to that of pplause a little Late, sictan to King Otto, the ccupied @ seat tar back a, A swarthy Itallan, a member ot nate, sat at one of the secretary's on the stige with black brushed back from a high fo ing i small rin m his neck, nis curled mustache and lide pointed goatee," as Diack as a crows Wing, his snapping black eyes and sun-browned skiu,"looked as if he nataraliy belonged behind the ‘footlt He appeared an rin the play rather than the tragedy of medicin © Conversazione To-nigh' RAUTIFUL DECORATIONS OF THE GREAT HALL OP THE PENSION OFFICE. A number of sallors from the now at the navy yard, are vuslly engai S. Galena, din pute rations im the hail of the U. 8. Penst which ts to be the entire ma- ing for well d systematic use. the permanent mode: 3 avallable for us I have indicated have ready been | TR nin | the British M ational collective tee, onganized during the ~ terbational Congress at Copenh ARLY MOVEMENT, An earlier movement more Thave been end: the American Medical Association tn 1S7 standing commit a suflicient number of localities regul daily observatic racter | entr: when a} organic and 1 mosphere, and eral diseaves, and re meeting vf the associ. ‘The Committee made ort the resultsateach annual Zand in 1883. tory of ihe Chie: mittee ts stall in hand for a stil raseCUULng Its Work Wil to each other as to permit prace tical deductions of permanent value, while uxny others remain isolated through incompleteness of has been to enlist report tue Testiits to can be overcome by persevering and Well-directed I trust no apology Is needed for having embraced attention to the very 1 our medical Hin promoting ¥ inore complete methods of investi. especially in di eral persons in different places important question how to u: associations more user e the great benefit resul from the simple tingi large numbers of | f to hear constantly, whet hotel, or the assenibly room, 1 modes of expression, 3 and mental effects of the various habits peoples, until each street, in the ow stiggestions, EW cus | ¢ toms of the differe thg general gath i tad resources, as Was So happily ex- | OF I8N1 in Londo: And I apprect benefits derived t reading of papers by Lndividuais assion of Linporcaut questions im all our asseuibiies, But for reasons Ihave already briemly stated, I hope to sce ad two standing committees; whom should be referred f¢ every communi id the other shouid be ch of devising su developing addition ‘nt individuals, : socieUes, and of Superintending their edicient exe. cution until crowned With success, If 10 or 20 per tion and meuibers society were appropriated pended in tue prosecution Continuous investigations from ye: ‘Would accomplish more in advancing medic sclence directly, and indirectly in be human race, than ‘ accomplish if expen For it must be reine: expended for p clothing, or medi are themselves constim money and time in such fact capable of practical application ¢ venting, allevisting, or curiuy dise does not, like the food or medicin Bu it becomes er are its benetits iit but it 1s transinitied with the s and under the s every civilized people, and Whatever beuetits 1t is capable of conterriag are appiled to a mill peated With increasing efticiene; a to | 's d_ correctly stated that associated action constit " nd civilization mankind during the any otwer period oF U) Tels by the assoct Tis and OL the productions of Ui the products of mental a speed of electric currents, unlil bot tm Space areso far nulufied ‘tat with’ each other frow Opposite sides of the globe, Indeed, i 1 only ways as have been ory of him who ad mMeANS Of Such of these tructed wituin Ube esses FOU, Ut You have be gutiered in Uals hall from the tour qu Which an account Of 3 ings thay be daily Wransmitied to your tiust dis earth, aud chrou congratulate you on the fact sion you repres: professions ur cla: the lead of all Over ting Iraternal relattous, de ing‘and interchanging knowieds concerted actiou lor rendering iui where healtiler, happier and of longer duration, This is the nlit grand International Congress ries within Uv cades, and let us hope Uhat all its work will not in harmony aud good ork will add mucn to the human happiness Mhrough ali the co: tons, WiLkoUL trespassing Turther on your p ence, I ust ask your forbearance with my own fons, and your generous assist nge of the responsivie duties you imperfect quali: ance in the disc have devoived upo! ‘The congress Uste with intense Interest. to President Day and shoox the venerable president of the congress Phe gathering rose Lo presiding vificer at once Congress was adjourned Unti! Lo-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. ‘Scenes in and about the Opera House, ‘The crowd assembled about the Alvaugh Opera k this morning was distin guished for the number of gentiemen with bald heads, gray heads and white whiskers, gold glasses, and sedate black frock coats. On the breast of each broadcloth was the biue ribbon and the silver medal of Columbus, adopted by the Medical Congress as the badge of the delegates, ‘And there Were almost as many ladies as men, but ‘only two or Uiree of these wore badges. ‘They Were only the Wives or daughters of Lie doctors A row of doctors in sliuuy black coats sat on tue curbing at either side of the entrance. All the seats in the itouse were filled soon after the doors were opened. ‘The delegates occupied the orchestra cuutrs and allot the orchestra circ. ‘The ladies occupying them were separated trom their ewtorts audi shown to the Daleouys “The gon. I public were admitted to the gallery only," Dr. and daughter, London; Sir Jaines Grant, Ouawa; Dr; Halcomb, Dr. Carnoch ‘Martin and Wile, boxes on the ler, ‘MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES sounded through the auditorium anuonnecd’ that the House at 10 o'cloc! ‘New York, han, New York u upied by the visiting physicians on Che occ ston nethisevening, When a lo leted the court wilt present | A bean ner, From the. comug. of the every nation on. th mins in the court are bet ange American fags. Between the | won uinns tO the east oF the fountain, | Which ts surrounded by geen plant, aland | s been en for the use of the a Fastened al intervals around the ga sare Shields of the States and Territ Union, New York and Virginia belng 1 | drap } the places of honor over the north and s The whole scene ts vivid with Url Hant colors, and, When lighted up by the numer ous g: 5 and electric lamps with whieh the ries have been studded, Will present a beautte und. dazziing appeara Sixteen electra | lights hang trom the first galery. As Stated in THESTAR a few daysago, the dimen sions Of the Large hall are as follows: Length, frora Wall to Wall, 316 feet, Width 116 feet, a sirface area of 26,455 square feet, ‘The height ot the pealt Of Une central gable from the Noor ts 150 feet, THE PROGRAM OF MUSIC. ‘The muste at the ball to-night will be performed by a selected orchestra under the charge of Prot. R. C. Bernays, and the program will be as follows: | March, Gladiator, Overture, LaGazra La Selections, Mikado, Sullivan; Waltz, > Irish Pav g Strauss; Wait, "atrol Comique, Fitndley 1. The hall will also Used Zor Uke recepiion next Thursday evening. NOTES, A.case of criminal carelessness occurred Sature | @ay Light when Dr. KB. Adair, of Gainesville, | Ga, Was knocked down and rub over by a twor horse Wagon in trout of the Metropolitan Hotel, be | wale atiempting to cross Pennsyivania avenue, |The driver was not arrested, Dr, Adair foruu= nately escaped with a few bruises, On bis Journey to Uhis elty, Dr. Alphonzo White more, of Waterloo, IIL, a delegate vo the Inter path dical Congress, fell trom a Baluimore 1OkiO trait, near Cornwallis, W, Va, and sus Tained injuries Which may resuitin his deatn, 16 d (hat he fell off the train while passing car to another, Of Dr. Grant, bey of Catro, Feypty reminds us Of a good anecdtte at the doctor's exe +: When, in SSL, Mr. Sitnon Wolf, of our city, 1 general at’ Cairo he was invited to er at the house of Kev, Dr. Wats et of the American Presbyterian mission, Dr. Grant Was | also there, During the couversation the doctor described 4 dificult surgical operation he had re ceutly performed, saying Unat an Arab had held & ¢ ndie tor him (eing taht) while operating. MI. | Woit promptly Wiis, Doctor, did not know | hat there was any one who could hold a candle } to your" ‘This wili be Une more appreciated when | ivis known, that the doctor Is not only a skilled | surgeon and good man, bUt also basa very high | opinion of Lis own powers, | Hon. A. T. Meteait, D. D.8,,of Kalamazoo, Mich, Vice-president deutdl and Gral surgery section, and iuember of the committee of supervision, Ime Leruational Medical Congress Is the guest of ‘Col, { | | ROvL F. 1lll, 212 4th street southeast, Nr. f, of the Kussian legauion, will give am entertalument to the Russian delegates aud dele egates {rom other foreign lands, ‘Beiore adjourning @ vole Of Wanks was given to Dr, Davis for bis address, THE FORMER CONGRESSES, How an International Congress Came to be Held. THE FIGHT GREAT GATHERINGS OP DOCTORS THAT HAVE PRNCKDED THR PRESENT OONGRESS—T8S MEETINGS OF KECENT YEARS IN LONDON AND ‘COPENHAGEN. ‘The International Medical Congress, now an ine stitution of {niuence and of Importance through- oul the civilized world, 13 an outgrowth of the French Medical Congress. At the third annual meeting of the French congress, in Bordeaux, im 1865, Prof. Henry Gintrac, an eminent member of tnai body, proposed Uhat at the approaching Paris exposition,, in 1867, an international medical con gress be assembled. The idea was that such ® cougress Would bring together a large mumber of eminent medical sclenUsts, and that It would add a feature of interest to the exposttion. The propo- sition Was limmediately accepted and acted upon, THEZFINST CONGRESS. Hence, the first International Medical Congress assembled at Paris during the exposition in 1867. Iv Look the place of the session of the French com gress. There were no ceremonies, no fetes, nor aid werniment extend any aid. ‘Prot, Glbtrac, 19 if the suggestion of an internaUonal con Kress, ad InSiew a single meeting only an cone Lection With the exposition; bul, BoLWithstaude Ing Lue abscuce of ali public cereinonies, Ue Lnst congress Was such a marked success, abd Was so Salisfactory to the 1,200 plysiciaus Wo particle pated, Uiat Dr. Pantaleoni, of Ilaly, am eminent’ Duysiian as Well asa protainent polluclan, proe posed that the sessions be couuimued dn a regular series, OTHER CONGRESSES. The proposal to make the congress an institwe tion permanent in character was unanimously and 1n 1869 the second Invernational $ Was held at Florence, Though the nume ber wig attended Lie Florence congress Was sinall, Ue proceedings Were of luterest, NO Was extended Lo the Fiorence cone Tue Uulrd International Congress Was held at Vienna, ai the Ume of the great exposition Ubere in 187%, and 1 Was attended by G71 repro sentatives Of advanced medical and surgical Ubought and skill. ‘The Vienna congress received ho government ald, Whoush te goverument prom. ised to pu he’ procerdings at its expense, ® prouise Una, Was never tuitied. The fourth Ine Leruatoual Congress met ih Brussels in 1875, aud dau atleudance ol 4i2, ‘The Nth Was weld 4m Geneva in 1877, Where the attendance fell of to 363. Tue sixth congress met in Amsterdam tm Ani, Were G30 medical practitioners and selene Usis registered as paructpants, THE LONDON GATHERING, The seventh congress was heid tn London tm 1881, aud it was the most brilliant and interesting of the enuire series, It :was attended by 3,181 member » profession, representing the most enughie progressive Luougut and pragtice of Uhe civilized world, The corporation of the city of London entertained the members of the Medical Cougress and Ue ladies who accompanied them ia lavish style, and the lord mayor gave Liem adinuer, The proceedings of that congress ied four lange Volumes, AL Lie London congress At Was agreed Chat Uwo-year intervals brouxit We body togetuer ofvener than Was convenient oF eco nonucal, and 1 Was decided Uhat tn fulure the OB— gress Would assembie ouly every Unree years, AT COPENHAGEN. ‘The eighth congress and tue last preceding the one which met In Unis city to-day, was held im Copentagen, in 184, and had an attendance of 1,350, The government of Denmark gat $10,000 to the support of that congress, and the City Of Copenhagen cavertuined the” dociors and their ladies royally. ‘That Was the first congress Ut received any direct pecuniary ald trom any goverhment. Thougn the congress 18 permanent fa is nature, there 18 no perwanent membership. iba, tn good standing can atedud, oS ing can at AU Lhe Londou congress, 325 papers on scientific ‘Subjects Were presented aud at Copenhagen 0s Such papers Were read. AU the Paris session, 517 foreigners attended, at Amsterdam there were 300 Joreiguers, at Londén 1-000 and ot Copenhagen 1,150. AUthe Aiasterdam congress the ws divided” into nine sections, at London inte sixteen and at Copenhagen Into fourteen. AS London the number of hours consumed by the several seclions in theirlabors Was 243, at Copene agen 238, PYRAMIDS OF PILLS. The Exhibition of Pharmaceutical THE W. 1. L CORPS’ ARMORY TURNED INTO 4 BUGR DRUG STORE—STRANGE AND CURIOUS DRUGS WoRTE, MORE THAN THEME WEIGET IX GOLD— an at ‘TRACTIVE EXHIBIT. Disease dare not stick 18 nose into the Wasb- ington Light Infantry armory, Its mortal ‘enemies in combined forces of great numbers are assembled there. Ifa troop of diseases should af tempt to enter they would be pelted with pill attacked with powders and charged by a powerful force of caustic liquids. Almost the first thing they would strike Warner's battery of 8,500 pill, | (Continued on Second Page)