The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 12, 1899, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1899. CAPTAIN HEWES EXHIBITS FIELD TELEGRAPH CART The New Device Is a Great Success. IT IS PRAISED BY EXPERTS WILL GREATLY FACILITATE ARMY OPERATIONS. Second Brigade Signal Corps Gives | a Practical Illustration of the Working of the New Invention. an exhibition n signal cart service, the L. Hewes, al corps of the Sec- . National Guard of Califor- tain, who Is very enthusiastic work, discovered that one of ring the recent > maintaining of nmunication be- arters, and service of the most essential, and while stem of that the old graph was good iph was paramount nication, 'n devoted his spare time to de- a cart that could be used for the a e of running telegraph lines be- one that would be effective one that would not be cum- the result of his ideas was last night before an audi- were Brigadier General ng the cond _Bri- nel Gelsting, Lieu- files, signal officer ajor Ev signal r’ general the division Captai Rtal ma > brigadi tt o a n Hanks Le Bre- corps under d officer, in being accom- com- two T brought The cart is a was explained is cart in the and A it buiit involved in its and t class are 1 branches, the build- -permanent 1gineering, suca y_intrenching , without, hows s at 15 Ellis | e | trespassing on the duties of the engineer | corps, but for the sole purpose of main- taining rapid communication with the dif- | terent portions of the army and head- quarters. . “The cart is made of seamless drawn | steel tubing, and has thirty-inch wheels, with cushion tires with wire spokes like | those of a bicycle. The wheels are ball- | bearing and are so arranged that they do not require adjusting if removed from the cart. The cart will support a weight of 650 pounds, and -when . fully equipped welghs about 275 pounds. It has five reels for carrying cable, one of which is the shoulder kit or knapsack, each reel holding half a mile of cable or two and a haif miles on the cart. The cable 1s of the twin conductor type, and s insulated. use a metallic circuit, but it is ar- ranged so that no difficulty will be experi- | enced in using one conductor for tele- | graph and the other for telephone, com- | pleting the circuit with a ground, and | if the complex system of tele- ph_and telephone combine can be at- | tached.” The c rt was started, and while it was moving. one man took a box from it in which was a_sender, and recelved and < up a position at “headquarters,” an- r placed the shoulder kit, which re- sembles a knapsack and contains a sender and with it on his back | and receiver, ciambered to the top of the tower, where two men were In waiting, and then the rt was halted. While this was being | done there was a communication between ® . . rs > + @ S 4 & L3 I 4 L3 04 > + S o t : 04 R & * e BSS g /f' cAPT CHAS. L HEWES San an anCan SEOR SOR 2 o g CAPTAIN CHARLES L. HEWES, Who Invented the Cart, and the Carti Do b et Ot ebebeded headquarters, and the tower and messages were sent, the first being from the briga- dier general, as follows: ¢ “‘Colonel Smith, First California Volun- teers, Manila: Congratulate you on your success. 3 . WARFIELD.” After several messages had been sent and received the men showed how, arme only with revolvers, they would defen the cart, after which there was a demo stratfon to show how in twenty-one se onds the cart was dismembered and ren- dered useless. Two men took a wheel each, the others picked up a reel each and ran in different wrections, so that in case of necessity the parts could be dis- tributed and the cart as a means of com- munication would not be of avall to the enemy. The exhibition showed the cart to be a useful and practical appliance that will be of great service to the signal corps in aetion, for it can be moved where an ordinary wagon could not pass, and it can be drawn by a horse or a cou- ple of men. The cart was critically ex- amined by the military men, particularly those of the signal service, and they pro- nounced {t ‘“‘all right.” | The exhibition concluded with the tak- | ing down of the tower in less than eight | minutes. | Y. M. I. CELEBRATION. | Washington’s fi;{hday Exercises to { Be Held at the Tabernacle. Greene, when her husband was granted a decree of divorce on the ground of in- fidelity. The case was tried behind closed doors. To-day Mrs. Bettencourt filed notice of her intention to move for a new trial next Monday, on the grounds of ir- regularities, newly discovered evidence, errors in law and insufficiency of evidence to justify the decree. —_——————————— GREENMAN EXONERATED. Principal of Lockwood School Ac- quitted of Battering Willie Corte. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—The parents of pupils attending Lockwood School on the San Leandro road were jubilant to-day over the acquital of the school principal, C. H. Greenman, charged by Mrs. Minnie Corte with battering her little son Willie on January 2 last. Principal Greenman was tried by a jury In Justice Quinn's court in this city to- day. He testified that he had reprimand- ed the boy several times for throwing stones and afterward lying about it. He had whipped him with a soft, pl'able strap on that portion of the human anat- omy that comes in contact with a chalr when one sits down; that the boy_cried before he was touched, and that the al- leged bruise on the boy's leg could not be meen until the dirt had becn removed. | OAKLAND, 11.—The Oakland councils of' the Young ‘Men’s Institute | have erranged for a grand demonstration at the Tabernacle on the evening of | Washington's birthday. The committee | of arrangements consists of William | Neary, P. 2. Ryan and R. H. Hammond | of Council No. 6, Lloyd Sterling, John Cone and William Hennessy of No. 8. Wal- ter Harrington, Daniel Harkin and Charles O'Comnor of No. 3. The com- mittec_met last night, perfected its or- | ganization and elected R. H. Hammond chairman and P. J. Ryan secretary. The | celebration will consist of an oration by Hon. Henry E. Highton of San Francisco a]nd appropriate vocal and literary exer-i cises, | The affair will be free, and a large at- | tendance can be depended upon. | e e | She Wants a New Trial. OAKLAND, Feb. 11.—Maria S. Betten- court Insists that she did not have a fair B e S B e o ol o e o — His testimony was corroborated by the teachers and a dozen other witnesses, several of whom testified that Mrs. Corte’s reputation was very bad in their communit. C self, her son Willle and Schoot Superin- tendent Crawford. At the request of Deputy District At- tornoy George Samuels the jury was fn- structed to acquit, and Principal Green- man was completely exonerated. ———— Professor Rolfe on the Coast. BERKELEY, Feb. 1lL—Professor Hen- ry W. Rolfe of the University of Chicago, | a noted Shakesperean critic and editor of the Rolfe Edition of Shakespeare's ‘Works, Is now in California on his way to Honolulu. The object of his journey is to organize a system of university exten- sion work in the Hawallan. Islands. Pro- fessor Rolfe has numerous engagements to lecture in the southern part of the State, and will not be In San Francisco till some. time toward the end of the + and impartial trial recently before Judge | month. + ¢ \ | \ | i © B O o e e S Ol as Dismembered so That the Parts May Be Carried Away. e had no witnesses except her- | R S R S O 3 = OUR NIAGARA OF GOLD THAT POURS EASTWARD A Million a Week by Mail Alone. FORTY-FIVE MILLIONS GONE PHENOMENAL GOLDEN STREAM FROM THE GOLDEN GATE. | Millions in Gold Coin Constantly Streaming Across the Country | ‘With a Secrecy Born of Train Robbers. An interesting feature of the present financial situation in the United States is | that for months past a great, steady and phenomenal stream of gold coin has been pouring from the Pacific Coast to the East over the transcontinental lines of communication. The Pacific Coast is pouring a Niagara of gold Into the lap of the East. During the past twelve months over | $45,000,000 in gold, freshly minted in San Francisco, has gone East by mail alone to supply the channels of trade, create | gold reserves in treasury and bank vaults | and to generally cut a large figure in the | financial condition of the nation. This | stream of gold has for months averaged | a million dollars a week, and it is now | even stronger than ever. But this stream | of wealth has beeh purposely kept blan- ; keted with secrecy and no notice of it has 4 | before come to press and pubic. | The $45,000,000 mentioned includes only 4 | the gold shipped from San Francisco by | | registered mail. It does not include any | shipments from San Francisco or any | other Pacific Coast points by express or | otherwise and it does not include many other smaller eastward streams of gold, colned or in the shape of bullion. For in- stance, it does not include the $8,000,000 or thereabouts of Alaskan and other gold bullion shipped to the East from the new United States assay office at Seattle. This one reinforcement raises the actuaily re- celved Eastern gold supply from the Pa- cific Coast to about $53,000,000 for the past twelve months. The odd thing about it, as far as public information is concerned, is that in a few months $15,000,000 in gold coin has been sent across the continent by mall without general knowledge of what was golng on all the time. If the average citizen wonders what becomes of all the gold that pours into San Francisco he | probably supposes that it piles up in Gov- ernment or bank vaults here; that occa- | sional shipments by express are made,and that when the gold becomes too plethoric in the subtreasury vaults here the Gov- ernment will ship East 0,000,000 or g0 by special train with armed guards, as it did | about three years ago. But the real story is different. For months there has ~been an_enormous stream of gold pouring into San Fran- cisco. To the natural flow of gold bullion from Pacific Coast mines has been added an unprecedented flow of gold in the shape of British soverefgns from Aus- tralla, The last steamer from the Antip- odes brought $2,500,000, and that sort of a gold stream has been flowing to this port | ever ‘since the balance of foreign trade turned in favor of America, months ago. The ways of banking make it cheaper to a certain large extent to ship gold to America from Australia.to settle Amer- ican balances than to ship it across the Atlantic from London, and most of the Australian gold that comes here fis in- tended to pay commercial debts in the East. These millions that come by near- |1y every steamer right along are con- slgned to banks ere. The receiving banks instantly cart the sovereigns to the mint and sell them at their bullion value for American gold coin. The British gold is at once melted up and coined with the stamp of the eagle. That great extra sup- ply of British coin has enabled the San | Francisco mint to recently break the per month. The story of this receipt of gold has been told before, but the news always | ends at the receipt. Now, when this Aus- | tralian gold gets here and when it is ex- changed at the Mint for American gold coin it is still in the hands of the banikers, | and it still is'due in the East. It is really | minted in transit. The stock of gold at | the Mint and at the Sub-Treasury is not swelled. The Australian gold passes on with hardly a pause. A similar tale could be told of some millions in Japanese yen. | Then there is another recent reason for | the flow of Pacific gold eastward. The | Government has in the past few months | paid out millions here on war contracts in great varlety. These payments drain | gold from the Sub-Treasury, and much of it is due in the East. Payments on war- | ships, transports, powder, supplies and | s0_on are enormous in the aggregate. | For these and other reasons the east- | ward stream of gold has been and re- | mains enormous. ~But few people would | guess that most of this gold goes by {mail. Uncle S8am cautions fool Americans | against sending money by mail unless it | | is registered or goes by postoffice order, | |'and if it is registered his lability is lim- | ited to $10 per registered package. In the face of this, $45,000,000 has been sent East | by mail in the past few months, and at | least a_million dollars a week Is carried across the continent in mall sacks, to the | chagrin of the express companies. This is done because it is cheaper. The | gold is sent as common merchandise un- | der the regulations limiting packages to | four pounds. The rate is 1 cent per ounce. | world’'s minting record for gold coinage | DID THEY LOOT THE SAFE OF ThE OLD LOUVRE? | Three Suspects Un- Ay der Arrest. MAINTAIN SECRECY | POLICE iMnN ARRESTED ARE KNOWN AS | BUNKOERS AND CROOKS. Papers Found in Possession of One of Them. Connect Him With a Bold Diamond Robbery in Sacramento. J. C. Miller and Harry Willlams were arrested last night by Detectives Gibson and Wren and lodged in the tanks. Early this morning Clay Walton was arrested by Detective Ed Gibson and also held on the detinue book. All three men are well known to the po- lice as bunko men and all around croks. Registration costs 8 cents per package. | The practice is to put a roll of $1000 In | double eagles in a little round leathern | case, on the side of which is a panel with | flaps, in which a little card bearing the | address is inserted. This card also re- | ceives the stamps. Such a package gen- | erally needs 67 cents in stamps—a 50 cent | stamp, a b cent, a 4 cent and an 8§ cent, | | the last the registration stamp. The cases | are returned like mail sacks. An express | wagon load of such packages is dumped | at the Postoffice, and each is registered. | | The preclous packages are dumped in | | special leathern interior sacks, holding | from $25,000 to $50,000 each, and there is | | & special outer sack. With Uncle Sam standing good for $10 per $1000, the boys | hustle the sacks across the continent day | | by day. { But the banks do not take any such | risks with wrecks and train robbers, | Every dollar's worth of gold is insured to reach its destination, and certain in- surance companies are eager for the risks. | The 67 cents, plus insurance and plus | drayage, represents the cost of transpor- | tation. The total Is less than the express | charges, with the express companies lia- ble, and that is why an enormous stream of gold is golng East by malil. It means, | for ome thing, an addition of over $30,000 a year to the Postoffice receipts here, In these remaining days of train robbers it requires no explanation to explain why Government officials, bankers and all con- | cerned wish to say nothing about the phenomenal shipments and why the op- eration has gone on with such secure secrecy. But that is the way San Fran- cisco has fed $45,000,0000 in gold to the East during the past few months, Assembly Committee on Hand. BERKELEY, Feb. 11.—The special com- mittee of the State Legislature appointed to visit Iph\hllc buildings and_institutions inspected the University of C@lifornia and the State Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind in Berkeley to-day. The committee consisted of ~Assemblymen Pierce, Bliss, Knowland, McKeen, Hanley, | De Lancie, Boone, Kelsey and Melice. They | were shown over the university grounds | and buildings by Regents Andrew S. Hal- | lidie and Denicke, and Professors William Carey Jones, Carl C. Plehn and Samuel B. Christy. While a strict silence is maintained on the subject by the arresting officers it is generally understood that they are want- ed for robbing the old Louvre on January 8 last. At that time $15,000 worth of stock in the Champion mine was ab- stracted from the safe as well as $8000 in a promissory note. The stolen prop- erty was afterward mysteriously re- turned at the ferry for a consideration of $100. The robbery was a most daring one. During the busy hours of a Sunday after- noon certain partles visited the saloon, and when no one was watching rifled the safe of its contents. It contained no money and no papers valuable to any- body but their owner. The thieves, however, took what they could get, and later one of the proprie- tors of the Louvre recelved a note in- forming him that he could get the papers back by sending a man with $100 to tue ferry depot at a certain hour, when he would be met by a man described in the note. He did so and got his papers back, but the detectives have been working on the trail of the daring safe-looters ever since. 7 Their efforts have at last borne fruit, and they are confident that the thrge men now languishing in the tanks are the guilty parties. From the letters found in the room of one of the men it is also belleved that he is connected with a famous diamond robbery in Sacramento, when & man was held up, pepper thrown in his eyes and valuable jewelry abstracted from his per- | son. | 1If the police can prove half what they | suspect one of the biggest catches of the season has been made and a long term | in the State Prison awaits the men ar- | rested. | The highest church steeple in England is that of St. Warburgh's, Preston, which | is 305 feet. The highest cathedral steeple s that of Salisbury, which is 405 feet. Fraternal Editor of the Los Angeles Times, indorses ¥ #i% =A. H. S. 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