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The Washington times., 1904-12-25
Ielegraphic Unity of American Territory
Has Been Obtained by Completion
of Notable Feat in
Engineering.
Engineering.

TX YITH the laying of the Sitka-
NM Valdez cable in the northern
waters Of the Pacific the
Signal Corps of the United
states Army has completed a giant teIe-
graphic chain which rivals the greatest
feats of electrical engineering the world
has seen BY this chain rnessa ees are
flashed 3,625 miles, from the northwest
ern border of the United States proper
TO frozen Cape Nome. Nome, with
which all communication has ceased in
other years from early fall to following
summer, except by means of dog sleds
Now Nome, hitherto in the outer dark
ness for the greater part OF the year.
through this slender but wonderful
thread is in constant touch with the live
and busy world The teiegrapflic uuitv
cf American territory on this continent
fs an accomplished fact
The four systems by which electric
waves have been harnessed and made to
DO duty as mans messenger have been
used in the chain which has recently
been completed. Submarine cables. wire
less telegraph, the telephone, and the
telegraph all play their part This vast
complex system has been built entirely
by the Signal Corps. Its present sue
cess is due 10 the tireless energy and
persistence of Gen. A w. Greely.
chief signal officer, largely through
whose influence the work has been nm
dertaken, and ability of the officers in
whose charge the work has been.
New Field for Americans.
Net only has much needed service
been established but new field of in
dustry has been opened TO Americans
Before, the construction, installation
and operation of long submarine cables
has been trusted to foreign skill and en-
sineering. British skill has accom-
plished wonderful results along this line
and It was thought that cell would be
made for help from the other side of the
Atlantic. But for several reasons it
was thought advisable TO depend upon
American skill and manufactures
When the first appropriations for the
laying Of the Alaska cable were made In
1903, Col. James Allen and Major Edgar
Russell were selected for the work
Both had had previous experience in
cable laying in the Philippine Islands,
and have capable general knowledge
Of electrical engineering. Colonel Allen
N assuming command personally applied
himself to such technical and executive
work as was necessary 10 make the |
enterprise success. He intrusted nearly |
III of the theoretical work to Major
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:. A MISSING SHOE :.

That sounds good says Tom III
do it,
THE next morning there was fear
full row when lower s got up He was
big, broad-shouldered Mississippian and
he got his finger on the push button in
a hurry Tom pretended not 10 hear the
bell, but pretty soon the big fellow came
stamping out.
Heyr he says in a voice that nearly
turned Tom white. did you shine the
shoes in lower s last nisht?'
Y-y-yessah. yessah" Tom says, I
done Shined all the shoes in the cah.
I must have shined EN-
:. Well, one of ems gone the big fel-
low says. and L want you 10 find 1t .
Tom never batted an eye, but went N
and turned the car upside down He
turned the bedding out OF all the berths.
swept the car and looked in the upper
herths. No shoe.
= Seems TO be gone, boss he said. at
length.
-sThe Mississipp.an fixed him with a
cold eye
Fixed Him With a Cold Eye.
g Have you any idea how that shoe
could get out of here? he demanded
We'll, saa says Tom. they was
two ladies got of at Water Valley
bout ; o'clock this mornin' an they
both had these here long, trailin' skirts
en- Now, I often heard how they could
sweep a shoe out of car that away
Il guess that's what happened 10
mine the big fellow says, but I've got
TO get off at Harrodsburg to meet my
mother Now, here's s. When we stop
TO change engines at Barr Junction you
luck up 10 the town and get me pair
of wide No. rs Don't lose any time,
now.
Tom chased up and got the shoes and
tlsey lifted all right and the MisslSsip-
plan gave him a quarter for going
When the big fellow was gone at Har-
rodsburg I cornered my porter.
We'll. you got out of that scrape
pretty lucky. 1 said to him
-Lucky?' he says Why, nah good
ness, man. you don't know half of it.
Them were doliah an a half shoes
done bough' him. Chicago News.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
that ADA REHAN STATUE.

Visitors to the Coiumblals@Ess,xensitio
at Chicago twelve years ago will recall
the $50, coo statue OF the ideal Montana,
for which Miss Ada Rehan was report
ed 20 be the model The value C the
pure silver in the statue and pure gold
Il. the base was widely advertised. After.
undergoing many viciSsitudes the statue
has been broken up in a little Ohio town
and has been found TO be a very super
ion specimen of silver and gold plating.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Washington times., 1904-12-25

Russell, Who drew the specifica tions for
the manufacture of the cable 1t was
Major Russell also who organized the
all important inspection work which was
done by the electrical engineers of the
Signal Corps.
The cable designed by Major Russell.
in contrast TO the gutta percha trans
atlantic cables, is made with a seamless
rubber covering. This was an idea of
General Greely, and has proved of re-
markable value. In addition to being
less expensive in its original cost. it
has been found to have a transmitting
power greater by 25 per cent than was
rnathematically calculated on the basis
of the transatlantic cables. The cable
had to be manufactured in New Jersey
and then transported around Cape Horn
10 the scene of action, a distance of
about L, 900 miles
Laying of Sitka -Junau Cable.
Detailed for the laying of these Alaska
cables was the cable ship the Burn
side. This hardy, hard-looking craft had
been especially fitted for the work in
hand, and had been used In the Far
East for similar work. At the time the
can was made for her she was in China
undergoing repairs. having gone there
from the Philippine Islands. No time
was lost in bringing the ship across the
Pac1hc, and such energy and ability
were displayed that the frs section of
cable, that from Sitka to .5unau. was
laid by the I'd of October, 1903. On ac-
count of the delay in the transporta-
ton of the cable from the place of man
ufacture, it was impossible TO complete
the Sitka-Seattie section that fall. but
40 miles OF cable were laid southwark
from Sitka and the end buoycd In 600
fathoms of water
The following winter the Burnside was
again needed In the Philippines to make
some repairs on the cable lines there
and was unable to take up the work In
Alaskan waters until June, 1904 Since
that time the work has been pushed
rapidly, and the Sitka-Seattie section, in
spite OF a series of severe gales, was
completed in the latter part of August.
This section. which is 1,o70 miles long,
was at once thrown open to public use
and has operated more successfully than
even the most sanguine had hoped.
There remained only the Sitka-yaIdey
section to lay to complete the ps4rt
which the submarine cable plays In the
system reaching from Nome to Seattle.
The cable for this section WAS on hand.
For with the idea that a delay similar
to that experienced the year before in
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Private Enterprise May Enter Field.

Talking about the race problem,
said the retired Pullman conductor,
though nobody had been talking about
! it. Il had a colored porter on my run
dewn through the South one year that
was a wonder.
II think 1 must have met hiE1," said
the cigar salesman. ION my last trip
South the porter took half a dollar from
me to buy a box of cigarettes at way
station, brought back - cents change
and eyed me until L gave il 10 him. He
charged 80 cents a pint for bottled beer
and wanted a dime every time he walk
ed across the buffet car with a fresh
bottlef'
No, that was not the same porter,
said he retired Pullman conductor, al
though Tom. my porter, had his own
peculiar abilities in that line, too We
were sailing along through lower Mis-
sissippi after midnight one night and
Tom was sittinp in the washroom shin
ing the shoes of the passengers He had
bad feet and had taken off his own
shoes.
ssAH os a sudden the train stopped at
an unaccustomed place and I told Tom
to Jump out and see what was the mat
ter. 1t had been raining heavily and he
looked out obviously at the muddy
ground and then looked down at his
stoekinsed feet
1t done look pretty bad out yondah,
boss Tom says, but III so out ef you
wants me to-
with that he picked up big pair of
shoes belonging to a passenger, slipped
them on and jumped into the darkness.
In few minutes the train started up
and forgot all about Tom"
Il suppose you pitched in and shined
the rest of the shoes for him. suggest
ed the cigar salesman
NO, but in few minutes after we
started ne came clumping in TO where I
was. looking worried.
In an Awful Box.
says, an dean know what to do bout
it
What's the matter, Tom I asked.
Wen, sah.' he says. when I jumped
off back theah 1 done put on big pair
of shoes belongin' TO lower an when
she started up / made a quick run and
one O. them shoes done stuck in the
mud
He held out the remaining shoe and
looked at it ruefully,>
What do you s'pose 1 better doT' he
asked.
a. Why. there's only one thing 20 Go.
shape, put II under the berth and bluff
1t out in the morning. Tell him you
don't know anything about his shoe
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
Cable System Completed in October.

ton.
Cable System Completed in October.
In order to increase the number OF
thoroughly trained officers in cable
work, the laying OF the valdez-Sitka
section was intrusted entirely to the
control of Major Russell, who had up
to that time beep charged with the
theoretical work, while Colonel Allen
had taken care of the actual laying of
the cable. With the Burnside crammed
to its utmost capacity with cable, Major
Russell sailed from Seattle, September
is. Both cable tanks and part of the
hold of the ship were filled with coils,
which, when Strengthened out, measured
some $50 miles 1t was feared that the
laying of the cable could not be COM
pieted If part were left at Seattle. thus
necessitating return to that port be-
fore the last bit could be put down. The
Burnside having laid the Fort Liscum-
Valdez section, left Valdez September %.
Early in October the other end of the
cable was landed at Sitka and the cable
system of southeastern Alaska COM
pleted-
AS in all new enterprises and pioneer
movements there have been grave diff
ficulties to be met and overcome There
have been lardships and dangers to url-
dergo. Probably, no more hazardous
work has ever been attempted than the
laying of the cables from Valdez to
Sitka, and from Sitka to Seattle Strong
currents. ioebergs, storms by which the
Pacific often gives the lie to its name.
made the operations difficult in the ex-
treme. A series of severe gales in the
past summer delayed operations. anS
sometimes endangered the cable and the
ship itself.
Picking Up the Cable.
The most dangerous part of tae work
lay in the picking up Of the cables,
attending 10 such repairs as was neces-
sary, ana buoying the ends, or making
connections with those ends already
buoyed- These operations called for cool
nerve and skill. Whenever 1t was found
to be necessary to repair part of the
cable already laid, a long steel bite,
like the dogs used in log
ging with a skidder, and steel wire ma
was lowered from the Burn
side and dragged along under the water
un ill the cable was located. The rope
holding the bite was then rolled up, and
the cable brought to the surface. This
meant exciting work for the cable
nan1s Lowered from the vessel by
mems of a rope chair, thev hung sns-
perded between the water and the deck.
If there was a heavy sea running they
hs d TO Work swinging back and forth
like the pendulum of some huge clock.
Steel saws We're passed to the men Sc
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
SLI PIPING A BUOY

| the cable was laying For the heat
generated by the friction of the sliding
| cable was as great as the heat general
ed by an 1S-horse power engine If
/ the flow of water had ceased for
minute the brakes would have been on
fire.
The Burnside met with a second Sc
rious accident on a trip through the so
called inside passage, which is formed
| by the islands of the coast OF south
eastern Alaska Through a section of
this passage called Seaman's Narrows,
| the tide runs at the rate of twelve
miles an hour 1t was night when the
Burnside entered the narrows, and the
| tide was running strong. When part
way through this hazardous pass the
| ship ran hard upon a rock, which lies
near the middle of the channel, and
only a few feet below the surface of the
| water 1t was a hard blow, and stove
| Dig hs. in the craft. but the Burnside
was constructed TO stand hard knocks
and she survived this one, though laid
up 5or repairs again.
As far as the military administration
Of the army is conctn ned the Alaskan
telegraph system is now complete. The
entire construction includes 2,osT miles
of cable, 1439 miles OF land lines, and
wireless system I07 miles long, which
operates across Norton Sound. between
Nome and St Michael The wireless sys-
TEN, which was installed by Capt. L. D.
Wildham, has proved OF great practical
value. 1t has daily and uninterruptedly
transmitted the entire teiegraphic bust
ness OF Seward Peninsula In one af-
terncon 56o0 words were exchanged be-
tween Safety Harbor and St. Michael.
Private Enterprise May Enter Field.
So far the field of telegraphie opera
tions in Alaska has been left almost
exclusively to the army. But the Signal
Corps has shown what can be done
there, and Il is believed that the time is
not far distant when private enterprise
Will render it possible for the army to
The Washington times., 1904-12-25

the transportation of the cable to
Alaskan waters might again occur. pro-
vision had been made to TRANSPORT the
last 80 miles of cable across the con-
tinent by rail. This was done, and as
far as could be determined the cable
suffered no injury from rail transporta-
finn
The Washington times., 1904-12-25
Tremendous. Friction.

AS the cable was laid IL uneoiled from
about a huge cone Large wooden and
leather brakes prevented it from paying
out too fast. In order TO prevent the
destruction of the brakes a constant
flow of water was kept on them while
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19

from the bears-they who had been
fighting Sully and the bull clique for
months. Hats were thrown into the
air to fall where they would, and be
trampled upon by the stampede for the
pit that came moment later Coats
were torn by frantic brokers in their
mad efforts to unload their holdings
and chairs and camp stools were dash
ed into the pit to emphasize some wild
brokers offer to sell. Messengers
soon we're rushing in and out of the
building with orders to sell or buy;
telephone booths were besieged and
telegraph offices were flooded with dis
patches. ~ - .. ...
Outside the Cotton Exchange ap-
pearances gave little indication of the
pandemonium within until the messen-
gers began to rush between the ex-
change and the brokers Offices. Soon
the news reached the stock, produce
and coffee exchanges; and traders on
these markets fastened to the scene OF
the panic. Crowds assailed the en-
trance to the visitors gallery; but a
double guard was placed at the doors
and admittance was refused to all but
those accompanied by members. 80.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19
FOR BALTIMORE SUFFERERS.

Annapolis, Md, March Io.-The bill
appropriating $25o,ooo of state funds to
relieve the destitution caused by the
late Baltimore fire was passed by the
state senate. 1t had already passed the
house Of delegates, and win now be
enrolled and signed by Governor War
field, in order that these funds may be
avail liable to alleviate the wants OF the
needy. A meeting of the committee,
which will control the distribution of
this fund, consisting OF the governor,
comptroller and treasurer OF the state
and the chairman of the finance COM
mittee OF the senate and OF the ways
and means committee of the house OF
delegates, has been called for Monday
next, at which meeting the plan OF dis
tribution will probably be decided up
on.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19
NEBRASKA'S ADVANCE
I'll AS A DAIRY STATE

Lincoln, Neb., March Io-Fgures
gathered by the dairy interests Of the
state of Nebraska show that there has
been a wonderful increase in the busi-
ness Of handling milk from blooded
herds. 1t is claimed that the hand
separator, by which farmer sepa-
rates the cream from his milk and
feeds the latter to his calves and pigs
while it yet contains the animal heat,
IS responsible for the big decrease in
dairy work. By the latter plan, instead
Of hauling a large load Of milk from
one to ten miles to- the creamery and
then hauling the milk back to the farm
alter lit had lost its chief quality, the
great amount OF hauling is avoided,
only the cream being hauled to the
shipping station. Where, by the old
plan, from five to twenty cans we're
hauled daily, from one to three cans
are conveyed two or three times a
week.
The hand separator has worked the
revolution in which the number of ma
chimes have increased in six years from
less than 500 to 1850. With the, in
crease OF separators came a great in
crease in shipping stations. There are
now upward Of Goo Of these stations
and creameries scattered over the state;
of Nebraska With the increase in
stations came corresponding extern
sion of transportation service. This
was met by the Burlington system in
giving fast service to- Lincoln and
Omaha, and the equipment Of trains
with cars built especially for this dairy
service. s.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19
A PECULIAR SUICIDE
OCCURRED AT WILLISTON

Williston, N. D., March 1o.--John
Frowley, committed suicide here by
cutting the arteries in both arms with
case knife. After cutting himself, he
walked around town leaving trail OF
blood behind him. "a
When he was found his trousers
pockets were all bloody on account of
having had his hands in his pockets all
of the time. He was discovered in his
room, in a small shack in the south end
of town. Frowley is said to have been
on spree for several days. The coron-
er,s inquest will be held today.
Last week Frowley was on trial for
running blind pig and was found not
guilty. sg..., h &. .s
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19
PAWNED HER HUSBAND.

Warsaw, Russian Poland, March To-
A peasant woman Of Bielastochek, in
the government of Wilma, wishing to
raise some money for household ex-
penses, went to an old maid who made
small loans to friends. She had moth
ing TO pawn, but at last thought Of her
shift1ess husband, and suggested that
lie be the pledge. The money lender
consented and the money was adj
yanced.
The peasant woman made her pur-
chases, and on returning home found
her husband gone. The money lender
had been there and taken away the
husband, with whom she was preparing
10 take 4 long Journey
The wife complained to the village
court, but the judge decided against
her and. ais the sum borrowed was
more than she could pay back and as
no one would 60 TO her rescue, she had
the modification Of seeing her husband
depart with his captor mid the cheers
and laughter Of the town people.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19
FIRE SCARE
AT ELIZABETH
OIL CAUGHT ON FIRE AND
CAUSED A HARD FIGHT
The Flames Were Gotten Under Com
troll by the Tugs and Fire Depart
ment and Prevented From Extending
to Adjoining Structures. S"7

New York, March Io.-Three STAN
dard Oil Co. tugs and the entire fire
department OF Elizabeth, N. J., are
fighting TO prevent a spread OF oil fire
which caused loss estimated at $780,
600 and threatens the destruction of
the extensive oil works of the Borne
& Sorymser Co., at Elizabethport and
neighboring plants and lumber yards.
The fire was confined to the Bayway
refining plant and was finally extin-
glliShed
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19
AGAINST HEARST.

Washington, March AS bearing
on the prospects of the Hearst boom
in the south, one Of the most signif-
cant occurrences in the past thirty days
is letter written by Senator Alexander
S. Clay of Georgia to H. H. Cabiniss,
one of his constituents at Augusta.
After saying, I frankly admit that
We have a herculean task before us
to defeat the party in power he comes
to Hearst as follows: r.ss ..ss.# i.s
i" As to Mr.. Hearst, he is not regard
ed here by members of congress as an
available candidate Very few members
of, the house favor his nomination. /
agt sure no democratic senator, so far as
/ have heard, believes that his nofnina-
tion would be wise one. rs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19
DAN SULLY, TIE BIG
BOOMER, HAS FAILED
The an Who Has AstonisFed the World
pendEie Announced He Could Obligations
Wild Scenes the New York Exchange

New York, March Io.-Daniel Sui
ly, the cotton speculator, whose susr
pension was announced late yesterday,
said today his suspension would only
be temporary. He would not make a
further statement. 1t is said his en-
barrassment is not SO serious as first
stated.
For fifteen months Sully has been
the biggest figure in the cotton mar
kets of the world and who has ''bulled'
cotton from cents pound to over
II cents. Within a few moments after
his suspension cotton fell nearly $I3 a
bale from the highest figures of the
day.
Scenes such. as followed the an
nouncement of the failure it has been
the privilege of few brokers to wit
ness before. Traders in the street
have witnessed stock panics in pre-
yiors years; corners have been broken
and many crashes have been recorded;
but none has been accompanied by
such frenzy and confusion. x
While there had been no Fremont
ton OF the impending crash no morn
lIiE titN aSCtioOlls WttlSSoSu q lhoiS
,demoralized market. In less than ten
minutes after the opening half a cent
had been taken of! the price of cotton
Prices went up and down, 10, 20 and
so points, within two and three mir17
.utes. May opened at 1925 and sold
down TO 1875 in less than fifteen min
utes, while, July opening at 1922, went
down to 1876. IoWard the end of the
first half hour early sellers started to
cover and there was rapid advance.
There was nothing in the news to ac-
count for the excitement. 1T seemed
merely a renewal OF bear operations
and the catching of further stop orders.
Shortly after the afternoon session,
however, there was lulI in the pit,
and ait about FIVE minutes after ~
o'clock the ANNOUNCEMENT Of the sus-
pension was made by Superintendent
King, who read from the rostrum this
notice:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-03-19
EXCITEMENT INTENSE ON
NEW ORL LEANS EXCHANGE

New Orleans, March Io.-The am
.iouiicelncnt Of the failure Of Sully, the
ottoD King of. New York" created
the greatest panic ever seen on the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Prices
melted away ftnil they were So or
$Io a bale lower than the close the day
before and every moment the fear was
that local firms would 90 TO the wall.
When the panic was over and the com
mercial integrity OF the local cotton
trade was found intact, great sigh of
relief went tip from the room, al
though scores Of small operators were
wiped ont and heavy longs had lost
fortunes. 81 4. y
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CAN'T REMOVE PACKAGES.

ST. Louis, March Io.-The board Of
directors of the worlds fair pronlui-
gated an ironclad rule that no person,
no matter Of what authority, will Be
permitted to leave Tie exposition,
grounds with package Of any de-
scription without al written permit
from the management. This rule will
@be rigidly enforced until the exposition
opens, and It is stated is made to pro-
.tect exhibitors
Any person may carry package in
to the grounds, such as yalise, lunch
basket, etc, but it tcannot be carried
out without a properly signed permit.