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...laid a wire from Castle Garden to Governor's Island. A cable across the English Channel was attempted by the Messrs. Brett in 1850. They organized a company and enlisted the coöperation of Cyrus Field in 1854. After repeated failures, a cable was laid from Newfoundland to Valencia Island, Ireland, by vessels proceeding from the middle in both directions. On August 17, 1858, the first message went over the wire : " Europe and America are united by telegraph. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good-will toward men." The first cable consisted...
...Newfoundland whelp said to be destructive of crockery...
...Right Hon. Andrew Bonar is in his 65th year and is a native of New Brunswick, Newfoundland. His political career started in 1900 when he was elected a member of Parliament for the Blackfriars Division of Glasgow. In business he was connected with the firms of William Kidston & Sons and William Jacks & Co., both iron merchants of Glasgow. He was also Chairman of the Glasgow Iron Trade Association...
Secretary of Labor Davis declared that many Europeans and some Chinese have " taken advantage" of a clause in the Immigration Restriction Act, which provides that any person who has resided for a year in Mexico, Canada, Newfoundland, Cuba or Central or South America can enter the United States without reference to numerical quotas. Over 40,000 "Mexicans" and 62,000 " Canadians" have crossed the borders in the last nine months...
Others of this "wholly unauthorized horde" who have "shaken the clubs and the messes, to go and find out and be damned", are pushing out on their planes to other discoveries. One set out in a blind leap through heavy Atlantic fogs from Newfoundland to Ireland and another flew faster than birds and the wind. Still another ascends until he loses consciousness, higher than any human being had been before...