Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-19
TELEGRAPHIC
Electrical Disturbances Throughout
the Country.
PUTTING A STOP TO TELE-
GRAPHIC SERVICE.
Various Experiments Made by the
Photographers.
The DISTURBANCES UNLIKE ANY HERETO.
FORE EXPERIENCED.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

CHICAGO, Nov. lS.-In an interview with
the night manager Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company at l o'clock this
morning, he stated that the electrical
storm throughout the country still con-
tinued, and the regular business of the
telegraph company was carried on with
great difficulty, The disturbance is differ
ent from any heretofore experienced, as it
| appeared TO act upon the wires in strong
waves, causing a constant changing OF the
! polarity Of the current. Reports from
! Omaha state that the aurora borealis was
very brilliant at that point, the illumina-
ton being almost as bright as day. At st.
Paul it is reported that the heavens had a
blood-red color, the display being grand
and fearful. A great storm extends as far
west as Oregon and east to Boston. Chey-
enne reports the illumination at that point
as bright as day.
CHICAGO, Nov. l5.-The officers of the
Western Union Telegraph Company here
say the electrical disturbances in this coun-
try Yesterday were the most pronounced
and widespread experienced for years; if,
indeed, they have been paralleled in some
respects at any time. An electric storm Of
the greatest violence ragged IN all the coun-
try from New lorh TO points beyond oma-
ha, and from Kansas CITY north to the ter
minus OF telegrsphlc COM unlcatlon' prac-
ucally putting a stop to telegraphlc ser
vice over the entire area. 1t first began
to be folt about / O'Clock yesterday NOM
ing, and increased in intensity until 9:45,
when ~mmuulc4ti0L from every direction
was cut OFF. The electric storm seemed to
go in successive negative and positive
waves, alternately neutrallZlng the cur
rents on the wires, or increasing their ln-
tensity to such a degree as to burn every
thing up. The switch board here was on
fire a dozen times during the forenoon,
aud half a dozen keys OF the instruments
were melted by the current. The duplex
and q~uadTuplrX wires were useless. At
noon but a slhSIt wire OUT OF 10 p7tWeeh
sli9 EtIr " n Is, H. a, a ~ r w.
was received from Milwaukee that the at
> mospheric electricity coming in on its
wires from the country mad snch dynamic
- u - 40 ~ nSsp'"s |" ~ e. ~
z here was accented subject to DELAY. Even
the Associated Press report was unavoida'
? bly, delayed,
New YORK, Nov. 1S.-The electric storm
Il Yesterday extended from Boston as faI
e west as Ogden, ana this morning its inhu,
ence was still felt in certain localities, 81
that Geographic communication is consid'
erably interrupted. Various experiments
e were tried by the t~elegraphers during the
- storm to work the wires. and dispose o.
the great accumulation of business, bu
u with little success. until it was discovered
that by taking two wires from the grount
between any two given points, and ~ioining
- their ends, a circuit was formed that coult
/ be operated. In this way eight wires be
IS tween Buffalo and Chicago were made t.
do the service of four. Electricians seen
to agree that the disturbances were milk
anything heretofore experienced, as 1t ap
d w p,eo c ~ u tons+s .ne cSanSing Of th,,
polarity Of the current.
Interview with Leiand stanford
ST.. LOUIS. Nov. IS. Leland Stanford
J. prssi6ent Of tba Cer.ral Pacific Railroad
- -;
p""4eu ny "iS ''""4o'" """ Wv"
: son, arrived here yesterday, via the South
srn Pacific. They are enroute to New
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where they VIII take the chesapeake d
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an examination as he passes over H. GIah'
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= being little more to be done, and the
rams VIII soon ne running from me
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