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Show T-lrplioulnE IMIh.iul Wlrrt Telephoning nlthoul telna wis successfully suc-cessfully accomplished at Mluneapi lis Saturday by transmitting the voice across Ilia Miaslstlppl river near tin 1 rnuklln nvi uuu hrldga, n dlstunco of over 1 000 feet lino hundred an I fifty feci of copper wire wna strung pirnllel on cither side of the river nud a lire-roll current used Words could bo na distinctly understood under-stood naover the regulation wire trie hone, and thla wna again followed I ) the muddled nnd Indistinct sounds. At one time it wna eat) lo Identify thu person talking by thu tone of thu volca nnd lilt words were unusually clear Other haltcrlia were then attached five ntn time, llnnllycuttliiglu twenty volts nt one end of tho line, with live on tho other 1 he operator nt tho II v, volt end could not only understand nhut wns being Laid, but could hcni uthera tnlklng on thu bank of the river ucar the transmitter |