SHOOK THEIR HEADS Capitalists Did Not Take Kindly to Morse's Invention. Declined fop n I.on* Time to Invest iii Tch'Krapli Slock—Govern ment Control Sutsifeateti iii IS 15. [Special Washington Letter.] £ | | EKE ib a relic of a struggling I | industry, the handwriting of a genius," said Mr. .Max Xansburgh, ktudent, scientist, philos opher and retired capitalist. lie handed the narrator a pamphlet bearing the imprint of "J. & (j. S. (Jid «on, Washington, 1&45." Ihe title page reads: "Description of the American Electro Magnetic 'lele grnph; now in operation between the cities of Washington and Baltimore; illustrated by fourteen wood engrav ings. By Alfred Vail assistant super intendent of the Elec. Mag. Tel. for the L. S." Beneath the title, in small type, is a quotation from the report of the com mittee on ways and means of the house of representatives, 1545, as fol lows: "The same principle which jus tified and demanded the transference of the mail on many chief routes, from the horse-drawn coach on the common highway to steam-impelled vehicles, on laud and water, is equally potent to warrant the calling of the electro magnetic telegraph—that last uud most wondrous birth of this teem ing age—in aid of the post oflice, in discharge of its great function of rap idly transmitting correspondence aud intelligence." The philosopher observed: "You will see that almost sixty years ago the far seeing statesmen intended that the telegraph should become a vehicle •of the post oflice department. All of those statements are in their graves, but the idea which most impressed them has not yet been developed into en actual condition. It is yet a theory. Of course the government uses wires for almost all of its correspondence on affairs requiring immediate trans xnisaionof intelligence. Individuals ex pend many millions of dollars for tele grams. But the time has not yet ar rived for the government to apply the principle enunciated in that commit tee report. "The wording of the report is sig nificant of the age. Only a few years had elapsed since the steam railroads had succeeded the coaches in carrying the mails. The men who formulated that report had seen all of the mails carried on coaches or on horseback ■when they were children. They had witnessed and participated in the long (Struggle of the slow goers against the steam locomotive. Therefore it was that they referred to the principle 'which justified and demanded the transference from horse-drawn coach es to steam-impelled vehicles.' They undoubtedly expected during their lifetimes to see the mails carried on the wires, excepting, probably, tbe ; newspapers and magazines. "I have often noticed," continued I the philosopher, "that all inventions I are timely; that they are projected ; upon the world precisely when they are required for the development of mankind. The power which makes the electricity of the clouds, the power which lifted he veil for Benjamin Franklin, prepared in many ways for ! the then-coming civil war. The same power to decelop in Ericcson's mind j the revolving monitor turret in time, j just to the very minute and second, j The same power developed there- j peating rifle in time to hasten the close of that war. Great disclosures : like the magnet, movable types, the compass, electricity in its various j forms and appliances, are not acci dents. They are disclosed to mankind .A if; :?Jp SAMUEL, F. B MORSE. (Inventor of the American Electro-Mag netic Telegraph.) in time for great crises. They are not discovered by men. They are dis .closed unto men." The pamphlet which Mr. T.nnshurgh loaned the writer was issued manifest ly for the purpose of booming the new enterprise; and presumably to aid in the disposal of stock in order to raise money to further develop the business. Htock which people to-day would be .glad to buy was hesitatingly taken In those days. It seems strange to us that anybody should have hesitated. But distrust is the habit of conserva tive men. The narrator once heard the great Methodist pulpit orator. Bishop Simpson, say: "How can anybody blame the people for not accepting Jesus when he WHS on earth? 1 don't blame them. 11 ( . was out of the ordinary. They did not comprehend Mis words or lli.s works. ]le spoke as never man spake. Hi* W'i"'\- were high above them. His work* made the w i»e and eotiservntive oil) .lew h In ! kve that he was :i mount e bnnl lit- wns beyond thil imi.pre- This new bntiuti* vf ttlkixg in instantaneously over an electric wlrr, for a distance of forty miles, seemed a trifle doubtful to capitalist#, large and small. The inventors and man agers queered their own business by claiming that they could transmit in telligence over wires a thousand miles in length just as easily a* over the nno wire of forty miles, then in operation People naturally were inclined to be lieve that they were lying. The pam phlet says:"The term circuit, used frequently in this work, has refer ence to the wire, which, commencing at the positive pole of the battery, goes to any distance and returns to he negative pole of the battery When its going and returning- are continuous or unbroken, the circuit is said to be closed or complete." There is. the claim that the wire will carry the electric circuit "to Lr- l-i . 14CA Z.M CYRUS W. FIELD. (Prime Mover in the Building of the Trans- t Atlantic Cable.) any distance." That might mean j around the entire earth. That was a ; wonderful claim for that period, 1845. j One of the most remarkable things j set forth in that pamphlet is the state- ; inent that Morse at one time contem plated using twenty-six wires for the ( transmission of thought. He says: j "During the period of thirteen years : many plans have been devised by the j inventor to bring the telegraphic al- I phabet to its simplest form. The plan ; of using tbe common letters of the alphabet, twenty-six in number, with j twenty-six wires, one wire to each let- j ter. has received its due share of his time j and thought. Other modes of using j the common letters of the alphabet j with a single wire have also been un- j der his consideration. Plans of using j two, three, four, live and six wires to one registering machine, have, in their turn, received proportionate study j and deliberation. But these and many j other plans, after much care and many j experiments have been discarded, he j being satisfied that they do not pos- j sess the essential element, simplicity, ; which belongs to his original lirst ; thought, and the one which he has adopted." The inventor then gives illustra- j tions of his proposed methods of transmitting the alphabet with two, i three, four, live or six pens operat- ] ing together or in succession. "The average inventor is a crank : who don't last long," said the phil- ! osoplier. "But the telegraph grew gradually in Morse's brain for a period of 13 years. With that idea uppermost in all of his waking thoughts during that period he must have been unhappy indeed, for he was obliged to keep his secrets to himself. If he had talked with any body capable of comprehending him he would have given away his rights. If often happens that an inventot will be able to discern almost nil ol his plan, but it rests with some one else to discover and apply the one little missing principle which is necessary to success." What was said of electricity in that pamphlet might as well be said to-day: "The effects produced by the ; galvanic fluid upon the metallic bodies, its decomposing effects upon liquids, its effects upon the animal | system, are generally well known, j Hut of the character of the fluid it ] self, its own essence or substance, we know nothing." That is true to day. We know, nothing more than we did then, although the fluid is used commercially all over the world, and for multifarious purposes. After a brief treatise on galvanism the pamphlet proceeds: "We will now describe the battery used for telegraphic purposes; the same in principle, but in arrangement more complicated, than those in common use. Two distinct acids are em ployed ; two metals and two vessels." Then follows a minute description of the invention, illustrated very nice ly (for that age) with wood cuts showing every form of appliance used, from the "glass tumbler of or dinary size," to the diagram show ing how "both stations could trans mit at, the same time, with one bat tery for both." In 1845 the inventor did not imag ; ine that the human ear would b« i sensitive enough to distinguish be [ tween the dots and dashes in the telegraphic signal code, for tlx I pamphlet gives careful attention to a description of the pencils, pent i and inks used for making impres i sions upon paper, all of which meth ods were a discard, lie conclude) | with praise of the last patented I point: "It produces an impression : upon the paper, not to be mistaken I It is clean, and the points making the impression being of the hardest steel, do not wear, and renders th« writing apparatus always ready foi use." Hut very soon after that young men everywhere, and now-a-dajri voting Indies alsn, take messages "bj sound," thereby rendering the in ventlon many many times more \al liable for rapid work. It .-IMIIM st ranee to look at tlata venerable pamphlet and recall the fact that the success of electrn | telegraphy was ever in doubt. sitmi D. I V T. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1902. WITH A REVOLVER. A Striker is Instantly Killed liy a Deputy. Dynamite Fxploded I'liilor Ulnrrs' limine by Unknown Parties "■llotlicr" Junni Tlirealoim to Leud nil Army of .Miner*' Wive* to Washington. Nesquelioning, Pa., Aug. lit.—ln a clash between striking mine workers and deputies here last night Patriek Sharp, a striker, i>f Lausford, was shot, and killed almost instantly by a deputy. The shooting caused consid erable excitement for a time, but or der was soon restored without any other persons being injured and the town is now quiet. Witnesses to the shooting went to the office of \V. I{. Watkins, the jus tice of the peace, and made com plaint against McKlmoyle, charging him with the murder of Sharp. The justice placed the warrant in the hands of a constable, who found Mc- Klmoyle at the shaft anil accom panied by a guard of other oflicers took his prisoner to the county jail at Mauch Chunk. VVilkesbarre, I'a., Aug. 10.—The 24 deputies who were arrested by the authorities of Dtiryea last week for wounding and inciting a riot were given a hearing Monday before Judge Halsey and all but three discharged. The tiiree held were placed under S2OO bail each. New York, Aug. 20.—The presi dents of the anthracite coal roads had their usual weekly conference here Tuesday. Before going to the meeting Mr. Truesdale, president of the Lackawanna Railroad Co., said: "There is no foundation for the rumor that the anthracite coal oper ators will make concessions in order to end the strike. I think work will be resumed in time to produce plenty of coal for the fall demand." Wilkesbarre, I'a., Aug. 20.—Un known parties exploded a stick of dynamite under the front door of John Workiuk's house in I'ittston township early Tuesday morning. The door was wrecked and the in mates of the house were badly fright ened. Indianapolis, Aug. 22.—"Mother" Jones, well known throughout, the mining districts, was a visitor at the national headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America yesterday. She said: "The wives of the miners will march on Washington, if the strike is not settled by next winter. We will shake them up down there. We will have a popular congress there when the other congress is in ses sion." "Mother" Jones is going cast from Milwaukee, where she has been speak ing. She said that she was under the orders of Secretary Wilson. He said she would goto Charleston and points in the Kanawha rfcer country in West Virginia. "We are waiting to see what Mr. Morgan is going to do," Mr. Wilson said. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 22. —T. W. Hart, chairman of the Public Alli ance of Wilkesbarre, issued an ad dress to the press and public last night in which he urges that every influence be used to bring about the settlement of the coal strike by arbi tration. He says the situation is now becoming acute and threatens every business in the strike region. The Warnke wasliery at Dtiryea prepared considerable coal for the market yesterday. The wasliery is still under heavy guard, but the strikers have made 110 attempt to in terfere with the employes. Scranton. Pa.. Aug. 22. —The Von Storch mine of the Delaware & Hud son Co. resumed operations yesterday with about SO men. The washery of the Nayaug Coal Co. also resumed and it is expected that the West Kidge colliery of the Ontario & Western will resume. The Von Storch makes six collieries in this city now in opera tion. Shenandoah, Pa., Ails'. 23.—Fifteen cars of coal were shipped from Sil ver Creek colliery, near New Philadel phia, last evening, and a.sit was the first coal that has been prepared for market in that district since the strike began, the strikers were very much excited and several hundred congregated along the railway track watching the train go by. The crowd got in an angry mood at the sight of the loaded cars, but there was no serious demonstration. HiimcH Sage Denounces Trunin. New York, Aug. 22. — liussell Sage, in an interview yesterday, referred to a statement quoting .1, Pierpont Mor gan as saying that the era of great trusts had just begun, and that more gigantic corporations arc storied in the near future, some of which may overshadow the steel trust. Mr. Sage said: "Whether Mr. Morgan said tiiat or not, combinations of all in dustries are a menace to true govern ment. Not only so, but they are op pressors of the people." "What will be the result of such an era?" asked a reporter. "In such an event the American people will revolt, against them and there will be financial ruin the like uf which this country lias never seen." r»al al 91 I Fer Toil, Omaha. Neb., Aug. 22. l'lie price of anthracite coal has jumped to sll a ! ton and dealers refuse to take orders , except in small quantities for inuue ! diate delivery. Will l»e a 4>ra 11 il % It'll Ir. Chicago, \iitf. 22. The states of the I Cnitcd States, President Itoosevelt and prominent government officials ( will co-operate and participate in the : production of 1 In- international • ill ■ tin local freights. Ihe men are paid on a daily basis. The men on the mixed passen ger and freight runs were uUo given ••1 increase. LIGHTNING SPEED. Cable Cars Crash Into a Train at Kansas City. The (irlpnian Lour* Control of Hl* Motor and In Instantly Killed A Score or iTloro or the Ter rilled Faaneimern Hurt- Some Narrow K*ea|>e*. Kansas City, 'Mo., Aug. 23.—A cable train crowded with passengers escaped from the control of the grip man in charge at the top of the Ninth street incline early last evening and, dashing down at a terrific speed, crashed into a train standing at the bottom. W. 15. Taylor, gripmau on the descending car, was instantly killed, and a score or more passengers were bruised, but as most of these were quickly taken away by their friends, the number of the injured and the extent of their injuries are not known. Among those most severely injured a re: Francis Bishop Powers, a well known tenor singer of New York City, cut and bruised. Prof. 11. N. Itichmond, of William Jewell college, Liberty, Mo., hurt in ternally. Mrs. Ola Jorndt, Kansas City, back injured, hurt internally; unconscious at, a late hour. William C. Underhill, Kansas City. J. E. Hawk, Kansas City, leg broken and other injuries. The train at the bottom was being prepared for the return trip, but had not been switched to the second track, when the descending train, be yond control, came dashing down the incline. Passengers in both trains became panic-stricken when the im pending disaster was foreseen, and in the efforts to escape from both, many had narrow escapes from death. The incline, which has been the scene of several fatal accidents, is 300 yards in length, and starting at the top of the bluff at Penn and Ninth streets, descends at an angle of 43 degrees to an elevated platform. LACK OF FUEL. It la the Only Keally Serlou* llnndl rap to Induntry -Kevleiv of Trade. New York, Aug. 23. R. (}. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Kevicw of Trade says: Fuel scarcity is still the one serious Industrial handicap. Protracted idle ness at anthracite mines has increased the pressure for soft coal and coke and, despite new records for output, deliveries are utterly inadequate ow ing to the lack of motive power. This freight blockade of coke trains has closed many furnaces, while the Increasing call for transporting facili ties on crop account gives little pros pect of early relief. Current trade is of good volume for the season, while the outlook for the future is bright. Buyers are numerous in all the leading markets, placing or ders liberally at well sustained quota tions. As the active blast, furnace ca pacity of this country decreases through want of fuel foreign pig iron is purchased more freely. Domestic needs are now far beyond all prece dent and even with the available home capacity active there would be imports, although less than arc now arriving. Textile mills are well occupied, business gradually increasing in the cotton goods division, and demands for quick delivery emphasize the fact that stocks are low and requirements for consumption are pressing. Footwear shops at the east have as surance of full operation for two months. Failures for the past week num bered 207 in the United States, against 20.", last year, and 30 in Canada, against a year ago. NEW SCALES OF WAGES. They Will lilve *Jore Fay to the Flint <>la«* Worker*. Pittsburg, Aug. 23.—After a two days' conference between the manu facturers and workers in the pressed ware department of the flint glass trade, a horizontal advance of 5 per cent, to the men was agreed upon, with the proviso that the proposition be submitted to the several lodges for ratification. With this there are now before the workers propositions for new wage scales carrying ad vances all the way from !> to to pep cent. There remains for committee settlement the wage scale in the stop per department. A conference to ad just this will be held in Philadelphia on Thursday of next. week. Some 7.500 men are directly affected by these different scales, and with them are concerned about 30,0i10 others who are dependent upon the skilled branches. It is believed that the propositions which will goto the workers practically eliminate till like lihood of trouble in any of the flint glass trades. IVloiiiitnln t llniliern Killed. Oriiidiwald, Switzerland, Aug. 23. The bodies of two Londoners named Fcaron and those of two guides who started August 1!) to ascend the Wet terhorn and who did not, return have been found near the summit of the mountains. Iwo of the party were apparently killed by lightning and two met their deaths by falls. The bodies were blackened by lightning and were still roped together. The handle of the guide's ice ax, which was found stuck in the snow on the summit of the Wet.terhorn. had been split by lightning. The guide's body was parti,\ consumed ami his skull was crushed. Died from Starvation. Baltimore. \ii|». 33. Mrs. Sarah Schumacher, aged 70 years, was found dead in her room late Thursday night and her daughter, Martha, was wan dering in a half era/ed condition about their home. Coroner Jones said ve-terdav thai Mrs. Sellllllllielier had dico from starvation. Martha Schu macher aid she anil her mother were too proud to tell any one of their impoverished condition and that for several days neither had had a meal. It is said the Schumachers have well to-do relatives iu I'hiludc Ijdilw unil Vlrg PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. In (lie Yacht Sylph He Arrive* at New lluvcn and Commence* Ilia Tour of New England Ho Iflaeta Willi Kiithu*la*tlc Iteceptlou* a* lie Proceed*. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 23.—Presi dent Roosevelt entered upon his New England tour yesterday and New Haven was t.he first point visited by him. The yacht Sylph, bearing tho president, wa.s sighted off New Haven, harbor just before 1 o'clock. Half an hour later the vessel was lying along side 1 telle dock, having made the run up New Haven harbor to the accom paniment of salutes. Mayor Studley and a committee of aldermen greeted the guest Ihe mo ment he landed and conducted him t<> the carriage in waiting. Troop A, Connecticut national guard, consti tuted the military escort. At 1:23 the procession moved. The mounted police were followed by Troop A, and then came carriages containing the president and his party and 00 invited quests. The program provided for nothing but a drive and the progress of it ook the distinguished visitor through lie slums, the factory quarters and lie center of the city. All traffic over the line of march during the hour of he president's stay was suspended ind the city's factories and shops ivere closed between 1 and 2:.;0 j'cloek. The workmen lined the win lows and crowds thronged the streets lours before the drive began. The ;ity was gaily dressed in flags and bunting. Meriden, Conn., Aug. 23. —The train bearing President Itoosevelt and party reached here at 3 o'clock. A salute of guns greeted the president and all the bells in town were rung while 20,000 people lined the streets through which the procession escort ing the distinguished visitor passed, l'he program included singing by 1,000 school children stationed on the lawn in front of the Methodist church and i greeting to the president by the local veterans of the Grand Army in front of the city hall. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 23.—The president on his arrival at the depot here was welcomed by a committee of representative citizens. He was taken for a drive around the. city, occupy ing, with Col. Jacob L. Greene, a handsome automobile, in charge of two expert New York chauffeurs. He was enthusiastically cheered all along the route. In Pope park, one of the beautiful recreation spots of the city, the presi dent was greeted by 10,000 working men, who presented him with a mag nificent floral horseshoe inscribed: "VVorkingmen's Welcome to Our President." Last, night after his address at the Coliseum the president was the guest of Executive Secretary John T. Robin son. The president invited Mayor Sullivan to meet him at Mr. Robin son's home. The mayor is an ex-clerk »vho was elected by the laboring men, a fact that the president was familiar with, and he expressed a desire to have a personal chat with Mr. Sulli van. GOV. TAFT ARRIVES. le I* Welcomed at .Tlnnlla With an ICntluinlaatlc Popular Or mount ra tion. Manila, Aug. 23.—Civil Gov. Taft reached here Friday morning at day light on board the United States gun boat General Alava, from Singapore, He was welcomed with an enthusias tic popular demonstration. The day had been made a holiday and the city was decorated. Eight large arches had been erected on the streets. Twenty thousand natives from adjoining provinces participated in the demonstration in honor of the governor's arrival. There was a parade of vessels in the bay and 30 decorated launches carrying members ol' civil commission, military officers and the reception committee met the General Alava down the bay and escorted Gov. Taft to the entrance of the Pasig river. Tbe governor was escorted by a large procession to the palace in the walled city, where a public reception was held. Responding to an address of wel come, Gov. Taft outlined the progress and the result of his negotiations at Koine in the matter of the Philippine friars, and said that all church ques tions were progressing toward a sat isfactory settlement. The governor said the action taken by congress con cerning the Philippines showed that the American people honestly desire to help the Filipinos. The Americans were determined that the islands should not be exploited by Americans at the expense of the Filipinos. Gov. Taft predicted that eventually the archipelago would have practi cally free trade and he congratulated the Filipino people upon the restora tion of peace. He advised the Fili pinos to till the soil and restore their country rather than waste time in useless political agitation. He prom ised personally to labor for the na tives and asked for their confidence and support. Gov. Taft was given an ovation on the streets of the «jity on his way to the palace and lie received another ovation at his reception. Tilt Latrnt 'rtilns In Trusts. Louisville, Ky„ Aug. Charles 1). dates, president of tlie Turner, Day & Woolworth Handle Co.. has returned from New York where In- conferred with capitalists who are promoting II $25,000,000 trust, to take in all the ax manufactories, handle manufac tories and grindstone factories in this country and Canada, the plants to he operated under one managament. Roll I lirrkot) llie flame*. New York. \ug. 23.- \ tire of un known origin started yesterday in the tower of the main building of the Catholic protectory, in West I hester. Owing tn iiisuflieieiit water pressure the building was for nunc time in ilitnger, but tin- tire department of the institution, composed <.f Mi boys, held the flumes ill check until the tir rival of the engines, when the tire was soon extinguished. Perfect cipline was tuuiiitu'tied uiuoiig the sno boys in the i iisi It lit ioit. who at the Hi—t alarm 11>• ik fielr Are station* and went through their cu tnui.ir.t iliilL The ilaiii'ige estimated at >lu,ooo. 3