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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

raphy and what has been accomplished
may be summarized as follows. Accept-
Ing the results bequeathed him By pre-
vious Investigate Marconi ovarcame
the difficulties in the way one by one.
First. after perfecting his transmitting
and receiving apparatus, he surmount-
ed the opposition offered by damp mir.
clouds. fogs, etc. Then came the ap-
parent difficulty presented by the curve
ature of the earth. Instead Of adopting
the conclusion that the waves might
follow a course parallel to the earth's
curvature, he surmised that for every
square of a certain distance the "re-
ceiver'' must be fixed at a correspond
ing distance above the earth. He HIM
self has disproved this by his latest
achievement in telegraphing 50 miles
with the receiver only four feet from
the ground. Most of his experiments
have been conducted on or near the
coast, as it was found they We're more
uniformly successful at the level Of the
sea. In fact, the greatest benefits
promise to accrue in connection with
maritime affairs, as, for instance, the
connecting of Isolated lighthouses ard
the equipment of vessels with appara-
tus for instant communication with
the shore and with each other at a dis
lance, etc. At least one wreck was
obviated by the use Of wireless teiegra-
ply, thereby forcing from the French
government its reluctant consent-pre-
viously withheld-to the establishments
of a station on its coast for Marconis
celebrated channel experiments. in
South Africa the wireless system was
successfully used during the Boer-B Brit
ish war, islands in the Hawaiian group
have been placed in communication
with each other, France and England
converse through ethereal space, and at
present there seems 10 insuperable OBJ
stacle to transoceanic communication
between Europe and America.
FREDERICK A. ODER.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

owing to high seas or fires, have been
abandoned, and every master of any
kind of craft arriving at our ports is
expected Immediately to forward in
formation to Washington of any dere-
lict he may have seen on his voyage,
together with It's course and condition,
latitude, longitude etc, when last OBJ
served. BY this means the charts are
the unfortunate craft approximately
followed.
These records, especially If their gaps
could be filed with the details of oc-
currences at the time the dereIicts were
abandoned to their fate, would afford
as interesting reading as any sea novel
ever written by our most accomplished
ronancers. Sometimes the derelict is
sighted in a manner reminding one of
that in which the pilot is said to have
discovered the rock in the channel. He
knew every obstruction in that channel
it will be recalled, and when the vessel
he was plotting ran against a rock he
said triumphantly, And that's one Of
themi'' In such a case, either with u
clipper ship under full sail or an ocean
steamer blowing resistlessIy through
the waves, the chances are that the
craft in collision will speedily become
a derelict itself and furnish another in
the list of terrors that beset the sailors
path.
Every derelict has its history, or
rather. biography. until it is either tow
ed into some port or removed by fire or
explosives from the surface of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

the public as a concrete whole. In
stead of trying to prove or disprove the
theory of wave propulsion or propaga-
ton. he started out by accepting it as
a hypothesis, and, assuming that mes
sages could be sent by them hundred
yards, there was no reason why they
could not be sent thousand, or as
many miles
He finally succeeded in perfecting an
apparatus by which theoretically he
could send a message through the air at
least a hundred miles, and then began
his task of working up to its realization.
He readily convinced the Italian gov
eminent to the extent of receiving its
support and the adoption of his devices
for use in its navy Then he went to
England, where. though at first I'M
successful he finally proved to the
British admiralty the immense value OF
his achievements. and they were adopt
ed by the government. His great feat
in the feet maneuvers by which a sup
posititious transport bringing supplies
from Canada was discovered so miles
away by the convoy sent in search of
her. attracted great attention at the
time, and his subsequent establishing
of uninterrupted communication be-
tween the shore and the Prince of
Wales yacht while on a cruise set the
seal of appreciation upon his schemes.
Although yet young man. only 20
years of age, A1arconi has been the
recipient of high honors from sci
entific societies and of substantial
emoluments and decorations. His visit
to this country last year, when. on the
occasion of the international yacht
race, he fully established the reputa-
ton of his system by flashing more
than 200 words from moving steam
er to the receiving station at Navesink,
and the subsequent recognition he re-
ceived from our government, may be
recalled in this connection.
The present status of wireless teleg-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
6EREEIcT scHCONER ..IOAN HANe0eIAAN

ocean and sent to the bottom. Here are
a few specimen bits of biography, as
transcribed from the records Of the by
Geographic Office. They lack the inter
est to the ordinary observer attaching
to them in the eyes Of the sailor whose
ship may become their next victim. but
there is mine of information as to sea
currents, drifts, winds and waves. even
to the ''landlubber''
The British bark Siddartha, on voy-
age from Jacksonville. Fla, for Liver
pool, sailed Jan. 26. 1893, was partly
wrecked and abandoned Feb. % in lat
itaIde $50 north. longitude 800 west
Crew rescued by Danish bark Verdan-
de. Was sighted So times in all. the
last on July s. 1899. off Bantry bay, Ire
land. where a British cruiser found her
and toWed her in
Norwegian barkentine Taurus became
waterlogged and had rudder damaged
in storm, abandoned Nov. 1e, 1885. in
latitude 90 north, longitude 10 west.
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has "syntonized" his Instruments and
brought wireless telegraphy, as it is
called. 10 such perfection that he can
send a message direct to its intended
destination without any danger of its
being intercepted on the way. The
trouble with the system hitherto has
been that it was too promiscuous in be-
slowing its favors. for while a message
could be sent out from a certain sta
ton. there was no certainty that it
could not be picked up by any number
of receivers" lying in wait for it at
different points Of the compass.
The electric waves We're likely to con-
hict also, and If several Geographic sig
nails were flying through the air at
once, there was a likelihood that they
would be hopelessly jumbled.
Another defect in the system has re
Gently been remedied, and that is the
supposed necessity for using very tail
poles or masts in the transmission of
messages or signals. In the expert
ments conducted by Marconi across tie
English channel the mast used was III
feet high. though the distance was only
30 miles, Such has been the rapiditty
with which this invention or discovery
has progressed that it was less than
TWO months ago that an authority in
electrical science stated in a technical
magazine that in order to communicate
by wireless biography a distance of SO
miles the wire attached to the instru-
ment should be elevated at least 100 feet
above the level OF the sea or surface
Of the earth. But now comes the as
founding information that Marconi has
transmitted a message that distance
beating his former record by IS miles
and that 1t was received on a cylinder
only four feet from the ground.
1t was predicted a year ago. when ex-
perimentation with the wireless system
was at its height, that before another
year had closed messages would be
fitting across the Atlantic from En-
rope to America without wires or ca
hles- but that in order TO do this thev
would have to be sent from balloons =
mile or so up in the air. The bugaboo
the electricians causelessly feared and
reclScned against was the curva ture Of
the earth. but it has transpired that the
electric waves take no account Of solid
matter any more than Of the irnpalpa-
ole ether, apparently, and when hberat-
ed go straight to their destination with
the rapidity of light itself
So now the two greatest objections ~
the forthcoming universal application
moved or surmounted, and. extending
the time little, we shall doubtless wit
ness the transmission Of MESA ees
across the Atlantic without any din
Guilty One of the latest applications Of
the ''Hertzian vvaves's is as an aIxiliar,y
in torpedo warfare for a young naval
officer has succeeded. he claims. in har-
Messing them to his submarine boat and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
GETTING TOO NEAR HOME.

the crowd put a question, "saay, does
socialism mean, then, that If thad two
losses tha'd gle me one2
The lecturer smiled as he set down
the glass. "Of course" he said. "Will4
ingly AVID gle thee one"
IF tha'd two cabs" pursued the cuts
Ter. would tina gle me one?"
All" returned the lecturer, still
smiling. "tha should hev a cab my
brother"
IF tina he'd two pigs" still went on
the cutler, II should hev one, them
The lecturer smiled no more. Thee
shut thy face" he said; thee knawa
Awe gotten two pigsl"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

passed from the
main tenets of
socialism to a
consideration of
communism in
property. From
the way he talk
ed one would
have supposed
that he owned
the whole world
and was ready
nay, eager-to
give half of it to
his brethren to
divide a m 0 n g
@,-eTuAa A
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

7 1t had been discovered As years before
that electricity would force itself
through considerab bic lengths of wire,
the earth or water taking the place of
return wire and completing the cir
cult Franklin was able to transmit
electric shocks across the SchuylkiH in
174S, while in 1894 a German scientist
used the electric spark in biography,
but by employing Sc wires each way.
Telegraphy, like every other great in
vention, was not communicated to the
world by any one man. but owes it's be-
ing to the researches of philosophers
and scientists during many years one
of these to whom we are most indebted
is Professor Henry, the first secretary
of the Smithsonian institution at Wash
ington, who in 1881 devised an instru-
ment with the essential features of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01
LATEST DISCOVERIES in
WIRELESS TELEGRAPI1Y.


means of fires and beacon lights on
covers and mountain tops. and it is
claimed that this system of signaling
was brought to perfection 200 years
ago. A working telegraph (by sema-
phore) and a code was in use during the
French revolution, as early as 1892. and
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ment to do something is that the north
Atlantic coast Of the United States is
most prolific in wrecks, and conse-
quently OF abandoned vessels. The
great graveyard of gallant craft, to be
sure, is in the immediate vicinity of
Sable island, 100 miles southeast of No
va Scotia, where the remains of more
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

than a hundred vessels are known to
strew the ocean bed, and the. next most
fatal spot is the Cape Cod region off the
coast of Massachusetts. During the
year 1899. in which probably the great
est number of disasters occurred for
many years, it was estimated that near
ly 400 vessels were wholly or partially
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

springs Of nature itself and its vastest
phenomena, We may be prepared for
any development short of communicat-
ing with the planets and the stars. There
are some sanguine individuals. even,
who predict that we shall some time be
enabled to communicate with Mars and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

steering it without hitch wherever he
willed by a receiving apparatus which
acted upon a set of magnets and ma
nipulated the rudder-
Again, they are not only telegraphing
without the use Of direct wires, but
also telephonings and 1t is expected that
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

~RHE latest information that comes
10 Us from signor Gugiielmo
Nareoni. the young and famous
wizard Of biography. is that he has
finally. succeeded in preventing other
neople from stealing, not his thunder.
but his lightning. In other words, he
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

An amusing story comes from York
shire, England. A local socialistic lee
turer was spouting away like the intel
lectual whale that he was not and had
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wrecked, entailing a loss of 300 lives
and property to the amount of 100000
Accurate records are kept by the by
geographic Office of the wrecks that,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

The deserts of Arabia are specially
remarkable for their pillars of sand,
which are raised by the whirlwinds,
and have a very close resemblance in
their appearance to waterspouts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

telephony will soon be immensely de-
veloped along these lines. In fact,
when we consider the forces brought
into conjunction in this wonderful dis
covery: that they deal with the occult
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-01

he paused to take a drink a cutler in
The age-herald., 1901-01-08
ENSLEY.
Budget of News from the Steel Making
 City.


 Ensley, January 7.-(Special. Bud Muck enfuss a well known man here, has been arrested in connection with the theft of a pair of horses. He was implicated in the trial of the negro named John Bibson, who was taken up by the police about three weeks ago and carried to New Decatur by the sheriff of Morgan County. The horses belonged to John Moore of that place and were stolen about a month since and driven to Ensley where the negro was arrested on suspicion by Chief Camp. He at first stated that he secured the horses in Bloc ton, and telegram was sent to that point, but the story could not be confirmed and the negro remained in jail for about two weeks, refusing to make any further state ment relative to the ownership of the horses. When hts trial came up he impli- cated MT. Muckenfuss, testifying that he was sent by him to bring the horses to a certain livery stable here, but he, by mis- take, carried the horses to the wrong sta- ble. The horses were returned to New Decatur last week.
 Much needed Improvements are being made by the city authorities on Avenue F. The unfortunates who have been subjected
 
 now having an opportunity of working their time out on the streets of the town
 Vigorous search is being made by the police for negro by name of Cliff Caswell who recently stole some money from one of the citizens of the town.
 An overcoat belonging to J. M. Perkins was stolen from the store of Morris Bros this morning.
 J. O. Nesbtt master mechanic at the steel works, Is out again after a weeks ill., ness.
 Roscoe Bulger of Birmingham spent the morning in our town today.
 E. H. Travis, the popular recorder at the steel mill will leave in a few days for his home in Youngstown, where he goes to take similar position with the new mill at that place.
 Will Jones, Jr, has accepted position with the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. He relieves E. l.. Boone, who was promoted to the cashiers place on the first of the month.
The age-herald., 1901-01-08
"WHERE DIRT GATHERS, WASTE RULES" GREAT SAVING RESULTS FROM THE USE OF
 SAPOL 10
Hester's Analysis,

New Orleans, January 7.-Secretary He's ter's analysis of the cotton movement for the fourth month of the season. from Sep sive, shows that compared with the crop movement last year, Texas, including In- dian territory, has brought into sight this season in round figures 674,OO0 bales more, while other gulf states, which include Ar kansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma, llave marketed 42,0OO less, and the group of Atlantic states which in- cludes North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Virginia, show an increase of 5000, making the increase in the total of the crop marketed 690O0.
 Mr Hester shows the amount brought in- to sight by groups of states for the four months of this season as follows: Texas and Indian Territory 24S0, ,449 bales, an in crease over same time last year of 674 4l5, a decrease under year before last of 269, 122, and an increase over 1897 of S39 l39.
 Other gulf states, 1,S32.2s7, decrease un- der last year of 42,245, decrease under year before last of AO,315, and under 1897 of 965,319.
 Atlantic states 2,2S5, 151, an increase over last year of 5S279, decrease under year before last of eos, S,225, and under 1897 of 662- 466
 Total crop in sight close of December 6, eO7, ,887, an increase over last year of 690- 449, a decrease under year before last of 1117, ,662 and under 1897 of 68S, ,648.
 The groups of states above furnished in round figures of the crops of last year and year before: From Texas and Indian Ter rtory last year 2,591 GOO bales and year be- fore last 3,555, ,OO0; other gulf states 2,960 900 last year and year before last S,360. 900; At lantic states 3SS5, 900 last year, and year be- fore last 4,360,0O0
The age-herald., 1901-01-08
ANNISTON.
Extending Rural Free Delivery in Cal
 houn-Other News.

Anniston, January 7.-(Special) - Post master L. T. Smith of this city today re- ceived notification that on the 18th another rural delivery route would be established out of Anniston. This makes the third out of this city. There are two out of Oxford, and two had already been recommended out of Jacksonville. This will make seven routes in Calhoun County, putting her in the lead of all counties in the State with regard to natl delivery service. Rural de- livery in Calhoun County has now ceased to be an experimental is a success It is very probable that a fourth route will be established out of Anniston in the next few months. Calhoun County was one of the first in the State to secure a rural free delivery service. It is greatly appreciated by the country people, and is proving of great convenience to those residing in the rural districts.
 pr. T. ". Ayers, superintendent of Par on Sunday morning presented with a $1OO purse as an appreciation of the members of the school for his faithful leadership.
 Dr. Ayers will leave about the first of March for China, where he goes as a medi- cal missionary. He was formerly in the newspaper business as editor of the Annis- ton Republic, but of late has engaged in the practice of medicine here.
 Truman, the -7-year-old son of MT. H. B. Glover treasurer of Calhoun County, died Saturday and was buried at Jacksonville yesterday at noon
 Tv yesterday received an order from the Choc- Jaw. Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad for five hundred coal cars. The order will be filled ar the Anniston plant of the company and work on 1t is to begin at once. The outlook for the plant was never brighter and 1t is now enjoying a season of great prosperity.
The age-herald., 1901-01-08
PRATT CITY.
The Voters Are Being BesIeged by the
 Various Candidates.

Pratt City, January 7.-(Special.) )-Pratt City has never experienced such a warm campaign The action of the executive committee in having the candidates for chief of police, city attorney and city clerk voted for direct has caued all the aspirants to these offices to hustle for votes and the voter is besieged on all sids.
 The Hudnall Club meets tomorrow Clues day) evening at o'clock.
 At a meeting of the Butchers Union held last Friday seven new members were en- rolled. Nearly all the butchers of Pratt City, Ensley and Wylam belong to the union. J. W. Allen Is president and c. S. Le Cren secretary. Officers were installed at the last meeting, w. H. Stanley of Bir- mingham officiating. The regular meetings of the union will be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
 Judge Green and his brother, Paul Green, of Birmingham visited Wylam yesterday.
 Messrs. Lee, Gillian, Boring, Martin and Norris of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company's store here were at Wylam yes- terday.
 John Hannigan has returned from Kan sas City Mrs. Hannigan will remain some time longer.
 Miss Beardsley will leave Wednesday for Columbus, Ga. For more than year Miss Beardsley has had fourishing art class here, and has endeared herself to many friends, who sincerely regret her departure.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Asa Rountree and chill dren, Miss McIver and Tom Morrow of Birmingham, visited Mrs. Morrow of Pratt City yesterday.
 The Rev. w. c. McPherson of Cleveland. Tenn, preached two eloqyent sermons at
The age-herald., 1901-01-08
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The age-herald., 1901-01-08
Notice to Non.Residents.

The State of Alabama, Jeffergon County in
 the Justice Court of M. H. Crittenden
 J. P. J. F. White, transferee vs. E. E
 Jones.
 Whereas, J. F. White, transferee, plain tiff in said case, has obtained an ancillary attachment against the estate of said E. E Jones as defendant, which garnishment has been levied on money due the defendant by the Louisville and Nashville Railway Com pany and by garnishment aforesaid levied on defendants property aforesaid, and whereas, it appears that defendant is 8 nonresident of the State of Alabama and whose residence Is otherwise unknown Now, therefore said E. E. Jones, wherever he may reside, is hereby notified of said levy of said garnishment as aforesaid.
 Said above cause set for January 26, 1901
 Witness my hand this the 9th day of Jan- uary, 1901. M. H. CRITTENDEN, J. P.