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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-12-15

from the Cliff House heights to the
Waikiki beach is coiled in the three
tanks OF the ship. The main tank is
fifty-three feet in diameter by thirty
two feet deep, the after tank slignlly
smaller and the forward tank is only
forty-six feet across. In each of the
tanks is hollow cone, in which is
stored extra lengths, and around these
the cable itself is wound tightly. In
this way the 4,S07 tons is stored. ready
to be unwound and paid out to find it's
resting place on the bottom OF the sea-
During the two and a half months
of sea voyage the engineer in chief of
the cable laying expedition, Henry
Benest, occupied a portion of his day
in sending messages to himself from
one end Of the great line to the other,
SO that he was in constant assurance of
! the fact that the conductor was with
out flaw Even with this experience,
there were two tests made before the
laying proper begun, the last one TAX
ing place just before the ship went to
sea for the trip. The extra length OF
314 miles of cable, above the surface
distance from San Francisco to this
city, will provide the cable which will
rine mountains, as well as furnish the
/ length which will be stored in the
tank here for use in repairing possible
breaks which may occur in the line.
| The cable will continue in control of
the makers for two months after it is
laid before it is turned over to the
Pacific Commercial Cable Company.
The officials of the cable company
were on their way to San Francisco to
be present at the laying of the cable
when the Zealandia sailed. In the
party were Clarence H. Mackay,
president; George G. Ward, vice pres
ident and general manager; w. H.
Boxer and E. C. Bradley vice presi-
dents of the Postal Telegraph Com
pany. These gentlemen were expected
to reach San Francisco the day after
the ship sailed and there were steps
being taken by all the commercial bod
les of that city to make the day of
commencing work memorable one.
It was arranged that there should be a
reception at the Palace Hotel on
Thursday last.
The shore end of the cable, being the
One-third mile which extends from the
cable house on the cliff to the waters
edge, was landed from the Silvertown,
as well as the instruments for working
and testing the cable, on the day after
the vessel arrived, and this was at once
taken out and put in place, ready for
the connection.
Collector Stratton of San Francisco
decided that he would collect duty of
As per cent ad valorem, at the rate Of
IL cents pound on the four leagues
OF the cable which will extend from the
shore on the line to Honolulu. 1t is
thought that the same rule will apply
here.
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Silvertown Sailed Saturday From
San Francisco Laying the
Sea Line.
Local Officials Expect the Ship to Arrive Here
About acknowledgements Here
Practically Completed.

I'VE shall commence to look for the
Silvertown with the cable On Christmas
day.
According to the calculations of the
Commercial Cable officials, as indicated
by the mail received yesterday by Su-
perintendent Gaines, and by the verbal
reports of Messrs. Percy j. Harwood
and S. Macmichael, who arrived to
take posts on the staff of the local Of
fetal, the ship bearing the connecting
strands left San Francisco on Saturday,
December 13, and will take something
in the neighborhood of two weeks to
make the journey.
The great vessel with 2,413 nautical
miles of deep sea cable in it's tanks
arrived at San Francisco December 4,
and at once went to anchorage, where
reitting operations were commenced
Immediately. These were expected to
take about eight days and when the
Zealandia sailed, two days later, the
date set for departure was the end of
the following week. The operators who
arrived in the local steamer did not
visit the ship, but they were given the
same date, and the letters to the local
superintendent were of such nature
that he expressed his opinion as to the
date of arrival in the sentence quoted
above.
Meanwhile, everything here progress
es favorably and there will not be a
hitch in the preparations for the i'm
mediate working of the line. once the
long expected conductor arrives and is
connected with the land wires. The un-
derground line has now reached a
point within $500 feet of the station at
Waikiki, and the progress is rapid,
indeed. Yesterday fast work was done
to make up for the delays which were
caused by the rains, the longest section
of the entire distance being pulled in
during the morning. This was 957
feet, which means nearly 4,400 pounds
in the two cable lengths which are
placed in the pipe. The splicing work
is the most seriously hampered by the
rains, and arrangements have now been
made for the putting up Of tents over
the manholes, so that the experts will
be able to work right along, despite the
weather.
The Silvertown arrived at San Fran
cisco at noon on Thursday, December
4, seventy five days from London. The
cable which is to span the distance
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SUGAR NOW
FOUR CENTS
Very Strong Market in
All the World
Centers.

Four cents is now the price of centrif-
ugal sugars, according to private ad-
vices which were received in the Zea-
landia. The fact comes, as have re-
cent advices of advances, in a mere
postscript and no particulars are known
as to the extent of the sale which made
the quotation. One Honolulan now on
the coast added to his letter simply the
words: -Four cents; strong"
Williams, Dimond & Company writing
to F. A. Schaefer & Company say that
refined advanced forty points on De-
cember 4th. This letter dated Decem-
Der 5th gives the basis for Hawaiians
as 3.95c as created by the reported sale
of 4500 tons on December g. This makes
the San Francisco price 3.575c. The
London beet market shows advances
from November 18th, when the rate was
Is. 3d., until on December 5th the price
was SIS. 2Ad. The London cable advices
place December beets at rs. lloyd, as
against rs. Sd. for the corresponding
period of last year.
The sugar stocks in all countries of
the worldm as of November 9th, were
1,974, ,213 tons, an increase of 530,674 tons
over last year. The sugar crops of the
world are estimated at 3,742,000 tons
cane, shortage of 145.00O tons; Euro
pean beets, 5,73O,OO0 tons, decrease OF
1, 1856 03S tons; United States beets, 1885,
600 tons, an increase OF 1884 tons over
last campaign, total production 9,66S,000
tons, a decrease of 1,23O,6SO tons. The
markets the world over are strong and
further advances are expected. The
latest estimates are that the European
crop has been damaged five per cent
by the November weather.
1t is now estimated that the total
visible supply at the close of the pres
ent sugar year, October 1st, 1908, viii
be 800, 900 tons, which is considered very
low as the total consumption now is
100000 tons year.
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Ends snan,sh Fleet.

MANILA, December 4.-Captain
Pershing has located what is left OF
a feet of small gunboats which the
Spaniards sank in Lake Lanao, Island
of Mindanao, in 1898 While returning
from nigan to Camp Wears friendly
Moros guided the captain to a point
where some portions Of the wrecks
were visible. An effort will probably
be made to raise the vessels.
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BIG MONEY
WANTED FOR
HAWAII

WASHINGTON, December 13.-The
Secretary of the Treasury TRANSMITTED
to Congress today estimates of the ap-
propriations desired by Hawaii for the
fiscal year 1904. They include items
for lighthouses at Makapua, Kahului
Puma, Kailua, Kawaihae, Mahukona
and Kalaekalau, aggregating S750000;
s250,000 for dredging Honolulu harbor;
100000 for a breakwater at Hilo;
100000 for a Federal building at Hilo;
s150,O00 for public building site al
Honolulu; s15O,O0O for lighthouse
tender, and s250,OO0 for revenue cut
Ter
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CONTINUED on page 3D.
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New Spanish Cabinet.

MADRID, Dec. s.-King Alfonso to-
day charged Silyela to form Con-
servative Cabinet to succeed the Sagas-
ia Ministry, which resigned on Wed
nesday.
The Cortes will be dissolved, the King
having consented to issue decree tc
that effect before Christmas.
Senior Silvela is busy comforting with
his supporters.
The portfolio Of war has been offered
to General Linares. who was wounded
at the battle OF Santiago and who wa:
Minister of War in 1900.
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JOHN BARRETT
TO SUCCEED BUCK
Former Envoy TO Siam Will Be
New Minister to
Japan.

WASHINGTON, December 6.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt today authorized the Of
fetal announcement to be made that he
would nominate John Barrett of Ore
gon to be United States minister to
Japan, to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Alfred E. Buck
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Traffic in the eastern states is demon
allied because of heavy storms.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-27
PELEE CAUSES PANIC.
Residents of Fort de France Are
Badly Scared.
ANOTHER ERUPTION TAKES PLACE
1t Lasts But n Short Time and Quiet
Is Soon Restored - American
Sailors at ST. Pierre Have
a Narrow Escape.

Fort de France, May 21.-Tuesday
morning at half-past five, thick,
heavy cloud, lit up by flashes OF
lightning and the rising sun, rose
from Mont Pelee. The people of
Fort de France at once became panic
stricken, and in scant attire rushed
excitedly through the streets of the
town. Stones from the volcano as
big as hazelnuts fell in the streets.
Many of the inhabitants hurriedly
embarked on the vessels in the har-
Dor, and it was with difficulty that
they were eventually treasured. At
seven o'clock, however, the excite
ment was over and the people be-
came calm. The phenomenon was
similar to the eruption of Thursday
May s, but not so severe.
Flee from PeIee's Fury.
Fort de France, Island of Martinique,
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gust before the real fight comes, for
the law gives the defendants that
much time, and when it does come it
will be upon questions Of law and
not upon questions of fact.
The firms against which the tenn
porary injunction stands are: Ar
mour & Co., Swift & Co., the Cudahy
Packing company, Nelson Morris &c
Co., the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
company, the Hammond Packing
company. Two subordinate compa-
MES, the Armour Packing company
and the G. II. Hammond company, are
also enjoined, as are some 80 of the
owners, officials and employees of the
companies.
Kansas City, Mo-, May 21.-Judge
John w. Henry in the circuit court
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May 19.-The expedition sent to re-
cover the bodies of the American and
British consuls at st. Pierre Monday,
nearly resulted in a fearful horror.
The vessels taking part in the expedi-
ton were the United States steamer
Potomac and the British cruiser In
defatigable. The Potomac, under the
command of Lieut.. Benjamin B. Nc
Cormick, arrived there first, at IL
o'clock in the morning, and landed
working parties. One party went to
the site Of the American consulate,
and the other, headed by Lieut.. McCor-
mick, went to the north end of the
town, to the spot where the British
consulate stood, from where the lieu
tenant could see Mont Pelee, and no.
ticed that huge column of smoke and
gas was pouring out of the crater, in
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the historic occasion. The chamber
is to-day exactly as it was when the
Spaniards departed, except that the
portraits of the captains general,
which hung upon its walls, are gone.
They were taken back to Spain, but
coat-of-arms of Spain, with their
royal quarterings, still hang above
the windows, which are screened by
the same scarlet curtains that were
hanging during the Spanish regime.
Ceremony of Transfer.
The ceremony itself was brief and
simple. After formal greetings, Gen.
Wood read the documentary transfer
prepared by the war department,
pledging the new government to i'm
mediately proclaim the constitution,
and the Plat amendment contained in
the appendix, and to undertake all OBJ
legations assumed by the United
States, with respect to Cuba, by the
treaty of Paris.
The PrOclamatiOns.
Proclamation "B" is issued by Gen. Wood
as military governor. ItNrecites in due form
that the Cuban congress convened in Ha-
L,
certified to the election of the senators and
representatives now in the congress and
also found Thomas Estrada Palma and
Cuba Luis Esteves Romero to have been
elected respectively president and vice
president of the republic; that on May 20
at noon the Cuban constitution will go into
effect, and the occupation of Cuba by the
United States and the military government
of the island will cease.
Proclamation &c" simply declares the
new constitution to be in full force after
the date thereof and recites its provisions.
Then comes proclamation 3D. by Gen.
Wood to the president and congress of the
republic of Cuba, in which he declares the
formal transfer of the government from
the United States to the duly elected rep
resentatives of the people of Cuba. The
assumption by Cuba of all the obligations
incurred by the United States with respect
to Cuba Is declared, and the carrying out
of the plans already devised for the sani-
tation of the cities of the island according
to the provisions of the constitution is
emphasized. The presidents letter then
follows:
white House, Washington, D. c., May
TO- 19o2.-To the President and Congress of
the Republic of Cuba-Sirs: On the 10Th
of this month the military governor of
Cuba will, by my direction, transfer to you
the control and government of the island
of Cuba, to be thenceforth exercised I'M
der the provisions of the constitution adopt
ed by your constitutional convention as on
that day promulgated; and he will there
upon declare the occupation of Cuba by
the United States to be at an end
"At the same time l desire to express to
you the sincere friendship and good wishes
of the United States, and our most earnest
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-27
PACKERS ENJo1NED.
to Control Prices-Injuncfion
Is Temporary.


Chicago, May 21.-The six great
packing houses that together control
60 per cent. of the meat business
of the United States have been en-
joined from continuing any combina-
ton or agreement by which prices
are fixed or trade is restrained.
Judge Grosscup, in the United States
circuit court Tuesday afternoon, at
the request of the government, en-
tered the order for temporary in
junction. The packers made no OPP
position to it, except in some par
ticular details, and through their
counsel, John S. Miller, they an
nounced that they were not yet
ready for the battle. 1t will be Au-
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In Congress.

Washington, May 21.-The senate
again discussed the Philippine meas
ure on Tuesday, Senators Bacon (Ga.)
and Hoar (Mass.) criticising, and Sem
ator Foraker CO., defending the ac-
ton of the military authorities i'll
concentrating the inhabitants of the
islands into camps. The omnibus pub
lie buildings bill was reported. 1t
carries net increase over the house
measure of 1855, 700, making the ag-
gregate appropriation $2O,941,1 $50.
The house on Tuesday instructed it's
conferees on the military appropri-
alton bill against the proposed in
crease of the appropriation for mill
tary posts from $3,ooo,Ooo to 4,ooO,-
600.
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turned over his authority to his Cuban
successor and sailed away with the
American cavalry which had been in
garrison there.
Where New Republic Was Born
In the audience chamber of the
palace the actual transfer oc-
Cured. 1t is an imposing room,
oblong, with lofty ceiling and mar
BILE floor. 1t formed a fine setting for
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the storm new craters opened in Mont

the storm new craters opened in Mont
Pelee.
Favorable Wind Saves the Ships.
Fortunately the wind kept the
clouds of smoke and gas from envelop~
ing the American and British war
ships, or the working party.
The GOODNESS and courage of the
American sailors were most note
worthy.
The volcanic mountain is apparent
ly in greater activity and the escape
of the war vessels, and particularly of
the shore party, was exceedingly mar
row
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persons and then committed suicide
in lonely farm house of William
Wilkinson, near Hastings, thriving
settlement, IS miles from this city,
at three o'clock Monday morning.
The dead are:
William Wilkinson, aged So; Mrs. Wilkin-
son. his wife; Miss Abitha Mccullough,
aged 10; Miss Wilkinson, sister of William
Wilkinson; one child; William Austin. the
murderer and suicide. aged %.
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Teacher killed,

Minneapolis, Mimi, May PA spe-
cial to the Times from Alexandria,
Mimi, says: A storm resembling a
tornado destroyed the schoolhouse
situated about one mile south of Bran
don, in this county, about one o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, killing the teach
er, Miss Ida Hanson, and iniuring sew,
eral of the pupils.
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roof of the palace, where he was ac-
corded great reception. Gen. Wood
personally lowered the American col
ors, which were saluted, and with his
own hands hoisted the Cuban flag,
as an act of the United States, Gomez
assisting.
Gen. Wood and his staff and the
American troops embarked immedi-
ately after the hosting of the Cuban
flag, and the American ships steamed
out of the harbor.
At the time the transfer took place
in Havana, Gen. Whitside, at Santiago,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-27
Illinois G. A. n

Rock Island, H., May 21.-The thir-
ty-ffth annual encampment of the
Illinois G. A. R. and auxiliary societies
opened Tuesday night with recep--
ton camp fire at the Illinois theater.
Mayor Knox delivered an address Of
welcome, and Commander n. B. This
tlewood and Judge Cochran, of Sulli-
van, responded.
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Pelee sim Active.

Paris, May 2o.-Gov. L'Huerro, of
Martinique, has cabled to the colonial
minister, NJ. Decrais, announcing that
Mont Pelee continues to throw up i'm
mense quantities of cinders, which,
owing to change in the direction of
the wind, are now covering the south
ern districts of the island. Violent ex-
plosions have been heard at LeCarbet.
Situation In st. Vincent.
Washington, May 20. = Secretary
Hay has received the following cable
gram from United States Consul S. A.
McAllister, at Barbados, w. L., dated
Monday:
Sixteen hundred deaths St. Vincent:
1000 destitute. Immediate wants supplied.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-27
CoInmitted Suicide.

Fond du Lac, Wis, May 2O.-Miss
Jessie Mcneil, daughter of DR.. j. h.
Mcneil, member of the state board
of health, committed suicide Monday
by shooting herself. Miss Mcneil was
a trained nurse, and recently returned
from Chicago broken down under the
strain of a serious case she had been
attending.
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here Tuesday issued a temporary or
der, at the request of Attorney Gem
eral Crow, restraining Nelson Morris
& Co., packers, from fixing the price
of meats or from working in conjunc-
ton with the beef trust. so-called.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-27
Blind Chaplain Hurt

Washington, May 21.-Blind Chap
lain Milburn, of the senate, was
struck by a runaway horse attached
to a buggy as he was leaving the cap
itol Tuesday, just after offering the
prayer at the opening of the ses-
sion. The large toe of one foot was
cut off and several of the other toes
badly injured,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-05-27
Two Outlaws killed.

: Middlesboro, Ky, May pa bloody
fight between Sheriff Broadwater, of
Scott county, Va, and the Wright gang
of outlaws, took place in the noun
tains of Vancock county, Tenn. Two
outlaws, John Vansant and John Tenn
pleton, were killed.
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Nine Drowned

London, May 2o.-Nine English tour
lists, including four women and four
eoatmen, were drowned Sunday by the
upsetting of boat on the lakes of Kill
larney, county Kerry, ireland, during
squall.
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BODIES FOUND
IN THE RUINS.
Remains Of United States Consu
Prentis Recovered.
Governor of Martinique Reports Pc
lee Still In EruptiOn-Hay Re-
ceIves News of Situation In
Island of st. Vincent.

Fort de France, May 20. = The
American and English officers, who
have been searching the ruins of ST.
Pierre for the bodies of the United
States and British consuls and their
families, have found the remains of
Mr.. Prentis. the American represent
ative, and the members of his family.
They will be brought to Fort de
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Aid needed for six months, This anthem
''c' Direct. an 1nou,ry

Directs an Inquiry.
Washington, May 2O.-The following
statement was given out at the white
house Monday:
ION Saturday. Immediately on receiving
Consul Ayme's dispatch the president di-
rected the secretaries Of war and the navy
to inquire and report as to the true condi-
tion of affairs in Martinique and st. Vim
cent. These reports will be made public
as soon as received. All the supplies and all
the money subscribed hitherto have been
urgently needed, but until further informa-
ton is received 1t is deemed best that the
receipt of subscriptions be suspended.n
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Many Horses Perish.

Milwaukee, May 19.-One hundred
and two thoroughbred horses were
killed early Sunday morning by the
burning of the Andrew Uchlein stock
farm, near Racine. Mr.. Uchlein is
one of the leading officers in the
Schlitz Brewing company and raised
fine breeds of horses on his country
place. The fire was caused by light
ming.
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A LOVERS CRIME.
Austin Kills Himself and Four
Other Persons.

St. Augustine, Fla, May 2o.-Crazed
by his infatuation for little Abitha
Mccullough, a 13-year-old girl, William
Austin, killed the girl, and four other
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to a d document, as
president of the
Cuban republic,
a + t e r an ex-
change of con-
gratulations, and
the veteran gen
eral, Gomez, as
cended to the
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France on warship, where Mr.. Prem
tbs will be buried with military hon
,0rs
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manner similar to the eruption of
Max 10
Warns Searching Party.


He thereupon rushed to the site of
the American consulate and ordered
all hands to the boats. The American
sailors picked up a heavy, metallic
coffin, in a wood case, containing the
remains of the United States consul,
Thomas L. Prentis, and carried it to a
boat. The American party was in i'm
minent danger.
British Warship Flees.
In the meanwhile the Indefatigable
had arrived off ST. Pierre, but left the
shore, heading for the sea, blowing
her siren. AT that time huge stream
of molten matter was pouring into
the sea, raising columns of steam, and
the whole sea was hideous, having
turned yellow-green color, while
what was apparently smoke was rush
ing from the mountain. The detona-
tons were continuous and were aa-
companied. by a fearful storm of light
ming, thunder and rain. The flashes
| were of terrific violence, and. during