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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11
A PIONEER ELECTRICIAN.
Professor Sidney Howe Shorts Ex-
periments With Motors.
STREET RAILWAYS HIS HOBBY.
To His Rosearche, Is Largely Duo the
Passing of tho Car Horso--sueoess-
full Even WHOM Boy.


"Electricty ia king" said Michael Faraday
nearly three-quartsfa OF century ago, when
having by an experiment discovered the pos
slhlllues OF the electric arc. Fafadayh
friends declared that he had gone crazy
yet some OF them lived to see the fuihlmeni
OF hiA prophecy. To-day electricity Is 70
longer king. becauea II has been brought
under subject control y man. and ne
kingship has been transferred from the
invisible. yet potent nuid. 70 tho men WHO
control 1, and have chained It. sublectlnE
It TO the use Of man.
wo no more think OF Michael Faraday.
Volta, Ca.vani and our own Benjamin Frank
liz. who snatched lightning from Heaven by
the medium OF kite string and a brass
key. and a score or more OF other oxpori-
msntalss In the then newly discovered held
Of electrical science. They were but infants
playing with tho greatest power OF the
universe, which they knew Mother how 10
grasp nor TO put TO practical use, II they had
sraspcd Il. The electricians Of to-day be-
ginning with tho deceased Morse q magnetic
electric telegraph fame are men Of genius
to whom those OF days gone by were mere
plgmiea Of learning. One Of these men. the
grcateGt perhaps In hla particular line, that
OF the diScoyerer OF the propelllng power Of
certain kinda OF electrical machinery. is
professor sidney Howe Short Of Cleveland.
Ohio. He ia u veritbla giant Ia the field Of
electric power. 10 which bis inventive power
IA the field magnetH and his active and
thoughtful brain "a the armaiure He Is TO-
day to tho electric railway hyaiems OF tho
United States what Brush Is 70 electric light
Ing. Bell 10 to telephony. Moras was and
Edison Is to teiegTaphy and Gamowel IA TO
fro alarm and other electric signalling
the pre-eminent and Is known as the 'Trol-
ley King"
Professor Sidney Howe Short. u. s., OK
vlce-Preadent and Professor Of Chomles
and Chemistry at the unyoraity OF Denver,
Col. The eminent and electrical engineer
and inventor. now Of Cleveland o.. was bora
In Columbus. o., In 1851 lie Is purely OF
Puritan descent, his ancestors coming to
this country early In tho seventeenth cen
fury. Later generations Joining IN the great
tidal wave Of emigration from Now England
TO the West. the Shorts bneame one Of tho
early pioneer families TO Ohio, whore tho
subject OF this skotch was born. Professor
Shorts early years were spent in Columbus,
his primary education being securod In the
public schools OF that city. Later having
passed through the common schools he be.
caIno student IN tho Capital University
At Columbus. leaving that 20 ontor tho Ohio
State uniyeraity, where ha became stu
dent under and laboratory assistant IN tho
tochnlloeical department to mo omlneni Pro-
fesaor Mendenaall. Upon Professor Mcuden,
hall being called to tho University OF Toxic
IN Japan. voting Short Hucoocded 10 his va.
cant professorshlp and became the laboratory
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11
THE BICYCLE IN EUROPE.
The crNso Has spread Hike wnlnro An
over France.


over France.
II Is quite natural tha, France. and "a.
paclily Paris, with their epienia road,
should b. gavorl,o habitat OF tho blcyelsl.
Yet, the bicycle has had some enemies. The
late President Camot. who was no, remark.
able for sne elasticity Of his musciss. ~ eald
TO have dcsplsed L.. On the contrary. the
ltius o. Bolaium admlFes tho iuachino, and
In tho race, paris-Buggels. ofored a eoid
watch 90 the victor. The little King cf spain
rides a Hide bicycle male Tor h,in In rranep
Several OF the Paf.s journalists airs excellen,
cyclists,
TOE hygenc value OF the cycle az a n,eans
~ eXerol2, has heen discussed by ne par,s
academy q Medicine, celebrated physle,An
declaring that 81 was & frequent cause OF
hcgrs disease owing 70 the prolonged el-
fort and 10 ths fear CT being run over or OF
running over somebody Other doctors wins
are known % have o weaiupss Tor the ma.
ealno conlbatiad the theory. affirming that
,ac paSumc was extremely healthy exercised
w,h reason. But when practics bsoomos
mania Il Is exec2dlngly difacnls 10 Keen
wiihia reasonable hounds.
The bicycle and Ia deyetccs furnish ah,ina-
ant mail0i 20 the eeg.camrst, who dnes noi
tall 70 use Il literally, aud the advertisements
Of rival makers preSen, features that ara
really amusing. As 20 sho champions OF an.
tfrent automobiles. Il Is hard 10 tell which
have the best record 20 many confederation
cn,or into the question. The American
Zimmerman. met with no equal Tor short
dlstanee thoush be was beaten by tandem
at DoltleauN
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11
TWINS IN POLITICS.


\ California Convention Makes a Decided
MS-up.
The prohibllionlsts Of Alameda County
California. never mix anything II they can
help il, hut they have succeeded In SO
thoroughly mlxlng Herbert and Albert
Waters OF Oakland tina, they nominated
Herbert for County Clerk In mistake Tor
Albert, Every one In Oakland was amused
by tho odd error-;hat is. every che but
Albert.
Tho brothers arc twins, who look so
much alike that their mother cannot toll
them apart. and when Albsr, and Herbert
lock IN the mirror each wonders which one
Of tho twlaa he Is, Not long ago Albert.
who Is an ambitious young politician. con.
oluaed that he would enjoy running tor
County Clerk on the Prohibition ticket.
Ho placed himself In the hands OF his
friends. and was assured that the noml-
nation would be his when the County Con-
ycntioa met
Thon Albert ala a very foolish thing.
unm,ndtul Of ,he fac, that his twin brother
waA at large 10 Oakland. he went 10 Fresno
on buslrsss. leaving hia friend, TO lool,
after his political fences. When eonven-
uon day came Albert was stin In Fresno
and Herbert. who WAS ignorant Of his
brothers political aspirations. strolloi into
the convention hall. whege. d Ms M.
prise. he nei with very onthusiaatle "a.
eepuon. Alberta friends wera out IN mass
and they worS looking after lis fenees
IN loyal fashion, but Herbert knew noihlna
Of this, and silently cengrapulltcd himself
On toins more popular with his fellow,
townsnien than he had dreamed.
He was still more agreeabiy surprised
tow moments later whsn the eoaysutIof,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11

Immediately erected 10 manufactnrs the
product are now tho property Of tbs Dem
yer and Rio Ornndo Railroad.
While IN tho Denver University Professor
Short had devised his double reduction moter
for street cars. and built his Grst road. an
experimental ono In tho baEomsnt Of the
university building. Having resigned his
profe@orship In 1883, he Rayo bis eutire
time 70 perfeciinG tis wonderful motore.
and IN 1855 his interest In practical railway
work and his confidence IN his own ahily
70 succeed In what he undertook inauced
him 10 sever his connection entirely from
tho university, His railway motors were
then put at work upon roads In Denver.
Col: ST. Louis. Mo-; Columbus. o.. and
other Western cities. both the underground
conduit and the overhead trolley aystems
being used. In Juno. 1882 Professor snort
went 10 Cleveland. o., where he Interested
hat eminent electrician. Charles Francis
Brush. In his Inventions aud company
WA formed. Of which the Brush Electric
Company Is a large shareholder. 70 manu-
facture the machinery and cars foF his cleo
trio railways.
since 1859 scores OF electric street rail-
ways have beon laid IN Western ciun5 on
which Professor Shorts motors arm uted,
those OF the latter type oeing OF the single
reduction class.
Professor Short is known 70 every one In
tcreste1 In electric motors. and 30 great has
boon tho success OF bis appliances that Ms
friends and even competitors 10 the iisld OF
electric traction call him THE Trolley
King" His pathway has been strewn with
roses IN comparison to that OF many Ia
yentors. and no has been fortunate IN hay-
ing early devoted his talent to a branch OF
electrical sogearch IN which 10 few results
had been attained. yot which waA open to
such great accomplishments. lilo had no
groat adverse intcrests to combat Ike his
friend and business associate, Charles r.
Brush, and when once bin banner wan hoist
cd TO tho masthead It remained there. Pro
fossor shorta career as an inventor has haon
ono Of pr0gruBson, he being worker ~ the
most pronounced and aggressive type, pa
tlont and careful In the geld Of research 70
which his great succnsa eau be ascrlbed
In his manner he Is unaasuullns and Of
kindly disposition, which haH stood him IN
good stead during the annoyances and dis
appointments which always accompany tho
Inventor In tho held Of primary research
Professor Short lives In Cleveland, o.,
whore ne is q member OF the Cleveland Elec-
trio Union and Country Club. lie ls also
Fellow OF tho American Society for the Ad
yaneomeni Of Science. aud has the degree
OF u. 8. from his Alma Mater. llo was
also a member OF tho Electrical Commits
sion OF tho Worlds Columbian Exposition
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11

director In 1910 OF tho Ohio state uniyer.
atty one year before he graduated, IA hts
graduation did not occur until 1850,
Nhrn quito young. tho natural inclination
OF Professor Shorts mind was toward cleo
tfiunl experiments and research, yet II N
probable tha. bis Nrat real interest In tho
dcmeurtrated sclonco OF electricity was
awakened when aa a boy IN the public
school he lsicnei to a lecture by Professor
Mondenhnli. Always after that be was u
ttuden, In electricity hls whole dine out
Of school being apant in experimenting villa
Old batteries and secondhand material fur
ni1hNd him BY Charles R0ss, al that tme
Columbus Manager for the Western Vnlon
TELEGRAPH Company. llofore he was ~
yeara Of ave ne had heoome an export lolc-
graph operator, and had Oiled his homo
with ell aor.a OF electrical duyicog Al ono
limo he had all the house clocka connocted
IA Circuit 80 they could DO wound from a
central station " thr-aame time a atrola
OF nuatnmg lnaily burned out this lugcul
Gus device. al the tane upe running every
clock In tho house, lie then constructed d
syat-m q burglar alarms throughout the
houSc with the alarm bells at tho lead OF
hia bod lhla contriNanco frequently caused
groAt excitement IN tho family but was
npvor called lnto mo by the place actually
be.ar burgiarlAo1
While eyamnhg the Bell telephone an.
paratua at the Centennial Ia 1876 Professor
Short discovered tina. The principal % arr
tioulaie tranamisson shown 10 the Bell
lnatrumenia were practically the same az
an apparatus which he had already pu,
into operation In the laboratory o. tho
Ohio StatN University, mrruly for the
tfanHmiaslon OF sound aignak without hls
cfcf having dfaamcd TINT u would trana.
mil arterate speech, Returning hone
from philadelphia he perfected a long.
Glsiance telephone transmtler which 10
patented and aflerward sold 10 the Gold
and Stock Telephone Company,
After graduating from the Ohio state
CniveraS 10 1850 young Short went on a
vail to the University OF Denver, Colorado
ahexi no was offered tho chair Of physlcs
ana Chenstry. while holding this dual
chair, which be occupied for two years
Ne was elected ylce-presldent Of the uniyor.
Ely,
soon after bis arrival .. Denver Pro.
iesaor Short was ,akUn violently In and
cslae npar dying. lie attributed his III.
neaa q the noor drinking water with which
mo city was supplied aud Immediately
upon hlA recovery made an Analysis OF mo
water, which resulted In the danovtry az
such impurities OF bacterial nature
as 10 arcuso public lndEnation Ia
Ire highest pitch ard ultimately
cnuned the water works 10 be nhut dow.
Tho nnal result or Professor shurrs mn.
a,ysls was that Denver get new water
works. with pure drinking water brought
frum considerable distance Durino fho
next tive or three years No was csi ,n1
upon many tunes 20 analyxe stomachs for
cvidcncsA Of poisoning. soll to Determine
whether lt contained Minerals; which Id
10 his discovery In 1853 OF the material
near Morrison, Colorado from which INA
llcclehfNted Colorado cement called superlar
10 quallty 70 the celebrated 'rnrtiund',
+ Is made. Tho cement works, which we're
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11
WORTH TEXAS NOVEMBER T. 1s94

nominated him for County Clerk without
dissenting vote. He was called upon
for a speech and greatly surprised his
brothers friends by earnestly declaring
that the honor was a great surprise 70 BIN.
The convention adjourned without dlscov-
erlng that Herbert was not Albert. and
Two days passed before Herbert learned
that be had captured a nomination In
tended for Albert.
He viii run for County Clerk. however.
and expects TO profit By Albert's popular
lty on Election Day. one OF the greatest
jokes connected with the affair occurred
when one Of Albcrt's friends made profuse
apologies 70 Albert. as be supposed. only
to learn later that tho apologies had been
made to Herbert.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11

I, Ia an odd fact that tho inhabitants Of
no two nations salute each other alike, An
Engllshman salu,es his frlond with "How
DO You dog 0ood-oy. Farewell" Similarly
the pntchman. VAR well" aud tho swede
"FaiNal." A FEenohn,an ssys "Bonj9uri
Az flsikirl u. G.. ''ds v0us revelr'D. An
Italian, "nu0n giorno, Adiio, A rive
deiciV' spanlard. "Buenoa diAsl Adlosl
lissta Ia vlatai" French. "Au rayolrv'
Tho Turk folds his arms acraas hls
breast and Bows bis head toward The parson
whom no sAluies The common Arab SAYS
Salon aleikum' c'poace be with youth
He then lays his hands on his breast, in
eordar to show TIA. the wish proceeds from
his heart
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11
AFTER SEVENTEEN
Death Separates a esur
Married Nearly Eisn'

a.
LAYTON sherman. who NJ
n. l.. the other day. asea
wife. who survives him. y
markable couple. in respect
their marital relations pI0p.
Of Rhode Island. Mrs sns
old and her health 70 r-s'
couple, both Of them ns s,.. ",
married in tia place Aa' -
years later they remoyra. -, y
Mr. sherman was u puss
They had seven ehildrsn,S.sI
hovs-and four OF the enl.ul
In 1891 the venerable .vst on|
diamond wedding, kseplnss , y
md a little army OF friena.,
sominr from ali parts 81 III
,he limo OF the old man
rad dwelt together Aesss assai
Mr. sherman was a nlA1 ~,
ana i, h an interesting ~
twenty wears he had VII
ara ceiiines Of one ewslhns.,
Providence. each seasoa MA
IL Was never 81. ana y iiie|
wife has been all netn aih
heaithv and vigorous psts
, nsnl.1 Of every Pres'1
states. Mrs. SHERMAN r,sssrir|
ii was a remarkable srnsrI
attended the old man IA
and Quaint little anueus: .,s
IN Providence. There IN ~
four eSldrsn. srandehill,aa' s n
children. his elarss So
ia a.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11

Mrs. church--Dca', you thInl, :,
OF missionary work to feed IN b,n.p part
Dr.. Blun--Well, yes; outside N ~,
nihal Islanls. =. w eAa-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-11-11

weather. prAeing
Mr. bored-i should say 50: I've h.,
my way down the avenue. Nass all
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
The Overwhelming Yer iict."

Chairman Carter, of the Republican
National Committee during the m
paign of lS9,, has an article in the
North American Review viii n shows
the falsity of the ella IN made ty the
Dem cratic press thai tariff revision
was overwhelmingly demanded by the
d Cple as ale nit of tn second ele =
on Of Grover Cleveland. Chairman
Carter shows that Gle Glands er cent.
of the popular vote was 40. % in 1892,
which was the smalle since 1872. In
1885 his percentage was ~ 3 and he
was Lot elected. IN the Northern
States, in spite of the Peoples Tarty
move ment, Harri on vote was only
11S,2,6 behind his vote of 1888. while
Cleveland, the legatee of all OBJECTIONS,
received TAB votes less in 1872 than
in 1888 in the same terrific }.
That was not much of an "overwhelm-
ing verdict. A. change Of -, 426 vote }
properly distributed in California, Eel
aware, Idaho North Dakota, Illinois,
Indiana, Kansa', Missouri AMI We t
Virginia would have given these Stat 5
To Harris n and elected him. The al
legged sectarian school law lost Wiscon-
sin 10 the Republicans, and w tn the
illegal vote in Chicago gave Illinois t.
Cleveland. In Indiina several thou
sand Republican farmers kept their
agreement TO vote the Populist ticket,
while the Democrats, who led in these
negotiations under the direction of the
Cleveland committee, broke their
pledges and in the 30 ret ballot booths
marked their ballots for Cleveland.
Thousands of Republican votes were
los. by the Homestead affair, and in
Ifnlnna1n Nax-o1o nd ntI h.,
Sta es an adhesion 10 the financial
heresies of the Populists did the work
The article # Chairman Carter is
chiefly valuable for distroving the
charges made in Congress nearly every
day that the co Intry in ls9 vote over
whelmingly In favor of tariff revision.
IL did nothing of the kind, and the
very full and interesting stat ement of
Chairman Carter shows the utter
falsity of the Democratic am. The
camrai9n of '92, like that of "a. turned
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
WOULD GAG THE SENATE.
Cuckoo" Gray's Outrageous Attempt to
Silence Patriotic Speakers.

SpeakcTs
Mr.. Cleveland now proposes to gag
the Senate of the United States in
order TO secure the passage of the Will
son bill. Senator Gray of Delaware,
the leading mouthpiece of the White
House, introduced an amendment to
the rules providing that mo Senator
shall read speech, nor shall he read
from any book or paper except it may
be to quote an authority or illustrate
a point or argument which he is max
ing, without unanimous consent. The
object of this proposed amend
mcnt is, Of course, to silence
those patriotic Senators, belonging
to both parties, who are determined
TO perform their duty of resisting
by every means in their power the en-
actment of measure intended to de-
stroy the industrie', impoverish the
wage earners and ! aralyze the bu ,iness
of the North. The right to read a
speech is as manifest as the right TO
deliver speech without the aid Of
notes to assist the memory, and tomake
quotations from looks and other
authorities bea ing upon the subject
discussed is clearly the pri ilege Of
any orator. Mr.. Gray's proposition Is
simply propO -ition to gag the Sen
ate, ana the intimate relations between
that Senator aud the White House
leave no doubt as towhere he received
his instructions to make such an effus-
i've and outrageous attack on the rights
and dignities OF the upper branch of
Congress.
Not long ago, when Mr.. Cleveland
was endeavoring to force the accept
ance of unfit nominations for high office
made to crafty his personal spite, and
in utter disregard Of the public inter-
est5, one of his newspaper organs, in an
article plainly inspired from the White
House, stated that he intended to
mast II" the Senate AMI ito knock
down and tramp!e upon" those who
should oppose him. The Senate re-
fused TO be mastered, and the attempt
to knock down and trample up0n" the
opponents of Presidential dictation was
not strikingly succ 81 siul. 1t is quite
certain that the attempt TO gag the
Senate will be equally unsuccessful.
Republican Senators will speak for
their States and their constituents, for
the North, its industries and wage
earners as long and fully as they shall
see fit, ard Demcc attic Senators who
are not willing TO betray their great
trus. at the behest of repudiated
President will not be silenced by the
eveland-Confederato combination.
The more desperate the efforts of the
Clevelandites to force the passage of
the Wi son bill, the more resolute and
aggressive should be the champions of
the people in their resistance to the
plot for the degradation of the people
and tie impoverishment of the repub-
lie. The Wilson bill cannot be i'm
proved; it must | @ killed.-New York
DrNss
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
on several thing, and tariff reform"
was the least of them.
Others Nav Follow.

Something of sensation prevails in
Democratic circles in Washington
since the publication of Senator Nor
gan's l. tier TO an Alabama Democi at
advising the Democrats of his State
that the party shtu rot indorse
President Cleveland $ administration
in the State convention. This action
is likely to BE- followed by similar let
tiers from other Democrats in Congress
who have taken issue with the Presi-
dent on his public policy. Mr.. Morgan
objects to the Endorsement of Pest
dent Cleveland's administra ion:
l. Because li' Hawaiian policy was I'M
demoo ratio and antagonlstic TO the senti-
ments OF the p ,ople OF the United States
2. Because his attitude toward silver
money Is contrary to the d mocratc plat
form and the interests OF The people
because the issue OF bonds was In the
interest OF money changers and in viola :
ton OF the sentiments of tho people
4. because the Presi lent nominated "a
negro as Envoy Extraord mary and Minis
ter Plen ipotcntidry TO friendly govern :
ment who was no more suitable as n rep
resentative OF the people of the United
States than n Chinamar or an Indian.
Because OF the opposition OF the Pres
ident TO the removal OF the State bank
tax,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11
Record of the Week.


JOHN RULE. of Houghton, was killed
in the Osceola mine by skip, which
struck him.
BETWEEN twenty and twent, five sa-
looms at Muskegon will go out of bust
ness this spring.
THE Hammond-Standish Co. will re-
move its northwestern Office from the
500 to Rhin lander, Wis.
A SECTION man named John Mush
had both legs ushed while unlo Iding
ties from a train at CaSnOyia. II , may
recover.
JOHN RACE and man named Brock,
of Ironton. Charlevoix County. got in
to quarrel, and Race shot the other,
inlicting fatal wound.
TIE Brotherhood of American
Trackmen, with delega es from every
town on the Grand Trunk and Michi-
gan Central in Michigan, held an inn
portant sec. ct meeting in Battle
Creek.
WV. ALDEN SMITH has been formal
ly entered in the Congress onal race at
Grand Rapids by the Grand Rapids
Herald
WILLIAM TRUMBULL, of Flint, had
his hand badly lacerated while parting
a couple OF CANNES which were having
a very bitter Fl ght.
THREE ALMA fl shermen went fishing
i'm beat with leaking ga oline jack
The ack caught tre, so did the beat;
two fishermen jumped for shore, the
other into the river, witch wa, actu-
ally afire with the burning fluid Boat
and oyercoat destroyed AMI no fish.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-11

Il should think you would be thinking
of anything but making Cleveland
badges these hard times and / can't
imagine what sort of badge you
would make. Il IL tell you what it is,
sir, the spunky woman rotor cd; its
a Tatch about the size OF a palm leaf
fan on the seat of his trousers; its the
prevailing fad up in the Second Ward
since the pr o sent administration cam
in. Why, even the Republican, o
patting them on. And there never
was more appropriate badge in the
world. And with a smile the woman
passed out. while the somewhat sold
grocer soliloquized:
That woman diagnosed the case
precisely. It's as appropriate badge
for Cleveland AMI reform a5 the skull
and croSsbnes is the proper coat OF
arms for q poison label. Ma ,omb
Journal