The _Elbe_ had a valuable cargo and a large amount of gold on board. The
owners of the diving-bell are determined to make the effort to raise her
and secure for themselves the immense reward offered.

They intend to remove the cargo first and then raise the hull, if it is
possible to do so.

They are very hopeful of success, and say that the task does not appear
to them any more difficult than the raising of the cargo of the
_Pewabic_ which latter task they are sure of accomplishing.

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On the 24th of June there was a celebration in Halifax, Nova Scotia, of
the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the mainland of
America.

A tablet was placed in the Parliament building in honor of John Cabot,
who four hundred years ago sailed from Bristol, England, and finally
reached the shores of Newfoundland.

An endeavor was made to make the celebration a general one throughout
Canada and the United States, but this was found to be impracticable.
Cabot's voyage could not be made of the same importance as that of
Columbus.

The foundation-stone of a monument to Cabot was laid in his native town
of Bristol on the same day that the celebration took place in Halifax.

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