New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-22

sor Howard. who was elected vice-presdent OF
Zoology. Section +. to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of Professor G. Browne Goode. Profess
Howard also made permanent secretary In
place Of +. w. Putnam. of Cambridge. Mass. who
elected president. Professor Marcus Benjamin,
Of the Smithsonian read paper entitled Con
tributions to the Development Of Meteorology by
the Smithsonian Institute"
DR.. Anita Newcomb MCGEE, daughter OF the
astronomer Professor Newcomb. and wife OF Pro-
fessor Niece. and Miss Alice Fletcher both
active members of the Anthropolosica Section. Miss
Fletcher read report OF the winter conference,
and DR.. McGee essay Koreshanity, latter
day cult. both papers being favorably re-
ceiVed
There were a number Of other representative
scientists from the Capital. the best known OF
whom Professor f. A. De Schwenitz. OF the
Agricultural Department: Henry Farquhar Graves
Is. Gilbert and Professors Marvin and Bigelow OF
the Weather Bureau.
MI OF these scientists will attend the meeting OF
the British Association for the Advancement OF
Science. which met in Toronto Wednesday, al
though some of them will be silent participants as
no ore is allowed TO read paper who is not
member Of the association This membership en-
tails the payment OF s95 and an election in due
form. hut many American scientists are deferred
from becoming members because OF the insular
character Of the association All membership fees.
for instance. whether they from Russia or
Patagonia used for the advancement OF
science in Great Britain alone. and there are many
who think that an association OF high char
acter should he more international: that all ma
lions. In a word. should enjoy It's benefits and
privileges
The Weather Bureau OF the United States is rep.
resented at Toronto by Professor Willis Moore.
Chief Of the Bureau: Professor Bigelow and Pro-
fessor Marvin
Professor Moore will read paper showing the
daily atmospheric 'urvey made by the United
States. will claim that 1t Is the most compre-
hensvc atmospheric picture ever presented 10 the
eye OF the trained forecaser and that the greatest
opportunities presented by this chart to study
all the fundamental principles OF storms under the
varying conditions Of great attitudes, extreme
aridty and high humidity that can be found else
where In the world. Professor Moore will also
ak OF the synoptic weather chart. which the
Weather Bureau hopes to construct from obserya-
tions taken by kites at not less than one mile
above the earths surface and will detail the line
of investigation which these upper-air readings will
present for the study OF the physicist
Professor Bigcow will give synopsis OF his in
vcstigatons into the hemlspherica circulation OF
the atmosphere as determined by the cloud OBJ
scrVations specially made at twelve stations of the
United States during the last year Professor Mar
yin will speak with special reference to the per
fection of acroplancs for carrying meteoroogjcal
instruments to great attitudes. and will explain
the mechanism of meteorological instruments which
ne has devised for the purpose OF automatically
recording air pressures, temperature. humidity and
wind velocity. This ingenious little instrument
mainly composed Of aluminium. weighs less than
two pounds
Shortly before he left for Toronto there was A
fake" interview with Professor Moore published
In one OF the newspapers which credited him with
some bizarre statements. 1t question
publication. but he unusually emphatic I'm his
statement that the Weather Bureau has no idea
Of signalling the approach of disease or crime
waves, and deprecated the printing OF such I'M
tenable theories. Rigid instructions have recently
been Is sued cautoning Weather Bureau observers
against exploiting scientific hypothesis that have
not been carefully demonstrated by Investigation.
The following letter recently picked up In one
Of the Senate corridors proves against the popular
theory that defeated candidate has sometimes
A few friends left 10 console him:
Lumbertown. Jan. g. 1897.
Dear Sir on the morning after the CACUS.
bright and early old Climb Finch e. Tim Settle were
down TO Peppers Telephone 10 find out from Jim
Horn how the contest come ont In mint
found out that DOODLE Won and We went home
like AZ II u Nuke Kicked us. We had a fear that
the locality would operate against us. for they
have a been singing that song a long time.
But | have an Idea that old BlOaters sheokes
done NOR, than your living on the river. IL seems
be a time Tor Doodle anywhere A. everywhere.
But there TT one thing you can say like old Sam
ucl in the BIBLE whose OK have stolen whose ass
have taken. No Sir Democrat and republican
say you bold true & honest like Grant you
come out on the Square That IL some consoa
ton the Mind can dwell on with Subtraction but