The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-19

Mowra Is little known. Few Of them
| are aware of his claims to be the pio-
neer in this branch Of electrical re-
search. Messrs. Brighton, in England,
and RUNNER, in Germany, have re-
Gently interested the learned by their
experiments in wireless telephony. But
before Brighton and Runner were
heard Of Father Landell, after years of
experimenting, had succeeded in OBJ
tanning a Brazilian patent for his in
vention, which he called q gourad-
phone.
The patent was issued in 1900. It is
numbered 1928 in the Brazilian rec
ords. 1t was expressly granted 'for an
apparatus intended for the phonetic
with or: without wires. through space,
earth or water"
With this apparatus Father Landell,
in the years 1900 and 1901, made many
public demonstrations, which attracted
attention in Brazil, but have only
vaguely and Internationally reached the
ears Of AngloA Saxondom.
And why?
.;yss An Answer Is Attempted. %
/ An attempted answer may be found
In an article in La Voz de Espana, a
paper of. San Paulo, published under
date Of December 16, 1900. Said the
NIllGI, d. pGISOIld1 lIlGlld VI tllS 1CSC1
end scientist: ,7
eff Father Landell had been born in
England, Germany or the United
States the government, the
capitalist, the people themselves would
have pressed forward to offer him ev-
cry sort Of assistance to enable him
to bring his scientific discoveries to a
happy conclusion. Unfortunately,
Father Landell is a Brazilian, and of
70 Hon
fist AgaZssiZ, Everything is great here
except the men,"
If that be the true reason, Father
| I.andell himself would be the last to
believe it. The same writer acknowl-
edges that the reverend gentleman,
with the angelic goodness which char
acterizes him." had expressly repu-
dated this slur upon his fatherland.
mo, my friend" Father Landell had
| written; "the opinion of the great nat
uralist which you quoted is not only
not applicable to my individual case,
but Brazil is5great as well through the
riches that God has poured upon her
as through her sons"
The paper which published this COR
reSpondence madelnote of the fact that
Father Landell, in the presence Of Mr..
Lupton. the British consul at Sac Pau
/ 10, and other local magnateS had DEM
onstrated that by his apparatus the
human voice could be transmitted pho
netically without wires to a distance of
thirty or thirty-f1ve miles.
All this happened some time ago.
Since then Father Landell has left his
native country, and for several months
has been a resident of New York city.
He has neutrality-suspicious. to patent his
inventions in the United States to the
patent Office at Washington. He re-
Gently received word that his theories
were SO revolutionary that patents
could not be granted without the sub
mission Of working models to make
practical demonstration Of their verify.
These models he will supply as soon as
he is in position to do so.
1t was only a few days ago that I
met Father Landell for the first time.
found in him a gentleman some forty
years of age, spare and ascetic in body,
vivid and enthusiastic in mind. He was
born in Brazil, OF which country both
his parents are natives, though his
mother is of Scotch descent. Educated
and ordained in Europe, he returned
to his native country to become par
ish priest and professor in the semi
nary until he left for the United
States.
Talks of His Inventions.
He was quite ready to speak about
worldly life is devoted. Only his world
ly life, however, is involved. His first
thought is for his religion, his second
for science.
Il wish to show the world" he told
me, that the Catholic church Is not
the enemy Of science or Of human
progress. Individuals in the church
may in this or that case have opposed
the light, but they did it in blindness
to Catholic truth. have myself met
with opposition from my fellow be-
levers. In Brazil superstitious mob,
holding that was in partnership with
the devil, broke into my study and
destroyed my apparatus. Nearly all
my friends of education and intelli-
| gence, whether in or out of holy or
ders, looked upon my theories as con-
trary to science. I know what it is to
feel like Calico and to cry e pur ST
muove.' When everybody was against
me I simply stood my ground and said,
| 1t is so, it can be no otherwise"
Father Landell explained. that 1t was
| impossible for him to go into details
concerning his theories and inventions
SO long. as the patents were pending.
But in a general way he was willing to
| explain that his system Of wireless
| telephony depended upon a new prin-
| ciple Of lightbwhich he had discovered.