Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-19
PROF. RILEY'S RECEPTION,
A Large Number of Prominent Scientific
visitors Enjoy His Hospitality.

A Large Number of Prominent Scientific
Visitors Enjoy His Hospitality.
About a hundred of the prominent scientific
visitors to Washington availed themselves of
Prof. c. V. Riley's invitation to meet the Asso-
citation OF Economic Entomoogsts at an infor-
NAL reception at his residence, Washington
Heights, last evening. The handsome grounds
were brilliantly illuminated until storm early
i'll the evening drove most of the visitors in
doors, but the occasion was none the less en-
Joyabhe on account of the many arrangements
which had been made for the entertainment of
the guests. Scientific men Of different special
ties, instead OF separating into congeneric
groups, fraternized, and the botanist snapped
yarns with the geologist, the entomologist
| listened with apparent interest to tales of ad-
venture from the anthropologist. while the
prominent Washingtonian made himself gen.
orally agreeable, as is his won't Among the
people pnD ~hnr Prof a.
dent of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science; Prof.
Joseph LeConte of California, Prof. F. E.
Nipher of St. Louis, Prof. W. II. Brewer Of
Yale College, President J. Mills of Guelph
| Agricultural College. Ontario Canada; Prof. l.
P. Roberts of Cornell University, Prof. W. T..
| Harris. commissioner of education; Hon. s.
ID. Horton, Prof. F.W. Clarke of the geological
survey, DR.. James Fletcher of Ottawa. Canada;
Prof. E. A. Popenoe of Kansas. Prof. A. J.
| Cook of Michigan, DR.. j. c. Branner of Leland
Stanford, jr., University California. Prof. Law
| renee Bruner of Nebraska. Mr.. and Mrs. w. X.
Hall. Mr.. and Mrs. +. S. Presbrey, Prof. G. F..
Atkinson of Alabama, Prof. F. NJ. Webster of
| Ohio, the Misses Murtfeldt of Kirkwood, Mo.
| Prof. J. c. Arthur of Indiana, DR.. r. W. Shu-
| feldt of Washington, DR.. d. S. Kellicott of
| Ohio State University. DR.. H. W. Wiley of
| the Agricultural Department, Mr.. +. T..
| Bickford Of the government board of the Chi
| cago worlds fair, Mr.. Emory Austin of Boston,
| Mr.. Charles Richards Dodge, Mr.. ". NJ. Poin-
dexter, DR.. and Mrs. George Vasey, Mr.. E. L.
| Peters, DIR. George Marx, Prof John b. Smith
| of New Jersey, DIR. T. N Gill. Prof. S. NJ.
Tracey of Mississippi, Prof ". b. Atwood of
| Virginia, Col. Rhett and Mrs. Gen. Stevens,
| Prof A. W. Butler of Indiana. DR.. c. A. Cramp-
| ton, Prof. 3. E. Fernow. Prof. Farquhar of the
coast survey DIR. Vim. McMurtrie of New York.
Mr.. II. Gannett of the geological survey. DIR.
| c. A White. Prof. H. f. Weed of Mississippi,
Prof. Lester +. Ward. DR.. J. NJ. Coulter, vice
president Of the biological section of the
American Association; Prof. W. H. Seaman,
Prof. G. Brown Goode, MIR. Richard Rathbun,
Mr.. Crosby S. Noyes, Prof. f.. ". Claypole of
Ohio. Prof Hinrichs of Iowa. Prof. r. Warning
| ton Of Rothamstead, England; Mr.. F. H. BEN
ton, Mr.. l.. D. Howard, Prof. Z. W. Doran
MIR. Wm H. Ashmead, Mr.. Z. A. Schwarz, Mr.
Theo. Pergande, MIR. C. l.. Marlatt. Mr.. F. II.
Chittenden, Prof. E. b. Southwick OF New York.
Mr.. H. S. Clifton and Mr.. r. NJ. Reese.