OCTOBEK 16, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



509 



by Professor Harry C. Jones, of the Johns 

 Hopkins l^niversity. 



Dr. Jacques Loeb. professor of physiology 

 at the University of California, was expected 

 to lecture at Stanford University on October 

 13, under the auspices of the Sigina Xi Sci- 

 entific Society. 



Professor D.widsox has been appointed 

 literary executor under the will of the late 

 Professor Bain. He is empowered to edit a 

 volume of remains and a biography, for which 

 ample materials have been left. 



A ST.\TUE in honor of the eminent French 

 neurologist M. Charcot has been erected at 

 Lemolon-les-Bains. 



Mr. Cornelius V.\n Bruxt, of New York 

 city, well known as a botanist and especially 

 for his beautiful reproductions of flowers, 

 died on October 1 at the age of seventy-six 

 years. 



Mr. Johx Ali.ex Brows, the author of 

 numerous contributions to anthropology and 

 geology including a work on paleolithic man 

 in northwest Middlesex, died in London, on 

 September 24, at the age of seventy-two years. 



The deaths are also announced of Dr. 

 Rudolf Lipsehitz, professor of mathematics at 

 Bonn, and of M. A. Certes, known for his 

 bacteriological researches and formerly presi- 

 dent of the French Zoological Society. 



The statement having been published that 

 the heavy fall in the shares of the U. S. Steel 

 Corporation would adversely affect the valuo 

 of the gifts bestowed by Mr. Carnegie, that 

 gentleman has telegraphed as follows : " Skibo 

 Castle, N. B. — Mr. Carnegie never owned any 

 second mortgage bonds or shares of the United 

 States Steel Trust. His bonds are first mort- 

 gage, covering all the property, and are not 

 quoted upon the Stock Exchange." 



On October 1, the organization of the Wis- 

 consin State Hygienic Laboratory was com- 

 pleted in accordance with the legislative enact- 

 ment of last winter. The laboratory is 

 located at Madison in connection with the 

 Bacteriological Department of the University 

 of Wisconsin and is expected to coojjerate with 

 the State Board of Health in its work. The 



director of the laboratory is Professor H. L. 

 Russell. Mr. G. J. Marquette has been aii- 

 pointed first assistant. The work of the 

 laboratory will be along the usual lines fol- 

 lowed in board of health work. 



The American Geologist states that a move- 

 ment is on foot in the state of Nebraska for 

 the erection at Lincoln of a special building 

 for the use of the Historical Society and the 

 Geological Survey of the state. 



The governing body of the Lister Instituie 

 of Preventive Medicine announces that the 

 necessary legal formalities in connection with 

 the change of name of this institute have now 

 been completed, the Board of Trade having; 

 sanctioned the new name. The institute will 

 therefore now be known as the ' Lister Insti- 

 tute of Preventive Medicine,' instead of tho 

 Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine. The 

 address, Chelsea-gardens, S.W., remains the 

 same. 



Ix pursuance of the British Board of Agri- 

 culture and Fisheries Act, 190;i, the powers 

 and duties of the Board of Trade under the 

 Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Aots, the 

 Sea Fisheries Regulation Acts and other 

 Acts relating to the industry of fishing have 

 been transferred from that department to the 

 Board of Agriculture, which is to be styletl 

 in future the Board of Agriculture and Fish- 

 eries. An additional assistant secretary to 

 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries for 

 fishery business has been provided for, and 

 the Earl of Onslow has appointed to that posi- 

 tion Mr. Walter Edward Archer, who has 

 hitherto held the post of chief inspector of 

 fisheries under the Board of Trade. 



The American Geologist states that under 

 the auspices of the Civil Commission in charge 

 of the Philippine Islands and immediately 

 under the supervision of Mr. D. C. Worcester, 

 the .secretary of the interior of islands, there 

 has been established a mining bureau. This 

 bureau contemplates a thorough investigation 

 into the natural resources of the principal 

 islands, and has already published a finely 

 printed and illustrated bulletin on the iron 

 ores, prepared by Mr. II. D. McCaskey. This 

 mining bureau desires to secure the services 



