| Show EARTH IN SEVEN SECONDS Wonderful Work of Naval Observatory ObservatorY In Announcing End Of Past Year INVENTION OF PROF GARDNER ns 8 l Vat ln II lI Ills Com ComIng In 1853 nut I ts Use Vc Ing Julo put a a D C In fl ec C the th ot of to tile W Gardner when lie e It prot prof experiments l j In time control his began but buthis some 30 Ing which were first his the ot at atthe enabled tn In haO In this city to todO todo tM the naval ob ct yC thing dO before midnight rn n tiO tha that FIre When the December t daY Of at that Indicated time recording for fO mers meB whIch moment was tM ot of another year ear the been which al ai had a of at wire around the earth In thIs country Ind and In n a In 11 In the In HawaI clocks In the dr In Europe th the cr and an began whIch lind nd been cult through fi a ot of ticks announce to one oie for tor each ench sec eec extra loud tone ot hour that the eni enias ot at th oni ot of In all there were vOre just 29 tS as near al the click the cam the ot of the tho the In ot Of the old year taY ot at the th hom II the te whole every clock cIck In the fact act that t the thO now new yea had dawned ot on the meridian meridiano from Greenwich west vet of longitude o ot of through the city runs Washington it At the same the tho connected time pieces In Maine recorded the hour It at exactly 1 n nm a aIn m In In th the hands correct few flew were not exactly back I It they and indicated that It was 1 11 p r m and old re remained that one hour more ot of the year on the meridian of at the windy y In Denver at the Iamo instant c thoo on watch knew by the same click that around I it was 10 p rn m ant so on the world CLOCKS Everyone who hn ha happened Into no ot of the ot of the Wester Western Union Tel company at a minute or two be e tort tore noon 01 on any da day during the tho past pasto o ors has bas perhaps noted the habits of the clocks ot or that corporation It at that time oda oday Those clocks arc or f the varlet variety and they are nrc getting read ready to o correct their an any erroz t tor which may have crept Into I inter Jar or arrangements durIng the past ast 2 h hours urs Most people know It If they h heler have Q a ever eler that those cIa clocks and at others t s In every em ity I Tn Ia the fc United t are in direct ct electrical connection wih with the Ibe chronometer o ometer room ot of the naval observatory or and that when the time bI dro drops from the e top of at the tate war and navy a building ns every avery tome ome cock clock In correct the tho circuit wi Will I Ins Instantly be TIE TH INVENTOR But very tel few people I know that this method ot of trans transmitting time row me Is the In ot of Professor Protessor Wil Wilme William m F Gardi Gardland zier Mr who was as bor born In Bal Baltimore more In 1844 and died In Washington 1898 after atter nearly 30 years cars service a s In an of the naval observatory Pro Prot Gardner early carly I Io learned the tho value o of absolutely accurate time me Every Eer EerIs Miter knows knols that In order r d er to reckon his Is longitude he must st have ave access to a alme chronometer which a shows the tho exact time at some come given I en meridian Ind and J Greenwich England where Is located the Royal noyal Observatory t r has long beer been re by al alt maritime nations as the prime primo meridian It tt is just an aa im tl to th SUf surveyor or through rough n a mm trl region wh where the metals In the i earth the compass that exact exact I time should be available able and Mr Ir Gard tera inventions I have e made this pos Poe and Sn In ona consequence eq enco have saved savell hundreds ot of thou of at dollars and made It gS I 1 I to defIne ox ex Irl t boundary 1 lines nes between The first patent papers perl were vero taken out on th tb 3rd o of October and tIn then somo cony lb 15 more wore out an and the er t ln of t the wonder Itil g 01 1 was 9 very c clearly early demon when th the Railway exposItion IWay ta aa held beld here so come e 18 mon months hs ago On that I tu enormous map ot of the earth was e on the WhIte While Lot As An electrIcal device vae as attached und Os the ho tIne was flashed around I the e the tact fact t that II It t was received at Manila Asia Atla Omaha l hong n Ran 1 ong Frncisco FrancIsco and thence through u and d finally back to th that the pOInt IndIcated by a flash It at point on the 10 ma map p n fas The 01 n on 00 81 e Is s from fromM in the 0 Naval and M by thle one 0 Ce clock IO k together with lt at Mare la Island Cal I nearly other oln 7 clore In the 0 St SI s H Ha itt Ix exico 0 la flaw wall nh Cuba Cub a and Canada Ii Is TUB tnt One clock In a group r Pa is of extra thIc 1 ko r and acts a the ma or Ih d I addition to toI I Cf ord rs from then c Commander n er lt It cloo Ic A sets alt under ni 0 T the every hour lour More e time balls I In central tIme Soon noon It is desired th tha nt they 1 fall at asior must b a d O led d hr by theIr tal loe loeI or ole eo k o since it Of tl they operated must directly n 1 I ut utE I 0 Oel I t that h nt time bel belt J Just un unit tl E ot th the O 4 h L d th aft with m the SO coo it I n extra I having f It Old hono We tOr ever every fe ol n del that Is th the CO hut tor the I ot or oreth fv eth nth th t live e to thIs heel Is 16 a arg Itale through I 0 ele I Is 6 ed rg I Is I no 0 Ono etI ot of Il the nt at the tho t t the 1 poInt o wheel nth t beat thc Ia Is 1 t a p reject Ih ell ot the ho pa 11 01 tooth Ind the pro Int IntI na Date he I In order om tier to It t TI I is I tree f the Ir tn r 0 circuit I Is Ism kow o Q bya t tim ho I Ir au firma r m lr 1111 held e d down ar hy by OWl U I Its t I thIs Ion il tv b Is in n br eti Cac dOlt I I Ino I tn the het circuit cI 16 i and Us 1 I 3 a nut tel circuit 1 I j Ov every everyl y arl el UI f wih Which It I h baa 8 l hele Prelim Inal To non the 0 WiY way for tor the tle C I drop u tIme i Luls balla th thu old The elect g hn ha stir r ot ti th I It IQ b bOe Of by lIme t Q C wheel Prin r Oe ot ni Out o tho o t rUn rIm Ot of OtI I be ack and award t to Its a poet t al I out tho h d about p 1111 mm e or ot of Il an ordInary dress Ir es pInk pin At tM the sixtieth second beat of the tho last this similar spring It lii In an electrIc cIrcuit end ro re remaIns maIns In firm contact therewith for tor malts moro more than half 1 it second I It 1 Is this lisle lite little pin that drops the tho bells and the Clocks Io kl A l r Proto Garther attended practIcally every exposition heM II In the tho world be n the tho l OVI meet ment nardell awarded him n a sold goil a Ito Ho witnessed d tile tho tran transit sIt of Venus 1 at in 1 ant anthe he ha was regarded as 0 one ot of the tho toro fore foremOst most men ot of hl hit time b by the tho ot Of the world HI time recording IS tern Ins has been established In bait the countries ot of the earth Chie ChIle WIS was ono of at the tho first to adopt the sy system tem What the minister Qt of Proto Prof Gardner Is shown In tills ad addressed addressed dressed to Scoy Legation ot of Chi Chill WashIngton D C Jan 21 1 the tho ot of JIH Jolly ot of the tho pt past year eur I received from the Hon mInIster ter of t the tho navy nt at Chil Chill instructIon to the implements and Instruments necessary for the os as of n a bali station n at recommendIng mo me In order to obtaIn the tho mo most t per oct ot at kind to cots con suIt the tho opinion of oC competent In this country itlo Ih this Lisle view I had the tho good fortune to with Capt n Il L Ij ot of tIso tho nn navy tor tory of at the tho United States anti with Mr W V F Gerdner employed 11 In the tho same came service to tc whom Capt recommended ImmedIate attention to this muter mutter r Gardner most ofer otter cd moat ma at on once CO se told of at his especial acquaIntance with wiLls this branch drawIng a plato for tor forthe the erection ot of the bal ball time hor here herena na statIon at an and the number and cost if t tho instruments required iso he with wiLts the greatest Je gave his attentIon to the Qt Of them so b by means ot of isis his important and dis disInterested Interested assistance I hope that the vIews ot of our navy wi will bl be completely carrIed out My being Informed ot of acts has In recent Iter letter from the mInIster of at the navy In me to t tp CaptaIn PY and to Mr Gardner particularly to the later latter the ot of Is its most sincere gratitude for thu tho generous aid the have so kIndly ron ren rendered dered on this occasion out of respect to our country I It gives me much pleasure In 18 com wih with the instructions ot of tho mInister ot of the noy navy ot of ChIli to mk your excellency acquaInted wih with th the circumstances being confident that wih with your our accustomed courtesy courtOy your wi will have the kindness to cole convey to Cr the gentlemen mentioned through the proper channel the grate grateful ful sentiments ot of my government I avaIl wil myself ot of this occasion to tt re renew renew new to your our excellency the assurance of consideratIon the with which I have havethe havethe the honor to he be YoU Your o servant DOMINGO GA GANA A Ills His Excellency the Secretary ot of the United States pf at AmerIca Amerl a aPOLITICAL POLITICAL GOSSIP Bg Ilig politics will lie Le played In the next two months month In congress ot Of UnIted States for tor that Is al all the time that Congress havo to play polities un Until ti til b by operation ot of law the Congress Congre s ceases to exist Already the lenders leaders In the tho senate and house hous ore tal I I c with ole one In an another other wIth h view Ie ot of agreeing upon a program that wt viii choke of off ni all general except the passage ot of the big bIls bills and nd D a river and nd harbor measure whereIn the pprk wil will be pret pretty generally scattered oven even should the tho leaders and that means the r representatives ot or the reach an as to tle the ton nto to be It is hr thoUght that tho I crowd In intile tile tho senate wl will make malee It mighty Inter and put up a fight that will 1 bo be worth coming mies miles to see Senator Foraker since the Introduction tion of hil his resolution callIng for tor a con congressional gressional investigation ot of the Browns yule affair litle been figuratIvely speaking sawing wood no Ho has done dono donono no talking hut but has quietly boon been mar facts tacta to support his canton conten ton tion that president under the Con hal had no rower pOWer to discharge without honor three companies it of the tho Infantry for tor alleged participatIon In the the Brownsville riot riot TRUSTS AGAINST TEDY On the tho house side It Is expected that RepresentatIve a Democrat wi wIll have considerable to say on much the tho same lIne ond wih wiLls the BrownsvIlle affair as the bIt lt f accentUated by currency reform the tho encroachment of oC the executive on the legIslative ot of the government n a hot time In Is confidently looked for tor forThe The division between leading mem hors hers of at Congress Ind and Mr tr tins seem eem to tn I IOn I 0 Is but to he ha confined almost hol holto to the tho presidential Succession ho opposition to Secy Tnt Taft b by Senator Kean of Now New Jersey Penrose ot of Pennsylvania of oC Ohio Scot Scott ot of West Vt ot of ann ann and Dolver Dolliver ot of Iowa Is not per personal lut but II Is due to their desira to eliminate al nil lel inca who are aro ns as ted tIed by friendship to the presIdent Vice President I Fairbanks Is not anxious for tor an frost to strike hIm and II is therefore wIllIng wIllIngto to remain In the the no now of at political affaIrs bus tau found 11 hIl hIs lIeutenants to the front and they aro steadfastly at work In sunny many ot at the slates Apart from the case of oC Fairbanks there II Is I IL strong group ot of corpora lena to control the tho net national convention In iii Inthe the hope ot of n a man who wi vIll have havo the Or dr I bY President ABOUT Tm I DEAn You no doubt seen Heen ClIfford K 1 bear benr The TISO cute cuto lIttle nfl mel mal which accompanies President In hil hIs travels In Inthe Inthe the Past beIng the cartoonist at that paper have you nn any Ilen idea how the II hear came camo ex cx exIstence Almost Jko lIke al all creatIons whIch tamo to tn their ere Mr Teddy near flear WI tin nn mie nire nud and sImple Th uSa cartoonIst WO wee drawing a of at th the presIdent In the thc cane breaks ot or It wal tul full ot of lIfe and color the tho presIdent In huntIng COl ens tussle reedy to tn meet bruIn brun nt any of nt the tho The ho picture when wholly hy 1 I a Iren great drop ot of Ink tel fell on the tho curd board loud splattered about much ro re the ot of n ii hen heir Hath Bath Hathor or than take tl the lIt of the tho ink Mr lul 1 ii heal head healon headon on the lilack spot Ind and thul thus the hear that made the was horn born allce that time lie ho hal lin service for the tha hear the that lit In tho taInt or grave or gay nv Ito hits ho come the tho trade trado mark ot of one ot of the tho In the cOln country try who vie leaves 10 no strIng behInd |
