Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-11

the boycott
1t was stated that the resolution did not refer
t. boycott which had only a local effect.
MI Toinson offered resolution in the nature
OF an amendment, which provided that there
should be q board OF arbitration and boycott ap-
pointed by the Federation to take into cunsid-
Grafton all matters of this character. II was
however, decided to refer 1t to the committee
on standing orders, and the resolution in regard
to boycotts as reported by the committee was
The session having been prolonged until l
O'Clock, at that hour a recess was taken until 2
O'Clock.
SANITARY WORK.
Closing Session Of the American Public
Health Association.
ELECTION OF oFFICERs-woRK ASSIGNED TO
COMMITTEES, ETC.
The closing session of the American Public
Health association was held to-day. When
| the association met at 10 o'clock the following
new members were elected DIR. John f. Gill
more, of Chicago; Representatives McAdoo. of
New Jersey, and Swinburne, OF New York: DIR.
John Campbell, of this city, and DIR. A. q.
Young, OF Augusta, Me.
The following named gentlemen were elected
a M,,,'ast ,nembers: j. W. THOMPSON, G. {.
Hon: B. Edmonds, Major G. ]. Lydecker. Mr..
WY; " h Rapiey' n w. Bnrehell, Ghas: LoSekam,
GhaS. A. Schafer, r. Q. Holtzman. Jas. p.
,Willett. Geo: r. bearing, j. II. Magruder. Jno.
y Given, J.: Ford Thompson, Jno; II. Kelley.
Fitzgerald, Geo. L. Gray. +. b. GARRISON James
L. L. Harbour, Geo. \. Cochran, Bert. scannell,
W; N; Beveridge, $. Aman, c. C. Duncanson, 1.
S. Tichenor, D0minick |. Murphy. II. J. Rams
dell, W. McE; Dye, II. X. Helphenstine, J. f.
Taylor, Ferdinand Peterson, 4. +. Chlds, A. u.
Worthington, w. NJ. Shuster, w. X. s eare
Geo I; Keen. Joseph solari,. Isadore sa.lS,
James Lansburgh, T. s. Varnell, Chas. MadeS
Levi Woodbury., W. H. selden. S. b. Robbins.
X: NJ. Barr.
The committee on disinfecton Of rags APP
pointed Yesterday was increased by Drs J. II.
Raymond. of Brooklyn, and Joseph Holt, OF
New Orleans.
The SUBJECT Of the distinction of sewers was
referred to the committee on disinfectantS
which was continued another year.
A committee, consisting OF DIR. Thomas F.
Massachusetts, and Dr. Smith Townshend, of
this city, was appointed to report next year on
the subject ofv ecination and vaccine virus.
A recommendation OF the executive committee
that the con ercnce OF state boards Of health be
invited TO become a section o. the association
was adopted.
THE CONSTITUTION WAS AMENDED
SO that the executive committee shall consist
! of six active members, three 20 be elected each
year, by ballot, and to be ineligible to member
ship on that committee again.
The resolution offered by DR.. Hunt last even
Ing in relation to school hygiene was adopted.
The president announced that Mr.. Lomb had
decided TO offer four additional prizes of $780,
and shs plans for houses
- y
1t was decided TO appoin. a committee OF
| three, With Ds. John S; Billings as chairman,
t. prepare UNIFORM yearly, monthly and weekly
morality report blanks.
WHAT CONGRESS WILL BE ASKED TO DO.
The advisory council recommended that Con-
gress be urged to appropriate the necessary
| funds to equip the War and Navy departments,
SO that the medical CORPS could prosecute re-
searches into the cause Oh Infectious diseases.
The council also Endorsed DIR. Hoits recommen-
dation that a commission be appointed TO in
Iestisate yellow lever IN its breeding places
DESTRUCTION OF RAGS.
DIR. j. Howard Taylor, of Baltimore from
the special committee on disinfection of rags,
reported that it l. an admitted fact that the
importation of rags is prolific cause of the
spread Of Infectious diseases and that ports of
entry are the gate ways for their introduction;
that foreign disnfeitio not to be relied
upon, and mat resolution should be passed by
the association that all health authorities hav-
ing jurisdiction over matters connected with
maritime sanitation owe 1t as duty TO adopt
uniform systems OF disinfection and thoroughly
destroy all germs before the rags are permitted
to he distributed for manufacturing purposes.
After u long discussion the report was recon-
mitted for further Investigation by the COM
mittee during the coming year.
The advisory council, through DR.. Robe, re-
ported that Toronto, Canada, had been selected
date of which Will be fixed by the executive
committee.
OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION
The council also nominated the following as the
officers oil the association for the ensuing year:
President, DIR. Henry p. Walcott, of Cambridge,
Mass; first vice president. DIR. c. w. Covernton,
OF Canada; second vice president, DIR. q. b.
Thornton, OF Memphis, Tenn; treasurer, DIR. ].
tive committee. Dr. Pinkncy THOMPSON Ken
lucky; DR.. Henry b. Baker. lansing, Mich; DIR.
Joseph Holt, New Orleans; Dr: Charles smart.
Johnson. of Chicago; These officers were elected
by exclamation, and the new president made
The secretary. Dr. irving A. Watson, of New
Hampshire, holds over. having been elected
| two years ago for three years. The new execu-
| elected to-day, under the rules of the associa-
ton, the present officers and the ex-presidents
| Dr. RaIch Of illinois; DR.. Kedzie, of Michigan:
DR.. BillingS U. s. A.; DR.. Hunt, OF New Jersey:
Pr. Gihon, q. 8. A., and DR.. Reeves, of West
THE LAST BUSINESS BEFORE THE Assoc1A.
DR.. G. A. Lindsey, secretary Of the state
| board of health Of Connecticut, read q paper
| giving an account of the typhoid fever epidemic
Representative John swinburne, of New
York, q newly elected member, was introduced
| to the association and made short address,
'fe o. Of the state
board OF health OF North Carolina, read a paper
on Observation on the Cape Fear river water
A paper by George 4. Bell, c E., of Newport,
r. L., ON "Hygiene of the Dwelling" was read.
| u.
| speech, thanking the association for the good
| will they had shown him, and for the honor
which had been conferred upon him by
election to llfe-membership.
| DR.. ]. NJ. Partridge. Of Indiana, read paper
on cattle diseases, and paper By r. B. s. Har-
| gis, of Pensacola, Fla, on Modified 1nOcula-
| ton an Important Auxiliary In Preventing the
| Spread OF Small Pox," was read by title.
Dr. p. A. Bryce, OF Toronto, was appointed
chairman OF the local committee Of arrange
ments for next year.
After passing the usual votes Of thanks the
association adjourned little after noon sine
die.
President Reeves, in dismissing the associa-
| ton, made an address, briefly reviewing the
work 1t had accomplished in the thirteen years
OF its existence.
The members of the association were enter.
tanned this afternoon by the local committee at
an oyster roast at the 11th-street wharf
The executive committee, at Q meeting this
afternoon, fixed upon the first Tuesday In Octo-
Der next 90 the date OF the next annual meet
Ing, to be held In Toronto.
BEATEN AND FINED.-Jerry Driseoll, . young
man whose fnce was so bruised and dlled with
blood that his color could hardly be distin-
guished, stood In the dock before Judge Smell
this morning charged with assaulting Police
man Mcnamara Of South Washington. The
Omcer said that he was assaulted BY Driscoll
while the Latter was under arrest. The judge