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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  Caroline 
  Hughes 
  of 
  Cambridge, 
  England, 
  Madame 
  Marie 
  Pavlow 
  

   of 
  Moscow, 
  Madame 
  Henriette 
  Sihleano 
  of 
  Bucharest, 
  Roumania, 
  

   Madame 
  Maria 
  G. 
  Stefanescu 
  of 
  Bucharest, 
  Mrs. 
  S. 
  F. 
  Emmons, 
  

   Miss 
  Mary 
  G. 
  Markoe 
  and 
  Miss 
  C. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  Washington, 
  and 
  

   Mrs. 
  H. 
  S. 
  Williams 
  of 
  Ithaca. 
  Through 
  the 
  Park 
  the 
  party 
  has 
  

   the 
  special 
  guidance 
  of 
  Messrs. 
  Hague 
  and 
  Iddings. 
  The 
  excur- 
  

   sion 
  will 
  occupy 
  25 
  days 
  ; 
  or 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  go 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  Colorado 
  

   Canon, 
  an 
  additional 
  ten 
  days. 
  The 
  latter 
  trip 
  is 
  under 
  the 
  di- 
  

   rection 
  of 
  Major 
  Powe'll. 
  A 
  geological 
  guide-book 
  of 
  150 
  pages, 
  

   prepared 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  F. 
  Emmons, 
  was 
  distributed 
  to 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   party. 
  The 
  party 
  left 
  Washington 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  of 
  September. 
  

  

  2. 
  The 
  Geological 
  Society 
  of 
  America. 
  — 
  The 
  Geological 
  So- 
  

   ciety 
  held 
  its 
  Summer 
  meeting 
  in 
  Washington 
  on 
  the 
  24th 
  and 
  

   25th 
  of 
  August. 
  The 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Society, 
  Prof. 
  Alexander 
  

   Winchell, 
  having 
  died 
  since 
  the 
  preceding 
  meeting, 
  the 
  chair 
  was 
  

   taken 
  by 
  Prof. 
  G. 
  K. 
  Gilbert, 
  Yice-President. 
  Resolutions 
  in 
  

   honor 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  President 
  prepared 
  by 
  a 
  committee 
  were 
  offered 
  

   by 
  the 
  chairman, 
  Prof. 
  Orton. 
  An 
  excellent 
  memorial 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Winchell 
  was 
  read 
  by 
  his 
  brother 
  Prof. 
  N. 
  H. 
  Winchell. 
  

  

  Many 
  foreign 
  geologists 
  were 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  

   society 
  and 
  several 
  presented 
  papers 
  having 
  an 
  American 
  impor- 
  

   tance 
  ; 
  among 
  these 
  were 
  Prof. 
  Alexis 
  Pavlow, 
  of 
  the 
  "Uni- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  Moscow, 
  on 
  the 
  marine 
  beds 
  terminating 
  the 
  Jurassic 
  

   and 
  Cretaceous 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  their 
  fauna 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  Gus- 
  

   tav 
  Steinmann 
  on 
  a 
  geological 
  map 
  of 
  South 
  America 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  

   Friedrich 
  Schmidt, 
  on 
  the 
  Eurypterus 
  beds 
  of 
  Oesel 
  as 
  compared 
  

   with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Waterlime 
  of 
  North 
  America 
  ; 
  Baron 
  Gerald 
  

   de 
  Geer, 
  of 
  Stockholm, 
  on 
  the 
  Quaternary 
  changes 
  of 
  level 
  in 
  

   Scandinavia 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  N. 
  Krassnof, 
  of 
  Russia, 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  

   earth 
  of 
  the 
  steppes 
  of 
  southern 
  Russia 
  and 
  its 
  relations 
  to 
  the 
  

   soil 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  prairies. 
  Of 
  the 
  other 
  valuable 
  papers, 
  that 
  

   of 
  C. 
  D. 
  Walcott, 
  on 
  the 
  Lower 
  Silurian 
  ichthyic 
  fauna 
  presented 
  

   in 
  full 
  the 
  evidence 
  he 
  had 
  obtained 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  his 
  announced 
  

   discovery, 
  carrying 
  down 
  the 
  first 
  fossil 
  fishes 
  from 
  the 
  middle 
  

   Upper 
  Silurian 
  to 
  the 
  Trenton 
  Period 
  in 
  the 
  Lower 
  Silurian. 
  The 
  

   associated 
  fossils 
  were 
  examined 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Hall 
  and 
  pronounced 
  

   by 
  him, 
  as 
  decided 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walcott, 
  unquestionably 
  Trenton. 
  

  

  3. 
  A 
  United 
  States 
  Association 
  of 
  Government 
  Geologists. 
  — 
  

   A 
  meeting 
  was 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  Columbian 
  University 
  August 
  23, 
  

   having 
  for 
  its 
  object 
  an 
  official 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  directors 
  of 
  the 
  

   state 
  and 
  national 
  geological 
  surveys. 
  There 
  were 
  present 
  Maj. 
  

   J. 
  W. 
  Powell, 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Geological 
  Survey, 
  

   and 
  the 
  state 
  geologists 
  : 
  Prof. 
  James 
  Hall, 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  

   J. 
  M. 
  Safford, 
  of 
  Tennessee 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Spencer, 
  of 
  Georgia 
  ; 
  

   Prof. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  Alabama 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Holmes, 
  of 
  North 
  

   Carolina 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  Winslow, 
  of 
  Missouri 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  T. 
  Dumble, 
  

   of 
  Texas 
  ; 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Lindahl, 
  of 
  Illinois. 
  Maj. 
  Powell 
  was 
  elected 
  

   chairman 
  of 
  the 
  meeting, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Winslow 
  secretary. 
  After 
  a 
  

   few 
  preliminary 
  remarks 
  in 
  explanation 
  of 
  the 
  reasons 
  for 
  call- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  meeting, 
  Mr. 
  Winslow 
  read 
  a 
  paper 
  suggesting 
  a 
  plan 
  of 
  

  

  