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ered the society by the fellows of the Geo- 

 logical Society of Washington. 



The annual banquet took place at the 

 Hotel Raleigh on Wednesday evening. One 

 hundred and thirty-seven covers were laid. 



The following papers were either read by 

 title or were presented while the under- 

 signed were absent on the fourth day of 

 the session. 



On the whole the meeting of the society 

 was most successful. The attendance was 

 probably the largest in its history, and the 

 ■warmest thanks are due the Washington 

 members for their efforts in entertaining 

 so large a gathering. 



Structural Relations in the Piedmont Area 

 of Northern Maryland: Edwaed B. 

 Mathews, Baltimore, Md. 



Recent Shoreline Changes, Nantucket: F. 

 P. GuLLivEK, Southboro, Mass. 



Timber Lines: Israel C. Russell, Ann 

 Arbor, Mich. 



Recent Volcanic Craters in Idaho and 

 Oregon: Israel C. Russell, Ann Arbor, 

 Mich. 



Lakes Malheur and Harney, Oregon: 

 Israel G. Russell, Ann Arbor, ]\Iich. 



Artesian Wells Near Enterprise, Idaho: 

 Israel C. Russell, Ann Arbor, ]\Iich. 



Concretions and their Geological Effects: 



J. E. Todd, Vermilion, S. D. 

 Ordovician Rocks of the Bellefontaime, 



Penn., Section: George L. Collie, New 



Haven, Conn. 

 The Cambrian and Pre-Cambnan of Hoosac 



Mts., Mass.: John E. Wolff, Cambridge, 



Mass. 

 The Relation Between the Keewatin and 



Laurentide Ice Sheets: A. H. Elftman, 



Minneapolis, Minn. 

 Post Glacial Time: A. H. Ei^ftman, Min- 

 neapolis, Minn. 



Glacial Boulders Along the Osage River in 

 Missouri: G. R. Buckley, S. H. Ball, A. 

 T. Smith, Rolla, Mo. 



Glacial Drainage in Central-Western New 

 York: H. L. Faiechild, Rochester, N. T. 

 J. F. Kemp, 

 A. W. Geabau. 

 Columbia Univeesitt. 



ESTEVAN ANTONIO FUERTES. 



Estevan Antonio Fuertes died at Ith- 

 aca, N. Y., January 16, after a long iUness 

 which had, nevertheless, only recently put 

 a period to his professional work and to 

 his service as director of the College of 

 Civil Engineering of Cornell University. 

 He was still Professor of Astronomy, in 

 charge of the A. C. Barnes Astronomical 

 Observatory of the university, which in- 

 stitute he had happily lived long enough 

 to see completely erected and equipped. 



Dr. Fuertes was born in San Juan, Porto 

 Rico, May 10, 1838, the son of Estevan 

 Fuertes, for many years governor of the 

 island, and his wife, Demetria Charbon- 

 nier. The family is ancient and distin- 

 guished. Its members have often been 

 remarkable for talent and have held 

 prominent positions under the Spanish 

 crown for generations. He was educated 

 in his native province (Ph.D.) and at the 

 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, 

 N. T., graduating as civil engineer (C.E.). 



Returning to his native city after leav- 

 ing Troy, he became, first, Assistant En- 

 gineer of Public Works, then Director of 

 Public Works, Western Division of Porto 

 Rico (1861-3). In 1863 he was made 

 assistant engineer, and later engineer, of 

 the Croton Aqueduct Board of New York 

 city (1863-9) ; from which position he re- 

 tired when unable to withstand the embar- 

 rassments to which he was subjected by 

 the corrupt elements of the then city gov- 

 ernment. 



