New-York tribune., 1897-08-23
TORONTO'S NOTED GUESTS.
GREAT NAMES AMONG THOSE REGIS
TERED AT THE SCIENCE CONGRESS.
MANY OF THE VISITORS ARE BEING ENTER
TANNED AT PRIVATE HOUSES IN THE
cITY-soME OF THE AMERI
CANS IN ATTENDANCE.

TANNED AT PRIVATE HOUSES IN THE
crTY-soME OF THE AMERI
CANS IN ATTENDANCE.
lBY TELEGRArH TO TIE TRTpuNEl
Toronto Aug 2-The published list OF those who
entitled 20 attend the various lectures OF the
British Association for the Advancement Oh SCI
ence shows that there are about seven huhureu
fUll-lcdecd memt, RS here. and az many more as
socates" The latter are mostly the wives an"
daughters of the British and American members
and thoy have sought the privileges OF this meeuhg
only. A few Canadians and Yankees OF the sterner
sex who are not likely to attend future meetings OF
the British Association have also ehroie" 'h''"-
selves 40 associatos This latter group inc'udes Il
good many Toronto people who wish 10 90 ho'o' "
their visitors but are not really Interested III SCI
cree for It's own sake. 1t will thus be seen 'ha'
the whole attendance ut the present h'e'"s -
about thosa I'd four hundred
\ score of prominent residents OF toronto are
each entertaining enc or more OF the Nisi'lhs S'""
tisI>. Lord Kelvin is the guest OF H. H. "'ihe''
general manager of the Canadian Bank OF COM
morce Sir John Evans this years president OF ''le
British Association. and Professor Richet. a lead
ing French investigator Of psychical phenomena
are with another banker. T.. Il. Osler. professor
Goodwin Smith Is entertaining James Bryce. rro-
fessor H. Ramsay Wright of the University oi 10
ronto has as guests Anton Dohm. FOUNDER OF
famous biological laboratory in Naples, ana Pro-
fe> sor Mall president Of the zoology section OF the
association Professor Wright Is himself biolo-
gist ard hopes to obtain grant from the BRUSH
Associa lion or frcm the Canadian Government iot
a lake fisheries nursery before iong. fresideh'
Ioudon OF the University OF Toronto L. caring LOT
Professor J. Mark Baldwin. of Princeton. DR. J. r.
Caleron a leading physician. is the host OF fro-
fcssor Vernon Harcourt. of oxford. general secre-
iory Of tho British Association. and DE- j. = Neltie
secretary Of the ROYAL Geographical Society 700
nol Swceny is entertaining Sir e. W. freemahtle
Sir George Scott Robinson. recently dhppe" the
"Uoro of ChitraL" il the guest of G. w. Allen
Prince Krapotkin a Russian exile living III Lon
don. and y contributor OF fascinating scleh.inc
articles to The Nineteenth Century. is with fro-
r. sor James Mavor who f.ls the char OF po''ca'
economy I'm TN" University OF Toronto. N''e'
Barwick y prominent barrstcr. offered 10 entertain
any one whom the committee would send him. pro-
vded tho visitor did not wear list slippers an" III
sist having morning prayers. The sciehts' sent
10 Mr. Barwck was Professor Silyanus =. Ihomp-
sen who has done much in the way OF ihVesu-
eating electrical phenomena. ana ~ i'c'urihs oi
the Same for thirty years His textbooks are wen
known I'm America well as in England. Al
though he does not luxuriatc In list slippers fro-
fo~sor Thompson has reputation for the brilliancy
Of his ncckwcar Lister has preferred staying
at a hoiel to accepting private hospitality
In addition to the DISTINGUISHED foreigners Just
mentioned tho following are here from Great Bit
ain: Professor ". @ Adams. w Ayerton. e. YER
non Boys William Ramsey. John Perry. Arthur '"
Rucker W Cawthornc Irwin. W. c. Roberts
Austin and Maior-(ieneral Webber. all OF London
Professors G r. Deacon and II. O. Forbes or Liver
pool: r. Forsyth ard Michael Foster. OF cam
bridge University: q. +. Fitzgerald. Of Trinity col
,ege Dublin. Sir William Turner and Dr. K. H.
Mill Of Elinburgh. Lawson TAFT, OF Birmnsh'm
and Hiram : Maxim. OF flying machine fame. Two
Of the Continental scientists here have been reterreu
10 already Among the dozen others the most con-
spicuous are Professor t. Magnus OF BetIih' Al
hrecht Pcnck. Of Vienna. and G. Runge OF hanover
These are few Of the many Americans IN at
tendanca: Professor Simon Newcomb OF The
Nautical Almanac" Office: Dr. W. H. Dali and Pro-
fcs.or f. W Clark of the United States ieoloSc"l
Society: Professors Willis II. Moore. FRANK II. bSe-
low and C. f. Marvin Uhe kite eXperO' or me
United States Weather Bureau: General a W
Crocy l. 8 A.: Dr. Theodore Gill. of the smith
sonian Institution: j. Herbert Webber ana Harry
9. Oberholzcr of the Department OF Agrleul'ure'
and Mrs Anita Newcomb McCiee, all or NashlnB-
ton. Boston and Cambridge sent Edward AtKhson'
Pcrcval Lowell. \. Lawrence Rotch. professor r.
W Putnam recently elected president OF the Amer
lean Association for the Advancement or SCIENCE
Miss Alice e. Fletcher. Mrs. Caroline H. DalI' fro-
fesgors G. LAMA. and W. r. Whitney, Of the Mas
sachusetts Institute OF Technology: DR.. Charles II.
Mnot. Professors r. W Richards T. Willard gibbs
and H. 7. Bowditch. OF Harvard University. BrNwn n
University Worcester sends Professors Arthur g.
Webster. \. +. Chamberlain and g. Stanicy iial, T..
Patton and Professor II. d. Thompson are are, mere mere
Thurston and Frederick Bede, OF Cornell p nlyeT se
s.tv. g. f. Baker, OF the University OF PenlSyI-
yania Ira Remser Of Johns Hopkins Prfsdem
Harper Professors George f. Hale A. A. EiGmoT% the n
y@rslty Of Chicago. and Charles F. Brush. of Cleye
land who did much to develop ns bsre src ee''
Several of the women attending this meeting rore hare
ha
in scientific work Among them are oags MISS SonE
Hadcy. and Misses Margaret T. Maltby and Mary }y
f. Mathews OF Painesvile, Ohio Miss MaItDy TOOK @
the degree Of Ph. d. at Goettingen University two
The ' following New-York City names are found on
fTo Profess6r Woodward Of Columbia University
Professor Henry r. Osborn Of the Museum 9t Nan
q The NewYork Botanical G,rdens aen ioisssGI Inz
T. Dodge OF the IL ieicnsrIs naIs Lam r woodruff
eorse lies RIadey wsm. EGrdin"G5 baSsi sn1's
Henry Smith Wi1m5 y nnr,mNT MTs "a@s Jamee A. 1 Thomp
SON Walter Arthur Bastedo. Mrs l.. russell Car car,
s Lee Francis B. Crocker. William $ Day and
Mary Baldwin. Brooklyn contributes fq1r names
Stansbury Haeer, ". II. Hale James r nan anu
canada 'is' is well represented at this meeting Ref,
London '' president of the University o.. Toronto
His speciality is mathematics Professor Wright; me
also been mentioned previously in this dispatch
Among the other prominent Toronto scieHtsti % nocn S
aronornv. LAIN t;,lbraith principal OF the School
of Practical Science: W Hodgson Ellis professor
Of chemistry and toxicoogy in the same school; A.
n Wccaliirn professor OF physiology in the Uni
verslty OF Toronto. and local secretary Of the Brt
ish Association for the Advancement OF science
4 y Coleman A geologist who has explored the
Rainy RIVER gold district IN Western S Tn'srS' stS ana M
tava the scat Of the Dominion Government. con-
tribute. DR. q. VI. Dawson OF the Geological sur
vey: Dr. W. Saunders OF the experiment. farm
ana f. f. Prince of the Fisheries Commission
Kingston IL small city compared with toronto
and Montreal but is proud OF her Queens univer-
sity Professor Dupuis. her chief authority IN math
cmatics is not here. but Professor W /. GOODWIN
OF The School OF Mines Professor Adam Shortt
political economist: W. G. Baker. demonstrator Of
nhvsics and Norman r. Carmichael represent her
Nt,;il I.nIversliv in Montreal nds Professors j.
}. Harrington. H. r. Boyey. Hugh l." Calender
Il. r. Ruttan. Frank J; Adams ana r. II; PITCHER