The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-10
FIR GEOGRAPHIC CONGRESS.
plpERs BY LEADING SCIENTIFIC
MEN OF THE WORLD.

,.,,,.s Read 10 Messages OF Greeting
Gan, All over the WOrld-A Reply
prom Guam Invites the Congress to
wet on That Island-A Reception.
u.szrNoroH, Sept s.-To-day's sessions
!, mo eighth International Geographic
earess were taken up with the presenta-
. .,on ~ papers by the leading scientific
W. n the world, followed late in the after
paar nv a reception in honor OF the dele
w. w.. and In the evening by a lecture on
sss Bolivian Andes by Charles M. PETER
Tho Tntercontinental Railway Commits
sion. .,,-,.,
=. IN o'clock in the morning, replies were
,sod TO tho messages of greeting trans
ltd after the time signals had been sent
al over the world last night and which had
cached Washington in the meantime
These REPLIES came from Cape Town, Toxic.
Madras Hong Kong, Rio de Janiero. Mel
bourne Adelaide and Sydney, Australia;
Jamaica, Manila, Rome, Paris. Greenwich,
The observatory at the City Of Mexico
,anorted the signal s6-loo OF second
slov due to the many mechanical relays
wbich were necessary. while Mare Island,
ral reported a hardness OF 32-l00 second
nd Toronto. 23-1oo second. At Adelaide,
Australia, which received the signals from
two directions, the delay was IA seconds
the signals however, reaching there stimuli
taneously. One travelled to Europe
through the Mediterranean. along the
suez Canal, through the Indian Ocean TO
Colombo, and thence by cable to Australia
while the other flashed across the United
States to San Francisco, across the Pacific
TO Hong Kong, DC. ~ a..
scientific programme, and papers, devoted
especially to Government surveys, were
read
divided into five sections, and papers under
A, on physiography; in section F, on bio,
geography; in section H. on geodeey and
Geographic technology; in section T., on
meteorology and terrestrial magnetism,
At o'clock the delegates ATTENDED a
reception in their honor by Mrs. Gardiner
Greene Hubbard, at Twin Oaks her sub
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell and his
daughter, Mrs. Grosvenor; Mrs. Robert E:
Peary. Mrs. Day, Mrs. o. p: Austin and
Mrs Simon Newcomb assisted . i IN Teee'x x
bassador, Mayor des Planchee, Lord Mill
ward of Stratford- on-Avon. Prof: de Loicq
Lobel Nine Lobel, Mile. Lobel and the
other members, associate members and
their wives. After refreshments had been
served on the lawn belated replies to last
nights greetings were received, among
them a most cordial invitation from Presi-
dent Diaz of Mexico to continue the sessions
Of the congress in the city Of Mexico.
1t was Intended to hold the concluding
session OF the congress at st. Louis, after
which the members were to 60 on an ex-
cursion to the City Of Mexico In view
Of President Diaz's invitation, however
It viii probably be decided to hold session
in that city.
Another reply to the greetings was from
the Island Of Guam, where the United
States maintains a small naval station and
the Transpaciflc Gable Company q repeat
ing station. The message. which caused
much amusement among the delegates
read:
aThe white inhabitants Of Guam, eighteen
in number, send most cordial greetings
to the Eighth international Geographic
Congress, and invite the congress to hole
its meeting on this happy island.
To-morrows session, the last OF the
Washington sessions, will also be devoted
to the presentation OF papers, and Tomorrow
evening commander Peary. the president
Of the Congress-, and Mrs. Peary will give
O. reception at the New Willard In honor
of the delegates.