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81. LOUIS, August "A special from Monticello,
III, says: The largest mortgage ever filed In the
recorders once In Piatt County was received To-
Indianapolis, Olney and Springfield Railroad Co,
formerly the Indianapolis, Bloomington and West.
Ohio. Il was In favor OF the Central Trust Co OF
New York. and IL q first mortgage on the road. Q
portion OF which runs through this county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

A NEW NATIONAL BANK.-The Controller OF the
Currency has authorized the organization OF the
Peoples National Bank, or Leesburg Va: capital
$4,000; Ii. A. Thompson, cashier
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Gr~as Heat I'm she West.

ST. PErERsBURG. August 4.-The river ylstuls
has overnowed It's banks and inundated the coun-
Try around Minsk-
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Gen. GREELY left the city yesterday morning
Ior Plttsneld, Mass, where his father-in-law, Mr..
mos L. Nesmith, IS lying dangerously Ill. He
VIII De gone about two weeks, Lieut. Craig acting
as Chlel Signal Officer In his absence
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY.-Internal reve.
nue., SAG, ,72O; customs, $543,945.
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axNAToR RAULKNKR sAYs THEY ARE WELL 0R0ANIxKD
AND IxPHCf 10 WIN.
Senator Faulkner, who spent last week In West
Virginia, says that while the canvass has not yet
become spirited there, the democrats are well
organised II have never seen our party more IN
earnest, he said "Wherever candidate b 70 b
named the general inquiry d, who b the besi
We win carry West Virginia ~ IN Increased ma
j0rity."
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Burlington ssrskers Condemned.
REPoKT or THE SECRETARY or THE NEBRASKA BoAkD
TRANSPORTATION.

CHICAGO, August "a Lincoln, Neb, specf8
says: The bearing OF the rate cases by the state
board OF Transportation has been ADJOURNED 20
September p Secretary Mason, OF the board. has
filied a twenty-page typewriter report on the
Burlington strike, which is coDcurrcd In by tho
board In conclusion it states that the strike OF
the brotherhood OF Engineers, on February q,
and their attempt 20 dictate whom the railroad
company should employ was clearly Illegal, ana
the brotherhood was liable for conspiracy and Tor
damaQes sustained thereby. The report further
saws that the engineers and nremen now IN th0
Buriingtons employ are Just as compesens .
those VINO went out on the strike
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

WITHOUT THE PRESIDENTS SIGNATURE-The act
70 increase the pension OF Emily j. Stannard has
become a law without the Presidents sfonature
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THE BOWERY HOLOCAUST.
Three More Burned Bodies Taken from
the Ruins this Morning.

yEw YoRK, August 4-The nremen at work in
the ruins OF the Bowery IRE this morning recov-
cred another body, that OF a woman probably
Minnie Meyersen. a tailoress OF IL Ludlow street,
In the ruins OF the burned buildings IL was found
down ON the ground floor under a heap oI burned
rubbish where it had been overlooked last night
Tue flesh was burned 20 a crisp, and the identity
can be at best only guessed at IL was reported
later that two more bodies apparently OF men. had
been dug out making twenty dead In all ard that
the search Is ended All that were IN the ruins
have row been found.
The report or the finding OF three additional
bodies was confirmed one OF them had NJ en-
tirely lost oil sembiance OF human shaIe as 20 be
mist aiken for a roll OF burned cloth The three
bodies were removed 10 the morgue. The police
guarded the ruins to-day ana Kept back the
curious crowds. Abraham stern, the owner of tho
burned building, VIII bury the dead at his own ex-
pense. InQuircs were made OF the police this
morning for Abraham Schneider and Reuben Le-
vine, wno are missing. Both men worked In the
building and are supposed TO be among the un-
recognized dead
one OF the bodies taken from the ruins this
morning was Identified later as that OF Mrs Adele
Grurt. Sarah Blum, another Of the VIC l5 or tie
Tire, died this morning In Bellevue Hospital She
was twenty-one years old, and a native OF Poland.
That makes seventeen bodies now In the nsorgue.
They are: Morris schwartz, thirty-six, tailor:
Abraham Schneider, thlrty-two; Henry Padrical,
twenty-five; Adele Gruft and ner two children,
Joseph, aged seven, and Cecilia aged four. and
Sarah Blum Ten bodies remain unidentified
But later one of these was recognized that OF
Jacob Feinberg, aged Jhirty-seven, a buttonhole
maker, OF 23 Forsyth street. Michael kubiDon,
Philip Tarlon and Bernard Rothman. other VIC
tins who are confined In Bellevue Hospital, VIII
recover. About noon the dead wagon arrived az
the morgue with another unrecognzed BODY
that OF q man-almost incineraJed-
STILL AsoTBER BODY POUND.
Shortly after noon another dead body was dis
covered In the building IL was that Of q man. but
was unrecognizable. Among the bodies recognized
at the mOrgue to-day was that OF Jennie MarkA
aa n n
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AL Apour REmsAsrs
REMNANTS OF SILKS
REMNANTS OF DRESS GOODS
REMNANTS OF sATINEs
REMNANTS OF GINGHAMs. FLANNELs. TABLE
LINENS. NAPKINS. BLACK GOODS. in fact REM
naHts OF all kinds and IN all quantities marked very
cheap They the Remnants Of good styles. and
many Bargains are in theIot
w.M sHUsTER Sons
S14 9I9 PENNA AVE
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THE U. S. S. PENSACOLA arrived at the Norfolk
navy-yard this morning
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YELLOW FEVER NoTEs.-Surgeon-General Ham,
ilton has received Information by telegraph from
Tampa, Fla, that fuInigation is going on at Plant
City, and that there are no new cases Dr. Muir
ray reports that there Is no change at ManaLee
since yesterday. He also received the following
from Sanford, Fla, concerning suspicious case
there: "CaSe was probably not yellow fever There
further"
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GrSrs SU1rs SECURED
AND PRESSED FOR 81
Coats, soc Pants, 25c.: Vests. 25c. Altering and
Repairing done In beat Goods called for and
K HAHN, 7o5 9th NV:
auS-om ,nd x1S y. Calvert 81. Baltimore.
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The BOND OFFERINGS TO-DAY aggregated S554,-
LOU, inslots as follows: Four per cents registered,
s1,15o, at 12s; $4,000, at 127}; 1,5Oo at 127x;
900, at 127Ss; s175,0OO, at 127h; coupon s25-
Ooo' aL i21H; ~ per cents registered, s216 OOO
60 odo - coupons $500 at 10751; registered,
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GAUGER APPoINTED.-The Secretary OF the Treas
uIy Today appointed John T. Birmingham to be
y niteu states gauger at New York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

JUDGE DURHAM, the First Controller OF the
treasury will leave the city this afternoon for his
home In Kentucky, where he will remain until the
middle OF next week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

CHANGES IN THE AsIATTC SQUADRoN.-Rear-A Ad-
miral Chandler has reported to the Navy Depart
ment the following changes In the personnel or
the Asiatic squadron: Ensign II. C. Poundstone,
detached from the Essex and ordered to the
Brooklyn for passage TO the United states; Lieut..
b. L. Walling detached from the Brooklyn and
ordered 10 the Essex, and Cadet Engineer X Stew
art JE., detached from the Monocacy aud ordered
to the Marion.
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SECRETARY Villas left to-day for Atlantic City,
and Will return on Tuesday.
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ANOTHER VETO.-The President has vetoed House
Dill 3OOs, for the relief OF p A. Leatherbury, ap-
propriating S6Ol.
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TEE KANSAS wAR NOT YET OvKh-A special dis.
patch says that ten companies OF the "a regiment,
state militia LEFT Hutchinson, Kansas, By special
train Friday morning fos Liberal, Kan: From there
they viii march across the prairie 70 Hugoton, and
Stevens County 70 the odect that the e1tuatlou
Is ser1ouA and an open oonf1icS u feared aS any
ammunition and are preparing for war. on wed,
needay WoooDdale man named Harter and Hu-
goton man named watson MT about midway
Was ooE1ounly Woun0o6
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lfnuroa August A-The ~. james Goxe1e's cor
~ ai Berlin says that In political circbeo
thSfe - tension between France ano Ltsv - ~
urOWooA by the FISS1s In ehe M01aa0s
PR.sUA August The uver holdaa continues
"a many Of the Inhabitants have been drowned
cu1cxoo. August A-Delnn Sanchez the original
concee1iOnAlre q the Inter-OceAn RAILWAY q
Mexico = N the city on his way home nom N.
6ancheG. ssThe money has been suoecr1oed ~ -
Engiinh 01dicate. The line VIII oegtn On tl.e A..
laHtlc - - vera Cruz and end e AcsRsloA 2
g SsSesaOy fssn Two nala'a p'ssds vm
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MINNESOTA SWAMP LAND.-COmmissione Stock.
slayer, OF the General Land Office, issued patent
10 the state OF Minnesota on March TO- 1885, in the
Crookston district, for 65, 53O5S acres OF swamp
land, and on August t. 1855 issued one to the same
state Tor A 1S2.3S acres OF swamp land in the ST.
Cloud district, making an aggregate or 100 7l2 9e
acres patented 10 the state or Minnesota as swami
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DUBUQUE, lowA, August A triple drowning Is
reported from Fayette county. A party came 70
day, to put In the day fishing. During the AFTER
noon three OF the number got into deep hole and
were drowned. Their names were Charles Ray,
Mary Wales and John Martin The two former
were to be married next week. The other was q
boy. His father and mother stood helpless on the
bank and saw him drown.
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AND HIS OLD ENEMY, sHAFER, STABBED BIN FATAL
LY, AND ALSO HIS SISTER, WHO INTERPRETED.
PARKERsBUR0, W. Va, August AT picnic at
Leatherwood, Edward Shafer and Joseph Smith,
Old enemies got into an alteration because smith
hurrahed for Cleveland ShafeI attacked Smith
with q knife, stabbing him brutally. Smiths sis
ter interfered when Shafer attacked her, stabbing
her In the head several times. Both Smith and his
sister are fatally hurt.
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The Firing Was Ameng the Indians.
ANOTHER DISPATCH FROM GEN. HOWARD.
The following dispatch was received at the War
Department this morning from Gen. Howard In
reference to the firing at the sub-agency, hear San
Carlos Ariz, by the Indians men toned in yester-
days dispatch:
"SAN FRANCISCO, August a-Following Just re-
celved from Gen. Miles, at Fort Thomas. EVERY.
tMng reported quiet at Porter's The firing was
among the Indians, and not intended to disturb
any one at the sub-agency.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

OCEAN GROVE N. J., August 4-Charles J. Jack
son, the wealthy furniture dealer OF Reading Pa,
who recently created great excitement In the audi
t0rium here by announcing himself TO be God, has
been taken 70 the Ktrkbride Insane Asylum, near
Philadelphia, for treatment Insanity experts cay
he 10 suffering from acute mania brought on BY
overWork.
Death ofJohn DeOoios0n, the 0A0Wuaa
CINCINNATI. August A-yohn Robinson, the ~
efan Snowman, died at O'Clock this morn1n4.
He has been for some weeks In critical con01f1GA
Nj. Robinson was more than eighty yeaf8 Of -
yet until within very short time he mainta1nD0
remarkaoae degree Of vigor. He had amassed
large fortune.
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The District I'm Congress.

The District I'm Congress-.
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE.
Representative Gambler, from the House COM
mttee on education, has reported to the House the
bill to establish national Industrial institute In
the District OF Columbia.
Capitol Topics.
RAILROAD PROFIT SHARING
At special meeting OF the Senate committee on
labor and education yesterday to consider railway
profit sharing, George May Powell of Philadelphia,
president OF the Arbitration Council, was given
hearing. He presented the system In successful
use Tor over a generation on the railways of
France, and said that the Arbitration Council
called attention OF American railways to the
French system In october 1886 January /, 1887
pc said, the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern
Michigan road adopted modification of the French
plan. and the road reported January l, 1888, that
the experiment OF the year had been exceptionally
successful financially, and that not life OF pas
senger or employe had been lost, nor had any se-
rt0us accident occurred In that time. Mr.. Powell
suggested some improvements on the plan as used
the last year on the Toledo, Ann ArbOr and North
ern Michigan Railroad. He said the subject was
given fuller presentation by the council in pa.
per read at the Social Science Congress at SaratO-
ga, N. Y, september 8, 1887. In July, 1888 the
sharing to the leading railways OF North America.
He was sure there was greater peace and prosperity
for railway stockholders and employees and safety
for passengers and freight in transit, through
wisely managed proft sharing than without 1t.
Neither House OF Congress was in session to-day,
Senators Allison and Hiscock, OF the sub-nnance
committee, were together to-day conferrtng on the
tarin Senator Aldrtch has not returned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

A D1scoUsr Or 10 PEn Cent
for Net Cash. on or before delivery until September
LIST on
REFRlGERATORS, BABY CARRIAGES
WINDOW SCREENS. ROW BOATS
Al W. b. MOSES < SONS,
an4-lvIp.Is llth and + SITS.
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WAS GLAD He CAME.-Among the crowd Of
VISITORS at the White House yesterday was an Eng
lishman, young, good-looking and well dressed
And this Is the famous White House?r he in
CURED OF one OF the uShers. "Yes sir!- was the
reply. "Ah!' responded the Briton, gazing around
1he handsome corridor, "Im very glad 1 came
40 10 cone 10 this country and not see the White
nouse would be like going 10 England and not
seeing London, you know
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

Tho Political Outlook I'm MichfGam.
REPRESENTATIVE CUTCHHON HOPEFUL FOB AN OLD.
TINE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY.
From republican point Of view, Representative
Cutcheon says the political outlook In Michigan
could not be more promising. All the republicans
from the state in the House viii be renominated,
he thinks Mr.. Seymour may have hight for 1t II
Jay Hubben opposes him. The rest are practically
without opposition. Mr.. O'Donnell announced
that he was not candidate, but they will nomi-
nate him anyhow. They hope, he says TO carry
Mr. Ford's district. The democratic majority has
Mr. Ford, however, Is making an active canvass,
and may be assisted by his participation in the
immigration Investigation.
GAS 70 the general stuation," says Mr.. Cutcheon,
II think we shall carry Michigan by Q larger ma
10r1ty this fall than we have since 1850 The night
win be made chiefly on the tart1, and, In my dis-
trtct especially, the soldier question win enter
into tt. ] think Gov. Luce and the other state
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THE TELAUToGRAPH.-Prof. Elisha Gray OF High
land Park Ills has obtained letters patent, dated.
July 81, 1888, for q combination OF instruments
called the Telautograph, consisting Of a trans.
Ting messages by wire between distant points by
the sender In his own hand writing, thus doing
away with skilled operators The Invention Is
based on the discovery OF a new principle in con-
trolling the electric current, whereby a pulsatory
current Is produced-all previous attempts to
transmitting hand writing having been based
on the use OF variable current
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REMNANTs OF FIGURED LAWNS 22c REM
H nants Of 4Otnch Batlste 5c. remnants OF ~
Sred Batisse. 45sc. AZ the DOUBLE COMBINATION
Alth 81 1e au.S-3t
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Shortly after noon another dead body was dis
covered In the building. IL Was that Of man. but
was unrecogniZable Among the bodies recognized
at the morgue to-day was that OF Jennie Marks
nfteen years OF age, Jailoress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

REWARD : 800 WILL BE PAID FOR
49, the arrest and conviction Of the thieves who
oarsi,,i5sd as my hon:s JAZZ x ssnw, ON Tuesday
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Washingsonians as Cape May.

Special Dispatch to The EVENING STAR
CAPE MAY, N. j., August 4-The followin
washingtonians are at Congress Hall, Cape May
W. s. Roose, W. 8. Roose Jr., R s. Murphy PAT
Stoeving Geo. r. Simmons o. ii. Bennett Miss Ev
Mills, s. T. Brown and G. K Tompkins and wife.
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Suicide Of Hon. Adm Thayer.

suicide Of Hon. Adm Thayer.
A wEu~KNowN MASSACHUSETTS POLITICIAN CuTs
HIS THROAT WITH RAZOR.
WORCESTER MASS, August 4-Hon. Adm Thayer
Judge OF probate for this county, and well-known
Cedar street about O'Clock this morning, by
cutting his throat with razor. He was suffering
from temporary insanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-04

Reports On the ssSWeating System'' m
the PtlOtage Regulates.

the PtlOtage Regulations.
Special Cable Dispatch to TIE EVENING STAR.
LONDON, August 4-The select committee on the
'sweating system" has issued its frst reportA
showing a deporable state OF things. In the opin-
ION OF the committee the evidence already taken
proves the existence OF grave evils connected with
sweating" or, in other words the farming out OF
work to seamstresSes, boot-makers and Others. by
middlemen. The committee asks to have the
scope OF the inquiries extended The commission
on pilotage has also reported. II recommended
that certificates should continue TO be granted 70
aliens as well as Englishmen, and that piloTs have
the right TO appeal from the decision OF pilotage
boards TO county court, Judge, or magistrate.
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- NEW AND NATURAL METHOD OF

Having been authorized by the School Board, whose
members took kind and public-spirited interest in
the matter to put an improved method Of Ventilation
and Warming into the Thompson Building. aud hav-
nx been stopped In the half finished work. opposi.
tlon TO the wishes and earnest piotestaton Of the
School Board by tain ofcia utterly ignorant of
the recognized principles of natural pi osophy upon
which IL is based would beg of teachers and propre-
tors o. private schools colleate Others
who may feel willing to try the imp. in .
gle room. at my own expense and risk. to hear
explanation Of 1t, to address Z Y. ROBBINS, 1887
l5tn st. W.
but of public health and welfare 1ts
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K@PEKsONS CpNIEMpIAIINE CpNIEMpIAI THE EkEC EkEC
city, desirous Of having the construction FIRE
PROOF. can obtain estimates Of the Slight additions
cost over ordinary nrst-class construction drt
proof. by applying TO JAMES II. Mc6ILL. dealer il
Architectural Iron Work Portland and Kosendale O.
Brick Fire Clay, Paints Glass and general nreproc
building materials pos to 9l4 q street n. W.
Sketch plans aud sstrpAtes Of cost prepared free
charge. au4- -3t
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-22

Monday morning, and to arrest all parties
refusing to obey his mandate. 1t is also
understood Chief Jordan has also notified
all gambling houses to close instantly un-
der penalty of the law. This action of
the chief of police has caused wide oom-
ment, and some are so ungenerous as to
attribute it to his recent defeat for the
ssheriffalty. They Iclaim that the Sunday
law has been in force for over
two years and that the chief has
winked at its non observance, although
sworn to see the laws executed and that
his present action is an attem pt to get
even with sports who encompassed his
defeat in the recent election. Undoubt-
eddy many arrests will follow, as a number
of leading ssloonists avow theie deter
mination to keep open despite the orders
of the chief of police.
Lawyer John Loveioy, who was indicted
by the grand jury yesterday for the muir
der of Aaron Williamson several months
ago, successfully sued out writ of
habeas corpus before Judge Cleveland
this morning and was released on $4,000
bond.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-22
BURNETT BUDGET.

The Cost OF Elections Criminal Docket
Procuring Skilled Labor.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
BURNET, November 1.-THE cost of
holding the late election in this county,
according to claims just audited by the
commissioners court, was $456.
County court begins next Monday with
fifty cases on the criminal docket and a
fair civil docket. County Judge R. w.
Gates, elected this election, has filed his
bond and been sworn in, and will preside
over the court.
NJ. M. Harges, district clerk of Llano
county, and family passed through to-day
en- route for the San Antonio fair.
J.J. M. Smith, of this place, has been
appointed by State Geologist Dumble to
make a report of the mineral lands of
Burnett county.
DR.. CD Mcfarland is dangerously sick
at his home in this place.
The Burnett county Sunday school CON
vention will meet at Providence school
house on Friday, November %, and hold
over Sunday following.
Renewed rains have checked cotton re-
oeipts and made business dull.
The labor question is beginning to be
interesting to this county. The Marble
Falls factory now needs more skilled
workmen, but 1t seems about the only
chancs to get them from st. Louis
or Chicago is through the assemblies of
the Knights of Labor, and the
managers and owners of the factory
do not want to be forced to employ
Knights of Labor men. Manager Arm
strong will probably go in person next
week TO st. Louis, and farther, if neces-
sary, to find the kind of men he wants.
It is stated that the owners of the
pasture in Llano county who fenced up
four miles of road, ga previously reported
to The STATESMAN, have voluntarily cat
the wire fences to allow the public the use
of the old road, for which action they de-
serve general thanks.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-22
developed. This comes from friends of
Powderly, but just what it will prove to
be outsiders cannot imagine.
SCIENTIFIC Exnadition.

New YORK, November 17.-On board the
steamer Washington, which left her pier
in East river this afternoon for Havana
and Mexican ports, was naval expedition
under command of Lieutenant John A.
Norris, Lieutenant Charles Laird and En-
sign John Holcomb, and s. S. Wood, also
of the party. The expedition has
been assigned to the scientific
task of determining the longitude
between Vera Cruz and La Liberia.
San Salvador, on the Pacific coast. 1t ia
proposed to connect Vera Cruz on the
coast with La Liberia on the west, this
bringing together the ends of the chains
of secondary meridian positions. In ad-
dition to the usual astronomical outfit
they have complete apparatus for max
ing observations upon the directions and
intensity of the esrth's magnetism for
correcting the variation of the curves on
charts of the coast.