The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-17

| Quenily his sui ihlieu.
| THE TELEPHONE GAZE.
Now comcs tho story OF the telephone i'm
broglo which has agitatcd two continents.
Mitkicwicz, asa sIirltrslist medium. met Mr..
q the Tnrnbuli long,,dstance TELEPHONE Mr.:
Turnbul was, y believer in :! irit9allsm ut
mus, have shaken his faith baily. The al
legged Count prctcnded to hn in daily commu;
w, sDDna wra "nS h% sd E"Mf T
Turntull relieve that lie lMitkiew!czl had 70.
seivsd message from !, hi5 latS wife ~. advising
spt GTPnGn n
handsn The S ssnHn The Simmer
%ads s s sn@ TaFH ah sfs% 1' {" take S
charge OF the enterprise OF developing his in:
count As "a to the &sshSon fna
cured tho services: personally and without the
aid Of messages from the spirit world. 81 =
formerly, In wilkcsIarre. Ta., Ho was, then
making his headanagr,,ers at ths; capital, but
a snds They soSk rooms room sf IN w n H%t% i
M moved to the Arlington ii"te whcre they lad
ss HGhf o T Mr. to G
under the laws Of virginia. with a large cap.
NJ. Tnrnbuii. 6y the forms Of his agreement
With Mi,kiewicz wnf to ,e paid $4,000 t . in
f fen3sr 81 lis ievsasisn and PATENTS in tSis
be transierrci. however. to the company until
| Mr.. Turnpuli received the $50,OUo STIPULATED
hS cSrsr n.zn tho OF Mnsh
| were invited hy Mitkewicz and Paine to wit
ness the testing OF the Telephone. with "a view
eign diplomats who responded TO tic invita-.
tions were the Japanese and Chinese Minister'S.
prise. Neither Paine nor Mitkicwicz was ahlo
t.; raise tn s'oo to Ky t. Mr. Tumn"! IHr
!ound ihnt they coull not raise the wnI TO
my Turnhull they drcided to get possession
e the ratSniti As !, nojsicle IL aIhrr WY
Suites Circuit Court at baltimore TO comrel
Mr. Turnhnll 70 turn hiS lat"nts over to tho
had been m md" to It's r"ytal stock
otIStimore H eG an M" "nswe e;' s' Mr TurSba
IN twenty ~, pages i set forth iu,ly the nu-
ininc. ana showed ur the attempted fraud on
Mr.. TutnUull. After full arguments on both
tract. Mr. Turnlu! was under no obligations
Notwithstanding that d ecision NIitkewi"z con.
tinucd t. claim TINT he had tn, control OF
Turnbull's long distance telephone.
FALSE REPRESENTATIONS TO THE CHINESE MIN.
LISTER.
His Excellency Chang Yen IIoon. the Chinese
Minister Mt Washington at that time, became
deeply Interested in the subject Of long, lis
large the Ministers interest in the question.
MitieWicz rePresented lat he Still had al tho
contro, Of Mr. Turnhull's invention. Appreei-
sR eMca to turn si,ss
account Mi'kiewicz wentto phiinteipha and
succeeded in interesting Mr.. Wharton Barker
| ker exhibited his confidence in Mitkiewicz's
schemes by ndyantinE several thousand dol;
| other expenses
Mitkiewicz is n, good talker: he mnde Mr..
with high officials of tn, Chinese Govern ment.
That was made easy by tho fact that tho bogus
SS n@a the nln It
Mr.. Barker who was thereby Induced to take
After the, contract between Mitkiewicz and
10 June. 1897. to Obtain concessions for long
July. 1897. and. astonishing as it may appear.
he secured II co; cession from the Chinese Gov
his success which was doubtless unexrec.ei.
he applied to his E1cellency Niceroy III fora
Wss anGsr M
when Mtiie"iez started to return to this
BY a Telegram OF Aug g. 1887. Mr. ]. D. Ken
nedy. United States Consu l-Gencral nj Shnng-
hai advised the State Dernrtmcent that high
com panici by, a foreigner Aiitkicwicz. Would
nrriyg at Snn Iran"is'S asoTt rs end 2, OF that
that Mr. Gh"ns so r""evs H' !" c a s
Iicssroy Ii instructing him TO have nothiag
I. Do with Mitkiewicz or Parker, herause the
measure proposed by tho Niceroy.
NO CONCESSION GRANTED.
There Is little doubt that the banking con.
cessi"n woul': have been granted II the Amer
in China. at that lunctuic had not nunlisic,l a
series OF articles REMOVING part Of the bogus
c6arncs, nHd cast dou un he Oh ans
cial standing OF Wharton BARKER. In ronso-
auence OF the nu LEGATIONS y despatch was TO-
to the effect that Aiitkiewcz aud Barker he in
formed that no banking concession would be
Count has claimed tlwt he obtained u valnl-
which would enable him to carry on a general
rsa r"Gnd snI ksSnhon9
DO .s25.OOO.OcO. half Of which. ho declared.
hah been s TI, Idt In tho FMHWTry KINGDOM
concession from tho Chinese government OF
any Eind; and ali his claims OF that nature are
tried nes aG
" to get renewal q his old concession md to
direction has ended in failure. - '""'
His Exccllency, Chang Yen lIoon returned to
his country in the autumn Of 1855 Before |
leaving however the bogus Count made d.s- |
pernte efforts to- get Mr.. Chang to interest him
self in his hrhaffo renewal II til. conces-
sion, He drew VI and presented q long poll
tion for the concession. and described in glow
Ing terms the advantages that would result TO |
China II the concession would he granted. Mr.. |
Chang. however. refused to have anything |
more /" do with the matter. and returned to |
China In September. 1889.
WHARTON BARKER TAKEN IN.
When Mr.. Barker learned that AIitkIewiczs |
record WAS largely responsible tor tie refusal |
OF the Chinese Government to 4. ant tho con- |
c.ssions. he naturally made an effort to free |
himself from such an unfortunate alliance. |
Mitkiewi"z. seeing that there was a DISPOSE |
tion on the part OF Barker to freeze him ont, |
commenced II suit against him in Philadelphia. |
in June, lsSS. to compel u specic performs
nnco If agreements OF gigantic proportions |
under concessions by the Chinese Govern |
meHt to supply the whole Of thnttcrritory"o |
cred by treaties. with telephone service.
through company OF II capiul o! - Nu,u,U. |
and 70 form another company with n capital |
OF S2O.OOl.O'lp, with general banking. rail- |
ronting, and mining powers, also under con
ceSsi,ns from the Chinese Government" The
comDlaint set forth that 'priorto March. 1897,