VOL. 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
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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.
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Residence, two bloeks west of courthouse.
Office hours, 8 to 10 a. m., 1 to 8 r. H.
Sundays aud evenings by appointment.
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Diseases of women and children and general
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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.
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Corvallis, Oregon
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Does a general practice in all the courts.
Also agent for all the first-class insurance com
panies. NOTABY PUBLIC.
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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.
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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
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Office over First Nut lor al Bank, Corrallis, Or
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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.
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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. '
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