The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 11, 1901, Page 24

24 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 11, 1901, WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY TO BE INSTALLED ON THIS COAST BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WILSON ALIVE TO NEEDS OF PACIFIC SLOPE Notifies California Senators and Congressmen That He Will Have a Perfected System Placed at the Farallones for the Purpose of Aidi o |- Sorm No. 1583, “This Com Errors cab be guns aicst oaly oy i ng and Protecting GOVERNMENT WILL INSTALL SYSTEM AT FARALLONES THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH '21,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. 5 TRANEMITS eod DELIVERS messages only on J e o & e bask to the send ing sration for com; INCORPORAT! . ED CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. conditions liuiting 1ts ability. which bave been assented to by the render of tho followin, acica. arison. and the Company will 8ok bojd t3el = Western Commerce ;O'OMPAN Y. U1 for errors or delass = traneaission or Geiivery of Unrepeated Messages, beyond the amount of tolls. 3¢ in a0y case where the clai is SOt preseated i writing within Sixty dAFE. S0e; tho message s led with the Compesy for transimission. 5 A | Tais is an UNREPEATED M) E, and is delivered hy request of the sender, under the conditions named auove. | THOS. T. ECKERT, President and General Manager. sl Sl — W 5325 CH EV C rd Hon. Julius Kahn, RECEIVED at San Francisco, Cal. 2 coll. govt. Washington D.C. Aug. 10-01. San Francisco,Calif. A We have observer at Nantucket assisting in transmission Her_— ald's wireless reports. and probably send additional expert. to interests of Pacific Coast and under his direction I am bending every effort to either secure fromothers or perfect by our own Will carefully look Secre after your interests tary Wilson is alive | investigators a system that can be installed at the Farallones. | Willis L. Moore, Acting Secretary Agriculture. 316 p.m. gress A copy of the foregoing dispatch was received by every member of the California delegation in the houses of Con- HROUGH the efforts of The Call | direct communication i hed between th ‘arallon Islands by ation from se them of T since overy The Call | y effort to secure the es- em on this coast | been crowned with | tch sent to Congressman Julius | at the Sec- | aking in the | ace | transmitting is bending every ef- tem that can be )I\-" day in| he welcome ght,” relieved entire city's striven to to the value of important t the T California yme from the war, had been S nderful New York »d the interna- the Defender ni manipul description GRLS DADHN N THE OCEAN Treacherous Undertow Causes Tragedy at Long Beach. 1 Dispatch to The Call. BEACH, Aug. 10—About 11 three pretty young »d her two cousins, Wallace, with two to the surf. A few er the girls were drowned. The on of 470 Centennial mith of 410 Beaudry s—did everything in save their companions, but stul. w was very strong and 1 or the benefit of | when a whirl of the and they were rapidly | » the deeper water. All ds and having great | al waters ght them. they saw their danger the orked until exhau: d, tr; girls ashore. Wilkinson | ung to Cora, who had | 1 the other girls, and tried | ore, but she was washed | was S0 exhausted that it ne difficulty that he got | Smith, who tould not harder time, and when shore sank on the sand, | out from his battle with | His companion had enough | h left to run for help. | ruthers, the first man who re- | pow ily built and a good | He rushed into the water and a second saw Miss Cora Wallace float- The others were not in sight and he himself to an attempt to save Vhen he got her ashore a bianket | s were brought and 2 man ched for a doctor. Dr. J. N.| Dr. Frank Wood worked for | trying to restore the life that T, he meantime swimmers and divers | red the water for the bodies of the | her two and the large crowd that had r and a half. 1y bright and pretty. graduated last June from the Calrumja was unusual- Imogene was 16 and School. She expected to enter the high | schccl next month. The body of Imogen Wallace was brought to the surface this evening with the ald of a drag net. Elsie Wallace was an accomplished mu- sician and played the piano at the Sunday school and Christian Endeavor services of the West End Congregational Church. Mirth is a paying investment, because its stock is never watered with tears of Experiments with the Marconi system were constantly being made in England and the success of wireless telegraphy was assured. The wonderful discovery has gradually been perfected until now it is one of the marvels of the age. In June last The Call published a dozen | interviews with prominent merchants and | professional men who favored the estab- | lishment of a wireless telegraph service | between the Farallon Islands and San| Francisco. Senators, Representatives, merchants, shipowners and citizens warm- ly commended the suggestion of this paper. Congressman Kahn stated in an inter- view on that occasion that he was heartil in favor of securing an appropriation for | h a purpose. In part he said: At a recent meeting of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce, when it was suggested that an appropriation be secured for the purpose of laying a cable between those islands and San Francisco, 1 made the suggestion that perhaps we could get a wireless telegraph service much more readily because of the saving in cost. The commerce of San Francisco is rapidly growing. The best interests of | our merchants and our community de- mand that we should have the best pos- | sible service for promptly apprising con- | signees of the earliest approach of in- | coming vessels. "’ “A difference of two or three hours in | fying the quarantine service and the | notif barge office of the approach of a vessel | would in many instances mean the saving of considerable delay, annoyance and in- | convenience in the matter of getting a vessel to her dock. San Francisco is the | leading port of the Pacific Coast. The Farallones, lying as they do thirty miles from the entrance of the Golden Gale,; will be in a splendid position in which to* BOERS CAPTURE A BLOGKHOUSE Kitchener Reports Dis- aster in the Orange River Colony. LONDON, Aug. 10.—A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pretoria to-| day, says: “A blockhouse near Brandfort (Orange | River Colony) was rushed and captured by the Boers, after severe fighting, the night of August 7. “Elliott has captured seventy prisoners and large quantities of stock and wagons, which he is sending in. No details have been received."” Mail dispatches ‘from Lord Kitchener, issued to-day in a Parliamentary paper, says his constant endeavor has been to improve the fortifications along the lines of communication, thus releasing men from active service. The garrisons off Lhe | railways have mostly been withdrawn. A spirited narrative of the ejectment of General Dewet from Cape Colony co cludes with the statement that the rai ers undoubtedly received a number of re- | cruits from the colonial Dutch, an ample supply of food and timely information. Lord Kitchener received certain infor- | mation ~that Dewet intends to make | Cape Town. when General Botha, as soon | as he heard that the concentration in | Cape Coleny was effected, was to enter | Natal with 5000 picked horsemen and make for Durban. i FOR SYMPATHETIC STRIKE. | New York Workmen Ready to Sup- port Steel Strikers. NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—The announce- ment is made that 60,000 workmen in this city are ready to join in a sympathetic strike when requested by the Amaiga- | mated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. Philip Weinzeimer, secretary of | the board of delegates of the United | Building Trades, in an interview says: “‘All bulldings in which the structural iron or other products of the United States | Steel Corporation are used will be tied | up by strikes ordered by the board the instant word is received from the strik- ing steel workers that such action is de- sired. This action of the board will affect 60,000 workmen."” INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 10.—The execu- tive board of the United Mine ‘Workers of | America in session here has officially rec- | oEDized the steel strike. At noon a reso- | lution setting out the causes of the strike, | indorsing the action of the Amalgamated Association, pledging the support of the | mine workers and calling on President | Gompers to call 2 meeting of the presi- dents and secretaries of all bodies con- nected with the American Federation of Labor to meet and devise plans of alding regret. the strikers was adopted. Copies we sent to Presidents Shaffer and m»efi.re | his home. — telegraph the news of the approach of an incoming vessel. I, as one of the rep- resentatives from this port, shall be pleased to lay the matter before Congress and will do everything I can to secure faverable legislation upon the gubject.” When The Call learned that the New York Herald intended installing a system of wireless telegraphy at Nantucket it immediately notified the Senators and Congressmen who represent this State in ‘Washington. The latter immediately telegraphed to James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, notifying him of the Her- ald’s experiments and recommending that he send a man from the Weather Bureau to report on the effectiveness of the plant. Secretary Wilson not onlv sent one man, but notified the members of the California delegation that he intended sending an additional expert. This was welcome news, but when he added that it was the intention of the Government to install a like system on this coast, his sagacity and foresight were commended. Senator George C. Perkins, on receipt of this telegram, stated that if the ex- periment was not a success he would use | every effort to induce Congress to make an appropriation to lay a cable from the Farallon Islands to Point Reyes or San Francisco. “I really think it not only in the interest of commerce,” he said, “but in the inter- est of horticulture that the Weather Bu- reau should have the data that can only be given by the establishment of a Weather Bureau station in as sadvan- tageous a position as the Farallon Islands. “I wish to thank The Call for its efforts in behalf of the wireless telegraph sys- tem. I feel that it is only a question of time when it will be further perfected and developed and it cannot fail to be of great benefit to the whole commercial world, REPLIES TO THE TRUST. Mayor of McKeesport Champions Cause of the Workers. PITTSBURG, Aug. 10.—Mayor Black of McKeesport issued a formal stdtement to- night defending his attitude toward the Urited States Steel Corporation. After re- ferring to the threat of the trust to dis- mantle the Dewees-Wood mill, he says: The reason which the trust gives for the re- moval is that the Mayor and people of Mc- Keesport are hostile to the trust, or, in other words, because the people of the city and chief executive favor the oppressed against the op- pressor; because their sympathies are with the downtrodden and against those who seek to enrich themselves by ill-requited toil the trust will seek some other fields. Where in all the broad expanse of the great Union can the United States Steel Corporation find a place where the sympathies of the people will not ever be with those who groan under the heel of the oppressor? Where in all the wide world can they go where they can escape the inex- orable punishment that infinitude metes out to rapine and injustice? What boots it that the place of oppression means a different name if the oppression goes on? Continuing, the Mayor declares that talk of the removal of the mill is an old story. ‘When the trust bought the property, he says, it was claimed that there was not ground enough and that the mill would have to be moved. McKeesport's treatment of the trust he says: The trust mills here to-day pay. taxes on assessment valuations of a trifle over 4 per cent of their real value. On the other hand, the laboring man who owns his own house is taxed to three-quarters of the real value of Were the trust taxed on the same basis it would take thovsands of dollars an- nually from the trust coffers. I have served many years in_the Councils of the city, and I know what 1 am talking about when T assert that every request made by the mills here for the vacation of the streets. for special privileges and special bene- fits has been granted. They have never been backward in asking what they wanted. They have never asked in vain. . If the mil! is removed, he says. there will be another to take its place. In con- lusion, Mayor Black declares that he is | “heart ‘and soul with the men engaged in the strik A committee representing the citizens of Dubois, Pa., has forwarded a statement to J. P. Morgan offering to give a bonus of $1,000,000 to have the McKeesport mills moved to Dubois. CONCEALS HER IDENTITY WHEN DEATH IS NEAR English Woman Who Had Money in Bank Buried in Sacramento’s City Cemetery. SACRAMENTO, Aug. 10.—A woman aged about forty-five vears, apparently of English birth, was buried vesterday in the City Cemetery. She died at the Sis- ters' Hospital en July 31 and positively declined to tell anything about herself. She gave her name as Mrs. Nellle Barnes, but the bellef is expressed that that was not her name. The remains were embalmed and kept until yesterday in the hope that some friends might appear. This morning a couple of young women called at the un- dertaking ‘establishment and told one of the employes that Mrs. Barnes had once informed them that she came here from :lgo.l{u‘;utnn. Colo. The woman left about n a local bank. The money is now in the custody of the Public Administrator. ° LOCAL MERCHANTS EXPRESS - VIEWS Heaftily in Favor of the New Wireless System. S F PO especially to the Pacific Coast.” The following is an extract from an editorial which appeared in the columns of The Call on June 14: ““Of the feasibility of the service there can be no question. Reports from Europe are to the effect that the British have wireless telegraph stations at every dan- | serous headland along their foggy and stormy coasts. The Germans and the French also have adopted the system fo a considerable extent. and only recently the news of the day illustrated the use- fulness of the service in the case of a steamer passing a lightship off Dunkirk and recefving across the water a wireless message to the effect that the illuminat- ing machinery of the lightship was out of order and that unless relief were sent there could be no light on the ship that night. The steamer reported the news as soon as she reached port and men were at once sent to make repairs, so that the lightship showed her signals as usual. In that case the wireless message may have saved from wreck some vessel passing in the night and missing the familiar light from the ship. < “The usefulness of a prompt service be- tween this city and the Farallones is well understood by all who have any interest in shipping news; nor would it be outside the legitimate province of the Govern- ment to establish it. In fact it would be but an extension of the lighthouse ser- vice.” That the merchants of this city are in favor of wireless telegraphy is evidenced by the sentiments expressed some time ago by G. W. McNear, president of the new Merghants' Exchange. He said: “‘Regarding the advantage of a wireless telegraphy system between the Farallon Islands and San Francisco via Point Lo- bos, 1 am pleased to say that I believe, if the system is practicable, its advantage to the shipping interests would more than justify the expense of construction and maintenance. It is one of the many re- cent advances in electrical science that has practical value and should be put into operatlon wherever it can be used to the benefit of our commerce. Of Value to Government. “The Merchants’ Exchange has its look- out statlon at Point Lobos at a high ele- vation, and as the Farallon Islands are of sufficient height the expense of construc- tion would be minimum. The Merchants’ Exchange has a telephone line connecting the Point Lobos station with the ex- change, so that any message sent in could be promptly transmitted to the proper address. “1 believe it to be within the province of this Government to construct such | telegraph system for the better protection of our merchant marine. Also, it would be of advantage to vessels in the Govern- | ment service. They could communicate with or receive orders avithout-the neces- sity of coming into the narbor. Vessels arriving off the port in distress or requir- ing the services of a tug or other assist- ance could by signaling the operator on the islands communicate with the city. A dozen other interviews with such well known citizens of influence as George A. Newhall, president of the Chamber of Commerce; Frank J. Symmes, president of the Merchants' Association; A. A. Wat- kins, president of the San Francisco Board of Trade, and A. Sbarboro, presi- dent of the Manufacturers’ and Producers’ Association, have been printed In these columns. These gentlemen not only favor tne establishment of the wireless telo graph, but demand it for the benefit of the | vast and increasing commerce on this | coast. . Now that The Call has succeeded in se- curing this valuable aid to the merchants the people of this country will await the results with deep interest. PLOT T0 SINK BRITISH SHIP TorpedoExploded Undei Mule Transport at New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 10.—New ecvi- dences of the plot to destroy the British mule ship Mechaniclan were discovered by an officer of that vessel to-day. At- tached to the anchor chain near the sur- face of the water was found a cotton- wrapped wire about 12 feet long, to which ‘was evidently attached a bomb or torpedo that exploded last night and drove in those plates of the ship on the port side at_the water line. The British officers here and agents of the lines employed by the British Gov- ernment for the transportation of mules and horses to South Africa are much ex- ercised over the atiempted destruction of the Mechanician and the vessel has been moved out in midstream with a double watch on board. This is true of the otlier mule transports in port, the Milwaukee being one of them. But for the torpedo exploding the vessel would undoubtedly have been sunk. Mules will be taken on Monday and the ship will proceed on her trip to East London. PRISONERS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM JAIL Vigilance of an Officer in the Sau | Jose Prison Prevents a Break. SAN JOSE, Aug. 10.—A bold attempl to break jail was made at the City Prison at noon to-day and but for timely dis- | covery three prisoners would have ob- tained their liberty. In the scheme were Frank Arantz, awaiting trial on a charge of robbing a Chinaman’s cabin; Charles Ruiz, an ex-convict, charged with burg- lary, and Fred L. Pinard, who was held to answer this morning on a charge of bigamy. The three men after their preliminary examinations had been locked in the Clty Prison. They had secured an old bicycle post, and at noon, when most of the officers went to dinner, they pried off the lock to the cage. The noise was heard by Officer Humburg. He paid little attention to it nttflnt, but finally concluded to investi- ate, N Obentiis the: aoor to the cage the tirde risoners ran back behind the cells. Draw- ng his gun, the officer followed the men, leaving two others to guard the door. The lock had fallen to the floor. When Humburg appeared Ruiz threw the bicy- cle post p on tep of the cells. A search showed that an improvised club had been made out of a bicycle tire, which had been filled and tied at both ends. An ounce of prevention is better than a 200-pound physician. A WEATHER BUREAU IS CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS ON ATLANTIC COAST Experts Are Striving to Improve on Marconi’s Patents and the Result of Their Investigations Will Be Noted in the Sys- tem to Be Inaugurated Here Within the Next Few Months EW YORK, Aug. 10.—The Call's efforts to induce the Government to establish a wireless telegraph plant on the Farallon Islanis have borne fruit, the Weather Bureau having decided to install its own system. The Call's persistent advocacy of this project, coupled with urgent tel- egrams recently sent to Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural Department by Sen- ators, Representatives- in Congress and other public men of California at The Call's instigation, has had the desired effect. The Call's correspondent is in receipt of the following letter: Department of Agriculture, WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 9 Mr. C. C. Carlton, Care Herald, New York— Dear Sir: Replylng to your letter regarding the proposed test of the Herald's system of wireless telegraphy on August 16, I have to say that the Weather Bureau is conducting exten- sive exveriments at certain stations on the Atlantic coast and expects to be able to in- stall its own system on the Farallon Islands within the next few months. We are not ready at this time to make any more definite announcement. Yours very truly, WILLIS L. MOORE, Acting Secretary. Mr. Moore has for many years been chief of the Weather Bureau and in the absence of Mr. Wilson, who is on a month’s vacation at his Iowa home, is Acting Secretary of Agriculture. Upon the occasion of his recent trip with the President to the Pacific Coast Secretary ‘Wilson was greatly impressed with Cali- fornia and her people. He saw in San Francisco vast possibilities and predfcted that the city would soon become next to New York, the greatest metropolis of the western hemisphere. The anticipated trade with the Orient and California's abundant and almost boundless natural resources, together with the geographical advantage of the city and a magnificent harbor were destined, he believed, to bring about this result. Began Experiments at Once. ‘When The Call first broached the plan of erecting a wireless telegraph station on the Farallones under Government auspices Secretary Wilson wired to A. G. McAdle, the weather forecast official at San Fran- cisco, promising to install such a plant just as soon as it was demonstrated be- yond doubt that a system could be suc- cesstully operated. But the department did not wait for others to make the demonstration, for Mr. Moore with promptness and energy immediately in- structed experts to begin experiments, and they have been quietly conducted ever since The Call first suggested the project. The experiments have been conducted with great secrecy, the department not even making known the exact locations, but as will be seen from Mr. Moore’s let- ter experiments are being made ‘“‘at cer- tain stations on the Atlantic coast.” The method of wireless telegraphy is also kept a secret by Professor Dinwoodie, the expert In charge. The object is to dis- pense with the coherer, so as not to in- fringe on Marconi's patents. Marconi's invention, as is well known, is based on the fact that when a feeble current of electricity is passed through a Bramley tube filled with minute particles of metal filings, these filings, which in a loose state are non-conductors, immediately become good conductors for the current and estab- lish contact in a local circuit inwhichalocal Morse sounder is included. The Marconi instruments are quite cxpensive, costing about $1500 each, and the annual royalties are about $1000 for each instrument, so that if the Weather Bureau's experi- ments are as successful as they are rep- B el e AN ASSRILANT -IN MOB’S HANDS Negro Taken From Cap- tors and Probably Burned. SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 10.—The negro assailant of Mrs. J. J. Clark was captured at Liberty City to-day. To-night he was taken to Ways Station and identified by Jurs. Clark. ‘While being removed from Ways to Bryan County Jail the prisoner was taken away from his captors by a mob and it is believed he has been hurned at the stake. Positive news of the lynching is lack- ing snd could not be secured to-night. The Morning News’ advices come from R. J. Young, who captured the assailant of Mrs. Clark, who says that he was ordered to leave the vicinity by the men who took the negro from his custody. A short time afterward he saw a fire, the flames from which ascended above the tops of the surrounding trees. He telegrapned the Morning News that he has no doubt that the negro has been burned at the stak MISSING VERY SOON AFTER HER MARRIAGE Friends cf Mrs. Lottie Flctcher Are Alarmed Over Her Sudden Disappearance. VALLETO, Aug. 10.—Mrs. Lottle Fletch- er, who was married a week ago Monday to a 8an Francisco glassblower, cate to Vallejo a few days ago on a visit and has suddenly disapveared. The young woman, who is 19 years of age, was raised by Mr. Fairburn of this city. Immediately after the wedding her hus- band was called out on strike, and she de- | cided to g)ay her foster-parents a visit, Last Wednesday night she falled to re- turn home, and it is feared she is held in duress on the water front or is a victim of*foul play. 'Will Complete Studies in Europe. SAN BERNARDINO, Aug. 10.—Miss Grace Wiltshire, a well-known young woman of San Bernardino, has recently attracted the attention of Mrs. Phebe Hearst, and the news reached here last evening to the effect that she will soon accompany Mrs. Hearst to Europe, where she will enter upon a four years' course of study. The young woman's parents re- side on Sixth street. Her ambition has long been to study abroad and pregnre Lerself for a higher education. After hav- ing graduated from the High School in this city in 1893 Miss Wiltshire taught school at Ontario, and in this manner ob- tained enough money to pay her way through the State University at Berkeley. }lr‘l,n:’l;e spring of 1899 she graduated with e REAU, WHO IN THE ABSENCE WILLIS L. MOORE, CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES WEATHER BU- ING SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. OF HON. JAMES WILSON IS ACT- s resented to be a great saving will be ef- fected, for the Government proposes to utilize the wireless telegraphy on a big scale. The Call correspondent learns from an inside source that the Weather Bureau will have a chain of stations extending along the entire Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, and will eventually have a simpler system on the Pacific Coast. The wireless messages will be re- layed from station to station. Messages have been successfully sent over land by the Weather Bureau system for distances of from thirty to forty miles, and it is hoped to gradually increase this distance in order that so many relay stacions will not be required. Jealously Guarding Method. The Weather Bureau is jealously guard- ing its method, but The Call correspond- ent has reason to belleve that an ordinary Bell telephone receiver is used to receive the messages instead of the coherer and Morse sounder. It is well known that a | telephone receiver with coils wound to a resistance of from 75 to 100 ohms is the most sensitive apparatus known to elec- trical science, not excepting the galvono- meter. The telephone receiver is affected by a current too feeble to have any sensi- ble effect on ths galvonometer, and it has | been estimated by Mr. Preece, the great | English authority on telephones, that the | electric current required to generate a sixteen candle-power incandescent light would make sounds distinctly audible in a | billion telephones. It must not be sup-| posed, however, that articulate speech | will be attempted by the use of a tele- | phone recelver in connection with a wire- less telegraph system, for the current generated by variation of resistance in a PREPARING TO FLOOD MEXICO WITH CHINESE Fear Expressed That Many of Them | Will Cross the Border Into | the United States. AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 10—A dispatch from Hermosillo, Mexico, says: The Chi- nese labor agency of which Wo Sen is at the head is arranging to bring to Mexico direct from China 10,000 Chinese between now and the first of next year. The first cargo of 200 head have just arrived at Guaymas. While they are brought to Mexico ostensibly to work in mines and railroad construction, it is believed for good reasons that many of them will soon make their way across the border into the United States. — telephone transmitter 1is too feeble to travel a long distance without wires. The feeble alternating currents gener- ated by a telephone transmitter have been conveyed for short distances with- out wires, rendering speech possible for a mile or two, but for distances of thirty, forty or fifty miles a powerful battery; and induction coil are required and merfi" must be a complete make and break of the current instead of mere variation of pressure at the point of contact, as in the case of the telephone. But as is well known to any one who has used a tele- phone receiver, that instrument is cap- able of rendering distinctly audible dots and dashes of the Morse alphabet when complete make and break is made by a key and this fact will be taken advan- tage of. Great Schemes in View. The Call's correspondent understands furthermore that a New York City elec- trician of national prominence will, at the coming session of Congress, attempt to pass through that body an appropriation for relaying messages from island to isl- and in the Aleutian chain of the North Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Siberia. He will use the islands as stepping stones across the North Pacific. He will first attempt to interest the Russian Govern- ment in the enterprise and If successful will endeavor to induce the United States to act in conjunction with that country. At first blusn this would appear to be a visionary plan of the Jules Verne type, but he asserts confidently that he will yet send wireless messages from the Ameri- can to the Asiatic continent, thus getting in ahead of Nikola Tesla, who talks of senGing messages across the Atlantic. Of ths two visionary plans that of the former would appear to be the more prac- tical. GOLD BRICK MISSING AND COMPANY ALARMED Treasure Worth Twenty Thousand Dollars Fails to Arrive in This e City. SEATTLE, Aug. 10.—A telegram ree ceived to-day by Captain James Carroll from the Apollo Mining Company of San Francisco states that a gold brick valued at $20,000, which was shipped from Ung: ‘Alaska, via the steamer Newport abouf July 20, has not arrived in that city. The treasure should have reached San Fran- cisco several days ago. It is not known what became of the brick and the author- itles are searching for it. ——r————— When a girl calls a rich old codger & ——————— Fast men, like fast rivers, are generally shallow. silly boy he forgets that he ever had the rheumatism. DR. MEY S Much depends on a man's health, 1 :,-Q strength, viger and courage. If he is a | N puny weakling, tired and weary from ot ! ro i Wi la: in ai: D NG PAY TIL % L CURB seeing them. Sufferers who cannot call Gulde, Private Counselor for Men,"” lars of their wonderful Home-Cure S. 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