Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-15
National Academy Of Sciences.
BUSINESS MEETING TO-DAY.

The National Academy of Sciences met this
morning at All Souls church, Prof. o. C. Marsh
the vice president, presiding At the business
meeting an address was delivered by the acting
made to Prof Henry, the late president Of the
academy. The annual report of the academy
was then read and approved. Tomorrow was
designated as the day for the election of officers
members of the academy to spend Wednesday
evening at the Smithsonian Institution and one
for Thursday evening at the Observatory, were
read; also, Invitations from the Anthropologtcal
and Cosmos clubs.
THE SCIENTIFIC MEETING,
to which the public were admitted, began at
spencer F. Baird, Prof. Charles F. Chandler Of
N. Y, Mr.. E. D. Cope Of N. J.. Mr.. Theodore
GIN, Prof Julius E. Hilgard, Mr.. George W.
Hill Of \. Y, Prof: O. c; Marsh Of Conn, Prof.
S Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia, Prof. Simon
Newcomb, Prof. H. A. Newton of Conn, Prof.
Rev PeSeng Of Of gGson oha Mr. PUN
Francisco, Mr.. Fairman Rogers of Philadel-
phfa, Mr.. Charles A. Schott, Prof. w. p. Trow-
biidge of Conn, @ DR.. J. 4. Trqmbqll of Conn,
ward, Q. s. A.; Prof. Henry Draper OF n. Y,
Mr. G. s. Peirce, DR.. S. H. Scudder of Cam
bridge, DR.; Elliott Coues, Prof Francis s.
Walker. and Prof. G. F. Barker OF Philadelphia
The first and second papers read were by Mr.. C.
S. Perce,on .'Ghosts In attraction spectra. !" and
comparisons of wave lengths with the metre"
he third paper was an interesting one on ssThe
relation of neuralgia pains to storms and the
ealth's magnetism" 1t is expected that the
following additional papers will be read o-day:
combination by spectrum photographs of the
discovery of oxygen In the sun" by Prof Henry
Draper; 1" Vowel theories based on experiments
with the phOnograph and phonautograph," by
Prof: A. Graham Bell; .PalaeoZOic Cock
foaches," by Mr.. s. II. Scudder; and " Eclipses
OF Jupiters Satellites" by Prof E. c. Pickering
If this programme is not finished to-day, the
papers unread will be taken up Tomorrow
SERIOUS SICKNESS OF BISHOP AMEs.-Rev.
EDWARD X. AmeS, DID,, bishop OF the MethO-
dist Z. Church. who has been confined to bed
for several day in Baltimore at his residence
No. Isl McCulloh street, Is pronounced by his
friends to be in serious condition. Bishop
years. but has forced himself to the full dis
charge OF his duties when physically unable to
perform them. He presided at the East German
Conference. which adjourned last Tuesday,
held in the broadway German Methodist
Church. He had previously presided over the
Washington Conference, held in this CITY,
which began March S, lasting about week.
These two conferences meeting In this city
where he resided were assigned to him on ac-
count OF his feeble health, but he attended
them with extreme difficulty, and was forced to
go to bed from time to time-( Bait. Sun, 10Th.
In THE HAzEN. STANLEY COURT-MARTIAL at
New York, yesterday, Gen. T. L. Clttenden,
one Of the witnesses for defense, VINO COM
manded the fifth division OF the federal army
at the battle OF Shiloh, on the second day OF
the battle, testified that he heard 1t said that
Gen. HaZen was back at f1ttspurg Landing.
going on, and heard many 1ns1nuati0nS that
Haven was then n of In his nrODer Mace