Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-21
Homeopathists to Hold Convention
in 1901 There.
SPIRITED CONTEST OF RIVAL CITIES
Election OF Officers and Appoint
ment of Section Charmen.
SOCIETY MEETINGS
H ED

ne lHlTu hdH tl lilt convention bl tlit
homeopaths opened this morning. At the
business meeting some important business
was transacted. the matters of principal in
tereSt being the selection of the meeting
place next year, and the election of officers.
DR.. W. II. Hanchett. chairman of the in
terstate committee, submitted his report.
He stated that the committee had endeav-
ored TO devise some means to bring about
a law of reciprocity between the states but
that there are serious haEdicaps to such
a consummation. In the judgment of the
committee the manner of interstate and in
ternatonal medical legislation is of supreme
Importance.
The president read to the meeting a tele-
gram from the National Eclectic Society,
now IN session at Atlantic City, thanking
the Homeopathic Institute for its invita-
| ton TO be present at the meeting now in
session here, and expressing regret at its
inability to accept.
The president announced the appointment
of the following chairmen of sections for
the ensuing year: Section Of materia med
lea. DR.. J. 3. Gregg Gusts of Washington;
clinical medicine. DIR. Clarence Bartlett of
Philadelphia: gynecology, DIR. S. S. Smythe
of Denver; sanitary science. DR.. H. r. Stout
of Jacksonville. Fla; pedology. DIR. y. z.
Hanchett of Council Bluffs. Ia; surgery.
DIR. George F. Shears of Chicago: neurolo-
gy, Dr. \. b. Dclamater of Chicago: OBJ
stetrics, DR.. A. L. Griffith of Montreal;
oph:halmology, otology and laryngolcgy,
DIR. +. Park Lewis of Buffalo.
The bureau work will be in the hands of
these members for the coming year.
niagara Falls Next Meeting Place.
The institute next took up the selection
of place for holding the next annual con-
vention. DR.. Cobb. from the committee on
selection. spoke in favor of Cambridge
Springs. near Erie. Pa. Dr. b. +. Bailey
suggested Richfieid Springs. n. y. as a
desirable place of meeting and addressed
the members in behalf of thai resort. d..
Wood Of Cleveland put Niagara Fails n
nomination and made strong plea IN its
behalf. DIR. Leseur seconded this nominal
ton in a forcible speech.
DR. Patton of Montreal presented the
name of his city and urged the institute to
meet there next year He was followed by
Dr. Shelton and DIR. Kline. who aroused
considerable enthusiasm for the Canadian
city. and for time it looked as if Montreal
would be selected. DR.. Kline suggested
that at this time above all others should We
join hands with England, referring to the
trouble in the far east and the bond that
exists between the mother country and our
selves.
ed strong and the friends Of Niagara Falls
bestirred themselves. Several speeches
followed pointing out the comparative in
accessibility Of the Canadian city and of
the advantages Niagara Falls possessed
among them being the fact that the expo
stion to be held at Buffalo next year will
no doubt make it possible to secure cheap
transportation to that city. DIR. Bigger.
DIR. ]. Park Lewis and DR.. Charles Gatchell
all pointed out the great benefit and ad-
vantage to be derived from holding the
convention at the Falls and. when the mo-
ton was put by standing vote. that place
was selected for next summers meeting.
Loud applause followed the announcement
of the vote.
Section of PedOIogy.
Immediately following the business meet
ing the section in pedology, under DR.. f. r.
Snader held general meeting. The chair
man, DIR. Snader. delivered the Introductory
address, and he was followed by DR.. c. S.
Raue of Philadelphia. with paper on the
non-medicinal therapeutic measures indi
Gated in diseases of children. which called
forth an interesting discussion opened by
DIR. Hanchett of Sioux City. Iowa.
Other papers were read as follows: Mem
branous Group and diphtheria, A NJ. Linn.
Cobb, MD, Chicago. Ill: intubation I'm
laryngeal diphtheria, A. p. Hanchett, Md,
Council Bluffs, Iowa: discussion, l.. h.
Maxwell, MD, Toledo, Ohio.
Clinical Medicine and Pathology.
The section in clinical medicine and path
ology is holding a general meeting this
afternoon at the Arlington
Memorial Meeting Last Night.
A large audience attended the services
which were held last evening at the Ar
lington in memory of deceased members,
and also in commemoration of the COM
pletion of the Hahnemann monument I'M
dertaking An orchestra furnished music,
and the presence Of ladies made the scene
unlike an ordinary session of the institute
President Walton was in the chair. The
necrologist of the institute, DIR. H. NJ. Smith
OF New York read a list of those who had
died during the year. which included the
name of DR.. Grace Roberts of this city.
A memorial address was delivered by DR..
E. H. Pratt of Chicago.
The remainder of the evening was de-
voted to a Rahnemann monument Jubilee
An address was made by DR.. T. Kline, who
paid an eloquent tribute to the life and
labors of DR.. Hahnemann. The chairman
of the monument committee, DR.. ]. H.
Clelland gave some account of the work of
the committee during the eight years it
has been in existence. He said the total
cost was S4S,SoO, and the committee has
yet to raise but little more than 5000.
The announcement that the most liberal
contributor had been DR.. Nancy T. Will
liams of Augusta. Me-, who had given
81 $40 was warmly applauded.
Other interesting addresses. all relating