Article January 11, 1900 Issue

The Telediagraph

Topeka (Kan.) Daily Capital

While the newspapers of to-day are unquestionably marvelous as achievements, when compared to those that were considered the most finished productions of the press a few years ago, the limit to this improvement has by no means been reached. Every year witnesses new inventions in methods of printing, all of which enable the publisher to increase the attractiveness of his paper, but no invention can do more to revolutionize present newspaper methods than the art of picture telegraphy, which is now almost ready for practical use. Already there have been several successful tests of this invention, pictures have been sent thousands of miles over the ordinary telegraph wires, and there is every reason to believe that it will not be many months before the telediagraph will be as great a necessity in every newspaper office as the regular telegraphic receiver is at present.

What this will mean few newspaper readers can realize. By the use of this machine the correspondent of a newspaper will be able to furnish his office with pictures, diagrams, and photographs of events happening in all parts of the world. If there is a battle in the Philippines, or a great fatality in Europe, the artist who may be on the scene can immediately provide his paper with pictures of the event, making it possible to reproduce the sketches a few hours after the happening. As the natural result, it is safe to assume that the newspapers of the future will be more profusely illustrated than those of to-day, for it will then be possible for them to obtain pictures from every part of the globe, pictures that will accurately portray the great events that have happened.

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