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The record-union., 1897-09-06
At Last.

Grand Vizier-Effulgent X-ray of the
universe, several Of the ladies of the
harem are manifesting signs of uneasi-
ness.
Abdul-Great Scott Make any terms
with them, you old guy. I can stave eff
the Powers of Europe, but when it
comes TO them l cave.-Phiiadelphi
Philadelphia North American.
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San Leandro Harbor,

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-Colonel
Lyman Bridges, Engineer Of the Oak
land Board of Trade, declares that San
Leandro harbor is to be improved by
an incorporated company. He says it
does not ask for a Government appro-
priation but will build a canal for the
development of manufactures and the
promotion of shipments. San Leandro
is the nearest point on the bay to which
shipments could be brought from the
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Rev. S. $. Crxor Installed.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-The'Rev-
S. S. Cryor. who came here from'Minne-
sofa to accept a call from the'Westmin-
ster Presbyterian Church, was installed
this afternoon with impressive ceremO-
MES. The services were conducted by
Rev. E. H. jerks of the Presbytery of
San Francisco. Professor H. G. Minton,
d. D., the Rev. Robert Mackenzie and
the Rev. John Hemphill.
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Grant avenue near Geary street and
was the result of an old grudge. Glea-
son threw some cobbles at Raggett
while the latter was in a saloon Rag
gett drew his revolver, pursued Glea-
son and fired four shots, none of which
took effect He was arrested after an
exciting chase.
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Veteran Operator Dead.

SAN JOSE, Sept. On. T. Griffin,
one of the best-known telegraph opera
tors on the Pacific coast, and long con-
nected with the telegraph department of
the Southern Pacific in San Francisco,
died at his home in this city this after
neon. He was aged SO, and had been
suffering from consumption for num-
Der of years
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. NO. se4.

PURSUANT TO LAW AND TO THE
resolution of the Board of Trustees of
the City of Sacramento, adopted August
80, 1897, directing this notice, the under
signed invites and will receive at his Of
flee, southwest corner Fourth and j
streets, up to o'clock p. m. of MONDAY,
September 6, 1897, sealed proposals or bids
for the following street work, to be done
according to the specifications posted and
on file therefor adopted, to witt
That the alley between I and streets,
in said city, from the east line of Sixth
street to the west line of Seventh street, be
improved by grading and paving with ba-
salt blocks, constructing granite curbs and
a brick catch basin to be connected to the
sewer therein.
All proposals must be accompanied by
certified check, payable to the order of the
Mayor of the City, of Sacramento, for al. an
amount not less than 10 per cent. of the
aggregate of the proposal or by bond for
the said amount, and SO payable and
throughout as prescribed by law.
M ]. DESMOND, City Clerk.
Sacramento, August 81, 1897.
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The Elder Sails for Alaska.

PORTLAND, Sept. 5.-The steamship
George W. Elder sailed tonight for
Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska. She car
ried 100 passengers and rs horses and
mules and . head Of cattle. She also
carried $4,000 feet of lumber to fill or
ders from Skaguay, where a large num-
Der Of dwellings are being constructed.
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NOTICE OF STREET WORK.

~ PQtB 3 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
OF Sacramento on the SOth dav of A7,e MY
4 ts adopted Resolution, No 366, of its in,
t teh ~ to order the following street work
., nat nat the alley between N and o streets
~ ~ sag ei city, from the center line Of Twen-
sixth street, be improved by constructire
a ahiereln a yitrified ironstone pipe sewer
telght ~ inches in diameter with six f6l
nv" branches, and brick manhole.
For further particulars reference is
tuereog made to said resolution on file in
the office of the City Clerk.
Sacramento, August 81, 1897.
z. J. CROLY.
Superintendent of Streets.
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TONS OF BLASTING
POWDER LANDED.
Necessary Tools for Rock Work on
the Skaguay Trail.
Miners Organize and Appoint an Executive
Committee.

Work is in Progress Along Fifteen
Miles of the Trail and Travel
and Packing Suspended Till 1t
is Done-The Blockade Due TO
Whisky Men and Others Who
Wish to Detain the Miners and
Build UP a Town.
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Egypt's Cotton Crop.

LONDON, Sept 5.-The Alexandria.
Egypt, correspondent of the Times"
says that the Egyptian cotton crop just
closed has yielded about 3S4, 800 900
pounds, double that of a decade ago,
and f1000,000 sterling in value beyond
that of 1896
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ORDINANCE NO. All.

An Ordinance Prescribing and Designat-
ing a day for the Holding of Primary
Elections in the City of Sacramento
for Delegates to City Conventions for
the Purpose of Nominating Candidates
for City officers of Said City.
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Rough Treatment by a Footpad.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5-Israel
Silver was stopped by an armed foot
pad on New Montgomery street late
Saturday night. After he had held
his hands up, the robber knocked him
down, choked him and literally sat on
him until he had secured all the money
in his pockets. The amount was small
and there is no clew to the highway
man.
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Petition for Reciprocity.

LONDON, Sept 6.-The Times" this
morning publishes a dispatch from
Paris giving the text of the petition
sent by the American Chamber of Com
merce to President Mckinley for the
establishment of reciprocity in trade
between France and the United States.
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Jury Did Not Agree.

SANTA CRUZ, Sept. 5.-The jury in
the case of M. Schoedde, accused of
mayhem in the Harris case, after being
out all night, was discharged to-day, be-
ing unable to agree, standing seven for
conviction and five for acquittal.
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A Laborer Drowned.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-This
morning between 3 and 4 o'clock Cor
nelius Gallagher, a laborer about 40
years of age, while asleep on the deck
house of the schooner Eta B., was
thrown into the water by a sudden
lurch of the vessel, and no trace of his
body could be found. The schooner
was on her way to the fishingSbanks
and the accident occurred near the
EarallnnR Islands
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The Cleveland Not Yet Reported.

PORT TOWNSEND, Sept. 5.-The
steamer Cleveland, now due from St.
Michaels, has not yet been reported.
The wire to Tatoosh, the point at which
the steamer will be sighted, is down,
and no news has been received from
there to-day
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ayor PheIan Donates a Fountain.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-As hand
some fountain of granite andSbronze,
dedicated to the Native Sons Of the
Golden West, which has just beenSerect-
ed at the junction of Market, Mason and
Turk streets, was to-day unveiled and
transferred to the city by thegdonor,
Mayor Phelan. 1t is the work off Doug
lass Tilden, the deaf and dumb sculp-
tor, and far surpasses in artistic beauty
anything of the kind in this%city or
State. The cost was S12, 1000.
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ORDINANCE. NO. $40.

An Ordinance Prohibiting the Attendance
at School, Church, Places of Amuse-
ment, or of Riding in Public Vehicles.
of Amy Person Affected with Certain
Infectious and Contagious Diseases.
and Providing Other Restrictions in
Respect to Said Diseases and Providing
Penalty for the Violation Of the Ordi-
nance, approved November %. 1894.
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tined AL persons coming from that
place or neighborhood are to be detain
ed at a station established outside the
city limits.
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Tried to Kill Gleason.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.-Mike
Raggett, habitue of the tenderloin
district, made a desperate attempt at
an early hour this morning to kill
Billy Gleason, a well-known char
acter The shooting occurred on
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ELYS dbl
CREAM BALMGAlAkkH

- quickly abb
sorbed. CleanSeS
the Nasal Pas
sages, A IL a Y s
Pain and Inham-
nation, III @ a ! s
and Protects the
Membrane from
c oil d. Restores
the Senses of
Taste and Smell.
Gives relief at
once and 1t will
cure
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Weather Forecast.

Northern California-Cloudy Monday
with showers in extreme northern por-
ton; southwesterly winds.
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LETTER CARRIERS
CONVENE TO-DAY.
Nothing Left Undone to Secure a
Week of Pleasure.
The Visitors viii Be Guests Of the State
Board Of Trade.

of Camp Budd in a
Court Martial of a Private Who
Threw Soup and Coffee at His
Captain - An Employe on a
Fruit Ranch in Tulare County
the Heir of His Fathers Mill
ions.
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A particle is applied directly into the nos
trils is agreeable. so cents at Druggists or by
mail; samples l0c by mail. ELY BROTHERS.
IS Warren street. New York.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
EASY ROAD TO cLoNDYKE.
A Salem Man Claims One Could Be
Qnickly Opened.


A Salem MAN Claims One Could Be
Onickly Opened.
New York, Aug. "a special to the
Herald from Washington says: There
is short and easy route to the rich
gold fields of the Clondyke, according
to communication to the interior de-
partment, from J. NJ. o. Lewis, civil
engineer, of Salem, Or, who says he
can open up at small expense route
from south of the Copper river by
which the Clondyke may be reached
by journey OF not much more than
800 miles from the coast.
The route which he proposes will
start in from the mouth of Cop
per river near the 20-mile glacier, about
25 miles east of the entrance to Prince
Williamsound. He says Copper river
is navigable for small steamers for
many miles beyond the mouth of its
principal eastern tributary, called on
the latest maps the Chillina river,
which is itself navigable for consider
able distance.
From the head of navigation on the
Chillina, Mr.. Lewis says either high
road or railroad could be constructed
without great difficulty or heavy grade
through what the natives call "Low
pass" probably Scolai pass. From
this pass, the road would follow the
valley of White river to the point where
it empties into the Youkon on the edge
Of the Clondyke gold fields.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA.
An Account of the Trial and Conviction
of Murderer Butler.

An Account of the Trial and Conviction
of Murderer Butler.
San Francisco, Aug. 2.-The steam
ship Alameda arrived from Australian
ports this morning via Samoa and Hon
olulu.
The Alameda brings from Sydney
papers describing the trial aud convic-
tion of Butler, the murderer, who was
captured in San Francisco and returned
to Australia, and who has since been
hanged. The trial lasted three days,
and in some respects was sensational.
When the prosecution finished it's case
Butler was asked if he had anything to
say. The murderer was in state of
collapse apparently and the court ad-
journed until afternoon. He then in
low tone made rambling statement to
the effect that he had started for the
mines with Weller at Weller's solicita-
tion. On the way Weller acted queer
ly, and when he displayed pistol But
Ter thought Weller was going to shoot
him. Instead, however, Weller placed
the pistol to his own head and when
Butler grabbed it in an endeavor to
take it away the weapon was discharged
and Weller was shot through the head.
Butler said he had used Weller's pa
pers to enable him to ship as a sailor
The case was then given to the jury,
which deliberated for an hour and
twenty minutes before bringing in o
verdict of guilty.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
ANOREE'S BALLOON.
Manitoba Farmer Believes That He
Saw 1t.

Manitoba Farmer Believes That He
Winnipeg, Aug. 3.-A Whitemouth,
Man., dispatch to the Free Press says:
Inquiries regarding a large balloon
which was seen passing in northeast
erly direction ON the evening of the
29th, three miles from Whitemouth,
have ELECTED the fact that the evening
was remarkably calm and cool. Farmer
Henderson was standing at the door of
his barn, and was taking a glance
around the sky when he saw large
oblong object sailing slowly across the
horizon. Gradually he made out the
car, and then he saw large sail swing
into view. Astonishment held him
spellbound, and again and again the
gostlike sail swung in full view, show
ing its enormous proportions. Then
the balloon drifted slowly out of sight
in the twilight. Henderson, ON re-
turning to his house, consulted news
paper having picture of Andree's bal
loon and declared that the airship he
saw is of the same character. The
balloon was floating very low, and Hen
derson says it could not have been more
than half mile away. He could see
no signs of life, and it showed no light
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
PETROLEUM LAKE IN ALASkA 4.
It Contains Coal Oil in an Unlimited
Quantity.

It Contains Coal Oil in an Unlimited
Quantity.
San Francisco, Aug. Awhile the
whole world is excited over the gold
discoveries in the North, sight has
been lost of another discovery that
promises to be of great value in the
development of that section.
Some months ago lake of almost
pure petroleum was discovered and
samples sent TO Seattle for analysis.
The assayer's report on these has just
been made public, and the find is re-
ported to be of incalculable richness.
A company has been formed in Seattle
to handle the product, and travellers
from there say that the company in
tends to put it on the Alaskan market
at once.
The lake is of unknown depth, sew
eral miles wide and five or six in
length, and the quality of the petrol
cum is said to be of the finest. 1t is
fed by springs and the hills surround
ing it are said to be rich in coal and
asphalt. The lake is only two miles
from the ocean, SO that the Difficult
ties of transportation are reduced to Il
minimum. tits the intention of the
owners of the lake to take its product
right into the mining camps of North
ern Alaska wherever the waterways
will permit.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
A PANIC IN HAVANA CITY.
inhabitants Leaving as Fast
as They Can.
THE ATTACK ON THE SUBURBS
Dynamite and Rapid-Firing Guns
Booty Secured by the Cubans.

The Insurgents Are Well Armed With
Dynamite and Rapid-Firing Guns
Booty Secured by the Cubans.
Tampa, Fla, Aug. 8 3-The stories
telegraphed from Havana last week
about an attack by insurgents on the
suburbs of that city is confirmed by
passengers who left Havana on the
Plant steamer Mascot and arrived here
tonight. Among the number was Senior
Calbajer, a wealthy spaniard, and his
wife and daughter, who are now to be
reckoned among the refugees who have
fed from Havana.
The attack referred to was made on
the little village Of Mariana, about 10
miles southwest of the city, and
the terminus of the antiquated and di-
lapidated Mariana railroad. Senior
Calbajer was an eye witness of the at
tack. He says that the attack was led
by Juan Delgado and Hernandez. The
insurgent chiefs left 100 of their
troops outside the town and carried
800 to the attack. They were well
armed with dynamite and rapid-fire
guns, and met with but slight resist
ance. The engagement was short and
desperate. Forty-nine Spanish troops
were killed and 1870 wounded; two
Cubans were killed and 40 wounded.
The inhabitants of the town fled for
their lives, leaving the insurgents in
complete possession. They sacked the
place and secured $4,000 in gold and
a large quantity of supplies that they
could not carry away.
Other passengers tell the same story,
and say that the widest terror reigns
in Havana, that the well-to-do inhab-
itants are leaving as fast as local laws
will permit.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
THE YELLOW FEVER GERM.
DE-. SenariIlfs Account of His Recent
Discovery.

Discovery.
Washington, Aug. 3.-Surgeon Gen
eral Wyman, of the marine hospital
service, has had translated the account
written by DIR. Senarilli, of Montevideo,
of his discovery of what he claims to
be the yellow fever germ, and which he
calls the icteroid bacillus. He says the
bacillus was discovered in the second
case examined. The doctor dwells upon
the difficulty of making sure of results
because of the numerous microbes to be
found in yellow fever. The germ which
he holds to be responsible for yellow
fever, DIR. Senarelli says, is found in
the blood or tissues, and not in the
gastro-intestinal cavities. He notes
the fact, however, that in yellow fever,
as in typhoid, the digestive tract is the
seat of abundant bacilli coli, but does
not associate these with real yellow
fever microbes. He concludes, there
fore, that the virus of yellow fever does
not reside in the intestinal tube, and
''that is toxine, instead of being ab-
sorbed by the intestinal walls, is elabor-
ated in the interior of the organs and
in the blood"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
Workmen Are Deserving.

Washington, Aug. 2.-The navy de-
partment has felt the evil effects OF the
gold craze. The firm of Moran Bros,
located in Seattle, is building the tor
pedo boat Rowan, and had made good
progress until the Alaskan craze set in.
Now they have informed the depart
ment that SO many of their work1nen
have dropped their work to go to Alas
ka that they are obliged to appeal to
the navy department for an extension
of time in which to complete the boat.
The land Office is receiving many ap-
plications for copies of the public land
laws by persons who profess their in
tention of going to Alaska. The Office
has been obliged to notify the appli-
cants that the land laws have not yet
been extended to Alaska, though the
mineral laws apply.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
Ciparettes ON the Rise.

New York, Aug. 4.-Cigarette man.
ufacturers have decided upon an in
crease in the price of cigarettes. A
letter of notification is now going
through the mails. The advance is
about Is per cent on the whole list
from Turkish to common brands.
Turkish cigarettes that were sold from
81 to SIT will now cost the dealer
from So. 65 to 5000, according to the
brand. Louisiana perique advances
from $5.l5 and 1915 to $6.15 and
$3.50. Brands of domestic make
which dealers bought for $3.50 per
1000 have been increased in price to
$4.10. The advance is ascribed by the
manufacturers to the increase in the
internal revenue law
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
JOINING THE STRIKERS.
DeArmitt's Men Are Slowly Coming Into
Line With Strikers.


Pittsburg, Aug. 5.-The strikers will
continue to gain accessions to their
number from the New York & Cleve-
land Company's men. Sandy creek
and Turtle creek mines are idle, and
the Plum creek men are slowly but
surely coming into line with the men
encamped in the vicinity. Today
nearly half of the diggers at this strong
hold of the company failed to go to
work, and number of those who did
not go into the pit have promised to
quit as soon as they clean up the coal
now in their rooms. At Camp Deter
mination it was reported that every
miner of the New York & Cleveland
Company who had gone to work was in
sympathy with the movement, and
only their signatures to a contrac
prevented them from staying out.
There are close upon 2,000 strikers
in camp at Turtle creek. $50 at Plum
creek, and 800 at Sandy creek. If this
number is not sufficient to deter the
DeArmitt men from working, all these
camps will be largely increased before
the end of the week.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
MAssAcRED BY NATIVES.
Tragic Fate of Party OF AustralfaF
Goldseekers.


Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 4.-The
steamship Miowera, from Sydney.
brings information that news of still
another massacre has been received at
Sydney. Not long ago a number OF
Australia's army Of unemployed were
attracted by stories of fabulous gold
panning at Papua and other interior
New Guinea points. Their ranks have
been terribly thinned by murder, star
vation and fatal swamp fevers To
make matters worse, every native who
helped white was marked for the
tomahawk.
The remnant of these white pioneers
went to Vanapa for final effort to
make their fortunes. Their stores gave
out and for months they lived en-
''damper" and tea. Natives in the VIZ
cinity claimed to be ill-treated by the
government in the way of scant stores,
and decided to teach the government q
lesson by killing all the whites within
reach. The whites were raided at
night and put to death with toma-
hawks, being easy victims. After long
suffering they were weak and emaci-
ated, and could not defend themselves.
Many massacres had occurred in the
same place previously, but the govern
ment has never attempted to punish
the murderers.
Later news confirms the massacres
which occurred 85 miles from Port
Moresby. The entire settlement of ma
tives and whites had their heads split
open by a large band of savages. The
government has sent large body of
military police to surround the natives
and shoot if necessary. Wholesale arr
rests will be made. The natives will
be brought back manacled in the hold
of steamer chartered for the purpose.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-08-06
DISPUTED PALMYRA ISLAND
United States Has Valid Claim
by Right Of Discovery.
AN AMERICAN LANDED IN 1902
and Annexation Did Not Occur Until
1859, 81 Years Later.

hsAe eA0 DIIb1Sh SO-Saltou Occupation
and Annexation Did Not Occur Until
1850. 81 Years Later.
New York, Aug. IA Herald special
from Washington says: In support of
their claim to Palmyra island, which
has been taken possession of by the
British government, the London author
tiles refer to the fact that the British
hsg was hoisted over this territory in
1889. Even if the official records of
the Hawaiian government fail to show
the title of the Dole regime to the
island, the United States is in posi-
tion to raise the claim that the island
belongs to this government by virtue
of discovery by an American citizen.
This fact is recognized by the authori-
ties in an official publication which
contains reference to its discovery and
the action of the British in placing
their flag over it. The publication
is the official directions of the hydro
graphic Office of Great Britain issued by
the admiralty. In regard to Palmyra
island, the volume states:
Palmyra was discovered by Captain
Saule, of the American ship Palmyra,
in 1902, and was formally annexed to
Great Britain by Commander Nicholas,
of H. M. S. Cormorant, May 1S, 1889.
There were no inhabitants on the island
at the time OF it's annexation, although
Messrs. Henderson and McFarlane, Of
New Zealand, contemplated cultivating
it,
A high officia.. of the state depart
ment said last night that an investiga-
tion regarding the rights of Hawaii and
Great Britain to Palmyra island is now
being made.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, said he
had not examined into the question Of
the validity of the Hawaiian title to
Palmyra island, and was not prepared
to express definite opinion on. the
subject, though he was inclined to
think it a matter of comparatively
small Importance to the United States
whether Great Britain had the island
or not, on account of its distance from
the United States and Hawaii.
The action of Great Britain in taking
possession of Palmyra at this. time is
generally regarded here as step in
her Jubilee year policy of strengthening
her military lines. Another step in
that policy has been brought to the
Intention of the state department in a
report of Consul Miller, at Port Stan
ley, Falkland isles who report that
surveys are in progress at that point
under the direction of Colonel Lewis,
fztlse rssNi engineers, for the estab-
lishment of naval station and hos
pital. Such station at this point,
with repair shops and Notifications
would be of the utmost importance to a
British fleet operating in the Southern
Pacific