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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-03
System, Like Wireless. T ! IL
graphy, not Of Value blue On
Land Prof. Collins
Talks on the Ad:-- @ .8s
vantages Of His
Discovery.

various experiments arc made One oc-}
Cured to me while we were at 1t on tho
river. Mr.. Collins entire rigging corr
sisted Of wire going to the ma MAJ end 4
and one going to submerged copper
plate. Used for what would correspond
to tho ground circuit connection In ali
ordinary phone. these two being at
tacfed to ordinary telephone instrt-
ments. We had a great deal OF trouble 4
because various Of the submerged plates N
vera wrenohed OFF In tho wash OF the \
boat or broken through contact with With s 2
floating log and It occurred to me that that
1t would BIO perfectly possible to attach ta'lc1 4
this ground wire to tho coils of the
cond enser, which. of course, are fastened
onto the hull. In this way, ff tho ves-i
sol had copper bottom, the entire bot-s
tom surface would become available anu J
tho great area ought to help materially
IN improving the communication.
PURCHASING DIFFICULTY. MIX
"Of course this Is the only one OF tho \
many improvements which proba bly, VIII 4
suggest themselves; but from the results
attained 4 should say that tho marine B
telephone oughtto be Of very great 4 use use 4
in harbor navigation, both as between
vessels and between vessel and dock ss}8 "
ut would not be possible, now no
added III answer to a question. to- fore \
cast the limitations Of the invention as as
regards distance. because It has been es't'
the experience OF al. telephonlc expert
8ments that many things como in to com 'rnl'i5
pllcate the problem when distance rs the !
obstacle to be overcome. II the marine I
phone followed the peculiarities Ct the
land telephone. an increase OF current I
would not be Of any assistance But for 4;
the matter Of that. the telephone app
piled ia the purposes for which 1t seems gems
best adapted would not need to be able
to cover great distances. for when ships
are In harbor in a fog, for ms lance,
theyBdo not care about the ships a nuns nuns
Der Of miles off, but for those near them
and correspondingly in danger4o''f colid-S
Ing y 4l@5}s ~ XII tt
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however, wero mitch more simple than
the problem presented by tho war yes
sells After fcw preliminary expert
ments, however, he succeeded IN denon-
strating the complete applicability OF
wireless telephony even to vessels COM
posed entirely Of metal.
IL tho wireless telephone works out
as we'll In practice rs It does expert
mentally,' said Lieutenant Hudglns, 1T
Is conceivable that It may supersede tho
system Of flag signalling or 'wig-wng-
cling that Is now used In the navy to
communicate between ships that are IN
sight OF eacl, other. We had no diff
Guilty In making out tho words spoken
from ono ship to tho other. or course,
we cannot tell until further experiments
have been made how great distance
Gun DO covered by this means but there
IS no apparent reason why 1t should not
be possible to talk across several miles
OF ocean,"
THE VOICE is PLAIN.
Tile comment made by all who have
heard the talking through tho wireless
phone Is that there seems to he an en-
tire absence of the metallic duality OF
tome that is noticeable in telephones that
dcpend on wires for tho transmission Of.
the electric current. The odd sound OF
/ tho voice heard In the wireless. phone
IL also commented upon. sounding as
though some ono were calling from
Tho transmitteri used by Professor
Collins differs In no essential respect,
ana not at all In appearance, from the
ordinary desk transmitter, such as IS
used wherever tho telephone Is known
Tho receiver, however Is much larger
ono than that used in ordinary CONNER
clul telephone systems It IL nearly
four inches across. containing q very
largo and extremely sensitive diaphragm.
hut IS easily held In one hand,
ThcA Collins wireless telephone has
been permanently Installed IN the office
OF Captain Cherry, superintendent o.
floating equipment OF the Erie Ral!road,
ana IN the ferryboat Ridgewood, Of that
con,nany It is 10 bio placed In the
other Erie ferryboats as rapidly as pos
sible. enabling them to communicate
with the shore In case of fog or accident
without delay. - !, y, !, q IA
AN EXPERTS OBSERVATIONS.
- Comerford Martin. editor OF The
electrical World and Engineer, said TO
your correspondent regarding tho sys-
tenn:
~ talked with ease at distance
| which we estlmnted at fom 500 to 7oo
feet. so that the SUCCESS of the wireless
telephone for that distance Is not mat
ter Of opinion. but OF fact The sound
came to me much more clearly than over
an ordinary land wiro.
"Of course the apparatus used was OF
the most primitive kind and numbers OF
! changes Will suggest, themselves as the
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hut all eliminating in one cry. I'VE can
not find anywhere to GO" Every morn
ing, London over, the cry Of the poor
rises up to Heaven. 1--WE cannot find a
place to live i'm The poor widow old
and wrinkled. who earns five or six shill-
ii gs per week. and who pays So. Cd. per
week for one miserable room 10 feet by
feet. just big enough to contain bed,
chair and table cannot find q fresh place.
even at that fabulous price. All sorts OF
devices and deceits are employed by the
slirtless poor in order to .'get q fresh
place." Day by day police officers are
employed in seeing the poor and wretch
cd "ejected." For the poor landlords. !.
e., the persons who are responsible for
the rents. and who let out rooms hoping
t. get some profit to enable them to pay
the higher landlord. ara only too often
sr.itlfully poor. If they cannot pay, there
is short shrift for them. Oh, the grind
ms anxiety they have the uncertainty OF
tteing ready for the collector when he
calls! II their tenants pay regularly all
Is well, II their tenants fall, they fall too;
often the superior landlord gets rid sum-
irlarily Of his defaultng tenants; them all
the sub-tenants are trespassers and out
they must go. In vain their cry, "'Vo
have nowhere to 60" Into tho street
their goods and chattels are put. On q.
often comes upon heap OF rubbish tho
Swreckage OF home. on the pavement, a
boy or girl watching or may be two or
three boys and girls watching, The moth
err has taken her baby in her arms md
gone to seek fresh homo. Late in the
afternoon she will come back to tell tho
children that "sAe cannot find anywhere
3 to CO., So altogether they go to tho
workhouse, and vestry cart come round.
collects the broken home. and takes It to
the yard" where It can remain until
claimed; that is, some Of 1t will remain.
for tho mattress t:rI bed-clothlng vii!
probably be destroyed.
I, THE HOMES OF THE VERY POOR.
MY missionary duties have often taken
me into places where have seen the deep
pathos that surrounds the homo life OF
I the very poor. A married. man, whose wife
was soon again to DO mother was sent
to prison. She already had two young
children. Their home consisted OF ona
room. Tor which they paid As. Sd. weekly.
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Will Overcome Burning Out
Of ,I'ransmitters by Strong
Currents Tests Made on
/. S. Battleships Seem
to Be Entirely Sat
isfactory.

il Professor IL Frederick Collins, tho
electrical expert and dlscoverer Of tho
system ofIwIreless telephones. promises
shortly to bring to light n new electrical
appliance that will completely revolutions
ize tho telephone systems OF The world.
Ills discovery has been due to his ex-
perln1cnts In tho field OF wireless tec-
phony, made necessary by tho difficulties
he has had to contend with. Tho discov-
cry Is quite simple, like all such matters,
when understood, but 1t will have far
sweeping effect nevertheless. It involves
O new principle, rs well rs an appliance
10 enable the principle to be demonstrated.
Sjt1n the wireless system, as invented by
Collins, one OF the greatest obstacles has
been the very limited supply OF energy
available. since q telephone trnnsmittcr'
such as Is used In the ordinary expert
incnts. burns out when anything but g
very feeble current Is used. or course.
feeble current has been all that is neces-
sary In the case Of wire telephones, but
In shooting electrical waves into space
greater power Is necessary to make the
waves strong enough to be recorded at
great distances. The waves OF electricity,
whether they carry sound or not, leap
into tho atmosphere and spread much
as a circle spreads in tho water after
g. stone has been thrown in the center.
TheJ grow weaker as they spread, and
very delcatcly constructed instruments
iavo been found necessary TO record
Them.
LONG. DISTANCE $TELEPHoNING.
Wireless tclcgraphy on the other hand
has had tho advantage over the wireless
telephne In virtue Of Its being capable
OF utilizing any amount OF current ncces-
Y sary Thus u current Of 7i6 volts, equal
TO one horse power. is used for Sig
mailing over distance OF 40 or 30 miles.
With the wireless telegraph system there
Is no transnlittcr to burn out. The dit.s
ficulties found In transmitting MESSAGES
by this system any great distance win
seeming regularity and reliability nave
been OF a different character.
Long distance telcphonnG even at us
present improved stage Is SUFFERING from
Il lack OF ability to use greater power.
and the consequence is that5a great dctl
( OF trouble is experienced in long DIS
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years old Such applicants are mum erous.
a we'll dressed young man wants pro
tectionp against his drunken mother. a
widow complains that the insurance So
cicty won't pay the money due to her.
1t turns out that some relative holds the
policy. a
ODD QUESTIONS OF LAW.
Goods on the hire system have been
seized for rent. Fills Worship explains
the law on the matter. A we'll dressed
man, living In q jerry-built house. COM
plains that his neighbors have five daugh-
ters. who are evcrlas tingly humping an
old pianoforte. and that on Sunday after
Moons he cannot get bit OF rest be-
cause of their devotion to Moody and
sankey. "You may proceed under the
Vexatious Noises Act, but am afraid
you would not succeed. Why don't You
speak to them on the matter?" Speak !!
Why I have spoken to them dozens OF
times well, speak to them once more
nicely and kindly. you know. he VII
moro forcible than polite. for next day
two of the daughters, accompanied by
/ their mother, will come and ask Tor
summons against. him for abuse.
Almost every conceivable sorrow. worry
and difficulty Of domestic life Is brought
wastrel sons are complained Of. Lost
children, husbands and wives are sought
for. A man has lost his wife by death
or she has left him. He wants the mag
tlstrates advice or help. Who Is TO & look
after his children? Can he find some in
stitution for them?" wife complains
Of a husbands affection having decid-
eddy cooled. Ills Worship tells her ITO
be nice In her manner, nice IN appear
once. and feed the husband with nice
80 NOT FOR CONVICTION.
Rare students OF humanSnature are the
magistrates. A man Is out OF work; he
asks tho magistrate to procure him
situation. Then como the poor, trem-
bling old women, who want assistance
rurrowcd feses. pendulous checks, shak-
ing hands and feeble bodies--they nave
ouillved their friends They have iost
their strength. but they dread tho work
house that waits for them. Alas! even
n magistrate cannot renew their youth,
Not that everybody breads the work
house, for GLIB conceitcd rascal has
found his way there and stops. making
the lives of the other inmates miserable,
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England 1t is like beginning one's meal
with dessert; but perhaps there Is an adj
vantage In seeing tho best first
4. That the American tourist learns q
great deal OF ancient history In Plymouth
goes without saying. He discovers that,
although the town Is one Of the Oldest
places along the coast, being knopwnr as
late as the reign Of Henry II, as "a mere
tLlpg g az hab Ion! for tlshars, ~
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born and worked during portions Of his
life, and here the greatest of all London
Turner, painted many pic
tires. among them the famour Y Devon
Tprt,p which has lately been acquired by
the F'ogg Museum at Harvard unlyer-
silly. & n NJ s III 5fs
The natural gateway hepceforth for
Americans to the peYonsh lire countryside
Wlll bs IlymoAt AZ an lRtroluc Yen to
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favored situation caused 1t to be built up
rapidly during the years When the Eng
llsh naval and merchant marines were
llrst being developed to great proportions
Situated where the Plym and -four other
rivers come together, It has an admlra-
Bile harhor, and 1t early became an object
OF frequent attacks from the Feach, who.
although general " Erepulsed met with
SIC cess md caused Henry ~.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-03
GILMAN FOR POSTMASTER
MR. PL1TT PREFERS HIN.
Senator IN Conference with President
j. Il. Merritt To BE Reappointed.
IERoM rHE rnInuNE nrrrAr.l !

Washington. Dee. Theodore p Gilman
formerly Deputy Controller of New-Yoris state
Will probably be the next Postmaster o. New
York. At a conference tonight between the
President and Senator Piatt the names of MI
Gilman, William r. WILCOX and Marcus NJ
Marks we're discussed. The Senator told the
President that either Of the first two named
would be agreeable to him, but frankly as
serted his opposition to the selection Of Mr.
Marks 1t is expected that the nomination Of
the postmaster viii he sent to the Senate on
next Tuesday. Mr.. Gilman was Deputy Con-
troller under William ]. Morgan, and after the
death OF Mr Morgan was appointed Controller
holding the office from September TO- 1890 unit!
January /, 1901.
AT tO-night's conference the nor,:rat!on OF
John A. Merritt to be postmaster of Washington
for another term was determined on. His name
VIII he sent in on Tuesday. For many years
MI Merritt has been Piatt lieutenant in
Western New-Tork. and was appointed Third
Assistant Postmaster General at the instance
of the Senator After the death of Postma ster
Willett, of Washington. Senator Platt indorsed
Mr.. Merritt for the vacancy and he was ap-
pointed to the place hy President Mckinley
Postmaster Merritt's term of office expired last
December President Roosevelt has held UP
this appointment since that time. pending an
investigation of the OFF, b. Charles j. Bona
IdTtS ana homes CO'ti3c, Is this inquiry
showed Mr.. Merritt to be blameiess. the Presi-
dent was pleased to approve the Recommended
tion Of Senator Platt that Mr. Merritt ne reap
pointed Governor OdeIl has taken no part in
this appointment. in the aupointr1ent OF the
New-Eork postmaster. according to the Sen
ator.
Senator Platt spoke highly OF Ny. Wilcox, and
told the President that while his preference was
for Gilman he would regard the appointment
Of Wilcox as an excellent one Final decision
was left 70 the President.
When asked. after his conference at the White
House. who would succeed Mr.. Depew In the
Senate Sen.tor Plat replied. laughingly:
Oh, O-eii IS running that. according to NJ.
Littauer'
1t is understood. however, that Senator Platt
assured the President that Mr.. Depew would
succeed himself with the same confidence with
which Mr.. IAttauer had declared earlier in the
Gay tnat Ex-Governor Black would be the next
senator from NewYork. When asked if he
ard Governor Odeli had got together on the SEN
atorshtp Senator Platt replied:
There is only one way that Governor OdelI
and could get together on that question and
that is for the election of Mr.. Depew. l am for
/ Depew first, last and all the time"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-03
-Che Sphere.
A CHADWICK RECEIY Err.
NAMED IN CLETEL1ND.
Case U'W Come Into Court on 4 p
pIicati0n of I'radesmen.

! Cleveland Dec. 2-The Chadwick case has
been further complicated by the appointment
this afternoon of a receiver in involuntary
/ bankruptcy for Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick on
| the application of number of tradesmen.
Jacques Krakauer of New York filed a petit
tin in involuntary bankruptcy against Mrs.
Chadwick in the Federal Court shortly after
noon to-day. Krakauer is dealer in laces and
embroidery His claim amounts 10 $500. The
names of George Couch. q Iiveryman, OF this
city and H. F. Potter, merchant, were also
signed to the retition, on claims of $500 and
$500. respectively
Later in the day Nathan Loeser was ap-
pointed receiver for all the property of every
kind and description belonging to Mrs. Chad
wick. The receiver was appointed by Referee
Harold Remington, who was empowered to act
in the absence of United States District Judge
Wing Remington fixed the bond of Loeser at
$4,000. The latter is an attorney of this city The
plaintiffs in their petition declare that within
four months preceding the filing OF this petition
while insolvent, Mrs. Chadwick paid TO D.
Wheaton & Son of Cleveland. $500, with intent
to prefer Wheaton over other creditors" The
Wheatons are meat dealers at No 2,245 Euclid
ave.
The adjudication under bankruptcy of Mrs
Chadwck's affairs will mean their full closing
up. 1t will force a settlement and a complete
eSloppal OF turther operations by Mrs Chad
wick, and involve complete investigation and
exposure and a final distribution of her prop
erty among the various creditors.
The petition filed to-day against Mrs Chad
wick for involuntary bankruptcy makes the
charge that Mrs. Chadwick had committed an
act of bankruptcy indicating insolvency four
months ago by transferring to the Savings
Deposit and Bank Trust Company of EIyria a
chatte mortgage on her personal property at
her home in Euclid-ave., Cleveland Under the
Bankruptcy law any money paid out on a debt
within six months previous to the filing of the
petition in bankruptcy is considered a preference
of those receiving the money over other creditors
The law also allows the receiver to collect from
such creditors any moneys or valuables received
and distribute them among other creditors all
being treated alike, receiving the same per
centage of the assets found. according to the
amount of their claims
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-03
MANY HURT IN COLLISION.
4 FERRYBOAT RAWMED.
SeUen Hundred Passengers aboard
When RiUer Steamer Hits Her.

| With seven hundred passengers board. the
| ferryboat Paunpeck of the Hoboken Ferry Com
pany. rarnmed last night by steamer
bound up the North River. The entire over
hang of the after cabin the mems side of the
ferryboat was ripped away. Three men were in
jured so seriously that they had to be sent to a
hospital. and fully fifteen others received minor
injuries
The Paunpeck was on her 6:3O O'Clock trip
from Twenty-third-st. New-York, bound for
Fourteenth-st., Hoboken. and near mid
stream off Twenty-second-st. when she was hit
The boat that rammed the ferryboat proceeded
UP the river it got loose from the
Paunpeok. The vessel was the ". c. Redfeld
Those in 81 Mary's Hospital Hoboken
are James Norris of No. 143 Union-st. Union
HILL severely wounded on the scalp; William D.
Clark, Of No 113 Fourteenth-st Hoboken. In
jured about the body and internally, and Ca
briel Hortell of No. 315 Mountain Road West
Hoboken scalp wounds and injured about the
body William Treanor, of No. 11O9 Washing
ton-st, Hoboken. was injured about the head
and body but was able to go to his home in a
carriage The others injured went home without
leaving their names or addresses
Nhen the Redfeld struck the Paunpeck the
men who were on the seats nearest the river
were thrown to the floor, and this alone saved
them from falling into the river. There was
great confusion in both cabins Those in the
mems cabin rushed for the doors and life pre-
servers and in the women's cabin the presence
or mind OF few men saved many from being
injured IN mad rush.
The Paunpeck was in charge of Captain John
Grauls, and he refused to make any statement
last night He simply said that signals
exchanged between the Redfeld and another
boat which crossed the bow of the ferryboat
just before the other steamer struck her. The
Paunpeck received a glancing blow. She mar
rowly escaped being cut in two. A number of
passengers said that in their opinion the cap
tain of the Paunpeck was in no way to blame.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-03
NAY Make NEU1TON U4IT.
Big Cro7cd Gathers IN UaH-st. to
See Mrs. Chadzcick.

The impending settlement proposed. of
Herbert B. Newtons suit against Mrs Cassie l..
Chadwick may be materially delayed if not
completely stopped, by the appointment of a
federal receiver in Cleveland yesterday In view
of the fact that the claims in yesterdays Cleve-
land proceedings amount TO 81 100 only, an at
tempt may be made by New-York counsel TO
liquidate those claims and obtain dismissal of
the proceedings before attempting to consum-
mate any settlement between Mrs Chadwick and
Mr. Newton in NewYorl5.
George +. Ryall. who is Mr. Newton's New
York attorney has intimated that his client is
to receive large sum 'in CASH advanced by
a friend behalf Of Mrs Chadwick 1t may
be contended that this cash" is the entire basis
of the proposed settlement that it is not any
part OF Mrs. Chadwicks property belongings
and thus does not come within the reach of a
receiver.
This was The opinion expressed TO a Tribune
reporter late last night by one Of the counsel
interested in the case.
u - practically certain. however. that notes
and securities were included in the settlement as
proposed.
At o'clock last evening and after the re-
ceiver had been appointed in Cleveland no actual
settlement had been made Hence any transfer
Of notes securities or other belongings of Mrs
Chadwick cannot now be made over 10 Mr.
ont m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-03
EXPLOSIONS, THEN FIRE
One Hurt, Three Narrozcly Escape
Death, at FTe7c0rks Plant.

One man was injured seriously and three
others had narrow escapes from death in an
explosion yesterday in the main storehouse of
the Nordlinger- Charlton Fireworks Company in
Richmond-ave Graniteville. The man injured
was Joseph Parker. a fireman. He was hit in
the eye by the stick of a skyroCket and the eye
was knocked out.
The building was three-story frame struct-
ure heavily stored with an explosive known as
shooting stars There were three men in the
building the time. but they were near an
exit. and when they heard the report they ran
out and thus escaped death. The buiI6Llg took
fire Immediately after the explosion. The blaze
spread to two One-stOry frame buildings filled
with all kinds of fireworks. Explosion after ex-
pIoson then occurred the building took fire
and the fireworks Illuminated the Sky as they
exploded.
An alarm turned in to which the entire
North Shore Fire Department responded. They
were unable to render any assistance on account
of the repeated explosions, and the storehOuse
and the two other buildings were destroyed with
their contents.
There are over two hundred men, girls and
boys employed at the plant and as soon as the
explosion occurred in the storehOuse they
ordered to quit work and seek safety. as it
believed at first that the entire plant would be
wiped out AmbuIances We're summoned. but
they had little to do.
It is not positively known what caused the ex-
plosion. but it was said that an employe dropped
a box containing shooting stars, and that it
ploded and set fire 10 other boxes. The loss is
estimated al $4,000 About two years ago the
entire plant of the company was wiped out by
fire and q number of persons were injured.