Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-07-10
LOG AL NEWS.
The Medical Association.

Columbia held protracted special meeting on
Saturday last, at which business of importance
was transacted Dr. ". II. Lovejoy, president,
occupied the chair. The meeting was called to
consider, first, the question of permitting men,
bers to consult with physicians of African
descent, and second, to tahe action Oh the case
of DIR. ID. NJ. Bliss for consulting with DIR. C. C..
Cox, who was refused membership for serving
with Dr- 4 D Ierd1, homeopathic, as q mem
Der OF the Board of Health. The standing com
mittee TO which was referred the above subjects
mac report, which was adopted, that the
ASSOcFa1On viii not hold the standing committee
responsible should il fail to investigate CHARGES
which may be made against any member OF this
association for meeting in consultation any resi-
oe 1T licensed regular practitioner Of medicine,
pf African descent, until thirty 6-,vs subsequent
10 the final action Of the RsSl;c citation unOr any
such amendment to r6gu.e.sOn No is as NAV Ia
Proposed at TIE Hezt stated meeting in October.
characterization Qc5asiOned considerable debate.
The vote ON it, adoption stood s. to H. The
effect CT the resolution IS to allow members of
the association to consult with all liesntiates of
The society until the regular meeting In October.
In the case OF DT. Bliss, the committee sub
mittcd the corresponds nee " biCh had passed be-
tween them and Dr. Birs, IN which the latter
aekTcwle dyed The fact - ~ he had consulted with
IN, Cox in the case Of Vice President Colfax
EdalSO thathe hs violated theT rules i'm another
instance III consulting with DIR. o. T. Augusta
eOtOTed ysicfaIi % this city. In his letter Dr.
Bliss says that ..the prescription rule adopted by
the ASSOCIATION r. mis- case was wholly iutfreIiSi
Die aIi'i VIC AID evoke the disapprObatiOn and CEN
country tas il has donc) and the conten vt OF all
sensible and cool judging reOple."
The majority OF the committee reported in
favor OF eNfcii-ng Ilr. Bliss, While the minority
eolls-stlDgC1 DIS Toner and Morgan, recon-
I,,sEfdeti suspension.
An exciting discussion ensEed in which the
following gentlemen participated: DR.. Maekall
ufglfg the adoption OF the majority report. Dr.
~ H. Thompson stated he hoped the association
would consider well what they were doing for IN
they decided to expeI Dr. Bis it would rSaeitate
the question Of why DR.. Cox was refused a1lrnis-
sion- The public did not believe that II was
because he was a member Of the Board of Health
with DIR. VERDI. but looked upOn it as a politicaI
persecution. If tie association took any action
on the charge t must take the responsibility OF
expulsion.
DR.. eyburn considered IL a very serious thing
10 eNIel member. and strongly favored the
suspension OF Dr. Bliss.
Dr. Z. W Miller, in reply to DR.. Thompson's
remarks, said Il a as ais. that there was aIv No
hneal persecution of DIR. Cox.
Dr. GaTnctt Tepudiated any political feeling
~ tne matter, and said there was no foundation
Tor any such impression.
The question was then called upon adopting
inc re eonn enaation Of the committee that Dr.
busS De eXpeilG q, and twas passed almost unsin-
IInC usly-a few OF the gentlemen not voting
IL seems that the sole offence of Dr. Bliss con-
ssied IN consulting with DIR. Cox, who was not
m Inher OF the association DIR. Cox as a med
fcal man has national reputation, is IN accom-
plfshed gentleman. OF fine literary and scientific
acquire ments. lie was late Lieutenant Cover
nor OF Mary land, afterwards Commissioner of
PENSIONS, and now the president of the Board of
Health; Why was he not admitted to the asso-
citation?
The members of the association fustifv Them
selves for the actiOn in expelling DIR. Bliss for
the reason that he, as well as all other members
OF TIE association, on becoming member signed
The following obligation: ''The undersigned do
approve OF the regulations and system of medical
ethics adopted BY the Medical Association of the
p1strlct OF Columbia, and do agree, on their
honor, to comply with the same"
TIE IMPROVEMENT OF SEVENTH STREET
IAs RGilTOGd, The Ses0er, and The Pdring.-It will
be recOilected that some months since Mayor
Emery made a contract with Mr. Iinyille f,-
paving the carrisgeway Of 7th street, from IL
street south To the river, and also for sewering
The street. Mr.. Andrew Gleason was contracted
with by Mr. Linville 20 eNcaVate and grade the
street, and since then the street has been cut
Gown, leaving an ugly ridge in the center, on
which u the railroad track and at nearly all the
street crossings, after rains, there are ponds OF
water, ard IL seine places the drainage from the
alleys makes intOlerable nuisances, for which,
were private citizens responsible, they would be
subject 10 fine at the Police Court. Mr. Glea-
SCH SAYS that he is q Sub-cOntractOr. and rs such
was directed 70 go on with the work Of grading
The plan is 70 run six foot sewer from the river
70 l. street, where il viii be connected with Is
inch pipes running under the cutters on either
sice OF the street. There has already been three
eavings IN the excavation and washes and the
ground Is OF such a nature that they are COM
PEELED to lay It ea Gaze ia timbers- The river
me objected t. The outlet being at the wharf as
II would tend 20 I'll up the channel, and il was
proposed TO run IL down the river bank: but on
Friday last the Board of Public Works vfsited
me lScanty, ana after expressing their regret
that the street should be 50 much cut up. gave
orders that the work should proceed on the orr
ginal line, which viii enter the river about the
east line OF 9Th street IL Is expected, with the
force that viii be put on, that fifty feet per day
will be paved, and that the work will 90 on rap
idly to completion. Ii Is certain that IL the
street rt mains in its present condition there viii
De enough wagons broken ON IL TO make big
bill of damages, and the stagnant water may
cause an epidemic.
FUNERALs-The funeral of the late Cant
John Nye, whose death was noticed In Friiay's
STAR, took place yesterday afternoon from the
Masonic Temple, W. j. Stephenson, w NJ of
E1-GovernoT j. NeeIs .Iohnson' JndSe J. ".
heCorkle, Henry ID. Barron, Fifth Auditor;
Colonel George T. Jones, Colonel /. s. Tichnor,
and Dir. W. p Particle, were the pall-bearers
Rev. DIR. Newman, of the Metropolitan NJ. r..
Church, Ofbciated and the impressive burial
service of the Masonic fraternity was read at the
Grand Master Stansbury, the solemn exercises
closing with the usual Masonic honors The
Masonic Chcir OF the District sang appropriate
diIges at the temple and grave.
The funeral of the late NJ. III. Grimes took
place yesterday afternoon from his residence
near the navy yard, and it was very largely at
tended. Eastern and Grand Lodges of Odd Eel
lows, Potomac Circle, Brotherhood Of the Union,
and Usage Tribe of Red Men being present. The
religious services were conducted by Rev. j. p.
Wilson and z. III. Sweet, and the remains were
Inferred in Congressional Cemetery.
THE PROPOSED POLICE CoNvESTroS.-To-
day, Chief of Police James McDonough. from
St Louis, called npOn Major Richards to consult
with him in relation TO the holding of a police
convention, in which ali the police authorities
throughout the country are TO be represented.
IL has been decided to hold this conye ntion in
the city Of 81. Louis on or about the LIST OF De-
tobSr next, the object being to organize a
more enhelent system Of Communication
between the different heads of no.
lice organizations, and TO take into con-.
sideratiOn the subject of prevention of crime
especially among the youth of our large Cities
Since his arriy al here he has made arrangements
with the State Department to obtain from foreign
countries statistics and information in respect 10
the workings Of the police system in other
countries.
The authorities Of St Louis have made an ap-
preparation OF money sufi cient to meet all the
expenses OF the convention proposed, and Mr..
hcDoDOugh states that the project meets with
universal favor wherever he has been.
How Bowen (THE BIGANoUs) RECEIVED ma
PARDoN-On Saturday afternoon, the pardon
OF Hon. C. q. Bowen, convicted of bigamy, was
sent from the State Department to the Jail by a
colored messenger, although it was directed to
the Marshal, where Bowen was seated under the
peach treSin the yard, and I'm reply to the ques-
Ion, a. W hat have you got ?'' the messenger an
ewering, Il suppose, from the feel, IL Is Mr..
BOwen's pardon" Gen Croker was imme-
diately found, and stating that he had no power