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of Mr. H. A. HuQicke was referred to Prof . Nipherfor proper 

 action. 



The following donations were reported: — 



Mr. H. W. Eliot. — An Indian adze, a sledgehammer, a 

 medicine man's mortar and pestle, and a salmon killer from 

 Alaska, and a stone axe found in St. Louis. 



Dr. Carl Barck. — Reports of the Illinois Geological Sur- 

 vey under A. H. Worthen, in nine volumes. 



Mrs. Edwin Harrison. — Portrait of Mr. Edwin Harrison. 



Ewald Iron Co. — Iron ore from Pilot Knob, Mo. 



Julius Hurter. — Bird from the Philippines. {^Eurystomus 

 orientalis) . 



Dr. Edward Evers made an interesting report of a visit 

 and exploration of a new cave in Crawford Co., Mo., four 

 miles from Leesburg, called the Onondago Cave. 



Mr. Julius Hurter reported on a trip through Marble Cave 

 in Stone Co., Mo., where he collected many snakes, lizards 

 and salamanders. 



November 5, 1906. 



President Adolf Alt in the chair; attendance twenty-nine. 



The following resolution on the death of Dr. Ludwig 

 Boltzmann of Vienna, an Honorary Member of the Academy, 

 was presented by Prof. F. E. Nipher and adopted: — 



"The Academy of Science of St. Louis has learned with 

 deep regret of the death of Dr. Ludwig Boltzmann of Vi- 

 enna, an Honorary Member of the Academy. 



He was one who was invited to participate in the Congress 

 of Science and Arts, held in St. Louis during 1904, during 

 the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. His presence in our 

 midst was selected by our Academy as the fitting occasion 

 for showing its appreciation of the high service which he 

 had rendered to the world, by electing him to Honorary 

 Membership in the Academy. 



The officers and members of the Academy feel, that in his 

 death, in the prime of his powers, the world of science has 

 lost one of its ablest and most advanced thinkers. " 



The Corresponding Secretary announced the death of 



