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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXXII. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1895. NO. 20. TRANSPORTATION. East and South VIA The Shasta Route OF THE Southern Pacific R'y Co. EXPRESS TRAINS BUN DAILY. 8:50 P M I Teave Portland Arrive I 8:10 M 12:10 p M 1-es.ve Albany Arrive! 4:50 AM 10:46 a m Arrive S. Francisco Leave 6:00 r M Above trains stop at East Portland, Orejfon City, Woodburn. salt m, Turner, Marion, Jeffer son, Albany, Albany Junction, Taug nr.Saedds, Haieey, H rri8burg. Junction City, Irvlna;, Eu gene, C re well, Uraitis, and all station! from BusebarK to Asnland, inclusive. ROSKBURG MAIL DAILY. 8:3.) A It Leave 12.-I5 p m J l.eave 6:20 p M I Arrive Portland Albany Roseburg Arrival 4:40 PM Arrival 1:1PM Leave t 60 a M Pullman B ffet leepers and secwid-elsss sleeping ars attached to ail through trains. SALEM PASSENGER DAILY. 4:00 P M 6:16 P M L.ave Arr.ve For' land Salem Arrive Leave I 1115 k M 8: j0 a m WHT SIDE il VISION. Between Portland and Corvallls Mail train dally (except Sunday). 7 -so a M Leave 12:li p X i Arrive Fori laud Corvalln Arrive 6:0r M Leave! l.OOr m At Albany and OorTallis connect with trains of the Oregon Central & Eastern By. EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Sunday). 4:45 p M 7.2b P H Leave Arrive Portland McMinnvllle Arrive 8:25 a M Leave 1 6:50 a m Thrnngh tt-kets to all points In the Eastern stateH, Canada aud Knrooe can be oDtained at lo went rate from A. K. Miller, agent, Corvallls. B. ROEHLBR, Manager. E. P. ROGERS, A. O. F. fc P. A., Portland, Or. . E. McNElL, Receiver. TO THE IE A S T GIVES THE CHOICE OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ZR,OTT O? E S VIA VIA GREAT NORTHERN RY. SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS UNION PACIFIC RY. DENVER OMAHA AND KANSAS CITT AND ST. PAUL LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS -..FOR.. SAN FRANCISCO For fall details call on or address W. H. HTJRLBURT, Gen'l Pass. Agent, Portland. Ob. OREGON CENTRAL AND EASTERN R.R.C0. Yaquina Bay Route Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the San Francisco & Yaquina Bay STEAMSHIP COMPANY. Steamship "Farallon " A 1 and first-class In every respect. 8alls from Yaquina for San Francis.io about every eight davs. Passenger acc mmodatinns unsurpassed. (Shortest route between the Willamette valley and California. Fare From Albany or Points West to San Francisco : Cabin 112 Steerage .. Cabin Rounl trip, good for 60 days...- ..8 .. 18 For sailing days apply to W. A. CCHMIN6S, A rent Corvallls, Onfoa. EDWIN STONE, Manager, Corvallis, Oregon. - CHAR. CLARK, Rup't, Corvallis, Oregon. THE NEW RflrlAT ... VinRTH aPd 0. H. S ft I5? &r iiiolAio JlNio To points in WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA, DAKOTAS, MINNE- S0T'rlh!lhtHfon ale to and from TON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON, and ALL POINTS in the United States, Canada and Europe. ti.o r....t NArtheni Railway is a new transcontinental line. Kans bunet- library observation cars, palace sleeping and first ana secona ciasn , Having a rock-ballast track the Great one of the chiet annoyaures oi otukuuuui . - Round trip tickets with stop-over privileges and choice of return routes. t? in(nrmat.inn call nnon or write. C. S. SMITH, C. C. DONAVAN, Gen'l Ag't, 122 Third BAD COMPLEXIONS Dark, yellow, oily, motby skin, pim ples, blackheads, roughness, redness, dry, thin, and falling hair, and simple baby blemishes prevented and cured by the celebrated The most effective skin purifying and beautifying soap In the world, aa wen as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. It is so because it strikes at the cause of most com plexional disfigurations, viz.: the CLOGGED, INFLAMED, IRRITATED, OTXBWOBKZD, Or SLUGGISH PORE. Bold throughout the world. Potter Dbtto Aim Cbxm. Corp , sole proprietors, Boston. 5- "All about the Blood, Skin, Scalp, and Hair," mailed free. DR, WILSON Office over First National bank. Residence, two bloeks west of courthouse. Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m., 1 to 8 r. H. Sundays aud evenings by appointment. DR. L. G. ALTMAN HOMOEOPATH 1ST Diseases of women and children and general practice. Office over Allen & Woodward's drug store. Office hours 8 to 12 A. M., and 2 to 6 and 7 to 8 P.M. At residence, corner of 3rd and Harrison after hoars and on Sundays. BOWEN LESTER DENTIST Office upstairs over First National Bank. Strictly First-Class Work Guaranteed Corvallis, Oregon F. H. JOHNSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW CORVALLIB, ObKQON Does a general practice in all the courts. Also agent for all the first-class insurance com panies. NOTABY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE. E. E. WILSON ATTORNEY - AT - LAW Office In Zelroff building, opposite postofflce. M. 0. WILKINS Stenographer and Notary Public Court reporting and referee sittings made specialties, as well aa type-writing and other reporting. Office opposite postofflce, Corvallis, Or. E. HOLGATB. Notary Public. H. L. HOLGATE. Justice of the Peace. HOLGATE & SON ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Corvallis Oregon J. B. Bbtsom W. E. Yates J. Fbd Yatks Bryson, Yates & Yates LAWYERS CORVALLIS OREGON WAY EAST N. GOS LINES--The Short Routts CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS. WASHING and dining cars, family tourist sleepers lL ., ... . . Northern Railway is free from dust, Occidental Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or Street, Portland, Oregon. To? STILL ANOTHER GONE A Large Expedition Leaves This Country tor Cuba. VESSEL A FORMIDABLE WARSHIP She Has Arms and Ammunition Aboard Which the Insurgents Need More Than Anything Else. Philadelphia. July 80. The Press will publish the following tomorrow: By Tuesday or Wednesday of this week there will be in Cuban waters the largest expedition from this country that has yet left. It will be under command of Colonel Enrique Collazo, who arrived in this country about July 6, and since that time has been preparing for this expedition. The ship is fitted out as a war vessel, and is capable of a speed of seventeen knots an hour, and has made nineteen. About ten days ago a trial trip was made off Sandy Hook. She was at once accepted, and the money was paid over. Clearance papers were obtained, and the vessel put out to sea. A contingent of about twenty-five local Cubans, skilled ship- rights and experienced men-of-war, were shipped on another vessel and transferred to her on the high seas. Rapid-firing four and six-inch guns were purchased, and these, with two gatling guns, were sent out in the same vessel, and by the time the boat reaches Cuban waters she will have a formid able battery in position. What is needed more than anything else by the insurgents is said to be aboard this vessel. There are said to have been loaded from this port 3,000 Remington rifles and 50,000 rounds of ammunition. The rifles and ammuni tion are said to have been shipped to this city by the manufacturers, or rather to a point near this city, and loaded on vessels at points down the river and bay. They were then carried out to the high seas, and transferred to the vessel purchased by the insurgents. Everything was completed for sailing Saturday night, and thp vessel is now believed to be on its way to Cuba. There is but one Cuban in the party. Among those who are enrolled is a for mer officer of the United States navy, an officer of the national guard, and four or five men who served through the late war. The names of these peo ple will not be made known until the vessel lands its men on Cuban soiL For obvious reasons the name of the' vessel has been kept secret. As soon as the Cubans are recognized as belligerents by some foreign govern ment, the vessel will be purchased by the insurgents. When this is done, the Cuban flag will be raised on her, and she will be named in all probabil ity the "President Marti," in honor of the late leader of the insurgents. This recognition is expected from a South American or Central American repub lic soon. The first step toward this will be taken in a few days, if it has not already been taken. It is the purpose of those on the isl and to set up a provisional government at Manzanillo, or some other point, in a day or so. If the advices received by the local Cubans that General de Campos is now practically a' prisoner in Bayamo are correct, the new govern ment will in all probability be set up at that point. The "Wizard's" Broken Arm. Chicago, July 30. Jacob Sohaefer may not be a factor in the internation al billiard tournament between the ex perts of the world. The injury to the famous player' 8 arm is more serious than at first supposed, and it is now feared that not only may Schaefer be out of the tournament, but that his billiard career may be ended. Three physicians examined the broken arm today in a consultation, which resulted in an operation. The fracture is within an inch of the old break of several years ago, and three pieces of bone were taken out. The Insurance War. San Francicso, July 26. The execu' tive committee of the board of fire un derwriters of the Pacific coast today abolished all its rules and regulations, the officers ceased to exist, and a com mittee of seven was appointed to take charge of affairs, invite new members, and, if possible, evolve another com' pact of insurance men on lines less stringent than those of the old com pact Thirty-one companies were represented at the meeting, but there are still twelve or thirteen outside, and until they can be induced to come into the organization the war of rates can not be stopped. Joseph H. Wilson. Thomas E. Wilsok WILSON & WILSON ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Office over First Nut lor al Bank, Corrallis, Or Will practice in all the state and federal courts Abstractine, collections. Notary public Con veyancing. BENTON COUNTY ABSTRACT : COMPANY Complete Set of Abstracts of Benton County.- Conveyancingand Perfecting Titles a Specialty. Money to Loan on Improved City and (Jountry Property. J. B. MARKLEY & CO., Proprietors Main Street, Corvallis. PROMINENT IN LIFE. Elder Himes, the Famous Co-Worker of the Founder of Adventism. Elk Point, S. D., July 80. Elder Joshua S. Vaughan Himes, the famous co-worker of William Miller, the founder of Adventism, is dead at the age of 91. Mr. Himes was born at Wickford, R. L The family were Episcopalians, but the boy became a member of the New England sect called Christian Baptists, and for a number of years served as a general missionary. In the midst of this work he first heard of William Miller and his teachings as to the near approach of the second advent. Mr. Miller has been preaching for seven years, but no particular impression had been made. Mr. Himes arranged to meet "Father" Miller, and, after pa tient investigation, made up his mind that the "old prophet" was right. Mr. Himea at once arranged for a weekly paper, and began the publication of books and extracts innumerable. The first number of the paper was sent to every postofflce. in the- United States and Canada. In 1879, however,' Elder Himes returned to the church of his youth, and has since remained with it. Henry Ward JBeecher's Brother. Brooklyn, July 80. Rev. Dr. Ed ward Beecher, brother of the famous divine, Henry Ward Beecher, died this home in this city this morning. He was 92 years of age, and passed the greater part of his life in the ministry. Dr. Beecher, who was older than his more famous brother, was born in Easthampton, L. L, August 27, 1803. In 1830 he accepted the first presi dency of the Illinois college, at Jack sonville, which position he held for twelve years. His next oall was to the Salem-street Congregational church, Boston, where he remained until 1855, when he accepted the offer of the Congregational church at Galesbnrg, retaining that position until the 70th year of his age. He went to Brooklyn in 1873, and was associated with his brother in the publication of the Chris tian Union. The Grip Broke. New York, July 80. A collision occur ed on the Washington heights cable line tonight, at One Hundred- and-twenty -ninth street and Amster dam avenue, by which at least four persons were seriously injured. They were: Frederick Gittler, Moses Si mon, Fanny. Pauline and Jennie Lind- ley. The first named will probably die. The cable car was going down the steep bill at One-hundred-and-twenty-first street, when the grip broke and the car, with a trailer, started down at a lively pace. The gripman set the brakes, but they would not work. With each movement the two cars, crowded with passengers, increased their speed. Some who were near the steps jumped off to safety. The others made a rush to reach the doors. At One-hundred-and-twenty-ninth street the crash came. Men and women were thrown or jumped over the low railings of the trailer and to those witnessing the ac cident it appeared as though many must be killed. It was found that many were more or less injured. One Against Many. Cresent City, Cal., via Grant's Pass., Or., July SO.- -The 25th instant the celebrated criminal suit of the people vs. J. L. Childs was decided in favor of the defendant. The suit was brought by J. E. Eldridge, editor of- the Del Norte Record, against J. L. Childs, ed itor of the Crescent City News, and was the result of a newspaper contro versy. It is said to have been the first of its kind and attracted considerable attention. All the counsel in the county represented the people, and the defendant, through an attorney, de fended himself, and won the case. Both editors are prominent. The case was tried before the Hon. James E. Murphy, judge of the superior court, and many important points were de cided by him. The case was tried be fore twelve prominent citizens. Ecuador Revolt. New York, July 80. A Herald dis patch from Panama says: General Alfaro's aide has just telegraphed to Guayaquil from Guaranda saying 'that Alfaro's column, by forced march, reached Chimboya thence to Guaranda, which was reaohed the same evening. By General Alfaro's order, the heights of Guaranda were at once occupied and fortified. Scouts located General Sac- arista's forces between Guaranda and Chimbo. A general battle may be fought at any moment, and will cer tainly take place within a short time. The Herald's correspondent in Guaya quil says that General Vernaza, with a force of 300 men has left Guayaquil for the interior. Ignaoio Bobles, Gen eral Alfaro's confidential agent in Li' ma, Peru, reports that the Peruvian government has formally recognized the revolutionists led by Alfaro as bel ligerents. Omaha's Police Force. Omaha, July 30. Governor Holcomb asked Police Commissioner S trickier to resign, but he refused to do so, and im peachment proceedings have beeen com menced against him. It is charged that, while acting as a member of the board of fire and police commissioners, he wrongfully and to the detriment of the discipline and efficiency of the po lice department of the city, well know- ning the facts of the malfeasance in office of Sergeant Henry Hasee, chief of detectives,' seconded and aided and pro moted Hasee, and persistently labored for his retention and promotion on the police force. Hasee was finally dis missed for a number of questionable transactions. The . charges are but another chapter of the political row over the patronage of the police depart ment . F. B. Boarman, the newly appointed state game warden, says that the game laws of the state will be strictly en forced. XTATiTTTYUFPT Ull I 11 VV r.rl ' ' M. m Condensed Telegraphic Re ports ot Late Events. BRIEF SPARES FROM THE WIRES Happenings of Interest In the Towns and Cities of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The wool clip of Curry county, Or., this year was about 80,000 pounds. A Wilbur, Wash., fruit raiser offers to sell his peaches at his orchard for $1 a busheL The teachers' institute for Okanogan county, Wash., will be held at Concon ully on August 5, 6 and 7. Hop buyers are offering to make con tracts for the new crop in Marion coun ty, Or., at 7 1-2 to 8 cents. Negotiations are said to be pending for the sale of the Simmons group of mines at Cornucopia, Union county, Or. The original cost bill for the trial of Banker Edmiston showed the total cost of the trial to be $3,216, but this was cut down by County Attorney Orms- bee to $3,555. The normal school board at What com, Wash., has decided to advertise for plans for the building, the compe tition to be open to architects in the state, and to no others. Myron Toft, who was arrested in Portland Monday and taken to The' Dalles to answer a charge of larceny of grain, was held in $200 bonds to await the action of the grand jury. The foundation is already laid for a $5,000 public schoolhouse to be built by the Burns independent school dis trict. The money for completing the building is in the hands of the treas urer. Over in Calamity, Or., in the Mal heur country, they are raising swine on the crop of criokets that infest the oountry, and are making a success of the venture, too, says the Grant Coun ty News. Salmon are reported to be. working their way up the straits in great num bers, and the beach west is covered with them. Apparently we are going to have them as plentiful as they were two years ago, says the Port Angeles Tribune-Times. The receipts of the Umatilla county. Or. , toll road on the North fork of the John Day were as follows: May, $120.75; June, $115. This makes a total for the two months of $235. 75, or $135.75 to the county after all expenses of the road are paid. . The remains of an unknown man were found in the woods near Sedro Sunday. The body had lain so long that identification was impossible. It is thought, however, that it may be that of a bartender who disappeared from Wooley, Wash., two years ago. The Dalles Times-Mountaineer is in formed that a very fatal disease pre vails among horses in the neighborhood of Wapinitia, Or., and several valuable animals have died. It resembles noth ing that has been known in that vicin ity before, and the state veterinary may be called upon to make a diag nosis. E. A. Routhe, of Valley station, on the Spokane & Northern road, says that grouse are more plentiful around his place than they have been for years and they are exceptionally large for this time of the year. Near his place a few days ago five fat young grouse, nearly full-grown, were killed with rocks. Dealers in Dayton, Wash., report good sales of grain sacks last week. It is said that if all the sacks already sold in Dayton, come back filled with wheat, it will crowd the ware houses, if shipping does not commence with harvest This is a good indication of an over-average crop in Columbia county, says the Courier. Contracts for heading grain in Whit man county, Wash, are being made at from $1 to $1.15 per aore, as compared with $1.25 to $1.50 for the same crops last season, and threshing will be from half a cent to a cent cheaper. Wages for harvest hands will be correspond ingly reduced. As compared with $1.25 to $1.75 last year, some men are being hired for $1 and $1.25. The Maid of Erin mine, owned by P. Long, was sold in Baker City, Or., Tuesday for $10,000, and the greater part of that amount being spot cash. The purchasers are Antone Dragovioh, of San Francisco, and John Conliske, and H. C. Baker, of Ogden, Utah. The mine is on the Union county side of Powder river on the Baker City-Seven Devils road, near the site of the bridge that was burned about a year ago. The highest peak on the divide be tween South Coos river and the Co quille has been selected as a point for a government signal, and has been called. Cathcart Park. A topographical survey of that section is being made by W. D. Gnswold. The highest peaks are being located, and will be used in the survey to be made later on by the detail men. , The Cathcart peak is vis ible from Marshfield, Or., and is about fifteen miles from that place. Jade Switzler commenced last week delivering the big band of horses he ; has sold to the Portland Horse-Meat ! Canning Company, says the East-Ore- J gonian. He has sold his entire band, I and the number will run from 5,000 to : 6,000. Last week 800 were swum across the Columbia river for loading on the train on this side. He will bring over a bunoh every few days, J until all have been delivered. The av- ( erage price he received for the entire band is about $3 per head. The horses are in very , fair condition and will doubtless cut up into juicy steaks. PACIFIC i Bradstreefs Report. I New York, July 29. Bradstreefs tj urn i tures oi tne business week are the in fluences of improved crop prospects and the continued large demand for iron and steel with one of the largest mak ers in the market as a buyer of Besse mer pig. Most of the commercial and industrial features of the preceding week are retained. Commercial travel ers are being sent out in all leading lines, and reports from these quarters appear to meet expectations. The strength of the wheat market, based on reports of damage to the spring wheat, and the great falling off of receipts at primary markets is followed by a drop in wheat exported this week, which total (flour included as wheat) amounts to 1,265,010 bushels from both coasts of the United States and Montreal, com pared with 1,652,000 bushels last week, 3,388,000 bushels in the fourth week of July, 1894; 363,000 bushels in the corresponding week of 1893; 2,624, 000 bushels in 1892, and 3,164,000 bushels in 1891. The present week's shipments therefore are the smallest sent out since the first week of June, 1891. The Cholera In Japan. San Francisco, July 27. Cholera is raging in Japan, and nearly every province in the little empire reports a heavy death rate from the disease. The officers and passengers of the City of Peking tell of the deaths from cholera in the streets of cities where the steamer called. From the outbreak of the disease until the steamer sailed from Yokohama 1,183 deaths had been reported. The disease was brought from Japan by the forces returning from the war in China and Corea, and whenever a regiment was sent home and disbanded, cases of cholera began to develop. The disease spread with such rapidity that the physicians of the district were unable to keep it in check. Military quarantines were es tablished, and all regiments returning were held until all traces of the disease were stamped out. In spite of such precautions and the united efforts of the quarantine officers and civil physi- cmas, the plague has become so prev alent that all the way from fifty to 100 deaths a day are reported from it, and as many more are said said to occur that never reach the ears of the author ities. A Protest From Kansas. Topeka, July 29. Governor Morrill had addressed a letter to President Cleveland again calling attention of the federal government to the imprison ment of John L. Waller by the French government He says: The people of our state feel that a great outrage has been perpetrated on one of its citizens. It is not a question of race or color it is a question of American citizenship and through me the people of our state appeal to you to take immediate and active measures to secure justice to our fellow citizen. It is reported through the press that France has denied a respectful request on the fart of the United States gov ernment to allow Ambassador Eustis to visit Waller and obtain a copy of the charges on which he is alleged to have been convicted."- Mr. Depew Talks. London, July 29. The Westminster Gazette today publishes a long inter view with Chauncey M. Depew, who, according to the Gazette, is talked of as the next Republican candidate for president In this interview, Mr. De pew discusses at length the British elections, the American opinion of home rule, the Monroe doctrine, taking the same grounds on all questions as he did in the interview when he landed at Southampton on the Oari on July 18. Regarding bimetalism; Mr. Depew is quoted as saying he believes the majority of the Marquis of Salis bury's cabinet is in sympathy on this subject with the views of the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury. No Tale-Harvard Football. New Haven, Conn., July 29. Ar thur F. Foote, manager of the Yale football eleven, passed through this city on his way to Southampton, where he will participate in the annual ten nis tournament He was asked about the recently published story regarding a Yale-Harvard football match and a general athletic reconciliation. He said: "There is no truth in it so far as I know. I have seen George A. Dee and other Yale athletic advisers, and they all say they know nothing about it I do not believe that Yale and Harvard will play football together this falL" Tne Baft Taken to Sea. , Astoria, Or., July 29. The big raft from Stella arrived this afternoon and will go to sea at 3 in the morning. The tug Relief will take it to the mouth of the river, where the steamer Mineola now awaits it,' and will tow it to San Francisco. Captain Robertson, who is in charge of the raft, says he will probably go to the Sound next year for ! a raft This raft draws twenty feet of water, and is 580 feet long. " Australian Natives Massacred. Sydney. July 29. A boat's crew of ten natives has been massacred in the Bismarck archipelago. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report MJm RIVERS AND HARBORS Annual Report ot Captain Symons Made Public. THE WORK DOSE IN TWO STATES Improvements in the Navigable Bays of Oregon and on Puget Sound Lake Washington Canal. Washington, July 27. Captain T. W. Symons, in charge of the river and harbor improvements of the Northwest, including the states of Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho, has filed his report for the last fiscal year to the chief of engineers. The report covers about twenty projects, many of them quite smalL At the entrance to Coos bay and har bor, $98,598 was spent during the year on the jetty, which had been previous ly begun, and in the extension of the jetty tramway to its full length of 10,- 386 feet The construction of the jetty has already had a marked effect on the entrance channel, maintaining it in a fixed position and with a bar depth of from eighteen to twenty-one feet. Captain Symons thinks the plan for the improvement of Coos bay should be changed so as to prepare for vessels of greater draught than those originally contemplated, as the improvement at the entrance will make it possible for larger vessels to enter the bay. On Yaquina bay, $37,054 was ex pended in maintaining bar depth and location of channel, which was satis factorily done. At Olympia harbor, a channel 200 feet wide and 6 feet deep at low water has been completed for the entire dis tance from deep water to Budd inlet, in the southern inlet, limit of the main waterway at the south line of Second street extended. As this is the south ern limit, the dredged waterway has been enlarged into a basin for the con venience of boats in turning. This basin is 800 feet long and has an aver age width of 450 feet and an extreme width of 500 feet. Of waterway connecting Puget sound with lakes Union and Washington, the plan of this improvement contemplates the construction of a ship canal to oon- nect the waters of the lakes with Puget sound. A preliminary survey was made under the appropriation of 1890, and the work of the past season was devoted to the verification of the sur veys in preparation for securing the right of way. The work was not be gun until March last, and is still in progress. Captain Symons says that the procurement of right of way is a work of considerable magnitude and expense, and it is not possible to tell when it will be accomplished. Bids-have been opened at the navy department for certain improvements at the Puget sound canal station. For the construction of office buildings and officers' quarters, and the lowest bids were the Zindorf Construction Com pany, of Seattle, at $32,881. For dredging the approaches to the chan nel, the lowest bidders were the New York dredging Company, at 28 7-8 cents per cubic yard for the entire work, and 38 cents for a lmited quan tity, with 62-3 cents additional for ad ditional work. For an artesian well and pumping plant, the only bidder was Howard Joyln and J. N. Gibson, of Seattle, at $750 for pumps, and for the well $400 for 100 feet; $500 for 200 feet; $550 for 300 feet, and $5.50 for each additional foot up to 500 feet. A Cattle Company's Insolvency. San Francisco, July 27. A local paper says the Union Stock Yards Com pany of Rodeo, Contra Costa county, will be foreclosed by creditors to secure the payment of $250,000 worth of bonds, most of which were floated in the East. The company was organized by A. S. Garrettson, of Sioux City; Silberhorn, the great Chicago packer; Partick Tormey, of this, city and other wealthy men. Garretson and Silber horn were the leading spirits. The value of the real estate of the company is estimated at $156,500. It is incum bered to the amount of $435,94. The personal property is valued at $13,683. The debts due, outside of the realty in cumbrances, amounts to $32,768. '. dvices Jrou Hawaii. San Francisco, July 27. The steam er Peking arrived from China and Ja pan via Honolulu this morning. The latest Hawaiian advices are that the senate has practically decided to refuse a pension to Princess Kaiulani. The Hawaiian flag has been planted on French Frigate shoals, an island which always has been regarded as part of the Hawaiian group, but there has never been any formal annexation. An act to facilitate the construction of a cable has been introduced in the senate giving the executive power to enter into a preliminary contract with private individuals or corporations. Electricity on the Erie Canal. New York, July 27. The Trenton iron works made a contract today with the Cataract General Electric Com pany for the construction and equip ment of an experimental line of four miles for towing boats on . the Erie ca nal by means of electricity. The elec tric power is to be taken from the Niagara Falls Power Company. ' SMSssw aw w ' .