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e the same amount in monthly instaliments thereafter, the cothpany charging 4 per cent for moneys loaned to carry the stock. As the dividend s 7 per cent, the buyer will bave the advantage of the 3 per cent d!fference. AS BY EARTHQUAKE THE GROUND OPENS AL LR A A Six or More Mine Workers Dead and People Are Warned by Breaking of Pavement HOUSES SINK 1NTO EARTH | Timbers of au Abandened Mine Give Way, Ureating Fissure, a Score Injured at Potts- ville, ¥ POTTSVILLE, Pa, Jan. 2.—By an ex- plosion at the Oak Hill colllery today six | or more mine workers were killed and & score severely burned Among the killed are: | HUGH CURRAN. PATRICK MARTIME. | MICHAEL UNDER. SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 2.—Abandoned workings of the Bddy Creek colllery of the Delaware & Hudson company, in the very heart of the town of Oliphant, caved in *his afternon and engulfed four frame bulldings, covering an aggregate ground #pace of 6,000 square feet. The mettling waa gradual and people in she affected territory escaped without being immediately endangered. A gang of men and boys who were at work in the mine oyond the fall encountered a flooded “dip™ wr depression in a vein in making their ‘#8y out by a circultous route, and had to \awim from one rise to the other. No one ther above or below ground, however, {sustained any injury. The settling began at 3 o'clock and cone tinued thirty minutes. In the intervening half hour O'Brien's three-story hotel, Mrs. | Ann Evans' doubie dwelling, Mrs. Jane | Ackerly's double store building and a one. story barber shop were ground to debria @ the yawnlug pit, with the uppermost arts of the mound forty feet below the urface. . The vein that caved is 115 feet below the sSurfree. The settling started in the street | the Millard, Just in front of the hotel property. The | B. Brooks is a New York City arrival at brick pavement was seen to bo working | the Millard. - o of the thie #Ad the telegraph poles and trees ']‘""‘dennl,'l.wr'\v:rf'h:?{“lh’:‘;";“l:;:]. s be curb were noticed to be wobbling. The | \wjiilam Deuel, - superintendent of the Jpeuse was st once apparent and the alarm . Oft for Lemisinture. STURGIS, 8. D, Jan. 2.—(Special)— Senator H. E. Perkins of the Fortieth dis- trict left on the ovening train for Plerre, where he will be in attendance at the opening of the coming legislature. Mrs. Perkins accompanied him and will remain about two weeks, when she will return. Falls to Form Combination. AKRON, 0., Jan. 2—F. M. Atterholt, who has been engaged for some time In an at- | tempt to form a combination of the paper | bag and rope paper manufacturers of the country has glven up the project. It la re- ported that the paper bag and Fope paper manufacturers of the west have organized | independently of the eastern manufac. turers, owing to the fact that the latter showed a disposition to delay matters. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. J. G. McMahon of New York City is at Colorado division of the Union Pacific, with was given to all the neighborhood. headquarters in Denver, is at the Millard Two sick gueats were removed from the ‘hotel and taken two blocks away to & pri- vage house. Some attempt was made at saving the contents of the bufldings, but fhe rapidly increasing stze of the opening 40 the street put a stop to this and every- one fled from the neighborhood. Twenty minutes after the disturbance ‘vas first noticed the opening had widened until it reached all the way across the street and halt way beneath the hotel. Then with a terrific crash the big hotel pitched forward, turned entirely over and landed on its roof n the bottom of the abyss. An immense amount of earth from all about the edge of the hotel went down with it and a mo- ment later the adjoining double dwelling of Mrs. Evans fell over the edge and de- molished itself on the ruins of the hotel. The Ackerly double store bullding and the Evans barber shop promptly slid into the «chasm about the same time and piled them- selves broken and twisted. At nighttall it was belleved there would be mo further settling, but no one, it 1s rate to say, went to bed tonight in any bullding within fifty yards of the disturbed area. The property damage is estimated at 430,000 The workings which caved vere in the uppermost part of the worked out veins. The timbers, it 1s explained by the company officials, suported a thin roof of rock, which in turn supported stratas of quicksand and gravel extending to the sur- tace. The timbers rotted, the root gave way and the quicksand sifted through, carrying the gravol with it. The water | mains broke and a torrent of water poured through the aperture and down a forty-fiv koot plane which has its heading just at the point where the roof broke through. Not until all that was above the area of the old works which caved in had been sucked.into the opening and down thé slops did the settifngs cease. Fortunately for the cap, the surface ceased cracking ninety foet trom the river bank. Had it reached the river the mine would have been flooded. Up to midnight no further disturbance had been reported. PROFITS ARE TO BE SHARED Pres Seasonable Fashions. 4322 Woman's Jacket, 32 10 42 bust, Woman's Jacket. 4322. To Be Made With Plain or Slot Seams—Stylish snug-fitting jackets always are fashionable and make ideal wraps for general wear. This smart model is shown in kersey cloth, in royal blue stitched with silk and fin- ished with collar and cuffs of velvet edged with bands of white cloth, but all cloaking and suit materials are appropriate as th design suits the odd coat and the entire costume equally well. When desired the fronts can be rolled back to form revers as shown in the small sketch. The jacket consists of fronts, side tronts, underarm gores, back and sidebacks, When plafn seams are preferred those at front and back are closed simply on indicated lnes, the stitched tucks and underfacings, that form the slot seams, being omitted. The tronts,are deeply faced and meet the collar | that s sewed to the neck edge. When | closed they are lapped in double-bfeasted style. At each hip is inserted a pocket that | is finished with g pocket welt. The sleeves are two-eeamed and finished with roll-over cuffs, but can be left plain if preferred. | The quantity of material required for the | medfum size is 2% yards 44 inches wide or 2% yards 52 inches wide. The pattern 4322 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42-Inch bust measure. For the accommodation of The Bee read- ers these patterns, which usually rtail at from 26 to 50 cents, will be furnished at a nominal price, 10 cents, which covers all expense. In order to get a pattern enclose 10 cents, give number and name of pattern wanted and bust measure. a4 Steel Car Company to Carry Shares of Stock for Bemefit ot Employ NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Announcement was made today that another industrial corpor- ation has Inaugurated a plan to share its profits with employes. The Pressed Steel Car company proposed to carry for each of its employes who have been six months or more in its em- ploy from one to twenty-five shares of the preferred stock, mew paying 7 per cent dividend. The men will pay 5 per cent down and | ! to walt until | time, before trylng the cable. That time was | desired to Insure the perfect hardening of THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JA ARY 38, 1908 CABLE WIPES OUT DISTANCE Away Hawaii Greup in Instant Touch with United States. HEAVY SEAS NEARLY CAUSE CATASTROPHE Ship st os Bravely Throngh, How- ever, Its Masters Battling Agninst Elements Which Would De- stroy Work Done. | SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—8an Francisco and Honolulu are now connected by cable. | The first words passed under the ocean & few moments after 11 o'clock last night. | The wire worked perfectly Silvertown, just before splicing the ends, some thirty miles off shore from Honoluly, telegraphed both ways for the land stations 11:30 o'clock, San Francisco the gutta perchu in the splice, after the Joint should be lowered overboard from the ship in about 2,600 feet of water. Operators sat anxlously and eagerly about the Instruments in King street, at Honolulu, and in the ceble ofice in Market street in San Francisco, walting for the time limit to expire. San Francisco was watching for Honolulu to signal first. A few minutes after 11 o'clock, before the time limit was up, a signal weat from this end to Honolulu The first little response from Honolulu came into San Francisco at exactly 11:08 o'clock. It was exactly 8:41 o'clock in Honolulu, the time difference being two hours and twenty-two minutes and a few seconds. The first message received was from Gov- ernor Dole to President Roosevelt. It was merely a formal greeting and congratul tions from the people of Hawall to the peo- ple of the United States from ome chiet executive to the other. The message was transmitted at the Market street office to a wire leading di- rectly to the executive mansion at Wash- ington, and receipt was acknowledged at 11:25 o'clock. When the message was recelved at the White House President Roosevelt was asleep and the operator refused to awaken him. E Right after the Dole signature on the first message came a second through from Honolulu. It was a greeting from the peo ple of Hawalf to Clarance H. Mackay, presi- dent of the cable, congratulating him upon the completion of the cable and expressing sorrow that John W. Mackay had not sur- vived to see the instantaneous bond between the {slands and the American continent, This message was signed by Henry E. Cooper, secretary of the territory of Hawall. Ceremony at Homnolulu. HONOLULU, Jan. 2.—(By Pacific Cable.) —Having buoyed the deep sea end of the cable in the turbulent Molakal channel at 5:20 o'clock on the morning of Friday, De cember 26, after much difficulty and great risk, Silvertown came on to Honoluly, | docking at the naval wharf at noon. The big ship was met in the harbor by tugs and excursion boats, carrying welcom- ing delegations with bands of music, and | escorted to the wharf, where a great crowd awalted. It was the intention of the engineer In charge of the expedition to take on board 1,000 tons of coal as ballast and await fa- vorable weather to return, pick up the sea ond and bring It close (o shore and buoy it. The shore end of the cable was then to be lald out and the final connection made at that point. Saturday brought mno im- provement in the weatber conditions, The wind blew great guns from the northemst and craft arriving through the channel reached the sea-stirred maelstrom. It was then decided to make no move that day, but to delay the attempt until Sunday morning, December 28, when a start | was made. The vessel had mot proceeded one mile from the dock when the full force of a gale from behind the high hills atruck it The skipper did not go outside, as picking up the buoy.in the channel was quite im- possible. X | It was then determined to lay the shoro | end while the conditions were favorable on that side of the island. Silvertown was taken in shore within half a mile of the | coral reef and preparations were made to haul a line ashore. The character of the | bottom, which is rock, with a narrow open- ing through the coral reef, rendered great | care necessary In placing the extremely | heavy type of cable. Crowds Wait on the Shore. Throughout the day crowds ashore | watched the steam launches running in and | out and awaited patiently the actual land- | ing of the long expected submarine tele- graph. At a quarter to 5 In the evening the end of the cable left Silvertown's bow with ballooh buoys attached at intervals of fifty feet. A halt mile of heavy line was hauled ashore by steam power without hitch or halt. One hour and five minutes from the time the line left Silvertown the cable was The Equitable Life Assurance Society Of the United States. HENRY B. HYDE, Preliminary Statement Jan. 1, 1903. Outstanding Assurance, $1,290,000,000 Founde Income, - - - 68,000,000 New Assurance, - - 275,000,000 Assets, - - - 360,000,000 Assurance Fund and all Other liabilities, 285,000,000 Surplus, 75,000,000 The largest increase ever made in any year in the history of the Bociety. JAMES W. ALEXANDER, President. JAMES H. HYDE, Vice President. H, D, Neely, Mgr, Merchants’ Nat. Bank Bldg, Omaha, Neb. hauled upon the sofl of plcturesque San | Boucl park, amid the shouts of thousands and the crash of a band of music, playing a cable march dedicated to President Mackay. Just as the cable touched the shore a héavy shower of rain fell upon the gaily attired multitude, but danger of a wetting was ignored In the eagerness to catch a glimpse of the magic line that is to con- nect them with the rest of the world. There was no official ceremony at the time further thah the laying of a lel, or native wreath, upon the end of the ecable by Mrs. Hawes, who repeated the cus- tomary native greeting, “Aloha.” Silvertown remaiped at anchor, holding to the line until near Monday noom, De- cember ‘29, when it moved out upon the course prescribed by the chart In paylng out the cable. * Six miles were laid to a point oft Koko head. At this point rough seas were encountered and the line was buoyed. A start was Immediately made for Molokal channel to investigate whether or not the buoy had weathered the buffeting to which it hud been subjected for nearly three days. Some anxiety was expressed lest it had been overwhelmed and allowed the line attached to the gud of the 2,000- mile strand to carry away. Fortunately, however, no such disaster bad occurred. The buoy was riding in safety, but the marked buoy, which had been dropped pear it on Friday merning, December 26, had diappeared. Wind Blows a Gale, The seas were running even higher than three days previous, The wind continued to blow a gale from the northeast No boat necessary in the picking up of the buoy could have survived and no| thought was given to making the attempt at this time. Another marked buoy was put down some distance away and Stlvertown returned to Honolulu harbor and anchored off shore. It was sgreed between Captain Morton and Chief Cable Engineer Benest that no further work would be attempted until the wind abated and the seas calmed. The wind showed no signs of abating till NSNS FACTS LIKE THESE ARE IMPRESSIVE ASS ONASASSASSAS A NS, than short of marve'ous. ACCURATE TO THE SECOND. Dueber-Hampden Watches. cern of its kind The Deuber-l'/lnmpdeu Watch factories at Can ton, Ohio, the twin factories, built side by side; in combina- tion it is immeasurably the largest and most complete con- in the world. In all respects the most perfect. Every dealer knows how victorlous the Hampden Companies have been, when movement manufacturers, watch case manufacturers and jobbers in watches combined to prevent the Deuber-Hampden Companies from marketing their watches and drive them out of business. Can we offer any better evidenc: of the superiority of the Deuber-Hampden watches than the fact— The combined efforts of the entire watch trade could not destroy their popularity? The days of the inquisition in the watch business are over. Dealers are now at liberty to buy what watches they prefer. But in spite of all this opposition, thz output of the great Deuber-Hampden Watch factories has steadily and constanty increased unil at present it employs thousands of the most skilled work-people, producing a complete watch, watch movement and watch case. The matchless reputation obtained by the Deuber-Hampden watches is less The same minute and the same exact care is given in every detail to any size or grade from the ladies’ small size, the No. 400—the smallest moderate- priced and accurate timekeeper made in America, to the gentlemen’s watch, 12, 16 & 18 size ‘The latest and greatest production of these factories is the 1902 thin model 16 size watch, cased in 18 and 14 Kt. gold and gold filled, to which we especially call the atten- tion of those who want tae bes., Write for ““Guide to Watch Buyers,” Deuber= CANTON, OHIO. Deuber-Hampden Watch Companies, the bottom of the. sea in say except calm weather: It was reagoned that another day would see the end of ‘the perfod of the northeast tradés, the duration of which surprised even the’ oldest -ésidents of Honolulu. Storm Finally Subsides. On Thursday, the first day of the new year, scarcely a breese stirred the waters of the harbor, and advice came to the ship from the Diamond Head lighthouse that the annel was quite m, with only & mod- erate swell running. A few minutes after 4 o'clock in the morning Silvertown heaved anchor and made a start down the bay. Prospects of the cable connection on the first day of the new year created intense Interest in the city, where the enthuslasm had been some- what dulled by the long delay. At daylight Silvertown arrived off Koko head, where the shore end had been buoyed since Monday. ‘With little difficulty the line from the bottom was spliced up on deck and passed over the stern sheaves, and a start was made for the other buoy. The cable was paid out at the rate of seven knots an hour. Shortly after 1 o'clock in the afternoon Stivertown reached | the point where the San Francisco end was buoyed The sea was not rough, but the swell rolled the vessel considerably. Great care was taken in handling it while taking up the buoy. It was finally accompitshed at 3:44 o'clock without un- toward incident. Tbe connection with the testing room was quickly made and San Francisco responded to the call, thus re- lleving the public mind of the continent, which must have regarded the long stlence of the ship as strange, if not ominous. The voyage of Silvertown was eventful and at times unpleasantly exciting. Twelve hours out from Ssn Francisco the cable ship was beset by bad weatliér, which con- tinued, with the exception of one day, to the end of the voyage. Variable winds that at times approached the velocity of gales and heavy s that buffeted it about retarded the progre: well as endan- gered the safety of the cable. In fact every adverse condition that is usually en- countered in the laying of a cable was met with and at times made the task a most hazardous one. Squall © A more perfect day could hardly be im- agined than Sunday, December 14, when the ehore end was landed near the cliffhouse off San Francisco. The line of the shore end was brought on board the steamer at 5:30 in the evening and the start was made at 12:30 on Monday morning. The favor- able conditions continued until 11 o'clock on the morning of that day, when the vel sel ran into & squall of wind and rain thi came out of the wes Steering through & southwesterly course, Silvertown offered a broad starboard beam to the storm. Soon the seas were Whipped into contusion, rolling: the vessel In & man- ver most dangerous to the sable. The velocity of the wind increased and early in the afternoon great green seas boarded the starboard bow and swept along the deck and escaped into the sea through the port scuppers. Toward evening ropes were stretched about the deck and everything was made fast. The rain ceased, but the storm con tinued with unabated force throughout th night. These were anxious hours for those in charge for the safety of the cable. Two courses were open to them—either keep on the true course or cut and buoy the line. Both were fraught with great dan- ger. A deviation from the course was ob- viously out of the quistion, as much for uses Trouble. Tuesday, but the big steamer made no move. Wednesday was passed in idlencss with very little wind, and for a time it was thought advisable to maké an attempt to complete the work It was Ooslly decided, however, mot to risk the chance of lftiug the cable from the reason that such action weuld not have lessened the strain upon the cable and the more important -omsideration of the waste of time and the danger of gotting nto un- known depths. To cut and buoy the cable would have been equally dsngerous. Even one of the great buoys carried for just such emergencies could scarcely bave weatherod the storm with 2,600 hom! welghing five tons, tugging at it. Next Day Was No Better. All chances were carefully welghed and the vessel's bow was kept to the south- west. Tuesday, the 16th, brought no im- provement in the weather conditions. The wind contioued to blow great blasts from the west and the seas constantly bom- barded the big ship's starboard beam. One particularly heavy sea boarded the starboard bow and swept the deck from fore to aft, smashing the scullery light and broke the gangway lacder. The chart rooms on the hurricane deck were flooded and the bridge itselt was !nvaded at times by the turbulent seas. Those at work in the paylng-out room on the main deck and about the cable machinery waded in water to their knees. The companionways were battered down in order to prevent the flooding of the saloon. One of the cooks of the galley was badly scalded by a cauldron of spilled soup. The saloon steward was hurled against a door and severely bruised and injured. At times the ship rolled terribly and it seemed that the great strain would prove dlsastrous to the cable. Under ordinary conditions the line s pald out 7 per cent faster than the speed of the vessel. This increased to 10 per’ cent during the storm. Even with this concession the strain was terrific. As the ship lifted and ebook the great drum around which the strand was passing would almost cease to revolve one moment, only to resume with a rush the next, rendering the life of the men in the tanks a probable if not a real hazard. The dynamometer regulating the speed of and the strain on the line at such times fluctuated wildly, rushing from an indicated srain of two tons or less up to four and even five tons. When 1t is understood that the breaking strain Is eight and three-quarters tons, it must be apparent that failure to relieve the strain promptly meant disaster to the previous line, and its loss of the line in 2,600 fathoms would have meant & long and serious delay in the completion of the work of laying the cable, as well as being a most expensive happening to the con- tracting company. Rare good judgment in the handling of both the ship and the cable at these critical times averted accidents Many Hours on Duty, Throughout Monday night and until Tues- day at noon, when the wind abated in, force, the ship's officers and crew and the cable staft were on duty without rest or sleep Great relief was expressed when the ap- parently critical situation was passed, al though when the wind abated at noon on Tuesday the seas continued with a strong heavy swell that ran counter to the ship's course. On Wednesday, the 17th, the weather improved and everything ran sincothly and fair progress wes recorded. Heavy swells made the ship an uncoms fortable place and rendered close wateh on the cable necessary. On Thureday favorable conditions pre- valled and in spite of a strong southwest. erly breeze 207 knots were paid out, which was the best day's run up to this time On Friday the first section of the numbering 929 naucical miles, was finished and the vessel was stopped at & o'clock on Friday night to make the change to the after tank containing the second section This operation was successfully carried out In & little more than an hour and pas- gage was resumed. As the vessel grew lighter the reeling increased. The charac- with moderate force, but on the whol day was a pleasant one and progree: good. the wa First News from the Shore. During the night, however, there was a considerable sea on and ome of the cable- men in the tank was caught in the swirl of the line and suffered a dislocated shoulder. The day was notable for two things, the crossing of the Vancouver-Australian cable at 4 o'clock in the morning and the receipt of the first batch of news from San Fran- cisco. This latter consisted of briet bulle- tins of President Roosevelt's appointment as arbitrator n the Venesuelan difculty, the disastrous train wreck at Byron, Cal., the capture of the Humberts in Madrid, Marconi's latest claims in wireless teleg- raphy discoveries and some minor items. The news from shore was reccived with delight by those on board Silvertown, Roosevelt's appointment being especially interesting to the English staff, who en- thusiastically endorsed it. Tuesday, the 234, opensd with stormy weather. Flurries of rain and heavy seas again brought danger to them. The men in the cable tank had a bad nigh: and worked with great risk. One of them was caught by the flying line and was thrown against the wall. From Tuesday noon to Wednesday noon the deepest water was crossed, averaging 3,000 fathoms. Unpleasant Christmas. Thureday, December 25 (Christmas day) was not a pleasant one to the people on Stlvertown and the English custom of cel- ebrating the day was postponed to a more propitious time. The wind veered around 10 the northwest and increased to a velo- city greater tnan that experienced on Mon day and Tuesday. Just before midnight a final change of tanks was madep the after tank being emptied of its 998 miles of ca- bles and the bight transferred to the for- ward tank. The change was made ex- empty vessel heavy seas. tossing and rolling In the end of the deep sea cable in sight and with it the necessity of cutting or buoylng the end. An anxious night was passed by all on board. No member of either staff at- tempted to sleep. The wind blew a fine which, with the tremendous seas running, rendered conditions on deck uncomfortable as well as dangerous. Mauy of the off- cers familiar with the ways of the sea were tossed about and thrown upon the deck After 8 o'clock in the evening Silvertown's speed was reduced in order to bring I: to a sultable buoying place toward daylight Between 2 and 3 o'clock three soundings were taken and preparations were made to buoy (% sea end. The operation proved a most difoult one t times rolled to the angle of 48 deg t was with difficulty that the line wa de fast to the cable and the end buoyed. ord was given to cut the line at 5:20 and as the six-inch manilla hawser was cut with the knife it parted with & snap. S0 great was the strain upon it that frie- used it to tuke fire as it passed over | the sheaves at the stern, and the sparks scattered about the deck In a pyrotechnic | dieplay. with terrific foree, but quickly righted itselt. The cable was safely buoyed in 450 | fathoms of water. A marked buoy was | able, | | tion ¢ tremely hazardous owing to the now almost | Throughout the day a gale blew with the | rain with great force during the night, | The buoy was jerked overboard | ter of the cargo and the ponderous deck machinery made it particularly susceptible to the onslaught of the seas. Saturday, the 20th, was much like the | preceding day save that the rolling mouon1 was accentuated by southwest winds veer- ing at times to twist only 187 knots reeled For twenty-four hours ending at noon Sunday, the 21st, 217 knots of cable were lald The wind blew from the soughwest Tastes like Coffee—Better FiGPRUNE CEREAL dropped as mear as possible to t ble | buoy and the vessel stood by until 8 o'clock i In order to get the bearings. It the pro- | ceeded to Honolulu, where it arrived at | noon on December 26, (Signed) E. D. MOORE. ! President Roosevelt's Reply. | WASHINGTON, Jan, 2.—The tollowing | cablegram was received at the White Houss at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon dated Hono- | luly, Jan, 1, 9:30 p. m.: | “The President, Washington: The people of the territory of Hawall send theéir greet- ings to you and express their gratificatiom | at the Inauguration of telegraphic com- | munication: with the mainland. We all be- | leve that the removal of the disadvantage | of isolation will prove a strong factor in the upbuilding of a patriotic and progres- ,sive American commonweath in these | islands. HENRY F. COOPER, i “Secretary of Hawall The following is the reply of the president \lo the message of Secretary Cooper: “WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. —To Hon. Henry F. Cooper, Secretary of State, Honolulu: The president sends, through you, to Governor Dole and the peo- ple of Hawall his hearty congratulations upon the opening of the cable. He belleves that it will tend to make the people of Ha- wall more closely knit than ever to their fellow citizens of the mainland and will be for the great advantage of all our people. “GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, “Secretary to the President.” Merchants Exchauge Greetings, BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2.—Over the newly lald cable to Honolulu the following mes- sage to the Merchants' Association of Hono- ulu has been sent by the Merchants' asso- clation of this cit “SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 2.—To Morchants' Association of Honolulu, F, W. | McFarlane, President, Honolulu: The Mer- chants' assoclation of San Francisco sends cordlal greetings to its brother association {in Honolulu, and hailing the dawn of a day which united us In closer ties of triendship, rejolces also at the opportuni- | ties for an enlarged fleld of usefulness o | each. | “THE MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION OF | BAN FRANCISCO. By Fraok J. Simmes, President.” NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Clarence H. Mackay, president; George H. Ward, vice president | and general manager, and other officlals of | the Commercial Pacific Cable company a: greatly pleased at the completion of the | company’s cable between San Francisco and Hawall, a work to which they have | devoted much energy and time during the ‘lul few months. They do not propose to stop at Hawall, however, and now say that by July 4 they expect the cable will have been completed to Manila. Speaking | of the project, Mr. Ward said: owing to the motion of the vessel, which | | Statement of OMeials, | “The Commereial Pacific Cable company’s { cable to Hawall was connected through to San Franclsco at 843 p. m., January 1 (Honolulu time). The cable will open for public business on Monday morning, Janu- ary 5. The widespread interest manifested in bringing the Hawallan islands into elec- trle touch with the Pacific coast is evi- denced by congratulatory telegrams re- celved today. It s & particular satisfaction to us to have the cable completed on tho first day of the new year, because it ful- fills our promise to congress.” than Coffee. The secret is im the perfect blending and roasting of fruit and graia. SOLD BY ALL GROCERS.