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Show PACIFIC .CABLE FINI8HED. Philippine Islands Now Connected With United States by Wire. Tho Pacific cablo was successfully completed at 10:50 on tho night of tho 4th, eastern time, by the welding together to-gether of the eastern and westorn links at Honolulu, on board tho cablo-shlp cablo-shlp Anglla, thus completing tho en-tiro en-tiro lino of telegraph from San Francisco Fran-cisco to tho Phlllpplno Islands, a distance dis-tance of over 8,000 miles, nnd bringing bring-ing to a conclusion tho grentest and most dlfllcult of sub-marlno cablo enterprises en-terprises undertaken in tht history of ocean telegraphy, A meBsago from President Moose-volt Moose-volt to Presldont Mackay of tho Commercial Com-mercial Pacific Cablo company was sent over tho now cablo around tho world in twolvo minutes, nnd Mac-kay's Mac-kay's reply was sent nround tho world in nine and a half minutes. Tho best previous tiino for a messago around tho world wns mado on ono sent by united States Senator Chnuncoy M. Dopow from tho National Electrical exposition, Grand Central palaco In Washington, In 1890. It took fifty jnln-utos jnln-utos to transmit tho message. |