Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-28

JOSEPH n " CAahoN' peals. The chairman,
Mr.. McCammon. has shown in this position, a.
well as i'll the others which lie has held, great
executive ability. He Ia . native Of Philadel-
phia and for n number Of yesss held the posi-
ton of assistant attorney general Of the United
States and vas the representative OF the De-
partnent of Justice for the Interior Depart
ment. He IL graduate of Princeton College,
his retirement from public Office, has built up
q prosperous law practic
rsE PROGRAM OF THE MEETINGS..
The program Of the public meetings which
viii be held at Lincoln Music Hall has been
finally arranged and is as follows: First meet
ing Wednesday. April 8. at pm, presided
over by President Harrison. Papers will be
fead as follows: Charles Eliot Mitchell of Con-
necticut, commissioner of patents, The Birth
and Growth of the American Patent System;"
Senator o. H. Plat, LID, of Connecticut,
Invention and Advancement Carroll d.
Wright, MA, of Massachusetts commissioner
OF labor, The Relation OF Invention to Labor"
Hon. Samuel Blatchford, Justice Of the Supreme
Court. "a Century Of Patent Law Hon.
Robert S. Taylor Of Indiana. "The Epoch
making Inventions of America"
Secretary Noble will preside at the meeting
held In the evening, when the following papers
will be read: Senator John ". Daniel, IL. D.,
Of Virginia, "The New South rs an Outgrowth
Of Invention and the American Patent Law"
III.
of agriculture, 1.-The Relation of Invention to
Agriculture" Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Special
reception to inventors and manufacturers and
the ladies who accompany them at the patent
office, April 8. o to 1l:30 Pm, by Secretary
Noble and Commissioner Mitchell
THE SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The third meeting will be held on the after
noon Of Thursday. Frederick Fraley, IL D.,
president of the national board of trade, will
preside. The papers to be presented will be as
follows: Ex-Representative BENJAMIN Butter
worth of Ohio, 1.-THE Effect Of Our Patent Sys-
tenn on the Material Development of the United
States" Octave Chanute Of Illinois, president
OF the American Society Of Civil Engineers,
The Effect Of Invention Upon the Railroad
and Other Means of lnter-Communication."
A. X. Spofford. L. L. d., librarian United States
Congress. The Copyright System of the United
States; Its Origin and Its Growth" Thomas
Gray, c. T., B. Sc. F. Il. s. E., of Indiana
professor Of dynamic engineering. Rose Poly
technie Institute, Terre Haute, The Inventors
Seely of Pennsylvania, principal examiner.
United States patent office, international
Protection Of Industrial Property"
Prot. 5. p. Langley, the secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. will preside over the
meeting to be held IN the evening. Papers will
be read as follows: William p. Trowbridge,
Ph.D. LID, Of New York, professor of en-
gineering school of mines, Columbia College,
The Effect OF archaeological Schools Upon the
Progress Of Invention" Robert II. Ihurston,
AN, LID. Doc. Eng, of New York, director
and professor of mechanical engineering. Sib-
ley College, Cornell University, 1.-The Inven-
ton of the Steam Engine" Cyrus +. Bracket
MD. LID, of New Jersey, Henry professor
of physics, college of New Jersey, Princeton.
The Eject Of Invention Upon tic Progress of
Electrical Science" Prof. i. W. Clarke, S.B,
of Ohio, chief chemist L. 8. geological survey,
he Relations Of Abstract Scienufic Research
70 Chemistry and Physics" Maj. Clarence E.
huence of Invention Upon the Implements and
Munitions Of Modern Warfare
ANNIVERSARY DAY.
Friday, April 10, is anniversary day, % on
that day 100 years ago President Washington
signed the law establishing the American
patent SYSTEM. The delegates VIII visit Mount
Vernon. where an address will be delivered BY
Dr. j. NJ Toner of this city on Washington as
az Inventor and Promoter OF improvements ~
Prof Alexander Graham Bell will preside over
tn" final meeting to be held In the evening. On
that occasion papers will be read as follows:
Wm- l. Harris. commissioner Of education,
= The Relation OF Invention TO the Communism
tlon OF Intelligence and the Diffusion Of
hEowiedge By Newspaper and Book" l'rof. Otis
T. Mason. Ph-D., or Virginia, curator L. s.
National Museum. The birth of Invention -
/ DIR. John =. Billings. curator L. y. Army Medi-
/ cai Museum. American Invention and Dis
eoveries in Medicine, Surgery aud Practical
Sanitation Edward Atkinson, Phi. D., IL D.,
( OF Massachusetts, Invention in Its Effects
/ Upon Household Economy"