Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-17

rseus Papsrs nsaa.
The annual meeting OF the National Aeaasnya
sciences psgan to-day ~ the National Museum.
A portion OF the lecture hall OF the Museum wAs
screened or for the use OF the Academy On Q
pedestal on the platform rested o plaster bust o,
the late Prof Baird. The morning sreSion OF the
members OF the Academy Was held In the library
and was private. Tho pubic sessiou did not oseif
I'LL afternoon number OF distinguished scien
lists nom other cities are here 20 attend the So
son. TIE National Academy 10 an Incorporates
Institution. IL was founded by act OF ocnercor
Is63 and It's active membership was then limited
by law 20 MY. The law directs that wnenev~
called upon By any department. Of the 0overnmenS
II shau Investigate examine experiment. and re-
Psnses Of such an inSessiss1ion are borne By the
0overnment but the Academy receives no com-
Amended % as 70 remove the limitation a. 70 he
number Of memoers and 10 lss< stil furnH
amended 80 as TO enable the Academy 20 receive
oequests % be applied IN aid OF scientific investi
cation The constitution provides TOT q list o.
honorary members ana Tor ior~igu associates, nos
Academy IL considered one Of the highest ho0oI
That scientific me1 can bestow upon one OF taeu
eecnS. s e s. ,aepe e vii 70 sss
unue three days
The general oficers OF the Academy are elected
once In six years The present oficers are ~ fob
year given: o. c. Marsh, president, 1852; simon
Neweomo vine-president, 1879: Molcott Gibbs, Nr-
e,sn secretary lss2: Asaph Hall hone secretary,
1885, joan sblillngS treasurer, fsta
IN THs ExEcrT1vE skssloS
TINS morning Nj. Edward Hayes, stenegrarher. q
This city, was elected recording SECRETARY TOR tho
session Reports were made by Jle home secre-
tary, Prof. Assph Ham, ana the treasurer Dr. j. y
flllngs 1he program tor the session was consid-
efea Io-norrow sN additional members OF the
| council VIII Ice chosen. Al the rnal business ses-
soh new memoers OF the Academy VIII be elected
Tomorrow evening pubic session will be held
| Tor The reading OF obituary memoirs and tor the
presentation OF the henry Draper and J. Lawrence
| MEMBERS PRESENT.
The following members were present TO-DAY,
Cleveland Able, John = Billings W. X. Brooks
John II. c. CONN, Edward d. cope, wolcott Gibbs
Theodore \. GIL Benjamin A. Gould, Arnold
t hssSe' AAsaph ur Hal ESssnd ": Hl.sara,
samuel p. langley. o. c. Marsh, Alfred n. naysr'
homas {. Mendenhall, Henry MITCHELL Edward
Rowland aud Charles A. schotl. VIM r. Brewer,
". n. Brooks Geo J. Brush, Geow. HIl Alphems
I hySss So1n ANY, ": Powell. Nontgomery kesr
bert.
raE ruslc SESSION.
little afte: noon the pubic session began IN
the lecture hall. Besides the members OF the
Academy there were present q score or more OF
| ladies and gentlemen interested I'm the erudlts
discussions OF the Academy. Prot Marsh, a mid
de-aged gentleman, with blonde beard called the
| meeting 10 order without any Introductory Ne
| marks further than 10 announce the hours ui the
different sessions he Introduced at once Prof j.
+ onver. OF Cornell University who read the frst
paper. Prof. divers paper was on The
Rotation OF the SUM- he discussed the effect
upon the rotation OF the sun OF the currents due
| TO radiation. The enormous radiation from the
sun, he maintained necessitated that the Interior
heat be brought 60 the surface. not merely by the
ton Currents The eject. as he reasoned. woeif
produce a dattening OF the interior spheroid ana
consequent acceleratiOn OF the rotation at the
equator. These currents. too, and the consequent
upward and downward dril Of the gaseous matter
IN the interior OF the sun might explain some OF
the electrical phenomena that have been observed
THE SECOND PAPER
OF the day was read by Prof. 7. sterry Hunt whose
title was 'The Foundations OF chemistry
AT half-past I, when Prof. Hunt had finished hia
paper, the Academy took a recess
At2 O'Clock the session was resumed. and DR. 4.
c. Mendenhall described an Improved form of
Prof. Langley secretary OF the Smithsonian In.
etitution viii give reception at the Smithsonian
building this evening In honor OF the members Of
Annexed By the Brisish.
| fHRHR MORE ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC oossIxp o.
L BIT JoHk BULL
The British war ship Caroline returned TO Homo.
lulu, Hawaii April 3 from Q cruise OF about three
weeks, during which she raised the British Gag on
Planning, Christmas. and Penrhyn islands Pen.
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| south and Longitude LIS degrees west. It is o
| miles long, north-northeast and south-southwess,
and about miles vide, with an extensive las oon
having many coral patches There are plenty OF
| cocoanut trees on u, and IL Is very populous.
Christmas Island ~ situated In latitude a grees
north and longitude l5s degrees west. II Is larger
| than Penrhyn Island and Ii the headquarters OF
| an American guano company. flaming Island ID
| about 200 miles norIh-northwest OF Christmas
Island and Is the smallest OF the three.
Il SO~-
In an address 10 Austrian pilgrims yesterday
| the pope appealed 10 them TO demand the inde.
pendence OF the church In Rome.
An ordinance passed by the first branch OF the
Baltimore converts provldng that coIored teachers
shall be employed m all cOlOIed schools hereafter
| 70 be built was amended In the second branch 50
that no white teachers shall be employed In such
schools.
Mr.. Henry White. the acting American minister.
and LORD Salisbury held conference IN London,
when lasted an hour yesterday, In relation 10 the
Bearing seal fisheries.
Mr. Blame has arrived NJ sorrento. IN Italy.
Colonel W. z. Leitner, secretary VI state "a south
Carolina, died In Columbia OF heart disease on
SUNDAY morning.
kmnise Fox, six years old, was instantly killed
In Philadelphia Saturday afternoon by al )wlng
10Y balloon while playing near her nome.