Transactions of the American 

 Fisheries Society 



Tuesday, July ^y, iqoq. 



Meeting called U) order at 10 a. ni. by the President, Dr. 

 Tarleton H. Bean, at the Sec()r Hotel, d^)ledo, Ohio. 



President: Before proceeding with the regnlar order of 

 l)nsiness, I regret to have to annonnce the absence on ac- 

 count of serious illness of our worthy recording secretary, 

 Afr. George F. Peabody. 'Mr. Peabody is now^ in the Presby- 

 terian Hospital at Chicago, under the care of a specialist, 

 and his condition is really alarming. It is on this account 

 that Mr. Peabody, whose presence would be so delightful to 

 us all, is compelled to be away. I do not know just how the 

 members of the Fisheries Society will feel, l)ut, for my own 

 part, I shall miss Afr. Peabody as a very old friend who has 

 been identified with this Society for many years, and who 

 has done a vast amount of work which has inured to our 

 benefit. 



The following letter concerning Secretary Peabody has 

 come to me from Afr. J. 1). Steele, under date of /Vppleton. 

 Wis., July 22: 



"It is the uiifnrtuiiatc duty of the writer to tell you of the unexpceted 

 anil 1 fear serious illuess of Sir. Peabody, who was last night removed 

 to the Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, where he is under the care of 

 Dr. P). H. Sippy. the stomach specialist. A stomach disorder of long- 

 standing has l)ecouie acute and an operation maybe necessary, this to be 

 determined after a thorough examination. 



"Unless a miracle hajjpens w itliin the next few days, it will be utterly 

 impossible for Mr. Peabody to attend the Fisheries meeting at Toledo. 

 It is a matter of keen disappointment to Mr. Peabody to be put out of 

 commission just at this time. Any communications wdiich you may 

 want to send liini will reach liim if f(»rwar(le(l to his usual ;\ppleton 

 a.ldress." 



A later letter addressed to me from Mr. Steele was to the 

 efi^ect that an operation would be performed. As to the re- 



