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VOLUME 27.
RALEIGH, N. C, TUESAY, JUNE 26, 1906.
PEICE 5c
THAW TOLD POLICE THAT
HIS VICTIM WHITE HAD
WRECKED HIS HOME
Said Be Was Glad He Had
Made a Good Job of if, and
Was Perfectly Cool
WIFE DISAPPEARS
AFTER THE TRAGEDY
After His Arrest Thaw ltefiised to
Make a Detailed StatementMr.
ami Mrs .Thaw and a Tarty Dined
nt the Cute Martin; White Came
hi and Sat Near Tliein, When Mrs.
'White Turned 1'itlc and Shivered.
In lU'ily to a ' Question By Her
Hushand, She Wrote On a Note:
"That Dirty lilurkgunrd Is Here."
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, June 2G. Harry- Kendall
Thaw, of Pittsburg, brother of , the
Countess of Yarmouth, who shot ami
I'Ulttl Stanford While, the noted archi
tect" last night, is a prisoner in tha
Tombs today. Thaw admits the lulling
pleading that his act was justifiable
tliat White had wrecked tho lite of his
wife, the beautiful Florence Kvelyn
Nesblt, whose marriage iu
scarcely more than a year ago was one
of the Herniations of the time.
Tho murder of White was probably
the most dramatic and sensational
tragedy this city has witnessed since
the killing of Jim Fiske by 13. S. Stokes
.... A fl.lo f trim
niore than thirty years ufcv.
the prominence of the principals the
sotting for tho crime was unique. Sur
rounded by more than a thousand per
sons who crowded the great, open air
''theatre on the root of Madison Square
Harden, strangely enough White met
his death on what long has been recog
nized as one of tho greatest monuments
to his genius.
Proceedings in tho case against the
prisoner .today were carried through
with unusual rapidity. From his cell
hi the Tenderloin police station Thaw
was taken to police headquarters,
where his photograph w.is taken and
Ms measurements made; he was ar
raigned in police court and remanded
to tho custody of the coroner., and
shortly after noon he was in a cell In
the Tombs, formally charged with inur
. der and held without bail. The coro
ner set the inquest for Thursday, and
said that counsel on both sides desired
that the case be submitted to this
month's grand jury.
Thaw's. defense probably will be In
sanity ,and already three noted alien-
. . , 1 In tr V.ltlrf' .ill
lwts nave uucu , .v,.,..,-
his mental condition. Counsel for tho
i prisoner announced this afternoon that
they know the wliereaDouis oi aim.
Thaw, and that she wouldbe produced
'it any time her presence is desired.
The mother of the prisoner is a pas
senger on tho steamer Minneapolis,
which is due to arrive in England on
July 3.
The funeral service over the body of
lyjr. White probably will be held at St.
Ilartholomew's Church on Thursday,
.Bishop Coadjutor Greer officiating.
Black, Olcott, Gruber and Honynge,
the, Jaw Arm of which former Governor
Frnk S. Black Is the head, was en
gaged by Mr. Delafleld this afternoon
to look after Thaw's interests in the
irinttnal proceedings against him.
Doctors MacDonald and Flint, tho
HHenists, and Dr, MeCJuire, the Tombs
physician, had a short conversation
with Thaw this afternoon. Dr. Mc
Guire was called into the case by tho
defense, At the close or tneir uuk
with the prisoner Drs. MacDonald and
Flint declined to m.ike any statement.
Dr. McGuiro, however, said he had
dtscovercd signs of emotional Insanity
'In Thaw, and also, he believed, indi
cations of incipient paresis.
Dr. McGuire said that he would hr-ve
to make further) examination.
i.nMra. Tliawi'went to the office of
Attorney Delafleld this afternoon,
ana was iu vuuiuic,, ,... ..v.. ......
Jiand's lawyers.
Policeman's Story of Shooting.
'Policeman , Harry Debes, who ar
rested Thaw, gave this account of the
Shooting.
"I found the people almost crazy,
trying to get out of the place. I
Intn the mnh and saw a woman
lying down. She had fainted and then
r TirUIln 1
X Wlw VVUllO. ....
. "I said to Thaw: 'Did you do it?
iind he replied: 'Yes, I did It That
man ruinea my mo w c, .
know which he said, but It sounded
like that, i Then he went on saying:
'That man ruined my home. I guess
ho won't ruin any more, homes. Is
lie dead?' I told him he was, and he
said ho was 'damn glad of it,' and
he was was glad he 'made a good job
of It."
"When I arrested ' Thaw., ft' woman
who Manager Leoni.il Lawrence told
me was Mrs. Thaw, rushed up to Thaw
and kifised him r.nd said: 'I did not
think you'd do it in that way!' 'It's
all right! It's nil right!' Thaw told
her. . Then she whispered something in
his ear. I don't know what she said
to him.
"Down In the hall and In the street
a lot of women gathered about us and
shook hands wlh Thaw and sympa
thized with him. 'Why did you do it?
Why did you do it?' Thoy kept ask
ing." Captain Ifodgins, Sergeant MeCann,
Lawyer Daniel (J'Blclly and Burr Mc
intosh had a conference with Thaw
shortly after A o'clock this morning,
hut If he told them anything they de
clined to divulge' Us import.".
Xot a Surprise.
Lawrence White,' son of the murdered
man, was informed of the tragedy
about midnight. He went fo the Madi
son .Square .Garden, and after arrang
ing for tin'! cure of the body, summoned
his father's partner, Mr.- McKim, and
both drove away..-. It is 'relieved they,
went to a Long Island town, where
Mrs. Write is ill. to break the news
to her. The tragedy, while a shock
to the friends of both men, was not
altogether a surprise to them. They
knew, and have known for several
rs, that against the architect Thaw
had tho most, bitter feeling. It da led
back to the time when he first fell In
love with the young woman who is
now his wife. lie made no secret of
this feeling.
It had , come to the ears of; White,
mid his friends had dlseus.icd it with
him. Some had even warned' htm to
be careful, but, declaring that there
was no reason for that feeling, the
architect went about his business as
usual. Mr. and Mrs. Thaw lived in
Pittsburg, and tho incident was fast
(Continued on Third Page.)
CAPT. WYNNE IS GUILTY
Marine Corps Officer's Case
Before President
Court Martial Found Him Guilty of
Insubordination and Becoiiimeiiil
ed Dismissal. His Counsel Claims
JIo Is Insane and Protests To Sec
retary Bonaparte.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 26. Tho court,
martial whicn rcrlbnuy tried Capt.
H. F. Wynne, United States marine
corps, on charges of insubordination,
has found him guilty and recom
mended his dismissal from tho ser
vice. The case is now in tho hands
of tho president for final action.
Secretary Bonaparto laid tho mat
ter before the president today after
K. S. Theall, counsel for Captain
Wynne, had called nt the navy de
partment and submitted to tho secre
tary a brief in the nature of a protest
against the proceedings of tho court
martial and ot tho reviewing author
ity, Rear Admiral Evans.
Mr. Theall's brief states that three
of the six members of the court mar
tial, one of them being a surgeon,
recommended that a medical board
be appointed to determine tho. men
tal condition of the young officer, in
view of flio fact that the defense was
based wholly upon tho theory that he
had been rendered mentally unsound
by sunstroke and prolonged exposure
incident to his service. Admiral
Kivans consequently appointed such a
board which, as Mr. Theall alleged,
having no knowledge of tho preced
ing testimony in tho caso nnd with
out seeking to gather any evidence
on its own score, pronounced young
Wynne to be sane and responsible.
Tho point is made In the brief that
this proceeding was entirely irregu
lar tn that it was the sole function
of the court martial to pass upon the
question relegated to the board be
fore taking tho final action recom
mending dismissal, which it did. Ad
miral Evans endorsed the sentence
favorably, and Secretary Bonaparte,
lifter receiving Mr. Theall's brief to
day, took the case to tho president.
who alone can execute the sentence
or mitigate It if he cares to do so.
The court martial made no recom
mendation for clemency. The navy de
nr.rtment has recommended to the
1 president approval of the sentence,
but in view of Captain Wynee's per
vlce and the provocation under which
he acted in the serious offense charged,
. (Continued on Page Two.)
WHICH BODY IS
Two Identified as that of
Birmingham Contractor
CORONER IN QUANDARY
One tho Body of a Man Who Jumped
From a Bridge at Little Kink mi
Juno !, and Found in the i.ivor
Other Found Decomposed Yester
day on Bed .Mountain, X"ir Bir
mingham. (I'.y tin" Associated Pres.)
Birmingham,. Ala., Juno 2C Two
bodies, each of which is declared to
bo that oi W. J. Marshall, a well
known contractor who disappeared
from his home here June 4, lie in a
local undertaking establishment.
Tho family of Mr. Marshall have
supposed that tho man who commit
ted, suicide by jumping from a bridge
:vt Little ltock,Ark., on Jane 0 wa.'.
Mr. 'Marshall. S. II. Harris wont, to
Arkansas, recovered the body, which
was found in tho river at Pino Bin it,
Ark., and brought it hero yesterday.
Mr. Harris -declared emphatically it
is the -body of Mr. Marshall.
Yesterday on lted Mountain, .south
of 'Birmingham, another badly de
composed body was found, and tho
description of 'clothing tallies so
closely with 'that worn by Mr. Mar
shall at .the timo of his disappearance
Dint the coroner is in a quandary.
Marshall carried considerable insur
ance,:. nnd agents of insurance com
panies are especially active in their
investigation.
SLAUGHTER HOUSES
ARE CLOSED UP,
(Bv the Associated Press.)
' Philadelphia, Pa., Juno 2C -The
bureau of health today directed the
owners of tliirfy-seven slaughter
houses In various sections of the city
to abandon- their establishments,
There are 171 such places in the city,
and an inspection showed 117 of them,
by reason of their unsanitary condi
tion, to be nuisances prejudicial to
the public health.
CONFEREES DISAGREE
ON MEAT INSPECTION
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 26. The confer
ence on the agricultural appropriation
today developed that the differences
between tho house and the senate in
regard to the meat inspection amend
ment probably will be sent back to
the two houses for further action or
for Instructions to the conferees.
The senate representatives refused
absolutely to' consider the provision
making an appropriation for the gov
ernment to pay the cost of Inspection,
and insisted upon tho retention ot
the provision In he Beverldgc bill .re
quiring that the date of inspection in
placed upon cans of meat. Ar.oth.fr
meeting will bo held at 4 p. m., when
tho conferees will decide, finally
whether there is a possibility of -agreement
concerning tho meat Inspection
amendment.
PULAJANES LEADERS
HAVE SURRENDERED.
(By the Associated Press.)
Manilla, Juno 26. Tho Pulajanei'
leaders Quientin and Adva have sur
rendered to Oovernor Osmena and the
constabulary. These were the last of
the men arrayed against the Ameri
cans on the island ot Cebu. The rilles
nftd -ammunition of the members of
their band were also surrendered.
Washington, June 26. The two lead
ers, Quientin and Alva, have lnaiio
trouble In Cebu for several years. At
ono time they took tha oaAh of al
legiance and were employed by the
American army as guides, but proved
so untrustworthy that no dependence
could be placed in them. Commands
were offered them by the insurrec
tionists, and tho two leaders violated
their oaths and joined the enemies of
the government.
Two New Charters Granted.
The Mathews Manufacturing Com
pany of Mecklenburg county is char
tered, with $125,000 capital author
ized and $r,000 subscribed by K. J.
Heath, J. M. Barnett and others with
authority for operating cotton gins,
cation mills, fertilizer factories.
Another charier is to the Cornr
wall-Carolina Construction Company
of Carthago, Moore county; capital,
$100,000 authorized.
Itacing at Shecpshead Bay.
(I!y the Associated Press.)
Sheejishcad Bay, June .26. First
race, handicap, six furlongs, throe
years and up: Prince Hamburg, 9 to
10 and 2 lo !, first; Sir Lynnewood,
C to 1, place, second; Cinna, third.
Time 1:1 S 2-5.
Second race mile, selling, three
year olds and up: Rye, 2 to 5 and
out, first; Water Tank, ;l to 1, place,
second;-. Klingsor, third. Time
1:39 1-5.
A RESOLUTION TO
DRAIN SWAMP LANDS.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 2ti. Senator Lntt
mer' today made an effort to secure the
adoption of a resolution directing the
secretary of agriculture to investigate
the" possibility of draining the swamp
and overllowed lands of the United
States with the view of reclaiming
them in the future. Senator Hale
moved to refer the resolution to the
committee on agriculture, and he and
Senators Fulton, Hepburn and Flint
( pposed the resolution as calculated to
lead to the. future ' development of a.
new branch of the public service with
consequent great- expense to the -government..'.
Mr. Latimer supported the
measures as i the Interest of justice
and public ennoiny. MK Hale's motion
prevailed. :
govi:i:xmi:t HOSPITALS
fob Tiir; ixsam:.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 2IS. Ir.' A. II.
Hutchinson, suiieriiiten,l"iit. for twenlj
one years of the Western 'oi porat Ion
Insane .-Asylum at Uixnionl, Pa., wis
the first to take tin' stand uf Hi"
many superintendents MUiumoheil In
appear before (lie speeial house coni
milteo Investigating the government
hospitals for the insane.
Irle declared that, the government
asylum' was entirely too big, but. Lh.it
it . should continue to lie under one
head without division of a u I hori I y,
't he conilitiiiiis and . .equipment there
were very fine, he said. The methods
employed were modern, the dietary W is
liberal, the Ujlehens g.nd and the num
ber of attendants s Ml'lcient. .
GREAT AUTO CONTEST
Paris Race Over Sartlie
Circuit Started Today
Course Must Be Covered Twelve
Times, Cars Biiniiing Kiv Hours
Daily lor Two Hays Total 1,21M!
Kilometres Two . Accidents in
First Hound Xo One Hurt.
(By the Associated Press.)
Paris, June 2(i.--Tho automobile
contest for the grand prize, over tho
Sarlhe circuit, was. started at 6
o'clock, today. A very large crowd
of people .was present, and great en
thusiasm was manifested. The
course, which is .iu;j Kilometres long,
was patrolled by troops.
Sisz (Fiance) led during tho third
circuit, steadily Increased his lead,
and won the day's racing in five
hours, 4a minutes, HO "2-5 seconds.
Clement. (Fiance) was second in six
hours, 10 minutes, 40 seconds.
Baros (France) covered the first
round in 52 - minutes,- 25 seconds at
the rate of'llS kilometres per hour.
Duray-. (France) was second in 52
minutes, 2 seconds.
Two accidents occurred during the
first round. Fabry (Italy) collided
with, a wall. His machine was com
pletely demolished, but the occu
pants were uninjured. La BIou
(France) was ditched and upset
without tho occupants of his car sus
taining 'any injury.
The racers will start again
at C
a. ni. tomorrow.'
Franco has twenty-five entries,
Germany three and Italy six in' the
Sartho "circuit contest. The course
must be covered twelve times, the
cars running six hours daily for two
days, to complete the total distance,
1,230 kilometres. '
SKKVICK TO YIIM.iXI.V
FHOM COLONIAL 1UMKS.
(By the Associated Press.)
Norfolk, Va, Juno 26. A silver ser
vice, the gift of the Colonial Dames of
Virginia, Will be presented to the bat
tleship Virginia at the Norfolk navy
yard tomorrow. This is an entirely dif
ferent silver service from that to bo
presented by the state under legisla
tive appropriation.
I A large number of dames from difted
ent parts of the stnto are expected to
attend the presentation.
RATE BILL BACK
TO CONFERENCE
Senate Wouldn't Accept the
Report
PIPE LINES THE RUB
An Ami mlniont Muhsliilting Word
"Itailroatls" for1 "Common Carri
ers Was What Stuck in the Craw
, i
of Hie Senate That --Would Let
Out Hie Pipe Lines Altogether.
(!!.',' the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 2(i. The sen
ate today voted not- to accept t lie con
ference report on the railroad rate
bill nnd Senators .Tillman, Kll-ins and
C'ulloni were reappointed to conduct
a furl her .'conference.
Washington, June m!. When the
eont'ereaie report: on 'the railroad bill
was I a ken up in th" -senate today Sen
ator i;ikini', who was one of the senate
( onfei c es, spoke on the anii'udnieut to
the eoniiniidil:-. provision using the
Word "railroads" Instead of the phrase
"common carriers." He gave imme
diate attention to the. contention that
the change has the ci'eel of eliminat
ing . i t ii lines from the requirement of
the bill. He said (list West Virginia
is the largest oil producer in Hie union,
and that the prcatcr part of tho oil Is
sold tn the pipe line owners, . stri that
I lit- owners - transport ' their-own oil
aiid are not strictly speaking common
carriers.
The house neeeedoii to the request
of the senate for another conference
on the railroad rale bill immediately
upon the receipt, of the senate request
today. The same conferees were re
appointed, Messrs. Hepburn, Sherman
and Richardson.
NAVAL BILL IS
FINALLY PASSED.
(l!y the Associated . Press.) . ...
Washington,-June 26. The senate to
day receded from its amendment in the
naval appronriat ion . placing the naval
station at. Port. Uoyal, S. ('.. under
Hie bureau of navigation.- As this wan
the only iiem of difference behycin
tiie two houses, file act inn of the senate
hud the offi ct of -finally', passing the
naval bill. :
GUN FOR JUDGE IN
THE THIRD DISTRICT
(Special to The Kvening Times.)
Klnstnn, N. C, June 2(1. At a
largely' attended' .-' convention of the
third judicial district here today p. H.
fluion of Craven was -"'unanimously
nominated for judge and Larry I.
Moore of Pitt for solicitor.
The following were '.elected for the
'executive committee; .-Ernest M. Own,
chairman, of Craven; W. M. 'Webb,
secretary, of Carteret; B. W. Edwards
of (Hreen.'T. 1. Warren-of Jones, W.
T. ("alloc of Pamlico, F. ('. Harding
of Pitt. Resolutions of greeting were
adopted to retiring Judge Henry 1!
Bryan. .
CANAL COMMITTEE
HAS ADJOURNED,
. (By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Juno 20.--By a vole
of six to five the senate committee on
iiiteroceanic canals today decided not
to go to the isthmus of Panama and
take testimony in the canal investiga
tion. By agreement no testimony will
be taken in Washington until next
session, and therefore the disposition
of William Nelson Cromwell's refusal
to testify concerning canal matters
prior to government ownership of .the
properly will be postponed until next
December. : ' - - -
The action ot .the -committee) car
ries with it an adjournment until
next December, which will post pone
aclion on the nominations of canal
commissioners. It is expected the
commissioners will -be reappointed
during the recess of congress.
HOISK ADOPTS THK
SKNATIi CANAL BILL.
" (By the Associated Preen.")
Washington,' Juno 2C. Tho house
committee on interstate and foreign
cbmmerce authorized Chairman Hep
burn to make q. favorable report to
the house on the lock level typo.
Alhouidi the house provided in the
sundry civil bill that none of the
money appropriated for the canal in
that measure should be spent for a
sea level canal, which gave tha sen
timent of the house in favor of the
lock canal, if. was deemed best to
adopt the senate hill, which will be
the continuing statute on the subject.
f.'eneral Deficiency Hill.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, June 20. After the
passage of. the omnibus public build
ing bill the house today began the
consideration of the last of the great
suply bills to carry, the government
on lo June lid, 1907, the general de
ficiency bill.
, Public Building Bill Passed.
(V.y the Associated Press)
.- Washington, June 2(i. The omni
bus public building bill was passed
by the house today, one hour having
been consumed in its reading and
consideration.
W. A. (iodfrey Bead.
(Special to The Kvening Times.'?
(ireensboro, N. C, June 20. Mr.
W. A. (lodlrey died yesterday after
noon at his home on Laurel Avenue
after an illness of throe years. The
remains were shipped to Burlington
today for burial, The deceased is
survived by a widow and seven chil
dren. IM.MHMJ.VTIOX P.ILL
(JOKS TO COXFKKKXCK
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, Juno 2(i. The senate
today granted tho request of the
house for a conference on the immi
gration bill, and Senators Dilling
ham, Lodge and McLaurin were ap
pointed conferees.
JOINT COM.MITTHFi TO IXVFS-
TKiATN SKCOXI) CLASS .MAILS.
(I'.y the Associated Press.)
Washington, Juno 20. Vice Presi
dent. Fairbanks today designated
Senators Penrose, Carter and Clay
an members on the part of the sen
ate joint committee provided-for by
recent, legislation for the investiga
tion of the second class mails.
2 CHILDREN DROWNED
Bodies Found After Search
of Three Days
Mary and Leonard Faulkner of Chi
cago Disapeared Last .-Thursday,
and IMcrtives Worked on a The.
ory That They Had Hern Kidnap
ped Police All Over City Stirred.
(i'.y the Associated Press.) ,
Chicago, June 20, Mary and
Leonard Faulkner, children of John
I). .Faulkner, who disappeared last
Thursday, were drowned in a lagoon
on the shore of Lake Michigan. The
bodies were found yesterday in a
narrow pool back of the Thirty-
eighth -s!reet pier. ...
The solution of the mystery which
had sainvd the police all over the
city after three days of ceaseless
searching of the lake shore with
grappling hooks and by divers, and
the activity of defectives in various
parts of the city, who had been work
ing on a theory that the children had
been kidnapped.
PLANS FOR BRYAN'S
NEW YORK MEETING
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, June 20. In pursuance of
resolutions adopted at a meeting of
commercial travelers anti-trust league,
held on June 11, 1U0G, William Itoge,
head of the league, announced today
the appointment of the following com
mittee on plan and scope for the Bryan
reception: Tom L. Johnson, Ohio;
Francis Burton Harrison, Bird S. Color,
Augustus Thomas, Lewis Nixon, New
York; Alexander Troup, (Connecticut;'
A. H. Eastman and John 11. O.ltrien.
Tills committee will invite all the
democratic members of congress, the
chairman of the democratic state com
mittee of various states; the mayors of
tho democratic societies of the county,
and the editors of democratic newspa
jiers to serve upon a reception commit
tee, of which Governor Folk of Mis
souri, will be the chairman. Augustus
.Thomas will welcome Mr. Bryan upon
behalf of the league.
Manila, June 2G.- Surgeon Gen
eral P. M. Jtixey of the United States
navy has arrived at Manila to inspect
the naval hospitals at Cavite, Cebu
and Olongapo.
CABLE TO JAPAN
IS COMPLETED
Roosevelt and the Mikado
Exchange Messages
THE PACIFIC BRIDGED
Original Offer to Construct Cable
From San Francisco to Manila,
X.000 Miles, Was Made by John
W. Muckay To Secretary Hay Au
gust 22, 1001. Opposition En
eotinteretl. (Special to The Evening Times.)
Washington, June 20. The Toklo
and Guain offices of the Commercial
Pacific Cable Company are in com
munication by the new cable. Mes
sages between the president of the
United Slates and the emperor of Ja
pan have been exchanged.
The bridging of the Pacific and the
encircling of the coast of eastern
Asia by an all American cable is thus
complete. No American enterprise
has appealed so powerfully as this to
the statesmen and merchants of Ja
pan, and every stage of its l)'0gress
has been watched by theni with an
intensity of interest of which our peo
ple have but a faint conception.
The original offer to construct a
cable from San Francisco to Manila
without government aid or Bubsldy,
was made by Mr. John W. Mackay
lo the Hon. John Hay, secretary ot
stale, on August 22, 1901. It was a
plain proposition made by a man of
undoubted responsibility and of long
experience with submarine cables to
do that which no other private per
son had ever offered to do, '. and
which the government itself was un
willing to do. It had nevertheless
to enrounter opposition In congress,
and it. was not until June 11, 1902,
that this opposition was finally si
lenced. Undeterred, however, by
possible . legislative obstacles, the
Commercial Pacific Cable Company
ordered the construction of the ca
ble, and on the very day on which
the bill was killed which proposed
to commit the government ot the
United States the work of laying a
cable across the Pacific ocean, it was .
announced that 1,005 nautical miles
o ffhe cable which was to be laid be
tween San Francisco and Honolulu
had been manufactured, and that the
work of making the cable was pro
ceeding at the rate : of twenty-six
miles per day.
By the end of June, 1903, the last
section of the cable to Manila was
landed at Honolulu, and the entire
line from San Francisco to the Phil
ippine Islands, a distance of over
eight thousand miles, was successful
ly completed, That is to say, with
in eighteen months after the signing
of the contract an enterprise was ex
ecuted which has no parallel in the
history of ocean telegraphy. The
route followed is unique tor its lack
of natural stations, and not only
traverses the greatest uninhabited
waste of water on the globe, but has
to deal with ocean depths much
greater than any previously encoun
tered. .
The message which was sent on
July 4, 190S, by President Roosevelt
round the world by the completed
line of the Commercial Pacific Cable
t ompany and its connecting lines be-'
iween Europe and Asia went by the
Postal Telegraph Company's land
lines from Oyster Bay to San Fran
cisco, thence by tho Commercial Ca
ble lino to Honolulu, Midway, Guam
and Manila. From Manila to Hong
Kong the message passed by the cable
which Admiral Dewey cut in 1898:
from Hong Kong it went to Siagon
to Singapore, to Penang, to Madras,
to Bombay, to A den, to Suez, to
Alexandria, to Malta, to Gibraltar, to
Lisbon to the Azores and thence to'
Oyster Bay. Between Hong Kong
and the Azores, the transit was by
foreign cables, and the shortening of
trans-Pacific communication, both in
respect of interruptions and of actual
distance, mav be inferred from the
devious course which had to be taken
by the president's message in its
homeward course from eastern Asia.'
After communication with Manila
was established, there remained the
task of extending the all-American
Pacific cable to China. This was .
completed by April 17 of the present,
year, and it has been promptly sup-,
plcmented by the extension ot the
cable to Japan. Thus In less than
five years since the first communica
tion of John W. Mackay to the secre
tary of state the greatest single ocean
cable enterprise in the world has been
brought to a successful termination.
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