The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 24, 1899, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1899. 3 ONOR THE VETERANS THROURSOAY : S ATORGAY .- 8. N lo:30AM NAVAL PARADE. ~ -NIGHT DISPLAY ONBA TROOPS LEAVE SHIP. — BREAKFASTATUNION DEPDT { MARCH TO PRESIDIO CONCER || AT UNION SQUARE Story of the Programme of the Three Days Reception . Told in Pietures. NIGRTLPARADE y 1 The boys who had served their country | nila and Iloilo and arrived at Bac 4 ee y hou was devoted to 3 ng given THE CALL FIRST TO HERALD BT THE RETURN OF THE TROOPS Glad News Flashed by Wireless Telegraphy From Behind an Ccean-Haze Curtain. The instrument moved by the g y tle influence in the air. Messages were coming he air from the sea. sical miracle was happening under the very eyes of those who watched. me regret given to ongest r P which wo north lati- th ather As the time approached for il the return of the troops The determined to send the s ahead of all other agen- cies into the city. There was but one possible means to ac- complish this feat and tha dg - REE “PRISONERS.” was LEWIS MCcKISICK. Rer ana dropped c a great curt mstrumer WASA BRO ATTACK O e haze ocean the man on the stations on t, sending an ati JeA AR KA R A A kA ARk kA Ak Ak Ak A dok Ak A Ak A k¥ ¥ KX ¥ ¥ XXX ¥ YK ¥ X ¥ ¥ KKK ¥ ¥ X Lurline a began began. v to herald the home- g of the California Vol- e @ And after all the mystery of v and the watch for the Sherman the message from the sea seems n eves began. Through the courtesy of In the sending station w telegraph Federal officials transmitting at the lightship was a Ruhm- basement of apparatus was placed on board oil, which transmitted the the Lightship No. 7o. which from the electric dyna- vas anchored nine mi the lightship. The Morse he Golden Gate. Charles M. characters were made by the Fisher was placed in charge opening and closing of an or- and Lewis McKisick and H. J. dinary telegraph key. Thi Wolters, experttelegraphersand charged an aerial wire wh ch electricians, superintended oper- was suspended eighty-two feet ations at the shore end of the in a vertical direction from the strange line. The receiving in- topmast of the lig p. Elec- struments were flacm’ in the tric waves were pulsated ement of the Cliff House. through the air and ay after day messages were ceived through a c it and recetved. The wire- similar wire distance of ¢ In order that there » ibility of e instruments failure more sen- yn newsg: e tug which - STORY OF THE VOVAGE Now ] Now ana k[ outside mos on 4 were re- er from a pended from s line was working perfectly. the top of the Cliff House at the At noon yesterday there was no receiving station. This coherer Dur- actuated the Morse relay, which ing the afternoon a heavy haze in turn worked the ink twriting settled down over the oceam. register, making the characters H. J. WOLTERS. Gradually it grew deeper and on the tape. longer doubt of succ AS CHARLES C. CO h The artist is hc characterized his charged t aar tried to head him near the tug rail a on enemy. With the same spirit that in the face of the enemy's fire he s r the deck of the waiting Call The guards They onl in der alizing his aim and picture struck overboard. It was soon , however, and here it is. ¢ @k A e A e Rk ek kA A A ok Rk Rk sk ke ke ke kAR kA ek kA A Ak ko Ak Ak ko ok ok ko Aok A A ok Ak k s P PR M TS RN M Na P R R R M n em M M em e P R Mm M Pm MmN P M MmO m m Mmm ook o = = ON THE WATER THE SMALL BOY |NFORMED THR SLOWER ONES THAT JSOMETHING WAS Doing” WHEN THE® CANNONS r WERE FIRED = Hgvffi':‘éoénm (= - ' g : TO-MoRRow __— f/