The San Francisco call., 1899-09-05
Wireless System in a
New Marvel.
SUCCESS OF THE EXPERIMENT
THRONGS AT THE EXPOSITION
LAST NIGHT.
Exhibitors Have Placed Their Dis
plays-Unique Features of In
terest-EIaborate Musical
Programmes.

The second day and night of the ex-
position of the Mechanics Institute drew
far greater and more enthusiastic crowds
than was expected for so early in the life
of the fair. Exhibitors are quickly COM
pleting their displays, and last night
everything was practically in place. The
opinion is unanimous that this years fair
is artistically the most beautiful ever Civ
en- in the history of the institute. The ex-
hibits-industrial, mechanical and manu-
facturing-are conceded to be the best
shown in years, and the competition
shown will make the task of the commit
tee of awards a difficult one.
In entertainment the management has
provided an interesting feature for every
afternoon and night. The special one
given last, night excited an interested
throng and gave to many a physical ex-
hibtion of the meaning of The Calls tri-
umph in heralding the coming Of the
Sherman by wireless Biography. In the
booth of A. Wander Naillen a gun was
fired by wireless telegraphy. Owing TO
restrictions of space 1t was difficult for
the spectators to realize that the marvel
which they saw performed through rev
feet of space had been performed by The
Call under greater difficulties through a
space of several miles.
But the experiment last night was a
revelation of one of the latest of physical
miracles. 1t illustrated one of the new
horrors of modern warfare, which makes
possible the explosion of missiles far from
the scene of operation. In the booth on
the north side of the pavilion the trans
mitting and receiving apparatus and a
miniature cannon, loaded with powder,
were placed.
The instruments in every respect were
such as used by The Call. The distance
between the receiving and transmitting
Instruments was about forty feet. The
cannon " as connected through coils and
relays with the receiving instrument.
ment of the experiment was made
from the baQdStand and a great crowd
rushed towaA the Wander Naillen booth.
Al signal the operator at the trans
mitting apparatus began to click the in
strument. An answering click was heard
from the receiving instrument forty feet
away. A series of sparks shot from the
wire suspended over the, touch-hole of
the gun There was a flash and an explo-
sion, and the gun had been fired L.
Wander Naillen, the experimenter. says
that he has performed a similar feat with
equal success through distance or three
After the feat the crowd thronged the
watch the displays. Many sought the vii
lage Of the Filipinos and saw creditable
and certainly odd gymnastic display,
more energy in completing their village,
but they seem not TO have recovered yet
from the Hstlessness of their Southern
homes
Two exceptionally good programmes Of
music will be rendered this afternoon and
night by Benefits Concert Band. The
programme LOT JIllS dIleIHOOI II dS 1Ol-
lows: First part-March, "Old Home
stead" Settler; overture, ''Precioso,
Weber; morceau. Golden Blonde Ellen
berg solo for barytone,. John Hobbs; Sc,
lection, "Huguenots,, Meyerbeer Second
part-Scenes from Faust" Gounod; solo
for cornet, Miss Alice Raymond; patrol
Commercial Traveller" Reeves; waltz
"'Sweethearts," D'Albert; collection OF
popular songs, Witmark.
The evening musical programme will be
as follows.
'EI Captain" "............:.......-....... Sousa
Overture "Willam Tell. .Rossini
TdvI "F,vening Bells ..........-......E Etlenberg
Selections, Army Chaplain" ........ Milloecker
Waltz. Artists Life '...-......-.-.'.'-.stTau
Selection "Rigoletto" "..................-..N Verdi
Miss Alice Raymond
Intermission.
Ca0 ''Traumerei' (b) gayotte. ........ .Schurnann
H J. Stewart.
Selection, robin Hood" DE Koven
Grand march, "Tannhauser' '............, Wagner