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The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
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PACIFIC CABLE

San Francisco, Dec. 14.-tIn mem.
ory of John W. Mackay christen the
Pacific cable. May Il alwsvs carry
messages of happiness
With these words Lucille Gage. tn.
eleven-year-old daughter of II. IT
Gage, governor of California, TODAY
chrstened the transPacific cable ond
breaking a bottle of champagne ovei
the shore end, inaugurated new era
in the commercial development of the
Pacific coast. The landing and splic,
ing of the short end, which is, to con.
meet the mainland with Honolulu, was
accomplished without hitch of any
kind and was witnessed by 10000 or
10000 people. Ideal weather prevailed,
there being scarcely any surf.
Refreshment tents were crested on
the beach and while the cable was be
ing spliced Mr.. Mackay served cham.
pagne and other refreshments to a
large number of specially invited
guests. Mr.. Mackay also sent the fol.
lowing telegram to President Roose.
welt:
San Francisco. Dec. 14-To the
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, President
of the United States, Washington
| have the honor to inform you that
/ the end of the Honolulu cable was sue.
cessfully brought to shore this morn.
ing
"CLARENCE H. MACKAY
president Pacific Commercial Cable
Company"
The splicing to the main body was
completed tonight and the Silvertown
headed for Honolulu at a seven knot
speed. The first message over the ca.
bic was sent from shore to Chief Ben.
est on the Silvertown, congratulaiing
him on the successful landing. Sey.
eral tests were made as the cable was
being paid out by the Newsboy and If
was found to be in perfect condition.
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daughter. all of whom are living Miss
Nellie, the daughter. who became the
wife of Algernon Sartoris in 1874, has
lived in Washington with her mother
for several years. Frederick Dent
Grant, the oldest son, is in the army,
and Two other sons, Jesse and Ulysses
sherman, live at San Diego, California
During recent years, since General
Grants death, Mrs. Grant has spent
most of her winters in this city, living
at 2l2l Q street, while during the sum-
mer she usually lived at Saratoga
Manchester-b -by-the-Sea and other popu-
lar resorts, until the last two summers.
when she resided with her daughter,
Mrs. Sartoris, at Co5urg, Canada. She
also made several visits to her sons in
California during the last few years,
She was of domestic temperament, and
devoted most of her time to her home
and children. She cared little for So
ciety, and always avoided public notice
as much as possible. Her devotion to
her h}isbaud was remarkable, and dur
ing the latter's unsuccessful years be-
tore the Civil War, and when his for
lunsSras swept away shortly before his
death ilrs. Grant always bore herself
braVely and was an inspiration to him.
For several years Mrs. Grant has been
so feeble that it was impossible for her
TO accept social engagements. She suf-
Tered from rheumatism and was COM
PEELED to walk with cane or with the
assistance of an attendant. She was
seventy-siX years of age at the time of
her death
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19

Denver, Dec. 1.-THE Republican
this morning says:
A reiteration of the announcement
made by David Fl. Moffat several
weeks ago that the money for the con-
struction Of the Denver, Northwestern
& Pacific railroad had been secured
was made last night by Mr. Moffat on
his return from New York City, where
he has been to complete the details
for the financing of the big project.
Mr.. Moffat made the trip direct from
New York City. He left New York
Wednesday night. Mrs, Moffat came
with him and W. G. Evans was also
in the party In addition to the an
nouncement that the funds for the
road had been pledged Mr.. Moffat
also, for the first time, made public
reference to the opposition which he
has encountered from Mr.. Hartman
and other financiers who control the
roads north of Denver.
But their opposition to our project
will accomplish nothing but injury to
themselves" said Mr.. Moffat
"You may say" said Mr. Moffat,
that we have now completed our sur
veys on that part of the route of our
railway which is east of the CONT
mental divide, and have secured the
best crossing Of the main range in
Colorado.
1--WE have succeeded in securing the
money tn DrOcee0 with the COuStruc-
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DEATH OF MRS. U. S. GRANT
AT HER HOME IN WASHINGTON

Washington, Dec. 14.-Mrs. Ulysses
s. Grant died at her residence in this
city at 11:17 O'Clock tonight. Death
was due to heart failure. Mrs. Grant
having suffered for years from valyular
disease OF the heart. which was aggra-
waited by a severe attack of bronchitis.
Her age prevented her from rallying
from the attacks Her daughter. Mel
lie Grant SaTtoris, was the only one of
her children with her at the time of her
death, her three sons who had been
summoned here, all being out OF the
city.
There were also present at the bed
side when the end came Miss Rose
Mary SartOris. a granddaughter DR.
BISHOP, one of the attending physi-
clans, and two trained nurses. Death
was peaceful, the sufferer retaining
consciousness practically to the end.
Word has come from Jesse and U. S.
Grant, Jr, two of the SONS in Califor-
mia. that they have started on their
EaF~ to Washington. The other son,
Gen. Fred Grant. is in Texas, and he
will hasten here as soon as he receives
a message telling him of his mothers
death. The remains of Mrs. Grant will
be deposited in the tomb at Riverside
park, New York, where those of her
husband now repose. Whether the.'
will be taken there Immediately or this
ceremony will be postponed for time
could not be ascertained tonight.
Four children were born to General
and Mrs, Grant. three sons and one
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
FARMING MATTERS.
German Live Stock Exclusion.

Recently Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson was invited to attend the con-
yention of the National Live Stock
Association to be held in Kansas City
January 18th to 10th, and with the in
vitation was sent copy OF the res
olutions adopted by the association
relative to German exclusion of Amer
lean meats, reciprocity arrangements
with Canada for landing store cattle,
government encouragement for horse
breeders and other subjects OF inter
est to stockmen. In his reply, Sec
retary Wilson said:
with regard to the calling upon
Germany to remove the stigma placed
upon our live stock, | have been at
work operating through our depart
ment of state and our minister to Ger
many to have this done ever since |,
have been here. and as regards Ger
many's knowledge of the real state
of affairs there has been a German
agricultural attache at the embassy
here for the last five years, who is
thoroughly informed and has thor
oughly informed his government along
these lines. Should the Canadians
succeed in securing the privilege OF
landing store cattle, we will use every
effort to obtain a like privilege for
us.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
MOFFAT HAS MONEY TO BUILD
HIS GREAT WESTERN ROAD

ton of the railway and will let con-
tracts at once for grading the sur
veyed portion. The work of surveying
the route west of the range will be
pushed along rapidly.
THE railway will open to develop
ment and to trade with Denver mer-
chants new and rich territory not
now reached by any railway, and its
construction should be of great benefit
to all the railways now reaching Den
yer, as well as to the city itself. Yet
in making our financial arrangements
we have met with active opposition
from the strong financial combination
controlling the roads north Of Denver.
This, however, will not prevent
the building of the road. The people
OF Denver are bound together in sup
port of the enterprise by their own in
terest, and opposition of the railways
to our project will accomplish nothing
but injury to themselves.
mo set Of men is strong enough to
shut off from development rich ter
ritory larger than the state Of Penn
sylvania, nor to bottle up and control
the trade and growth of a city like
Denver
Mr.. Moffat was asked to confirm the
story that George ]. Gould was inter
ested in the railroad, but declined to
discuss that question. 81 have said
all want to say now" said Mr. Mof
fat
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
RAPID PROGRESS
OF PACIFIC CABLE

San Francisco. Dec. 13.-The com
mercial bodies of this city held re-
ception at the Palace hotel Thursday
in honor Of Clarence H. Mackay, G. w.
Ward, William H. Baker and Edgar c.
Bradley of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany The gentlemen are here to- Wit
ness the commencement of the laying
of the new cable between this city
and Honolulu.
Mr.. Ward in an address said;
You can fern some opinion of tho
extent of this great work. when l tell
you that the length of this cable will
be three and one-half times that of
an Atlantic cable. When this is COM
pleted our system will reach from
England and France to China, three
fourths of the distance around the
globe. And venture to predict that
we shall be able to beat Puck's proph-
ecy of girdling the earth in forty
minutes by sending message from
San Francisco in ore-fourth of that
time
The first section, now about to be
completed, will probably be completed
about Christmas day, Or say by the
first of January. The remaining sec
tions, starting from Honolulu, touch
ing at Midway and Guam, to Mayla,
5000 miles of which have already
been manufactured, will be laid and
in operation, l hope, by the first Of
June next The whole length of the
line will be about 10000 nautical
miles "
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
GERMAN AND ENGLISH SHIPS
lombard VENEZUELAN FORT

Puerto Cabello. Dec 1.-THE Brit
ssh cruiser Charybdis and the German
cruiser Vineta bombarded the fortress
here at O'Clock yesterday afternoon
and quickly silenced it. The lombard
ment lasted for forty-tive minutes. The
fortress is composed of Fort Solano
ana the Castle Libertador After the
hrlhg ceased the Charybdis sent ma
rlnes to occupy the castle.
Inc fortress was almost demolished.
IL is probable that only a few persons
were injured by the shelling The COM
mander OF Castle Libertador has been
taken prisoner. The cruisers are still
here.
AT O'Clock yesterday morning the
CharyDdls and the Vineta arrived here
searching Tor Venezuelan gunboats
Inc TWO cruisers sent their boats in
10 the inner port, but finding no gun
Doats, the boats returned The cap
taln or the British merchant steamer
lopaz, which was seized by the mob
last wednesday, then visited the Brit
,sh commodore on board the Charybdis
ana lodged protest against the viola
uon OF his ship. The British captain
returned an hour later with a detach-
ment of fifty marines, who took charge
OF the Topaz. The populace was great
~ excited at this incident and raised
the cry "to arms" but there was no
disorder
The British commodore then sent a
message to the authorities at Puerto
Cabello demanding immediate salts
faction for the action of the mob in
having hauled down the British flag
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TRIED TO ESCAPE
FROM CANON CITY

Denver, Dec. ia News special
from Canon City says
Five convicts made desperate at
tempt to escape from the penitentiary
this morning, but We're frustrated by
the vigilance of Night Captain Emile
.Stockdorf. The prisoners implicated
are James Armstrong, Harry RUSSELL
Frank ("kid'D Wallace, l. +. Din
woody and Thomas Stimson Arm
strong and Russell had succeeded in
liberating themselves from their cells,
and by using key in their possession
to the lower tier of cells in cell house
No. 8, let Wallace out.
The trio then bound and gagged
Cell House Keeper J. l.. Palmer. and
locked him in the call vacated by Wal
lace. With the cell house keeper out
of the way they forced J. F. Dinwoody
convicted Of murder at Antonito, and
committed to the penitentiary yester-
day, to join them. The bar to the rear
window of the cell house was then
sawed away, and Armstrong essayed
to drop to the ground, but the hole
being smaller than he had calculated
he was caught and was unable to eli
ther lower himself or crawl back into
the cell house, and it was in this posi-
ton, suspended between the caves and
the ground, that the night captain dis
covered him.
One of the ironclad rules at the pen
itentiary since Capt. William Rooney
was killed, is that all cell house keep
ers must ring in to the night captains
office every half-hour. Palmer's fail
ure to observe this rule caused Stock
dorf to take alarm, and he went to in
vestigate. Without taking any chance.
IF meeting the fate of Rooney, Stock
oorf turned in an emergency call tt
Deputy Warden Burkhart, who re
sponded promptly with two dozel
armed guards.
The prisoners who sought to escape
were soon cornered, and with the eX
ception of Armstrong returned tt
their cells without remOnstrance
Armstrong, however, showed fight
and was forced into his cell. where he
was kept until about O'Clock. whe1
severe chastisement was admins
tered.
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from the custom house, saying if tins
satisfaction was not forthcoming IN
two hours, at o'clock the fortress
and the custom house would be bonn
barded. On receipt of this demand the
authorities sent a message to Prefl-
dent Castro asking for instructions
committee of the merchants OF
Puerto Cabello then approached Tie
American consul here. petitioning min
! 20 intervene. The consul accepted this
mission and visited the cruisers, but
he could obtain no alteration in the
decision of the allies.
At a quarter before a reply was
received from President Castro. who
authorized the chief official here 10
give the British commodore ample sat
isfaction. Before this answer could be
communicated to the American consul
the hour stipulated for the reply ar
rived. The cruisers Immediately
opened fire on the fortress. The fire
was returned from Fort Solano and
Castle Lihertador. but the Venezuelan
guns were soon silenced. While the
firing continued there was intense eX-
element in this port Every house in
town was closed.
The people of Puerto Cabello cannot
account for this precipitate action on
the part of the allies. which they con-
slider to be proof that Great Britain
and Germany intend forcing war upon
Venezuela
The British marines propose to
make use of the cannon in Castle Lib
ertador. No damage was done to the
town. The excitement of the people
ic cuhc;lipy
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
GENERAL LEE DECLARES CUBA
SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANNEXED

New York, Dec 13.-Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee addressed the members of the Pa
tria Club last night on The United
States and Cuba" He said in part:
Cuba never was so we'll governed
by Spain as she is to-day. Congress
wearied OF the wars in Cuba and
passed resolutions recognizing the
right of belligerency of the revolution
lists. Then came the war.
Il want to say that | reported to
President Cleveland the exact condi-
ton Of affairs that existed there.
reported the rebellion, with all its bru-
talities and horrors, and told him that
it would continue for several genera
tions If not brought to a speedy end.
Mr.. Cleveland gave no attention to my
reports, and it was not until that great
man now sleeping his last sleep in
Canton, Ohio, took charge of affairs in
Washington that these atrocious con-
ditions were brought to an end.
Cuba is well worthy the attention
OF the American people. 1t is the rich
est spot on Gods green earth. Eo
country can ever rival Cuba in its
products. If we had not sacrificed wis
dom Orsentiment we would own Cuba
to-day, When We did have Cuba We
should have held onto it, but some of
the people wanted to show the world
that they were acting for humanity S
sake and not for the possession of ter
ritory.
Prior to the war with Spain, when
was consul general in Cuba, there
were repeated attempts to assassinate
me. Wherever l went | had to sit
with my back to the wall and my
hand on my siX-ShOOter. l received
twenty and thirty letters a day in
which | was threatened with all man
ner of deaths. Some threatened to
waylay and strangle me; others to
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
BANDITS LOOT A
NEW nEXICO BANK

Albuquerque, N. NJ, Dec. 13.-The
Sierra County bank at Hillsboro, a
mining town south of here, was held
up by two cowboys at 2:30 p. m. We'd
nesday and robbed of practically all
the gold and silver currency in the
vaults, said to have amounted to over
100000. News OF the robbery was
brought to Albuquerque this after
noon. Hillsboro is several miles from
railroad, the nearest point being
Lake Valley.
Two men rode up to the bank, tied
their horses and entered, when only
the manager, w. H. Bucher and bank
clerks were in the building. Each
was armed with Winchester and re-
volvers. They covered the bank en-
ployes and demanded the money in the
vaults. While one bandit stood guard
the other emptied all the gold and
currency in sight into a sack. Back
ing out, they mounted and rode rapid
ly toward the mountains, heading
north toward Kingston. They fired a
few shots behind them. but were out
of range before the bank employees
got their weapons and returned the
fire.
The bank, of which John w. collars
is president and Pennsylvania bank
ars the other stockholders. is the larg-
est banking institution in Sierra coun-
ty and does a big business with the
mining and cattle companies. Cattle
men, it il said, had just deposited
$4,000. and of this fact the bandits
evidently were cognizant. The bank
building is q substantial adobe struct-
ure, well protected. No robberies have
ever occurred in that immediate sec
ton, and the onslaught of the robbers
in broad daylight came as an entire
surprise.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19

string me up to the nearest lamp post
and still others to tie me to horses S
tai, and drag me around the streets OF
Havana. Five Spanish women called
at my Office one afternoon and banded
me letter from some Spanish ofncers
in which they threatened to come to
my Office, tie me hand and foot, put me
aboard the Maine and drive me out OF
the harbor. | received reports that
even the Cubans wanted to Kill he
because they believed that by doing so
war with the United States would
surely result.
When some of these reports were
current, a man came into my Office one
day with the purpose, as l thought, OF
killing me. He moved toward me lncn
by inch and as he came within reach
| had him covered with my gun. l
asked him what he wanted, and to my
surprise, he said, in English: I have
just come from General Gomez's camp,
suffering from wound in the thigh.
| want to leave Cuba. want to go
back to the United States | asked him
where he came from, and he said. in
the drawlicst kind of way: From Kan
sas.' That man was Gen. Frederick X.
Funston So you see | had much to do
with the latter capturing Agunaldo.
General Lee then recited the Incl
dents of the blowing up of the Maine
and told of General Blanco's action at
ter the catastrophe.
Il want to say here and for al!
time" he continued, that General
Blanco and his officers had no more
to do with the blowing up OF the
Maine than had the people OF New
York City. 1t is my belief that some
of the young officers left in the arsenal
by General Weyler blew up the Maine.
1t was they, | am sure, who planted
the mine that sent the Maine to its de-
StructiOn"
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
Silver Question in Mexico,

Mexico City, Dec. 15.-The silver
question continue to be one Of tha
great topics Of public discussion #
is now certain that the silver mlurr4
and farming classes will make anm.
mon cause against the adoption Of the
gold standard. The miners argu. thq,
silver mines in gold standard conn,
tries will have to shut down ar tia
present price of silver, while Nr\ic7,
mines can continue to be operated
also that silver mining and agriculture
are interests with more claim on IVA
protection of the government than
railroads or merchants. Meantime sll
prices are being raised and there C
much anXietey among the nld5le
classes, especially wage earnt-N ard
salaried men. The cost of living ,s
considered to be out of proportion tc
incomes.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
Reciprocity Treaty Signed.

Havana, Dec. 13-A definite treaty
of commercial reciprocity between
Cuba and the United States was
signed at II o'clock Thursday night
by General Bliss and Secretaries lal-
do and Montes. 1t lacks only the sig
natures of Secretary Hay and Senor
Quesada and the approval of the Unit
ed States and Cuban Senates to make
it operative.
Although the treaty provides for a
uniform reduction of twenty per cent.
from the present tariff charges on Gu
ban products entering the United
States. parallel list of products has
been drawn up in which is set forth
the reduction of each item made by
Cuba and the United States respec-
lively. 1t is impossible now to make
any material change in this list.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
Maneuvers of the Fleet.

Washington. Dec. 13. - Admiral
Dewey. in a cablegram received at the
Navy Department to-day, dated San
Juan, December 18th. announces the
progress of the fleet maneuvers by
the combined squadrons under his
command. The cablegram follows:
"The combined squadrons are now
assembled off Culebra. engaged in
maneuvers. The search problem is
completed. the squadrons under Rear
Admiral Sumner having been success
full
Forty men-of-war are participating
in the exercises. The operations are
being E-atched by official representa-
tives from the Navy and War De-
partments and will continue until
some time in January.
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
Philippine Trade Advancing.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE Bureau
of lnsular Affairs of the War Depart
ment has issued the following com
parative summary of the commerce of
the Philippine islands for the seven
months ending July 81, 1902, and 1901,
The total value of merchandise, eX-
elusive of gold and silver. imported
during the seven months ended July
81, 1902, was $l9,3lO ,437. as against
81, ,132 ,20o for the same period of
1901. The principal increase in 1902
was in foodstuffs, the purchase of rice
alone exceeding the figures for 1901
by nearly Sl.500.000. -
The Grit-advocate., 1902-12-19
Boodler Gets Four Years.

st. Louis, Dec. 13.-John H. Schnet-
tier. former member of the House of
Delegates, was yesterday convicted Of
bribery in connection with the Sub
urban franchise deal and given four
years in the peniteA Nary. This is the
ninth Doodle case dix >osed of thus far.