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LEFT GATORCE 383 CATTEGAT 63 B. C, in all his measures for suppress- ing the Catilinarian conspiracy, he de- cided by his speech, on the 5th of Decem- ber, the motion that the conspirators should be put to death. Along with the senatorial party he strenuously opposed the coalition of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, in 60 B. C, but the supporters of the triumvirate dexterously removed him from the scene of action by confer- ring upon him an appointment which called him first to Cyprus, and after- ward to Byzantium. When praetor, in 54 B. C, he was exposed to the outrages of the mob, in consequence of his endeavors to put a stop to the bribery and corrup- tion which prevailed. On the commence- ment of the civil war, 49 B. C, Cato joined the party of Pompey, and after the battle of Pharsalia, he retired to Africa, whither he had thought Pompey had fled, and endured, with his troops, great hardships in marching across the desert to join Scipio at Utica, with whom he had some contest about the mode of carrying on the war. Cato also gave of- fense to that general by sparing those inhabitants of Utica who were attached to Caesar. When that conqueror came before the place Cato retired to his chamber, and after reading Plato's "Phae- do, or Dialogue on the Immortality of the Soul," fell upon his sword, 45 B. c. GATORCE (kat-or'sa), a mining town of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. It contains valuable silver mines, formerly very pro- ductive, now pretty well worked out. Pop. 18,000. CATSKILL, a village and county-seat of Greene co., N. Y., on the W. side of the Hudson river and on the West Shore and the Catskill Mountain railroads; also connected with the New York Central by a ferry crossing the Hudson, 30 miles S. of Albany. It is a noted mountain sum- mer resort, and has a court house, opera house, free academy, banks, several pub- lic schools, weekly newspapers, manufac- tories and hotels. Pop. about 5,100. CATSKILL MOUNTAINS a chain of the Appalachian system, beginning in Greene co., N. Y., on the W. side of the Hudson river. The scenery of these mountains is remarkably picturesque and beautiful, while from the higher points may be seen extensive and interesting views, taking in a radius from the Green Mountains of Vermont to the West Point Highlands. An interesting natural development is the "Caaterskill Clove," in which two streams unite in an unbroken fall of 180 feet, afterward rushing over falls of 80 and 40 feet. During the winter this fall presents a wonderful appearance. The highest peaks are Slide Mountain (4,204 feet) and Hunter Mountain (4,025 feet). To this region numbers of summer guests repair yearly, living in farmhouses or hotels. Railroads have been built among the mountains. The mountains are thick- ly wooded with oak, hickory, ash, pine, beech, and maple trees. CATT, CARRIE LANE CHAPMAN, an American woman suffrage leader; born at Ripon, Wis. She was educated at the State Industrial College of Iowa. She was principal of the high school at Mason City, la., where in 1884 she was married to Leo Chapman. He died two years later and in 1891 she was mar- ried to G. W. Catt. She devoted the gi'eater part of her life to woman suf- frage work, and traveled extensively in the interest of the movement through this country and Europe. An excellent administrator and effective platform speaker, she was chosen president of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance in 3904, and of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1915. She was the leader in the campaign for the woman suffrage amendment to the Federal Constitution passed by Congress in 1919. CATTARO, a strongly fortified port in the former Austrian crown-land of Dal- matia, at the head of the Gulf of Cat- taro, 40 miles S. E. of Ragusa, under the steep Montenegrin hills. Cattaro has a cathedral, a naval school, and a popula- tion of about 7,500, chiefly engaged in the Montenegrin trade. At one time the capital of a small republic, the town in 1420 joined the Republic of Venice, and after varied fortunes was handed over to Austria in 1814 by the Treaty of Vienna. During the World War (q. v.) Cattaro was bombarded several times. As a re- sult of the peace treaty between the Entente Powers and Austria-Hungary it became part of Jugoslavia. The Gulf of Cattaro, an inlet of the Adriatic, consists of three basins or lakes, connected by straits of about half a mile in breadth. Its length is 19 miles, and its depth from 15 to 20 fathoms. CATTEGAT, or KATTEGAT, the bay or arm of the sea between the E. coast of Jutland and the W. coast of Sweden, to the N. of the Danish islands. It is connected with the Baltic Sea by the Great and Little Belt, and by the Sound, and the Skager Rack connects it with the North Sea. The length of the Cattegat is about 150 miles, and its greatest breadth 85 miles. Its greatest depth is 36 fathoms, but it has numerous sand-