THE AIRSHIP FILE

A Collection of Texts Concerning Phantom Airships and Other UFOs,

Gathered from Newspapers and Periodicals
Mostly During the Hundred Years Prior to Kenneth Arnold's Sighting.

Compiled by

Thomas E. Bullard
517 E. University St. #2
Bloomington, Indiana
47401 U.S.A.

1982
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:
'Nothing is deader than yesterday's news'*—unless it concerns yester­
day's UFO reports. Research into aerial mysteries of the 19th and early
20th centuries has outgrown the status of a fad or passing interest to
become an established branch of ufology. A corps of dedicated investi­
gators deserve the credit for this situation, while an extensive literature
of books and articles flourishes in this area and includes such landmarks
as Gordon I.R. Lore and Harold Denault's Mysteries of the Skies, Loren
Gross's booklets. Jerome Clark and Lucius Farish's series of articles for
Saga's UFO Report, Michel Bougard's La Chronique des OVHI, William R.
Corliss's Sourcebooks and George M. Eberhart's awesome Geo-Bibliography
of Anomalies. Thanks to the hard work of such researchers some of the
most thorough and creditable UFO scholarship belongs to historical research,
particularly concerning the phantom airships. .IrTfact we know the airship
episodes in finer detail than any modern wave except for 1947, which Ted
Bloecher has researched so well.
What lures ufologists to the airships is a mystery in itself. Why any
apparently sane and sensible individual would clock in a day's work and
then devote his evenings and weekends to squinting at microfilms and thumbing
through dusty volumes of old newspapers is equally puzzling. X can only
speculate about the causes: In the 1950s old sightings "proved'' that flying
saucers were on the wing before airplanes and satellites cluttered the skies,
so UFO partisans valued these reports as ammunition against skeptics. When
the extent and sometimes fantastic quality of airship reports came to light
in the 1960s, the excitement of discovery fuelled the work as if a major
archaeological dig was underway. Then the promise of these findings seemed
tremendous. They opened a whole new window on the UFO mystery with a view
clear of modern predispositions and prejudices, while the historical distance
of the events raised the possibility of a complete and finished reconstruction
of a UFO episode. If the same objective phenomenon hid behind both old reports
and new, here was the chance to glimpse it without the double confusion of
subjective and inadequate information.
Once researchers recognized the true tenor of airship reports a disillu­
sionment set in, however, since the old reports contained differences which
were equally as remarkable as the similarities and thereby cast doubt on the
ready identification of airshios with modern UFOs. Such a failure to pro­
vide a final answer should have spelled the doom of interest in airships.
Quite the opposite happened and airships seem to ride a continual groundswell
of attention, a fact which I believe points to a degree of maturity in
ufology. Instead of regarding the UFO mystery as a monolithic puzzle with
a single solution, ufologists now accept that the mystery is a whole cluster
of problems with many approaches worth trying and many answers worth knowing.
In this light airships hold onto their place as a worthwhile subject of
ufological study: They mystify us in their own right, yet they resemble
the modern UFO phenomenon too closely for us to deny a kinship of some kind.
They pose a social and cultural problem for their age like the UFO in ours,
but they lend a perspective of different conceptualizations and beliefs to
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help clarify the role of these factors in modern reports. Finally, the
airships functioned as UFOs at the turn of the century and thereby claim
a legitimate chapter in the history of aerial wonders, while the data
seems more accessible despite the passage of years in comparison with
the tangle of modern sources. Of course these rationalizations ignore
the fun of following in the footsteps of Charles Fort and the excitement
of discovery where lie, I think, the real explanations behind the peculiar
fascination of historical UFO research.

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Questions of motivation aside, I suspect that most researchers realize

that this work has grown too big to remain a one-man job. Even in a
specific case like the 1897 airships, an individual confronts an enormous
bulk of surviving newspapers, many of them scattered all across the country
and sometimes inaccessible except through a personal visit, as well as the
inevitable limitations of time, finances and stamina. Moreover, we simply
know too much for every find to count as a pioneering contribution any
longer. Future pre-gress toward a well-nigh exhaustive record of airship
activities and a detailed picture of all pre-1947 UFOs must rely more and
more on shared findings and organized searches. The time is right for
these steps: more properly, they are overdue. Through this present volume
1 call on researchers all over the world to join in an effort to pool our
already extensive findings, as a move in the direction of that cooperation
and division of labor we need. I hardly need to mention some of the advan­
tages of a sourcebook of airship reports:

1) It would gather the scattered findings of historical research into

one convenient file and provide collectors with a master list against which
they could check their holdings for completeness and accuracy.
2) By recording full texts the collection would preserve UFO reports
for posterity and insure the availability of the maximum surviving informa­
tion on each case. No longer would researchers have to rely on second-
and third-hand sources, or perpetuate such distortions .as, for example,
the 1873 Bonham, Texas, and Fort Scott, Kansas, sightings. Readers who
swallowed the yarn of a speeding object which caused farmers to dive under
their wagons and soldiers to flee the parade ground, presented in Donald
Keyhoe's Flying Saucers Are Real (p. 57) and repeated in Lore and Denault
(p. 72), can compare the real accounts in this collection on pages 5-6.
3) Such a collection would provide historical researchers with an out­
let for sharing their findings and thereby overcome the present situation
of isolation. If the effort wins international support, cooperation will
throw open otherwise inaccessible materials to researchers in all countries
and build up the worldwide record necessary to document a worldwide phe­
nomenon.
4) From the standpoint of collecting, the sourcebook would reduce
duplication of effort and steer workers away from well-worn paths through
the San Francisco Call, Chicago Tribune, and Dallas Morning News toward
obscure local newspapers where new finds still wait, or toward remoter
dates as yet unexplored.
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5) From the standpoint of analysis, the'collection would offer re­

searchers a sound data base for their studies, and save analysts with
no wish to collect from the chore of scraping together their own sample
of reports.

A * A

The airship bug bit me several years ago when I started my disserta­
tion research in the Indiana University Folklore Department and I have
not recovered since. With the resources of the university and inter-
library loan service at my disposal I have been able to accumulate a
considerable number of 19th and early 20th-century UFO reports, sometimes
by following up a lead from Fort or some other researcher, sometimes by
fishing through newspapers between the dates when I reasonably expect to
find something. Meanwhile I managed to bootleg enough time from my job
to type most of my findings on 4x6" cards, to accumulate a collection of
more than 2000 of them over the years. I realize-d not long ago that my
collection, while hardly the largest or most varied, was probably the
most readily communicable one in existence because of these cards, and
consequently a practical starting-point for a cooperative effort. I
decided then to assemble the cards into book form, a process which obliged
me to copy them, cut and tape the copies on large sheets of paper, have
the local copy shop make reductions, and use these as master sheets for
running off the pages of this collection.
Please take note: This collection is a raw assemblage of texts with­
out commentary, analysis or index, beyond the few guidelines and highlights
listed on the following pages, along with a list of sources. In the source
list I include those newspapers which lacked references to aerial phenomena,
and also newspapers whose relevant material I have not yet entered on cards.
The order here is strictly chronological except during 1897, when the quan­
tity of materials obliged me to add geographical divisions to the temporal
ones, beginning about April 4. Newspaper articles comprise almost the
entirety of the collection, since I have tried to avoid duplicating the
Corliss Sourcebooks. but I have included a few journal items which I do
not remember from his books. In almost every case the text is complete.
If not the reason is accident or exact duplication elsewhere, and I try
to indicate where to locate the deleted part. When I decided to assemble
the collection, I knew I had to dive in or forever chase the mirage of
"completeness." A certain time lag always separates the finding of an
item and the typing of it, and the consequence for the present work is
the inevitable addendum. It catches new finds, items overlooked when
their turn came and went, and botched copies in the main body. I should
warn the reader in particular that while most actual sightings are here,
some items, especially short commentaries and quips or Fortean matters of
less direct interest, remain in my notes untyped. As a result no one should
try to infer one particular newspaper's complete airship references through
this collection. The translations here—French, German and Swedish—share
in common an uncompromising sorriness. Readers will have little trouble
recognizing where I fudged, and straightforward sighting reports come
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through better than commentaries or editorials. Insofar as I improve

with practice, the ghost rocket articles survive my abuses better than
the ghost flier stories, but caveat lector—let this warning discourage
anyone from basing a crucial argument on these renditions. Not a single
typographical error got lost in transmission, and the reader will soon
discover that as a matter of habit I not only beat a typing ribbon to
death but hound it beyond the grave as well, while xerox machines read
spirit messages only with great difficulty: For these shortcomings I
apologize.
Though I fear the result is more a contribution to eyestrain than to
knowledge, I hope recipients will find this collection useful, at least
for reference if not for bedtime reading. Again, this work is neither
intended nor very meaningful as an end in itself. I see these pages as
the nucleus or first draft for a second edition, which will include all
findings to date, and then the second edition will lead to a third, ex­
panded to contain the discoveries of a wide-ranging and well-organized
search through historical sources. Ufologists truly will be able to take
pride in such an accomplishment.

Guide.

1800s to 1895: pp. 1-14.

1896: 14-71.
1897: 71-249.
Feb.: 72-75; March: 75-82: April 1-3: 82-87.
Begin geographical divisions with April 4: 87
Begin Kans. 87 Minn. 128 111. 152
Neb. 91 Dakotas 134 Ind. 176
Mo. 95 Manitoba 135 Ohio 190
la. 105 Wise. 135 [Link]. 198
Mich. 141 Penn.,
N.Y. 199

Ky. 200 Fla., Ala., N.M. 241

Tenn. 205 Miss. , Ark. 217 Colo. 241
D.C., Va. 215 La. 218 Wyo. 244
N.C. 216 Tex., Okla, 218 Utah,
Ga. 216 Wash. 244
Later 1897—Canada: 245
20th century: 249.
1905 251-255.
1908 256-260.
1909 English airship wave—260-267
Australia-New Zealand—268-69
New England (summer-fall)—268
New England (December)—270
Dec. 20—272; Dec. 23—273; Dec. 24—275; Dec. 25—281
1910 288-293.
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1913 293-306.
1914 South Africa—306-314.
1930 317.
1933 Ghost fliers—317.
1934 320; Feb.—331; March—334; Nov.—334.
1935 336;. 1936- 337; 1937; 337-9
1946 343; July—344: A u g . —
1947
Addendum I•
Addendum II:

Highlights.

1) Springheeled Jack and related manlike creatures—p. 1,

2) 12/4/1858. Perhaps the eeriest observation I have read. Courtesy
of Fort's notes. See p. 3.
3) Remarkable airship tests by Solomon Andrews, 1863, whose name turns
up in later years in connection with less spectacular flights. Page 4.
4) The Bonham and Ft. Scott flying serpents, pp. 5-6. See also p. 12.
5/30/1888 for another such serpent. It made the NY Times but not the S.C.
papers. Ak"> TLSOJ Z52-$
5) 7/8/1878 gives full text of story printed in Cincinn. Commercl. (p.6).
6) The Galisteo Junction airship story has a good yarn for a sequel, p.6.
7) 1880 was a busy year. The NY papers refer (p.8) to flying objects
over Louisville (6-7) and St. Louis. I have searched the St.L Post-Disp.
and Mo. Eepublican without success, but some problems in the date reference
is obvious.
8) Angelic and Marian apparitions: pp. 7 (1880), 59 (1896), 254 (1905),
314 (1914)
9) A number of peculiar aerial lights appeared in connection with the
search for the missing balloon Saladin, 1881, pp. 8-11. Compare with Andree's
balloon in 1896 and 1897.
10) Electric balloons. During the 1909 New England wave, a letter from
H.P. Lovecraft (1 suppose the famous author of horror stories) appeared in
the Providence Journal (see p. 284) and compared the current sightings with
an earlier instance when Venus amazed the public. Be called attention to
a popular astronomy book, Astronomy with an Opera Glass, by Garrett P.
Serviss (1st ed. 1888), which says the following on p. 2:

A singular proof of popular ignorance of the starry heavens,

as well as of popular curiosity concerning any uncommon celestial
phenomenon, is furnished by the curious notions prevailing about
the planet Venus. t-!hen Venus began to attract general attention
in the western sky in the early evenings of the spring of 1887,
speculation quickly became rife about it, particularly on the great
Brooklyn Bridge. As the planet hung dazzlingly bright over the New
Jersey horizon, some people appeared to think it was the light of
Liberty's torch, mistaking the bronze goddess's real flambeau for
a part of the electric-light system of the metropolis. Finally (to
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judge from the letters written to the newspapers, and the ques­
tions asked of individuals supposed to know something about the
secrets of the sky), the conviction seems to have become pretty
widely distributed that the strange light in the west was no less
than an electrically illuminated balloon, nightly sent skyward by
Mr. Edison, for no other conceivable reason than a wizardly desire
to mystify his fellow-men. I have positive information that this
ridiculous notion has been actually entertained by more than one
person of intelligence. And as Venus glowed with increasing splen­
dor in the serene evenings of June, she continued to be mistaken
for some petty artificial light instead of the magnificent world
that she was....

As far as I can tell from the newspapers I checked, the number of

letters referred to was not so great, but then New York had many papers
unavailable to me. In fact a ;'Star of Bethlehem1' hoax sponsored by Joe
Mulhatton was more widely reported at the time. ("See p. 12).
The electric balloon rose again in 1896-97', however. A letter to the
St. Louis P-D, April 20 (p. 102) refers to such a balloon sighted "5 months
ago.'' while Pennsylvania had an epidemic of electric balloons sent up in Jan. by
scientists from Pittsburg (see p. 72* also Detroit Free Press, Mar. 28,
p. 78). Early in February Canadians saw it, launched this time from Syra­
cuse (72). Late in March Northern Michigan and Wisconsin had their turn
seeing a balloon from St. Paul (77,79,82,?^), while early in April a
balloon from Chicago appeared to Bowling Green, Ohio, residents (82-3).
Later in April the balloon, this time advertising soap, attracted attention
in Michigan City, Ind. (185).
11) Speaking of Joe Mulhatton (-en), he was sometimes recollected,
posthumously, in 1897 as the king of the fakers. Described as an erratic
newspaperman, he authored the "Disappearance of David Lang" hoax which
has appeared from time to time in modern UFO literature.
12) Accounts of the Crawfordsville, Ind., aerial monster of Sept. 5,
1891 include those from the Crawfordsville newspapers, recently made avail­
able (12,3^1-2.").
13) To my knowledge, the 1892 airship wave over Russian Poland is
hitherto unknown in UFO literature. Recurrent appearances of a flying
machine and its regular use of the famous searchlight combine to make
this the first true airship wave yet discovered. Its memory lingered
as long as 1897, when the Deseret Evening News mentioned these events in
an editorial (244). I tried tracking these clues through the NY Times
and Tribune indexes without success until I stopped looking under balloons
or aeronautics and turned to entries under the countries involved (See
pp. 12, 13, 3CX. ) . Note: NF Presse, p. 18, should read March 18,
not May.
14) Andreefs balloon generated two balloon waves in Canada, July-Sept.
1896, then again July-Sept. 1897 (14-15, 245-49). He seemed to haunt
future UFO waves as well, since an article claiming Eskimos murdered him
turns up in the 1909 New England wave, while in early 1934 the Swedes
concerned themselves with building a monument to him at the same time
they worried about ghost fliers.
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15) Double and triple-headed fireballs—13, 15, 2i£, 363

16) For the 1896 wave I scanned newspapers between about Nov. 15 and
Dec. 15. Nevadans also reported a number of airship sightings, particu­
larly in December as the wave began to die down in California. Some re­
ports of ''angel" sightings came out of N.Y. in early Nov. (59), while
Milwaukee saw an airship on Dec, 7 (70), and Nebraska had a visit some
time in the fall (73), so the wave was by no means restricted to California.
17) For the 1897 wave I generally searched from Mar. 25-May 15.
Earlier airship activity turns up in Nebraska and Kansas, where even as
early as the end of February the ship travels an odyssey along railroad
lines (74). A longer and more widely reported odyssey took place in Iowa,
Minnesota and the Dakotas around April 9. Sioux City seems to have hosted
airship activity on a recurrent basis from February onward (77).
A sort of pattern seems to give shape to the 1897 wave: At first the
sightings came from small towns and rather remote areas. Then in mid-
March the ship appeared over Omaha and the news spread to major newspapers.
A week later mass sightings came from Omaha, Topeka and Kansas City, and
airship reports established themselves as major news events. In the week
following April 1, all was quiet on the airship front in terms of mass
sightings or news reports, but the ship had broken out of its former
Nebraska-Kansas range and began to colonize new territory, showing up in
Illinois, Mich., Texas, Oklahoma, Iowa and even N.C. Then late in the
week, on the 9th, the long odyssey captured the headlines again, and
during the next few days the airship spent a weekend on the towns—Chicago,
St, Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. After these well-publicized events
the ship became a nine-days' wonder, turning up everywhere. Reports began
to diminish' in Illinois and Minnesota around the 15th, or perhaps news­
papers began to throttle them, but the West and the South began to sight
odd lights. In this spreading process the ship nearly returned to some
of its 1896 haunts. As the wave wore on some of the more fanciful stories
began to surface, like Hamilton's cow, Adam and Eve from Mars and the Aurora
crash. After about the 22nd, reports began a noticeable decline;, but then
seemed to pick up early in May, with the final mass sighting taking place
over Cincinnati before reports almost entirely died out—or rather, trans­
ferred to Canada. I suspect that this pattern—of slow starts, publicity
boosts, a week or two of intense excitement (uforia?), increasingly bizarre
reports (because witnesses or storytellers come forward, or because strange­
ness alone remains newsworthy), and at last a slow fade—is characteristic
of some, if not most, UFO waves.
18) The number of Indiana newspapers consulted here reflects an effort
to exploit local sources as much as possible. The Indiana State Library
is hard at work filming their collection of bound volumes and occasionally
acquires films from commercial companies which hold master copies, but many
newspapers are unavailable to researchers. I have searched most of the
original-copy newspapers held at the State Library, but I regret to say
that I have not gotten around to some two dozen filmed papers which are
readily available. Sorry.
19) Readers may notice that the range of the 1897 airship included
most states outside of New England. North Carolina has provided several,
and Western states besides Colorado check in with several reports as well.
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20) Hamilton's Cow, p. 90; and Hamilton's confession, in a letter

to the Atchison Cnty Mail, p. 104.
21) The airship wave picked up again in Canada during July, when
Andree finally set out on his ill-fated polar expedition. Meanwhile a
New Mexico inventor claimed to have built a machine which people saw
flying at night (245-6), and the Seattle D. Times reports rumors of a
balloon around Mt. Ranier (246), I could find no other reference to this
latter apparition, however.
22) Passing into the 20th century, the reader will find a number of
articles from the Indianapolis Star. I have searched every issue of this
newspaper from its inception in the summer of 1903 through 1909, and have
included the most relevant items here; but these entries by no means
reflect the full amount of unusual events described in this rather receptive
paper. Over the years several '"sporadic" airships, unassociated with any
wave, occur (250, 252, 255).
23) I also found a reference to a spasm of sightings in Nevada in
1904, one of which looked like a "winged wheel." ~Checking the Nevada
papers themselves produced rather disappointing results, however (250-1).
24) 1905 was another busy year, with L'Astre Cherbourg (251-2), the
Salton Sea airship (253), recurrent angel flights in Spain (254) and
various other aerial events.
25) The newspaper account of the Burlington, Vt., aerial torpedo says
nothing about the torpedo (255).
26) 1908-1910—three years of almost continual international UFO activity.
27) The Washington wave, in the wake of the Russo-Japanese War which
led to widespread fear of the Japanese, began in late January and persisted
through March (372-, 257-9). A stray balloon appeared over the Azores in
June (259), and in the summer a slow wave began in New England which lasted
till December. Charles Fort (pp. 507-8) writes a" charming passage about
the undertakers who sighted an airship on Halloween and mentions several
other sightings during the summer and fall. I have managed to find all
of these except the White River Junction, Vt., case, and/a few others
besides. (259-60). C-f^ £W»H *■»*.„« ."♦, Tui/>r*e M , M 8 O]J{JI^ ?7-$> ^n-rj^
28) 1909 began with the English wave, followed by the "Flying Dutchman
of the Salton Sea. I have been unable to examine any New Zealand news­
papers for cases from that well-known flap, but the Sydney Morning Herald
indicates that Australia experienced a wave a little later in the summer
(268-9).
29) The December wave in New England is a familiar part of UFO litera­
ture, but a lesser wave involving N.Y., N.J., and parts of New England late
in the summer seems to have gone unrecognized (269-70).
30) Into the first weeks of 1910, aftershocks of the December wave con­
tinued in New England even 'while the center of activity shifted into the
South. The major hiatus in this three-year period of major UFO activity
occurs from Feb.-July 1910 (pending a concentrated search), but in late
summer and fall worldwide activity resumes.
31) The 1912-13 wave of airship sightings in England is well known.
Less familiar are the events over continental Europe at the same time,
where airships and suspiciously lighted airplanes invaded Belgium (296,
298), Holland (300), and especially Eastern Europe, where the 1892 air­
ships had appeared as well (293, 294, 295, 304, 305-6). A humorous
"abduction" episode took place Feb. 5 (296). Also, on p. 295 is a
reference that the Germans planned to install searchlight equipment on
their Zeppelins—an announcement reported Mar, 14.
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32) An operable German airplane took part in military operations between

South Africa and German SW Africa (314), but could hardly account for the
widely distributed wave of sightings in Aug. and Sept. Note also a Jan.
sighting (310, Joh. Star), a report of an airship over the Orkney Islands
just before the outbreak of hostilities (309, Pretoria News), and reference
to the "Boer signal" (312).
33) From around 1915 till 1930 stretches a barren period for sightings,
or at least for any noteworthy pattern in the sightings. The only recurrent
theme in sightings of the 1920s seems to be airplanes in trouble or flying
lights attributed to transatlantic flights (See Dale M. Titler, Wings of
Mystery). I have devoted little time to these seemingly dry years, so
whether the dearth is due to lack of research or lack of activity, I cannot
say.
34) Worldwide UFO activity resumes in the 1930s, with the Nordic ''ghost
flier" waves being the most prominent events. I have recognized three dis­
tinct waves:- The first began to receive press attention in Dec. 1933 and
continued with the heaviest concentration of reports for the decade through
Feb., with a few reports straggling in as late as April. When Nov. 1934
rolled around, the ghost fliers reappeared for about a month's time. While
hints that not all was quiet appear in the news, 1935 and 1936 were quiet
years. Then in Nov. 1936 a new wave commenced, peaked in Jan. and Feb.
1937 and then trailed off in March, with hints of activity again in Oct.
Though Sweden, Norway and Finland hosted most of the visitations in
the 1930s, England too shared in the waves, in early Feb. 1934 (332), 1936
when the more frequented areas were quiet (337), and especially during
the summer of 1937 with visitations over London and Hendon Field (3<?5"-£).
When Austria joined the proceedings in 1937 (339), UFO activity gained
an even more international flavor. Sightings in the U.S. during the 1930s
got off to a busy start (317-8) but then died out; again, whether this
situation is fact or artifact requires further research for an answer.
Time and again Swedish observers report "Flier X" to the "landsfiskal."
My dictionary translates this official as a district prosecutor, but such
a rendering seems inappropriate under the circumstances. Maybe he is
more like our sheriff, though perhaps with a little more authority and
other roles besides law enforcement. At any rate he is a civilian official
whose title I leave untranslated in my more sensible moments.
35) Swedish newspapers gave various names to the peculiar aerial objects
of 1946: "Spokraket" translates as the familiar "ghost rocket" and "spok-
bomb" poses no problem; the infrequent "lufttorped" means "aerial torpedo";
while "eidkula" means "fireball." The problematic terms are "spokprojektil"
and "rymdprojektil." Literally they mean "ghost projectile" and "space
projectile,'' but the "projectile" may be represented by "missile." In the
case of the "space projectile'' or "space"missile" I believe the reference
is more to the visual similarity or supposed similarity to a Buck Rogers
rocketship than to any supposed extraterrestrial origin. In all accounts
of origin which do not reduce it to natural causes, the Russians take the
blame. This fact is notable in light of the international scope of the
sightings. The 1946 wave was the most worldwide since 1908-10, with most
of Europe (England excepted, it seems), the Soviet Union and the U.S.
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reporting sightings. Once again I can only lament that I have not worked
this period with the thoroughness it deserves. The occasional references
to '"silvery cigars'' reveal just how close descriptions of ghost rockets
drew to descriptions of flying saucers. Rockets and saucers in a sense
overlap, since as late as 1948 reports of rockets still came in.
36) 1 include a few 1947 flying saucer reports from an Indiana newspaper
for anyone who might be interested.
37) Ghost lights: 3 (I860), 79 (Mich., Mar. 29, '97), 82 (Mar. 30), 141,
145, 216, 217, 255 (1905), 260, 267, 268, 316, 358 (1870), 360.
38) Note the yarn of a fatal abduction aboard a phantom ship, 360-].
39) Some researchers have hypothesized an airship wave in Germany during
the 1850s, I suppose based on evidence such as the Chicago Record printed,
4/12/97 (157):

Several old-country Germans contended that the mystery is a re­

turn of the phenomenon that worried residents of Germany over 30
years ago.... The light claimed to have been^visible in Germany at
that time was called the "devil's army," and when it was visible
brought the superstitious to their knees.

This name "devil's army" clues the folklorist to a widespread cycle of

legends among Germanic peoples, legends which describe an event more often
known as the Wild Hunt, Furious Host, or Wotan's Army. The variety of
names is considerable—see Jacob Grimm, Teutonic Mythology (Gloucester,
Mass.: Peter Smith, 1976), 918-50; Hans Plischke, Die Sage vom Uilden
Heere in Deutschen Volke (Eilenburg: C.V7. Offenhauer, 1914), 10-20. I
do not find "devil's army'' as a specific variant, but the titles often
substitute the name of the devil for Wotan, so those immigrants probably
recollected a phenomenon interpreted in terms of traditional belief rather
than in terms of aviation technology. The bright light is no stranger to
the Wild Hunt and aerial armies—see the aerial army over Hungary in 1887
(360), whose leader brandished a flashing sword.
On the other hand airship sightings were entirely possible in the 1850s
and before. During the 1840s in particular there seems to have been a high
tide of expectations, led by graphic illustrations of Henson's Aerial Steam
Carriage in flight (imaginary flight, but impressive) and played upon by
Edgar Allan Poe's "Balloon Hoax." I would not be surprised to find some
phantom sightings during this time,
40) An item of more definite interest appears in Nature, v. 58 (1898),
p. 353 (in Corliss. Handbk Unus. Natl Phenom p. 332), where the journal
summarizes a belated "Andree's balloon" report and explains the object as
a cloud of cyclonic origin. The note concludes by saying this observation
"suggests an origin for strange war balloons and other aerial machines
occasionally reported as having been sighted." The suggestion that these
sightings recurred in the 1890s is clear.
41) How much of the airship waves are hoaxes and newspaper events remains
an important question. On occasion we have reason to believe the sightings
were newspaper fabrications—see page 153 for a letter disclaiming a reported
airship, and 183 for an article entitled, "The Greensburg Liar Is Loose
Again." Another matter of some significance I noticed while working the
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Indiana papers is how seldom airship reports turned up in the columns

devoted to news from outlying communities. The content of this corres­
pondence includes sicknesses, births, deaths, marriages, crop news, and
mention of anything new or changing in these areas where newness of"
change was rare. A crime was a major event, and an airship sighting
would surely rate a mention. After reading about a lot of Sunday picnics,
weekend visits and fine hunting dogs, I can say with safety that those
mentions are lacking.

Sources

1896:
California:
Anaheim (wkly) Gazette Times-Gazette (Redwood City)
Placer Herald (Auburn) C~^ Riverside Enterprise
Bakersfield Daily Californian SacramentoABee
2>. Humboldt Times (Eureka) Salinas Daily Index
Folsoirs Ueekly Telegraph San Diego Record
Daily Evening Expositor (Fresno) (San Francisco) Call
(no 1896) San Francisco Chronicle
Daily Morning Union (Grass Valley) San Francisco Examiner
Los Angeles Times San Jose Daily Mercury
Marysville Daily Appeal (San Jose) Pioneer—0
Napa Register Marin County (wkly) Tocsin (San
Oakland Tribune Rafael)
Pacific Grove Review (wkly) Santa Cruz Sentinel
Mountain Democrat (Placerville) Woodland Daily Democrat
Merced Star (Stockton) Daily Reporter

Nevada:
Reese River Reveille (Austin) (Elko) Free Press -°
(Battle Mountain) Central Nevadan White Pines News (Ely)-o
Belmont Courier-o Genoa Weekly Courier-o
Carson City Morning Appeal Reno Evening Gazette
Carson City News Virginia (City) Enterprise
Lyon County Times (Dayton) (Winnemucca) Daily Silver State

Oregon:
Ashland Tidings Daily Eugene Guard
Astorian (Astoria) (Portland) Morning Oregonian
Astoria Daily Budget (no 1896) Oregon Statesman (Salem)

Washington:
Seattle Daily Times Spokane Daily Chronicle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Tacoma Daily Ledger
Tacoma (Daily) News
 Xll

Arizona: Arizona Daily Citizen (Tucson)

Idaho: Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise)

Montana: Great Falls Tribune
Also: Vlashington Post, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Post Dispatch and
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. / Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City).

1897: (Feb.-May)
Alabama: Daily Register (Mobile)
Birmingham News
Arkansas:
Harrison Times (no T 97) Mena Weekly Star
Arkansas Gazette (Little Pock) Osceola Times (no '97)
;:
Arkansas Democrat ( '" ) Pine Bluff Commercial—0

Arizona: Arizona Star (Tucson)

Colorado:
Eve-
Boulder Daily Camera Denver^Post -»
Colorado Springs Gazette Rocky Mountain>,News (Denver)
PuebloAChieftain
Delaware: Delaware Every Evening Morning News (both Wilmington)

Florida: Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville): Tampa Tribune

Georgia: Atlanta Journal Atlanta Constitution

Illinois:
Alton Evening Telegraph Pana Weekly Palladium
Aurora Daily Beacon Paris Daily Beacon
Daily Bulletin (Bloomington) Peoria Daily Transcript
Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington) Peoria Evening Times
Canton Daily Register Pontiac Daily Leader
Centralia Daily Sentinel Ouincy Daily Herald
(Charleston) Daily Courier Ouincy Daily Journal
Chicago Journal Ouincy Morning Whig.
Chicago Tribune (Rock Island) Daily Union
Decatur^Republican (Rock Island) Argus
(Dixon) Evening Telegraph Rockford Daily Register- s-^i^tfe
Galena Daily Gazette Rockford Daily Republic.
Galesburg Evening Mail Savannah Journal (wkly)
Daily Illinois Courier (Jacksonvi lie) Illinois State Journal (Springfield)
Daily Jacksonville Journal Springfield News-Telegram
Lincoln Semi-Weekly Courier Sterling Evening Gazette
Marion Leader Streator Daily Free Press
MonmouthAReview Streator Daily Monitor
Morris Daily Herald (Taylorsville) Daily Breeze
Mt. Vernon Daily Register Daily Illinois State Register (Spring-
Ottawa Daily Journal Lincoln Weekly Citizen field)
Ottawa Weekly Republican-Times Monmouth Daily News /
 X11L

Indiana:
Angola Herald Indianapolis World
Fountain-Warren Democrat (Attica) West Side Herald (Indianapolis)—
Auburn Courier (ceases 4/15)—0
Dearborn Independent (Aurora) Jasper Weekly Courier
Bedford Daily Mail Kentland Democrat (no 4/16)
Hartford County Telegram (Blackford Knightstown Banner (no * 97)
Bloomfield News Knightstown Sun (no ' 97)
(Bloomington) Courier Kokomo Dispatch
Bloomington Telephone Kokomo Daily Tribune
Bloomington World Lafayette Journal
Republican-Progress (Bloomington) LaGrange Standard
Bluffton Banner LaPorte Weekly Argus
Bourbon Mirror Lebanon Patriot
Brookville American Ligonier Banner
Brookville Democrat Logansport Chronicle
Brownstown Banner Logansport Daily Journal
Butler Record Logansport Daily Pharos
Cannelton Enquirer Logansport Daily Reporter
Columbus Daily Herald Logansport Times
Columbus Daily Times Madison Courier
(Columbus) Evening Republican Martinsvilie Republican
Crawfordsville Daily Journal Michigan City News
Crawfordsville Review Mishawaka Democrat (no 4/16,4/22)
Lake County Star (Crown Point) Mitchell Commercial
Hendricks County Gazette (Danville) Monticello Herald
Carroll County Citizen (Delphi)—0 White County Democrat (Monticello)
Denver Tribune New Albany Daily Ledger
Elletsville Farm New Castle Tribune (no '97)
(Evansville) Courier Hoosier State (Newport)
Evansville Journal Noblesville Democrat
Fairmount Weekly News (lacks 4/22) Hamilton County Democrat (Noblesville)
Farmland Enterprise—0 Hamilton County Ledger (Noblesville)
Fort Wayne Weekly Gazette North Judson N e w s — 0
Franklin Democrat (Osgood) Journal (=Ripley Jnl)
Franklin Republican — ^0 A/=r. (Peru) Republican
Gas City Weekly Journal (issues Pike County Democrat (Petersburg)
missing) Rensselaer Republican
Goshen Weekly Democrat Rockville Republican
Daily Banner-Times (Greencastle) Rockville Tribune—0
Greenfield Herald Rushville Republican
Greensburg Review Shelby Democrat (Shelbyville)
Greensburg New Era (Shoals) Referendum
Hancock Democrat South Bend Daily Tribune
Hartford City Telegram Sullivan Democrat
Hobart Gazette Terre Haute Evening Gazette
Huntingsburg Signal (German)—0 (Vincennes) Daily Sun
Indianapolis Journal Warsaw Daily Times
Indianapolis News Warsaw Northern Indianan (wkly ed. of D.
Indianapolis Sentinel Times)
 XIV

Indiana (cont'd.)
Daviess County Democrat (Washington)
Waterloo Press (to 4/15)
Worthington Times—0

Iowa:
Burlington Daily Hawk-Eye Iowa State Journal (Des Moines)
Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette Iowa State Register (Des Moines)
(Council Bluffs) Daily Nonpareil Keokuk Daily Gate City
Council Bluffs Globe Marshalltown Evening Times-Republican
Davenport Daily Leader Sioux City Journal
Des Moines Daily News Waterloo Daily Courier
Des Moines Leader

Kansas* (including Kansas City, Mo., newspapers, since their orientation

seems more toward Kansas than Missouri.)
Atchison Daily Globe Kansas City (Weekly) Gazette
EmporiaAGazette Kansas City (Mo.) Star
Fort Scott Daily Monitor Kansas City (Mo.) Times
Hutchinson Daily News Topeka Daily Capital
(independence) Star and Kansan Wichita Daily Eagle

Kentucky:
Carlisle Mercury (wkly) (Madisonville) Hustler
Lexington Daily Leader (Middleboro) Weekly Herald
Lexington Morning Herald Owensboro Daily Messenger
Lexington Morning News (Paducah) Daily News
Louisville Courier-Journal Owensboro Daily Inquirer
Louisville Evening Post
Louisville Times

Louisiana:
(Alexandria) Daily Town Talk Daily Picayune (New Orleans)
Baton Rouge Daily Advocate Times-Democrat (New Orleans)
Shreveport Times

Maine: Daily Evening Argus (Portland)

Massachusetts: Boston Globe

Michigan:
Adrian Evening Telephone Ionia Daily Standard
Battle Creek Daily Moon ■(Iron Mountain) Daily Tribune
Bay City Times-Press Jackson Daily Citizen
(Benton Harbor) Evening News Kalamazoo Gazette
(Detroit) Evening News (Lansing) State Republican
Detroit Free Press Manistee Daily Advocate
Flint Daily News Manistee Daily News
Grand Haven Daily Tribune (Marquette) Daily Mining, Journal
(Grand Rapids) Evening Press (Marshall) Daily Chronicle
Holland City News Midland Sun
 XV

Michigan (cont'd)
Mt. Clemens Monitor Saginaw Courier-Herald
Muskegon*Chronicle Saginaw Evening News
Niles Daily Star Saginaw Globe
Owosso Argus Fress Utica Weekly Sentinel
Port Huron Daily Times

Minnesota:
Duluth (wkly) News-Tribune St. Paul Dispatch
Minneapolis Tribune St. Paul Pioneer Press

Mississippi: ^
(Jackson)A Clarion-Ledger (Natchez) Daily Democrat
Jackson Daily News

Missouri; (Kansas City excluded)

Carrollton Daily Democrat St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Liberty (wkly) Tribune St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Weekly Democrat-News (Marshall) Sedalia Evening Democrat
Moberly Daily Monitor Shelbina (wkly) Democrat
Poplar Bluff Daily American (no '97) Shelby County (wkly) Herald
Atchison County (wkly) Mail (Rock Port) (Shelbyville)
Rolla (wkly) Herald Miller County (wkly) Autogram
St. Joseph Daily Herald (Tuscumbia)
St. Joseph Daily Nex^s

Montana: Butte Miner

Nebraska:
Nebraska Advertiser (wkly) Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln)
(Auburn") Omaha^'Bee
Beatrice Weekly Express Omaha World-Herald
Keamey^Hub

New Mexico:
Albuquerque Morning Democrat Las Vegas Daily Optic

New York:
Albany Evening Journal Buffalo Courier
Buffalo Evening News

North Carolina:
Carthage (wkly) Blade Caucasian ( R a l e i g t O ^ i y ) — Q
Daily Charlotte Observer Raleigh Tribune
Fayetteville Observer Wilmington Messenger
Alamance (wkly) News-Gleaner Rockingham Rocket
(Graham)—0

North Dakota:
Fargo Forum and Daily Republican Minot Daily News
Ward County Reporter (Minot) (wkly)
 XVI

Ohio: Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

(Bowling Green) Daily Sentinel Cleveland Plain Dealer
Canton Repository Steubenville Daily Republican
Cincinnati Enquirer Steubenville (Daily) Herald

Oklahoma:
Arapaho Bee (wkly)—0 Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Cheyenne (wkly) Sunbeam Oklahoma State Sentinel (wkly)
Cushing (wkly) Herald (Stillwater)

Oregon: Portland Morning Oregonian

Pennsylvania:
Erie Daily Times Pittsburgh Dispatch
Harrisburg Patriot Pittsburgh Post
Lancaster Intelligencer -°

Rhode Island: Providence Journal

South Carolina: Charleston News-Courier

South Dakota:
Aberdeen Daily News Yankton Press and Dakotan
(Sioux Falls) Argus-Leader

Tennessee:
Chattanooga Daily Times Nashville American
CClarksville) Daily Leaf-Chronicle Nashville Banner
Knoxville Daily Tribune
Memphis Commercial-Appeal Daily Sun (Nashville)

Texas: Austin Daily Statesman

Abilene Reporter (zcc/^k'/) Sunday Gazetteer (Denison)
Austin Times El Paso Times
(Brownsville) Daily Herald Fort Worth Register
Bryan Morning Eagle Daily Hesperian (Gainesville)
Johnson County (wkly)Review (Cleburne)
Dallas Morning News Galveston Daily News
(Dallasftimes-Herald Houston Post

Utah:
(Logan) Tri-Weekly Journal (Provo) Daily Enquirer
(Nephi) Republic—0 Deseret Evening News (Salt Lake City)
Ogden Standard Salt Lake Herald

Virginia:
Norfolk Dispatch Richmond Dispatch
Norfolk Virginian State (Richmond)
Evening Leader (Richmond) Roanoke Times
 XVI1

Washington: Spokane Daily Chronicle

West Virginia:
CharlestonAGazette West Virginia Oil Review (Sistersville)
Huntington Daily Tribune (no '97)
Parkersburg Daily Journal Wheeling Intelligencer
Parkersburg Daily Sentinel Wheeling Register

Wisconsin:
Beloit Daily News (Milwaukee) Daily News
Eeloit (wkly) Free Press ( '' ) Evening Wisconsin
(Fond du Lac) Daily Commonwealth Milwaukee Journal
Green Bay Gazette Milwaukee Sentinel
(Kenosha) Evening News (Oshkosh) Daily Northwestern
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison) (Portage) Daily Register
Racine Daily Journal
Racine Times

Wyoming:
Cheyenne Sun-Leader Laramie Republican
Converse County (wkly) Herald (Lusk) Rock Springs (wkly) Miner—0

Canada:
Manitoba: Brandon Mail La Manitoba (St. Boniface) \.
Manitoba Morning Free Press (Winnipeg)
Ontario: Toronto Globe
Quebec: Le Monde (Montreal) Le Courier du Canada (Quebec)

1897 (July-Oct.)
Alberta: Edmonton Bulletin
British Columbia:
Vancouver Daily News-Advertiser Victoria Daily Colonist

Manitoba: Manitoba Morning Free Press (Winnipeg)

Ontario: Toronto Globe

Also: (Portland) Morning Oregonian, Tacoma Daily Ledger, Seattle Daily Times,
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Spokane Daily Chronicle
1903 (June)-1909: Indianapolis Star

1904:
Nevada.: (July-Aug. )
Reese River Reveille (Austin) White Pine News (Ely)
Carson City Morning Appeal Reno Evening Gazette
Carson City News Virginia (City) Enterprise
Free "Press (Elko) Daily Silver State (Winnemucca)
Lyon County Times (Yerington)
 XVI11

1905: Le Figaro, Journal des Debats, Le Temps (all Paris) (April)

California: Imperial "(wkly) Press, Imperial Valley News

1908:
(June-July): Morgonbladet (Oslo, Norway)
July-Dec.:
Conn.: Hartford [Link], Willimantic Daily Chronicle
Maine: Lewiston Journal
Mass.: Berkshire Evening Ragle, Springfield Republican, Worcester
Evening Gazette, Boston Herald
New Hampshire: Manchester Union
Rhode Island: Providence Journal
Vermont: Burlington Daily News, Rutland Daily Herald, St. Albans
Daily Messenger

Also, Washington, Jan-March: White River (wkly) Journal (Kent)

Morning Olympian^(Olympia)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Daily Ledger (Tacoma)
Tacoma Daily News

1909:
March-May, England: (London) Daily Express
" Daily Telegraph
Manchester Guardian

June (Calif.): Imperial Valley Press (El Centro)

Imperial Valley News
San Francisco Call

July-Aug, (Australia. New Zealand): Sydney Morning Herald

Christchurch Weekly Press

Sept., Dec. (Sweden): Goteborgs Handels- och Sjofarts-Tidning

Social-Demokraten (Stockholm)

Dec. 13, 1909-Jan. 1910:

Connecticut:
Hartford Courant Willimantic Daily Chronicle
Hartford Times

Maine:
Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta) Daily Eastern Argus (Portland)

Massachusetts:
Boston Daily Advertiser Berkshire Evening Eagle
Boston Evening Transcript Springfield Republican
Boston Globe Worchester Evening Gazette
Boston Herald
Boston Journal
 XIX

New Hampshire:
Concord Evening Monitor Manchester Union

Rhode Island: Providence Journal

Vermont:
Bennington Evening Banner Rutland Daily Herald
Burlington Daily News

Washington: Seattle Daily Times Tacoma Daily Ledger

Idaho: Lewiston Morning Tribune

Arkansas:
Arkansas Gazette (Little Rock) Daily Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock)

Alabama: Birmingham News

Tennessee: Memphis Commercial Appeal

Daily Times (Chattanooga) Nashville American
Knoxville Journal Nashville Banner

West Virginia:
Huntington Herald-Dispatch Wheeling Register

Also Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Public Ledger (Jan., Aug. 1909)

Providence Journal (Aug. 1909-Oct. 1910)

1913:
England:
(London) Daily Express (London) Times
(London) Daily Telegraph Manchester Guardian

Germany:
Berliner Tageblatt Frankfurter Zeitung
Neue Preussische Zeitung (=Kreuz-Zeitung)
(Berlin) Vossische Zeitung

Austria: Neue Freie Presse (Wien)

France: Journal des Debats Le Temps

1914:
South Africa:
Cape Argus (Capetown) Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg)
Cape Times Star (Johannesburg)
Natal Advertiser (Durban) Pretoria News
 XX

1930s
Sweden:
Svenska Dagbladet (Stockholm)—1933 Oct.-Dec.
1934 Jan.-April, Oct.-Dec.
1935 Jan.-Mar., Oct.-Dec.
1936 Jan.-Mar., Oct.-Dec.
1937 Jan.-Mar., Oct.-Dec.

Norway:
Afton Dagbladet (Dec. !33)
Morgonbladet (Dec. '33, Jan.-Mar. '34)

England:
Daily Telegraph (July-Aug. '37)

1946:
Sweden:
Svenska Dagbladet (July-Nov.)
Morgon-Tidningen (May-Aug.)

Norway: Morgonbladet (July-Aug.)

Denmark: Berlingske Tidende (Aug.)

Italy: Corriere della Sera (Milan) (Sept.)

Others:

New York newspapers, Aug-Sept. 1880, May-June 1887: Daily Graphic,

Evening Post, Herald, Sun, Tines, Tribune, World.

St. Louis, July-Sept. 1880: Post-Dispatch, Missouri Republican

Kansas City Journal of Commerce 1858-1860

Atlanta Intelligencer—all 1860
(Washington, D.C.) Evening Star—July 1860
Southern Argus (Norfolk, Va.) — July 1860
Sydney Morning Herald—all 1896
Omaha (wkly) Times—Oct. 1857-Nov. 1858

Add: Philadelphia Press—Jan. 1897

Idaho Daily Statesman (Boise)—April-May 1897
Stockton (Calif.) Daily Independent—Mar.-April 1897
Washington Post—Apr-May 1897
Reno Evening Gazette—-Apr 1.-May 1897

March 1892: NY. Trib, Times; London Times, Manchester Guardian:

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u t t s r i n g a s e n t e n c e he d a r t e d a t h e r , and c a t c h i n g h e r p a r t l y by h e r and t h e y r e c o e n i i e d » • , and t h e Man i n t h e k s h o o t i n g - J a c k e t s a i d ,
d r e s a and t h e back p a r t of h e r n e c k , p l a c e d h e r head u n d e r one of h i s
a r m s , and commenced t e a r i n g h e r gown w i t h h i f c l a w s . w h i c h ahe was "There's tha who v a s i n t h e l a n e . " Re t h e n c s » e up t o n e , and
c e r t a i n w e r e of none m e t a l l i c s u b s t a n c e . She s e r e a w e d o u t a s loud a s c a u g h t a h o l d o f t h e v h e e l I v a s c a r r y i n g , and p u l l e d i t o f f my shou.
. ahe c o u l d f o r a s s i s t a n c e , and by c o n s i d e r a b l e e x e r t i o n g o t sway f r o n d e r , s a y i n g a t t h e s a a e t l i * e , "What h a v e you t o say t o S p r i n g J a c k ? "
h i n and r a n towarda t h e h o u s e t o g e t I n . !!er a s s a i l a n t , h o w e v e r , f o l ­ I d e a l r e d h i n t o l e a v e s y v h e e l a l o n e , and t h e n Payne c a n e and t o o k
lowed h e r , and c a u g h t h e r on t h a s t e p s l e a d i n g t o t h e h a l l - d o o r , when h i a away. I went I n t o t h e M o r g a n ' s Arms p u b l i c h o u s e , and t h e y f o l ­
ha a g a i n u s e d c o n s i d e r a b l e v i o l e n c e , t o r e h e r n e c k and a n a * w i t h h i s lowed BW I n , and v e n t I n t o e i t h e r t h e t a p - r o o a o r p a r l o u r . I lnqulr
c l a w s , a s w e l l a s a q u a n t i t y of h a i r frosn h e r h e a d ; b u t ahe was a t o f t h * l a n d l o r d who t h e nan In t h a s h o o t l n g - J a c k a t v a a , and h e s a i d _
l e n g t h r e s c u e d fron h l a g r a s p by one o f h e r s i s t e r s . H i s s Alsop added h i s n a n e v a s M i l b a n k , and t h a t ha r e s i d e d n e a r l y o p p o s i t e t o h i s houi
t h a t s h e had s u f f e r e d c o n s i d e r a b l e a l l n i g h t f r o * t h * s h o c k s h e hod 1 h a v e no d o u b t b u t t h a t t h e man Milbank v a s t h e p e r s o n who had s o
s u s t a i n e d , and was t h e n I n e x t r e m e p a i n , b o t h f r o n t h e I n j u r y done t o f r i g h t e n e d t h e M i s s e s A l s o p ; and w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e " b l u e l i g h t s , "
h e r a r m , and t h e wounds and s c r a t c h e s i n f l i c t e d by t h e m i s c r e a n t about n e i t h e r Hr. B l e a h r d s o n n o r n y s e l f o b s e r v e d a n y t h i n g o f t h e k i n d .
h e r s h o u l d e r s and neck V l t h h i s c l a w s o r h a n d s . H r . P a y n e , in r e p l y t o t h e above s t a t e m e n t , s a i d t h a t on t h e n i g r
In q u e s t i o n h e had p a s s e d t h e h o u s e o f Hr. Alsop on h i s way home fron
Miss Hary A l s o p , a y o u n g e r s i s t e r , s a i d t h a t on h . a r i n g t h . s c r e a r , « " Wil«e> H»rt p u h l l c - n m t « in Old - o r d . and a t t h a t « " * a l l - P P e a r .
f h e r . l a t e r J a n e , s h e went t o t h e d o o r , and aaw a ff li gg uu r e a . above ?«**'; / * ' ' ^ < " • * » » « " « w v e s t o f t h e house he g o t o u t o f th
l a n e I n t o a f i e l d , and had r e a c h e d a b o u t t h e n i d d l o o f I t , when he
described I l l - u s i n g her s i s t e r . She was s o a l a r m e d a t h i s a p p e a r a n c e ,
r e t u r n e d t o Hr. A l s o p ' a i n c o n s e q u e n c e o f h e a r i n g t h e s c r e a n a o f a f«
t h a t s h e was a f r a i d t o a p p r o a c h o r r e n d e r any a s s i s t a n c e , nala. Ke t h e n s p o k e t o H r . A l s o p , J u n , , aa s t a t e d by t h e w i t n e s s
Mrs. H a r r i s o n s a i d , t h a t h e a r i n g t h e screeams of both her s l a t e r s , S n l t h ; b u t w i t h t h i s e x c e p t i o n t h e whole o f h i s r e p r e s e n t a t i o n s r e l i
f i r s t of J a n e , and t h e n of H a r y , ahe r a n t o t h a d o o r , and found t h e t l v e t o h l n were p e r f e c t l y u n t r u e .
p e r s o n b e f o r e d e s c r i b e d In t h e a c t of d r a g g i n g h « r s i s t e r J a n e down S n l t h , on t h e c o n t r a r y , d e c l a r e d b e f o r e h i s Maker t h a t e v e r y t h l n j
t h e a t o n e s t e p s from t h e d o o r w i t h c o n s i d e r a b l e v i o l e n c e . She ( J l r s . h e had a t a t e d was p e r f e c t l y t r u e .
l i a r r i s o n ) got h o l d of h e r s l a t e r , and by s o n s maans o r o t h e r , which Mr. Hardvick ( t o P a y n e . ) . ' — D i d you n o t h e a r a v i o l e n t r i n g i n g a t
s h e c o u l d s c a r c e l y d e s c r i b e , s u c c e e d e d In R e t t i n g h a r I n s i d e t h e d o o r t h e b e l l a t t h e h o u s e o f Mr. A l s o p b e f o r e you heard t h e - c r W s f
and c l o s i n g I t . AC t h i s t i m e h e r s i s t e r a d r e s a was n e a r l y t o r n off Payne.—Mo, I d i d n o t . I o n l y h e a r d t h e s c r e w s , and t h o s e
her. Boch h e r £comba] d r a g g e d o u t of h e r h e a d , a s w e l l a s a q u a n t l t v ^ t0 _ backi
of h e r h a i r t o r n away. The f e l l o w , n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h a o u t r a g e he ha „„ M„„^,,
Mr. H a r d v i c k . — H a d you b e e n i n t h e coraoany of MUbink f"i t h e ""u*-
c o m m i t t e d , knocked l o u d l y two o r t h r e e t i m e s a t t h e d o o r , and i t was
day!
o n l y on t h e i r c a l l i n g l o u d l y f o r t h e p o l i c e from t h e u p p e r windows
P a y n e . — Y e s ; we had been t o g e t h e r , b u t we p a r t e d a t t h e Whit-
t h a t he l e f t t h e p l a c e . ,
H a r t , and I d i d n o t a g a i n s e e o r s p e a k t o h l n u n t i l I n e t Mr- i t t h e
H r . A l s o p . who a p p e a r s v a r y f e e b l e , s a i d t h e e h e and H r s . A l s o p
h a v e been l a i d up f o r s e v e r a l weeks p a s t w i t h a r h e u m a t i c a f f e c t i o n , Morgan's A r w .
s o a s t o be s c a r c e l y a b l e t o g e t o u t of b e d , b u t such waa t h e a l n r m Mr. Hardvick.—-Then you mean t o s a y t h a t you d i d n o t meet Smith I
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on Che n i g h t b e f o r e , t h a t t h e y b o t h g o t o u t of b e d , and he managed t o v ,,.,_ . . . , v .. , * ^ i n * ? ..\J
„ . . , A ^ ^ - , . . . . . i . - . , ^ J P„ J i < J i- P , . . i t h H l l b a n k . and y o u r r e m a r k s t o t h a t p e r s o n . I s a l l f a l a e , and t h e
g e t down s t a i r s , and found h i s d a u g h t e r Susan w i t hL h e r c l o t h e s t o r n , , .. , ;u .. ,
and h a v i n g a l l t h e a p p e a r a n c e of r e c ecilvvii n g tcne h e moat
most s e r i o u s p e r s o n a l " ^ " I n v e n t i o n of the * « " « » ■ *
v i o l e n c e . Mr. A l s o p s l s o s a i d , i t waa p e r f e c t l y c l e a r t h a t t h e r e UMS Payne ( a f t e r s o n e h e s i t a t i o n . ) . — I do s a y s o .
more t h a n one r u f f i a n c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e o u t r a g e , a s t h e f e l l o w who S s i i t h a ^ a l n d e c l a r e d t h a t h e had s t a t e d n o t h l n f b u t t h e t n i t h .
committed the v i o l e n c e d i d n o t r e t u r n for h i s c l o a k , b u t acaapered Mr. K i e h o l s o n , t h e l a n d l o r d o f t h e White flirt, a t a t - d , t h a t b o t h
. i c r o a s [Link] f i e l d s , so t h a t ttudre n u s t have been some p e r i o n w i t h him Payne and Milbank had b e e n a t h i s h o u s e on t h e Tuesday e v e n i n g . Th-:
had b»—n o u t s h o o t i n g t o g e t h e r , and t h e l a t t e r got so drunk t h a t h«

a c c o u n t of what had p a s s e d t h e r e .
103B March 2 {Fri J London T l i * « s , p . 7.. ( c a r d 1)
M i l b a n k , who was d r e s s e d aa h e had been on t h e n l p h t in o n e s t l o i
In a w h i t e f u s t g w i a n s h o o t i n g J a c k e t and a w h i t e h a t , s a i d t h n t h r w
THE LATE OUTRAGE AT OLD POPD. / s o drunk t h a t he had n o t t h e l e a s t I d e a o f any t h i n g t h a t h n r r - n ' H .
On Wednesday a l o n g I n v e s t i g a t i o n t o o k p l a c e a t L a n b e t h - s t r e e t Both L e a , t h e o f f i c e r , and I n s p e c t o r J u a r d , h e r e ramnrncd f->* *
o f f i c e b e f o r e Mr. H a r d w i c k , Mr, N o r t o n , and Mr. S t o c k , a c o u n t y m a g i s ­ found t h a t Milbank had p r o c u r e d a brown g r e a t c o a t , v i t n a I s r p e col I
t r a t e , r - l a t i v e t o t h e l a t e o u t r a g e a t Old F o r d . Mr. A l s o p , h i s s o n , t o i t , a f t e r l e a v i n g t h e W h i t e H a r t , and t h a t he had p u r c h a s e i r a n
and t h r e e d a u g h t e r s , v e r e In a t t e n d a n c e , as v e r e a l s o t h e two p e r s o n s d i e a t a c h a n d l e r ' s s h o p between t h e White Hart and t h e r e s l d e n c - " r
s u s p e c t e d o f b e i n g c o n c e r n e d In t h e o u t r a g e , n a m e l y , Mr. P a y n e , a Mr. A l s o p .
m a s t e r b r i c k l a y e r , and Mr. M l l l b a n k , a c a r p e n t e r . T h i s a l s o H l l b a n k d e n i e d a l l r e c o l l e c t i o n of.
The f i r s t w i t n e s s c a l l e d was ■I'mee S m i t h , o f No. 9 , P r o s p e c t p l « c e The Misses ftlsop, and M r s . H a r r i s o n , t h e i r s i s t e r , r e p e a t e d th»-»
Old Ford r o w , coach w h e e l w r i g h t , who s t a t e d t h a t b e t w e e n t h e h o u r s of s t a t e m e n t as t o t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e p e r s o n by whom t h - o u t r a g e hi-i
9 and 9 o ' c l o c k on t h e n i g h t o f T u e s d a y w-ek h e vn* p r o c c - d l n g a l o n g been c o m i t t e d , and which has been a l r e a d y b e f o r e t h e p u h l l c . Thfy
t h e Hev r o a d , and on r e a c h i n g w i t h i n a b o u t 200 y a r d s o f Mr. A l s o p ' s a l s o d e c l a r e d t h e i r f i r m c o n v i c t i o n t o be t h a t t h e I n d i v i d u a l vns no
drunk a t t h e t i n e .
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Mr. Strock aaid that hla mind woo made up as to the p a r t i e s , i t th serious i l l n e s s . He (the gentleman) had however taken down his sta'te-
some time he could not account for the supernatural anr« t t r * n c e s des­ aehfc, which he would tak* the l i b e r t y of reading, and vnicb h* laid he
cribed by the l a d l e s , the Misaea Alsop. would be willing to swear to If necessary. I t v s . as follows: "I
Mr. Purrfen observed, that he should feel no doubt in coming at thi hereby declare that I was the person with the boy spoken of by on. of
some conclusion, that the accused persons were those vho had been the witnesses respecting the outrage committed at Kr. Alsop'* house;
guilty of the a c t , both from vhat Mllbank said to the nan Pnith on but I had no cloak on, n*lther did I see any one with a cloak. I
entering his houee—namely, "What do you think of Spring-heeled Jack stopped at the gate when I was told they had s*«n "Spring~b*«l*d Jack?
nowf" or vords t o that e f f e c t , and his having the terrains of * cand'e I thought I t waa a l l a game, and l e f t them. Th* boy can* th*r* with
in his possession; but s t i l l he van at a loss to reconcile these ■*, but I do not knov him. J . Fox."
points with the supernatural appearance spoken of. Richardson and Smith both declared that the man they had seen, and
Mr. Aloop, J un., and other witnesses were examined, after which, who returned with th* boy to Hr. Alsop's ,had e i t h e r a cloak or v*rv
Mr. Hardwick said that i t wa« evident, from what had taken r a "" ■ 1 1 very large cape on, while Mr. Alsop, J u n . . asserted the contrary.
the two persons suspected knew more about the affaif takm than they Mr. Hardwick here asked Mlllbank If he had refreshed his memory
wished to acknowledge, o r . If they were innocent, i t certainly wan since th* laat tim* h* v u pr*»*nt, and if b* nov r*collect*d being In
most extraordinary t h a t so many concurrent circumstances should h* th* lane, or what he had been doing on th* night in question.
adduced to fix upon them certainly the strongest posslbl- susptcion. Mlllbank replied, that h* was s t i l l unconscious of everything that
He could not conceive vhnt motif* the witness Smith could have in occurred froa before leaving the White Hart at Old Ford, u n t i l the
making the statement i f i t was f^-o'indless and without foundation, relieving morning, and how he got home or to bed h« was unable to say.
while he could at once find a motive !n I t s denial by th- accused. A respectable tradesman, who l i v e , not fax from the neighbourhood,
Besides, the fact of I T . Payne not taad±m twntioning the circunstnn-- and vho from his "larking" propensities had been suspected of having
-to any person In the parlour of a public-house on the night in questlt something to do with the occurrence, said that he had COM* forward in
n a « , in h i s mind, a circumstance pregnant with suspicion; and he (Mr comivquenc* Of SON* insinuations prejudicial to him, and to remove any
Kardwick) vould nov take care that the a f f a i r va should be thourouphl: imputation that might b* cast upon his character, to declare solemnly
investigated, and i f i t should turn out that they were the puilty ' that h« knew nothing vhataver of th* transaction. H* said that the
p a r t i e s , they should be punished to the utmost. He then directed thai outrage, as i t vaa c a l l e d , was most Injurious to him, as some tenants
suraonses should be taXen out for other witnesses to be in attendance of bis In th* neighbourhood talked about quitting t h e i r tenements, in
jn Friday, and expressed a hope that In any tccount that mlpht appear con**qu*nc* of t b * l r fear* to go out after dark, and concluded by de­
of the proceedings a request would be made to the person who was pres­ c l a r i n g , In a very t h e a t r i c a l manmar, and with a peculiar flourish,
ent with the cloak on, on the night in question, to attend on thot that h« believed th* greater part of the statements as to the appear-
Jiv. anc* Of th* Individual coamalttlng th* outrage was a mere fudge, and
1838 March C33 (Sat) London Times, p. 7. (card l ) that a burning candle, through the fright of the parties no doubt, had
b**n magnified into th* blu* and white l i g h t s they had hoard so such
about.
LAMBETH-STREET—Yesterday a further investigation, relative to the
late outrage on Miss Alsop, at Old Ford, took place at t h i s office Mr. Hardwick admitted that thar* might b« a l l t t l * exaggeration,
i>efore Messrs. Jixlt Hardwick, Coombe, Korton, Tickle, and Gregory, and but I t va* quit* [Link]* h* could get rid of th* solemn and repeat­
■*he Juatice room, as on Wednesday, was very mica crowded. ed assertion* of these respectable Individuals on oath, and t h a t , too,
Mr. Richardson, a shoemaker, and the person alluded to by Smith in without any earthly assignable motlv*, and a r r i v e at such a conclusion
liis statement on the previous day, stated that on the night of Tuesday a* that expressed. H* felt bound to give credence to th* testimony
Week, at about a quarter t o 9 o'clock, h« v u paasing along Bearblnder of th* Misses [Link], as th* violence of which th*y complained would be
Lane, and on a r r i v i n g within about 50 yards of Mr. Aliop's residence, in i t s e l f sufficiently alarming when committed by a ruffian without the
*ie sJat heard a violent ringing at that gentleman's b e l l . In about a addition of a r t i f i c i a l l i g h t s , therefore what motive could they have
minute afterwords he observed some person cone out of the hall-door in swearing d i s t i n c t l y to the l i g h t s . But, besides, there were other
with a lighted candle, and advance through th* garden to the g a t e , and circumstances which vent in corroboration of t h e i r statement. It
presently heard the violent screams of a female. Almost Immediately wmld b* tttwtttrt r*coll«eted that a very I n t e l l i g e n t g i r l , and In
■ifter t h i s he met a young man in a large cloak and a bey, and the for- vhos* probity h*r master and Mistress bad placed th* utmost r e l i a n c e ,
.-er said something about "Spring-heeled Jack" being in the lane. This had on th* l a a t examination given an accurate and detailed description
ne said in r a t h e r a Joking or laughing manner. Witness Instantly c o i ­ of a person dr**s*d la pantomime costume, that th* had seen not very
fed out " p t l i c e , " and Mr. Smith coming up at the time, asked him i f h* far from t h i s neighbourhood and vho appeared to romlt forth similar
would not come on. He replied that he would, and as they were hurry­ l i g h t s to thos* spoken of. ThBre~va« another female, he understood,
i n g toworda Mr. Alsop's, he observed a man dre*.«d in a vbit* fustian vho had witnessed something similar, but vho vas not nov present, close
to th* residence of Mr. Alsop, So that the case of the Hisses Alsop
ihooting J a c k e t , standing in the l a n e , nearly opposlt* t o Kr. Alsop's,
*hom he asked what v u the matter, but he made no reply. When they
tkxnc There waa one
[he and Smith) had got to Mr. A l s o p ' . , Mr. [Link]. J u n . . and h i . - l . t f i * " « * . * • ° " t " T . . l n , t W 1 ? * ot. ™ ch P ™ 1 1 " "
thing vhlch h* really would admit was aomevhat Irreconcilable and stag­
*ere c a l l i n g for the police from th* front window., and on observing gering, and that vas, that n*ikn*r Richardson or Smith should have ob­
them they came down and r e l a t e d vhat had happened, and described th* served th* light spokm of on th* pr***nt occasion.
\ppearance of thex person by whoa the outrage had been eoasaittad, but
Kr. P a r r e l l , th* proprietor of th* Pavilion t h e a t r e , being present,
dot In such a manner as t o impress him with the idea that I t had been
va* questioned by th* magistrate* a* to the chymical substances neces­
30 furious an he subsequently lav i t deacrlbed In the newspapers. Whi! sary t o produce such a l i g h t as that described, and that gentleman aaid
fie (witness) and Smith, were speaking to Mr, Alsop, Ju n . , and his i l . that th* dropping of c*rtaln strong acid* on a sponge charged with
t e r s , the man with the cloaH and th* boy whom* ho had before n e t , a. a p i r l t i of win* would produce such appearance* as those described, and
veil as Mr. Paine, cane up to where they were standing and the l a t t e r that the colour of th* flame emitted vould [Link] the peculiar Qual­
spoke to Mr. Aisop, J un., and subsequently went away. ity or description of acid.
Mr. Hardwick here desired Mlllbank, wbo was in attendance, but wh Killbank, who cried b i t t e r l y , complained that the imputation cast
was dressed differently fro a the day before, to stand forward, and be upon him by th* opinion expressed by the magistrates on the former day
having done s o . asked Richardson i f he could recognite him a* th* man vaa calculated to do him irreparable injury in his business.
uhon he described to be standing in the lane on the night in question
Mr. Hardvlck observed that h* was not singular in the opinion he
Richardson, after looking at h l a , repeated that he did not think
had arrived at on that occasion. Hov by that both he and Palne knew
he was, as the person he observed waa, in his opinion, much younger, mor* about th* business than they wished to s t a t e , for the magistrate
^ V o i t h T t h e 3 oTheV witness, however aaid that he was positive h« vai y ^ , ^ " ^ * ' ! 1 1 . ^ * . 0 " ! ^ ' h h i " ' * n d ^ e *>elleved_ =""7 respectable
individuals vho had beard the evidence given, and the man**r in vhlch
the i n d i v i d u a l , as he had not only an opportunity of seeing him when
that evidence va. given, perfectly agreed vith him. From what hod tok­
ha forced the wheel off h i s shoulder, but also a t the Morgan Anas
en place that dxy, and the private information that had reached hin, as
public-house.
, ,_ „ ., . , .,, v e i l a* th* high character which he had received for general Rood con-
Mr. Hardwick {to Richardson), Tou have stated that you d i s t i n c t J j
daet^ u ^ H w . Q V l c t i f e l t b0UBd t 0 Bay> n o t o n l y t h , t h U o p l n i o n w
saw a lighted candle brought froa the house of Mr. Alsop immediately much altered, but that h* believed that he waa not the person vho hnd
after you heard the screens of the female. coBsalttad th* outrage; and therefore he hoped hla character would not
Richardson.—I d i d , s i r . suffer froa any thing that bapped. The outrage committed was of a
Mr. Hardwick,—Nov, from the position In which you were at the serious description, and one which the magistrates are bound to Inquire
time, can you take I t on you to say that If a greater light than that s t r i c t l y Into. The officers were in possession of SOB* Information
produced by a candle had been exhibited in th* garden of Mr. Alsop which Should b* promptly followed up and octed upon, os no efforts
you must have seen i t ? would be spared to bring the party or parties concerned In those d i s ­
Richardson.—I c e r t a i n l y must. graceful and mischievous proceeding to J u s t i c e . The further Inquiry,
Mr. Hardwick (to Smith).—And are you of the some opinion! therefore, should stand over for the present.
S m i t h . ~ I am , s i r ; I saw no light but that of a candle.
The investigation lasted several hours, and hod not terminated aa*t
Mr. Hardwick (to Richardson).—About t h i s young man in the cloak- . , " " '"'"--a--
u n t i l a l a t e hour.
can you say vhat became of hint 1848 September 19 (Tuea) London Time., p . 4 . CV * A*<!.»-\>
Richardson.~I cannot, s i r ,
A gentleman, residing In the neighbourhood of Old Pord, here s t e p ­ Astonomlcal Discovery.—An Inverness correspondent of the Rosshire
ped forward, and said t h a t , feeling considerably Interested in the Advertiser of Friday writes as follows:—"Within the l a s t nine or ten
inquiry, h* had himself taken much pains to aix e l i c i t the t r u t h , and month* I and several others have frequently observed two large bright
a l l a y , IT p o s s i b l e , th* t e r r o r which the occurrence had spread over s t a r s , which, to far as I knov, are found In no astronomical nomen­
th* neighbourhood. With t h i s object in view, he had, since the l a a t c l a t u r e . But for the superior brightness of an* ot Cham, and Its
examination, and after a good deal o* trouble, made out the individual peculiar sparkling l i g h t , i t aiRht be taken for Venus. Th* six* and
whose nan* i s Pox, and vho would be in attendance hod i t not been for
a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e o t h e r b e e r s a s c l o s e * r e s e m b l a n c e t o K a r a . The S e p t . 16 "58 L . Napoleon g i v e s p r i t e f o r model o r o l t h o p t e r
r e l a t i v e p o s i t i o n ' o f che c l e a r body l a g e n e r a l l y t o u c h b y e a s t of t h e Sept 30 D o n a t i ' s comet
o t h e r , and l a o f t e n above t h e eenCre o f o u r C h u r c h - s t r e e t ; b u t I have O c t . 26>1 B a l l o o n e s c a p e s from (Adrian!) Mich ( O h i o T ) , s e e n a t B l i s s
f r e q u e n t l y o b s e r v e d I t a t a l l p e r l o d a o f t h e e v e n i n g u p t o Midnight f i e l d , U n a v i l l e , 3 »1 h i a n d a p p a r e n t l y s i t e o f s t a r ; l a t e r dimly
i a M e d i a t e l y o v e r t h e voodan b r i d g e , t h e r e l a t i v e p o s i t i o n of t h e o t h e r s e e n g o i n g t o w a r d Maiden
b e i n g W.N.W., o p p o s i c e co t h e C a l e d o n i a n H o t e l . B u t t h e s e a r e n o t Itov, 1 1 B a l l o o n r a c e I n Ohio
I n v a r i a b l y t h a l r s i t u a t i o n s i n t h e h e a v e n * d u r i n g art h o u r of a n y e v e n - 1858'"'December 4 ( S a t . ) London T i n a s , p . 7 d .
I n g . On one o c c a s i o n , t o t h e b e a t o f n y r e c o l l e c t i o n , a l i t t l e a f t e r
9 " o ' c l o c k l a t h e e v e n i n g of t h e l B t h u l t . . I was i n company w i t h s e v e r - TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIKES.
•1 individuals. We o b s e r v e d t h * c l e a r s t a r a l i t t l e Co t h e e a e t of S i r , — L a a c n i g h t a t f i f t e e n minutes t o 9 , I t bsing very dark and
l a l a n d B a n k - h o u s e , t h * r e a l d e n c e of Mr. f a l c o n e r , of t h e Royal Academy r a i n i n g h e a v i l y , I v n a a s c e n d i n g one o f t h a s t e e p h l l l a of t h i a n e l | ^
1856 Auguat 5 ( l u e s ) London T i m e s , p , 9 b . ' ' b o u r h o o d , when s u d d e n l y I was a u r r o u n d a d b y a b r i g h t a n d p o w e r f u l H f
which p a s s e d me a l i t t l e q u i c k e r t h a n t h e o r d i n a r y p a c e of a man'*
w a l l i n g , leaving I t dark a s b e f o r e .
( I r e l a n d ) The G r e a t Comet o f 1 5 5 6 .
T h i s d a y 1 have b e a n i n f o r m e d t h a t Che l i g h t waa seen by t h e s o i l
I f t h e a c c o u n t s from L i m e r i c k a r e t o b e c r e d i t e d , t h e m a r v e l l o u s I n Che h a r b o u r , c o n i n g i n from t h e s e a and p a s s i n g up c h a v a l l e y l l k «
comet o f 1 5 5 6 , a f t e r an a b s e n c e of J u s t t h r e e c e n t u r i e s , h a s made I t s low c l o u d .
p r e d i c t e d reappearance i n the south of I r e l a n d . The O b s e r v e r of S a t u r ­
day o a y s : — W i l l you o r a n y o f y o u r r e a d e r s be p l e a s e d t o g i v e an e x p l a n a t i o n
of t h e a b o v e t
"A g e n t l e m a n o f t h e h i g h e s t r e s p e c t a b i l i t y h a s J u s t Informed ua
I a * . S i r . yours t r u l y ,
t h a t h e saw l a s t nlfjht f o r t h e t h i r d t i m e , what a p p e a r s from h i s d e a -
c r i p t i o n CO b e t h e l o n g - e x p e c t e d comet, o f 155fi, t h e r s - a p p e a r a n c e of JABEZ BROWN.
B o a c a a c l a , D e c . l._
d f i S f r h S r IS* t " V b " n " ° * 0 B « f l ™ M " f * ' « £ ~ * » . » » « « « . ~ " " ' _ j „ , i _ . Vc U , V . i e o , J o u m a i of C o e r c e U a n . i i t y , m / p j a i
d i n g t h e i r c a l c u l a t i o n s b y t h e p r o v i s o t h a t a d i f f e r e n c e of t h r e e y e a r s i o u v ' ' "
might possibly occur, although there waa every reason CO expect Chat
Supernatural Light on * Railroad—Singular Phenomenon.
the great comet, which Cakes three centuries to complete Its orbit,
An engineer employed on the Korthem Central Railway in Maryland,
would be visible about the month of August, 1056. Our Informant thue
Informa th* Baltimore Republican that on Friday night l e s t , while
describes the object which attracted his attention for the f i r s t time
running a freight train over the road, and when about ten miles from
l a s t l/ednesday night:—He was standing near Che salmon-wolr. on the
Baltimore, he waa suddenly startled by seeing directly before hi* whs
platform before the mills of Corbally, about half-pasc 10 o'clock, whet
he supposed t o be the front light of another engine coming towards
hla attenclon waa attracted by what appeared Co t>« a fire rising on th«
him—not over a hundred yards distano.
top of Keeper mountain, due east of his position. He remarked the ob­
j e c t to a gentleman who was with hla, but, as th* flra roaa and clearet He iwsediately- blew the whistle to put down the brakes, and flndi
Che cop of Che mountain, his friend suggested that i t muse be a lantan that he wa* about to run * upon i t , he reversed the engine and did
suspended to a kite. It had then the appearance of a globe of fire as everything ln'bis power t o stop, but finding i t impossible, b* gave
large aa a good-sized orange, ulch a broad t a i l of light extending the alar* t o the fireman and rushed to the rear of the engine for the
About 18 inches from che body. The tvo gentlemen watched i t for an purpose of Jumping off t o save his l i f e , wkfcam when, upon turning
hour, and che watchman on the weir observed It also. On Thursday nighl again to take another look ahead, he was completely astounded by the
they a l l saw It again. It rose a few moments l a t e r , presenting Che discovery that the light had disappeared, but where to or bow, no one
same appearances, and was high In the aeavene at half-past 11 o'clock, was able to say. Th« story la substantiated by a l l those who were on
when they went home. At that hour one of the gentlemen pointed i t out the t r a i n , who s t a t e that they a l l saw the light directly ahead, very
to his s i s t e r . Last night, from che saoe place, tns aarae parsons agali d i s t i n c t l y , and rataher larger than the usual front l i g h t s .
saw i t rise about 20 minutes before 11 o'clock, and than i t f i r s t oc­ After running a short distance the train was stopped, and those
curred Co one of them (our informant) that i t night be a comet. He engaged upon I t instituted a search for the cause of thl* ityaterloue
ceased to watch i t about midnight, but che watchman observed It up to l i g h t , but a l l their efforts were in vein, as there was no light of
half-post 1 o'clock thia morning. It did not seen ao large as on Che any kind t o be seen In the entire neighborhood. The Republican lays
previous nights, hut s t i l l far exceeded the post b r i l l i a n t torn in It will be reaembored that a man was killed at this very spot almost
whlcli che planet Jupiter hsa ever been beheld. As the greatest comet a week since, and i t Is the supposition of those who saw i t , that the
on record is really due about this time, and aa the excrene sultriness ~ light was caused by some supernatural agency, as they are of the opin­
of che weather would seem CO warrant the belief that such a celestial ion that i t was entirely too large to have been the reflection from a
v i s i t o r i s near at hand, we shall be glad to hear If any other persons band lantern. As w* are not inclined to believe in "ghosts," we have
have observed che appearance which has chrlce risen upon our astonlah- some doubts about t h i s , but It was certainly a singular phenomenon of
ed friends."
•OEM k i n d . . ,■,„ .
i860 Auguat 9 (Th) Western Journal of Cowmerce (Kane City), p. 2 .
1856 August 11 (Man) London Times, p . 0c.

Ireland (From Our Own Correspondent.) / THE COKET, A New Mystery—* House that Will Burn Anyhw.
next to the great sea serpent, which did not exhibit I t s proper­ The Taylor (Vis.) Reporter t e l l s the following:
t i e s in the waters of Bartly Pay a few years ago, the comet of 1856 We learn frost Mr. Joseph S. Corey, who resides at East Lake, Polk
seewa to be the all-engrossing subject of speculative curllosity. county, Wisconsin, th« following facts, which ve give our readers, and.
The people of Limerick have not altogether given i t up, and nlirht strange as they way appear, we doubt not their truth in any partlculnr,
after night the heavens are searched in the hope of catching a dllirps as they are well authenticated by many witnesses, upon whose veracity,
oTthe"wonderful"tall'." Me anwhiieTthrsou't hern's" are7ot"io"lng lo'navi M upon Kr. Corey's v . place iapUcit confidence,
a monopoly of the sight. A Sligo paper of yesterday * . y s : ~ <* Tuesday. June 26, while Mr. Corey and hi* two sons were at work
"^Thursday evening several persons .aw what appears to us to ^ a field near h i . house, their "ttentlon va. arrested by snoke, wh|c„
have been the comet, the reappearance of which this year has been Ion* appe»rrd t o r i s e fro- his stable. They hurried to the tam as quickly
foretold by the most eminent sevens. It had the appearance of a U r n « possible, [Link] a pile of straw nearby on f i r . . Th a vas
oval with a flowing
oral flow-in* t a i l . The
The~~d7
body waswaa a b r i l l i a n t red,
red. and the other i - . e d i . t e l y extinguished, and as they vers tetumlng to the field, tlw
portions of a pale blue tinge. The head was Inclined towards the stable caught 00 fire in different plrtces, which, by considerable exer­
south-west and from the entire appearance of this strange celestial tion, waa put out. before, however, they had left the premises, soothe
v i s i t o r we are inclined to believe that It la the cotiet alluded to fire waa discovered underneath the Granary, in a pile of boards. The
above. bottom board was burned nearly through, but the others were not even
1856 September 12 (Fri) London Times, p . 6C scorched. After this was put out, Mr. corey sent one* of the boys Into
the house to ascertain whether a l l was aafe there. He immediately came
Ireland (From Our Own Correspondent) The Comet. out and told "i» f « h e r that the house was on fire. Hr. Corey i m H U t *
Professor Hind's l e t t e r t o The^ Times. announcing the approach of ly ran up s t a i r s , vher* he found some clothes that his wife hnd laid
the grent comet, has revived the phenomena speculation »t this side aver the day before were burning. They were thrrovn out of the window,
or the water, and the sight-seekers are keeping a sharp lookout for
and from that xi—i time u n t i l late «t midnight the fire broke out .11
the advent of the b r i l l i a n t v i s i t o r . A writer in the Cork Fbciunlnir
over the house. Pirst a paper would catch, then a imj8quito bar thrn
says: —
a straw bed, t c , and i t was only by the utmost exertions of Ur. C"r-y,
"•ncrOn Sunday night, about half-past 10 o'clock, a very luminous aided by two gentlemen, Mr. H«l« end Mr. Treadwell, that the builrilnf
body appeared in the sky to the south west, apparently larper th«n
was saved. The fire continued at intervals until Sunday, 1st l n s t . ,
the moon. It resembled a ball of f i r e , casting a b r i l l i a n t llfrht
and attracted many v i s i t o r s . We shall not attempt to give «ny can —
aro;und. The heavens presented a l l round a very dinKf appearance.
At 11 o'clcok i t rapidly dank below the horizon to the west south for this" wonderful freak of nature.
west, diminishing as i t vent, and emitting a s i r bright glare alonf i860 August 30 (Th) Western Journal of Cotmerce {Kans City), p.21
Its wondrous track."
Feeding the Sun.
Ceiaha Tiroes Oct. 27. 185? p. 2—Earthquake in Mo. & S. 111. On the f i r s t of September l a s t , at eighteen minutes past eleven
There was likewise a strong smell ot sulphur, and i t Is said on o'clock A.M., a distinguished aatronomer, Mr. Carrlngton. was engaged
good authority, that « sulphuric meteoric ball »jt its* rolled about had directed his telescope to the sun. and was engaged In observing his
the streets of the city (Merrlmsic), leaving wherever i t went a most spots, wh-n suddenly two intensely luminous bodies burst Into view on
unpleasant emaell. (Also, dark during shock; when past, moon shines its surface, They Kived side by side through a space of 35,000 miles,
again.) first increasing in brightness, then farting away; In five minutes they
hod vanished. They did not a l t e r the shape of ft group of large black
spots which lay directly in their paths. Momentary as this_remarkable_
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piienomuiioit vcis, it. vaa l o r t u n a t e l y witnessed ana c o n u r m e u , as t o one uy uemB urougm, Lo a p o i n t ai. uu
!of t h e b r i g h t l i g h t . , by a n t o h e r o b s e r v e r . Mr. Hogeon, a t Highest* over c o n i c a l p i e c e s of cork f i v e inches in diameter a t t h e i r b a s e .
who, by a happy c o i n c i d L e f haa" «1 o h I s " t e l e s c o p e d r e c ^ d t o t h e « . i S t r o n g cord s e c u r e d t h e s e p o i n t , t o t h e a p e , o f l i g h t s t r i p , o f « ~ l ,
'great luminary at t h e " Z i n s f j T i t * L J S ! " K r J S ™ ! Jtat J S . ^ • r t - n S i " . * « * t h e s i d e s o f each c y l l n d e r o l d , and « e t i n 6 t o o t h e r at
i t v o e e " t l " n e n h s v e a c t u a l l y v i t n e e e e d t h e p r o c e s . o f f e e d i n g t h e . u n by that point.
[the f a l l o f m e t e o r i c m a t t e r . S i t . however t h i s may b e , I t I s a remarka l o u r r e p o r t e r haa spoken w i t h i n bound, a s t o t h e r a t e of h*r speed
"~"!ble c i r c u m s t a n c e t h a t t h - o b s e r v a t i o n s a t Kev show t h a t on t h e very The f i r s t e l e v e n r e v o l u t i o n s were made in . e v e n minute" and a few s e c ­
^ - . d a y , and a t t h e very hour and minute of t h e unexpected and curjlous ond*. The l a s t t h r e e r e v o l u t i o n * were made i n t h r e e and a h a i r minute
'■': ["phenomenon,'a moderate but marked magnetic d i s t u r b a n c e took P j * " ! «"* A g r a d u a l d i m i n u t i o n of v e l o c i t y was a m a t t e r of c o u r s - . The.clrcl_.-j-_
- ' a storm o r g r e a t d i s t u r b a n c e of t h e magnetic e l e m e n t , o c c u r r e d four d i d T i o n i n l T i i s t i ' i n d i a m e t e r , for t h e y appeared l a r g e r t o t h e view a .
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hours a f t e r m i d n i g h t , e x t e n d i n g t o t h e Southern hemisphere. Thus i s she a s c e n d e d , and t h e y must have I n c r e a s e d In s i i e from h e r slower men
!
e x h i b i t e d a seeming c o n n e c t i o n between magnetic phenomena and c e r t a i n ment owing t o a d i m i n u t i o n of motive power, a s v e r l a s t h e r a r e r a i r
a c t i n g upon h e r r u d d e r . Hence t h e c a l c u l a t i o n * made by your r e p o r t e r
' a d i s c — a c o n n e c t i o n which t h e o b s e r -

AERIAL NAVIGATION. / An E x t r a o r d i n a r y Invention—The Air Navigated

S u c c e s s f u l l y — T h e Great Air S h i p s — I n c i d e n t s of T h e i r T r i a l T r i p s . 1863 August U (Tues)
We have t h i s week t h e p l e a s u r e t o r e c o r d t h e s u c c e s s o f t h e T t
e x t r a o r d i n a r y i n v e n t i o n of t h e a g e , i f not t h e most so of any *h» .THE AUGUST METEORS. / TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
world ever saw—at l e a s t t h e g r e a t e s t s t r i d e In i n v e n t i o n ever mad t"T Sir,-—A l a r g e meteor was seen t o - n i g h t a t 8.27 moving very slowly
a single individual. a l o n g t h e n o r t h e r n h o r l i o n from west t o e a s t a t an a l t i t u d e of about
I 8 d e g . I t was a t l e a s t t h r e e t i m e s as b r i l l i a n t as Venus, remaining
In October l a s t Dr. Solomon Andrews, of P e r t h Amboy, f . J . , com­
v i s i b l e f o r n e a r l y f i v e m i n u t e s , moving s l o w e r than any h i t h e r t o o b ­
menced t h e c o n s t u c t l o n o f a war a e r o s t a t , f o r r e c o n n o l t e r i n g p u r p o s e s ,
s e r v e d . I should be g l a d t o r e c e i v e o b s e r v a t i o n * made a t more f a v o u r ­
own h i s own p e r s o n a l r e s p o n s i b i l i t y , not being a b l e , a f t e r s u b m i t t i n g
able s t a t i o n s .
h i s p l a n s t o t h e ' W a r Department, t o make t h e h o n o r a b l e S e c r e t a r y of
War " s e e t h e u t i l i t y " of a machine which would go o v e r i n t o C ] There has been a p e r f e c t shower o f t h e s e s t r a n g e b o d i e s t o - n i g h t ,
and r e c o n n o i t r e t h e f o r c e and p o s i t i o n of t h e enemy. His plans showed and froa o b s e r v a t i o n s made h e r e we e s t i m a t e t h a t they f e l l a t l e a s t
on t h e face o f them t o any one n o t s t u p i d t h a t t h e machine could not a t t h e r a t e of £00 per hour. Of c o u r s e i t was a b s o l u t e l y impo«slble
do o t h e r w i s e than go ahead i n any d i r e c t i o n in which t h e bow was p o i n t t o r e c o r d a l l s e e n , b u t a l l appeared t o d i v e r g e from about one r a d i a n t
ed, and t h a t , t o o , w i t h any amount of power or f o r c e which n i g h t be Many p e c u l i a r i t i e s were n o t i c e d and some of t h e s p l e n d i d t r a i n s
d e s i r e d , and which greenbacks would r e a d i l y p r o c u r e . The power r e ­ accompanying t h e n viewed u n d e r s l i g h t o p t i c a l power.
q u i r e d and t h e p r o p e l l i n g a p p a r a t u s added but l i t t l e weight t o t h e , I t appear* h i g h l y p r o b a b l e t h a t t h e e l e c t r i c a l c o n d i t i o n * of t h e
" a e r o s t a t , whether' o T I S i T S i small d i m e n s i o n s T ^ o ^ e ' q u e n t l y i t did • t m o s p h e r . wa» s e n . l b l y a f f e c t e d , a t a u r o r a l c l o u d . , e x c e e d i n g l y
not i n c r e a s e t h e dimensions o f t h e a e r o s t a t beyond t h a t of b a l l o o n s o f l u a l n o u l , began t o «pread o v e r t h e heaven, a t 11 p . o . , when o b . e r v a -
o r d i n a r y c o n s t r u c t i o n , much l e a . in . l i e than many t h n t a r e now made. • t i o n c e a s e d . / I r e m a i n . S i r , your o b e d i e n t s e r v a n t , / THOMAS
The machine made by Mr. Andrews v o u l d c a r r y up t h r e e men In a d d i t i o n CRUHPELEH. / Mr. S l a t e r ' s O b . e r v a t o r y , E u s t o n - r o a d , Am., 1Q..
t o a l l t h e f i x t u r e s and p a r a p h e r n a l i a f o r i t s forward movement. I t con Aug. 13 I M i l . p . 9-
t a i n e d t w e n t y - s i x thousand cubic f e e t of hydrogen g a s . I t c a r r i e d [Link] METEORS Of AUGUST 1 0 . (2 r e p o r t * on t h e shower).
weighing one hundred and seventy-two p o u n d . , and two hundred and f l f t y - T O THE EDITOR OF" THE TIMES.
s i x pounds of b a l l a s t . S i r , — T h e " l a r g e m e t e o r " *een by Hr. Crumplen on Monday evening
Upon h i . i n v i t a t i o n l a s t s p r i n g we have s e n t o u r r e p o r t e r s a t t h r e e a t 6 . 2 T , t h r e e t i m e * a s b r i l l i a n t as Venus, and moving from v e s t t o
d i f f e r e n t t i m e s t o w i t n e s s h i s e x p e r i m e n t , with h i . machine, and have e a s t , vaa a f i r e b a l l o o n MMMM " e n t up s h o r t l y a f t e r 8 o ' c l o c k from
watched h i s p r o g r e s s w i t h g r e a t I n t e r e s t . t h e Eton and Middlesex C r i c k e t g r o u n d . P r l m r o a e - h l l l . «• ■ r i » - i . ' »
I t s l o r n was t n a t of t h r e e s e g a r s p o i n t e d at both en-Is, s-cur-<l .tome a t h l e t i c s p o r t * which had taken p l a c e d u r i n g t h e a f t e r n o o n ,
t o g e t h e r a t t h e i r l o n g i t u d i n a l e q u a t o r s , covered by a n e t , and s u p p o r t * I a*. S i r , your o b e d i e n t s e r v a n t ,
I n g by one hundred and t w e n t y c o r d s a c a r s i x t e e n f e e t below under I t s i S t . Johns-wood. Aug. 1 2 . _ _B.C,_C.
centre. _&!>£'January y (Toe*) (London) Tiroes, p . 10b.
The c a r was t w e l v e f e e t l o n g , made of b a s k e t work, and was *ixte*ri
Inches wide a t t h e b o t t o m . The a e r o s t a t , o r c y l l n d r o i d s , were marie of FALSE LICHTS OH THE DURJIAM COAST.~A good d e a l of dlacussiofl ha* been
varnished l i n e n , l i k e ordinary b a l l o o n s . going on In s h i p p i n g c i r c l e s on t h e Tyne and Wear during t h e nnst
On F r i d a y , t h e H h I n s t a n t , he made h i s l a s t e x p e r i m e n t , and d-non- month, w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e numerous and m y s t e r i o u s wrecks of v e a a e t i
s __^__^
t r a t e d t o _an _ _admiring
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- - t h e p, o s s i b i l i t yj ____caLQcjieainBt t h e -lnd.i which hsve o c c u r r e d d u r i n g t h e w i n t e r on the Durham c o n s t , near l l i l t -
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anfl o r fiuidinK h e r " l n any and every d i r e c t i o n with a small rudder havin b u r n , about e q u i d i s t a n t from those two important cor—ercial port-:,
o n l y s e v e n t e e n s q u a r e f e e t o f s u r f a c e . He made no long f l i g h t i n one From whatever c a u s e , t h e r e can be no doubt t h n t the m a j o r i t y of vc->eU
s t r a i g h t l i n e , l e s t h i e modus operandi aboard be d i v u l g e d ; but by s t h a t have been s t r a n d e d have been a l l u r e d ashore by a l l p h e or l i e h t A
most i n g e n i o u s plan d e m o n s t r a t e d her c a p a b i l i t i e s beyond a l l p o a o l b i l i t r e s e m b l i n g t h e f l a s h i n g l l R h t upon Tynemouth P o i n t a t t h e mouth of t h e
of d o u b t , w h i l s t he p r e s e n t e d a p u b l i c knowledge of h i s method of p r o - Tyne. I t was b r u i t e d abroad a good d e a l in shlpoinE c i r c l e s t h a i vn-
pelllng. .el* had been decoyed upon the rocks by false lights; and th* ahln-
After a few short flights, to satisfy himself and a few friends masters whose vessels had been stranded, in accounting for the ]n=* of
that all vaa right, and that she vould do all he had contemplated, he their vessel., were all most positive that lights had been exhibited,
set her off in a spiral course upward, »he going at a rate of not less and that they had been allured ashore by thetn. The subject was subntt'
than one hundred and twenty miles per hour, and describing, circles In ted to the London Trinity-house, and nn inquiry was made by Admiral !
the air of more than one and a half miles in circumference. She made Collinson at Sundedand about a fortnipht ago, and from the evidence
twenty revolutions before she entered the upper strata of clouds and of various persons no doubt was left on the minds of moat persona tliat :
was lost to view. She passed through the first strata of dense white false lights had been exhibited, and that vessels had been led ,«i"Tf ;
clouds, about two miles high, scattering them aa she entered in all thereby. Out as it was left In doubt whether the exhibition of those j
directions. In her upward flight could be distinctly seen her rapid [Link]. was wilful or accidental, the question was in a sense left an
movement In 0 contrary direction to the moving clouds, and as she came : open one. Within, however, the last two or three dnvs It has [Link] h
before the wind passing by them with great celerity. As she was dis­ ' been brought under the notice of the Tyne Pilotage Commission. Mr.
tinctly seen thus to move, [Link]- and above the clouds on the j Lyall, the clerk, said that [he Nautical Committee of the Commissioner
clear blue sky at 5 o'clock P.M., with the sun shining clear'upon "Tier,"1 had examined some of their pilots with regard to the Ilphta said to
there could be no miataKe or optical delusion to consider. have been exhibited at Whitbum, Benjamin Peel stated to them that he
As to her propelling power and motive apparatus, it behooves us had seen a light exhibited at Whltburn. The light was occasionallv
not now to speak. It might be considered contnaband of war, or afford- seen aa a brlfiht intermitting or revolving light. The light, to the
Ing aid and comfort to the enemy, for with such a machine in the hands best of his judgment, was about the village of Whitbum. Thonas Tvne-
of Jeff Davis the armies around Washington vould be powerless to pre­ mouth (7) said he saw a bright light to the north of Souter Polnr, .-n
serve the capital. the night of the 22d of December. It bore W.S.H., and appeared to he
We think Dr. Andrevs deserve* more praise for the patriotic ingen­ a revolting light. It 1* a rocky desolate shore. There are no d"ei-
uity with which he has preserved his secret, and yet tried has grand . lings in the neighbourhood, and the light seemed to be conslderablv
experiment in the open air before the public, than even that manife.t- ■ elevated above the land. John Skee Blair, a pilot'a apprentice, cave
ed In the conception and construction of hi. machine. Of that and its ; similar testitpony. The Clerk to the Commissioner* surgested that tli-
beautiful simplicity we may have occasion to s_peai hereafter. We have Board of Trade should be aaked to offer a reward for the discovi-rv of
the documents. . ■ the persona exhibiting this light. The Kautlcal Committee was rcnuc t
lB63 September 9 («ed) Mew lork Herald, p. «. ed to continue its investigations, and report to the next meet Jut* "'
, -BSard. There is a strong..feeling „ in- the north that the Hoard of Trade
Aerial Navigation. / TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. / Perth Amboy, It.J., should make a searching inquiry into the causes of the appearance of
Sept 8, I863. < these mysterious lights, aa much for the character of the fishermen
Will you have the goodne.s to publish, for the information of (■•*!- a* In th* interest* of the navigation of the North Sea; for It these
entific men, the fact- that the tventy revolution, made by my srH-l lights have been exhibited accidentally a proper light should be put
ship in her spiral circle of half mile diameter were made In the time ' up at once on Souter Point about vhlch there could be no mistake. If
of fourteen and a half minutes. To me the most astonishing thine vn S the lights have been wilfully shown to allure vessels on t shore, this
that the material of which she was constructed withstood the reslstnnc la a crime that has heretofore been totallv unknown upon the north-
of the air at BO great a velocity. It was, however, prepared for it, eaat coa.t, and peoole can hardly believe it.
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1866 J a n u a r y IB ITh) Dally T e l e g r a p h , p . 5 . ~ ~ ~ j vaa a l o n g s i d e the K a r g a r e t and Jane J u s t before she s t r u c k , pave e v i -
_.., . - , . - „ ~.. ..„._,* .. . L dence t h a t they saw t h e f l a s h l l p h t o n c e , and thought I t M » upon
THE WH1T2UHH LIGHTS.-Admiral C o l U n s o n , b e f o r e who- an l n v e s t i r a - . ^ ^ . . md „■;. 6 a i d t n a t h e - a n d o t h c r st eamboaT~meli' had seen s i m i l a r
t i o n vaa r e c e n t l y conducted I n t o « charge t h a t f a l s e l i g h t s had been .n h t B f r e i l U B n t l y t h e r e when they cane In from the s e a , and In making
ahovn by v r e c x e r a among t h e fishermen a t VTittbura, on t h e Durham c o a s t l h _ 1 ( . t h e l i ( . n t l o o k e d very l i k e t h a t of Tynemouth. He had no
has v r l t t e n a l e t t e r v i n d i c a t i n g t h e Whibburo fishermen f r e e such an I l f l vhat the u ^ t VQ3- He hftd E „ n i t s i n e e t h e 8 h i p v „ l o s t ,
i m p u t a t i o n . The g a l l a n t a d m i r a l , a f t e r r e f e r r i n g s p e c i a l l y t o t h e - ^ v i t n _ a s s a i d t h f t t h e a a v t h e veBsel s t a n d i n g i n t o d a n p e r , liut
a e r v i c e r e n d e r e d by ao&e of t h e s e men on Saturday morning l a s t , when U | a t u va3 n 0 b u s i n e B S o f n I a , and he pave t h e master no warning,
a t t e m p t i n g t o r e s c u e t h e crew o f a Belgian s h i p when t h e l i f e b o a t had ^ t o i n I I a r r i 3 remarked t h a t t h e conduct of t h e witness was a _ r o s t as
been c a p s i s e d and washed a s h o r e , saysr "The g a l l a n t conduct o f t h e ' . ^ ^ e x h i b i t i n g f a l s e l i g h t s . Witness s a i d , though he did not warn
Whltburn fishermen l a t h e b e a t d e n i a l of t h e calumny brought a g a i n a t ^ h e r a s t e r o f h l 3 u t t n g e r i h e o f f e r e d t h e s e r v i c e s of h i s boat t o t r y
t h e m , and Englishmen w i l l never c r e d i t t h a t Ben vho r i s k t h e i r l i r e . t _ the_ off t h e rock but ^ „ot cnG3eed. Andrew H a r r i s o n ,
in s a r l n g t h e ahipvrecked s a i l o r can be g u i l t y o f t h e b a s e a c t of d e - *• b £ e n 2 0 s a U o t o nt h e a u t r i c t , s a i d he had seen *
c o y l n g h i - t o h i s d e s t r u c t i o n . So f a r a s I can s e e . n o t one p a r t i c l e ^ whitburn t h e same as might be seen from any town or v i l l a g e
o f e v i d e n c e has been brought forvard which can f i x t h e s t i g M o f exhib. ori\M coflst b u t n o n c t h a t p o s s i b l y could be mistaxen for Tynemouth
i t i n g f a l s e l i g h t s on t h e f i s h e r m e n , and so f a r as t h e evidence o f t h e | t U a t u i n t c r n e B a v a flashing reflection i n s i d e t h e S o u t e r , bi
t v o m a s t e r s o f t h e shipwrecked v e s s e l s I s c o n c e r n e d . I t a p p e a r s t o - e s u p r o s c d a t u , e t i n e I t u a n from b l a s t f u r n a c e s , lie had, however,
t h a t t h e i r l o s s was o c c a s i o n e d by an e r r o r In Judgment, and n o t by t h e l w | | C ( j w o o r t [ | r ( . c _ i i e s „ o u t h of S o u t e r P o i n t and a l i t t l e i n s i d e ,
e x h i b i t i o n of any l i g h t . I s i n c e r e l y r e g r e t t h a t a n o t h e r wreck has j T/nenouth l i y l s t over U i c ~ _ _ d l a n d , lie did not b e l i e v e t h a t t h e
t a k e n l o l a c e on t h i s I l l - f a t e d . p o t : i t - i l l p r o v e t o t h e v o r l d t h a t ^ b u £ C ^ e had\he a k l £ i f » T c k e d n e s s 1 o " y o ^ n ~ ^ e - n e , d l ^ d 7 -
t h e Whitburn fishermen a r e e v e r ready as they e v e r have b e e n , t o s u e - f _ l M u h(> M mv „ B e l B o nthe St„u „_ l i e d v o r t h H n _
conr t h o s e In d i s t r e s s , and t h e i r noble conduct on t h e morning of t h e lMifa „ . P B l l d t h a t „B h a d g o n e o u t a t n I h t a n d h a d t r l e d t ( 1
1 3 t h w i l l be long remembered by t h e i r countrymen. _ _ ^ ^ (ftl b couId b e ^ ^ , „ Tvnc„outh i , c h t t
1866 December k H u e s ) London Timca, p . 5c b u t n l d f , t U d t 0d os o . R o b , r t B i a i r i a s e a p l i o t and a [Link] o f
. , , ," _ Tyne P i l o t a g e Board, agreed v l t h H a r r i s o n ' s e v i d e n c e , lie never *iw n
THE WHITBUB* LIGHTS.-The s h i p torCaret and J a n e , supposed on . - a t - £ a b o u [ Wtitttlxm ^ u l j y. . h . r n U n fn. [Link] H ^ r r W
urday t o have cone ashore on t h e ilorthuraberlond coast, o* [Link] n l f b t , f _ t U J L - j ^ L j j r ) n t vould deceive a eeannn. The P i l o t a c e Bonrd n.i.i
I t i s a s c e r t a i n e d was wrecked t h a t n i g h t on t h e d Durham c o a s t upon m < d e M l l t ( , u i r y r a n d h e t t d f r o o p n o t e t h a t they had seen H p h t * vM<-i
Wldtburn S t e e l . I t v i l l be remembered t h a t g r e a t c o n t r o v e r s y w-rnt on - l g h t d e c e l v e a B t r a n ( ( e r i but not an e x p e r i e n c e d p i l o t or > mnn . n C t „ - i
l o s t w i n t e r amona s e a f a r i n g men through t h e number o f v e s s e l s [Link] ve.n* t o i M ( j t 0 T y , , ^ ^ ) , l l g h c > The r e f l e c t i o n of Tynemouth [Link] couM l.p ■
a s h o r e a t U h l t b u m , by m i s t a k i n g l i g h t s t h e r e for Tynemouth, and Fore a e e [ ) o v e f t h ( , e n d o ( S o u t e r > Whltburn S t e e l i s about a B i l e I n s i d e
people v e r e wicked enou G h t o impute t o t h e [Link] t h a t t h e y e x h i b i t . c h e ^ J f t [ w wln<J 4 > f r m n t h c s u > a n d J s U j ( h j o (h>it ( t
ed f a l s e l i g h t s , v l t h t h e o b j e c t of decoylne v e s s e l s a s h o r e ; b u t , t f t i c i n n o t d r l y e ( h e a m Q k e f r 0 B S u n d c r U n d c J e a r a v ) l T , l t a l l l o d p „ ( l l , „
a f t e r a most c a r e f u l i n v e s t i g a t i o n , t h o s e «« c h a r g e s yore proved t o be ^ ^ d o u n M S o u C e r p < ) l n BQ t h a E 3 p e r s o n c a n n o t g e e ^ U n d u n U 1
u t t e r l y f a l s e . This - i n t e r t h e same t h i n g , h o - e v e r . I s l i k e l y t o occui h e t < B e t u a l l v a a h o r e . n e l n q u i r v i e R O l n f . o n .
a g a i n , t h a t i s t o s o y , m a s t e r s of v e s s e l s o r e again b e g i n n i n g t o m i s - 'i o l!^i 0 7e^'be r^b"TT^7I'"s'ydSe , y fJorDlng H e r a l d ■ ^ p r ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ~ ^ = = = ^ ^ r -
,,

t a k e o l i g h t which must very much resemble Tynemouth l l c h t , a s i t a p ­

p e a r s t o r e v o l v e , and ran t h e i r ships ashore on t h e rocks ot W i i t b u m T o t h e gjj^j, a{ t h o H e r a l d , ■!
v h i l e b e l i e v i n g t h a t t h e y ore being guided I n t o t h e Tyne by Tynemouth g ^ . . . , , , , B U b j e c t of m e t e o r i c r l i i t a t i o n t p a s t , p r e s e n t , and f u t u r e ,
l i g h t . The master of t h e Margaret and J a n e r e p o r t s t o t h e Couth ^ ^ a t p r e B e n t i n T e B t e d v i t h more t h a n t h e u s u a l amount of I n t e r e s t ,
S h i e l d s I n s u r a n c e Clubs t h a t on approaching t h e Tyne ofi F r i d a y n i r t i . i o d u C e a me t o m e n t i o n , t h u s p u b l i c l y , t h e c l r c u - s t a n c e x of ay a t t e n - '
U n t h e , da.r.H.>e„.saw a l i g h t , which he tqqk_.to be Tynemouth l l r h t ; th«t_ t l o n h f t V l n g b e e [ ] a r r e B t e d e a r l y o n e ^ ^ ^ g l n N o V ei»ber, 1862, by a '
he c a l l e d h i s o f f i c e r s and men t o g e t h e r , and they agreed with M r Unit Y e r y p e c u l i a r r u s h i n g n o i s e , which i n c r e a s e d r a p i d l y In volume w i t h - ■
i t VOB s o ; and, more, t h a t he had o steamboat a l o n g s i d e of him, nnd o u t ^ d i 1 C o Y e r i n g t h e c a u s e u n t i l l o o k i n g Immediately overhead I saw '
t h a t t h e m a s t e r o f t h e b o a t a l s o s a i d t h a t t h c l i g h t was Tynemouth, am a i < t i n c t l y a l a r g e meteor t r a v e l l i n g v l t h amaiing r a p i d i t y ln a south :
t h a t i n f o l l o w i n g t h e s h i p t h e steamboat was n e a r l y l o s t o l s o . The e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . I t » a p p a r e n t s U e was t h a t of a l a r g e cask of a ;
l i g h t l e d t h e s h i p d i r e c t upon t h e r o c k s , and i f t h e Whitburn l i f e b o a t a , ^ c o l o u r , t h e s u r f a c e I r r e g u l a r , and froa t h e v a r i a t i o n s d i s c o v e r * ,
crew had n o t been prompt in t a k i n g t h e crew of t h c s h i p o f f they w o u l d - i n t n e a n g u l a r i t i e s I van l e d t o c o n j e c t u r e i t wa* r e v o l v i n g on I t s '
a l l have been drowned, os t h e v e s s e l broke up h a l f an hour a f t e r t h e y axit^ T ^ y add t h a t t h e morning vaa very calm, and t h e atmoiphere !
v e r e g r e s c u e d . Another v e s s e l , a bark b e l o n g i n g t o S u n d e r l a n d , r:m b e a u t i f u l l y c l e a r . The sun was J u a t about t o r i s e . :
a s h o r e a t Whitburn on S a t u r d a y n i g h t , l t i s t h o u g h t , from t h e same - 0 - E > HIDDLETOM. / I n v a l l e v a h , near H o r p e t b , t
cause a s t h e Margaret and J a n e ; but d e t a i l s have not y e t reached .„________^^^____^________^^ Hovember 1 5 t h . '
S h i e l d s , The London T r i n i t y - h o u s e i n t e n d t o p l a c e a l i g h t o t Eoctcr " 1&&7 January 2 (Wed) ^on3on Times, p . " H e " ~ — — _ ;
P o i n t so s t r o n g t h a t no v e s s e l can mistake i t . But In t h e r . e a n t l r e i t
a p p e a r s t o be Incumbent on t h e l o c a l a u t h o r i t i e s t o a s c e r t a i n where A METEOR. / TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
■ t h e l i g h t i s e x h i b i t e d which I s doing t h i s t e r r i b l e m i s c h i e f . I t i s Sir,—On t h e evening of t h e 6 t h o f Rovember, havln« gone l n t o n y
t h o u g h t t h a t i t i s a c c i d e n t a l l y shown from t h e window of some house i n ijaieony aa u s u a l t o t a k e my c o f f e e , I saw what a t f i r s t I took t o be a
t i £j m lB
$&a? iii?£ z2'ZT"; !.—i~?—:; Si VZ > 7-T"i— " P h u n B tTOK t h e tower o f t h e c a t h e d r a l which I s n e a r l y o p p o s i t e t h i s
\0BbTKSSSS5r--Ai i n n ) London T i ^ e s , p . kt ( n r d 1} ^ C o n s i a « e , ^ nW**tt was in a l i n e with t h e l i g h t from where I s a t .
THE LIGHTS AT VHITBUHH.-An i n q u i r y v a s opened on Friday in t h e ^,>:51theIsta1fV°nThUanT ^ i J ^ r b ^ ^ " l ' ^ ^ ^
r-_ . i . C L I . , 4 . n . , , , . —. ? , , „. . pa«sea t n e s t a i r , THUS I knew i t must be ln n o t i o n , but so fixed w*s
South S h i e l d s Pol c e - c o u r t , and extended over S a t u r d a y , i n t o t h e c i r - ft„t lBpreIBion t h a t T ttloupnt I t hod M „ l y ^ v U h the « *»
^ s t a n c e s a t t e n d i n g t h e l o s s of t h e bark l l a r g a r e t and J a n e , of t l m t i t , h0tferer^ „ o a t e d B „ a d [ l y i n a ^^.J^ ^*M™ ^ J ^
town. The Hayor and Aldeman Clover were on t h e b e n c h , and t h e * . „ « « - t i l l t h e ,„„ o f i n t e r T ; n l n e h o U B e B h i d I t fron my view 1 v ?
. o r . o f he Board of Trade were Captain H a r r i s and Captain H e l c h t . t h . m a g n i t u d e , c o l o u r , and b r i l l i a n c y of a a b l p ' s red l i g h t as seen a t
Mr. Hamel conducted t h e c a s e for t h e Board of T r a d e . The Carpi r e t and a d i s t a n c e of 200 y a r d s .
iTZ' I " . , " 1 1 1 b ° remembered, vent ashore on t h e Durham c o a s t on t h c j i m e d i a t e l y ran out t o an open s p a c e beyond t h e v a i l s , where I
30th of .tovcpber, i n consequence, l t v a s a l l i e d , of m i s t a k i n g o l i g h t c o u j , d K e t a good yi^ o f t n e h e a v e n s , but no t r a c e of t h e luminous body
a t Whitburn for Tynemouth C a s t l e l i e h t , and in a very s h o r t t i n e nl.e . , „ v l B i b i e . The sky v a s cloudy and t h e n i g h t d a r k ,
v e n t t o p i e c e s . The v e s s e l vas bound from A l l e o n t e m t o t h e Tyne. The motion of t h i s ( t o me) e x t r a o r d i n a r y o b j e c t resembled t h a t of
l a d e n w i t h e s p a r t o g r a s s , and was in c o w u i d o f Mr. William Fhicldr* -vt_ thoie__fir«vorka v h l c h a r e sometimes exploded fron r o c k e t s , and f l o a t
t h e time she vas l o s t . She vas s h o r t - h a n d e d , having l o s t one ran by i n t h e a i r t i l l t h e y a r e consumed, o n l y l t vas of f a r ' g r e a t e r s i i e and
c h o l e r o a t Genoa, and t h e mate nnd t l i r e e of t h e crew had been d e t a i n e d b r i l l i a n c y . I t threw no r a y s In any d i r e c t i o n , appeared t o be descend-
i n S p a i n , i n consequence of some s t r e e t d i s t u r b a n c e . On F r i d a y , t h e i n 8 , and vaa In my s i g h t , from f i r s t t o l a s t , about t h r e e m i n u t e s .
30th o f Hovember, by an o b s e r v a t i o n r a d e by t h e c a p t a i n , they u c r c PI Nothing In t h e n a t u r e of an a s t e r o i d has been r e p o r t e d t o have
m i l e s t o t h e southvard o f t h e Tyne. Tha vind vas then from t h e s o u t h - f a l l e n i n t h e neighbourhood.
."*£$■>...snd a t about li p.m. land vas seen on t h e p o r t s i d e , d i s t a n t c_l^ | I have seen f a l l i n g s t a r s of g r e a t s p l e n d o u r in t h e E a s t , and a l s o
o r seven m i l e s . The v e s s e l was s t e e r l n c H. by M.; but on t h i s p o i n t . 0 Q t h l a c o „ t , b u t n o t h i n g t h a t in any way resembles t h i s " l i g h t . "
t h e r e waa a d i f f e r e n c e of o p i n i o n . Between 5 and 6 o ' c l o c k a l l r h t - * • I m y B dd t h a t i t v a s seen by a f r i e n d vho vaa in my house a t t h e
seen by some of t h e men who were a l o f t , whi-h seemed to he some t«« t i m e , and vho a g r e e s in t h i s d e s c r i p t i o n o f l t . I t could not have any
p o i n t s on t h e p o r t bov. The v e s s e l ' s course uas then H. by V., and o a r t i f i c i a l o r i g i n .
c a s t of t h e l e a d haveing been taken a t the sane time Rave a depth of T U , S i r , your o b e d i e n t s e r v a n t ,
1S(?) f a t h i o m s . The l i g h t t h a t vas seen w a s ' t a k e n for a r e v o l v l n r A . DB C. DE FONBLMQUE
l i g h t , and when t h e c a p t a i n heard of i t he took t h e benrinr.s and e n r e B r i t i s h ' c o n s u l a t e ' C a r t h a g e n a , U.S. Colombia, Dec. 2
^ i r l ^ h i " ^ " " " 5 It U a S ^ n e T O J U , r h " V f h l S V C ! S e l a b ° " t t 0 187i June IK i t u c s ) F o r t S c o t t {Kana) M o n i t o r , p . U.
u a i t f o r t h e t i d e , and t h e w a t e r t u m l n R suddenly smoothand then rough
t h e c a p t a i n put h i s helm hard a p o r t t o hold off the s h o r e , vhen t h e s l m s and Wonders.
v e s s e l almost immediately ran among the b r e a k e r s and s t r u c k , A s t e n n - A s e r p e n t in the Clouds
boat w n u r a t t h e time t h a t t h e v e s s e l s t r u c k . The h o ^ t s v n l n and K fev d a R 0 , H r ; „ a r d I n i r e B i d l n R 9 0 m e 5 o r 6 m i l e s e a s t of
moot of t h e hands of t h e bark v e r e examined, and t h e p u r p o r t e f t h e i r t h l , u a a v B01nechtri(! r „ « b U n R " enormous serpent f l o a t i n n in a
e v i d e n c e was t h a t they saw a r e v o l v i n g XIpht which they mistook for c l o u t h a t v B paBaIng ovcr h l . farm.
/ ' . S e v e r a l p a r t i e s of men and b o y s ,
Tynemouth l i g h t , and t h a t i t led them a s h o r e . I t appeared t o l i e .-. a cUDrk J n c n e £ l e l d B > o b s e r v e d t h o M m e t h l n R ( 3nd u e r e B e r i o u l i y
good d i a t a n c e from the s h i p about a couple of m i l e s , nnd v e i l „ n t h e f r l E n c e n e d . I t 6 e e m e d t o be as l a r K e and l a n K a s a t e l e R r o P h p o l e .
c l i f f s , and h i g h e r up than the s h i p ' s n n 9 t s , the p o s i t i o n t h a t thev w a s f u ± d j and Becned c o f l o a t n l v l t h o u e
v e r e i n . Alexander Bertram, t h e m a s t e r of the steamboat Helen, which - _„ . - ._ 1
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?mm
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•'■:\% [•'fort. They could see I t coil i t s e l f up, turn over, and thruet for-
,L^j5p * • • ' it* huge head aa if striking at something, displaying the taaneu-
The balloon v u nbnttoua in e l t e and the car, aa near as can b« Judf*
carried eight or ten persons. Another peculiar . ,
ffe^gge^^j^S^'ivera of a genuine snake. The cloud and serpent moved in an easterly
direction, and were seen by persons a fev miles this side of Honey and acred off very rapidly to the east,
Crove. The question l a , what la I t , and where did I t cone froa?- liter—The cup Cthat bad [Link]] last night was found this aornln
Bonham {Texas) Enterprise. I t la of a very peculiar workmanship, entirely different to anything
1873 June 27 (Fri) Fort Scott <Kans.) Monitor (daily), p. * . taade] ID this country. Both flower and cup of the

***mt /-^'•SifV^w' (Singular Phenomenon. / The Sun Encircled by a Serpent.

.'HSf.'^ifS^ f * strange and remarkable phenomenon v«a observed jmwmiuj *t sun-
_oper»tor of the Junction
by any one_vSo"aesires~,Eo see then" —
, _ Geliiteo Junction, March 27 (3 p.a.)—This evening a collector of
KU&JJ'* \ r * e e yesterday morning. Tha aky waa clear and the sun rose entirely Ccurloaltlcs] passed thtougn t h i s place and on being shown the nagnif-
unobscured. When the diac of the sun was about halfway above the hor- icdnt flower and cup dropped froa the balloon which passed over this
wmm%- lton, the form of a huge serpent, apparently perfect in font, waa
plainly seen encircling It and was visible for some nonsntB. We have
place last night, offered sucb a SUM of money for thea that t i t could
^oot b« refused! and be become the possessor of thea. He gives i t aa
this statement from two reliable parties who witnessed the phenomenon, hit opinion that the balloon raist have cone froa Asia, and thinks
and are willing. If necessary, to make affadavit of their assertions. It P - f A - -
We have too great respect for the sun to rise before i t , and therefore 1880 April 5 {(ton) Santa Fa Weekly Hew Mexican, p.«"
are Innocent of the authorship of this "sea aerpent" of the sun; but
we have all confidence in the credibility of our witnesses. What fear­ Solved a t Last. / Tba Explanation of the Balloon Hyatery Which Sss Bee
ful portent Is indicated in this wonderful and »■ ominous phenooenont Perplexing Gallatao. / Tha Aerial Monster, Tha First of a Regular Line
We shall loin a Sunday school and await the solution of Air-Ships froa China to America. / Special to tha Hew Mexican.
1877 October 5 (Fri) -Tine*' " ^ p. 10b.
(Londoni, Baugae's Bluff, March 29.
Tha collector of curiosities who purchased tha articles thrown fro
HYSTERIOUS LIGHTS.—From time to tine the West Coast of Hale* seems the balloon which paaaed over Callsteo Junction Friday night, is here
to have been the ecene of mysterious lights. In the fifteenth century I examining and excavating for ancient curiosities at tha old Fecos
and again on a larger scale in the sixteenth, considerable alsro was church sod vicinity. Laat nig[it a party of tourists, hsving heard of
created by fires that "rose out of Che sea." Writing in January, 1694, tha anclant old church, stopped off here to v i s i t I t and the old Fecos
the rector of Dolgelley stated that sixteen ricks of hay and two barna Pueblo. Ooa of tha psrty ia a wealthy young Chinaman who arrived in
had been burnt by "a kindled exhalation which was then Been to cone San Francieco a few weeks ago. The srticlea were exsalned by tha part
froo the sea." Passing over other illeEed appearances In Msrch, 1875, and neat aurprlaa expressed. The sttention of the young Celestial was
a l e t t e r by the late Mr. Plcton Jones appeared in "Eye-gone»," p. 148 called to tha writing attached to the flower, who aa aoon as ha had
E193T], giving an account of curious lights which he had witnessed at looked at I t manifested great delight and excitement, capering about
Pwllheli, and now we have a statement from Towyn that within the last and uttering delighted exclamations la his own language. On balng
few weeks "lights of various colours hive frequently been seen moving urged to give aoaa explanation he exclaimed [T] "Mschee gondee ns
over the estuary of the Dyaynni river and out at sea. They are gener­ g i r l w la balloon** I ] to Bailee ae allea flom Pekinee. Muchee
ally in a northern direction, but aometlnes they hug the shore, and
nd
move at a high:velocity for miles towards Aberdovey, and suddenly d i s ­ glole. I t is accowliahe.." * ° t h " ' " ' " " P " " 1 0 " - «' t h * ' —
appear." Can any authorities upon natural phenonena furnish further tie* rapturously kissing the flower. As soon as his excitement had
Information on the subject?—Oswestrr Advertiser. calwed dowa tha following facts war* gathered, as near as could be fro'
1878 July 8 (Kon) Hew York Times, p. 2' | hia broken English,
r«r IOM time paat, great Interest has been [found] In China on th<
(t What a West Virginia Farmer Saw. subject of aerial navigation. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have
A telegran from Parkeraburg, I'cat Virginia, to the Cincinnati bean expended in experlaenta. That Just before he left Pekln strong
Commercial contains thla story! "An optical lllunlon or mirage was hopes war* expressed that victory had at last crowned thee* effort*
aeen by three or four farmers a few miles fro™ this city a few days and that If such was tha case, and he had now no doubt of I t , laat
since, the appearance of which no one la able philosophically to ac­ Friday night's balloon was but tha first of a regular line of coonunl-
count for. The facta are theae: A centlemnn, while plowing in the . cation to b* established between the- Celestial Empire — — - and . , „ America.
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n
m. 4il
field with several othero, about 7 p.m., happened to fiance toward t h e . b o i n S «•«•» for aoae explanation of his delight on reading the coaauni
sky, which was cloudless, and saw, apparently about half a mile off in < c " " o a *tt"*k«<» to the flower, he stated that he waa engaged to be aar-
a westerly direction, an opaque aubatance. resembling a white horsa, if " " **m* lady of a very wealthy family, who had a aister living
with head, neck, limbs and t a i l clearly defined, awlmminp, roving I t s " KtM k \
t l l C knowln
* B h« *•■ traveling in this portion of the
,w,t u t l t t e n
hesd from side to side, alwayn ascending at an anple of about 45 de- f *J J , the message with her own fair hand and had
grees. He rubbed his eyes to convince himself that he waa not dresn- ,pvttf " , r o * t h * CAZ P r l d « 7 night and evidently with the hope that
lug, and looked again; but there i t a t l l l woo, n t l l l apparently svjr- " " * * " T * * c h h , r l o v e r » ^ ^ »od curiously enough her hope, were
alng and ascending In the ether. He called to the sen, about 100 yard* « * * " * » • * * • gentleman left on laat night's train for New Tork carry-
| r o f f , and told then to look up. and t e l l him what thev saw. They de- j " 8 t l " l m r * t o k * n v l t h h I n * ■ nd confidently expects to find hla lov*
hclared they saw a white horse swimming in the aky, and were bndly ' jin H«* Tork where they v l l l bs aarrled. '
'■ frightened. Our informant, neither superstitious or nervous, --it_£e«n July 23, 1030 Louiavillc Gourier~[Link] tThura roorni p. 4 f^c.-ird'i>
l7and watched the phantasm, (if we nay so call i t ) until I t disappeared ' . . . . . .
in space, always going in the aaire direction, and moving in the eaa* -.,',.. Uoro l.'on!:cyin«
Manner. No one can account for the alrnpo, or illusion, except upon '.';"F^I'.y B=twnen the Talented Reporters and That :iell-Prcacrvcd Old
L^the uneven state of the atmosphere, lllusiona of s different nppejr- v':. *«'.'-'o-ae, MadMie !luctor. ~"~' ' - *■"—--;'• .-**■•—&** \:
j p a n c s have been seen at different times, in the same vicinity, fright- ,f.y.}".*'A Flyin- Jinchinc 1/hich Tvo [Link] i w Passing Ovpr' tf*
f
' anine. thp superatltloua, and laughed at hv the skeptical," ,J,' ' , Mty. / . „ / - ; i t h Oth^.r BiUfyln; Mor^cl-i r*n\!i~-'. ■ y -■
["1680 March 29 IHoo) Santa Tt Veekiy He* Mexican, p. 3 . (cam i)
. " ' * Plying Hachlna, ■' , ! '"":'""' '■■ """ £'■!"•!■'''"*'''"''* '
JAIISTEO'S APPARITIOH. / Myaterious Aerial Phantoa Appeara at the 'JUnt Two Louisvllllan-: [Link] [Link] Evening. '■"' ' "-■■>-■-•
Junction. / Balloon Becomes Uraterlously Visible Overhead, and After "Between 6 and 7 o'clock laat cvtinin-; while liesars, C. A. Youn^.tn
a Snort Stay Departs for the East. From Asia Probably. and Ecn Flcaier were ataVilnj at a side -ilndow of Ibddnrt's dru^ atoro,
Oallstep Junction, H. Hex., — H nt Second and Cliiatnut streets, lool'Jn^ skyward, liny discovered an ob~
t r a i n from Santa F«, and the operator at that point and two j e c t h I , , h u p i n t h o nij. BDnnrt,ntl t
cdintcly above thi Oiilo river
or three friends were taking a short walk before retiring for the | hriri»» -.hfph thev » PI^.V ,*„..«*, 1L ,
toy balloon. Aa
Olght, they v e r . ^oUa-r, startled by voice, .uddenly coming fro- the ' t ^ l ' J ^ ^ oJacJved d
that1 il Xh « h a
aky\ but they supposed I t waa Cfro- aooeonej on the aountaln t t o the * " ^ " " " " ** ""„ f 7 f"' ' ^ th > a-pwronc- of a nan aurroun
„ I-— '"™ " machinery, which he scratcd to be working with hin feet ami haml*
OIJ sovn . ) t e t^rfced hia feet ns thou-h ho was runnins n treadle, anr! his arn 3
1 sce-ied to be swin.^ln^ to and fro above hts head, thour.h the latter nove.
Loud shouta in a language entirely unknown to the party were constant- Mnt S 0 ° c t l M g ^ -I'-'pcarcd to he executed with i/inris or fans, Thr. carers
ly given, Capparently offered! to attract attention. Ibeca™: considerably '.jorked up by the apparition, and [Link] i t v ry
conatruetion of the Cbailoon waa3
The construction waa] entirely
entirely different to any- closely. They could see the delicate outlines of machinery, but •»*■
thing Cof the kind] ever seen by any of the party, being in the ahape tho object was too high up to moke out »*t» exact construction. At t i r j
of a a fish and at Cone time came so lov that fe^nel^i^haractars on i t "ould seen to be. descending, and then tne nan Appeared to exert him­
one aide of t h e ! car, which appeared to be very elegant, were plainly self considerably, and ran the machine faster, [Link] i t i ould ascend
-
teen. The a i r machine appeared to be entirely under the control of [Link] and assume a horizontal position. I t did not travel at fait 'is □
the occupants and appeared to be guided by a large fanlike apparatus. paper balloon, and i t s course seemed to be entirely under tii ■ cp-irM
The party aeemed to be enjoying themselves, as laughter snd [oc­ of the aeronaut. At f i i s t I t was traveling in a southcastuanl <:irrcti i
casional Strains3 of music were heard but when it reached a point just over a the city, nhen i t tackfd to t V
A few articles were dropped from the car as the balloon passed son southu«^f, in 'ihlch direction i t was coinr. when i t onised out or si-:it
over the Junction, but owing to the C liRht] the only thing vhictj i n th« tvilltfit of the evening. The pentlrnen "ho sa" It nrc confldcir
was found was a magnificent flower with a allp of exceedingly fine [that i t Has n nan navigating the air on a flyinc^-nachtne. Ills nov-
silk-like paper on which were aome characters strongly resembling j were regular, and the machine was under the nost perfect control. IT
those on Japanese tea cheats. The Caxticlel which from i t s weight he belonged to this nundnne sphere he should havi dronncd hts card a*
tMKKmi when thrown from the car seemed to be he p*5s«*] over, to enlighten those who saw him, and that his fricrd-,
if he has any, ai^ht be Infomcd of his whorenbouta.
be made for C' -■■TiV'"3 la the morning.
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A.(,..-; 6, I-fr t</»iiViiJe [Link]—■ VUCMI < ( r i . ) ' Bleated Virgin. Then they raited t h e i r voices and aang the touching
hysw, "-Look down, 0 Mother Hary," and while the beautiful Bualc of
The Flying !;.ichine, t h e i r young freah voices vat aacending, one of tha child ran suddenly
,'inotli'r VLtnos1, at R e l i a b i l i t y to the Courier-Journal's called o u t , "Oh, look t h e r e ! " and i n s t a n t l y the eyes of tvo hundred at
Aerial Navigator './ho has Solved the Problem, o t h e r s , her coBpaniona, vere turned toward the belt of t r e e s to th*
Dr. D. F. Dcmpscy, o£ Hadisonvllle, Ky,, has w r i t t e n the f o l l o - m : aortb ot t h e convent, and in the a i r above the« the figure of the
to the Hadisonville Tines coneernine the flying machine which was o t - flieaged Virgin was beheld by a l l , a t t i r e d in a white robe, with a
s c r v d passin", over this c i t y two weeks agoi blue sash around her v a i s t . The Infant Sariour was borne on her right
"I interviewed lir. - e l l s , the proprietor ot the marble shop, ■ ■ortl lurKt and. B roaary depended from her l e f t . She seejted t o r e s t on a
Main s t r e e t , and l.r, Royster, a worknan in said shop, in regard to [Link] unite cloud upheld by tvo angels, who * carried in t h e i r disengaged
he and his family flaw hop over hadisonville l a s t Wednesday, but was noi hands branchea of ao»e d e a c r i p t i o n . covered with foliage. The c h i l d -
p o s i t i v e .is to thfi day. tlr. Wells stated that Hr. Royster told bin r e n vere spellbound, and involuntarily offered prayera to the Bleated
a l w u t ' i t the [Link] that an account of a flying machine over Louisville Virgin, After they had gated on the vision for about ten minutes M M
was published in the C o u r i c r ^ o u r n a l . I asked then both, p a r t i c u l a r l y of the* ran to the convent to acquaint the nunn, but befora the pood
t'r Jells was i t before tie received the Courier-Journal. This reply l a d i e s had arrived at the apot the Divine apparition had gone, tha
•.ins emphatic that i t uas in the morning of the day wo received said Virgin disappearing in the heavena. The children wvre found in a
Courier-Journal Hr. Roystcr stated this the umxxixg evening before, p a l e , t e r r i f i e d , troubling s t a t e , but a l l t a l l i e d in t h e i r account of
■•hich"would be Wednesday, between aundoim and dark, his ron Johnnie, n t t vbat vma t e e n , even t o the deacription of the r o t a r y , which taey
six or seven venrs old, called his a t t e n t i o n to sooething he saw kaoflri: stated„vaa U r g e and v h l t e , and the beaaa of which were far aaunder
hoDoino'over llndisonville. He. Hr, Royster, and his wife and other fron each o t h e r . More s t a r t l i n g a t l l l vas i t to find that c h i l d r e n ,
children [Link] out and looked at i t . They live" In southeastern Iladison- d i a t a n t froai them in another part of the p r e a i t e a , had alao aeen the
v i l l c , about half milp. froo the railroad depot. He said there secucct v i s i o n . There vat no wavering and no contradictions among thesi. Bev-
to be a ball at each end of the tiling, and i t looked as if i t was about e r a l were from t h i r t e e n t o fourteen yeart aid of age, and i t waa lm-
over the depot. I t sonctines appeared in a c i r c u l a r fora and changed j p o t t i b l e not to be convinced of t h e i r truthfulneaa. So much for Sun-
to an oval. I t passed out of sight going, as well as"could >s» dotcr- j ^ y evening; but on Monday evening the manifestation vat s t i l l more
n i n c l , d i r e c t l y south. Everybody knows Mr, Wells and w i l l beliive t h a t d e c i s i v e . While the children vere again at play one of t h e i r umber
what ho said in regard to the tine. Mr. Roystcr tbld hira these things IB called o u t t o look at the Bleated Virgin and i n s t a n t l y almost fainted,
s t r i c t l y t r u e . The tine nay not be far [Link] instead of straddling Ail e y e g v e r e directed toward the s t a t u e on the top of the b i n d i n g ,
a horse or getting into a buggy or r a i l c a r , we " i l l r i d e on the sky Aai above i t in the a i r the children saw the Immaculate Mother,
•nor envy Elijah his s e a t . ' ' Holes travel underground by cutting their ; v e s t e d altogether in v h l t e . her hands raised aa i f in the a t t i t u d e of
way; acn tunnel mountains and go through; fishes svici in the waters, i n v o _ i n g o r expressing a b l e s s i n g or prayer, her eyes c a t t down and a
and no do ncn; birds fly in the a i r , and so " i l l we. Ho one w i l l sup- t i i v e r y u g h t surrounding the b e a t i f i c figure. Son* of the children
that the gentleman ho flew
-cntlcman uwho flew over
over Louisville
Louisville andand liadisonville
liadisonville was
was a^ain hastened Jo the convent to conr-unicate what athey aav, and cc«
6 a b r i e l , for he did not toot h i s horn; but soneone suggests that the
of the nuns, who arrived f i r s t on the spot, beheld theVirgin a l a o .
-cntlcnan in the a e r i a l chariot "as the devil h m s c l f sent down by the T h f i children vere unsniioouB in t h e i r descriptiona of the atrange ap-
Icpublicans to i n t e r f e r e v i t h the South in behalf of t h e i r sinking ship p B x l t i o n , and t h t l i t t l e one vho f i r s t tav the vision vat abaolutely
rhis l a t t e r , ho-.-ever, in the way of pleasantry. The other j u s t above r l g l d froo _theattoniBh«ent. The other nembers of t h . holy communlt:
Th
i,S a nTio'.lB n a t t e r . " , AlA not
did nnt ■**
see thet h * 'mfraniliHi-, i w f t i / . l » ~ > m t *W»->
riTaculous spectacieT"but they ->u
saw, .aa• »K.
the .aun
— s. -e,t ,
16CO September ) Hew York Herald, p . 5. (card 1) globes of light—~ao>e v h l t e , some of beautiful a t u r e . Bore of b r i l ­
l i a n t red and other hues, come floating through the a i r froo the d i r ­
MIRACULOUS APPARITIONS IH LIMERICK / CFrora the Muneter Sews.1 ection of the orb s e t t i n g in the v e s t , over and around the convent,
Every c l t i i e n i s familiar with the beautiful frroup of e c c l e s i a s t i ­ and, in tone c a t e s , apparently passing through the windows.. Last
cal buildinss in our western suburbs, and the v i s i t o r to Limerick who
has not seen them i s a loser i f he has t a s t e for chaste a r c h i t e c t u r a l night the vision of Our Blessed Lady vas not seen, but the eventt at
designs. The croup comprises the church, convent and orphanage of the convent were s u f f i c i e n t l y wonderful t o Justify further record. We
Mount S t . Vincent, being amongst the taany grand r e l i g i o u s and educa­ have already stated t h a t the reports throughout the c i t y as to heaven­
t i o n a l works which have been completed, besides those in progress, l y v i i l o n t led to great excitement, and l a s t evening numbers of Den
during the prelacy of the present Lord Bishop, We are not nov going and others clanbered on the v a l l a facing the new buildings, vhile hun­
into d e t a i l of t h e i r e r t e r n a l perfection, nor of t h e i r almost unsur­ dreds Bade t h e i r way into the field by the sane route and lay anxious­
passed i n t e r n a l completeness and economy, and w i l l only observe they ly watching In the direcxatlon of the s t a t u e . The forx of the Blessed
are excelled by very few c h a r i t a b l e i n s t i t u t i o n s of the class in Virgin waa not beheld, but a porter in the i n s t i t u t i o n while passing
I r e l a n d . Columns might be written on t h e i r beauty and the elegance in front of the nev building aaw a flood of l i g h t r i s e fro» the d i r ­
of every arrangement, but much core might be penned in r e l a t i n g the ection of the entrance under the o r a t o r y , and, atcending, envelop the
inestimable vorks of religious charity and education which the S i s t e r t s t a t u e in b r i l l i a n t radiance. He ran toward the sen Lying in the
of Mercy are effecting outside and hourly performing within the v a l l a . f i e l d t o a«k thea I f they had seen I t , when he found the* gaslng t o -
I t i s delightful t o see the crowds of children for whom they so un- vard the b u i l d i n g , having alao witnessed the ascent of tha l i g h t .
ceasinaly care gathered in hundreds on the grounds, or t o behold thosi lopreased our«elves by the reports brought to us, we have gathered the
l i t t l e orphans congregated in t h e i r schools, or busily engaRed In foregoing froa various sources, including several of th« eye witnesses
t h e i r work In the rooms, or actively performing t h e i r s u i t a b l e tasks and ve f e e l convinced of the truthfulness of thaae to wheat wa have
in the l a u n d r i e s , the kitchen or elsewhere, rosy Vlth health and rad­
iant with happiness and i n t e l l i g e n c e . Kor are we now going t o mumer
ate a l l t h a t i s done for the safety of t h e i r tender charges by the 1&30 September 3 (Pri) Hew lork "Times, p . i d l a s t c o l . )
nuns, even while they are secure within t h e i r convent refuee, or afte
they Itar leave i t and are sent abroad into the vorld t o provide for As yet no pilgrinagea have been cade to Limerick, but the wonders
themselves. Our notice will be U n i t e d t o sotne account of the awe- l a t e l y seen there are both as strange and aa v e i l a t t e s t e d aa any
i n s p i r i n g apparitions which have been teen within the convent orounds other ancient or nodern miracle. Early in the evening of Sunday, the
during the past few days, and that have caused intense excitement Feast of Our Blessed Lady, some tvo hundred inmatea of the Orphanage
throughout the c i t y . Within the paat twelve months a grand wings waa of Maunt S t . Vincent l e f t the convent to play in the grounda in front
added to the northern side of the b u i l d i n g s , from designs by Mr. W.E, oft; the b u i l d i n g s . The veather v»s very pleasant, but occasionally
Corbett, C.E., in which are schoolrooms, dormitories and other a p a r t ­ there vajseboth thunder and l i g h t e n i n g , which the children were told
ments. On the western side of the building i s a large and finely con vould not hurt them If they prayed for protection to Our Lady of Suc­
celved figure of the Blessed Virgin, carved In Caen atone, and under­ cor. Accordingly they did so vhen the thunder ca»e, and upon one of
neath i t a window which gives l i g h t to an oratory ot Our Blessed Lady t h e i r number crying, "Oh, look t h e r e ! " and pointing to a group of
s i t u a t e In that part of the convent. The s t a t u e Is t h i r t y feet fron t r e e s , the vhole number sav in the a i r above them the figure of the
the e a r t h ; and in front of i t the playground and an open field exten Blessed Virgin. She seemed t o r e s t on a cloud, supported by angels,
t o the boundary w a l l , the land thus Inclosed being quite level and who c a r r i e d in t h e i r disengaged hands brancehes of sot* sort covered
with f o l i a g e . She waa robed in v h i t e , gathered at the v a l a t vith a
blue sash; the infant Saviour vas borne on her right a r a , and a r o -
Including about one acre or more In e x t e n t . To the north of the a n . sary hung fron her l e f t . So vivid vas the Image that the children,
convent gardens la a belt of t r e e s , which a k i r t the v a i l five or six tone of vfaom vere well grown, were even able to declare that tha beads
hundred yarda away, and which inclose the grounda In t h a t d i r e c t i o n .
We have given these p a r t i c u l a r s that the facts we are about t o r e l a t e of the rosary vere v h l t e , and were strung at some distance froa each
should be b e t t e r understood, and to ihov, t o o , t h a t what vas aeen other. That evening the apparition vanished before tho children vere
could not be produced by accidental nor by a r t i f i c i a l means, tuch ae able t o summon the S i s t e r s of the convent, but the next evening i t
magic lanterns or suchlike apparatus. I t w i l l be remembered that on came again. This time she was robed vholly in white, and waa sur­
Sunday, the feast of Our Blessed Lady, though the veather In t h i s rounded v i t h silvery l i g h t , and one of the nuns also sav the strange
l o c a l i t y vas magnificently f i n e , yet the thunder pealed with crashing v i s i o n . Various other members of the community, vho did not aee h e r ,
sound, and the lightening flashed with s t a r t l i n g vividness. On the sav s i g h t s scarcely lesa s t r a n g e . At sunset, i t la declared, globes
evening of t h a t day the orphans l e f t the convent t o play in the waro< of l i g h t of b r i l l i a n t hues cane floating through the a i r , and tone of
grounds in front of the new buildings, and they were told not to be them passed through the vindovs. And on another occasion, which la as
■alarmed by the thunder but to pray t o Our Lady of Succor should they l a t e aa the accounts extend, a statue of Our Blessed Lady vas envelop­
be so frightened. With the whole f a i t h of Our Lady's protection with ed In a flood of l i g h t . As the statue is said to be Inaccessibly sltU'
which the l i t t l e ones, l i k e t h e i r e l d e r s , are possessed, they passed sted on a wall 30 feet from the ground, and to front on an area of
Into the grounds and proceeded t o t h e i r innocent ftmusB»ents in the about one a c r e , vhlch la so open that concealnent of any apparatus i t
usussl manner. Soon after the thunder rolled along the sky, and the impossible, no explanation can readily be suggested, and the strange
children at once oiously offered up t h e i r prayers for safety to the occurrence la best l e f t vithout cowoent u n t i l further advices.
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A r e p o r t t h a t a nan i n a f l y i n g - m a c b i p e v o u l d f l y from t h e t o p o f * » " T i " 1 ' " " 0 D i - "**?"•' t , * ? "V' " * _ * e d l n " " * "__!
t h e Brooklyn C i t y H a l l a t 3 P.M. y e s t e r d a y d r e v a crowd o f t h o u s a n d s » " ° 8 « " « * h « c « ? " " f t 1 * P " ^ " * - *> « " e r w o r d . h . 1 . an « - x *
of persona t o t h e neighborhood. A l i t t l e a f t e r 3 W i l l i a m K c C o n n e l l , ' " l a l « I _ 1 « 1 . a *•=* which < * P l « i " » t h e c r u e l t y and d . t e r - i n . t i o n
a t e l e g r a p h l i n e m a n , v e n t up on t h e r o o f o f t h e C i t y R a i l t o a d j , s t * v l 8 l b l c ° ° h 1 ' « " ° " n . n c e , and what can b e t h e n e f a r i o u s o b j e c t v h i c h
w i r e , L d b e i n g m i s t a k e n fo? t h e f l y i n g man d i d a l l he c o u l d t o Keep ***■ P « " > - " « " « c h h " l B , v ' < " " ™ V T 1 ^ ^ Ch'fl '"" tob"
up t h e i l l u s i o n by o c c a s i o n a l l y waving h i . arms and k i c k i n g a t t h e ^ . * « i t would m a n i f e s t y be i - P " « i b l . f o r t h i * . 1_ h a f l y i n g
v i d e , vide world. I t was 5 o ' c l o c k b e f o r e , t h e crowd c o n c l u d e d t o go C ° " U M > t o P « r P « » » b w g l . r y o r hi C hway r o b b e r y , o r t o p i c k p o c k - i . ■
home. Meanwhile t h e Brooklyn Argus had d i s c o v e r e d a f l y i n g man a t ! u C f l n n o t b e p l w * l » 8 . f o r o b v J ; U B « « < « « • . n e i t h e r can U be t h e . . - . I ,
C r a v e s e n d and had done him up i n U i s s t y l e : >* ^ ^ p u b l i s h e d by s u b s c r i p t i o n o n l y . Yet t h e f l y ng v i l l a n ~ » t
A q u e e r l o o k i n g o b j e c t p a s s e d o v e r t h e s o u t h e r l y end o f t h e v i l - , h a ™ " o b J « " ' " d ™ ^ " * rl8hC " * " T 'h't,°°1' * > « u l l ' r l * '
l a g e y e s t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n , a b o u t a t h o u s a n d f e e t o r s o up in t h e a i r . ! - - « « l ° « » ° ° J « « c o u l d i n d u c e a man t o f l y t o b e w - J e r . e y o r S t . L o u i . :
The t i m e was 5 U 5 o ' c l o c k , and t h e o b j e c t was e v i d e n t l y a f l y i n g *» * " b o c « " h « " n < v i t h o u t an u o b r e l l . o r m o s q u i t o n e t . j
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machine o p e r a t e d by a men. I t was n o t a t a l l l i k e a b a l l o o n , and n o t ! " not "c*Ped " " f < * " ° f J " t e * * ^ l M B « h " been wander-.

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a c r o s s t h e c u r r e n t o f t h e w i n d , s o t h a t w h i l e t h e wind was b l o v i n g ^ ^ d e v e i d „d ^ ^ t h e i r _ U K 1 M ... ^ ^
rrom t h e s o u t h e a s t t h e m a c h i n e was j r a k i n g a v e s t e r l y c o u r s e and m j eth-_ „ f e a s l o n a l a c r o b a t u I t h envv. „,_, t . „_„ [Link].
l o o k e d a s i f i t would p a s s on t h e s o u t h s i d e o f S t a t e n I s l a n d o r . h a B ( h # t H t > ? 4 l M g e ^ s e q u j p p e d hiisseXf w i t h w l n K , i n o r d e r t o a t u d j l
a c r o s s t o K e y p o r t , K . J . , p r o v i d e d i t d i d n o t ff^e l a n d o r f a l l i n t h e m „ „ t i n g t y p e , o £ t l B a o r a l i t y f r o Q t h e l o f t y h e i g h t of a thousand
w a t e r b e f o r e i t r e a c h e d t h a t p o i n t . S o m e t i ^ s t h e m a c h i n e would r o l l £ e e t , Ue h „ f l m m o v e r Sc, U u j 3 and K e n t u c k y - p r e d . e l y the P U c d . ,
aa i f i t v o u l d t u r n o v e r c o m p l e t e l y , b u t i t d i d n o t . The f a c e p f t M ; H h U l l ^ ^ be e x p e c t e d M , , y l e l d a r i c h reward t o an i n v e . t l g . t o r
o c c u p a n t c o u l d be s e e n l o o k i n g down from t h e f o r e p a r t o f t h e machine o f e r l m e ; M j h( „ now flylnft „ flnd f r Q o v e r ^ I i U n • „ . „ .
and i t l o o k e d a s t h o u g h he was i n t h e p o s i t i o n o f a p e r s o n s v i w n i n p t o r y t o prea<:hin , a c , c h i a g s e n M n o n t h e v i c k e d n e . a and i n d e c e n c U .
w i t h t h e ^ c h i n e above him and f a s t e n e d c l o s e t o h i s b o d y . J u s t as l,< o f o u f b a t W r e M r t B . H e r e we have a n a t u r a l and p r o b a b l e e x plana-
p a a s e d t h e p o i n t where t h e New Y 0 r K and B r i g h t o n Beach R a i l r o a d p w s e . t l M o £ t h e £ l y l Q B m B t ^j u I a e o r n e H t l y t0 b e h „ t U „ / !
o v e r t h e P r o s p e c t Park and Coney I s l a n d R a i l r o a d , a t r a i n on t h e l a t - w l c h mxt n l 8 C l k e - n I e a l f o r f l e l d 6 p o r t a , u l u a t t e n p t t 0 i b o Q t [ h e
t e r r o a d came a l o n g and t h e e n g i n e e r blew h i s w h i s t l e , t o which t h e p v e , c h e r on tbe ^ g w i c h a B h o t . g u n . T h c r e l a M t , lhot_8un Io ^ i , . .
f l y i n g man r e s p o n d e d by f l a p p i n g h i s arms v i g o r o u s l y . t e n c e which w i l l do any cood a t a d i s t a n c e o f a thousand f e e t . i
More t h a n a a o n t h ago a s i m i l a r s t o r y o f a f l y i n g machine was pub- ifiSo" S e p t e m b e r 17 "{PYi J New iarr. ii'orid, p . l.^ ,
l l s h e d ln t h e L o u i s v i l l e C o u r i e r - J o u r n a l . The q u e e r o b j e c t waa d e s ­
c r i b e d on t h e a u t h o r i t y o f a d r u g g i s t o f t h a t c i t y o f good c h a r a c t e r P I O T S A H AND JETSAM. /
for v e r a c i t y . He s a i d he c a l l e d t h e a t t e n t i o n o f s e v e r a l b y s t a n d e r s An e x t r a o r d i n a r y a s t r o n o m i c a l phenomenon I s r e p o r t e d Tron V i r l n * -
t o i t , and t h e y c o r r o b o r a t e d h i s a c c o u n t . R e p o r t s o f t h e m a c h i n e v e r gram. A c o r r e s p o n d e n t w r i t e s t h a t or. t h - e v e n i n g Of J u l y 2 0 , about
a l s o r e c e i v e d from s e v e r a l p o i n t s i n t h e I n t e r i o r Of Kentucky u n d e r 8:30 o ' c l o c k , a l u m i n o u s c o r e t , which he e s t i r a t e s a t sorae twenty
c i r c u m s t a n c e s t h a t e x c u l d e d t h e .idca i _o_f_.coHu<Honi ... _ y a r d s in l e n g t h , t r a v e r s e d t h e sky f r o n s o u t h t o n o r t h . The t i t * o c -
1880 September 12 (i—) New York l i m e s , p . '" {card u c u p i e d from t h e i i x a p p e a r a n c e t o t h e d i s a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e body i a s t a t ­
ed t o have been a b o u t t h r e e - q u a r t e r s o f a m i n u t e , d u r l n p , which t l t w !
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One day l a s t week a m a r v e l o u s a p p a r i t i o n was s e e n n e a r Coney I s - a b l a z e t o an e x t e n t * I am u n a b l e t o d e s c r i b e . " F \ i r t h e i x i o r r , " f o u r
l a n d . At t h e h e i g h t of a t l e a s t a t h o u s a n d f e e t i n t h e a i r a s t r a n g e c l n u t e s a f t e r t h e f a l l inc. o f t h e [Link] a d i s t a n t t h u n d e r l i k e t h a t o f ,
o b j e c t was in t h e a c t of H y i n g t o « e r d t h e New J e r s e y c o a s t . I t waa t h e d i s c h a r g e o f a r t i l l e r y was h e a r d f o r a b o u t two r i n u t c s . " The p h e -
a p p a r e n t l y a roan w i t h b a t ' f l wings and improved f r o g ' a l e g a . The face nomenon a p p e a r s t o h a v e been v i s i b l e a l s o aa Radhanpur. A c o r r e s p o n d -
of t h e man c o u l d be d i s t i n c t l y s e e n , and i t wore a c r u e l and < U n e n t w r i t e s from t h e l a t t e r p l a c e : "A b r i l l i a n t s h o o t i n p s t a r , c a d t l n p
determined expression. The movements made by t h e o b j e c t c l o s e l y r e - a v e r y b r i g h t y e l l o w i s h l i g h t , and w i t h a b r i g h t red t r a i l b e h i n d ,
Bcmbled t h o s e of a f r o g i n t h e a c t of swimming w i t h h i s h i n d l e g s and was o b s e r v e d a s c e n d i n g t h e h e a v e n s l i k e a a r o c k e t , fron t h e a o u t h e a s t .
f l y i p g w i t h h i s f r o n t l e g a . Of c o u r s e , no r e s p e c t a b l e f r o g h a s e v e r I t s h o t up t o a g r e a t h e i p h t , and wns t h e n s e e n t o b u r n t and i l r m r n r .
been known t o c o n d u c t h i m s e l f i n p r e c i s e l y t h a t way; b u t w e r e a f r o g l e a v i n g s e v e r a l r e d s p a r k s , u h l c h v e r e a l s o l o s t s i r h t o f In t h e i r
t o wear b a t ' s w i n g s , and t o a t t e m p t t o i v l m and f l y a t t h e same t i m e , d e a c e n t . The s t r a n g e s t t h i n g a b o u t t h e phenomenon was i t a beioR s u c -
he would c o r r e c t l y I m i c a t : lie c o n d u c t of t h e Coney I s l a n d m o n s t e r . c e e d e d b y a c o n t i n u o u s p e a l o f d i s t a n t t h u n d e r f o r a b o u t two t c l n u t e s .
When we add t h a t t h i s m o n s t e r waved h i s w i n g s i n answer t o t h e w h l a t l t a l t h o u g h I t waa a v e r y c l e a r m o o n l i t e v e l n / r , and t h e r e v e r e no c l o u d i
of a l o c o m o t i v e , and was o f a deep b l a c k c o l o r , t h e a l a r m i n g a n a t u r c e x c e p t some l i g h t onea i n t h e s o u t h . His Hlpjuiesa t h e Hawab S a h i b waa ■
of t h e a p p a r i t i o n can be I m a g i n e d . The o b j e c t waa s e e n by taany r e p u t - h o l d i n g a d u r b a r , and i p m e d l a t e l y s e n t f o r t h e o n l y m e t e o r o l o c i s t a
a b l e p e r s o n a , and t h e y a l l a g r e e t h a t I t was a man engaged i n f l y i n g a v a i l a b l e — t h e C J o s b i a ) o r Brahmin a s t r o l o g e r s , vho were o f o p i n i o n
toward I.'ew-Jereev. t h a t t h e o c c u r r e n c e b e t o k e n e d a p e a c e f u l and p l e n t i f u l y e a r and h a r -
About a month ago an o b j e c t of p r e c i s e l y t h e same n a t u r e was s e e n T e | t -
in t h e a i r o v e r S t . L o u i s by a number of c i t i z e n , who happened t o be ^ ' j , ^ i l ( ^ j „ _ - - _ „ _ . „ Guardian, p . 8. ' (cTrTTl
s o b e r and a r e b e l i e v e d t o be t r u s t w o r t h y , A l i t t l e l a t e r I t was s e a n
by v a r i o u s Kentucky p e r s o n s a s I t flew a c r o s s t h e S t a t e . In no i n - ^ ^ MTSSIBG BALLOOK
s t a n c e baa i t been known t o a l i g h t , and no one haa a e e n I t a t a l o v e r n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g " d i l l gent i - q u l r l e a i n s t i t u t e d by t h e K e t e o r o l o g l c .
e l e v a t i o n t h a n a t h o u s a n d f e e t above t h e s u r f a c e of t h e e a r t h . It is g ^ l t t ^ ^ ^ t o t h B _ _ „ l a 8 b a l l o o n , i n v h l c h Mr. W. P o w e l l ,
w i t h o u t a doubt t h e most e x t r a o r d i n a r y and w o n d e r f u l o b j e c t t h a t h a . c a r r i e d o u t t o a e _ on S a t u r d a y _ f t e r n o o n . oo i n t e l l i g e n c e
e v e r been s e e n , and t h e r e s h o u l d be no t i m e l o s t i n a s c e r t a i n i n g I t . £ 0 b t _ i n e d up t o l « t e v e n i n g f r o . any o f t h e p o r t , t o v h l a h
p r e c i s e n a t u r e , k h a b i t s , and p r o b a b l e m i s s i o n . t e l e g r a m , were a d d r e i . e d
That t h i s a e r i a l a p p a r i t i o n i s a man f i t t e d w i t h p r a c t i c a b l e w i n g , & ' ^ ^ ^ - e . t e r d a y . at
t h , r e i s no r e a s o n t o d o u b t . Some one h a s s o l v e d t h e p r o b l e m of « r l . £ d e c i d e d t h - t f u r t h e r s e a r c h s h o u l d be _ * d . f o r t h e - i . -
n a v i g a t l o n by i n v e n t ng w i n g s w i t h which a man can s u s t a i n h maelf in ^ ^ ^ „_, U U r K t j t h e p r e . i d c o t , h f c - i n g l a l d b , ^ urf
t h e a i r and d i r e c t h i s f l i g h t t o » y d e s i r e d p o i n t . Who i s t h i . * j « r J ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ i n l o a > i t o e C o v e m - n t h a v at h i .
t u r o u s f l y e r and what i s h i . o b j e c t ? a r e q u e s t i o n - of i m m e d i a t e and * rcque,rtelegrapbed t o t h e C o v e r n o r o f J e r s e y t o . e n d o u t Her
enormous i m p o r t a n c e . Of c o u r s e , t h e f i r s t i m p u l s e of t h e u n r e f l e c t i n g " ^ J _ _ _ . „ « " « make i n q u i r i e . I n t h e . u r r o u n d i n * 1 . 1 - n d s .
mind w i l l be t o e x c l a i m t h a t t h e m y s t e r i o u s f l y e r i s an a e r o n a u t who ^ T l n t c r i e l ^ C 4 U „ _ t e l e g r a m t o be s e n t t o t h . c o n s u l , all
h a s i n v e n t e d p r a c t i c a b l e wings and *» « « r e t l y e x p e r i m e n t i n g w i t h t h e £ Morw.6l4_ c o » t t o l o o k o u t f o r t h e b a l l o o n . The _ t h o r i -
b e f o r e making h i s I n v e n t i o n p u b l i c . T h i s 1» d i r e c t l y a t v a r i a n c e w i t h J _ „ , „ „ , L v e * d i f f i c u l t y t o contend v i t h in t h . u n c e r t a i n t y
t h e known h a b i t s and c u s t o m s o f a e r o n a u t s . _Had any a e r o n a u t i n v e n t e d c u r r e n t * . With a s o u t h - e a s t wind t h e b a l l o o n - _ y b a r .
a p a i r of winga he v o u l d h a v e a d v e r t i s e d , l o n g b e f o r e h i s i n v e n t i o n v a a - u i L " c " i l - « - 4 c _ . » ,.»»_!. . —
, J i. i. J i . , L ( „ . „ n „ . , , ( , i , ,« _ . L . .„ o a j s e d o v e r F r a n c e I n t o t h e Bay o f B i s c a y , o r . h o u l t t h e • t o r a p r o v s
p e r f e c t e d , t h a t he was in p o s s e s s i o n of a machine " h e r e w i t h t o make an P J - ^ J ^ f ^ , - ^ l f n o / i r i j r - u n l U e l y but t h . r t _ « n E 5 _ _ o S i r
a e r i a l voya C e t o Europe i n t w e n t y - f o u r h o u r s , and t h a t he waa p r e p a r e d ^ ^ ^ flf ^ „_ _a o _ d e a o v e , e t_ t t b , „„ t M o t
t o e x h i b i t I t for a a few weeks t o e v e r y one who would pay 50 c e n t a t o Qa t h l , l a t %hm ^ t h a r i t i t t h a T e t e l e g r a p h e d t o Ax_eric» t o o b t a i n
see i t . A l i t t l e l a t e r he would have t a k e n up a s u b s c r i p t i o n t o pay t n 8 o p l a l o o o f t h e etrtcl*l w e a t h e r b u r e a u a s t o t h e e x t e n t ana d i r -
t h e e x p e n s e s of h i s p r o p o s e d v o y a g e i n t h e i n t e r e s t s of s c i e n c e , and e c U ( m _f S t L t u T ^ t , depression. I t I s a l o n g t h e t - a x French c o « t ,
would p r o b a b l y have p u b l i s h e d a book on t h e s c l n c e of a e r o n a u t i c s . Ther b o v e _ ) . _ ) t f c _ t t h e „!«!«, m aov p r e . . l a g t o r t t r l _ t M ^ _ , _,, _
he v o u l d have s u d d e n l y d i s a p p e a r e d , t a k i n g h i s w i n g s w i t h h i * , o r a c c i - ^ i _ _ _ t B p p r e h e i n l o n . a h o u l a be re-lited, it is quits likely that
d e u t a l l y b u r n i n g then,, and a f t e r t h e f i r s t o u t b u r s t of i n d i g n a t i o n on tfa# b a l l o 0 Q ^ emr M y ^ _ „ b e d u n o r c on t b , t M „ t .
t h e p a r t of a s w i n d l e d p u b l i c would have been t o t a l l y f o r g o t t e n . This C a p t a i n C o . e n s r e p o r t , t h a t d u r i n g S a t u r d a y n i g h t t h . wind i n t h .
h a s been t h e i n v a r i a b l e p r a c t i c e of t h e s e i n g e n i o u s a e r o n a u t s who have Channel r e e r e d t o t h * e a s t w a r d , and upon t h i s f a c t 1* baaed a s u p p o -
c l a i m c d t o be t h e I n v e n t o r a of b a l l o o n a o r o t h e r a p p a r a t u . c a p a b l e of - u l b a l l o o n »*y have been c a r r i e d c l e a r o f F r a n c e i n t o t h
navigating the a i r . T h a t t h e m y s t e r i o u s f l y i n g man h a s n o t f o l l o w e d ^ _f u ^ . ^ yfcQ m M l t c o n . c r a M t ^ ^ ^ f l c t ( ^ ,ct.
t h i s custom makes i t p e r f e c t l y c l e a r t h a t h d i . n o t a p r o f e . s i o n a l a e r o - ^ ^ M p w t flf t f a # _„. r t g ^ A l t M u t _ > r t B „ ixprob*hl, t b , t Hr .
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 that the Saladin possibly f e l l near the course of tome outward-bound' t h e B tea»er Rescue, in vhich he la to search the coaat of Brittany,
vessel in the Channel, nand that Mr. Povell v u rescued In that way. B o * * " telegraph f r o - each town the r e . u l t of h i t expedition.
The .earch froo Bridport v » resumed yesterday, the steamer C o m On-Tueeday evening [Link] was addressed to Captain T.m-
dore s t a r t i n g with corrected b e a r i n g . , which were given to the captai P l e r l ^ t l n * h i . attendance at a m e t i n g of the Meteorological Coun-
by f l a g , being placed on ahore In the l i n e of■ route traversed by the g S ^ J f c S B j J ^ t S T g S S ? V ^ S l ^ S e . ' 5 ? ! ™ * ! ' - ZllZ'
balloon, BO t h a t he night follov the track aa nearly as possible. He l e t t e r vaa forwarded l a s t evening to Captain Templer, requesting h i * ,
also took extra grappling irons and an experienced p i l o t , and I t was i f p o s s i b l e , to fumlah the Council v i t b core detailed p a r t i c u l a r *
intended to drag the Channel to a diatance of tventy miles from the with reference t o the ascent of the Saladin.
shore. The Jersey and Guernsey mail steamers have not yet brought any Hothing acre baa been heard of the balloon which vaa reported t o
Information bearing on the subject, but the crews hare been advised to have been seen coming fron the sea over Hartlepool on Tuesday, but aa
keep a s t r i c t lookout in t h e i r passage, a e r o . . Channel. I t 1 . o t l l l i t . appearance on the north-east coast would be consistent v i t h the
asserted by one witness t h a t the balloon pitched inoo the *ea about previously-expressed theory that the Saladin had gone In ths direction
five miles fron shore, but t h i s 1 . an [Link] not gnerally enter­ of Norway, telegrams were despatched to several town, in the Borth of
tained." Captain Templer, km who l e f t London for Bridport yeiterday England, but with no r e s u l t . The fog v u heavy at the 1 1 M , and If
morning, intenflB searching with a steamer rightalong the French c o a t t , the Saladin did cross at t h i s part i t vould probably pass over and out
but personally he e n t e r t a i n s l i t t l e hope of hia unfortunate fellow into the Borth A t l a n t i c .
voyager's s a f e t y . Mr. Powell, a brother of the unfortunate gentleman, A Jersey correspondent telegraph* t h a t the Channel Island, mail
i t expected at Bridport. steamers, arrived at Jersey yesterday, report not having seen or heard
A Weymouth correspondent telegraphs that fron inquiries made along anythlgg of Kr. Povell or the Biasing balloon. The Lieutenant-Gover­
the coast by Mr. Fowler, manager of the Company1! tug engaged in the nor gave ordera yesterday morning for the steam tug Duke t o go out
oearch, i t aeemt clear that the balloon when relieved of the xt» veigM and make a tour of the island In search of the balloon and I t s occu­
of two of the aeronaut, shot up In the a i r , and t h a t afterward*, Kr. pant, but the boat being small and the sea choppy i t vat deemed ad-
Power! having prematurely opened the gat valve, I t descended into the visable__not to tend her out. In the meantime a i t r l c t look out 1 . '
»ea. An eye witness s t a t e s that i t never roee again. According t o kept on a l l p o i n t , of the i s l a n d . ~
the"corrected bearings taken yesterday morning by Mr. Fowler, the A Weymouth correspondent r e p o r t , t h a t a telegram has been received.
course taken by the balloon would have landed I t a t Brittany on Hon*>j from Captain Cos ens, kxa who yesterday engaged a tug and examined the !
A telegraph fron Weymouth l a s t night s t a t e , that Mr. Fowler report whole of the coast of t i n Island of Sark, but with what r e s u l t . Is not
that he baa found nothing, and the Commodore la coming back t o Wey­ yet known.
mouth; but another steam tug w i l l be immediately procured t o .earch A telegram received from Cuemsey s t a t e s that B.H.5. Dasher and
the coast round the channel Island*, commencing at [Link] to-day. the steam tug Rtscua have s t a r t e d In the direction indicated by «oa«
Mr. Fowler 1B of tplnloa t h a t the balloon struck the water soon a f t e r French fiahermen vho have reported seeing a balloon d r i f t i n g towards
going out t o sea. the southvmst near fteches louvres. I t was not expected that t h t y
I t may be stated that the Saladin i s a brown balloon, and the word would return to,«hore before t h i s morning.
"Saladin" appeora prominently in white l e t t e r s on the c e n t r e . I t has Our Plymouth correspondent s t a t e s that the Cams Dasher returned t o j
been ascertained t h a t the Saladin carried a t e l e s c o p e , a speaking Guernsey l a s t night from Reches Douvres, having seen nothing of the '
trumpet, and a lamp amongst other t h i n g s , which would prove useful in balloon. Doubts are expressed of the correctness of the fishermen's
case the balloon r i o a t e d . With three passengers the Saladin usually r e p o r t . The p i l o t landed at the lighthouse with great d i f f i c u l t y , and
carried about five hundred-weight of b a l l a s t , and i t s t o t a l l i f t i n g ascertained from tha lightkeepers that they had obseerved nothing. f
power was about 1,5001b*. In i t s past career t h i s balloon had had The Rescue continued the search along the coast. '
many adventures, ejid on one occasion come i n contact with a gasometer 18B1 December IS (thJ'Loodon iimes, p . t-i. ' —
at Woolwich, and Jerked out Captain Lee, R.E. The great s i t e and un-
e Sn of t h V OSB iS i na * ^ d ' i t " r ^ U r £ l U U e t T a c c i - The Lost Balloon (Walter Powell and the S . l . d l n - C a p t . T e s t e r and J r .
viciuyncim Gardner, who broke hia l e g , were thrown out as they h a s t i l y landad the
dents. ballc-on on the varga of i t s passing out to sea. Fowall shot up in tin
The
fol-lowlng police notice has been sent by the Scotland lord a i r with the balloon when the other two men were thrown out, and nelthei
a u t h o r i t i e s t o a i n h e ports in the United Kingdom:—"Re balloon c a r ­ Povell nor the balloon ware ever r e l i a b l y seen again.)
ried southward on Saturday containing Mr. Powell, M.P.—Pletse notify I t i s reported from Hartlepool that on Tuesday morning a huge b a l ­
. at once a l l outgoing v e s s e l e , p i l o t s , shipmaaters, and o t h e r s , that loon vat seen passing In a northerly course over Hartlepool from the
L50 reward w i l l be paid by the family for Information leading to urn t e a . I t was only observed for a feu momenta through the fog, and vat
recapture, L100 t o the f i r s t finder of the balloon, and L200 for the a* a considerable a l t i t u d e . I t was t r a v e l l i n g vary r a p i d l y , and a p ­
recovery of the body, or amply compensation for a s s i s t a n c e rendered t o peared to be under no c o n t r o l .
Mr. Powell i f s t i l l a l i v e . " Sat. Dec. 17, 6d.~The Lost B a l l o o n . . . .
A telegram froa Hartlepool l a s t night says:—This morning a large A simple explanation i s given of the story received from Aberdeen
balloon was seen on a northerly course over Eortlepool from the sea. respecting a supposed balloon ***x x* ky ■ g r r r t a m axxx seen by a
I t was only observed for a few moments through the fog, and was a t a steamer off Hontrote. I t vat a Hontgolfier f i r e balloon sent up by a
considerable a l t i t u d e . I t was t r a v e l l i n g very r a p i d l y , and appeared fa gentleman near ftundee for the amusement of his children. I t saema to
to be under no c o n t r o l . If i t continued on the same course i t would have burnt a l l night and travelled northwarda toward Hontroaa, vhaxt I t
t r a v e l overland, and i f under control I t might come down on land. collapsed.
Captain Templer, who arrived in Bridport yesterday afternoon, D«c. 20, 9f—Reports from Madrid indicate south and southeast winds, sc
believeB that the balloon never l e f t the Channel, and t h a i i t vould
I t l a l i k e l y that the balloon aeen over Spain again carried out te sea,
t r a v e l nine miles before dropping.
as believed.
l86l December 15 ("K, ) Manchester Guardian, p . 5. 22, 7d—(ed)'—Channel I s l a n d s , France and Spain-Tpaople there fancied
they sav a balloon s a i l i n g south.
THE MISSIHG BALLOOfl. /
Hon. THE [Link]
26, ' 8 BALLOOH.—A
1 , p . )d: Reuter's telegram dated Madrid, Dec. 24,
Up to l a s t evening no information had been received at the Admir-
a l t y or Foreign Office respecting the s i t t i n g balloon Saladin e i t h e r aaysi—"A l a t t e r bat been received from the Chief Officer of CUSCOBS at
from abroad or any place around the c o a t t . The opinion, strengthened Santander with p a r t i c u l a r s of the balloon seen l a s t week near that plac
by evidence which i s now regarded as almost conclusive, gains ground : by theee custosehouse guards. The balloon was moving In a v e r t i c a l
t h a t Mr. P o v e l l , making up h i s mind t o drop as near t h e shore aa pot- pot i t ion over Hount del Fuerte, and the guard t stated that a quantity
s i b l e in km the hope t h a t the balloon would float and t h a t he should i of sparks of f i r e were proceeding from i t . I t was these sparks, in
Bpeedily be rescued, pulled the valve rope but allowed so much gas td f a c t , that rendered i t v i a i b l e in the [Link] the n i g h t . Tha
escape t h a t the balloon came down v i t h such force t h a t i t was swallow guards ascended the mountain In order to get a better view of the b * l - j
ed up, and t h a t both i t and the unfortunate voyager are at the bottoi loon, but i t was driven by the wind in the direction of the Bay of j
of the sea. In West Bay Captain Templer has been making i n q u i r i e s . ' Biscay and was seen the following day near Bilbao." I
Dragging operations have been commenced, but a l l operations ahad to 1 8 8 1
be suspended on account of the very heavy Btate of the sea. The Cap-, D * " " 0 " " < Frl > L 01 " 10 " T l n e " . P- l l - " ( e r a i)
t a i n now s t a t e s t h a t he Is r e l u c t a n c t l y compelled t o subscribe t o tht
opinion t h a t the balloon had descended into the sea, instead of, aa The Hissing Balloon.
he f i r s t thought, ascending i n t o the a i r and crossing the Channel. The following telegram, which une received yesterday momln* by the
In consequence of t h i s b e l i e f I t has been decided t o d i r e c t more Commander of Uxm Her Majesty's ship Dasher from the Postmaster In
Aldemey, appeared in our second edition of yesterday;— I
p a r t i c u l a r a t t e n t i o n t o the part of the coast where the balloon vent
over the c l i f f , and the fishermen along the shore have been adviaed "Balloon seen by eeversl men off llanney-hill yetterdsy at 7 a.m. _'
of the reward offered for Mr. Poweel e i t h e r dead or a l i v e , while n l a c - Supposed to be Hr. Powell. Also Been by a soldier on board the Courlei
arda have been extensively posted. Men have been engaged to keep a The Dasher at once proceeded to Alderney to inquire into the cruth
constant watch along the shore in the neighbourhood of Bridport, v i t b of the r e p o r t .
Instructions t o observe anything t h a t may come t o the surface of the On the a r r i v a l of Captain Cosens at Alderney yeaterday, he sifted
water. Meanwhile, although more p a r t i c u l a r search Is going on along the reports of several men who affirm most strongly that on Wednesday
the fixUtoxsuw Dorset c o a s t , no effort i t being relaxed. In the Chan­ morning they saw eomething like a balloon going in an easterly d i r e c t - '
nel Islands the most active measures nave been token; and Major Gen­ ion through the a i r . The report Is confirmed by a gunner t h e r e , who,
e r a l Nicholson, in response t o i n s t r u c t i o n s from t h t Admlratlty, has I t la aald, can ba thoroughly relied upon, and ha s t a t e s that at half-
sent out K.M.S. Dasher t o tearch the c o a s t , and ordered a t t r l c t look- past 2, whila on look-out duty, he n v a balloon a a l l l o s in an e a s t ­
i out t o be kept a l l along the coaat. Although rumoura that the hon. ward d i r e c t i o n . Acting on t h i s Information Captain Cotena has deslrad
t gentleman had reached Brittany proved t o be altogether unfounded, ths the Cherbourg steamers to keep a close look-out, and he w i l l s t a r t t o - ■
' family have instructed Captain Cosens t o proceed to Guernsey and h i r e morrow morninjr to make a search In that d i r e c t i o n .
 A Bridport telegram l a s t evening e a y e : -
-JO i n t e r e s t b u d u r i n g t h e l a s t few d a y s been f e l t , h a s now, i t i s b e l ­
"The t u g commenced s e a r c h i n g In Heat Bay t h i s n o m i n g In and a b o u t i e v e d , been d i s c o v e r e d , and a b r i e f t i m e w i l l s e t a t r a i t a l l t h e hope*'
t h e v i c i n i t y w h e r e t h e b a l l o o n l a supposed t o have d e s c e n d e d , t o a s c e r ­ and f e a r t h a t have been e n t e r t a i n e d by h i s f r i e n d s nod t h e p u b l i c w i t h .
t a i n t h e s t a t e of t h e b o t t o m w i t h t h e view of v e n d i n g down d l v e r a , A r e s p e c t t o Kr. P o w e l l ' s f a t e . The a u t h o r i t i e s c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h a v e r ~ '
l a r g e gun was p l a c e d on b o a r d , and 20 o r 30 r o u n d s were f i r e d t o d i s ­ l o u s o f f i c i a l d e p a r t m e n t s a p p e a r a a t l s f l e d t h a t t h a b a l l o o n has bean '
t r a c e d , and Lord CTenterdenD h a s w r i t t e n f r o a t h e F o r e i g n O f f i c e t o Kr.'
t u r b t h e w a t e r In t h e hope t h a t i t would b r i n g t h e b a l l o o n o r t h e body
Powell's r e l a t i o n s expressing h i s b e l i e f t h a t the searches hare got
to the surface. T h i s was c o n t i n u e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e d a y , "
upon t h e r i g h t t r a c k . Hundreds o f t e l e g r a j s s h a r e been r e c e i v e d , n o t
An Immense number of t e l e g r a m s and mass of o t h e r c o r r e s p o n d e n c e o n l y a t t h e F o r e i g n O f f i c e and a t t h e M e t e o r o l o g i c a l O f f i c e , b u t by
have been r e c e i v e d , a s t h e r e s u l t of y e s t e r d a y ' s I n q u i r i e s , from Norway t h e s o l i c i t o r s sod f a m i l y o f Mr. P o w e l l , from v a r i o u s p l a c e s a l o n g t h e
F r a n c e , S p a i n , A m e r i c a , t h e Channel I s l a n d s , and many C o n t i n e n t a l towns. E n g l i s h and French c o a s t s , b u t t h e v a s t m a j o r i t y o f t h e s o messages con-i
Lord T e n t e r d e n h a s communicated t o Mr. P o w e l l ' s r e l a t i v e s a t B r l d ­ t a l n e d l i t t l e c a l c u l a t e d t o a s s i s t the s e a r c h . During t h e course of
p o r t a t e l e p r a r a r e c e i v e d a t t h e F o r e i g n O f f i c e from t h e B r i t i s h V i c e - y e s t e r d a y , however, s e v e r a l messages a r r i v e d t o t h e o f f i c e t h a t a b a l ­
C o n s u l , a t C h e r b o u r g , d a t e d 1(1:30 a.m. y e s t e r d a y and s t a t i n g t h a t a l o o n had been seen i n t h e Channel b e t w e e n t h e E n g l i s h and French c o e a t t
f i s h e r m a n named C s s t e l L o u i s , of { I l g n y J , had r e p o r t e d h a v i n g s e e n an
o b j e c t f l o a t i n g In t h e w a t e r a t 7 o ' c l o c k on Wednesday m o r n i n g a b o u t *y a f i s h e r m a n o f C h e r b o u r g , and i n q u i r i e s were a t once s e t on f o o t
30 m i l e s from t h e F r e n c h c o a s t and 20 m i l e s frois t h e E n g l i s h c o a s t , which l e f t b u t l i t t l e " d o u b t i n t h e Binds of t h e e u t h e r i t i e s t h a t a
between Cape La llogue and A l d e r n e y , which l a s u p p o s e d t o be t h e K i s s i n g d e f i n i t e c l u e had been o b t a i n e d . The f i r a t neva t h a t t h e b a l l o o n had
balloon. Not knowing a t t h e t i m e , however, of t h e d i s a p p e a r a n c e of Mr. b e e n a i g h t e d was r e c e i v e d a t t h e r o r e i g n O f f i c e i n a t e l e g r a m from Rer
Powell and t h e b a l l o o n , he d i d n o t a p p r a o a c h n e a r e r t h a t _ 2 0 0 m e t r e s , M a j e s t y ' s V i c e Consul a t C h e r b o u r g t o Lord T e n t e r d e n . The Vice Consul
t e l e g r a p h e d aa f o l l o w s : —
b e i n g In a h u r r y t o g e t t o market w i t h h l a f i s h . I t ' w a s dusk a t t h e
t i m e , and from i t s movement he t h o u g h t i t was a w h a l e , b u t he r e m a r k e d " C h e r b o u r g , 10 a . a . — L o u i s C a e t e l , f i s h e r m a n , o f Xxg I s i g n y , h a s
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b a l l o o n had h e r n s e e p B e a r i n g t h e Grampflans, i s n o t c o n f i r m e d . p r o g r e s s i n g f a v o u r a b l y , and I t 1* hoped he w i l l be a b l e t o l e a v e t h e
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THE LOST BALLOON. /
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r e c e i v e d about t h e m i s s i n g b a l l o o n . TO THE EDITOR OFTTHE TIKES.
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above w a t e r , and c o u l d by no p o s s i b i l i t y have been sbovn from any September 2 6 . / I u k , / J . H . LEFROY.
v e s s e l , b u t must h a v e been e x h i b i t e d from a b a l l o o n ; w e a t h e r a t t i m e " F o r t h * Royal C a i e t t e .
hajsy, w i t h f r e s h N.E. w i n d ; f u l l r e p o r t s w i l l f o l l o w . " "A B a l l o o n P a s s e d Bermuda.
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tottiB o f f i c e r s t a t i o n e d a t L a d e r o , n e a r S a n t a n d e r , h a s t e l e g r a p h e d t o " S i t , — T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g , a b o u t 8:30 a . m . , t h e r e w*« o b s e r v e d by
t h e P r e f e c t o f S a n t a n d e r t h a t a t t e n o ' c l o c k on F r i d a y n i g h t he saw a Hr*. A d e l l n a D. B a a a e t t a a t r a n g e o b j e c t i n t h a c l o u d a , coming from
b a l l o o n , s u p p o s e d t o be t b e m i s s i n g b a l l o o n S a l a d i n , p a s s o v e r t h e p o r t ' t h e n o r t h . She c a l l e d t b e a t t e n t i o n of H r * . L . Lowell t o I t , and t h e y
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a s s i s t a n c e w h e r e v e r t h e b a l l o o n may d e s c e n d . —A l a t e r t e l e g r a m s a y s , t h a t I t waa o f t r i a n g u l a r s h a p e a n d a b o u t t h e s i t e o f o n e o f o u r p i l o t
" a l a r g e b a l l o o n was Been t h i s a f t e r n o o n a b o u t t v o k i l o m e t r e s from B i l ­ b o a t ' * m a l n a a i l e , w i t h c h a i n s a t t a c e d t o t h e b o t t o m p a r t of i t . When
bao by t h e c o n d u c t o r o f t h e tramway r u n n i n g b e t v e e n t h a t t o v n and c r o s s i n g t h e l a n d i t a p p e a r e d t o d e s c e n d , b u t a s I t went t o t h e s e a i t .
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coast. A p o l i c e m a n a i « * a l s o saw i t , and g i v e s much t h e same i n f o r m a ­ s o u t h .
t i o n on t h e s u b j e c t . " "ROBERT T. BASSETT."
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THE LOST BALLOON. A LOST BALLOON. / TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

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to be the Saladin, which was seen near Bilbao yesterday afternoon, not­ n o t p r o b a b l y t o ba m e a s u r e d by d a y . b u t b y h o u r . . I f t h * " * t r a n g * o b ­
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The Board of Trade has received the following copy of a telegram
from the Collector of Customs, Dartmouth, to their assistant secretary. H e t . i S o c . / September 2 9 . ■ ■
Marine Department, Board of Trade, dated Saturday:—"A pilot reporta A HTRACE 1H DORSET 1 TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
having aeen two bright lights at 8 o'clock on Sunday evealng last two «i S i r , — T h l * a f t e r n o o n a t 5 o ' c l o c k p r e c i s e l y wa w l t n . s a a d from t h i s
or three miles off Dartmouth Harbour, moving very rapidly towards S.W,, h i l l , of 360 f a e t a l t i t u d e , a moat p e r f e c t r e f l e x i o n i n t b . c l o u d a of
then disappeared; In about ten minutes a dark object was visible above a s h i p In f u l l s a i l . Tha P u r b e c k H i l l s , s i t u a t e a b o u t 13 o r 14 m l l e e
and below them. They appeared to be from about 20 ft. to 60 ft. above t o o u r a o u t h - v e . t , a h u t o u t o u r d i r e c t v i e w of t h e aea in t h a t d i r e c ­
water, and could by no possibility have been shown from any veasel, t-ut t i o n , and i n a l l o u r l o n g e x p e r i e n c e of many b e a u t i f u l v l r v s of t h a
must have been exhibited from a balloon. Heather at time hazy, with c o a s t l i n e we have n e v e r b e f o r e o b s e r v e d t h i a c u r l o u * phenomenon. It
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doubt that the balloon seen to paas over Santander, In Spain, la a Enquirer.
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* r « v e r y p o s i t i v e t h a t t h e y a c t u a l l y v l t n e a a e d s o m e t h i n g t h a t I s aa
A Queer L i t t l e C l o u d b u r s t . / Prom t h e G a l v e s t o n Hews. y e t unaccounted f o r . T h e i r s t o r y , i o b r i e f , a s t o l d by M c l n t y r e , was
PILOT POIKT, T e x a s , May 1 9 . — A t a b o u t 5 : 2 0 o ' c l o c k l a s t e v e n i n g t h a t when t h a y were I n t h e b a r n h i t c h i n g up t h e i r t e a a s a s t r a n g e s e n ­
a sudden s p l a s h and r u a h i n g o f v a t e r on t h e s o u t h e a s t c o r n e r o f t h e s a t i o n o f ava and d r e a d c a a e o v e r them. L o o k i n g up M c l n t y r e aew a
s q u a r e was h e a r d and s e e n , and tax*: t e a m s h i t c h e d t o c a r r i a g e s s t a n d - h o r r i b l e a p p a r i t i o n coming t o v a r d him f r o a t b a v e a t Tba " s h a p e " was
ing c l o s e by d a s h e d o f f i n f r i g h t , b u t f o r t u n a t e l y t h e d r i v e r s had o v e r 100 f e a t above t h a ground and l o o k e d t o be a b o u t twenty f e a t long
t h e i r l i n e s i n hand o r s e r i o u e damage would have been d o n e . Upon t h e and e i g h t f a a t v i d e , and moved r a p i d l y t h r o u g h t b a a i r by aeana of
f i r s t r e a c t i o n from a l a r m t h u s o c c a s i o n e d t h e c a u s e o f t h i s sudden a e v e r a l p a i r s o f f i n s . Tha men c l a i m t h a t I t d i d n o t seem t o have a
p r e c i p i t a t i o n o f s u c h a s m a l l body o f w a t e r , l e s s t h a n f i v e b a r r e l s , b e a d . When I t g o t i m m e d i a t e l y o v e r t h e r e s i d e n c e o f K r . M a r t i n , t h e i r
w i t h a f o r c e and accompanied by such a p e c u l i a r d e t o n a t i o n , a s i t anp l o y a r , i t commenced % to t u r n . . i o i g d ^ l n a^gif'£ 1* t. ytjey * J ^ j r e m a i n e d ^ /£••
c o u l d h a v e o n l y d e s c e n d e d from t h e c l o u d s , was o b s e r v e d t o b e two £C£EM'lSbs'tdtrm went b u t I n t o t h e s t r e e t , and a s V ' i t rTaa e g i i l n , a s j*d
c l o u d s i m m e d i a t e l y a b o v e , one a b r o n r e , a n g r y - l o o k i n n and t h e o t h e r a l s o d i d h i s w l f a . They became t i r e d and v e n t i n t o t h a h o u s e , l e a v i n g " "
a o u r p l l s h , smoke c o l o r e d c l o u d w i t h s i l v e r s t r e a k s t h r o u g h i t . tha object s t i l l in a l g h t .

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t h e two Ice-aten w a r e a l m o s t s c a r e d t o d e a t h by t h a earn* o b j e c t . There
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a r e o t h e r p e r s o n a who w e r e o u t a b o u t t b a s a n e t l m a , and t h a y a l l n o t ­
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUM—Sir; Can you f u r n i s h any i n f o r m a t i o n p e c u l i a r s e n s a t i o n would cotoe o v e r them e v e r y few m l n u t a a , l i k e aa i f
concerning t h e s t a r (a l a r g e oneT seen every evening about over J e r ­ t h e y f e l t t h a t s o m e t h i n g waa going t o swoop down upon t h e m . Tha r e l a
s e y C i t y , and which d i s a p p e a r s a t 10 P.M. s h a r p ! Or i s i t t h e e l e c - . a o q u e s t i o n b u t t h a t t h e s t r a n g e o b j e c t waa s e e n , b u t what i t was l a
t r i e l i g h t s e n t up i n a b a l l o o n by E d i s o n a t b i s r e s i d e n c e a t Menlo Uyatery. ,
Park, N.J.T J.D. / New v o r k , J u n e 1 7 .
1891 September 9 (Wed) I n d i a n a p o l i s J o u r n a l , p . 1 .
We h a v e s e v e r a l t i m e s , i n r e p l y t o q u e s t i o n s s i m i l a r t o t h e a b o v e ,
explained t h a t t h e b r i l l i a n t a t a r seen in t h e western heavens in t h e C r e w f o r d a v l U e ' s A i r y Spook / T u r n s Out t o Have Been a P l i g h t o f
e v e n i n g i s t h e p l a n e t V e n u s , and n o t an e l e c t r i c l i g h t . I t will con­
F r i g h t e n e d K l U d e e r s — J o k e on t h a M i n i s t e r . / S p e c i a l t o I n d p l a J n l .
t i n u e t o i n c r e a s e i n b r i g h t n e s s u n t i l Aug. 1 6 , s e t t i n g a l i t t l e e a r l - j
C r a w f o r d s v l l l a , I n J . , S e p t . 8.—Two men of t h i s c i t y c l a i m t o
l e r e v e r y e v e n i n g i n t h e mean t i m e , and n S e p t e m b e r i t w i l l d i s a p p e a r , , a t l i f « c l : o r l l y s e t t l e d t h e mysterious a p p a r i t i o n w i t n . a . e d in t b .
from t h e e v e n i n g sky t o r e a p p e a r , l * t e r i n t h e a u t u m n , i n t h e e a s t . ' u u u t d
j u s t b e f o r e s u n r i s e . I f anybody s t i l l t h i n k , i t i s an e l e c t r i c l i g h t ^ ^ t hTe y ^ J S t h a t i t waa a f l i g h t of k l i l d e e r a , a l l huddled t o -
s e n t up i n a b a l l o o n l e t b i n s t a r t o u t In s e a r c h o f t h e r o p e t h a t
g e t h e r , f l y i n g a b o u t i n an a i m l e s s manner, b e i n g b e w i l d e r e d by t h e
h o l d s i t , and i f h i s p e r s e v e r e n c e e q u a l s h i s g u l l i b i l i t y b e may w a l k e l e c t r i c l i g h t e . These b i r d s being very high in tha a i r could not be
t o t h e P a c i f i c w i t h o u t g e t t i n g any c l o s e r t o h i s d a n l l n g g o a l . e a s i l y d i s t i n g u i s h e d , a n d i f t h i s I s s c o r r e c t s o l u t i o n t h o s e who
j c o u l d ,flnd no . e a r l i e r m e n t i o n s ) w l c n e a a e d I t a r e e x o n o r a t e d of t h e c h a r g e t h a t t h e y were l a b o r i n g unde
1888 Kay 30 (Wed) Hew York T i m e s , p . 3 . a " j a g " o r had a bad [Link] of i n d i g e s t i o n , and s h o u l d b * d i e t e d . It is
n o t i c e d t h a t t h a a p p a r i t i o n h o v e r e d around o n l y M e t h o d i s t p e o p l e ' a I
A Flying Serpent. b o u s e s and t h a K e t h o d i e t C h u r c h . Rev. C.W. S w i t i e r , who w i t n e s s e d t h e
C o l u m b i a , S . C . , Kay 2 9 . — C l o s e l y f o l l o w i n g t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e s t r a n g e a i g h t , h»a r e c e i v e d many l e t t e r s I n q u i r i n g a b o u t t h a " a p o o k . " .
hand of flame i n t h e h e a v e n s above Ohio c o n e s a s t o r y from D a r l i n g t o n But h e r e c e i v e d one l e t t e r t h a t n o n p l u e e d him. I t waa f r o * fceeley'a
C o u n t y , i n t h i s s t a t e , of a f l y i n g s e r p e n t . L a a t Sunday e v e n i n g , j u s t ^I nms t^i tuu t e f o r „I n e b r i a t e s a t P l a l n f i e l d , and i n I t waa s t a t e d t h a t t h a
b e f o r e s u n s e t , Miss Ida D a v i s and h e r two y o u n g e r a i a t e r s w e r e s t r o l l i - n t l e n t s ' t n a r a ' f r e q u a n t l y aaw J u a t such t h i n g e , and t h a t t h a a p p a r i t -
ng t h r o u g h t h e w o o d s , when t h e y w e r e a u d d e n l y s t a r t l e d b y t h e a p p e a r -
a n c e of a huge s e r p e n t moving t h r o u g h t h e a i r above t h e m . Tha a e r p e n t j " " • . - o f t " P ^ torus and t a i l a . I t a l s o s t a t e d t h a t a f t e r a few d a y i '
was d i s t a n t o n l y two o r t h r e e r o d e when t h e y f i r a t b e h e l d i t , and waa ' • » . . * _ „ , » t h - , , . , 1 - n . . . A,A _ „ , . . . _„„>, . , v . . „., , .
s a i l i n g t h r o u g h ^ h e s i r w i t h a . p e e d e q u a l t o t h a t o f a hawk o r b u a a . r d " ^ ^ J g f f ^ f f «,g I V ' Z ^ ' ^ ' l J . V ^ ^ ' ^ ' -
b u t w i t h o u t any v i s i b l e means o f p r o p u l s i o n . I t a movementa In I t s l o j l September T\ I ™ j T C r a w r o r d s v i l l e , ! n d . , c i l l y J o u r n a l , p . 3 .
f l i g h t r e s e m b l e d t h o s e of a s n a k e , and i t l o o k e d a f o r m i d a b l e o b j e c t
a s i t wound I t s way a l o n g , b e i n g a p p a r e n t l y a b o u t f i f t e e n f e e t i n A s k i n g About t h e S p o o k .
length. The g i m l s a t o o d amaied and f o l l o w e d i t w i t h t h e i r e y e e u n t i l P o s t s u i a t e r B o n n e l l I s r e c e i v i n g l e t t e r s e v e r y m a i l fYow p e o p l e a l l
i t v*a l o s t t o view i n t h e d i s t a n c e . The f l y i n g a e r p e n t waa a l a o s e e n o v e r t h e c o u n t r y a n x i o u s l y i n q u i r i n g a b o u t t h e " s p o o k " which was se^n
by a number of p e o p l e i n o t h e r p a r t a o f t h e c o u n t y e a r l y i n t h e a f t e r ­ h e r e l a a t F r i d a y n i g h t . The i n q u i r i e s seem f o r t h e most p a r t t o be
noon of t h e same d a y , and by t h o s e i t i s r e p r e s e n t e d aa e m i t t i n g a d e l u d e d f o o l s and n e a r l y s c a r e d out o f t h e i r w i t s b y Whet t h e y t h i n k
h i s s i n g n o i s e which c o u l d be d i s t i n c t l y h e a r d . The nejsroea i n t h a t I p o r t e n d s t h e a p p r o a c h o f J u d p o e n t Day. One p o o r woman l i v i n g n e a r S t .
s e c t i o n are g r e a t l y e x c i t e d over the m a t t e r . Religious revival ; L o u i s w r i t e s a l e t t e r which would be w i t h e t i c i f i t were n o t s o d e -
finrtlngm h a w I.I..H t m i l £ i i r « f i n ) < n B 1 1 f h » 4 l - r K m - r h p n , a n d H i n n y ^ l f j liciously ludicrous. C o n c l u d i n g a t e r r i f i e d a p p e a l f o r d i r e c t informa­
them d e c l a r e t h a t t h e day of judgment l a n e a r ^ a t h a n d . | t i o n s h e s a y s s h e h e a r d t h e same t h i n g was s e e n In Ohio some t i n e a r o
1.889 L ' A n n e e ' S c l e n t l f i q u e , v . 3 2 , p p . 6 o - 7 . ' "" and s h e f e a r s i t i s coming W e s t . She wants t o know a l s o I f i t can be
s e e n i n t h e day t i n * and what c o l o r i t I s . T h e r e i s a n o t h e r c l a s s o f
BALL LIGHTENING AT SAINT PETERSBURG. e a r n e s t I n q u i r i e s who may b e d e n o m i n a t e d a s c r a n k s . They w r i t e a
The f o l l o w i n g event was o b s e r v e d by H. AR*1 « i a t V l a d i c a u c a a e . . s o r t o f " I t o l d you s o " l e t t e r i n which t h e y s a y t h e y have been l o o k i n j
On J u l y 3 0 , 1 8 8 8 , a b o u t 6 p . m . , a group of b r i l l i a n t b a l l s w e r e s e e n f o r t h e a p p r o a c h o f t h e l a s t day f o r some t i m e , and seem t o t a k e e x -
moving a l o n g a r a v i n e . T h r e e b a l l s were c l e a r l y d i s t i n g u i s h e d ; one t r e a t ! p l e a s u r e <n c o n t e m p l a t i n g i t s n e a r a p p r o a c h .
b i g y e l l o w b a l l , h a v i n g t h e l u s t e r o f g o l d , and two s m a l l p u r p l e b a l l a 1B92 March Jt: E n g l i s h M e c h a n i c , v . 5 5 , p . 3 i o c ( L e t t e r s t o E d . ) fvmmmW,
a t t h e s i d e s of t h e l a r g e o n e . The s l o p e s o f t h e r a v i n e w e r e l i g h t e d
by a p u r p l e l i g h t . About t h r e e m i n u t e s l a t e r , t h e b a l l s became s m a l l e r
Tha B r i t i s h J o u r n a l i s t ! can a c a r c e l y be a c c u s e d o f b e i n g b e h i n d h a n d
and d i s a p p e a r e d i n s t a n t l y , w i t h o u t any s o u n d .
i n M a a c c o u n t s and a n n o u n c e m e n t s o f m a r v e l l o u s phenomena I n t h e h e a ­
1&91, September 6 (Sun morn}' I n d i a n a p o l i s J o u r n a l , p . 1 .
v e n s ; - f o r t o g i v e a s i n g l e e x e m p l e . T b e S t a r o f B e t h l e h e m " c r o p s up
as r e g u l a r l y In t h e newspapers u the sea s e r p e n t . But i f we nay
Was I t a Caae of " J a g " T / S i n g u l a r Phenomenon R e p o r t e d a s Having Been J u d g e from t h e f o l l o w i n g e x t r a c t ( v b i c h I t r a n s l a t e f r o a t h e Stockholm ■
Seen by Two Hen E a r l y i n t h e H o r n i n g . / S p e c i a l t o t h e I n d p l a . J o u r n a l . p a p e r l ' A f t o n b l a d o f t h e 9 t h } , h e , i n o u r p o p u l a r s l a n g , " i s n ' t In i t " '
C r e w f o r d s v i l l e , I n d . , S e p t . 5 . — M a r s h a l l M c l n t y r e and W i l l G r a y , w i t h h i s Swedish c o n f r e r e s . <
e m p l o y e e s of an i c e f i r m , t e l l a w e i r d , w i l d s t o r y of what t h e y aaw "In t h e environs of Hochlande," says t h e paragraph in the Stockhol'
l a s t n i g h t , at about 2 o ' c l o c k . At t h a t h o u r t h e y ware h i t c h i n g up J o u r n a l , t h e r e was s e e n , between 9 and 10 o ' c l o c k a t n i g h t . In t h e ,
t h e i r teams a t t h e b a r n of K r . M a r t i n , i n t h i a c i t y , when M c l n t y r e a a y s d i r e c t i o n o f t h e n o r t h , t o t h e west o f t h e C r e s t B e a r , and p r e t t y hl*h-~.
t h a t "a s t r a n g e s e n s a t i o n of awe and d r e a d came o v e r h i m , a n d , l o o k i n g
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up in the sky, a. large s t a r , which seemed to be of the f i r s t magnitude ^J* o f f i c i a l journal of Waraaw, the1 Warschauakll Dnevntk, also !
and which rendered i t s e l f conspicuous by i t a extraordinary movement, s t a t e , that a large balloon waa observed on th« 7th March (lJthTl l a
t n e
At f i r s t i t advanced with great r a p i d i t y , and in a s t r a i g h t l i n e , | neighbourhood of Dombrova. The balloon waa cowing froa tha Mukh-
tovards the east for an estimated diatance of 125 yards ( ! ) , appearing west, and following a north-eaaterly direction along tha Ivangorod-
then to be oblong, and approximately twelve inches long by about a , Dombrowa Railway, and thia In aplta of tha fact that a notth-«aat
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quarter of t h a t wide, and t o be of a fiery-red colour. I t then r e - " bloving. The balloon disappeared behind the cloud*, but
turned t o i t s f i r s t p o s i t i o n , afterwards t o move not l e s s rapidly t o - reappeared about 45 minutes l a t e r with a l i g h t burning ( i t waa then
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wards the west, to regain, a f t e r about an equal I n t e r v a l , i t s original 'f • * * ' v e n i n g ) , and following a course directly op­
p o s i t i o n ; subsequently r i s i n g slowly, then descending considerably P ° " d t 0 t h e ' o r i n e r <">*♦ I t *■ presumed thac the balloon Must ha**
below i t , and finishing by recovering i t , I t moved p r i n c i p a l l y in | been provided with a highly perfected steering apparatus. |
s t r a i g h t l i n e s , with a very s l i g h t e l l i p t i c a l curvature, but Incessant; inere la reason to suppose that both the French" and ~the~C#hian [
ly kx changing colour. This a g i t a t i o n (or movement) continued for tennJ-Htary a u t h o r i t i e a are in possession of some sort of apparatus for i
hours, when i t ceased. The phenomenon was observed by several jwipii.. steering balloons. ^__
The sole hypothesis admissible at p r e s e n t , " the writer goes on to say, 1892 Hatch 31 tlh) Hew York Tribune, p . i .
"in the study of these meteors, which, are bolides of which the t r a j e c ­
t o r i e s are often perturbed In t h e i r I n i t i a l d i r e c t i o n , i s that I t may [ German Army Balloons in Active Use. / Hovering Over the Forts In
happen that a f t e r having encountered atmospheric s t r a t a of greater and Russian Poland with Search Lights at Night.
greater d e n s i t y , the bolides experience a kind of r i c o c h e t , which pre- S t . Petersburg, Harch 30.—The presence of balloona over the forts
vents t h e i r further approach to the e a r t h , and sends them back towards *»• encampments in Poland ia becoming note and more frequent, and t h i s
■the upper regions of the atmosphere—circumstances which may occasion ; i«ct i s causing much indignation among Army o f f i c e r s , who are unable
to prevent m i l i t a r y secrets from becoming known to German o f f i c e r s ,
changes in the form and curvature of the t r a j e c t o r i e s of b o l i d e s . We
max must, nevertheless, add t h a t the symmetry of the movement In the who sre taking observations from a height that places them beyond the
present phenomenon i s . without precedent in the catalogue which t r e a t s reach of b u l l e t a . Tha impression prows stronger every day that the
of these phenomena." I should think s o . An e l l i p t i c a l bolide of a German* have a t l a s t solved the problem of a e r i a l navigation. The
fiery red, but continually changing colour, which o s c i l l a t e s l i k e a balloona that have appeared over various placea in Poland ara under
pendulum and remains v i s i b l e for ten h o u r s ! ! ! i s not l i k e l y to be i n - perfect c o n t r o l .

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( F r i . eve.) Keue Freie Presse (Vienna), p . 6.
A few nights ago the people of Warsaw were acartled by an intense­
ly bright l i g h t in the aky. All eyes were turned upward, but nothing
could be seen save a path of l i g h t that ended in a small focus. Sud-
At Dombrovo, in Congress-Poland, the Russian border watch observed denly the ray of l i g h t svept in another d i r e c t i o n , and, when t h e i r a?
an a e r i a l balloon at a considerable height flying over the Russian eyea bacane accustomed to the darkness that followed, the people could |
border. The Krakow border-watch commandant, who presumed Prussian see, £** up in the sky, a balloon. Then i t dawned upon them that lty** I
officers were in the balloon, ordered i t I f i r e d upon, [though i t J an e l e c t r i c search l i g h t that had caused the b r i l l i a n t illumination, *»<
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continued to remain Cnotlonless3. Afterward the balloon waa eagerly and that the Germans were continuing t h e i r observations of Russian
considered. defenses with i t s aid. The balloon remained over the city u n t i l 1 o '
|clock in tha morning, when the l i g h t was extinguished, and the balloon,
March 26 {Sat.) p . 1*. Petersburg, 25 M a r c h . . . . 'heading westward toward the frontier of Prussia, disappeared. Later
The Synod (council) demanded energetic measures be taken against |another balloon was seen over the Proushof rsllway s t a t i o n . I t r e - '
Prussisn espionage by a e r i a l balloont, which, according t o the Polish 'nained s t a t i o n a r y for a time, and then started In the direction of the
newspapers, have repeatedly been observed r e c e n t l y . Froa I r e l l a b l e fort works near Kelcts, over which i t hovered awhile, returning then
sources i t i s learned t h a t the Prussian m i l i t a r y CmenJ a t Thorn, scross the f r o n t i e r . Reports of similar occurrencea have been r e ­
housed at night in a ballon c a p t l f . reconnoiter the Russian border ceived from Sosnoviteky and other places along the f r o n t i e r . The
with an e l e c t r i c l i g h t of great s i z e . , balloona came from Prussian S i l e s i a In the nighttime and projected the /
rays of powerful searchlights in every d i r e c t i o n . The balloons, which
March 28 (Hon) p . 3 . were at a great height, remained stationary sometimes for a period of (
Krakau, 2T March..,—Last night In Russian Poland e l e c t r i c a l l y 140 minutes, and would then proceed in any desired d i r e c t i o n . j
lighted a e r i * l balloons from Prussia* appesrea, vhich took a north 1892 March 21 (Th) Manchester Cuardlan, p . 8.
westerly course and again returned back to P r u s s i a . The balloons bad
Foreign Telegrams / Russia. / The German Military Balloons. / St.
a regular and orderly a w * course and generated, by means of dynamos a
Petersburg, Wed. / . ' . . .
. t r o n g e l e c t r i c l i g h t which spread over an extensive area of ground.
Tha appearance of German balloons over Russian Poland ia now be­
One such balloon, according t o an announcement from the Ctar, recently coming frequent. On the 23rd i n s t . the inhabitants of Warsaw saw a
■ M r f i a r g ^ g b ^ g a ^ l ' ^ ^ o g g ^ O s , p . 3. balloon r i g h t over the c i t y casting rays of light from an e l e c t r i c «
apparstus. After remaining atatlo^ry from the evening u n t i l 1 a.m.
BALLOONS AS GERMAN SPIES. / A Fishy Story That Comes From Russian the balloon took a westerly course. On the previous day another b a l ­
Sources. loon was observed passing over the railway sation ac Prouahkoff, near i
Warsaw, March 25.—Huch uneasiness Is caused here by the presence Warsaw, appearing l a t e r over the fortress of Novo Ceorglvesk sod the
In Poland of an immense number of Russian s o l d i e r s . I t may be, how­ town of Kelets. The bslloons are admirably a t e e r t d . Reports from
ever, that t h i s massing 0 f troops la merely with the object of pre­ other places s t s t e that German balloons coming from S i l e s i a have been
paring for the usual spring maneuvers. seen in those l o c a l i t i e s towards the evening and during the night,
projecting powerful e l e c t r i c search l i g h t s over.s large extent of
The feeling of anxiety has been added to by the fact that recently
several balloon-, which came from the German f r o n t i e r , have been seen . country. The balloona sometimes remain s t s t i o n s r y s t a great height
hovering over the Russian fortresses and camps. These balloons are ' for a* long as 40 minutes
believed here to form part of an extensive German balloon spy service.I
Recently a balloon was floating above the f o r t r e s s of Kovno, and mnt ' P-B-Rusaian troop, massing in Poland; Jew. serving . a Cerman spies;
orders were given to f i r e upon i t . I t was lmpoeelble to h i t the h - T - ' . p "i**P* 8 S ° i 0 0 0 " * " o n border, claim purpoae is defen.c.
loon, and i t s occupants, by means of g l a s s e s , pursued t h e i r i n v e s t ! - I 1092 June 10: English Mechanic, v. 55. p . 357
Rations e n t i r e l y undisturbed by the b u l l e t s aimed In t h e i r d i r e c t i o n , i
A close watch was kept upon the balloon, and the watchers were sur­ S c i e n t i f i c News. tlgw

prised to find that i t appeared to be under perfect control. After ! The Tiflia CGeorgisn "SSR3 Kavkat describes a meteor of great
j b r i l l i a n c y observed at T i f l i s on May 10. I t appeared at 11 p.m. in
hovering about the f o r t r e s s for no l i t t l e t i n e i t returned to the
| the vest part of thekx sky, waa of round shape, and very b r i l l i a n t .
German f r o n t i e r .
^-more-iTrprising IncldentTcTurrTa a few days agol^TioiETowlceT « * " ' • • * c o ° d " * < * « **» « P P * « * " « » J*rt of i t i t p s r i M , moving t o -
84 miles west of Warsaw. A balloon made i t s appearance s a i l i n g »x.r* « r d a the Htatamlada Mountains, and disappeared belov tha horltom,
against the wind, which was at the time blowing a fresh breere. When » " « l i g h t i n g the Hope of the mountain, the central Mteor continuity
I t had reached a point above the military camp i t stooped for s time, *° B O T e - D U t having l o s t for a few seconds i t s great b r i l l i a n c y , which
and was then maneuvered in a manner which showed I t was provided with however, soon reappeared. In about t h i r t y seconds a f t e r the f i r s t ap-
. highly-perfected steering apparatus. pearance of the meteor a second . m i l part separated fro- i t , increa-
The Russian m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s believe that France and Germany . , l n 6 « ■ ! « « « approached the earth. This also disappeared in the
v e B t
possess an efficient balloon steering apparatus, that w i l l render . »«nin.d the same mountain, a f t e r having b r i l l i a n t l y lighted for
balloons an important factor in warfare. &m± This w i l l prove a most. t v o o r t h r e e • « « " » " l t » slopes and gorges. After t h a t , the meteor
perplexing problem, for at present there i s no possible way of pro- * « * « » * * **"X c o l o r a t i o n , but soon became bright again, and of
tectlng soldiers in the field from a f i r e aimed at them d i r e c t l y fro- phosphoric aspect. A t h i r d part separated from i t , but I t vaa much
above .mailer and rttkaat not ao b r i l l i a n t as the two former. Finally the
.: . . " . ' , „ _ , . . ,,,,; ,, ; meteor disappeared behind the clouds—a white, lighted blot being seen
same story almost verbatim in HYTribune 3/26p.l] i t , ,. . , , . „ , , „_ \ , . , 7
' , ' , . „. .... M „ „ through them—and gradually faded avay. The phenomenon lasted a l t o -
Hir. 2S p. 10 novel on communication with Mars. ^ ^ °^ * ^* *
'' 1892 March 26 (snt) Manchester Guardian, p . 8. ?gether about three minutes.
1895 September 4 (Ved) (London) Times, p . 3 fcard 1)
Foreign Telegrams. / Espionage by Balloon. / Extraordinary Military
Activity in Poland. / S t . Petersburg, F r i . REMAK1MJI METEORIC (I) APPEARANCE. / TO THE EDITO* OF THE TTKES,
Reports from Russian Poland s t a t e that a German spy service In Sir,—On Saturday avealng l a s t (August 31) I vaa w l l l n s northvard
balloons has been organized. A few days ago a a large
large balloon
oaiioon coming
coming w t h . . M t t r n 7KttaitxlX. j j , S E . C l l e a ' s , Oxford, and, having luat u i >
from Che German frontier appeared about the
a l shots were fired at i t , but'without effec t . and i t managed to r e - , f r M ( . o ( t h . t ^ ^ ^ v h t a ^ t y e - ^ . ^ . ^ br . b r l l l l t e " i ^ . -
turn in safety over the f r o n t i e r .
oua body which suddenly emerged over the tops of the t r e e , befora ma
, on the l e f t and moved eastward across the sky abov« and In front of I*.. , wooded, horiron ID tha south-west. (We noted the t l a . t±mm tlm* a t
me. I t s appearance was, at the f i r s t glance, such as to suggest a joncs, *»d a l s o took th« d i r e c t i o n by co-pass, writing down vast «• had
b r i l l i a n t meteor, considerable Isrger than Venus a t her gxestest brilH "•*> ***** « * ■ " « * hour.)
! T h - brl
i n l i a n c y , but the slowness of i t s notion, aa i t s a i l e d or floated & n t *** "°**d' " " " " l ^ d by soup correspondent. Dr. J.A.
:
a a j e . t l c a l l y across the field of v i s i o n , as if driven by s strong Hurray and "I.W., with a l e i s u r e l y , slow motion; but th* t o n a r ob-
wlnd, made M doubt whether i t was not sons s r t i f i c i s l firework. E x - ] " ™ " ' ^ h u description of the a s t r a l apparition, ssys t h a t I t
pecting to see i t explode or go o u t , I watched for s second or two |bacams rapidly dimmer snd f a i n t e r aa i t approached ths h o r i t o o , " which
t i l l i t neared i t a culminating p . i n t snd was about to be hidden f r o . j ft'SFrF*1" <f«* ° o t "P.P-1?; ?£ < h " " " b ?. " ■ • . " * * * " 2 * •»» " " ' « *
me by the lofty College b u i l d i n g , on which I sprang over the comer of ' , " ^ " * " t n " o t th* f u l 1 " > o n * "* U ^ ' "«7T»rUU.M,
the low stone wall of the enclosure, and, walking sldewlac and back- \ i a U l b u t " , * „"" t J ,„ ,. „
I a
[Link]. . c r o s s St. G i l e s ' . , I ws. enabled to see i t through the .pace J , , « - * « » ' • ^ " r Crapblc (September 7) . [Link] f r o . I « -
1
[Link] the old and new buildl~rigT~oT the "College, as"'it c o n t i n u e T l t . * n d 8 1 ™ M w c w a t o t « curious appearance, or a g r s . t shining,
course-toward the eastern h o r l i o n . I t did not explode, emit any . p a r k , ■»••» f * r l « 8 « r than the sun" ( s i c . ! ) .which struck and injured a boy;
or leave any t r a i n or t r a c k ; but i t became rapidly dimmer and f a i n t e r b u t aa d * t e * * 8 1 ** 0 -
a . I t approached the h o r i t o n , and finally disappeared behind a t r e e F i n a l l y , a* to d a t e s . Dr. J . A. Murray saw h i s meteor (T) on Sat-
seen through the space in queation, leaving me quite uncertain as to «rd«y, August 3 1 , a l i t t l s before S p . a . ; "I.W." saw h i s a t shout the
i t * n a t u r e . The fact t h a t I t so perceptibly grew f a i n t e r as i t receded " " * e l B * 0 O Sunday, September 1; and ay friend and I saw ours on
seems to imply t h . t i t had not a very great e l e v a t i o n , and so far fsv- Ho«d*y. September 2 , a t 10.15 p.m.
o r . a t e r r e s t r i a l o r i g i n , though I an quite unable to conceive how any­ Will ■ Greenwich sage expound t h i s weird phenomenon for tb« benefit
thing a r t i f i c i a l could present the sane sppearanee. On the other hand, of tboss who find ignorance no b l i s s snd wisdom no f o l l y ! I am. S i r ,
if a meteor, I t s courae was many times slower than that of any meteor yours, 4 c , / September 7. A.P.
I have ever seen. I was too much taken by s u r p r i s e , and too l a t e s t "io96"February 2o English Mechanic ( r . 6 3 ) , p . 33-
upon watching i t s behavior, to note at the moment I t . apparent course
among the s t a r s ; but on observing the heaveaa a f t e r I t s diaappearance Science Hews.
I concluded t h a t i t s apparent path from my point of eight was froo near Tie- Madrid meteor, as I t s i s c a l l e d , seems to neve been observed
Hioth on the t i p of the Bear's t a i l , along under the Pole S t a r , through In I r e l a n d , for a correspondent of one of the I r i s h u r n papers w r i t e s :
Cassiopeia, towards Andromeda. I hope that If any other of your reader "I observed what I thought was a very red s t a r , but moving up rsnldlv
saw I t they w i l l give an account of tk* i t s sppearance to them, which froo the south t o north in a s t r a i g h t l i n e . I called out t o a menber
may a t l e a s t s e t t l e the question of I t s meteoric _character. I am sorry ' o f l y family to come out and see the strange s i g h t , and we both ruined
not to be~«ble to give the precise t i a e , s a l "had J u s T l e f t aC w a t c h " ' ' *° * h « b * c k o f t h " h o u , e *ai e t c h e d i t go s t r a i g h t north, u n t i l th«
a t a watchmakers for r e p a l r i ; but I thiniTTSuVject to"cbrrection7~tHat t r e e s on t he h i l l behind bid I t . I t was very high over a l l the other
I t was a few minutes before 6. staVs and clouds. WKen ve read the account of what happened at Madrid,
Oxford, Sept. 2. J.A.H. MURRAY. jure, S.z,l he Conclusion I t muslf havc^bfen what we saw."
m?
July 2 (Th) Manitoba Horning Free"preas (Winnipeg), p . 4.
Pri. Sept, 6, p . 8.—REMARKABLE METEORIC APPEARANCE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. A Mysterious Balloon. / where Was i t From and Whither Bound.
Sir,—As Mr. Murray in h i s l e t t e r to you In The Times t h i s morning Many r e s i d e n t s of ths c i t y who remained a t horns yeatsrday a f t e r ­
would seen to be in some doubt as to t h i s phenomenon, I may mention noon ware aurprlsad to see a balloon floating in space about 6 o'clock.
that I saw the sane, or a s i m i l a r body, on Saturday evening l a s t s t Tho a i r s h i p cam* i r o n th« west, and I t s progress ssstwsrd was l a t e n t l y
Margate, but the hour waa about 10.15. The meteor appeared auddenly watched a . i t made a rapid Journey sons thousands of feat above the
from the south-west and, taking quite slowly a north-eastern d i r e c t i o n , e a r t h . Ths a e r i a l wonder was seen by several of the Central (Ira h a l l
seeaed aa suddenly to disappear into space. I t did not go near the men, who said I t was nearly a . large as the balloon used during the
horizon, but waa l o s t sight of overhead. The body did not aeea far recent ascensions a t River park. Others again ssld I t was only a toy
d i s t a n t , was of t r i a n g u l a r shape, the base, which appeared to tie to be balloon, sent up In honor of the Confederation holiday, but I t s propor­
about a foot in length beign foremost, and as i t disappeared I thought tions were almost too large for a toy ship. Several expressed ths opln-i
I taw some reddish sparks thrown off. Of course i t may have been of ion t h a t I t was Andres's balloon returning from a t r i p to ths North |
" t e r r e s t r i a l o r i g i n " ; but of t h i s I am very doubtful, and i t i s St Pols, but Andres has not yet s t a r t e d on his Journey, according to latssli
r e p o r t s , Whether miniature or r e a l , ths passage of ths mysterious
l e a s t curious t h a t something so similar should have been -seen a t plscei b l [ j [ 0
" " " ""T..r*' ^ " " " 1 " balloon [Link] a good deal of t a l k arena c l t l t e o a l««t n l t h t .
so far d i s t a n t ss Oxford and Margate, - on the iwse ' T i '-- B -"■*•
u 1 B i™ — 8-*- - -
' l°9o *July 17 English Mechanic W. ffj. Y - W * " " " " '
iu:
d i f f e r e n t h o u r . , / I remain, S i r , your, f e i t h f u l l y , / A. WARREH ™
HZLHUISH. / 1, [Link], P i c c a d i l l y , W., Sept. * , <utum—CometT
TO THE EDITOR OT THE TIMES, J was takin« a look a t Saturn l a s t nipht July 13, in t r y i n g to
Sir,—Whilst seated a t the side of the Spanlard.-[gold], Hampstead- f j a d h l B _ _ . . h B Y l w , n o rtndar r have to keep xovlng the move-ent about
heath, H.W., l a s t Saturday evening, a few minute, before 8, facing t i l l I can fix him"—there came into the field a atresk of l i s h t on
went, I noticed on isy r i g h t a b r i l l i a n t body, which was doubtless the t h e west side of t h e p l a n e t , and curved from i t almost crescent-shaped.
same aa that seen by Hr. Hurray at Oxford. I t trevelled from north to Hot knowing what i t could b e , I stuck t o I t , and kept I t in the field.
e a s t , h o r i z o n t a l l y , apparently about 30 degrees above the e a r t h , snd ** Bow, instead of moving across the field of the telescope l i k e Saturn,
movdd so slowly I imagined i t might poasibly be a f i r e balloon from i t went "though much more slowly" in quite the contrary d i r e c t i o n , and
the neighbouring Wembley-park ground.. I heard no noise nor [Link] v s . . In f a c t , goins t o a*et the p l a n e t . I closely watched i t from 10
any terminating explosion. Tour, f a i t h f u l l y , / P.P. RBTH0LDS0M. / 2 , o'clock t i l l quarter past 1 1 , and then I t had sunk too near the horlioo
St. A u g u s t l n e ' . - v l l l a a , Hlghgate, K. to see c l e a r l y . During t he time I was watching I t two or three l i t t l e
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. s t a r s went through i t , or perhaps I ought to say. I t passed the*. It
Sir,—We are disappointed to find no notice In The Time, of a c u r ­ c e r t a i n l y was going toward Saturn at a good r a t e , and I should think
ious object that was seen In the sky on Ssturday l a s t , about 8.20 p.m. i t was nearer t o t he planet than any of h i s moons when I had t o give
by two member, of the family. I t was like a a t a r , moving horizontally i t up. In length i t was isxgs longer by coBparison t a a than the '
from west to east « t „ 2 f t . (apparent) above the moon. I t j^aa watched . breadth of Saturn, r i n g , and a l l . Is i t a cocet! I could distinguish ,
for four'or fTve minutes, a i * and dissppesred in the e a s t , a f t e r t r a ­ no nucleus. / Turabrldge Wells. July l*i. A. V.
versing about a quarter of the heavens. 1896 August 7 Manitoba JtomlnR Free Press (Winnipeg), p . 5. O , . ,
We h a l l be touch i n t e r e s t e d to hear if i t was seen by o t h e r , and
how i t i s accounted for. / lour obedient servant, / September 3 . B.T. ACROSS TIE MOON. / Professor Brooks Watchers a S e t e o r ' s P l i g h t .
While Professor William R. Brooks, *xx M.A., P.R.A.S., d i r e c t o r of
Sat. Sept. 7, p . 7.—REMARKABLE METEORIC APPEARANCE. / TP THE EDITOR the Smith observatory. In Geneva, H.Y., on Tuesday, July 2 1 , was ob­
OF THE TIMES. serving„ the moon with the 10-lnch equatorial -,. telescope, he saw a dark
Sir,—Singularly enough I saw exactly the ssme phenomenon described ^ ^ O D j e c t p „ 8 » alowly across the iroon In s h o r l r o n t a l direction
by your correspondent tt seen a t Oxford on Saturday, August 30, but I fzom e < a t t 0 W ( , t t t B a y l t h e Hew York Herald.
saw i t on Sunday evening about eight minutea t o 8. We were driving to profesaor Brook, believes t h a t I t was the passage of a dark aateor
Scarborough Station t h a t night to catch the 8,10 up t r a i n , and my betweoen the earth and moon, and I t remained dark because i t waa too
a t t e n t i o n was a t t r a c t e d by a l a r g e shooting Star (as I thought—I know f < r o u t t l l j e t [ , B e a r t h ' s atmosphere to become Ignited. I t Is well
nothing of [Link]) crossing l e i s u r e l y and a t very low a l t i t u d e from ^ ^ ^ t h a t space it f i l l e d , so to speak, with these swteoric bodies,
west to e a s t . I was [Link] a t the time i t was v i s i b l e to me, : u j tnat they only become v i s i b l e as luninous objects when they enter
shooting s t s r s being so very such quicker in t h e i r couree. ; C n e a a r t h ' s atmosphere. The f r i c t i o n caused by t h e i r rapid passage
I think your correspondent probably meant "Sunday," unleaa i t was t h r o u R h tha a i r heata them to incandescence, and w« tea the" as lumln-
a"double event." / Obediently yours, I.W. .ous meteors, o r , as they are more familiarly termed, shoot ton s t a r s .
Tuee, Sept. 10, p . 8. —REMARKABLE METEORIC APPEARANCE. / TO THE EDITOR The eeteor whica Professor Brooks saw may have been more than ooa hun­
OF THE TIMES. dred thousand n l l e s away, or midway between earth and moon. It oay,
Sir,—Having seen the correspondence of Dr. J.A. Murray (September indeed, have been much further sway than t h i s , and r e a l l y nearer to
. ) and of "I.W" (In t o - d a y ' s Issue of The Ti»es> on a "Remarkable
Heteorlc Appearance," I write to give my experience of the sane aort
ofastronomical phenomenon, seen by a friend and myaelf on Monday, Sep­ th* moon than to the e a r t h ; o r , i t amy have been only Just beyond th*
tember 2 , a t 10.15 p.m. e s r t h ' s atmosphere. The r e a l size of t h i s meteor la not known because
We were s i t t i n g a t an open window, facing west. In a house on tf— of uncertainty In I t a d i s t a n c e . The apparent diameter wa. about one-
H i l l , Bath, and had our a t t e n t i o n a t t r a c t e d by a b r i l l i a n t movement In t h i r t i e t h t h a t of t he moon. The moon waa in the gibbous phase, being
the sky. Looking up we both saw a l a r g e , luminous, cotnet-llke body three days before tha f u l l . The duration of the flight of the meteor
awaep down the sky In a s l i g h t l y curved line and dlaappear behind ths over the moon was between three and four seconds.
 Iff96 September 28 (Hon) Manitoba Free Press, p . 3. (cardl) ' 5i~ Ottawa, Aug.U.—Aa I n t e r e s t i n g announcement 1* conveyed la a ,
I telegram received by the government to-day from Vovell, Indian super-
VAS ONLY A CLOUD. / How a [Link] Story Originated in the Mountains, intendent for Britlah Columbia. The message reads a* follows: "Cred-
When the west t r a i n pulled i n t o the depot t h i s morning there a l i g h t it**!* Information received by Agent Lota* from tvo Indian p a r t i t a ,
ed froa the sleeper a t a l l , broad-shouldered gentleman, who looked the Mparated by long d i . t a n c e at t i p * of observation, that the Andraa
very picture of health and contentment. The porter of the car beckoned b l U o { > n n t d b*eo'aighted In l a t i t u d e 55.15, longitude 127.*0, puraulM
to the reporters standing near and aald: "You fellows are always look- ^ n e « i y northern course." The point indicated by l a t i t u d e and lomti-
rly
lng for something big. Just go and ask that man If he ever saw a b a l ­ tude given In Vowell's dispatch la about 100 miles up t a t Skeena r l » «
loon flying. H e ' l l Rive you a atory." The question being rather a and nearly 500 miles north of V i c t o r i a .
peculiar one made even the reporters diffident about broaching I t . So Ottawa, Aug. 11.—Andree and h i s adventurous companions were wait­
lots were drawn and one had to do i t . He approached the stalwart ing at Amsterdam i s l a n d , Spltabergen, l a s t week for a favorable wind,
gentleman timidly and enquired if he had seen a balloon In the a i r . but no information had reached here that the balloon had actuallv
The gpntleman soiled and v l t h t h i s encouragement the other r e p o r t e r ' s t a r t e d . If they had l e f t and the balloon reported la t h e i r s , instead
drew near. of being nearer th* north pole they are 15 degreea further south of i t
"Why, bless your h e a r t s , n o , " was the answer. "But I thought I did in British Columbia than when they l e f t Hsmerfest. /
once. Try one of these cigars and find something for us to a l t on and All the governments of northern countries have lasued notices r e ­
I ' l l t e l l you a l l about i t . " questing people to be on the look out for the Andree balloon, and to
The cigars were good ones and the trunks were not too hard. The render assistance should i t be found anywhere. The Canadian gcvern-
gentleman's KKB* card resd, " J . Melville Stoddard." aent and Hudson's Bay company have bee careful to make the fact of the
"You remember/1' he. commenced, "reading in the papers about two balloon known *a»ng the Indians and Ek Eskimos, aa i t was probable the
Indians seeing a balloon away up north some two months apo? Yes. Wfll a e r i a l voyagera night be driven southerly, and deslra to land on Can-
they d i d n ' t see any balloon. I was out shooting at the time, and was , adlan t e r r i t o r y .
near the Alaskan boundary In l a t i t u t e 64, about half way between Crosa
Sound and Mackenzie Bay, I had l e f t the steamer on the Sound and 1896 October 23 (Prl) San Francisco Examiner, p . 7 T (card 1)
tramped and paddled Inland with these two Indians aa guides. In summPt
In that region you know, i t gets light very shortly after Midnight. I A QUEER THING IN THE SKY. / V i s i t o r s at the Cliff House Wltnaaa a
was sleeping in oy tent early one morning when I was awakened by ny Novel Spectacle. / What Appeared to Be a Comet With Flary Head and
guides who were making a great hubbub about something o u t s i d e . The/ Tall Goes Whining Rapidly Eastward Over the Water.
called me out and pointed to the. sky. Of course, I was s t i l l half a- Shortly after 6 o'clock l a s t night a stray meteor or comet or
Bleep, Goinp, slowly in a northwesterly direction waa what appeared to something of that sort was seen from the v i c i n i t y of the Cliff House.
Ihe
b e " ''balloon".' " i t w a s ' p e r f e c t l y shaped'with~thVlarg« balloon' a n d b a s - ! ' « " i o g body, whirred through the heavens about 10 mile* out at Ma,
ket below. I t was too high up to make out the o u t l i n e s or to see *" d v " " a v e l l n s " " t w a r d , aa If I t had important bualnesa on th*
whether there were any people in i t . All t h i s was my impression at other coast.
f i r s t glance. Then I rubbed ay eyesf,] procured a f i e l d glass and sur- « ■ * « Sutro waa returning home about the time the meteor performed;
b u t
veyed the object under more advantageous circumstances. The o b l e e t . . " " * H o n o r v " " " P P ^ B <«»■ • c " h « " i - M d the s t a r t l i n g spec-
the lenses revealed to me was more surprising than a balloon, t t vis t a c l e . However, i t was described to him by sow men who happened to
the most peculiarly shaped cloud I ever saw, looking at i t with the ■aee the rushing streak of f i r e .
naked eye one could easily Imaeine i t was a balloon, but the glass "Aa deacrlbed to M the appearance of the const, if auch I t waa, si
showed that i t was a wonderful cloud. The'sfcy"was otherwise "clear, must have been grand," aald the Hayor l a s t night. "Half a doaen awn
which made i t look more s t r i k i n g . The Indiana, who did not use the jwho saw the jmk phenomenon, which only lasted a few minutes, said they
g l a s s , would not believe that the object was not a balloon. I was I never befora witnessed anything l i k e I t . At 6)15 o'clock th* dlaplay
made sure of I t about half an hour after i t appeared by obaervlnfr I t was alghted. The nen described I t » as a vividly bright object, sav­
by aid of my g l a s s , fade sway. The Indians returned to c i v i l i z a t i o n ing with great r a p i d i t y and about 500 feet abor* the water. I t t r a v ­
and s t a r t e d the balloon story you read of sone time ego." eled l a a s t r a i g h t Una h o r i z o n t a l l y and 'seemed'to h a v e a haad. A
Mr. StorfHard—nrncppiW fast , on hlw rav to [Link] to [Link]. "long t r a i l ' o f f i r e extended behind the flying object, the color of the
1896 August 13 (Th) Manitoba Homing Free Press (Winnipeg; ,p,2.(cardl) flsme being similar to that of e l e c t r i c l i g h t . In a few Binutes the
display passed out of s i g h t , but i t illuminated the saa with a great
IT HAS NO DREAM. / That Ghostly Balloon Seen by Vlnnipepgers. ' l i g h t while i t l a s t e d .
Victoria, B.C., Au*. 12.-The mystery of that ghostly balloon "U „ U . vary wonderful thing Indeed. 1 never heard of or saw
which passed over 'Jlnnipee on the 1st of July l a s t , was further i n t e n - anything l i k e I t my**lf. The men were very auch excited, as they couw'
sifled by receipt of o f f i c i a l intimation from Indian Agent Lorinr, whanot understand the occurence. I t couad h a r i l y have been a meteor, as
is stationed at liazelton, near th* head of the Skeena River, of the they always s t r i k e the e a r t h or explode before coming down. Hsd It
passing over that far H U k l northern part of fl s i m i l a r balloon Just been a meteor th* « « r t h ' a a t t r a c t i o n would have caused i t to descend,
two days l a t e r . This word comes to Hon. A.M. Vovell, superintendent My idea i s Chat » small comet waa seen by the men." /
of Indian a f f a i r s , as in compliance with Instruction sent to a l l In- THREE METEORS IN LINE.
dlan agents throughout the north to be on the lookout for Andree's 'Resident* of Nevada, C*l,, Wltneaa a T h r i l l i n g l i g h t In the Heavens.
expedition, and If required, lend I t a l l possible a i d . Here Is k n i i * NEVADA, October 22.—A t r i p l e connected meteor was observed In the
Loring's report, which comes under two separate d a t e s : /northern heaven* at ten minutes past six o'clock t h i s evening. Three
Hatleton, July 3rd.—Sir,—I have the honor to report t h i s day at [ b a l l * of f i r e U l In a row and connected like a t r a i n of cara with a
! 7.35 p.m. ( I . c a l time) an [Link], by description a balloon, was seen ; l o n g f l a r ¥ t t S i f u . h e d In View Just a few degrees above the western
by a boy about four nilea west of here, 1st. 55 degrees and 15 n l n * . , horizon and traveled In a direction a l i t t l e north of c a s t . In half
Ions. 7 degrees and 40 tnins. At the time there was a strong n o r t h - a minute i t disappeared from view high in the heavens, apparent!* sow
i west wind. I t waa seen to emerge froa out of a heavy bank of white where over the p e a p Dipper and North S t a r . Set. KtJ*f>du* , p - ~3^A
clouds, swerving in a t an intermediate c l e a r space in s e a l - c i r c u l a r
l i n e , to disappear In another In an a l t i t u d e of a b o u t f o r t y - f e e t above 11896 November 18 (Wed) Sacramento Evening B«e, p . 1. | (card 1)
the timber line on the mountains. I t had a black appearance, having
been seen between the s e t t i n g sun. The boy's description of the Matin VOICES IN TUB SKY. / People Declare They Heard Them and S*v a Light. /
balloon and i t s actions leaves no doubt as to i t s r e a l i t y , and Is no AERIAL SHIP, CBOST STORY, OB KETE0R-AS YOU LIKE. / Anyw.y, th* Light
doubt Andree's balloon expected to have left Spltzbergen for the north Was Seen, and I t Acted Very Strangely—Carmen Told Caahier Usk of What
pole on the 1st. l n s t . Th*y Claimed to H*v« Heard and Seen—Kothlng Heard Up to Data t» to
I have the honor to be, e t c . , / R.E. L0RINC, Indian Agent. What the Object Is or Wheac* I t Came.
The supplementary report removes doubt that would otherwise be U * t evening between the hours of 6 and 7 o'clock, la th* year of
cast on the story aa mere Imagining of an Indian boy. I t reads: our Lord eighteen hundred and n l n e t y - a l x , a most s t a r t l i n g axhlMtloo
Hazleton, July 10th, was seen in the sky in t h i * c i t y of Sacramento. People standing oo th*
A.M. Vowell, Superintendent Indian a f f a i r s , Victoria, B.C.—Sir,— sidewalks a t certain points in th* c i t y between th* hours stated, saw
I have the honor to report information received t h i s day by [ C h a l l ) , coming through th* *ky over the housetops, what appeared to thea to b*
chief, head of [Kltsploux], that while trapping with a party of [Link] merely an e l e c t r i c arc lamp propelled by some ■ystarlou* fore*. I t
on Blackwater lake, above the head waters of the Skeena, an oblect r e ­ came out of the East and sailed unevenly toward the southwest, dropping
sembling a balloon, and then displaying very bright l i g h t s was seen by now nearar to the e a r t h , and now auddenly r i s i n g into the a i r again as
them on the evening of the same day as before mentioned, 3rd l n s t . . In if the force that wa* whirling i t through space was sensibla of th*
nearly northerly course. [Ghall], whom you know, i s a moat trustwor­ dangers of collision with objects upon the e a r t h .
thy man, and his statement i s to be credited. The Indians on the . „ That , „ , *uch
. < hundred*
. , of
, . the people • saw. That much cauaed coosteraat?—
C l ?
Skeena were made aware that they were l i a b l e to aee during the [Link], , ™ . t , * - ^ ~ i - 8 ^ - ' " 0 Q B ^ " P * Sphered to hear the t a l e ,
of t h i s month,"a "balloon"going north, and of the purpose of I t s occu- , U h * t ' o l l o w , 0 " °l t h * " " e a s e s " the strange spectacle assert t
p a n t s , e t c . , snd to report to me snythlng noticed by the» of that dea- !*>* " c r u * " t h i circumstances r e l a t e d .
c r i p t i o n . R. E. Lorlng, Indian agent." VOICES IN THE SKY.
Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 12.—The following telegram froa Verge* St«rtled c i t i z e n s l a a t night l i v i n g at points of the c i t y alonf a
Harbor was dispatched by Prof. Andree on Aug. 3: "Balloon has been rough diagonal l i n e , yet far d i s t a n t from each Other, declare that
f i l l e d for several days and a l l i s ready for the ascent. Thus far they not only saw the phenomenon, but they also heard voices lisutn*
everything has occurred as a n t i c i p a t e d . The wind Is s t i l l n o r t h e r l y ; from i t in midair—not the whispering of angels, not the sepulchral
otherwise a l l w e l l . " muttering* of e v i l s p i r i t s , but the i n t e l l i g i b l e words and the merry
laughter of human.
August 12, p . 1: CAN IT BE ANDREET / BRITISH COLUMBIA INDIANS SAW A At those intervals where the g l i t t e r i n g object, aa if careless of
BALLOON. / I t was 500 Miles North of Victoria and Sailing Due North— I t s obligation to maintain a straightforward courae, descended danrrr-
The Explorers Driven Far Out of Their Course—History of the Expe­ oualy near the housetopa, voices were heard In th* sky saying:
dition—Very Like a Whale. /
 161B96 November 19 (Th) Sacramento Evening Baa, p . 1 . (card ii '
" L i f t her up quiekl You are making d i r e c t l y for that s t e e p l e ! "
Then the l i g h t In t h e sky would be s e e n obeying some m y s t i c touch
and a s c e n d i n g t o a c o n s i d e r a b l e h e i g h t , from which I t would take up AIR SHIP, OR WHAT! / Various Views Expressed Keepecting Tuesday M i g h t ' s
again I t s southwesterly c o u r s e . t Quest Phenomenon. / ALL MEM LIARST LOOKS THAT WAY! / But Then Eow I s
The l i g h t s a i l e d a l o n g t h e l i n e of K S t r e e t , so i t appeared from That F l u c t u a t i n g Whits L i g h t i n the Sky t o be Accounted f o r t / &A1VICX
t h o s e i n the e a s t e r n i s * * part of t h e c i t y , a l t h o u g h i t appears that SAYS IT CAN'T BE A METEOR. / And If Barwich D o e s n ' t Know, t h e People
a f t e r i t had p a s s e d F o u r t e e n t h S t r e e t i t was wafted f a r s o u t h of K. Who C i v e T h e i r Ideas Kay B* Pardoned f o r E n t e r t a i n i n g Bather R i o t o u s
l a u g h t e r end'words sounding^ s t r a n g e i n t h e d i s t a n c e , though f a i r l y F a n c i e s on t h e S u b j e c t .
I n t e l l i g i b l e , f e l l upon t h e c a r e of p e d e s t r i a n s a l o n g the c o u r s e of Nothing of a t r u s t w o r t h y c h a r a c t e r has been beard of t b s p r e s e n t
t h e l i g h t who had paused t o look up a t t h e n o v e l t y . whereabouts of t h e a i r s h i p , o r t h e what - i s - l t , which swept over t h e
COMING TO CALIFORNIA. h o u s e t o p s of Sacramento Tuesday e v e n i n g , i n s i g h t of many c l t i t e n a who
L a s t n i g h t ' s Bee c o n t a i n e d a t l e g r a a from New York announcing t h a t have n o t served terms i n t h e County J a i l f o r drunkenness nor a t t a i n e d
a man had p e r f e c t e d an a i r s h i p and would on Friday of t h i s week, a c ­ even l o c a l renown a s romancers.
companied by one o r two f r i e n d s , ascend from a vacant l o t i n the n e c r o ­ Meanwhile the s e n s a t i o n growsth a p a c e . Last e v e n i n g , s f t s r t h e
p o l i s and go d i r e c t l y to C a l i f o r n i a , which he promised t o reach i n two p u b l i c a t i o n o f I n t e r v i e w s w i t h r e p u t a b l e p a r t i e s In The Bee, the s u b ­
d a y s . The d e s c r i p t i o n f u r n i s h e d In t h e t e l e g r a m Included an apparatus j e c t of t h e ' W c e e i n t h e sky" was t h e t o p i c o f conversation, i n t h e
which was e l e c t r i c a l t o supply l i g h t and power f o r t h e a s t o n i s h i n g c o n ­ r e s t a u r a n t s , h o t e l s , and wherever people c o n g r e g a t e . Tbe g e n e r a l s e n ­
trivance. I t I s not r e g a r d e d a s l i k e l y , l a view of the announcement timent was t h a t t h e l i g h t was e i t h e r a meteor or an attachment t o a
c o n t a i n e d i n t h e d i s p a t c h , t h a t l a s t n i g h t Sacramento was overswept by b a l l o o n which had aacended from some p o i n t n e a r t h e c i t y , and t h e
this aerial ship. But h e r e I s t h e i n c i d e n t — h e r e the c h r o n i c l e of n o t i o n t h a t I t was part of an a i r s h i p wss s c o u t e d s s r i d i c u l o u s .
words h e a r d , of a s t r a n g e s p e c t a c l e w i t n e s s e d . Whence t h e l i g h t , which That such a l i g h t « s was d e s c r i b e d In The Bee l a a t n i g h t swept In a
was n o t a meteor a l l a g r e e , c a n e , w h i t h e r I t went, where i t now i s — e o r l e s s d i a g o n a l l i n e through Sacramento between 6 and 7 o ' c l o c k
t h e s e t h i n g s i t i s not w i t h i n t h e c a p a c i t y of t h l a a r t i c l e t o d e a l Ktxfc
Tuesdsy e v e n i n g i s I n d i s p u t a b l e . That v o i c e s - e r e heard t r a v e l i n g w i t s
the l i g h t c e r t a i n persons a s s e r t with greet solemnity. That the l i g h t
Wlth
" MR. LUSK'S STORY. was suspended under a c o n t r i v a n c e of egg Shape, w i t h paddles whirr ion
C h a r l e s Lusk, C a s h i e r of the C e n t r a l E l e c t r i c a l S t r e e t Railway on t h e a i d e s , one o r two w i t n e s s e s have been found w i t h the hardihood j
Co tup any, was a t h i e home at Twenty-fourth and 0 S t r e e t s , l a a t e v e n i n g t o d e a c r l b e . That t h e r e i s aome mystery about the circumstance a t r e a l
when, h a v i n g stepped o u t s i d e , he saw the remarkable appearance In the number of people b e l i e v e . That t h e a n t i c s of t h s l i g h t , as i n wobbling
s k y . Hi went I n t o t h e house and t o l d t h e Inmates of what he had s e e n t h i s way and t h a t , and going up and down a r e embellishments t o s (rand
T h i s morning Hr. Lusk n e n t i b n e d the i n c i d e n t t o some of t h e carmen h o a x , tbe m a j o r i t y of c l t i t e n s w i l l probably agree
and was amazed t o l e a r n from then t h a t they had s e e n such a l i g h t as he On t h i n g most o f - t h a w i t n e s s e s t o the phenomenon a r e p o e l t l v e abou
d e s c r i b e d w h i l e they were i n t h e neighborhood o f East Park. More than I s t h a t th* l i g h t was w h i t e l i k e t h a t shed by an arc lamp. Weather
t h a t , they heard music and v o i c e s . One v o i c e d i s t i n c t l y s a i d : Observer Barwick i s a t a s much l o s s a s anybody t o account f o r t h e « p -
"Well, we ought t o g e t t o San F r a n c i s c o by to-morrow n o o n . " pearance i n t h e s k y . Be s a y s t h e c o l o r of a meteor would be a f f e c t e d
The carmen say t h e y caught some f a i n t idea of t h e shape of t h e o b - by t h e d e n s i t y of the atmoaphere thbough which i t waa d a r t i n g sod on ;
j e c t t h a t was f l o s t i n g i n t h e a i r . I t was of b a l l o o n s h a p e , end they an e v e n i n g l i k e t h a t of Tuesday he b e l i e v e s t h e l i g h t of such an a e r ­
concluded t h a t i t was a b a l l o o n . i a l v i s i t o r would most l i k e l y be p u r p l i s h , and In no e v e n t the e x t r e m e .
THEY SAW I T . w h i t e of an a r c 1*»P- I
Foreman S n i d e r , of t h e Car Barn, Says I t Was Not a Meteor. b-aSWgSfr^icWmento' fle*i^HV>s*VlSr
This a f t e r n o o n C.C. S n i d e r , foreman of the car house of t h e E l e c ­
t r i c Car Company, gave t h e f o l l o w i n g t o The Bee: Various rumors a r e a f l o a t but they can e c a r c c l y be g i v e n c r e d e n c e .
"I a s s u r e you t h e r e i s no j o k e about t h i s m a t t e r , so f a r s s I am One, p u b l i s h e d i n t h i s m o r n i n g ' s Record-Union, i s t o t h s e f f e c t t h a t
c o n c e r n e d . Last evening^ about t e n minutes b e f o r e 7 o ' c l o c k , I saw a an a i r s h i p has been In c o u r s e of c o n s t r u c t i o n f o r some time a t Oak
l i g h t , which was then a b o v e , a p p r o x i m a t e l y , t w e n t y - s e v e n t h and P Park, and t h a t on Tuesdsy e v e n i n g a t r i a l t r i p of tha conveyance was
S t r e e t s , s a i l i n g in a southwesterly d i r e c t i o n . I t r o s e and f e l l and made through the c i t y , and Out t o Arcade wbera I t broka down and i s
swayed from r i g h t to l e f t aa I f I t were b e i n g p r o p e l l e d by some motor now a w a i t i n g r e p a i r s .
power. I t was a w h i t e l i g h t , and was not a s t a r or a m e t e o r . I am ] Ths s u t n o r i t y of Ex-Sen*tor F . S . Sprsgus i s g i v e n f o r t h s l o s s o f
c e r t a„ i n of, t h a t . :* c a r p e n t e r ' s hammer from a s c a f f o l d i n g surrounding t b e s t e e p l e of S t .
Hr. Lowry, who used t o be connected w i t h t h e c a r company, t o l d me P a u l ' s Church, l e f t t h e r e a few hours b e f o r e t b e pas s a t * o f tbe a l i a s - '
t h a t he saw the t h i n g when i t was d i r e c t l y o v e r head and t h a t i t had a e<1 , h l P p but t h l a I n c i d e n t i s not s u b s t a n t i a t e d ,
w h e e l , which was going round. x „ „ , „ totlll«4t
I don t think i t was a b a l l o o n , for i t was going i n the southwest T o the fcjitor o f f ^ n « — s i r : This I s t r u l y an age o f i n v m n t i o n .
and a heavy wind was blowing f r o a t h a t d i r e c t i o n . David Curl, a h o r s e - j have thought f o r y e a r s t h a t I would l i v e t o s e e t h s a i r n a v i g a t e d .
t r a i n e r a t the r a c e t r a c k , t o l d me t h a t he heard v o i c e s i n t h e b a l l o o n l 4 n d - i o c < r M d i n g m y o u r v a l u a b l e paper of l a s t e v e n i n g o f t h s g r e a t
or whatever i t was. , l r „ h l p p „ | l a g o v e r t h l i c l t y ^ t h e n l g A t o f Tuesday, i f w l M i u r -
I l e o r n t h a t Michael S h e l l y , carman on c a r 103 on the J S t r e e t e d t h a t I am t o r e a l i t e t h a t hope of a e r i a l n a v i s g a t l o o . In your
l i n e , d i s t i n g u i s h e d the shape of the a f f a i r . " i s s u e of Hondsy o r Tuesday a t e l e g r s m wss p u b l i s h e d s a y i n g t h a t t h i s
1696 November 18 (Wed.) The C a l l (Sen F r a n c i s c o ) , p . 3 . s i r s h i p was t o s t a r t from. Hew YOrk, sod make the t r i p t o Sao F r s n c i s c
CLAIH THEY SAW A PLYIHC AIRSHIP / S t r a n g e T a l e o f Sacramento Men Hot ; ^ 4 * h o u t ' * B « « « r . i t seems t o have made i t i n l e s s than h a l f t h e
A d d i c t e d t o P r e v a r i c a t i o n . / Viewed an A e r i a l Courser as I t Passed Oven ■cheduled t i m e .
T h
t h e C i t y a t N i g h t . / D e c l a r e They Heard V o i c e s o f Those Aboard J o i n e d * * " " v i g a t o r * of t h e e t h e r e a l r e g i o n s must have hid an e x p e r i e n -
l n Merry Chorua. / i c * f ' r * " * I n t e r e s t i n g than t h a t of Dr. Nanaen, In h l a s e a r c h for t h e
SACRAMENTO, C a l . , Bov. 1 7 , — A v a s t amount o f e x c i t e m e n t was c r e e l e d f o r t h P o l e . What a c o l d s t r a t a they must have psaaed through, when
among r e s i d e n t n i n t h e o u t s k i r t s o f t h e c i t y t o - n i g h t by t h e appearance 1 t h , v l<*>**d down upon t b e c r e s t o f P i l e ' s Peakl What an a l t i t u d e they
o f what t h e y c l a i m t o have been en a i r s h i p , w h i c h , s e e m i n g l y under p e r - ■ " « a*-** a t t a i n e d when t h e y hovered o v e r t h e d i s i y h e i g h t s of t h e
f e e t c o n t r o l , p a s s e d o v e r t h e c i t y , going i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f San Fran-' Rockieal What s c e n e r y must have d e l i g h t e d t h e i r v i s i o n a s they looked
C i s c o . The sky was o b s c u r e d by heavy c l o u d a and i t waa I m p o s s i b l e t o ] ^va upon t h s w a t e r s of Lake Tahoe, and the suossits o f tha high S l e r r s s .
a s c e r t a i n t h e shape end s i t e o f t h e a e r i a l c o n v e y a n c e , presuming i t t o g l i t t e r i n g w i t h the s c i n t i l l a t i o n s of snowa and g l a c i e r s t h a t have been
be s u c h , but t h e o n l l o o k e r s f o l l o w e d i t s c o u r s e by t b e l i g h t s d i s p l a y ­ forming f o r a thousand W i n t e r s !
e d , which were about t w i c e t h e b r i l l i a n c y and s i i e o f an a r c l i g h t . What a p r o s p e c t must they have e n j o y e d , a s t h s M i s s i s s i p p i , the i
In s p e a k i n g o f t h e appearance o f t h e reputed a i r s h i p , an e y e - w i t ­ " f a t h e r of W a t e r s , " and t b s M i s s o u r i , the "great muddy," looked r i v u - |
n e s s o f undoubted v e r a c i t y s a i d : "When ay a t t e n t i o n was c a l l e d t o t h e l e t s , e x t e n d i n g from Y e l l o w s t o n e Park on t h e one hand and Lake I t a s k s
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mento, a n d , w i t h o u t pausing i n i t s f l i g h t , s a i l e d onward towsrd t h e Sacramento. November 1 9 . 1896.
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f l y i n g man-of-war, f u l l y armed and equipped w i t h guns and d y n a m i t e . VOX POPOLI. J P a t t e r s o n ' s , November 1 9 , 1B96.
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b e i n g wafted a c r o s s t h e A t l a n t i c from t h e sunny s h o r e s o f S p a i n , and To t h e Editor o f The B e * — S i r : I t l e being c u r r e n t l y reported here
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which appeared i n t h e sky n i g h t b e f o r e l a s t waa n o t h i n g more n o r l e s s f i f t y m i l e s an h o u r , and must have p a s s e d o v e r your c i t y bstween 7 snd
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c e n t e r o f a s c o r e o r more o f atmospheric t r a n s p o r t a t i o n l i n e s . papers a r r i v e d and t o l d o f t h e c o n s t e r n a t i o n which p r e v a i l e d i n S a c r a -
I b e l i e v e t h a t a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n h a s been s u c c e s s f u l l y accomplished ^ ^ o v e r tbm f U g h t 0 I , b a l l o f f i r e a c r o s s t h a t c i t y . That supposed
f n l t h " _ ^ ° a e " ^ . Y " ' . - ? r t . f ? " ' . * " ? " ? ! ! . ' ? be M x i n g _ i n t o thc_8ky n l P h t t . n o t f l r e U M , n i s ^ m a e g l a s s globe l i g h t e d by e l e c t r i c i t y , and v e a
b e f o r e l a s t ssw t h a t which w i l l r e v o l u t i o n i z e t h e w o r l d . VER1TAS. r e a l l y t h e "wheel house" o f a g r e a t a i r s h i p .
Sacramento, November 1 9 , 189S. About 4 o ' c l o c k Tuesday a f t e r n o o n t h e p e o p l e o f t h i s p l a c e were a a -
A Reported A p p a r i t i o n . t o n i s h e d t o s e e s wonderful machine s a l l i n t through t h e a i r from an
To t h e E d i t o r o f The B e e . — S i r : K±ia Kindly s u p p r - s s mv n a n e , and e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . A f t e r h o v e r i n g above t h e town f o r a few romente t M
I w i l l e x p l a i n how and when t h e remarkable s i g h t o f s n a i r s h i p «.■>« machine c i r c l e d around and g r a c e f u l l y deecended t o t h e e a r t h , l t t h t l n a
f i r s t w i t n e s s e d . On l a s t Tuesday e v e n i n g a l i t t l e s o c i a l a f f n i r was i n t h e - P l a i a a l o n g s i d e o f t h e I c e P a l a c e . In a short time i t was *ur-
g i v e n a t a c o s y p l s e e on t h e e a s t e r n border o f t h e town, by t h e Pcrtn-t- rounded by hundreds o f men, women and c h i l d r e n . The Indiana who saw t h e
u a l Jag Club, o f which I have t h e honor t o be a member. While n e s t e d t h i n g ran howling i n f r i g h t towards t h e woods. On t h e s i d e s o f t h e a f ­
around t h e t a b l e e n j o y i n g t h e s o l i d comfort t h a t accompanies p l e n t i f u l f a i r were painted t h e words "Meteor" snd w h i l e i t resembled a s h i p , i t
l i b a t i o n s o f s t e s m b e e r , one o f our members, who had a b s e n t e d h i m s e l f had great wings s i m i l a r t o t h o s e o f a b i r d . They are operated by means
f o r a few m i n u t e s , rushed i n t o our midst and d e c l a r e d t h a t an Immense, of machinery worked by an e l e c t r i c s t o r a g e b a t t e r y , and t h e e n t i r e up-
t h r e e - m a a t e d s c h o o n e r was s a i l i n g through t h e s k y and t h s t t h e man a t p s r s t u s , which i s t w e n t y - f i v e f e e t i n l e n g t h , i s c o n s t r u c t e d o f aluminum
 I« FranSTrostTasBlatant"superintendent or' the electric streetcar
In the strange craft was the" diatinpulshed Phineaa Fogg, who Is at­
rsmwor* eystem, when interviewed said: "I did not see the form of the
tempting to beat his round-the-world record of eighty days. He was ac­ vessel nor did 1 hear the voices of Its occuoeats, as I was not In­
companied by three frlenda, who atarted with him from Hew York on Nondm formed until i t had passed my residence. All that I sav waa a b r i l ­
morning. They landed at this place to send a telegram to hone frlenda, liant electric aeerchllght, apparently twice tha slie and power of em
announcing that they had decided to avoid San Fiancisco. Mr. Fogg "«M ordinary a r c ' l i g h t , which was being propelled through tha air by soste
he and hi* frlenda enjoyed themaelvea by day In gazing at the country, mysterious force. From what I have learned from my employes—mec. of
and at night they played poker for the drinks, after netting the screw* undoubted veraclty—I am certain that thla can by no possibility have
of the machine t* Veep high enough up to escape church aplrea and mount­ been a 'fake 1 , but that a genuine airship passed over tb« city last
ain peaks. After remaining here for fifteen or twenty minutes, the aer­ evening. I watched tha light until i t passed out of sight thirty
i a l navigators stepped into the ship, a button was pressed, and the won- minutes l a t e r . I t was traveling unevetly toward tht southwest, drop­
de ping now nearer to the earth and now suddenly rising into the air
r f u l thing a r o o e i " " the " i r . glided swiftly towards the west, and
again >a if the force that was whirling It through space v u sensible
barely missed McGlashan'a museum building which is perched up on the of the danger of collision with objects upon th* earth. I , of course,
of the big rocking stone. I <*. --1- -■ ■■'- ■ -have no idea aa to i t s destination or purpose. I can only say that I
^'November 19 (Th morni San''Francisco Cull, p. 1. am fully convinced by what I have heard that I t vms aoawthing out of
(card 1)
the ordinary."
G.C._Snyder, foreman of the streetcar bam, states: I am fully
STOANGE CRAFT OF THB RKY / Sacramento Men Describe the Airship. /
Claim They Raw Ita Occupants and Heard Them in Conversation.
SACRAMEKTO, Cal., Hov. 18.—The one topic of conversation in thii convinced that an aerial vessel of some description pasaed over thla
city to-day has been the reported appearance of an airship over the building
, l a s t night about
„ 6:30
. „o'clock.,. At the
_ .time
. m
, y attention
. . . was
eastern portion of Saoran-ento l a s t n i r t t . While there are hundreds o f l ^ f h " " %*' " * ? ™ "S™ *".? " ' K u l T T, T ° ' ' ^
people who, failing to catch a gli»P« of this mysterious v i s i t s . ■f?' " ■ formt tmt I [Link] saw the " • " h l i j . t . which was go!ng
are extremely skeptical, there are hundreds of others who are positive " " " ^ i n t 0 t b 8 , " * * ' ****<"* " ' " ° « ^ " J w d « f * ^ t " " " * l "
t 4 c h e d t 0
in their declaration that they did see Its b r i l l i a n t [Link] Ight trav- V ™ ' " 1 ° f ! * * d e , c r I p t ° " ' «*lch » - Irtorinji a. a sea-
going vessel will In a heavy sea and head wind. I slao find that hun­
elinp over the city, and who will also swear that they heard the voi­
dreds of residents In this portion of the city sav the light, and the
ces of i t s occupants and distinpuished their merry son* and laughter.
are hundreda who claim that they heard the voices of the occupants of
Then there are others who declare that these aerial travelers used
the v i s i t o r . "
the English tongue, and that they plainly distinpuished the words used
and commands uttered for the guidance and care of the a i r vessel. Charles Lust, secretary of the company, also states that he saw
the light traveling over the c i t y .
In investigating this mysterious visitation the local representa­
Mayor Kubbard says, that personally he failed to catch a gllmnse
tive of The Call obtained personal interviews with scores of reputablt
of thla aerial visitant, aa he was engaged in his office downtown whr«
cltiiena vho reside along the route, passed over by the a i r craft.
i t paaaed over. Wit he atated to The Call representative that upon
Many of them lived fully a mile or two distant from each other, but
arriving at hla residence in the upper portion of the city his deurh-
_the>r a c c o u n t B A l l - ter
ter told told him
him thatthat the
she had had :aeen a b r i l l i a n t white light, seemingly at
As far as can - f ^ e - - , _ . - JV--V- ., - - —
COMB toward the city from the east and
was obi on ft and eggbe learned from eyewitnesses, the body of the craft t eleTi>tlon u h i c h had
moving In a southwesterly direction. Shf mi
rapid revolutions " " £ ? • ".I ^ ' " U l T r 1 " °" ^T* ' " ' ' "T* S"ed dir^S'ovTr it, *
said i t certainly was not a meteor, as It was a different shade of
, beating the a i r , served to propel the vessel dlr- . . . . . _, , , , t ,
VIA ♦! < r \ n ^ ' ? !? f ,, ' * t 0 * V ' y f r o " U«W and *oved too slBwITend uncvenlyTll^rshi-way a t ^ - l o V s " ^ « -
aide to side with a wavering motion, similar to that of a boat beins. pcount n * t for i
i t
t .
forced against the rapid current of a stream, P.E. Brlggs, a motoraan on one of the streetcars running to Oak
Midway of the vessel and suspended directly beneath It wns a prl1 Park, saw the light of the traveling airship, and at the request of
liant searchlight about twice the site of an arc lipht, evidently so the occupants of hla crowded vehicle he stopped his car for a moaant.
placed that the occupants could ascertain when the vessel approached He says that while they could not discern the form »f the airship, ret
too near the earth and was in danger of collision with loftv ^[Link]*. the voices of the occupants were plainly heard. Ha had been informed
Above the egg-shaped body towered a t a l l , indiatinpulBhable man*. by a man vho resided In the vicinity of East Park, where the a i r ves­
whone shape i t vas Impossible to ascertain, rt owing to the fact that sel had been first seen, that i t was a genalna airship, clpkr or egg
the onlooker's CsicD eyes were blurred by thi> brilliancy of the Shaped, and that i t had at least four occupants. When ths vessel
searchlight. passed over his car be Judged that the occupants were singing, but
Such in the description of the vessel given by R.L. Lowrv, who they were at such a height that neither he nor his passengvra v*r*
also claims to have been able to distinguish four mrn, who were seem­ enabled to distinguish the words or the tune, as they came in broken
ingly engaged In propelling the vessel by i t s fanlitc wheels, miwh snatches, as though borne on gusts of the night wind.
after the fashion of a blcycliaat driving his wheel over a boulevsrd. When H.V. Marah saw the traveling light i t was at least five miles
. . . . . .
It Is also claimed that a bystander In the vicinity of Mr. Uivry away. He thought that i t vaa attached t o some aarial vessel, owing
Shouled to the men in the aerial vessel and inquired their desUnatiw t 0 l t | v «veringjotIon through the atmosphere.
and that they ey replied they were bound for San Francisco and intended " g.' Caverty saw tb« l i g h t , but refused to be interviewed on the
arriving ay 12 o'clock—midnight. This, however, could not be veri­ subject, evidently txaaati deeming i t to be uncanny.
fied, as no one appeared to knows; the name of the reputed Interrogator M.T. Shelly, a gentleman of undoubted veracity, saw tb« airshlo's
J.H. Vopel, who claimed to have been in the same locality, also l i g h t , and at one time, when the craft careened somewhat *o as to par­
states that the vessel was egg-shaped, and that he distinctly heard t i a l l y obscure the l i g h t , be caupht sight of tha vessel Itself, vnibh
the voices of i t s occupants, but says that aa the vessel vaa rapidly he declared to be a cigar-K*k»ahaped recepticle, with what seer*d to
rising he was unable to distinguish any words, and that after a brief be a dark wall above i t . *
glimpse of the body of the airship i t faded from view and a l l that vat Hundreds of similar interviews could be obtained. In this connec­
viaible vaa the brilliant searchlight, which moved slowly away In a tion the Evening Bee publishes the following account:
southwesterly direction, going toward Ban Francisco, and being visiblt Startled cltisens l a s t night living at points of the city along a
for upward of thirty minutes, growing more and more dim, until i t dis- rough diagonal l i n e , yet far distant from each other, declare that
appeared in the distance, they not only aaw the phenomenon but they also heard voices lasulnr
E. Wentel, who Is employed at Scheld's Brewery, verifies the from i t in midair—«ot the whispering of angels, not the sepulchral
stories of Vopel and Lowry as to the shape of the vessel, but claims mutterings of I t a ■ » evil s p i r i t s , but the Intelligible words and
that when i t passed over him the occupants were trolling a merry the merry laughter of humans. At those intervals whtre the glltterln
chorus which, though dlstanc, sounded sweet and clear in the evening object, aa if careless of i t s obligation to maintain a straight Tor-
air. ward course, descended dangerously near the housetops voices w r -
The first person who, as far as can be learned, caught a glimpse heard in the sky sajing:
of the reputed 'airship 'was David"Carl, a horse-trainer at Agricultural "'Lift her up, quick; you are making directly for that stetrde."
Park. When he first caught sight of the craft i t was within a short "*Theo the light in the sky would be seen obeying some mystic
distance of the ground, and he states that he heard a voice saving: touch and assending to a considerable height, from which I t would
"We are too low down here; send her up higher." take up again i t s msouthweaterly course. The light sailed along the
Then a discussion foloowed as to the advisibllity of attaining line of K s t r e e t , so i t appeared from those In tha eastern part of th«
too great a height, as the occupants were svldently anxious to rrach c i t y , although I t appears that after i t had passed Fourteenth street
San Francisco before midnight. He atated that the vessel then *tart«J H ' ' ^ wafted" far south of K. Laughter and words soundmalng strange
to r i s e , doing so on an incline and not going directly UP as would be i n t h o distance, though fairly i n t e l l i g i b l e , fell upon the ears of
the case had ballast been caet from a balloon. He had no t IH^i, pedeatriais along the mcourse of the light who had pauaed to look up
however, that It was anything but a balloon and had never ev»n thomht fct the novelty.
of the possibility of an airship. He vaa positive In his deciarnlion "Laat night'a Bee contained a telegram from lew York announcing
that It conatalned at least two occupants, as he could clearlv dis- t f a r t fc ^ ^ b a d perfected an airship and would on Friday of this week.
tlngulHh two voices discussing the strata of air best adapted for accompanied by one or two friends, ascend from a vacant lot in the
rapid traveling. metropolis and go directly to California, which he promised to reach
SJtT.P. de Long when interviewed said; "I could not distinguish in two daya. The description furnished In the telegram included an
the sakshape of the vessel. All I could see waa a b r i l l i a n t lirht apparatus which vas e l e c t r i c a l , to supply light and power for ths aa*
moving seeminply against the wind, but I could plainly h<*ar the volcet tcolahing contrivance.
of Its occupants, who were singing, and It sounded srto rw lifc* th* .
noise produced by a phonograph. At this time I smulit should Jurtec tin! "It is not regarded aa likely, in view of tha announcement con­
vessel was several hundred* feet high." tained In the dispatch, that last night Sacramento waa oversvept by
this aerial ahip.
 "!!ut b»fp in t h e I n c i d e n t — h e r o t h e c h r o n i c l e o f words IK-UHI. •■(
K» " C h a r l e s Luak. a s s i s t a n t c a s h i e r of t h - * t r e t t - c a r c o a i n n v , who
& iitrwii'ri (ipuctrtdr vltneaiicd. Whence t h e H p h t , which u m i,"i » ■ l « o aaw t h e l i g h t , d e c l a r e * t h a t ha w u s t r u c k w i t h tha r r t n H a n t r
B-.i'ti-or a l l S . T I ' P , rajne, w h i t h e r I t Went, where I t now i s - - t | | . . : > . . I M n b o r a t o an a r c I m p and wai f u r t h e r a s t o n i s h e d _vhan h« iaw i t r l * e m
i t 16 not w i t h i n t h e c a p a c i t y o f t h i s a r t i c l e t o d e a l w i t h . " f a l l a* though g u i d e d by t o o t human a g e n c y .
Then follow I n t e r v i e w ] , s i m i l a r t o t h o s e o b t a i n e d by t h e c a n r»,, The a o a t r e m a r k a b l e s t o r y , however, 1* t h a t t o l d by B.I.. I i w r * . •
rr'i>?ntatlve. carman who d e c l a r e * t h a t ha n o t o n l y ssw t h e l i g h t , but t h a t he «■» «
Among t h e e y e - w i m a s s e s o f l a s t n i p h t ' s s i n g u l a r s p e c t a c l e i t i e a i r s h i p , and t h e nan who were p r o p e l l i n g I t , and >or« than t h i n , \-
wildcat speculations are r i f e . Ae t o t h e d e s t i n a t i o n and ol-.l--■ t. l o heard tha M D t a l k i n g . The d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e a h l p given by h l a 1*
o b t a i n e d by t h i a n i p h t voyap.e of a r e p u t e d a i r s h i p , one of thn-.c on t h a t t h e body waa c l g a r - a h a p e d and had a framavork hanging l>elow fa
l o o k e r s informed The C a l l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e t h a t in h i s o p i n i o n I t wa-; which t v o >aa s e t aa t h a y would on a b i c y c l e . Tha lamp waa *uapen,ie.l
t h e same i n v e n t i o n which i t 1B rumored E d i s o n c l a i m e d t o have p e r ­ below t h e Ben and a p p e a r e d t o b e i n c l o s e d in a g l o b e . When he ■ **v
f e c t e d ajid o f f e r e d t o t h e Government a t t h e t i m e when t h e Venezuelan t h e a f f a i r i t waa n o t siore t h a n 100 f e e t from t h e e a r t h , and he h e i r '
boundary q u e s t i o n came u p , and t h a t now t h a t r e l n t i o n r . were s t r a h . e i ! a voice say; "Throw h e r up h i g h e r o r you w i l l a t r U e t h a t a t e e p l e . "
w i t h MSRA S p a i n t h e Government has Bent a p a r t y of e n g i n e e r s out In Lowry'a s t o r y l a b o r n e o u t by E » l l H e n t e l , a b a r k e e p e r in t h e
t h e s l r s h i p t o t e s t i t p r a c t i c a b i l i t y , and t h a t t h e y were k e e p i n g S a c r a m e n t o B r e w e r y , who a l a o c l a i m s t h a t he aaw t h e s h i p and h e a r d '■
away from p o p u l o u s l o c a l i t i e s , e x c e p t d u r i n g t h e n i p h t t r i p s . v o i c e s , and C h a r l e a B o y l e * , a m e c h a n i c , and J . B . V o g e l , a 1 - a r k e e p - r ,
The o p i n i o n o f t h e masses i s , h o w e v e r , t h a t some lucky i i - v - i i r r . who a l a o c l a i m t h e y aav t h e a h l p and h e a r d t h e v o i c e * .
h a v i n g s o l v e d t h e m y s t e r y o f a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n , i s , w i t h h i e coiri-m- That a r e m a r k a b l e phenomenon a p p e a r e d i n t h e sky l a s t n l p h t t l . r r -
l o n s , t e o t i n p h l a I n v e n t i o n in s e c r e t , w i t h no i n t e n t of a l l o w i n g a can be no d o u b t , and a l t h o u g h t h e g e n e r a l b e l i e f la t h a t t h e a i r ^ n i p
c u r i o u s p u b l i c t o view i t u n t i l h i s r i , h t » a r e f u l W p r o t e c l , , | , a t o r y la a g i g a n t i c hoa*, i t la hard t o account for the evident s i n ­
l e t t e r s p a t e n t , 'iliev presume t h a t he l a t r a v e l i n g by n i r n t ana c e r i t y o f t h o a e who c l a i m t h e y saw t h e n a c b l n e and beard t h e v c i . - e r -
-■ - - - f a v l n i _.., , ,„
bv in d e s e r t s n o t s d u r i n g t h e d a v . Be t h a t aa i t [Link]. t h e r e can be n< 1896 HoYeaber 20 ( F r l ) The C a i l (San F r a n c i s c o ) , p , 1 . fcardT)
p o s s i b l e d o u b t t h a t an a e r i a l v e s s e l o f some k i n d p a s s e d o v e r fiaora-
m-nto l a n t n i p h t , and h u n d r e d s of t h e r e s i d e n t s o f t h i a c i t v w i l l so THAT PECULIAR BIGHT VISITANT / Kany o f S a c r a m e n t o ' s Beat C l t l i e n e Cer
testify, t a i n I t Was an A i r h a h i p , / B r i l l i a n c y o f I t a L i g h t Cauaed R e s i d e n t * ti
",'h>- r e i i n e n t r : o f flak Park c l a i m t o have a l i t t l e r v i t e r v o f t h e i r Rush t o t h e i r Windows. / Many T h e o r i e s Concerning t h e S t r a n g e Phenome'
nun vittch ITHV n o n s i b l e b e a r i n g C s i c ] o f t h i s s u h . l e c t . They s t a t e t h a i n o n , b u t t h e M y s t e r y l a Yet t o Be S o l v e d . /
VHSiirdny n f l e m o o n an o b l e c t was aeen In t h e sky a t such a t r e a t SACRAMENTO, C a l . , H O T . 1 9 , — T h e r e have been aa y e t no new d e v e l o p
e i - v a t l o n as t o be a l m o s t i r i d i s t i n f u i s h a b l e . I t mov-i s l o w l y In a B e n t s o f a t r u s t w o r t h y c h a r a c t e r i n t h i s l o c a l i t y in r e g a r d t o t h e myi
c i r c l e . l»avtni» a volurw of smoke b e h i n d i t . Thia phenomenon was seer, t e r i o u s a e r i a l v i s i t a n t which swept o v e r t h i s c i t y on Tuesday e v e n i n g
bv » r , ' i , wio a r e u n a b l e t o a c c o u n t f o r i t . > w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n t h a t t h e number o f p e r s o n s who saw i t * b r i l l i a n t
A r u r o r in a f l o a t in t h e c i t y t o - n l p h t t h a t t h e a i r s h i p waa r o n - s e a r c h l i g h t a r e d a l l y growing more n u m e r o u s , o r r a t h e r l a l i g h t o f
ntriK.-'.eij r.'-nr i v l n c i t y and t h a t a t r i a l t r i p waa a t t e m p t e d l a s t even- what h a s been p u b l i s h e d have l e u f e a r of p u b l i c c e n s u r e and l a s s heal
i n p , a CBi>l» W:I\P used t o c o n f i n e t h e machine t o a c e r t a i n e l e v a t i o n t a n c y in Baking t h e i r i d e n t i t y known.
i t \r. *-tat.«'i t h a t t h e c a b l e p a r t e d and t h e v e s s e l t h e i d r i f t e d T h e r e a r e r e a i d e n t s on t h e o u t s k i r t s o f t h e c i t y who d e c l a r e t h a t
o v e r ' ! ■ - ejt.v nn'i oecame t h e o b s e r v e d a f a l l o b s e r v e r s , "^hin riimnr t h e y r e c e i v e d n o t i c e o f t h e p a s s i n g o f t h e a i r s h i p by h a v i n g t h e i r
c a n n o t !•« <-nnflrm»d a t t h i n l a t e h o u r , b u t i t i s c l a i m e d t h a t T. / l i e n a p a r t K e n t s i l l u m i n a t e d by t h e b r i l l i a n c y o f I t * e l e c t r i c a l l i g h t , and
vno t'orweriv c o n d u c t. „e .d, an ._ employment
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hii citv, ■-, t r . i l r u s h i n g t o t h e i r windows u n d e r t h e i m p r e s s i o n t h a t some n e i g h b o r i n g
such i s t h e c a n e and t h a t one o f t h e n-en who had [Link]" t h e nn.-. r e s i d e n c e waa a b l a t e saw t h e b r i l l i a n t l i g h t n o r i n g t h r o u g h t h e a i r
I.a.i iiiformed him t h a t t h e t r i a l waa a s u c c e s s and t b e n > i - r | \. overhead. In t h e mean t i m e a l t n o i t t h e a o l e s u b j e c t of c o n v e r s a t i o n I s
w e l l , e*ccj»t t h a t I t waa i m p o s s i b l e t o f u l l y c o n t r o l l t n rr<ii,— -■ti . t h e n y a t e r l o u s v i s i t a n t , and t h e l e a d i n g g r e e t i n g i s ; "Have you seen
In conte<|uence t h e i n v e n t o r s h a d , a f t e r p o i n ^ toward Tan K r i n r d r o the a i r e h l p l "
a l w a y s , r e t u r n e d and l a n d e d in a v a c a n t f i e l d eoir.e d i s t a n c e f r - *
Those who f a i l e d t o c a t c h a g l l a p s e of t h i s b r i l l i a n t l i g h t s t J U
Arcade and a l o u l s i x m i l e s from t h e c i t y l i m i t s . T h i s t n l u w <u.i
p e r s i s t i n r e g a r d i n g i t r a t h e r in t h e s h a p e of a h o a i , and numerous
/i-fier'il iy c r e d i t e d .
s t o r i e * h a v e ba«n c i r c u l a t e d o f t o y b a l l o o n s , b i r d a w i t h Chinese l a n ­
r.l):i fhHt.K wKrKf- AGO. / fitory Told by a Hunter I Ivln.- on I ' - l n ,i- t e r n * a t t a c h e d and « i » i l a r r i d i c u l o u s e x p l a n a t i o n * of t h i a » t r a n p c
Hldpe. phenomenon, b u t t h o a e wha were e y e - f i t n e s s e s — a n d t h e i r name* a r e l e -
(•it Tunday t h e f i r s t day o f t h i a r i o n t h , a r e r r e s e r . t n t | ve -~r Ti-, . g i o n - - a r e s t r e n u o u s I n t h e i r d e c l a r a t i o n s t h a t t h i a can by no t e a n a t e
Call p--t on l i o l i n a s R i d g e , .lust t o tti» west o f Hount Tape I m l <■ . on a m y t h , b u t waa an a e r i a l T e a s e l of some d e s c r i p t i o n .
o l d h u n t e r l i v i n g t h e r e , named Brown, The o l d man was verv ncrv i.- Among t h e s e e y e - w i t n e s a e s t h e r e were s e v e r a l who were p r a c t i c a l
and s t a r t e d a c o n v e r s a t i o n i m m e d i a t e l y by a s * i n » : c l e c t r i c l a n a , and who c l a i m t h a t in t h e i r Judgment t h i s l i g h t waa of
" I n I look l i k e a c r a i y rrmnJ" an e l e c t r i c a l c h a r a c t e r , and t b e y a l s o c l a l a t h a t t o produce a l l p h t
"Wlw c e r t a i n l y n o t , Mr. Frown. Whv do you a s k ? " o f t h i a s i i e and b r i l l i a n c y i t would r e q u i r e a t l e a s t one h o r s e p o w e r ,
" W e l l , " he r e p l i e d , " I d o n ' t e x p e c t anvbotiy tr> t e l l e v - <■-, lo and t h a t would oaan a v e s s e l c a p a b l e o f s u s t a i n i n g h a l f a t o n weight
t " l l t h e t r u t h 1 can h a r d l y b e l i e v e m y s e l f . Put i t ' s rin hoin-s/t f . n t for t h e l i g h t a l o n e , and t h e one t h i n g most o f t h e w i t n e s s e s t o t h e
t h a t y e s t e r o a y m o r n l n c when t h e fop becan t o l i f t , I saw an [Link] phenomenon a r e p o s i t i v e a b o u t i s t h a t t h e l i g h t wa* w h i t e , l i k e t h a t
riwht nn t h e r e a c o u p l e Of hundred f e e t o v e r them H u e * . " shed by an a r c l a m p .
"No, I c a n ' t t e l l you much what ahe looked l i k e , ilhe d i d n ' t
Weather O b s a e r v e r . B a r w i e k l a a t a t much l o s s any anybody t o [Link]
snow v e r y p l a i n l y t n r o u p h t h e m i s t , b u t I saw a l a r p e , d a r k a h a p e
f o r t h e a p p e a r a n c e I n t h e a k y , He l a y s t h e c o l o r o f a n e t e o r would t e
w i t h s o m e t h i n g moving on i t . D o n ' t know w h e t h e r I aaw any p e o p l e o r
a f f e c t e d by t h e d e n « i t y o f t h e a t m o s p h e r e t h r o u g h v h l c b i t was d a r t i r t
not. I t came on me s o audden I was a l m o s t a t u n n e d , and by t h e t i m e I
and on an e v e n i n g l i k e t h a t o f T u e s d a y , he b e l i e v e s , t h e l i g h t of s u n .
c o l l e c t e d my s e n s e s K s h e was o u t o f e i g h t ,
an a e r i a l v i s i t o r would most l i k e l y be p u r p l i s h , and in no event t h e
"I have been k i n d o f d a z e d e v e r s i n c e , and t o have you t e l l me
e i t r e m e w h i t e o f an a r c l a m p .
t h a t I d o n ' t look c r a i y i a a g r e a t r e l i e f . But I know t h a t what I
At a l l e v e n t * t h e r e can be no p o a a i b l e room f o r d o u b t t h a t * o n e -
saw was an a i r s h i p . "
t h i n g e i t r e a d y m y s t e r i o u s p a s s e d o v e r t h l i - c i t y , and i t * p a i s a g a vaa
Aa t h e " s u p e r i o r " t y p e o f m i r a g e i a n o t uncommon t o p e o p l e l i v i n g
viewed by h u n d r e d s o f S a c r a m e n t o ' s b e s t c l t l i e a s . T h i s no on* d e n i e s ,
on t h e H a r i n h i l l a I t vaa t h o u g h t t h a t t h i s was what t h e o l d man had
and y e t t h e r e a r e h u n d r e d s who l a u g h t h e i d e a t o a c o r n t h a t t h e s e c r e t
s e e n , so no a t t e n t i o n waa p a i d t o h i s s t o r y . The m t r a p e e f f e c t of a
o f a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n h a s been s o l v e d , y e t w a i t in f e a r and t r e m b l i n g
l a r c e ocean v e s s e l p a s s i n g t h r o u g h t t h e sky m i p h t a p p e a r t o him l i k e
l e s t aome a u t h e n t i c news be r e c e i v e d o f t h e e x i s t e n c e of a m x l v e r i t ­
sotre n e w - f a n g l e d r A c h i n e f o r n a v i g a t i n g t h e a i r .
a b l e a i r s h i p , and t b e y f i n d t h a t t h e l a u g h baa been t u r n e d upon theaw
I'i-rtiap3 t h e m i r a g e i s what he r e a l l y s a w , b u t i n ' t h e face of t h e
aelves, /
s t o r i e s c i r c u l a t i a g e d in repard t o t h e a i r a h l p there Is a p r o b a b i l i t y
ONE BELIEVER IH OAKIAHD. / John C r l e a e r Says t h e S e c r e t o f A e r i a l
t h a t ifl what Mr. Brown r e a l l y saw. C e r t a i n l y he would have no o b j e c t
Navigation la Solved.
khV.^Ml Afr'shVTSaT P a s s e d Over S a c r a m e n t o Tuesday E v e n i n g , aa OAKLAMD, C a l , H O T . 1 9 . — T h e a c c o u n t o f t h e f l y i n g - m a c h i n e which.
[■escribed by S c o r e s o f r y e - W i t n e s s e s . ) was s e e n o v e r S a c r a m e n t o Tuesday n i g h t h a t been r e a d t l t a g r e a t I n t e r ­
1896 November i s ' a n / b a n F r a n c i s c o C h r o n i c l e , p . 5 . e s t by one t a n , a t l e a s t , i n t h i s c i t y . John C r l e s e r o f 37>i T w e l f t h
s t r e e t h a s h a n a e r e d t a c k s i n t o h i t a h o e s and s t u d i e d t h e p o s t l b l l l t ^ e *
STRAHCE TALE OF A FLYING MACHINE. / ROMAHCE FROM SACRAMENTO / SAID TO o f B a k i n g a f l y i n g - m a c h i n e f o r many y e a r a . He baa n o t r e t t e d a t s t u d y ­
HAVE BEEN SEEN BY KAlfY CITIZENS. / I t Look* L i k e a Faka of U r g e S l i a i n g t h e p r o b l e m , b u t h a s p u t much o f h l a t i a e d u r i n g s p a r * hour* t o t h )
— M y s t e r i o u s L i g h t Seen a t t h e C a p i t a l C i t y . / S p e c i a l D i s p a t c h t o t h a work of c o n s t r u c t i n g s o m e t h i n g a l o n g t h e l i n e o f an a e r i a l s h i p . It
"Chronicle." vaa o n l y t h e f o r e p a r t o f Auguat t h a t he made a v e r y a u c e e a t r u l t r i a l
SACRAMENTO, November IB,—What i a p r o b a b l y on* of t h e g r e a t e s t o f h i a m a c h i n e . When s e e n by a C a l l r e p r e a e n t a t i v e he s a i d :
h o a x e s t h a t haa e v e r been s p r u n g on any COED u n i t y haa been s t a r t e d in " I v a s *«eh i n t e r e a t e d i a t h e a r t i c l e i n t o - d a y ' s C a l l and t h e p l c -
t h i s c i t y , and y e t were I t n o t f o r t h e I m p r o b a b i l i t y of t h e t h i n g t h e r e t u r e t h a t I l l u s t r a t e a i t The man who d e a i g n e d t h a t machine haa t h e
would be t h e v e r y b e s t of r e a a o n o f o r b e l i e v i n g i t t r u e . t r u e i d e a o f a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n I b e l i e v e . One must have a b a l l o o n of
At an e a r l y hour l a s t e v e n i n g a v e r y b r i l l i a n t l i g h t p a a a a d o v e r s u f f i c i e n t c a r r y i n g o r l i f t i n g c a p a c i t y t o support a t l e a s t h a l f of ti.i
t h e o u t h e a s e r n p a r t of t h e c i t y , t r a v e l i n g In a a o u t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n w e i g h t t o be c a r r i e d and t h e n meant t o n a v i g a t e t h e a i r t o do t h e b a l -
T h i s much must ba a c c e p t e d aa a f a c t , aa i t waa s e a n by a a c o r e o r n o r * a n e e . I ast * f i r m b e l i e v e r i n t h e s u c c e s s o f man t o n a v i g a t e t h e a i r
of p e r s o n a a t d i f f e r e n t p o i n t a , among whom a r e aoma of t h e s w a t r e p u - and aa r e a d y t o a c c e p t t h e n e v t t h a t some one ha* a t l a s t s u c c e e d e d a i
c a b l e c i t l z e n a of S a c r a m e n t o . One of t h a a e , Frank Etasa, a a a i a t a n t t o l d i n t h e s t o r y fron Sacramento.
s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of t h e a t r e e t c a r company, who waa on T w e n t y - e i g h t h a t r e e - " I h a v e no doubt b u t t h a t s o n e one In t h e c o u n t r y h a s been a t work
a t t h e t i m e , d e a c r i b a a t h a l i g h t aa c l o a e l y r e a e u b l l n g an a r c lamp, and on a u c b l n e and a f t e r g e t t i n g one t h a t would work had been out for a
d e c l a r e a t h a t i t was t r a v e l i n g d i a g o n a l l y a c r o a s t h a d i r e c t i o n of t h e r i d e , when be got t o o low and was d i s c o v e r e d ,
wind. " I f I c o u l d have had an o p p o r t u n i t y t o g e t o u t and t r y my moJela 1
 3.0 TliC coiidlKiKlons may be r-ore fiivorni le lor [Link] n vi.v n 5
;
should have had a successful [machine before t h i s time. When I did makt UIUJI anywhere wise, 3t Is not u r/iUcr uf m r p r l s o thai i:.i
spi t i l
an experiment out. in the s t r e e t at an early morning hour I managed to in tiie a i r should have been [Link]. Ti;.- vtuJer Is [Link] H
a ove myself about, but s t r i k i n g the wires broke toy machine. I t has tiuve been seen DO early in the soaiiuii. --. [Link].J Trllw.e.
not since been repaired, All in a l l . I t Is about the thinnest fake yet set a f l o m . T I L
"I f i r s t took to working on a cnachine three years ago from reading staid c i t i z e n s of Woodland kno« b e t t e r , Here I t is r.o ro'su-r,.
an a r t i c l e vhlch quoted an English s c i e n t i f i c gentlewui who Bald I t wai HiriLioii, but veil known to be wither the second coding of U,<-
a p o s s i b i l i t y to be solved. I have never had the assistance of any rat or the profited v l t l t of the angel C«briel or l:iijm. of old i ■■
or of any money to develop icy models, and, with the exception of a roy , fron hiB t r i p to the skicB. Ko,t:eiit lessen fakirs of :'acrax.i-i)to
I do not allow any one to see vhat work I have done. He vent and wide cay impose on the unsuspecting bay c i t y people, but you can't -1 l i
up a big story about what he was doing and told i t to a reporter some woodland patriarchs.—Woodland Kail. ,
time ein
lttid Hoveoocr 20 ll-'ri) San Francisco Chronicle, p . 11. Ttie Sacramento and San Francisco a a l l l e a are giving u( r j ; s?u<
(card 1) to accounts of that a e r i a l craft said to have passed over !-'«»m>[Link]
a few nights ago. Maybe I t waa the "advance agent of prct,)iTit., ,"
MORE OF A HOAX THA.'I AN AIRSHIP. / THE SACRAMENTO ENIGMA. / PROFESSOR much talked akaxi of by Republican [opera but invisible to ull > u..
DAVIDSON A. STHOIJC SKEPTIC. / Some Think That a Clever Kite Flyer waa Anyhow, they both seem t o have teen of a decidedly r y s t i c u l [Link]-.
Having Fun. / Kapa Journal, /
Are there up In the sky four l o l l y and intrepid human t r a v e l e r s , We have alway6 been told that constant use of Cucraci'i.l" : » I H I
paying their respects to Mara, singing quartets to Venus, and silutlnfi would produce a l t o s t anything to u vivid Imagination. Tl.i.l they ;.h
Jie planets y,tineral)y within hailing d i s t a n c e , or are the people of , , 0n . ., , . .,
Sacramento affected with the disease known in polite society as " I U U . " 1 " " ^ ^ ^ ^°r " * *™ " ^ " ? ' " "* V"' ">,.
inattd staggers?" evolve an a i r ship c a l l s for an investigation of the recent >n t i l l
That i the question. ' " T f - - ' ' ■ " " " " ' " f A PP e l t l - __, _ , . .
The flyin* machine, with I t s wonderful a r c - l l E h t sttachraent, has 1096 J o r e » b e r a (Sat) The Call [San Francisco), p . 3.
not yet paid i t s respects to San Francisco. I t s occupants have e i t h e r
decided, like some s t r o l l i n g a c t o r s , that this is a Jay town, anyhow, THAT AIRSHIP AGAIN. / Sacraneuto People Onco More See Myiterloui Lifh
and too s i a t e r i a l i s t i c to be regarded with a sight of anything so un- PkMing Over the City,
[Link], or they have made up t h - l r minds to drop in at Yokohama or EACRAHEMTO, C a l , , Bov. 20.—Llnlesa acore* of realdents In the e»i
Sydney for a feu hours before steering for t h i s l o c a l i t y . era portion of tha c i t y hare gone suddenly daft the t y » t e r l o u i aerial
Those dispatches from Sacramento created Intense Interest here in v i s i t a n t which paaaed over the c i t y Tuesday night 1> s t i l l haunting tl
the mystery, and I t was the principal tooplc of conversation on the l o c a l i t y , and people here are becoming sore and nore convinced that 1'
i s an a i r s h i p of some kind, valch i« aaiing nightly t r i a l t r i p s throui
s t r e e t s a l l day yesterday, h'o matter how important the subject under
tha lurroundlng heayen*.
discussion, business men would glance furtively at the skv everv feu
Men vhoao veracity cannot be doubted declare that the nysteriou*
momenta and try to make t h e i r friends believe that they uere simply
e l e c t r i c a l l i g h t repaaied, the c i t y far t o the northward, golns In a
looking at the weather. But the black oval speck with outstretched
northeasterly d i r e c t i o n , at though to the point froa which i t f i r i t
wings and mysterious wheels that they expected to see failed to show
c i * « . Tni» evening several person* declare that they plainly »av the
up above the horizon.
■ysterioua l i g h t s w r i n g through the a i r at a great distance fron thr
The pi p o l i c e , wbo, when their duties become monotonous In the late e a r t h , and they declare t h a t fron t h e i r movenent they eust have be?n
nl^ht WHtcheu, are generally supposed to gaze steadily skyward, saw attached to some a i r c r a f t . They at one time »oved d i r e c t l y Into the
nothing in the nature of a moving light or a quarter-speed meteor yesre wind and "gain s t a r t e d off at a various t a n g e n t i .
day morning. Up ac headquarters they smiled disdainfully at the story
To-night'* report* have ai yet not been v e r i f i e d , but th»t th« ryi
and characterized I t as a "sweet l i t t l e fake," but nevertheless, when
t e r l o u . lighta r e p . i . e d the c i t y , going n o r t h e a . t , on Wedne.d.y nl F ht
the niplit squads went out at 5:30 p.m., every man had about mnde tip
cannot be gainsaid, and the belief grow* apace that some fortunate
Ills mind to do a l i t t l e amateur astronomy in addtlon to his other
taortal has aolved the mystery o* a e r i a l t r a v e l , ha* c o n t r a c t e d hi*
duclca. Tley were not the only people Infected with the tever, e i t h e r .
r e s a l e l in *oae quiet *pot and i s making a thorough t e » t of i t s capac-
A smart peddler, who keeps s t r i c t l y up to date, paraded Market s t r e e t
a l l afternoon with a bundle of cheap tolescppes and a sii'n, "Watch out i t l e * before pre«entlng i t to the view of an locredulou* public.
for the great hew York a i r s h i p . " He was sold out before n i g h t f a l l . "Ib9o Ifovecber 32 (Sun.) The Call (San Francisco), p . 13. (carJli
Trofessor Ceorpe Davidson is righteously ±d indignant. When theie
wlld-eved s t o r i e s confine themselves to mundane affairs he doesn't |SAW THE MYSTIC FLYING LIGHT / Oaklanders Who Believe an airship h.v-r-
[Link].a, tut wiii'ii [Link] invade the heavens and i n t e r f e r e with the order of Over Thea. / Say That They Saw a Dark Body Above the [Link]:. I It Vi*.
tne s t a r s ne s i;oiii,iders tne a f f a i r a personal i n s u l t . "What do I Headed for San Francisco and Seemed About to Come to Earth. /
tiunr. about i t ? " he said yesterday. "I think I t ' s the outcome of a Oakland Office San Francisco C a l l , / 008 Broadway, Nov. 2\.
sort of froei [Link] of liiirB. Half a dozen fellows have got together, Some one must be operating an a i r s h i p in thin portion of lh- :;t«ie
sent up u aailoon with sor.e sort of an e l e c t r i c l i g h t attachment, and Twice within the past s i i weeks i t has been seen by r e l i a b l e i- rr*\4t-.\',
imagination ■■•&<> Ju.e the r e s t . I t i s a pure fake. Why, i f I were oft o Oakland, and on each occasion i t has presented the sate a|r nr«r<-*
tut _jp o:. to; of me Chronicle tower tind sing "Yarixee Doodle" or the Six weeks ago a young lady was riding a wheel on Telepraph n v t r v .
" I ' i r n - i l n l t t , " Jo you think anybody down on the s t r e e t could hear me) when she saw a strange-looking Object in the eky. I t . c a r r i e d a w "
"Just IIJC-/. HI Hit: story from t h s t statement about the singing ful headlight, sufficiently Strong to Bend out long brifht rays into
[Link], iti, .mou^r, to explode I t . Then again, these l l l u s i o n i a t o the darkness. I t appeared t o be going in a westerly direction ir.,1
■JccLurt t.-.at ti.e rjiciiine had propellers on the s i d e s . I t vas finally seeded to be gradually descending as i t disappeared over St. I'ar\'«
uecijL-d [Link] ttrri years ago by expert aeronauts that no side mechan- College. She reported the affair to her b r o t h e r , who Is a motorr**! u-.
iLC of t!,ui i.u.u could possibly help an a i r ship, but would, i f any- the cemetery branch of the PledKont road.
[Link]/., retaru it6 p r o e r t a s . I expect a couple of thousand fool3 will Last night a l i t t l e a f t e r 5 o ' c l o c k , as a crowded car was poln*; ou
uc cra-iiLnf, t n e i r necks and wearying t h e i r eyeballs to-niglit, looking toward Piednont, the a t t e n t i o n of the paasengera vas attracted to « r-
[Link] i^very ftind of telescope and binocular that they can lay t h e i r cullar-lpoking contrivance high up in the sky. The most peculiar f u ­
iiimdi; on. I can t e l l you one t h i n g , though, I am not going to be one ture of i t wa* a powerful headlight and another l i g h t which «eecrtl IO
of \KXX tui-n. " be in the bottom of the machine and to shine d i r e c t l y on the e a r t h . !t
came into view from the d i r e c t i o n of East Oakland, passed over PleJ-
i.'[Link] ii.-[Link] iiii:v-ion tliinke that the whole [Link] is a ;-r.'ict i - mont, and according to the story of the passengers seeded to descend
nil Joke, jltiytJ l.y :,(*r.f clever k i t e - f l y e r , who hue uttachi'd a luntern in such a manner as to i n d i c a t e that i t would land soeewhere In fan
witii a powerful ri.-fl.;clor to his k i t e , and d r a p e d i t over rucnirt-nto. Francisco.
iiu:j:.ufi irii,1^ VI."t l-ixi^- ajid Lijnclc-y have long ago eiiplck-d the theory Many of the passengers took up t h e i r morning newspapers to-Jav <■ >
[Link] ij,,ii,:;.t i u t iiii [Link]^liine will f l y , and he Jowi-n't i-i-J icve [Link] pecting to see a full description of the peacullar object that they h-i i
OLjL-Ct i l ■ s [Link]. in er. described to be Hovt-ririf, o*cr fii^[Link] seen so p l a i n l y , and vere surprised and disappointed to find no repnri
. J J [Link] , ,:,y [Link] c;:ance to keep I t s e l f above the exound than a whatever of i t .
Ir-j^[Link]. They were BO convinced that i t must have landed across the tay t i l l
loyo [Link] -'* i.^ut) [Link] Eee, p, li) >■ l-U some Of them telephoned to San Frajicisco l a s t [light and cade Inqulrl*'
HOW ViiK AIH-JIIII' CTOifY WA3 [Link]. I regarding i t . As nothlnn was known of i t i t ia presumed that It r j i t
have changed'.fourse and landed somewhere e l e e , for nothing can persunii-
The Sacra-'icnto "voices in the sky" are probably the delayed echoes
tboae who saw i t that i t was not a genuine a i r s h i p under full control.
of those who talkeu througn t h e i r hatn " during the campaign.--Stockton
Independent, / All those who saw t h i * strange (tobject agree in l t e description *i '
declare that i t closely resenblea the i l l u s t r a t i o n that appeared in ~\.*
Tiie Cacrai-into u i r - j n i p may have been an I l l u s i o n , but a l l the t*
Call l a s t Thursday of the a i r s h i p that aeorcs of people witne»sci nr- it
eat-.e tne a i r EIU,;. IS coming.—San Francisco Call.
passed over Sacramento l a s t Wednesday night. Some of them d l s l l n . - i l ,
If the resiuent ;;acraKentun can see an a i r ship on a quiet n i g h t ,
aaw the propelling anna and declare that they were in notion, Lut Ml
vnut sort of sifciits w i l l the l e g i s l a t o r see when he s t r i k e s the tount
are positive that the machine waa b r i l l i a n t l y l i g h t e d , and [Link] l '■*
—Siui i'rancisco Call. / '
lower l i g h t shed a large arc on the earth as I t passed over, wnile i-.r
[Link] [Link] trie seutijn la over for the sea serpent, therea cornea the ■
headlight could be seen for a great distance axa* ahead of the nachlti*.
iti>i,otuic(:.':.ent of a myutt-rious a i r ship that has been floating over
'One of the moat mystified observers of the a i r s h i p was Charles M.
[Link], i t is too early in the season for the oppenrajice of t h i s
E l l i s , the armorer of Companies A and F. Vx. till* is a middle-afed
bo^ie. [Link] tne U-tifilature meets, there may be a great many peojile
man and very deliberate in his manner of expreiiion, and one not likely
up tnere WHO k i l l nee double, and others may have a wonderful o b l i ­
to be e a s i l y deceived. He declared t h i s evening that he wa* as « k e r t ' -
quity of visiuf.. Tne eea serpent never appeared off the Atlantic
cal as a dan could be when he f i r s t read about the Sacracento a i r e h i r -
coast [Link] tnere was ony uearth of whiskey. Tlie a i r ship or Jack-ofl-
He also declare* that he had no a l t e r n a t i v e but to believe his own e>e-
laiitern ca;iiiot oe verified properly without a l i b e r a l use of stimulant
sight.
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" ] va: .jolnK t..'ime to rr.y dinner aobut half-pant 5 l a s t n i g h t , " he they t r i e d to explain i t by a l l kinds of ecans, but they came to the
aaid , anJ waa in tiic r,eighkomood of Twenty-fourth a t re e t and New conclualon that I t vaa the aace machine. It was duak *wlien they *■« [
Broadw v, when I saw a strange-looking thing In the sky. I t vaa coring and the remarkable b r i l l i a n c y Of the l i g h t s on i t a t t r a c t e d t h e i r a t ­
from ib.t eastward and at f l r 3 t I could aee nothing but a bright l l g n t . t e n t i o n . I ahouldn't have thought nay more of i t , but to-jay i D tm»
When I f i r a t aav i t the two l i g h t s appeared to be one and I thought K c i t y I heard several people discussing i t . "
was o b r i l l i a n t meteor. Il vaa getting dusk, but the shy vaa clouded I t is the prevalent [Link] that sc;e one in AlaccJa or nei?nt>orir.(
and Just dark enoufh to permit any one to see p l a i n l y . The sky waa countieB haa solved the problem of flying In the a i r , and haa teen for
s u f f i c i e n t l y dark to cime a background which would render u * Kuch some weeks putting his experieent to a practical t e a t . /
object v l a i b l e . SAILED HIGH OVERHEAD. / Some Kind of Air Craft See:, by a Mar, Near
"AE i t came nuitrer I could aee that there was some dark boject Tulare. '
along with the l i g h t . When It was nearly overhead I could clearly dt:; TULARE, C a l . , i.'ov. 21.—That a i r s h i p Is cavorting [Link] the a t ­
tingulsh that I t [Link] resembled a balloon t r a v e l i n g end on, with « mosphere that overhangs l.:is v i c i n i t y . D.H. filadon, who was working
bright l l p h t ahead, another one beneath i t , and with what appeared to In an orchard near Tagua, four miles north of thla place, si,-ntrj «
be wings Loth before and behind the l i g h t . I t waa at a great height mysterious object p**»lng over a t a considerable elevation ypaierUv
a bove the e a r t h , probably a thousand f e e t , but not BO high as to rAke afternoon.
i t Impossible to distinguish what i t vaa. I did not want to believe A trajnp waa near at the time, and remarked that he never saw a t«l
that i t waa an a i r s h i p , 1 as I had regarded the previous report of one loon a a i l against the wind. But while the object overhead seerrd to t r
in the l i g h t of a Joke. This t i o e , hovjrver, I had no a l t e r n a t i v e . 1 Bailing into the teeth of the wind, i t nay have found an opposite cur­
had to believe what I Baw. rent In an upper atatun.
"Ae soon as i t passed over S t . Mary's College, i t appeared to des- I t waa passing to the northwest and Blsdon declarea i t waa like «n
cend gradually, but regularyly, BB though under perfect c o n t r o l , and I t immense sheet spread out in the a i r . I t soon passed out of s i f h t .
disappeared in the direction of San Francisco. Of course i t was too Blsdon had not previously read or heard of the strange v i s i t o r saiJ to
ftaT b
dark and the cachlne was too far away to distinguish anything like e e<a seen at Sacramento, and a» hia reputation for veracity is
people or to hear any BOunda such as were heard la Sacramento. But e i £ e l £ e a t h i B _ B t ^ y is generally believed.
there i s no doubt in my mind that I t was an a i r s h i p supplied with elec- P I C J The Mysterious "Hying Light That Hovered Over St. Mary'a
t r i e l i g h t s and well canned." College, Oakland, and Then Started for San Francisco. It Is Exactly
Another wltneas to the v i s i t of the a i r s h i p Is Selby Tost, a motor- L I k e t h a t Described by Sacramentaos, and Similar to the Cut i\iblishei
can of the Piedmont road and a member Of the Oakland (tCuard. He waa a B F e v £*?* AB° la "The Call" From a Description Furnished by One Who
l i t t l e behind time and was taking hlB car toward Piedmont, trying to Saw It ,
recover the few minutes he [Link]. Aa he paaaed T h i r t i e t h a t r e e t , 189(5 Xitxrfa November il (Sun) San Francisco Clironicle, p. RT rr
a l i t t l e boy stood in the road and c r i e d , "Jee w h i l , what's t h a t ! " The
passengers heard It and immediately looked a t the d i r e c t i o n in the sky A LAWYER'S WORD FOR THAT AIRSHIP. / George D. Collina Says It File*.
toward wnich the wy was pointing. They had no d i f f i c u l t y in seeing IT HAILS FROH OROVILLE. / Safely Housed Now Near San Francisco. / 1i,.
the a i r s h i p . Attorney Saya He Has Seen the Queer Craft and Promises an exhibition.
"When I looked ahead," said Mr. lost to-day, "I was mystified, and The mystery of the airship which has been amusing the State nn,(
I tray as v e i l confeaa I was, I didnt l i k e to admit to myself that I punling iotae worthy cltliena of Sacranento has made a change of !■!•-.■
had suddenly pone c r a i y , but r e a l l y for a moment I did wonder If my and nov there are plenty of reputable people In and about San [Link]-. .
aenees had deaerted c e . The passengers a l l reached out to look over- ready to make oath that they have seen the strange thing in the hi-.n. ■
h ead, and those inside wanted to Bee what thoee outside were gaiing and that in appearsneeand motion It was Identical with the ship ot ,lir
r l i n g U
at, ao when they requested me to stop the car that they might a l l look R h t * a n d t»J"inR machinery which menaced church aplrr M I t..-
I was p r a c t i c a l l y forced to koblige them. They got out In the road and c a P i t a l *
More chan C f l
loosed up at the a l r s n l p , the most surprised crowd I ever saw In my " ■ t h e r e * a « S a n Francisco attorney, George il fjlll.'
life. There i t was, sure enough, right overhead, and t r a v e l i n g on a t a u h o a e a e r t B that the airship e x i s t s , that the inventor la hia c l i e n t ,
chac t h e
good r o t e , with ita l i g h t blazing avay, and the neat uncanny-looking " r a n g e craft sailed without mishap fron Orovillc to San Ft i.i
thinn I ever saw. cioco, that i t did pass over Sacramento on I t s way to the bav, and ti'<(
"Airship or anything e l s e , i t was the most remarkable-looking ob- within a few days t h l a invention, which Is the solution of one of ti»-
J e c t , and I am at a loss now to convince myself that I actually saw i t . world's oldeat and toughest problems, will be navigated in davlirht, -<>
Tt was altogetner a wonderful sfght, and nobody could have ever made ae that a l l San Francisco may see I t , and that i t will c i r c l e snd rise ml
believe that I would ever see such a t h i n g . I t was perfectly c l e a r , sink over the central part of the c i t y .
and not only I but uJ.1 the passengers aaw i t and watched i t t i l l i t And yet there are wicked skeptics uho chuckle and i:<ike [Link] J t s i .
disappeared, I thought I t muat have landed across the bay, and I waa about an epidemic of humbug, and who poke a l l manner of fun at che i;ojd
aome\ hat surprised t h i s morning to see that no mention was [Link] of It people who think they saw an airship In the aky.
In the papers. I would r e a l l y l i k e to have that thing found, so that I Attorney Collina, who occupiea offices on the second floor c( 11.,
could BatlBfy nyoelf as to how I t worked, for a more i n t e r e s t i n g thing Crocker building, waa seen about the matter at his hone in [Link].l* l*,t
I have never seen." night. He said;
MIt I a
Mica ilutfstrom, who resides on Telegraph avenue, saw the same object perfectly true that there ia at last a successful ilt ;H,i n
about Bix wneks apo. The feature that impressed her moat waa the existence, and that California will have the honor of brincim' l< i r i j r
brifiil l i c h t wnfch siio d i a t i n c t l y saw. On returning home, Bhe told her t n c world, I have known of tho a f f a i r for aorae time and an .ict Inr .■
brother of what she naa seen, but nothing more was thou-ht of i t u n t i l attorney for the inventor. He Is a very wealthy man, who [Link] l-reii
she read recently that a similar object had been seen In another part studying the subject of flyinR machinoa for fifteen ycara, ami who r r -
of the S t a t e . here seven yeara ago from the State of Maine in order to be able iii \;-t
Charles iiagatrom, the brother of the young lady who witnessed t h i s f e c t his ideas away from th« eyes of other Inventors. Durtnp (h<- h > !
f l v e
queer object in the sky, Is also in the employ of the Piedmont and years he has spent at least $100,000 on hia work. He has nc-t y t
Mountain View Rallwaya. secured hia patent, but his application is now In Uashlnpton. I [Link]
"When my e l s t e r f i r s t told me what ahe had seen I treated I t aa a "*y much about the machine he has perfected, because he la r=» c l i e n t ,
j o k e , " he said t h i s evening, "and placed l i t t l e credence in her Story, »"<! besidea he fears that the application will be atolen from the F.t-
believing that she had seen nothing more myBterlous than a f a l l i n g star e " t Office if people come to know that his Invention la practicable,
or meteor. Vhen I heard the satte thing had been seen elsewhere, l a s t " l BBV t h e ""chine one night l a s t week at the inventor'a invitation,
week, and heard again l a s t night of what was seen in t h i s part of town, I t la made of metal. Is about 150 feet long, and ia b u i l t to carry flf-
I am now convinced that my s i s t e r saw the same t h i n g . I have talked tc teen persons. There waa no motive power as far aa I could see; cer-
several people to-day who witnessed the object l a s t n i g h t , and they are talnly no steam,
a l l confident that i t was ntohlng more nor less than a'genuine airship'.' " ^ is b u i l t on the aeropUna eysteci and has two canvas wlnga
W,J. fiodda and his wife, who reside a t a grocery ( t o r e at 201-2 eighteen feec wide and a rudder shaped like a bird > t a i l . The inven-
Broauway, were also witnesses to the strange a e r i a l v i s i t o r . tor climbed Into the machine and after he had been moving sone of the
"When vc f i r s t saw i t , " Bald Mrs. Fiodda t o - n i g h t , "we thought It mechanisa for a moment I saw the thing begin to ascend from the earth,
was a balloon, and If i t were not for the bright l i g h t I should . t i l l " " Y gently. The wings flapped slowly as i t roae and then a l i t t l e
be Inclined to think i t was a peculiarly shaped balloon, but I never faacer aa i t bepan to move apainat the wind. The machine was under M
knew of a balloon to carry bright l i g h t s and t r a v e l a t nighttime the perfect control a l l the time.
way that did. I could not Bee any fana myself, but otherB aay that "When i t got to a height of about ninety feet the Inventor shouted
they moat undoubtedly saw the propellers which sent the thing along. to me that he was going to make a s e r i e s of c i r c l e s and then descend.
As i t passed over i t angled downward, and I f i t kept on in the same He immediately did BO, beginning by making a c i r c l e about 100 yarda
d i r e c t i o n i t should have landed aomewh»re across the bay. I at once in diameter, and gradually narrowing in t i l l the machine got within
concluded that i t was the same machlnethat had'been ae'en in Sacraaentc t h l " y f e « of the ground. I t then fell atraight down, very gracefully.
I believe that a i r s h i p s will be brought t o p e r f e c t i o n , and I wouldn't ' B n d touched the earth aa l i g h t l y as a falling leaf.
be the l e a s t b i t aurprised to hear that some one had already b u i l t a ™ e report!) from Sacramento the other night were t r u e . t w.a my
p r a c t i c a l machine of t h a t kind and was operating with i t in t h i s c l i e n t ' s airship that the people saw. I t started fro» OrovlIU In
neighborhood." Butte county, that evening and flew aixty-flve mile* in a atraifht line
V&ny of the passengers on Yost's ear l i v e out a t Piedmont, and a l l d i r e c t l y over Sacramento. After running uP and down once or twice ,-vrr
arc of the opinion that they B&W a real a i r s h i p . the c a p i t a l ay friend came right on a dlatance of another seventy M l f .
An Oakland a r t l a t who crosses to San Francisco every day said t h i s and landed at a spot on t h i s aide of the bay, where the machine now
evening that the a i r s h i p was seen from Golden Cate Park yesterday l i e s , guarded by three sen. The Inventor found, during thin t r i a l
afternoon. "I was coming home l a s t n i g h t , " he s a i d , "In company with t r i p , that hia allp had a wave-like motion that made him eesalck. It
a friend who had been out to Golden Cate Park. He told me that he and la thia defect that he ia now remedying.
others had seen an a i r s h i p during the evening and that i t closely r e ­ "In another six days the trouble will be done away with, and It is
sembled the picture of the one published in The C a l l . He said that then hia intention to immediately Klve the poanle of i m u u i i San
 Prnnclsco a chnticc to see his machine. Hv will flv right over Che c 11 v "moving slowly over Twin Peaks and flnallv disappeared. It H I rrr«f(-
and cross Market street a dozen times. I cannot tell you whore he 1* ed tolit it was Been again In the same place last night. An t e n t on-
housing the ship or what his name la, as I am under a pledge of Been c* verified report came froo the Hlasion tbkt a huge bird-like tjehlm: h«
but It ifl a fact that the machine does Ita work perfectly, and wlil been seen high in the air to the southward about U P.M. ytsterdi*.
astound the world and revolutionize travel when It has been displayed Night Clerk McGovern of the California Hotel was one of fiftv per­
before the public. The Inventor can fly with It to New York to-morrow sons who saw a most peculiar light the night before the paper* wr<
If he uantii to, published that contained the story of the airship at Sacrarwnto. !J1«
"He has forsaken the ideas of Haxlm and Langley entirely In hud.I attention was called to it by the firemen of engine 2, jn.l [Link]-i., j
lng the machine, and has contructed It on an absolutely new thcorv." it three hours. It was first seen over the Hill* bulldlnr a lour .11s-
The following dispatch from the Oakland office of the "Chronicle," tance off and high in the air. It appeared to be three ltftiM, <>r
rather one long, narrow, white light with a red center. It W A S if<vlnr
recleved last night, uould seem to indicate that the Inventor haa re­
moved the defects opoken of by Hr. Collins and Chat, befiore giving hia slowly to the southward.
public exhibition In this city, he tins still further tested the merits The first that wai heard of thla alr9hlp business was on Tm-*.!.»i
of hie machine on the other side of the bay: night, when dispatches were received fron Sacramento telling how «.-r
OAKLA-'iO, November 21.—That Oakland had a visit last night from thing marvelous had been seen in the heavens by a number of citizen-
the mysterious airship seen at Sacramento, a score of reputable wit­ Those who said they saw the strange craft ssld It was a cigar oi
nesses are prepared to swear. They do not pretend to describe it nor egg shaped affair and had at least four occupants. The searchlight
to account for its presence, but they are certain that the heavens had carried by the alleged ship attracted great attention and caused th
an unusual tenant luat evening. A dozen passengers on a New Broadway mystery to be more talked of tahn anything else in the Capital Cltv
car watched its flight from a point near St. Hary'a College, and while wed<^sday and Thursday.
the testimony they offer appears incredible there seems but little - - L o u r v o t Sacramento ales said he saw the ship, which to hi
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room for a mistake. According to their story the winged machine came appeared as an oblong mass, propelled by fanlike wheels operated ! y
from the north and seeded headed for San Francisco. The fact tutu that four men, who worked as if on bicycles, giving the machine motion
it appeared to slow down and gradually descend strengthened that bel­ against the wind. E. Wenzel and J.H. Vogel Bald they saw the racMiv
ief. Son* of the fortunate witnesses seemed to think that possibly moving off toward this city and heard the voices Singing. T.P. ■(<■ leu
it waa a toy balloon set off by boys, but that theory was disposed of and C.C. Snyder also declared that th.'y saw the vessel, while t'." .
almost a l o n c e b v c'": P t e B e l > c e o i the monster light on the flying Brings, s [Link], stopped his car that the passengers might see the
device. ship, which was so high up that they could only discern Its [Link]
Seiby Host was the motorma.n of the car and he got fully five min­ dimly. Doiuns of persons were found who said they saw and watched the
utes' view of the mystery. "I don't know Just what to think about I light, which rose and fell and finally disappeared in the direction of
this matter," he said to-day, "but I will aay that I saw something In this city.
the sky. I do not run on the cemetery division of the line, but was
Pic.—Ceorge D. Collins, the San Francisco Lawyer, Who Says the
there lsst evening. It must have been about 5:30 o'clock and we had
[Link] Airship Is Mo Hoax.
a heavy load of passengers. Ue were late and were running to moke up
time. There was a boy riding on the outside of the car and he suddenl November 23 (Mon) Evening Bee (Sacramento, p. 1. (card i )
drew my attention to the heavens. There above us was some * moving
object with a very bright light attached. Some of the other passenger. KAVE VE COT 'EM AGAIN! / Hot So Much of a Hal Ha! After All, It A-p-a
looked at it and finally near St. Hary'a College I stopped the car for / «** OB AHE PEOPLE GOING CRAZJT / The Air Ship Inventor HovereJ O r
a few minutes to let them all get e look at It. I thought at first » Willie Over the Cliff House and Lighted up the Seals—San Francisco
that It might be a small balloon sent up by some boys, but could not Cone Had, TooT /
explain the presence of the light on that theory. The thing seemed to The rsyBterloua light concerning which so (ruch has been said nr-
lower as It passed over the city and my impression waa that It was peered over thia city again last night, and for over an hour wns vi».
moving toward San Francisco. It is all very mysterious and puzzling by hundreds of people. The aerial visitor hove in sight about e : V p
to me and seema almost too foolish to calk about, but we certainly saw and moved in a southwesterly dlreclton alonp the horizon. When first
sons roving object high in the heavens End it seemed to be under con- seen it was at an altitutde of about 10 degrees, and seeded to rev-
trol." with a wavering motion. At times the light would almost disappear,
[Link]. Kills, armorer o£ Company A, was a passenger on the car on only to flash out again with renewed brilliancy. The throngs which
IILS way [Link].u to dinner,and he is able to describe the strange ship lined K Street commented upon the atrange sight In various ways. f,-
more accurately than Yoat. "1 have not the slightest doubt as to what declared that it van a balloon, others that It was a meteor and one
I saw last evening.," he said today, "1 was very skeptical about thia man said that it was the planet Venus,
matter when I read about It in the papers, but am pretty wetl convln- WAS HOT A METEOR.
ced now. I wau a passenger on the car with Yost last night, and when Weaather Oboerver Barwick, when the object was described to hlr.
my attention was drawn to the object in the ait I looked at once. It said that It could not hare been a meteor, for the reason that It w i-
WBB getting dark, but the light on the airship waa very brilliant, and In aifrit too long;, nor could It have been an ordinary balloon, because
I thought that I could make out a movement of wings or propellers. It the wind was south-southwest, and the object appeared to move aralnst
Is hard to Bay how high It was, but it seemed to be miles In the air, it. Hr. P^rvieh suggested that It might have been a ball of fire el~-
It came from a northerly direction, and seemed to be going toward San liar to those which were Been in the heavens for several days followlm
Franclflco. 1 lamed lately thought of the machine which passed over the last great comet, only he cannot understand how It was that the
Sacramento, and came to the consluelon that the inventor had decided light seemed to gain and lose in brilliancy.
to come to San Francisco and tell hia aecret. I was surprised when I SAW THE OUTLINE.
looked at the papers this morning and found nothing in then. I cannot The moat remarkable story told in connection" with the otrsner tp-
give you any Idea of the size of the machine it waa so far away." pearance last night ii that told by Edward Carragher, proprietor of
Hr. and Mrs. U.J. Kodda of Thirtieth street and Hew Broadway saw the Saddle Bock Restaurant. Hr. Carragher, when shown the light, yrc-
the mysterious aerial visitor also. Mr, Bodda is foreman of the AmadoVcured a pair Of powerful field glasses, and declares that throurn th-r
marble yard at the cemetery, and hie wife looks after a goocerv store he Baw some large body appearently supporting an arc lajrp. The stmrr
which they own on Hew Broadway. Hrs. Rodda talked about (!■«-■ natter vaa very indistinct, but he was positive that the llpht vas attached
very freely to-day. "Of course we saw it," she said, when asked about to something of considerable bulk.
the oiatter. "1 waa on the street with toy husband snd our attention [Link] There were others who claimed they could dimly define eocethlnF
called to a light In the northern sky. At first we thought that It w.i« similar to that which waa seen by means of the glass, but it is hard
a balloon, but later, when it got closer, we saw that It waa not. It to understand how this could be, because the light waa seeclnrly at a
was larger and longer than a balloon, I am sure, for although It va* great distance from the earth.
too dark to make the thing out very well, I could see that much. We IS HOT A HOAX.
had read of the mysterious object seen In the air at Sacramento, and After the affair had disappeared In the western horizon, a s.-.-r<
at once came to the conclusion that we were seeing the same thlnr-. It or more of p r a c t i c a l Jokers s t a r t e d up K S t r e e t , stopping at every cor­
passed right over us, and we got the best possible view of It. Ho, ner to peer into the sky and talk excitedly about an a i r e n i p . In thli
there can be no mistake about It. manner many people were misled and the impression pot out [Link] those
Charles llegstrom, a motorman on the Piedmont line, tells A sir>nj-e who did not Bee the l i g h t that the whole thing vas a hoaj. Such, hew-
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and Telegraph avenue and got a full, clear view of It. The m-rbir ■< of was vitneased by hundreds of people.
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read the dispatches froo Sacramento early this week they began to thtr Crocker b u i l d i n g , in which Collins says:
that possibly ttie girl was not mistaken after all.
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mysterious light near Twin Peaks. A crowded Valencia street car --<■< acting attorney for tho inventor, !3ia is a very wealthy »An, who has
stopped at Sixteenth street to give the passengers a chance to view been studying the subject of flying machines for fifteen years, and
the aerial light. It is said to have appeared like an Immense art- who came here ten years ago from the State of Maine In order to le i t ; ,
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light was very bright, say the witnesses, and was not a ray, such as l a a t five years he haa spent at least 1100,000 on hi* work, but has r.r'
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v i t n e s s e a . a c o r r a r a t i v * y « i i r j t e a s y m a t t e r , as t h e r e a r e r-any p e o p l e the darkness svnlloved It up.
vho v o u l d " s t a n d i n " t o s u p p o r t a i t i n p r o b a b l » y a m of t h a t k i n d c o n ­ The C a l l , in i t s a c c o u n t , u n d - r t h e head of Oakland c<,rr-->ron-l- n c-
s i d e r i n g i t a huge J o k e . / aaserts:
Ch, Nov, You S t o p ! / (From t h e Woodland D e m o c r a t . ) G e n e r a l W.H.H. Hart met Mr. C o l l i n s in San F r a n c i s c o t o - d a y and
A t o y b a l l o o n v a s t u r n e d l o o s e i n Washington a n i c h t o r t v o a r o . t a l k e d v i t h hln about t h e d i s c o v e r y . "I have no d o u b t , " i M d t h -
C e n e r a l , t h a t t h i s a f f a i r i s bona f i d - . I have seen t h e t h H e in t h .
I t r l o a t e d o v e r S a c r a n e t t o and t h e p e o p l e v e r e d e l u d e d v i t h t h e i d e a
a i r m y s e l f , and h - l i e v e t h e i d e a s o f t h i s O r o v i l l e i n v - n t o r h n v .
t h a t I t v a s an a i r s h i p . p r - v e d t o be p r a c t i c a b l e . "
LIT UP THE SEALS. / The A i r s h i p S a i d t o Have Done Some H o v e r i n g Ov-r
t h - C l i f f House. Vr. T y l e r , A s s i s t a n t L i b r a r i a n of t h - f-an F r a n c i s c o T.-iv M b r a r v
vas in company v i t h h i s n i s t - r and " r s . Philbr^nV on F r M a v - v - n l n p '
PAN FRANCISCO, Nov, 2 3 . — T h e i n v e n t o r of t h e p r y s t e r i o u 3 a i r s h i p
end d i s t i n c t l y sav t h e a i r s h i p a l l t t l - l a f r than i t v a . n — n in - » ■ -
v h i c h has t - e n [Link] l o c a l s c i e n t i s t * and e t h e r s for t h e r"" 1 ' vWt , l a n d . Tills e v i d - n c - f u l l v b " ^ of t h* i l a - " n i 7 - r s
r n out t h - s t a t - r - n t
I s ' - H - v - d t o t e T P " ! Y . " E.!!. P " n , l n n l n , " in T l l - r < " ! d - n ! 1 ' t , vi-o and m o t o r r a n o f t h e P l e J r o n t r a r , vho n i n - r t - i t h a t a f t - r •>. >*i r . « - - ^
v , ^ r , c . . - i r ^ rr-r—" In - i " H i s ntr* 1 -* kas» l ^ d f i r . r h o ' ] - - ' - r " - - 1 - i f o v e r f t . Mary'n f i l l»pf [• v i n h-n-!--l for ""n r r n i " ' n - - '- v - - . .
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ported [Link] that a nevapaper which has up to this time appearentiy'"as experimented s c i e n t i f i c a l l y for some t i r e to denonstrate the r#-*t
been unaware that on ulr ahip has been flying around the State was In- methods of solving the question of U T I B I nnvlpation, ccused h l i f - l f
tending to credit the discovery to a young dentist at Orovllle. Mr. from discussing the c a t t e r . His Banner Indicated plainly that h-
Collins waas asked about this and said that i t was absolutely without pave very l i t t l e credence to the fscrareento reports,
foundation, that the inventor is not a dentist and Is nearly 50 years 1896 November 23 (Mon} The Call (San Francisco)", ?~AT. (card 1 )
old.
.'iauiical [Link] vno nave paid particular attention to the various des A WINGED SHIP IN THE SICT. / I t Cleaves the Air With Pinions Lltr ■ !-..„*
criptionfl of eyc-vltneesea of this a i r ship declare that the inventor Condor. / ALL SACRAMENTO SEES THE NEW WONDER. / The Inventor's Lawv-r
has carefully followed out the principle of flying exemplified by the Describes the Machine and Says It la Genuine. / IT WAS SEEN SOARING
albatross. The machine I t s e l f closely reaeobles a bird, and when a l l NEAR SAN JOSE AT HIDHICHT. / "The C a l l ' s " Exclusive Account of the
the facts connected with i t s construction are made known it will C rcateat Invention of the Age Is Sow Corroborated by Thousands. /
douUleuB be learned that the Croville nan took a acablrd for CIS For several days there have been persistent reports that a hupe
Kodel and drew fron i t his inspiration. a irahip has been seen in the vicinity of Oakland, Sacramento and fan
In another part of t*« i t s story, the Call says: Francisco, The Call has contained flaily and exclusive accounts of ic.«
E.A. LaaXin, of 305 Larkln S t r e e t , says he saw the airship at an appearance, and now there is an avalanche of testimony to the effect
early hour l a s t night r ^ i n g i t s way toward Sacramento and soon fad in P that many persons of truthful reputations have seen something like a
away in the distance like a falling ceteor. huge seraph in the a i r , spreading i t s e l e c t r i c pinions and soarinp t
Walter Mnlloy, Ecputy Sheriff and [Link] ssary at the County J a i l , faster than a giant condor of the Andes. So numerous have been the re­
says the light of the airship was seen In San Francisco Tuesday even­ ports that the p o s s i b i l i t y of aerial navigation is now the absorblnp
ings His statonent i s aa follows: theme of the day.
"When I left tr.e J a i l on Tuesday night I happened to look In the There is nov a vast amount of ■corroborative testimony to the
direction of Ler/.eley and I saw an unusual sight. It was a strong effect that there is a practical airship afloat in the azure s p a c *
unite l i g h t , seemingly moving, I thought at f i r s t It was a balloon hereabouts, and the neaning of this testimony has been cade clear t-y
with a lantern attnened, but on a closer observation I thought I rec- the positive statement of Attorney George D. Collins of AlacrJa [Link]
opnlzed u dark aody immediately over the l i g h t , somewhat of a differ­ he has a wealthy c l i e n t who Is the inventor of the great aerial chip,
ent shape from a balloon. The nore I observed i t the more puiiled I and that i t will soon be luiown to the entire world.
became as to what it was. Finally I dismissed i t froo mV Bind until The ship vas seen In Saeranento l a s t night, and the evidence Is
next [Link] when reading the Call I saw that others had noticed the increasingly that the same great propeller recently passed through the
stranpe l i g n t . i'iow I am fully convinced that what I saw was the a i r ­
heavens over Oakland and San Francisco.
ship seen fcy others who uere nearer to it than I was. Yet from my
The positive testimony of Collins that the airship Is a reality hM
position on Kearney and Broadway I had a good view of i t and I an
ready to indorse vnat others have said regarding i t s appearance." now been signally corroborated by the testimony of thousands of Mil ■
lens of Sacramento who saw the great ship in the air last nipht. 7ne
Max Roberts, an employe of the Western Union Telegraph Company, following accounts from Oakland and Sacramento pake the matter as cirm
engaged In the capacity of a night watchman, says he saw the airship «juut as ordinary human testimony nut could do.
about 11:50 o'clock Wednesday night. One of the most Interesting of the corroborative stories ccri-j fros
Knows Attorney Collins. Thomas Jordan of San Rafael, who states that he found a cachlne-sh^r 1'
Judge-elect [Link] said to-day that he is personally acquainted a mountain fastness some months ago; - that six men were working en in
with Attorney Collins, wr.- ?ave the story to the press of San Francis- a i r s h i p and that i t would soon be completed,
co concerning the air ship and i t s Inventor. ColllnB was a candidate In the f i r s t day's story of the a i r s h i p , as printed In The Call, II
before the Republican State Convention a few years ago for Attorney- was stated that an old hunter named Brown of Bolinas Ridge had tf-r- in
General, lie ia a graduate of the State University, la rated as a goo a i r s h i p floating a few hundred feet above the pine trees one irnmliip
lawyer, and,the Judge-elect says, has never developed extraordinary Just as the fogs were l i f t i n g from the r i d g e . /
talent in tne way of lying. / COLLINS' EVIDENCE IN. / He Knows the Inventor of the Ship.
THE SAY PAPERS, / The Way They Treat the Airship Sensation To-day. OAKLAND, C a l . , Nov. 23.—Attorney Collina was the busiest rAn ir.
Tha San Francisco papers to-day devote much space to the air ship Alameda County to-day. During the f i r s t . p a r t of the day all Ms
story, and in the Call and Chronicle interviews are published with efforts were directed to keeping away from the carious throng that
%l r a V ! ,« 7 " " In t h e Bky Vhat re
" B : b l « * * " a l r shir wished to talk to him and interview him and try to induce him to J r . .
C 0 U n t
« faTrnU T T 7,1™ f t * " " ' e m b e 1 1 1 8 h e d ^ f , c r l b e M d d r a v p i c t u r e B o f t h e Croville millionaire's airship. Not
I whUh i H l e a d a u r u s sto * " ^ ™' " ^ " " " ^ ^* " " * " U » I n ^ <*«in« ^ h e b e indu
« * t 0 * > l n t 0 the r»rlor ■•
",i uir,,.,.H «i,i„ ... .v. ? r 7 ' T. , nia bone on Union s t r e e t , [Link], and t e l l what he knew of the lnv.-r-
V U h Pin 0nB l l k e
■u« o K ™ „ f "th " ^ £* ' * t i o a that ha. s t a r t l e d not only this S t a t e , but the entire countrv.
u,e condor. All .acramento sees the wonder. The inventor's l a w e r -A f e v w e e k - a g 0 , "B a i d ^ Collins, "I came fro* Uashlnpton vhl■
describes the trJichine and saya i t i s genuine. I t was seen soarinp ther I had been on important business. On my arrival in t h i s State I
near San Jose at midnight." met a gentleman who Introduced hlicself to me, and when I told hlo wn-i»
The txarciner Is Jocular, and has a series of pictures by Swinner- I had been be lutedlately said he was very sorry that he had not ret r<
ton showing the effect of the air ship craze on the population. The prior to B^ departure, aa he had some important business to transact M
headlines read: "A Queer things you Bee when . A trysterious wnn- the Patent Office In Washington which he would not trust In the CAII H
dereer of the skies perplexes people. The sea serpent has drawn In by any other means than a trusted servant.
his horns and his nose is out Of Joint. ;iow an air ship appears In "I aaked him what hit business consisted of, but beyond t e l l i n g re
the darkest heavens and causca consternation. Policdcicn ring for the that he was aa Inventor, I got no tXKksixx further details froo him at
wagon. Stories of people who saw nysterloua bright lights moving that time. He told ne enough in an indirect manner to convince ce thai
among the clouds at night t i n e . " he was a man who had a secret that he evidently cherished dearly, tut
The Chronicle publishes a three-column picture of "the annrtr.^nt he enlightened me no further, and beyond exchanging cards, our acquain­
of the ran who, Collins intimates, is the Inventor.," and hcido th« tanceship developed nothing more t i l l l a t e r . A few days afterward he
a r t i c l e : "Collins sticka to his a i r s h i p story. He directs suspicion called on me at my orriee In San Franclscb,"but at he did not talk
to Dr. [Link]. Benjamin. The light is seen again. Thousnndn !n faera- about business, I concluded that he had merely paid ce a social c a l l .
mento noticed a mysterious object In the sky." I became greatly Interested in that Invention. I could not help not­
The Chronicle in the course of i t s two-coluwn Btory, snyn: icing that there was a desire on his part to t e l l ne more than I knew,
li.J. Pyle, the patrolinan at the fle»ry-Gtreet carhouse, had his an< I could aj.80 see that he restrained hlcself from doing so. He
attention drawn to a l i g h t about 6:30 o'clock. It was very dark at c ailed on me a second t i n e , chatted about a few immaterial matterr and
that tlire, as the moon had not yet r i s e n , and he, with- several ^ihera departed, leaving me in wonder as to when he would confide anything
watched it for some time. He described the light as being Tore *x*r further to Be. Altogether, he made about half a doten of these v i s i t s .
powerful than the ordinary s t r e e t e l e c t r i c light and i s of the opinion and 1 concluded that be r e a l l y did lntenfl to talk business every tlrre
that a strong reflector was behind i t . He though It roved out c he came, but that hi a courage failed Din aa soon as he got In the offic.
Fulton s t r e e t , and said that when i t reached Eighth Avenue it t-Qvti In "Finally he got up courage enough to t e l l me h« was not only an In-)
a southwesterly direction and vas lost to view. ventor but that he r e a l l y had an invention. He asked ce If he could
Pyle'a story Is substantiated by Policeman De Culre, M. Prury, place confidence In me. 1 replied, 'Do you mean as a friend or as an
foreran of Fire Engine Company ?d; D. Ryan, a conductor; Jchn Hills- attorney!' He said, 'Aa both.' I told him that I could not recall any
love, a grlpcian, and ten or twelve others. All say they saw it H i l n - occalson In which I had violated a friend's or a c l i e n t ' s confidence
ly And declare that they were not deceived. Grlpran F isher and Con- and that I thought I was fully capable of attending to any business he
ductor Coorer, of the Geary-Street l i n e , also saw something. "The might wish me to tranaact for him. He said that If hit secret were
machine WHB eoing against the wind at the time we spied it " *oH ""^e public prematurely I t would mean the loss to his of an lcreenae for
Fisher. "It would not be possible for i t to have been a balloon." / .tune. He further [Link] M that i t was an Invention that anybody
NO PATENT ISSUED. / 'The Sacramento "Airship" Has a National fleputnl ior|woald willingly steal If they bad the oDoortunltv. I talked to hie for
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. —At the Patent Ofrice to-day [Link] could a l i t t l e while and succeeded in assuring bin that if such were the
be learned of the application for a patent on the flying machln- al­ c a s e ' I , as an attorney, would be J u t t a* anxious t o protect hit Interest
leged to be making successful fllphta in the neighborhood of facra- aa he would be himself.
[Link]. "I an t e l l i n g you the details of ay f i r s t meeting with this inven­
The rules of the office forbid any disclosures of the niumn or t o r because they carry with them a good Idea of the nature of the r^n
applicants or the character of the inventions for which they seek and also are evidence of bis sincerity and belief In the p r a c t i c a b i l i ­
protection. >' \; ■ >'-•f '■•"•" ■ ' "•■■ /-' ■' ■•■■■' •'' ty Of his Invention.
Inquiry airong patent attorneys knovnto control the Pacific Coast "He is a resident Of Orovllle and a tan of wealth, about li7 years
business failed to disclose any knowledge of the allegM success In of age, and a fine looking fellow. He does cot talk for xflve [Link]
aeronautClcls . Professor Langley of the fmithsonlan I n s t i t u t i o n , who without convincing his hearer that he i s a can of more than ordinary
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■ i n t e l l i g e n c e . The f i r s t t l M he talked to me of his invention he got M a r y ' ' e o l l e 6 e *« v a « h " d e d f o r S a " F r . n c L c o . I t was reported t o -
ni ht t h s t
a 6 far an the vord a i r s h i p ; then I laughed, and laughed h e a r t i l y * * Bw«P*P«sr * « * " » « "P " t h i s t i n e apparently been un-
a u a r e t h a t an a l r M
"What Hind of whisky have you been drlnklngT" I asked hits. ' P n " b e e n f l v I , l « "round the State was Intending
t o c r e d i t the dl8C0Vel
This cade him indignant, and had I laughed any longer he c e r t a i n l y v a a 7 *° * y ° ^ « d e n t l . t at OroviUt. Kr. Collins
vould have got very angry and 1 ahould have most probably hare l o s t a " * c d ftbout t h l ' a i l d B * l d t h " U v " a b B o l u » 1 J ' w ' t h ° « r e p ­
ellent. t l o n , that the inventor i s not a d e n t i s t and is nearly 50 year* of »Pi
" ' I have not been drinking, a i r , ' he aaid, ' and when I do i t is Nautical men who have paid p a r t i c u l a r attention to the various
not vhiuHv,' descriptions of eye-vltneases of t h i s a i r s h i p declare that the inven­
Even that answer uiu not assure toe, and again 1 s a i d , cnave Jan t o r has carefully followed out the p r i n c i p l e of flying exemplified by
any members of your family ever been in the lunatic asylumT' the a l b a t r o s s . The mac nine i t s e l f closely [Link] a bird, and when
"lie did not appreciate thla any more than ay other remark, and a l l the facts connected with i t s construction are nade known i t will
drawing himself to his full height and stamping one foot on the floor, doubtless be learned that the Orovllle can took a seablrd for his
he r e p l i e d , 'Ho, s i r , I as a nan of business. 1 have come here on a model and drew from i t hi* i n s p i r a t i o n . /
business errand, and had I not met you previoualy and been convinced SACRAMENTAHS STARTLED / Thousands View the Great Airship With WonJer.
that I could t r u o t you I think our acquaintance vould end right here, SACRAMF.KT0, C a l . , Nov. 2 2 . - - The e n t i r e c i t y is in a fever of e i -
Jiowever, I can excuse your s u r p r i s e , for everybody believes that an in- c l t e o e n t , and a l l that can be heard on every Side ia a i r s h i p , a i r s h i p ,
ventor must n a t u r a l l y be crazy u n t i l he has proved that his invention a i r s h i p . The icyaterious a e r i a l t r a v e l e r paid t h i s c i t y another v i s i t
Is p r a c t i c a b l e . Then, I suppose, people c a l l hio a genius. I have got this evening, and this time i t passed d i r e c t l y over the downtown por-
over the craiy s t a g e , but I do not yet claim to be a genius; but I tion of the c i t y and exhibited to wondering thousands of the c K i i e n *
outucx c e r t a i n l y am p r a c t i c a l . ' i t s magnificent s e a r c h l i g h t .
"lie then proceeded to t e l l me of h i s invention. He has been work­ There could be no possible mistake, for there In plain view o( all
ing for several y e a r s , and in order to avoid suspicion on the part of moving slowly along with a s l i f h t wavering motion, was a larfe f l r M n i
local people he has had a l l the machinery and material shipped from l i g h t , fully twice the candle-power of an ordinary arc l i f h t . The
the fcaat in such manner as not to excite c u r i o s i t y . l i g h t was at an enormous height and s t i l l plainly v i s i b l e , as the ri*«-
"Of course I am informed regarding nearly a l l the d e t a i l s , but I ai v ens were entirely obscured by a mass of dark clouds, which every »t>-
not at l i b e r t y to talk about them. As near as I can recollect the pro ment threatened to burst into a drenching r a i n , and In conedqu^nc the
pelling power Is produced by compressed a i r , which works the arms and mysterious l i g h t was thrown into intense r e l i e f against t h e i r Jack
also produces the l i g h t . There is in the a i r s h i p a l i t t l e motor of background. The l i g h t f i r s t made i t s appearance over the leuer i»*rtici
sufficient power to produce the b r i l l i a n t l i g h t that everyibody has of the c i t y , and vaa moving' slowly into the vind~In"» southwesterly
seen. As soon as he told me t h i s I hinted that i t would be a good d i r e c t i o n . One of the f i r s t to see It was Isaac Couph on Second ani K
thing t o mane the mnteer p u b l i c , but he refused, saying t h a t p u b l i c i t y s t r e e t s . As soon as he became fully s a t i s f i e d that i t was the cuch-
would c a l l a t t e n t i o n to his work, would i n t e r f e r e withthe progress of talked-of a e r i a l v i s i t a n t he gave notice to a l l in the surrounJlnf ■
his caveat, and might prove the ruin of his e n t e r p r i s e How he Is not stores and h o t e l s , and within a few minutes the s t r e e t s were blacK vitti
so p a r t i c u l a r . He has informed me that i t i s s u f f i c i e n t l y advanced for masses of excitled people, a l l fating heavenward.
him to p a t e n t , and that he can take out successive patents for any As the news spread the housetops became black with people, and
other contrivance he may Invent in order t o make his machine perfect. frantic men rushed wildly Into telephonic corjtunlcat Ion with their
"The next time we met was quite recently and a f t e r the machine had homes in order t o Inform t h e i r wives and families t h a t high up in the
been seen In various parts of the s t a t e . He told me t h a t those fellow* heavens human beings were gayly s a i l i n g through the a i r toward San
were right who talked to The Call reporter at Sacramento and were 11 Francisco. The s t r e e t c a r s were an irrpnrtant factor also in sprendln,;
t e l l i n g the t r u t h . On the night that i t waa seen there he l e f t Orovill the information as the tootormen shouted the news to the bystanders as
In the afternoon, made a s t r a i g h t t r i p t o Sacramento, Which is about t h e i r cars rapidly threaded t h e i r way through the crowded thorou,:fi-
s i x t y m i l e s , took a few turns over the C a p i t o l , vent off about f i f t y f a r e s , and i t needed but a wave of the hand skyward to draw the a t t e n ­
a l l e e and descended. On that occasion he made sixty miles in forty- tion of a l l to the heavena,
five minutes, but I understand that there i s p r a c t i c a l l y no limit to Jacob Zem&nsky, the vell-knovn downtown cigar man, obtained a
the speed which can be a t t a i n e d , provided the necessary machinery la powerful telescope and watched the l i g h t u n t i l I t faded Into nothing­
made, I mean bv t h i s that the principle of the a i r s h i p vould almost ness in the distance, In speaking of i t he said: " I t sieply passes
admit of lightening speed, but that conditions that have t o be met of my underatanding. If that was not an e l e c t r i c arc light of intense
course l i m i t tk i t s power of r e s i s t a n c e . pover then I never BBW one, IiOoklng at i t with the naked eye i t scerrd
"I b e l i e v e , however that in a very short time i t w i l l be able to t o move in a straight l i n e , but seen through the glass i t rose and fell
make three miles in two minutes, and the inventor t e l l s me that more i* l i k e a boat on a gently swelling t i d e . I could not diBtlnpuiEh any
possible, p o s i t i v e shape, only a dark mass of a i s t l l k e substance to which th«
"The machine did pass over Oakland l a s t Friday n i g h t . The inven­ l i g h t seemed to be attached."
t o r cane from O r o - l l l e and descended near Hayvards, I do not know Mr, Carraghar of the Saddlerock Restaurant also gives a similar
where the machine la now, but I think a l l day yesterday i t remained d e s c r i p t i o n of the l i g h t and i t s movements, and states that In his
where It descended. _ The Inventor is making t r i p s every night and has opinion i t waa attached to an a i r - v e s s e l of some description, and after
been doing ao for over two weeks, and any night the poeple look in the being in plain sight for over twenty ainutes I t faded away in the d i s ­
aky they are l i k e l y to see him. A week sgo he told me that i t was tance.
nearly p e r f e c t , with the exception Of a l i t t l e wavy motion, which pro­ Of tho thousands who viewed the mysterious v i s i t a n t t h i s evening,
duced the aeneation very closely a l l i e d t o seasickness. This he was the vaat majority had been among the ranks of the most pronounced skep­
confident of preventing, and apparently from what ia reported he has t i c s ever since the f i r s t publication of the subject in Tuesday's f a l l
made the necessary adjustment to Insure smooth flying. for the reaaont that they are l i v i n g in the lower part of the city and
"From every quarter I have received reporta during the past few had failed to catch a glippse of the l i g h t on i t s previous appearance,
days of the machine, and although there are many vho may s t i l l be ekep- and in consequence i t s reappearance descended upon thea like a clap of
t l c a l regarding what ia claimed for I t , I thouroughly believe t h a t i t thunder out of a c l e a r sky. For over a week they had laughed and Jeer­
is now p e r f e c t . " ed and treated the subject with scorn and d e r i s i o n , but here before
B.B. Mitchell of the firm of Pieraon t. Mitchell, San Francisco, t h e i r very eyes we.« the self-same vision which had greeted their
called on Mr. Collins t h i s evening to discuss the merits of the new friends and neighbors in the eastern POftionof the c i t y , and they wcrv
invention. Kr. MltchelUhad kai the Idea when he called t h a t Mr. forced by the evidence of t h e i r own eyes to abandon t h e i r unbelief.
Collins had the inventor hidden in hie house for the purpose of keep­ As soon as i t becaae fully evident to a l l that the l i f h t wai no
ing him from the public. Mr. C o l l i n s , however, denied t h i s and said meteor or s t a r , a thousand s t o r i e s were r e l a t e d of what people had k
that he could not r e a l l y give any information of the inventor's where­ heard and seen on i t s previous v i s i t a t i o n .
abouts . Kr. Johnson, foreman «f the Haggin ranch, in company with another
"I have no doubt," said Mr. C o l l i n s , T h a t i f the night le at a l l gentleman, was driving across the bare plains adjacent to the city last
pleasant the inventor Is in hla machine about half a mile over the Tuesday night when they plainly heard a merry chorus of human voices.
earth s t a r t l i n g some of the inhabitants of t h i s S t a t e . To-morrow morn­ The t h i n g va* uncanny and u n r e a l . They were e n t i r e l y alone; on a l l
i n g ' s papers cay possibly Inform you where he was at t h i s time. I sides stretched bare fields without a bush or fence, no human being
believe he has gone home, and i f he has he c e r t a i n l y flew * t h e r e . " was v i s i b l e , nor VBB there a p o s s i b i l i t y of u l s e c r e t i o n , and yet thr
Then Kr. Mitchell became very d e f i n i t e , / p . 2 / He said: "Kr. merry chorus rang out d i s t i n c t , but f a i n t . They stopped their teiui and
C o l l i n s , I have known you for a long time to be a reputable man, and l i s t e n e d and looked, saw the c l e a r bright l i g h t high over t h e i r heads,
one vho has a character to s u s t a i n . Now, on your honor as a profeo- but did not dream that but a short distance babove then hucan beings
sional man, do you profeas to believe a l l t h a t you have said and t o put v e r e f l o a t i n g along on the night wind and fearing the ridicule of
confidence in the scheme of t h i s Inventor!" t h e i r acquaintences, held t h e i r peace.
"From what I have seen of the man and his invention," said Mr. Another story which has cone to l i g h t is that an employe of the
C o l l i n s , "I have no a l t e r n a t i v e but to believe implicitly a l l «I have paint shop of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company haa received a
KXK s a i d . " l e t t e r from one of the inmates of the a r r l a l ship, vho vas an old ac­
General [Link]. Hart met Mr. Collins in San Francisco to-day and quaintance. This l e t t e r , postmarked Oakland, i t a t e d that the writer
■Iks talked with him about the discovery. "I have no doubt," said the hacTaade'one of"the"crew'of"an a i r s h i p which ^ d T ^ . " ^ ^ . ' . ^ ] "
general, that t h i s a f f a i r is bonft fide. I have seen the thing in the royage l a s t Tuesday night, and had arrived in the v i c i n i t y of Oakland
a i r Ryself, and believe the ideas Of t h i s Orovllle inventor have proved about 12 o'clock. He stated that the ship had vorked beautifully with
to be p r a c t i c a b l e . " the exception that the motion va* very diaagreeable.
Kr. Tyler, a s s i s t a n t l i b r a r i a n of the San Francisco Law Library, He also Stated that after making a l t e r a t i o n s and receiving patent
was in company with his s i s t e r and Krs. Philbrook on Friday evening and r l g h t a the vessel vould be Iplaced on e x h i b i t i o n , and that thl* would
d i s t i n c t l y saw the a i r s h i p a l i t t l e l a t e r than i t was seen in Oakland, occur before the f i r s t of the coming month. I t i s claimed that the
This evidence fully boars out the statement of the pasaengcrs and motor p a i n t e r ' s ahopmates laughed the l e t t e r to scorn, and that be was »o
tan of the Piedmont c a r , who asserted t h a t a f t e r i t had passed over S t . thoroughly convinced that hla friend was not misleading hla that he
 [Link]
watered S20 that what his friend had written would come to pass- This by othern who were nearer to i t than I was. Yet rron cy position on
story was related by several, but Is not authenticated, aa they would Kearay and Broadway I had a good view of i t and 1 as reaJy to indorse
not betray the v r l t e r ' e name without his permission. • vhat Others have said reagardlng Its appearance."
Colvin Erovn, local representative of the Chronicle, vas an eye , Kax Roberta, an employe of the Western Union Telegraph Company,
witness of the mysterious light this evening. He has been a skeptic engaged In the capacity of a night watchman, says he saw the airship
o.' the cost pronounced type and waa loth to believe the evidence of hit about 11:50 o'clock Wednesday night. /
own eyes. Center of a group of the corner of Seventh and K s t r e e t a , hi AK EXPERT'S OPIfllC.I. / Lieutenant George H. Cha.e, U.S.A., Talks of
produced an alir-anac to endeavor to prove that the planet Venus had lefl 'he Wonderful Discovery. /
her orbit and was coquetting with Sacramento. As his explanation was Lieutenant George N. Cease, U.S.A., the inventor of an "aerodromlc
not received vlth favor he started off in search of Serjeant Barvick oJ system of transportation," vaa seen yesterday on the subject at his
weather fame to endeavor to prove t k n the mysterious light to be a residence in OaKland. Mr. Chsse has spent many years In [Link]
meteor on the warpath. the subject of aerial navigation, and is thoroughly conversant with thi
Of a l l the onlookers thia evening the employee of the etreetcar practical and theoretical difficulties In i t s way. He hat written a
system are the soot Jubilant. They have been held up to defiaion for P a j E P h l e t netting forth hie ideas, and outlining a sort of coeprool.e
ictween fterlal
over a week; their lives made miserable by Jocular inquiries as to the n»*i**tion and the present system of transportation,
nature of the stimulants they mostly imbibe and various inquiries as to v b l c h B l f t r i y en 8i«eera have accepted aa in the highest sense practical,
He B lId
when they intended to take a t r i p , etc. ' y«"rday: "I have read aose of the accounts of the a l -
"I am heartily delighted that the entire city has seen this myster- l e e e d ' a l r f l l l l P - ' °" e *° » corning paper yesterday was rather confualm
T n e 6tt for t h e
Ious light to-night," said one of the motormeu. "How thia eternal °rney " Inventor in his statecent says that i t Is 150 feel
l o n 6 , M d t h
Joshing will ceaae. My life has been a misery Tor the past week, but " t h e l a * e Q t o r B : O Y e t l B O f f i = o f the mechanists,' and there-
a r t e r b e B a vU r i s e
now a l l can see for themselves that we vere not stretching the long * t n e v i n g B n a P P I n 6 to a height of about 90 feet,
bow. I t i s particularly aggravating, when one plainly sees a phenone- m a l n s * B e r l e " o f c i r c l e s , and descend, e t c . Ha aaya also: 'There
w t Da m o t l r e
nal occurrence and relates i t , that he is treated as a gigantic l i a r . " pover, ao far as I could s e e . ' For a patent attorney whc
Wlde t h e
Assistant Superintendent Boas of the streetcar system is also Ju- application for the patent and drew up the specifications thli
lB
b i l a n t . "I was pa****** siieply positive," said he, "that this light * remarkable statement. He says that his client has "forsaken the
was of an electrical nature. I have made a close study of thia myater- l d e " o f i ^ x i a M d J-w&W.' «"1 yet states that ' i t is built on the
ious agent for years. I saw this moving light for upward of t h i r t y MropUnt, system,' the only system ever advocated by either—a syaten
minutes Tuesday night and was positive that I t was e l e c t r i c a l . Also I v n I c h r B h o u e d i a »/ monograph published in St. Louis in 1891* vas the
noticed i t s x swaying and rising and falling movement and was convinced oa^f possible one. As I said then;
in ay own mind that I t was attacahed t o a vehicle of some nature. At . Experiment hae demonstrated tkxx the fact that i t i t possible to
first I thought i t might be In a balloon, but knowing that machinery ,construct a vehicle possessing the ability to arise in the a i r , carry-
r equlslte to produce a light of that volume and intensity vould weigh iog a considerable load, and capable of being propelled. The obstacle*
upward of a ton, I concluded that i t night possibly be that some one that have so far baffled man's ingenuity are his ability to control the
had solved the problem of aerial navigation, and thia belief was atren ■ " " " e V e a U n d e r * * e B 0 D t r ' * ° f » " e circumstance, and hla failure to
Kxkkgthened by observing that the light was moving south against t h , , | P ^ d e energy enough to propel I t to any .considerable distance. This
wind. I am now almost convinced that the great problem has been s o l y , j l " « e r d fficulty cannot be overcome by any known method of storing up
and that within a short time the air will be peopled with ahi r »." ^ M ^ , ^ ^ *° f ? ^ 2 T" ' J ' J t " 1 ? * 1 " *?'*? * " " " "
This seems to be the public belief in this city to-ni P ht a*ong -i 1 | 0 " * i 0 ^ 1 " * " " / ™ " d ' " " 5^ ^ ^ f 0 " " °f lriaMl *"*»*-
who have witnessed the reappearance of t h i s mysterious light and never " « ' ™ & V ' * " \ , T<°, , l l * r ^ \ . Vlfl " d P°W"''
a u a t
has there been witnessed such an overwhelming and sudden change in .V?"** " " ^ ^ o s e l y 1m tate the flight of birds. The
public opinion a, i t . reappearance ha. caused. In the corridors of ih "edgeling after one or two abortive attempts, adjusts i t s motion,
hotels groups of excited people clustered -discussing all the possib! l l ' ^ « " ^ « d n " u " U J ' M the *ccomplishment of perfect flight. The
i t l e s of th s wonderful discovery. In the saloons healths are being :»*« " j j b r t " 0 a * f " " ^ " ^ ^ ?\lM\ " " « °f ^ •«"«« «
drunk to the successful discoverer, and on a l l sides universal belief J h f varying direction of the wind to the line of flight are instinct-

love or money. Those possessing them brought them out to read to theli cumstancea which i t must inevitably « encounter,
WhiU l eiid
friends but reused to part vlth them. / * continued Hr. Chase, that the conditions seem too
OTilKitS WHO SAW IT. / Stories That Corroborate the Fact of the Invent lot, I B M )'' o r - rather the unknown quantities are at present too few, for a
The following l e t t e r fro» San Rafael explains a phase of the story »«isfactory solution of thia problem pure and .imple, s t i l l i t must
B r
r ' b e c o n c e d e d t h a t c o n s i d e r a b l e p r o g r e s s h a s been made s i n c e t h a t was
t h a t h a s n o t y e t come t o l i g h t ; v r i t t e a t o w a r d t h e s c i e n t i f i c s o l u t i o n of t h a i , g r e a t p r o b l e a by FVo-
y
»n. , , , ^ i' " ■ ' , t l fesaor Langley. Maiim in England, Chanute in Chicago and fierr LUien-
WUor Call! The myaterioua light »*ntioned in your valuable pape, ^ ^ £ ^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ l f ^ * ^
this morning as aeen by several cltUens in different parts of the m c o n m e r c i a l basis in one of our back counties i t is very surprising.
State, and which seems to mystify yourself aa well as your readers. Is ^ t h o a e c m h M b e e Q r e B a r l u i b l „n k ,
nothing more than an airship, and of th S fact I am perfectly cognzant ^ % i t c c r t B l n „ h e 1 ( ^r a s h M vnQ theBe d
I think now that I am released of my obligation of secrecy, which > ^ t n e i B possiblllty of anything In engineering."./
have kept for nearly three months as the experiment in a e r a l " ^ - ' PASSED OVER SAH JOSE. / The Air Craft Said to Have Been Seen Sailing
tion Is a fixed fact and the public or a a few of the public at least TQV^ ^ ^ B f t J n U t o n i
have seen i t s workings In the a i r . (..u , n ( . v . . „ 5 , tv.-w r—_ •■» . „ - - . j , .
l
In the l a t t e r part of last August I vas hunting In the Tamalpais f h i l J f ' ^ : \ ° l - 2 2 ' T ^ f 6 " • * roung man residing In
range of mountains; between the high peak and Bollnas Bay. I wooded * h « ^ T . / U l m a to have seen the mysteriou. airship seen by the
range oi [Link]», „ 7 („„T.W ^ H M I .. h n t . . n resldenta of Sacramento and elsewhere pass over the eastern portion of
a deer, and In chasing i t I ran onto a circular bru hpile about ten ^ ^ ^ to_ni^t>
feet in height In a part of the mountain seldom visited even by hunter, standing on Santa Clara s t r e e t , near East San
I was somewhat astonished and *y " r l o a i t y P-mpted me to approach J Q vhen b e i u u | W t n / f t l r s h I p h i g h u p l nt b e ' h „ t e n B . „e
It when I encountered a man who aang out. "What are you doing here M ^ ^ a 8 v h ov e P P
and v^t do you vantl" I replied that " I ^ ^ ^ f ^ I t h ««P. M d t h * * o t h e r « v h 0 « attention was called to I t saw the fUsh-
chasing i t . lie oald that they had been camping hx« here for a month *\
l i
or so and had not seen a deer, but i f you think your deer ia in the S " of the craft rapidly disappear. The ahlp va. .aid to be goln, 1,
neighborhood I will assist you in finding i t aa we need a l i t t l e meat a southeasterly direction, tovard Mount Ramllton.
ln camp." Thia man went with me and in less than 500 yards found my K. Erlich drove up while the crowd was standing gaiing skyward and
deer. We carried i t Into the brush corral. And vhat a sight—a per- saw the light disappearing. To him some of the people said they rfli-
fect itachine shop and an slcost completed ship. I was sworn to secrecy tine Hy saw the ship. Neither he nor Everett knew the names of any
and have kept It t i l l this mocent, Six men vere at worn on the "aerial persons In the crowd, most of whom were in carriages. /
ship." I t Is this ship that a few people have seen at nipht on i t s Eiperimenteri Bear Oroville.
txix t r i a l t r i p . I t returns to i t s hone before daylight and will con- OROVILLE, Cal., Hov. 22.—There seems to be some foundation that
tinue to do so until perfected. lours, William Jordon. t he airship which recently paasea over Sacramento was built in this
E.A. Lamkin of 305 Larkln street Bays he saw the airship at an m i neighborhood, but «no Information can be obtained aa to vho the t u l l l ' i
■ak early hour laet night making i t s vay to«ard Sacramento and soon could be. Rumor hat i t that two p a r t l e . were recehtlj experimentInp
fading avay in the distance like a falling meteor. with new and light gas which they expected would outdo anything yet
Walter Malloy, deputy sheriff and commissary at the County J a i l , introduced for balloon purposes. I t is also asserted by others that
KX*J* says the light of the airship was seen in San Francisco Tuesday three or four comparatively unknown parties of wealth have been for
evening- tils statement ia as follows; several weeks experimenting with various [Link] and feel confident of
"WTien 1 left the J a i l on Tuesday night I happened to look in the solving aerial navigation,
direction of Berkeley and I saw an unusual sight. I t waa a atronp P i c , p. 1; The Great Alrahlp That la Startling the People of fjmy
white l i g h t , seetnlnply moving. I thought at first i t waa a balloon Cities, Drawn from Deacriptiona of the Inventor's Attorney, Georf-e
with a lantern attached, but on a closer observation I thought I recog- D. Collins.
nlied a dark body immediately over the l i g h t , somewhat of a different p, 2; Attorney George D, Collins, Who Knows the Inventor of the
shape from a balloon. The more I Observed i t the more puarled I became Great [Link].
s.8 to what i t vas. Finally I dismiased i t from my mind until next m
morning, when reading The Call I .saw that others had noticed the s t r a n |
l i g h t . 'low I am fully convinced that what I saw waa the airship eeen
 18'Jb JiovenDer 2 (Mon) San Francisco Chronicle, p. 12.
36*27
(card 1) *■ ll* ''"* road. Several passengers on the dur-r.v a U o e..iw ..,>-,. ryiiri
:
loua light and [Link] it as It ^I i>!*■ J along through the [Link]"»«s.
COLLINS STICKS TO MIS AIRSHIP STORY. / lie Directs Suspicion to Dr. [Link]
H.J. Pyle, the patrolman at the Ccary-strert carhouse, (-..id hl« <1
Benjamin. / Tuf. LIGHT IS SEF.N AGAIN. / MISSION PEOPLE CLAIM TO HAVE
tcntion drawn to a light about JftJ-'lO o'clock. It wan wrv djrk *!
WATCHED IT. / Thousands in Sacramento Noticed a Mysterious Object in
that time, as the moon had not yet risen, and he, with several other:,
the Sky. /
watched It for sorr.e tine, i'e described the [Link] as helnj porr puvrr
The mysterious light, supposed to be on an airship, that has for ful than the ordinary street electric light and Is of the opinion in.n
some days bei;n flitting round the bay counties, seems to have at last a strong reflector w,ia behind It. He thought It moved out over Fulio
paid its respects to San Francisco, though in a shy and demure manner street, and aaid that when it reached Eighth avenue It moved In a
and without any attempt to get into a very close acquaintance with the southwesterly direction and waa lost to .view.
city, Pylc'fl story Is substantiated by Policcr.,™ De Culre, [I. Drurv,
Dozens of poople in the Mission claim to have eeenthe peculalr arc foteirjin of Fire Engine Company 26; D. Ryan, a conductor; John F U U J
light last nlj'nt, and they Bay it did not have a pink tail, blue hair love, a grlprran, And ten or twelve others. All say thev saw It pljln
or anything of that sort. To cap this assertion, Attorney Collins ly and declare that they were not decleved. [Link] Fisher and ('.in­
again cone to the front with a statement about its movements, which ductor Cooper of the Ceary-street
• line also
— saw
~ something.
— ■" « ' "Th.
information he says was given to him personally yesterday morning by th M l = h l n e u a s P"lnR against the wind at the tire we spied It." **■-._
the inventor. Fisher. "It would not be possible for It to have been a balloon.
Collins uiiun 'seen yesterday and pressed to tell anything further Collins' statement concerning the Intentions of the Inventor with
about a.c alien ed inventor and his alleged machine said; "This morning* regard to the route of M a trip last night is [Link] 6uhst«ntis ted
the Inventor came to mv office, in the Crocker building, and told me in part by the following dispatch received by the "Chronicle" from
that he ahd tested the mortis of the ship in last night's storm with Sacramento.
the greatest success. The wind currents were very contrary, and the SACRAKESTO, November 22.--The peculiar light which excited the
test was one that tried the merits of the machine In the hardest posai- people of this city a few nights ago appeared again to-night, and this
ble manner, but It came out of the ordeal In good order, having breast­ time it was witnessed by thouaands of people. During its passage
ed the storm as well as any bird. across the southern part of the city, which occupied nearly an hour,
"He started from the locality where the vessel is housed and flew K street was filled with people who watched it until it dliappeared
over Alcatraz and out through the Golden Gate, skirting the Cliff from view.
hOuSf and returning, by the same routh across the bay. lie hovered over The light was first seen by those In the neighborhood of Third and
the seal rocks for fully ten minutes and played his searchlight on the X streets at 3:30 p.m. It was then south of the city about i0 degrees
seals themselves, ills intention Is to make another trip this evening, above the horizon, and from there on It seemed to travel downward to­
probably over the same ground,'running on his return trip as far as ward the southwest until it disappeared from view about 10 degrees
Sacramento." above the horizon line. The wind at the time was south-southwest, and
"Several people are wondering, Mr. Collins, how this inventor can the light seemed to be traveling almost against it.
house hia 150-foot vessel in a barn in the vicinity of Berkeley with­ Its appearance waa that of an arc lamp and its light was a c l u '
out [Link] the existence of Duch a large structure discovered." white. Occasionally it would die out in luster, at which t W it «.!•■
"That is easily accounted for," Collina replied. "The barn Is not surrounded with a hazy halo, but would altrsot immediately ropain its
very long,, but It is tacked on to an old dismantled two-story dwelling brilliancy. As it traveled through the sky it seeped to have t wjvlnj
The partitions have been knocked out, making the place practically one notion.
Ion,. roo,a '" Weather Observer Rarwick, In an interview to-night, said th»t th»
Collins went on to nay that none of the larger parts of the machine object could not have been a meteor, for the renson that it travel*.*
had been made In thia State; they had been manufactured* In various too slowly, but suggested that It might have bi'en a hall of lite simi­
parts of the last and shipped to Oroville and Stockton, where they had lar to those seen following the last big comet and which wi'ti' vety tt-
been gradually put together. IJhen pressed to give some clew to the rstic In their course. He eaya that the only thing ngaimt this th^or
Identity of tin; inventor he said: is that the light varied in its brilliancy. Everyone here i* tnlklnf
"Well, 1 will toll you this much. The man lives on the south side of the affair and hundreds believe that it was a light fron an aerl*l
of Ellis street in the 6O0 block. He la six feet tall and 40 years old ship.
has no occupation and 13 possessed of plenty of money. The place he Sick White, city editor of the Record-Union, who got a rood vi^w
lives In la a private house, where he has been for two years, making of it, expresses the belief that it was the light from a flying [Link]
frequent trips during, that time to various places to look after the and declares that he at one time saw several smaller lights in addlflc
construction of his alrbhip. lie keeps his own counsel and you won't be to the larger light. When the direction changed, but one of the li[ht
able to discovu-r him. I can [Link] you no closer information." was visible,
There are twenty lodging-houses in the portion of Ellis street des­ Ed Carragher, proprietor of the Saddle Rock Restaurant, tool a
cribed by Collins. A complete search of all of them revealed the fact look through a field glass and declared that the light was attached to
that in only one was there a lodger answering to the attorney'* des­ some larger object, whose inapt was not distinctly defined in the
cription of the Inventor. This la 633 Ellla, rented by E.H. Keiser. darkness.
Kelser iias for two v«ars leased hia front room to a "Dr. E.H. Benjamin. From Oroville, the locality where Attorney Collins saya most of
This pcntlynan is six feet in height, about 40 years ot age, and as tar the ship was put together, comes the following dispatch:
as hia mysterious habits are concerned Keiser said last night: "He hav< OROVILLE, November 22.—The report that the supposed airship, vhlct
had him in the house for two years and don't know any more about him passed over Sacramento, started from a JIB* point near Oroville and vai
now than on the day he came In. He goes away every little while on built near here, seems to havp some foundation, hut it Is irposaihle
trips to Oroville, Sacramento and Stockton, sometimes staying a few to learn the truth. Tt is asserted that parties residin" about three
days, sometimes a nontli. He has plenty of means and fills In his time miles east of the town and in a thickly wooded section, not traversed
when at hia room experimenting with various metals, principally alumln- by roads have been experiment lug with different gases for some tire
urn and sheet copper. past. One man, who la an expert chemist here, was hpnrd to let slip a
"He is a dentist by profession, I think. I know he has friends and word or two shout parties who were experimenting with a new and verv
one relative in Oroville who are experimenting on some invention or llg"c f!aa which would supersede the one now in use for balloons. It
other, but what it Is I don't know. He hos told me once or twice that islpossible, however, to get wore than rumors, mere whispers, and it
[Link] Collins does his law business for him, and I have often won­ is impossible to aay whether they are pure fabrications.
dered what law buulnes* a dentiat in a small way would be likely to It is asserted by more than one person that coroaratIv*lv unVnovn
have ." parties with abundant means have for some urcks past bi'rn experii-ioitt-
"Dr." Benjamin's name ia not in the directory, nor in the list of ing with different gases and tnat they were sanguine of having Bolvrd
dentists In the city. Nobody could be found last night who had ever the problem of aerial navigation. The form of the airship thev ire
heard of him practicing, his profession. His room contninn very little supposed to have constructed ia a matter of uncertainty. No one can
toshow what his real business is. There are a feu drawings snd charts say bow the vessel is regulated or what means are uaed to govern its
scattered around bearing trigonometrical figures, two very ancient speed. It is rumored that such a vessel has been constructed near x«i
teeth on the mantelshelf and a litter of aluminum and copper shavings here by Eastern people, who desired to escape prying eyes and sought
all over the carpet. seclusion. It is evident that more than one man was engaped In the
project, but it Is Impossible to learn any of the names or give any
According to Keiser's statements of his late movements, he was in
Sacramento twice last week, has been out very late at night during the details about the vessel Itself.
last month and has not been home more than a few hours in the last two 1896 November 23 (Honi San Ftanciaco Examiner, p. 12. (card 1)
days—a record that fits in seemingly with the stories of the airship's
movements, lip to 2 o'clock this morning Benjamin had not returned, to QUEER THINGS YOU SEE W E H - - / A Mysterious Uanderetr of the Skies
his room, and the flying machine was at latest reports being steered by Perplexes People. / The Sea Serpent Has Drawn in Hia llorni and i Itli
its proprietor over localities several miles away from Ellla street. Hose Is Out of Joint. / Now an Airship Appears in the Darkened Heavens
Shortly after 6 o'clock last evening people in the Mission thought and Causes Consternation. / POLICEMEN RING FOR THE UACON. / Stories of
they saw an airship. John Oagely, a mounted patrolman, was one of the People who Saw Mysterious Bright Lights Moving Among tha Cloud* at
first to distinguish a peculiar light up in the sky. He had Just left Night Tloe.
the City Mall, and, like the greater part of San Franciscans, kept his Lord, how the world is given to flying! That ia not exactly what
even upon the nunvena. Almost above him he saw the light. He saya FAlstaff aald, but it comes to the sair* thing. Tha sea serpent ha»
that it was roving westward, at a height he could not well estimate. been called in, His melancholy trail no longer slavers the illly sea­
Its [Link] was not swift, but steady, and he says he watched it till son. His hair} head erects Itself no longer on the practical horlton,
the darkness swallowed It up. and of hia horns and hoofs there are nooe to tell. Tn fact, the lei
At about the name time Gus Rlechers, a gripman on a Gearv-st reel serpent's Roman nose la out of Joint and he has been superseded In the
car, hullevua lie spied the machine, or the light upon it, He says he affections of the people by a mysterious "airship."
kept it In sight for about half an hour durinp his trip to the termini. That aome object not yet explained or accounted for haa been seen
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traveling the skies in different parts of the State for aeveral nights Seventeenth-street police station, detected the bright llgl<t» of the ik
past appears to bo etuabl [shed by the testimony of credible witnessea. sky-aklmraer about 6;4S o'clock last evening, he saw the whit* and red
What the chine may be nobody knows. That it la an alrhaip capable of llehta moving rapidly through space, and, fearing that loine one uai
carrying human freight n-ems Impossible of belief In view of the record making away with a Mission drug score, Che faithful and ilerc policeman
of failure In the past. If some joker has turned loose a fire balloon ac once ran Co the nearest alrto b o x , at Twelfth and Folaon itreeta, and
to perplex and mystify that might account for the "airahipV on an In­ notified his superiors. The patrol wagon waa sent out, but when it
telligible basis. reached Resrden'a beat the supposed airship had changed la* course and
There are men who see queer chines when they don't have a pun and was over another man's beat. The alarm, however, called ouC Sergeant
others who encounter wonders of an aarly worn or even at dewy eve when Honohan, Corporal Heggerty and Policmen Montanya and Folaon, who were
It haa been more dewy than the law allows. Of courae they saw sone- in Che station-house when the waEeful Rearden sent in his meaaage.
thinp, but what it waa nobody seems Co he able to say with any sort ot The officers at once runhed out on Che street, prepared to charge
Intelligible accuracy, A Sacramento man wandering in the Immediate vi­ the night rider of the sklea with disturbing Che peace of the Mission.
cinity of a brewery, saw a great light and a dark mass moving up and Tlhey saw the llghca in the heavens, buC on accounc of Che diitance
down the sky. The "daek mass" and the red light is Che favorite shape could not recognize then as the illuminators of any drug store in theit
which the uncanny cling assumes. There la vague talk of patents, but district. They went as far as Capp and Seventeenth streets, watching
nothing tangible in the shape of applications or patents on file. No­ Che floating beacons. At that corner a crowd of people had collected,
body seems to be able to deacribe what they have seen except In the most alao watching the lights,
general way, This is the silly season, and a set of graceless Inkers "The Ship, or whatever it w a a , had two llghta, one appearing to ba
might have fun with all California by turning loose a dozen wildcat btl much larger than the other," said Corporal Heggerty, in d e s c r i b e d the
loona that would wheel and circle and flame through the skv. apparition. "The larger was • white light, and the smaller a red one.
The a Orovllle people, by the way, laugh at the staterent thai any­ rue red light appeared to be beneath the white light and in a line
thing like an "airship" has been built in Cheir neighborhood and scout with it. At first I thought it waa all a hoax about an airship, but I
the whole story aa a fake. BuC there Is lots of teaCinony on the othur was very much surprised when I saw the lighta. They awept along at a
side and 1c may speak for itself.1 lively rate, and soon disappeared. The machine, If auch it w a s , ap­
George D. Colllna, an attorney of this city, says, for instance, peared to have come from the direction of Mount Diablo. Its courae w
that noc only is the airahip a veritable, palpitating fact, hut what Is was to Che aouCh and west, coward the ocean. It passed over Twin Kaai
more — he knows the man who made it, and who soars by himself through tti p e « k a , and then we lost Bight of It. Ofcourse, w e could not tell
BCar-lIC haavens, causing a naze and w o n d e n u t M among Che lowly ones of (whether it dropped into the ocean or not. Twin Peaks were In Che way'.'
the earth beneath. Mr. Collins, however, is bound by a d o u b U - l o c k t d ' - . . - Folaom
Sergeant Monahan and Policemen . - . ..._
and HonCanya ..
corroborsCedJ
oath of secrecy not Co divulge the. name of the I n v e n t o r — f o r the pres­ ■ the scatementa of the Corporal. All the policetoen saw the moving
ent at lease. He aaya Che alrshiponaut is his client and has applied I lights 10 the heavens, and were correspondingly Impressed and astonish
for a patent upon hla wonderful machine. If the experiments now being .ed. ,_
cade prove Successful, and the patent be granted, then Hr. Colllna will
Policeman llorarity is yet another acar-wearer who saw chose w o n -
Introduce his modest clienc to an applauding world and assist In plac-
'derful light* laac night. K r . Moriaricy is a vety careful obaerver,
Ing the laurela on hla brow. The lawyer confeesea that he knows nochln j a n d nothing Chat croaeea hie beat escapes hia watchful^eyes,
about Che mechanism! or the motive power of Che cloud-skimmer for Che c o m "Shortly
e r ot Missionbeforeand
7 o'clock thia evening,"
Tlilrd atreecs, and saw he
whataald, "I was mti
1 suppose at tthe
very simple reason thst Che Inventor told him nothing about it. Die , airship floating in the ' sky. I watched"' it cross
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Hission street. A
airship man will trust no o n e , not even lawyers, displaying in this ! number of people on the street also aaw i t , and watched It until It
latter respect a mark of w i a d o m that distinguishes him as a t rue genius passed out of sight."
If the creation of the inventor fulfills his e x p e c t a t a t i o n s , chen he The course of the mysterious aerial lights is traced frou Mlaalon
Kliti will give it to the world, at so ouch a gift. Until he cones and Third streets through the Mission district to Ocean View, for they
down from the clouds, however, and discloses hia identity, or unlocks were seen at the latter place last night by numerous people. Conductor
the padlock that now hangs suspended from the lips of K r ( Collins, the Phil Hurray of the San Hateo electric line aaw the supposed airship
nan of the machine will be unknown to fame, about 6:50 o'clock, when his car was at Ocean View. He directed Che
"This airship la not a creation of fancy, but an existing face," Rsyt attention of hla passengers to the lights in the aky, and they left th«
Mr. Colllna. "I have noc seen the new wonder, buC I represenC the In­ car to observe them. Frank Pare, the motorman of the car, also aaw
ventor, and apeak knowingly when I Bay that he has made a machine which . them. Page and Murray Informed Receiver Bohla and Tli^er Peter Leonard
skims tliroughthe air with the ease and grace of a bird. Whac ia prob­ of the remarkable sight when Che car arrived ac Thircleth atreet after
ably more to the point, the helmsman ia in absolute control of the move­ returning from Holy Cross Cemetery.
ments of the vciael. The vessel can be made to rise to any altitude
It ia believed In Oakland that all the stories about an airahip
desired, describe circles or take an abrupt angle.
floating over the town are the results of practical Jokes with hot-air
VAC prem-nC 1 am under a solemn pledge of secrecy not to make public
balloons. The witnesses all say that the supposed airahip conaiaced
the name of the Inventor, though I may say that he Is a resident of San
principally of a light, and waa Been over Blalr Park.
Francisco and has been for more than seven years past. The greater «*«
Superincendent Tiffany of the Piedmont electric road said: "1 ruJr
portion of his ti...« has been devoted to the perfection of this airship, j
s thorough investigation to-day of the *.atx scory told by sore of our
He has spent thousands of d o l l a r s — n o t lesa than $100,000 I should say
men of an alleged airahip seen floating over St. Kary'e College on
— a n d is now of the opinion that he has at last aolved the mystery of
Friday evening. Hy opinion i* that the object was only a toy b a i l e r .
aerial flight, lie has tried it under every possible weather condtlon,
Ever since last aummer when w e had balloon ascensions at M a l t Pjfk if-*
and the vessel has behaved beautifully through it all. Last night he
small boya of thia portion of the city have been wild over ballooning.
was out In the scorm and 1 waa informed by him to-day that the air­
They have great sport sending up toy paper balloons with miniature par­
ahip did everything expected of it. He sailed across the Golden Gate
achutes attached to then, The favorite plan la to attach oil-soaked
and over Alcatroj Island to the other aide of the bay, where he landed
rags to these toys, Betting them afire and enjoying the spectacle of
When off the Island the wind struck the vessel vich terrific force,
an aerial conflagration on a small scale. Thia has been repeatedly
but she acood up bravely through it all.
done to my knowledge In the vicinity where the light was sren Frldjv
"There la one error which I wish to correct, and that is concern­
night. That is the solution of this so-called myatery. So far as 1
ing voices said to have been heard on the airahip. The inventor tella
could learn among our m e n , none of then say anything but a light.
n* chat he has ncv>.-r taken any one with him on these night voyages.
"I had a long calk wich Selby Yoat, one our motormen, and he ad­
He supposeu the impression of volcea arose from Che clanking nolae
mitted that he saw nothing but a moving light in the aky. It might
made by die machinery.
have been a meteor or a toy b a l l o o n — o r an ocular delusion, for that
"If cverythinR goles well the name of che inventor will be given to
matter. The airahip proposition w a a , I found, not considered (or a
the public wlthing two weeks. The application fof a patent waa Bent
off four days ago, and will probably receive immediate-attention. 8 C.B. Morgan, formerly a School Dl'rYctor of'Oakland, and a very
What Che motive powtr of the airship Is I do not know, chough I have conservative and highly educated m a n , says he aaw a peculiar object \i
an Idea chat lc is compressed air. In fact, I am about as Ignorant of t h e
the actual w o r k i n g of this wonderful creation aa any one for the very ' k y l*»w*** afternoon while standing In front of h i , hou.e .c
., . . ,. - — - . ,, ,, ' Brush and Fourteenth streets, Oakland. He said:
goodod reason that ny client haa told me practically nothing. He will no „_w ,, , c . ' ,, , . , ,. , .
„ „ . f„„ f' h < 0 <-*„.. _„.. i,„ „,„.,.„ <• I « " l i e d « " e sidewalk by ay aon, who told me that a ran h.u
trust anyone for fear his idea may be stolen.
discovered the long-looked-for flying machine. When I first saw It,
How cones Might Clerk M c G o v e m of the California Hotel, who solemn­
the machine was high up in the clouds In Che direction of Blalr'i fjrk.
ly avers that he aaw a peculiar combination of moving lights In the
The man on the corner, whose name I do noc know, laid he had irrn It
skies that may have been the airship. Hr. HcCovern la accustomed to
rise from Che direction of Che park and sail weacward at a lou level
being up of nights, and he ia a reliable m a n , not prone to excltanent.
for almost twenty minutes. Then it rose to a Duch higher altitude »nd
and of an unimaginative nature, as most night clerks are.
continued lta westward course. Juat at this time I first caught sl^hi
"About 2 o'clock last Thursday morning," he says, "I saw in the of it.
heavens two white lights moving alowly to the westward. They looked
"It appeared Co be a balloon. That which arouaed ny curleslty B O M
like two atars joined together. At Intervals a red light appeared
was the change of course fron westward to directly eaat. It moved very
between the two white lights. Hy actentlon was directed to the phe­
rapidly when it changed to the easterly direction, and soon passed out
nomenon by a crowd of men who were observing the object from the corm-r
of eight over Che low foothills back of Eaat Oakland."
of Kearny and Rush streets. 1 watched Che lighca for half an hour and,
during that time, they moved about a tenth of the distance across the Brother Walther, Director of S t , Mary's College, said:
heavens, I could not determine how Che lights were suspended in the "1 gave no special thought to the light that was seen Friday [Link] ,
air, for, on account of the darkness of the night, I could see nothing because there was nothing to attract my attention to it until 1 heard
but Che blazing lights." some of Che people about the college dlscusaing the airship atorv. 1
found, upon talking to aeveral studenta and members of the faculty,
Additional testimony was collected last night in favor of the exis­ that none who observed the illumination gave any thought to It »ic»i.t
tence of the airslilp. Neil (earden, a ■£ policeman actached to the to surmise It was a metaor, although it moved rather slowly for [Link].
 N o t h i n g , 1 l e a r n e d , was v i s i b l e e x c e p t t h e l i g h t , and t h a t was of sutti C h a r l e s li. Lusk, a s s i s t a n t c a s h i e r of t h e s t r e e t r a i l r o a d —I saw
a c h a r a c t e r a s t o c a u s e t o s p e c i a l comment. S p e a k i n g of a i r s h i p s , t n e cne light only. I t s e e d e d a b o u t 1,000 f e e t h i g h . I t grew d i n and
c o n s e n s u s of o p i n i o n among t h e c o l l e g e p e o p l e was t h a t t h e idea was ob- b r i g h t e r a g a i n a t i f p a s s i n g t h r o u g h a m i s t . I saw t h e c r a f t r l i < and
surd. 1 am c o n f i d e n t t h a t v i v i d i m a g i n a t i o n has c o n t r i b u t e d l a r g e l y in f a l l and v a r y i t s c o u r s e a s though g u i d e d by an i n t e l l i g e n t Bind,
m a n u f a c t u r i n g o u t of t h i s s p e c k of l i g h t o r flame an I n h a b i t a n t of the- T h i s e v e n i n g t h e lower p a r t of t h e c i t y was a g a i n thrown i n t o r i ­
s k y . The s u c c e s s f u l o p e r a t i o n of an a i r s h i p under t h e c o n d i t i o n s h e r * c i t e c e n t by t h e a p p e a r a n c e of a b r i g h t l i g h t aobut f o r t y d e g r e e i above
d e s c r i b e d would be I m p o s s i b l e i n my j u d g m e n t . B e s i d e s , had t h i s burn * t h e h o r i z o n . I t was watched a l o n g K s t r e e t from F o u r t h t o t h e r i v e r by
s h i p of t h e a i r , u n d e r a b a o l u t e c o n t r o l , t h e r e l a no q u e s t i o n t h a t th« h u n d r e d s of p e o p l e , who a l l d e c l a r e t h a t I t moved s o u t h w e s t e r l y u n t i l
S t a t e of C a l i f o r n i a l a n o t b i g enough t o have c o n c e a l e d I t from view cne b u i l d i n g s Ehut off t h e v i e w , and t h e n t h e y moved down and njny ( o l -
u n t i l t h e i n v e n t o r was r e a d y t o make a t r i a l . On t h e whole t h e r e la lowed I t u n t i l in t h e d i s t a n c e I t seemed a b o u t t e n d e g r e e s above t h e
n o t h i n g In t h e a f f a i r , s a v e t h i s , t h a t t h e r e was a l i g h t seen In t h e sky h o r i z o n . But no one saw any o u t l i n e of a s h i p , though one grey-hcadc-J
on F r i d a y n i g h t by a number of p e o p l e in t h i s v i c i n i t y , no»e of whom e n t h u s i s s t s o l e m n l y d e c l a r e d t h a t he h e a r d t h e Bound of a b a n j o or put
Rave i t a second t h o u g h t . The a i r s h i p t a l e , I i m a R i n e , i s a hu£e jok*1.' C f l I ^ j f e i E B u r e t n a t t h e r e were l a d i e s in t h e p a r t y .
George ... S t r o n g , who h a s been l a t h e p a t e n t b u s i n e s s l o r many » „ C a p t a i n , U c k E. Whit* watched i t intently. He s a y s he saw t h e Ll»h.
y e a r s , and who knows a i l a b o u t t h e v a r i o u s a t t e m p t s t h a t have been made ^ CQuree „ l f l t h f l d M d e a c I r c u i t , and t h a t he d i s t i n c t l y
&
t o p e r f e c t f l y i n g m a c h i n e s , s a i d l a s t n i g h t a t h i a Oakland ho™ t h a t he \ five u h „ d u r l a g t h l o « , n e u v e r . Hundreds of een t e s t i f y t o s e e -
d i d not b e l i e v e t h a t t h e machine c l a i m e d t o have been aeen in t h e sky h i u h o v e r the c l t v a l l t n e w a y t t o a Tventy-tovrth stt*e<
was a n y t h i n g . o r e t h a n a h o t - a i r b a l l o o n . J [Q ^ ^ b u t fl0 o n e w a 8 l u c k y c n 0 U E h t o s e e t h e airship.
T h e r e h a s been n o t h i n g t h a t haB been d e s c r i b e d t h a t would n o t be £ C a r c o 0 n 6 ; Had b e e n l o o k i n g upon t h e a i r h l p whin i t wis red (drunk

nights. During t h i s t l « i t must have r e s t e d somewhere, and t o my && H o v e m b e r 2 3 ( t e a ) Oakland T r i b u n e , p . 1 . (car.) : i

mind i t would have been i m p o s s i b l e t o have h i d d e n i t where i t would not
have been found. FLOATING IH TK£ AIR. / The M y s t e r i o u s Bark I s Seen by Mwiy R e p u t a b l .

HOK:)BROOK"OR"COLLIHS?""* n i g h t s h a s i n t h e minds o f many been c o n c l u s i v e l y p r o v e n . A n u r t e r of

lias t h e r-oned O r i e n t a l W a r r i o r Changed Hia Name? p e r s o n s v h o e e I n t e g r i t y ! . u n q u e s t i o n a b l e have seen t h e s i r s . . * , n a v l -
g a t o r o f t L e ttir and tbl nun,b,tr±
OR0VILLE, November 2 3 . — N o t h i n g can be o b t a i n e d h e r e t o v e r i f y t h e * d e l u d e s many whose s k e p t i c i s m h a .
s t a t e m e n t a s t o t h e f l y i n g machine made by George D. C o l l i n s of Oakland. b e e n P r o n o u f l c * d ■ ,
8
C o l l i n s i s unknown h e r e . T h e r e i s no w e a l t h y man l i v i n g h e r e who came **« " " J " " *Jv J l S f h I m L ^ r " ^ M , l M^ u
C6r
from Maine, o r any o t h e r s t a t e , in t h e p a s t s e v e n y e a r s ? and t h e r e l a « " > t M " « f b .* . * ! a ! „ tJt*J£ £■« ** i r l MMet
t h e heaveD of ln t b o f e
no one h e r e t n a t a d i l i g e n t s e a r c h can u n c o v e r who knows a n y t h l n e a t ' f, ! <"««*« "**»?*'' ™ P " « « e « « d l . lnct
a l l a b o u t a f l y i n g s h i p h a v e i n g been I n v e n t e d h e r e o r h a v i n g l e f t h e r e ^ 6 a v t h e o n l i n e * o f « » i » h l p and watched i t s [Link] h l , h In
for^acrac*nto. h e r e w i t h a r e g i v e n some of t h e viewa of p r o m i n e n t c l t - t h e ™<\^? ^ ^ a huge M r d lfl u „ o u U l n „ &nd 6 „ r , d [0 „ „

" I have r . a d t h e a i r h s i p a r t i c l e i n t h e San F r a n c i s c o ' C h r o n i c l e ' "<* taX1 iQ

" a courBe- * " * " • " « « * *"» t h e head o f t h e . h i * ,
and c o n s i d e r I t a h o a * . In f a c t , I know i t t o b e , so f a r a s i t s h a l l - t h r o w i n g * v h ^ e . M M M of l i g h t f o r s e v e r a l hundred y a r d s ,
AB t h e
ing from O r o v l U e or t h e v i c i n i t y i s c o n c e r n e d . " - E . W . Fogg. <>"*"«» o f t h e ttlr8hl
P v e r e
P 1 " " 1 * discerned, the r a t s . * - .
" T h e r e i s n o t a word of t r u t h i n t h e a i r h s i p s t o r y . Such s s t r u c - « « « • l o t h e H t r e " c ^ U c f t M S " " 1 * " C l U d " , T h e P h e " ° " n o n h i d
r i r B t been n o t e d m
t u r e c o u l d n o t hdv« bu«n made i n t h i s v i c i n i t y w i t h o u t some of o u r c i t - ** * ^°^t ? ^ ua"h'"8 the h « « n 6 - k
*
i r e n s knowing . » . N t s o m e t h i n g of i t . I t l a a fake of t h e r a n k e s t kind'.' e 0 0 D " h e " " P e r c e i v e d t h e l i g h t , he a t t r a c t e d t h e a t t e n t i o n of t h e
- - J o h n L. Cray o t h e r p a a a e u g e r a and a l l I n t e n s e l y i n t e r e s t e d , watched t h e p e c u l i a r
'■1 „ ^ v e r l > u a r d of an s l r a h t p in t h i s v i c i n i t y . T h e r e has been a ^ c h i n e aa i t .cade i t s wsy t h r o u g h t h e s k i e s . I t was h i g h In t h e h c » -
g r t a t d e a l of wind up h e r e l a t e l y , b u t no s h i p . I t h i n k l t a p u r e f a k e v e n B a n d a p p e a r e d t o be o f huge a l i e . When f l r G t aeen i t a e e c e d t o t e
."—Warren S e x t o n . f l o a t i n g o v e r San L e a n d r o . I t ooved r a p i d l y , i going a t l e a s t t v e n t y
"The ' C h r o n i c l e ' s t o r y of t h e a i r s h i p I s t r u e . I t was i n f l s t e d * ± * o l l e a " " h o u r - I I Bhot ocroB8 t h e
s k i e s in the n o r t h w e s t , then turned
w i t h ' C h r o n l c l c ' - ' C a i r e x p l a n a t i o n s of t h e i r change of o p i n i o n s on t h e 1 u l c i a l r " n d < " a a p p e * r e d In t h e d i r e c t i o n o f H a z a r d s ,
o t 0Qly v a s t h e a i r 8 h l Heen
s i l v e r q u e s t i o n , r o s e l i g h t and a i r y and s a i l e d s t r a i g h t f o r t h e moon " P ^ t h e P ^ B c n g e r s , h u t cany o t h e r
on hovemuer 3 d . " — A . K . J o n e s . r e e i d e n t s o f t h i s c i t y d i s t i n c t l y saw t h e b r i l l i a n t l i g h t and t h e hupp
WHAT SACRAMtNTAKS SAW, b i r d - l i k e body f l o a t i n g In m i d - a i r . Hone o f t h e s p e c t a t o r s were a c -
B t l g h t L i g h t s That Moved i n t h e Heavena, and a Weird C r a f t q u a i n t e d w i t h each o t h e r and y e t t h e i r s t o r i e s a r e a t a r t l l n g l y s i m i l a r
[Link], November 2 3 . — S i n c e l a a t Wednesday morning when t h e » « * * a g r e e i n g a s t o t i n e , d i r e c t i o n o f t h e a i r s h i p and d e s c r i p t i o n s ,
f i r s t a i r h s i p s t o r y was s p r u n g on an i n c r e d u l o u s and s k e p t i c a l world T ^ " * f a c t a l e t t V e l i t t l e d o u b t i n t h e ffilnds o f ^ " ^ p e o p l e t h a t a s u c -
t h e a b s o r b i n g t o p i c has been t h i s a e r i a l m y s t e r y . And t o - n i g h t a g a i n c e s s f u l a i r s h i p h a s been I n v e n t e d and i s n a v i g a t i n g t h e h e a v e n s ,
H i a a W11BOQ
h u n d r e d s of p e o p l e c l a i m t o have s e e n moving l i g h t s in Che h e a v e n , b u t . «■ d A u e b t e r o f C a p t a i n Wilson o f t h e p o l i c e f o r c e , and
no s h i p . The o n l y p o i n t on which t h e l u c k y o b s e r v e r s of Tuesday e v e n - h e r f r i e n d , Mlas H u n t e r , a r e awonR t h o s e who viewed t h e s t r a j v e si c l u ­
i n g a g r e e i s t t m t a l l saw s b i g l i g h t , sa b r i g h t aa one o r two a r c Toe two f r i e n d s accompanied a n o t h e r young l a d e y t o t h e * t e e t c a r a b o u t
l i g h t s , moving s o u t h w e s t e r l y a t d i f f e r e n t h e i g h t s . In o r d e r t o compare 7 P-M- y e s t e r d a y , when t h e i r a t t e n t i o n was a t t r a c t e d by t h e p e c u l i a r
t h e s t a t e m e n t s of t h e s e o b s e r v e r s "The E x a m i n e r " r e p o r t e r c a l l e d on l i g h t in t h e s k i e s . Tbe huge b i r d - l i k e body from which t h e l l p h t «m-
some of them t h i s e v e n i n g , and t h e s e a r e t h e t a l e s a s t h e y t o l d them; a n a t e d wai c l e a r l y v i a l b l e and b o t h young l a d l e s a r c p o s i t i v e t h a t I t
E n i l Wengel ( ? ) b a r k e P n P r „* . u - was an a i r h s i p . I t f o l l o w e d t h e same c o u r s e a s d e s c r i b e d by t h e r e . i t -
I I , o a r k e e p e r a t t h e S a c r a n e n t o b r e w e r y , on Twenty- e n g e r a on t h e Alamed* c a r .
e i g h t h s t r e e t —I saw t h e l i g h t b u t d i d n o t s e e t h e m a c h i n e . I heard a Other Oaklandera bear olfcilar testimony. O f f i c e r Carson t a s s t s t t -
v o i c e from t h e machine d e c l a r e t h e y were bound f o r San F r a n c i s c o . l e d by t h e s t r a n g e e i g h t and h i s s t o r y I s n o t t o be shaken by s c o f f e r s .
C h a r l e s 0 . B r o y l e a , a m e c h a n i c , who was i n t h e same company —I saw His e x p e r i e n c e waj l i k e o t h e r s ,
t h e l i g h t and h e a r d s i n g i n g i n Che v i c i n i t y of t h e l i g h t and r e c o g n l t e d A t t o r n e y A.A. Moore t o l d a T r i b u n e r e p o r t e r t h i s morning t h a t Ai-
t h e t u n e a s " J u s t t e l l them t h a t you saw m e . " I c o u l d n o t d i s t i n g u i s h t o r n e y C e o r g e D. C o l l i n s o f Alameda i n f o r m e d h l n (Moore) two days tiro
t h e w o r d s , though r e c o g n i z i n g t h e t u n e . When t h e l i g h t g o t about t o N t h a t a s u c c e s s f u l a i r s h i p had been I n v e n t e d and t h a t t h e i n v e n t o r vnr;
s t r e e t i t t u r n e d a b o u t due e a s t . (A more sudden c h a n g e , of c o u r s e , t h a i . a c l i e n t o f C o l l l n * . The s t o r y o f I t s a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n s were a f a c t ,
any one e l 6 e n o t i c e d . ) he declared, and t h e p u b l i c would l e a r n tcore c o n c e r n i n g i t In a f^w
J . l i . B o g e l , b a r t e n d e r — 3 saw t h e l i g h t and above l t a d a r k body days,
dimly o u t l i n e d In t h e form of an e g g , w i t h t h e s m a l l end f o r w a r d . [ A c l e r k In A t t o r n e y C o l l i n s * o f f i c e c o r r o b o r a t e d t h i s s t a t e r - n l
h e a r d a muffled b u z z i n g of m a c h i n e r y . (He was w i t h t h e o t h e r s c l o s e tc and a l s o a a i d t h a t i t v a s a f a c t t h a t t h e a i r s h i p has been n a v i , » t l r . t
the e l e c t r i c car l i n e . ) t t l e h e a v e n s above O a k l a n d , H a w o r d s and v i c i n i t y . He r u r t h e r r o r *
The man who r e t a i n s t h e most v i v i d p i c t u r e in h i s mind of t h i s a e r - added t h a t t h e a i r s h i p l e f t l a s t e v e n i n g f o r Los A n g e l e s . T h i s w i l l
l a l v o y a g e r I s R.L. Lowry, f o r m e r l y an employee of t h e s t r e e t r a i l r o a d , a c c o u n t f o r i t s m a n o e u v r e s l a a t e v e n i n g when l t was seen h o v « r i r , £ in
l i v i n g now a t T w e n t y - e i g h t h and 0 s t r e e t s . He s a i d ; the northwest.
I was s t a n d i n g n e a r t h e S a c r a m e n t o b r e w e r y when my a t t e n t i o n was As a l l t h e p e r s o n s f e a d l n g 3 t h e a c c o u n t s x t i u u i i i o f t h e a i r s h i p
d i r e c t e d skyward by h e a r i n g a v o i c e up t h e r e c a l l o u t : "Throw h e r up a r e r e p u t a b l e p e r s o n s , a g e n e r a l b e l i e f in t h e s t o r y i s f i n i n g ( j-c~-:d.
higher; s h e ' l l h i t t h e e t e e p l e , " e v i d e n t l y m i s t a k i n g t h e cower on th« The i n v e n t o r ' s a t t o r n e y , Ceorge D. C o l l i n B , w i t h h o l d s h i s c l i e n t ' s
brewery f o r a church s t e e p l e . Then I saw t h e l i g h t . I t seemed l i k e a n a c e a t p r e s e n t . The r a c h i n e l a r u n by c o c p r e s s e d a i r and t c n e r a i e s
l i g h t within a globular glass covering that, magnified l t . Above t h e U s own e l e c t r i e t y f o r t h e p o v e r f u l a r c l i g h t . Furtfcer p a r t i c u l a r s In
l i g h t I saw two men s e a t e d aa t h o u g h on b i c y c l e frames and working w i t h r e f a r d t o t h e i n v e n t i o n H r . C o l l i n s d e c l i n e s t o f i v e a t p r e s e n t .
r l S e o ^ t L f h a ^ ' . r 1 ^ " ^ r" *" ^ " 3 " ""« w l U R " " S a n F r a n " l 8 6 November 23 ( T u e s ) V S i l v e r S t a t e (Wlnnemucca. -ievl . n . *. ( c d . l l
C i s c o a b o u t h a l f - p a s t 12, b u t n o t m e n t i o n i n g w h e t h e r m i d n i g h t or a f t e r 9
noon Ahove t h e s e two men. who seemed t o be w o r k i n g t h e i r p a s s a g e , wa. S A C R A M E i m 3 HOT IK I T . / P e o p l e In W l n n emucca Saw t h e A i r s h i p One n*v
a k i n d o f mezzanine box c a p a b l e of h o l d i n g two o r more p e o p l e , b u t I [Link]
saw no o t h e r s . Above t h i s was a c i g a r - s h a p e d body of some l e n g t h . u M y flound u n ; r u e Bt t h J a m e dBte, „ d M p K „ l l v s o s l n c p B0
T h e r e were w h e e l s a t t h e s i d e l i k e t h e a i d e w h e e l s on F u l t o n ' s o l d ^ ^ been r e l t e r f t t , d in t h e California papers, that the airship .
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which panned hieh i.n over the housetops of Sacramento a week aeo t o ­ lo9o ii'ovenbcr .'" (Tuen) fan Kranclaco £nl±, p . 1. (carJ 1)
day sometime between the hours of six nnd seven o'clock In the evenV
Inp, was no [Link] or hallucination on the part of the people who aav TtJK APPARITIO.'l OF T1IF AIR. / Onklanders P.v I t s Triune w(la | ike the
they saw i t . because rlfht here in Wlnnenucca on Monday, a whek apo Body of a Bird. / ATTORN FY [Link]' TALK SUPPORTFD. / Another [Link]
yesterday, at the uncanny hour of midnipht, what seemed to be a '■/ho Was Informed of the Aliphtinp of the F l i e r . / "OV";- • lG,:-= 0'((^
"schooner" from wnleh ahone a r>owerful e l e c t r i c l i p h t , was seen by MORE MYSTIFY THIS CITY. / Dr. BenJaMn Disclairs the Invent)on~>'.ayor
"Friday" an i t f l i t t e d alonp like a ball of fire In the s k i e s . He Eutro's Test irony and That of Other Reputable Citizens Offered. /
also heard volcen nnd munlc Ilk" those Tacranento people, but flays he Testimony concerning the existence of an airship which Is lurrosed
thouyht at firnt It wan Torrmy, Patty, Joe and some of those other boyr to be navipstinp the a i r over the bay cltieB by nipht and hi.I inp fro-
out serenading in a ualloon, so did not nay much attention to i t until observation in sore secluded place before daybreak came in vrsterJ»y
he heard a voice sir/: "Lower the s h i p , " and with opened eyed wonder from many sources, 'ianv persons saw mvsterioua llf-hts rovinr overl-end
he aaw a hand protruoe from the monster of l i p h t and take the Chinese But the projectors of the phenomenon which has caused intense and
Masonic flap from the hieh mant which stands Immediately in front of peneral Interest seer, to revel in mystery,
the .loss house. Then like a flash i t flapped i t s vines and soar«d Anonp. those who yesterday told of seeinp the l i r h t s carried shout
hleli in the a i r on Ha way west. The Monpoln will swear to the t r u t h by an aerial v i s i t o r were Mayor Sutro, Colonel Henton, the excursion
of t h i s statement- for they have l o s t t h e i r flap, agent of the Southern Pacific Company; Samuel Folt* , advertisinr mana-
A number of Winnemucca ladles declare that there is no mistake fcutf-er of The Call; ^Professor C.H. Murphy of the Polytechnic 'lien Scool
that an a e r i a l traveler canned d i r e c t l y over t h i s town, exhlbltlnn t alao many o t h e r s ,
magnificent senrchlipht at the hour above mentioned. They were up What they wsav or heard fron others who saw the rovinr l i r ' t i t
p a t i e n t l y v a l t i n p for t h e i r husbands t o return from lod K e and as they told in the subjoined account. "T^y a l l t e l l p r a e t i c a l l v the *,~e
sat by t h e i r windows they Raw what they thought to be a e °ldrn [Link] etory, „ h lch is that the lipht *[Link]„red quite high overhead nnd that
reanlendcnt with l i p h t , and horses with v l n r s , behind wnich sat «n K el! u moved very fast, Thev did not a l l observe i t to he r-ovinG in the
with harps and crowns of flowers upon t h e i r heads from which sparfcn of EnJ n e d i r e c t i o n .
lipht shone bripht na the stones In a c r y s t a l wine. " 0 , no, i t was no Dr. Benjamin, who has been aur-posed to h«ve Invented a flying »,ch
dream, for we saw and spoke about i t next day amonP ourselves and we i n e , n m t r t or a i r s h i p , which is supposed to be the cause of the pi<*n<>»-
a l l agreed that I t was an omen, an a p p a r i t i o n , which we read once in e n a observed overhead durin? the past few n l p h t s , was in the City y«sl
a paper would appear to a few of us four years before the end of th« terday, and l a s t evening was interviewed by The Call. Dr. Pen Jan in i . i . r
world in 1901. t h a t n e d l d n o t j , n c > v *nythinp about the a i r s h i p . At the s«--- M«e he
We are positive many other .Winnemuccans saw t h i s mysterious vi «i - conceded that i f he did «■ know of such an invention of his own. hi
tant and B3 we po to press our "devil" and Jim are having a quarrel would consider i t wise not t o five any information concerning it until
as to who naw I t f i r s t . he had secured his p a t e n t s . Dr. [Link] said that "r, Collins Is An
attorney, and admitted that he v i s i t e d I'r. Collins yesterday afternoon
^ore About [Link]'n Take, Thin, in connection with the fact that ("r. Collins admitted thm ht is
A diaratch from Washington says that at the patent office y-cUf- attorney for a man who claims to have Invented an a i r s h i p , must bo
dav nothing could be learned of the application for a lament of tn» taken for what I t is worth.
flying trachine alleged to be makinp aucceasful flyinp t r i n e near Concerning t h i s mystery i t ahould he c l e a r l y underrtood tint Thr
Sacramento. Call does not «ver that an airship. h»s been Invented, nor dee) It deny
The rulea of ti.f office forbid any dlscloaures of the names of that auch i s the f a c t . There is no intention on t>-e p"rt of 7lw> Ctll
applicants or the [Link] of the invention for the p a r t i e s . Search to deceive i t s readers. The s t a t e r e n t s which have been rm'.e by r»,.*-
amonp the patent records how controlled by the Pacific coast business tahle c l t i i e n s are riven, and these will undoubtertli -nrefutly ecu-
failed to disclose any knowledge of the alleged success in aeronau­ sidered and the consensus of nviblic o"inion will rlncu the true vnlw
tics. upon the different circumstanci's. There are several theories to ac­
Professor Lan^ley, of the Smithsonian I n s t i t u t e , who has ejtperl- count for the mystTious moving l l r h t , whlrh do not n^ceasarlly lmnly
ementeti s c i e n t i f i c a l l y for some time to demonstrate the best method the existence of a flyin? mflchine or alrr, K in.
of solvinp the tjuestion of a e r i a l navigation, excused himself from There is no douht that ranv people fin-ly believe in the i l r i h i p .
dlscussinp the matter. Hia manner indicated plainly that he jfave There were many such who sat UP l a t e l*nt nipht to watch for th» ap­
l i t t l e credence to the Sacramento r e p o r t s . _____ pearance of such a v e s s e l . . Sliny stood on roofs and in other elevated
l,[Link] 23 (Kon eve) Woodland, C a l i f . , iially ueaocrat, p--T7- . places, in the r a i n , u n t i l l a t e , hoplnr to pet a eliwpae of I t . At
the hour of poin" to prens the whole r a t t e r rerained a cyst»r-v.
AKBIAL NAVICATIOli, / The Airship Said t o Have Been Invented by Dr. Henry W. Bradley of the law firm of Stanly, Hayes !■ Pradlev rade a
Benjamin. / Formerly ftcaiaed In Woodland and Said He Had an Invention verv i n t e r e s t l n r statement which will be widely read.
That Would Revolutionize the World. / The rrost c l r c u r s t n n t l n l story yet told care from Oakland l«*t
A dispatch from '.'.an rrancieco s t a t e s that the airship vhlcb. i* n l f h t . Pnssenfers on a s t r e e t c a r claim to have been attracted bv the
said to have been floating around in the a i r for several daye 1« the llpht overhaad and looklnp upward they saw d i s t i n c t l y the outlines of
invention of LT. LIETLT 11. benjamine, who is a * n t l e t and v&a 6 r aaiort an [Link], which resembled a hupe bird In I t s outlines and which
t i n e a resident of Woodland, seemed to r i s e and f i l l in I t s course. Many residents of Oakland say
lie f i r s t commenced v i s i t i n g Woodland about ele*1* years ago. He that they, a l s o , discerned the outlines of the v e s s e l . /
was t r a v e l i n g for Sherman 1 Clay, as a piano agent. He introduced BODY LIKE A BIRD. / What Spectators Across the Pay Pay That "hey r aw.
nlmaelf to Dr. iloimca and said he had practiced d e n t i s t r y under Dr. OAKLAND, C/J... J'ov. 23.— There is a peneral Impression In t h i s
H i l l , of San Krancisco. c i t y that the a i r s h i p which has been seen so often recently is belnc
li*b..ioitB after that t l a e were quite frequent for nix or seven housed somewhere In Alameda County vhen I t is not h"inn tc.'.tf.J I j it: ■
y e a r s , he rjis not been here for about a year and a half, but Feed Inventor.
Holmus saw him jn Cacruraento about acven months ago, The whole population Is about eoual ly enraged between dl sou;: mc
lie frequently went to the office of Dr. Holme a , who considered the q u a l i t i e s of airships and lookinr at the shy expectlnp to see the
him a good d e n t i s t , and he treated several I p a t i e n t s for Dr. Holmes. vinped machine partinp the clouds. Reports are contlnuilly b*Ir>c r e ­
He had neither a diploma nor a reconmendation, and hence opened ceived of i t s beinp seen In the nelphrorhocd of P*[Link] and Hiyvnra* ,
no office of his own. as thouph the Inventor were confininp his experirent3 to the low imit
He never mentioned airships during conversations with [Link], between the h i l l s that s k i r t the northern boundary of the eoi;nty snd
but one day he patted him on the back, and remarked: "Doc, I am the bay. Several people saw the lipht over I'ayvards last nfpM , «n,1
working on an Invention that w i l l one day revolutionise the world." the nureber of people who have seen l t In North Oakland is constantly
There are many residents of t h i s c i t y who reaeaber Dr. Renjuoin, Increasing.
and some of them believe that the a i r s h i p is a r e a l i t y and that h« le Last eveninp the conductor wearinr badpe Ho. r<* of the Al»r-i-d«
the inventor. e l e c t r i c line reported aeeinp the a f f a i r over F r u l t v s l e . H* S'v> it
had a powerful headllpht and there arnenred to be several rrmllrr
Saw the Airship. l i p h t s on board.
Dr. AnJel Morris, of t h i s c i t y , was in Sacraaento Sunday evening. Mayor Davie la a firm b l l i e v e r In the existence of the a l r ' h i p .
While In the Saddle Rock Restaurant, between 6 and 7 o'clock, he was "I doubted the story of [Link] who declared thev ht1 seen I t , " satJ
called out by the proprietor to see the so-called a i r a h i p . lie saw the Mayor to-day, "but when I looked throuph the names r>f t r - repu­
what appeared to be a ball of f i r e , about 600 feet high, southeast table people who unhesltatlnply assert that they have seen it I doutt
of the town of Washington. I t waa in sight nearly an hour. i t no lonper.
in«6 (.oveir;cer .Vi inon. eve.) Woodland j" Calif. , Dally Donee r a t , ''. 1. "I have always believed In the p r a c t i c a b i l i t y of a i r r M p s . ™d *
few years apo old Dr. Freelinp had a model t h a t closely rt'aei-bled the
Daviaville Coinps. /..,, picture published of t h i s invention, and he told re before he died
It seems that my a e r i a l bicycle, of which mention wna nndc in tho that when aluminun was broupht into *ka use the secret of a i r - f l y i r p
Democrat several years apo, is s t i l l a thlnR of wonder to thone whose would be solved. I have no doubt that some one has b u i l t a machine,
eyes see without understandinfi i t . Shortly nftcr i t s conceition, iry because many of those who have seen i t are c e r t a i n l y e n t i t l e d to credit
tttan friend Harry completed a sirall machine^Jhlch we made a t r i a l Attorney A.A. Moore heard the ntcrv of the a i r s h i p a f e v n dnvs
t r i p at nlfiht. On that occasion we were aiphted from Stockton and apo. "I did not talk with V.r, C o l l i n s , " he s a i d , "but I was talkinc
San Jo6e, but as we kept well up in the a i r , we pasnel as a slov- with a friedd, an attorney, who told me that Collins had taled with
movinp meteor, but on our second voyage of l a s t luosday evenlnr the «thim about a client who had invented an a i r s h i p , "
nteerinp pear did not work very well and we came near petting Fitxed Last eveninp at about 7:30 o'clock the passengers of an Alar-eia
up with the EXXM church steeples of Sacramento. The irflcnlne Is a/nonp car were s t a r t l e d by the elpht of a b r i l l i a n t stream of l l r h t hirh In
the p o a s i b i l i t i c B , but no yet i t does not come un to our Ideal, which the heavens off in the d i r e c t i o n of Hayvards. The pasaenrers [Link]-
is 100 miles an hour nnd perfect control as to neiPht ajid distance. jy B a w the outlines of an a i r s h i p and watched i t s maneuvers hlrh in
the s k i e s .
 3\ KHiM OF THE AlKSHIP. / Attorney If. W. Pradley Las Inforrcl <-f ltu»r
Th« shin renemf,l-n a hue bird in* i t s outlines anil seemed to r i s e
eating Facts.
and fall 10 itii course. A 11 flit streamed front the head of the ahin,
"I am at a loss to know how you could have ascertained tint I
throwing a white stream of 11 pht for several hundred vardn. As tb»
snow anything about the a i r s h i p , " Bald Henry w, fradley of th* law
outlines of the airship were plainlv discerned the pasaenrern In the
firm of Htanley, Haye I Pradlcy, of t h i s City, yisterdav, to a r r p n
cur beearr.e i^r-ntelv excited. The phenomenon had ftrnt b«en noted l>v
sentative of The Call.
a tt-nn wno had [Link] idly watching the heavens. As soon as he perc-iv-d
the l i g h t he a t t r a c t e d the attention of the other na!>si-n|:ors find all "Do you knov anything about i t ! "
Intensely Interested Matched the peculiar machine as it mile i t s *ty Mr. Bradley hesitated a moment, then said: "The earn you want to
through the s H e s . see is Ceorc.e A, Collins, the attorney. A^l I can say la that If
It was high in the heavens and appeared to be of huee s i z e . When Collins said what la accredited t o him In a published interview thifl
f i r s t seen I t seemed to he floating over Gan Leandro. It i*nvi ropl.l- mornlne, Collins knows what he is talkin* - about, and I will aay,
l y , going at l e a s t twentv miles an hour. Tt shot across the skies In further, that Collins would scarcely take part In a fake story, beeausi
the northwest, then turne<l quickly and disappeared In the .llr-i-i ton of he would have rare to lose than to pain fcy so doing.
Haywards. !iot only van the airahin seen bv the nnsserif-'.'rs , but [Link] "Now, there is that f i r s t publication in The Call about the a i r -
other residents of t h i s citv d i s t i n c t l y saw the b r i l l i a n t light end the ship. That undoubtedly was by telegraph fron Sacramento after 1 o'
hupe , b i r d - l i k e body floating in midair. None of the spectators were clock in the trorning, for i t s t a t e s i t was after midnight that the
acquainted with each other, and yet t h e i r s t o r i e s are s t a r t l l n f j y sl"i object va* seen over that c i t y . Then there la "cfovern at the Cali­
l a r , agreeing as to t i n e , direction of the a i r s h i p and description. fornia Hotel, who told me Saturday night that he saw t t between ? and
Those facts leave l i t t l e doubts in the minds of manv people that a ii o'clock in the morning. I know that I t landed at 3 o'clock--
Successful a i r s h i p has been invented, an<i Is navlgatlnr the ht>nvcns. "Where!"
Hiss Wilson, a daughter of Captiln Wilson of the police force, mid "You have rade rre say more than I intended t o , " replied IT. Brad­
her friend. Miss Hunter, are among those who viewed the atrnnge sight. ley, with a look upon his countenance which seemed to say that he
The two friends accompanied another voune lady t o the str«ctonr about wished he had r e f i n e d n i l e n t ; than as a faint smile llfhted UP his
7 P.M. yesterdav, where t h e i r attention was a t t r a c t e d l>v the [Link] feature's"! T c a n n o t t e l l you where i t landed: that i s , I do n.M JVc]
11 cut in the allies. Th- hupp blrd-ll»kn bodv fron which the 1 i ,t,t at l i b e r t y to s t a t e vhere. The man vou want to see is Collinr.
ervir.n tea was c l e a r l y v i s i b l e , and both young ladies are positive i t "You must understand that T cannot speak about thia r a t t e r , tut
was an a i r s h i p . It followed the same course as described by the pas- will say t h i a : The Call has been consistent In t h i s n a t t e r . It Is on
sengeri on the Alameda c a r . Police Officer Carson and John S t r l c k l e r , the ripht track and I t must not back water: and then it rot sherd cf
the flagman at fourteenth and Broadway, also declare that they saw the a i l theother papers on a big piece of news.
airship "Then there i s A.L. Hart of [Link], who stated that If c r r t » i »
"The representatives of the afternoon papers were almost hysterical p a r t i e s of that c i t y declared that they had seen the ob|rct he bclir>i J i
v
in t h e i r demands that I d i s c r e d i t The Cnll*'s Interview. I wish to " a t they s a i d . "
aav right here that I have not a word to take back of a l l that has beea "Where Is that wonderful and much-talked-nbout airship now!" was
reported, I t was a t r u t h f u l , r e l i a b l e interview and The Call is the aaked.
only [Link] that, has reported no c o r r e c t l y . The stories in the evening "That I cannot t e l l you, but I will sav t h i s : I was to hav- in-
paners that I had denied the Interview were false and the vriterB ac- spected I t to-day, hut for some reason the invitation I -ipeetM d l t
twill'/ told me they were going to write such stuff before they l e f t ny not reach me; possibly because the premature annou-ic-r-nt In Th- Call
office. has interfered with projected plans, or i t ray be the weather.
"Since the fact was published that I are the attorney for the in- "I w ' s h to place myself right In t h i s m i t t - r . While in cnnverr-.i-
ventor I have not seen my c l i e n t . We mailed the papers regarding the tlon with a gentleman three or four days before th- ftr-;t publication
patent to VashinrtOn l a s t week and expect to hear soon of t h e i r a r r i ­ of the a i r s h i p story in the Call T was told that such an I r v n U c t wni
val. 1 do not know wtien I shall see my c l i e n t again, but I expect him in oxlstence^and the d i f f i c u l t y o f J"i"[[rl''t\n'', *JH M "P-. be
anv day. !; e ia a man that impressed me with the idea of btlng per- overcome. ~ The
"""" gentleman
" who rive v.e t h i s Information dH *o In ce-nfi-
fectly aHe to rariage his own a f f a i r s , and I have no doubt he knows dence, a confidence tha* T will not betray. A a an attorney T could not
afford t o do so and as a rcan I would n o t .
JI-I.1 ,1'" in doins.
I wish to correct one idea that seers to h- prevalent. Tc»e "There is another reason I have for not wishing to rive expression
to my knowledfe or views, which is t h i s : Several of the nruspar-rs
papers have pul.l 1 ksned the fact that the inventor !•; an f r " v i l l » [Link]. have published interviews with Mr. Collins and other papers hav- a s ­
T have not said rn. He is a San Francisco nan Iut he hi- constructed serted that he denied the t r u t h of the staterenta attributed to him.
him irachine nenr Ornvllle. I did nay t h i s afternonn to the reporter-! How, i t would not look " e l l for re to rike statements contradtctorv to
of t h " Tan Francineo e v n i n p Papers that the ntorv in nuh] ist el In the his or have him deny statements that I rade. Therefore, I vi11 keep
Chronicle was n fake. Hot only t h a t ; I told t h - vouir fMlev frow tKi s i l e n t . "
Chronicle that he had crossly misrepresented ne in hit intervl-v viier-
Mr. Bradley stated that h» is In no way connected with th- airshif
he nu.t^d ne as havinp said I saw t e alrshlr, work, t h - inventor [Link], h p ^ ; ^ t h e r ' ' a s ' a n " attorn-y' or as'«"friend"to"tne"part i es "most con-
Co— hnre, ^ d . after t a l k i n r IA r« a while, <-nfMr-c intn it rrnd irovlnj „ ^
•n-i\v. ■"» e - t n t oi—rit that I had sr.-n It wit-Mr-r at "11 1- fnl-e. ,e-rn "Do you believe t b i t the [Link] of an airship at th- prrsnnt
"/"■■ T teM :-nu h-fore, as T told him, ind as I no,. r«eeat i*, all time is possible?" war a iked.
I l-rw ( i t.t:n» I hive hi>»n appealed to by a ran who i r r - n r i p-rfeetly
t'r. Iradley smiled and cautiously answered: "Was the airship nnt
" " ' H to net a" Li-; [Link] In [Link] for him a r-if-nt r-n his I n v n
seen by hundreds of respectable c i t i z e n s In facramento, r-nn Frsncisco,
tlon. It wo.,).i t-e rTe-iii-ftlnns C-icl for r» to -,,v ih- - t o r - th^t an
nlr-'.ii> « r b-ine worked about the h i - wan a fake, when it i". taken Oikland and other places! I would not rresune to dispute t h - i r s t n t - -
Into [Link] ion the nuprr-r of ^eonle who -tnke f-oir r-putation en ment-."
hivi^c s-ei- one. ^ven If I t was not the r-hin of t h - r-on i^ho can. to "Then you believe t h a t we have such an Invention that has proven
see r " . It Is not for n« to snv that these neot-ln h-ivo not snen P n ui r- a success!"
Bhio. There Is rore th*n one ran at work on the n u - t l n n of aerUI " r " • l *>*»"« u h f t t m v Tiends t-11 r e . "[Link] I am not «n
navigation, wid sore one Is bound to solve I t as thev did the steam- authority. All I know, that i s , all I think I know, ir. from n r . r t . y
engine and the e l e c t r i c - c a r . 1 am as s k e p t i c a l regarding the actual testimony alone. I have never s e e n j t . and I do not exrect to make
working of the craft as any one, but <ua not auch a fool as to aay that t r i P J ? „ i \ " . J . 1 ' j * ™ ' " ^ ^ ^ ^ „ /
i t is an lrapossiblllty. SEEN LAST -■— MIGHT.
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" " " nth* Hany Persons In This City Caied I'[Link]
"I was toid in title c i t y to-aay that the Chronicle had 3ecurea a and Wondered, /
nan—one Dr. [Link], J believe—to maintain throughout that the i n ­ The nysterious light was seen last nlfht in thia Citv bv a [Link]-
vention is his and that ho ia the one who has been tfolng about the raan of undoubted practical experience. Samuel F o l t i , advertising rnr-n-
heavens at nigrit. lie ia to say that he has paid ae 1500 as a r e t a i n e r ^ ^ The CLLl' U ( l 0 iookirl !
' o u t from h l s
residence at 1157 Flanyan
and that I ar, to [Link] 21500 when the patents are issued. This la s t r e e t about 9:15 p.m., when he noticed a light travelinc in th- <m
along the line of t h e i r story as f i r s t t o l d , and i t must be kept up at section of Berkeley. He at f i r s t thoutiht he was dreading, but looting
any c o s t . I (i(.*3ire to denounce the whole story In aavance as a pure again he called out the neople residing in the house and all afiree.I ft
fake to support tne wild imagination of one of t h e i r r e p o r t e r s . It that the l i g h t corresponded in appearance with that attributed to the
places r.e li, an unfair ligr.t Defore the public and injures ry business mvflterlous flying ahip.
to have such s t o r i e s set afloat when there ia not the least foundation f.r. Foltr said that the l i g h t was app»arcntly that of an ordlnwry
for them. lanp; that i t "as located about W feet above the e a r t h , and " t ,
"rfhen the .[Link] man cnjre to me Sunday afternoon he told me that when sighted, above the l o c a l i t y of Van fless avenue, and that it vm
his ;:a|>cr hud tii" wi,ole ntorv and knew the inventor and would publish traveling d i r - c t and with trem-ndoun v-locitv toward I'-rk-ley. U T
t t this rorninr- They Jid not p a r t i c u l a r l y cure, he said,for ji fy light remained in sipht about four rsi nutes, when i t passed out t.r
version, but would l i k e to have I t Just to verify what they knew, Th*: view.
bold bluff did not uork and the story in t o - d a y ' s fc'xaminor trying to C.H. Murphy, - teacher «t the Polytechnic High School, told an l a -
r l J i c u l e the a f f a i r , but at the san:e time leaving loopholes to e s c a p e , t e r e . t i n a -tory l « t e»eping: "I vai comiflg dovn Vilenci* street
was the r e s u l t . »bout 9:15 t o - a i g h t , " laid Mr. Murphy, "and I noticed the phenomenon.
"There is no denying the fact that the public lias been aroused to Abovei at an e l e c t i o n of possibly 'OOO f e e t , was to e l e c t r i c glow,
a hlgn pitch of expectation by the reports published. The I'[Link] which was ttoTicg toward the p«rk »t the r a t e of one o l l e per siinute.
sent n man to re to-day who oald they nad treated the whole affair u! This vas obserred by hundreds of persons. Every one on Valencia street
a hujc Joke, but found thatJieoplevere looking at It In a serloiK it.-.n Blight have seen I t . There vaa only one l i g h t . This had a Tibration
ncr anii they were ready to give the news as received, regnrdlerr of or vave. There was no fake about t h i s , When 1 saw the l i g h t I was on
how improbable i t [Link] look. Ho asked mc to give a true account of the south side of Valencia s t r e e t . " /
the rjitter aa far as I KneQ anything, but when I denied having sten OVER SUTBO HEIGHTS. / Airship Seen by the Mayor's Enployes *■ Ttv Days
the machine worf. or having ridden in I t he laughed and said I was Ago,
hedging." /
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Hone at thoae who have teen the tnyeterlout moving lights In tho BENJAHIN TALKS. / Is Incontinent, but Refuses to rather the Intention,
heavens J h a t are believed to be those of an a l n h l p 1B rore firmly Or. E.H. Benjamin, the Kan who hat either by chance or for a pur­
convinced that a flying machine hovers nightly over the bay Cities pose been auggestted at tb* Inventor of the airship, vat seen at 631
than Mayor Sutro, and the etory he t e l l s to tupport h i t erpreaaed Eilia street last night by a Call reporter. [Link] retired and was
belief la vastly Interesting. asleep, but arose, partly dressed, and cordially Invited his late vis­
The Mayor la nothing If not practical, and he tayt that there la itor into hit room, a large single-bed chamber at the front of the
boarding-house and with a bay-window overlooking Hills s t r e e t , f r .
not the faintest doubt In hit mind that the aerial courier patted over
Benjamin is a tinevy built Ban above the average height, and with a
Sutro Heighti a short tine ago and that i t was a genuine airship and
large mustache and brown hair and gray eyes,
doing a very afalr job of a i r - s a i l i n g .
Ke frankly denied having any connection with or persoanal knowledge
"I have not seen the airship myself," aald the Hayor after the
of an airship, but hi* avowals of villlngneaa to impart the inforoatlof
meeting of the Board Of Supervisors yesterday, "but tome of my people
were i t hit to give were not consistent with his acknowledgements that
at the heights have, and their storiea leave no doubt in my mind at to
a man with Bo very valuable an Invention, not completely perfected and
the truth of the stories The Call has publithed on the tubject.
not yet securely patentable, would be Justified in lying In » straight­
"Their narratives were not given me after the paper got hold of
forward manner ip order t o divert from hicself aU attention that
the matter, but vere told several days gago when no such thing had
mlgnt result In Ms being persistently followed an3~tbe whereabouts an*
reached public print.
design of the flying device made known.
"When I reached home one evening, about the length of time ago I
During a long conversation he said in part:
nention, I found then in a great st»te of excitement, and vhea I In­
I an a dentist and have been for twelve years. I aa k 3^ years
quired the reason of the agitation they told me of a strange spectacle „ , , *."*" v."!",""'' " T V ™ "
a married uncle in Placervillo; his name
they had witnessed a short time before. They told me that shortly ? " " d L ^ i [ ^ I <1\
Benjamin and he i* a practicing physician of some means.
after dark they had teen a strange, b r i l l i a n t light coming in from the Benjamin " a oe i t a
George Collins is my attorney, for I have known George for a long tine
diract-lon of the sea,
and whatever l i t t l e lav business I have wanted done I have had hi a do
"At f i r a t l i t t l e attention was paid t o i t , but as the light drev
it. I x saw him to-day and he laughed heartily when I told hl» that
nearer a l l became very much interested and vatched the b r i l l i a n t spot
they had me the inventor of the airahip He is a shrewd fellow. Well,
eloaely.
I only with 1 was the inventor. But I am inclined to think I would be
"As i t approached the height* they n v that i t vat not over 500
afreaid to go up in i t . ^
feet above the ocean sjid vat moving swiftly and with a tlightly undu­
"It is true that I am in inventor, but along other lines. My In­
lating motion.
ventions have t o do with dentistry, and consitt In patented crowns u d
"When almost over the beach, two lights were d l t c e m l b l e , one ap­
bridges for teeth and a reducer to draw the gold bart in Baking gold
parently being below a misty-looking matt and the other behind i t ,
Capt without seams. Then I have a number of other l i t t l e dental In­
"They paid particular attention to the l a t t e r , at I t threw a long
vent ion a. Since my name appeared this morning In connection with this
ray of l i g h t , similar to that cast by a searchlight, far out into tho
affair my friends have Joshed me a good deal about being the inventor,
darkness. They told me that this stream of light vat 500 feet long,
and I have told sotoe of them that they may hate a ride with me t o ­
but I presume t h a t , while i t seemed that long, i t vat in r e a l i t y much
morrow i f the night i t favorable. I have given tome thought to the
shorter.
"They watched i t until I t disappeared in the direction of the City pn»i(MHty ^f ' n v t » t ( 0 j t « »lr«hiD.
and iiaw i t turn toward the north Just before I t passed from Yiew, flow, "I firmly believe th'at there i s an airship" soaevhere near here, and
these people would not try to t e l l me ghost t t o r l e t , and I know that that i t will not be long before the public seea i t , for as yet, at I
they saw Just wnat they described. understand the newspaper accounts, no one has really got a good view
""'"rcertlanly"thi"n^'that" B ome"threwd inventor ha. tolved the proble, o f " V " " * ' ? "** *!,°f V b r J l l l M t ' tKrinii "»«*"*"■ l «*P«i
f aerial navigation and that ve will hear a l l about i t within a short t 0 b e f o l l o u e d f o r * v a I l e * ° d 61™0 » u > r a reception until people are
time. I t would not be any more wonderful thaa the Invention of the convinced that I am not the man they are looking for. /
telesraph, ka± the telephone, the phonograph or the I ray, and i t KE IS WELL KNOWN. / The Alleged Inventor Recently Visited in the In­
would seem that some one oust h i t on the proper appliance when so many t e r i o r .
smart men have been working on the problem." Dispatches were received last night from Woodland and Orovllle con­
I t has been stated that the airship passed over the Geal Rockt a cerning Dr. Benjamin. The l i s t of towns claiming him while ha has trtt
snort time ago and played i t s light on the s e a l s , and I t may be that supposed t o be the inventor of an airship i t lengthening, like the list
of towns that claimed Homer.
this was the occauion vhen_it was teen from the height*.
A Woodland dispatch claimed that Dr. Benjamin visited Woodland
COLONEL MENTON SAW IT. /"Three Light*" in" Yew as the Mystery Sailed. first about eight years ago, when he was traveling for Sherr-an * Clay.
Colonel W.H, Menton, the excursion agent of the Southern Pacific He became acquainted with Dr. L.B. Bolmes and many others, and
Company, lives In the Supreme Court building at the corner of lark in treated patients in the office of Dr. Holmes, who considered him a pro­
and KcAllster s t r e e t ! . He 1* confident he saw the mysterious serial ficient workitan. Ke hat not been in Woodland for about a year and a
peregrinator Sunday night. This is his Story as he told i t yesterday: half. He told tone friends that he would toon complete an Invention
"Last night, at about 20 minutes of 8 o'clock, the elevator-boy that would revolution*!ie the world. The fact that he hat a wealthy
cane to my door and told me i f I wanted t o tee the airship to go to the uncle in Orovllle probakly gave r i t e to the rumor that an aOroville
eindow. My wife and two ladey friends went at once to the window, and millionaire had built the airship. „_
looking out toward the park, say at an apparent height of about 100 A dispatch from Orovllle alleges that Dr. Benjamin i t a native of
yarda, taw three l i g h t s . One shot i t s rsys toward the northwest, an­ Cirmel, Me. He vas in Orovllle November 15 J£±±K visiting hit uncle,/
other toward the southwett, and one, the most b r i l l i a n t , poured I t s READ! TO SAIL IN AIR. / Court Judges Asking for Pastes and Other*
light directly toward the earth. These lights bad the appearance and Seeking Positions,
intensity of searchlights, George D. Collins, who claims to be the attorney for the Inventor
"I an sure," continued Colonel Menton, "that i t was neither a s t a r , of the airship, has evidence that there are personi who believe that
meteor nor any other wanderer of the heavens. The light was far kxi there is a real airship afloat. One of these, a boy who has been In
brighter than any of the electric lightt I taw Just below, in and the navy, ha* written t o him making application for position of cabin-
about the park. boy or deck-hand. A large part of tilt time i t taken up answersing
"It vat traveling toward the vest, and we saw i t distinctly for traquestions. Judges of the aaaxzk court! have already made application 1
or fifteen minutes, We a l l gaied at i t until I t disappeared in th* for passes, he says, and he ha* no end of changes to discuss the tech-
distance. I t neither roae nor f e l l , but maintained an even course anlsm of the vessel. With a l l t h i s , Mr. Collint throws a dash of cold
parallel with the earth." / water on some enthusiaets who bate t h e i r theories upon alleged u t t e r ­
CROSSED THE GATE. / MX And Some Time Later Vat Seen Over the Twin ances of hi*.
Peaks. "I an sorry to see," he said yesterday, "that the nevapapert have
H.H. Cohen of 510 Baker a t r e e t , a conductor on the Hayet-ttreet been attributing to me such an extensive knowledge relative t o t h i s
car l i n e , saw an object in the sky at T:05 l*-** Sunday evening, which airship. In truth I knov very l i t t l e about i t .
he believes was the airship. The object seemed to be 300 or ItOO feet "On Thursday laat there came to my office a former client of *ine
above the earth. Speaking of the eight yesterday he tald: "I f i r t t for vhom I had proaecuted a claim against t b e / r o c k e r estate about ej*
taw i t at Market and Eighth a t r e e t t . I t teemed t o be waving acrots tbt month go, and asked me to get out a patent for h i . for an airship
Golden Gate and a flash was ocaaslonally displayed, Icailed the grip- .aid he had invented. I said I could not do anything unless he pro­
man's attention to i t , and he looked and said, "It might be the a i r ­ duced a model, and he aald he would have one made at once. He attecpt-
ship." Two gentlemen on the rear end of the car taw i t . I told the ed to give me a description of the invention, but I told hin i t would
receiver and the night watchman about vhat I bad teen. The car left be of no use t o *e, I am now awaiting hit return with the model. He
the ferry at 7:13 o'clock, and at P i n t t t r e e t I tav tho object again may c a l l any day. When he brings the model I vill make application
directly over the Tvnln Peaks. The forward light seemed to be steady. for his ■*? patent.
I Informed Prank Allen, the machinist at the carhouae, and he remarked "I knov nothing about the airship. I do not know what It It w*Ar
that he had seen a similar Object and called the attention of two of, what pover propels i t , nor where i t s Inventor now i t . I a= Just ai
ladles to i t . skeptical and incredulous regarding I t as anybody can be.
"I did not see the object again u n t i l I got t o the top of Pierce- The reason I beleive t h i s airship that people claim to hate f«*c
street h i l l . Then i t seemed to be coming back again from Twin Peaks. I t h i t Invention i t that oo the day he called ce he remarkrl:
We left the park at 7:51, and looking back from Ashbury t t r e e t got a "'Did you tee an account of ay airship patting ovdr Sacrarento
rood view of i t . A light v*«~fiaabed"downward for a few minutes.
The night /p.2/CTAK£N PROM THE RIGGING]/ was dark, and while the flash­ this swrnlngl'
es of light could be seen d i s t i n c t l y , the object could only be seen "I told him I had not teen i t .
vaguely. There were t h i r t y passengers on the car who saw i t . The "He then said: ' I patted over Sacramento last night and arrifr.l oi<
grlpsan's name i s G.W. Britton. Another person who saw the object In the other aide of the bay this morning at 3 o!elock. I have solved
the a i r waa J . Wyatt, conductor on the car following mine the problem of atmospheric navigation." /
/
 01 .let lo quit 1 .tlk'<"s, <-!'.<■ :■ I n - t I <■.■!> , l f O i ' - . .1 (r. hvr-
■Balloon in the Sky*. ^
no! ii" [Link] iim lnt» vnfr'i, bin ■ mil niiv-i ' v . i i i - i l l M . m , • ' t hin * wee.
OSOV:LU, C » l . , HOV, S3.--Several people in t h i s v i c i n i t y saw a
,ifO. Lite * l i t t l e Jo«, »'ie " d o n ' t liic'J f O l h i n k about [Link]." Me
movlnff l i g h t in the heavens Sunday evening. T o d a y ' s investigations
imlleiiiintlv n:iudl;iti-s the Insinuation Unl there evei v«« 1111 A! rnlil
r e s u l t In learning of a Portuguese, l i v i n g In Cherokee, wno sent up in
Ami, an for his [Link]' si'i-n sucli .1 thine flv— the verv auppoi i ticn 1
experimental balloon l a s t evening I n f l a t e d v l t h gas from a f i r e a t t a c h ­
ridiculous. Tliorv c e r t a i n l y u.i^i .1 mm t h o v i s i t e d h i n a few I I A * « «e
ed t o i t In which turpentine and resin are the p r i c i p a l p a r t s . There
w i t h s o w t a l k .iboiit a f l y i n g r . i c h f m ' and .1 patent and a n o d e ! , but
la no doubt t h i s Is the l i g h t seen here. The Portuguese says he does
beyond [Link] he ia a not aunre of nnvtliinr In connection with the u s
not think xa his balloon s a i l e d more than twelve m i l e s . I t was h i s
matter. he nevir sent any a i r s h i p application to Washtnpton, and In
I n t e n t i o n to send up another to-night but rain presented i t .
short any r.m who says he did l« a linf and a aon of * l i a r . Hr.
Cartoon, p . l : (Kan sees flying naval ship v , s e a r c h l i g h t ) SCOTT—."An Collins thinks It an insult to connect hin in any way ulth anything
airahlpT Of course n o t . Thftt'a t h e l a s t c r u i s e r I bid for and l o s t . vulparlv irnrohnlilr. an an a i r s h i p . He Is sorry to have to t e l l two 1
ye been v( n,g ever since what; perair* of i t . " three hundred peonle who have listened to his atatenenti that they
^
MSB" hovember 2<i UiiesJ The Call ("San Franc l a c o ) , 67 ace well, s t o r y - t e l l e r s , but he can aee no other wsv out of ! t .
Dn Sunday the following scrap of conversation paaued between two
AERIIAi NAVIGATION,(ed.) /
The manner In which the Sacramento story of an a e r i a l ship has beer ..[fr Collins, on your word of honor as a professional ran, have
rec:eived s t r i k i n g l y I l l u s t r a t e s the condition of the public mind in re- , ,_, , „„„ OB f„i operation?"
Bt t h i i
gard rd t o t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of an early accomplishment of success in navl- ™ " ' " " P I n BuCCCBBful oP«atl0n7
ting the a i r .
gating The story ewe cajne upon ua so unexpectedly that compara-
coupara "Yes, I have.
t l v e l y few people believed i t , and yet the consciousness of the great ut Mr. Collins was evidently in a trance at the t i » e , for he
s t r i d e s t h a t have been Bade toward success in t h i s e n t e r p r i s e was such doesn't now remember a word about I t . So anxious la y.t. Collins In
that very few were found to declare an absolute s k e p t i c l s a concerning undo the wonder he has worked that he now declares his po«itivi' li>-
It. llef that no successful a i r s h i p has ever been constructed. wlim he
I t i s beyond question t h a t we have been for some t i n e on the verge took a r e t a i n e r from his c l i e n t last Thursday nomine Collins sayi h«
of auccees In t h i s much sought a f t e r systen of navigation. The project Instructed thelnventor to provide hin with a model, frontsln£ to do
hae long aince passed from the hands of quacks and eccentrlca Into the inventor
' left
* andJ ""
haa not since
'" returned.
those of learned s c i e n t i s t s and accomplished Inventors. What has been It waa a l l very well at f i r s t to he the attorney for tin1 elfhth
done by Maxim, by Langley and by L l l i e n t h a i i s s u f f i c i e n t to make i t wonder of the world and to e n t e r t a i n the l a d l e s anil rent l f ' ' » of the
ev'denr t h a t hicr-an ingenuity i s capable of daaling with the problem press from morning t i l l mldnipht, but yesterdav c i w soi-.> cf (lie
and successfully mastering i t . trouble,
The atrange part of the story from Sacramento I s t h a t i t brlgnga A ulld-eyed man put h i s head in a t C o l l i n s ' door .mil Jrrjn^eJ
the a i r s h i p hone to us in California when vex vere looking for i t ia fiercely to know if the lawyer WHS i n . Having had sore <>xr-crt»"i'«
the Cast or In Europe. Models of a i r s h i p s have been on exhibition In with cranks, Collins diplomatically replied that Collins wa* u (ha
nearly a l l the great c i t i e s of t h e world and some of then have shown City Mall.
remarkably good r e s u l t s . Had the s t o r y of the a i r s h i p come from Lon­ "What's he doing t h e r e ! " demanded the v i s i t o r .
don, or even from Chicago, I t would have been much b e t t e r received. It "He's working on an a i r 6hip, I t h i n k , " the attorney respondi-.l
was too much of a s u r p r i s e , however, for t h e general public t o learn gently.
t h a t the great ship had been b u i l t and had s a i l e d forth from Orovllle. "That's l t l " exclaimed the i n t r u d e r . "That's my a i r ship; hi- hat
We have In t h i s another i l l u s t r s t i o n of the old question, "Can any stolen it—itc haa stolen my s i r s h i p . "
good come out of HaiarethT" I t i s hard t o believe In an a i r s h i p cotilnj Collins grew uncomfortable. He squirmed in his chair and finally
from a place where nobody expected so much as a balloon. Nevertheless suggested that the man who had had his a i r ship atolen should report
If i t proves true and the slrflhlp shows h e r s e l f v i s i b l y to us a l l it the matter to the Chief of P o l i c e , and the unwelcorae v i s i t o r [Link].
will then be renumbered i t i s not the f i r s t time t h a t great dUCoverle-This was but one of many cranks who called upon the attorne* durlnc
have come from places whence they were leaflt expected. the day. There were men who had successful a i r ships of [Link] kinds.
It was from the l i t t l e obscure v i l l a g e of Philadelphia, in the wi 1-One wanted to procure the [Link] for sale to the Japsnrse Covernrvnt
derneas of Pennsylvania, more than a century ago, t h a t came the d l s - nf the r i g h t to use It as an war v e s s e l , saying he was Bute of maHnp
covery of e l e c t r i c i t y and the Invention of t h e l l g h t e n l n g - r o d . I t was a fortune for himself and C o l l i n s . Another came to r e t a i n hin as his
from a poor barber-shop in a B r i t i s h Tillage caae the invention which attorney in a s u i t for the Presidency of the United States by ripht of
enablea sea captains to determine v l t h accuracy t h e i r exact location h e l r s h i p , saying he had been referred to Collins as an expert on that
upon the ocean a t any hour of the day or n i g h t , no matter bow far they e o r t of t h i n g . The following communication can* to Collins through
usay have d r i f t e d from t h e i r coukrse by winds and waves. A hundred In- the rail;
stances of a similar character could be c i t e d . If therefore the a i r - j thought I would write you a few lines to ask you If you have any
ship has come forth from Oroville i t w i l l not be aft extraordinary position aboard t h a t a i r s h i p for a good, strong boy. I am a boy with-
thlng in the h i s t o r y of [Link] out much schooling and no trade^__ But a cabin or deck k* bov I an
TfilS [[Link] >'. (T-rt) San [Link] Chronicle, p. '). ([Link].i I) one of the best, but 1 guess you have no need for a cabin or a drck boy
If you need any boy to keep the thing clean, I would like to ro In thi'
COY h'R. COLLINS A:JII HIS AIRSHIP. / The Attorney llodnea on 'Us <lnrv, /airship. If you need any one you will do oe a great favor bv plvlnr, rv
i;f)U UK Kh'VLR SAW THK THIIIR / STRAJIGE LIGHTS OliSLRVK!) I;) T'ti: SKY. / the position. Yours until then,
I'lenty of Cood People Who Are Sure They Have Seen the "[Link] i-f thw P.S.—-I can show a good discharge for five ninths' tine I w^t in
Air." the United States Navy,
"AlrsUp" Collins — that Is what the younp lawyer's friend; .ire Another person who began the day yesterday with the ides that th»re
calling him — ;iaya aloud that all ncn are Iinra, with a le0.1l rtur- would be great sport in assisting the attorney in this airship business
vatlon in favor of "Airship" Collins. This la modest, at len^t , .mj waa E.B. Benjamin of 633 Ellis street.
modesty is an attribute which enhances the personal charns cf e\,n 1 On Sunday Atttorney Collins called on Benjamin at his niis-strrri
promoter of miracles, residence and was closeted with him for some tin*. Later "Chrcnlcsle'
Colilni durinp the laat few days haa been cncapetl alternately in reporters called at the rooms and found evidence to corroborate thi' at­
Fettinr into the witness box and then cross-examining hirsclf on the torney's statements previously made that he was about to visit thr
accuracy of his Own teGtlmony, During thla peculiar process hp lias Inventor,
succeeded In tanrling himself up into innumerable knots and has fin­ Benjamin Is a dentist by profession and a piano salesrjin by occu-
ally arrived at a point where he has been forced, for want of n-aterlnl patlon Ue haa Invented several dental appliances, he says, for whlcii
to c o w to a sudden halt. Attorney Collins has procured hin patents. He Bays the alunlnun and
Last Friday ha told a story about the inventor o f an airship, The drawings found In his apratments last niRht were connected with the*"*
inventor was a millionaire, had constructed a successful machine, nil Inventions and not with a flying machine. He ia not a nilllonalre; I"
had gone to Collins several weeks before to have hin ret a [Link]'nt on tact. His income uejienus ratner on the sale of his inventions and oc­
the invention, lie had sent the application on to Uaslilnetnn for his casional employaaikmcnt as a dentist's assistant or a piano salesman.
client, and then, at the Inventor's invitation, had visited tin- Air- Yesterday Benjamin gravely invited those who broached the subject
Ship, which it has been solemnly declared had "winp.s like tin- cr».it to take ■ ride with hin in his nice new airship. He had * whole heap
condor of the Andes," and had seen It fly, circle about in th. J H , of fun out of the Joke.
describe graceful curves, pirouette like a ballet dancer, nn.f MnjtHy As the day wore on, however, and Benjamin became the butt of all
descend to earth "as pracefully as a falling leaf." the street Jokers and found himself paiM* pursued by reporters, he came
The inventor, however, was not quite satisfied. He [Link]-.! the| to the conclusion that the Joke was not so funny after all. He paid a
Intelligence to Collins' secret ear that the machine had a "[Link] ir.j- visit to Collins' office and after that consultation both the lawyer
tion. He would experiment some more. Then to his friend Cell In1; h» and himself denied all knowledge of any old airships, and Benjamin waa
told another secret. In a few days, after preliminary rrli',<ir':.ils In particularly anxious to deny that he waa an experimenter along the it*ID
llnea of aerial navigation.
Sacramento and nround Alameda county, he would flv un and dovu Harkor
street and let all San Francisco aee the wonder. And ColM"^ Coll in Just now it Is recalled that some twenty years ago the none "Tom
the demure and bewhiekered young patent lawyer, Collins tin' hnm-m [Link] Collins" was the synonym for a hoax of any kind. If you wanted to send
deposit of his great secret—would kia share with hin the adoration of your friend on a wild poose chase you sent him to the nearest saloon
great city. with the story that "Tom Collins" n t x a wanted hi™, when he arrived
All this with bated breath and in a coy, hesitating n.11 Colllh there he was informed that Collins had lyst gone to the next place, and
whispered in strict confidence to everybody who would lisle n!m. so the victim was chased from pillar to post in search of the rythlc*l
hut yesterday he either had a visit from the Irati' Invi <n,l J » C O 1 1 1 B B , If you received a message informing you that vou had lust *-J<i
the M|i*it capital prize in a lottery you 6canned it careful)" to ho
.sure the name "Tom Collins" was not sipned to it. As the nnre of [Link].n
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KiiiichnuKcii .mil .lor Mulhatton have become associated vlcli wonderoui i ;i 1 appeared in the distance over Clarendon Height*, The light* scencd to
of i in; lr:|>o!SKlM i-, so the nnpif of "Tom Collins" became associated with be 200 or 300 feet above Che arc lights near the park. The** e l e c t r i c
every popular hoax of Che day. "Ton Collins" was Che [Link] of ever lights were dim, but the mysterious lights were bright, being fully
recreant anil Inebriated husband recurninp home laCe at night. three or four tiraei stronger. The rays were long and narrow and and
The lipht which 1B said to shine like Che head glare of s locomoifv. seemed to fade away from the central point. I Has not the only person
or the "Chronlcle'ii" election return flasher van seen In several parit. who saw Che l i g h t s . There must have been 200 people in the street
of the city lawt nighc and on Sunday, It ia declared, bv many hundred*, looking at Chem, for 1 watched Che peculiar ray* for ten mlnucea before
of people. they faded away e n t i r e l y . Many people were watching from their win­
"1 saw Che llpht, and am sacisfied that It uas attached to an nl r- dows and I could hear persons In the street talking about the llghta."
slitp," said Policeman Clarence Coogan. "1 first noticed lc in the vi­ Joseph K. Carter, the expert who has been r«calned in the [Link]-
cinity of Colden Cate Park. It was unusually brilliant, ami seen-il to
menc of the Pacific Bank troubles, says that on Sunday evening while
be tsavcllng toward Oakland. After watching It for some tine through,
returning froto Berkeley he reached the ferry at 6:15 o'clock and
a field glass I noticed it disappeared below the horizon.
James A. Hall, an attorney had has attention drawn to Che light boarded a Howard-street car to go to his home In the Mission.
shortly before 7 o'clock. It seemed Co be attached to w w dark object "After taking s seat on the dummy," he said, "I heard the grlpmr,
t e l l some of the psss * ripen about the traveling Llfthci hr had (r**n on
to some dark object. After hovering around In the vicinity of the
h l a dovn t r l p
Cliff House, he eaya, i t gradually traveled eastward, and finally dla- " U 1 l o o k ' e d ' b u t c o u l d " e " " h i l l * from chat poini. *
appeared when apparently ten or fifteen degrees above the horizon. we made the turn Into Hovard street s t East street the strange beacon
"I am Satisfied that the mysterious light was attached to an s i r s was In full view. I don't pretend to account for i t , but I know [Link]
ship," remarked Poklce Captain Wittman l a s t night. "I closely observe. J S a w " a l l E b t ' " " }"« J h e , f i t t v l \ » " l n " " * » " of « hoc-alt bal-
the phenomenon and was struck by I t s unusual b r i l l i a n c y . My attention l 0 ? ? \ b ? < ' " " ^ e l « " l c " " « ' E " « P l u h « " I c "» »*w* ^

myaterious l i g h t . It was
very dark at the t i n e , and he and several othera watched It for BOM Out In the Western Addition a big crowd of people watched a n-ys-
time. After hovering over the Park for ten or fifteen minutes It terioua glare In the sky for over half an hour early last evening,
struck out in an easterly direction and finally diaappeared. Dougher- " ? " °f ^ " ^ ^ » ^ « " e l u s i o n that It . . . t h . headlight of
ty ia sure Chac the light was attached to an alrehip ! ! , e . * l r ' ! ! J p , . . b ? t " f f . ° ^ t h * ,k *!f*" W!?? l n v " ^ * " e d the [Link]
thoroughly declare that It was a fire balloon and nothing else. In
"while I an a t r i f l e skeptical about the airship story," said Dr.
[Link]. O'Brien, "I am Inclined to believe that the light [Link] to "TtnVfr'drlf^'Ve? " ' W ^ ' V?' T" " " ^ " " ' " ' " ' •
some dark object. I ftret saw i t about 6:30 o'clock Sunday evening. *?*'<" h till, Tr ? w 1 'A ° ,*"V KV/"" " ' ^
appeared to
It appeared to be
be traveling
traveling In In a
a aoutherly
aoutherly direction.
direction. As As It It changed
change ment in the Mission chat many people living down in the hollows ac-
i t s course I aaw three other smaller llghta, but only for a few sec­ tually took the glean of the e l e c t r i c lights on the crests of the hllli
onds. I watched i t u n t i l i t finally disappeared, as I thought, none aa evidence of some strange *sk phenomena and glied up at Che b r l l l i a n i
distance from Oakland." flickering for s good while before they found out their mistake.
Assistant Police Surgeon Thompson saw the light through a powerful Over at San Leandro and Hayusrds there uas s mysterious atmospher­
field glass. Aa It traveled through the sky i t had a waving motion ical seance on Sunday night that was witnessed by several people.
And at tlmea would become dim. Each of them, since his experience, has been the center of a l i t t l e
k n o t o i
Dr. Jamea F. Kearney saw the light ahortly before 7 o'clock Sunday admiring friends, and every half-hour there Is a levee and a
evenlng. At times It would become dim, but would immediately regain period of speech-making, during which the all-absorbing topic is the
ita b r i l l i a n c y . He la convinced that It was attached to some dark "What i s ltT" l e t loose on the good people of California.
object. Aa i t passed over the bay he says he d i s t i n c t l y saw three B. Taffelmire, foreman of the Oakland, San Leandro and Haywarda
smaller lights in addition to the larger one. Electric Railroad power-house, saw the thing and saw i t d i s t i n c t l y .
According to the storiea told to Mayor Sutro by hlB employes at He was standing outalde the power-houae at Elmhurst, and juat before
11 o'clock the new planet came into hla ■ ken. Us magic e l e c t r i c
the Cliff llouee, the airship was seen in that vicinity about two weeks
light was on show, aa usual, and the aide lights were glittering sway
ago. Speaking about the matter yesterday, Che Mayor said: "It was
like demoniacal eyei. Their gleam played on the aides of a long,
about dark one evening, about two weeks ago, when I reached the Cliff narrow object that aeemed" to have the shape VF~an~~outrigged racing
House, and, as I alighted from the car, a number of my employee rushed boat. The llghta were about half a o i l e away from Taffelmire, and ai
up to me and began t e l l i n g me about having Been a strange object hov­ he watched them they passed rapidly over Haywarda going in the dir­
ering over the Seal rockfl. According to their story, the object came ection of Sunojl],
In trom the sea and passed directly over Che Cliff House, stopping i t s
speed only for a second while over the Seal rocka. It seemed Co be George Sllva, a barber, saw the object at Che same titre. Ills oVi-
about 500 feet above Che earth, and i t waa too dark to get a view suf- " ^ i o n ** " ■ «PP«rance 1. the sat* as t h . t given by the e l e c t r i c -
B
ian.
flecient Co describe it. The bright light that aeemed to be attached
Ullliam Uohoff, a contractor and builder of ilaywarda and one r-' (i.i
to Che rear end of the object, apparently a searchlight, waa visible
oldest residents of Alameda county, la another vho stands up holdlv
to all, and as it passed rapidly out of eight, going in the direction
and affirms that he aaw a real airship right over his head. Me sal.i
of the city, It left my men full of wonderment SB to what it could be
yesterday: "X had a good view of It and cannot be mistaken about tt«
A. T. Cooper, a mechanical engineer who haa been employed in var­
ahape or appearance. It had one very k±is bright light In lc bow and
ious rolling mills of the city, claims to have seen the mysterious
two others at either side. I don't drink and never suffer froi> the
airship through a powerful telescope on Sunday night, and he gives a
staggers and I know what I aa talking about. The tin thing was an
detailed account of hie observations.
airship and nothing else. It passed rapidly over the hllla toward
"Sunday evening about 8 o'clock," he said, "I saw the airship Sunol and ran along with a nay wavy motion, Just like a vessel in a
through a telescope from Market arf and Fifth atreeta. With the naked moderate sea. I watched it till the Cowen ridge shut it out fro» my
eye nothing but the moving light could be seen, but through the tele­ view."
scope the machine waa plain. To me it aeemed to be shaped like a
cartridge, and the light waa on the rear end. At the time I aaw the Edward Davis, Tim O'Neill and [Link]. ilartnell are three younc *■'"
ship It waa going in a westerly direction, and lc continued on ita living three miles from Haywarda who not only saw the object but ac­
way toward the aea till it disappeared. The end was flat, noc pointed tually had the audacity to chasa it for about half a »ile over the
and on it were four large propellera, which were similar to the large hills. They were walling along a wagon trail on Cowen ridge Sunday
screws on ocean Bteamshlpa. Two of these propellers were at the top night when the lights came into view directly over the creat of the
of the back end and two were at the bottom. hill In front of them. They stood and watched it for a few momenta *•
it Bailed directly over their heads, a*bout 400 feet from the ground,
"But the moat surprising thing of all was that I saw two men stand­ and then they turned and ran along in the aame direction. It was
ing within the machine, some distance In from these propellers. I saw going only about four miles an hour and Its bulk was distinctly visi­
then diatinctly, because they walked about and, under the glare of ch» ble directly above them. They had been following it for about flvs
powerful light at the end, their movements could be easily seen. A minutes at a steady trot, they say, when O'Neill aaw a head peer out
friend of nine saw the same thing, and neither he nor any one e H e who over the side of the machine. The object icoedlately began to gain
looked through the telescope had any doubc that two men were in the speed and in a few moments passed swiftly out of sight, going, all
machine. There were several who used the telescope and all of the« three think, at fully twenty miles an hour.
plainly saw the ship and ita occupants."
H.H. Menton, real eacace and excursion agent of the Southern Paci­ Ilaywarda and San Leandro are full of storiea of this character.
fic Company, has aeen three remarkable lights floating In the air. and If Attorney Collins has filed an application for a patent on an
though he can by no meana bring himself to believe that they can-e froo airship the knowledge has not yet leaked out in Washington City. A
an airship, he cannot account for there in any other way. Mr. *!<*nt«m dispatch from there yesterday aaya:
At the Patent Office to-day nothing could be learned of any nrll

park I saw three very bright lights close togecher. They

the patent attorneys who are known to control the Pacific Coast bua-
CO start from nearly one spot. Two of the rays of light were horlion-
ineaa haa failed to disclose any knowledge of the alleged auccesa in
tal and one was perpendicular. It seemed as If one light was on the
por

downi.
gave
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Concerning the connection of Dr. Benjamin with the alleged alrahlp Perhaps that'a the r«a»on that, o' nights, ac- w n » San rraoctaco
the following dlapatch received laat night from Woodland atys: . "E.H. people now follow the advice of the Concord philosopher and "Look up
Benjamin, reputed to be a dentist, has visited this city several time* and not down."
during the paat year. His visits were generally of a few weeks' dur­ That* ghoetly light, balloon or whatever It is, passed over the
ation. He was never engaged in business here permanently. He is aouthwestero portion of the city laat night, between 9 and 9>30 o'
quite well known and is spoken of aa being a very intelligent man. Aa clock. Dozens of people saw it, and all agree substantially as to
far as can be learned he never built or spoke of bulling any alrahlp vahat they saw. They agree that it waa a large round steadily burning
In Woodland, and If was an Inventor no one kney It." light aa bright as an electric arc lamp and of a decidedly reddiah
An Oroville dispatch to the VChroniele" last night saya: Dr. F.W. hue. It waa first seen in the direction of the Potrero and moved
Benjamin of this town Is an uncle of Dr. E.H. Benjamin, the reputed steadily but rapllly over the city at a height of several hundred f»a^
Inventor of the alrahlp, which la attracting so much attention. Dr, finally disappearing off in the direction of the Park.
E.H. Benjamin comes from Maine, and has been In California about eight Some one In the St. Nleholaa Hotel, at the intersection of Hayes
and Market streets, saw the light about 9:25 o'clock, and callled tha
years. Dr. E.H. Benjamin Is an Inventor and waa in Oroville on Sun­ attention of others to It. Soon everybody in the hotel crowded to
day, November 15th, to see hla uncle upon business. He left here to Endows looking out on Polk street. Fro- that point a view
return to Ssn Francisco on the coming of the 16th. Dr. P.W. [Link] ^ " " M ^ ^ tnwe. erl^portlon of the city can be had, and tho.e
f
say. his nephew 1. of an ingenious turn of mind. » .' , S d \ o o d o o " t . of observation first watched that moving light
"The airship that attracted so much attention in Sacramento and " h ° » * ^ « d good point. or o ^ M V , M t , of the
which was believed to have started froa this locality appears to have a n d " h ° u " d b , c k t 0 t n 0 B e D e n l " 0
been seen by a number of reaidenta of thia eection ai xk or elae Chair [Link]. A.H. Gardner of Napa, wife of Dr. Gardner, Superintendent of
eyes deceived them. H.H- West, one of the oldest and beat-known cltl- the Napa aaylum. was one of these, "I saw thl» object or light or
zena of this town, saya a gentleman told him he aaw the moving light whatever it~may be, first way down in the direction of the Potrero,"
with something attached to It. He was unwilling to be thought a fool, ■aid aha. "It roa* alowly and steadily until apparently about on tha
hence would not give hla name to the public.
lower cloud line. I could aee nothing but a large red light, aa larg*
"A young man, while out driving taw a myetefrlous light In the
Bouth, Cut waa "unabIe"-to"-tell'tttich about it,-yef realized that It was aa a big incandescent light. It waa rainy and ark out, but I could
something out of the common. see the light move acroaa the city. It had a sort of wavering notion,
"Hrs. Ceorge H. E[va]na, wife of the superintendent of the Banner but, as I say, saved forward steadily and in one plane. I could aee
mine, a few miles from Oroville, and near the edge of Table mountain, nothing behind, or below, or above the light—nothing to which th* tin
has seen a bright light in the heavens. It was not a atar, for the light could be attached. Once in a while it would disappear for a
sky was overcast with clouds, and the atars could not be seen. She aacond aa if going behind a cloud. The laat I saw of It It disappear*!
could not tell whether anything was attached to the light or not. over between the towers of St. Ignatius' Church, and was apparently
"S.B. Onyett and wife of Palermo were returning home froa Oroville moving toward the Park and ocean."
when they saw a moving light in the heavens, but were unable to dis­ Dozena of others around to that acction of th* alty stood out in
tinguish anything of the size or shape of the body attached to the the rain In tha middle of the street and gaztd in absorbed wonder at i
i* light. They were unwilling to say anything about the matter at the sight.
first becauae they were afraid of being laughed at." Barkeeper Heyer, In the saloon at Ho. 5 Hlnth street, gav* th*
A Santa Cruz dispatch under date of yeaterday says: "Several peoplt- alarm to those persons within earshot. Ha dashed out Into tha mlddl*
here claim to have seen an airship sailing over thia city at night a of market street bareheaded, coatleas and braathltss and yelled in
few days ago. They say they thought at firat that It waa three stars wild delirium:
moving in a straight line, but are now convinced that it was an air­ "Look at the flying machine I"
ship." A crowd soon gathered. In it were tuny presumably sober men, anong
In response to s message sent to Berkeley from this city last then Dr. J.A. Black, J.S. McDonnell of the St. Nicholas pharmacy, Char­
night, saying that a mysterious light was visiMehere and asking If les P. Bsrbee and dJamea Kennedy of 1604 Market atreet and James He-
anything o£ the tlndcould be seen'from that portion of the bay, an Donald of 1218 Hlsslon atreet.
answer was received to the effect that the light had passed over the Switchman A.L. Francis, who swings lanterns for th* Sutter-street
Berkeley campus, moving with the wind In a northwesterly direction, road at the Market-street crossing, said he thought it was on* of hla
and that It had been seen In transit by sevetal people. cara broken loose, and he caught hlmaelf waving a algnal toward the
An Oakland dispatch Bays: "A man repreeentlng himself a* Hanageri h e , v e n ' c o u , , r n thm * e r I * 1 traveler off fro. earth. He ssld th* light
Alexander McEvoy of the 'American and International Detective Agency looked for all th* world like a Sutter-atreet car headlight off duty.
of San Francisco, spent a to-day at Piedmont, and claims that he baa | All the barkeepers in the neighborhood were especially valuable
exploded the airship story as far as Oakland is concerned. He gave afterward In telling of the Bight and they mixed drinks and talked of
It out here to-night that he went there in the interests of a San red lights for the rest of the night.
Pranciaco paper, and succeeded In finding a boy who haa been flying a Alexander D. KcEvoy of the American and International Detective
wonderful kite. The latter, according to HcEvoy's story, waa about Agency, whose offic* is In the Hilla Building In this city, last even­
9 by 12 feet in sire,, and by a movable battery a light was operated ing discovered the source of at leaat aome of the mysterious light*, f
on it. There were reflectors around the light to Increase Its bril­ perhaps all of them. By quiet inveatlgatlon ha learned that Blalr
liance, and It was claimed that by the use of the two lines the kit" Park, In the northern suburbs of Oakland la the place of operation of
could be awing across the heavens. He claimed that he made a series two men who have been hoaxing the people of Oakland and this city. H*
of experiments to-night. Lights were seen over Piedmont to-night." stationed hlmse'If In the park and watched "for'whet'TiTlnlght lee. At
1896 November 24 {Tues} San Francisco Examiner, p. 9. (card 1)' : exactly twenty-eight minute* after 10 o'clock ho saw rising fro> Ioinir
ation point, a high shelf on the Piedmont hilla, about five hundred
HAVE YOU SEED IT IN THE SKY? / The Light That Never Touches Land Nor yard* from his place of observation, an object klteahaped, about ten
Sea. / Last Night tt Hade a Visit to the St. Nicholas Hotel, / An Hour feet In length, with wheels like little windmllle. On the sides of
Later a Detective Saw Two Men Send Up an "Airship." / AERIAL LAKtERNS the structure were lights, and fron It hung a Japanese lantern, red In
FROM BLAIR PARK. / The Reputable Citizen All Over the Coast Is Wow color and about one foot in diameter. It moved alowly before the wind.
Telling What He Sees When He Stays Out Late. / He plainly aaw two men on th* point and accosted thea a* tbey descended
The hlatoric bird of Sir Boyle Roche which contrived to be in two the path. They told him that they were sending up objects such as hr
places at the same time would, notwithstanding his varied accomplish' had seen to mystify the people and to give then material for newapiprr
merits, have had a »*xi> parlous time to keep up with California's pet articles.
"alrellp." The monater is everywhere by turns and nowhere long. In "There Is something in the air," that is plain, but people who have
Tulare he flaunts a scornful tall in the face of the cocked-up noon; seen thi* something differ in their description* to such degree that
In Sacramento he goes kiting up and down the midnight heavens; In Sen thia errant light might be anything from a Quixotic planet to a fitranc
Francisco he has wheels; in Oakland he clanks a wild uncanny clink, drug store. Yet these same people who give the deacrlptlona are trust­
and in Slsklyou he flamee In the forehead of the morning sky. worthy cititena with reputation* for veracity equalled only by the mar­
Even since the fabled Daedalus melted his waxen wings in the hent iners who have aeen the aea serpent.
of the Inconsiderate sun it has been the dream of the dreamers to Attorney Ceorge D. Collins ha* been credited with knowing a thin*
o r cvo .bout thi* fly-by-nlght aerial rover. A large part of thi£
■porn dull earth and sail the ether blue; and now at last a Callfomfa credit .._.,.,. . . traceable
li ■>- -- -. ---,.™'i
to another lawyer, a law « ■college
;« - - of-
classmate
dentist soars In the empyrean, defiant and clanking. Can this he the Collina, Frederick Bradley of the firm of Stanley, McKlnatry t Bradley.
Shortrldge Thunderbird once more come" to"te"frify the gfcunUnge with He is an old friend of Mr. Collina, but whether ha will maintain the
his ethereal flights, or is it merely a scarecrow that blew nuayf friendship seems to be in doubt. Yesterdsy Mr. Collins was Inclined
'•C^yThla extradrdinary bird was again ouch in evidence last night. to send heavenward that prayer of all men in public life: "Lord,
Possibly he had not sense enough to go *rax In tk» out of the rain. dallver ma fron my friend*." P*rhapa Mr. Collins la Inclined to b«
Perhaps he was starting away to Washington to get out a patent on h(»- cautious and over-sensitive. Th* newspaper men and flylng-machin*
self. But never fear; we shall all hear fro™ him a g a i n - t M s unfea- M h I t ' h D U 1 , o a U D I O O ivenu*. [Link].
thered songater. The papers have been wont to brag about the "ubioutt- Sundayeatnuaiastanight wwere w « exteemely
" t- attentive, and .they . . . left. . ther*
. early tha
ous reporter," but his ublqultosity 1B S small circumstance alongside next morning after an all-night vigil on tha front porch. And that
of the prevalence of this flying scarecrow. California can't loei-
new turkey-red carpet In the outer reception room of his offic* in
him, and what la more, cannot spare him so long as the silly season
endures. the Crocker Building, of course, waa ruined by tha throng that tranpcl
From Slsklyou to San Diego and from the Sierra to the Sea this over It yesterday. But about the vigil on the porch and the destruc­
blessed fowl parfldea the heaven* like a weathercock wsary of sitting tion of the carpet, Mr. Collina will see Mr. Bradley later.
on aomething that won't hatch, and the whole State say. More power to Mr. Bradley says that Mr. Collins told hln on Thuraday last that
his shar* elbow, and may his shadow never grow less, for by snd hv when he and aeen an airship of wonderful construction, but Collins now
w* find hla nest we will ask him to deliver us from Mr. Huntington. ssys that Bradley "ha* wheels," or something wora*.
 3 6 Piedmont and his fanlly. Hr. Daniels la a well-known Oakland buainesa
"It vae on the 12:15 o'clock ferryboat, last Thursday night," said
Hr. Bradley, yeaterday, "that Hr. Colline told me he had been to see n wan and hia father is an attorney and fomerly was Pollct Judge. Both
vonderful air ship invented by a client of hla. He made no secret of father and aon saw tha light.
telling me and 1 did not consider that I violated any confidence when "My father vae on the car with the paaaengera who lay thaysaw an
I told a friend about the thing the next day. He told me that a man air ship,"'said C.B. Daniels yeaterday. "The car-was standing at tha
whom he had never seen before had cotoe into his office Wednesday and tranater point at the corner of Twenty-fourth street and Broadway. All
said that he desired to get out a patent on an air ship. When Hr. aaw thia light which seemed to be over St. Mary's College, and which
Collins asked for details the visitor invited him to Inspect the mar­ moved toward San Francisco in a southwesterly direction. Kone of the*
velous affair, and they made an appointment to go together, the day at that ti»e said they saw any air ship O f anything alae except the
following. They w e nt, taking the Oakland ferry and then the train. [Link], but you never can tell what a person will eee after he has been
Collins told me juat the place, but I do not like to state. "thinking over things for a while. Out at the house my fanlly all saw
the light and they called my attention to It. It looked to me Juat aa
"They walked some distance after leaving the train and stopped
the searchlight at the Midwinter Fair used to look from mr_houae. None
finally at an old b a m . It was locked, but Collins' client had the
or ua, however, thought that we saw any ship or heard any noises, but
key. On entering Collins saw, as he told me, a strange-looking af­
It moved too steadily and slowly and too near Che earth to be a mttror.
fair made of white metal, and thle metal, he was told, aaa aluminum.
Hla guide did not explain much to him, but invited him to get on and George E. Plumner of San Antonio avenue, Alaeeda, veil known In
have a ride. Hr. Collini declined to do ao, but his guide climhed up, society and a± politics acrois the bay, believes that he has seen the
pulled a rope that drew aside a big skylight, turned a clamp or two air mhip. On Monday night, November 16th, he waa going hone with his
that set some unknown power In action, and the white machine, with the wife at about 9 o'clock fron * whlat club gathering where onlv ]*ron,iJ»
nan on it, snot up into the air. It had two side flaps of some flex­ waa served when hla attention waa attracted by something that looked
ible material that worked slowly, with a vlng-llke motion, like the fctsi Ilka a fire balloon in the sky over the hills In the direction of
pinions of a large bird. It roae steadily upward for about 200 feet San Leandro. "It waa noving apparently though I cannot asy that It V A *
and then descended easily and touched the ground withing ten pacea of going very faat," he said yesterday, "and It appeared to v* very much
the place where Collins was standing. like a balloon. The light waa white and brilliant as a atar. I waa
struck with its brilliancy and never saw anything like It before, tt
"He told roe he did not have time to make a very close examination. la not a fact that I heard singing, nor was the song, 'Just Tell Thra
He noticed there was a big light forward, like a searchlight. There That You Saw Ha.'"
was a sort of cabin, and hie strange guide told him this craft could
carry six men, and that he was satisfied he could make one that would LIGHT OVER WOODLAND.
carry twenty men easily. Moreover, Hr. Collins told me that he and A Physician and an Attorney Saw the Strange Thing of the Air.
his client returned together to the city and parted from each other WOODLAND, November 23.—Several citizens of Capay Insist that Chrv
with the understanding that they should have a trial trip on Sunday saw something like a ball of a fire traveling southward Sunday nlfht .
or Monday and invite several friends, Mr. Collins Invited me to go on It was in sight about an hour. Dr. Mosrls, a trustworthy cltlien, saw
this trial triop, and I have been waiting to get word from hln to an object about 7 oTclock Sunday riiRht vest and south of Broderick,
know the time and place. I Intended merely to get s good look at the He thinks It was 400 or 500 feet high. It looked like a ball of fire.
v e t h ic v n o t red but
thing, for I have too much regard for ay life to take any experimental " " " - Pale like 8n
electric light.
voyages. Ed Mering, a well-known lawyer of this city, says he aaw a strange
That's Mr. Bradley'a narration of Mr. Collins statement to him. light a feu nights ago, but thought it was a (sector. I was so slow
and eccentric in i t s movements that he remarked when ha reached home
What Mr. Collins said yeaterday to a newspaper man was e n t i r e l y differ­ that he had never seen a meteor like I t . He decided to say nothing
ent. about I t , and only changed hla Bind when the natter became a topic of
"The n o t o r i e t y 1 am getting about t h i s a i r s h i p matter Is getting general public I n t e r e s t .
to be more than monotonous," said he with a show of rlghteoue Indig­ No Patent Asked.
nation. "Bradley must have been drinking to have imagined I told him WASHINGTON, November 23.—At the Patent Office to-day nothing
a l l such rubbish. Host emphatically I deny having ever told him any­ could be learned of any application fron California for a patent for
thing of that s o r t , and I can't imagine what he means by putting up • flying c*chine.
any such a joke on toe. 1 have never seen any a i r s h i p s and never pro­
posed to take a ride ■ in one. [Cartoons: Vanquished, the Sea-Serpent Prepares to Dla of Crlef.
came "All I know
to me, of a i r s hhimself
introduced i p s la and
Just aaid
t h i a he
: On l a s t Wednesday
desired to get out a aman
patent ,Mr. Huntlngton's View of the Aerial Flight. "Saaa Old Octopus,"
for an a i r s h i p . He s t a r t e d to t e l l toe about i t , but I i n t e r r u p t e d Said the Mayor, Nat Goodwin Believes I t Is Following Ilia. Juat a*(or
him to ask if he had a model of hia Invention, He said he had not. _.
Attorney, Collins Woke ■Up.l
I told him we could do nothing about getting out a patent u n t i l he had 1&96 November 2^ (Tues dveT Oakland Tribune, p. 1. (card i;
a model, and he went away aaying he would get a model made and would a
come back this week. I took his name and address, but I do not feel A HXZ3XXJ$X& CLUE AT LAST / George Carleton Knows Who fide the Krster-
at liberty to give them «*» out. I presume he will call again, and I lous Airship. / A PLEDGE TO [Link]. I He Insists Though That the
will do what I can for him. Perhaps he went to some one who knows Matter la Thoroughly Reliable. / THE TALE OF THE TEST. / No One Reports
Bradley to get that model made, and In that way Bradley fixed up that Any Plights as Occurring Last Night, /
long yarn about me. It looks as though the nysterlous flying machine haa shaken the
"I have been dumfounded to see some of the statements credited to Scotch mists of Oakland from its wings. When last se*n it was heading
me that have appeared In some of the papers. I never told any one S-S-E, and last night It did not trwke its appearance at ail. The veav
that I had a rich client from Orovllle, or that hla name waa Dr. Ben­ ther may have been too wet, or the apparatus too far J W ay. But had It
jamin, or anything of that sort. All I know about airships I have
appeared probably no ona could have been much wlsar, for thia unknown
cold you now, and I am prepared to take ay oath on this. I have been
Darius Creen la wrapped la mystery, and when he alights froa hla aerial
grossly misrepresented, and I viah I knew of some way of getting
redress: but I do not. flight evidently folds up his Invention, tucks it up under his vest and
quietly goes up tha back atalra so aa not hare to answer eabarasalng
"This Dr. Benjamin referred to ii a dentist. He is a client of questions from his family and the cook as to "where ha waa at."
mine and an old friend, and I am trying to help him get out a patent
on a new sort of gold crown for teeth. He haa been experimenting for Vet thia man of mystery has taken more than ont into his confidence
some time and calls upon me frequently. He has nothing whatever to and that one has told a friend, who told George Carleton, tha city elec­
do with the airship project." trician, singer and pioneer of Oakland. Nearly everybody knows Carle-
ton and will attest to his reliability. He will vouch for the honest*
Up to about two months ago Dr. E.H Benjamin was employed in tha
of hla intorser and his'Informer swears that tha u n who told hlat that
piano department of Sherman, Clay 4 Co He left there because he
deslredj^as he explained, to practice his profession, dentistry, and he vaw tha wonderful machine work la reliable. All of these men know
he set "up an office In the "house occupied'byTJr. S.W. TJennia and hla tha n * u of the Inventor. Carleton la the on« who told the story thia
son at 113 Powell etreet. While there he has been engaged upon aever­ morning but ha kept all names to hlmaalf, "I waa pledged not to dlvulgi
al inventions, all in the line of dentistry, so far as known by Dr. tie", and I'd saw ay leg off first," h« replied to all questions touch­
Dennia. He has been rooming at 633 Ellia street, but he left there ing Idantlty.
yesterday, leaving word that he would not be home for a week. E v l d e n t "I heard the story last night from a friend of mine who is also a
, . . . . ... , ... , .. . . ,.-., „ , -member
, , — — - . of
w. my
-., lodge
-.—8- of
-. Maaons.
.......... It waa he who talked with the aan who
ly he went to Orovllle, for a tlelgram from that town to The Examiner. „. v „K_ _ . „ m „ . .„J T .... , - u n,. _._. „* .t. «_„_..„_ t. -._ *.<_ j
. . . . . . .[Link] .j _i_..i_i ..j L •* " • Mchlna, and X was told the cane of the. inventor by »y friend.
received last evening gives the information that he laughed at the sug-, IT , , ,. .. „ , , _ ... _ ,
. j _ _ „l_„ w_ , __...i, .!.„..» _,_ „UJ_ ._J J..,._.J ** understand It, tha trip was nada near Orovllle. Tha Inventor
gestlon that he knows snytllng about any air ship and declares1 untrue
made an aacenalon of aeveral hundred feet, flew off four or five nilea,
the whole story of his connection with an aerial traveler.
circled around a few times and landed as nicely as could ba. This my
Mayor Sutro recalls that when he arrived at the Heltrhta at 8 o'cloc
friend's friend saw. Both men are rallabla and neither of thea have
in Che evening about three weeks ago he found all of hla servant*
figured in tha natter before."
standing In the yard discussing a peculiar object they had seen a few
moments before. The Mayor says his servants told him that they had There are many skeptics and many believers in the tiysterious air­
ship. Theoretically, such a machine la certainly within tha pale of
seen sonethinp. fly in from the ocean not more than 500 feet from the
possibilities, and the fortune that awaits tha taker of a successful
ground and pass rapidly eastward. The men said they could distinguish machine ia enough to enlist plenty of capital, John Lockhaad, a San
a row of lights on the side of the object and a large white light re­ Franalaco mechanic and Inventor, made one a few years aeo. Hla model
sembling a searchlight at the rear. worked like a charm, flew around the labocjtory and headed H i iudJ«r
The strange IlRhta were seen also by several persons In this city. well. The late Williaa C. Ralston, formerly president of the Bank of
All who saw them agree aufficiently aa to the speed and the direction California, became Interested in the affair, and spent, It la said,
in which they "were "moving to "prove beyond all question that they were $100,000 in constructing a large machine. Miscalculations were Bade
not of meteoric origin as was suggested at the time. aooevhere, and It never worked. Ralston was drowned off Melgge wharf so
The most reliable information that can be obtained In regard to thei soon after the unsuccessful trial, and as the purse was withdrawn a new
atrange light over Oakland on Friday night last is from G.B. Daniels ofImchine was never made.
 37 !
The Penningeon Company of Chicago had a potent which worked M quite !r. Hnrt spoke freely and fullv of tin' -iciiine, lul drclin-d I
■tali successfully and waa on display at the World's Fafr, but the owner ; dlvulpe the naise of the inventor and owner. I t s present locution r-
of most of the stock went "broke" and nothtiming was done with the par"- I t s mechanism.
earned by a Call reporter from another source, however,
Itjyb [Link] Ik iTues eve) Woodland, C a l i f . , Daily Democrat, p.3 (edl '■ I t was lea
that the nanse of the inventor and ovn»r is IV.. CntlIn; th«t he vs-
WAS IT AN AIRSHIP? / Curious Phenomenon Witnessed by Two Reputable aaslsted in hie work by Dr. E.!(. Benjamin and Georc- Arplep*te, i-.i
Citizen* of Wooland. / Three Bright Lights Followed by a B r i l l i a n t that the rachine is housed within « short distance from San Franci*
Train Passed Directly Over Thli City. / Attorney Collins was visited by the airship inventor yesterdsv
That there Is a mysterious l i g h t moving about in the upper atmos­ morninff, and aceordinp to Mr. Collins' / t o r y , the l a t t e r nt^ed to h
. . . . . there seems to be no doubt. So many, reputable
phere, --. and truthful relieved from anvthinp further to do with the s e r i a l rvsterv. Kt»
people have seen i t at v B rioue tinea and places that i t does not seen c l i e n t , he s a i d , asked hid to recorser.o anotner attorney, -and in- r . -
v a s t h a t
reasonable that they can a l l be victim, of a hallucination. e■l ,« "whose offices * v i aare
i t v a s
a few
d t 0 t h e o f r l c e o f t h e
P*'fliphts hlpher up in the rx-Attorney-O^rr-
Crocker builJii;.-,
We do not take any stock, however, in the generally accepted
thoery that the mysterious object i s an a i r s h i p . It i i nore reason­ After a short consultation the rysterious c l i e n t was under the lecil
able to suppose that i t i« oome a e r i a l phenomenon produced in a per­ protection of lir. Hart.
fectly n a t u r i l way and susceptible of a r a t i o n a l and s c i e n t i f i c ex­ "General, I understand that Dr. Catlln, the inventor of the Mr-
planation. , ship seen in various p a r t s of the State within the past very., his
placed his Interests in that wonderful creation in your hinds," « i
In the Examiner of today la a orory of a aysterioua l i g h t seen
navigating the a i r In the v i c i n i t y of Woodland on an uncertain date, the f i r s t rew>rk addressed to the new custodian of the secret, of
The Democrat la able to throw some light on t h i s story. which the world la to-day anxiously and impatiently evaitinr *n ex-
pl^nation in d e t a i l .
About three weeka ago, and several daya before the phenomenon
was f i r s t announced from Sacramento, L. Charaak and a fentlenan who After admitting that such a transfer had teen rude only n fi-v
who requests ua to withhold his name were standing In front of Hr. hours before, the ex-Attorney-Ceneral, without further preliriitnrv ,
Charmak'a place of business. The hour was between 8 .ind 9 in the vent on and made a series of rost astoundinp revelations in [Link]
evening. Suddenly a movlnR [Link], or, more properly, llghca, sppairad to the r^chlne and i t s ultimate purpose. Tills Is his story c i i c t l v
in the southwestern portion of the c i t y . [Link]'s attention wa* aa he told i t :
called to I t . The unusual v i s i t o r waa traveling in a northeasterly "There are two inventions and they ere very much a l i k e . Pne v*-.
direction, and when f i r s t aeen was apparently over the resilience of perfected In the East and the other in California. I have !■<•"« con­
A.D. Porter. cerned in the Eastern invention for sofie t i r e personally. 71)" i !<'e
Aa i t reached llaln s t r e e t It suddenly arose 100 feet or more, but la to consolidate b5th...[Link]."
continued I t s forward novement In the finme d i r e c t i o n . It traveled wore "I have seen the machine Invented in the Bast and I «.' convinced
slowly nnd i t wan half a minute from the time i t care In sight until i t v i l l work a l l rifiht, and fror: what I have been told I don't see
the Capital Hotel shut i t out from view, any reason why the ciachine invented in California cannot be vorfceJ.
While It waa taavelinp, broadside Hr. Charmak and his friend hid an "Hy plan of u t i l i s i n g the invention would be different frcx that
opportunity to net a good view of i t . There were three d i s t i n c t lights of °*»»r F*°Ple 1« t h e U B V o f m k l l > 8 zoney out of i t , and in order to
do so there would have to be complete secrecy in regard to I t .
p closely resembling an nrc l i g h t . They were close together and a uni­
form diatance apart, and were followed by a long train of light like "I have very l i t t l e doubt the California invention will work,
that which usually follows In the train of s shooting s t a r , except tKJt The whole trouble in the problen of a e r i a l navigation has been a ques­
i t was white . tion of mo*ive power. In t h i s they have the right rotlvc power,
which ia without question sufficient t o work the s h i p , and that is i-y
Their f i r a t thought wan that i t wn* a meteor, hut i t s proiiimli/ to e l e c t r i c storage b n t t e r y i e 3 .
the earth, eccentric movements nnd unuanal form hnrdlv vnrrnnrcd such »i
theory. The more they thought about i t the more their doubt* i n - j "tfy plan of operating t h i s invention requires It to be kept as
creased. The circumstance waa not »entloned at the tine except by ' s e c r e t as possible. I propose to use i t wholly for war purposes, and
the gentleman who was with Mr. Charmack. In the family where he within the next five or alx months i t will be put to the t e s t .
boarded he apoke of i t , expressing theopinion that If i t waa a «eteor . "Fro» v h » t * n 6 v e " " " o f u T n * v e n o t t h e l r ^ t * o u b t l " 1 1 t h ' " '
i t waa the most extraordinary phenomenon of that character he had everj l i u , n c " r r ^ r o u r r , , T n < m d l00° T°™&* °f dynamite,
witnessed. I "Pefore i t la broupht into practical use, however, two ir-vrtn-t

"Because we expect to us* It for war " i r v f 1 " is t !•<■ r » i " c 1

HISSVOH OF ThF. AFBIAI, SHIP / Will Prohably BA Used to Destrov the
will not Five the nnnes of the r T ' c n r vtio nr<« i n t e r r r ' - J !r • ' >
City of Havana. / ITS DKSTItlY IN OKHKBAT, HART'S HANDS. / Interesting don't wnnt to be arrested aa f i l i b n s t - r ^ nn th« f i r s t t r i i l o< l'«
Details of the Powers of the Mysterious Conqueror of the Air. / VAST machine.
FORTUNES IN EXPECTANCY FOR ALL COIICERHFD, / Oakland People Claim to "This machine will be tested In th» nei rhl-nr^cfd of >-i 1'rKi-ci:
Have Seen I n t r i c a t e Evolutions in Midair—Venus and Juniter an Fair fron tiwe to t i n e . I don't exr>ect to nee It rvsrl f or «vi*n ee» ■
Deceivern. / look at I t . I have hid a full description of i t , ^ - - - " v r . ' r - r tl"
Ex-Attorney-Oeneral W.H.H. Hart now has chnrpe of the dentlnies of peofle Interested. I was with tb«f thin nftemm-n for «rn< t i n - .
the a i r s h i p , which has h i t h e r t o been under the lepal wlngr; of Attorney "I believo It can he used so that fie inventor «nd th" » i r i i «
G-or^e D. Collins. The reaaon for the change i s said to be due to the l n t e r * r t r f ' c » n ^ke'from J V O W / V V ) ' t Y l i n " , n m , r ™ out of 1 t ft'
loquacity of Hr. Collins. The inventor, who la said to b» extrerely or six months.
desirous of [Link]« in hia incopnito, thinks that Collins talked "Four men or two nen can orerat- i t . Fror what I *i"v r' it . 1
not wisely and too much. Am quite convinced that tvo to three i-*n could destroy ihi- city "f
General Hart admitted hia new and mysterious r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s yes Havana In forty-elrht hours.
terday and then made the senaatlonal announcement that the airship "This machine i s beinp tested in California ovinf to t'— f-v"r-
was to be used In the aervice of the Cuban inaurpentn and intimated able character £f_jiur c l i r i t e . ">er- is on* drawback to t h - inv-t-.t I T
that Havana waa to be the f i r s t point of attack- and that 'i a that the "inventor'cannot c i u n ' It to stand s t i l l ; It r.u*t
While the new custodian of the secretn r e l a t i v e to the a e r i a l be kept movinp l i k e an arrow. (Hhervise i t ia under r-^rf-ct control,
myctery ftit'-s t M t h« hai not hir»r,p'lf ^"«n "the""wndroii': invention he There is no doubt about t h i s . Tt cin be trade to r i s e fror. a dead
expr'Ji"-"!''■ hir'.elr as confident that It can do a l l thpt kr hasfceen as­ s t a n d s t i l l . I cannot ro into d e t a i l s about i t s construction, but win
cribed to It by those who clain to hAve seen It in oterni (on -bove the ^ i ' t ' t h a t ' i t ' i i ' o f ' c v l i n d r i c e l shape, is built of aluHnuw and has
-arth- I'* - x r « f < to r«ke a fortune out of it. for all concerne-i with- ^ b u t j c a n n o t t e U y o u e v e r i ho„ r M l V ^ n ^ U h „ .
in a f«w re>nths. "I do not Itnow yet whether or not an annlicatlon for a patent has
Tt i s now r<--T>ort"d that th" Inventor is a FT. O d i n , uho v a( , a s - been rsade. But if one has pone on t o Washinpton T shall try in with­
fiistfl in the vorV of construction by Dr. E.H. Bfn)»min. draw i t , aa I do not think i t will be food rolicy for us to l e t the in
W l l o Th<* ' ' i l l Is not. in i position t o glv- It ni - positive fnct formation t h a t would thus be fumlBhed become public, owin? to the
that « successful airship his been constructed and put (n'o opernt l o n , m^rpoae for which we f i r s t propose to use i t . we vould rather
neither lr It prepared t o nay that the thousands of people who cidl make 15,000,000 In a i l months than $100,000 for fifty v e e r s .
to hi\vo se"n cuch a thlnp are mistaken. In t h i s connection It regret* "I am quite positive t h a t The Call i s right In what i t has report­
that i t h^s to call attention to two delihernte attempts of the E««n- ed, but I canlt say, of course, whether t h i s machine Is the one that
iner to play upon the credulity of the people. has been seen by the people of Sacraaento and other townn.
rvne of these attempts was made in OaHand on Monday nnd another "Before the Invention Is put to a practical t e s t as a war enrine
hoax was attempted in t h i s City last nipht. bvith " T * feeble snd In­ i t will be remodeled with the changes I have supffe^ted, and the new
e f f e c t i v e , nnd noted only ns boceranirB on that "'Ion-arch of the FaVert. aaachlne w i l l be a combination of both inventions."
[Link] excitement was creat-d in t h i s C i f la<;t nigfri b> tn< "Does the inventor, your c l i e n t , s a i l on these t r i a l t r i p s thnt
maistnken idea that pot abroad thnt the airshln wno v l s i H " . Ihe pe- are beinR madeT" waa asked.
c u l l a r n i F h t of Venun ncross the western horizon nnd t h - I r i H U n t re~ "That I cannot t e l l you, because 1 have not talked «f t h i s phase
flection from Jupiter in the * enst caused t h i s fnlsn Itnprescion. of the matter with h i " . "
Oakland apain contributes nn inter**s'tin»; chapter to th" aerial "How much longer will these experiments in California continue?"
history of the past week. Amonp other thinrs i t i« asserted that the "That I can't t e l l x«, but probably u n t i l they become fully s a t i s ­
a i r s h i p was seen performinp i n t r i c a t e evolutions in midair. fied with the worklnp of the shin." /
All the secrete of the mysterious airship are now in the hand* of THE FTRST TRIP. / fVver One Hundred ^ i l e s Covered In a Few »o'irr .
en-Attornev-ileneral W.H.H. Hart. The responslbilitv of t h e i r keeri::.- Parobably the most intere-itinr- atory told of the ruch-tnlvr-l-nf
was lcenlly transferred yesterday from Ccorpc D. Collins to thot airship cornea from one recently admitted Into the Inner c i r c l e of con-
pentlcman.
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fld'nce and who i t ia believed c a r r i n a l i t t l e bunch of airshin atoc* u l i l be a capotan on which the rope will be wound. The ship win land
b v
in his Inside pocket. It wan onlv uniier a oromiae of cone-allni- hi* deflecting the winga and the horizontal rudder; the propeller will
Identity t h i t he consented to t e l l of- whit he knew of th» recent nove- drive toe ahip forvara, the aeriplane, vinga and rudder steering i t to
nents of the mystery of the cloud*. In nneakinp thereof, he said: earth. It v l l l paae above a piatfora where an anchor rope will If
"One of the aurprialnp features of the affair in t h i t the inventor fixed, and the capstan will then draw I t down onto the platforr..
h-is been able to Keen hin Invention away from the prvlnp eves of the "1 can get a Maaln engine which weighs 320 pounds and produces 1C"
public GO lonp. Aa you pay sunpose, i t toob some time to construct th/ horsepower. The ship will carry fron twenty-five to thirty passenrers
ship." I calculate that the 6hip wili run at a sf>eed of IOC miles per hour an
"Ynere^uns i t constructed!" h« v«« a*kH . perhaps core.
"Veil, m i no use to keen that a secret MV more than it would " A a t o j . t ( u e c a n h Q V e a ctorarc battery to rive all that ia
be for a hen to keen secret the location of h<*r old nest after the necessary. The gas will be inclosed In [Link] corpartronts -c t'-si
brood is hatched and away. I t was built not such a treat, distance out It cannot escape, and t h i s will Insure , rr.-anent buoyancy, anJ as a
of Oroville at the home of t h - Inventor's aunt. The statement of consequence, absolute safety.
other parties to the effect that the material was brourht froT the "I do not know who is the Inventor of the airship that people sav
Fast and put together in t h i s State is K correct. The men worked hard they see flying through the atroaphere. when It Is placed tefcrc t!.e
for some time to pet the parts together In the rifht share, and several public It w i l l , I think, be seen that i t is identical with t ! l e one I
short experimental fllphts were made to t e s t the batteries and maehin- have described."
VEKU
ery." 3 A^10 JUPlTW. / These Celestial Orts Mistaken by [Link] for
"Then e l e c t r i c i t y is the power used!" the Airship.
"Yes; one of the forces of nature thBt i s made une of. The shin An amusing phase of the airship mystery v»s developed last nifht
w
carried a storape batterv. The hull is of alurainum. But I must not "en that Inoffensive planet Venus, sink in*; in the west, was [Link]
say too much about the thine I t s e l f , for I have never seen it vet. Th( for the clipper of the clouds scudalnp across the empyrean. TUi the
f i r s t night that It was eeen by the people in Sacramento was the f i r s t bright lipnt which excited the curiosity of nany thousa.--.Jr, en "ar!.et
time that the inventor made a practical t e s t of the strength. buoyancy street about 6 [Link]. wan nothing nore than Venus there feer.s to te no
roonl
and sneed of his shin. for logical doubt in view of a statement obtained Trcr: surh an
"He started out alone, for, to t e l l the t r u t h , ■■/-n his assistants authority as Professor Davidson lost n i r h t .
were n l i t t l e timid about V e n t u r i s ott the earth. Well, the doctor Avoiding scientific d e t a i l s i t will be sufficient to snv that
started'out nlone and went to "a preat""e"IevatT"n. wh"n !i» discovered planet Venus IS at t h i s season of the year alrost at the full, an.l ray
t ' a t one of the cooner bearinrs war. hneomfnr hentei ail h" wanted to be seen any clear evening after dusk traveling rapidly fron cast to
pet nearer the parth . He slowed un his sneed and beran to cent down, west until she-diaaooeivra below the horiaon.
Afl soon a a t h e professor heard the story, shortly after T p . c , he
and an he arr*roachnd the earth he [Link] that he had lo*t his course
got out hla tUeacope and had no difficulty in d identifying the lur-
to some extent, for he could not clearly make out the nature of the
posed airship aa an ordinary, everyday s t a r .
country over which he had been and was rasslnp.
At 6 o'clock l a s t night or thereabouts the cry " * * raise.) on I'arl.e1
"Hiph h i l l s and low h i l l s have about the [Link] aM>carnnce lo a tjn
hiph un in the a i r , vou know T , T / * r r C " " " " t h " t h e h M * " « h t °<" the ™ch-talked^>f airship was plainly
■ ^Vt T<\T ?< T " " T * ' ' * » « * * • « » l " « y ^ t i t u d e in the neifhborhood of the C h u t * -
lnc a larce tovn , for he saw ^ n y electric l i r h t s . and in order to te cited groups of r=en and von>en rapidly fathered in every direction an
sure Of his bearing and location tion he steered straight
s t r n i r h t for
ror th"
th« lJig igh... ^ e y „ b e g a a t Q 8Cftn t h e M t % t ^ ■ J""^ft «
He soon recognized that he was close to Sacranento. To t e l l t h . truth waa at once dlstinffulshed hi e h in the heavens and at that t i r e LtSnl
he had dropred lower than he intended and the [Link] on th- [Link] t 0 b c OT, t o v a r d t h e v e s t l o a UM v U h H • » * ll .„?'
attracted the attention of a larpe mother of reople 4f that e i t y . v a l l t v a s n o t I c e d t h a t t h e u & h t n a d c h 4 n „ d l u „ , , , ; „ „ „ „ ! " .
8
"The next mornine an account of the nvsterioua licht in the -ky mavinH
moving aocarentlv
apparently « „ t and
west . n n r,,,-^ c „ . l i I,
north. Speculation ranP°r i"lon screwhat,
o t , lut the cona-
over Sacramento was published in The Call. The neonle of facrnm-nto
aenaua of opinion was decidedly In favor of the airship theory, to
made one mistake, and that la they did not hear voices. It was th»
which the gradual movement of the light seeded to lend a color of
noise of the machinery and the hum of the wheels that they heard onri
probability, A fev unimapinative ones were aufflclently prosaic to
mistook for voices and sonps. T have no idea that the doctor f-tthcr
auggeat that the light waa merely the atar Venua, but the majority
sane or talked to [Link], for he was entirely alone, aa I said tcfor
qtickly scouted that suggeatlon as absurd in the [Link] derree.
on the flrst vovaee.
i I t la safe to asauae that Venus has_been actlnp just as she did
"He 'epe'nt the niRht aaillnp around in the sky and about "» o'rloch la3t nipht for aany years past; ouT"never before, as far an cm be
in the morninp he landed in the barnyard of a farm situated in one of learned, has she been ciistaj;en for an a i r s h i p .
the hay counties. He put his airship into the barn and locked the A Nob Hill and various other fia portions of the City BITO hs.1 their
door, for he had previously made arranpements to that end. The nhlp crowds Of heavenward-paiers viewing the unemhorrasied Vciur it: the
worked nnlendidly and behaved most s a t i s f a c t o r i l y . Of course there firmament. On California-street h i l l there were the tudr. nn ! t s s j l i t i
were lnnroven'ents to k be made and several chanpes were necessary. of society in elepant wraps and pallants eo,uibrcd with lprfreti»s.
But taken on the whol.e everything went well. while neaj- the water front binoculars were Vroupht into reqi:'.r i t irn .
"ThiB was the very first t r i o of thenew a i r s h i p . Pino- th<>n h h n i Later in the evening Jupiter, s c i n t l l l a t i n r brlfhtly eirt of i h*
been out nearly every nipht, so I nm told, and as h« has not limited lenity, irev the attention of thousands in a [Link] manner, fi-rf
himself as to distance the ship has been seen at nirht hv neorl- in
r claloed i t was the airship, which had reached that position 1 y • fir
manv l o c a l i t i e s . There, that is all I am poinp to t e l l vou thir. t t * e . cuitous route,
/AN TtJVFtlTOHT* OPINION./ Dr. C.A. Smith Has Ho Doubt That an Airrhip Dut those who had seen what the confidently asserted vi-re t i e
Is Reinf Tested . lights of the airship declared that neither of these celestial lv»c,-Ki
"Have I seen the airship! Well, I can't say that I [Link]," -ptd Dr resembled the llphts that had previously crossed their vision,
C.A. Smith, the inventor, when seen in his office in the Trmi-feis
BERKELEY, Cal., Nov. 2<*.---The mysterious airship, or at leir.i a
bulldinp last nipht. "But T have no reason to doutt thnt it is >n «fr
big light that was taken for i t , was seen by a larfe nurler of h>r»e
ship the people in this City and other c i t i e s have seen in t'-■* hravena
leyana to-night. I t appeared to be hovering over the lay, and a lir,-.c
for the past few nfphts. crowd pa* gathered at the corner of Center street and rinttu.-l- « « r *
"I have bi-on experimenting on air machines for' the past forty- to watch l t and speculate as to what caused the l i r h t . TV rhip, #r
elpht years and have invented no less than t h i r t y useful machines, whatever i t was, soon disappeared without allowinr any of t!'.' tpe^-i*
florae of which have been used in everv State of th" Union. I know of tors to see nore than a [Link] lipht like_thnt of a ceurcul 1.-.I ! .
i t s p r a c t i c a b i l i t y as I have had a model runninr throuch the a i r . CHICO, Cal., «ov. 2>*.— Although discredited by cany as beinr a
"I expect to have machinery ready for Nrin-** in th- be^lnnirt of ^ ^ ^ j ; phan^oa'soory', yeVthere aj-e many people who firmly believe
next April to mak.e a t r i p across the continent. It will be lfO feet J n t h 0 aU.D9ip. U a t e V eni a g about 7 o'clock a bright and sparkling
long from bow to stern and 125 feet cylinder. The main body will be l l g J j t „ , , B e e n l a t h c a k y v e B t Qf c h i c 0 p The l l f h t , e e M d t o t)} t r a v _
125 feet lonf. The front end will be a cone, as i t is a scientific ellng with great rapidity in a northwesterly direction, i'any people
fact that a cone presents less resistance in passing through the l i r living along Fifth s t r e e t were out with craned necks lookinp at the
than any other solid tody. The pas compartments will bc in the upri- mysterious f i r e , and all who saw the aerial [Link] will vouch for the
portions of the cylinder and cone, and after be inf. filled with h—iro certainty of an a i r s h i p .
and acetylene pas, recently discovered, they will be hermetically RED BLUFF, Cal., Hot. 2U.~Fully fifty people in Red Huff are now
sealed. The snoet aluminum to be used is l i f h t e r per square foot than willing to vouch for the r e a l i t y of the airship. VTiat arpeared to be
the oiled and' varnished ' ■ ' • ' silk
■"'■ usedJ in
i_ making balloons.
__...__ i—■! l t pggggjj a feu 0 i i e B ueat of Bed Eluff about 7 o'clock thla eveninp
"The rear end of the ship will be made like a frustrum of a cone at an elevation of probably 2000 feet. In a few nlnutes i t fell fully
and the a i r win thus pass freely back to the propeller, which viij 1000 feet and a l l the titse was travelinp rapidly westward. If finally
drive the ship. In the interior will be a cabin for passengers "**• by disappeared over the Coaat Range tiountslns, roing in the direction of
fa "0 feet, entirely partitioned off from the pas. In the i-^v inside ibtra Eureka. The light only was visible and appeared to be about the
of the sh*ll will be a pilothouse, frcra which the rudders i-11J I * op- aiie of a good-eized arc lifiht. /
U v i U havc
crated and controlled. *indov 8 , *° that the r i l o t ca, FAKING OF THE FAXER. / Underhand A t t e s t s to Dlscrddit the Airship
see in oil directions. Story.
"A horizontal ruader of sufficient Qioensions will 3teer the 6hlp 3uat as the theatrical audiences vere leavlnp. the theaters lost
up or down, and a vertical rudder will Bteer i t to right or l e f t . Goth evening at 11:30 o'clock' a balloon~vi'th"a'Tirht attache! to its in-e
will be on the stern. The wings will extend the full length of the ohot ujb into the a i r [Link] over the [Link]'s business office
cylinder and in flignt will be used as aerpplonea, like the winpa of on Harlet street and attained an altitude of about IOCS y a r i s , when it
the lorper b i r a s , ana in crossing currents of a i r they will be closed passed over the buildings on linrket s t r e e t , opposite J'ason. "Jose vc.o
When axi in a light atmosphere, too light for the gas, the wings can eaw the* balloon / p . 2 / shoot into the air from the corner of CFarrell
be utilized to carry the ship up into the atmosphere. and Market streets are positive that they discerned the picture of
"There will be a wellhole in the bottoa for on anchor and above UliXi "Faker Billy" on the alleged aerial ship, which caused rany
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people to crane t h e i r necks and cry, "Oh, there she goes!" " * * « the a e r i a l wanderer was finally seen, however, it d»vn e j
The balloon swept along rapidly and attained a height of at leant upon B* t h a t the can who bought the worm waa interested in t h i i a i r -
half a Mile before i t struck a new c u r r e n t , when I t chanced i t s course ship "To and strengthen
that my production
my b e l i e f was a part
I had manyofmechanical
it problcrs before r e .
and slowly drifted in the direction of the Alameda marshes, where In
a l l probability the remnants of I t w i l l be discovered by some duck- F i r s t , the gear of the arc was too high for a cyclometer and It vas
hunter tomorrow. Just the thing to compress a i r or run a snail dynamo,
OAKLAND, C a l , , liov. 2lt.—One of the funniest s t o r i e s in connection "In view of the t e r r i f i c speed i t would produce I t wns worthless
with the airhaip was that told by a so-called d e t e c t i v e - r e p o r t e r , who for any other use. U s t l y , the peculiar actions of the can vi-.o order­
came over here l a s t night from fan Francisco to create some imaginary ed the worm have convinced ne beyond a doubt that the rachine is now
[Link] playing with an imaginary a i r s h i p on Inspiration Point. This in­ being used on t h l a a i r s h i p . " /
dividual came over about 10 o'clock and boarded a Piedmont c a r . He EV0LVTI0.';S IN MADAIH. / Peculiar Performance of the Aerial Visitor
asked the conductor for his name and number, and requested th* carman Above Oakland.
to take a pood look at him sojthat ne could nrove he oad rc-iny been [Link], C a l . , "ov. 2fc .—Oakland was beside I t s e l f to-nlrht v i t h
to B l a i r ' s Park. The detective must have been of a very amateurish excitement. For over two hours a large light attached to [Link]
d i s p o s i t i o n , for before he reached Piedmont the conductor knew what was seen cruising over the City toward Ran Francisco and back again.
his mission was, and that he was connected with the American Detective About 7 o'clock the report was started that tha airship »'as to he s r r , ,
Agency, ana that he was working for the Examiner. and people at once began to conpreeate in the s t r e e t s and gaie at the
The conductor referred to is iio. 13 and his name is Crist. The man heavens.
who claimed to te an [Link] reporter was a large ran with a black The^excitement commenced when the C: 3-1 train from Tin Francisco
mustache. On coming in from I n s p i r a t i o n Point he went s t r a i g h t to the arrived at Broadway. While crossing the bay the passenrrrs :.al , - ^ " r ■
Examiner branch o f f i c e , on Proacway, and l e f t for San Francisco on the ved the strange thing In the sky, and the i n t e r e s t increase! vith i!.-
11:20 broad-gauge t r a i n . His plan, as outlined to a friend, i s t h i s : number of beholders. They watched the movable l i f h t , viich a l t r r r . - n r !
He was to t e l l a story of having gone to Inspriration Point, where between remaining s t a t i o n a r y and taking flight* in the s'-.y.
he saw two men who were working with a machine xllke a balloon placed Of course many were skeptical and declared i t was a [Link] star
lengthwise, to which was attached a l i g h t and soire arms and an appar­ o r possiblay a p l a n e t , but vhen they received visible i r o i f thai It J i i
atus' l i k e a k i t e , when the d e t e c t i v e - r e p o r t e r approached the two men not remain many minutes in any one p a r t i c u l a r constellaticn they ,lcir'.iJ
were to run away and pack t h e i r t r a p s with them. The detective-repor- t h e r A j o r i t y and agreed t h a t they were looking at a veritable a i r ^ i r
t e r further atated that ne had been perfecting hia plans for several S o o r i after the a r r i v a l of the t r a i n the strange thir.r vas sei-n ov-r
days, so as to upset the C a l l ' s s t o r y . j Oakland, south of Sixth s t r e e t , and i s i t passed across [Link] the
Conductor Crist aaid to-night: "I was accoeted by an individual s t r e e t was crowded , One of the cost noticeable features of It v\s the
l a s t night who wanted my name ana number. I gave him the l a t t e r when frequency with which the l i g h t was put out and nade to shine araln.
he told me he was an Examiner r e p o r t e r . After promising ne faithfully ThiB u a 8 afterward explained by one of the spectators who watched i t
not to use my name and saying he wanted i t to prove that ho had been v i t h a powerful glass and stated that he could see the tochlne per­
■Knout to Blair Park I gave i t . Me care out on the 9:31 car and rcichi forming evolutions which caused the l i g h t to ihlne in different d i r e c ­
ed the park at 10. He wanted to know what car he could take bac^ in t i o n s . I t did not appear t o cove r a p i d l y , but i t was at a great hci(M
order to catch the 11:22 l o c a l . T told him to rot the iSSS 10:53, and above the earth and waa somewhat unstaady in I t s motion, which sc-~-
I presume he a l a . He could have reached I n s p i r a t i o n Point and returned uhat resembled that of a ship In n seaway.
i f he hurried, but as i t wan so wet and slippery 1 doubt if he over As I t passed over the c i t y thousands of people saw i t nr.A vi-rr
saw the p o i n t . " anxious to add t h e i r testimony that i t was a genuine a i r [Link] 1 .
The nrxaniner amused Oaklondors t h i s morning by publishing tha Among then wefe Colonel P a r r i t v * City F l e c t r l c i a n Carlcior;, C."Ct>,*
following' Hatton, managing e d i t o r ' o f "the"Tribune; Helvin Koines, cx-daputy
Alexander D. HcAvoy of the American and International Detective Superintendent of S t r e e t s , and scores of o t h e r s .
A* Agency, unose office is in the Mills building in this City, l a s t The mystery of the skies was watched every foot of i t s course by
evening discovered the source of at l e a s t some of the mysterious curious thousands.
l i g h t s , perhaps a l l of them. Oy quiet investigation he learned Ihnt The a e r i a l * rover appealed to crosa the bay and hover over fan
Blalr Park, in the northern suburbs of Uakland, is the place of oper­ Francisco for a time and then t c t u r n . while passing over the c i t y the
ation of two mnn who have been hoaxing the pocple of Oakland and t h i r , l i g h t dinappeared for a time and vhen i t was again visible the machine
City. He stationed himself in the pant and watched for vhat he night was over East Oakland, Aa noon aa i t aa crossea Thirteenth avenue
see, At exactly twenty-eigM minutes a f t e r 10 o'clock he saw rising Deputy Constable KoOlnson announced I t s approacn and as i t vent ty
from Inspiration Point, a nigh shelf on the Piedmont h i l l s , about t-00 fully pooo people turned out t o see I t .
yards fron his place of observation, an object kite-shaped, nloui ten "1 am w i l l i n g t o make an affidavit that 1 saw the a i r r n l p , " said
feet in length, with wheels l i k e l i t t l e windmills. On the sides of Deputy Robinson t o - n l g n t . "'jnere vasa no fane about i t and we could
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the structure were l i g h t s , and fron i t hun* a Japanese l a n t e r n , red In &*W « ^ « " h ^ * «**<» " * « • > " P - " R e e l e d around over
c o l o r , ana about one foot in diameterV i t L v e a slowly oeforc the £ * ? ! " . ™ ? ^ e ! L ! " ^ . ! 0 > " 0 ^ . * ! ! ! . ™U™T.l°™i_?i'*r:0M *
By the t i n * I t was headed for Piedmont the exlcltement vas intense.
wind. He plainly saw'two men on the p o i n t , and accosted then as th°y
descended the path. They told him that they were sending up objects Proprietors and clerka came to the shop ooors; bartnndcrs left t h e i r
such as he had'seen to'mystify the p e o p i r a n d ' t O ^ w r t h e m T a r e r i a l ' V . . , b e e r ^ B i ^ " ^ E ^ ° P ^ v u x i n ^ w w a i r e c t e a ^ t h e i r attention hen-
newsi>aper a r t i c l e s . venward; " " cable~ and e" l e" c' t r i c" cars slacked '""' up oo that passengers [Link]
Tlie absurdity of the above can be appreciated when i t i3 stated peep at Kthe wondrous light.
that at exactly 10:?B o'clock l a s t n i g h t , and for hours before and At the Callndo Hotel tlie windows were thrown-open and guests ap­
. Tor hours a f t e r , the rain f e l l in t o r r e n t s , and a "Japanese lantern peared with a l l Banner of spyglasses and looked at the traveling l i f h t
red in color and about one foot in diameter" would have lived about Sometimes they declared that there were several smaller lights v i s i b l e
half a second. Detective CcEvoy said he saw the apparatus "SOO yards and t h a t they could aee a dark object, but i t vas too high in the a i r
from hia point of observation." A man who could see through WO yards for any of them to detect the nature of l t a wings,or t a l l , if i t !-.»d
of l a s t n i g h t ' s storm on Inspiration Point would rake a fortune in a any.
dime museum. / At Fourteenth ana Droaawey a large crova fathered ana grew excited
A HIGH-SPEED W0RI1. / W.J. Kenney Furnished One for an M r s h l p , He aa the remarkable l i g h t cruised around ana occasionally aisappearea.
Thinks. The p i t * play of l i g h t s caused cany to think that the party who was
d i r e c t i n g the thing of the night was signaling to aore one on the ■ n i l
There is no one among the watchers of the rysterious moving H r h t e a r t h , fverybody apreea that no t r i c k a with k i t e s or balloons could
in the sky who scans the skies with more i n t e r e s t than does V ' l l l l i r .1. account for vhat they saw, for the l i g h t waa so b r i l l i a n t and powerful
Kenney of Kenney I Payton, model-rakers and bicycle d e a l e r s , 519 that to produce i t a dynamo of no irean capacity isuet be carried.
Valencia s t r e e t . Thf reason for )tr. Kenney's i n t e r e s t is that he | Helvln Holoea, ex-Deputy Superintendent of Btreets and a ran well
believes he is the maker of some part of the a e r i a l vonilsr. iknovn in Oakland, leveled a glass at i t and aeclared i t is an a i r
Mr. Kenney's s k i l l is responsible for a contrivance known as a [traveler of some d e s c r i p t i o n .
"ball-bearing worm."
"A man about k$ years of age, wearing a gray mustache and nrTT->.rinft George Carleton, the City F l e c t r l c l a n , who 1B better known than
to be a professional man, called on me about three or four weeks neo," almost any man in t h i i c i t y , knows th« naoe of the inventor. Carleton
said Mr. Kenney l a s t evening, "and laid before me his plans for an un­ was taken into conflaence by a friend of the Inventor, and he vouches
usually large and high-speed'worn.' I immediately concluded that he for the honesty of hia l n f o r r a n t . Anybody who v i l l doutt Oorge Carle-
waa intent on making an inprovenent on the cyclometer, a bicycle run ton when he saye a thing ia t r u e does not know the nan. Carleton told
by a small gasoline r o t o r , and proceeded to f i l l his order. his s t p r x t h i s morning, but he Kept a l l names to himself.
"lie explained that he wished the worm and gear to be p r a c t i c a l l y "I vaa~~pledged not to divulge t h e n / a n d J'd~s'av cy lee off f i r s t , "
f r i c t l o n l e s s , and I suggested that the Journals of the piece of mech­ he replied to a l l questiona touching i d e n t i t y . "I heard the story lost
anism be f i t t e d with b a l l bearings. He acquiesced and gave r-o tti« night from a friend Of mine, who i s also a member of my lodge of !'»scnf
measurements, and ve went to work. For two weeks we labored on th" I t was he who talked with the man who saw the machine, and I was told
worm and finally completed i t . the name of the inventor by ny friend. As 1 understand i t , the ship
"The pa»ty who gave us the order failed to give us his name, bul was made near Orovllle. The inventor made an ascension of several
appeared to have plenty of money and paid one b i l l , S I M , without n hundred f e e t , ( l e v off four or five miles, circled around a few t i r e n
question. !!e was very anxious to have the piece of rechincry corpie*- and landed as nicely aa could b e . This my friend's friend saw. Poth
ed, and when i t wan finally done he took i t and l e f t the ctorc In a men are r e l i a b l e , and n e i t h e r of then have figured in the r a t t e r before
hurry. Fred Cattee of 650 Broadway, as soon as ne heard that the machine
"We have not seen him s i n c e , and u t n i l a l l t h i s talk of an .'ilrchlp vas pver Oakland, rushed for his teleacope and ialajutt a e i l a r e s that
thought nothing more of the r a t t e r . he xlOdlatlnctly aav the machine perform some evolutions in the a i r .
While he could not see the d e t a i l s he ia positive that he saw i t man­
euvering.
 Manner Jesse llaloted of the Oakland Theater watcned the r.-vchine
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« r c many people w i l l i n g to swear that tne object beyond the 11,-l.t [Link]
croaa over Oakland, and with a pair of opera-glasses s a t i s f i e d himself h u e e J ^ n « * ;
Thin l i g h t to-night revived the rumors of an airship invented Ly«
that he saw an a i r s h i p .
a man at Mark West that was laid to have been entirely successful as
The mysterious ligjit of the heavens was also seen l a s t evening by far as the upward and onward direction was ■concerned, but it p e r s i s t ­
Mrs*. E.H. Crawford and Miss Kate N, E a s s e t t , a teacher at the i t w r i - ed in going off at an angle without warning.
son-street Bchool. The ladies after sone hesitation told t h e i r exper­ 0n» Caturday n i g h t , Just before c-idnifht, several reputnt-lc gen-
iences. "I went to my south window* about 10:30 l a s t evening," nnl.i [Link] Of t h i s City reported seeing a [Link] l i r h t roving In a south-
ttrs. Crawford, "to nee i f i t wan r a i n i n g . " I noticed a lightoff in the westerly d i r e c t i o n . I t was f i r s t observed about two r i l e s southeast
souith, and watched i t because It was the only l i g h t v i s i b l e . In a few of town, J u i t above Taylor tfountain, and seered to COM from toward
momenta i t disappeared, Ska ana l a t e r came to view again. I t look-I the Sacramento Valley. I t moved quite swiftly and disappeared in the
l i k e the searchlights i have seen at the world's Fair and in riw YorK d i r e c t i o n of Alameda County. This is vouched for by Charles " i n t e r s .
City. I called Miss Bassett, and we both vatched I t for fully f l f t - - a well-known merchant, and William Kohrer of the firra of Sohrcr,
minute3 and u n t i l i t f i n a l l y disappeared. Einhorne t Co.
"When f i r s t seen i t appeared to be movlnp away from us and gradu­ John Stump Of Orr !■ Stump, a would-be wag, and several others sent
a l l y sank u n t i l out of our s i g h t . I l s s Passett said i t [Link] be nn up a small balloon with a lantern attached t h i s evening, tut the
e l e c t r i c l i g h t with a t r e e waving in front of i t , but t h i s vas not the presence of the big l i g h t in the x east made his fake fade Into l n s i g -
case, as I t was too high, and then I looked t h i s morning, but there nificance.
was no t r e e anywhere near where we saw the l i g h t , n e i t h e r of us saw While . . I. t i s Just possible t h a t the l i g h t seen to-nlfjit was the a
a i r s h i p , but we did see l i g h t s that we do not understand, and shell work of «ome bold aeronaut there was nothing visible to show a fcallooi;
take much i n t e r e s t In watching t h i s evening and for some time to co»e and there are hundreds who believe i t to be the fanous airship that
to see whether the l i g h t Is to be seen any core s t a r t l e d Sacramento. /
"Before I vent to t e d , about 11:15, I nrnin vent to t i e window and SAN JOSE STARTLED. / Shverol Persona Claim They faw the Airship
the l i r h t Had returned and was moving eastward slowly, but s t e a d i l y . Traveling i n m a t V i c i n i t y .
I could not t e l l how far away the l l f h t was or anythlnr atom i t , but n I 5AH JOSH, C*l., loclt 5ov. 2ft.— People in t h i s c i t y were s t a r t l e d t o -
having read the acc'ourifc "in tSe papers concluded that the light rust be S h t about 11 ■?''r ° " beholding a bright l l g n t moving rapidly In
the same as seen by others in t h i s v i c i n i t y . " the heavens, andThey are convinced that they beheld the fwo\i* a i r ­
Dr. J.K. Buteau was another who stood amaied as he viewed the ship, i t vas seen moving in the d i r e c t i o n of Cilroy, as vas Li-sUfie.)
strangle v i s i t o r passing through the heavens. "I was at feventh nnd by Eugend liarrc, Dan Manning, and Jerre Sullivan, who are erialoyes of
Market s t r e e t s t h i s evening," said he, "when I noticed a very strong the Sunset Telephone Company. The l i g h t was of such -i character that
clear l i g h t down near the horizon, moving along In the face of the the p a r t i e s are convinced that It was none oT the ordinary Uchis In
wind. The movement was very steady, and i t made rood time, although the sky. About one hour aftervard others saw the sttfre rysterious
we vatched i t for fully ten minutes. Ae I t receded i t appeared to go l i g h t moving northeasterly very r a p i d l y , as If It were returning fror.
lower, but that would be natural if i t was moving on a l e v e l . I am at the direction of Cilroy. These p a r t i e s , [Link] ftanlcy and Xi» K.J.
a loss t o account for the d i s p l a y , as I am incredulous regarding the O'Brien, are also p o s i t i v e t h a t they beheld the rapidly roving II(Hi
talk that i t is an a i r s h i p . I t might be a l i g h t attached to a balloon of the a i r s h i p .
moving In an upper stratum of a i r . Ve could see i t go behind buildings
and emerge l a t e r on the other side as we watched i t s movements." piCi p.l: Two Centuries of the Flignt of the AirsMp; Krcr Tlrd
The mysterious machine f i n a l l y disappeared over toward Contra W i„g t o the llajdo Machine.
Costa County, and before midnight a l l Oakland was s a t i s f i e d that I t
had seen the a i r s h i p . / p . 2 : Soaring Between Heaven and Earth ( a r t i c l e on ideas of flight
FAITH Hi SOHOI'A. / J . B . Loser Saw a Mysterious Rapidly Coving Brilliant t ^ a n j a t h r o w n tne ages),
Light. 1896 November 25 {Wed) San Francisco C a l l , p. I*.
SEBASTOPOT.. C a l . , tiov. 2ft.—Th_e_rcP°r£._tha-*- an a i r s h l n has been
observed floating around in various sections of the Gtate has c r e i t M YE EDITORS BID VALLEJO COOD-BY / All Enjoy a Visit to the fare Island
widespread i n t e r e s t in Sonona County, and I t now transpires that sev­ Kavy Yard.. / That Airship Cornea Up as a Subject Requlrine Much H » -
eral citizonB whose i n t e g r i t y is unquestalonftble have noticed the mys­ cussion. / , , .
terious craft flying througji the a i r at night with a headlight as VALLEJO, C a l . , Hov. 2U.—The members of the California Presi
b r i l l i a n t ae an e l e c t r i c flash. Association were up with the lark t h i s morning and reartv for t h * i r
J . B . Loser, proprietor of the Analy Hotel at t h i s place, fiv-s ft t r i p t o the navy-yard at Hare Island, Th*t I s , they vqulri have bern
graphic description of the v e s s e l , and h i s story ia corroborated by i f Vallejo were given t o l a r k s , but in t h e i r absence F-iltor Parcar of
the testimony of numerous c i t i z e n s both here and at Santa Rosa. He the B Yxllaja Vacaville Beporter suggested that I t was nhout t i r - *.h-
says that while driving, to the county seat a few evenings ago he ob­ a i r s h i p vas going: t o bed.
served what appeared to be a b r i l l i a n t l l g ^ t in the heavens. A r*v The a i r s h i p vas a p r o l i f i c source Of arnment anon? the knights
tcuut moments l a t e r the dazzling object seemed to be less that a mile of the shaare prior to the pleasure excursion, and the opinions in itr
away and then i t greadually vended I t s way in an eastern direction and existence and a t t r i b u t e s were many and varied.
Siatlii f i n a l l y disappeared, llr. Loser says that I t was a phenorenon Willis of the Sacramento Record-Union asserted in tones of th»-
such as he had never seen before, and he thinks that the strange ob­ most p o s i t i v e conviction t h a t he saw i t Sunday night hov^rinr ovwr
j e c t was nothing more nor l e s s than the mysterious craft that has been [Link] then going, to the southward v l t h a peculiar, wavy
seen In other s e c t i o n s , as i t t a l l i e s exactly with the description f l i g h t . He described i t as a bright litfht with an opaque body diitly
given in the papers. / d i s c e r n i b l e over i t , and says i t WAS about 1000 fe<*t from the e a r t h .
SIGHTED TRIPLE LIGHTS. / A Rapid Aerial Traveler Observed In Placer
J.A. F i l e h e r , ^resident of the State Board of Trade and proprie­
County. t o r of the Placer Herald, thought I t a serious proposition when the
ECU*.. Placer County. C a l . , «ov. tf.-T*. a r t i c l e s ^ J ^ ' ^ ^ ^ h ^ ^ t ^ ^ ^ t ^ ^ i i h i ^ r ^ ^ r K ^ r t ^
The Call and ohher papers. p r e f e r e n c e to^ the observed m,-ticru i n H e t h Q U g h t t t a t f a c ( . p r o < ) f e m ) u p h %^% t h e r c ^ t0|wthl s a u i n g in
t r a v e l e r have aroused great i n t e r e s t h e r e . Several persons in t h i s t h e a i r , whether i t was an a e r i a l rachine or n o t .
l o c a l i t y have been favored with a view of the strange v i s i t o r , J . E . Valden of the Kapa Journal thought i t a mighty fishy storv,
C.T. Wusao, a f r u i t rancher, and several members of his family but d i d n ' t l i k e to disbelieve the many persona of known veracltv
affirm that about four weeks ago and shortly after dark they saw a claiming t o have o p t i c a l evidence of i t s e x i s t e n c e If i t had «r-
singular a l g h t , which they are now convinced could have been nothing peared in any other paper than the Call he should have paid no a t t e n ­
else than the much-discuosed a i r s h i p . Mr. Musso says he saw "the tion t o i t .
p r e t t i e s t sight t h a t his eyes ever viewed." I t appeared t o be three Brother Pennycook of the Vallejo Chronicle Is Htill a conflrwd
very bright l i g h t s moving horizontally and e a s t e r l y at a rate of per­ s k e p t i c , and remarked In a Jocular ranner that there mist be a con-
haps 100 miles an hour. siddrable (juantity of had liquor mx inported into the State in the
A.H. Thompson, a p a i n t e r , s t a t e s that at about the same kanx time l a s t week or two.
he saw a similar s i g h t , which he describes as being three very bright W.H. Denlo, a Vallejo blacksmith nresent, aaid Vea Wilson, the
and large l i g h t s appeareing about eight feet a p a r t , and the forward aheriff Of Butte County, while staying with him a day or tvo KFO de­
one as being larger and brighter than the r e s t , and moving horizon­ clared that he knew for certain auch a raehlne vaa being b u i l t n**r
t a l l y eastward KM rapidly and gracefully. Oroville. Some of the e d i t o r s were so earer for news thnt th-y vent­
Professor S.D. ,'!UBSO s t a t e s tha» about two weeko ago he and his ed to hunt the Sheriff up and "pump" him for more, but he "had v - n t . "
wife sa» a similar sight moving in the same direction and with about P.W, Johnson, business nanarerof the Harysville Arpeal , ssld he
the satae v e l o c i t y . He feels quite confident that i t wae not a meteor aaw t h e a i r s h i p very p l a i n l y over t h a t c i t y a fi-v days airo, but did
as there were three l i g h t s appearing aoout seven* feet fro™ each other n f ) t M f ^ t Q ^ ^ y x ^ ^ u t i t for f e a r ' o f being laurhed a t . Th- n
in a d i r e c t l i n e , the forward onejieing. larger than the other two. rv^rvhody laughed
The l i g h t , he s t a t e s , was different from a meteoric l i g h t , the velocity l g 9 & N o v ' e [ n b e r 2 J , ( i Had j S a „ ^ a n c l s c o Chronicle, p. 14. (c»rd 1)
vas too slow for a meteor, and i t was t r a v e l i n g horizontally as long
aa i t vaa seen, which vas for several minutes. / MARS' AMD VENUS UJfDKR SUSPICION. / Planets Stay Out Late at NlRht. /
SAKTA ROSE EXCITED. / People Willing t o Swear the Light I'ad Huge Wings AIRSHIP HUNTERS SlcX THEM / "Alumlnun"' Denlaain Throws l'n The Sponfc.
SANDA ROSA, C a l . , Hov. 2ft.—The excitement over the airship has "Conjurer" Collins Explains the Reasons Why He Didn't Ik> Mint He Did.
eached Santa Rosa, and the presence of a bright l i g h t in the heavens Tlie United States ship Collins of the Aerial K»vlp*tion and I r r i -
to-night at 7:30 set hunoreos of people s t a r - g a z i n g . The l i g h t appear- pition C o o p a n y vaB o u t a f , , l n j a 8 t n l ( . h t on ft ( c u ^ r , 0 f I t , triil
ed to be moving in an e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n , occasionally disappearing C r i p e , and the sky wia f i l l e d ivth mystery, fire bsllooni and other
e n t i r e l y from view with a d u l l red glov, only t o reappear more radiant t h l n g 8 ftoa d , r k w d a y l l B h t .
after a few aeconds. I t was impossible t o see anything beyond the A> B o o n a g l £ b e f , - n t 0 v duel. VcnU3 K t f l r t e d t o rfijpijy her
■light, owing to the d i s t a n c e , but when I t f i n a l l y disappeared there
 charms and flni,m-d all the colors of the rainbow down Into the dark -^■'aiiy time since hla birth Cliot people in Kacrnnento were nnt a thoui*"d
noss beneath. Immediately sone highly excitable and Impressionable mill's nway from a correct solution of the affair, John ^r-Uh (s /utih-
citizen discovered that the Illumination wasn't Venus at all, but the wlth shadowed and run to earth in the effort to nix hin up with the
alrsnlp Collins, he stood in the-middte of Harket street, oblivious airship.
to the danfer of being run down by a cable car, pointed his finger ln- It isn't safe for a nan to visit a nachlne shop or inquire .iboiX
presslvelv at the gllmraer and said, "Ahl" the price* of cogwheels In n hardware store nowadays without hrirging
That settled it. In five minutes he was surrounded !>y a crowd of down on his head the suspicion that he knows r*ore nhout thai «tr*nii
people, who fazed In wonder at a sight that has been visible since the light In the sly than h* cares to tell,
reipn of the Pharaohs and for a few million vears previous to that "The Disease Still Spreading.
tine. One"~ria"n said that It wasn't the airship, and another prorptlv j PLACERVILLE, November 24.--A brlcht aerial light w.i* s e f n to r .ss
called hin a liar. The sympathies of the croud went with the latter over this city in a southerly direction thla evenlnf. It si ti-matelv
and the skeptic was ignominlouslv turned down. raised and lowered »s if borne upon an air wave, Anong those vho wit­
Then they bepon to feant their Imagination on the planet. Somebody nessed it are rany of the nost reputable citizens of this placr.
distinctly saw and oven door open and shut, another pointed out two 1896 November 25 (Wed) Sail Francisco Examiner, p. . (card 1)
wings and a tail, while a third called the attention of everybody to
the fact that the "thing" was on the move. The fact that it onlv takes AIRSHIPS NOW FLY I!i FLOCKS. / So Many That They Spangle the Void Air
every star In the heavens six hours to travel from zenith to horizon With Light- / Horeover, the Inventor has Changed His LeraJ Advisor. /
didn't cut any figure. They wanted to think that Venus was the air­ His Attorney How is [Link]. hart. Who Han Two Airships on (Vie String. /
ship, and they thduolit so to their hearts' content. HOW MR. COLLINS TALKED TOO MUCH / General Hart Advises That the Ship
At a few minutes after 7 o'clock, however, the planet sank out of Re Sold for Hllllons to Cuba and Used to Destroy Havana. /
sight. The hour was early. There were crowds on all the street enr- It la a winged ahip in the sky. It Is an "apparition seen and
ners, and the airship enthusiasm was beginning to fade away perceptibly, g 0 n e ," like "Joys we dote upon." It ia a searchlight. It Is a lanter
* when some humble searcheor of the heavens got his eagle eye on M a m - - fro> a kite. It ia shaped like unto a cigar, and verily It ia alight,
poor, inoffensive old Mars, doing his duty as usual at the siin- old though no one haa aeen It smoke. It la like a camel. It ia backed Ilk
saanu, and supremely Indifferent to any effect his presence night have a weasel. Or like a whale. Oh, very like a while." It li alao very
on the people of San Francisco, like a bird—the Shortridge Thunderbird, in fact, or the Shortrldee
Th- ruddy plow that Is given out by the war pod -it all tlni-s was lightening bird. It ia "atreamed like a meteor to the troubled air."
intensified by the bright, clear weather, and, led on by the epthjsiis- It la a coy balloon, and it Is Venus, the evening star that "*et* ere
tlc discoverer, neonlc again began to "sec" things. Mercury can rise."
Itany of then, by some unearthly process of reasoning, evidently It la vagrant. It appears over Twin Peaks. It rests over Teleprap
believed that the new center of attraction was the same object Chat fch Hill. It vegetates over Oakland. It adds to the glories of New Sacra­
they hod 6oen disappear below the horizon in an entirely opposite dir­ mento. It Bends a thrill_through Woodland. And every person is a
ection, half an hour before. The old furnnce~door chestnut raised Its "chili again and peers'lnto'the air and repeats hla nursery rhyr*: "How
Its unabashed head ag,ain, and thla time half a dozen people distinctly I wonder what you are." It c a m out first last evening Just after sun­
saw a ■■ stoker shoveling In coal. set and was rediscovered as many times as there were people lookfnj,
After that the crowds seemed to dissolve into factions. Two or and the number of people looking seeired, from the ■ crowds on the ■
three fire balloons were sent up from different parts of the city and streets, to be the entire population of San Francisco. The visitation
the allegiance of the watchers was divided between then and Mars. One in the ai upper air dazes our world. The first paragraph of this sci­
of the balloons with an extra large cargo of alcohol aboard sailed ■ entific treatise tells exactly what is this mystic stranger and what
round gayly for over half an hour and won numbers of adherents, all of it is like. Now for the proof.
whom were wlllinp to wager everything they had or even expected to It is an airahip. It la a flack of airships. Arc there n<H ipv*r-
have in the world on the proposition that It was a real live airship. al? Who can doubt itT H B I not "The Examiner" received a letter direct
t One of those enterprising traders who cater to the whims of the from the lnventorl If any one doubts that It Is an airship The [ m .
momunt and who is quick to seize on any public exclteiront and turn it iner" will show hin the envelope that contained the letter. There l«
to his own advantage had a telescope, or rather the outer shell of a other proof, almost equally strong, the word of W.H.H. Hart. New, Mr.
tilescope, on the streets. The fact that the instrument was devoid of Hart is a lawyer and a General..He was the hero of the war of vnrdn In
glasser, of any Vlnd did not detract "at "aH"frofti"Yts~r:onpy-nii<l"B powers Tom Fitch's eloquent speech placing hin in nomination for Attornev-
All the enthusiasts with a spare quarter about them wanted to pet Ceneral. Subsequently he was elected Attorney-General of this [Link].
s good, square look at something in the sky. It didn't antter winch He was and Is the principle attorney for Florence Blythe Hlnckley In
what It wan—the noon or any old thin);. In every case the imagination the vast litiRation over the eatate of Thomas Blythe; and did not tin
was quite sufficient to round out any defects [Link] existed in the tele- "airshio" pause a moment., l«st evening while directly overtheYlYth'
scope, I'.veryhndy who paid 25 cents saw the airship distinctly and they property on Market street and bob ur> and down as thouph making a mil-
all went hone happy, itary salute to the flume General? What more proof can be askedT
"Airship" Collins and his partner, "Aluminum" Benjamin, had several General Hart Is now attorney for the Inventor of the airahip, or
t h e fl
consultations yesterday. They have finally decided to forget ecery- °ck of airships. Yesterday he was substituted In this important
thing they ever knew. If in future a question of any kind is propound- ani* confidential relation for George 0. Collins. The reason for this
ed to either one of them they have made up their nlnds to go off to substitution will develop in due time. In a relation of such inpnr-
Petaluma together and have a private meeting, heofre giving an answer. tance the faeta must come In orderly sequence.
If ColllBB is asked the tine he will beg to be excused till he has General Hart acknowledges his retention aj attorney for the air­
consulted his friend Benjamin. If anybody wants to know from Benjamin ship or ships. In his office in the Crocker Building yesterday after­
something about a reliable cure for toothache, the inventor will have noon he told of his engagement. An inquisitive man was asking M r
to appeal, before replying, to his friend Collins. There is between questions, beginning this wise.
these two gentlemen such a community of interest that this course has "I have called to ask you for information of the airship."
become absolutely necessary. "Yes," answered the General, "and what have I to do with the air- *
"Airship" Collins yesterday mornigp, before entering into the com­ ship?"
pact mentioned, made a few Btatements_to some of his visitors in "I an tai told that you are the attorney for the inventor."
connection with ins present troubles. He explained the situation in a "I should Judge from certain publications that I have seen that Mr
thoroughly lucid ranner as follows; Collins is the attorney." _ ^
"I know nothing whatever about any airship, and never saw one in my "I am Informed that you have been "substituted for Mr. Collins.'
life. The Inventor, when he took me to see his machine the other day, "Whence la your information/" asked the ex-Attomcy-General.
explained its uorkinrs to ne and gave re a practical exhibition of its "Mr. Collins."
flying powers. 1 know nothlna about airships, ajid certainly never came "Yes, It la true," then shyly admitted the General. "I have con­
Into contact with "Aluminum" Benjamin In my life. It is true, and 1 sented to be his attorney. w> have already agreed upon a plan ej ac­
do not wish to denv, that I have seen ttenjanin in my office and had tion. My auggestlons have been accepted. These differ aonevhit Ire-
dealings with him many times, but what I desire to explain is that I the course he intended. He desired Immediately to procure a patent
am not in a position to make any explanation. Explanations do no rood on the airship that he has invented. I advised him not to ast for
and only complicate matters. N'ow, I always try to oake atraiehtforward patent and he has taken my advice.
s?atemi'iits, and don't like complications. If you have ever been mixed "Aa I told him, an airship might not be a verv profltnHr v m r l
up with airships you will appreciate how it la yourself." of cooo-unication for ordinary conroerclal purposes. Surpose he oh(«l"f<
"Aluralnun" Benlsrain came Into the "Chronicle" office yesterday and his patent and advertised that he would carry passengers. In tin. .lit­
said that he KKtu wanted to throw off the mask. This continued decep­ ter time he could not expect much patronage in the eistern rnrt c(
tion was killinn hlra. He was the inventor of an airship, and had bc-en this country or in Europe. The weather is too cold for airship tiip>-
working on the proposition for seven years. He_hsd the whole thing In California the weather ia *±i«* nlld, but how cviny people arr tl<err
nearly roadv for the public, and was only wattinr to perfect a few de­ here who would care to take a ride In an airship and to pa» a price
tails before springing it on an anxious world. that would give the inventor a reasonable profitl"
[Link] has a serio-comic air about him [Link] fits in welt with The inquisitive man suggested a canpalpn of education to pel peo-
the eminently respectable and Judicious sldewhlr,! ITS that are eihiblred pie Into thejiabit of riding In airships.
hy his senior partner. An operetta with laughing pai effects, airship The Cene"ral barely heeded the interruntlon. He was speaking ser-
searrhlfphti from the wings, and a stage setting of ilthchen riulcrom iously upon a serious subject, "Of course he might make something hv
and calf-bound legal volumes would fit in well with the nronmrnced constructing his airships and selling them. Hut as soon as he ohtaln-
clmrnctcrlstlcs of both the stars in this modern cnlr-n.i of tbp hAj"rr>s. ed his patent and the principle was made public sor*body vould Invent
And still the search for that airship and it? own<*r poes «nt 1 rintiy m better airahip and hla profit would he gone. Suppose'even that he
on. The fact that [Link] Johnson haa been away from hone for thr«« should make 5100,000 a year, fifty years would pass before he received
nights is eagerly seized on aa a possible explanation of the r-her-oL^on $5,000,000, and the man who invents an airship certainly is entitled
and a clew to Its inventor. If John Smith has been heard to rtfark *t t o millions. Therefore I adviaed him to keen hia invention an entire
 secret, truaclnr thnt no one would steal It from him. The chance thntj weighing, the airship.. Storage batteries were too lieavf. Corrprr»»i-d
somebody else will learn Kk* something of the principle he haa dlacov- »ir could not be used satisfactorily. How light and powerful jiomn 1
ered, of course, we must take." batteries can be obtained. That solves the problem, lio gas is une-i.
"Then what can It he make of hla airship to bring him commensurate Caa would require * Material used in construction that would e»r*nd.
profit!" This la not a balloon. The material of Kin which the olrshlp 1* [Link]-
"An [Link] of wsrl" answered the General, with a notion ao though Is aluminum. The motive power la electricity in storage batteries.
reaching for his sword. "The uae of the airship Is for military pur­ Now you have ss much Information about it as I deem It [Link] to li-r-irt
poses, I advised the Inventor, and he agreed with my views, that he i'ne inquisitive nan had another question: "Suppose the two inven­
should employ his Invention in war. I assure you that I believe that tors would not consolidate their interests and the Cuban Junta should
s reflC c i t c o u l d b e dcBtr ed bid for one airship and Spain should bid for the o t h e r — "
by means of this airhslfp B ^ °y In forty-
eipht hours." The ex-Attomey-fieneral did not wait for the end of the question.
"[Link]" came Involuntarily to the lips of the inquisitive nan. "I an ss certain as I can be of anything," he resumed, "that within a
"Exactly,"' answered the General. "That was my suggestion. Offer few months the airship will be flying as the operator directs, with tli
this airship to the Cubans for a price that would repay the Inventor wind or against the wind. The defecta to be remedies' are few. There
at once and supply him with a sufficient fortune. Undoubtedly venture­ It the wavering 1 spoke about and there 1* alto difficulty in keeping
some r-en would take whatever risk there might he In manning the airship the ship stationary in the air. I an assured by the inventor that hi*
for a generous share of the proceeds. From this ship Havana right be •hip will carry a ton in weight."
destroyed In forty-eight houtB. You see, there are ample reasons t*k "If the ship flies by night, why ia it not seat up In the daytime!
that the Inventor should not be known. He might he arrested as a fili­ "That I cannot answer. 1 did not ask the Inventor. He left here
buster. Therefore I advlaed him to say nothing about his Invention, but a short tin* ago. I believe he la not well known In thl* State.
lie was anxious to make a public statement and to disclose his Identity, He if a foreigner—an Italian, 1 should Judge, form his appearance."
na so much matter about the airship has been printed, but he sees the The Inquialtive man had one more question: "Why were you subatl-
reason in my counsel and will say nothing." tuted for Mr. Collins in the position of attorney for the Inventor?"
"Do you mean that the airship could reach Havana from San Francisco "Because the Inventor aald Hr. Collins talked too ruch," an*w*red
In forty eight hours?" Ceneral liart, seriously.
"lio, I did not say that," answered Kfc« funeral Hart, "I said that "So you have advised your client to say nothing ahout the airship,
from the airship the city could be destroyed in forty-eight hours. and you will say nothing about it yourself!"—this from the ran k*io
The ship would be taken to Cuba or to the neighborhood." asked quaatlons.
"1/here Is the ahip now?" "Yes, that'a itl" said Ceneral Hart. The Inventor told ne this
"That information I do not'care to give. I mav say that some afternoon I should not see him again for a week," The Central glance.'
alight improvements muat be made before 'thia "airship la thoroughly through the window as though expecting a flight of airships to tiK
satisfactory. Now in the East an airship " office. He excused himself again fron giving anv Information, mi l
"Are there more airships than one?" asked the inquisitive man of turning to his desk applied himself to a studv of the latest d»cls1oi"i
this military oracle who was peopling the void air with flying engines on the laws of aerostatics.
of destruction. Close upon thia unaatlafactory conversation with Ceneral HsM £<"•»
"Yes. I was lust going to tell you," said General Hart, "I an to "The Examiner" thia significant letter: //:;ovrn-her -4. il-^6. .'
Interested in a device for storing electricity, a storage battery, in To the Editor of "The Examiner"—Sir: As there seems to bi> A r,uo<
fact, much lighter and otherwise better than any other battery yet in­ deal of skepticism aa to whether or not a ship capable of navi[iili'r
vented. A man In the East la using this storage battery In an airahlp the air has finally been invented and constructed, this IK to i«fi'rr
he has constructed," the people of San Francisco through your columns that [Link] nifi>t,
"Where Is this inventor?" November 26th, at about [81:30 o'clock, I will approach the ell'1 frr»
"Well, I think there Is no harm In telling you. lie is in New Jer­ a point In the direction of the Cliff House, at an elevation of M'otit
sey. His name hns been printed in the papers within three weeks, I 1,000 feet. I will return over the aame course about 11 o'clock. 1 -i
shall not come closer to Identification of hla than that. I saw him raking some experiments in the heavy winds outside the Col den Gate. I
and saw his airship while I was East. My interest in the storage bat­ aa then going over the Sierras with my ship and will probably not be
tery that he uses bropght us together.? back for several daya.
"Do you represent that Inventor?" Aa the secret it soon to be made public, I desire to prepare the
"Yes",* I nay'say that"I represent both him and the California lnven- people for it and to convince thea that an airship is at laat «n actu-
tor," answered the attorney with two airahlps tied to his string. "I allty, and that another era la at hand when transportation methods are
have advised a consolidation of their Interest, and this advice is to be revolutionized. Respectfully, THE INVEliTOR.
taken. The good points of each machine will be used. I will say to Ceneral Hart should beware. HI ia in danger of loslnn hi* client.
you frankly that I believe the Californian invention is better than The Inventor threatens to cross the Sierra and the wavering caused bv
the Eastern invention. The only trouble trlth the airship made In Npw the hat-shaped parachute haa not yet been steadied.
Jersey Is that it will not stay in the air. It moves through the air, Having proved that the mystic light above la "reflected" and from a
but Its course i3 toward the ground. The Californian inventor has a an sir ship now the necessity comes to prove that it cone* fron Venu*,
machine thnt will stay in the air. The appliance that keeps It in the the evening star. Between 5:30 and 8 o'clock laat evening throng*
air la a great parachute that opens automatically when the ship des­ upon th* streets gazed at a bright light in the West and shouted,
cends and closes automatically when the ship Ascends. The parachute "That'a It, chat's it, right over the Twin Peaks." That was It, or, to
is something of the shape of a hat"—and the Ceneral Illustrated the be more gallant, that was she. This assertion 1* made with all the
automatical movement of the parachute with his brown Alpine hat which weight of the knowledge of the genial astronomer Profeasor George David
had recently been in the rain, pushing it together with hla hands to •on. The profeasor .looked out of hit back window when a reporter
show the closing as the airship ascended and then pulling It open to asked liia to tell" Y O B * thing ahout that bright "light in the skv. 'That
show the effect of descent. "This hat-shaped parachute keeps the ship is Venus, the evening, star," answered the Professor. "Here, look at
In the air and makes the descent very gentle when the ship comes to It," and he pointed a telescope at"the bright light.'' Just Venn*.
the ground. It seems, however, to Impart to the ship a wavering motion S o o n "C|,e bright light" auddenly disappeared from sight, "It's cone,
as It leaves the ground, upward bound. This la a defect to be remedied M i d the crowd. "A cloud," said the Professor, and that's all (herr 1*
This'parachute Is the principal advantage of the Californian invention c o t n a c wuucx Story.
over the New Jersey Invention. But the Hew Jersey man has so construc­ Later in the evening ruddy Kara cane into view, and imnedUtelv lr-
ted his ship that should it drop into the sea it becomes a water boat. came an airship. Mars was lnr>edistely turned to profit by the pr<Tttr-
The Californian airship has not this advantage. If it should drop into tor of the nickel-s-throw telescope, which for years haa been aired
the water the occupants might be drowned. I believe, hovever, that by akyward from either the corner of Grant avenue and [Link] street or t!'
a slight change in the form the Callfornisn airship can be made to be­ comer of Stockton and Market streets. He Is the man with the rtmtral
come a water boat as well. For the safety of the passengers I think voice who-chirps "lovely Moon" when the theatres close. But the teles­
this modification should be made." cope man has had no use for the moon during the past feu evening*. It'*
1
'Are the two airships similar in construction?" all airship now, and the telescope man wishes airships right tor-r In
"Yes, similar in many respecta," responded the attorney. "It la flocks forever. Last night he wsa surrounded from sunset until rid-
remarkable that w» two men working at opposite ends of the continent night by a crowd of fifty to two hundred people. The telescope w*s
should have developed machines so much alike in many respecta." aimed at the red planet. Hats. Flakea of cloud were floatlnp *<rr<"-*
"Haa the local airship been in the air?" the sky during the early part of the evening, and these W M M no^ »nrf
then obscure the star.
"Yes, it has been in the air. I have no doubt that the object seen
in the air over Sacramento and over Oakland, and possibly also over "There, tha light haa gone out," someone would shout, and then every
Twin Peaka, this city, was the airship. The light that Is seen, I may ey« would he strained into the fog bank, eagerly watching for the reap-
tell you. Is a reflected light, not a direct light, like a headlight. louoi pearanc* of the light.
Some people who have seen it ssy thnt it looka like an arcllght. Of "There it ia again," would be the cry when a rift in the clouds
course It ia not on arcllght. That is absurd. To provide the current brought the red planet again into view.
for an arcllght would require almost aa much power as to operate tho "A nickel a peep at the flying machine," was the teleseppe r m ' i
ship." song, and tha hardest work he had to do was to take In the nickels and
"Have you seen it In the air?" asked the Inquisitive man. keep in line thoae who were fighting with one soother to get at the
"Hot the local Invention. I have seen the New Jersey invention In eyepiece. There were plenty of people willing to suenr that they **w
the air, however," was the answer. "I believe thoroughly, howover. the"llght" oscillate and bob around moat playfully. There were even
that the airahlp constructed in this State haa been in the air. t those who could see the "dark object" to which the light waa attached
believe the Inventor. I have no idea that he is insane. I believe nine and not a few could discern the wings.
Hr, Collins, in whom I have great confidence and for whom I have great
While Mars blaied eerently in the lenlth, lights of various sliea '
reepect. Why not? The thing neeesflary to send up an airship tn suffic­
and shapea flitted across the sky. Hany of these were nyatlcal, accord-
ient power. Heretofore this power could not be obtained without over-
 ing to the condition of those who saw them, hut close to midnight th
43 Whichever I t u l t i m a t e l y p r o v e s t o b e , t h e s u b j e c t i s t o - d a y t h e
watchers thronged the downtown streets at that hour were rewarded by a l l - e n g r o s s i n g t o p i c . Greetings a r e tuned t o t h i s key; heated argu-
the sight of a strange reddish light, ittu floating nlr.h above all the n e n t a a r e e v o l v e d o u t o f i t ; w a g e r s a r e l a i d , and even p h y s i c a l s t r i f i
bullldinga and gradually ascending skyward. It vaa first Bern In the ha* b e e n e n g e n d e r e d o v e r t h e q u e s t i o n w h e t h e r o r n o t t h e r e r e a l l y a x l n
vlcinitv of Kuarny and Post streets, whence it rose slowly with the e x i s t s a successful a e r i a l t r a v e l e r .
wobbly motion affected by all serlsl travelers Chat have been sein Though t h e r e were many new and I n t e r e s t i n g developments y e s t e r d a y ,
latelv hereabouts. There was no hallucination about thisllght, md add n o t h i n g h a s y e t been b r o u g h t t o l i g h t t h a t d e f i n i t e l y and c o n c l u s i v e l y
all the scoffers who chanced to Ret a glimpse of it grew serious .is s o l v e s t h e M y s t e r y , and s p e c u l a t i o n c o n t i n u e s as a b s o r b i n g l y a s f o r
they noted the najestlc movement and the Chorouph business-like .iir t h e p a s t veek or a c r e .
that attended Its ascension. E x - A t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l H a r t In "an i n t e r v i e w f u l l y c o n f i r m e d h i s I n t e r ­
AS the weird light moved across the center of the city, steirM view o f t h e d a y b e f o r e and added nuch I n t e r e s t i n g i n f o r m a t i o n t o t h e
steadily southward either by the wind or by some unknown [Link] f i r s t s t a t e n e n t ho m a d e . Among o t h e r t h i n g s he s u b s t a n t i a t e d t h e n r * 1
known only to those concerned in its flight, cheers burst frfn th* r e p o r t s c o n c e r n i n g t h e a i r s h i p v h i c h c a n e from Sacramento by a f f l r j i l n p
crowds of watchers. In a short time other lights rose [Link] fro* on t h e a u t h o r i t y o f t h e i n v e n t o r t h a t t h e a i r s h i p was a c t u a l l y o v e r
the name corner. When the crowd on Kearny street observed that SOF-S S a c r a m e n t o when t h e p e o p l e t h e r e c l a i r t e d t o have seen i t .
relation might e^ist between this particular flock of airship* and the S a c r a m e n t o , a c c o r d i n g t o r e l i a b l e w i t n e s s e s , was a g s l n v i s i t e d Vy
roof of the llohorian Club the cheers were silenced. t h e a e r i a l v i s i o n l a s t n i g h t , which p u t Venus i n t o t h e shade by t h e
Then of course Che "bright light" is a lantern hanging f r m .1 H i e w i r e b r i l l i a n t glow o f I t s l i g h t s .
This can be proved by cumulative evidence from many sources. V.H. C o n s i d e r a b l e s p o r t was e n j o y e d by p r a c t i c a l J o k e r s l a s t nlRht In
llanraon. forcast official in the Weather Bureau, has made a study cf d i s p a t c h i n g f i r e b a l l o o n s s k y w a r d , b u t t h e y had no c o r e t h e i n ' " " " "
construction of cellular kites- and has used them In scientific study o f t h e a l l e g e d l i g h t s o f t h e a e r i a l m y s t e r y t h a n t h e d u l l [Link] c f n
of the currents of the air. Hr. llsmroon says every movement nf the c a n d l e r e s e n b l e s t h a t o f an i n c a n d e s c e n t l l f h t .
strange rights described by people who have seen them could he made by Venua a g a i n befcuiled p e o p l e a t some p o i n t s , b u t h e r d e c e p t i v e
lanterns attached to such kites as he makes and uses. The lights c h a r m s h a v e e v i d e n t l y been s h o r n o f siuch Of t h e i r power by t h e p a t l l -
could be made to move in a *low, majestic sweep by drawing in and let­ c a t i o n o f t h e s t o r y o f how p e o p l e had been B i s t a k l n g h e r for h e r
ting out the string. The kites are covered with cloth, and can be e a r t h l y and more i n t e r e s t i n g r i v a l . /
raised in the rain as well as in dry weather. Mr. Harmon confesses HAHT CONFIRMS THE STOUT FROM SACRAKElfTO. /
that he was strongly tempted to send up a kite bordered with lanterns, C e n e r a l Hart was a s r e t i c e n t y e s t e r d a y a s on t h e d*y p r e v i o u s r e ­
but he restrained his desire, and he declares that he does not know garding t h e i d e n t i t y of the reputed a i r s h i p ' s inventor or Ms vhere-
that any of the enthusiats in flying cellular kites, of whom there ore a b o u t s , h u t was more d e f i n i t e I n h i s a t a t e a e n t s a s t o t h e I d e n t i t y o f
about twenty In San Francisco arid Oakland, .have been playing s Joke t h e f l y i n g m a c h i n e , whose s e c r e t s a r e now r e p o s i n g in nTs~"bre»at. I'is
upon the aatcjiiiix people. words w e r e t h e f i r s t u t t e r e d by any r e l i a b l e p e r s o n p o s i t i v e l y c o n n e c t .
l . l i i l e t h e p e o p l e of C e n t r a l C a l i f o r n i a have been w a t c h i n g t h e f l i g h t i n g t h e i n v e n t i o n l a b i s c h a r g e w i t h t h e p e r e g r i n a t i n g l i g h t s ceen in
of f l o c k s of " a i r s h i p s , " a n o t a b l e c i t i z e n of San F r a n c i s c o , none t h e Heavens a t v a r i o u s p l a c e s d u r i n g t h e p a s t week.
o t h e r than t h e r e d o u b t a b l e James F, J . A r c h i b a l d , l e a d e r of t h e p a p e r "As I s t a t e d b e f o r e , " s a i d t h e e x - A t t o r n e y - f t e n e r a l , " I have n o t i t ­
c h a s e , s o c i a l h e r o and i n s u r a n c e a g e n t , h a s been p r e p a r i n g t o p e r f o r m s e l f s e e n t h e m a c h i n e i n a c t i o n o r a t r e s t , and I c a n n o t a t t h i s t i r . e
a deed of d a r i n g in a e r o n a u t i c s . Mr. A r c h i b a l d haa r e c e n t l y t a k e n a r e v e a l t h e , names o f t h e p e r s o n s connected, w i t h I t s I n v e n t i o n and c o n ­
s p i n t h r o u g h t h e E a s t , v i s i t i n g in Hew York, C l e v e l a n d and C h i c a g o . s t r u c t i o n for the reasons already s t a t e d , l o u know t h e I d e a now i s not
From C h i c a g o comes t h e newe of h i s p u r p o s e t o f l y . When t h e p e o p l e of t o g e t i t p a t e n t e d , h u t t o u s e i t f o r war p u r p o s e s .
New Mexico See Mr. A r c h i b a l d p a p e r - c h a s i n g in t h e s k i e s t h e y may t a k " I do know, h o w e v e r , t h a t i t made a f l i g h t l a s t n i g h t and was seen
him f o r an a l r h s i p o r a" S h b ' r t r i a g e t h u n d e r b i r d , and t h i s p u M f c . i t f o n i s i t E a s t Oakland by a l a d y , Krx* M r s . T a y l o r , t h e w i f e o f W.J. T a y l o r ,
made t o warn them what t o e x p e c t . The f a c t s a r e r e l s t e d In t h e f o l l c w - who i s a b o o k k e e p e r and who l i v e s i n E a s t O a k l a n d . She saw n o t o n l y
lng telegram: t h e l i g h t s , b u t an o u t l i n e o f t h e s h i p . I t was a l s o seen by o t h e r s in
CHICAGO, November 2 4 . — J a m e s P . J . A r c h i b a l d of San F r a n c i s c o l e f t t h e same l o c a l i t y . I do n o t know what t h e movements o f t h e machine a r e
Chicago f o r Che Ueat on l a s t n i g h t ' s t r a i n w i t h an I d e a in h i s h e a d . t o b e a t any p a r t i c u l a r t i n e , b u t I was t o l d by my c l i e n t t h a t I would
All he n e e d s i s n b a l l o o n and p o s s i b l y a p a r a c h u t e . n o t s e e h i s a g a i n f o r some d a y s , a s h e I n t e n d e d t o make e x p e r i m e n t a l
Ilia f i r s t i t o p w i l l be a t A l b u q u e r q u e , N.N. , for i t i s s l x t v n i l e i ( t r i p s w i t h h i s I n v e n t i o n r i g h t a l o n g f o r aor.e t i m e . "
by s t a g e from t h a t p o i n t t h a t h i s p r e s e n t c e n t e r of I n t e r e s t l i e s . Hr. "People a r s i n c l i n e d t o be s k e p t i c a l , g e n e r a l , " renarked the r e -
A r c h i b a l d has f r e q u e n t l y h e a r d t h a t 500 llavajo I n d i a n a long ago wer<- > J t ] M U t a x p o r t e r ( " o f t h e e x i s t e n c e o f t h e _ m a c h l n e and e x p e c t r e r ?
s t r a n d e d in t h e i r b a r r e n home on t o p o f a p l a t e a u - l i k e mountain h a l f a s t a t e m e n t from you d e f i n i t e l y c o n n e c t i n g t h e l i g h t s a l l e g e d t o have
t h o u s a n d f e e t h i g h , hy t h e s l i d i n g away of t h e e a r t h on t h e o n l v a c c e s - been seen t r a v e l i n g t h e a i r w i t h t h e i n v e n t i o n now l a your c h a r g e . '
B i b l e a i d e of t h e h i l l . T h a t l a n d s l i d e l e f t t h e home of t h e s e I n d i a n s "So f a r a s t h e p u b l i c i s c o n c e r n e d , " s m i l i n g l y r e p l i e d t h e a t t o r ­
c u t o f f from t h e world by four g r e a t p r e c i p i c e s . A c c o r d i n g t o t r a d i t ­ n e y , " w e do n o t c a r e what t h e y t h i n k o f t h e t a t t e r . In f a c t , we would
ion t h e v l a c k e d t h e i n g e n u i t y t o f i n d a way down so t h e y s t a r v e d t o r a t h e r t h e y b e l i e v e d i t a t h i n g o f f a n c y . We a r e not a s k i n g t h e p u t l l r
d e n t i l . T h e i r h o n e s l i e t h e r e i n t h e New FBxican s a n d s , w h i t e n i n g , a c ­ * i f o r a n y t h i n g and do n o t p r o p o a e x t o do s o , and t h e r e f o r e d o n ' t p r o ­
c o r d i n g t o Mr. A r c h i b a l d ' s b e s t knowledge and b e l i e f . p o s e t o t a k e them i n t o o u r c o n f i d e n c e . "
How !lr. A r c h i b a l d p r o p o s e s t o s e e f o r h i m s e l f . The g r a t l f l c . i t i o n "But y o u r r e p u t a t i o n i s more a r l e s s a t s t a k e In view o f t h e s t a t e ­
of h i s c u r i o s i t y w i l l in l a r g e m e a s u r e r e p a y t h e t r o u b l e and f i n a n c i a l ments p u b l s i h e d i n t h e n e w s p a p e r s and f o r which you have become s p o n ­
o u t l a y , t h o u r h he s u s p e c t s t h a t reward i n t h e n a t u r e of llsvjo M M N S W s o r . "
b a s k e t s , r i c h o r e s , b l a n k e t s an'd~eVeletbha""await8 him. " W e l l , a l l I c a n s a y on t h a t s c o r e i s t h a t t h e i n t e r v i e w w i t h r * «e
I t i s i n a b a l l o o n t h a t Mr. A r c h i b a l d w i l l l i f t h i n s e l f t o t h e t o p p u b l i s h e d i n The C a l l i s a b s o l u t e l y c o r r e c t I n e v e r y p a r t i c u l a r , a n i I
of t h i s m y s t e r i o u s m o u n t a i n , and i t l a i n a p a r a c h u t e t h a t he hones t o w i l l add t h i s on t h e a u t h o r i t y o f a s t a t e m e n t made t o c e by t h e i n v e n ­
f e t h i m s e l f down. A f t e r t h e e x p e d i t i o n he w i l l be p r e p a r e d w i t h e r t o tor. He t o l d Be he a c t u a l l y went o v e r i a c r s m e n t o a t t h e t i d e t h e
c o n f i r m o r t o laugh at t h e l e g e n d . The e x p l o r e r on l e a v i n g Chicago p e o p l e t h e r e c l a i m e d t o h a v e s e e n t h e a i r s h i p . The I n v e n t o r has now
did not take n b a l l o o n . He s a i d he would r e n t one In A l b u q u e r q u e . p r a c t i c a l l y d e c i d e d t o f o l l o w ay a d v i c e > t o m a i n t a i n a s t u c h s e c r - c y
Mr. G e o r g e , who r e p r e s e n t s Mr. A r c h i b a l d ' s b u s i n e s s i n t e r e s t s a s p o s s i b l e , and c o n s e q u e n t l y I d o n ' t want t o go i n t o p a r t i c u l a r s
d u r i n g t h e a b s e n c e of t h e l a t t e r , h a s n o t been informed o f t h e f u g i t i v e a b o u t i t . *
p u r p o s e of h i s p r i n c i p a l , and h e n c e c a n n o t g i v e any l i g h t upon t h e "Where was I t p u t t o g e t h e r ! Was I t n o t i n t h e v i c i n i t y of C r o T l l l t ? '
r e a s o n of t h i s o u t b u r s t f o r s c i e n t i f i c r e s e a r c h . John Crookn, who was " T h a t I s a q u e s t i o n I do n o t c a r e t o a n s w e r . "
t h e uKinlre of t h e p a p e r c h a s e s t h a t Mr. A r c h i b a l d g a l l a n t l y led o v e r «v * . , ... . , *, .. *.. , t>
t h e h i lpl s of K a r i n ,i haa n o t been a d m i t t e d t o t h e c or n '"«"7 f i d e n c e iof
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Mr.
wer "You have s t a t e d t h a t v o u _ a r e s a t i s f i e d t h e i n v e n t i o n i s a »iwr*ssTf
A r c h i b a l d c o n c e r n i n g the a s c e n s i o n . T h e r e f o r e t h e u n d e r w r i t e r s and ."lea. I have i m p l i c i t c o n f l d e n c V l r T i t and t h a t i t la a s u c c e s s ,
s o c i e t y must depend upon p r e s s t e l e g r a m s f o r I n f o r m a t i o n of t h e d i s ­ b e c a u s e I t i a v e r y l i k e t h e o n e I a a v i n Hew J e r s e y , and which I w i t ­
c o v e r y of t h e b o n e s of t h e N a v a l o s , r u d e l y c u t o f f from t h e i r n e i g h b o r s nessed, make a f l i g h t o f f i f t e e n o r t w e n t y r o d s . '
by t h e d e s c e n t of t a k t h e m o u n t a i n s i d e . Did Dr. E.H. Benjamin a s s i s t In t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e m a c h i n e ! "
" I d o n ' t know D r . B e n j a m i n , and d o n ' t know w h e t h e r he d i d o r n o t . "
However, San F r a n c i s c o h a s s u f f i c i e n t now t o engage i t s a t t e n t i o n "From what do you d e r i v e y o u r c o n f i d e n c e i n t h e a i r s h i p ; from
In w a t c h i n g Mars " w o b b l e " and i n s p e c t i n g t h e f l o c k s of t h u n d e r h l r d s h a v i n g s e e n i t i n a c t u a l o p e r a t i o n , from a view o f i t a t r e s t o r s i e p l y
v i s i b l e e v e r y n i g h t and g r o w i n g . f r o * having seen t h e p l a n s ! "
PLACtRVILLE, November 2 4 . — T h i s e v e n i n g a t h a l f p a s t 6 o ' c l o c k
" I h a v e a e e n t h e p l a u B . I h a v e no d o u b t t h a t when t h e machine i s
l i g h t s were seen i n t h e h e a v e n s p a s s i n g from n o r t h t o s o u t h o v e r t h i s
completed i t v l l l be a s u c c e s s . "
c i t y and d e c l a r e d by s e v e r a l r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s who saw i t t o be an
airship. I t was v i s i b l e f o r f i v e m i n u t e s and t r a v e l e d a g a i n s t t h e "What do you mean by b e i n g c o m p l e t e d ! "
"When I t 1 B c o m p l e t e d f o r t h e p u r p o s e f o r which i t i s now I n t e n d e d
. ^ w l n d w i t h a r o c k i n g movement.
t o u t i l i i e i t — f o r war p u r p o a e s . I t would drown everybody i n i t i f i t
1896 Xovember 26 (Th) The C a l l (San F r a n c i s c o ) , p . 1 . (card l j were t o f a l l o v e r a body o f w a t e r a s i t l a now b u i l t . "
"What a r e t h e o t h e r weak p o l n t a t h a t t h e I n v e n t o r i a t r y i n g t o p e r ­
HART STANDS BY HIS SHIP / A C o n f i r m a t i o n Of t h e S t o r y R e c e i v e d from f e c t by theae t r i a l f l i g h t s ! "
S a c r a m e n t o . / THE MYSTERY AGAIN JtSEEN AT THE CAPITAL. / I t Makes I t s "From what I u n d e r s t a n d i t haa t o be a b l e t o c a r r y power enough t o
A p p e a r a n c e i n t h e Company o f t h e D e c e p t i v e l y B r i l l i a n t V e n u s . / JOKERS s m l n t a l n i t s e l f i n t h e a i r f o r a c e r t a i n number o f c o n s e c u t i v e h o u r s ,
MAKE GENEROUS PURCHASES OF FIRE BALLOONS. / More Hew and I n t e r e s t i n g say about s i x . I t can n o " m a i n t a i n i t s e l f f o r s t x ~ h o u r s . T u t not
P a r t i c u l a r s R e g a r d i n g t h e Local I n v e n t i o n Given by t h e E x - A t t o m e y - a g a i n s t t h e w i n d . To s a i l a g a i n s t t h e wind o r a t a n g l e s t o i t w r «
General. / power i s r e q u i r e d t h a n t o go w i t h I t . Then i t l a n d s t o o q u i c k l y . T h e r e
E i t h e r t h e r e p u t e d a i r s h i p I s o n e o f t h e most g i g a n t i c hoaxes o f I s no p r o v i s i o n f o r n a i n t a i n i n g i t I n t h e a i r when t h e power g i v e s o u t ?
t b e a g e , o r i t I s one o f t h e most w o n d e r f u l a d v a n c e s made i n m e c h a n i - I s i t n o t p o s s i b l e t h a t p e o p l e f r e q u e n t l y t a k e t h e p l a n e t s , such
c a l s c i e n c e , and i s t h e s o l u t i o n o f t h e g r e a t p r o b l e m o f a e r i a l l o c o m o - M V e n u s , Mars and J u p i t e r , which now a p p e a r v e r y c l e a r l y In t h e s k y ,
t i o n which h a s e n l i s t e d t h e i n v e n t i v e g e n i u s o f many c e n t u r i e s . f or t j , e a i r > n i p i "
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"In a l l p r o b a b i l i t y . The a i r s h i p sometimes displays one llpht ft"d j l l t y quickly l e f t his face and he t a l d : "This slaply p t i i n ey und-r
sometimes t h r e e . These l i g h t s are under control and can be used as de- Islanding. That is c e r t i a n l y DO s t a r , and I won't a t t e e p t to offer an*
txu* Hired by the person managing the a i r s h i p . 1 have no adoubt that {explanation."
— you will have ample and unmistakable evidence of the existence of the Professor Dodge of Gait, vho la in attendance on the Teachers' In
Invention In a few days. The machine will be made plain to the p u b l i c . t i t u t e . n o v in session, saw the I g t h t l i g h t and declared that he could
Hi ough my advice i s to Keep the d e t a i l s of i t s construction s e c r e t . " distinguish the o u t l i n e s of a dark body connected with i t , but so ln-
How t h i s evidence was to be presented the general did not say, but t s d l s t i n c t l y as to be *xi* unable to give any idea of i t * shape.
alloved i t to be understood that the machine would be brought BO close Judge W.A. Henry was also an i n t e r e s t e d s p e c t a t o r , and also pro­
to the e a r t h ' s surface that i t s shape vould be plainly d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e , claims i t not a fake, but a r e a l i t y ,
a v e i l as the l i g h t s that are nov seen. Charles T, i t u Jones, the attorney, was a s p e c t a t o r , but firmly di
Picking up some telegrams, General Hart called a t t e n t i o n to the clined to give any opinion as to what the l i g h t was, excep't to say thi
fcividespread and deep i n t e r e s t the reports of the f l i g h t s of the a e r i a l he thought i t was n e i t h e r a s t a r , a meteor nor • fake.
vjnder have created. "Here are telegrams from two flew York papers," he W.R. Stone of the Secretary of S t a t e d ' t office vat also deeply in­
•ald~T»)ti'ng"me t o confirm the reports~telegrTptied East about the i n ­ t e r e s t e d in the moving mystery. He said:
vention. One of them asks for 500 vords, but a l l I s h a l l say in answer " I t loots l i k e an arc l i g h t and moves as though attached to sore
l a t h a t I believe the a i r s h i p w i l l be a success and t h a t the inventor kind of v e s s e l , and i s cdrtainly_nelther a lantern, attached to a kite
i n s i s t s on secrecy, and haa nothing more to say at p r e s e n t . " / nor any kind of a fake t h a t I con imagine. I oust confess that I nr.
ILL SACRAMENTO AGAPE. / Thousands Confident the Airship Mystery Hade stumped to find an explanation of the mystery other than that It n * 1
Another V i s i t . an air vessel."
SACRAMENTO, C a l , , HOY. 25.--Again the mysterious a e r i a l v i s i t a n t Such vere the expressions of but a few of some of the leading swr
made i t s appearance over t h i s c i t y t h i s e v e n i n g and within a few b r l e l o f n o t e l o t h l * c i t T > * ° d t h e r e v e r e hundreds who stood in clojc ITOI
moments the e n t i r e c i t y was in an uproar of excitement. l a i t y to these few and vho uttered similar sentiments.
* The floating searchlight was plainly v i s i b l e t o a l l the gating Lieutenant Fred Martin, cormander of the Signal Corps, who- vns m.
thousands, and I t so timed i t s a r r i v a l as to appear at the same time onlooker,said:
that Venus, the b r i l l i a n t evening s t a r , was illuminating the heavens. " I t simply passes a i l explanation, and I am fully convinced this '.
The onlookers found that a marked difference existed between Venus and no fake. This afternoon two gentlemen, Messrs. Kalncs and F l e r h i r t ,
her strange a e r i a l competitor. This difference consisted not only in came Into ay Office about b o'clock and told me that thrv h«d .lu'.i ni
the narked color of the l i g h t s , but also in the s i t e of the two l i g h t s , the a i r s h i p moving over the c i t y in a northeasterly direction. [Link]
Large and b r i l l i a n t as t Is Venus, queen of the heavens, the l i g h t described I t as a dark, s l e t y object, traveling at an [Link] r-eifi-.i .
shown by the mysterious a e r i a l . v i s i t a n t proved t o be fully t h r e e times yet v i s i b l e against the c l e a r blue of the e t h e r , I did not pay v-ry
as l a r g e . much a t t e n t i o n to t h e i r story at the titae, as I was Inclined to thtiif
When the searchlight of the v i n g e d j r l s l t o r f i r s t appeared i t vafl fcey night have seen a cloud, but they were l e r l d e n t l y much in ; m r < i
seen moving rapidly" from the"'northeast and'heaaing in a ^southwesterly In t h e i r deliberations and said that no clouds were v i s i b l e and t i n t
d i r e c t i o n . As i t neared the southern boundary of the c i t y I t turned the dark object moved with great r a p i d i t y . How that I have seen this
d i r e c t l y toward the west and a f t e r passing the c i t y vent south, being nx* mysterious l i g h t coming from the sane direction in which t-iev )*v
d i s t i n c t l y v i s i b l e for upward of twenty minutes. I t moved with far i t going,I a* rather inclined to believe that they have been eve-uit-
more r a p i d i t y than i t had been seen t o do In i t s two former v i s i t s , and S V ' S ^ f . ^ S ^ S y '.t e r i o u * i l r I e f B *f" /
t h i s would be accounted for in case i t be a v e r i t a b l e a i r s h i p by the DR. BEWAWH DISAPPEARS / Tht Friend of the Inventor Changes His Place
fact of the calmness of the atmosphere, there being not a breath of of Resldenca.
wind moving at the time of i t s f i r s t appearance. Dr. E.H. Benjamin, formerly of 633 £ l l i a s t r e e t , vho is reputed to
Later in the evening i t again approached the c i t y from the west, hava considerable knowledge of the a i r s h i p , has apparently disappeared
having evidently made a c i r c l e , and passed away t o the north and e a s t , and as mysteriously at the l i g h t that so many thousands have seen In
thus completing the c i r c u i t of the c i t y , a n d allowing nearly a l l the ■ the heavens.
r e s i d e n t s a perfect view of the mysterious v i s i t a n t . There were many, For two years past Dr. Benjamin had rented the front room of t h i s
however, who failed t o leave t h e i r houses in time to catch a glimpse ol lodging-house from E.H. JCeiaer, but yesterday the f u r n i t u r e , carpets
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the swiftly moving l i g h t and vho, when they did reach the open and jtaxi *« household fixtures were disposed of under the auctioneer's hammer,
gated up into the ethereal v a u l t , saw nothing but Venus; but the vast w h c r B •**• l ^ * * " *»<* ***■ tenanta have gone was not s t a t e d , nor was
,thero
, majority saw both—Venus and the moving s e a r c h l i g h t . " reason given except one given in the s p i r i t of fun by a pretty
Among the numerous groups gating skyward t h i s evening was one com- b r u n e t t e , vho said:
posed mainly of State o f f i c i a l s and prominent lawyers of the c i t y , and ^ ° » T e had t o «»*« r ° r o u r s e l f - p r o t e c t i o n . You see, since that
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t h e i r expressions of aaaiement and, l a c a s e s , intense chagrin were very *irsnip u story has been a f l o a t , the representatives of the press hav.
been
p l a i n l y expressed, often in vigorous though perhaps not eloquent or c a l l i n g "ere at a l l times of the day aad night t o see and i n t e r -
v i e v Dr
refined Saxon. ' Benjamin. Why, some of them have camped upon the front steps
Hon. E.D, McCabe, a e c r e t a r y ' t d "Governor Buddi was one of t h i s group_until b o'clock In the morning, and i f they had n6t been personally
and as i t was the f i r s t time he had witnessed the Mysterious l i g h t s he 'known to the police no doubt the officers would have suspected that
was correspondingly a\ia astonished. Daring the past week ha has been .there was trouble in the house. ~"0ur~house has become anobjeet of c u r
inclined to laugh at the theory t h a t a e r i a l navigation had been accom­ i o s i t y to every one who passes, and dotens have stopped and looked up
p l i s h e d , and in speaking of the subject a f t e r the disappearance of the t o the windows as though they expected to see the windovs open and an
v i s i t a n t he said: a i r s h i p or two fly o u t , and a l l because the name of Dr. Benjamin has
"I am simply astonished, and w i l l not attempt to give any explana­ been connected with the airhshlp s t o r y . "
tion of t h i s mystery. The l i g h t i s c e r t a i n l y produced by e l e c t r i c i t y "Where i s Dr. Benjamin toTday!" vas asked of the lady, but before
or magnesia, and can by no p o s s i b i l i t y be a s t a r or a meteor. Again, she could answer the gllb-tongued auctioneer chipped in and s l i d : "He
there vere seconds when i t flickered and disappeared e n t i r e l y from has gone to get his a i r s h i p and take t h i s lady to Europe, where he vlli
view, exactly as I have time after time observed ordinary arc l i g h t s tarry her,"
to do when the current was interrupted, After the p a r t i e s had Joked to t h e i r own apparent satisfaction thej
"In my Judgment i t c e r t a i n l y resembled an extra l a r g e arc l i g h t , gave t h i s information. Dr. Benjamin l e f t the house early in the t u r n ­
and i t moved so rapidly t h a t I vas obliged t o repeatedly step back ing—about 8 o'clock as near as they could Judge. He said that he
several feet in order to keep i t in view over the intercepting b u i l d - j would be back at noon, but he failed to r e t u r n .
ings, I am not prepaared to say i t i s an a i r s h i p , although i t c e r t a i n - Before leaving he packed up a l l his effects in t r u n k s , which the
l y looked as though attached to a body of some kind. I can only say lauctioneer and bis a s s i s t a n t s moved into a back room there to v . H
t h a t 1 am thoroughly convinced t h a t i t i s a mystery and in my mjudgmentiuntil the owner should r e t u r n . Those who noved his effects found In
n e i t h e r a s t a r nor a fake. his room some refuse copper which furnished food for comment for a
D i s t r i c t Attorney Frank D. Ryan viewed the v i s i t o r for the f i r s t l o n g t i m e . These consisted of a l o t of copper cups about the cite of
time. After expressing h i s astonishment he muttered: "And there will ferules for small canes. As these t o some extent resembled p r e us»ion
be strange sights seen in the heavens. Wars and rumors of wars. I I caps, such as are used on the end of b l a s t i n g fuse, i t was suRpee'eJ
shall c e r t a i n l y attend church to-morrow, for t h i s may be the advent of t h a t the l i t t l e cups were a part of the material to be used, as Attor­
the millennium."" Then laughing he said: ney Hart suggested, for the destruction of Havana.
"That thing Is too deep for me. I d o n ' t understand I t . I t mlpht The romance of these l i t t l e pieces of brass vaa s h a t t e r e d , however,
be that a e r i a l t r a v e l has been accomplished. I t seems as strange and when i t was learned that Dr. Benjamin has been experimenting upon con­
Improbable as vere the inventions of the telephone, phonograph and tinuous brldgevork for t e e t h and these l i t t l e cups vere the crowns for
d e c t r i c power as applied to s t r e e t c a r a . " rows of a r t i f i c i a l g r i n d e r s . Many of these cups vere taken avay by the
George A. McCalvy, Deputy Secretary of S t a t e , said: "I confess I a u c t i o n e e r ' s a s s i s t a n t s for souvenirs, but upon being told that they
am simply *amaied, for ever since the f i r s t appearance of the reputed were only unfinished store t e e t h the men tossed t h e i r copper cups into
a i r s h i p I have been a most pronounced s k e p t i c . Attorney Collins of the s t r e e t in d i s g u s t .
San Francisco is an intimate friend of mine, and I must confess that I Dr. Benjamin did not return during the afternoon or evening and
have experienced considerable amusement by interviewing him by 'phone althouth In the evening a dim l i g h t was to be seen in one of the rooms
since h i s reported connection withthe a i r v e s s e l . In the language of no response was made t o a c a l l a t the door. In t r u t h the door b e l l was
the day, ' I have done many things to Attorney C o l l i n s , ' but you may put fastened on the I n s i d e . Thus Dr. Benjamin disappeared. Whether his
me on record as saying that I am nov fully convinced that there Is more effects have been removed or not la a matter of conjecture.
t r u t h than poetry in the old adage ' t h a t he laughs best vho lsuchs In connection with the movements of Dr. Benjamin there Is one i n c i ­
last.' This l i g h t is c e r t a i n l y no fake and I am almost tempted to be­ dent t h a t apparently connects him with the inventor of the a i r s h i p . I t
lieve that the problem of a e r i a l t r a v e l is solved." will be remembered that several people who claim to know much about tht
J.A. fonion. Assessor of Ventura County, was" one of the onlookers. new whip of tha nicies have stated that i t was b u i l t near Orovllle and
I t required considerable persuasion t o induce him t o cross the s t r e e t
to catch a glimpse of the mysterious v i s i t a n t , but the look of Incredu-'
 that i t s f i r s t flight was taken therefrom on the night that the l U h t s ' aaaid Mr. Peoples, l a s t evening, ^jut as yet ve have not captured o n . . .
vere seen in Sacramento. Also that, they inventor and owner Is or VBB * " i r we do find one a l l four of ua (we measure a l l together •o»*thi'V
wealthy-resident of Orovllle, The l a t t e r statement waa made by Attor- l i k e tventy-four fe»t i l l inches) w i l l Jump a l l / p . 2 / over hi* for hit
ney Collins at the time when ex-Attorney-Ceiieral Hart said that he i d i o t i c a c t s , and i t i s safe t o say t h a t he w i l l reform." /
talked too much. On that occasion Mr. Collins stated that the inventor U K ATTRACTIVE VEHUS. / Her Charms S t i l l Beguiling Many of the [Link]
waa brought t o him by a c l i e n t , In the same interview he acknowledged l a t e d .
t hat Dr. BenJJmin luunc has wealthy r e l a t i v e s in or near Orovllle. AUBUHlf ,Cal_., Nov. 25.—People here have been inclined to discredit
I t was learned laot evening that a few days before the appearance t t e siexistencc of the a e r i a l t r a v e l e r of the heavens but l a s t nlfht
of the a i r s h i p ' s l i g h t s over the Sacramento Valley Dr. Benjamin went found several r e l i a b l e c l t l x e n . vho can swear that they aaw the l i g h t
to Orovllle to see his r e l a t i o n s . *" t h e » k 3'' , , ., . ,, _ , -
His v i s i t at that p a r t i c u l a r time has given r i s e to some specula- John T. Walsh, hospital steward, noticed a l i g h t in the western sky
tlon in the mind of Dr. Joseph D. Hodgen, secretary of the State Board Just about over Sacramento, forty miles d i s t a n t . He called h i . wife
of Dental Examiners, of 1005 Sutter s t r e e t . Last evening Dr. Hodgen add she and several of the hospital patienta vouchsafe the iiiyx story
... u t r u e . Their description Is that i t was a round l i g h t of yellowish
"I have known Dr. Benjamin for some time. He comes from Maine, I kahue, nearly as large as the sun. I t dipped and curved . f o r a while
bela-ieve He is not a regular practicing d e n t i s t , but he gives ouch of cd&ad then disappeared. Dave Chamberlain noticed a l i g h t in the he»-
his time to experiments in dental work. Of l a t e he has been at work vens vhen going t o supper shortly a f t e r 6 o'clock, and when he reached
upon continuous plate bridge work in a r t i f i c i a l t e e t h , and idea he got ho=* called his f a t h e r ' s and mother's a t t e n t i o n to i t . Deputy Record-
from a d e n t i s t from Oregon. <r Henry H a r t Is another vho saw i t . . < , , , ,
"About two veeks ago I met him with his gripsack in his hand on [Link]. ..Sov. 2U.-The a i r s h i p passed over Fresno at 6 o'clock
the s t r e e t , and he told me that he was going to Orovllle or Auburn for * t h i . evening. Only the l i g h t could be seen. Some .ay i t was Venus
aveek T SJS sure come t o ' t h l f f l r o r i t / that" I t was Oroville and not s e t t i n g . The l i g h t passed over the c i t y in a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n . /
Auburn He said t h a t he was going t o see hie a u n t . I have m o t seen , IBQUISITIVX RIVALS. / Searchlights Seeking for the Warship of the M r .
hla s i n c e . The day I saw him was e i t h e r on the 17th or the 12 l o s t . [ JCVALLEJO, C t l . , Hov. 25.—The searchlights oo the monitors Monad-
Soon after t h a t I saw the f i r s t accounts of the a i r s h i p over the I nock and Monterey are flashing throughout the heavens t h i s evening, in
Sacramento Valley." / hopes of discovering the vhereabouta of the great a i r s h i p . Up t o 8 o
HEW CONVERTS, / Dr. Paulin Ho Longer a Skeptic on the Airhahip Propo- ,.clock no discoveries have been made and i t i s expected by the officers
, ,on ; r t the yard t h a t some o t h e r course w i l l be pursued by the a i r voyafers
That each day i s witnessing the conversion of many skeptics t o the for fear that big Betsy and Alice on the Konterey w i l l be trained on
b e l i e f t h a t the a i r s h i p i s a v e r i t y i s shown by the willingness of u d fired at the varship of the a i r .
these doubting individuals to become witnesses to t h e i r nev f a i t h . P i c : Ex-Attorney-General W.H.B. Hart.
Last night Dr. Paulin of 175? Nineteenth s t r e e t . East Oakland, took J.896 November 2fi (Th) The Call (San Francisco), p. 6. (ed.)
the trouble to telephone his i n t e r e s t i n g experience to The Call. He
■ (aid. THE AIJtSHTF.
"I never had any f a i t h in the a i r s h i p u n t i l t o - n i g h t . About 8 o' rev things of recent occurrence haTe been more gratifying to The
clock Judge Horburgh, a neighbor, called to ua and told us we could see Call than the vay in which i t s reports of the airship have been receive*
the a i r s h i p . We looked out and saw above us what appeared to be a by the public. That a story so staange and so seemingly improbable as
group of xaxafour or five l i g h t s and above theo vaa outlined something t h i s should should have found a vide acceptance when coming from The CaJ
which had the form of a v h a l e . I t vas moving toward the City. Then i t i s , conclusive evidence that the people are aware The Call deals in no
changed i t s couree toward Saus&lito, and swerved again toward the City fakes, and that whatever i t reports i s well founded on reason and on
and soon vent out of s i g h t . " fact.
A night watchman a t (forth Berkeley says that he sav the l l g n t Tues~ Public opinion on the subject was well expressed by Editor Ualdsn ot
day night d i s t i n c t l y , and watched i t while i t traveled from San Pablo the K*p* Journal, at the State e d i t o r s ' convention in Vallejo, in saying
and crossed over u n t i l i t was back #f the high h i l l s of Berkeley. This that while he vas incredulous of the a i r s h i p he did not like to dis be-
aay give some indefinite sort of a clew concerning the place where the l i e v e the cany persons of known veracity aia claiming to have optical '
alleged a i r s h i p may be in hiding during the day, so t h i s nan thought, evidence of I t s existence. Hr, Walden added: "If the story had appear-
A noticeable fact connected with the mystery of the alleged a i r s h i p ed in any other paper than The Call I should have paid no attention to
l i that the l i g h t which i s observed Is seen to be t r a v e l i n g against t h e . i t . "
wind as often na v i t a i t . This vould not be the case i f the l i g h t vere This and other expressions of popular confidence in the r e l i a b i l i t y
c a r r i e d by a balloon or k i t e , as a matter of course. / ;and accuracy of the C a l l ' s reports on a l l r a t t e r s of public interest are
PRACTICAL JOKERS, / Lighted Balloons Sent Up in Various Parts of the i n the highest degree g r a t i f y i n g . I t will be borne in_mind The Call h*i
Cit„ never asserted the existence o'f an a i r s h i p , and never has undertaken
Toy balloons were sent soaring upward with hot a i r for a motor from even to describe on i t s own authority the strange llpht which has been
several places along Market s t r e e t l a s t n i g h t . The wind was b r i s k , and seen. I t h*a given only the reports of those who elaiired to have ,e*n
vhen once the balloons were above the roofs they traveled along s t e a d i l M t , and who being persons of reputation and good standing in the connu-
and n a t u r a l l y a t t r a c t e d some a t t e n t i o n . ' n i t y are e n t i t l e d to public confidence in what they say.
Soon, however, the fuel which gave them motion consumed the balloon The subject is one of popular i n t e r e s t and of no l i t t l e rublic ] - .
There vas no one who was stupid enough to believe for a moment that any portance. I t i s , t h e r e f o r e , nothing more than proper that a ncv$F>i>er
such proposition as t h a t had been sufficient at any time to deceive the which aims to give a l l the news a l l the time, and five i t accurately
many who have ascribed t o the mysterious a i r s h i p the possession of a everytlme, should gather these reports and seek d i l i g e n t l y to find upon
large e l e c t r i c l i g h t . Those who sent up the fire-balloons on Market what cause they are based. This Is what The Call has done and w i n
s t r e e t l a s t night soon t i r e d , observing that l i t t l e i n t e r e s t vas taken continue to do.
benj I t i s evident that so many men of good understanding cannot be
Several persona v i t h apparently an i d e a ' o f having a l i t t l e fun at wholly deceived in a matter of such a nature. There is c e r t a i n l y i a u
the expense of the public vent to the top of Hob Hill l a s t evening- akasome cause for the atrange l i g h t s which so many i n t e l l i g e n t people have
about 9:30 o'clock and sent up a h o t - a i r balloon with a Japanese Ian- Been and described. That cause ve are no* seeking out. We have no in­
tern attached to the bottom. tention nor object t o deceive the public. We aim simply to make knovn
Instead of mounting rapidly to a great height the thing wabbled the t r u t h . The readers of The Call may r e l y upon i t that they v l l l re-
around and floated off on the wind over Keamy s t r e e t toward the bay. ceive ae early as possible a full and complete uqux explanation of the
For half a mile i t scarcely rose 300 f e e t , and i t s construction and mystery whatever that may be. There i s c e r t a i n l y some cause for the
shape vere p l a i n l y seen. The people on Kearny s t r e e t Jeered at the f l i g h t and The K± Call w i l l find i t out.
fake a r t i c l e I»floated over them, and several suggested that Mr, HcEvcji 1896. liovember 2b (Th) San Francisco Chronicle, p. U . (card |)
of the American Detective Agency had changed h i s place of operation
from Inspiration Point, near Piedmont, to Hob H i l l , San Francisco. DIE AIRSHIP CRAZE FAST FADIHC AVAY. / [Link] HAS CFASKP. /
A local fireworks company reported to-day that they had been doing "ALUMINUM" BENJAMIN RISES TO EXPLAIN. / Rliroans Ills I'nfortunatc l.<n
abig balloon business within the l a s t few days. In fact they have soUand Says the Reporters Are Shortening His Life. /
lire Of t h i s kind of fireworks within a week than they hare since the Public i n t e r e s t in the airship proposition has waned considerably
flurth of J u l y . Purchases have been made by people from [Link], Hay- during the laat twenty-four hours. People are tired of cranlnt; O r I r
Exwards . F r u i t v a l e , Oakland, Berkeley and San Francisco. / necks and fazing into the sky on the invitation of any excltaMi' ?rr-
JCAIHST FAKERS. / A Vigilance Committee Formed in the Mission F i s t r i c t son who takes i t into his head that he sees something out of tin-
Public i n t e r e s t In the a i r s h i p i s growing every day and with wit- conmon.
fc as p r a c t i c a l jokers people have HO p a t i e n c e . Besides, i t is the jteneral impression that the nvuterlrus lriv»niur
The prevalence of small h o t - a i r b a l l o o n s , carrying dingy l i g h t s has been fooling long enough. If he wants to "hold the croud"it will
taacross the darkened heavens, Imposing on the c r e d u l i t y of persons be necessary for him not only to come out boldly and declare who ind
Hooking for an a e r i a l wanderer, has led to the forming Of a vigilance what he i s , but also to l e t people see his Invention under way In
committee. The committee i s at present composed of but four members-- broad daylifiht, without the mystic glamour of heavenlv [Link] I n *
James Peoples, £d Perley, Gue Skelly and K.L. Peoples, and is known as a n d j i r e balloons. Until that time I t may be taken for rrsntcd [Link] v»
the Mission Dolores Vigilance Committee. Although the orgainiiation t j , e a i r e n i p story, like o x many another dood story before I t , h n run
has but a fev member* each member i s capable of making i t thorowrhlv it> C0ur8ei
i n t e r e s t i n g for any man caught in the act of r e l e a s i n g a miniature gas- "Aluminum" Benlnnin, under whose ?lossv Mack hnt uorl" .in u n t t r l r j
bag. The most e n t h u s i a s t i c member Is James Peoples, the captain, who ^^ r o m a n e l c i m a R i n s t i o n , VAS on view a l l day yestcrdnv, and seefid
measures about six feet four inches and i s b u i l t in proportion. H- 1B thoroughly s a t i s f i e d « l t h the universal homage paid h l a . He is ■ tun
looking for and is anxious t o meet a p r a c t i c a l Joker with a balloon u U h a 0 1 t u r » j , l y Imposing appearance and unlimited belief in hi* own
under his arm. Then the [Link] commence. n powers of explanation, persuasion and conversation penerally.
i "We take an occasional t r i p to Twin Peaks in search of balloon n-n .
 " A l l t h i s b u l d e r d a n h nbout me and C o l l i n s p a r t i n g company I s a I69(t November 26 (Th) San F r a n c i s c o t x a n i n e r , p . 10. (card l)
f a k e — a [Link]'d fake—and n o t h i n g e l s e , " he s a i d v e s t e r d . l v . "Why,
me and C o l l i n s a r e l i k e b r o t h e r s . Thia a i r s h i p t r o u b l e h a s o n l y THE SCARECROW FLV-llY-IIIClfT. / Hie T h u n d e r b i r d p r e p a r l n r t o Throw r„F,
b r o u g h t us c l o s e r t o g e t h e r , and he hag a c t e d l i k e a d a n d y . The man ■ t V e y l e r . - / A i r s h i p s Cone Not in S i n g l e S p i e s , but in T l a t t a l l o n s I n ­
t h n t navs I nave gone o f f and J o i n e d f o r c e a w i t h any o t h e r a t t o r n e v ia v a d i n g t h e B l u e . / P l e n t y of A u t h o r i t y , b u t Moat of I t "a* F i l t e r e d
a liar." Through T h r e e o r Four S e n e r a t i o n s , / SCIENTIFIC KEN PSOUE TO SCOFF /
lienjamin h a s been t a l k i n g v o l u b l y f o r two d a y s a b o u t a working Every County in t h e S t a t t Has One or More F i e r y M o n s t e r s C a r e e n i n g V;
model of h i s " I n v e n t i o n . " ile h a s been a s k e d a [Link] t i n e s t o d e s c r i b e l n ( j Down t h e Heavens. /
i t , but hau n e v e r y e t m a n n e d t o p e t beyond a vague p r e a m b l e , lie s a y s F l y n o t y e t , t i e l u s t t h e hour/When p l e a s u r e , l i k e t h e m i d n i p h t
t h a t " I t a i n ' t so b i g a s t h e P a l a c e H o t e l , nor y e t so s m a l l t h n t you f l o w e r / T h a t s c o m i t h e e y e of v u l g a r l i g h t , / R e p i n * t o M o o n for u t s a
c a n ' t s e e i t , " and w i t h t h i s l u c i d e x p l a n a t i o n h i s q u e s t i o n e r s have t o sons of n i g h t / A n d maid* who l o v e t h e [Link] but t o b l e s a t h r e e
be c o n t e n t . hours of shade/That beauty and the mood were made./'TIs then their
Last nipht lie made o heroic move and shifted his trunk from Ills soft attractions glowlng/5et the tides and goblets flowing./Oh sc«vl
Ellis-street Io<tfInp, to a house on Eddy, lie said that it had become oh atayl / —Moore's Address to che Thunderbird. /
necessary for him to change his quarters on account of the trouble nevertheless the Thunderbird will not stsy for anv or all of thes
that reporters were inflicting on him. attractions. He is busy getting ready to drop a hoc bot-b on i.'eyler'a
",\iiy!iorty 'u.| think thnt I wa's a'cattlp thief, the way then fellers head. People who have *entured to suspect that he is a corron, ordln
are camplnc. on ny trail," he said yesterdny. "T can't eat (u t restau­ •ry goose, addicted to cackle, are treated with revillnc Me ia a
rant l>ut what there's three or four of them lonklnr- at me through th* filibuster bird, he is, and he la readv to destroy Havana In fortv-
windows. Every nipht when I go home I've rot to hold a reception for e-lght hours. The bird is preparing to throw err* at Vrvler.
a couple of hours on my doorntep before I can gee Into the house. It'« The nan who has not an airship in his backvard In these .(ays li
cone to a point now where I'd almost as aoon make the city a present poor Indeed. The man who has not seen a fleet of airships njneuver!r>
of my airship an have any more trouble about It. Indeed, the only in the skies has left California ashaned of himself. He L* like ttw
Chlng that stops me from unking auch a gift Is that they would imned- nan who fell out of the balloon. He Is not In it. They cor- not in
lately give the machine ny name, and I hate notoriety." single ships, but in battalions. The ■ countv or to«n In the State
IIITC and there Btill remain enthusiasts who claim chat the airship which cannot produce a machinery bird or two la hlriinr its he«J i»
In a real and tangible creation and th«t they have seen it. The bet­ shame.
ting phrase of the question has Just been started by a [Link] fro« over In Santa Clara the monster was seen striding Che blast in the dlt
the hay, anil no doubt n few more people, an positive ns he, will fol­ ection of C-ilroy. In Sonoma he waa horsed upon the alphtl<' = i courier
low fiult. Ile ia il.P. Mitchell, a well-known Oakland painter, and kiln of the air. In Placer he flipped and flapped like tuppence hi * raj.
he la willing to bet S100 that the alrksnhlp renllv exists. He tald and In Alaneda he is writing letters to the papers.
yesterday that he has seen the wonderful flying machine twlc and that There was a faker yesterday on a side screed who had [Link] .1
he W H S sure that he was not and could not be mistaken about the natter. bunch of listeners whon he wai trying to Incerest in the virtues of
"I saw this thing first about six weeks ago," he said, "and a rain soap—his soap, Hut somehow he could not hold their attention. It
about two weeks aco. The first tine it was out over the bay early In seemed as if every man in thst crowd hsd a rubber neck. Then be u"Je
the evenlnp,, and I could see it quite plainly, for there were three stood, and he bagnn:
lights on it. The next time it passed over the city and I pot quite a "l.T.i
.y, atond ye .gating
._ . . "P to heaven? looking for airsliln*. .1-'
pood view of 1c. Some of my men were with me and there was no mistake Well_,_that is allright, but vou won't see anv Alrshlf) _l_f^;^*y- _ ""■«'«
about It. It moved about as rapidly os a dove files, and seemed to be Is an airship all tight^ I've seen it mvself, and you'll all hear a
under perfect control. I am not very sporty, but I am willing to lay bout It and see it In » few days. I know the man that ma,lo it. a».l i.
S100 itoii rant that the airship existn. Ves, I would he glad Co place is straightening out the wavy motion chat bothers hln up in the clou.'
the money under satisfactory conditions, for I feel sure that I would That'll be all right, but you won't see it thia afternoon, Jnrf as 1
win it easily. I was not deceived by any star or meteor. I have a was saying,, t h i s soap "
pair of eyes [Link] do not decive me, as a rule." T h e r e l a n o t a r e s p e c t a b l e s t a r in t h e h e a v e n s t a h t I s not in J.m
"The Real Inventor," ns 6he signs herself, writes to the "Chroni­ Rer of b e i n g confounded w i t h t h i s v a g r a n t f l v - b v - n i g h t , and a h o t - a i r
cle" that her plans have been greatly misunderstood. She intends to b a l l o o n i s enough t o c a u s e a r i o t on t h e s t r e e t s . Neither is thrre
'make a fraud trial trip this evening over San Francisco and Oakland, sny l a c k of a u t h o r i t y of a s o r t for s t o r i e s . I t I s t r u e t h a t r * n t of
and goes on to remark, "The** powerful searchlight which has hitherto i them h a v e f i l t e r e d t h r o u g h t h r e e o r f o u r g e n e r a t i o n s of s t o r v t e l l , - r «
been used and which has excited so much general interest will be dis­ for t h e f a m i l y t r e e of t h e f a t h e r of l i e s h a s [Link] b r a n c h e s [Link] r>»*[
carded and the car lighted in such a manner thst its forta and shape ahadow Che e a r t h .
will be distinctly visible." S t i l l a n o t h e r e x - A t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l H a r t haa become e n t a n p l e l w i t h
Ex-Attorney-Ceneral [Link]. Hart, wbo haa told a number of his Che m y s t e r i o u s f l y i n g m a c h i n e — o r a t l e a s t w i t h one of t h e f l o c k .
t r l e n o s t h a t h e ' i a t n e new r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of t h e unknown a i r s h i p I n v e n - T h i s p a r t i c u l a r " e x " l a A.L. H a r t , f o r w e r l v of S a c r a r v n t o . " r . H u t
t o r , 13 h a v i n g l o t s of fun w i t h e v e r y b o d y who v i s i t s him i n c o n n e c t i o n c o n f i d e d t o some f r i e n d s a few e v e n i n g s ago t h a t he knew t h e lauyvr
with the a f f a i r . Hart d e l i g h t s In a l i t t l e j o k e t o l i v e n up t h e d u l l who had been r e t a i n e d bv t h e i n v e n t o r of t h i s b i r d or h i r . l i ■■( t r e
round of [Link] work now and a g a i n . U n l i k e " A i r s h i p " C o l l i n s , however, a i r , and who had t a k e n a r i d e i n t o t h e e t h e r a b o a r d t h e c r a f t . Hr.
he I s n o t ciakinp a m y s t e r y o u t of i t , and c o n s e q u e n t l y w i l l n o t e x p e r - l l a r t e x p l a i n e d y e s t e r d a y t h n t he b a s e s t h i s s u n t e i - e n t upon I n f a r r a t l o
l e n c e t h e same shock t o Che n e r v o u s s y s t e m Chat I t s a s t h e m i s f o r t u n e i m p a r t e d t o him by an a c q u a i n t a n c e who s a i d Lowver C o l l i n s H I t h e
of h i s f e l l o w - a t t o r n e y t o r e c e i v e . wan, and t h a t t h e U t t e r had t o l d him a l l a b o u t I t . Col 1 1 m , s a i d ft
I t i a p r o b a b l e t h a t C o l l i n s w i l l go t o some h o t Bprinp.9' r e s o r t i n H a r t ' s f r i e n d , went i n t o p r e a t d e t a i l I n e x p l a i n l n p t h e work In*.* o<
t h e n e a r f u t u r e , w h e r e , by s t r i c t c o m p l i a n c e w i t h t h e demanda of a t h e a e r i a l n a v i p a t i n g a p p a r a t u s , and s a e u r e d liim t h a t t h i s ' « > * >-«ti
v e p i - t n h l e d i e t , he may p o s s i b l y r e c o v e r from t h e e f f e c t s of Che n e r - i n e waa t h e i d e n t i c a l one which h a s so n a r r o w l y missed k n o e H n t J e w i . *
vous s t r a i n of t h e p a s t week. / few c h u r c h s t e e p l e s i n S a c r a m e n t o .
AKOTiiER LOCALITY IHVADEfl. Rut now t h a t A t t o r n e y C o l l i n s h a s found t h a t t h e " t i m e for J i t
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up o v e r Piedmont and d r i f t e d up i n t o t h e c l o u d s . About 9 o ' c l o c k a n ­ A t t o r n e y W.H.M. Hart i t a s e n t h u s i a s t i c o v e r t h e a i r s h i p i n which
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of p e o p l e saw t h e l i g h t s and many r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s were r e a d y t o r i d i c u l e on t h e p a r t o f t h e u n b e l i e v i n g . He seems t o be t h o r o u g h l y
a f f i r m t h a t t h e y had s e e n t h e m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p f . c o n v i n c e d t h a t h« h a s a good t h i n g , and i f t h e r e a r e t h o s e vho rtf-ard
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had o b t a i n e d %m% g l i m p s e s of " f l o c k s of a i r s l i p s . " They aeemed t o him jr e n - i l n I n i g n o r a n c e aot s o much l o n g e r .
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o v e r t h e h i l l s of Oakland haa been g i v e n . A l l of t h o s e who have s e e n Mr. Hart * * i d : " I t w i l l b e a m a t t e r o f o n l y a v e r y * h o r t tltce t e T o r e
t h e l i g h t have d e s c r i b e d i t a s b e i n g l i k e t h e s e a r c h l i g h t Ehat shone t h e y can s a y , ' I t o l d you t o . ' Even i f I had n o t p e r s o n a l t n o v l e i f e 1
o v e r t h e M i d w i n t e r E a s t F a i r g r o u n d s l n San F r a n c i s c o . The c o n c l u s i o n v o u l d b e v e r y c a r e f u l a b o u t b r a n d i n g t h e t h i n g aa a f a k e . The p o s i t i o n
i s t h a t t h e l i g h t comes from t h e c h u t e s e a c h n i g h t and when r e f l e c t e d o f The C a l l h a s been f a i r and i m p a r t i a l . I t ha* s i m p l y p u b l i s h e d t h e
on t h e fog g i v e s a w e i r d a p p e a r a n c e . Mrs. E.1I. Crawford and H i s s Kati s t a t e m e n t s o f t h o s e who saw t h a t which t h e y b e l i e v e d t o be an a i r s h i p .
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during l a s t evening. I t r a v e l e d back and f o r t h t h r o u g h t h e h e a v e n a were e i t h e r f o o l a o r bad w h e e l s i n t h e i r h e a d s . "
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s e a r c h l i g h t a t the c h u t e s , i m p o r t a n t s u b j e c t , e x p l a i n e d a number o f f e a t - r e s t h a t h e r e t o f o r e i « » e
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s u n s e t t h i s e v e n i n g . A T h a n k s g i v i n g crowd was d r l f t t i n g a r o u n g t h e s a i d t h e a i r s h i p he saw on Wednesday e v e n i n g l o o k e d l i k e a l a r g o w h a l e ,
town when s u d d e n l y t h e r e p o r t was c i r c u l a t e d Ehat t h e a i r s h i p was in j A n o t h e r i m p o r t a n t d i s c l o s u r e vaa t h a t t h e i n v e n t o r and Mr. Hart have
sight near the western-horlion. S e v e r a l h u n d r e d p e o p l e g a t h e r e d en a l r e a d y d l s c u a a e d a p r o p o s i t i o n t o c o n s t r u c t a n o t h e r a i r s h i p o f n o t *ua
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oov u s e d t o o p e r a t e t h e b i g a i r s h i p w i l l l a s t t w i c e a s l o n g and do muct he saw t h e l i g h t s o f t h e m a c h i n e .
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million dollars. How o u r s h i p would s e c u r e t h e same r e s u l t s a t a ouch f o r BOB* t l s e and t h e n d i s a p p e a r e d in t h e d i s t a n c e . George 1'rajted
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would s t i l l h a v e p e e n t y o f power l e f t t o g e t back t o where i t s t a r t e d and n i g h t s , h a s a p p a r e n t l y p a s s e d o v e r t h e Tehachapl r a n g e , and was
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I t w i l l o n l y t a k e about t h i r t y days t o b u i l d a s m a l l e r a i r s h i p . The saw t h e a e r i a l n a v i g a t o r and I t s l i g h t s w h i l e on a P a s a d e n a c a r l s » t
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g r e a t e s t o b s t a c e s of a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n . Mr. H a r t c o n t i n u e * , s a y i n g : e v e n i n g . The brakeman c o n c l u d e d t h a t t h e o v e r h e a d l i g h t s were m e t e c r s ,
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i n t h e l i t t l e t r o p i c a l i s l a n d . The b a t t e r y might p o s s i b l y be c h a r g e d
on t h e deck o f t h e s t e a m e r from a dynamo run by t h e s t e a m e r ' s e n g i n e s , view o f the much-talked-of a i r s h i p .
b u t e v e n t h a t would *Xtwtd b e a t t e n d e d by g r e a t r i s k c o n s i d e r i n g t h e 1896 November 27 ( F r l ) The C a l l (San F r a n c i s c o ) , p . I t .
v i g i l a n c e of t h e Spanish c r u i s e r s .
Viewed t h e A i r s h i p .
"Would n o t i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o m p l i c a t i o n s a r i s e o u t o f an a e r i a l w a r ­
s h i p l e a v i n g t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t o d e s t r o y a S p a n i s h c i t y in C u b a l " ALAMEDA, C a l . , Hov. 2 6 . — D u r i n g t h e e x c i t e m e n t o f t h e p a s t t h r e e
"Oh, n o , n o t a t a l l . The p a r t i e s c o u l d go o u t s i d e t h e J u r i s d i c t i o n ' ™ > i a 6 B ° ! " " ? , " ^ " ^ *£'?> t h e
"»«« h " e " d e l i f e A r a b l e
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on a c h a r t e r e d o r p u r c h a s e d s t e a m e r and s i g n t h e c o n t r a c t and make a l l f " " ? * f " V ^ " ^ « h t / « C u n d l a c h " d J-A" fiile
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of the arrangements necessary. No, t h e U n U e d S t a t e s would n o t become ^ tl l ^ ^ Do r M ^ T ! , ^ ! ? " T ° > ? ' t V ' K " ! ™ * ^ * , W t l M
i n v o l v e d i n any annoyance w i t h - S p a i n g At any r a t e , t h e i n v e n t o r i s •' ^ « f * S ^ t e r - p i p e . l o o k i n g t h r o u g h i t and i n s i s t i n g
r e a d y t o . t a. k e. t. h e. .r i s k_ .and . J „ „send
„ ».-,!,an a« i, „r .s<h„i.p. _ t o» Cuba f o r war p u r p o s e , a s ^i w n s^ t e r ^. ^
They rr e r^u aae a t, on " la°ifi no ww " ?any " one ^ t o" ?l o o"** ,i n"t "o Vi ,t " u n2t 'i l^ £t hr e«yr 1had !4
soon a s t h e J u n t a i s r e a d y t o t a l k b u s i n e s s . _ ^ w fci n h e s i t a t e d t o pay t h e p r i c e a s k e d
W h i l e much o f t h i s c o n v e r s a t i o n was t a k i n g p l a c e Mr. H a r t was a t _ -TV, . °. _.-,,... t n , , . „ , .. „ , ^ price "*™.
. . . , , , : ,, . .. _ . . . The p o e p i e taJten i n r e r u s e d t o d i v u l g e t h e s e l l t o o t h e r s and so t h e
t h e C h u t e s s h o w i n g s h i s l i t t l e boy t h e h o t a i r b a l l o o n . A f t e r t h e h u e * J o i u s v e £ etL i n d e f i n i t e l y *"><«, ™ ana so t n e
s m o k e - f i l l e d b a g had s h o t i n t o t h e a i r w i t h t h e d a r i n g a t h l e t e d a n g - *
l i n g t o t h e end o f t h e p a r a c h u t e c r o s s b a r , and t h e e x c i t e m e n t was HoTeBber 27 ( P r i ) San F r a n c i s c o C h r o n i c l e , p . 6 . (c,rd j ,
Au:ru r lc ro ll
o v e r , t h e a t t o r n e y s t a r t e d f o r home. J u s t b e f o r e e n t e r i n g t h e h o u s e "
he s a i d : "Hou can t e l l t h e p u b l i c t h a t i n KX a v e r y s h o r t t i m e I t " 1 U . T R S H I P HOAX /
h a v e p o s i t i v e p r o o f t h a t t h e a i r s h i p i s x t a r e a l i t y and n o t a h o a a . ™* u u ^ a o ; O B l B h l n g t n a t B0 many r c o p l c b h o 3 o o k e d „t l h e M U e r
I a s s e r t t h i s , a l t h o u g h I h a v e n o t y e t s e e n my c l i e n t ' s a i r s h i p . I t h e o r e t i c a l l y were d e c e i v e d b y t h e f l y i n g machine h o a i . T h i s i s an
c o n v i n c e d t h a t i t e x i s t s , f o r I know t h a t t h e main
^ o v t n a , t n e main O D B , « i e , o b s t a c l e , s u f f i c
- " » " » , i e n t
aucQ ^ v o n d e „ tnftt M [Link] p o i n t has been p l a c e .
p o w e r , h a s b e - n overcome and t h a ttH « a s a l l t h a t haa s t o o d i n t h e way o f « % « ^ o f ^ ^ l a p O B , i b l e , A Q U R r t e r a f . c e n t u r v * r o a man
a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n for y e a r s p a s t ' „ , _ ,, .„ „ , , ,t ,, k m who would h a v e p r o p h e s i e d a t i m e when J o n e s c o u l d s t a n d i n San
GLEAMEP OVER SAN JOSE. / S e v e r a l P e o p l e Saw L i g h t . Moving i n t h e A i r g ^ ^ M d t t l k »it* S n l t h ln o ^ ^ W ^ A hfcve b e e n t a k e n c a r e of
Above t h e C i t y .
SAW J O ^ l . . Hov. 26 -The m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e J - ™ ^ ™ £ J ^ 2 ^ " ^ ? t £ ~ ™ * -
statement
again t h i ovn s p e e c h down t o p o s t e r i t y l o n g a f t e r t h e s n e a k e r h a s p a s s e d beyond
a r e a l l e g e d t o have been s e e n , b u t a l l o f t h e p a r t i e s who saw t h e s e

neighborhood. Mr. S h i e l s c l a i m s - t o have p r e v i o u s l y been s k e p t i c a l in a s D a r i u s Green s c o r n f u l l y aueried.

 Put there 18 one fintonlshinp thintf about th<* recent or r-rr -t fio*x and than John Criser ceaaed h i s endeavor* altogether. Hi stored hi*
«ind that In th* r-aie with vhich people's eyes huve deceived ther*. wooden bird la a back room and l«t skaxs shoaa go uatoled to tinker
Scores of reputable pen say they have Been the dim BhApe Of an airship about I t .
in the [Link] of the arc l i g h t s on i t s h u l l , yet they were plainly fool­ HEM vent on, but h« could never perfect h i t contrivance.
ed by a flyinp scud of cloud through which the s t a r s Bhone f i t f u l l y . Then CAD* the ■Cory fro* Sacramento aod eleevhere that an airship
F>/en Venue and Mars have been pointed out by excited caters as part of had been seen. Grlacr grew disconsolate and looked upon hla own era*
the e l e c t r i c a l plant of the a e r i a l arposy. A stray rrspjrent of «ore atlon with suapelcion. He s a t i s f i e d himself that soa* one had a n t i c i ­
broken star from Flammorion's c e l e s t i a l avalanche hap been enough to pated his dremed-of triumph, and then ha gave up. Ha marched into hia
convince thousands that they had seen the rocking Bide-llRhto of »n back rooa the other day and smashed his idol into irdcheratns. It
outlined vessel as I t went surging before th* paten of the » r r y r a n . vent to the kindling p i l e , and now Joha, Crlaar la back at hla bench a
The soberest [Link] "saw t h i n r o " ajid swore to them. With a b i t of lumin­ viaer a sadder and a more d i s t r u s t f u l nan.
ous anpor the credulous mind could shape a winped monster of the a i r InOn f,ovcnber i'l (Frl) (Taeoma) 6ally' Leaser, p. * .
that even the spyglaBH could not b r t r r a y to the overwrought senses,
while the sound of vind in the telegraph wires csjr.e to his strained tar KllAT l-.'AS IT? / Uonderful Apparition Seen Over Tacona.
aa the voice of the sky-pilot yelling orders to hia crev. Tuesday nlrht at about 12 o'clock Hi. and !lrs. St. John ssu i
I t vas a atringe hallucination while i t lasted and, indeed, is nc-t peculiar phenomenon in the Heavens aa they locked out of their UIIKJL
over y e t . An esteemed contemporary manages to aee the thunderblH vitfc on Tacoma avenue. Kra. St. John f i r s t sou the [Link] lirht and call-
in an hour a f t e r each day's sunset. But in a day or tvo even i t s cr> her husband'3 Attention to i t . It appcarrd to he hi Mi up in the li­
u l i t y will lapse and then the Etar-parln|r public will wonder hov it vens, east of Ht. Tacoma and moving slowly in a southcist-Tlv d i r i c
could have been BO badly tricked by i t s imagination". """Perhaps i t [Link] Cion. Thev were lying in bed and watched t h i s heavpnlv [Link].T i
occur t o some t h a t i t fisD not so s u r p r i s i n g a f t e r a l l , when the lonp. time. They f i r s t saw i t through the north window In tln'tr I>M
cynical modems of San Francisco have been so badly taken in by the but after awhile they could see i t throuMi a window several f.-it
phenomena of cloud and s t a r , that the u n l e t t e r e d people of the Black further south, without havinp changed their position in bed.
Forest were wont t o see oorpona and chimeras d i r e and the poor pessantr
This proves that i t must have traveled a lonp distance .lurinr t 1
of France the gracious figures of t h e i r embodied s a i n t s . Imagination
time they were watching i t . Hr. St. John describe* it as hsvinc tl..
goes a long, vny to account for miraculous appearances in the [Link] appearance of a b r i l l i a n t e l e c t r i c sesrchlipht and locked to t-e n ^ i r l j
past when i t s cow-r over an every-day s t r e e t crowd of Callfomians is the size of an arc e l e c t r i c l i g h t . I t flashed often and eacli tlr.-
so r - i r l f e s t . -sent forth various colored rays of l i g h t , shooting out fron the C H I T
1896 November 27 (Frl) San Francisco Chronicle, p. 7. in every d i r e c t i o n , l i k e spokes from Che hub of a wheel. It jn-n-J
to have a wavering motion and swaved back and forth in i t s course
KITE TAKEN FOS AN AlRSUIP. / A. H. Bsbcock Cause* a L i t t l e Excitement through the heavens like a vessel at sea in a storm, ;ie is"pu.--W-J
in Oakland. to know what i t was. The a r t i c l e In the t e J r c r [Link] r ^ r n i i c
OAKLAND, Hovember 26.—A.l!. Babcock, an e l e c t r i c i a n , sent a mon­ speaking of an a i r s h i p in California struck hlo that possiblv this
s t e r box k i t e skyward t h i s afternoon, and unintentionally convinced stranger in the heaven* mlfht be sorcwhat related to the California
hundreds of people that the airship was a f a c t . High up In the a i r wonder.
I t r e a l l y looked like a pair of small balloons with a car between t a t 1896 Hoveaber 28 (Sat) Sacramento Bee, p . 1 C13.
tvo. I t a t t r a c t e d inscantanelous n o t i c e , and so complete wa* the de­
ception that the members of Babcok's own family gazed at I t for a time STILL TfflsX COKE. / Tn* Air Ship Said t o Have Voyaged froa Near C*k
under the impression that an airship vas v i s i t i n g Oakland, They were Park t o Amo.
not convinced u n t i l they* were given a change to tug on the line which B.A, Bunce, of the Louisiana T r a c t , called at the Bee office t h i s
held the k i t e . morning to declare that he had. positively seen the a i r ship l a s t even-
The k i t e was in plain view of a l l the eastern end of the c i t y , and ing. He said that i t was about three miles from hia at the time and
even through a glass looked like an a i r s h i p . To make the thing appear vaa not more than 100 feet in the a i r . He declares i t had one red and
more r e a l the l i n e parted when the k i t e was nearly 1000 feet In the a t o n e white l i g h t and that he d U t i o c t l y »aw i t flapping it* vice*.
a i r . Tha k i t e circled around and then vent off toward F r u i t v a l e . It A telegraph message xa v u received by The Bee from Edward McCuirk
teemed to be lowering aa i t l e f t the c i t y l i m i t s , and the iopresaion at Amo t o the effect that he, t o o , aaw the a i r ship l a s t evening and
vaa created that i t was coming down. Many of those who had been ob­ sore than that he ■hn" t, " f heard voice* coning froa i t .
serving i t s t a r t e d Co follov i t up in order to gee a closer_view. Hext!
Babcock pursued the runaway k i t e on hi* wheel and managed to recover
i t from some boya near Highland Park. The k i t e i s aimy-seven lnche* SOT. 27 p . 't eds. A Coincidence Herely. (From the Ireka Journal.)
lone and c o n s i s t s of tvo boxea of cloth aupported by a stouc framework. The report that an a i r ship vas aeen to pat* over Sacramento M *
1396 November 27 (Fri) San Francieco Chronicle, p . 7. (card 1) one night l a a t week has caused considerable excitement among reildent*
of t h a t c i t y . A number of people declare they heard voice* froa the
CRISER SMASHES UP HIS AIRSHIP. / TEARS OP TOIL FOR NOTHING. / WAS A ship. Many tbeorlea have been advanced a* t o what these c i t l t e n i
MACHINE THAT WOULD NOT FLT. / Recent Reports Were Discouraging to !ii* r e a l l y aav, and a "peculiar feature being t h a t moat of those who saw i t
Hope* and He Abandoned the Scheme. / ship vere in the v i c i n i t y of a large brewery.
OAKLAND, November 26.--The flying machine, which so many Oaklanden A Rash A*«ertion. (Froa Stockton Record.)
have come to regard aa a r e i l i t y , ha* struck despair deep Into Che soul' Stockton ha* tome people who are knovn to possesa as much veracitj
of John Grlser, an inventive shoemaker, and has Induced hla to destroy aa the inhabitant* of the Capital City.
a contrivance upon which he hat spent year* and year* of t o i l In an
endeavor to solfe the problem of a e r i a l navigation. John Criaer'a And nov the Sacramento l o v e r , aa he propose* to go moon-gating with i !
shop la at 374 Twelfth s t r e e t . I t is tucked away between to t a l l and dear one, vhltper* "Will you airahip with meJ"
more pretentious buildings, but very fev people know that Criser lives
In squalid quarters because a l l hi* spare money hat gone for improve­ BOY. 26 p . 1. The Air Ship Heard Froa—The crew of the air ship has
ment* on hi* flying machine. Just sent a telephone t o the Capitol* Tamale P a r l o r * . . . t o prepare the
As long ago a* 18B0 Grlser cherlthed the Idea of solving the sax turkey tamale* for t h e i r refreshment, public i n v i t e d .
problem which ha* baffled the Ingenuity of ESQ. He figured and planned
on a doten or more of machine*, and f i n a l l y struck the idea which he Jan. 7 . p . *<: DeFore*t'a model alr*hlp.
thought would win. He commenced the construction of an a i r s h i p , and 1696 November 2o (Sat} Sacrapento Evening Pee, p . 2. (card 1)
piece by piece he got 1* in thap* for t r i a l
Patience and perseverance were necessary to hla *uccesa, and he hai SHIP AT OTHER PLACES. / Sore Suggest Our Whisky. Sor.e Take I t Ser-
both q u a l l t l t e a In abundance. A acore fo tlmea he b u i l t up a thing of lously. / SAW THE LICiiTi BUT HOT THE FLAPPING WIKCS. / In One Town
wood and Iron, vich fan-like wing* and unsightly f i t t i n g s , and a acore the People Get Had When You Mention It—Fresno Envious of the Qualify
of t i n e s he sent i t a l l to the trash heap. Then, at l a s t , he struck of Our Beverage—jlie Story Spreads Beyond the S t a t e ' s Border. /
tha plan* which promised Co develop a ehip able to do a l l expected of (From the San Bernardino Sun,)
it. His contrivance was large and awkward. He gave up his aleeplng- I t seems to be established beyond doubt that a strange v i s i t o r of
room back of h i s shop and placed the thing in reaaineaa for t r i a l . The some sort is Just now disturbing that part of the heavens which e i -
body of the machine was much like a cone, and four flimsy vlnga avung tends over San Francisco and Sacramento and the intervening t e r r i t o r y ,
from i t . S l a t s , iron rods and canvat vere planted upon each other and even the scoffers at the news as f i r s t stated have been forced to
neatly and to atay, and Che vhole machine, aa explained by tha enchu- admit that the [TABS of testimony is so great a* to put the question
• i a s t l c owner, seemed able to fly if i t but had the chance. of i t s existence beyond doubt. /
The chance came one morning l a s t July, when Crlaer and a number of Ship Remains to Be Seen, Too, /(From the Grass Valley Tidings. )
h i s German friend* gathered on Franklin and Thirteenth acreet* before Whether the story of the a i r ship passing over Sacramento was a
daybreak to try the invention. There vere no people on the s t r e e t * to fake or not remnins to be seen. Rut if i t was not i t has been the
inquire or look ourioua, and th« t r i a l vas made. Crlaer took hi* pos­ cause of bringing to l i c h t nany l i a r s who have h i t h e r t o been veiled In
i t i o n in the pecan-shaped boat, and s t a r t e d the treadle vhich wa* to obscurity, and who have borne good reputations for verncity. /
furnish the power. The wings *wung aobut obedient to the mechanlim, Light? Ves; Ship? I.'o! / (From the Oakland Tls>e».)
buC some of them hla the cobblestones and vere demollihed. The body
The a i r ship passed over Oakland l a s t evening at 7 o'clock.
it the ship wobbled around for a time a* I t lay acros* the car tracks,
but never gave any aign of leaving tsth the e a r t h . Plenty of people "saw "the f i"ertK:'r7\iyiy"\iH\, ih,- wind,
u h i c h u a a rronl t n e u e 8 t U u n s
Again and again John Criser t r i e d h i s machine Aan f..r . . ir Bhmi,.
row
' probably n. thousnnd feet l;i.-h, [Link]
„ , . J . . . . / ■ " V " vanished tovnrd the f o o t h i l l s . /
he would mend I t , and apparent defects were rapidly made good. Tha «.*«•. /
^ l e undertaking vas a secret for . long time, and then people caught ^J*"*" ^Ttl.t, ' ( °" ^ ^ ^ ^%'}
B
[Link] of the strange object during the early morning hour, and ,. " « » d " » t there are several ren in Tan Jose vhc have r.e.r,
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v « « d curious. They got in the way of going to see the t r i a l f l l h h c . ^ ^ * ,? . ' M ' ' A<AI T " ^ \' V ^ ' "*'■' U " '
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' ° ° carded as e l i p l b l e candidates for the Keeley cure. /
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IKI Thii>t.:i IV i, R . ' p o r t o r i r . l C o n s p i r a c y . / { Frnr t h e Sien-ktgri I > : t | . r ™ J u l l c d l J - T i l c °^V c o w n t which can be * v i e v i t h r e f e r e n c e t o t h e i r
U v„r. ,LOL t h e p r o b a b i l i t y t h a t an a i r s h i p coul.l I - r.'irtc t o i m c v e r s i o n i s t h a t t h e y r u s t he m i s t a k e n . But why d o e s n ' t so™ tody t e l l
e l as t h e ^ c r n r v n t o s t o r y r e l a t e d t h a t vns d o u b t e d . I t v*-. t h e v a j us what I t i s t h a t t h e s e p e o p l e and h u n d r e d s o f o t h e r s J | j , f t i
t h e s t o r y UHS w r i t t e n t h a t c a u s e d d o u b t s o f i t s r o r r ^ t n o s s . Prif»t« I 8 9 6 November 28 ( S a t ) The C a l l {San F r a n c i s c o ) , p . 1 . ( c a r d 1)
i n f o r m a t i o n frcn' Sacrnraento s a y s i t van a " i i f l l " c o n c o c t ' d by the c t h * r
r e p o r t s t o d e c e i v e t h e C a l l c o r r e s p o n d e n t vho rvile t h ^ r-ost of n . / IT FLITTED OVER SAJJ JOSE. / A e r i a l L i g h t s Cross t h e V i s i o n o f Prominent
Had Never i i c w d o f n t o c k t o n / {From t h e l i t o r k l o n K c c o r d . ) ; R e s i d e n t s . / THEIB APPEARANCE HOST VIVIDt.T DESCRIBED. / C e n e r a l R a r t
fiince t h e a l l e p e d embodiment of one of J u l e 3 V e r n e ' s v i i i l e o i d r e a h Take* Some o f Hi» P r o f e s s i o n a l F r i e n d s I n t o H i s C o n f i d e n c e . / ATTACHES
s h o t n u r o s E t h e sky alrave " a c r n m e n l o l a o t week, i t h a s b>-cii » v e r j A BALLOON TO THE WARSHIP OF THE AIR. / The P u b l i c Hay Be Clven an A*i±*
f-ricy i n l i n e ■ t o S'-c on a i r s h i p d a r t i n g t h r o u g h s p a c e i n t h t n c c t u r n - A e r i a l View o f t h e G r e a t M y s t e r y o f t h e Coy a t a P r e a r r a n g e d Time and
ul w i t c h e s , iinii e v e r y o n e vno f i v > s t e s t i m o n y a s t o I t s r*'«il t ' y Is Place. /
booked a s "i, r e p u t a b l e c i U r . e n . " P e o p l e h a v oven pone r o far a s -to I n t e r e s t In t h e g r e a t ' a e r i a l mystery c o n t i n u e s v i t h o u t sign of
say t h a t t h e man-made a e r o l i t e s a r e b e i n g m a n u f a c t u r e d now and t h a t 'abatement. I t s t i l l f u r n i s h e s t h e main t h e s e o f d i s c o u r s e i n a l l c l r -
Stockton has ordered t h r e e . I f t h a t I s t h e c a s e one o f t h e n p a s s e d H c l e i . Many a r e r e a d y t o make o a t h and s t a k e a l l t h e i r e a r t h l y p o s s e s -
BioQ thftt a
over t h e c i t y l a s t n i g h t , but t h e e n g i n e e r e v i d e n t l y did not j - e c o g n i i e * v e r i t a b l e f l y i n g - s h i p h a s been h o v e r i n g above t h e e a r t h i n
t h e p a u c e and v e n t on down t h o v u l l e y . r t o c k t o n h a a s o r e p e o p l e vho t h i s v i c i n i t y , while tho s c o f f e r s are a l s o in evidence, equally vocif­
a r e known t o p o s s e s s a s much v e r a c i t y as t h e I n h a b i t a n t s o f t h e C a p i ­ e r o u s and i n sistent.
t a l C i t y , and t h e y s a y t h e y saw t h e a i r s h i p l o s t n i g h t , / As y e t , h o w e v e r , n o t h i n g h a a t r a n s p i r e d t h a t can be a c c e p t e d a s
Must be a Hoax ;;ow. / (From t h e Carson A p p e a l . ) e i t h e r p o s i t i v e p r o o f o r d i s p r o o f o f t h e e x i s t e n c e o f an a e r i a l voyager,
The B e e ' s a c c o u n t o f t h e hip, a i r s h i p a t f i r s t r e g a r d e d a s a hoax o p e r a t e d and c o n t r o l l e d by human i n v e n t i v e g e n i u s .
I s nov b e i n g w r i t t e n up I n a l l t h e Bay p a p e r s . / San J o s e haa f u r n i s h e d one of t h e most i n t e r e s t i n g r e p o r t s of t h e
I f a F a k e , a Good One. / (From t h e F r e s n o R e p u b l i c a n . ) m y s t e r i o u s a e r i a l l i g h t s t h a t h a v e y e t been p u b l i s h e d . The s t r a n g e
T h a t a i r s h i p which frvlce h a s swooped down upon t h e c i t i z e n s o f B o r i n g i l l u m i n a t i o n was s e e n t h e r e by a nujnfcer^of pen o f t h e h i g h e s t
S a c r a m e n t o — c a u s i n g The Bee t o I n q u i r e i n x a x a a l l a r g e s t h e a d l i n e , s t a n d i n g i n t h e c o w i u a l a t y , and t h e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e phenomenon g i v e n
"Have We Got 'Em /igftin7" — end v h l c h h a s f u r t i v e l y shoved i t s e l f t o a by them i s b o t h v i v i d and c l e a r .
s e l e c t nuraber of Tinn F r a n c i s c a n s and O a k l a n d e r s , ray be a f a k e , b u t G e n e r a l H a r t now s t a t e s t h a t t h e i n v e n t o r i s a c o u s i n of t h e e l e c ­
i t b e a r s a n c r e t h a n o r d i n a r y amount o f t h e f i n g e r m a r k s of t r u t h f o r t r i c i a n o f C e n e r a l A n t o n i o H a c e o , cowtAnder o f t h e p a t r i o t f o r c e s i n
a s t o r y of t h a t ssk c h a r a c t e r . If i t is a fake, i t will take i t s Cuba. He a l s o c o n t r i b u t e s much a d d i t i o n a l I n f o r m a t i o n r e l a t i v e t o t h e
p l a c e among n o t o r i o u s and s u c c e a a f u l o n c a . I f I t l e n o t , a new w o r l d r e p o r t e d warship o f t h e a i r and has promised t o i n t e r c e d e with t h e in­
opens b e f o r e mankind. / v e n t o r t o have t h e i n v e n t i o n a p p e a r a t a p r e a r r a n g e d t l c e and p l a c e for
Saw ViTi'i:! , Mo'.t L i k e l y , / (From t h e AlmneuiT t n c i n a l T ? ] . ) t h e purpose of g r a t i f y i n g t h e deep and widespread c u r i o s i t y of the
N"v, in Ali'inodn, l a s t n i g h t i t was d i f f e r e n t . Knuta o f p e o p l e public. / /
s t o o d on t h e s t r e e t s [Link] a t a b r i g h t l i g h t i n t h e e a s t , h u t could PROFESSOR WORCESTER'S EVIDENCE. / The Well-Knovn San J o s e E d u c a t o r Scru-
n o t p c r c f i v e even t h e f a i n t e s t o u t l i n e o f an a i r s h i p . Thf l i g h t «a: t i n l i e s t h e M y a t e r l o u s F l i e r and G i v e s t h e R e s u l t o f a Cain Examination
Loo iiit'n ui for o l t h e r nn e l e c t r i c l i p h t o r a r a i l r o a d s i e t i n l , mtd SAH JOSE, C a l . , Hov. 2T.—An i n t e r e s t i n g a c c o u n t of t h e r y s t e r i o u s
o,iini(<i( wan u i v i d e d a s t o w h e t h e r o r n o t i t was a s t a r , W i i l c wo moving l i g h t which p&iaed o v e r t h i s c i t y T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g , and which i s
w m c u e d t h u o u j e c t I t r e m a i n e d f i x e d i n one p o s i t i o n . / supposed t o be a t t a c h e d t o nn a i r s h i p , i s g i v e n by P r o f e s s o r X.B. worcei
r . t a t i i i K : J H i A t o m r t . / (From Hie Dlxon T r i b u n e . ) t e r , p r e s i d e n t o f t h e Garden C i t y B u s i n e s s C o l l e g e . P r o f e s s o r W o r c e s t n
few i:tc-]>B f u r t h e r and t h e p a r t y d i s c o v e r e d t o t h e 1 r u t t e r c h a - r e s i d e s w i t h h i s f a m i l y i n E a s t San J o s e . To a Mercury r e p o r t e r who
g r i n mid d i s c o m f i t u r e t h a t an i n c a n d e s c e n t s t r e e t lor.p w i t h t h e b r n c k M k e J h l < n r e 8 W d i n e t h e s t r a n g e l i g h t , he s a i d ;
:t t; P nt u u p j o r t e d i t , a i d e d by t h e f o i l i n g r a i n and a buck ground o f There was a s z s a l l p a r t y s t my h o u s e i n East San J o s e on Thanks-
.•loil-lfi a r ^ p o n s i b l e for on of t h e s t r o n g e s t o p t i c a l d e l u s i o n s t h a t ^ v i a R d a r w d d i n Q e r m P r o l o n p e d u n t i l about 7 o ' c l o c k i n t h e e r e n -
t h e y [Link] e v e r c x j e r l e n c e d . The v e r y n e n t l o n o f on a i r s h i p i s no i n g . _ T b e _ c o n p a a y t h e n r e p a i r e d t o t h e f r o n t o f t h e h o u s e t o enjov s c u e
enough t o IIJ-OUGC t h e i r e of a number o f o u r w o r t h y c i t i i e i i E . / " n u i i c a n d I went i n t o t h e r e a r y a r d t o g e t a l a n t e r n " ! I happened t o
Cur r u n ' : 5 r r e n i l s . / {From t h e D e o e r e t Evening Ji'cws, [Link] Lake. l o o k up a n d saw s e v e r a l n d l e s a w a y , a p p a r e n t l y a b o u t o v e r C o l l e g e P a r k
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and o f wnlcn f l r o t e m e n t i o n was rjide i n t h e liewa l a s t verb, continues which was s u p p o s e d t o b e a t t a c h e d t o a n a i r s h i p . I n o r d e r t o c a l l the
t o a t t r a c t [Link]'h n o t i c e . One r e a s o n o f t h i s io t h e r y s t e r i o u s n i ^ h t a t t e n t i o n o f t h o s e i n t h e h o u s e t o t h e sa»e I r a n a r o u n d t h e house t o
voyagea wiilcii i t s b u i l d e r i s a a i d - t o be" making t o t h e a s t o n i s h m e n t o f s a v e t i m e and c a l l e d o u t t h a t t h e a i r s h i p was p a s s i n g . Everybody
very r a n y C a l . f o r n i a n s , who d e c l a r e t h e y s e e t h e s t r a n p e c r a f t , b r i l ­ r u s h e d o u t i n t o t h e f r o n t y a r d ,
l i a n t l y i i l u . - a i n i t i c a , moving a b o u t e a c h e v e n i n g . Pal t lAke C i t y a l s o " W i t h i n t h e t i m e I t nad t a k e n s * t o r u n around t h e house t h e l i p h t
hus one e y e - w i t r . e s a t o tlie s t r a n g e t h i n g s t h a t h a v e been g o i n g on— had changed i t s c o u r s e from e a s t t o s o u t h w e s t and had t r a v e l e d s e v e r a l
I ' r . liuriiirui,, o f an u n o t e r n m e r c h a n t s ' p r o t e c t i v e agency i n t h i s c i t y , Etilea and was i n a l i n e o v e r t h e s o u t h e r n p o r t i o n o f San J o s e . The e n ­
Me h a s been t o f a n F r a n c i s c o , and h i a a c c o u n t d o e s n o t d i f f e r from t i r e p a r t y aaw t h e moving l i g h t and saw i t go w e s t , t h e n t u r n s o u t h and
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behind t h e h o r l i o n .
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The S t o c k t o n .«,nil saya t h a t a i r a h i p a " w i l l be a r e a l i t y y e t . " "Wheat t h e s h i p t u r n e d t o t h e s o u t h e a s t I c o u l d d i s t i n g u i s h two
0r<i';r y o u r d r i n k s from S a c r a i c e n t o , n e i g h b o r , a n d oee i f i t i s n o t a l i g h t s , one behind t h e o t h e r . The s i n g l e l i g h t f i r s t seen was a b o u t
t h e s i t e o f an e n g i n e h e a d l i g h t a n d had more t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f a l a r g e
r e a i i t y now. /
I n c a n d e s c e n t l i o h t t h a n a n y t h i n g e l s e . I t was moving a t a a t h e r a t e of
El C o r a u o O f f e r s a C o l u t i o n . / (From t h e P l a c e r v l l l e R e p u b l i c a n . )
f r o * 60 "to 100 u l l e a an h o u r and i t was o n l y " f t few moments b e f o r e i t ,
As t h e s t « r n was t u r n e d t o w a r d t h e P l a c e r v i l l e O b s e r v a t o r y , some- bad d i s a p p e a r e d b e h i n d t h e h o r i t o n .
i n i n c . vfto UL-L'I, s t r i n t ' i n e o u t i n t o t h e a i r b e h i n d t h e s h i p . Professor
'There were t h r e e t h i n g s r e g a r d i n g t h e l i g h t which Impressed c e .
[Link] t u r n e u a ; o v e r f u l a i g n t ^ l a s a upon i t a n d a s t n e s h i p d i s a p p e a r - ^ ^ U | ¥ e l o c i t T ( l t l r e p u l « movement and i t . a p p a r e n t Intelligent
ed „e d i s c o v e r e r t h a t t h * o b j e c t v a s a dead newspaper r e p o r t e r h a n g i n g C O Q t r o X > ^ TOtion o f t h e u ^ t w u l d , t t h e aternate Happing
v i t n a r o p e nrour.d h i s nec/i and b r a n o c d LIAR i n b i g l e t t e r s a c r o s s t h e „ f „ } „ - ,
sent o f bin iiontc. _ " I have s e e n s*ny f i r e - b a l l o o n s , b u t t h e l i g h t I saw had none o f
wo" know how i t i s , boys', s i n c e t h e campaign i s " o v e r and r a i n y
w e a t h e r h a s s e t i n i t I s d e c i d e d l y h a r d t o C c t n e v H . Ue f e e l f o r y o u , / ^ ^ ^ ^ . ^ J ' ^ ^ f , " ^ * * ^ ' , . ! t ! . ! ? ^ ° . C i * 5 r ^ , _ * ~ , f i : " t - 5 ! r . *
b a l l o o n on s u c h a s t i l l n i g h t and i t s c o v e n a n t s t o o r e g u l a r . The l i g h t
E i t h e r Way. / {Fron t h e " t o c k t o n I n d e p e n d e n t .

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I t « i > i s very a m . o y i n g t o t h e a v e r a g e n e v s g a t h e r e r t o g e t t r a c k t h e s e , he s a i d , s » v t h e c y e t e r i o u s l i g h t and e x p r e s s e d t h e i r b e l i e f
t h a t i t was u n d e r i n t e l l i g e n t c o n t r o l . Attong o t h e r s who saw t h e s i f h t
o f a food s i z e d H e r and n o t be a b l e t o r u n i t down, and as t h e f o r e ­
v a s a p a r t y a t B e l l a V i s t a , n e a r Alum Rock, composed o f H r . and f ' r s .
g o i n g i s a l t o g e t h e r second hand we hope o u r r e a d e r s w i l l " t a k e i t f o r
B e r t M. Babeock a n d H r . a n d Mr*. E l t o n .
what ' t i s w o r t h " v i t h t h e u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h e v e r a c i t y o f t h e w r i ­
SAM JOSE, C a l . , 5 o v . 2T.—-John Bawl, « farmer who b e a r s t h e r e r u t a -
t e r t h e r e o f i s not a t s t a k e . While ve a r e p e r f e c t l y w i l l i n g t o swear
. .t ., „ , , „ _ „ i „ „ i n , „ . _ ; « i v,Kn» <„ i . u„ rfnn't t i o n o f b e i n g Kp r a c t i c a l a n d u n i t n a g i n a t l v e , d e c l a r e d t h a t he saw t h e
by what t h e ,-entleman s a i d c o n c e r n i n g t h i s a e r i a l w n a t - i s - i t , ve s o n t "a •i * r a"h l p I n f "J l i g h t-T—
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a s k e v e r y b o d y e l s e t o do s o . / n e a r Frr a n k l i n , vT h u r s d a y e v e n i n g , and t h o u g h i t waj B o r i n g r a p i d l y and *
p.p: Local N c t d s . / v a s a t a c o n s i d e r a b l e a l t i t u d e , he was a b l e t o p l a i n l y d i s t i n g u i s h i t s
I t i s a s i n e u l f i r t h i n g t l i a t nobody h a s o f f e r e d a s a n e e x p l a n a t i o n g e x n e r a l o u t l i n e and x a s t S t r i k i n g f e a t u r e s . He d e s c r i b e s t h e g r e a t
for t h e l i g h t in t h e sky v nh ol ct h d rhas d e v e l o p e d s o many l i a r s i n q u a r t e r s
e a d e d . F o r t h a t a whole l o t o f p e o p l e « a s e d s h i p v i t h rtridnei. and realism. His w i f e and family c o r r o b o -
wisert> t h e i r e x i s t e n c e ^__^ rate, h i s s t o r y .
a r c l y i n g [Link]""w^iit~lhoy n e a r d and sav t h e r c " " c a n bo n o i q u e s t i o n . " I v a s s t a n d i n g i n t h e r e a r o f my r e s i d e n c e a b o u t 7 o ' c l o c k , o r
Tut t h e r e <ire h u n d r e d s o f r e a s o n a b l y t r u t h f u l c i t i z e n s o f t h i s town s h o r t l y b e f o r e t h a t , " h e s a i d , *Mien my a t t e n t i o n v a s a t t r a c t e d by s o a e
who d i d s e c t h i s l l f . h t and d i d s e e i t move o v e r h e a d , and d i d s e e i t b r i g h t o b j e c t i n t h e s k y a b o u t ISO y a r d s d i s t a n t , and b e a r i n g r a p i d l y
disappear. And what t h e y s a v was n o t t h e e v e n i n g s t a r , which a t t o w a r d me from t h e n o r t h w e s t . I l o o k e d a t i t c l o s e l y and o b s e r v e d i t
p r e s e n t i s very l u m i n o u s and l a r g e . Tills much i t i s s a f e enough t o was l u n g i n g f r o » a i d e t o s i d e , s o s t e t i m e s s w e r v i n g s h a r p l y t o one s i d e ,
[Link]. The r e s t o f t h e s t o r y a b o u t f l a p p i n g w i n g s and l i g h t s of b u t always m a i n t a i n i n g a general southwesterly d i r e c t i o n . I t occurred,
C h a n p i n g hue s h o u l d be t a k e n v i t h g e n e r a l a l l o w a n c e . N.A. Bunce, o f t o me t h a t t h i s v a a t h e famous a i r s h i p , and I s h o u t e d l u s t i l y t o c y
t h e L o u i s i a n a T r a c t , d e c l a r e s t h a t he a a v n i l t h i s , and V.r. Bunce i s , f a m i l y a n d t h e y a l l w i t n e s s e d i t a s i t cane o v e r o u r r e s i d e n c e . I t vaa
a t r u s t w o r t h y man, n o t o n l y t h a t , b u t h i s v i f e and d a u g h t e r saw v h a t
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ao high up I could form no very definite idea of i t s s i r e . " S o f a r " : t n o v > t n c »econd ihip will reseable the f i r s t . I a«
"It had a pair of vlnga vhich vere constantly flapping not fron now willing to make public some more facts concerning the general *tnx
aide to aide like a b i r d ' s , but with more of a forward and downward ture of the ihip vhich ha» been operated in thla locality recently.
sot ion. _ JWneath i t several feet^hung a ball of red light which l i t up The suatainlng power i t supplied from gas tanks, which are in the hull
the bottom of'the ship and sent i t s raya far'dovn" belov i t . At the ° f t o e "easel « * v blcb are connected with the balloon which n i e t o»*i
front waa a cone-ahaped projection which I surmised vas a windbreak. the airship by a pipe. When the inventor wants to go up higher he let•
The vessel lunged badly and once made a beeline to the vest, but re- »°re pas'into the balloon out of the tanks, vhich are filled vith ccn-
gained i t a course again. It varied in height considerably durina the denaed gas.,
"When the Inventor waits to fly lower he 'sioply opena a valve in
time 1 watched i t . Ita speed I Judged to be about that of an e l e c t r i c -
the balloon and the contrivance naturally descendB, Juat as an ordinary
car doing i t s beat."
Mrs. Bawl t e l l s a similar story of the Htr&nge voyager of the a i r . / balloon does. I t appears to me that the unsafe part of the whole coa-
HEARING SOLUTIOH. / General Hart May Give the Public an Aerial Eihlb- trtrance ia this reliance upon the balloon, vhich la a l l that keeps
itlon of the Mystery. the aa Ip up. If the balloon would fall down would go the ship. For
Ix-Attorney-Ceneral [Link]. Hart came a step nearer to disclosing rn« thia reason I an frank to Bay I would not care to tale a ride in the
name of the Inventor of the reputed successful airship yesteHny. We a i r s h i p . Do I believe that the airship actually e x i s t s ! Why, certainly
also gave many new details regarding sk the marvel, and promised to "The inventor says that he has tsaveled 120 t i l e s in the air In
confer vith the inventor with the object of bringing the wonder of the about m i six and a half hours, which la a l i t t l e over twenty miles i
air vithin the observation of the public at a prearranged time «nd per hour. Els storage battery he uses fo1* power only to propel his ai
place. ' ahip vhen he 1B sailing against the wind. When be is running vlth the
"Interest In the alrahip, general," remarked the reporter to the vind or a few points off be needs no power, but naturally d r i f t s . Just
legal captain of the aerial varshlp, "continuea unabated, and the pub­ as a balloon would.
lic are anxiously awaiting more definite nevs In reference to I t . They "I believe that four pounds of dynamite throvn vertically dovnvard
are demanding something more tangible than aerial lights at night." fron the deck of the alrahlp vould make t e r r i f i c havoc among an encny
"I ara sorry that I am s t i l l unable to t e l l you a l l you vant lo gathered belov the ship. The dynamite throving could be done nost
know, I can t e l l you t h i s , however; The inventor la a couain of John easily by hand. All that vould be necessary vould be slcply to drop 1
Linn, the electrician of the Cuban patriot general, Antonio Kaceo. "Toe saut condensed g " "ervea no purpose except to raise the a l r -
Linn Is now, of course. In Cuba, but waa formerly a realdent of Chi­ Bhip. J t has nothing to do with propelling i t in any other direction.
cago, and is an American citizen. The inventor is not a Callfornian, i "It nay or may not be poaaible for my c l i e n t ' s airship to t a i l the
but came here, owing to our favorable climate, to cake teats of and a i r froa Key West to Havana. Be thinka that I t is possible. Whenever
perfect his machine." be arrives in Cuba bis power would be nearly exhausted. Therefore It
"It Is admitted that the power problem is the great one in aerial would be neceaaary for him to have a Cuban base of power supply. The
navigation, and in view of thla a detailed description of the Fargo location may be something like thirty miles froa Havana. That would
storage battery which you s t a t e ia to be used on the improved and r e ­ seen to toe about the proper distance." /
modeled craft vould be interesting," Buggented the- reporter. WAS NOT A PLANET. / Obsecrations by a Clever Watcher of the Mysterious
"I would be glad to comply vith your suggestion, but ve have only Light.
made application for a patent for this storage battery in thia country, The following communication has been received:
and to expose i t a Mfus composition and construction vould interfere Editor Call—Dear Sir: As public attention Is at present very rue I
vlth the procuration of foreign patents on i t , I r e i t e r a t e , however, taken up with the recent appearances of a strange light in the heaTrns
that of my ovn knovledge I know that the Fargo storage battery haa here and in neighboring places, I venture to offer one or tvo o b l i g a ­
sufficient capacity to furnish power for a flying-ahip, If the l a t t e r tions made by myself personally on the occasion of the appearance of
can be constructed to fly at a l l , Thia arrangement ia different from the strange light ID the veatera sky some few nights aro, which attract
a l l other methods that have_been heretofore t r i e d . No acida are used ed so much attention among our c i t i t e n s . These observations you P*«
at a l l , and I t will store elec'trlc'tiy in any amperage and voltag-. 4 take for vhat you ma* think them worth, merely prefacing my ree»rks ty
20-horaepover battery to run ten hours can be made to velgh 150 founds saying that In years gone by I made somewhat a atudy of astronomy, and
and to run six hours the battery would need to weigh not wore than 100 took quite an intereat In the heavaenly bodies and their movement.
pounds, Teeta have been made whaich prove t h i s . The man who invented On the night in question I was one of a group of persons sBatloneJ
the battery ia not the man who Invented the alrahlp," near the edge of the sidevalk in front of the Flood buildinp, aouthvest
"Why not have the inventor, in order to satisfy public curiosity, corner Fourth and Market s t r e e t s , watching a strange bright light In tb*
bring his winged craft over a certain place at a certain t i n e , giving western heavens. At f i r s t i t seetned to M u though I had sometime*
him sufficient latitude for delays and baffling air currents! Hia »een the evening star look nearly as large and b r i g h t , , and so I re-
programme
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you tt oo ine
the puciic.
public. nc He would thus ™
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*■ ->— t-o- -a o gentleman in -sty - -immediate
— - vicinity.
— But a closer observa-
runi no risk of identification, nor vould his invention be in danger of " o n seemed ' to show tnat i t bad not tb« steady and serene raya that
beiring exposed. Such an arrangement vould be moat gratifying to the n f l j k to
» " e * * o f * planet. I t vai obterved for brief Intervals from
Bile, and vould, at the Bane time, mOBt conclusively substantiate a l l t t B * t 0 t i , t t e > * n d l t " ■ i t ^ u d e v h e n : f l r , t observed i t seemed to nega-
^"cLamrmadTon his"behair>"""" * " " " " " " * ' t l « the idea of any t e r r e a t r i a l o b s t r u c t i o n .
"He don't care to submit his Invention to the public, and la per- * " « decided to make a practical teat and take the bearing, from
fectly Indifferent to what the publlck thinks. I have an [Link] B 0 B e « " d object, taking the small building with Its t u r r e t - l i k e cone
to see him on Monday, novever, and will then endeavor to have him . that forms a gore at the south aide of Eddy atreet, at i t s Junction i t *
carry out the plan. When I laat sav him he said he waa going south to *«»> Market, and maintaining my poBltion by a telegraph-pole at the
t e s t hia machine In the higher a l t i t u d e s . He la experimenting on the **«* o f t n e «idew(dk.
difference between the heavy atmosphere near the oce-an and the H e hter The light appeared to be In a straight line from where I stood vlth
air on elevated plains. You see he is preparing to carry out p r e c i s - » point directly over the aforesaid t u r r e t - l i k e roof that crown, the
ly what I have said in reference to Havana. I know he can and vill do gore at the southwest comer of Eddy and Market s t r e e t s . I [Link]-
ved that the light moved from over the point of the roof in an easterly
i t , and he ia not going to give" out""* description of his invention
and northerly direction, until at^laat i t had crossed the path in the
until he makes the attempt on Havana. I am quite convinced he v i l l be . , corresponding t o ' t b e w i d t h of"Eddy s t r e e t , vhen i t disappeared
at Havana within sixty days vith one of those ahips equipped to do vhat m m i t a e c o r n e r o f t h e m i v i n H o t e l >
he says i t can do. The gentleman above referred to observed the same thing, and re­
"This plan, then, of destroying Havana is a preconceived idea of marked that by stepping backward be could see l t it again.
hia!" This test proved conclusively to ay mind that the light observed
"Certainly; and he came out here to work i t out. I did not know vaB not that of ■ planet, for If any one ever sav Venus or any other
him before he came to me on thla matter, though I knov his friends." planet travel froa the vestvard In a northeasterly direction he rust
"Have you had any applications to s e l l stock in connection with have observed a phenomenon not recorded in aniclent or modern t i r " -
this invention!"
You may insert the abo»e, If you deem i t of I U I sufficient inter­
"No, and there la none to s e l l . I asked my client if he wanted to
e s t , In your valuable papaer. / lours respectfully, Austin ft. Peid, /
Bell any otock and he said no. He added that he had a l l the money he
219 Geary s t r e e t . City. /
wanted, and did not care to take in any person or organize any company
MODESTO HAS IT. / Prominent Cltitens See What They Believe to Fe Lifhts
for the preaent. This waa the only thing that gave me the Impression
of the Aerial Destroyer.
that he might be off hia pins. He la the f i r s t man I have struck of
MODESTO, Cal., Nov. 27.—Residents in the u i U m northern rart of
that kind in C a U f o " ^ . But I am quite convinced that he i t not c r « y t W a u e r c t r e a t e d fco ^ f ^ ^ m i o ^ u i l ,„
ght o oi t n e n
nor a crank. He ia thoroughly cool and logical in a l l he says and his ^ ^ a t 1Q:y} o , c l o c k U a t n l
light.
entire conduct is auch aa to Inspire perfect confidence In his inven­ Hi J.E. Ward, cashier of the First national Bank, dlscoverinc vlist
tion and faith in what he saya." he believed to be the lighta of the flying machine, aroused his nMrn-
In response to an inquiry as to how he looked, General Hart said tie bors, a l l reputable men, among whom were County Treasurer W.A, Do^-fr,
has a dark complexion and bears considerable resemblance to Ari Deputy Treasurer W.B. Bell, C.P. Schafer, the bookkeeper of t^- d m
performing at the Chutefl. / Iktional Bank, Armory L.J. Maddux CI] and others. The lights vere seen
HAflT GETS CONFIDENTIAL. / Discloses Hew and Important features of the at a considerable height, going in a northwesterly direction toward
Aerial Mystery t o Professional Friends- atxkfltockton. The l i g h t s moved steadily and at an even aheight froa
General Hart told a cluster of friends, principally professional the - ground. /
men, gathered in the Supreme Court rooms yesterday'something wore about SEES AT TACOMA. / Sighted Near Mount Tacoma—Vari-Colored Flashes,
the airship which hiB client has in view. "My client saya that he hai TACOKA, Wash., Nov. 27.—The airship phenooenoo which has startled
built one airship and haa auccesefully navigated i t , " said Central 3i n Franclaco has appeared here. Several reputable people have obser-
Hart, "The f i r s t ship cost him £15,000. He says that he will now con- <ri& i t . They believe I t Is an airship and that the Inventor has either
struct a second airship in the locality of Si Bollnaa and that the e»- nade tvo models and set one up in this neighborhood or was taking an
pense will be S30.000. ( eveningapln from California to Puget Bound.
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The a i r s h i p oeen h e r e r e s e m b l e s t h a t d e s c r i b e d b y C a l i f o r n i a v i t - , 0 B u c h a c c u m u l a t e d t e s t i m o n y t o t h e e f f e c t t h a t an a l r i M r h a i been
, e e n
n e s s e a In e v e r y p a r t i c u l a r . I t p o s s e s s e s t h e s a n e b i r d l i k e ahape and f l o a t i n g ° » e r S a c r a m e n t o , O a k l a n d , San J o s e and o t h e r r<MnI» l h a i
move* s w i f t l y w i t h a n up and down w a v e l i k e m o t i o n , v a r i e d o c c a s i o n a l l y t b * " o r y c a n b m x l y b e ' * " O ^ i n W T f a k e . — C r a s s V a l l e y " T i d i n g . "
by a d a r t f o r w a r d and some t i m e s i n s l a n t i n g d i r e c t i o n s . I t m u » t b e » r e m a r k a b l e q u a l i t y o f l i q u o r k e p t i n Sacramento j u r i
l a s t Tuesday n i g h t t h e o p e r a t o r o f t h e a i r s h i p l a b e l i e v e d t o have n c v ' T l i c o r d l B f t r y a r t i c l e w i l l a s s i s t a man t o s e e s n a k e s , but t h e
v i s i t e d and e x p l o r e d t h e t o p o f Mount Tacoma. Tuesday n i g h t D r u g g i s t c a p i t a l b r a n d s e e * * t o f i l l t h e ^ s k y w i t h f l y i n g m a c h i n e s . Oh, f o r
George S t . John c l o s e d h i s d r u g s t o r e on P a c i f i c a v e n u e a t 1 1 / 3 0 and a n o t h e r Cough.—San B e r n a r d i n o " S u n , " /
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v e n t home. He r e a c h e d h i s r e s i d e n c e o n Tacoma a v e n u e f i f t e e n o i n u t e a * y °f t h e » i ™ h i p ■*■ awakened l a t e n t C a l i f o r n i a t a l e n t I n
l a t e r and aoon r e t i r e d , " I t " was a b e a u t i f u l m o o n l i g h t n i g h t and t h e win f i c t i o n o f t h e Hunchauaen t y p e , and t h o s e who l i k e t h a t kind o f l i t e r -
do v c u r t a i n s a few f e e t away frois t h e bed w e r e l e f t Ktji u p . a t u r e can now r e v e l i n i t . — S t o c k t o n " i n d e p e n d e n t . " /
J u s t a b o u t 12 o ' c l o c k M r s . S t . John saw t h e s t r a n g e l i g h t and c a l l - I f 1* i » • f a k * . i t w i l l t a k e l t a p l a c s among n o t o r i o u i and m e ­
ed h e r h u s b a n d ' s a t t e n t i o n s i t . I t a p p e a r e d t o b e h i g h up i n t h e c e s s f u l o n e s . I f i t i s n o t , a new w o r l d open* b e f o r e mankind. — F r e s n o
haa v ens e a s t o f Mount Tacoma and moving i n a s o u t h e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . "Republican."
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The / p . 2 / i s d i s t a n c e from Tacoma n u s t have been a t l e a s t f i f t y m i l e s . <=°upl« o f p l a n e t s s h i n i n g In t h e b l u e o v e r h e a d and a h o t - a i r
They watched t h e h e a v e n t l y s t r a n g e r o v e r h a l f an h o u r . They f i r s t saw * > * i l ° ° Q " " h l a n t e r n a t t a c h e d , l e t l o o s e b y a p r a c t i c a l j o k e r , can do
w o n d e r , l n
i t th-0U6h a n o r t h window i n t h e i r room, b u t a f t e r a w h i l e c o u l d s e e l t e v i n c i n g t h e i n t e l l i g e n t p e o p l e o r two c i t l t - a t h a t t h e r e
t h r o u g h a window s e v e r a l f e e t f u r t h e r s o u t h w i t h o u t h a v i n g changed *■» *» a e r i a l s h i p w h i n i n g ; a b o u t i n t h e e v e n i n g s k y . - O a k l a n d En^ui-
t h e i r p o s i t i o n s . This proves t h a t t h e a i r s h i p t r a v i l e d a long d i s t a n c e r e r ' L '
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d u r i n g t h e time t h e y were watching i t . f l y i n g machine a a l d t o h a v e been seen h o v e r i n g around t h e
Mr. S t . John s a y s t h a t v a r i - c o l o r e d l i g h t s were s h o t f o r t h i n a l l c o u n t r y s a y b e a h o a x , b u t e v e r y t h i n g p o i n t s t o i t s g e n u i n e n e s s . - -
directiona. They w e r e e m i t t e d from each and and b o t h s i d e s , Sometimes S* 0 D I e 6 ° ^ i d e t t e .
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t h e l i g h t a t one end o r o n e s i d e would b e c u t o f f . Some o f t h e l i g h t s * ' ' ^ c r e d i b l e t h a t such a sweat a s i s nov on can b e c r e -
v e r e w h i t e , o t h e r s r e d , b l u e and g r e e n . These f o u r s h a d e s were 4 1 a - ' a t e d * » * ° e v * O B P e r f***"*^ ™<* a v e r y poor fake a s t h e Call's
t i n c t l y v i s i b l e . When a l l t h e l l p n t s w e r e s h i n i n g t h e a e r i a l m o n s t e r * i r » b i p story.—Alaacda Argus. /
vb0 t h i a i t h c y t f l r , h l M,1 r
seemed I n c a s e d i n a b r i l l i a n t g l o w , h a v i n g t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f a p o w e r f u l ™ « *** " *°* P P "« ° " Sacramento a
electric searchlight. The t l t e t h e n seemed t o b e t h a t o f a n a r c l i g h t . f « n i 6 h t " *&° B o d b « r d v o i c e , i n t h e h e a v e n s o u g h t t o change t h e i r
I t f l a s h e d , o f t e n , s e n d i n g t h e v a r i o u s c o l o r e d r a y s s h o o t i n g o u t from drinks before i t i a too U t e . - V i a a l l a Tlmea.
t h e c e n t e r l n e v e r y d i r e c t i o n l i k e s p o k e s i n t h e hub o f a w h e e l . S o r e - T f o u r ^ f r i . a d no l o n g e r h a . W h e e l s l n h i . bead : he h a . seen an
t i m e s t i t had a w a v e r i n g n a t i o n and swayed back and f o r t h i n i t s a i r s h i p . —Danville S e n t i n e l . /
course through the heavens l i k e a v e s s e l a t s e a in a storm, but t h e un- I f t h a t a i r s h i p i s r e a l l y c i r c l i n g a b o u t a t i t s p l e a s u r e , can
d u l a t i n g motion v a s l t a c h i e f c o u r s e , b e i n g v a r i e d b y f r e q u e n t d a r t i n g . , c a r r y a t h o u s a n d pounds o f d y n a m i t e a s s t a t e d , and i s I n t e n d e d f o r
o f l
The m o o n l i g h t was n o t s t r o n g enough t o p e r m i t a d i s t i n c t view o f » « *» *»?* ' C u ^ f k r , ;j^^i!,!' S ^ ^ K ! 0 i " ,
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Mount Tacoma, b u t t h e a i r s h i p was s e e n t o a p p r o a c h t h e n e i g h b o r h o o d o f ! * * * " ^ i * ™ * ^ " " ^ *°h " » 0 B e t h i n « dr°P b * r ° r ' l e P ' -
t h e mountain a t what seemed t o b e i t s e x a c t h e i g h t , and d a r t h i t h e r and « « ™ " J " ; a b o u t fi ^ f , r i r H t ^ l w B r i y l n ,
t h i t h e r a s I f a n e x p l o r a t i o n was n p r o g r e s s ™' ^ £ ' U s h o u t f o r anv i n v e n t i o n t h a t ' l l e n a H *
The supposed a i r s h i p was s t i l l i n s i g h t when Mr. and Mr. S t . John " ^ ' V ^ ! ^ ^ B l T e r l i d e a f t e r t h i s mud t h a w , out . ~ ? r o K - . n e
became t i r e d o f v a t c h i n g I t and went t o s l e e p . They s p o k e o f t h e a. , i " ^ i »it "/
s t r a n g e o c c u r r e n c e t o many f r i e n d s n e x t d a y , b u t what t h e y had w i t n e s s e d ( v » , h ' Cbronicuie. / . . . . «,
was n o t made p u b l i c u n t i l t o - 4 a y . They h a v e e a g e r l y r e a d a c c o u n t , o f ™° * l r B h i P f B * e a p P e a r a " U ? ° ^ t " n g " " ' B * " q U * ! / * ' " \ ' '
t h e C a l i f o r n i a a i r s h i p , and d e c l a r e t h a t what t h e y - s a v must have been v l l l n o t d o v n . " Baxnum v a s q u i t e r i g h t when h e a s s e r t e d t h a t t h e
t h e s a ™ o r an e x a c t l y s l a i l a r c o n t r i v a n c e . ™W t h , c *"**"* ttx$ * e t t c r t h e A " " * ' " P u b l l c v " P l « « » « . - -
Hundreds o f p e o p l e a r e on t h e l o o k o u t fliere f o r a n o t h e r a p p e a r a n c e R*<Wing F r e e P r e s s . /
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of t h e a i k k s M a i r s h i p /TTT^ ST a. ~i T, " p o r t e d a i r s h i p , while others Uu»h t o srorn
THAT IKIURTAL niAHTASv'/ A SrCtU A d d i t i o n a T V r o p Y r ' o " t h e Old F i e l d of « V •** " e o r y . I f t h e I n v e n t o r has d i s c o v e r e d t h e - a y by which
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seen » " t h i n e " In t h e n i r . and w r i t e s t o t e l l t h e C h r o n i c l e n i l a b o u t ^ " C h i n e r y 1 " t h e h e a d , o f a g r e a t many o f t h e p e o p l e i n t h e
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b u s i n e s s .is a n / one i n t h i s S t a t e , b u t I must c o n f e s s t h a t I have _ "Republican " /
c h a n r e d ny views s l i f - h t l v in f s v o r of t h e ' t h i n e . ' I do n o t b e l i e v e - - , . , , „ , iV,_," „ . l l ^ „ K - J - J J i i i ^. . L .
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f u l l y i » t h e . U r n h l p i t w l f , b u t ,m v e r y much on t h e fence a t p r e s e n t . B h l p u U 1 D O t b a M c e p t e d M e T i d e n c c t h a t t h e g a . M c h a n l . r r s on t h e
Here i s "Hat [ B « , l a a t n i g h t : P ( t c l f I c C o a a t a r e n o t i n e x c e l l e n t w o r k i n g o r d e r . - - S a n t a Rosa " P r e s s . '
At 6 : 5 0 o c l o c k l a s t evenlnf. rw a t t e n t i o n u a s drawn t o a b r i g h t C a l i f o r n i a ' s w o n d e r f u l a i r s h i p must b e i n t h e form o f an a i r
l i g h t d i r e c t l y t o t h e s o u t h of t h e d e p o t . I uzs s i t t i n g a t t h e back o f e > s t l e , - A n a c o n d a f H o n t . ) " S t a n d a r d . "
t h e o f f i c e at t h e t j * , , and d i s t i n c t l y saw t h e s t e a d y l i g h t i n t h e h e . - l f l o 6 H o r e f f l b e r 2 a ( S \ t ) D a i l y HimbolVt Times ( E u r e k a , C a l i f . )p* ( c d . J )
vens t h r n u f h t h e wlnilow and a l m o s t l i r e c t l y o v e r a l l p h t e d l a m p . He K
watched i t H «.iv we, » a yk« f o r t h e r e were s e v e r a l o f u s ) n o v i n R i n r s ^ ^ 5 ^ ^ S 0 L V E D ? / j i f t 8 t h e n o t e d A i r _ s h l p P a i d a v u l t t 0 ^
a wester y d r e c t i o n . Soroeone y e l l e d airship u . ,. m « , ^c.f*- C 1 / STOBi w w IIiTERESrED P m T . / ^ „f g ^ ^ . , B e a J d e n t ,
ment. I t p a s s e d o v e r t h e f i r s t r a n g e of low h i l l s , and was a t one t i m e „ „ . / „ , , ^ . . . . , . „ T. . _ . ,
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d i s t i n c t l y seen s h i n i n g below t h e t o p of Mount D i a b l o . Ue a l l watched " * " " • ! " ! * V ° ? U " ^ U ^ f ™ * ,
i t a s i t s l o w l y a s c e n d e d and t h e n d i s a p p e a r e d b e h i n d Mount D i a b l o i n . T h « f o U o w i n g l e t t e r w a . r e c e i v e d a t t h i s o f f i c e on t h e 25th i n .
t h e d i r e c t i o n of O a k i a n d . F r o , a c t u a l t e s t s we found t h a t v e c o u i d not ■ * " * ' * * , " ! ^ ! ^ " ^ " ^ f ^ T ^ T ^ " ^ ) * ^ ^ "
s e e t h e b r i g h t e s t s t a r t h r o u g h t h e window o f a l i £ h t e d room, e s p e c i a l l y t 0 t h e w a s t e b a s k e t . The d e e p i n t e r e s t t « « , i n t h e do n g . o f t h e
d i r e c t l y over a l i g h t e d l a m p . Every word o f t h i s r e p o r t o f t h e a i r - " ^ t e r i o u s » i r - s h i p . and p a r t i c u l a r l y t h e i n t e r e s t Eureka a p p e a r , t o
s h i p w i l l be v e r i f i e d b y S . C l e a v e s , list C l e a v e s , Thomas U r c n , (I.E. P O « « " i « i t , l « « i « t o * . u s p e n s i o n o f t h e r u l e . Of c o u r s e t h e T i * e s
Swoem-y .mil John Chns,'. m i l c a r r i e r . " c a n n o t vouch f o r t h e t r u t h Of what f o l l o w s , b u t i t c e r t a i n l y r e a d s
1896 November 2b ( S a t ' morn) San f r s i c i s c o l l l K a m T n e r , p . ' Icard' i ) ' " " " l l k e t h e h o n e s t s t a t e m e n t which i t p u r p o r t s t o b e , and v e g i v e i t a s
s u c h . I t i . l e f t t o t h e r e a d e r t o f i x upon t h e Eurekan who i s d i r e c t -
W1TH HERE AND THERE A CLEAM OF FAITH. / l y i n t e r e s t e d i n t h i . modern m a r v e l . Here I s t h e l e t t e r v e r b a t l a :
I f t h e l i g h t seen by t h e people o f t h e n o r t h i s a t t a c h e d t o a f l y t E u r e k a , Hov. 2 5 t h , 1 6 0 6 .
l n g machine t h e i n v e n t o r need n o t v o r r y a b o u t t h e w o l f . He v l l l r e a l - EDITOR TIMES:—An a r t i c l e i n y o u r p a p e r t h i s morning I s my e r c u s e
f o rt M v
t i g l i e t h e a p h o r l s n about t h e p r e d i l e c t i o n o f t h e people of t h i s a r e ; witiog. o u r c o r r e s p o n d e n t , who s i g n s h l c s e l f ( o r h e r s e l f )
t o push B good t h i n g a l o n g . —LOG A n g e l e . " E x p r e s s . " / E H H, seems t o have w r i t t e n f o r t h e p u r p o s e o f showing your r e a d e r s
Have you s e e n t h e n o c t u r n a l f l y i n g m a c h i n e ? HoT Then you a r e not t h a t r e c e n t w p f f g r " S 0 " " ' from v a r i o u s c i t i e s l n t h i s S t a t e , o f
in I t —Stockton " M a i l . " an a i r - s h i p a r e w i t h o u t f o u n d a t i o n . P r o b a b l y he ( o r s h e ) d r e a v h i s
n'7i ".. - ( < w'tt 1 » J u . u u . >- . . ( o r h e r } c o n c l u s i o n s f r o a t h e f a c t t h a t such machines have not h e r r i o -
W e l l , s e e i n g I s b e l i e v i n g , and whenever t h i s phantom s h i p s h i l l , . . . . „, . „ , _ . _ . . -, . , i^_w ^1 . ^
. ' , 1 1 j ^ ij-,,*, , ,. , , f o r e had a p l a c e I n o u r s y s t e m o f l o c o m o t i o n . P r o b a b l y t h e ea*e d e c -
a r r i v e a t Los A nqg e l e s u n d e r t h e s k i l l f u l p i l o t a g e o f some s t a l w a r t , , . „ . . . , „ . „ . . _ _ . , . L, m _ ., . , , . ,
„ , . . . _. !«.»*. DJ i „ 1 - ^ » _ , n , , , l a r a t i o n s were n J « made b y t h e same pr e r s o n t w e n tJy , f i v e , o r even t w e n t y
V a n d e r d e c k e r from Thompson's F l a t o r Himshev R a v i n e , t h e T i n e s w i l l '. . .

w „„*™,„. ...^ ..^- ^ „ pop a-. u . » - . u . >,...^ u "'"'■ E v e r y o n e who r e a d s knows t h a t t h e s c i e n t i f i c and m e c h a n i c * ! v o r H
l
S u r e l y A t t o r n e y C o l l i n s h a s done u . o u t o f a good t h i n g . The « *? i W ^ ^ U * ^ £*?*"*'' ^ " ^ T f ' ^ ^ "* ' ^ ^ " *
, ~ . ^ „ v.. . ,. ,^ , . ^t , , »u . . T , v i c i n g w i t h tit*. U n i t e d S t a t e s I n b r i n g i n g I n t o a c t u a l u s e i n s l c n c -
v r e t c h ought t o have s a i d i n t h e b e g i n n i n g t h a t t h e wonderful I n f o r - b e l i e v e d . l n v e n l c l . o f t h ea t r ; t h a t « n o f b r a i n , and o f w e a l t h J v - r v
""«^».Ce„5oyea*il^„lJC^eSU^^^^^ < * « « - e s t r u g g l i n g f o r f i r s t a c h i e v e m e n t , i n t h i . new f i e l d «f ! „ „ „ ■ .
t i o n I a t h l i t h e
n e w s p a p e r s p o r t r a y a l s o f i t w i t h much more c o m p l a c e n c y . - S a n t a C m * - **a o f C a l i f o r n i a a r e up w i t h t h e i r r e l l c v B ~ i r . 1 e e d ,
"Penny P r e s s " / I ^ B a v ' " B t e P o r two l n a d v a n c e , f o r v h i l e o t h e r s a r e s t i l l r l < w -
nin
One who i s s k e p t i c a l a b o u t t h e p r a c t i c a b i l i t y o f a i r s h i p s must G * a d * " ? « * * » " « * * » p e r f e c t i n g , we have a c t u a l l y s o l v e d <he problem
S 0
have had h i s i d e a s somewhat u p s e t d u r i n g t h e p a s t few d a y s . T h r r e i s . " B O n t h ' B g 0 * ' f l * 1 1 n U a b " 0 f B e n V Wfa"*"b r o u r n l Aether .
 '(by InvitnUcn) In a quiet business office in~Ssn Francisco "to w l n f ^ o r ? " "An I the [Link] Mr. M i l * * ? ^ 1 1 I d.-.'t kn,v. I had n
... . . . .„ „ ., .„ p
pnnc of reporters vaitinr ra my front me ft t i l l faru four o'clocr.
a certmn. [Link] contlrvance, with the viev to promoting Us " n r "' , ♦ ' „ m -«,Pnnrt tn t h , •=).,,-* nr -f.-.,..,--- . . ! , , . > .„ i
manufacture if found to be feaen>Te-==v«fry"iBueli In the seme *tnnef"i* that romine to see r? isc-nd to the s t i r s ^r . c r u . - r e else, l-nt 1
any nev enterprise is "worked," [Incidentally I *ay *ay that vealth. .tlrtn't ascend, not a Mt of I t . I never ™v t!-.e airrMn and T Jtvi't
had nothing to do with my becoming interested in this enterprise, but know anythlnp-«bout I t . I t 13 true that a ran of stnndinr in t^e
that certain facts In my possession, and certain experiences of a kind ^crgyiilV' ?"•-<■ to rc.^Hnf; to e»t w,t n p^te-n or-. »■» - l r -teHf.-."
needed, prompted the invitation vhich I received.) i3>6 Horember 28 (Sat) Eledvood City, Calif., T i . M - c . M t t . . p. 3g.
I t ia not necessary nov to go Into the details of the first or
Bubseouent meetings. A few t a i l declined to venture, but the cosnpany * H e o r Y E t t l t h * n d *• B e c k e r * " sincere believers in the airship so
vas foraed, and the vork of construction, which had been carried on to minutely described by Attorney Collins of San Francisco, u d vhlch 1*
considerable extent by the two men vhoae idea i t was proposed to work « no" S t a t i n g the mind* of s c i e n t i s t . . Smith u d Becker were out
out was puahed forward as rapidly as possible. During the conference bunting last Sunday night on the [Link]. back of flood's pood. Short-
atage many things vere discussed which i t vas thought night have a ^7 ***er 10 o'clock their attention vaa drawn to a b r i l l i a n t l U h t faj
bearing on the outcome. At the first meeting i t waa decided that the "P i» th« sky. Both watched i t in wondrous abatement until i t passed
best interests of a l l concerned vould He in absolute secrecy-ao many tram view. Their description of t h . supposed airship agree, [Link]
nev and valuable ideaa and things as vould necessarily enter into a vi** that Riven by thoa. » vho saw i t «» i t passed over Sacramento,
successful air-ship could not be safely truated to any who night choose * 1 « » headlight threw out bright rays, above vhich could be seen a
to examine or investigate. The wisdom of the first stwp, which has ■ ° * b r c Object, cigar-shaped, vith ponderous win*.. The airship was
been more and moee acparent as the vork processed. Is demonstrated in going " * « " t e r r i f i c rate of speed in a .outherly direction and
the fact t h a t T h V b h l p " was" launched and made many successful voyagea took about ten minutes to p u s out of sight. Ssdth and Becker related
even before the world at large knew that auch an undertaking wa. real!/ *h*t they bad seen only to a few friend.. They are node.t young *>en
underway. • * d n * T * n o d e s l r e t o gain notoriety by tbeir naaea and photographs
When the organization vas effected and In vorklng order I t vaa appearing In the San Francisco d a l l i e . . Incidentally, i t Bight be re
thought a machine fully equipped, could be launched by mid-Bumaer Barked that both are t o t a l abstainer., «o that no discredit can be
at furthest; but many unexpected hinderances had to be met, chief of placed upon t h . atory fro* thaat source and what they say must be«
which vas the lighting apparatus, vhich, for a t i n e , seemed t o defy taken a . goapel truth.
all s k i l l and perseverence. The flight of the ship, the steering, fche 1896 Novexber 28 (Sat) Woodland (C*lif) Daily Democrat, p. 2.
landing were a l l t e s t e d , except at great elevations, months before the
lighting arrangements vere completed. This light is described {for I HJRE AIRSHIP STORIES. / A Well-Knovn Lavyer Sees an Electric Light in
have not seen i t except as stated later on) a. a wonderful piece of the-'Skie.. / If I t Vaa a Mechanical Contrivance a Han on the Ground
mechanism. The "ship" i t s e l f Is simple, at least comparatively eo. Could Hot Hare Operated I t . /
But I am not the historian,xt" and shall not enter into d e t a i l s . That If the so-called airship i . an [Link] I t la a very clever one,
will be done later on, probably in one of the scientific oa^ailnes of M d the can who is manipulating i t thoroughly understands h i . business
the day, The pledge of secrecy has not been removed. But so much ha* and la having a great deal of fun at the expense of people vho are
been accomplished, and so many people have seen and marveled at the creduloua.
car, or "ship," a6 i t glides solemnly above the»--and moreover such That an unusual light ha. been seen floating In the atoospher* we
vlld speculations are indulged in by the creduloua and incredulous do not doubt. Too many people whose veracity and sobriety are above
»ikJ; alike that I feel Justified in thus placing the matter properly »u«pi»ion have seen this light for ua t o question this fact.
v,,,„ , The people of Woodland heard the remarkable storr told by Ed Arche
eef
° r e the people, vho have a r i g h t , at l e a s t , to prepare theaselves ^ obo Uwo# u w - f u U y c o r r o b o r , t e d b y B0De o f t b t M , t „1Ubl.
for the cany and radical change, soon to come. „ , , i Q Sacramento.
The following extract from a l e t t e r received from one in charge of. P r l ( U y n l g W a b o u t 1 0 o'clock, a vell-koovn attorney vho does not
the company s affairs at the depot is pertinent here: [court ^ notoriety, and h e . i t a t e . t o make h i . ns** public because he
Works completely. Your suggestion of three colls at t h e I d o e l n o t v a n t t g lo.e h i . well-earned reputation for sobriety, [Link]-
openlng [Link] i t perfect. When at 6073 Teet elevation yesterday, the ! n t d » D r l g n t tat unusual light in the skies to the southwest of Wood-
after valve stuck, and for a minute thought we should bring up at the
moon, but the other coil had the reacting effect you said, and a l l vent1**"1' traveling in a southwesterly direction-
T h e
well. Went to head of valley, keeping veil up until evening, and backi attention of the s*nber« of h i . fanily vas called to to the
to depot by ilg-iag course. Used lights vith good effect, could see ; " « * * . *ai nearly a l l the neighbor, living close by were al.o aroused
d 8 vt b
towns and even man far belov; 2lt hours without sleep. Keep look out ' * ° * * phenottenon, if auch i t Bay be called.
If nothing goes wrong, v i l l come your way 15th or 20th. * * - " The
attorney', f i r . t [Link] wai that i t vaa a group of s t a r t ,
b u t b e B00n
I confess a c e r t i l n amount of excitement on reading the l e t t e r ^^"^ convinced that i t vaa an illumination produced \j
from whlhh the above la extaracted, for I t gives many Interesting de- t h e *ZencY °r e l e c t r i c i t y , and of that he t a nov ha. no doubt, [Link],-
t h l n u , t n o t b e
1 t a i l s of the "ship" and of the voyages already made, but more eapeclal- " " " t r u e d into an admi..lon that he believe. I t v . .
ly because of the promised visitation from this modern vonder. I felt an * l r H h i P *
0 f c o u r B e i n
that I must go out and t e l l the glad news to friends and neighbor. estimating the rate of .peed at vhich i t was t r a v e l s
but the pledge to secrecy held me back. So I could only wait and [ t h e d i B t ( L a c e L* M important factor. Assualng that i t vas no farther
watch. I t vas a long v i g i l , for I could not rest until "the 15th or * v a y t b a o S a c r » E e n t o • **•* « « or aix hundred feet high, It traveled a
20th." Would It acorae by aay or nighty - The'uncertalnty kept me con— distance of abo;ut twenty-five miles an hour.
u l tfa
1 atantly on the a l e r t . But i t came. And none too soon for my nerve.. e people who saw the light agree that I t vas In sifht fully
a a
On the evening of Nov 17th, aoon after aix o'clock, a small vhite light h o u r t * ° d l 0 D e r * x t h e t 1 " considerably longer. Our informant sal
came out of the cloud and drlftCed] avay t o the south-southeast. I t »t hia window fully that long, but he doei not kn»v how long I t cay
wavered and paled, and shone again brighter than before—It certainly b»v* been in the heavens before he discovered I t .
K e
grew larger, and then disappeared. I was in a feverish s t a t e , and met ia fully satisfied upon another point. If i t was a techanlcal
soon have kscaui made some outward demonstration, but suddenly a great contrivance i t could not have been s^nlpulated by a person standing on
t n e
white light flashed out from the heaven., almost within hailing distanc ground". The electric light can only be accounted for upon the
as I t seemed, and moved avay toward the vest, and finally passed out theory tB8 -t the contrivance vaa aupplied vith a .torage battery,
over the ocean and vaB l o . t t o my sight. About the «ame hour two officer, of the Salvation Artcy were return-
The airship) Who can for one »oment doubt i t ! And the great white t ^ox Knight. Landing. They also saw the light « d fully corTObo-
H i 6 ;
l i g h t , in whose perfection I had been instruHentia, but whose b r i l l i a n - . t . —
cy I had not seen before. Well, I did not sleep that night. The dream * "atementt g«4e above,
was realized and I could afford to dissipate—rather, I could not avoid l 8 56 November 28 tSat) Silver State (Winnemucca, Nev), p. 3.
that kind of dissipation. On the evening of the 20th the mysterious
visitor cane apain, but, thoug I did not expect I t , I was not p r o s t r a t e T h e Airship Again.
Ttle ftlranI
this time. I did not see the ship, only the l i g h t , whose powerful rays P c r " e *« °ot dead by any scene, and the indications
seemed to eclipse the dark mass I knew to be above i t . neither did I a t P*"«ent are not good for i t . r*ssape into oblivion alone with th-
o t h e r f
hear voices or C D from the direction Of the passing ship. I am * k " t h » t h a v ' 5 b e e n EPrunR on a credulous public, litre in
not aware that the ship or its" light vas'seen by any of the people of "innemucca there are a number of believers In the [Link] of the
Eureka, but I know i t passed over the city and i t v i l l coae again. airship, and about 9 o'clock last nicht the h i l l in the vicinity of
I vithhold my name under the bond of secrecy until the history of t n e courthouse wa. occupied by an excited throng of men, wcren and
the enterprise ia cade public. If the above, In the interest of truth children paxing heavenward at a luminous [Link] in the southern :V/.
and progress, would be of Interest t o young readers, give I t to then. Of course the unbelievers of the crovd declared that vhat vas s--n
If not reject i t vlthout fear of offending. vaa simply one of the brightest of the planets, but we v i l l venture
1696 * E M I 20 l^atj rolsonT'^lif.'^'Ucekly'TeTt to any that twenty people can be found in town this nomine vho will
Nov. willingly swear that they aav the faraoua airship and who can rive
* Fahe. aore vivid description of the winged wonder than has yet been rub-
Thc airship story is rnnitily r°inr to ni*c<^. The r,[Link]-non of llshcd in any of the faking newspapers of Fan Francisco,
the hcavpns thnt "cl<![Link]~. the iir with piniono likn 1 hiipe conHor" 1896 NoveDbe"r'"2a "tSat) lacoma News, p. 4 (eds).
has lost itn [Link] support. The nin vho [Link] i t hns roltnd wn-rt and
those vho saw i t are lyinf lov. IT. G^orrt D. Collins, [Link]-at- The Tourist of the Air.
low, vho, according to the Call's story, knnv the Oroville r l l l i o n - The California air ship passed over [Link] on Thur.d.y nlphc. It
airc who invented and ^npinecred the wondrous a i r vess-1 thnt vns u a i » bright but wobbly light far up In the aebient atooaphere, like an
seen as a great Urht in the heavens nov procUirrs this nrvclous , r c light with ■ jag on. Th« clg.r-like .[Link] above i t .nd
story a nUm ordinnr-/ fnke. vrhcn intervieved he raid: "Oh, I ■ t h e v o i c e . [Link] therefrot. could be imagined a. easily here . * In the
wonder [Link] the paporr. nrn n i l doins e,f. un In this ridifiilous fashion; » t *t* of glorious climate. For It doth item to be .n established (set
 that the alt uhlp u,in indeed o bnldhended fake.
5± ,-Upn In various aparts of the r t s t e , but the nicler of the*- vh.% I
It 1H perhaps h not surprising that eomany Californium were found i " » vsmt they are ready to swear vm «n a l r i h l p Is constantly er--\
to testify to the reality of the air ahip end the voices, or that a fe largT.
of thdm even counted the number of teen in the ship, and one conversed While even many of those who have seen the f l i t t i n g and glenr-ir.,
with the occupants. Ho fake le so rau that It does not attract belie­ lights are not prepared to declare they are carried by * f u l l - f l - V
vers. Sor.e actually think they see whet is described. Others, who do aerial craft they admit they can account in no ordinary <r»y for ih»
not wish ever to be left, immediately proclaim that they BBW all and a phenomenon.
good deal more than is described. There I s , therefore, yet ample roou for the ryntery to If rr-^Trl
Recall the Post-lntelligcncer' a fake of Mount Tscoca being in erup- fake, a hallucination or a v e r i t y . Meanwhile, and until the r-y-terv
tlon. That vaa a bold, bald hoax. Vet at once hundreds of people a l l completely solved, The Call will continue to chronicle the nevs rein-
over the Sound country bef;an to testify their knowledge of the eruption t i n e to i t , taking nothing frcn nor adding sjiythins to the r t j v r u i
by ocular demonstration, one of the moat positive being a Port Townsend receives. Whenever definite 4nd conclusive proof, however. U re.-elN
preacher of lively imagination and great c r d u l l t y . It will be given freely, fully and f a i r l y , whatever it chance'
Let some one s t a r t a story that he saw Mayor Orr riding a bike on Hah.
trolley u l r e , and many would believe I t . General Hart received a v i s i t yesterday from one of the ren iho,
1&96 November 29 (Sun) The Call (San Francisco), p. 1. fcard 1) s t a t e d , has been making s t r i p s with the mysterious Inventor in h'.r in
«i±x*« lal vessel. The general declined to give any [Link] \c-n c-f
HART'S IHVEHTOR HAS THREE AERIAL FLIEKS./ A Full Statement Made Over these t r i p s . He s t a t e d , however, that t h i s can and another rari'inl-
the Signature of the Attorney for the Alleged Cuban Filibuster. / ln the services of the inventor had pone to the workshop of the invrr
In reference to the airship vhich has been p u u l l n g and astonlshlnr to a s s i s t in the vork of completing a third and much improved cr«f*
many of the people of California I will say t h i s : Thia remodeled vessel would be completed, he expected , in aicut n *
I have not seen i t personally, but have talked with the man who I t was to be a great *«»"_■■ improvement on the two a l r i h i r - *lr
claims to be the Inventor, r have spent several hours with hlr.. lie b u i l t , and when i t has been properly ■ tested va» to Ve at [Link] i\*
has shown rre drawings and diagrams of his inventi on and I an convinced patched for the scene of i t s deadly purposes (Havana), v*:ich >■•>■ ic
that they are more adapted for the purpose for wnlch he d a l e s them overvhelced with a Bhower of dynamite. Considerable Use will I- r
than any other invention making such claims that I have ever seen. Burned, according to the statement of General Hart, in -wkir.f tr.r .-r
It seems to r.e that the evidence that The Call has been e n t e r p r l s - who are to go on the novel expedition familiar with the vorkir.r 11
in* enough to collect in reference to this a i r s h i p , the character of vessel.
the people who have seen the sane, the fact that i t moves against the General Hart has contributed a full statement rernr.'irr !.!<
currents of a i r as veil as with thee, the fact that it has the power t o t i o n with the reputed warship of the a i r and t e l l s sere new nnJ
a i r t from Bide to side or forvard, ought to convince the people that estlng things therein In retard to I t . He also takes up the der
there is something in the invention. the Cuban patriots In a most patriotic, and martial s p i r i t .
I asxed the gentleman who claims to be the Inventor what his de­ Professor M.S. Crosi, cean of the University of the Pacific, [Link]
sires were In regard to carrying on the business, and he stated that adds hi* testimony to that of the believers, and [Link] people of
he aid not desire nny money; that he d i d n ' t ask or want any one to prominence t e l l so=:e additional s t a r t l i n g s t o r i e s . /
Invest In i t ; that he was not a c i t i z e n of California, and that he had SEEN BY PBOHSSOR CROSS. / The Dean of the University of tl.e Pacific
come here to perfect and t e s t his airship as the climate and currents Testifies to the Passage of the Conqueror of the Air.
of air were-nost suitable to his purpose. He further stated that he P/ofeasor M.S. Cross, dean of the University of the Pacific [Link]
had progressed BO far since coming to California that California cer­ professor of ancient languages. Is one of the best-knovn scholars and
tainly was entitled to the honor of i t s Invention, as i t vaa in quite linguists in the United S t a t e s . He Is a brother of Senntcr Cross of
a crude state when he f i r s t cane here; that he had two airships alren'l this City. lie stands very' nigh in the estimation of all students ar.J
r. v. iJ r i <. v.1. -e ,■.—.„(.- n.-,,. professors, so that hie testlncnv on the aerial wonder will be reciev
constructed.
persons, tha Cne, he said,
mnchinery, the was of large
fixtures and s 1000
i t e , pounds
capable ofof additional
carrying three •" ' ■ « , ; , , . . , ,
weight, and another tnat was much smaller, capable of carrying cne run with profound attention. The following telegron, giving hla opinion
the machinery .fixtures and 500 or 600 pounds of other matter. the subject, wa3 received yesterday;
He also stated that he was a cousin of Mr, Linn, who was Antonio SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 26. —Professor M.S. Cross, denn of the Unive
Maceo's [Link] that he expected t o take It to Cuba for the Bity of the Pacific, confirms the story of the a i r s h i p ' s passage over
purpose of aiding In the capture of Havana as soon as he could perfect East San Jose Thursday nlg.^t. Profeosor Cross is known in t. h 1 n vie if
It and acquaint his associates with the houidling of I t . l t y as a careful and conservative u n of ini=peachaL>le veracity, ar.J
He was a win or dark complexion, dark eyed and about 5 feet 7 inchej his l i e r testimony has von o
*" fie existence scores of doubting i.n.-}M8
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in height and veiphtd about IW pounds. He Hooks considerably like the " ^ _ _____ , t h i i co«Bt hai been fortunate
, enouKh
_^ to view t h i
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,. visitor
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gentleman playing the part of Arlon, the aerial acrobat, but Is a l i l l l well nigh Bllenced the scoffers.
little taller. " I t was Just about 7 o'clock on Thursday evening when my attentlo
He d a l e s to have three assistants with him, nil of whom are r-"rh- vai called to the strange light in the a i r , " said Professor Cross. "
anics; that he uses tvo kinds of power, gas and e l e c t r i c i t y ; thit Ms was v i s i t i n g at the residence of Professor Worcester and was called
llHhts are eoretimes produced by e l e c t r i c i t y and sometimes by gis . win, into the yard by him t o view the a i r s h i p . Whether or not It was an *
the aid of r e f l e c t o r s . ahip of course I am not prepaaaed to Bay, but certain it Is there was
He claims to have moved 130 miles at one flight and in a l i t t l e a rapidly moving light in the heavens far too large and bright to re
less than six and a half fcani h*houre, and at that time was not (-"ing
towhollv with the c u r r w e n t s ; that he uses e l e c t r i c i t y for propelling e l e c t r i c street l i g h t . To cry eye i t appeared to be about six Inches
his vessel against the w in d,and uses gas largely on going with th- air **H***ter. It was moving in a wouthwesterly direction and apparentl
o t
currents. He does this In order to aave power. *£}& r a t e o f s P e e l i - It wavered and swerved, rising and
t i e s Hinterested
e proposes with
to build
hin another a i r s h i p they
has tfcd methat , and ere In now
fact atone of the
work on thepar- falllD8 T1>e«5-±iij(
motion was
sligh
not
t l y .steady.
The notion, however, was not that of a bal
third airship,which le to be cor coimodlouB and more perfect than the loon. I have frequently watched balloons ickx in the a i r , and the »o-
other two, and that I t would be BO constructed that in the event tr-*- tlon of t h i s light was in no way suggestive of the manner in which I
machinery pot out of order and It should fall Into the water It coul-1 a i have alway* Been thea behave. Moreover, i t was • quiet night. Vh»
be used as a boat by detaching a portion of the a l r h l s h i p . When this slight breeie there vai I think was fron the south. Yet this [Link]
Is completed and ready for ue the Inventor intenfts to leave California traveled rapidly in a southerly direction. As It left us the light
for Cuba. seemed to broaden. This suggested to us that there eight be two ligh
which as the craft'swung broadside to us Joined rays and rave the ap-
So far as the e l e c t r i c a l power is concerned,the Fargo electric pearanco of a wide s t r e a i of l i ^ h t . "
storage battery is of sufficient cepactiy, as to power and liohtness,
to furnir.h th* requisite power for aerial navigation, and the inventor Professor Cross Is confident that ltcould not be *lther a balloon
pror>ones to use this power in connection with the other for hin opera­ or a natural heavenly body that he saw. "I will be very r-uch eurprls
t i o n s . The battery can be stored to i t s full capacity, which is £0 he declared, "if something core than a balloon Is not found to have t
horsepower .in 17 minutes. floating about. I see nothing very wonderful in the construction of
a i r s h i p . Prom experiments already ride there beeia to be every reaso
I an of the opinaion that this a i r s h i p will be a success, and that
Its success is far cozen [Link] a t ' i h ' i s time tnan t h r P o r s V t e l e e r a - t 0 ^ ^^"f"!! ^ " I * ! i "^-"'l-".:"
phy was at the tine he f i r s t offered the same t o the public. The point where Professor Cross viewed the ahip is about two bloc
So far as the public is concerned t h i s inventor does not ask anyone distant from where John Bawl, whose account appeared in yesterday's
t o invest in the e n t e r p r i s e . Perhaps t h i s nay be evidence of insanity. Call, saw i t , and the two accounts t a l l y precisely in point of time,
I will [Link] that this Is the f i r s t t i n e to my knowledge that anybody direction and general movements. The ship was nearer the earth when
had anything in California in which he did not want anybody to invest Bawl viewed I t . / /
money./ Cslgnedl U W H Hart. PASSED OVER HArVARDS. / A Mysterious Light Traced From a Canyon of th
PalocareB Valley.
pic: Viewing the Mysterious Aerial Lights From the Dpre of the State
[Link]*-1 . , . OAJCDWD, Cal., .N'OV. 28.--The residents of Hayvards are convinced
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1816' November 2 } (Sun morn) The T a l l , San Francisco, p. 1. " * f that the peculiar thing, a i r s h i p or something e l s e , that they have be
watching pass, over t h e i r town on numerous bccaaionl, has ita here cere
THREE AIRSHIPS, SAYS HART, / Over His Signature the Attorney T o n s of where among the canyons of Pal»omarei Valley.
Hie Client. / THE WHY AND HOW OF THE MYSTIC LIGHTS. / And >_..ir, th- To-night the Barvelous l i g h t was observed in such a tJinner as to
B r l l l i a n t ShaftB Are Sighted Speeding Above the Bay Countien. / IM7tLL! forever set aaide the idea that i t 1B a s t a r . Tvo parties , several
CE5T TESTIMONY OF STAID CITIZENS. / Spectators in Haywards Inslit OP miles apart, observed i t . To one it was to the eastward and to the
the Aeronautic Theory—Professor Crosa, the Linguist, Adds His Evidence other i t passed westward. When notes were cocpared It was agreed that
.'lo one has as yet identified the aerial voyager that Is supposed *<- it had passed over between the two observers,
be displaying the myBterlouB llghts_that_have shone down upon start 1«"1 _ Ed 0. Webb, who 1B known e l l over the county as a can not »■ prcn*
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' t o -Lake assertions, unless he can back'them "u~pTInformed George Oakes, ';him va* to do t h . work u l not worry about what It vaa for. After t k l i
editor of the llayvardi Jounnal, that he saw the [Link] traveling kk |h. coexisted the work without further questlonlm.. U« doe, not knew to
through the heavens in the direction of Castro Valley Wednesday erenlnfithia day what the t r a i l waa built for, and I know* of no ooe who bM
about 9:30 o'clock. The brilliant light waa plainly seen at bit none ever been on the place or on the new t r a i l ,
and also by other members of the fa»Uy. An interesting atory waa told by W.H. Warren In Crane', . t o n on
Fred Hoyt also sav the light at i t was floating leisurely along In Thirteenth atreet. Warren i l engaged in the chicken business *bo« the
the direction of the Lledel place, near San Lorenio. He vas go inter- Zelle place. According to U i statement he h u asucceeded in inventing
ested in watching the moving object and would no doubt have solved the a machine that he states he made a t r i p in, reaching the height of 100
mystery had he not lost his aalance and fallen Into a ditch that he feet. Tola took place at Sao Pedro not over a Booth or aao ago. Be 1.
did not see was in his path. quite a young man and a clever n e h l i l K . He haa a complete working
Carl Mohr furnishes the Boat startling Information. He told Kr. coder capable of carrying ooe B U . It Is made In the shape of t cl«»r,
Oakes that he saw the airship rise froa a canyon near h i . place thurs- vith a round head, and built of a light flame covered ivith tin and
day evening about T o'clock and proceed in the direction of San Fran- " " e d with wing., and a t a l l like t, fan. The machinery 1. vork.d vlU
eltco, and alto H V It return. Kr. Mohr is very positive In his gasoline. A t r i a l t r i p va. made and va. a success.
•tatementVand firmly believes that the machlne~is being housed near The toox inventor object* to exhibiting bis machine, a> he ha. not
Lone Tree Cemetery. yet secured k±* ids a patent on i t . He says he secured his idea fro*
About the cleare.t statement yet made regarding the mysterious a i r - watching the flight of the seagull. The machine Is now in San franclaco
ship comes from C.S. Long, C.V. Everett and H. Lledel, three of the BWK He has not yet used e l e c t r i c i t y , but admit, that it would be a great
best-known cltixens of Kayvards, who were crossing the railroad track «a improvement.., . _..,„_
at the depot In a buggy Tuesday evening, about 6:30 o'clock, when their George £. *j«^oyne, vho interviewed Varren for the [Link] Jour-
attention « , attracted to an exceedingly bright light in the direction n»l. said to-nlgbt that Warren had a partner who- he had sent to Cro-
of the bay and they watched i t for some time. I t va. saving very rap- , r t l l . to see if he could learn anything of the plans of the new [Link]
Idly, and while they could not swear that It was an airship they do not for the purpose of comparison. /
hesitate to say that It completely puiiled then. HART AROUSED. / His Martial Spirit and Pattiotli* Erprened With the
"I was going hone about T o'clock," said Mr. Hoosen, "when I met my Ardor of a Soldier. /
brother, vho colled my attention to a remarkable light in the heavens. All of Ceneral Hart's martial ardor and spirit of liberty was a
At ihe first glance I could see i t vai a powerful electric light. It aroused when he read the editorial in the Bulletin of Friday evening
waa lalightly south of « east and was moving steadily across the coun- which called him to task for being a party to the proposed use or dyna-
try toward the bay. I have not been a believer in the published ac- mite for the purpose of destroying Ravana. The article in question
counts of airships, but must now say that I have seen something that K*J reads as follows:
was not natural to the skies. . A mn of former prominence in this State is announced through •
"The light was not a steady light like a s t a r , but flickered like P*per of standing as the agent or attorney of a **a vho proposes to
our arc l i g h t , here on the s t r e e t s , and I t looked like on. of the- so»e , « « * « * t h . city of Havana vith dynam t e . In aPP«jren unconsc^usnes.
distance slay. toe^ulia^Teature of the light va, the'way i t Chen- ° f **« * » ™ * » » v h l f ^ ^ t e plot, are reg^ded in all part, of
ged from time to time ^he clvlliied world this degenerate invites a subscription of 110.000,
"It appears as If the operator of a searchlight va. placing red '°°° to furnish the s*ana by vhich a rich, populous and beautiful city
and blue glass before the light occasionally so as to make the light *** *>* destroyed. . . . . . .
more noticeable to any one who happens to be looking into the heavens. At a time when the world Is devising vays to prevent var. with thel
No star has ever done that Inthe past and I a» not ready to believe inevitable consequences, this wvn, whom the people once honored with
that one Is doing any such capers at present. If this was the first their votes *>r a M g h j u M l j ? < £ " « , £ £ " ! \ " 5 ? ! ! * ™ ^ - r
b o r r o
time the lights had been seen here I might not think so much of i t , " o t *** °% b e ~ T n c r e a . e a ~ y ^ ^ . J ^ - ^ ? f " "{7*sub-
but residents have been seeing a light fome from the h i l l , on a number P 1 " * • practicable does not matter. It tend, to fsmll . r i t e the pub-
of occasions and make i t s vayVrosss the heavens toward the south. It ^ c * " * * t h a e t l l o d " 0 f * " ™ « « * t o * * » " * " » « " J ' " < } " -
was only c o r r o b o r a t e of these to-Kg±±knight when I saw i t . " *»"M* « contemplate. Assassination 1. a playful " " * ' " * « * « o f
D d t 0 M
Editor George A. Oakes was another vho sav the visitor to-night " « *«I»™ * *« ?' Tt^ r S ^l i?DTrL-
x^[Link]* fro. his residence In the northern part of Hayvards. *« a « P r o P 0 " d M to rtl
' *^*^ ~ y C ° ~ ° f " ' Vl ^ ^ ^
"1 saw the li P ht to-night for the first t U e . ^ s a l d he, "and a* ,*>*<* " o f f e r * " " r i f l e , of l i v e , in a forlom hope to pro-ote a
r l 8 l ,
sure i t was no star or fire balloon, " p a s s e d east of town and ap- ^ ^ C B a « l « of t y r « t . have been in darker period, represented a.
illc
peared to go across the bay, as if headed for lower San Francisco, The ««•»""»« J .„.♦.„„*■ •». i „ f , - »,rt
tii w J j . t . . , . . . , acting q K under a delusion that robbed assassination of It* lnfa«y. But
white light waa not steady, and changed to a red occasionally. It la *r, ™" 7 "=A""*U , .
. U T i j * i. . i . , , , , . . this LCalifornia
U U lawyer, this nan vho vas at one time the head or tua
more than I can solve, and must be some one vho has finally solved the * " " ' * , , .,_, „ . c... _ ~ ™ . . . *n « b . -,n-<t.r
nroblem of aortal navigation " Department of Justice for this great State, now proposes to make murder
problem of aerial navigation. a speculation, for a sua of money he proposes to destroy t h . capital
the i s tor at^avvards to nilht " ^ ' ' c i t ^ o f tne most populous island in thTwHt Indies. This proportion
t h C Vl
-'l 1 iS star a tred^ 8 s t ard n nf, t '"on-c-aih«'along the street to-nl G ht to i . « - without « J « « ! » « • « » of I t . m^.troHty. It U « « « » « *
see a very bright light in the heavens. It vas like an arc electric vith the same disregard of moral sense the hired bravado exhibit, vhen
light, and, naturally, I stood vatching i t . The thing was moving to- " * r t to name his price for murder. , , . , - . , . , ^
vard the wouthwest with the wind at f i r s t , but changed its course . . » " is no wonder that an eminent clergyman said in h i . Thanksgiving
several t l « . . and finally ca*e up into the wind for some distance. K & ° ^ ? ^ ^
It final y disappeared over toward Redwood City. The thing seemed to ^ ^ t h f J e l t l w h e ^ ^ ta4" ^ d e d that Califoml.
be operated by some one to^see hov i t would answer a hela or guiding J § U i f l n o l e / f o r t h , i t „ t l l „ in-egularlt, with which c l r i l i t . U o n
apparatus n* of some kind. leap, backward into t h . dark ages. Th. fact that a proposition of this
v
These parties already xmit* referred to saw /p.2/ the machine to c o u l d ^ ^fore t n e u Q f t h l < s t , u 1 ( 4 „flKtlwt
the eastward Nsv co»es a story fro. a man who was evidently on the upOQ ^ e i v l l l i ; t l o n , The i e „ t » » i t t P e of puaLttasmt that could be
1
Other side Of J - . . . anticipated from a self-resp«cting coeiaunity would be a protest that
Steve Morrison of Kaywards was In San Ramon, and coming home t o - v o u l d ^ s M l B p o „ m c ^ ^ o f r „ i d e n c e bo t h for the
night he saw the aerial visitor in • « * • manner aa to fix I t . loca- [Link] and for the agents of [Link]-
r
tlon approximately, I wa. driving over the h i l l s from San Ramon, ,° ^
said he, "when I noticed a very bright vhite light In the sky west of ^ ^ J o u r n < a i B 1 , h o u l d taye C O B b l n e Q t 0 ^ x , t h e [Link],
me. I t looked like an arc electric l i g h t , but vas too h gh in the f ft legitimate speculation is much to be regretted. It
heavens for that, and then I knew there were no arc lights out in that u t h p r o v i n c e of lav to teach how e v i l , may be re«died through the
part of the country. It was a surprise to me and I watched the thing e x e r c l 8 ; o f „ M 0 B < I t l f t h e p r o T l n e e o f j o u r n a l i s . to ^ o v bow soc-
very carefully. I first noticed i t as I came up out of one of the s jiety-may lawfully protect i t s e l f froa all kinds of desperadoes and an-
smally. valleys and could see i t move about until I went into another." larchlsts. But in this case a lawyer use. a [Link] to familiarise
Marshal Ramage of Haywards t e l l s a story which may result in clear-jthe public mind with a scheme that an average Jailbird could not coo­
ing up the wyotery of the affair. "It has seemed very strange that j template vitbout horror.
this mysterious light should be seen in this vicinity so often. It I s 1 The day for the promulgation of this project vas badly chosen. It
possible that the thing, whatever i t may be, is being kept up here *■ va* a day when peace and good v l l l were being invoked in public meet-
somewhere. I know of only one place where It would be possible for an i nRB H ^ private residences. The churches were open that the_people
airship to be worked out, and I can hardly believe that even there the might be taught the blessing of peace and charity. In public halls all
material could have been taken in without exciting SOKC suspsicion. through the city the poor vere Invited to partake of the cheer of the
James Spiers, of the firm of Hinckley Spiers I Hayes of San Francisco, season. On such a day the conscience of the people va* startled by a
resides out in the Palomares Canyon, and is quite an Inventor. His proposition to wipe a great city off the face of the earth in conslder-
sons are fceat students also, and i t might be that they have been at atlon I D of the sun of £10,000,000. /
work on something of this kind, and have succeeded in getting a *hlp Commenting thereon yesterday he said;
that will really travel through the a i r . Sty attention has been called to the editorial In the Bulletin of
"I recently had a talk with a man who worked for them this summer, [Link]. All I have got to say in reference to It is that the des-
and he told me that a new t r a i l had been constructed from the house up truction of Havana by dynamite i . not half a* horrible as the press
to the table land near the crest of the h i l l and in a canyon. I know dispatches of the butcheries of Cubans by the Spanish authorltie..
the place, and i t is hidden entirely froa view and would be an ideal "of course, in the event that Havana was to be attacked by the a i r -
place for such vork. ship with dynamite .ufficent tl»e would be given for non-combatant. t«
"I asked him what the t r a i l was being constructed for, and he said leave the c i t y .
he asked the same question and vas told that a l l that vas required of "The apathy shown by the Government of the United States in extend-
.ding belligerent rieht* to the Cubans, in view of the atrocities of th* .
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, S p a n i a r d ! t o w a r d t h e Cubans and American c i t i x e n s , l a such t h a t i t I s SAW IT FROM THE DOKE. / G r a p h i c 6 t o r 7 T o l d by C«ore.e B c o t t , A u M s U n t
n o t t o be wondered *k» a t t h a t t h e g e n i u s o f American i n v e n t i o n s h o u l d *x« t o t h e S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e .
d i s c o v e r a means whereby J u s t i c e can be done t o t h o s e h e r o e s who a r e George S c o t t , a s s i s t a n t t o S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e Brown, was a t I S * e n
f i g h t i n g f o r independence a g a i n s t t h e o l i g a r c h y of S p a i n , " mento on t h e n i g h t o f t h e f i r s t r e p o r t e d v i s i t o f t h e a e r i a l wonder t<
" F o r ay p a r t , I c o n s i d e r i t " f a r i o r e n o b l e t o a i d a s t r u g g l i n g , t h a t c i t y . He g i v e s a g r a p h i c a c c o u n t o f what h e n i x i v l i n e n e d .
p e o p l e l i k e t h e Cubana, who a r e t r y i n g t o f r e e t h e o s e l v e s from t h e o p ­ " T h r e e f r i e n d s and m y s e l f were s t a n d i n g in f r o n t ^ o f t h e r e p j t o l , '
p r e s s i o n s o f S p a i n , even t h o u g h by d y n a m i t e , t h a n t o be S i l e n t and say he s a i d , " w h e n t h e s t r a n g e l i f t f i r s t » e t o u r g a l e . I s a i d ' t h a t I saw
n o t h i n g and p r a c t i c a l l y wink a t t h e a t r o c i t i e s shown t h e Cubans by t h e t h e l i g h t moving i n t h e s o u t h e a j t s a e m p a r t o f t h e c i t y toward t h e
Spanish a u t h o r i t i e s . u a x h n o r t h w e s t , b u t some one i n t h e g r o u p r i d i c u l e * t h e i d e a .
" I n t h e e v e n t t h a t i t s h o u l d become n e c e s s a r y t o c a p t u r e Havana, "He s a i d i t l o o k e d l i k e a l i g h t i n some d i s t a n t house on t h e h i l l s
e i t h e r w i t h a r t i l l e r y o r d y n a m i t e , i t would no d o u b t be h o r r i b l e f o r and t h a t t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f i t s c o v i n g was due t o t h e m i s t i n e s s o f t h e
t h o s e wbo a r e l o c a t e d in t h a t C i t y . But a t t h e same t i m e i f I t i s n e e - a t m o s p h e r e .
e s s a r y t o d e s t r o y Havana in o r d e r t h a t t h e t C u b a n s Kay g a i n t h e i r l i b - ■ " i had t h e key o f t h e b u i l d i n g * i n my p o c k e t and s u g g e s t e d t h a t we
ertfy Havana w i l l be d e s t r o y e d . And, n o t w i t h s t a n d i n g t h e B u l l e t i n , I go up i n t o t h e done and t a k e a l o o k a t t h e phenomenon. We c l i n b e d up
p r e d i c t t h a t w i t h i n n i n e t y d a y s Havana w i l l be d e s t r o y e d u n l e s s I t B U T - and t h e r e saw t h e l i g h t s v e r y d i s t i n c t l y , s w e e p i n g a c r o s s t h e sky towaj
r e n d e r s t o t h e Cuban f o r c e s , t h e n o r t h w e s t . T h e r e were t h r e e o f t h e l i g h t s , and t h e y a p p e a r e d t o fc
" I t a p p e a r s t h a t t h e B u l l e t i n I s g r e a t l y a f r a i d o f d y n a m i t e , y e t we a t t a c h e d t o some b o d y , o f which we c o u l d o n l y d i s c e r n a d i * o u t l i n e ,
a l l know t h a t t h e Government o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s haa been e x p e r i m e n t - ' " t i t ' s no u s e t r y i n g t o t e l l sie t h a t t h e r e i s no a i r s h i p , " he sett­
i n g w i t h d y n a m i t e guns f o r m o n t h s , a n d . In f a c t , t h e y have r e a c h e d such t e n u o u s l y c o n c l u d e d . /
a p o i n t o f p e r f e c t i o n t h a t i t i s paxa p r o p o s e d t o u s e i t in guns f o r WAS NOT STABS./ A t t o r n e y H u r s t o f Woodland S a t i s f i e d Himself a s t o a
harbor defenses in the United S t a t e s , Strange Light.
"Does t h e e d i t o r o f t h e B u l l e t i n t h i n k I t i s p r o p e r f o r t h e U n i t e d WOODLAND, C a l . , HOY. 2 8 . — H . D . H u r s t , a well-known l a w y e r o f t h i s
S t a t e s t o t h r o w a few h u n d r e d pounds o f d y n a m i t e a t some f o r e i g n v e s e e l c i t y , d i s c e r n e d a b r i g h t and u n u s u a l l i g h t i n t h e s k i e s a b o u t 10 o '
and s i n k hmi h e r o r blow h e r Up and k i l l , o r maim t h o s e on b o a r d , and j e l o c k l a s t n i g h t t r a v e l i n g I n a s o u t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n f r o a Woodland.
and t h a t s u c h "an a c t I s "not j i r p r o p e r f o r t h e C u b a n s , who a r e f i g h t i n g Nearly a l l ' M r . H u r s t • » neighbors a l s o witnessed the'phenomenon. Their
f o r l i b e r t y ! We would s i m p l y be t r y i n g t o k e e p a v e s s e l o u t o f one o f f i r s t i m p r e s s i o n was t h a t t h e m y s t e r i o u s l i g h t was a group o f s t a r s ,
o u r h a r b o r s , w h i l e t h e p e o p l e o f Cuba a r e f i g h t i n g f o r t h e most p r e c ­ b u t c l o s e r o b s e r v a t i o n c o n v i n c e d t h e t i t h a t t h i s was wrong. The L l f h i s
i o u s boon o f m a n k i n d . 1 s u b m i t t h a t i t would b e more p r o p e r f o r t h e a p p e a r e d t o be e l e c t r i c and were w a t c h e d f o r an h o u r .
Cubans t o u s e d y n a m i t e t h a n f o r t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t o d e s t r o y a f o r ­ Mr, Husst i s f u l l y s a t i s f i e d t h a t I f t h e m y s t e r i o u s o b j e c t was a
eign v e s s e l with a d y n a a i t e gun. m e c h a n i c a l c o n t r i v a n c e i t c o u l d n o t h a r e been o p e r a t e d by a p e r s o n s on
" I n t h e e v e n t , a s I h a v e h e r e t o f o r e s t a t e d , t h a t t h e a i r s h i p s h o u l d t n e g r o u n d . He watched I t upward o f an h o u r from a window In b i s ho
be u s e d f o r m i l i t a r y p u r p o s e s i n and a r o u n d Havana I t would b e b e t t e r He d o e s n o t p r e t e n 6 j d t o s a y t h a t i t was an a i r s h i p , but i n s i s t s t h a t
t o have a b a s e o f o o p e r a t i o n a w i t h i n t h i r t y o r f o r t y m i l e s o f Havana. i t was n o t s t a r s . Two S a l v a t i o n Army o f f i c e r s , who were d r i v i n g fro«
" T h e r e I s no doubt t h a t Maceo would t h r o w d y n a m i t e i n t o Havana K n i g h t s l a n d i n g t o W o o d l a n d , n u n k c o r r o b o r a t e Mr. H u r s t . /
g i v i n g them ample n o t i c e o f t h a t p u r p o s e . But s u p p o s e t h a t fcx« he Heard Then T a l k .
s s a a h o u l d g i v e such a n o t i c e I t i s q u i t e e v i d e n t t h a t t i e S p a n i s h a u - UKIAH, C a l . , Nov. 2 8 . — E . G . C a s e , g r a n d c h i e f r a n g e r o f t h e Anclen
t h o r i t l e s would pay no a t t e n t i o n t o I t . They would s i m p l y r e m a i n t h e r e Order o f F o r e s t e r s o f t h e P a c i f i c J u r l a d i c t l o n . a n d W i U i a * H e l d , o f f l c
and d o u b t t h e f e a s i b i l i t y o f t h e a i r s h i p and t h e h o r r o r s o f d y n a m i t e i a l s t e n o g r a p h e r o f t h e l o c a l S u p e r i o r C o u r t , l e f t t h i s a f t e r n o o n f o r
until they actaully felt i t . T h e r e f o r e i t s eema t o me t h a t I f t h e P o t t e r V a l l e y , a s m a l l town t w e n t y s U l e s n o r t h o f t h i s c i t y ,
B u l l e t i n would u s e a l i t t l e more f o r a c e 1 n t r y i n g t o yxaax p e r s u a d e A t e l e p h o n e message was r e c e i r t v e d f r o * Held a t ? : J 0 o ' c l o c k t o ­
t h e Government t o r e c o g n l x e t h e b e l l i g e r e n t r i g h t s o f Cuba I t might n i g h t c o n t a i n i n g t h e s t a r t l i n g i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t t h e y b i d seen an a i r ­
s a v e i t s e l f t h e h o r r o r of h e a r i n g t h a t a kfew h u n d r e d p e o p l e had been s h i p when w i t h i n two m i l e s o f t h e i r d e s t i n a t i o n . The two gentlemen
d e s t r o y e d bv d v n a m i t e . were d r i v i n g a l o n g in a d o u b l e team when t h e a i r s h i p p a m t d so c l o s e
" I t seems t o be t h e American p o l i c y o f l a t e t o p e r m i t a l l k i n d s o f t o them t h a t t h e i r h o r s e s were f r i g h t e n e d ,
a t r o c i t i e s and t o p e r m i t I t s c i t i i e n s t o be t r a m p l e d upon i n f o r e i g n The ftentlemen d i s t i n c t l y saw t h e a e r i a l wonder I t was c l c a r -
c o u n t r i e s w i t h o u t making tnore t h a n a mere p r o t e s t . Aa an American c t t / » n a p e d and was e v i d e n t l y s u s p e n d e d from a b a l l o o n .
i z e n who h a s known s o m e t h i n g o f t h e h o r r o r s o f war I p r o t e s t a f - a i n s t 1 8 9 6 ! i o v e m b e r 29 (Sun) San F r a n c i s c o C h r o n i c l e , p . 2 8 .
such a p o l i c y , and for one s a y t h a t i t i s n e c e s s a r y f o r t h e Cubans t o
b e g i n u s i n g d y n a m i t e . The s o o n e r t h e y u s e i t t h e b e t t e r i t w i n be STILL ANOTHER INVENTOR. / THIS TIME IT IS A HAYWARDS HAN. / Says He
f o r Cuba and American c i v i l i z a t i o n . Has Solved t h e A i r s h i p P r o b l e m , and Takes a R i d e .
" C e r t a i n l y t h e g e n e r a l s h i p shown by A n t o n i o Maceo and h i s a s s o c i ­ /Oakland Brance O f f i c e of t h e " C h r o n i c l e . ' 7 9 5 0 Broadway, c o m e r 9th St
a t e s and t h e f a c t t h a t t h e p a r t o f t h e I s l a n d o f which t h e y have c o n ­ OAKLAND, November 2 8 . — T h e p e o p l e of H a y w r d s , In coenon w i t h t h e
t r o l has opened f r e e s c h o o l s on t h e s y s t e m o f t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l o f r e s t of t h e r e s i d e n t s of Alameda c o u n t y , have been t a k i n g g t e s t i n t e r -
t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s c o n v i n c e me t h a t Maceo would be w a r r a n t e d in us In e 8 t I n t h e „ , < ; ( , - t , l k e d - o f a i r s h i p . T h e i r I n t e r e s t has been i n t e n s i f l e ,
a n y t h i n g t h a t Cod h a s c r e a t e d o r man i n v e n t e d t o g i v e t h e p e o p l e of now by t h e d i s c o v e r y ■ In t h e i r m i d s t of sn a i r h s l p i n v e n t o r and one
Cuba t h e i r p o l i t i c a l r i g h t s and f r e e d o m . " m o r e o v e r , who s a y s he h a s b u i l t a f l y i n g machine t h a t w i l l a c t u a l l v '
The a t t e n t i o n o f t h e Examiner h a s a l s o b e e n a t t r a c t e d t o t h e B u l l e f i y .
t i n ' s e d i t o r i a l s , and i t comments t h e r e o n y e s t e r d a y as f o l l o w s : W. H. Warren i s t h a name of t h i s i n g e n i o u s p e r s o n . Ha d e r i v e s s h e
An e v e n i n g c o n t e m p o r a r y g r a v e l y c r i t i c i l e s e x - A t t o r n e y - C e n e r s l income Chat e n a b l e s him t o c a r r y on h i s s c i e n t i f i c work from a c h i c k e n
Hart f o r h i e scheme t o d e s t r o y Havana w i t h d y n a m i t e dronped f r o n a ranch.
c r u i s e r of t h e a i r . The scheme i s r a t h e r b l o o d - c u r d l i n g , c o n s i d e r e d s
About a month ago Warren c o m p l e t e d a working model, c a p a b l e of
p r a c t i c a l w a r f a r e , b u t i t i s e x t n a r e m e l y i n t e r e s t i n g from t h e p o i n t
c a r r y i n g one man, and took i t down t o San Pedro f o r the p u r p o s e of
o f v i e w o f r o m a n c e . The r o m a n t i c q u a l i t y i s h i ghly_d eve l o p e d in
testing ita practical value. In s p e a k i n g of t h i s t r i a l t r i p he e x ­
G e n e r a l H a r t . P e r s o n a l l y he would not h u r t a f l y . " H e n e v e r d i d h u r t
p r e s s e s h i m s e l f a s b e i n g s a t i s f i e d t h a t he h a s s o l v e d t h e p r o b l e s i of
o n e , a s f a r a s known. But h e r e c e i v e d h i a n o m i n a t i o n t o o f f i c e a s a
a e r i a l navigation. He made t h e t r i a l h i m s e l f and found t h a t he had
h e r o a c c u s t o m e d t o r e v e l i n c a r n a g e on e n s a n g u i n e d b a t t l e f i e l d s .
p e r f e c t c o n t r o l over b i s »acMne^ A c c o r d i n g t o t h i s s t a t e m e n t he r o s e
What more n a t u r a l t h a n t h a t h i s mind s h o u l d d w e l l on new d e e d s , t o t h e h e i g h t of 100 f e e t and a t t h a t e l e v a t i o n c a n c u v e r e d h i s i n v e n - <
even g o r i e r t h a n t h o s e whose n a r r a t i o n g a v e h i a h i s f a n e l The e x e r ­ tion in every d i r e c t i o n . i
c i s e w i l l p l e a s e h i m , and i t w i l l do nobody any h a r m . The c o d e l i s c a d e i n t h e s h a p e of a c i g a r w i t h a round h t a d ,
We can t h i n k o f no one b e t t e r q u a l i f i e d t o b e t h e c u s t o d i a n o f an b e i n g l i g h t l y c o n s t r u c t e d and f u r n i s h e d w i t h winps and a t a i l l i k e a
a i r s h i p t h a n G e n e r a l H a r t . Our e v e n i n g c o n t e m p o r a r y l a wrong t o c h i d e f a n . G a s o l i n e i s t h e m o t i v e power, b u t t h e i n v e n t o r s a y s t h e w i l l u s e
him f o r t h e u s e he p r o p o s e s t o make o f h i a c h a r g e . The more e x c i t i n g e l e c t r i c i t y I n t h e l a r g e r modtl now i n c o u r s e of c o n s t r u c t i o n . He [
he can make i t s programme t h e more gxxaXjt at t h e g a y e t y o f t h e common­ got h i s i d e a s from w a t c h i n g t h e f l l p h t of a sea £ " 1 1 - The L o i e l i t
w e a l t h w i l l be p r o m o t e d . A r e f e r e n c e t o t h e a i r s h i p was m e d i c i n e t h a t now in Saa F r a n c i s c o , i/bere I t w i l l r e v a l n u n t i l t h e I n v e n t o r has p r o ­
s o o t h e d e v e n " C a l i f o r n i a ' s " gloom on T h a n k s g i v i n g n i g h t . j e c t e d h i t p r o d u c t of i n » « m u t y fay P, 1 },*"^ f l t h e s .
To t h i s t h e B u l l e t i n i n i t s e d i t o r i a l columns l a s t n i g h t r e j o l n e d - l o 9 6 November 29 (Sun) D a i l y Kuraboldt " f l e e s ( E u r e k a , C a l i f . ) , p . i .
as f o l l o w s :
The ( E x a m i n e r g e n t l y c h i d e 6 t h e B u l l e t i n f o r h a v i n g t a k e n t h e p r o - Has I t V i s i t e d A r c a t a T / A S t r a n g e L i g h t Observed by R e s i d e n t s of
fxnixixiaxxposition t o d e s t r o y Havana by means o f an a i r s h i p s e r i o u s l y . That P l a c e . / Was I t t h e A i r s h i p !
The s c h e m e o u r c o n t e m p o r a r y a d m i t s t o be r a t h e r b l o o d - c u r d l i n g , b u t The f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r was r e c e i v e d l a s t e v e n i n g fron a g e n t l e m a n ,
I s c o n s i d e r e d i n t e r e s t i n g from a r o m a n t i c p o i n t o f v i e w . I t i s n o t whose t r u t h f u l n e s s c a n n o t b e q u e s t i o n e d :
s u p p o s e d t h a t m i l i t a r y a u t h o r i t i e s have been f r e a t l y d i s t u r b e d by . . ] ED11GR T I M E S : - A high school s t u d e n t , s e v e r a l days a g o , a b o u t
menace o f t h e a i r s h i p . In f a c t G e n e r a l V e y l e r i s more i n t e n t upon d e - | h a l f _ p M t 6 O . c l o c k l n t h e B o r a l n g „tf'near th. horiionVlo , dlr_
o l r
f e n d i n g Havana from t h e i n s u r g e n t f o r c e s t h a n from t h e C a l i f o r n i a 'e c U o a „ u t U e n o r t n Qf ^ Arcata, a strange, lar■ ge, bright
g e n e r a l who d e r i v e s h i s t i t l e from a c i v i l o f f i c e . But t h e r e a r e l o t s n K n t
o f p e o p l e In t h e w o r l d who do n o t weigh Igh e i t h e r men o r p r o p o
proporti r t i o n s H '
He went t o s c h o o l a s u s u a l . A n o t h e r h i g h s c h o o l s t u d e n t who l i v e s
a c l e n t i f i c a l l y . They t a k e a man s e r i o u s l y i f he t a k e s h i m s e l f s e r i ­ n e a r Mad r i v e r had s e e n a l i g h t a b o u t t h e same h o u r , in t h e same
ously. I t i s not l i k e l y t h a t C a l i f o r n i a has heard t h e l a s t of t h i s p l a c e , and commented on I t t o t h e f i r s t m e n t i o n e d s c h o o l m a t e . Strange
d y n a m i t e s c h e m e . I t w i l l b e d i l a t e d upon a s i l l u s t r a t i n g t h e c h a r ­ c o i n c i d e n c e , d o n ' t you t h i n k ?
a c t e r i s t i c s o f o u r p e o p l e . The romance o f t h e p r o p o s t t i on w i l l he
v i s 1 b l e i n d i s t i n c t l y . I f a t a l l , t h r o u g h t h e smoke o f a s e r i e s o f Yours r e s p e c t f u l l y , e t c . ,
dynamite e x p l c s i o n s . HI KB OS.
P e o p l e a r e now c u r i o u s l y a w a i t i n g f u r t h e r develop™* n t e In t h i s A r c a t a , Nov. 2 8 , 1 8 9 6 .
p a p e r w a r f a r e , with sympathy l e a n i n g t o w a r d t h e s i d e o f t h e Cubinn*
a d v o c a t e and d e f e n d e r . / Nov. 25 p , 1—SF d a f t o v e r a r s p s — 5 b a l l o o n s s e n t up 4 newspapers ,
de
l u g e d with reports.
 1^9© Sovember £9 (5unV Morning Union (Grans Valley, C a l i f . l . p . k, 5 T " Kayor Da vie'contribute* tome pertinent philosophical reflections I
the l i t e r a t u r e of the topic of the day.
BUILT Afl AIR SHIP. / A Hayvards Chicken Rancher as an Inventor. Dispatches from Lot Angeles l a s t night state that the strangt
OAJOAKD, Noveaber 28.—W.H. Warren, a chicken rancher of Hayvarda, lights have been seen in the neighborhood for the pat t fev days,
hat come forvard as a claimant for airship honors. He says that he ha Cenral'Hart had something further to aay yesterday on the use of
ha* invented and airship capable of carrying one man and i t satisfied dynamite in var,
that he has solved the problem of a e r i a l navigation. He says he Bade " I o t t l e e v e n t t h a t M airship could be made to dtstroy a c i t y . h<
a t r i a l t r i p recently and had perfect control over his machine. He " a i d , "that In I t s e l f vould firmly establish the peace of the civilise
rose to a height of one hundred feet and aaneuvered the Machine in verld. I t would oe realized that i t vould be no use t o fight against
every direction. The machine is cigar shaped and ie furnished vith "uflh Beans. The very fact that such a thing ■could be done would brie
vlnga and a t a i l . The motive pover la gasoline, but the inventor about universal peace. The r e s u l t vould be that the nations vould r e ­
lays he will use e l e c t r i c i t y . He got his idea from watching sea gulls sort t o arbitration in a l l matters of International dlfferencei. It
f]vt vould no longer L*e a natter who has the bipgeat cannon and who can
1896 Sovember 30 (Mon) The Call (San Francisco), p . 1 . (card 1) shoot the farthest. There vould be no use for navies or fortification
and thus vould be brough about abaolute peace.
H e a s o %00 K o c c
H ART'S ROUTE CONFIRMED / Aerial Mphts Seen F l i t t i n g In San Fernando ' » B l o n t o " P 1 * 1 0 t h a t t h e 120-mile n i g h t referred
t o l a
Valley. / SIMILAR PHENOMENON SEEN IN ALAMEDA. / Brief Rertev of the yesterday's Call vat made with the larger airship. The smaller
o n e h e added
Renarkable Developxenta of the Past WeeK. / SAGE REFLECTIONS HADE BY - . ' ** £ ? ? \ b i ? °[Link]«fJf^l-??,r?tr!P.I^Xi , E T . f o l . n f "♦?£.
„„,. .„,.. i r » n . , * * . * . * , ! - . tne atmospnerlc currents and using the e l e c t r i c power at the »a»e tin*
MAYOR DAVIE. / S e e s Ho Cause for Surprise in t h e Claim that Aerial J . c U i - r f . i t can a t t a i n a speed of forty to fifty mile, an hour.
Navigation is Possible. / O o e ln(. tbftt h M b e e n n o t l c e d l a t h a t Attorney Hart intimated
It s nov about ten days smce the f i r s t report regarding the e l u - B e v e r ( l l „ t h a t t o ec o u r „ o f t h ea i r B h l W i l l i u southerly and
sive and ay , terious a e r i a l l i g h t s came from Sacramento. Since then d l s p a t c b „ confirmatory of t h i s were l a s t night received from U .
developments in reference to them have b e e n rapid and sensational, b u t AnMle» /
mystery s t i l l surrounds the object and the human agency that are said 0 ¥ E K A ^ M E M . / ^ Mysterious Lights Made Their Appearance on [Link]
t o be responsible for t h e i r appearance. Nioht Last
At t h i s time the history of the myth, ph enoaenon, airship or what t u n t i i hai another spell of excitement over the airship on Satur-
ever I t w y prove to be, will bear a brief review This Is given that ^ n l ^ t ^ t h e^ ^ l o u s l l g h t t h a t h as , « „ p u t l U t l 8 r e l l d e n t .
the readers of The Call may the aore readily and i n t e l l i g e n t l y grasp Q f t h e t t w n B R b o u t t Q eb M d e i t s , p p e f t r M l c c O T e r t h e , 0 U t Q e r n per-
the present s i t u a t i o n . U o a o f t h e^ ^ c U y _
Incredulity, deep and general, greeted the f i r s t report which cred- shortly after dark the family of a gentleman living at Versailles
lted the lights to an a e r i a l voyager. Next i t vas announced that s t a t i o n , vhile observing the heavens from the southern windows of the
George D. Collins, an attorney of t h i s City, vas the legal representa- h o u a e B a v a b i g w h i t e l l g h t s u d d ( .nly a p p e a j high in the a i r about over
t i v e of the inventor and ^aQtiad_atpr_qf ..[Link] of the s t a r l i t skv. ^ F a r n I a l a n d , I t teemed t o flare out In a second as though tomethin
This honor Mr. Collins did not disavow, but vas unconquerably obdurate '„ . , . . . . . , „ . , ,„ . . ,,, . . j ... ._ ,
,. ., » , , , . . . . . . , ... that had obscured i t had suddenly been reecved. All vatched with brsat
vhen i t came t o a question of disclosing the name of his c l i e n t , the , , . . . . . .. „ , ... . .,, .
... , . . ° V, , ,,' less interest while i t r o t e , passing rapidly westward meanwhllt to a
location vhtire the marvel was put together, or ithe w
place where I t found . ^ . , . j . » . . . , . ^
., , .. , greater Lheight, J t J
vhere I t seemed t o pause for an instant. I t then
exemption from the eyes of the curious. ^ . \ ^ * , .^
..' . . . . . . , , ,, , . . . ., turnedJ tovard the south and passed on In that direction.
The Knowledge that this interesting information was lodged la his . v u n l ! t appeared Ikabout the s i t e of a ' S ^ r ' n i s i vhenVirat seen, but
legal custody caused him to be besieged by [Link] reporters, specu- ^ ^ B m a l l e r and smaller u n t i l i t passed out i . o f sight. The t i e * to*
l a t o r s , investors, icranks and a horde of curiosity-seekers. Under the e l 6 p t e d between the f i r s t appearance and the disappearance vas about
pressure thus put upon his time ana patience, he made numerous s t a t e - t v n c n t y a i a ^ e s > „ d » u agreed that i t seemed to lurch from side to
ments r e l a t i v e to the matter that was absorbing public attention and si(ie M l t ueQt southward,
his connection therewith. A g e n t l e r A O v i s i t i n g at the bouse, who has had contiderable to do
Untfrtunately these statementE, as published in the r a r i o u . news- w l w e l e c t r i c ixkk* l i g h t power, and who sav the aerial mystery, i . Co.
papers, did not f i t together quite as accurately as a s c i e n t i f i c a l l y v l n c e 4 t h a t l t c o u l d ta„ b e e n noCnia6 e i e e t h a a M electric light of
constructed edifice should. Among other things he allowed i t to be in- great pover. /
ferred that a Dr. E.H. Benjamin had aided in the construction of the AKDERSOH IN Lira. / Her Citiiens Claim to Have Seen the Aerial Mytterj-
lnventlon. i n I t s Flight.
Meanwhile reports continued to come t o hand daily of strange and [Link],, Sov. 29.—Anderson, located about ten miles south of
luminous visions. Men well and most favorably known in s c i e n t i f i c . Redding, i s either in line vith other c i t i e s of the coast or else her
o f f i c i a l , professional, business and educational c i r c l e s clained to C i t i « n a have the same "night ovl" p r o c l i v i t i e s , for i t is current tall
have seen these nocturnal v i s i t a t i o n s of moving lights at great a l l t l - t h a t t Q e R e r i a l monster parsed over Anderson l a s t evening about 20 min-
tides. Hone, however, appear to have_s^ureda_ clear ylewof the body to ^ ^ p M t 8 . H e r c i t i x e n i c i a i E t o have seen the stranger in i t s fllgt
which l t was supposed these aerial l i g h t s were attached, though cost vt ^ f l m observed froa the comer of Esj>t Center and Ferry
^observers of the phenomenon stood ready t o assert that they were s t r e e t s by a reputable c i t i t e n noticing a peculiar light in the vest-
guided in t h e i r course athvart the horiion by human pover. Sacramento vard. He called the attention of others to the seeming phenomenon, and
Oakland ana San Jose furnished the most frequent and s t a r t l i n g descrlp quite"TrcrovTcolTected. "It was gcnefsiTy~c^n'ceded that t h i s Bust 0.
lions of the myseery. t h e i on g_talked»f a i r s h i p . I t s course vas south and vest, and the
Suddenly came the news that ex-Attorney-Ceneral W.H.H. Hart had lights soon disappeared In the south. The l i g h t vas large and b r i l l l a c
been substituted for Mr. Collins as the l e g a l custodian of t h e sec- and seemed to move in a steady course. /
r e t s and destinies of the reputed a i r s h i p . ^ QHAL REVtHlE. / Mayor Davie Says Some Pointed Things About * Current
This was followed by the announcement, on the authority of General Topic of i n t e r e s t .
Hart, that the airship mystery was only incidental to a full-fledged [Link]., Kov. 29,—Mayor favie has seen a pnase of hueaa iacon
and extraordinary fillbuotering scheme for the capture or destruction sistency during the past week that has amusea nan. i t i t best told la
of Havana, the stronghold of the Spanish authorities in Cuba, by the his ovn words;
use of dynamite. He further informed the s t a r t l e d public that the "wnether tnere be an airship cruising nightly over t h i s neignbor-
a e r i a l warship to be used in this enterprise vould be designed to nood," said his nonor to a l i t t l e group of griendt yesterday, " I t only
carry half a ton of dynamite, in addition to i t s necessary appurten- a secondary r a t t e r with me a t t h i s time, i f there be not one now, 1 aa
ances and crew. He a l s o , over his own signature, averred that two convinced that the problem of a e r i a l navigation v i l l soon be solved,
airships were now in readiness to s a i l the e t h ereal blue, and that What i s now interesting me i s th« p e c u l i a r i t i e s of some newspapers and
another, on modified and Improved plans, was in course of construction some newspaper readers.
M soon as t h i s last-mentioned craft «as c o r s e t e d and the crev 6*de "*"% S u n ( l i y ' " ^ " . f f 1 **i°"t *° ^ °? ° ^ a o o r e t e P * a n a l i l l b "
thoroughly acquainted with i t s handling i t was to take f l i g h t , he said, r « " l e i v b i c h " " C ^ I M d , i l y »««P»P«"- W e i o o k " " " S h " e c ana find
Mo Havana, there to aid the Cubans in t h e i r struggle for indefendence t h A i * 6 0 0 t t ^ ^ o f t b e o l 8 o c ^ i e a v i t h t h o « ^ « l o u s thing, that
Fo his advocacy of the use of dynamite General Hart was taken to s c i e n t i s t , perfect and propnesy. lAu-ing the past fev month, t h i . n «
b Mr t b e
task *by the Bulletin, which vas tentatively abetted by the Examiner. "° ■ « » • « than ever _before_._ The_ newspapers puclitn al^ these
This attack e l i c i t e d a spirited and martial-toned rejoinder. The fear t h l n * * " f s c t s , profe.s R e l i e v e thea. and the » J o r i t y of the r
in the public mind now i s that the scene of war may be transferred fro* " a d e r B ^?eft t h
" " tru*^; B e i n £
« ° « M h " o f » " ^ f 0 " ' * • * " f*
the carnage-stained fields of Cuba to the unoffending columns of the • * x ^ t o * U e v e , l n " " ^ t W Q « " tn*1 n o v " ^ ^ i«PWb»hle. But 1
M
local newspaper. " * precedent for l t .
A
Shortly after the name of Dr. E.H. E*nja*in appeared ln connection **•* **° i f *»* 0 Q e haa t o I d M t h " t h e y c o u l ! l p r o d u c = * / ? » o f
llgJ1
vith the mystery of the a i r he disappeared froa his lodginps a t 633 * t ^ t j v o ^ a Pb°"°Erap" "V vatcn through a wooden nox vould I have
b e e n c s l l e d
E l l i s s t r e e t , where he had lived for two years, leaving nothing wore " " " f o r « « » « ° S •>!«» *** 1 " » « ■•«» t h i s very thing
than a carefully locked trunk behind. Ye-terday morning he called for a o a e ' W * ^ ^ " ^ ° ^V*** of a e r o n a W l c . and yet vnen a
>■<„ >
nis , . „ „ „ . and
baggage o^^ then
n,« n "*-i= *i.. coop,
riewu the ^„«„ " as- . the
-i. detectives
A i..„n.„» phrase
^v...„ li> t, tnousand . . reputaoie . c l t i,t e n s . declare. .that , . they " have
, seen. .some . kind of •
-. . ^ _ * ! . ! * * 1. J. I. . a machine navigating the s a l e s , and believe t h e i r eyesight aa proof
leaving no luctrace as t o his future movements, but on the contrary , " , ,1 , „ ,
. ,, ., . ., that aome one tia« done wnat the newspaper, r nave told us for years i .
taking precautions to cover his t r a c k . . , , ., _ , _ *^ . , ' .„ .
e . . , .^ . . . , , ,, . ... .. . . , only J a matter of time,most of i% those papers t r y to make u» believe that
Saturday night reputable people of Alamedo aver that they sav the . . , ,, ... .. , . , , ,„, . . . . . . .
r, . . M u. J 1 . T. *. . .. L ,. ... J . , they have been fooling u. with t h e i r p r o b a b i l i t i e s , and that t h e i r
Ucs or « S e c t ' c ^ ^ C C t r i C l a n " " " " *°n ^ t h ec
"»r«tWi.- ^ ^ o f 8 c i M t l f l c 8 p r e p h e c i , 1 are a l l fool s t o r i e t .
Anderson, a t o w about ten miles south of Redding, lays claim to . "Several years ago tnere y u an old inventor naaed 1*. Seering who
. , .. , ,. . ,_ , , . . . c - j , „. .lived in t h l t c i tJy . One day 1 heard a conversation between hia and th*
thejionor of a M a i t from the a e r i a l nondescript on Saturday night. : , . _ , . „, „ . . ,,_J.. _, . _, __ _ _ . . ,.
* late Walter [Link] build the Piedmont cable road. Seering told
 the ground as in a short time e l e c t r i c - c a r s would be running a l l over*
-58 Daiiling your brain* to know vh»t In thunder we a r e , {Fraifllnxt)
Oakland. Blalr laughed at the Idea,put his trencn in the ground and Thus ling the a i r s h i p s a i l o n as they stand on the deck of t h e i r
put his fortune into I t , and e l e c t i c i t y vaa substituted on hi* system wonderful ship In i t s n i g h t l y voyages through th« heavens over Bakar*-
f a r t e r tne road had been sold by the Sheriff. Dr. Seering f e l l dead f i e l d fas and the unrounding country.
on the s t r e e t nere about two years ago, but a fev weeks before h i s There are eiany here vbo declare as no more a Joih—not t h i s song,
□eath he t o l a ne that witn aluminum ana e l e c t r i c i t y an* a i r s h i p would but seeing the a i r s h i p . Now comes C ] A. Hughes, of Hughes drug
aoon be a c e r t a i n t y . 1 don't say t h i s as proof that there i* a s u c a a - i s t o r e , and declares t h a t he saw something set against the western
cessful a i r s h i p now in use, but 1 w i l l say that if 1 were to read In jhoriron early CFridayJ evening that was very s u r p r i s i n g , to say the
to-morrow's paper absolute proof t h a t one has been constructed, I sJwotlleest of it—very unusual to say more. I t looked l i k e a great saving,
shouia not be *jty. any more surprised than Walter Blalr was a f t e r he jvhite looking length, similar in appearance to a s t r e e t e l e c t r i c
saw his mistake 1 : / l i g h t . Hrs. Hughes also saw i t and also a young nan livingvitb the
SOUTH OF TEHACHAFI. / The AerlalWonder Appears t o the People of San family. I t wa* not very high, and i t vas Boring alowly toward the
Fernando Valley. 'south. Mr*. VM±XMX Webster, at the Und Company, avers that on
LOS [Link], C a l . , Nov. 29.—The operator of the California a i r s h i l Thanksgiving evening as she and her husband were driving home frost
seems to find the climatic conditions soutn of Tenachapl very sfavor- iposo, they also sav a wonder in hte heaven*. I t shoved blue and whlt«
able for the evolutions of his b i r d - l i k e machine, l i g h t s . They looked at i t through a t e l e s c o p e , and I t appeared to be
Persons whose occupations keep then up l a t e Into the night r e l a t e balloon l i k a in i t * construction. I t was gliding slvoly along toward
experiences of having seen strange and peculiar l i g h t s during the past the south,
three nights moving about near the summit of the mountains or crossing, Mr. and Mrs, Webster r e l a t e d thl* story to a few people In the
t.-.e valleys at a rapid r a t e ^ .. (Land Company o f f i c e . Inaaauch a* the public Is *o incredulous over
These v i s i t a t i o n s have "Seetofore been witnessed by only a feu per­ the a i r s h i p s t o r i e s that have been reported of l a t e , they do not car*
sons,but toanight scores of residents of East Los Angeles sav the f l i t ­ to *fj much about i t . Hence the meagreneaa of the story.
t i n g l i g h t in the direction of Pasadena moving along the f o o t h i l l s A long time ago when the divine Tennyson dipped into the future,
toward Santa Monica. he / Sav the heaven* f i l l e d v l t h conaoerce, argot l e t of &aglc s a i l s ,
A Call correspondent took great pains t h i s evening to verify the r e ­ I ] of the purple t w i l i g h t , dropping dovn with costly b a i l s .
ports about the i l g h t s , and i s now thoroughly s a t i s f i e d that some very I t may be that time has stolen unawares upon the world, and that
unusual spectacle was seen by a large number of persons, a l l of whom t by t h i s time next Kptx year a l l about t h l * aysteriou* something s«en
gave s u b s t a n t i a l l y the same description of what they ¥ saw, and there in the heavens of l a t e by incredulous people, w i l l be part of * the
can no longer be any question but that some figure of huge outline and pioneer h i s t o r y of a i r navigation. Quien sabet
carrying a l i g h t has been seen in the San Fernando Valley and along the So i n the l i g h t of t h i s possible f a c t , keep your eyes open and
f o o t h i l l s exteding from the valley t o Santa Monica. heavenward these nights and watch for that myatcrlou. heavenly v i s i t o r
Kotormao Millsap of the Downey avenue car l i n e , which runs into Eastr-gog '^ve^o'ei.' 3 0 ' r T t e ^ T ' o ^ ' a n T ' T r i b u n e , p . S'J
Los Angeles,gave the best description among the many interviewed. He :
i s quite sure that whan be eaw i s an a e r i a l machine operated by a human ajwm H/JS QR VENUS. / Professor Burckhalter Tells of the "Airship 1 *"
being. Light. / HE LAUGHS AT THE TALES. / The Astronomers, He Said, Have Sot
p . 6 : AN ADilAL ELOPEMEOT. / Noted Anything Unusual. / WHAT THE WATCHERS SAW. / He Says the Present
Cone fly with me,my aeroplane / Is tugging at i t s anchor chain; Theories Are All Pure Fakes. /
We'll Blip our cable,mount,and feel / The old world drop below our keel^ There i s one confirmed skeptic in regard to the a i r s h i p . He l i
;oiae fly with me,my a i r s h i p waits/With vings a - f l u t t e r at your g a t e s ; Professor Burckhalter of the Chabot Observatory. His time ha* benn
."bile deep In night t h i s planet gropes/We'll climb the upper s t e l l a r taken up l a t e l y by person* who are anxiou* to view the a e r i a l Mchin*
slopes. through the telescope. Many person* have advanced the theory that the
:ome fly with me beneath the arch/Of swelling blue w e ' l l Join the mrch a i r s h i p 1* a clever advertising dodge of some gas company that 1* t r y l n
[Link] s t a t e l y c o n s t e l l a t i o n s dance./Down thru the heaven's wide expanse, to boom a new kind of illuminating gas. Profe*sor Burckhalter laughs
^ome fly w. me,sweet to our ears/Will come the music of the spheres at t h i s theory as well aa o t h e r s .
■hen yonder solar system J a r s / I n the a r i a of the s t a r s . "If there were any a i r s h i p I would turn the telescope on I t , you
:one ny w [Link] love, w e ' l l stray/Along the misty Milkjr-Way; may be s u r e , " said Prof. Burckhalter today. "What peoople have been
V e ' l l speed around the cycle track/Where wheels the whirling zodiac.
:oce fly w m e , v e ' l l chase the Bear/ And Ursa Minor to hi* l a i r ; taking for the b r i l l i a n t e l e c t r i c l i g h t of an alr»hip la nothing aore _
^ e ' l l drag bull Taurus from his pen/And beard old Leo in his den. the* or l e s s than one of the tvo planet*, Mar* .or Yenus. People want
"or* fly w toe o'er fitarry seas,/We'll s a i l among the Pleiades. to believe in the a i r s h i p , and i t is astonishing the way they deceive
themselves. Venus is as b r i l l i a n t as an arc l i g h t and does rove very
K V l l tempt the a c t r a l gales that blov/Loud in old Saturn's beard of snovgiovly through'the"'Leaven"s. Anyone who pays a l i t t l e attention to tba
"ose fly v ne, w e ' l l soar and sail/Up where the comet whisks his t a i l ; 'heavens might be deceived into believing i t an e l e c t r i c light gleaning
r - e ' l l take in Venus as ve move/Along, and meet the Queen of Love. through the clouds. Last Saturday night vhen there vaa *uch excltcnent
Cane fly u me,away ve'.U bound/Where d i s t a n t Neptune goes hi* round, over the a i r s h i p , what people were looking at va* the planet Kara,
V..;ere J u p i t e r in glory iiotuia turns/W>.ere Kara, the ruddy v a r - s t a r . b u r n s vhicn appeared very b r i l l i a n t that evening.
ir.c fly w me,out in the voids/We'll cnase the fleets Of a s t e r o i d s ; The t h e o r i e s in regard to the airship are pure imagination. If
i.. sir;'' race a «ay w e ' l l skip/With Ar.,5 Navis—skyey ship. there were any strange objects in the heavens, ve would c e r t i i n l y know
C n„( r.y w j r . e . w ' l l take a run/Arounu some mighty central sun, of I t , and a l l these theories [Link], I t M i e v e , pure fakes.**
A1., era [Link] tr.e r o l l i n g spheres/Througnout the long sidereal y e a r s . 1896 November 30 iHon eve) Woodland, C a l i f . , Dally' bemocrat ,p.3 iota"* 1
Cu" fiy v re,icy oeroplane/With wings aii-spread tugs at her chain.
V ? ' l l a l l n or lin''S .flnrlng »q »"fl / P ? W 1 7 I C ^:1d ^orl A iror YJ-.I *J ;-■- i.~<- DAHSYTLLE DOINGS / . . . T h a t Myaterious Light.
1896 November 30 (Won) San Francisco Exaniner, p. 6. " What 1* i t ! Thl* thing they c a l l the a i r s h i p I nean. It ha* not
' yet been my good fortune to see t h i s my*terlous wanderer, and at
This Ought to S e t t l e I t . / From the Hanford "Sentinel." • present the nights are too c h i l l y for star-gazing. But accepting the
Last night when the sullen black clouds of Jove were r o l l i n g t» s t o r i e s told of i t as wholly or partly t r u e , we must believe there Is
chaotic gloom and the storm kind's vand was sweeping the heavenly something in them. I t is c e r t a i n l y not a c e t e o r . Meteors adhere
v i s t a s in an effort to comiand "peace be S t i l l " ; when the whirl ln C i s t r i c t l y t o a single d i r e c i t o n and are generally in a hurry. I t can­
winds had parted and r i f t e d the irurky elements into billowy columns not be a k i t e or a balloon, for e i t h e r of these must go with the wind.
and the luminary of nlrht had cast h i s s i l v e r y sheen unon the valley I t cannot be a toy machine sent up simply to mystify the people, for
from over tMddy Sawtooth's massive brow; vhen e a r t h ' s fir'Mdi-i v»re the simplest of these vould be too expensive for frequent r e p e t i t i o n s ,
s t i l l and the lamps had ceased t o flicker over the dreamy pares of and I do not take [Link] any a i r s h i p , which. If of any s i z e , would
the student; when the dops were off t h e i r vatch and the vhippoorwi11 . c e r t a i n l y require powerful machinery and produce a noi*e that would be
vaa nicklnf i t s t e e t h with a blackberry b r i e r . Will Mntthew«cn and heard a long d i s t a n c e . Now, I'm not going to cay that i t is not an
Want Hombeck, two recutable and trusted younp ren of Hanford, whose a i r s h i p , for In t h i s age of s c i e n t i f i c disaovery, when one ray talk to
antecedents are s u b s t a n t i a l l y correct and whose reputations Tor t r u t h a friend across, the c o n t i n e n t , or by means of the 1 ray explore that
and verac i t y are fully 16 to 1, witness and Five testimony t i n t they same f r i e n d ' s i n t e r n a l s t r u c t u r e , l i g h t s , l i v e r and g i z t a r t , at closer
saw a preat l i p h t at an angle of f o r t y - f i v r denre'-s In th<- heavens. range; when one may l i a t e n t o the songs and speeches of a past f n e r -
The l i p h t vas not a b u l l ' e - e v e l a n t e r n , because I t was too l*n a t l o n , or gare upon the p o r t r a i t s of stara that H e beyond th* reneh
ion* hi?h up; i t was not the north s t a r , because i t vns too low of the Lick telescope, I may doubt, but I ~ v l l l not dispute. If a rxn
dovn; i t was not a Boman candle, because the Romans are not In i t nov«»«>uld t e l l me that he had discovered a p r a c t i c a l route to Mars, or
the moon, I should consider i t possible. And so there nay be an a i r -
JztlH w n V , " . " ? 5 S ^ 0 ^ - ' - - ? — - 9 ^ - ^ n 0W t B l I ; U V n s " ^ "l i ? h t - - s h i p . I don't knov and cannot say there I s n ' t but supposing such ■
[, because
because Ucey i-acey dd oo nn '' tt ITLLZl
do business^ItX}
that high„ "up; <?* ' ? ^have
i t must " ^been an ' { t h i n g to e x i s t , la I t not aHaost incredible that some level-headed
a i r s h i p because I t vas not in the water. The l i g h t vas surrounded by observer has not detected i t before t h i s ? The inventor of t h i s mach­
a halo, the prismatic beatss of which BO dazzled the eyes of the be­ ine may have rendered i t i n v i s i b l e by the use of some hue outside of
holders that the t r u e form of the ship waa obscured, but amid the the v i s i b l e spectrum, l i k e Ambrose Blerce's mountain l i o n , but s t i l l
blaze of glory could be seen the o u t l i n e of i t s massive wings as their i < I t must be a aubsaance, and in i t s passage athvart the sky i t
u
rapid strokes c a r r i e d i t through space at a rapid r a t e . * * - There must eclipse the s t a r s t h a t l i e In i t a path. The arc I t describes in
passing from horizon to horizon vould determine i t a distance. This
1* a plan on foot t o snare i t next time i t crosses ^hls wnv. obtained i t vould be an easy task to calculate I t s speed, and th^ t i n e
I896 November 30 (Moo) (Bakersfleld) Californlan, p . k. ~ of passing a given s t a r would fix It* length. Ita depth eight br d"-
tenolned by the v e r t i c a l distance of the s t a r s eclipsed, and -your
THE AIRSHIP. / Bakersfield People Who Are Sure They Saw I t . trained observer be able to give a b e t t e r sketch of t h i s stranr* thine
Pon the a i r a l l boundless and underless ve g l i d e . than the average man could obtain i f I t were lying on the ground be­
Up, up amid the s t a r s , sweeping the clouds a s i d e . fore him. Why don't these i n f l u e n t i a l Journalist* who talk so curb
Look up, look up, you suckers below and wonder t h e r e , about the airship get our old friend Earvick hold of i t t
 1896 November 30 (Mon) Tacbma [Link], p. I'. 51 The mysterious airship was seen again here to-night. The thing
moved about over the city for an hour. There is no doubt a* to the
Beats the Airship. / An Angelic Aerial Apparition Agitates Rustics in eenllineQeBBo f t h e phenoLnon, v h l _ t e ¥ e r u ^ J_ j ^ " . " ^ .
Hew York State. Richard Sweet and other reputkle [Link] vere directly under lh»
A letter from wdlcott, N.Y., Nov. 17, say*! strange v i s i t o r , s t a t e that they saw lt» wings. It created great e i -
The villages of South Butler, Butler Centre and Slyburg are greatly c it. e n , e n t on the streets to-night."/
excited at present over an apparition which has appeared in that sec- wrt H E SAILS "HIGH./ Attorney Hart Tells~w> the Airs\ip""l~faiTn'7ar
tion recently and for which there appears to be no possible hypotheai* p r o n the Earth.
except a spiritual one. The visitor is nothing less than an angel or General VU W.H.K. Hart s t i l l insists that the cue h-talked-of a i r -
at least It bears every appearance of one, and is seen in broad day- s n i p i a a r e a l l t y and that the thousand or more people who hare seen
light and in a clear sky. Its appearance was on the second of Koveober llghC8 ^ v i n g i n t n e sky said were able to discern the outlines of an
about 3 o'clock In the afternoon, "hen i t was seen by at least s acore object above were not the victims of Mgh-pressure imagination*. He
of people within a radius of five miles of Butler Centre. Some of the g 0ea s t i n f ^ t e r aad asserts that there are tvo airships oow coving
people vho have seen the apparition are: R.D. Hack, a farmer, living about in the heaven* over the Golden State, a large one and a i t a l l e r
near Slyburg; H.B. Newton, a mechanic, whose home Is in Savannah; one. He beleivea that one i t now in the southern part of the State and.
A.y. Miller, a South Butlet farmer, and D.F, Everhart, an ex-school the other is prowling around through heretofore unexplored apace In the,
teacher of Butler Centre. more northern l a t i t u d e s .
Hr. Everhart, who is a well-educated man and not a s p i r i t u a l i s t , "Then your inventor must hare an assistant who understands aerial
Rlvea the following account of I t s appearance: navigation as well as himself? was suggested to General K*rt.
"I was returning fron Wolcotl about 3 o'clock in the afternoon "Yes, be has," was the response. "He told me that there is very
Kov. second, when I noticed an object floating in the a i r , apparently l i t t l e trouble in handling the Kaehine. All that la required is a good
■it'Ont 100 yards away and nearly overhead. Ita appearance was that of cool-headed man with a fair amount of concon-sense and one vho l i not
[Link] about twenty yaars of ape, clad in a Ion* white robe with the arw l i t e l y to become excited or lose hi* presence of mind at high altitudes.
harp. On i t s shoulders were a pair of long, white wings which appeared I hare no doubt that he has auch men vita hi". At leaat he told
nearly rotionlcas. At first the featur"3 were clearly visible, but as that be bad. Tou mist remember that an airhsip is very easy to handle
tut objrrt flouted higher they gradually became indistinct rhrouth diJ- 4 t extremely hi altitudes— much easier than near the aurface of the
[,ince t i l l finally the form faded from BIRIU In the distance. It u»» a earth? earth? !
clear dav and not * cloud In slRht at the tiine, I should think lr was , In explaining what he meaiit~by this assertion Ceneral'Tiart gare
anout IS or 20 nlnutrs from the time I first saw the object t i l l It dt*- some interesting information aa to why the lights are alvyasen at MU
appej-rrrf. 1 could not believe the reality of the vision and even pinch- "auch great distances from tne earth. He illustrated his point g by
ed rysclf to b.- convinced that I was awake and not dreaming. I Said calling attention to the fact* that an ordinary ga» or hot-air balloon,
jthing about it for several days, fearing to be thought drunk or craay, on being u * released from the ground, darts like an arrow from a bo*
t i l l I heard others speak of aimllar occurcnces." into hthe a i r and ta at the ■ ■ farther
- ■ avay from
" the
"' earth It geti
~- t h e
The story told by others who have seen the angel ia the name in all slower it* upward flight.
p^scnrlil details aa that told by Hr. [Link] and few of them mentioned "The reason for t h i s , " he explained, "is that after the balloon has
the lncHent outalde their family circle for some daya, until the story peached a certain altitude the gas that carried it to that point i t not
[Link] I'jratm- current. Several people have seen the vision silica on SO Buch lighter than the surrounding atrosphere and i t s buoyancy 1*
. [Link] [Link]. aa It has appeared on at least three different occasion, an/ thereby decreased. Then aerial navigation becomes practically easy,
.,*<- cr^.t-.l treat wonder and alarm throughout that section. Hot on* has f ° r t h e operator does not have to expend power in forcing the balloon
•mv th,„ry concerning Its appearance or errand. « " « ! vlth fas and the airship attachment against the vind. TMi II
, , . , ,. „ „ „„„. n , , , ,, ,, .the reason t*,at the inventor has gone so nigh vaen experimenting with
r4 [ =ocw one with an a r t i s t i c a l l y constructed Kite is amusing hlnseli his ship. He t e l l s me that at a great neight ne can go against the
MA. wind with comparative ease, but that at 3<-C or too feet froa the ground
1B96 December 1 (Tueoj The Call ISan Francisco), p. 7. (card 1)
he is Bacon pel lea to use up a great deal of power."
SAILED OVEil LOS ANGELES / Three Strange Lights Seen Above the City of 'J'« subject uppermost In the general's mind, the freeing of Cuba
Angels. / BACK OH THEIR COURSE / Hart Tells Why His Client's Airship from_, Spain,t
came to the .surface wl_ ,
in the conversation,_. and the attorney
M l d
Takes to Great Altitudes. / IS HUCH EASIER TO OPERATE / The ttfc*[Link]» * t o t " t n e iarnior in likely at any time to pack up h i . amaller
airahip and start for the scene of bloodshed and trouble.
Attorney Gives an Account of s Wonderful Flectric Storage Battery. /
"It can b« eaaily done," he *ald. "In the first place the material
Every day and every night add more testimony from thOBe who have
of the outfit Is light and the shaip can readily be packed in case* and
seen or claim to know something about the mysterious lights that for
shipped away be r a i l without attracting the least attention, and i t
the paot two weeks have appeared in the sky from Central to Southern
would taie but a abort time to put i t together again."
California. Every day and every night add to the number of those who
"Hov could this be done when your power is a atorage battery that
are converted from skepticism to a belief that these lights are at­
v l l l only last six hours!" va» asked.
tached to an airship or aerial craft such as the world has never seen
before. "There would be no difficulty about t h a t , " va* the respoo**, **Tha
Fargo storage battery can be recharged anywhere where there 1* aa
Whatever a l l these mysterious things may be It stands to reason
electrlc-llght wire, and there are electric power and lighting plant*
that the rystery cannot exist for ever, and in a l l probability the
in a l l of the town* from here to Arlxoca, and fro* Ariiona to th*
truth will be known ere many daya or weeks pans. I t is the purpose of 1" TT* v l """I *"
The Call to secure this knowledge and present i t to the public, be It Southern state*,
"The whole apparatu* of the twenty-horsepower fargo battery doe*
[Link] or hoax.
not weigh over 125 pound*, and the storage battery proper can bo car­
The telegraphic dispatches published in yesterday's Call gave ac-
ried in your overcoat pocket, i t not weighing over three pound*. Each
count* of the appearance of strange lights making rapid tkmg flights
section weigh* but a l i t t l e more thao a »od*vater bottle filled with
over the San Fernando Valley, In Los Angeles Ccwit'y~T" Last" night the „ ,. . , ... , H . t ,, . . .
people of Los Angeles City were treated to the strange sight. Tvo fix-, Vb t t t " t' BH e c o ue U COae i Q t 0 t h i
' °ffiCe " ^ ch*rg8 b i " e o t l " Ut*er3r
ed lights passed over the city at a high rate of speed and at a very V J
' * T T g4 * 1 ,y' -tf t - n e s e - *S"ja«"«n*-Ufiht wlre*_. j o , you *e. that t»
_ . i(„. » „ i t .. ' *■*, . ... ... *v
, ... T , 'J could taKe
could take his his ship
ship acroai
across the the continent
continent wi without, a n y t rouble at a l l .
great distance from the earth. A third light that appeared to have a l l s u o f t h e ^^.u^ t 0 Cabm r e a l n i a me that already I aa be­
the characteristics of a searchlight in the hands of a skillful manipu- ginning „,„.,,,„ to , _ receive
„ ^ . J „ li e. tttte„r *
, fro«
e_„ people
„ „ „ ! . „>„,who desire to go a* volunteer*
lator vaa also seen In conjunction vlth the two fixed l i g h t s . These « ^ 8 to receive l e t t e r , fro. people who
passed according to reports from the northwest to the southeast and two ^ v f t h e v . i t l r ^ s n a ^ ' / S L i e r " JLo"ofi ^
hours l a t e r they [Link] from the southeast to the north- ^ ' V „ " ' " " n S!t% T n T f . / . ".'J1"2? 9 6 ' „ *
W H H DE S I H : I r
vest. A number who witnessed the phenomenon vere Inclined to believe ' - " « " * - « »
volunteer for the party in the airship to go to Cuba. I aa ■ ^ P«>«lhl* please [Link] 'O« year.
.. a
that some practical Joker was sending up toy balloons from the h i l l s ,
but those who believed In the airship theory were unable to understand ° f a « ! " f I n P " f e " ^ ^ " d * t r e B « * » . A. a fairly educated -an,
hov toy balloons could pass In opposite directions over the same course ' f * t e J e * ' * i , h ° P " ~ " * »*«°« r »I*« « * typevriter operator. I
or what kind of toy balloon was used that could stay up at a high a l t l - ' u n d e " t ' n ' l ^ l l
^ U * « " ^ haiardou. enterprise, but bilieve « ,
t h e r e u n o don er t i M T
tude vlth lights ablaze for over tvo houra. 6 " n o t P ' r f « t l y willing and ftl.d to face.
Z
Ex-AttorneyCeneral W.H.H. [Link] attorney for the inventor, while " h ' U f e a r n o t h l n « a n d ^ n t° wiyvhere and do anything ny luper-
discussing the power that could be or ia used for airships, made public l o r * " " ^ c o a m 4 n d o r * « ■ ! « , I t does not matter to any one if I aa
some very interesting information regarding the new Fargo storage bat- " l l e d « " : **ve n 0 t l e » * : h f t v e n o f w l l y , r e l a t i v e , or [Link] relyln.
tery in wnieh he is interested. He stated that the whole apparatus of U p 0 n B e , e n d f 0 r t h a t r e O , 0 a a c m e l B h o u l d * • , e a t ' l u i U U k e * " y
a tventy-norsepower storage battery veigh* only about 125 or 130 pounds o b l l * * " 0 » " t o " « r e c y , falthfulnes. .[Link] willingly [Link] with
w l l f e f o r U
The receiving Jars proper have been reduced to such a small conwios " H l e h » I t I t U i t e , tf> " « »ffect me. Plea.e let « hear
that they weigh less than three pounds ,and that a Jar of this . i r e can » froa^ you at your e a r l i e s t convenience. Host [Link], • .
be charged from an ordinary IncadeceC light wire. Under such clrcum- "Will you engage hint"
etandes the master of an aaalrahlp would have but l i t t l e troubae in I will not. I v l l l hand h i . l*»r over to the inventor, and he vil]
taking in "fuel" that vould enable him to travel a great many miles. do with the proposition a* he sees f i t . 1 have no doubt but what, aa ;
He could have his ship secreted la the h i l l s , walk into any town along he ia related to the electrician of Kaceo'* arwy, all the *xr**nge»enti
the route on Wilch he might choose to t r a v e l , hire a room in a hotel, were made a. to the crew and other detail* before he ca»e to thl* part '
tap a v i r - . f i l l his soda bottles vlth chain lightening and resume his of the continent. Aa I have .aid before, he cane here to t e i t h i . alr-
voyage through the upper air for another hundred miles or aore. ihip In the high a l t i t u d e . , the lover heavier strata of air and tb*
7.-.e proposition seems almost too gigantic to be t r u e , but stranger fog* from the ocean. He wanted to teat i t under ocean condition*. In,'
the E**t the wind blow* froa the land to the »ea, but here i t blov* in)
t hings have happened in the realm of science within the last fev years
froa the xoDinaxtki sea, and la an expedition over Cub* he want* to b*
A late dispatch received last night from LOB Angeles reads as
follows: thoroughly familiar vlth ocean atmosphere. The last time I saw tbe
inventor _his purpose va* to operate hi* ship in the bijbj^dry ataoa- «
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t p h e r e o v e r t h e - s o u t h e r n p a r t o f t h e S t a t e , and from t h e t e l e g r a p h i c a c - p r e d e c e s s o r s by r e l a t i n g a c o n v e r s a t i o n c a r r i e d on by t h e o c c u p a n t a o
c o u n t * in The C a l l he must be t h e r e nov v i t h one o f h i t a i r a h i p a . V e t h e a l r t h i p a a t h e y p a a a e d o v e r h i a head;. A l l o f t h e a e v e r a c i o u s w l t i
a r e t o l d t h a t h i t l i g h t s h a r e been s e e n by h u n d r e d ! in Loa A n g e l e s [Link] assert that t h e y * a
C o u n t y , and I have no i d e a t h a t t h e y v e r e J a c k - o ' - l a n t e r n a o r f a k e s . " v e r e m n t l r e l y a o b e r and had n o t b e e n h i t t i n g t h e p i p e ,
SEEN OVER LOS ANGELES. / The C i t y E x c i t e d tyOver B r i g h t L i g h t s A p p a r ­ i Oakland and San r r a n c i s c o v a l i a n t l y c a n e t o t h e f r o n t v i t h c o l u a n i
e n t l y Under Some O n e ' s C o n t r o l , ,of c o r r o b o r a t i v e t e e t l m o n y , a n d t h e c l i m a x waa r e a c h e d vhen a K r .
LOS ANGELES, C a l . , Nor. 3 0 . — L o a A n g e l e i l a e x c i t e d and p e o p l e a r e ' : C o l l i n t , an Oakland a t t o r n e y , a n n o u n c e d t h a t h a v a * t h e l e g a l a d r i t o r
g a t i n g upward from e v e r y c o r n e r a t what a l l who have Been them d e c l a r e i o f t b e " i a r e n t o r o f t h e m a c h i n e , a n d v u f a m i l i a r v i t h i t a plant- o f
a r e t h e l i g h t s o f an a l r t h i p . The a l t i t u d e ' o f t h e a e s t r a n g e l i g h t s was c o n s t r u c t i o n . K r . C o l l l n t r e c e i v e d enouxh f r e e a d v e r t i s i n g t o s a t i s -
v e r y g r e a t and t h e movement was from n o r t h w e s t t o a o u t h e a s t . P a a s e n - -ft * p a t e n t M e d i c i n e man. Re v a . aoon c o m p e l l e d t o s h a r e h i a h o n o r *
ger* on board many o f t h e s t r e e t c a r l i n e s w i t n e s s e d t h e i l g i a g glimmer ^ t " e x - A t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l Kaart V.H.H. B a r t , vho v a t a l s o r e t a i n e d aa
as i t f l o a t e d s l o v l y and p l a c i d l y t h r o u g h t h e u p p e r a i r . c o u n s e l by t h e unknown i n v e n t o r . Gen. H a r t f a r e o u t t h e i n t e r e s t i n g
H o s t of t h e f o r c e o f t h e t v o m o r n i n g d a i l i e s «av t h e l i g h t s , which i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t t h e a i r s h i p i t a v e s s e l o f war and I s t o be used t o

w a r f a r e and t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n o f i n t e l l i g e n c e f r o - o n e ^ a r t o f t h e w o r l d „ * " ^ ^ V ™ " 1 " ' : ^ ^ .'th ^ l t h \ ™ h o T \, ° " «

t o a n o t h e r . The p r o b a b i l i t y o f t h e . h i p 1 . c o n c e d e d on a l l h a n d . , and \ b r i ' " ^ * n * h f h " v e " * ? " r * * ! 1™ ™ M ,' ,
o b , e n r e d 6 eloc)l w i
much s p e c u l a t i o n i . r i f e a . t o i t s most i m p o r t a n t u s e s In p e a c e and war •*»* °' * « r . c t e d t h e a t t e n t i o n of m n r ^ 1 ,

e c t e d t o t h e l i g h t which
h i * foreman and In c o n s e q u e n c e s a i d t o a C a l l c o r r e s p o n d e n t t h a t t h i s
t h e o b j e c t seemed l i k e a b r i l l i a n t e l e c t r i c l i g h t o r l i k e a fiiced
s t a t e m e n t s a t i s f i e d h i m . T h e r e i s some g r o u n d f o r t h e r e p o r t t h a t a t t a r . a l t h o u g h no s c i n t i l l a t i o n wa» p e r c e p t i b l e . Capt. Taylor brought
g e n u i n e a i r s h i p was b e i n g o p e r a t e d among t h e f o o t h i l l s , n o t o n l y l a o u t a f i e l d - g l a a e and made a c a r e f u l o b s e r v a t i o n . In d e s c r i b i n g t h e
t h e n i g h t but in the daytime. l i g h t a s i t a p p e a r e d t h r o u g h t h e g l a s s , he s a i d :
T h i s i n f o r m a t i o n was t e l e p h o n e d t o t h e Chamber o f Cornierce i n t h l * r~"Vth~e~ —"-'■ J- J■" ^■' r v■t " a Y p p a r e n t i' y" ' aar FVac ocn i l d e r a b l e d i s t a n c e . p e r h * » *
c i t y t o a a y . T h i s i n f o r m a t i o n s t a g g e r s t h e most c r e d u l o u s . Seriou. f i f t e e n o r twenty m i l e . . Through t h e g l a s s i t appeared pe*r-*h»p*d
p e o p l e , J u d g e s and p r o m i n e n t b u s i n e s s men h a v e now been l e d t o c o n d l u d e o r j ^ e t gp^p b u b b l e v h e n s u s p e n d e d from t h e p i p * , w i t h t h e apex
t h a t t h e r e i s more i n a e r i a l p h i l o s o p h y t h a n t h e y had e v e r dreamed o f . t u t e d a l i t t l e t o t h e l e f t . About o n e - f i f t h o f t h e s u r f a c e , on t h -
Foreman Woods' d e s c r i p t i o n t a l l i e s w i t h t h e p u b l s i h e d a c c o u n t s and i , f t - h a n d a i d s v a t dark, and t h e r e m i n d e r v a s v e r r b r i g h t and c o r t r t i )
p i c t u r e s i n The C a l l d u r i n g t h e p a s t w e e k , n a m e l y : as t o i t s b i r d l i k a 4 t r e R U i » r i n t e r v a l s w i t h s t i l l more b r i l l i a n t t p o t s . I t v a s up i b o u t
v l n g s and o t h e r c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s . Mr. Woods c l a i m * t o have had a g o o d , 20 o r 25 d e g . I n t h e h e a r e n a and a p p e a r e d t o be morin* away In a a o u l h
p l a i n view o f t h e winged v i s i t o r , and d e s c r i b e s i n d e t a i l i t a e v e r y westerly direction. I v a t c h e d I t t h r o u g h t h e g l a s s f o r a b o u t t e n or
part. fifteen minutes. I t f i n a l l y d i s a p p e a r e d , a p p a r e n t l y goin« toward t h e
The h u l l o r b o d y , h e s a y s , i s o f o v a l s h a p e , w h i l e t h e v i n g e a r e ocean. I d i d n o t t h i n k i t v a . an a i r . h i p . I t seemed more p r o b e b t .
l o n g and f a s h i o n e d r e m a r k a b l y l i k e t h o s e o f an American e a g l e . Its t h a t i t v a t B O M n o r t l a f f a i r s e n t up ay tomeone t o impose upon people-
r a p i d movement t h r o u g h t h e a i r i s what I m p r e s s e d Mr. Woods t h e m o a t . I t m i g h t h a r e b e e n a f i r e - b a l l o o n , a l t h o u g h i t h a r d l y had t h a t a p p e a r ­
The m a c h i n e , h e s a i d , was t r a v e l i n g a g a l n a t t h e w i n d , and a t a r a t e o f a n c e . I c o u l d n o t a « a n y i n d i c a t i o n o f a c a r o r any o t h e r a t t a c h ­
.peed equal to the f a s t e s t t r a i n . m e n t , t h o u g h i f t h e r e were a n y t h i n g o f t h e k i n d i t p r o b a b l y would n o t
The h i l l s a b o u t t h e c i t y a r e l i n e d V i t h g n t e r a w a t c h i n g f o r a l a t e h a r e b e e n r i s i b l e ,
r e a p p e a r a n c e of t h e s h i p . To t h i s mass o f e v i d e n c e a hackman, v h o s e ! Many o f t h e n e i g h b o r s w a t c h e d t h e m y s t e r i o u s l i g h t t h r o u g h C a r t ,
o c c u p a t i o n k e e p s him up a l l n i g h t , a d d * t h a t "he h a s s e e n t h e s h i p a s "Taylor'a glass. Among them was George P . T a y l o r , who had f i r s t s e e n
l a t e a s 8 AH A.M. T h i s g e n t l e m a n .whose name I t C a r r o l l , d e s c r i b e s t h e i t f r o a t h e s t r e e t c a r h a l f an h o u r b e f o r e . He d e s c r i b e d t h e l i e h i
a p p e a r a n c e Of s e a r c h l i g h t f e a t u r e s w i t h c l e a r n e s s . a s v e r y b r i l l i a n t , v i t h t h a p r i a m a t l c c o l o r a o f a mass Of b u b b l e s .
He s a y s t h a t h e 1 . a b s o l u t e l y c e r t a i n t h a t w h a t he saw was an a e r - H r . T a y l o r c o n s i d e r e d i t s o m e t h l n r u n u s u a l , a l t h o u g h he was u n a b l e t o
i a l machine u n d e r t h t g u i d a n c e o f an i n t e l l i g e n t b e i n g , and t h a t t h e determine..,the c h a r a c t e r „ o f . t h e s t r t w n g e . y j a l ^ o r . ..,-,,.
s e a r c h l i g h t va* c a p a b l e o f r e v e a l i n g oobbjje c t s on t h e e a r t h and t h e * * • * « * ? * e x p e c t a n t w o n T e r - a e e k e r . wer* a g a i n t r e a t e d t o a t i g h t
general topography of t h e country t o t h e o p e r a t o r s . ._ o f t h e new l u m i n a r y , w h i c h seemed t o a p p e a r I n s u c x e s t l v a p r o x i m i t y
t o t h a t p a r t o f t h e h e a r e n a w h i c h Venus s h o u l d o c c u p y a t t h i s s e a s o n .
1896 December 1 ( T u e . ) S.n F r a n c i s c o F l x . m i n e r , p . 2 . / That A i r s h i p ' " '
Tha a i r s h i p s e e m e d , h o v e r e r , t o b e I n t h e c o n d i t i o n u n k i n d l y a s c r i b e d
> g » i n . / l t Was a Toy B a l l o o n w. a R e f l e c t o r , a I t P l o a t e d Over L.A.
t o I t a o b s e r v e r s , by some s k e p t i c s , f o r I t s c o u r s e v a a d e c i d e d l y u n ­
l o s A n g e l e s , Nov. 3 0 . — T h e a i r s h i p f a k i r h a s been « t work h e r e , and
steady. I t a p p e a r e d a b o v e t h e t o u t h e m h o r i t o o and moved a l o n g i n a n
t h e r e s u l t of h i . l a b o r , t o n i g h t c a u s e d much e x c i t e m e n t among t h e
e r r a t i c way. The news r a p i d l y s p r e a d t h a t t h e f i r i n g - m a c h i n e waa
p r o m e n a d e r s on S p r i n g s t r e e t . Shortly before 7 o'clock a b r i l l i a n t b i l l e d f o r smother e x h i b i t i o n , and hundreda of people t u r n e d out t o
l i g h t l i k e t h e r a y . from « l o c o m o t i v e h e a d l i g h t v a s s e e n In t h e a i r t e e t h a wonder. The m a j o r i t y o f them f i x e d t h e i r g a t e upon M a r s , a n d
o v e r t h a s o u t h w e s t p a r t of t h e c i t y . I t bobbed up and down and t l o v l y t h a t i n o f f e n s i v e p l * n » t v a s p r o m p t l y e q u i p p e d w i t h w i n g s , t a i l and a
moved t o t h e n o r t h w e s t , d i s a p p e a r i n g o v e r t h e h i l l s a t about 8 o ' c l o c k f u l l c a r g o o f d y n a m i t e . E o u b t l e s s sos>e o f t h e s p e c t a t o r s o r e r h e a r d
C h a r l e s F u l l e r C a t e o , a b i c y c l e e x p e r t s t a t e d t h i s e v e n i n g t h a t he t h e r e m a r k s o f t h e i n h a b i t a n t s , and t h i s t e s t i m o n y may be e x p e c t e d
b e l i e v e d t h e a f f a i r t o be a p r a c t i c a l j o k e on t h e p a r t of some r e s i ­ soon.
d e n t , of t h e U n i v e r s i t y , who had p r e p a r e d a s i x - f o o t p a p e r h o t - a i r IBVEIfTED HERB.
b a l l o o n witli an aluminum r e f l e c t o r , ao t h a t t h e f l a m e s from t h e sponge 8 a a F r a n c i s c o a n d S a c r a m e n t o h a r e had a monopoly of t h e a i r s h i p
v o u l d be r e f l e c t e d downwards. T h a t t h a a i r s h i p v * . . t u u u t * k i l o n g e n o u g h , and S o u h t e m C a l i f o r n i a now g e t a I n t o t h e game t h r o u g h
s k a t a l k mi. t k a u « t r i c k a r r a n g e m e n t t h e r e I s no d o u b t , but I t vaa t h e e n t e r p r i s e o f a ™ t r l o t l c and I n v e n t i v e c l t l t e n o f Los A n g e l e s .
j enough of a Bucceas t o be t h e t a l k of t h e t o w n ; and u n t i l l a t e a t T h i s p f t t r l o t l c ' p a i r o r i T s - a b u s i n e s s man who h a s had e x p e r i e n c e in t h a
n i g h t many p e o p l e k e p t t h e i r p l a c e s on t h e c u r b s t o n e s s c a n n i n g t h e s k y , m a n u f a c t u r e o f f i r e w o r k * . H« l e a r n e d from t h e r e p o r t s o f t h e a p p p s r -
1° t h e hope pf . I t s r e t u r n . 'mnr-t o f t h e a e r i a l m y s t e r y t h a t an a x r e h i p c o n s i s t e d o f a l i r h t in t h e
1896 December 1 (Tues morn) Los A n g e l e s D a i l y ' T l m e a , p . - 5 . ( c a r d 1) jsky, and he p r e p a r e d t o supply t h a t l i g h t . With a b o t - a i r b a l l o o n add
!an aluminum r e f l e c t o r , he c o n t t r u c t e d a f l y i n g a h i p a few d a y s a c o ,
THE AIRSHIP ROMANCE. / PEOPLE WHO THIHK THEY HAVE SEER THE REAL [Link] l a s t n i g h t he l a u n c h e d t h e c r a f t I n t o t h e I l l i m i t a b l e b l u e from
/ Some o f Then M i s t a k e Mars a n d Venus f o r t h e F l y i n g - m a c h i n e . A Loa h i t home I n t h e t o u t n w e t t e m p a r t o f t h e c i t y . '
A n g e l e s Man Engages i n A i r e h i p B u i l d i n g . / I t vma a s i m p l e c o n t r i v a n c e . J u s t a p a p e r b a l l o o n v i t h a w i r e b a s - i
The p e o p l e o f C a l i f o r n i a w i l l aoon be s u f f e r i n g from " c r i c k s " in k e t c o n t a i n i n g a sponge s a t u r a t e d v i t h a l c o h o l , and o r e r t h e sponge ant
t h e i r n e c k a . S i g h t l y , a s s o o n a s t h e s u n g o e s down, e v e r y m a n , woman .alumlnam f u n n e l . Vhen t h a a l c o h o l w i s I g n i t e d t h e f u n n e l c o n d u c t e d
and c h i l d t u r n s o u t a n d w i t h h e a d t h r o w n b a c k , b e g i n s g a i l n g skyward t h e h o t a i r i n t o t h e b a l l o o n and r e f l e c t e d t h e l i g h t downward. Tor
in search of t h e a i r s h i p . Each d a y t h » t p a s s e s a d d s t o t h e number o f p o p u l a r p u r p o t e t , t h i t m a c h i n e i t J u t t a t good a s a c i g a r - s h a p e d e a r
b e l i e v e r s who a r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t t h e y h a v e s e e n t h e new w o n d e r . W i t - v i t h v l n g t , and a s e a r c h l i g h t . In f a c t , any b r i g h t p l a n e t or a t n r
n e s s e s a r e c r o p p i n g up i n e v e r y p a r t o f t h e S t a t e , who have s e e n i t e r v e d a a a n a i r s h i p l a t t n i g h t , a n d h u n d r e d a o f p e r s o n s s t o o d on
strange l i g h t s in t h e heavens. For some d a y s t h e c o n t a g i o n was c o n - ( S t r e e t c o m e r a and gaped a t Mars o r S l r a u s by t h e h o u r . The e v e n i n g
f i n e d t o t h e n o r t h e r n p a r t o r t h e S t a t e , b u t i t h a s nov s p r e a d t o Los : a t a r , vhen i t b l a t e d up In t h e s o u t h e r n . k y e a r l y In t h e e v e l n g , was
A n g e s l e s , a n d l a s t e v e n i n g rthe s t r e e t s v e r e crowded v i t h open-mouthed a moat b r i l l i a n t s u c c e s s a a a f l y i n g s h i p , a n d a t t r a c t e d more a e » ! r -
g a i e r s a t t h e s k i e s , t o whom e v e r y s t a r o f more t h a n u s u a l b r i l l i a n c y l n g a t t e n t i o n t h a n e v e r b e f o r e had b e e n bestowed upon a p l a n e t . More
appeared a full-fledKed a i r s h i p . t h a n a hundred p e r s o n , a r e w i l l i n g t o s v e a r t h a t t h e evening s t a r
S a c r a m e n t o was t h e s p o t f i r s t f a r o r e d w i t h a v i s i t a t i o n from t h e bobbed u p and down v i t h a v a r y m o t i o n , a n d f i n a l l y l a n d e d J u s t back
mysterious vessel.

city.
On t h e n i g h t o f T u e s d a y , November 1 7 . numerous

A p p a r e n t l y some e m u l a t i o n was a r o u s e d amoncr t h e w i t n e s s e s ,

t o f t h e So}dje
c l t l s e n s _ a s s e r t t h a t t h e y saw a b r i l l i a n t s e a r c h l i g h t m o T l n g . o . r e r . . t h e l t ) 9 6 ' December rriaria d t h e y were * o b c r , t o o .
Angele* T i m e s , p . 6 .

Thoso t h a t spoke f i r s t e a v o n l y t h e l i g h t , b u t t h e i r s u c c e s s o r * pave THAT AIRSHIP ACAIH. / !

more and more v i v i d d e s c r i p t i o n s o f t h e a p p e a r a n c e and c o n s t r u c t i o n oi The C a l l i s , a s an E n g l i s h p a p e r s a i d o f McKInley a few d a y . a f t e r
the atrance visitor. F i n a l l y t h e l a s t man t o t e s t i f y e c l i p s e d a l l h i f ' t h e e l e c t i o n , " a c r e a t u r e of a u b l l m e f a i t h . " I t was t h e f i r s t t o d i a -
 cover the existence of a "majestic monarch of the skies" that va« aim- or~l,W» feet in the air-%nd looked l i k e a (treat black cigar with a
ultaneously to be seen hovering over Bed Bluff and Bakersfleld,. the fish-like t a l l . If I t had side propellera, they were rerolvfnt so
Alpha and Onega of the great basin fonred by the confluence of the San rapHly thnt I could not see them. The body was at least 100 feet Ions.
Joaqufn and Sacramento. As the machine could not be In tvo places and-attached to i t vas a t r i a n g t l e r t a l l , one apex being attaches t e
that were over four hundred miles a p a r t , the Call was about t o "throv the main body. The surface of the a i r s h i p looked as If It were Hade of
up the sponpe" and confess that i t had been cruelly .buncoed, when sud­ aluminum, vhich exposure to wind and veather had turned dark. I saw
d e n l y a rescuing angel appeared on the scene. a l l this d i s t i n c t l y , and 1 ax willing to take any oath to the t r u t h of
i This was no l e s s a person than William Holy Heavenly Hart, ex- vhat I say.
^attorney-Ceneral of the State of California and likewise of counsel In "The airship went at a tremendous speed. As I t neared Lorln i t
I the famous Blythe will case, lie accounts for the ubiquitous character turned quickly and disappeared in the direction of San Francisco. At
I of the mysterious pllfrtm of the aiimuth by a statement t h a t there a r e ' * i r P**' 8 v « • " I t *R«i°. * * * " I t took about the same direction a*d
h

' t h r e e of these a i r s h i p s , tvo in nightly operation and the other nearly disappeared.
' completed. At f i r s t there vas only one a i r s h i p , the existence of whicU "1 have studied the subject of a i r s h i p s to a _cert«i_n extent , and 1
was stoutly denied bv the Chronicle and_the Examiner, Nov_there_are . « « n o r « " ° n vhy one should not be successful. "r~IHoir"lhat I vas not
t h r e e . They multiply as tnr.t aa did the heads of the Ckerneanl hydr 'mistaken about the a i r s h i p and took a k i t e Tor the real thlnf.. It ver.
vheri struck off by the club of Hercules.1 an a i r s h i p , of that I na convinced."
LftBt night, in t h i s c i t y , several people said they sav the speck Cilson has sooe iileaa of bis own on the construction of a i r h s i p s ,
of "the desert and I l l i m i t a b l e a i r " moving s t e a d i l y in the direction [and since seeing the strange objects in the skies has become tore en-
of Santa Monica. I t was at a great a l t i t u d e , so as to be scarcely I t h u s i a t l c than ever.
v i s i b l e to the naked eye and inspired the ancient army of old soakers Percy Drew was another individual favored with a pllnpse of the
to repeat t h e i r vonted question, "Hare I got 'em acain?" Astronomers a i r s h i p . He says i t v i s i t e d Oakland Saturday night. I t then carried
have predlct-d the approach of no comet, so i t cannot very w»l] be one a- red l i g h t and moved vith l t » usual quickness. Both young oen agree
of them. Ue must leave t h i s deep and inscrutable mystery to be unrar-ithat the ship was of enormous s i t e , measuring at l e a s t 100 feet in
eled by the Call and the ex-Attorney-Ceneraal, with the lord high 'length. Clleoa thinks nitrogen gas is used to l i f t the machine, and
executioner and the groom of the back s t a i r s to bring up the rear of that Fargo k e l e c t r i c b a t t e r i e s supply the propelling saw power.
this velrd procession, I Cilson Is at present the only person who has openly declared that
1896 December 1 (Tuea cva) Dally Califomian (Bakeref i e l d ) , p . 1. ""the machine was r i s i b l e on a c l e a r n i r h t . I t s previous appearances
have been on cloudy, obscure n i g h t s , when persona may have been a i s l e d
THE AIRSHIP. / S t i l l More People Who Ar« Sura They Saw I t . by taking star* for e l e c t r i c l i g h t s <>nd x Clouds for tbe shadowy font
W.H. Sanborn and Robert Blodgst, connected with McKelvay** s t o r e , of an a i r s h i p . Cilson i s also an an&t'-ur astronomer, and declares th»t
saw the mysterious l i g h t low in the southwestern hearena about 7:30 he "could not mistake' a "star o r ' a cloud for an airships Be believes
o'clock Friday evening from the back door of that establishment. They tmk t h a t i f the French cade a p a r t i a l success of as a i r s h i p In 1866
declare that i t moved out of t h e i r sight within a short space of time i t i s not s u r p r i s i n g that American enterprise has perfected plans for
and I t also had a descending and aseendlng or undulatiry movement. It a machine which'la now successfully navigating the atmosphere. Vhy
was a very large l i g h t , resembling in color an e l e c t r i c l i g h t . These the machine does not appear in the daylight no ooe seen* t o know, and
gentlemen do not claim that i t was an a i r s h i p , but a mysterious moving u n t i l i t does unbelievers will continue to scoff.
l i g h t , and t h a t ' s a l l . HOW ABOuT THIS|
Several people i a the Lowell addition saw the sane mystery at nearly A San Josean Declares That He Traavclled on the Ship. / Ey Associated
the sane hour in the d i r e c t i o n of Tajon. They stoutly maintain that i t i 2 r ? M _ t e _ 3 i « J i l 5 i H l £ i .— —
was moving and had a reddish appearance. I SA3 JOSE, Dec. 1.—The charpion a i r - s h i p story of the season Is
Stories similar to these are reported by reputable c i t i z e n s a l l the1 told by John A. Horen, an e l e c t r i c i a n In the esploy of the Electric
way up the valley to Sacramento. These people have c e rt a i nl y seen '.k??r°vecfnt C j ' | .°f,thl* P I > c e ; ■■• ,,,, .
something or else they have gone d a f t , and the Califomian is prepared 1396 December 2 I Wed) The Call,(San Francisco), p . l a . [ca7d 1)
to say that the people whose names are here used are anything but d e f t .
They are of the beat and moet trustworthy of our c i t l t e n s . SAW THE AIRSHIP AT CLOSE RAHGE / One of the Most S t a r t l i n g Tales Tet
I t - f s - r e p o r t e d that tiTCWT'To* declares that the mysterious ilium"- T*5" o f t h « H y i U r y . / DESCRIBED IT IN DETAIL / Seen by a Son of * Pro-
lnator i s a proof of the great feet the near advent of co-operative fessor Cilson of the Normal Training School./ STAsTQRD BO IS IN THE SVD4/
socialists, and that the l i g h t Is a gathering cohesion of the meteors Treated to a View of What They Believe Vas the Light of the Midair
which Plammarion, the great French astronomer, predicted would shower Cruiser. /
upon ua a abort time ago, Into a planet a l l t h e i r own, whereon man Is Mystery deep and impenetrable s t i l l enshrouds the mysterious c l i e n t
to help his neighbor and every nelgbor help his man. That i t s roving of ex-Attorney-General Hart and his t a n t a l i z i n g and equally mysterious
nature is to gather material and when the fullness of time a r r i v e s , c r u i s e r s of the upper a i r .
that ia when this co-operative planet gets grown, I t ' s going to back up Frost Oakland comes a t a l e told by the son of Professor Cilson of tin
to Mount Whitney and take aboard a l l those who desire to go into that ,Normal ITralnlng School t h a t la the most s t a r t l i n g yet contributed on
good world from Kern and surrounding counties. |the subject. He claims tohave seen the a e r i a l wonder at short range
An effort was made t h i s morning to see Mr. Fox for tne purpose of and gives what he earnestly a s s e r t s is a d e t a i l e d description of the
authenticating this r e p o r t , but ha could not be found. His closest f l i e r in full f l i g h t .
1
friends however declare that the report la true in every d e t a i l , Other i n t e r i o r points also send reports of a e r i a l moving l i g h t s
1 Reports come from Delano that the airship was seen there Sunday Iwhlch are supposed t o belong t o some a e r i a l craft or c r a f t s .
night, The whole population turned j u t to g e « at the heavenly v i s i t o r . "I have heard nothing from [Link]
_ „ of the a i r s h i p ifor aome
and there is abundant assurance that If not a r e a l a i r s h i p , m i l eame-: d *yi7 ■ » " G « " r a l Hart yesterday, and from the reports received by
thing mysterious vas seen floating In the a i r . ithe Call I have no doubt he is experimenting in the dry and high e l t l -
On theieameinlght something vas aeen In the sky at Mojave, which 'tudea of tin. i n t e r i o r , as he told me he Intended to do." This was a l l
those who saw i t are decidedly of the opinion was the a i r s h i p . > < r ^ f » f » " ' i " tWmrsteri6>i"InrenTor or the'cquaTIy~»yst"crlous e c r - .
i a l c r a f t had t o say on the subjet yesterday .though he expects to be I
Word comes from Los Angelsa that the a i r s h i p was seen there l a s t able to be able to give some additional I n t e r e s t i n g Information la a 1
night and the h i l l s were covered by people who turned out to gese at few d a y s . /
the v i s i t o r . 'J_J_ , J , ■
SAV THE AIRSHIP./ Graphic Tale Told by a Son of Professor Cilson of the
1696 December 1 (Tues eve) Oakland Tribune, p. 1, . (card 1J
Normal TreinlngScbool.
SAYS HE SAW IT. / Caas Cilson Gives a Graphic Deacriptlon of the Air­ OAKLAND,Cal,, Dec. 1.—Caae Cilson,a young e l e c t r i c i a n of tbea c i t y ,
ship.' / HE WATCHED IT MOVING. / I t Was About 1500 Feet Above the Level declares that he has scan the a i r s h i p at close range and i s able to
Ground. / SIDE PROPELLERS WORKED. / I t Waa Cigar Shaped With a Tail deecribe i t .
Like a F i s h ' s . / Caae Cilson i s a son of Professor Cilson, ex-Superintendent of 1
The a i r s h i p has again been careering through Oakland atmosphere, an* Schoola and principal of the Bormal Training-school. Hia testimony la
has even permitted a favored few to catch a gliapae of i t s metal sides supported by other young men who sav the strange a e r i a l navigator at the
and patent wings. Those who have seen i t refuse t o believe that they same time.
were misled by t h e i r imaginations or hare mistaken Mars or Venus for "The a i r s h i p waa morlng very rapidly from the southeast toward
l e l e c t r i c l i g h t streaming from the fandcied head of a mythical a i r s h i p . Lorln, and not a l i g h t was v i s i b l e , " said Cllsoa. " I t v u about 1000 \
How a young e l e c t r i c i a n of t h i s c i t y declares on his word of honor or 1500 feet In the a i r and looked l i k e a great black cigar with a fish­
t h a t he has seen the a i r s h i p at close range, and describes i t s exact l i k e t a i l . I f i t had elide propellers they were revolving so rapidly
appearance. The young man Is Caae Cilson, a son of Professor Cilson, that I could not see them. The body wms at l e a s t a hundred feet long,
ex-superintendent of Schools and principal of the Normal Training and attached t o i t was a t r i a n g u l a r t a i l , one apex being attached to the
School. His testimony i s supported by other young men who saw the main body. The surface Of the a i r s h i p looked as IT I t were mnd> of ;
strange a e r i a l navigator at the same time. elualnum, vmen exposure to wind and weather had turned dark. I saw I
Cilson and his friends saw the a i r s h i p twice during l a s t Thursday a l l t h i s d i s t i n c t l y , and I am willing to take any oath t o the trwth of j
evening, at 6 and 8:30 P.M. The skies were perfectly c l e a r , and vhat I aay
m . . , . , . . . Tlie
"The a i r s h i p went at a tremendous speed. As i t neared Lorln I t
strong northwest wind was V ^ M L - ^ J ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ - ' . ^ ^ . ^ " t u r n e d quickly end [Link] in t e direction of S*n Francisco, Fr. At
tKe so'uthci'ot tovurds'T.h'e no direction and
v i s i b l e , [Link] the weird pe peculiar body « Ihouetted against the c i e . r ^ J ^ , , T h l „ , t£le4! t h o t u b J e c t o f . l r i h l p l t o
disappeared. I have studied the subject of airships t o a c e r t a i n ex­ .
s k i e s . C(ioe Cilson, nls small brother and the Petah brothers d i s t i n c t ­ t e n t and I see no reason why one should not be successful. I know t h a t
ly anu the strange s i g h t , and Cilson describes i t s appearance very I waa not mistaken about the alrhalp and took a fctrt k i t e for the r e a l
p-apii f en I ly. t h i n g . I t was an a i r s h i p ; of t h a t I am convinced."
"The nirshtp was moving rery rapidly from the southeast towards
Gilson and hia friends saw the a i r s h i p twice during l a a t Thursday
U>rin. mm not a l i g h t vas v i n i b l e , " said Cilson. " I t vas about 1,000
evening at 8 and 8:30 o'clock. The skies were perfectly c l e a r , and a
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strong northwest vlnd was blowing, The airship vas moving rapidly from ABOVE HIGH KHOA MOUNTAINS. / Two Hyaterioua Lights Over Bobloaoo's
■the southeast toward the north in the teeth of the vlnd- Ho light vaa ferry .Calsveras County.
v i s i b l e , merely the weird, peculiar body silhoueted agsinat the clear About the time the airship Is said to hav taken Its flight to the
akiee. Caae Cllaon,hlB brother, and the Petan brothers distinctly iav ■akk aouthem part of the state lights were seen over several locallt
the strange sight,and Gilson describes i t s appearance very graphically. in the course indicated. According to [Link]. Hart the Inventor desir
Gixlson ia at present the only person in Oakland-who has openly de­ to text his ship in the higher altitude*. Whether he went as far cast
clared that the machine vaa v l s l e o n a clear night. Itw previous as the foothills of the Sierss* i s a natter of conjecture. 'However,
appearances "have been on cloudy,obscure maiights", wh'en"pers'6ns "eay hsve '■P.7. Ferryman of [Link] claims tohave seen the lights of to
been misled by taking stars for eectric lights and clouds for the shad­ mystery of the sky, for he sends the following l e t t e r to The Call:
F £
owy for of an airship. Cllaon is also an amateur astronomer and declares,
that he could not mistake a air or a cloud for an airship
-^*:&?. SeT^ftl*;ssaf Btt zm~,*£ft?%$ ii^ur***
ve believe were attached to an airship. The one light in advance la
Percy Drew waa another individual favored with a glimpse of the » l r - a l r e c t l o n m which they were traveling convinced m that I t was
ship. He says I t viaited Oakland Saturday night. I t then carried a r e d o f n e l e c t r l e 4 l character. It' would be steady for a while and then
light and moved with Ita usual qfcekness. Both youngmen agree that the ^ o t h e r aj(tnti ^ i d , seemed to be of a different charactet
ship was of enoraoui s i t e , measuring at least 100 feet in length. / e o n t .ininK more orange raya, remained equidistant fro- the other in 11
th
OVER THE m CAMPUS. / Skeptical Students See the Alleged Cruiser of « C M . e e r through the a i r . Doth lights oscillated up and down In paisin*
Upper Air. ''across our vision In a direction from left to right looking down the
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal,, Dec. 1.--Those myateriou" lights *uppo*-'riYM.# These lights were a considerable distance off and seemed to be
ed to be a part of the airship were visible t o several students on the At m considerable elevation. They regained in viev but a very few
caucus here last night about 10:30 o'clock,and their excitement was in- ^ n u t c i ) paaaing out of sight behind the h i l l s foraing the river canyo
tense. Host of those who saw the lights sweep across the sky have h e r e - ^ ^ 0 n the right looking down atreaa. Tou nay use this letter aa yo
tofore been moat skeptical aboutthe exiatence of any auch creation as * » p l e M t t M i t is no fake and I an willing to make affidavit to th«
airship, and i t is amusing to note their uncertainty, now that their <^f>ttei, contained herein. P. I". PERftrKAfl.
eyea have witnessed the peculiar l i g h t s .
A»ong thoae vho saw the Inexplicable lights are R.S. Carfleld, C.F. , ^ j UHSHIP.
Aaron and H.H. Hindry. Ordinarily the announcement by some of the «tu~ ' ^tHeb mysteriously floated over t h t s City and vicinity for soae
denta that they had s$eiLjtie._a,,tr»hlp wguldbe received with m wink, o r , . , rising at T:3° o'clock last evening by a mulHltude of ai
a counter remark on wheels that needed oiling, a comment on the v l r - ^ , t [Link] people,"conier T w e l f t b ^ d ' T t a r k e t s t r e e t s . I t w i a slgi
tue of temperance; but Hindry,Carfleld and Aaron are reputed to be 'never to be forgotten.
l i t t l e given to practical Joking and absolutely free from any other I On the side of the ship In bold l e t t e r s wer* the words "Smoke Hll,
characteristics that might make their story incredible. ^Half Million a u b Cigmrs." The navigator turned i t s prow toward the
Hindry was rather averse to t a i l i n g about what he had Been, but as Union Iron Works, whence i t teturned at 9 P.M.
i t had somehow reached the ears of a l l the students, he thought best to [Link] * Brandenstein were offered a SUM for i t quite
give an account of i t . In substance he stated that he was looking out , i n excess of their expectations by the representative of the Cuban rei
of his window when some one called his attention to the peculiar antlcsllutionaxlaaists. Cubans can appreciate a good a r t i c l e , and the Half
Of one of the lights In the heavens, resembling a very large star or HIUloo~caub is "the mildest and best cigar in t h i s Market. To-night %
planet. "I watched the light pointed out and thought i t was a planet Airship will make another aacent from Twelfth and Market atreets at S
at f i r s t , but when the darn thing began to rise and sink and to shoot [o'clock. I t la worth s e e i n g ^
rapidly from one side to the other I knew enough about astronomy to ,1696 December 2 (Wed) SanFTancisco Examiner, p. (card 1)
know that I t waa no atar or planet. I rubbed ay eyes to sake sure I
really saw what I thought I saw,but when I opened them i t was s t i l l .PIERCIBG THE VOID, OB 09 TO HOBOLULU. / A Story la 0ns Chapter Nar­
there and continued i t s darting* about for some minutes, though con­ rating the Marvelous Adventures of John Korea, / Being a faithful
stantly receding and growing t i u i dimmer, (Account of a Trip by Bight Amongst the Clouds and Over the Pea. /
"It was high in the air and apparently many milee off when we saw (TO VHICH IS ADDED A SEQUEL. / The Last Making I t Clear That I t Renins
i t .and was eolng in a northerly direction toward San Francisco^ I ' l l (Easier to Talk Than to Fly, Even in California. /
XMixiwear idonlt""know whether Ilwas a real "airship or a 'fake. 1 I'* I SAB JOSE, December 1.—"There Is nothing gives .a man such s p i r i t s "
inclined to think i t might haveben a balon, but i t moved in such a wrote Byron in "Don Juan," "leavening hia blood as cayenne doth a tax*
peculiar manner." ;curry, as going at full apeed." There must be something t» in i t ,
RSx R.S. Carfleld also aaw the l i g h t , and fully corroborated KlMixjtjart,er a l l t f o r e r e n n o V i three days aubaequent to his return, Hr. J.A.
Hindry's »•*""'"* nf
' * " accouns of **"
I t s -™-«•»"—
appearance ■and notions. "n.-
"<< -"♦<«»■ "The w-h»
light —
waa .in- -a ' ^ r c a t p a r k l e , vttu < u c a l l f 0 „ e r e n n U ^ t m t l M t s friends knrv
part of the heavens where there was no other large s t a r , and i t was BO not that he could manifest.
noticeable that I watched i t , thinking I t a planet and wondering which His return from Honolulu, that is to say. As the bird r i i e a , the 1
one i t could be. Then i t com*nced to riae and aink, and a l i t t l e later Hawaii aa capital la more than 2,000 lk miles frost San Francieeo, and |
flew off at a tangent as thougi struck by a gust of wind. I called up as Mr. Boren is a busy man and couldn't afford to while away much of
my roommate and l e t "several other fellows know about i t , and we w«tch-|hia time voyaging to and from the Summerland of the far Pacific, he
ed i t until i t faded away in the distance. I would't bet that i t was got aboard one of the five hundred and eighty-seven airships floating ,
an airship, but if it was not i t waa a stost Ingenious contrivance and I hither and thither out her* in the West, made th's round t r i p in twenty,
gave a very powerful l i g h t . " -four houas and is ""feeling very'nicely, "tHani"you-
£2xxC.F. Aaron is quite comxuiicatlve about i t , and is sure he saw, Hr. Horen is chief electrician of the Pan Jose Electric Irprove-
if not the [Link] least the same light that has been exciting the ment Company, and is well known aa an expert In his l i n e . If i t be
public for two weeka past, neither he nn any of the other spectators wondered how he can* to be the guest of the Inventor of the airship in
claim they coulddistinguiah any form above or about the light with which he flew away as on the winga of a dove—forxm aa such gueit h-
which i t might be connected. All are hopeful that i t may be visible t*avelled—let i t be known that he is an inventor on his own account.
again aoon to a l l , f o r they are receiving an undue aaout of guying at It Is a l l very clear, as he explains i t . A sparking apparatus pat­
'the hands of their more skeptical frlenda. / ented by hi* was purchased by tbe airship man for use on a gas engin*.
IB MERGED'S5KY. / The San Joaqittuin Valley Treated to a~SIgfft of the " The contrivance declined to work properly, so tbe San Francisco flm
laxtx Aerial Lights, that bad sold I t sent a messenger to Boren t e l l i n g him "a minln* man"
KERCED, Cal., Dec. 1.— Mer*iced was treated to a vlait laat night who had bought a gas engine had experienced trouble vlth the sparking
'by the airship that has been provoking ao much dlacuaalon. A bright, attachment and offering nisi 150 t o go and "fix the thing."
red light appeared In the sky to the west of tbe town about 8:15 o'clock; Last Friday, according to Horen, he Journeyed to San Francisco,
Observers at firat thought that i t waa a particularly bright a t a r , but ' where he met the "mining man," who proved to b« forty or forty-fivr
aa they watched i t the light grew larger and brighter and other lights years of age and of heavy build. He didn't look a bit like tbe ln»en-
showed themselves on the mysterious v i a l t o r . I t came in from the west, .tor Ceneral Hart has lntorduced, nor did he move about In an atsosrher*
circled to the north over the town,and seemed to rest In i t s flight iof toaberneM and pain that brought up thoughts of Cuba. On the coo-
about over the center of the buainess portion of Herced. jtrary, bs was talkative and Jovial and argued strongly in fsvor of
Among the observers of the phenomenon were T.H. Edmunds (the Wells- Ipeaceful settlement of international disputes. ■
Farpo agent) and [Link] (a prominent Merced merchant). Hr. Oleeee " severtaeiess, tnere were two points In comaton"between hi* and
noticed i t aa he waa on his road hoa, and called the members of a dram- Ceneral Hart's unknown-—both had dark eyes and both declined posltlv*-
a t i c club,who were rehearsing in the ■opera-house, to see the l i g h t s . ly to give either name or address.
At that tiice the flyind wonder waa headed for the north and waa rapidly The stranger took Hr. Horen* to a train and they slow-coached It
passing out of sight,the watchers keeping i t in sight until I t had for about fifty miles northeast of the metropolis. Then they traveled
KX grown to be quite a small speck in the darkneaa. on horseback to a lonely spot.
Some skeptics saska scoutedthe idea of i t s being an airship, and Where the scored owl, on pinions gray, /Breaks from the rustllnj
maintained that I t waa a Isge s t s , b t tbe light was too large and b r l l - boughs.
-maintained that i t was a large s t a r , but the light was too large and The destination waa reached about nightfall. Greatly to bis i u r - i
b r i l l i a n t for t h a t . Others stoutly declared that i t was a balloon sent prise the electrician from San Jose found himself In front of a strac-i
up by some practical Joker, but the light waa viaible too long for such ture which he afterwards found to be 163 feet In length, 52 feet wide |
an explanation. What served to a t t r a c t the greatest amount of atten­ and 23 feet high. I t waa ahaped aomewhat like one of Hr. Tlnlng's |
tion was the peculiar quality of the light,which did not present the beat Market-street cars, but i t s arching sides, which came together at
{Characteristics of the ordinary electric kikfcxa light or of tbe gas the prow like the bow of a ship, gllstned In the teaU"darkness and I
lights thatpeople are accustomed t o . Many who were inclined to be skep­ proved to be made of aluminum. Hear the bottom was a row of curtained
t i c a l beforehand are now firm beleivers in the existence of this wonder windows like tbe windows of a car, and a door with four folding steps.
ful and mysterious vinitant. / At either end was a nropeller, sixteen or twenty feet In diameter, and
 ' i n front vas "a "telescopic apron," vbatever'£hat~ mjry be, "which could
6.3 A l e t t e r received"oV~The "Callfrom five residents of WterVovn
be adjusted t o r a i s e or lover the great «fc*x structure In i t a course.* jglves the Information that they saw an a i r s h i p pass over t h t i r l o c a l i t y
" T h i s , " aald the "aiding nan," at he i t r u c k a natch, " t h i s , s i r , Ion-th« 29th [Link] apparently t o the north. /
la my a i r s h i p . " HEAB PACIFIC GROVE. / Tvo Fishermen Say They Saw tb* Airship on th*
"The vessel,""Mr. Horan explaina, " i s steered t o right or l e f t by Ocean Beach.
the p r o p e l l e r s , On top of the vessel la a bridge, running fore and | PACIFIC GROVE,Cal., Dec. 2. —That the problem of navigating the air
a f t , but I d i d n ' t learn vhat i t is used for. Vithin, the cabin i t ten jhas at l a a t been successfully solved there no longer remains^** doubt.
feet high. The vindovs seemed made of mica. On each side of the u _ t At an early hour t h i s morning,sone fifteen miles from t h i s c i t y ,
cabin are fifteen double s e a t s . Torty tons i* the carrying capacity tvo I t a l i a n fishermen, Giuseppe Valinttano and Lulgi Yaldirla, v h i l t
of the s h i p . The propeller shafts run d i r e c t l y through the Tessel, engaged in t h e i r vocation, vere completely t e r r o r i s e d by seeing an ob­
the motive pover being supplied by machinery concealed v i t h i n a box. j e c t descending from the heavens, which t o t h e i r t e r r o r - s t r i c k e n imag­
This box i s about ■> 1/2 feet high, 5 or s i x feet long and about 5 feet inations seemed to be f a l l i n g d i r e c t l y upon t h e i r boat. When the ob­
vide. I couldn't #ay vhat vaa in the box, but the motive pover seemed j e c t had fallen vithin some fev hundred yards o f ' t h e water I t floated
t o be some aort of gas e a s i l y and at a moderate speed u n t i l i t landed on the sandy beach. Th*
About 1:15 O'clock, Mr. Horen having vorked avhile on the sparkln(>i>"ihip, for such i t proved t o be,seemed t o be under the perfect coo-
apparatus, and the darkness having grovn i n t e n s e , the inventor culled , t r o l of i t s occupants, three in number.
out something vhich night have been: "What, bo! l e t the p o r t c u l l i s l Immediately on landing they alighted and picking up t h e i r ship,
f a l l ! " and avay they flev. c a r r i e d i t back from the beach and into the voods. As soon as the tvo
Within half, an hour San Francisco had b e e n l e f t behind. . Iflsbermen had recovered from t h e i r astonishment they drev in t h e i r neti
At the bow sto"od"the inventor, nis~hand upon a rudder. Hear him land attempted to make a landing, and after several unsuccessful asternal
vere three gauges. One Indicated 1,000, another 360 and the t h i r d 150jattempta t o get through the surf,vhi*b vas very rough, a landing vaa
Whether motor pressure or revolutions vere thus indicated Mr. Horen Imade fjuring cms time the peri~ons vho had so strangely appeared upon teV
could not make out. This may have been due t o the dimness of the
scene v«re vatching the a c t l o s of the xlskx fishermen, and upon the
l i g h t , for the cabin vas only f a i n t l y illuminated. And, by the by,
f i r s t signs of a successful landing one of tb* party advanced to meet
i t is a fact somevhat discouraging to those vho have repeatedly seen
them and warned them avay from the rpoxk spot vhere the ship was con­
the ship skimming about a l l b r i l l i a n t in the heavens that the craft
cealed. But Valinsiano ,vbo i s a man of considerable I n t e l l i g e n t * , vas
displays no l i g h t that could possibly be seen from the earth vhen she
not to be got rid of so easily,and engaged the aeronaut in conversation
gets awve above ™« the U housetops
DUBC^.. ; . . v i t h the intention of learning as much as rpossible concerning the six
Mr. Horen s t a t e s t h a t the ship aped on and on over the sea, and as , . ,. .. , _v . . .
ha vas . „ . .douing
- , _ _ ,in. an e a r l■,y morning <-„ nap . . r * the
w . inventor
* ♦..- shook
- h ^ > . him
M - by J, ♦»..
the strange v i s i t o r . At f i r s t the man vho had met them at the water's edge
refused t o answer any questions or a l l o v the tvo fishermen to proceed
c o l l a r and asked:
further toward the spot vhere the ship was l o c a t e d , threatening to use
"Do you see those l i g h t s dovn t h e r e ! "
force i f necessary t o prevent t h e i r doing so,but f i n a l l y seeing that
"I do," replied tha e l e c t r i c i a n ,
Valinxiano and his companion vere determined bot t o leave without ob­
"Veil, t h e n , " said the inventor, "know t h a t ve are Immediately
t a i n i n g at l e a s t a glimpse of the a e r i a l t r a v e l e r milder counsels pre-
above the c i t y of Honolulu."
"Lord!" exclaimed the man from San J o s e . "Hov I do l i k e a i r s h i p s ! " " 1 * " *
They c i r c l e d about the Havaiian group u n t i l they felt sufficently ' Telling them to remain vhere they vere u n t i l he could consult v i t a
refreshed by the balmy climate and then made for California, a r r i v i n g [his companions the aeronaut l e f t ehm and disappeared in tb* woods, r « -
at t h e i r s t a r t i n g point at dusk of Saturday. ;s_ining avay some fifteen minutes, and on bis reappearance beckoned
Vhich vas doing p r e t t y v e i l for an a i r s h i p that vas only a begin- fcllnsiano Upon~tHelf and ha irsr i vcompanion
a l a t the toedge
advance....
"of the "woods they vere met by the
Mr. Horen vas told by the sky captain t h a t he guessed he wouldn't !entire !
p a r t y . One vho appeared to be the leader courteously bade the*
make any t r i p s for three or four days, because the bearings of the "Cood morning" and said: "I suppose your c u r i o s i t y has been aroused by
stern propeller had heated and nev boxing would have to be put i n . out r a t h e r unusual mode of t r a v e l i n g . I am not yet ready to make my dls
But by Sunday, the captain thought, everything would be In trim covery known to the p u b l i c , but hope t o be able t o do so as soon aa sow
for a neat l i t t l e pleasure Jaunt, and Mr. Koren was invited to day a s l i g h t changes are made in i t s construction. Until such time I must r e ­
day off and run over to Nev York. Be says he accepted the offer, i n ­ fuse t o a l l o v any one t o ttmke a clae inspection. Tou are velcome to
asmuch as be could take a turn on Broadway and get back in time t o get such a viev of the ship as youcan from a d i s t a n c e , but any attempt
look after h i s usual Tuesday engagements. 'at cloaer inspection w i l l meet v i t h forcible r e s i s t a n c e . "
To-day the e l e c t r i c i a n is having h i s share of vork explaining. Be The man vho had dons nearly a l l the t a l k i n g for th* party v u ad­
does i t v i t h the utmost gravity and says he la willing t o make a f f i ­ dressed by h i s companiona aimply as " c a p t a i n . " He declined t o giv* any
davit t o a l l he haa said concerning the experience. information aa to vher* the ship was •oustrueted or where he intended
San Jose Is puzzled. / going, saying i t vas simply an expetmental t r i p .
KRS. KOREH EXPLAINS. / And the Caa Escapes From Another Airship. While this'conversation vaa being / p . 9 / c a r r i e d oa hla tvo compan­
John A, Koren, the San Jose e l e c t r i c i a n , vho has given c e r t a i n ions vere busily engaged in working about the s h i p , which th* captain
admitted vas in need of r e p a i r s before they could continue on t h e i r
good people the hope t h a t vet » H * * * ' yhlle. and they could lunch, Journey.
run up rour s t e p a T s h u t a i o o r , p u l l aTXever, fly over t o a soiree at
Blenheim Castle and be back for breakfast, has his home at 2^*9 Steven­ The party of aeronaxuts vere v e i l supplied v i t h provisions, and a
son s t r e e t , in t h i s c i t y . soon after landing began preparations for a meal and cordially Invited
His v i f e , on being t o l d l a a t night of h i s wonderful t a l e , laugh­ the tvo fishermen to Join them, which I n v i t a t i o n vas accejjted.
ingly explained that Mr. Horen i s a s t a r p r a c t i c a l Joker and vas Shortly aftervard Valinsiano and h i s companions began making p r e p v
having some sport at some one's expense. atlons to teturn to Ikmi t h i s c i t y , but were urged by the captain to
She added that at the time the gentleman says he vas hovering over remain, t h a t repairs would soon be made and they could see th* a i r s h i p
Honolulu he vas doing some of the soundest sleeping of his l i f e , and launched. The captain vas very urgent In h i s request for them to r e -
not in an a i r s h i p , but in h i . bedroom, Stevenson s t r e e t , San Francisco ~ l n - *"? " » » " * . P " " ! ' 1 ! * " * 0 " ***? ' ? d ° " ' b " 1 , t e r , 1 " \ b ' • r t e r "
»He came to t,»<- h i s c, <i t\y_ on
„„ Friday,
s v ^ . » remained
, . ~ . < ; L * at
.♦ hMi s. home
h u nf\i _ - , , , „ and
t i l Monday „ A no°° »>e informed them that i t would be impossible t o complete the r e ­
pairs in time to make an ascension that nip;ht,
then returned to San Jose. Valinsiano nov thinks the purpose of the aeronauts vas to detain
This seems to leave General H a r t ' s unknown in h i s .accustomed him u n t i l i t would be impossible for t i n to reach the c i t y In tine to
position of vantage. give p u b l i c i t y t o h i s discovery before the a i r s h i p had resumed i t s
f l i g h t . One of the party, an e l d e r l y man and s l i g h t l y deaf, vho seemed
I l l u a . : THE AIREHIF 15 WHICH JOHK H0RE3T VOYAGED. / From a pencil
sketch by the San Jose e l e c t r i c i a n who made the round-trip run from to be the machinest of the s h i p ' s c r e v , vas addressed by his companions
San Jose t o Havali vlthout leaving Stevenson s t r e e t . ______ as Stewart.
— Valinxiano is able to give but a s l i g h t description of the ship, as
lijoo December 3 (Th) The Call "(San Francisco), pp.1,9 (ard 1) , he vas not alloved to approach closer than f i f t y f e e t , but says i t a p ­
peared to be easily sixty feet in length and cigar-shaped, v i t h a
THE AIRSHIP DESCRIBED BY FISHERMEN / Say That- I t Landed on the Beach s t e e r i n g apparatus, the l a t t e r being tee part on vnlcu repairs were
I Hear Pacific Grove. / SEEN AT SHORT RAflGE. / The Hen Assert That They i being made.
.Conversed With the Three Aeronauts. / ABOUT SIXTY TOT IN LEHCTH / Th* The ship vat" constructed oflom* H g h t - c o l o r f i m a t e r i a l , and from -■(
" C a l l " Correspondents Will V i s i t the Place To-Day for Corroborative the vague description of the machinery, most of vhich Is concealed, tb* '
Evidence. / motive pover Is thought to be e l e c t r i c i t y .
According to the testimony of tvo fishermen of Pacific Crove, Mon­ U r g e vinga, of vhich there are a great many, wer* closely folded
t e r e y County, an a i r s h i p landed on the beach yesterday about fifteen against the side of the s h i p . The two fisherman got s t a r t e d on t h e i r
miles north of that place and they held a conversation v i t h and dined homevard t r i p about k P.M., and, having contrary t i d e s t o contend with,
v i t h the aeronauts. The fishermen described the a i r s h i p , vhich they did not reach t h i s c i t y u n t i l 10 P.M.
say they viewed from a distance of fifty yards and asserted t h a t i t i s At f i r s t h i s fellov-flshermen vere inclined t o make l i g h t of bia
labout sixty feet long and made of metal.
s t o r y , and thought him a victim of h a l l u c i n a t i o n , but Valinsiano Is any­
The Call correspondent, vho interviewed the fishermen s t a t e s t h a t thing but visionary, and i s v e i l known aa a most r e l i a b l e and i n t e l l i ­
they have the reputation of being t r u t h f u l and responsible t o i l e r s of gent man, and t h e r e i s no doubt but t h a t he i s s t a t i n g f a c t s .
the sea. However he v i l l today v i s i t the place vhere the a i r s h i p is The Call correspondent haa arranged t o leave her* at daylight In u
said t o have landed. If the fishermen's story be true the aeronauts
v i l l surely have l e f t behind some evidence of t h e i r v i s i t , company v i t h Valinxiano as guide, and v i s i t the spot vher* the atroaautti
made t h e i r camp. While i t i s probable they b a n long since taken n i g h } :
W.H.H. [Link] attorney for the Inventor, stated yesterday t h a t h« they must have l e f t some indication* of t h e i r v i s i t . /
had not heard of h i s c l i e n t r e c e n t l y , but he believes t h a t he i s s t i l l
jnaviRatin* the sky somewhere over the southern part of the S t a t e . AKC-nJMOS CONVERTED. / They Give I n t e r e s t i n g Testimony Regarding tb* J
Mystery oT the Day. 1
 Frl. Dec-* p.6—Viewed In relation to the airship, with which It la
LOS AKCELES, Cal., Dec. 1.—The evidence that an aerial navigator
$
abroad in thl , part of the State U accumulating fro* many quarter. f r o P , W i « t « l y — o c l . t s d , that, e . e u to b . s o - doubt . . to whether 1«-
acores of ind _^__^
All wanher'bf S r H more ^ r ror^ jless
r g sensational
r a i H ^ g reports s r t . vere-current
vere current upon upon J Z " ^ " e ^ U o r . r , . t b . - C . l l . - ~uid be fuliy J u s t i n . -
b i s i n d e t a i l i n g a a e a c e r of I t s J u s t l y c s l . b r * t e d s t a f f t o b u i l d a n
the streets here last evening. One was that the ship had collapsed
a i r s h i p r i g h t avay.
and fallen upon the Nadeau Hotel. Another vas that i t had swept over
Tues Dec. 1 2 , p . 16—Cane i n an A i r s h i p . S a n t a Claua [Link]
the Wilson black, opposite the Nadeau, and had suddenly risen to a i
D i s c a r d e d h i s R e i n d e e r T e a s a n d Took t o a F l y i n g Kach. t o V i s i t Hals
igreat height.
B r o s . ( S a n t a c o w . i n Model a r s p w f l a p p i n g w i n g s , l a window, w a o d s l
Colonel Chase of the Nadeau denied having eorraled the visitor for
of SF below and d o l l s l o o k i n g u p ) .
prnivate uses, but had seen the lights overhead, along with half a
26, 2 — M i r a g e s i n A l a s k a — m o n s t r o u s s e r p e n t s a p p a r e n t l y s e v e r s l 1 0 0 '
dozen guests. Judge W,A, Ryan got a peep at the visitor on his way
l o n g & s o s w t l f t e s w r i d e r s o a t h e i r b a c k s , a r t sostetiNes s e e n .
j from dinner, and as a result his Incredulity regarding aerial nachlnes
2 9 , 6 — s m . i l i l l u s . of A s t r o a i n ' 9 7 — « * n l o o k i n g t h r o u g h t e s e t c o n i -
'has been entirely removed.
s t t h e ttoon. s k y a l s o f u l l o f a r s p s .
Managing Editor Creighton of the Herald and several metasers of bis
1096 December 3 ITh) A n a h e i n Weekly G a r o t t e , p . 1 .
Istaff saw the Interesting machine. Hr. Creighton does not undertake U
; say xhrtx*. that what he saw was an airship and neither does he dlsputt m T A I R S l i I P , / A t f n J L QTO-. o r THAJIKSCIVIRC TURRET UPON Afl INSANE
.that apparent fact, . 'EDITOR. / F r o - t h e S a n t a Ana B l a d e .
C o n d u c t o r J o h n s o n o f t h e u n i v e r s i t y l i n e saw s t r a n g e l i g h t s o v e r ­ The i d e n t i c a l a i r s h i p t h a t waved i t s i c y h a n d a t S a c r a r e n t o and
head a n d c a l l e d t h e a t t e n t i o n o f h i s p a s s e n g e r s t o them w h i l e h i s c a r ' gave t h e w a r b l e h e a r t t o p U c e r r i l l e a n d which s e t a l l San F r a n c i s c o
v a s a t Second s t r e e t , on S p r i n g . Hecks v e r e c r a n e d a n d a icreat crowd *rop- * s i t s o a r e d o v e r t h e Twin P e a k s o f t h e m e t r o p o l i s , p a s s e d u s by
soon g a t h e r e d a b o u t t h e c a r and e n j o y e d t h e s i g h t f o r s e v e r a l m i n u t e s . l a s t n i f f h t .
The e d i t o r i a T ~ f o r c e o f t h e H o r n i n g T i n e s s a v t h e l i g h t s "and were g r e a t - S o e e d i n g t h r o u p h t h e h e a v e n s a t a b r e a k n e c k p a c e and w i t h a f e a r -
X' ,« n £ " £ e J l S l l S : ? P r i v e - t n Near T u l . r e Lake W i t n e s s e d I t . R e a a r k - t"h iJs - g! r■e a«t ' -unknown
« ' ■ ' »t h*i n p« w
' *i t !h «e y«e s« £o f■ "f i«r e" and
^ ^t o nr g u^e LOfe l l' a nve v
' a. s " "
able Flight.
seen h i e h i n t h e a i r t v i x t t h e h o u r s o f 11 a n d 12 Thursday e v e .
A c c o r d i n g t o t h e w r i t t e n s t a t e m e n t o f f i v e men Of W a t e r t o v n , F r e s n c , „ , .^ . . . .__,, , , u , „ n i . . n -v.. And low
..... . v . !<_.>. _* ♦ „.♦ > ~r . . . . « . * . <„ « » . tit*.* »~ I t . f l i g h t wa. narked by a t r a i l of twinkling l i f h t s .

the State. motion c r e a t e d . The t e s t i i n o n y o f t h e more c r e d u l o u s e y e w i t n e s s e s c a n

S i n c e t h e n h u n d r e d s of
o r p e o p l e i n Los AAnnggeel el e s « n a a l o n g t h e r o u t e r : » tw . fc..t . . , ' . _ _ . .._„<.,„ „„,, <„, t „™„_,.i _,,.<„
h a v e «een lights that convinced the- that they had seen the illuminated ^ ^ " ^ qSeerVeVeioy^I^^^
e v i d e n c e o f a s h i p of t h e s k y , w<*±y hours for i t s t r i p from north to south.
From t h e l a t e r a c c o u n t s t h e v e s s e l must h a v e s t a r t e d upon I t s r e ­ All unannouncrd i t came strialpht out of the b-wiks of [Link] above
t u r n t r i p a b o u t t h e l a s t d a y o f November, a s xshown by t h e f o l l o w i n g Anaheisi as the last minutes of a happy Thanksrl vlrp vere being ticked
l e t t e r s e n t from W a t e r t o v n : / W a t e r t o v n , F r e s n o C o u n t y , C a l i f . / ovoy. Only late travpjars abroad, while the city lay slepplnj, saw
Nov. 2 9 , 1 8 9 6 . the stranpe visitor. From the north i t care EsiUnp along, rising sad
E d i t o r H o r n i n g Call., San F r a n c i s c o , C a l « - D E A B SIR: An a i r s h i p of failinff in an unsteady but rapid course to the "outhland.
g r e a t m a g n i t u d e p a s s e d o v e r o u r town t h i s e v e n i n g a t 8 : ^ 5 - It was full ten minutes after i t hove in ai*ht beforf the l»si -■*
The l i g h t f i r s t a p p e a r e d a b o u t t e n m i l e s s o u t h o f h e r e i n t h e v i e - rays of i t s electric brilliancy f«d<-d *v&y in the ;;outherri skle».
lnity of Tulare Lake, and passed directly over the postoffice. building, '-'hf-n directly overhead the shape of the ship vas eosl lv discernible,
which Is located near" the "southwest comer"bf section 11-19-19, M.D.H., It reccroblcd a huge Silkwood cigri". Fron either end *Ktrntl*J pro;«l-
«jid disappeared to the northward,in the direction of Mendota. The ele~i]. c r l and from the sides light paddle vtiecl*. A* iYer> tirte to tl»e the
vatlon at this point seemed to be about liOO feet, although at tines i t royn of ixjvi'rful electric l l r h t s fron within plaved uiv^n th* o u t t U .
■*'.«*jta4 a p p r 0 6 c n e l j much nearer the earth. The light was intensely of the flyinf affair i t was evidrnt the sides vere either BIWIIIMM or
b r i l l i a n t as It approached. After passing, the fors> of the ship and st'''>1 - they rllstenM so.
the propelling apparatus was plainly discernible against the clear sky. 1396 Dece#ber"3'(Th) Herced (Cmlif) Star, p. 3.
Human forms could be distinctly seen, but no lntelligigible utterance
could be heard. THE AIRSHIP../
We would not hazard an opinion as to the rate of speed, but would The s_nipulator of the siuca-cUscussed airship, whoever be »*y b«,
say tot less than fifteen miles an hour. baa at l a s t taken in Merced in t h . course of his nocturnal n i g h t s , and
The undersigned are prepared to make oath to the above statement: t h e r e ax* *any fira believera in the existencs- of the wonder, who wer*
Robert McQuarrie, Postmaster, / C,B. Hurlbut, Secretary West Side skeptical previous to Monday night.
Canal and Land Company. / G.H. Brooraan, artesian vell-boree, Watertovn, About fl:30 Monday night a very bright red light was seen approachitu
Fresno County. / H. KJeroree [Link]./ R. Preston Hurlbut, Herced fro» the v»st. The light rapidly grew larger and brighter, until
c i v i l engineer, cosUng nearly over the town the visitor veered around describing a l«rs>
LTac-siBile of l e t t e r received from Watertovn, p . 93 / circle in the air and as rapidly disappeared , going almost directly
Viewed by Daylight. nerth. During the M M i t was swJtlng the circle observers noted t h r t .
SACRAMENTO,Cal., Dec. 1.—Since the publication of the airship large l i g h t s , which Merged into one a. It started off on the northward
itens from_ various portionsof the State^in The C a l l j t has leatked out coursa.
that some of the most responsibie people i n " t h i s ' c i t y «aw a strange ob­ Speculation was r i f t aa t o the nature of the strange visltan t .
ject in the clouds on the afternoon preceding the f i r s t public sight of Sow skeptics could not be convinced and i n s i s t e d that scste practical
the inyeterious searchlight In t h i s c i t y . J oker had sent up a balloon with a llgh t attached to i t , nor would
They claim that this object vaa at auch an enormous height that the) they change their belief when enthusiastic watcher* pointed out t b . t
were unable t o plainly distinguish i t s form, but also say that when i t whatever i t w.., i t waa going at a high rate of speed directly "Mlmt
turned they caught the glint or shine as of a metallic object, and that the wind. The majority of those who saw the wonder ar« firsdy convin­
frequently sheets of paper would slowly flutter earthward as though the ced that too airship i s now a settled fact and that Herced's aerial vis­
occupants were casting them out for the purpose of ascertaining whether itor wa. the invention that has been so much discussed of l a t e .
their vehicle vas aptiroachlnc or receding from the earth. lo9o December 3 1«») Salinas (Calif.J index, p. I. T
"i896 Deceaber 3 (Th) San Francisco Examiner, p. 9.
That Air Ship Again.
Too Much Airship, / An Oregon Ksn's Mind Is Deranged by the Storlea A large, apherleal body with s c i n t i l l a t i n g l i g h t s , high up in tht
and He Is Sent to an Asylum. sky and [Link] sailing over tho.e benighted regions where tfant-
PORTLAND, (Or.), Dec. 2,—Fro» brooding over the sensational stor- erey and Pacific Grove are supposed to ■* l i . wa. observed by a dosen
lea of the appearance of an alleged California airship and hie failure ipeople on the streets of Sallnaa about 7 o'clock last night. The word
to perfect an invention of what he claimed waa an aerial vessel, Henry was quickly passed along the street and soon there were sany dotsas of
V. Hems, an eccentric individual living vest of this city, has been acn anxious to catch a glla-at of the aerial vessel, A gentleman
committed to an Insane asylum. He me a few days ago became violently talking through the telephone to Pacific Crove wa. told to wait as the
axclted over the airship stories and declared one of his ideas was operator In that town wanted to see the airship. The vision lasted I
stolen in i t s makeup. The old man refused to eat and secluded himsalf about fifteen minutes and then disappeared. There 1. no question .
fron his neighbors t i l l the attention of the authorities was called to about i t s being an airship'because thers are any nu—>er of credibl* |
hln. witnesses ready to swear they H V i t . ■
Nov. 26 p.6—There is only one paper in the U.S. that can't see a Joka p . 2: Horen. _^ '
in the airship story. , Tbat airship bualneas fc»» a godaseod to ths geeat San rrancisco
That ship Is suspected of being on an expedition in quest of a d a i l i e s , as i t filled in a gap between election and the holidays. J
castle in the a i r . i

28,6—Hardly had new. of the . r a p ' , hostile intentions toward Havana Bov. 19, p . 1: Pacific Coast lews./ A s-cbln. la being constructed »t I
been cabled there, than info waa wired back that the guards of the city Hoboken, B . J . , in which the inventor propose, to fly overland to j
had been doubled. Californis. in W hours. Hunters should s _ " s. not of i t and not shoot. 1
Harpers Nov or Dec '96—"The Hartian" by du Maurler.___ HoV. 26TM: tocsl Brevities. /-HyTterTous rvs*>r. bare teen Uo*tt»»T
Decr"l~pT6 — Fron~th'e~Paper6 of the Coast: Speaking of arsps,""they've around for a- d»y or two past in regard to the launching (sailing x»akw* I
got 'em" in about every town of s i t e , except ffsps. This is a temper­
r t t h t r ) of • «ythlcal airship. I t s a p p e a r s ^ . Is expected to ^ « = « ^
ance town,—Napa "Register."
 'pectsd wid sensational. So fe.r a. the Index could learn the eabarkaila.
65..
"If thit one of the .hi pi eeen over the City with electric light*
tioo is to take place across the river in the Toro, and the proposed ' e t c . I " was asked,
courie of navigation will bring i t to the Court house in this c i t y . * "Wo,' i t 1. not. We don't know any of the people connected with all
3f: Sacramento people have been soaewhat worked up by the appear- ■ ships the paper, have mentioned.
ance of a .trong kigkk electric light [Link] over the city at a con- j "This~tt a private e n t e r p r i s e ^ S - ^ - the luck, and he scraped a
•iderable elevation. It 1. said to be a successful t r i a l of ana arip, 'chunk of »ud off h i . caat.
Itai A mysterious flying machine has been tailing over Sacraoeoto, . The flret neva of the unfortunate airihip vaa obtained fro« b i l e
Oakland and other placei. Its bright lights are alvaye eeen at night ! H. Lapison, who has a Milk ranch about 200 yarda froa vhere the airshij
and the big daily papers are full of I t . Bro. Bradford of the Owl "1 l l c i . In his words he said: ■
alfihtcd I t as I t passed over Salinas Saturday mevenin<;. 1 _ "I wa» about to go to bed when I heard a h — of a noise down the
1896 December 3 (Th) Reno Evening Gazette', pi'" 1. ■ ^""pasture. I t sounded like a eollissdon of trains loaded with coal-oil
< cans.
The Airship. / It lias Seen Floating About Southwest of Town Ust KltM' "A second later I heard two voices down the gulch crying 'Help,
Reno lias been favored with a v i s i t of the enuch-talk*d-of San rr»n-. help!* I *vent down there with the lantern and found this affair."
claco airship, unless some of the reputed citizens have wheels In thefi Kr. Laplace fays that the ship could not have been built near this
heads. : place for there are no treea there to conceal i t and he knew every inch
A stronpe light was visible floating about In tlie western heavens of the country thereabout*.
last evening about 7 o'clock, and was seen by several gentlemen of He is sure that the airship cane fro» a distance, but how far ha ia
unquestioned Integrity. unable to say.
Prof. U.K. Wilson, Professor of Chemistry. " the JJniversity He says that as soon as the inventor learned that he was about to
txperietnent Station, law a strange light over the Mackey and Fair .telephone to town from the Alauhouse, he skipped out for the c i t y , but
mountain southwest of tovn, and to uae Prof, Wilson's own language: not before the two had i t r i p p ed the wrecked vessel of all the electric
"A light as large as an electric arc zxl light, I saw over the tlackcy *?aaxKtxft appliances and storage batteries, so as to prevent curious
and Fair mountain last nl^ht about 7 o'clock; i t seemed to be moving outsiders fro* getting en idea of the theory *nd principles they are
toward town and shortly disappeared over the mountain." working on. , -,—m— > ■. c ». ■
"I .ould not like to say," said Prof. Wilson, "that i t was an a i r - ™* « ^ i " ™ * r e . . *» * manner ,To~TKr usual cigar shape. It la
ship, but i t was soroehthinc very phenomenal. My wife a.w it at the *>»«* ' « * * f « < t n lenf*h " * * ' ta»" 0 f «»i»-"l«** •*»•«* s t e e l .
riie
same time I did " " * l n b o d y o r h u l 1 o f t h e c ° f l t r l v * n < : e * • cylindrical in inapt,
iiarrv Martin of the Reno Mercantile Co., and Manager Brown of the [ieD f e r t l n " " ? * * ! ; * * d t w J D t J f " \ J n l e ? f h \ , t w ^ . „
fwottern Union W i n e 8 a c * strange liglTET niy1ii~»h Reputable c i t - Attached with rivets and thoroughly soldered to the body are two ;
izens and could not be [Link]. ;netal cones each ten feet in length.
The circumstance rewinds one of a l i t t l e story. Several years «go: Two «l 6 ht-bladed fans, each a few inches over alx feet in dla-eter,
in Carson, a gentleman given to imbibing freely from the cup that -ake<»™ located on top of the body, and are evidently Capable of tretwndout
iDerry, saw an ordinary mud turtle one night In a saloon in that city, tp«d.
His eyes (the man's, not the t u r t l e ' s ) began to bulEe out, aa hi The vessel i« fitted with • huge propeller, alto elght-bladed,
asked the proprietor, "What', that!" When told i t was a turtle he which i t furnished with power froa a ateel shaft running to the center ,
o f
said--"Surel Well, I'm devilish glad i t ' s a t u r t l e , for 1 thought I the hull. ,
had it.e jic-Jams." A similar shaft runt forward and protrudes through the end of the
TKe story, however, .» In no war V>v\icable to t h i s ease. .front cone, and to thia shaft the rudder or steering apparatus i t
1896 December l> ([Link] Call'(San Francisco), p. 1. {card l ) >ttached. , , . , . , , , .v. * „»,< w . * v •■,* „*.
r
In the eenter of the ship l i e s the aecret which Its builder refu-
PLUHCED FROM A DIZZY HEIGHT. / An Airship Lyi«g Helpless on the Twin j «■ *° thoroughly e^plain-the v e . i e l ' s nwvtive power. •
Ke
Peaks. / IT LANDED SUDDKKL* IN A DITCH. / Tvo Hen Came to Crief In a ' ^**<»^l** the power to be an intricaie electrical apparatus,
to e
Forty-Foot Mystery. / IT IS RUN BY CAS AKD ELECTRICITY. / Speculation " " * * ' ™ * batteries and connected by Beans of a wor» and cog, to '
t n e
as tb Where It Came From—The Owners Very Reticent. / ^ ^ o say?'that the rtorage^tt^reVTrFcapkH'eTof carryfrig n
An airship built of galvanized sheet s t e e l , forty feet long, c a u s e d i u f f i e i e n t electricity to run incandescent l i g h t s , one of which, th«
much excitement among the people on the Mission h i l l s last evening, aeronaut said, i t always brightly burning when the aerial machine la
They saw i t sail over the Twin Peaks and then petting out of order in j 0 tutlon.
■ one way i t made a wild plunge into a gulch 200 yards south of the Cor- Buoyancy is produced by gas generated within the hull by »esn* of
bett road, near what is known as Stanford Heights. muriatic acid and other chemicals.
Its two occupants were turned out of the cockpit In which theyarta ?h e g „ hat a nauseating odor and fumes which leave a sweet taste
stood and landed badly bruised in the bottom of the gulch. on the n p s and produce I n drowsiness.
When seen late at nlpht by two Call reporters the huge metal affair j ^ Ojset DO% Bee> to be a cotunon gas. What l t l capacity at a l i f t -
presented a pitiable appearance. l n g g t t t i t i however, another proposition,
The propeller was xtwisted and bent; one elevating fan was ripped j t mutt, bn unusually great as the a i r i h i p , built of sheet s t e e l ,
off and lay on the ground, while the other wat badly twisted from the carrying fans, a propeller, electrical apparatus and two «eo, weighs
force of the shock. ^ n y hundreds of pounds.
A large hole in i t s side persiitted the escape of a eickieh i n l ^ ^ produces sufficient buoyancy to alnost l i f t the ship and
spelling gas. The steering apparatus, rudder as i t was called, which j t $ iot^ rrom the ground,
had been on the bow was also broken off. _J A f t e r D e l n ( t rilled with gat the top fans are revolved at great
As st*tedT the machine was about rorty feet long and was of cylln- d ^ ftftep t h e m e h i M l B lifted a few feet above the earth the
drIC
»1 J ^ t ^ Hf e ^' ^ ? ! " ' ! ! * r e d ' 1 , . T r, , . , propeller 1. act going and, t h . navigator, say, the .achine - a i l . away.
Hear by stood one of the bold, but unlucky aeronauts, J.D. deCear ** ^ ^ t , , M i u l , u l t e » d t l t „ « , according to I t . builder's
fit [«w!H ^ I ^ i i v .♦ » h . « . 1, A * fc „ , ^ , . ! t » t i « n y , before i t woke the neighborhood with the thunderous r a t t l a
He looked woefully at the wreck, and thnaked his lucky star* that )u , ,
he was s t i l l alive. The other man, the inventor, had disappeared aa '° it^sjf^rT^d^r^'lts^rectrical'Tpparatua'an'd th'eTaventor,' :
soon as he found that no bonet were broken. ' ^ Q [Link] bis life In order to perfect the nachlne, skipped away In :
Dr. Gear p«ti positively refused to reveal the name of the [Link],e dark and hid away bis treasured s e c r e t ! . /
Dr. Gear upon being pressed told in eubstande the following itory j A STRAflGZ VISITOR. / Excitement Caused by the Landing of a Tin Ship
of the airship and the accident: ijlear the Al-shouse. '
'I a» a tin-roofer and metal-worker, and the Inventor who hat the ! Captain Reddy, superintendent of the Alashouse, reported last night 1
money is a well-educated man. Some time ago we decided to build an air-that a nan called at his office about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon
ship, and we built this one in the Mission. We put i t together up the „, d a 8 i c e d for the telephone nunber of the Chutes. The nuaiber was fiiven
hill^back of here in a clump of t r e e s . i f t n d h ( . c 4 l l e d u p H r . Riley.
This was our first attempt to m*ke. a flight. The hydrogen gal ' r n t b e conversation he said to Rlley: "Ve will nake a break or
used is made from muriatic acid, and the fans-and propeller, are oper- 'w&e t , t a r t to-night." The Man who used the telephone gave his nare,
ated by e l e c t r i c i t y . ^ ^ p t a i n Reddy does not rewr-ber i t .
This evening the Inventor and I started out from the h i l l up yon- Last night a boy cs>e to tbe Aleshouae very »uch eieited, saying
der to see how i t would work, but after we got started ve failed to t h a t the airship bad fallen in a gulch between [Link] and th* A I M -
rise over ten feet from the frround, as the w t a l of the fans was too house

^ i r ^ h o r T t l ! ^ ^ ^ we lost control" ' l ^ " ^ ' r ^ ? * ? % £ ? ' JE** 1 ^ ^ ' T T ^ l L m . *

. . - t "Dr. Conlin and I atarted for the place whera the ship was reported
or i t ana away e ent. u> **. We found the machine about a idle fro* the AIM house. It » . I
I cantt describe the sensation better than to say I t was a feeling t h l r t y „* f o r t T f « t l 0 0 g ^ d welghW, I should think, 250 |
Similar to that one has when he had a nightmare and dream* that he i t °"ween * (I
falling. ..,,,. ~ "It vaiT"»ade~of^oi«oo'tlnT"«nd"to i t was a t t a c h ^ propeller blades
"You see we started MRh up the h i l l so our downward flight was » ™ l u , m U r i t l . The » n in Charge of t t e .hip » i d he had
very long, or so i t seemed to us. But we were In for I t and did not ^ . ^ trom t n e n l l l l b o „ . X t w t i n e i the machine, and i t looked too
have very long to wait. »v»**i=
"When we struck we struck hard in the soft ground, and the force of ^ ^ ^ J ^ l 0 ttor , * « Ut t e r y v i . l b l e . The « « U « m* ~U be bad
our n i g h t carried us over and Into the gulch, where we were thrown to ,_..**,.*.,. 1.1 _ . u. ..*A .k- n r n „ » «»>-
v h 0 ta t k t h e
the bottom of the ditch. » P ^ " " * * " «"hinery out. He said the lifting paver
"No, I will not t e l l who the invento, 1. nor where i t was built. W. «™ « » , ■ * lIi f»t « " ,c M ? ^p * r t T - ^d - W f i l l l U l ^ t fn'tne' a!r al^uai,
are not discoursed, for ve know we can fly when this i . perfected. I t * *}?*Xo 'W ' * " „BOt " ! . *j!J "J*^
need. strenrthenlnR." '*>• ** vho gave ul the new. ..Id he iaw_U_co-e__down; ,
 "I examined t h e - c o n t r l v n n c e c l o s e l y , " c o n t i n u e d Captain Reddy, "end f o r e s t , and th< most f a i t h f u l q u e s t i o n i n g of a l l tha fishermen who go
o b s e r v e d t h a t i t had been f r e s h l y p a i n t e d , but t h e p a i n t vaa worn o f f , down t o th* *«a ( h e r e a b o u t s haa n o t y i e l d e d the f a i n t e s t t i d i n g s of [hi
i n d i c a t i n g t h a t i t had been dragged o v e r t h e ground some d i s t a n c e . The;**" w i t h the- m u s i c a l D A M S — C l u a e e p e V e l i n r l e n o and L u l | i V a l d l v l a . Ik
p r o p e l l e r v a s v e r y f l i m s y , and seemed aa i f I t c o u l d n o t impart any Nor a t Hontaray c o u l d aught be heard or eeen o f them, or of any who be<
force in r e v o l v i n g . The t i n o f t h e body o f t h e s h i p v*» d e n t e d In •var s a t e y e s on them or e v e r e x p e c t e d ao t o d o .
placea . N e v e r t h e l e s s , i n q u i r y waa n o t a l t o g e t h e r f r u l t l e e a . It yielded
"From t h e s t o r y t o l d about t h e p a r t n e r vho had removed t h e n a c h l n D t h i a p l a i n t a l e i Tha conductor o f the t r a i n running f r o * Sao Fraoclsc<
M
t o P a c i f i c Crov* a a l d t At 2 i 3 0 , Ju*t aa vex were about t o "push out ol
e r y , and from t h e f l i m s y appearance o f t h e m a c h i n e , I came t o the c o n ­
th* Third and Townsend d e p o t , a u a h u r r i e d up t o me and aaked i f I
c l u s i o n t h a t t h e whole t h i n g was a f a k e , and t h a t t h e a i r s h i p had been
would k i n d l y d e l i v e r a l e t t e r t o the P a c i f i c Crove t e l e g r a p h o p e r a t o r
December riK'San."Francisco C h r o n i c l e , p . J . and ak* ask him t o w i r e I t t o the " C a l l " o f f i c e a f t e r 7:30 o ' c l o c k , 1
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AN AIRSHIP WHICH RODE IN A WACON. / WAS PLANTED IN A GULCH. / THE LAT_
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EST FAKE TO DECEIVE THE CREDULOUS, / Builfl of C a l v a n U e d Iron and Con­
by r e q u e a t ' o f a man who handed filtTah' e n v e l o p e and aal'd: Wire t h i s t
veyed t o a S e c l u d e d Spot- /
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The C a l l ' s a i r s h i p was found e a r l y t h i s morning.
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• a i d a member of tha Town Board. "The • * * * s t o r y I s a maes of t h e a l l '
paint off l t a underside. l i c e t l i e s and an I m p o s i t i o n on coanon s e n s e . The s o o n e r auch bosb 1*
I t landed i g n o m l n o u a l y . I l k a i t a g r e a t p r o t o t y p e Invented by Darius c a l l e d o f f t h e b e t t e r . "
Green, f o r l u c k l e a a l y tha apot chosen f o r I t s r e s t i n g - p l a c e waa a cow
For a l l t h a t i t stay be w e l l t o keep i n kind t h i a e d i t o r i a l d e c l a r ­
pasture.
a t i o n o f tha " C a l l " :
Sunnyside Bouae oo t h e Corbett road f r o n t s a m i l k ranch and t h e The " S a i l " c o r r e s p o n d e n t , who i n t e r v i e w e d t h * f i s h e r m e n , s t a t e *
herdara heard a n o i a a s h o r t l y b e f o r e Midnight t h a t t h e y d e s c r i b e aa t h a t t h e y have tha r e p u t a t i o n of b e i n g t r u t h f u l and r e a p o n a l b l * e o l l e n
l i k e an e a r t h q u a k e . Rushing f o r t h t h e y heard c r l e a p r o c e e d i n g f r o * an of tha a e a .
i l l - f a v o r e d g u l c h where the cow* ruminate a t n i g h t t i n * . Going t o t h e AND HOW STANFORD.
• p o t t h e y found e a t r a n g e l o o k i n g c r a f t o f m e t a l , Modeled, oo d o u b t , How a S e n a a t l o n D e c l i n e d t o Be S p o i l e d by T a c t * .
a f t e r a a e a g u l l w i t h wings and p r o p e l l e r * . ,-.,■■-,■■_- STANFORD UNIvTRSITT, December 3 . — I t may be J u s t a* w e l l t o e x p i a t e
— T h e y d i d not e x a n i n e t h e machine c l o s e l y , f o r t h e v r i t l l n g r o r w t h a t the " C a l l " s t o r y , p u b l i s h e d y e s t e r d a y , t o tha e f f e c t t h a t th* a l r -
o f two men a p p e a l e d t o t h e i r humanity. The w r i t h i n g formfl were soon • h l p had a t l a a t b*en s e e n h a r e , 1* u n t r u e .
out o f t h e i r m i s e r y and r e c o v e r e d s u f f i c i e n t l y t o e x p l a i n t h a t t h e y * " * "tory was t o the e f f e c t t h a t t h r e e u n i v e r s i t y s t u d e n t s law •
were t h e i n v e n t o r s and b u i l d e r * o f an a i r s h i p i n which t h e y hud been l i g h t " H o o a a y n l g h ' t about 1 0 : 3 0 o*clock'~wh"rcE~tTiey were I n c l i n e d t o
s a i l i n g about when t h e machinery g o t out o f o r d e r and t h e y f e l l t o think waa t h e l i g h t o f an a i r » h i p . Tha s t u d e n t s were r e p r e s e n t e d a*
earth. In p r o o f t h e y p o i n t e d t o t h e ltnaense c i g a r - s h a p e d m e t a l l i c b e i n g v e r y much e x c i t e d o v e r the * l g h t and v e r y much p u x t l e d aa t o the
t u b e , w i t h I t s p r o p e l l e r s and w i n g s . Messengers were h u r r i e d t o t h e t r u e n a t u r e of i t , and a* h a v i n g changed from a s t a t e of • k e p t l c l s m r e ­
garding tba e x l « t « n c * of an a i r s h i p t o one o f p e r p l e x i t y and c r e d u l i t y .
Almahouse for m e d i c a l a s s i s t a n c e and word was conveyed t o t h e p r e s s .
When t h e Almshouse p h y s i c i a n s and t h e r e p o r t e r s a r r i v e d I t took The f a c t s o f the e a s e a r e t h a t t h * t h r e e a t u d e n t a i n q u e s t i o n saw
but a moment t o puncture t h e " f a k e . " Captain Feddy r e c o g n i i e d in P r o - , l i g h t , but knew from the f i r s t t h a t I t c o u l d n o t be a t t a c h e d t o an
fesBor J . D . deGear, t h e I n v e n t o r , a man who b a d , through t h e Almahouse . i r i n i P l b e c a m e i t s motion was such as t o prove c o n c l u s i v e l y t h a t I t s
t e l e p h o n e , c a l l e d up a prominent l o c a l amusement d i r e c t o r during t h e (Upport waa a k i t e or b a l l o o n d r i v e n about by t h e wind. For tha aake
a f t e r n o o n whom ha a s s u r e d t h a t e v e r y t h i n g was sJ-1 r i g h t and t h a t sh» o( . j o k , t Q , e h r M ( t u d e n t s claimed t o have s e e n General H a r t ' s a e r i a l
would go t o n i g h t , s u r e . " v i s i t o r o r one of t h - awans of t h e * t h a t f i l l s t h e a i r e v e r y n i g h t aca-
The r e p o r t e r s found t h a t t h e a i r s h i p waa c o n s t r u c t e d o f g a l v a n l i e d c o r d l n g M t h e t e s t i m o n y o f e y e - w i t n e s s e s whose v e r a c i t y cannot be lm-
i r o na ;. t h a t t h e p a i n t was n o t y e t dry upon i t . **& t h a t t h e p r o p e l l e r p(»cj,ed. T h e i r a t o r y soon spread about the men's dormitory and o c c a * -
b l a d e * would bend a t a t o u c h , and t h e t h i n g was l e f t t o r e s t where "I t loned some t a l k , but v e r y few were b l i n d t o th* f a c t t h a t the boy* were
had f a l l e n . ,"jo*hlng. M I n d e e d , q u i t * a number o f o t h e r **X* s t u d e n t * aev tha
The I n v e n t o r v a i n l y endeavored t o c o n v i n c e them t h a t i t had once m v a t e r l o u s " l i g h t a t the M M time and knew t h a t t h e thr*e had no Idea
t h a t t h e r e waa a n y t h i n g wonderful «bout i t . T h e n a l i t t l e l a t e r i n the
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morning, when the a t u d e n t a be>an t o a r r i v e from Palo A l t o , i t waa
t e d t h a t i t had been h a u l e d t o t h e c r e s t o f t h e h i l l on a v a g o n , l e a r n e d t h a t the l i g h t waa t h a t of a f i r e b a l l o o n a e n t up by Douglas
dumped o v e r and dragged down i n t o t h e g u l c h where i t v > , f o u n , j . Bartholomew, the p r o p r i e t o r of th* Palm * e « t a u r a n t . The "Call" e o r r e s -
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THAT AIRSHIP, IT WON'T STAT PuT. / Cornered i n a Foreat Hear the Sad t e s t i m o n y of U a i v a r a l t y l o u d e n t a t o the support of a f a n t a s t i c a e n a a -
S e a ' s Shore, but Gets Away. / Even th,e Hardy Fiehefmen of Monterey Who t i o n than t o s p o i l a good y a m , ao a l o n g I t went t o t h e " C a l l " and l o l
Saw t h e Tiling a t Bay E v a n i s h . / ESCAPES LIKEWISE FROM STANFORD. / Aca­ a n o t h e r t r u s t f u l " • c o o p . "
demic Crove* No More Congenial t o t h i s Wanderer of the Void Than The atudenta axe ( g r e e d , however, w i t h t h * " C a l l ' s opening s t a t e - I
P a c i f i c Crove or O r o v i l l e . mentY !
PACIFIC CROVE, December 3 . - - Y o u remember, r e a d e r , t h a t sonorous l i n . Mystery d*ep and impenetrable a t i l l enshroud* the myst*rioua c l i e n t
o f Henry V: " A l l t h i n g s a r e r e a d y . I f our minda be a o . " of » x - A t t o m e y - C e n e r * l Hart and h i e t a n t a l l x i n g and e q u a l l y m y s t e r i o u s
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c r u i s e r * of the upper a i r .
of view aa t o tha a i r s a i p , t h a t phantom of t h e n i g h t . The a i r s h i p l a
C e r t a i n l y n o t h i n g haa been observed h e r e t h a t tend* t o s t r i p eway
r e a d y , heaven be p r a i s e d , i f o n l y t h e human i n t e l l e c t can b o l o t e r e d be
any o f t h i a raven m y s t e r y .
t o t h i n k a o . Venus, Mara o r which you w i l l o f t h e " i a l e * of l i g h t " — *
This a l l , o f c o u r * * , t a k i n g the " C a l l ' s " word f o r i t , t h a t t h e r e i a
i n d e e d , and o l d t h i n g , w i l l answer t h e p u r p o s e , provided i t be viewed a mystery.
from a f r i e n d l y s t a n d p o i n t , as w l t n e * a the • t o r i e e 7 - f a a t growing beyond An A i r s h i p a t Twin P e a k s .
numbers, no two a g r e e i n g — f o r which t h a t J o u r n a l s t a n c h l y v o u c h e s . One a i r k a l p has been captured a t l a s t , but i t waan't t h e _ $ h o r t r l d e *
Somewhere, s u r e l y , amidst t h i s m u l t i t u d e o f f l o a t i n g t h i n g a t h e a i r Thunderblrd. I t wa* Juat' a b i g c l g a r - a h a p « d g a l v a n i s e d tank, w i t h l o t a
• h i p ought t o b e , on e v e r y p r i n c i p l e o f t h e p h i l o s o p h y of c h a n c e . of w h e e l s and a " b r i g h t , KXX weird l i g h t . "
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H o u b e f t , the r e p o r t t h a t I t has been a t anchor on the beach of l a a t n i g h t by a moat ixx f r i g h t f u l c l a t t e r and u n e a r t h l y uproar i n a
Monterey w i l l have t o be c o u r t e o u s l y and r e l u c t a n t l y but none t h e l e a s deep r a v i n e near h i * home. He roused h i s f a m i l y and they a l l rue bed
stoutly denied. out t o a s c e r t a i n tha causa of the c l a m o r .
This r e p o r t , p u b l i s h e d i n the " C a l l " t h i s . m o r n i n g , b e g i n s in t h i s Thay found t h a t J . d* Gear had cone t o g r i e f i n h i s I n i t i a l attempt
way: t o f )lI y .
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s o l v e d t h e r e no l o n g e r remains a d o u b t . At an e a r l y hour t h i a morning, De Cear aays t a h t f o r f i v e or s i x month p a s t he has been working
some f i f t e e n m i l e s from P a c i f i c Grove, two I t a l i a n f i s h e r m e n , Clusepp* on a f l y i n g machine f o r a c a p i t a l l i t whom be w i l l not name. Th* mach­
V a U n z i a n o and L u i g l V a l d l v l a , w h i l e engaged i n t h e i r v o c a t i o n , vtcm i n e c o n s i s t s o f an Iron o r * t * e l tank, c i g a r - s h a p e d and about f o r t y i a *
c o m p l e t e l y t e r r o r i z e d by a e e i n g an o b j e c t d e s c e n d i n g fron the h e a v e r * , feet long. In t h e c e n t e r i a an o p e t l n g , wh*r* th* n a v i g a t o r s i t s and
which t o t h e i r t e r r o r - s t r i c k e n l m a g i n a t l o n a seemed t o be f a l l i n g d i r ­ • tecra, Thar* i a s p r o p e l l o r i n f r o n t and oae a t tha r e a r and one on
e c t l y upon t h e i r b o a t . When the o b j e c t had f a l l e n w i t h i n some fvu each'side. The tank I s f i l l e d w i t h gas and then the p r o p e l l e r * are
hundred yards of the water I t f l o a t e d e a s i l y and a t a moderate apred s e t In motion by a • m a l l e l e c t r i c motor t h a t a l s o f e e d s an U c a n d e s c e n i
u n t i l i t landed on t h e aandy b e a c h . The a i r x h i p , f o r such i t proved t o
batautllght.
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number. Immediately on l a n d i n g they a l i g h t e d , a n d , p i c k i n g up tlipfr _^_ , . .
s h i p , c a r r i e d i t back from the beach and i n t o the woods. As soon . a t h e * " ' n I f h t - T**" • « " o n t 0 V " 1 / ' » h " p * ! " " " ? t b * ? ' " ™
two fishermen had r e c o v e r e d f r o - t h e i r a s t o n i s h m e n t they drew In t h e i r °y»"»> i n « * * l o « . De Gear c o t i n and s o a r e d about f i f t e e n f e e t down
n e t s and attempted t o nake a l . n d i n g . and a f t e r s e v e r a l u n . u c c . s , f u j ' " " w h e n CbM « " h " " * * " d l h e n t h * y pick*d h l
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tha re waa n o t enough gaa on board and t h a t t h e wheela were too s m a l l .
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c l s c o e d i t o r ' s r e a l v i e w s , w h i l e t h e l i g h t v e i n pursued here has daub
HEARST AND HIS TWO FACES / E d i t o r Hearst Hut One Opinion East and An r l e s t been b e c a u s e t h e paper pooh-poohed t h e r e a l news t h e f i r s t day a.
o t h e r Here. / The "Journal" D e s c r i b e s t h e I n v e n t i o n and C r e d i t s t h e was d r i v e n t o r i v e I t l a t e r , a f t e r t h e c h a g r i n o f b e i n g beaten by The
Phenomenon. / News o f t h e A e r i a l V i s i t o r a s t h e Wires F l a s h I t Fro* Call t h e f i r s t d a y . /
Neighboring L o c a l i t i e s . / AIRSHIP AT L I Y E R > m E 7 7 ~ M i t o r E U i s o f the~"Bersia''~Qlv*s His VUwi'
The many J e k y l l - H y d e f e a t u r e * o f " L i t t l e W i l l i e ' s " J o u r n a l i s t i c t h e Machine.
c h a r a c t e r a r e b e a u t i f u l l y e x e m p l i f i e d i n t h e two views of t h e phenome- The f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e w i l l appear i n t h e Livermore Herald t o - d a y ,
non t h a t has r e c e n t l y appeared i n t h e heavens h e r e a b o u t s which have f r o i g i v i n g the views o f Editor E l l i s :
t i n e t o t i n e ^appeared i n t h e Examiner h e r e and i n t h e New York. Journal The Herald s a y b e a l i t t l e l a t e i n coming t o t h e f r o n t w i t h an at
o f Hew York C i t y — b o t h Mr. H e a r s t ' s n e w s p a p e r s . s h i p s t o r y , but n e v e r t h e l e s s i t has o n e , and a s for I t a a u t h e n t i c i t y
In s p i t e o f t h e t e s t i m o n y o f many r e p u t a b l e w i t n e s s e s t h a t s t r a n g e ■an In Alamede County can d o u b t . The p a r t i e s who w i t n e s s e d t h i s r e ­
moving l i g h t s have .been seen i n t h e sky t h e Examiner has c o n t i n u a l l y r e ­ markable phenomenon a r e none o t h e r than t h e Rev. John Kir by o f OaXlu
f e r r e d t o t h e s e phenomena a s t h e r e s u l t o f "red eye" and midnight walks p r e s i d i n g e l d e r o f t h e Oakland d i s t r i c t , and Rev, Hugh Copeland.
near b r e w e r i e s . Rev. Kr. Kirby was In Livermore Wednesday o f t h i s week and i n th«
The f o l l o w i n g p a r a l l e l columns c o n c e r n i n g t h e a i r s h i p , taken from presence o f Rev, Mr. A l e x a n d e r , p a s t o r o f t h e Methodist Church, and
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AM AIRSHIP S E £ N . / ( H . Y . J o u r n a l , [Link]) I PROBABLY DUE TO LIQUOR. (San ' ridlns- In a buxgy In t h e v i c i n i t y o f Knights Ferry In S t a n i s l a u s Coun
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SAN FRANCISCO, HOY. 2 7 , — T h e There a r e men who s e e queer l i k e a huge b a l l o f f i r e t h a t r o s e f r o * t h e e a r t h .
b i g g e s t problem o f t h e a g e has been t h i n g s when t h e y d o n ' t have a gun,
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stopped our buggy t o g a s * In wonderment upon t h i s s t a r t l i n g and unex-
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' i f i c Coast l a w i d e l y e x c i t e d o v e r l y s e t two' l i g h t s i s f r o n t and a t r i g h t a n g l e s o f t h e f l y i n g Machine,
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and o t h e r t o w n s . The t e s t i m o n y M.E. Church o f Alameda s i x y e a r s p r e v i o u s t o t h a t , was i n t e r v i e w e d a t
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; t h e a i r a g a i n , a s I f t h e f o r c e t h a t r e c o r d of f a i l u r e i n t h e p a s t . I f l l e good ground t o g i v e c r e d e n c e t o h i s e t o r y . I t a v e r s t h a t he 1* pra
whirled i t through s p a c e were s e n s i ­ •one Joker has turned l o o s e a f l r e l t t c l n g no d e e t p t l o c . Kr. J e n n i n g s a s s e r t s t h a t t b e r t i s no q u e s t i o n
b l e t o t h e danger o f c o l l i s i o n w i t h b a l l o o n t o p e r p l e x and K y i t i f y t h a i t n a t a n ' e i r s h i p " e x i s t * and t h a t I t has"been s a i l i n g through t h e - i l f i t a
o b j e c t s on t h e e a r t h . might account for t h e a i r s h i p on a s r e p o r t e d . Ke t a l x e d w i t h t h e I n v e n t o r and t h e c r a f t I s now some­
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caused c o n s t e r n a t i o n In a l l parta oJ 'and made t h e f o l l o w i n g s t a t e m e n t : "Yesterday s h o r t l y b e f o r e noon a mm
t h e c i t y , where groups g a t h e r e d a t 'appeared a t my p l a c e o f b u s i n e s s and i n q u i r e d for me. The s t r a n g e t vai
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!words t h e machine cajse I t s e l f and t h e y c o u l d n ' t a t o p i t .
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j i n h i s back yard i n t h e s e days i s t e c t i o n d u r i n g t h e pendency o f h i s Costa County h i l l s and r o s e t o a h e i g h t o f about 1000 f e e t . Suddenly
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jseen a f l e e t o f a i r s h i p s m a n e u v e r i n f i n v e n t o r has not d i s c l o s e d a l l t h e g e a r . I t vaa borne r a p i d l y southward a g a i n s t a l l t f f o r t i t o change « i
I i n t h e s k i e s has l e f t C a l i f o r n i a M e t s l l s o f h i s c o n t r i v a n c e . E n o u g h , ' c o u r s e u n t i l s u d d e n l y t h t c u r r e n t o f a i r seemed t o l e s s e n and t h t
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1* not i n i t . They come not i n s i n - p r i n c i p l e o f a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n . "My f r i e n d t o l d me t h a t t h e a t r e h i p vaa made p r i n c i p a l l y o f alustlniai
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county or town i n t h e S t a t e which form o f a tremendous s e n s a t i o n , i t p l a n e s , w h i l e t h t m o t i v e power vaa e t t r i c i t y . He saya t h e machine i s per
cannot produce a machinery b i r d o r I s t h e one t o p i c o f c o n v e r s a t i o n i n ' f e c t i e x c t p t f o r t h e f a c t t h a t a t t i m e s i t r e f u s e s t o b e , s t e e r e d l a a
two I s h i d i n g i t s head i n shame. e v e r y v i l l a g e , town and c i t y i n the **** g i * " * d i r e c t i o n , a n d t h a t i t w i l l n o t s t a n d s t i l l i n t h e a i r . St
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Ing q u e s t i o n t o - d a y i s : "Have you probably knagx t o - f l i g h t . Be s a i d i f t h e neve from Washington aaa s a t i s
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reason for that question the f o l - ••• !*•
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The s t r a n g e t h i n g about t h e p o s i t i o n s o f t h e two papers i s t h e f a c t ' t e l i ■» , u c n * « t o r y i f i t was not t r u e . He had no b u s i n e s s h e r e , know
t h a t t h e d e s c r i p t i o n s mthat appeared i n t h e E a s t e r n paper were probably no < » • but m y s e l f and l e f t w i t h o t asklngauy f a v o r s . Moreover, ha want*
' t h e m a t t e r kept q u i e t . " /
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( • b a l l i s t i c .sign i n d i c a t i v e of the f o r c e s used t o propel thr " - v u e r i .
l i k e a p p e a r a n c e , p a s s e d o v e r S e i n e l a s t n i g h t between 9 and 1 0 o ' c l o c k .
v i s i t a n t . " A more p r a c t i c a l e v e r y d a y f e l l o w s a i d I t was the brand •
I t was s e e n by many r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s . S.W. Sfcxsxx S t e v a r t , g r a i n the o c t a l u s e d . Uolbrook, htn M e r r i l l i S t e t s o n confirmed the l a t t e r
merchant, vent t o t h e door o f hla r e s i d e n c e about 9:30 o ' c l o c k and saw view and s a i d t h a t i t denoted a c e r t a i n brand of g a l v a n i z e d i r o n made
a l i g h t approaching from t h e v e s t . I t had t h e appearance o f a l o c o m o t ­ f o r t h e * , o f s i z e 30x96 i n c h e s and o f w e i g h t s i x t e e n ounces- t o t h e
i v e h e a d l i g h t , a n d vaa a p p a r e n t l y about 150 f e e t aboee t h e e a r t h . square f o o t and 117 pounds t o the b u n d l e . They a l s o knew De Gear, but
Mr. S t e w a r t T a H e d ' t o fils f a t l y , a n d a l l saw t h e wonderful i g l i g h t had no record of t h e a a l e t o h i * e f any such m a t e r i a l .
pass o v e r t h e town and d i s a p p e a r i n an e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . I t vaa
That Havana la In no danger o f a n n i h i l a t i o n at the hands of tt Cei
. t r a v e l i n g a t about t h e speed o f a p a s s e n g e r - t r a i n .
Is a c e r t a i n t y . Indeed t h e l a t t e r w i l l have not e v c a the c o n s o l a t i o n
G.S. R e i c h a r d , a t t c r n e y - a t - l a v , and many o t h e r persona a l s o saw t h e
of g e t t i n g the " a l r a h l p " on e x h i b i t i o n . The amusement mansger who ha*
remarkable l i g h t .
engaged I t a s a forthcoming a t t r a c t i o n has d e c i d e d t o have no ante t o
There l a no q u e s t i o n about an a i r s h i p having p a s s e d o v e r t h i s p a r t
do w i t h 1*,. "After t h e newspaper a r t i c l e * of t h i s morning," said h e ,
o f Fresno County l a s t n i g h t . /
"It would prove t o be a n e g a t i v e a t t a a e t l o n . "
THE WOMAN IK IT. / S t r a n g e and C i r c u m s t a n t i a l S t o r y o f » S a i l o r P a s s e n ­
ger. S t i l l t h e r e are p e o p l e who b e l i e v e t h a t the problem of a e r i a l
f l i g h t haa been s o l v e d by De G e a r , and among t h o s e most thoroughly coo
BAH LUIS OBISPO, C a l . , Dec. fc,—vmia» Cordon reached t h i s town
vlnced a t t h e s e who In p u b l i c p r i n t y e s t e r d a y d e c l a r e d i t had f a l l e n
t h i s morning. He s t a t e s t h a t be la a n a t i v e o f South C a r o l i n a and a
[from "dizzy h e i g h t s , " t h a t i t was b u i l t o f g a l v a n l i e d s t e a l ; t h a t I t
t r u t h f u l p e r s o n , a g r a d u a t e o f B e r k e l y , but r e c e n t l y a s a i l o r an* J u s t i
,had c l e f t the a i r on i t s g i g a n t i c p i n i o n s . That t h e b u i l d e r of t h i s
from Hew York.
ifasious iTyTng machine drew Til* " i n s p i r a t i o n from t h e same s o u r c e ' s *
His s t o r y I s t h a t y e s t e r d a y e v e n i n g about 9 o ' c l o c k , be was a t leases a l l t h e s e a s s u r a n c e s o f the e x i s t e n c e o f an a i r s h i p i s made c e r -
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some one a b l e t o s p l i c e a. r o p e . Cordon, b e i n g a s a i l o r , o f f e r e d h i s i e r - e d p l c t u r e , of the " m y s t e r i o u s a e r i a l c r a f t c l e a v l n g the sky l i k e wl«g-
v i c e s . w h l c h were a c c e p t e d . a n d be f o l l o w e d t h e man who c l a i m e d t o hsva a t d l i g h t e n i n g , " a . drawn by " . p e c i a l a r t i a t . f r o . d e s c r i p t i o n s " S l v * n
a h y b e l l n g o u t f i t about a m i l e f r o a town t o a p l a c e where he found a 5,- r e p u t a b l a p e o p l e .
c l g a r a K - s h a p e d s t r u c t u r e about 8 0 f e e t l o n g and 25 f e e t i n d i a m e t e r . ,' Tbat t b # c l u m s y c o n t r i v a n c e d i d not f a l l f r o . soy height d i n / u .
The s t r u c t u r e was s t a n d i n g on p r o j e c t i o n s , and had under i t two p r o p e l - t t n e t v l $ e u p t 0 „ d b y t h « U c t t h . t t h e ^ k , l o U vlMXtmt u r „
l e r a . f l v e - b l a d e d . a a y 15 f e e t a c r e s . , iff There vaa a huge t a i l , which |1( „ , l a d e o t t d ^ ^ l e „ t p M d ^ , h . r p - p o i n t e d prow did not f o r e *
eerved a r a r u d d e r , o# which t h e t i l l e r - r o p e s had p a r t e d . Cordea i t ( h , l r i , b r e 4 d t b ^to t h e bank a g a i n s t which i t waa supposed
spliced then. M ^ ,cmck.
The s t r u c t u r e waa o f m e t a l . There were a number o f windows and two j . t t t T M a da Cear, b r o t h e r of the p r e s s a g e n t , c a l l e d at the
d o o r s . The i n t e r i o r was d i v i d e d i n t o compartments and t h e n a t i v e power, M - c h r o m d . - 0 ( f i c . U a t n i g h t and made a s t a t e m e n t as t o t h e purpose
which t h e c a p t i a l n s t a t e d was compressed a i r , seemed t o o p e r a t e machin- <0{ c o n s t r u c t i n g t h e machine.
e r y c o n t i x x a i n e d i n a g r e a t c a s e and c o n t r o l l e d by l e v e r s . ' « T , „ aot i t t i n v e n t o r , " he s a i d . "I waa aimply employed as an
Cordon was i n v i t e d t o com* a l o n g and d i d s o . He was g i v e n t h e r u d - t X p t r t cornice-maker t o b u i l d t h e machine sod put i t where i t was
d e r . o p e r a t e d by a w h e e l , a n d f o l l o w e d t h e c o u r s e s g i v e n him aa shown by found. T e a , i t was b u i l d f o r e x h i b i t i o n p u r p o s e s . I t took over t h t e e
compass. They r o s e i n t h e a i r t o a great h e i g h t , probably 3000 f e e t , s n i b u n d l e e o f g a l v a n i s e d i r o n t o c o n s t r u c t i t , sod t h e t h i n g weighed over
took a n o r t h e r l y c o u r s e and t r a v e l e d a t enormous s p e e d . In a few hours 400 pounds. I b u i l d I t In two n i g h t s and one day, and had e l e v e n men
t h e y p a s s e d o v e r Los A n g e l e s , e a s i l y known by i t s g r e a t number o f l l g h t i working o n ' i t Udnesday'nigKH I t h i n k I d e s e r v e c r e d i t for the j o b ;
and t h e n sped o v e r V e n t u r a , S a n t a Barbara and o t h e r p l a c e s , and about 3 "* i t waa a good p l a c e of work."
o ' c l o c k t h i s morning s e t t l e d down i n a p l a c e In t h e mountains about a ± g , F i r e d Him a t San Lula Oblapo.
eight miles southeast of t h i s c i t y . SAM LUIS OBISPO, December 4,—A man of good appearance a r r i v e d l a t i
Here t h e manager o f t h e a l s h l p announced h i s I n t e n t i o n o f s t o p p i n g t o - n i g h t . He aays hla name i s William Cordon, and t h a t he cams t o t h i i
x J d i a a w h i l e and Gordon was s e n t for water ,but a f t e r g o i n g a s h o r t t country 1 B *n a l r a h l p from San Bernardino c o u n t y , and was then made t o
d i s t a n c e _he t u r n e d and d i s c o v e r e d _the s t r a n g e v e s s e l d i s a p p e a r i n g . ___- l e a v e the s h i p by t h e owner, who went n o r t h . The man seems t o be s a n e .
The a'Irship man, Gordon say's, was o f swarthy a p p e a r a n c e ' s a d spoke" The A i r s h i p a t Lodl.
i Spanish t o t h e o n l y companion he h a d , a woman. / LODI, December a . — B e t w e e n 6 and J o ' c l o c k t h i s evening s e v e r a l
i A Fake o f Showmen. r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s saw t h e a l l e g e d a i r s h i p t r a v e l i n g r a p i d l y t o t h e
j I t d e v e l o p e d y e s t e r d a y t h a t t h e c i g a r - s h a p e d g a l v a n i z e d I r o n t a n k , a o u t h . One t * a s a y s he saw some kind of a body above and below t h e
I c o n s t r u c t e d t o r e s e m b l e an a i r s h i p , which was found l a t e Thursday b r i l l i a n t l i g h t , and i s c o n v i n c e d t h a t some l a r g e o b j e c t passed througt
I n i g h t in a g u l c h near t h e Almshouse, I s a "fake" c r e a t i o n . I t waa the a i r going n o r t h w e s t .
j c a r t e d t o t h e p o i n t where found i n order t o provide some cheap a d v e r -
i U s i n g for a l o c a l p l a c e o f amusement. Owing t o t h e darkness and l a t e - i ' ( P l c s : The Almshouse " A i r s h i p " As She L i e s and t h s P r e s s Agent D i t t o .
, n e s s o f t h e hour t h e i m p o s i t i o n e s c a p e d e x p o s u r e , a s t h e r e was n e i t h e r i j e f f e r s o o ds Gear, I x t s l i x x B u i l d e r of t h e Fake A l r a h l p . (Sketched by
■ o p p o r t u n i t y nor t i m e f o r a c l o s e or f u l l i n v e s t i g a t i o n . Chron. A r t i s t )
p i c . p . l : The Creat C a l i f o r n i a A i r s h i p , as Shown i n an I l l u s t r a t i o n i n l 8 p ^ D « « ' b e r ' ' S a t * D f c i l 3 r Huaboldt Times (Eureka, C a l i f . ) , p.a."
t h e Hew York "Homing J o u r n a l " tt Sunday, November 2 6 , The A r t i c l e
Which Acoompanles t h e I l l u s t r a t i o n Says That t h e W i t n e s s e s o f t h e About Town
Phenomenon Are A l l C r e d i b l e . A r e d l a n t e r n a t t h e t o p o f a f l a g p o l e on Torrent engine bouse
1696 December 5 ( S a t ) San F r a n c i s c o C h r o n i c l e , p. 16 ( c a r d 1) Wednesday n i g h t was m i s t a k e n by many f o r t h e m y s t e r i o u s l i g h t o f t h e
e q u a l l y m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p . So keen were t h e i m a g i n a t i o n s o f some
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DIZZY FAKE OF STANFORD HEICHTS./ TIN TOY OF A METAL ROOFER. / THE o f t h e b e h o l d e r s , t h a t w i t h t h e a i d o f I t and t h e i r opera g l a s s e s
"AIRSHIP" COULDN'T FLOAT OH WATER. / An Absurd Contrivance Bestowed in t h e y were e n a b l e d t o s e e t h e o u t l i n e s o f t h e a i r s h i p and a man vho
a D i t c h f o r t h s E d i f i c a t i o n of the C r e d u l o u s . / was supposed t o be t h e e n g i n e e r .
A l l i n t h e neighborhood o f Stanford H e i g h t s turned out y e s t e r d a y t o
look and laugh a t t h e f l y - b y - n i g h t a i r s a i p which ran o f f t h e t r a c k l a t e ^ e c . 12 p . 2 I n v e n t o r La. Roche o f HoboJcen p l a n s t o f l y t o C a l i f i n
Thursday n i g h t and d i t c h e d i t s e l f c o n v e n i e n t l y c l o s e t o the Almshouse *8 b r s .
telephone. In consequence the Sunnyslde inn d i d a t h r i v i n g b u s i n e s s in Jan. .2 ' 9 7 Wf. Eddy o f CRjponnc] "■J. f i l e s k i t e s ,
steam b e e r , of which P r o f e s s o r Prank de Cear, preea agent of t h e weird LB96 December 5 I S a t ) Redwood C i t y ( C a l i f ) T i m e s - C a i e t t e , p . 3 . '
machine, got more than h i s s h a r e . He and h i s b r o t h e r , George, borrowed
b l a n k e t s and s h e e t s f r o a the milk ranch and c a r e f u l l y c o v e r e d t h s " a i r s ' To WlUlsja Brown b e l o n g s t h e honor o f d i a c o v e r i n g t h s m u c h - t e l k e d -
s h i p " t o p r o t e c t i t f r o a the rude g « « of the p u b l i c , and t h e n , l e s t a o f a i r s h i p . E a r l y Monday morning be saw a smmll o b j e c t somewhat t h e
t o o curioua i n v e s t i g a t i o n s h o u l d s t r i p i t of i t s c o v e r i n g s , drove s t a k - ahape o f a, b a l l o o n d e s c e n d 0 0 o n e o f t h e B r i t t e n h i l l s and went a t ones
ea and a t t e t c h e d r o p e s sbout i t a t a r e s p e c t f u l d i s t s n e e . , t o t h e p l a c e . He found a t o y b a l l o o n about t h r e e f e e t h i g h and e o c i r -
The s m a l l boy i s no r e s p e c t e r o f r o p e s , - *nd t h e s e r a p h of t h e a i r , c l i n g i t was t h e a d v e r t i s e m e n t o f l o l a n B r o s . , s h o e d e a l e r s , San F r a n -
f a l l e n from " d i z z y h e i g h t s , " was soon s t r i p p e d of i t s c o v e r i n g . Down I'OISCO. I n s i d e was a red l i g h t , and no d o u b t t h o s e vho a aw I t In t h e
I n t o i t s i n t e r i o r one of them made h i s wsy by t e a r i n g up t h e f l o o r of a k l e s t h e e v e n i n g b e f o r e were s u r e t h e y had s e e n t h e f l y i n g machine.
the c o c k p i t . Once I n d l d e the f u l l s p l e n d o r of b&l fake was r e v e a l e d . jKany m e t r o p o l i t a n firm* t a k e t h i s means o f a d v e r t i s i n g and t h l s may
The c y l i n d e r , about s i x f e e t i n d i a m e t e r , was b u i l t up around wood- account for 3t
en ribs, and the plates, Instead of being riveted together. ere nailed 1** December ■WaffmaMf. wafr wiwrn^w »«
something e l s e " CSSM f r o . t h e use o f m u r i a t i c a c i d as a f l u x f o r the COAST AID BAI-BIte KEW3. / . . .
' s o l d e r used i n c l o s i n g some of t h e J o i n t s . The whole o f C a l i f o r n i a a e e s s w i l d o v e r t h e newly invented s i r -
The p r o p e l l e r s h a f t s were f i x e d f i r m l y i n b l o c k s o f wood T h e , h.4 ' " P . a * 1 « * p e o p l e o f P e s c a d e r o have a word t o aay r e l a t i v e t h e r e t o .
no b e a r i n g s and were n e v e r Intended t o r e v o l v e . I n s t e a d, ; 0 „ ^ , i ! I t - t b e a l r s h l p - s e i l e d o v e r « i r l i t t l e t o w n , and away f a r o f f o v e r
e r s r e v o l v e d upon the s h a f t aa l o o s e l y a s the w h e e l s o f a' c a r r i^a g e' i f o n t h e "white e l e p h a n t " on p e b b l e beech one n i g h t l a s t week, and t o t h e
their axles. There were no worms and g e a r i n g t o c o s n u n l c a t e power to s u r p r i s e o f a l l i t waa c a p t u r e d . T e s , T e r i l y , i t tell by a s h o t frosi
t h e p r o p e l l e r s , and i f t h e r e had been a speed of f i f t y r e v o l u t i o n s a t b e r i f l e o f Constable G*o. S m i t h , and t o add g r e a t l y t o t h e a u r p r i s e
minute would have thrown e v e r y one of t h e f l i m s y b l a d e s o f f , f o r t h e y o f «*x tt x x t h o s e p r e s e a t , i t proved t o be a l a r g e rubber bladder o r
were made s i n p l y of g a l v a n i z e d I r o n , w i t h rods around the e d g e s t o b a l l o o n b e e x i n g t h e a d v e r t i s e m e n t o f a firm l a San F r a n c i s c o . Oeorge
s t i f f e n them, and we're f a s t e n e d t o the hub by t h r e e r i v e t s e a c h . An haa t h e a i r s h i p on e x h i b i t i o n nwv s o t h a t a l l may a e e what o n e - h a l f
I n c o n s i d e r a t e s k e p t i c t o r e one of the b l a d e s from i t s faatentlnRB w i t h t h e world i s worrying o v e r .
ttls f i n g e r s and c a r r i e d i t home as a s o u v e n i r of the " a i r s h i p . "
Upon the i n s i d e of the c y l i n d e r , i n great red l e t t e r s , were these The Woman- i n Black.
A spook I n sombre r o b e s I s s a i d t o be s e e n e v e n i n g * between t h e
 f hours of 9 and 10 o'clock on Stambaugh s t r e e t . The deniiens of that [Link] editorial says:
part of town arc greatly wrought up orer the strange apparition and ftm »*[Link] this [Link] trying to turn the craw to flnaa-
steps art being taken to hare the ghostahlp find some-other quartern M** « c o « i t in the dime museum l i n e , hare Just taken the trouble to
for bar wanderings. Several part l e i bare teen ajalljvoman In saxm M » » fortyfoot galven lied-Iron "airship?, and roll i t dovn a h i l l ,
black quietly walking up and dovn the atreet night for orer a week (with the u k chance of flattening theswelvee under i t . /
and no one baa bad the temerity to Inquire about her apparent eimleisj Again, In the face of the atraight nevsgiving of the e * U , and the
wanderings, .warm championship of the alrablp by hie Hew lork Journal, Hr. Emaret in
Santa Rosa vaa visited about a veek ago by a vonan In black and 'the Examiner of yeeterday says, e d i t o r i a l l y :
the result was that aix houses were entered and robbed, one gentleemn' /"Fake Joumaliam" haa a good deal to answer for, but we do not r e -
I baring 313,000 stolen from nil residence. p a l l a more im discreditable exploit In that line than the _periUient
lyyt beceiwer b Uat) keno Evening Gazette , p. 3. [Link] to make t h . piibXIenSelrive tnat the air In t U i vicinity ia" "
/ {populated with alrabipa. It baa been manifest for weeks that the whole
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The Airship AP,aln.' airship itory la a pur. myth. /
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The "airship" vaa seen again last night. A Gazette reporter was ' * M d * * " « "™ ch «*P.»nd the Examiner, In » s disgruntled
fortunate enough to "see I f floating over the Mackey and Fair mount- ? " * " ? " * ** l * l n * w * 6 1 " " * ia «*«»« t h « " * • . * * « " try to redee.
ain about 6:30 last evening. It vaa a very bri R ht light .throwing out . " . e l f W e x t r a c t i n g _ s ^ j a l r j h l p new, from the^colu^a of ita [Link]
rays as If fr«a an e l e c t r i c search-light. It finally disappeared 0 Y t r : « P r l * " « t . U * **» » « * Journal.
the mountain, the same way as the other night. i'c [Link] i t a* our op i n - p i c : The Sacramento Crovda Gating at the Wonderful California Airahip
ion tliat the "airship" waa the evening atar, Venus, now ao brilliant ft Reproduced from the Key York "Horning Journal" of ffovgmbcr 29.)
In tlie aouthwestem heavens In early evening. The star, or "airship," 1896 December 6 (Sun) The Call (San Franclaco),p.6 (ed.) 'card I)
is a magnificent sight and well worth seeing. The Carette ran takes | <
no stock in the "airship" fake, and, while he may be mistaken, he i» WITH ITS OWH PETARD./
willing tostake hia reputation as an astronomer that the "airship" it I The Examiner was hoist with l t i own petard yesterday morning In a
_ thp evening star Venus. l ^ . t . »wtvard but highly entertaining way. I t undertook with cherecter-
1896 December 6 (Sun) The Call (San Francisco), p . l . (card 1) . l a t l c impudence to shift i t s established reputation as Monarch of the
Fakers to other iboulden ,vitb the result of faatenlng that reputation
HEARST'S AIRY. CHAMELEOB. / In the Hew York Journal I t Is a Bona Fide ^ n t n t m n firmly upon ita mown. In an editorial article entitled
Flying Machine, / IK THE SAH FRAHCISCO EXAHIHER A FAKE. / Illustrations "TU. Airship Huisance^ which opens with the appropriate confession that
of the Sacranento Street Scene Were Sent From This City. / AH OSTRICH- "y^e journalism haa a good deal to answer for," the Monarch of the
LIKE ATTEMPT TO DELUDE THE PEOPLE. / Conflicting Stories Printed by the rakers presume* to take The Call to task for publishing the news upon
Slaueae-Twin Faxer Show the Unreliability of the Two Shameless Papers./ t b < i u b j e c t of the airship. I t charges the Call with a "prolonged
A further study of the Mew York Morning Journal's page Indorsement attempt to humbug the coawunity," and describes those who heva t e a t l -
of the San Francisco airship story confirms the opinion that i t was fted to [Link] DK , e e n the strange lights and other indicia of an aerial
written In the Examiner office ±of thia City. traveler as "practical Jokers or unbalanced enthusiasts." It derides
The i l l u s t r a t i o n s of the street scene here during the passage of t b« whole subject ai a " i l l l y erase?
the aerial v i s i t a n t appear to have been drawn In the Exaainer office While engaging la this sort of drivel e d i t o r i a l l y the Examiner
here. locally delivered I t s e l f over to an already exploded airship fake of «
The Call today repmroduees in a diminutive form the picture that too rankeat kind, devoting a page or more to the congenial labor of
the Journal printed ROBS across ao entire page, being a street scene ia giving i t the appearance of truth. In the headlines and body of the
Sacramento during the night when some bright object passed over the *x*'article i t "describes the TwinPeh'c'obTilvance as flying,"and in a half-
[Link] the attention of a l l who had eyes. 1 ^ , i l l u s t r a t i o n depicts It ad the man who It states flew in i t . That
The Incident i l l u s t r a t e s as plainly as did the two vlew« Mr. Hearst!t n e Twin Peaks airship was a emrny frad It only required daylight to .
held on the gold question how the young millionaire toys with the truth discover ,and the fact that i t was such was known about tovn at least
and fakes here and there to cater to the strange tub that reada his twelve hours before the Examiner urn went to press. In fact It vai
pnpere_. Just such a fake aa led nany people to belelve i t to be of that news­
Another i l l u s t r a t i o n of the absolute u n r e l i a b i l i t y of the Examiner paper's own devising. It Is evident that la t h i s as In aeveral other
and like instances appear in the Journal-ts aeen in yesterday's issue. more or leas Important respects the right band of the monarch knoweth
Great space i s given to the account of a supposed airship that was d i s - i n o t v n a t l t g i e f t j ^ d doetb.
covered In a gully near Twin Peaks a few nights ago. The Examiner's gy fc happy coincidence The CaU uai enabled to eupply yesterday
misleading description and great Illustration might lead the reader-to , j , o t h e r ».pt example of\tbe duplicity of Mr. Hearst's organs in the
believe a bonaflde airship had been found .whereas the most cursory exam- m t t „ 0 f n € V s . The "en York Journal of l a s t Sunday devoted an entire
ination shows that the" tin rattle-trap discovered was a clumsy fake, > p w t o the California airship,giving a large cut of the vessel pesslnf
probably projected by so»e advertising nan who w i l l seek to exhibit i t "ow [Link] a long deeriptive a r t i c l e under such headlines as
later. "A Working Airship Seen on the Pacific Coast," and the l i k e . The body
A l i t t l e more detailed study of the a r t i c l e that appeared in the of the Journal, article contained the statements of many witnesses to
Journal of November 26 shows how fully the paper gave credence to the the phenomenon ,with the repeated assurance that they were person! of
story which the Examiner here ridiculed because The Call had the news unimpeachable credibility and good repute. The article waa evidently
f i r s t . Among other thing! .after quoting a number of people, the Journal' t e a t"t 0 the Journal from"the Examiner" office in San Francisco, and .our
said: !"deadly paraHelff"p"roved that i t was written at the very ktmrn time wfceaj
"Huddreds ot similar interviews could be obtained. Many practical the local "Taker via* casting a l l - s o f t s of ridicule upoo~the"idee o'f an
electricians saw the strange sight. All of them maintain that the ^existing alrahip, and waa aaaertlng that alleged observations thereof J
searchlight was elect l e a l in character. They aay, t o o , that to produce<vere bad in suspicious proximity to breweries, and were made by those '
a l i g h t of such power and brilliancy would require at least one horse- who had been viewing the heavens "through a glass darkly," so to speak.'
power .and that would mean a vessel capable of sustaining half a ton I The Call has carefully abstained from the expression of any op loo- .
weight for the light alone. One thing a l l the witnesses of the pbenom- ion regarding the existence or non-existence of an airbalp, and intend*
enon are positive of; that IS that the searchlight vaa white, l i k e that to continue Km ao to do while the subject remains In i t s present coo- j
abed by an arc lamp. ' L __ ' .ditlon of doubt. It desires to [Link], the following proposlt- |
"The Inventor of the succesful elrshTp la tf7~t7H."Behja*in of San ion to candid minds. If In i t s airahlp stories the »ew York Journal '
Francisco. It l e u . however,suspected that t h i s i s an assumed name to j „ , indulging In an unwonted hpproach to the facts, haa not the Exam-
conceal the inventor's real Identity. Hia attorney la C,V. Collinss, a i n e r been w i l l f u l l y xeepingiteelfet l u l t e a distance away from them! \
prominent lawyer with offices at rooms 21 and 22 Crocker building, San i t may be remarked incidentally that there la nothing unusual in t h i s ,
Francisco." f o r t B C reason that the Monarch of the Fakers could not well expect to -
Describing the appearance ofthe phenomenon leen in Sacramento, the ( U f t a i n i t s reputation *■ such without being watchful to have the ,
Journal said: width of the continent between i t s e l f and the truth. 1
"On the evening of Tuesday,Bovember 17, many c l t U e n s of Sacramento, Without in any way deciding whether the stories of the airship are ,
[Link] surprised by the sudden appearance, directly over the trvM „- [Link] the impartial reader consider the relation of Mr. 1
c i t y . o f a atartllng aerial craft. The meu peculiar zxxxxe: night v i a l - , B e a m ' s two newspapers toward I t , by he ljaftt of each other. The
tant made i t s appearance about T o'clock. People standing on the s i d e - : Journal of l a s t Sunday declares that a 'successful airship has~been
walka saw coming through* the sky, over the housetops, a huge and b r i l - ! £ S l t T l r The Examiner of yetteraaxxaday a s s e t t i that the whole airship
■ llant light,propelled swiftly by some mysterious force. So b r i l l i a n t : story i s a pure myth?" The Journal repeats that "The teetimony concern-
was the xzgU light that as laioates went to their doors expecting to ' lng It seems to be uoimpeacname. ImThe Examiner Insists that Its e l -
find a neighboring house In flaaes. Instead they saw a wonderful craft : leged observers are "practlaal jokers or unbalanced enthuslaata." The
of the sky? . Journal reiterates that the truth of the story "is t e s t i f i e d to by so
Throughout the Journal a r t i c l e the affirmation i s made that what was may. nany reputable c i t i i e n a that there seem* to be no reason to quest lot
seen was some craft in the «ky,whlle every l i n e that appeared in the Its accuracy? Tha Examiner asseverates that any paper which publishes :
: Examiner pooh-poohed'the- Idea.'^The a r t i c l e s dside by side show how un-I l u c n ,, "persistent falaehood" i s attempting to "Infect Its readers with.'
" r e l i a b l e the Examiner i s In 1* handling of l o c a l news. I t s real views | a , u i y erase?
■ appear in the Journal's account of the airship, while every l i n e in thei vaat do the public think of t h i s exhibition of deliberate double-
Examiner was written from the s p i r i t of envy because i t was originally d.^Ung on the part of the two newspapers whose owner is Kr. Hearst!
beaten in the news. What do people who believe in truth and decency the country over think
As later evidence of the p u e r i l e , . f a n t a s t i c double-dealing of the o f HJ., Hearst anyway I Froai the above revelation of his right to tha ,
Exaniner of this City may be adduced the contradictory attitude of ita t i t l e of "Monarch of the Fakers" i t must be evident that he has missed '
local and editorial treatment of the "fake showman's" airship, exposed j M i [Link] that instead of posing as a Journalist lo two c i t i e s .
In The Call. In the local columns this i s treated as a solertt, incontro- Qe 0 U ( n t to be engaged in making grimaces,singing ballads, sbufnini 1
vertlble f a c t , t o be vleVed by v i s i t o r s to Twin Peaks. Turning over the- "" .-—— s_s ... - .j
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cards,or s e l l i n g gevgavg in the side-* hov of a circus or the byvayi of nomenon. / Aerial navigation Successfully Accostpllabed Three l e w s
a county f a i r . At King of t h e Cypsies and Monarch of the Taken Kr. T T o l ° * ° d Coluse County Inventors, j
ttearst Is an immense success. Mr, Editor: Sir—Kov t h a t X have had a chance t o get a glance at
lB9t> December t> iSun) Carson City Morning Appeal, ' p . ' 7 . ' """■ ' ™"the *ucb-t*lked-about flying machine u I t v u passing over the Coast
Rang* Mountain* in a aouthveattrly d i r e c t i o n , fifta«n miles veit or
Scott Hart t e l l s a story t h a t he saw something passing through the Arbuckle and about threa miles north of Rumaey on Uuesday tlrkx l a s t ,
a i r about tventy railee north of Reno and at an elevation of 500 f e e t . I v t l l t r y and explain t o t h e public t h e queer actions and also the
There vaa a l i ? h t , then tvo more flashed out and he heard voices and mechanical construction of t h i s vonder of t h e age.
the words, "We are four degrees too far n o r t h , change the course." Three years ago I submitted the plans I had drawn or an a i r c y c l e ,
Scott says he don't know what i t was, but he saw it.—Reno Journal. with expelanatione, t o Kr. K.V. Brown, of D a v i s v i l l e . Be at once saw
( a l s o Gazette s t o r i e s 6 p . 3 , 8p3, I8p3 t h a t ther* ve* no doubt aa t o t h e successful operation of a machine
Tues. Dec. 8 p . 3: The Air Ship. [constructed oo those plans and a t once advanced the necessary funda
, Ever since a l i g h t was seen in the sky above Sacramento and i t v e * ' f o r t b # eooJtrwetion 0 f t n B ( w > - .
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supposed t h a t an a i r s h i p was a f l o a t , the natives of Carson have sat onl ™ machine consists of an aluminum t u b . twelve feet long and thre
t h e i r roofs and gated out of windows u n t i l 12 o'clock a t night v a l M n gt ju'b" * l n / * * * *1 » * « pointed » t t h e end l i k e a c i g a r . Four f t t t undtr the
for a v l a l t from the a e r i a l mystery, hut have vaited in vain. Some * « * " « a ^ « p a r a l l e l v i t h i t la a l i g h t s t e a l frame aimller t 0 »
t i m e s , they misconstrued Mara and Venus, and the l i g h t from the s e t - l ^ ^ W w l e frame^ Each end of t h i s frame Is connected with The
■ t i n g "tare caused then t o hold t h e i r breath waiting for the s e a r c h l l g a ^ ' °* t h * < * » • ****• J f e two s e a t s . t ^ h a n d l e o a r a ~ a ^ r ^ o - p S l a U
* t h e a*m* aa on a tandem. The pedal* operate t h e p r o p e l l e r and side
to peep over the h i l l s .
wings. The propeller l a used t o force the ait-cycle ahead and the
Saturday night the long looked for event was supposed to have o c ­
vlnga are astd to ascend and descend aa t h e operator chooses. There
curred and every man of repute saw the f l i c k e r i n g l i g h t t r a v e l i n g
Is also a rudder t h a t a i t a behind the p r o p e l l e r t h e same aa those on a
toward t h e Pacific Ocean. Those who vent home with Joy l n . t h e i r
(tesASbip, This la operated by the h a n d l e - t a r s . This part Is very
h e a r t s thinking they had seen the egg-shaped Invader, may "nave a t i r e d
simple. The d i f f i c u l t p a r t I s In obtaining t h e gas which i* used ID
feeling vhi*n they learn t h a t they may have seen something on the sane
the tube and baa great l i f t i n g pover. This gas Is obtained a t an a l ­
layout aa Reno—a s t a r behind a cloud.
t i t u d e of twenty-fire p i l e s above sea l e v e l . Eov t h i s i s obtained
Some funny men were seen in-the v i c i n i t y of Hever's ranch with a
w i l l not be stated h e r e . Suffice to say t h a t t h i s i s also staple when
f i r e balloon on Saturday n i g h t , hut of course balloons are used to
one has the instruments.
l i e on the gas ground,
After the machines vas finished Kr. Brown borke over the handle­
Wednendny Dec. 0 p . 3: Airship Burned. bar an empty beer b o t t l e and pronounced her t h e nonesuch.
LriBt evening, what a t f i r s t was taken for an a i r s h i p s l i d over After several l i t t l e skims over the grounds Mr. Brown becar* core
town. A bright l l f h t a t t r a c t e d the a t t e n t i o n of many people and the nervy and Insisted on Making Ion gar and higher f l i g h t s . The Kooesuch
word a i r s h i p caused a many to rush to a point of view. When over the vae a success beyond our expectation*. V* a t l a s t concluded t o make
veatem portion of the c i t y the gasoline tank exploded and the ship a t r i p south. Doubting h i s l i f e Insurance, he t o l d his friends t h a t
burned up. A few minutes l a t e r Ed Patterson showed up with the r e ­ ha vas going t o spend a few days ln t h e country. Ro one knew of our
sts ins of the ship in his hand which consisted of a piece of bamboo and U r c y c U ; a l l our experiments were conducted on dark n i g h t s . Eve Every-
a rag s a t u r a t e d with alcohol. The balloon was s t i l l burning when i J J ' l g . g ^ H " * ^ * ** "•**■** *Wth ° ° t h * U i d * y , ° f "****' l 6 9 3 *
P e t e r s o n found }t W* could make t h i r t y miles per hour without any e x e r t i o n , and
1Q56 December" 7 [tfon eve) Woodland, C a l i f . , liaiiy democrat, p. with the wind a t our backs, a * vert y-five miles an hour vaa easy. W*
could always make b e t t e r time a t n i g h t , for when we were surrounded
TH2 AIRSHIP ACAIH. / A Conductor and Three Passengers P o s i t i v e They by darkness, ve did not experience t h a t d i t t y feeling t h a t vo;uld
Saw I t . / About a Thousand Feet High, Traveling Kaater Than the Train come over a> in the daytime.
and in the Direction of Alaneda. / I On th* morning o r t i e 2nd day of Kerch ve landed near Los Angeles.
D a v i s v i l l e , December 7.— Conductor Cornell, who runs a freight 'Securing our cycle t o a fence (which vaa necessary, for aa soon aa ve
t r a i n on t h e main l i n e , was here t h i s morning and t o l d an i n t e r e s t i n g dismounted t h e r e vaa an upvt^d. inn ,pullj>f,^30_ pjounda). ?
*m story about seeing an a i r s h i p . t
Last Friday evening h i s t r a i n ran Into Oakland. While between 1896 December 9 t«ed) Daily~HuTb^iat~T"iiea~[Eureka, C a l i f . J , p . a . "
Dixoa and Elmira, and between 6:30 and 7 o ' c l o c k , a man named Byms,
who was r i d i n g in the caboose, sew two b r i g h t l i g h t s to the r i g h t of THE HTSTERt EXPUTKED / Where and Hoi the Airship Story Originated. /
t h e track and t r a v e l i n g p a r a l l e l with t h e t r a i n . . . . / The Truth About the Airship.
After vetching i t a few minutes he c a l l e d the conductor. The phe- Kov t h a t the daily paper* have run t h e i r wild r i o t upon the a i r s h i p
nomenon was so unusual t h a t t h e conductor c a l l e d two men t r a v e l i n g on j problem, t h e "Looker»0n" l n the jtcya L e t t e r v i U take the public into
the t r a i n in charge of some stock. These four men saw the l i g h t d l s - l h l | c o n f l d e f l M t u d t e n J u B t w n a . t the phenomenon v « j . I t Is simply a
t i n c t l y and t h e i r s t o r i e s agree p e r f e c t l y . They were about one thou­ large k i t e upon which e l e c t r i c a l apparatus la c l e r e r l y arranged, which
sand feet high and t r a v e l i n g in the same d i r e c t i o n aa the t r a i n . vas t e n t skywards by the o f f i c i a l s of the Meteorological Bureau for the
Their speed was greater than t h a t of the t r a i n , however, and they purpose of determining the pover of c e r t a i n chemical compounds vben ex­
vatched the l i g h t s u n t i l they disappeared in the southwestern heavens. ploded beneath rain clouds, to r i p a hole in t h e soggy bants of vapor
One of t h e l i f h t s was as l a r « as the head l i g h t of an engine. and l e t down a flood of v a t e r upon the parched e a r t h . Those who f o l ­
I One of t h e stocknain offered to eager tvo carloads of fat c a t t l e t h a t lowed t h e accounts of t h e a i r s h i p ' s eppeemances, disappearances and r e ­
I t h e r e was no delusion about i t but t h a t i t was a genuine a i r s h i p . appearances, v i l l r e c o l l e c t t h a t the f i r s t reports of the atraage spec*
j George L i t t l e and h i s wife, of D a v i s v i l l e , p a r t i a l l y confirn t h i s r t r t i n t h e l k l e , c i M f r o . Sacramento. One of t h e most r e l i a b l e r e s l -
s t o r y . A few minutes a f t e r six o'clock they saw something in the a i r '■ d e n t s of t h a t town averred t h a t he not only sav tvo men in the s h i p ,
I t h a t t a l l i e s exactly v i t h t h e description given by t h e conductor. ' ^ A he heard them tinging "Just t e l l them t h a t you aav me.* He vae
1896 December 7 (Mon) Chicago Tribune, p . a ^ mistaken about the men, for t h e r e were none upon the k i t e sent up by
) the weather Sharps. What he aupposed vere men vere the large storage
Hllvaukee-a Flying Machine Scare ■ !Uttartw ot^e*talFJtfT_fl»aL^^
Strange Looking Kit* Causes Much Commotion Among the Inhabitants the p o v e r f u l V a r ^ ^ g ^ s ^ a a f e n e ^ E o the upper l a n d ^ w e r ~ p o l n t r o T n ' h e |
of the Cream City. sky-scraper. Strange aa i t may seem, however, investigation has shovn |
Milvaykee, Wis., Dec. 6.—[Special.]—Milwaukee tonight has a sen- t n a t t h e Sacramento man's musical ear vaa not deceived about the tune
aation similar to t h a t enjoyed by Sacramento tvo weeks ago. I t s p e o p l e ^ . / t e d down from the a k i e a . Some vag attached t o t h e Weather Bureau
or at l e a s t a considerable portion of them, believe t h a t they aav a M O t u p vjth the k i t e a music box loaded with popular a i r s , and so « r - '
flying machine f l o a t i n g over the bay about * o'clock t h i s afternoon. r^,%t\ t h a t I t vould l e t out i t e tunes automatically. J u r t as the rain
I t vas f i r s t sighted by Herman Hunneaecher, a m i l l i o n a i r e who ,«archer crossed Sacramento the time lock opened and poured forth "Just ;
boards a t the h o t e l . He vas seated In h i s room a t the P f l a t e r Hotel, u n t h e M t n U J o a BVIt ^ m u p o a t h e m ^ ^ . ^ ^ Sacramento man. !
and, happening to look out over the lake, he v a . aetounded to aee vhat t h e r e f o r e i „ » not laboring under the e f f e c t s of an excited Imagination
t n
looked up
'moving l i k eagainst
a l l y i nthe
g "aachlne
wind. He i 8 _ O T «to
^ ° *happened f _ thave
^ b , Ta ^f i8e^l dJ l nglass
, ^ ! ^handy
l ^ H
« " ■ J " " ' *«ili*« «>e pl»*a "»d simple t r u t h in a Sacramento way.
j and looking through the aame sav something t h a t appeared to him t o be ^ expense of sending t h i s novel agent Into the skies was borne
.mostly by a number o f farmera of the San Joaquin, who, fearing to be
a man working the vlnga of the a i r c r a f t . taxed out of t h e i r landa by the formation of i r r i g a t i o n d i s t r i c t s , de­
j Satisfied that i t r e a l l y v«a a flying machine he put on Ms had termined t o bring v a t e r down from the clouds a t a minimum of expense
j and rushed out. When he got on the s t r e e t he could no longer see I t and maximum of flood. Time fusee were set upon t h e chemicals borne a-
I and came back, BuppoalnK i t had passed over the c i t y em the way t o the l o f t , so t h a t the explosions vould take place a t the time when, accord- '
north p o l e . Ten minutes l a t e r he sav I t a g a i n T "This time he vaa sura lng t o estimates, t h e k i t e vould reach t h e clouds. The magnificent sue*
end dashaalng dovn to the lobby of the h o t e l ha shouted! " I t i s here ceta of t h e experience vas i l l u s t r a t e d beat In t h e c i t y . The heavy |
a g a i n . I t i s a flying machine." downpour of Monday night and Tuesday vas the d i r e c t r e s u l t of the v i s i ­
He .had not returned to the h o t e l up t o a l a t e hour t o n i g h t . t a t i o n of the apparatus of t h e Meteorological Bureau to he r a i n - f i l l e d
Hundreda of other people sav the strange s i g h t and are p o s i t i v e t h a t clouda. Upon t h i s occaalon, hovever, t h e expert* put on a heavier loaS"
iI tt vas a sure-enough flying machine. Men vho were _ln_the Lake-Front ,
v a s a sure-enQUgn [Link] matiuim. trea vim " c t » J-M «■»■ u ~ » - t i u " t
Fark, however, say t h a t tvo men seat up a strange looking k i t e without [of chemicals than bad been used before, v i t h the r e s u l t t h a t everyone
a t a i l . I t had huge v i n g , and the men sent up a number of a i g n a l . 00 ^ ^ " ^ g ^ f Ce^trU .evadan ( B a t t l e Mounteinltvkiy), p . 3 .
vthe
i t h wire
whichrope
the which
army vas
has used to fly i t v i t h .for I tsome
been experimenting l a one of the k i t e s
months.
I&96 December 0" (Tues eve) Woodland, C a l i f . , Dally Democrat, p , 3 . Vmt Could I t Have Be en I
A strange light appeared above the horison almost north of bare
TO MTSTm SOLVED. / A [Link] of * r ^ . . W . m ^ ^ ^ £ £ ^ U ^ n o t ^ r ^ e u a e tf S i ! ?
 too etraight from the earth, end i t waa not a kxlxx* lightening hug for =xxOld Sol through smoked g l a s s , and noting the unlocked for a pot on his."
thla Is not the right time of the year, but In a l l probability i t eight face. It Via firat visible about 8:30, and seemed to pees slowly
have been the new comet discovered by the Lick, Observatory. If i t m across the sun's d i s c , accompanying about tvo hours la the passage.
neither of theae what could i t have beenl Dear people we do not mmtk Juat whit'It n i has not been explained, but It appeared Ilk* a
vant to unstring your nerves but i t miat have been an "airship." planet, which aosM auppoaed i t t o be; but M euch an eclipse of the
17 .■un 11 foretold by the almanac for tbia day,
-?J^er °S bl ,^ B , at , B " ton """"■ ,jk i i £ press di a patch XXM froat Butte, (tonteoe, dated yeatarday, des­
; ltJ9b December 10 (Th) Car ion City, Bev., Horning Appeal, p. 3. cribes a- alallar -phenomenon: "lone of the almanacs gave any predic-
The Air-Ship. tlona of tha strange phenomenon r i a l b l * on the face of the tun today.
It la reported at the H.-C.-O. o f f i c e that L.T, Stephenaon, agention account of tha smeller smoke tha naked aya could aee on tha surface
at Chat, aav the much talked of air-ship l a s t night between Chat and of tha a w a large irregular black spot. By using sacked glass on*
the Summit and had a talk with the inrentor. Kr. 3 . , ao i t i t t a l d , could tea tvo »or* smaller spots, one above and tb tb* right, tha
wanted to take a ride in the airship, but the operator would not l e t other belov and to tha l e f t of the larger one. The larger spot was
hiai get aboard. 'The Gazette doet not get tbia story from Mr. 8 . , but belov tha horizontal diameter o f tha aun in the forenoon,~bul moved
from the train bands that were on the road. up along the disc later in the day, by which time tha relative pos­
Fri. Dec. 11, p. 3: Alr-tiMps in unpire. itions of tha three apota had also change perceptibly. The one ash*
During several days past there has been rumors of an air-ship in above and t o toe l e f t and the one belov and to tha l e f t were on tha
Empire which was aeen floating above Wiggin's Ball, and moving along opposite aide ( ? | . The smeller spots were revolving around the large
l i k e a large turkey buitard hunting grub. Yesterday the appeal re­ one, the petition changing noticeably every hour or so.
ceived the following: / Empire, Dec. 9th. 1897 January i i (fuee) San franciaco Chronicle, p. 13. "■*
Ei Appeal:—I address this to you because I thought i t Bight be of
interest to your subscribers. On Monday evening Jack Carrity saw a A Shaver of Meteors. / A Brilliant Its? t ay. Sight Witnessed at Butte,
flying machine pass over Empire. / Tours t r u l y , / A Bubacrlber. Montana.
We have to say in this connection that we cannot give apace In People who wars fortunate enough to ba up at an early hour yester­
day morning witnessed one of tha swat Interesting caleatial phenomena
ture to communications of_thls kind. I f men rush into print everv „ aver displayed to wondering ayes. It waa a meteoric shower or bombard­
tine they see an airship In th'e'aky i t w i l l kepp~i"ne papers'fllled up ment of the earth by shooting s t a r s . Several persons who saw It said
with nothing e l s e . Alr-shlps are now so common a nan might as v e i l tha ehover cosaaenced, or was noticed f i r s t , about five o'clock and con­
write the Appeal that he saw a four-wheeled vaeon in the vicinity of
Cardnerrille. tinued for about an hour. The sky was clear with the exception of a
bank of clouds around the borlxoo. At f i r s t there were a few ahootln*.
iatara and then suddenly the whole heavena l i t up with a flaah like
8at. Dec. 12, p. 3: Booher Has /Em. 'lightening and It grew blrghter and brighter until there appeared
Editor Booher of Elko also seems to "have 'en" in a mild form. Ha acroaa the whole sky a t r a i l of fire like tha t r a i l of a huge conet
Bays: "About 50 people ef Elko a were out watching a 'stranpe light* and froat It In a l l directions shot stare or neteora.
the other evening. The light seemed to r i s e aaove the horlion alroat The light gradually formed i t a e l f into a long streak like Lightening
BBuxM north of here and after rising far into the air traveled in a and then Moved In a alow xlgxag, suakellke movement across the heavens
westerly direction and in about tvo hours disappeared in the west. land finally shaped I t s e l f Into a perfect latter "I," In which fore i t
It vaa not a meteor they aay, for i t raised tooamt straight from the !regained for a long time, and then slowly faded away. During all this
earth, and It waa not a lightening bug for t h i s Is not the right time tftDe~th«"re were numerous shooting stars and tha whole earth was lights*
of year . It waa not a bullaeye lanter because It vaa too high up, and , ,
p l n W i t „ bli$ht as day. The diaplay laated for the better pare of j
i t couldn ??_*. " ! , . " " . ■ h^Xlo0Ii ^ ^ / ^ " " i 1 " 1 , / 0 0 , t e < 1 ? r " ' / " ' ' a n hour, but the greater l i g h t described waa of .uch ahorter duration.
and remained visible too long. What was It then? Good people we do
jThe phenomena frightened many people and several Instances were r e l a t - !
not want to startle vqu. but,}t must have been an 'airship.'"
1896 ttaeje-ee* 12 (Sat) Territorial Enterprise (Virginia, HevJT'p.S •ed where horsca were alceet paralyzed with fear at the strange alght. |
'i5$ i j fl 5anuary t ?g d fil'j Han Franciaco Call, P . U . (card 1) !
AIRSHIP TARNS. /
The airship continues to hold lta own as a subject of public d i s ­ SHAPED LIKE A SPARJIOW-HAWK / General Hart Describes tha Appearance of
cussion. It la alleged to have been seen in many parts of Hevnda and • His Client's Airship. / Expects to Hear Any Day of the Destruction of
California and the visual evidence in support of one such ship i s as iHavana by Dynamite. / The Wondrous Aerial Mar Craft Are Equipped With
good for f i f t y . The only person whose talk may be considered serious!.Sails, Wings and Propellers. /
i s Mr. W.H. Hart, the well known lawyer, who soberly declares that he Fro* recent presa reports received from Cuba and from private sour-
ls the attorney of an Inventor who has recently built and operated two ces of Information, ex-Attomey-Ceneral [Link].H. Hart la now confidant
airships in that State and that he i s now engaged in building a third, that t>» of the flock of three airahipa said by hie to have been coo-
He has been able, Mr. Hart declares, to attain and sustain for several s true ted by hi a tiyscerloua and a t l l l unknown c l i e n t are in Cuba, and
boure a speed of about 20 miles per hour and la asking improvements being prepared for their work of destruction.
designed to vastly increase the efficiency of his ship. Mr, Hart does in conversation he said he expected to beer every day of an aerial
not claim to have personally seen these s h i p s , but he says they un- attack on the Spanish forces In Havana.
doubtedly exist and that Ban Francisco w i l l soon be given an opportun- "i have not aeen the inventor of tna airship," aaid General Hart
l t y to view them In broad daylight. A cock-and-bull air is given to yesterday, "for aone t i n e . I am Informed that ha atarced for Cuba aoaa
Mr. Hart's story by bis addition to i t that his client Is negotiating weeka ago. While I a* not In direct coanunlceclon with him, I M kept
with the Cuban Junta for the. destruction of Havana by dynamite and posted On bis movements and in regard to hla wlahea by hla repreaenca-
that he w i l l demand for auch services something l i k e 310,000,000. tlva, who la now superintending the completion of the third airship at
People penerslly"have come to regard the whole th'inV; as a hoax, but a secluded Place over In Harln County.
there are many who assert that they have seen the mysterious air ship "From has I learn"that just previous to his leaving the United
\!$i KTC v L 1U1 r n f }° B ? a k e ari r B u r "Pon *ts existence. __ . S t a t e s , the inventor made a final teat of his large aerial cruiser.
TS96 December 17 (TV) Reno (Nev) Evening Gazette, p. 3. (He took flight at a point in the San Joaquln Valley, and without stop-
iping, alighted In the mountains near Pasadena, after having traveled a
The Airship Again. (distance of about 350 mllea. This was the lonpeat trip he ever »ada
The Long Valley Indians say they have aeen the such talked of a i r ­ jat one flight.
ship in the daytime. One Indian aaid to a Catette reporter this worn- "Here the machine was carefully taken apart, boxed and sMpped to
ing, "liio big as a car, and goes a l l same aa bird." The Caiatta man some point near Turns, whence i t waa sent hy rail to New Orleans. The
asked If he had not heard about Johnson Sides lecture on fire water— enalier flyinR craft was shipped from here direct to Hew Orleans, and
if lie did not think i t wrong for Indiana to drink whiskey. "He no from the l a t t e r port they were eranaported to Key West, Fla,
drink," aaid Jim. "Me heap see 'em a l l same as see you now. You ehlni "Three daye after their arrival at the l a t t e r town the Inventor
I dlink cause I see 'em airship. I see 'ea, my mahala see 'e>, my and his aerial destroyers took pnasage on the Three friends, .md ««r* i
papoose see 'em too and other Injun ha see 'em. Ho a l l drunk. My on board that vessel when she had tb- encounter with the Spanish war­
mahala dlink some time, but no dllnk when he see 'em. While we don't ships off Cuba.
question Jim's vision, or doubt but that he aaw aomeching, we confess "I am certain that the recent presa dlapatch from Cuba, stating tki
a doubt about lc bel n B an airship. that the rebels were preparing to drop dynamite Into Havana by F*«H» of
l8?6 December 18 (Fxl) The Call (San Franciaco), p . 8. kltea, w«a founded on Information given out by the inventor. Thla *4a
merely a ruse to cover up the real means by which the dynantce vet t s
BIGGS SEES THE AIRSHIP. / Over Fifty Citlsena Watch Myaterlous Lights he dropped over tha Spanish stronghold."
at Wight. Thenln" a musing tone ha'contlnued: "I feel so well satisfied that
BIGGS, Cal., Dec.~l77—The strange ana mysterious llghta so o f t e n ' the machine ia a aucceaa that I am sorry I did not take an lntarcat in
aeen of l a t e were aeen by over f i f t y of our c l t i i e n a this evening at jthe invention."
6:30, and no doubts exist here but that It was the much talked of a i r ­ j General hart then consented to give a general description of the
ship. The l i g h t s were seen very plainly one mil* southwest of our (craft which for several weeka was supposed to have flown over the s o i l
tovn and kept up a waring action, passing out of sight In the d i r e c t i o n ^ California to tha amaiement and mystification of thouaands of people
of Colusa. The Bed Bluff local stopped Just outside of town to view ; u , . ^ M i n i n g power, ha said, waa an egg-ahaped balloon filled

} \ m January ii (FriHsalt Lake CityJ ..[Link] Evening Hews. p. 5. f v , th * " ' " ? ?'*" * n d °5 ^ . ^ " T ^ ^ i T u ' * T ° *', *??
'*'r o • r i o f l l ty h uI ( dg Mt 0 bodr
c o a cW
r oM attached
1 tb f o r v relbow-shaped
d d l I o n s(a i l s , which ware prloclpx*-
ASTRja PHEHOMEH0B. / Was I t a Planet or a Sun Spot on Old Sol's r a c e T / ' " * ' «« ° the airship. The.a are
,0
This morning Mr. Albert M. Merrill, an employe of the E.C.M.I., * " « « • * that the crulaer can s a i l at an angle of forty-five de-
. noticed « dark apot on the face of the aun, and conmunicated the fact greee from the direction of the wind. Theae aalla also serve to delve
' to his fellow employes. Soon a large number of them were gazing at her forward in a favorable wind. When traveling a«alnat_tba wind the
 - • a i l i era l a i d close to Cha sidas of eel? palloon, *o that no portion i e * c d - leb- i u Courrier du Canada, (B/iekeo, QuebJ, p . \ ,
expoatd to offer r e s i s t a n c e . *
From the balloon depend* tha a i r s h i p proper, in which i r « carried A Mysterious Star / VISIBLE EVERT EYEMflC ABOVE THE KX^TAIH / WHAT
the machinery, ten tha crew and a l l other apparatus necessary to i t s JIS THE CAUSE OF THE PHEJIQKEHOKT /
navigation" and c o n t r o l . Thia i s shaped l i k e the body of a sparrow- ■ ( S o l e i l story s«ain)
hawk and is equipped with wings patterned also after that b i r d . The I This rysteriou* s t a r has been seen by t h e whole populations for
winga are movable and a r e worked for propulsive power, or may be s*e a c e r t a i n t i n e at Quebec, F r a s e n r i l l e and elsewhere, and ve have
spread and made r i g i d to form an aeroplane. At the front and stern ,dlfflcuitT believing t h a t I t is an e l e c t r i c lamp. *
arc p r o p e l l e r s , which are used only in t r a v e l i n g againat the wind or lB57"Tebruary'r'(Tn) U ^'no'e ( n o n t r e a l j , p".' «. '" ~
when desirous of t r a v e l i n g with i t , but at an increased apeed. When' I
i t Is desired to remain s t a t i o n a r y in midair the propellers are r e v o l - ' * Mysterious Star / [Dreamed by] the " S o l d i " of Quebec, /
ved in opposite d i r e c t i o n s and each a t the necessary speed, as they Says t h s " S o l e i l " of Quebec:
work independently. The motive power for the wings and propeller* i s The past several evenings, a b r i l l i a n t l i g h t resembling a planet
electricity. but having even greater b r i l l i a n c e has been noticed In the sky.
In order to descend gas la allowed to escape from the balloon, and This mysterious s t a r appears each evening about 7 o'clock and dis­
when another ascension i s made the gas In the balloon i s replenished appears about 9 . A l i v e l y c u r i o s i t y has been s t i r r e d up by t h i s phe-
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from a supply of cond>|]iif|1 ya« ^flr 'jfri ^P * i-vHnH Jnoaenon and hypothesis a f t e r hypothesis proposed la order to find the
j lc-97 January 22 ( F r i ) SacraVatoi B e e , ' p . 1 . explanation CTJ,
One claims the cause of t h s phenomenon t o be for certain e l e c t r i ­
AHD HOW LODI. / The Airship Bow, I t I s Said, F l i e s by Daylight. cal projections made by Edison in the course of experiment* which b*
LODI ( S a l . ) , J a n . 22.—The a i r a h l p crane was revived here by the Is presently making in Sew York? Other people are not willing t o
appearance of an a e r i a l navigator In d a y l i g h t , (-tany people in believe i a t h i a hypothesis sod allege t h a t the distance i s such too
Ac&spo, t h r e e miles north of h e r e , ssv I t t h e other afternoon s a i l i n g g r e a t Cln order J for a ttere e l e c t r i c a l projection Cbeeal t o be strong
over the p i 4 I n . I t seemed as big as a s n a i l house, and looked l i k e enoughto l i g h t the two c i t i e s .
b u i l t of canvass. I t went southeast. SOKC fanners also saw i t t h e Whatever t h e cause nay b e , t h e phenomenon exists and gives r i s e to
sime day nctr here. The ship seemed t o be under t x r f e c t c o n t r o l , much comment, There is no lack of s u p e r s t i t i o u s people who draw a l l
"lev/ January ^S (Hon. morn} linrrisburg, P a . , P a t r i o t , p . l .
s o r t s of presages from the appearance of t h i s l i g h t In s t e l l a r space.
I s I t a. pregage of misfortune or a salutory advertisement! Tiee w i l l
CITY EXCITED OVER A STAR / Some Fofajlks Thought Venus Was an E l e c t r i c t e l l .
Light at Pittsburn. / 1«97February 5 ( P r i ) U Monde (Montreal], p . i ,
Hiny llarrlshiirccre hove been interested almost to the point of ex­
citement over the evening s t a r the l a s t feu days and not a few r e s i ­ jTne " S o l e i l " / And I t s Mysterious S t a r . /
dents have become indignant when told i t i s not an e l e c t r i c l i g h t sent Say* t h e " S o l e i l " of Quebec:
high in the clouds for experimental purposes. | "After taking account, ve have becosie certain t h a t the s t a r which
The trouble was s t a r t e d l a s t week when some people read In news- '■any have observed l a the vest during kki a great part of the evening
p u s s papers that a e r i a l experiments with e l e c t r i c l i g h t s were to be and which has so g r e a t l y intrigued a. l a r g e nunber of our readers Is
made at P i t t s b u r g . I t wss s t a t e d that e l e c t r i c lamps of i* iantcnae nothing other,than the planet Venus. I t s brightness i s such at t h i s
candle power with powerful r e f l e c t o r s and lenses would be aent up to time t h a t with a l i t t l e a t t e n t i o n and Cknowledge3 tovsxd what point |
see how far t h e i r rays could be distinguished. Reports differed aa to in the sky t o d i r e c t one's looks, one can observe i t with t h e naked
the height these lamps were to go and on t h i s subject the papers have eye in broad daylight.
been s i l e n t the l a s t few days. Some people said they would be sent up "Ve w i l l s*k* available to our readers »ore ample information
seven miles, others nine and others ten, but from the general renarks about t h i s sjysteriou* s t a r in our following e d i t i o n . "
seven must have been reached as a compromise. Early Saturday evening roor Venus! Poor " S o l e i l " !
when Venus, gleaning In i t s b r i l l i a n c y , shone over the c i t y from the
west, some persons who had been reading or hearing of thpse experlmentsy+d. Feb. 1 7 , p . ».
St once declared the large and beautiful plahet""whicn~ls the evening |
s t a r at present, wa* nothing e l s e than the e l e c t r i c light with whibh lunOjOUS PHABTOMS / In t h e ruins of Barron block.
t e s t s were being made by some folks at F l t t s b u r g , 250 ml lee away, over
The residents i n t h e v i c i n i t y of t h e Barron block have complained
the mountains and in (a) d i r e c t i o n considerably different fron the I o - ! i B recent t i n e s of a strange noise of chains vhlch i s produced In the
cation of the s t a r . The r e p o r t spread and downs of people who had notni*ht~In~the t n i g h t ia the ruins ruins of o f"the
' t h T bburnt-out
i i i - S t ^ S block. The timid a r e afraid and
been guilty guilty of of s t a r gsiing for y e . r e , or e l s e hey would not have been ^ l i l f l m a they [Link] Satan incarnated under the f o r . of luminous
a s i l y deceived, promptly looked at i t and f e l l to discussing ^ r r - ? t m i t o m t , others say t h a t I t Is the ghost of tee. Murphy, vho pro-
t s of such magnitude ss those of which they had been t o l d . There £ £ t , „ . , „ , . ^ j ^ ^ ^ t h l l ^ u . . ™W* W PF
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were a number who walked out into wind-swept s t r e e t s and others who
Whatever I t i s , these c r e d i t a b l e persons say tbey beer the noiae
went so far aa to go to the r i v e r bank to see s s t a r which they had
a l l night and have taken, a complaint to t h a t effect t o the p o l i c e .
apparently never noticed before even In s t a r l i g h t walks. On Karket
The officers of t n » peace believe t h a t I t i a thieves who seek t o
s t r e e t Saturday the eyes of a good emny of the persons on the s t r e e t
restore t h e iron or other debris and have promised t o vatch the area
watched the bright planet and one nan asserted he had seen "then take
a j closely as possible.
It down," being unaware Venus set a t 8i56 o'clock t h a t evening. Last 1897 February i (5*t> &*»ns Bally lee,' pT'«; —
night i t was watched with redoubled c u r i o s i t y snd scores of credulous
ones believed t h a t "the bright s t a r of t w i l i g h t " was nothing more than Air Ship I s Seen a t I n s v a l e . / Thirty to Forty Feet Long and Conical
'■ the glean from en unpoetlcal e l e c t r i c a l eTtjeriment. in Shape—Voices Beard.
F^boiTy 2, ;897 o»aho Daily Bee u oni. cd.; r u e s . j p . -' j IKAVALE, Neb., Feb. 5.—(Special.)—The a i r s h i p «*otiooed by ■
Hastings correspondent In Tuesday's Bee has been seen by Inavale peo-
.Sep. 3" Airi'uin -it. H3sfirx[5 Ipla a t different tistss. The f i r s t time I t vas thought to be an o p t i ­
Tr:>v«lr, .it Hif'nt . t A Hi-,h 3pe*-l .-n<l [Link].;: a llri-'-t Lf^ht. cal I l l u s i o n , as I t vas only seen by « few persons and the night was
[Link];-, ?cb. 1, — (Jpoc'.-il.J —Sow. p'-xr.r.r.s •.•iiiun f ; i lilos at very l l | h t , but l a s t nlrhc I t being very dark, as a party of ten or a
vnst of i'i'siinr.O ■ir'" ■ s.-»l-ins a i i R t n T W n t " i t i i nn nir ::\\ip i«itj ■ 1> frcm doien people were returning howe froa prayer Meeting tbey suddenly *sw
a l l n'vi-T'i".cC" "i £ir W H S to 1« -i »[Link] succo.r.r-. I t ' ' " . : - - r r t not- what appeared to be « very bright l i g h t passing a l a o s t d i r e c t l y over
Lcr-i wn tim- l u s t [Link] •:'i'»n i t vns s « n [Link]"r, i-" t:;<*. " i r niioi't 5"^ t h e i r heads. A* I t drew closer tbey could d i s t i n g u i s h , besides the
fni-t -brtve " r - ' - i ! , -ni'l n f t - r s t i n d i n - [Link] r t i l 1 Cor amiut t'lirf.y big headlight, several smaller l i g h t s , vhlch seemed to be placed at
Mitvitea it bejai to circle, ibout w'. thin tonfc ,i northerly -Mr cti*m regular i n t e r v a l * on q u i t e a large body.
for .l'^ut [Link] i«il-n f .ift-r "!>•'di i t rpturiind f> 1 M stnrti-r- n l - c r .ind The ship v«e fly l o t a t * considerable h e i g h t , but In about ten
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lun' i'lto ol.U'.-ion. liincc [Link] ti-'n i t li.-i not bcc.n .-"ion ■intU [Link] minutes i t returned and vas again seen by nearly a l l the crowd that
night, «h<-n i r war. oln-rvid stnidin-', [Link] i t i l l .i £<•" nilor. we-.t of saw I t before, and t h i s time I t v»» much lover and could be d i s t i n c t l y
LtT-tiivs -in-' '.c-«i-ijly iho-'t n o ° ^ ^ >" t' 10 r i r « A t C £ r r t " i ' : ' l t i l seen as well as beard in the damp night a i r . I t seemed to be conicsl
hi-! t:-." .-^pn.-uwir* ^ " l i^-cn-a [Link], but .-ift-jr -i c l ' ^ - r obrTv.-.ti"ii ■shaped, snd perhaps t h i r t y or forty feet in length, v l t b s bright
the powerful lifci-t '■■■""'■ "'-' i ^ color to ba n r t i f i c i . - l . H c e r t a i n l yheadlight a n d ' s i * smaller l i g h t s , three on a s l o e , and see««d tohaVa
nu-r. br; i l in- i -.->t> •' bv no'-frCtil c t ' - c t r i c dyn.-[Link], r o r the I i ; : i t i c n t fyn «*t« of wine* ftp i" r***, * r t r t l ■ l*r»* t*n—hip*A rtiHrfT.
forth bv i t — nonJerCiil. » t 9:50 l.--,t ni ;'..t the [Link];;e„ [Link] l i g h t Voices were p l a i n l y beard and a man's laugh was e a s i l y d l s t l n g u l -
[Link] s-r.n to c i r r i - .iround ^or ,i £ci; uinutcs .inO thru t-i!:-. n northerly ,shed mt the ship passed over the l s s t time.
d i r e c t i o n for - --.i-r [Link].r. nil--^. I t tl^.n Hoid i . " f - r M v - t t l l fnr __ [ Much excitctaent uaa cauaed by i t a appearance and a constant lookm
w111
Ifivr uiiWt^sV'a'Etcr HTIcTi i t XXXXXJIM t « x t t x sxxxrinK ptxesr aicandeJ be kept by the people her* for a reappearance. .
ifor .iliont 200 fnct .is ntr.-^lclit ns n shot, whrre U renatned for e i ^ t t«bT~i3, p . 9-—Charles Andreas of Chicago claims Leonard K. Clawson a .
I n i n n f s ■!> ' ' thin deaennded for .ibout 200 f e e t , circliig; Q^i it did »o, Adam back of SF have s t o l e n the design for h i s flying machine, which j
then t . i ' i - i ' n bca l l n i 'Jest I t traveled a t a toost [Link]-- ip*ad ( o r has * wings. 2 flapping up while 7 flap down. -. nil {
about t\)o n i l o s and tiijn slffinp up i t c i r c l e d about for fully fifteen 1J55 Peb'ruary oWebtaaka State Journal ILincoln), p . * t s a t j j
■nimit r-, u'l-n i t bcf.-in to lc--er -mil disappeared .n ny-ti-rti»ii.--ly .is i t
-1\nl p.-iOc i t i oppearnncc. So for the s i r nhip, or -.dLitovi-r i t i s , has Nebraska Kotest Spesklng of the night f l i g h t s of a flyiog mschlne west
of Hastings the Grand Island Independent sayst"There Is no cause for
■onl- IxiCi sfen by a doscn people, ench of ■.■lion i.i kenplnr, it » s«cr*t — — - - » , . , , „ . . _ _^ __ —,. [Link] r»tmrtmA
' . ., . I t * i» i J t. i. * - ~ . m. . any time being spent nights watching the phenomena. The 11 ( i t r e t e r r e a
and tr'-in" to dlscovn.r junt wh-it I t i s and -'hpr- i t cwics fro*. Wh«t- ""7 t i — " . " " • _ T r . . . . . ... . . . :^_... „___
jto i s Rod (!) Smith holding a tallow dip while Congresema. Blllgreene
■.ev.r it. i.i i t t r a v e l s with i;rent speed and e n r r i ^ s n :io-:t power ml And the
, ' r e e i t s s his essay preparatory to dspsrture for Washington
l i ' ; h t . A close wntch is b^in|^ kept for i t s [Link] when e f f o r t '
( ' f l i g h t s ' referred to are some of ' B i l l ' s ' f l i g h t s of oratory
twill 1« nado to ilisoovor -[Link] I t is If n«t in .ilr shin.
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l*J*. Feb. 2 p. ^—Nebraska Notes — ' ,now comes on* Hy Smith, Charles B r a t a r a l t i and Harry Ka*tt, who depose
A very pretty c e l e s t i a l phenomenon was observed Just after' sunrise • n d >w**r ' ^ a t thay each taw th* caltbrated ahlp of th* a i r laat night
one morning laat week at Beatrice. The sun was flanked by two brilllan*whjla- coming eaat on an *xtr* at a point near th« cuts vest of Big
sun dogs p a r a l l e l with the horiion. Theae l a t e r transposed themselves 'springs.' Thay aver .that th* light waa about tba s i t * of a barrel and
into a b r i l l i a n t arch over the sun, and with the rays of the. sun would r l s * straight \sp In tb* a i r about 300 feat and than descend wry
forming a cross In the arch with the sun as the focal point, presented rapidly, at ths same tim* sending out sparks as I t descended. Th***
a scene of indescribable grandeur. The sun dogs to Che right and left .movements were repeated as far as they could see, vhlch was about alx
of the sun were a t i n t e r v a l s aa b r i l l i a n t as the sun i t s e l f , Tha beau- * i l " and was d i s t a n t from tbe track in the neighborhood of two Biles
t l f u l spectacle continued for over an hour. ,1a * southerly direction close to the r i v e r . The night being very
1897 February 8 (Hon) Le Monde (Montreal} , p . k, ' c l e a r and the noon shining very b r i g h t , objects could be diseonceroed
[I] at a long distance. Considering the well known reputation of
VENUS ,THE BWHDE / Clvea proof of inconstance / And leaves tbe "SolellV thaaa gentleman' for veracity and not being a b*li«v*r In tha super-
of Quebec •Dec forlor the tne "Progrea"
rrogrea of m Sherbrotae.
oncruru-c. / n a t u r a l , ws .are r e forced to the concluaioo
conclut that t h . now famous Csllfornl.
j ^nc t" [Link] [Link]"" of
. * Quebec,
n.-.v t i [Link] of
n ~r — making n - , . Ilove to V
. - . *„ Venus,
.„„. * the* - _myster-
^ . » . w _ !' . < _ . . , „ , „ „ „ „ „ , . , . .„ „. „ _ . t'.MUCluaiOO
... „ t h a t th«
ious s, ttaarr,, object of many bad [Link] had i t s plant pulled up by t b . ^ " ^ P l ° « n t o r ^ l s in our ^ ^ 1 -
roots by by our confrere the "Progrea de l ' E s t " of Sherbrook, which l i k e - Hon. feb 15 p.3—Spice of Local L i t e .
l a s t i n g a , Tork and Inavale people have been seeing alr-»Mr»
vise pays hoamage to the "queen of the s t a r r y heavens. . , „,
"Tuesday evening, one of the employes r
of the *Progree' came lookin, P « " i " * ° * « - K " ™ T P « p l - «ppe»r to be more fortunate In the con-
for u a 7 r s h o v ' u . ' " E d i s o n ' s " e l e c t r i c b a ' i l o o D ; which" waT poised a M v e " ^ •umacion ° ' « better quality of wet goods. The -mall boy. of t h U
c i t y of Syracuse in the s t a t e of Hew [Link] which was d i s t i n c t l y 1 «=lty would hava • world of [Link] with t h . rubber neck, of there
v i s i b l e , he s a i d , behind the. of rice of tbe newspaper. We took our- localities.
selves Into the presence of Venus, more C 3, more b r i l l i a n t per- **>• '«*>• " P- *—Spies of Local U f a .
baps than usual,but certainly the sane beautfful and charming planet, The passing of tha airship seetui to have been f i n a l , It has not
one of the most beautiful Jevels of the firmament. In her coquetry been seen for several nights.
the evening s t a r , showing herself in a l l the brightness of her supurb Tuas Feb 23 p . 3—Spice.,,. The strange "light In tha sky" that ap­
beauty,has succeeded in having herself talked about by a numerous pop­ pears la the west every evening la developing In Kearney a larfe cl*«»
ulation of admirers who are carried tavayl ea matte by contemplation, of s t a r gazera. As yet the phenomenon has not been explained,
not only in Sherbrooke, but In Quebec, In Montreal and elsewhere. Th Feb 25 p . 3—Spice / People who have seen the "airship" are beconln
so numerous that they can't a l l be named. But the fact that "Tank"
All of us were intrigued and at_the__same tl»e_e _llttle_frightened.
™ a e ? i n g i f l t vaVa £ e T . \ ^ ^ ha. seen i t will cause many people to apply to h U for a des-
there was a great number holding t o the e l e c t r i c balloon tidea3 and crlptlon of i t s size and dimensions.
e x t o l l i n g Jtmelu American genius, but everyone has paid i n d i r e c t l y a Tri Feb 26 p. 3—Spice / Letters are being received at t h i s office con
w l t e d homag t o the queen of the starry heavens. To everyone his due; clnually giving Information ..asking for tbe same in regard to K's era
Edison has Ms glory 1 i t la oiv lust for Venus t o protect, h f m , j Th Mar, 4 p. 3—Spice / Col. Cash explains the a i r s h i p by saying that
rfi'trinrv f>, 1 TO/ CcinK.i C11I7 3ee ITuea, - o r n , ; p , 2 i t was one of Hon. W.t. Creene's government building a i r c a s t l e ,
See M-". Afr Ship Fro- York. floating around over the country-
Fublic Curiosity Crcntly Aroused by the Mysterious Bright 1897 rabruaxy IS (Thurs) Omaha Daily Sea, p . 7.
[Link].
YORK, !.<:!>,, Feb. 0. —(Jp^[Link]),—A nyst^rlous Ur,ht.'-\is seen In t^s South Omaha Hews.
sky lnst night .ind public curionlty i s [Link] aroused .is to whet t t Tboma* Basal, 26to and H s t r e e t s , a s s e r t s that be ssw what ap­
[Link] w.13. It is suppo-md to be the sane H r h t seen at (Listings r e c ­ peared to be an a i r ship passing over tb* city about 9:30 o'clock
e n t l y . Gcor-.e J . Cook ;int] U, H, Jerome are the <[Link] .ind their Tuesday night. Tbe children of Mr. and Hrs. Basel vare antertsloing «
prominence i " [Link] circlca in an assurance of their veracity. The couple of doxen of t h e i r young friends, when t h . l i t t l e daughter of Kr
l i ^ h t <-:\r. f i r s t n"iii"rtlx>iit 9 o'clocl:, nnd i t ser.n<-il to be .ihnut two or Kantner had occasion to go out Into th* yard. Sbe immediately called
three nil-.T ■■■[Link] of the c i t y .ind nt a very hii-h [Link]. It =too.i back to those la the bouse to coma out and see tbe funny thing la tbe
perfectly 1UII for son.*: tine and then shot 'lowfi som« 'Ustx'nee and zlg- sky. Quickly the family aad guests verm In tbe yard watching tn*
[Link] to [Link] north nnd ao»th, finally [Link]^ in .1 northwesterly strange object. la speaking about the matter yesterday afternoon. Kr.
d i r e c t i o n . Th" lir;ht IMS intensely bricl>t, [Link]- norc like an .ire Uasel said that he MW a Long, dark object moving rapidly northward.
lli^Ht [Link] .my otlvr [Link].'n kind. I t s movements i/^rc evidently undsr Flash l i g h t s appeared frequently. Whan the if* l i g h t waa straight
sii'-h ii^rfcct cnntrol th-it Yor': people,[Link]): n ■. tli".y .ire, c-m ,ic- ahead i t wsa [Link] to sea anything of the body of tb* abip, but
count fcr i t In no otlp.r w-iy than thnt i t lo a pjirt vf 1 flying machine. the l i g h t waa kept turning up, down aad around. Kr. Hasel did not
An effort " i l l bo [Link] to ascertain the rrnl nature of the- l i . h t 4nd i-tf think t h a t tha object could have been mar. than 400 or 500 feat above
opcrnHnn. th* ground, Th* party watched i t u n t i l I t waa lost* la the darkneaa.
ineighbors of t h . H a d family also .aw the strange eight and- a r . as
1897 "February 11 (Tk.) Beatrice, Meb7V Weekly Express, p. b. Imuch mystified M» tb* Haxels T « . Thoae who saw th* object think J t
[was an a i r shipi~th* same, moat likTIy, that haa been rtTporttd a t Tori
Bad Caae of 'Em at Hastings.
That ordinarily sedate and circumspect publication, the Hastings th* Hammond Packing company and i s considered trustworthy la *v*rr
Independent, gets off the following, which needs no explanation other
than implied In the heading hereof. 1897
97 February 19 (Fri) Kearney (Neb) Dally liub, p. i . (card—T)
"Several Hastings people report t h a t an a i r ship, or something of
t h e kind, has been s a i l i n g around in the a i r several miles vest of HKAR KEARMEY KOU / An Air Ship Story Without the Usual Vhiskerete*. /
t h i s c i t y . I t vas f i r s t noticed some time ' l a s t f a l l wheo'irCma^eea "'-I C i l T w ™ S H " S E E M B Y A CITIZEN. / Whether I t was an Air Ship is
floating in the a i r about 500 feet above ground, and after standing Not Explained. /
nearly s t i l l for about t h i r t y minutes i t began to c i r c l e about and The Hub must admit that I t haa taken a l l airship etorlea coming
then took a northerly direction for about two mile*, after which i t from our a l . t e r towna with a grain of a a l t , and In one or two cases tlw
returned t o i t s s t a r t i n g place and sunk into oblivion. Since that dose of tbe saline accompaniment has been doubled. It doesn't believe
time i t haa not been aeen u n t i l l a a t Sunday evening, when I t was ob- in s i r ships,and the writer personally has never seen anything that
served standing s t i l l a fev miles vest of Hwtinps"and seemingly * b o u t . " , M * l e d t h e * " c h t , l k « d o t "liRht 1* the sky" more than one of the
800 feet in the a i r . At f i r s t sight I t haa the appearance of an i a - , " ' " * " * 5 ? . " 5 h t * . f ^ l ! h e ? f j t h f , p * " . b y t l l ? . ? " r o ? l r Electric company.
mense s t a r , but after a closer observation the powerful l i g h t shows IYCC any belief should be held subject to revision when confronted by
by i t s color t o be a r t i f i c i a l . I t c e r t a i n l y must be illuminated by good and sufficient evidence. That evidence appears now to be on t a p .
powerful dynamos, for the light sent forth by i t i s wonderful. At
. 9:30 l a s t Sunday niftht the large""glaring' l i g h t was seen t o c i r c l e Charley Frescott, th* obliging c i t y c l e r k , has th* evidence In his
around for a few minutes and then take a northerly direction for about possession, and seeing th* need of giving i t away, has cheerfully give,,
three miles. I t then stood perfectly s t i l l for about five minutes, If Kr. Frescott has seen am a i r ship he doesn't know I t . In fact,
after which i t ascended for about 200 feet aa stralRht as a shot where if he was to see one h* wouldn't be sure of i t sot without i t was label­
i t remained for eight minutes and then descended for about 200 f e e t , ed la large Gothic l e t t e r s . ^ But Wednesday evening while walking bom*,
c i r c l i n g as It did s o , then taking a bee line west i t traveled at A between tit* Iwurs of a* nine and ten orclo^k"ph*™saw~«"~lii;!it in the
most remarkable speed for about two milea and then slowing uo i t c u r l ­ west, a description of which strongly resembles th* stories of the a i r
ed about for fully fifteen ralnutea, when i t bapan t o lower and disap­ ship that hav* come from other towns. The light appeared to be a greet
peared as mysteriously as I t had made i t s appearance. So Tar the «lr distance nway, and i t s a l l * looked to be .bout th* same *9 the h**d of
ship or whatever i t I s , has only been seen by about a doien peopl" an ordinary wooden water bucket. I t d i d n ' t mova around to any [Link]
each of whom i s keeping i t a secret sad trying t o discover ,)ust vtmt extent, but stayed out in the western atmosphere long enough to b* 1
i t i s and where i t comes from. Whatever i t i s i t t r a v e l s with (Tent itta d i s t i n c t l y . Whether I t w*s an a i r ship, or on* of the popullstlc I
speed and c e r r i e s a most powerful l i g h t . A close watch Is bclnp fcerft sign* of th* time, forecasting th* selection of Sullivan for Judge,
for I t s reappearance. has not yet been determined.
1897 February 18^Th) Kearney fEeb".) Hub, p. 'i. At a l l events Mr. Frescott saw a l i g h t in the aky auch si h« hag
□ever aeen before. To th* part of tha story r e l a t i n g to what the 11 (lit
Seen Near North P l a t t e . / Th* Air Ship Story Revlaed and Rehearsed In wa* or what i t waa doing there h* doesn't wish to mak* affidavit, and
Western Nebraska. aa nothing but a f f i d a v i t s ar* taken when a i r s h i p , are under discus­
And now come the North P l a t t e Telegraph and deposes and says: sion, tb* remainder of his experience 1* not bar* r*p*at*d.
'"North P l a t t e Is not to be outdone by her s i s t e r c i t y , Hastings, in the
matter of having seen the much talked of a i r ship in that v i c i n i t y ^ for Kr. f r e s c o t t i s a men wnos* reputation for truth and veracity Is
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[rated considerably above par In a l l commercial report*. UK-He gained Feb 11 p. 3—New flvlnt machine—CUuiw and Beck of SF apply for
this reputation while doing newspaper work, before he be cone the s«r- PStents. ■ , ... . ._ . .„ .
. v o n t of the pwpl* in en o f f i c i a l capacity, and it la unreasonable to 1 W February Zk (Wed eveHBovllng Cr«n iO.J Dally •Sentinel, p. »
suppose that
aldermen i t s l u cormorants
or other s t e r ha* been dimmed
of the c i t y bycorporation.
contact with Inthefact
boards
wist of What Vai I t !
people will take what Mr. Preacott haa to offer in the air shir Una Last evening about 11 o'clock, what seemed to be a bright star
at published prices and await future developments. - ■ado I t s appearance In tbe northeastern heavens. It was exceedingly
bright and teemed to svay fro* aid* to side. About 12 o'clock a
Stories of the air ship, coming from the varioua towns, closelr ■park from I t shot off toward the west and waa extlnguiahed. Its
agree. At Hastings, Grand Island, York and North Platte, nothing -ore *PP**r«« attracted much *ttention by those_who happened" to b eb out
than a strange l i g h t , moving In the air with
notion, was seen. Mr. Preacott asw no more than that. But at Insvsla,
Nebraska, the people who aaw It swear they could see the wings of tha
ship and hear people on bparj ft tal^, SAW A STRANGE LIGHT. / Nebraska C l t l s t u Art Startled by a Supposed
J697 February 20 (Sat) Kearney Daily Hub, p. 3. ■airship.
People of Beatrice, Vymor* and Baitings were excited last night
AIR SHIP STORY AGAIN. /Many Kearney People See the "Lights In tbs Sky" ovsr the appearance of a strange l i g h t about half a mile abova tbe
Friday Ere. ground. The l i g h t waa kite shaped and the color of a lantern. It waa
Here It cones again—corroborated and substantiated beyond doubt. v i s i b l e to the people of Beatrice for a time. Then i t would recede
to appear again sor« plainly at see* other point. It waa preceding in
Many people who read the account of vhat City Clerk Preacott saw, even a northerly direction. It waa seen about 10:«0 at Beatrice.
after considering the r e l i a b i l i t y of tbe source, were doubtful. The
family of Peter O'Brien, clerk of tbe d i s t r i c t court, law the light Uymore citizens ware also treated to a similar l i g h t . It is claim
and watched i t on Wedneedey evening—the night It waa observed by Hr. ed that fully 100 saw i t . I t waa travailing in a northwesterly d i r -
Prescott. Their descriptions of I t t a l l y exactly with what Hr. Prea­ [action.
cott saw. At Hastings i t seemed to be about half a mile above ground and
Iwas moving towarda tbe Kama* l i n e . Tbey ware unable to t e l l anything
flow cornea frank Schmidt, the good looking a r t i s t of the Hub bind­ 'about the shape of tbe ship back of i t , but a l l seemed to be of tbe
ery, and makes oath and affidavit to seeing i t Friday evening. About 'opinion that i t must be tha cigar-shaped vessel which vaa discovered
a dozen ladlea aleo witnessed the strange light at the sane time, and lat Inaval* a few weeks ago.
enough corroborative testimony Is nov at hand. Mr. Schmidt says the
light as f i r s t seemed large and bright, and would then dwindle down | Some think that i t waa a supernatural light which haa appeared in
■ the heavens and wjll not be convinced that i t la an air ship. Tbey
to a rciy small spark. I t waa then seen in the sky west of town, and contend that i t foretells the coming destruction of tbe world by fire
had the same undulating, uncertain motion, described by a l l who have aa related by John, the Inspired apostle. In the book of RcTclatlon.
seen I t . After dwindling down so smill It could hardly be seen It 1B97' February 37 (Sat'f Xtchi'son (Kana) Daily Clobe, p. 4.
would grow brighter eriaiarger, as though approaching nearer. It waa
Impossible to form any correct idea as to what i t was, other'than a Tha supposed Kansas airship haa been aeen in Nebraska, and laat
light in tbe sKy, night a l l the telegraph operators In northern Kansaa and southern
Several "air ship partlea" w i l l watch* for the strange phenomenon Nebraska were on the lookout for I t . Hany of them claim to have aeen
each evening from now oa and an effort w i l l be made to get more ac- it. It waa 10:15 p.m. when Dispatcher Robinson, of the Klisourl
ciirnte dearrHntlnnn , ,, Paciflc'a Atchlaon o f f i c e , waa called by Ike£k*s Chldaey » t x * i « t * « t w
1897 February 23 (Tues) Nebraska State Journal, p. 5. aanrfxJikittjorkti operator at Falls City. "I expect you will laugh at
me," rattled svay Chldaey at his Instrument, "but while standing on
AN AIRSHIP OR ILL-OMEN. / Mysterious Light Sighted in the West by the platfor™ juat now, with a dozen persons, w« a l l witnessed a very
Kearney People, unusual l i g h t . In the heavens to the north ve aaw what appeared to
KEARNEY, Neb., Feb. 2 2 . - - ( S p e c i a l . ) — Last Wednesday night a new be a big searchlight, moving in a westerly direction, apparently at a
and mysterious light was seen in the v e s t , and since then i t haa been speed of about 6o"nliea an hour, and In the portion of the sky
seen on two or three different occasions by various persons. Accord- * red l i g h t , much like a switch leap, was plainly aeen. The conver­
ins to the testimony of those who have-seen i t . It appears between sation continued, Chldaey saying that he could not distinguish the
the hours of 7:30 and 10 p.m., and grows from birght to din and din outline* of an airship, as Valley Falls, Kana., people c l a l r to have
to bright. After remaining apparently in one place for some t i n e . It been able to do about a week ago. The weather was cloudy last night.
suddenly takes an undulated motion and finally disappears to the norttwhich nay have caused the mynterioue sky scraper to be less visible
What i t i s , where It came from and where It goes to la a mitter cau­ than under more favorahle fonrfltlonw. It vm« traveling In _[(■•■
sing considerable speculation. Some think It Is the wonderful airka- direction oi S t e l l a , Heb. , and the operator" there 'waa poat'ed'[« be aa
ship reported from California some time ago, and others think It an ■the lookout for I t . In a very few mfnutea lie reported that In* saw It
ill-omen. Any definite end satisfactory explanation concerning It iplfllnly In the aouthweat. Then the word was passed a l l along the
w i l l be thankfully received by the x>ore auperstitious. The families lines of tha Missouri Pacific and B. and H. aa far veat aa Denver.
of M.A. Brown of the Dally Hub and Peter O'Brien, clerk of the d l a - The curloua visitor vaa reported to have been seen at tlie following
mterl9Uf r t t p l a c e s at the following hours; Beatrice, at 10:30 p.m.; Uymore, at
^^^mXS&tiWi™ *"* » '— 10:45 p.m.; Hastings,at 12:45 a.m.; Kenesav, at It 10 a.m.) Hartwell,
at 3 a.m. All the towns mentioned ara in Nebraska. [Link] seemed ,
, AIRSHIP IS SEEN FROM KEARJTEY. / Responsible Citizens Are Witnesses to leave the Una of tha rsllroad, and waa aeen no more. Figuring
j of tbe Mysterious Lights. the time and distance from Falls City to KartvcJl, i t traveled about
! KEARNEY, K Feb. 22.—(Special)—For three or four days pest thera 41 a l i a s an hour. Operators at different station* claimed they had
' has been more or l e s s speculation and interest in a mysterious l i g h t aeen i t for several nights, but ware afraid to aay anything about It
for fear of being laughed a t . Tha phenomenon, It i s , of course, no­
, seen kaxa in the west between 7 and 10 o'clock In the evening. It has thing e l s e h»aworked up a frreat lntere«t a-">"fl operators,
f ii ii
; appeared In the weat and seems to grow from a small, faint light into 1897 'February 28 (Sun) Omaha Dall'y""»ee, p. 2. - - ■-
a large, bright one and then diminish again. On two occasions It haa
remained apparently stationary for an hour or s o , and then would take
an undulating motion and diaappear to the north. Some think i t Is an His Hobby Is Flying Kites. / Juniata Han Who Hay U Able to Explain
air ship and others who are more superstitious think i t Is a sign of Air Ship Stories.
some dire disaster. The light has been seen by some raiaJt* reliable YORK, Nab., Fab. 27—(Special)—The Times of la it evening contains
and responsible persons, among whom are the family of M.A. Brown, an Interesting story of a Juniata station agent who f i l e s k i t e s . This
editor of the Daily Hub, and Peter O'Brien, clerk of the d i s t r i c t la his bobby, and Inaaaueh aa his duties aa station agent do not re­
| court. A satisfactory explanation of i t would be gladly received by quire much of his attsntlon, ha has plenty of time to devote to his pet
| many, as they are, getting [Link] up SlSLJli diversion. Thia man—J.R. McLean—does not do hie kite flying to s a t i s ­
1897 February 24 (Wed) Nebraska State Journal (Lirnooln), p,5. fy merely an idle whim, however. Ha bases his experiments on s c i e n t i f i c
( grounds and i s demonstrsting some interesting things in connection with
Light Surely (Genuine. aerial f l i g h t . Ha uaaa several different kinds of kites and a l l ara
H'COOL JUNCTION, Neb., feb. 23. —(Special.)—The floating lights without t a i l s . Tha box kitea ara the most interesting from a s c i e n t i f i c
at nlglit witnessed by two of York's reputable business men and t e l e ­ point of view. Tbay ara composed of a series of planes sat at s l i g h t
graphed to the Journal were not seen by any of M'cool's citizens and, angles which present considerable realatance, although not taking much
considering that York prides i t s e l f on being the most tenperate Town room.
In the county and state (even lta five drug atores were refused drug­
g i s t s ' permits) It i s a l l the more a most wonderful phenomenon. Both A kit which KcLaan axhlbita In a photograph i s of the common kind
citizens of York s t i l l claim that they aaw thia wonderful light float­ of j a i i l e e e k i t e s . It i s over eight feet high and fiva feet wide.
ing in c i r c l e s and In different directions, HcLeah occasionally senda up kites a half mile, and at night he attach-
Feb 24 p . l (Nov 24, 96t)--Arsp over Cal. as a lantern to one of them. He, perhaps, could explain a number of
Her. 5 p. 4—can see Venus in broad daylight tha mysterious heavenly l i g h t s which havsTbeea startling people In that
part of tha country recently.
Tues Har, 9, p, 4 (eds) Neb Notes.—The nyaterloue air ship has been
heard from again, this tine at Claries, where i t waa seen by a wot-jn who BLUE HILL, Neb., Fab. 27—(Special)— A strange looking object was
never waa drunk in her l i f e . seen laat night in tha western aky by several prominent and aboroughly
Th Har 11 p. 4—Neb. Notes.—Lincoln, Neb. reliabl* c i t i z e n s of Blue H i l l . There i s a varlsty of opinions con­
cerning I t s form. Tom Delaboyda thought It looked like a tin buckat,
The flying machine which has been seen in various parts of tIn­ W.W. Higgles *°d K.U. HcXlnzle aay It resembled a rattlesnake of the
state, passed over Wood River at 1:17 a.m. Wednesday rwming. Tbe kind found In Hastings several years s i n e s . To Lou Williams It looked -
aeronaut ""it be carrying a big lantern. He waa a mile or BP hiph, Ilka a war ship submerged in water. m
but the outline of his queer craft was plainly visible.—Wood Klvcr
Interests.
 "75Ititf Karen 2 (TUB*) Oman* World-flereld, p. o. Tcard l)~
M'COOL JUNCTION, Neb,, Feb. 27~(Speclal)—It la now reported that
boya at Red Lion mill*, east of here, are flying kites at night. Many
of them have attached lantern* to the kitea and are having lota of furn EXPXRTS 01 THE "AIRSHIP" / Bom* Kabraak* U n d n « s Site Up tb* Appar­
cv*r the airahip atorlca that have been sent out from neighboring towoa ition of th* Caleatlal Craft. / Each Baa an Opinion That la Copy­
p.20—A New Thing in Air Ship Bleyclea~~(cartoon) T righted, Original and lobody E l s e ' s . / A City J a i l e r , a Union Pacific
188? Hatch 1 (HcinJ Earner bally 'Hub, p. J. (card I) Trainman and a Western Cattleman Civ* Opinloot Upon I t . /
Conjecture i s rif* ov*r the "airahip," or calaatial craft that has
HORB AIR SHIP LORE / A Beatrice Paper Telia a Queer Air Ship Story. / b**m s e l l i n g ov*r tb* country for some weeks, and waa firat -sighted at
A JUNIATA KITE FLIER WHO SENDS UP LANTERNS. / Mora Strange Lighta Seen Sacramento. Th* aame eleratloo, th« aeme colored l i g h t t and tba sam*
By Kearney People. / steering course bare b«en repjorted from point t o pma point, but the
One evening recently Superintendent Weeton and Lawrence Ketchum California opinion haa met many Doubting Thomases. Reputable prlvata
were working at the gatea at the cotton mill and observed two strange c l t i i e n s i n Kearney, and South Omaha and Omaha, who reported light la*
lighta, apparently nearly over the Platte river bridge aouth of Kear­ tba aerial navigator, have bean recipient* o f clrculara from Kamley
ney. The two lighta kept a relative position north and aouth, and inatitutea and c a l l s from aoaw Good Templar lodge*. Ere a tba modern
seemed to have a positive movement. They threw out no raya but appar­ theory that tba *ky-rock*t vaa no mor* than a train of weather offic*
ently the color of the lqlghts changed from a dark yellow to white box kitea baa been frowned down by Forecaster Welch, who haa Insinu­
l i g h t . Neither Kr. Ueaton cor Mr. Ketchum attempt to aay what tba ated that Ha rttj existence pertained t o Collector forth'* department
l i g h t s were. / -that of Internal ravenue—and not t o that brance of Secretary Morton'
While on the question of stranga l i g h t s , the Hub reproduces an ex­ bureau, t o which ha hlmaelf haa tba honor t o belong. In this «xt*m*ty
tract from a l e t t e r , publlahad in good faith by the Woman'e Gaxette, the Vorld-Karald baa fought and obtained a number of careful opinion*,
of Beatrice, by Anton Pallardy, a s c i e n t i s t froo the ***** Black Hills | * " e a ar* herewith •«*>*lt$$g EI ^ v n - s PBXLOSOm
who has recently been v i s i n g in Beatrice: j - ^ ^ „ ^ t f a ^ ^ ^ „, ^ ^ . i o b , e r T c d p , u
. , _ ..u,. h h „ b „ Q « ( n o v „ G r a n d !,!.„„, Heatings and ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . - m d , „ u t o 4 U l$ d , t
Beatrice ia no Myth. It la a r e a l i t y . Where i t was b u i l t , I dare not some man haa bean runnin' up agin da wrong kind o* boos*. Dere'a dlf-
t e l l you; more than that your raadara know that to the northwest of ferant klnda of de red liquor; dat which makea youae see anal** end
Nebraake ia a wlerd (aic),lonely and atrange country known as the dat which nakas youa* »** balloon* and airahip*.
Kauvaia Terree. There are canon'a, caverns, nooka and cranniea in these "Dero waa a guy in da J a i l bar* once dat tought dat derm waa mon­
bad lande that are ao secret and »e*ote from the ordinary pathways keys cllxmin 1 around da cag* and dat a couple o f 'gator* waa try In1
that »en can and have lived there uninterruptedly for years, with some far hi* l e g s , and i t took a pint of Jag Juic* t o g i t da notion* out en
none to molest or make afraid. I t ia from thaae Hauvals Terree the a i r bis nut. Sow I axx ain't sajin* dat derm ia no such ting aa air* hi pa,
ship cornea. With my three companions w* have aailed over Nebraska in nor am I caetln' reflection* on da 'raclty o f da guy* what say dat day
a line from the forka of the Platta, along the L i t t l e Blue Valley and hav« a*en da ship; what I want* tar g i t at ia d i e : Per* ain't no air
thence to Manhattan, Kansas, generally at night, returning to the H*«- •hip* f l y i n ' around Omaha or over Cmmha. I ain't caatln any doubta
vais Terrea In the early morning. Why do we take this route for our upon da tayin' of bla nib* what aeen de ahip or rsddar da lighta what
experimental trip? I w i l l t a l l you. It la becauae of the currents of ha thought belonged t o dt ahipa. Emt'a a l l r i g h t , a l l right. He aeen
air that ara almost perpetual at an altitude of about one mile. These 'em, and I ' l l b* ma boo*a on i t ; any o l e man can ae* de lighta If be'i
currente ara almost invariable and regular the year round. It i s but feaUn' well.
a s i x hours trip from the Kauvaia Terrea to the junciton of the Blue "But I want* * tar give youae a atraight t i p on do** lighta. Dey
with the Kansia* river. It waa necessary that we should becooe f"a m l l l * * , , , ^ M ^ *4r*hlp_s. ^_ Dey'r* what youse^ould c a l l a mirage. Ton am
with the earth conflguations lying ng under our aerial track. Hence I am '^x -^^ «gtt'dt'Yi*.
t ~ d V V i g book on da rack and look up~d*t word If youae' don't'
in your c i t y to make some necessary Investigations, In order that we p t i p I t . Wall, d^a mirage vea caused by de heated debates on d* «jt-
may obtain a t i t l e to the route over which we propose to operate our poaltlon b i l l down ln Lincoln; dat'a de t r u t . De guys down dare, ye'
ship. We make these experimental t r i p , l n o r d e r t 0 fandHarlie people tea, gat a a l l bet up t a l k i n ' on da b i l l and dey haa to open der wlnden
ocneatn UB witn our ship ao that they may not become frightened, and to l e t i t out t o prevent da woodwork from cat chin' f i r * , and of course
should some accident happen to our ship, that we should have to des­ da heat riaea and throw* dem different lighta up on da clouds, and
cend, that we would be among frlenda, and not arreated aa treapaaeere. 0 **'" °-" mirega 6**T
We have choaen thi* experimental route, because a l l the condition* arej BRAJCEXAB WTLLIAW' VIEWS.
favorable. Being neerer the center of the continent, wa ara leaa aub-J " J d o n , t k n o v anything about the airahip," remarked Jo* William*.,
th
Ject to the influencea of trada winda, ocean currente and the l i k e . * Union Pacific passenger braxeman, "I gmeas i t ' a a l l right, but
"At the aurfaca of the earth and for half a mile above i t occura *«om*body haa got mixed up with the awltch lighta and can't t a l l 'am
intervale violent winds, tornadoea in amnaer and bliiaarde in winter. r*"0* t n " semphore* or a lantern. Some man got hi a freight on and
At an altitude of 5,000 f e e t , the air la comparatively quiet except i n P 1 ^ * 0 o t t t n # "•i" l l n « onto a sidetrack, and when l o . 2 want by on
the regular currents that flow from the north west ln the morning. [the main l i n e be thought i t was an airahip. Tou aee ha may bar* had a
"For prudential reasons I dare not describe our ship ln detail to rear-end c o l l i s i o n with a lamp post somewhere and bant broke his air
you. Those who have aeen i t , know i t s general appearance to be aome- brake* so that ha was running wild, and t h a t ' s bow ha got off on the
thing like a very large umbrella with a transparent covering. Thi* siding. I f ha hadn't he'd made direct** connections withto* caleatlal
large umbrella ia immediately above the car, which also contains tb* train for l o . 2 had the right of way.
l i t t l e motor for operating the large wings Immediately above the urn- I" TTou i H t b l t 0mi£*~bob«e they s a i l along ^»~tra.'-hf "haa 'a"n"aaj"5f
brella. Theae winga are expanded and contracted at the pleasure of putting out ordinary lighta and i f a man geta loaded with i t h* can't
the engineer. Suapended above and attached to these winR* are tsw twoirua on schedule time, even i f i t ' a on an Ogden and Sot Springs card,
very thin, aluminum balloons cantaining the new gas, helium. I™*dl.t, H* can't gat up steam, you know. E* might atert out with a d e a r treei
ly between the wings i s another smaller umbrella-like affair that can \^IMA,t but ths f i r s t thing he'd know he'd bring up in tb* ditch i f
be made to revolve very rapidly, for a purpose I dare not disclose to there wasn't a «. siding; and he'd be pretty aura t o dump bia load aoma-
you. This then ia the air ship in brief, and i t * description w i l l cor whara before he'd gotten out of tb* yards.
respond,with ths observatlona of those who haave obtained a food look "When b*'a running kk*j thi* way you know b* can't b« expected t o
at I t . keep order* or even t o read 'em, and as soon as he lands in the ditch
"I have shown you why we travel at night, simply to eacapa too or takes a siding i t ' s a l l up with him. The chance* are that ha had
close observation, until we have made a few further Improvements that turned over in tb* c o l l i s i o n and consequently thought that hs was look­
wa see are necessary to the aucceasful and formal public t r i a l of our ing up into beaven inatead of up the bank t o tba main Una. The varied
air ahip. The kindness that I have received at Beatrice, throueh s colors ax* .all right; h* could at* any kind of an old * color."
stranger, haa Influenced me to plead with my partners to name this JOHH KEITH'S 0OTI0I.
f i r s t successful air ahip the "Beatrice." "I've r*ad about tb* airship In tba paper*," said John Keith, th*
"I very much regret to announce, that while we were sailing over wall known stockman from Sutherland, "but don't put much atock in I t .
the town of Ode11, ln your county, l a s t Saturday night that a amall I t looks t o a* aa though some man had wandered o f f tb* rang* and wasn't
flask of helium f e l l from the car and exploded with a loud noise and as . t i e t o mak* out th* brand i n tba dark, and so called It an airahip, aa
set fire to a barn near or in Odell. The people of that section thou*i ha b*d_to report i t .
of course, that i t waa a winter thunder storm, and that the exploding "H* might have wandered into a buffalo wallow and got a l i t t l e
helium waa a flash of llghtalng. This w i l l explain an unaccountable mixed up on tba way thai herd was d r i f t i n g , and wham be rounded hlmsalf
phenomenon happening there that evening. Anton Pallardy." Into th* corral h* thought that be bad aaaa some mysterious maverick
The York Times, however, publishes the moat logical conclusion y*t up l n tba skies with l i g h t s attached. I t ' s possible, too, that he had
reached regarding the strange l i g h t s . It sayat "J.R. McLean, a ata- atempedad bimsalf with frontier liquor, which would have halped him ou
tion agent at Juniata f i l e s kite*. Thi* i s has hobby and inasmuch as and presented him from distinguishing « ahorthcrn J , rc*LTexas,TbeT
his duties aa station agent do not require such of his attention, ha could have a l l been canoera and he a have worn they war* corn fad.
has plenty of tine to devote to his pat diversion. He does not do hla "If tba cowboy bad bean thrown o f f hla broccho ha might havm e**o
k i t e flying to aatiafy merely an idle whin. He baaee his experiments i l i g h t s and imagined that b**d been struck by an airship and thua called
upon a c i e n t i f i c grounds* and i s demonstrating some interesting things i t that, but my prlvata opinion la that b* waa alamly atringlng tb*
in connection with aerial f l i g h t . A kite which McLean exhibits ln a s
photograph la of the common kind of t a i l l e s a k i t e s . It ia over eight in97 March 3 (Wad) Kaarnay Daily Hub, p. 2. '[card 1)
feet high and five feet wide. McLean occasionally sends up his kitas
a half mile, and at night he attaches a lantern to on* of them. Re. BOU IT STAJCBD / Stories of Saaing th* Airahip ia Western Kbbrask*. /
perhaps, could explsin a number of t b . mrsteriou. heavenly l i g h t , which A T E U N M ^ ^ * E A K C ?P TELL ALL AKUI IT. / Explanation. That Ar*
have been startling peonle." « « Satisfactory nor PLauaibl*. / ,„„,,.
I '! Conjecture la rifa ovar the "airship" or calaatial craft that haa
I . . . . . ___ _.... jb**n eallang ovar the country for some w**ks, and wa* first sighted at _
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rSacramento. The sane e l e v a t i o n , the same c o l o r e d l i g h t s and t h e I U I 189? March 11 (Th> Kearney D a i l y Hub, p . 3 . — — - — — — — -
s t e e r i n g course have been reported from p o i n t t o p o i n t , but the C a l i ­
f o r n i a o p i n i o n haa n e t many Doubting Thotassea. Reputable p r i v a t e c l t l - L1CHT-3EEN ACAIK / C.V. Hodges Sees a S t r a n g e Thenoncnon in thr <iy. /
z e n s i n Kearney, and South Ctaahs and Omaha, who r e p o r t e d s i g h t i n g t h e LIGHT SEEM TRAVELS IATIDLT TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. / Waa Seen In the U r l
( a e r i a l n a v i g a t o r , have been r e c i p i e n t s of c i r c u l a t e from Keeley I n a t i - Dawn of Thursday Horning.
t u t e a and c a l l s from acme Good Templar l o d g e s , s a y s t h e Omaha World- P e o p l e Hay t a l k a i l t b e y p l c a a e about t h e s t r s n g e l i g h t that haa
H e r a l d . Evan t h e nodern theory t h a t t h e i k y - r o c k e t was no BO r e than a been r e p o r t e d aeen In t h e sky eo o f t e n of l a t e , and claim that t h o e *
t r a i n of weathdr o f f i c e box k i t e a haa been frowned down by F o r e c a s t e r who nave aeen I t d o o ' t know a a t a r from an a i r ehlp kas u n t i l they are
Welch, who has I n a i n u a t e d t h a t I t s v e r y e x i s t e n c e p e r t a i n e d t o C o l l e c - g r a y - h e a d e d , but t b e y won't make C.W. Bodgee b e l i e v e snytbing of t h e
t o r N o r t h ' * d e p a r t m e n t — t h a t o f i n t e r n a l revenue—and not to t h a t k i n d . U n t i l Thuraday morning he wee one of t h e • c o f f e r * , and d i d n ' t
branch o f S e c r e t a r y Morton's b u r e a u , t o which ha h i m s e l f haa t h e honor t , k * mt^ii « o c k In a l r - a b i p s , b u t he t a l k s about i t now t o e e e r l o u e
to belong. F o l l o w i n g i a p u b l i s h e d two s c i e n t i f i c o p i n i o n s on t h e manner. Be has s e e n something himself—-what i t w a s , he d o e s n ' t pretend
j t o s a y , o t h e r than a v e r y b r i g h t l i g h t — a n d I s now w i l l i n g t o b e l i e v e
s e r i a l wonder: „ _ „
t h a t o t h e r people nave n o t been f o o l e d by the s t a r s ,
"I d o n ' t know a n y t h i n g about the a i r e h l p , " remarked Joe W i l l i a m s ,
t h e Union F e c l f i c paaaenger brakeman. "I g u e s s i t ' s a l l r i g h t , but Thursday morning he was l e a v i n g h i s hoe* for work. He l i v e * at
T h i r t i e t h snd G, and h o l d * a bench a t H a r t l ' s h a r n e s s shop. When s
somebody has g o t n i x e d up w i t h t h e s w i t c h l l g h t a and c s n ' t t e l l '*»
s h o r t d i s t a n c e from t h e house he happened t o look up and was a s t o n i s h e d
from t h e semaphores o r a l a n t e r n . Some nan g o t h i e f r e i g h t on and
]to s e e a v e r y l a r g e and b r i g h t l i g h t r a p i d l y p a s s i n g o v e r , when f i r s t
p u l l e d o f f the main l i n e o n t o a a l d e t r a c k , and when Ho. 2 went by on seen i t vac almost d i r e c t l y o v e r h e a d , s e e a l n e . l v between s h a l t an<t *
t h e n a i n l i n e he thought I t was en a i r s h i p . You s e e he nay have had a m i l e n i ~ g h T T t was t r a v e l l i n g v e r y r a p i d l y toward*" a T i t t l e north of
r e a r - e n d c o l l i s i o n w i t h a lamp p o s t somewhere and broke h i s s i r b r s k e s n o r t h w e s t , and i n a v e r y few moments d i s a p p e a r e d o v e r the h i l l s n o r t h ­
so t h a t he wee running w i l d , and t h a t ' s how he g o t o f f on t h e e l d i n g . w e s t of town.
I f he hadn't h e ' d Bade d i r e c t x a c o n n e c t i o n s w i t h t h e c e l e s t i a l t r s i n , Kr. Hodges d e s c r i b e s t h e l i g h t a s a v e r y b r i g h t , w h i t e l i g h t , seem­
f o r No. 2 had t h e r i g h t of way. Tou s e e t h i s Omaha b o o t * , , t h e y s e l l i n g l y from twelve t o S i x t e e n f e e t l o n g . I t was s e e n a t s i x o ' c l o c k snd
along the t r a c k s has s name of p u t t i n g out o r d i n a r y l i g h t s and If a s e v e n m i n u t e s , when t h e s t a r s had n e a r l y d i s a p p e a r e d i n tbe moraine
sun g e t s loaded w i t h i t he c a n ' t run on s c h e d u l e t i m e , even i f i t ' s on dawn. Nothing c o u l d be aeen o f I t e x c e p t i n g tbe l i g h t . When he f l n t
an Ogdeo & Hot S p r i n g s c a r d . Be c a n ' t g e t up steam you know. Be n i g h t saw i t be thought be would go back t o t b e house and c a l l h i s mother out
• t a r t out w i t h a c l e a r track a h e a d , b u t t h e f i r s t t h i n g h e ' d know h'd t o l o o k a t tha s t r a n g e s i g h t . Before he had reached borne the l i g h t
k x x x i bring up In t h e d i t c h i a i f t h e r e w a s n ' t s s i d i n g , snd h e ' d be disappeared over tbe h i l l s .
p r s t t y s u r e t o duap h i s load somewhere b e f o r e h e ' d g o t t e n out o f the
Mr. Hodges d o e s n ' t know whether t h e l i g h t s e e n belonged t o an a i r
y a r d s . When h e ' s running t h i s way you know he c a n ' t be e x p e c t e d to
s h i p o r n o t . One t h i n g be d o e s know i s t h a t i t t r a v e l l e d very s w i f t l y ,
keep o r d e r s o r even t o read 'cm, snd a s s o o n a s he l a n d s In the d i t c h oi
and was s e e n when I t was s o l i g h t t h a t one had t o look twice t o l o c a t e
t a k e s s i a s i d i n g i t ' j e a l l u p j r l t h him. The c h a n c e s a r e that he had a a t a r . When be d i s c o v e r e d t h e l i g h t be waa not l o o k i n g for a i r s h i p s
* turned "over""ln~ t h e c o l l i s i o n atidHconsequently "thought t h s f h e was nor t h i n k i n g o f them. Be l a not In t b e l e a s t s u p e r s t i t i o u s , and d o e s n '
l o o k i n g up i n t o heaven I n s t e a d of up t h e bank t o t h e main l i n e . The b e l i e v e t h a t he has s e e n a n y t h i n g s u p e r n s t u r a l .
v s r l e d c o l o r s a r e a l l r i g h t ; be c o u l d s e e any kind of an o l d c o l o r . "
While t h e r e p o r t e r waa t a l k i n g t o Hr. Hodges, a gentleman in t h e
" I ' v e read about the a i r s h i p i n t h e p a p e r s , " s s l d John K e i t h , the
shop s s l d t h a t l a s t y e a r someone had p r e d i c t e d t h a t Kesrney would be
w e l l known stockman fron S u t h e r l a n d , "but d o n ' t put much a t o c k in i t
I t l o o k s t o me a s though some man had wandered o f f t h e range and wasn'* d e s t r o y e d by s o a e r i a l v i s i t o r , who would drop from t h e c l o u d s , b « r * °
a b l e t o cake out t h e brank i n t h e d a r k , snd s o c s l l e d i t sn a i r s h i p . work on a c e r t a i n s t r e e t snd e x t e r m i n a t e t h e town. The name of t h e
ao he had t o r e p o r t i t . ' f a l s e prophet wss not g i v e n , but t h e f e e t t h a t such I d l e p r o p h e c i e s e r e
"He s i g h t have wandered i n t o * b u f f a l o w a l l o w and got a l i t t l e r e p e a t e d ahows what S t r a n g e s p e e u l s t l o n s e r e Indulged In over t b e
mixed up on the wsy t h e herd wss d r i f t i n g , and when he rounded h l e a e l f e,tr* n B* ^ f f l * *'*".i _ ' ' . ' ' . ' J ' .. ■ . 11- ' ,.,.„■,-„
I n t o t h e c o r r a l he thought t h a t he had s e e n some m y s t e r i o u s maverick 1897 March 15 (Hon) Kearney (Neb) Hub, p . 2 .
up In t h e a k l c a w i t h l i g h t a t t a c h e d . I t ' s p o s s i b l e , t o o , t h a t he had
atsmpeded h l n a e l f w i t h f r o n t i c e r l i q u o r , which would have helped h l a Tbe S t r a n g e Light A g a i n ,
out and p r e v e n t e d b i n from d i s t i n g u i s h i n g s s h o r t h o r n from s Texan. t h e Hub's s d o d - r e e d e r s t a t e s t h s t C h a r l i e B e i s i t saw the " a i r - s h i p '
They c o u l d have a l l been [ c a p p e r s ] and . h e ' d have sworn that they were tbe o t h e r e v e n i n g . Mr. B e s s i e d e s c r i b e s I t much t h e s*«* aa o t h e r
com fed. p e o p l e h a v e , who have s e e n i t . I t wss merely a moving l i g h t , snd Kr.
"If the cowboy had been thrown o f f h i s broncho he might .have seen . B e s s i e i s now more than e v e r convinced t h s t everybody who have [ I )
l i g h t s snd imagined t h a t h e ' d been a t r u c k b"y""an a i r s h i p anil t h e s c a l l - t e e n th^ atenge l i g h t s have n o t been l o o k i n g a t t h e s t s r s .
ed i t t h s t , but my p r i v a t e o p i n i o n i s t h a t be wss simply s t r i n g i n g Kondsy's S t a t e Journal ■ayai "Operators In Chalco snd South Onahs
'A* * T f - " ' r e p o r t e d l a s t n i g h t t h a t t b e y hsd s i g h t e d t h e a i r s h i p which haa been
;1897 March 5 ( r l ) Omaha Ds'Uy B e e , p . ?. t r o u b l i n g Hebraskans l a t e l y . Chalco r e p o r t e d I t v i s i b l e s t 1 0 : 2 5 ,
South Omaha reported i t a t 9 : 4 5 . Ha s s l d I t came from the s o u t h e a s t
A i r Ship May Be a F a l l i n g S t a r . / B r i g h t and M y s t e r i o u s Light Seen i n " n d * " • E r , v « l l a s In * n o r t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . The l i g h t was t h e
t h e Heavens by C l e r k s P e o p l e . o n l y t h i n g n o t i c e d In e a c h I n s t a n c e . "
CLARXS, N e b . , March 4 — ( S p e c i a l ) — The arrange a t a r t h a t haa been '
7 r l H c
e x c i t i n g p e o p l e e l a e w h e r e In the a t a t e has made i t s appearance h e r e . * * 1 9 P* 3 — S p i c e / K i t e f l y i n g haa now become a f a v o r i t e p a s -
Hlee V i o l * D a n i e l s , a young woman l i v i n g • s h o r t d i e
c o u n t r y , r e p o r t s t h a t she saw i t the o t h e r n i g h t . She i s e n t i r e l y now at s n v time of t h e day a i m — t .
t r u s t w o r t h y and t h e r e i s no r e a s o n t o doubt her s t a t e m e n t s . About 9 1897 Karen 16 <Tues) Nebraska S t a t e J o u r n a l ( L i n c o l n ) ( "p'i'"il.
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o c l o c k i n t h e e v e n i n g she sow the l i g h t come up from the n o r t h , t r e v -
Tb e
e l i n g very s w i f t l y . I t was very l a r g e Miss D a n i e l s s a y s , s p p e a r i n g * St r a n i * " s b t A g a i n .
Ilka a giant b a l l of f i r e . When almost o p p o s i t e h e r i t went p a r t l y t o : H 0 M a t0UP
' B , b * ' H * r c h **• ( S p e c i a l . ) — A remarkably b r i l l i s o t »
p i e c e s , two l a r g e p i e c e s s h o o t i n g downwsrd snd b r i g h t l y i l l u m i n a t i n g b a l l of f i r e waa s e e n In t b e s k y by many p e r s o n s who happened t o be
t h e e a r t h . The main s t a r d i s a p p e a r e d s w i f t l y t o t h e southward. Miss o u t l a t e on Saturday n i g h t . Tbey d e s c r i b e I t a s having appeared I n
D a n i e l s s t o r y i s s u b s t a n t i a t e d t o some e x t e n t by Mrs. John Wllaon o f the w e s t e r n heavens snd t h a t i t s course appeared t o be p e c u l i a r l y i r ­
t h i s town. On t h e same n i g h t she was l y i n g awake on the bed w i t h her r e g u l a r and e r r a t i c — s o m e elates moving upwards and sometimes the r e ­
d e u g h t e r , who i s i l l , when the toon waa suddenly l i g h t e d up by a very v e r s e , w h i l e i t s b r i l l i a n c y a l s o v a r i e d g r e a t l y , and t h a t i t f r e q u e n t ­
brlf-ht l i g h t — t h e b r i g h t e s t she has e v e r s e e n . I t almost aa q u i c k l y l y threw out d a s s l i n g s h e e t s o r s t r e a k s of s p a r k s . I t s b r i l l i a n c y
d i s a p p e a r e d . Mrs. — Wilson *f e e l s s u r e t h a t t h e l i g h t csme f r o * ' t h e h i s - *"*" b * T # b * , a cons i d s r s b l e , s i n c e t h e enow on t b e ground and t b e
""■• T ^ . a p p e a r a n c e of the s t r a n g e s t a r has e x c i t e d a good many j b r i g h t l i g h t o f t h e moon made t b e e v e n i n g one e x c e p t i o n a l l y u o i a v o r -
p e o p l e h e r e and a l l s o r t s or t h e o r i e s ' a r e aaWced~to'"explalnHfi-7"~Sosje * M * * « m e t e o r i c o b s a r v M l o O i
d < 1>0 rc l1
* ^,yf,"^i . "» * » r e d i s a s t e r t o t h e [Link].
1497 March 6 (lion) Kearney fSebJ Hub, p . 3 . 1897 Harcb'16 <Tuas) Omaha D a i l y B e e , p . 7 . (card 1)
The Air Ship A g a i n . VISIONS 0 7 AH AIRSHIP. / I t C a r r i e d a Huge L i g h t , but torn of tbe Ship
Boc
As a g r e a t many p e o p l e are i n t e r e s t e d i n " a i r s h i p s " j u s t now the D i s t i n c t , / Heavenly V i s i t o r Seen a t South Omaha. / Wanderer
Hub c l i p s the f o l l o w i n g from the Leon, Kansas, I n d i c a t o r : "A H. Barker 1 * 1 * 0 0 * 1 * Space Said t o Have Appeared t o F a r t l e a Who Were I * t u r n i n g Home
e x h i b i t e d h i s f l y i n g machine at t h e Opera House l a s t Saturday n i g h t — F l : o , i c h u r c h *
d e s p i t e the inclemency of the w e a t h e r , t o a f a i r - a i i e d a u d i e n c e . It Tbe m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p h a s a g a i n s a i l e d a c r o s s tbe heavens In t h e
waa t h e f i r s t time t h a t our people had seen t h e machine, and we hear v i c i n i t y o f t h i s c i t y . At Least the t h i n g which I s supposed to be an
many e x p r e s s i o n s of f a i t h i n i t s p r a c t i c a b i l i t y . a l r b o a t t h a t someone In t h i s a t a t e i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r i s b e l i e v e d t o
h a v e . b e e n t h * o b j e c t s e e n about church time Sunday n i g h t . A view o f
Wed. March 10 p . 2—The Strange Light S e e n . t b e o b j e c t , however, seems t o have been c o n f i n e d t o South Omsha. Tbe
The f s a l l y o f Hr. C . J . S t r a u d , l i v i n g on Avenue C and 1 7 t h , T u e s ­ " t h i n g " f l a s h e d I n t o v i e w about 9 : 3 0 o ' c l o c k . I t appeared t o be com­
day n i g h t w i t n e s s e d t h e s t r a n g e l i g h t t h a t has been s e e n In s o many i n g from t h e s o u t h e a s t . I t bad t b e appearance o f a b i g engine b e a d - |
d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s i n Nebraska of l a t e . The l i g h t was f i r s t aeen about l i g h t snd f l o a t e d o f f toward t h e west and n o r t h and f i n a l l y disappear**"
9:15 In the e v e n i n g and d i s a p p e a r e d i n the n o r t h w e s t about 10 o ' c l o c k . behind some b u i l d i n g s . I t was i n s i g h t something over h a l f an h o u r , j
I t came from the s o u t h w e s t , was very b r i l l i a n t , snd seemed t o be t r s v - t n * P * ° P l a v t w • * " 1* e s t i m a t i n g i t was a few minutes s f t s r 10 o ' c l o c k !
l c nk o u t o t
e l l i n g at a very g r e a t s p e e d . The e l e v a t i o n was i m p o s s i b l e t o a p p r o x - * * " ** »*-l=t. Among t h o s e who saw t h e s t r a n g e o b j e c t waa j
l m a t e , a l t h o u g h i t seemed t o be very h i g h i n t h e a i r . , l * J * Copenharve,. who i a one o o f t h e c o m p o s i t o r s on t b e Bee and who
' l i v e s a t 1 6 t h and H s t r e e t s , South Omaha. Mr. Copenharva d o e s not
1 1 . p . 3—Astronomy a r t i c l e s a y s l l o h t nf » . d r i n k any e x h i l i r a t l n g . l i q u i d s and In a d d i t i o n wss coming bos* from
Ugh
 thurch" t h « tia*' »•, with severs! others, ssw the"object very d"fi^~]1897 Ks'rch 22 (Moo.) tfsTrssUl'5ts,te"To"urnel, p.J.
tlnctly and could not be mistaken. (
"We thought at flrat that It waa a balloon," aald Hr. Copenharve. Venue Shines la Broad Daylight.
f'lf there la auch a thing aa an sirshlp, however, I believe now that it! TABLE ROCK, Neb., Kerch 21.—(Special.)—Prom about DOOO yes'ter-
vas one. There vs* a bright light about a foot In dismeter and aone oflday t i l l the heavens becsme clouded a majority of the people bare
us Mho aaw It thought that we could dlatlnguieh some dark body below seemed to be gating heavenward. Someone had Bade the discovery that
the l i g h t , but wo might have been t i t taken In that." ,Venua could be plainly aeeti ahlnlng, seemingly obllvioua of'the feet
Mr. Copenharve and hla friends are not the only people In South [that i t was broad daylight. Several persona declared that It v«a the
Omaha who saw the tAnger, Son» railroad H D working In the north end :veritab~le air ship which, has been floating around over Nebraska re-
Of the railroad yards ndar the Burlington switch shanty law i t . It had oently, trying to frighten the member* of the Hebrsska legislature
then altered i t a courac and vaa aalllng toward the northeeet. The men into a aenae of their duty. And yet Table Jock has alvaya beeu coo-
watched i t until It dlaappeared. sldered a tenperence toun.
| Sunday night waa the accond tine that the v i s i t o r baa appeared In 1897Merch 22 (Mon) St. Paul Pioneer Prees (Klnn.), p. 3.
South Omaha, the "thing" shoved Itself a couple of weeks ago. At that
|tlme It waa very much like Sunday night's v i s i t o r . All that could be SlOux City's Air Ship. / Several People Claim to Have Seen the Machine.
[seen vas a big light that burned very steadily. So thing definite could Sioux City, Special, March 21.—Thoae who wish to see Sioux City'i
be distinguished regarding sny other pert of i t . On the occasion of s i r ship should ba out between 9 snd XI p.m. with their telescopes
that v i s i t a t i o n , the object caueed a good deal of speculation, and that coveting the heavens between Smith's T i l l s addition and the Hebrsaks
haa been lncrcaeed now that i t has appeared a second t i e e . Some South aide of the Big Muddy. It vas seen three veeks ago by train crews on
Omaha people think that i t i s a big star, vhlch_is_predictin», the end tha Sioux City I road. Twice after that the aasM men had gllmpess of
ot the world, or something elaeT those who have seen i t , hovevar, aay the machln*. How several residents of the western psxt of the city
that the "thing" la not a atar s t a l l . Besides being too large, i t ap­ claim to have been added to the l i s t . The witness** do not Insist
pears to be floating not very far from tha earth. Bo one, hovevar, haa that the visitant Is an s i r ship but they positively deny that It can
been fortunate enough to dlatlnguieh more than the l i g h t . be a paper balloon. It i s evidently under perfect control, traveling
During the past few ■onthe there have been seversl reports of an in * bee line at a uniform distance froa the earth snd cerrlee a row
Individual in the atate who Is working on sn sir*_hip.__The inventor of lights at each side of the color of incandescent Us*a. If It
baa been located somewhere near Bastings, but hi hsa succeeded In l(. ^ > l r < w whaE J § l t ?
keeping his Identity pretty v e i l concealed. They say that h* does w t V t e f Harcn 2k lUeJJ Detroit eveninf news, P. «
vant hip a l r ^ o invention to be etolen by unprincipled individuals.
March 16, jna iTues.) p. 1 Wolverine Tidbits. !
Holland—A beautiful bull of fire vas seen In the clouds the otheri
Clmtia Peo;ilo. Sec An Airship.
nlfht. One raooent It was b r i l l i a n t , the next dinned, as If covered by5
Obecrve « Light Rcscabltng an Ianense Headlight Mover Over a v e i l . It lasted about an hour.
the City froo the southwest.
Cnoha, ."curaska, March 15.— (Special.)-—Cmahn people ore much Mon. June 21—KCtC'Or fihoverg gfarks over Trov, S . C ; blacks frlrht
S.C.;
interested in a supposed airship that Bailed across the heavens tn the|JJ|n7 H*rch lii ITuesJ UreenTay" (Ulaj Carette', p."i.
vicinity of thio e i t y l a s t night. The object flashed into viev about
9i>0 o'clock. It appeared to be coming trow the southeast. It had IT'S OSLT A STAI. / Imaginative Tarn Circulated About the evening Stsr
the appearance of a big engine headlight, and floated off toward the It i s not probable that Venus, the evening s t s r , haa ever before
vent and north and finally disappeared. It was in sight more than attracted quite as such attention in Creen Bay as Is the case Just s t
half an hour. present. Soma genius of vivid imagination who evidently had never
Among those who saw the strange object vaa I, J. .Copenharve. heard of Venus started the story that tha brilliant star which Is now
■".?« thought at f i r s t It was a balloon," aaid Mr, Copenharve, If visible during, the fore psrt of the night and traduallv [Link]'
there la such a thing as an nirohip, however, I believe tiou It was one, horiton was nothing store than the e l e c t r i c ' l i g h t suspendsd over S t .
There was a bright [Link] about a foot in diameter, and some of ua who Paul for purposes of s c i e n t i f i c investigation.
saw i t thought that uc could distinguish-some dark body below the fcfcxfc I t ' s a prett> good yarn and several people have been found who
light one," believe I t , but the light Is the evening s t s r . St. Psul people hsvem't
Duri""? the [Link] fdv nontha there have been Bcvrnl reports re­ any string tied to I t . I
garding an individual in the Utatc who is working on an airship. The 1897 Harch 27 (Sat) Kansas City Times, p. 5.
inventor linn btun located somewhere near Hnstinr.a. " .
Thurs, Harch 25, 1897, p, 1—Venus Attracts Attention, Say They Saw aa Airship. / Strange Nocturnal Visitor Hovers Above the
(The Bvcning Star appears exceptionally brilliant in the vest, ml Town of B e l l e v i l l e , Ksns. / Special to the Kansas City Tl-ea.
readers have asked if i t la a new star, or the Jtar of Bcthlehcn return. B e l l e v i l l e , Kans., March 26.—J. A. **a. operator at the lock I s ­
ed.J land depot; Hesleigh of the Rock Island lunch roo» and two other sen,
[Link] 17—ot, Patrick's Day fight between Corbett and Pitrsircion.", ssw s t 9i20 last evening an alrahlp above this c i t y . Ths light appear­
th? latter winning the heavyweight chonpionship i n Cats on City, !lev. ed to ba « mile above the earth, and looked half the s i s e of a loco-
E.-irly March—The Chi Tri runs feature on the power of X rays to aotlve headlight.
cornunic-ite, ,ilso destroy ships. End of the World prophecy preached Hr. Res f i r s t ssw the strange l i g h t , and vstched i t s l l the tl»e It
by black Minister. hovered over the city,45 minutes, when i t traveled rapidly s'vsy to the
March 20, p. 1—During a cloudy day the c i t y becomes darker, then nortbveat. It seemed to be governed by human agency. The light vaa
suddenly at 4i41 for n full ninute the city Is dark a3 night. .bluish sad seamed to come from a strong reflector, and the raya were
April 6, p. 1—Ccartoonj Descent of Aeronaut lUrlan (nayoral can­ plainly v i s i b l e . I t s course when departing vas exactly opposite the
didate;, who f a l l s out of a balloon and Biases the mayor's throne. 'earth wind current of s i r .
1
Cuba J3 nuch in the news. Tonight st 10 o'clock the myaterloue light waa again seen by Ed
1897 March 19 (Tri) Kesmey (Reb) Daily Hub, p. &, 'Patterson, Claude Moon, Chris S e l l , Henry Planar and six other respon­
sible persons. This time i t appeared only half as high as o* Tuesday,
AIRSHIP TESTIHONT, / Tom Gass Telia a Pev Thins* About Air Ships Bot and tha llsfat wee so strops as to reflect brightly through windows. At
Generally Known. times, the light would dlssppesr, snd then In an lEstsnt flash out
A reporter wishing to get an idea of the s i r ahip from sn expert jSEsin. I t s course was erratic while over the tovn It would r i s e snd
this naming interviewed Tom C M S , and found hl» s walking cyclopedia | f a l l , snd otherwise change positions rapidly. This time the object re­
of knowledge on the subject of eerssi t r a n s i t . Learning that he vas mained half aa hour, when i t started rapidly north and vas soon beyond
to bs interviewed, Hr. B"« threw caution to the wind, snd talked ss the hot iron.
freely and unreservedly as a phonograph. Fifteen mlaute* later the asms strange eight v«s seen by the asm*
"Did you ever see an airship!" queried the reporter. people. It appeared to be ten miles southweat of here. The witnesses
"Never in my vaking hours," vae the reply. are credible men, sad our pcopla ere becoming Interested In the strsnse
"What would you do should you see oneT" nocturnal v i s i t o r , and arrangements are being made to notify the people
n "That depends. If 3 were near a newspaper nan I would keep *y of the next v i s i t .
mouth continually closed.
"If you saw on* do you think you vould do snything you might after. Sun. Har 28 p. [Link]^L p«»ple of Bellevw. Kan... have seen airship.
; J , ,n ' floating In the circumambient ether. And Ksnsss Is a prohlbitlwi stats'
wards be sorry for?
"I might. IT I should see an airship with tasks* for passengers
;Hoa. Mar. IS p. A—Thoae citizens of Kansas town* vbo beve seen s
I probably would take the Keeley cure."
stsaage looking air ship sailing over their heada with voices Issuing
"If there were no snakesT"
'from i t should svear off at Q""' „ "-.■ JU
I vould question the Integrity of my eyesight.
It has been intimated that once or twice you Ihave gone"strsigfit- 1S97 Harch 11 (Sat) Calvestoa (Tex) Daily Neva, p. IV
up r I r b r 1 6 r t U d
' "Probably true but I always light on ay feet without s s s l s t a n c e . ? ! ^ * / * ^ - ' ~ " ^ ' " *» * * « » n » o m by the Appear-
y U t h l ( t U l a i h l P U thRt Yer7b0d:P U M l f d
telJh^of?" ° * " ' ' * *" I B r ^ T « . . March 26.-AX 1:20 o'clock this afternoon by * .
BrC , „ , ,, , . ^, . . . _, M , . . . . ^ rowm clock a Large meteor passed over Breoham from mouthwaac U> north-
and a S way S C
" " " « " « • » - » " " « * - * • ***** ' b o u t b * 1 ' w " ' b * t W M t t **» " ° t t h « *
"Do you think anyone has ever aeen i t l " ^ * ^ l ^ " • P P " " d «• *?" ^ « ' « * » » " . though no report was
hmMxi b
"Yf. Ch»rlpv n*..i» *«v i t » 7 t b o " " w h 0 * * " e t c h i n g the phenomena. After the exploeioo
tb W 0 M
"T! VOU ™ t this ? n L r v i « ™,w(.[Link]« «™ * * " " » ^ « ot cloud at firat In a wavy l i n e , almost llkm,
-£.« interview published! _ t u l a t t « ? or [Link] point. Thia smok. r—lned in p o . l t - ,
 ioa for about t«n ainutae end than began to separate and finally d i e -
-73 " I t ' s brighter than i t waa a while ago, ■ aid L.S. Voolvertoa.
appeared - looks J u a t l i k e an e l e c t r i c l i g h t . "
Tha meteor l a described by aaveral who saw I t aa a bright b a l l of "O.L. Clarkst " I Juat read in the paper yesterday that tbe elrah
l i r a , burning with a bright whita l i g h t In front and leaving a bluiah waa headed t h i s way. That Is i t , s u r e . I don't believe that is a at
white t r a i l In l t a wake. I hare seen s t a r s before."
Tbe dispatch from B e l l e v i l l e read aa follows:
Kar. 29, p . 3;^The Meteor . / Saw I t Fro a Karl i n . B e l l e v i l l e , Kan., Hsxch 27.—The a i r ship was seen at B e l l e v i l l e ,
Merlin, Tex^, March 25[81J.—One of tha guests^at tha Arlington Kaa., again l a s t night about 10 o'clock going aouth^aleo at"5 o'clock
h o t e l , standing on" the veranda on the 26th I n s t a n t , law the meteor, t h i s morning going back n o r t h . I t seems t o be under perfect control
which waa described by the correspondent at Brenhan in the leeua of and lowers and r a i s e s Moving north and south at w i l l of the operator.
the 27th I n s t a n t . I t waa in a southeasterly d i r e c t i o n and waa t r a v e l - I t has an e l e c t r i c head l i g h t which appears in they aky larger than
lug n o r t h e a s t . I t seemed to diasolva while ha was watching I t , leav­ the headlight of an en{tine_and l t a movements are [Link] mysterious
i n g ^ cloud of amok*. ~ Hore'than f i f t y people watched i t l a s t night u n t i l i t disappeared
Meteoric' Diaplay. In the southwest, and many have seen i t In t h i s v i c i n i t y for tbe past
H u n t s v i l l c , l e x . , March 28.—The meteoric display described In th* four n i g h t s . I t a speed la estimated t o be taorjcca froa sixty to seven
News of the 28th, froa Brenhaa, waa a l s o witnessed by several here, t y - f l v e Biles an hour. I t pasaed over B e l l e v i l l e tbe other night
the white cloud or saake being much in evidence after the rumbling had l i g h t i n g up the houses and c i t y l i k e an immense aeteor and seemed to
passed over. An explanation of the phenomena would prove of i n t e r r n t . stop a l i t t l e northeast of the c i t y , remaining almoet stationary for
about twenty or t h i r t y minutes, then s a i l e d rapidly up and down goinf
Apr. 11 p.22~Pa»t Honth'a Weather. northweat, then aouth passing below than above some scattering clouds
On Kar. 26 Kr. J . S . Skinner of Calveacon and others while out and moving in a playful manner, f i n a l l y disappearing in the distance;
hunting on Bolivar observed a bright neteor a t 1:30 pin. The neteor appearing again at 2 o'clock going south and returned north ebojut 5
moved fr the SW tow the NE and l e f t a long t r a i l of white snake or o'clock in tha morning.
clouds, & became very bright before bursting. I t was v i s i b l e for abt I t i s supposed t o be the work of an inventor who i s experimenting
20 aeca., c i t s t r a i l of smoke e clouds, including where i t exploded, s e c r e t l y with the machine and t r a v e l a at night t e s t i n g the speed snd
waa probably v i s i b l e for more than 10 mlu. Tbe sky was clear at t h i s control of the Movements of the s h i p .
t i n s and tha wind froa the S. The a . waa alao observed at Brenhaa, U57 March 26 (Sun) Kansas c i t y S t a r , p . !t.
Huntaville, i Melboroa, 4 i t was rsptd f r H. that a rubbling sound Take Venus for an Airship. / The Credulous of neighboring Villages
was heard during i t a n i i m n - . ,,r Greatly Excited Over the P i a n e t .
1&97 March 2B reuV"TopeTraT%il^,,,^pTtalV p . T (card 1) Tha planet Venus, which i s about 26 a l l l i o n a i l e s froa the earth
and which glows with great b r i l l i a n c y In tbe northwestern heavens, ha
STRASGE LIGHT IB THE SKY. / Was I t the Headlight of An AlrshipT /
been taken by credulous correspondents in various p a r t s of Kansas for
HUHDRED3 GAZED AT IT. / Some Thought I t Moved; Others Were Uncertain.
a fully equipped a i r s h i p cruising about among tbe clouda within a few
/ IT WEHT OUT SUDDEHLI / Hed Light About the S i t e of a Hunan Hand. /
miles of the e a r t h ' s surface. Theae correspondents, with more iaagln
CAME WEST OF THE CITY / And This Is Ho "Pipe" Story E i t h e r , But tha
ation than astronomy, have telegraphed a t o r i e s to various Kansas City
P l a i n , Unvarnished Truth t o Which Many Will Testify. /
and S t . Louis papers describing the monster. The t e l e grama invar lab 1
Did you see the " a i r s h i p " l a s t n i g h t ! Perhaps i t w i l l reappear
again t o n i g h t ; look for i t In tbe west. say:
For several days the Capital has been receiving special dispatches "J.A. Fakir, James Snorter and half a dovea other reputable c l t i -
from near-by towns about a i r s h i p s floating around at n i g h t . In each tens of t h i s place saw an a i r s h i p floating above t h i s c i t y t h i s event
of these dispatches the machine c a r r i e d a huge headlight. AL1 these at 9:20. I t carried a huge l i g h t half as large as a locomotive head­
dispatches were of course thrown into the waste-paper basket, and the l i g h t . Mr. i Snorter, who kaepa the railway lunch stand at thla pleo
correspondents' names placed In the "doubtful'' column. Several countrj •aw tha strange sight f i r s t . Be watched i t hovering over tbe c i t y fo
papers took the a i r s h i p story up and used i t for a n flhocker." And now threa-ouartera of an hour and then i t traveled rapidly eway to the maa
i t turns out that perhaps the country people axe not so far wrong aftsj northwest. I t was undoubtedly governed by human agency, as I t travail
all! • g a i n s t the wind.. _The l i g h t Was bluish and seemed to be reinforced h,
About 9 o'clock l a s t night • dispatch waa received In Topeka • strong r e f l e e t a r . Fifteen minutes a f t e r t h i s uncanny v l a i t o r d i e -
s t a t i n g t h a t the a i r ship would reach here about Q : 3 0 j and i t r e a l l y J * ? ! " ^ * * V ™ * *** ^V*™ * " " U " ^ T*~ ' i ' " " 7 " " ^ " T j L
I appeared on schedule"^ lm£, Perhapa Tt"wain6t~sii a i r s h i p , but I t W s 1o f h * r * bt yh U' * * ■ » " * Arrangements * « being made to alarm tbe aeijfaboi
something—flomething s t a r t l i n g . I t appeared in the heavens, west of i **** " ° ° « u r n a l v i s i t o r again a p p e a r s . "
the c i t y . I t seemed as i f about one thousand Topekans saw i t about the, S 0 * - o f e b * correspondents a«y that i t la supposed that t h i s harm-
same time, and they were a l l kind enough t o notify the Capital office leaa p l a n e t , which i s tha nearest neighbor of tha e a r t h , la aa airahli
about i t by telephone. I t case near driving the usually patient t e l e ­ of the B r i t i s h War department, spying through the country for f o r t i f i ­
phone g i r l to drink. c a t i o n s . The s t o r i e s have been given some c i r c u l a t i o n , and Friday at
Six fleet-footed reporters were pushed out Into the night with i n ­ night member* of one family in Kansas City, Kansas, declared that the]
s t r u c t i o n s t o run the thing down or never come back. At 2 o'clock saw the atrange craft of the s i r with i t s biasing beacon l i g h t , Tha
t h i s morning Justa one of the reporters had been heard from—he t e l e ­ Story was passed froa mouth to mouth and l a s t evening hundreds of
phoned from Bossville t h a t he thought he could find work in Chicago. people of that c i t y viewed the planet with awe,'and tbe question on
But there the monster wasl Bundreds of people were watching i t , te •very l i p was:
see If they could dlatlnguish any wings or other t h i n g s . Sone said I t "Hava you seen the a i r s h i p f "
waa s t a t i o n a r y ; others were c e r t a i n t h a t i t moved. Tom Anderson aald Many of the people actually believed that i t was an a i r s h i p . I t
I t waa Venus; aaid he knew Venus since he was a child in p e t t l c o a t i . disappeared froa view about 9:30 o ' c l o c k .
But your uncle waa wrong t h i s time. Certainly i t was not a star—the Venus i s now tha evening s t a r and i s giving forth i t s brightest
l i g h t was too red and too large t o be a s t a r . Some thtught i t was a l i g h t . I t was bright enough on Hatch 21 to caat a shadow. I t i s now
comet; others were sure I t waa a mirage. As a matter of fact I t woul on the wane.
disappear and reappear,and there were many who could see i t t r a v e l l i n g 1897 March 28 (Sun) Detroit Free P r e s s , p . 17.
through space.
None of the local astronomers dared t o venture o u t ' o f t h e i r houses A BRILLIAHT SPECTACLE. / An Ignorance That Was Mot Altogether Blissful,
—they always want time to think over theae thlnga before committing *Soae weeks ago a story was c i r c u l a t e d in Barrisburg that there
themaelvefl. But there the thing was, and i t made the cold' chill's run would be v i s i b l e In the western sky soon a f t e r sunset a b r i l l i a n t Hghi
up and down many a man's back. Could i t be t h a t some lngenlu* Kansan which was nothing l e s s wonderful, the rumor t o l d , than a huge e l e c t r i c
had succeeded in perfecting a machine t h a t r e a l l y workedT And was he spark which some s c i e n t i s t s were sentdlng up nightly over Plttaburg.
t e s t i n g his machine at night so some t h i e f could not s t e a l his idea am The story spread r a p i d l y , and whan evening came tbe s t r e e t s were
patent I t before he could get t o Washington. And was Kansas to have f i l l e d with credulous people who (tared with amassment at the b r i l l i a n t
a l l t h i s honor t h r u s t upon her! orb, which, true to r e p o r t , shone out bright and d e e r . The newspaper!
The l i g h t disappeared suddenly. Ho one could guess where i t hsd of Barrisburg commented on the occurrence tha following day and told
gone, but the fact tha* i t had disappeared suddenly proved that i t waa tha people that tha amxx story of tha e l e c t r i c l i g h t was a fake, sad
not a s t a r , that tha b a l l of f i r e was simply tha planet Venus, which had bean
The best view of the strange l i g h t could be obtained froa the cor­ shining there at corresponding seasons for ages and would doubtlea*
ner of Seventh s t r e e t and the avenue. At one time there was a crowi] continue to, illuminate that part, of the heavens u n t i l the world should
of 200 people gaiing at I t . There were many learned people in the be no more.
crowd who advanced a l l s o r t s of s o l u t i o n s . The Barrisburg people perceived that they had been duped and ware
The firemen at the headquarters s t a t i o n procured f i e l d glasses end ashamed at t h e i r display of Ignorance. But a week l a t e r tha aama atorj
different persons who gazed through the glasses would give Information was apread in the town of West Cheater, and the ueuaally l n t e l l a x x a a i -
to the crowd. Mike Waggoner had the best eyesight and imagination. lgent people of that borough went through the aaae performance of
" I t ' s coming this-way," he ahouted t o the crowd. " I t ' s getting admiring lithe wonderful e l e c t r i c l i g h t . The"newspapers again as'suWd
higher and t h a t Is "a sure sign i t ' s coming our way. I f I t were going the r o l e of I n s t r u c t o r s In astronomy, and Venue waa for the second t i e *
the other way I t would come down lower." given proper credit for tbe evening i l l u a i n a t l o n . But ignorance will
"Say," said Rick Chiles, " t h a t looks l i k e one of the Sun vapor not down, and l a s t week the good people of Lancaster, having heard th*
s t r e e t l i g h t s we ueed t o have.", s t o r y , want out a f t e r sunset and beheld with amazement tha slowing orb
H
0h, r a t s . " exclaimed Major Tom Anderson. " I f t h a t i a n ' t Venus, I that had already brought so much fame to the s c i e n t i s t s of Mttaburg.
never saw her before. Don't you know Venus is tbe evening s t a r novt" There are some doubting Thomases, however, among tha Lancastrians, and
"She's struck the c i t y l i m i t s , " yelled some one. "Telephone to tha story was not accepted univeraally, A pilgrimage waa medr to the
Tim Donovan to go down and a r r e s t h e r . " observatory on the grounds of Franklin and Marshall COUCRC, and there—
 -?a
glance through Tha telescope dissipated at once ill belief 1n t iio f U p o r t s frora o t h e r p o i n t s o r e t h a t I t r e s c n b l e i t h e p i c t u r e s w h i c h '
I a t o r y t h a t , s i n g u l a r l y e n o u g h , had found lodgment In t h e a l n d s oi t h e newopnpfrii p r i n t of a i r s h i p s ,
I p e o p l e In c h r e a d i s t i n c t l o c a l i t i e s . F r i d a y n i ( K t A . J , Hca, t o l c c r a p h o p e r a t o r f o r t h a C h i c a g o , Hock
Where t h e d i s p l a y o f I g n o r a n c e way b r e a k o u t n e x t I s p r o b l e m a t i c a l [Link] mid P n c i f i c r g i l r a * ) [Link] a t flolUviUa, reported that tha
i P e r h a p s t h e d e l u s i o n l a a t an e n d . But a l l t h i s s h o u l d p o i n t t h e l r * - l l f l h t h o v e r e d o v e r t h s c i t y f o r t h r e e q u a r t e r s of an hour and than.
I son t h a t t h e f a c t s o f t h e w o r l d In w h i c h we l i v e a r e n o t t a u g h t p l a l n l
I and I n t e l l i g e n t l y enough i n t h e s c h o o l s , and t h e h a b i t of o b s e r v a t i o n moved r a p i d l y away. I t looked b i t the a i t * of a locomotiva h e a d l i g h t
I i s scarcely taught at a l l . I f c h i l d r e n In t h e s c h o o l s were g i v e n gone and wns of a b l u i s h t i n t . L-int n i g h t h u n d r e d s of Boll e v i l I s p e o p l e
i r u d i m e n t a r y i n s t r u c t i o n i n a s t r o n o m y , o r a t l e a s t had t h e i r a t t e n t i o n u n t c h e d f o r t f e l i g h t and i t .ipponccd a b o u t 10 o ' c l o c k . This t i n e tho
' drawn t o t h e wonders of t h e h e a v e n s , t h e r e would be no s u c h d i s p l a y s l i ^ h t u n s so t t r o r . g t h a t K i t r e f l e c t e d b r i g h t l y t h r o u g h the. windows.
u
' of i g n o r a n c e aa h a v e b r o k e n o u t i t t h i s e t a t e , and t h e p e o p l e v o u l d | * t tLnp.s ■■■<**U d i s a p p e a r . W t h e n i n .in i n s t a n t f l a s h o u t a g a i n .
| have a b e t t e r c h a n c e t o e n j o y t h e w o r l d , b e c a u s e t h e y c o u l d a p p r e c l a t e ^ ' l l e o v e r t h e ^ t o w n U s c o u r s e v * s e r r a t i ci . I t ris^ . i i n e d h . l f an hour hc-
i some of l t p m a n v b c s u f f f r t . - T h l l a d e l p h i a T i m e s . l a n
.—.-..- d t h e n d a
J-—r t e.d. . o. f. f. t. o. .w. a. r d th.:
-. n o r t h and soon~ d i s a ■ ppeared. [Link]
1897 Karen 29 ( t o n ) KansaT~CIty T i m e s , p . 1 . jwho saw t h e U j j h t t h r o u g h a s t r o n g g l a s s s a y t h e y c o u l d d i s t i n g u i sh
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he i s s t i l l c o n f i d e n t t h a t he saw a n a i r s h i p . " I know i t , " h a s a i d . v e r t h e machine s a n k c o n s i d e r a b l e .
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c l o c k n o t h i n g h a s b e e n s e e n . " A n o t h e r d i s p a t c h from B e l l e v i l l e s a y s ; d e n l y , a s t h e machine r o s e a g a i n , i t hooked i t s e l f f l m l y in t h e s e n t
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back n o r t h . I t seems t o be u n d e r p e r f e c t c o n t r o l and l o v e r s and r a i ­ trous. E i t h e r h i s w e i g h t was s u f f i c i e n t t o k e e p i t n e a r t e r r a f i n - * ,
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four n i g h t s . I t s speed I s e s t i m a t e d t o be fron s i x t y t o s e v e n t y - f i v e f a n n e r ' s t r o u s e r s , w h i l e H i b b a r d h i m s e l f t u m b l e d i n t o t h e r u n . tie r e ­
m i l e s an h o u r . I t p a s s e d o v e r B e l l e v i l l e t h e o t h e r n l ^ h t l i g h t i n g up lated h i s experience to several neighbors and, despite t h e i r lacredulou
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p l a y f u l manner, f i n a l l y d i s a p p e a r i n g in t h e d i s t a n c e ; a p p e a r i n g a g a i n Weird L i g h t s / S e s n i n Two U t t l a Lakes I n Ogemaw C o u n t y .
a t 2 o ' c l o c k g o i n g s o u t h and r e t u r n e d n o r t h a b o u t 5 o ' c l o c k in t h e PRESCOTT, M i c h . , K e r c h 2 9 . — A s e n s a t i o n a l g h o s t s t o r y r e a c h e s b a r *
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p o i n t s where t h e l i g h t v a a o b s e r v e d g i v e a d e s c r i p t i o n o r i t s i m i l a r c o v e r e d h a had been m u r d e r e d f o r h i s money*.
to that herein contained. The l i g h t c a u s e d g r e a t e x c i t e m e n t on t h e T h e s e l a k e s a r e n e a r t b a v i l l a g e o f S h e a x a r , a number Of whose l n ~
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g r e a t c a l a m i t y waa a b o u t t o o c c u r , some h i d In t h e i r c e U a r a . 1697 K a r e n 2» Uton) D a i l y M i n i n g " J o u r n a l ^ftarqilafEJ, Mc^J,JoT■■ ,
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s t a r too cany tines to not recognize i t when i t coenes up. lie re- u h o m ex-Attorney General H.K. Hart of t h a t S t a t e , one of the best know,
lated instances wnere hie men often misto .k the s t a r for the light »t m e n i n C a l i f o r n i a , claimed to have consulted, had gone there for the
soce lir-hthouse s t a t i o n . Me (old of times when they tried to convince p u r p o B e Qf avoiding Impertinent Inquiries of s c i e n t i f i c Ben in the
hin that he was off his course through their mistaken conviction chat East. The a i r s h i p , with i t s l i g h t , was f i r s t seen in Sacramento. 100
the star was a lighthouse beacon. The captain Gays the star ill i d l e s south' of where it~was supposed to have been constructed. Later
whine every eycaliip, from now until Anrll 6. i t was seen in Oakland, and s t i l l l a t e r , as far South as the f o o t h i l l s
1697 March 2a (Sun) Kansas City [Link], p. 1. (card 1) near Los Angeles.
Column after column was written about the strange sight in the
MANY SEE AN AIR SHIP / Strange Nocturnal V i s i t o r Hovers Over Topeka / c a i i r o r n i a newspapers, and the e n t i r e State vai for weeks given over
IT THROWS A POWERFUL LIGHT / Attention of the Entire City Is Attracted to a discussion of the strange phenomenon. While the Pacific coast
by I t . / BELLEVILLE IS PAJIIC-STRICKEN. / Phenomenon Is Witnessed In waa forced to believe the statements and a f f i d a v i t s of the many well-
Several Kansas Towns. / BREAKS UT A »EGR0 CRAP GAME / known c i t i t e n s who had witnessed the appearance, the £ast was inclined
Dispatches to The Times from various points in Kansas s t a t e t h a t an t o make J e s t s about i t . In the same ■ manner the Nebraska l i g h t was
a i r s h i p , which i s ■xiixsixths: supposed to be the one which excited the a subject for the paragraphers' sarcasm.
e n t i r e Pacific coast several months ago, and only two weeks ago was Only yesterday morning The Tines published a dispatch fron Belle-
sighted in mucks* numerous towns in Kansas, was plainly v i s i b l e . v l l l e , Kan., ia which i t waa atated t h a t J.A. Rea, operator at the
That a strange light appeared in t h i s section of the West, for ROCV Island depot; Jack Nealeigh of the Rock Island lunch room, and
which the inhabitants can not account under any other hypothesis than two other men had seen, about 9 o'clock Thursday evening, an a i r ship
t h a t of an a i r ship can not be disputed. At. 2 a.m. t h e people of above the c i t y , "The l i g h t appeared t o be a mile above the e a r t h , "
Topeka were watching the strange v i s i t o r and the e n t i r e c i t y is ex- said the correspondent, "and looked half the s i t e of a locomotive
cited. / h e a d l i g h t . " Kr. Rea f i r s t flaw the strange s i g h t , and watched It a l l
Special to the Kansas City Tines. the time i t hovered over the c i t y , forty-five n i n u t e s , when i t traveled
Topeka, Kan., March 27,—What is generally believed to be the mys­ rapidly away to the northwest. I t seemed to be governed by human
t e r i o u s a i r ship that has appeared at various places in Kansas and agency. The l i g h t was bluish and seemed to come fron a strong r e f l e c ­
Nebraska during the nast three_weeks was plainly v i s i b l e here and at t o r , and the raya were plainly v i s i b l e . I t s course when departing waa
neighboring towns l a s t nightl I t hovered about the c i t y for several exactly opposite the earth wind current of a i r .
houra, and an Immense l i g h t , much more powerful than an a ordinary arc Tonight at 10 o'clock the mysterious l i g h t was again seen by Ed
l i g h t , d i r e c t e d the a t t e n t i o n of a l a r g e part of the c i t y ' s population Patterson, Claude Moon, Chris B e l l , Henry Fisher and six other respon­
to i t . Governor Leedy watched the phenomenon from the State house s i b l e persons. This time i t appeared only half as high as on Tuesday,
s t e p s . "I don't know what t h a t thing i s , " he remarked to The Times and the l i g h t was so strong as to r e f l e c t b r i g t l y through windows.
correspondent, "but I hope i t w i l l solve the r a i l r o a d problem." At times the l i g h t would disappear, and then la an instant *kt flash
The l i g h t f i r s t appeared, as nearly as can be learned, at 9:15. At out again. I t s course was e r r a t i c while over the town—it would r i s e
1:30 i t i s s t i l l v i s i b l e . and f a l l and otherwise change position r a p i d l y . This time the object
When f i r s t seen the l i g h t appeared to be red, and moved In a nor­ remained half an hour, when i t s t a r t e d rapidly north and was sooa b<-
t h e r l y d i r e c t i o n and then disappeared abruptly. I t soon reappeared ypnd || the [ horlton.
, , . distance
soffie , to the eastward, and made I t s way back to where i t was 1697 "March'29 (*-■ ) Creea Bar, Wla. , Caxette, p . 6 .
f i r s t noticed vest of the c i t y . The news of the strange a e r i a l v i s i ­
t o r s presence spread r a p i d l y , and soon the s t r e e t s vere dotted with PERHAPS AS OHEH OF EVIL. / Nebraska People Excited Oxer Appearance of
animated eroups of u B t c h e r s . In several lnstancea people with powerful C e l e s t i a l Phenomenon
glasses perched themselves in windows end porches, hoping to penetrat The strange s t a r t h a t has been exciting people elsewhere in Kebras-
the darkness and learn something of the monster's o u t l i n e . Two or ; k* baa made i t s appearance a t C l a r i s , Neb. Kits Viola Daniels, a youn(
t h r e e , i t is reported, claim to have distinguished a framework and a 'woman l i v i n g a short distance out in the country, reporta t h a t SOB saw
p a i r of b a l l o o n - l i k e wings, but at t h i s hour these claims can not be I t the other a i g h t . She Is e n t i r e l y trustworthy and there l a ao reasw
substantiated. to doubt her statement. About nine o'clock in th« evening she saw the
l i g h t come up fron the north, t r a v e l i n g very swifly. I t was very
The spectacle had i t s humorous s i d e , and several ignorant colored l a r g e , Miss Danlela i a y i , appearing l i k e a giant b a l l of r i r e . tfhea
people hurried home'i quite sure t h a t the end of the vorid had come, sdmost opposite her I t veirt p a r t l y t o p i e c e s , two l a r g e peicet shooting
and expecting t o hear G a b r i e l ' s trumpet sound at every s t e p .
downward and b r i g h t l y Illuminating the e a r t h . The mala s t a r disappear­
A policeman reported t h a t he saw the l i g h t far in the northwest
ing swiftly to vouthvard. Miss Daniels' story i s substantiated to
shortly a f t e r midnight. I t appeared Just above the ■ horiion and was
tome extent by Kra, John Vilsoa, of t h i s town. On the same night ahe
v i s i b l e for about five minutes. I t did not seem to move and I t d i s ­
was lying awake oa the bed with her daughter, who waa 111, when the
appeared, the officer s a i d , with a f l i c k e r l i k e a candle put out by
room was suddenly lighted up jt by a very b r i g h t l i g h t — t h e b r i g h t e s t
the wind. I t i s reported a t the Rock Island offices here that the
■ he had ever seen. I t almost u quickly disappeared. Mrs. Wilson
l i g h t shone with great b r i l l i a n c y about 11 o'clock tonight at Belle-
v i n e . unrKnesa was turned i n t o day and many people were panic s t r i c k t nf e e l Bt r wsure t h a t the l i g h t came from the heavens. The appearance of
en. The f i r s t report was t h a t the outlines of a great a l r s h i n on the * • J B e - s t a r nai excited a gooa many people here a n d ' a l l ' sorts of
— j — - - .i.. / . _ , , , _ „ _ , _ . P tt h e o r i e s are advanced to explain i t . Some declare I t portends dire
order of the California machine, of which the newspapers printed p i c ­ h e o r i e s are
t u r e s , were plainly v i s i b l e . s t e r t o t h e country.
Kaxch 29 U v . ) Green Bay, Wis., C a i e t t e , p .
It is l i k e l y , however, t h a t the ship outlines were imagined, as
the r,iccn:l report said t h a t the object seen was like an immense volume
of fia.T.i t r a v e l i n g westward, KM FRIGHTENED BY HUGE METEOR. / Aerial V i s i t o r at New [Link] ,
he l i g h t seemed to pass within ten milefguyets.
of the town.
A meteor nade i t s appearance the other morning at New Maj-tinstur*,
Couriers have been sent from BellevilJ.' to Investigat but nothing Fayette county, which frightened the inhabitants of t h a t v i l l a g e
d e f i n i t e his as yet been learned. greatly with i t s a n t i c s . I t waa spherical in shape and rushed throufh
Dispatches have been k received tonight from various points along space a t a rapid r a t e , leaving in i t s t r a i l t h r e e column of smoke.
the Rock Island and Central branch r a i l r o a d s in Norhtern Kansas in I t was accompanied by a half ruabllng, half hissing Dolse vbich could
regard t o the l i g h t , but nothing further than i t s appearance and the be heard for several a l l e s .
excitement i t caused Is reported. „ , When d i r e c t l y over the house of David Leisure i t burst with a
The g r e a t e s t excitement in Topeka over the a i r s h i p was on smoky t e r r I f i c r e p o r t . Leisure was knocked down and rendered unconscious
row,, aa pp aa rr tt ii cc uu ll aa rr ll yy wicked
wicked section
section of of the
the cc ii tt yy .. When
When the
the light
light was
was f o r eertTaX ^ ^ l e . . Shortly after recovering consciousness he went
reported the j o i n t - k e e p e r s closed t h e i r places of business, the crap to his bare and discovered three boles in i t s a i d e , each about five
games were brought to a sudden close and in half an hour the row waa Inches in diameter.
as s i l e n t as a cemetery. Policemen on the smoky row beat say that i t Inside th« barn one of his horses was found dead tail lb i t s s t a l l ,
is the f i r s t quiet night experienced in that section for months. v i t h one side of i t s head blown off. Ia another t t t l l stood a hero* »
There was also great excitement at one of the colored churches, where made t o t a l l y deaf by the concussion. A search is being suide for the
a revival was in c r o ^ r e s s . The preacher told the congregation that meteoric s t o n e s .
1897 March 30 (lues) Omaha Daily Bee,""p'/'S." -SI
Many airship fakes have been published that hare become famous.
The most successful of these, perhaps, according to the Kansas City
Hore People See the Air Ship. / Stake Their Reputations That It Was Star, was one written by Edgar Allan Poe and publiihed in the Hew lark
Not a Star. Sun in lS^lt. The story pniported to describe the Journey tide by
Sunday [Link] appears to be the tine for the appearance of the " a i r - e i 6 b t Englishmen across the Atlantic ocean in a •teering balloon c h r l s -
siiip." The [Link] v i s i t o r was seen again Sunday night by a number tened "Victoria," The t r i p , I t wss l a i d , occupied only tfcret day* and
of Omaha's reputable c i t i z e n s . It hove Into sight about the time that u a 8 ended by a successful landing on Sullivan's Island near Charleston,
ciiuresi wa over .nui in half an hour had traversed the heavens and had S.C., afterward famous in the bombardment of Fort Sunter. The demand
o n e rorc .ii »;.[Link]''u. It was seen by people in a l l parts of the c i t y , for the paper containing the fake vas unprecedented.
Tun. U M u;e '\nrsiiip" car.c into view in the southeastern portion of The airship fake vhlch gives foundation for the story stsrted Jn
tin- [Link]. it w,.t. in the shape of a big bright light, too bift for aKansas laat week, upon the bright appearance of the plar.»t [Link], vas
balloon, anu fiouL-d eteadily. It sailed over the city to the northweststarted by the San Francisco Chronicle soon after the election h i t
anu tnere disappeared behind houses and bluffs. It moved very slowly November. I t told hov several people of a suburb of San Francisco had
and seemed to oe quite near the earth. Nothing but the light was v i s i - seen a mysterious craft fl-atlng about lo the a i r over the city and
ble. A big crovd of people watched the t r i p of the v i s i t o r at 24th and finally printed an Interview with a can described as a yell known
Lake st re e ts and speculated unon i t . lawyer Of the town, who admitted with seeilng^great "unwillingness , that
•'-»_■■■/■.; 7 . . ;-:l , , . , , - . , the airship wa. an actual invention of a client of h i . whose na»e n e
. . , : r s . ..nrch 2>, 1-97, % 5-^Iovc .lurling fcita. ^ ^ u developed, however, that the lawyer was a »*» of,
ULCCC of n d - h o t co?;*r Cr«, t..c s.;y almost s t r i . u a a n i c h i s - r . J c r -,tmildl„ n e e K p o . u r e of the Take did not reach the prominence of I
B f
l a i c s , [Link]., I'.ar, 24«w. F. L-.:l: sees three-inch diameter :.ctcor the original publication of the story. |
;;ril.c t'. "round .."■i burro'.: in clo.'C to hir..j
The story last week in Kansas was the direct result of this story.
1897 March 30 {Tues) Kearney (J.'eb) Hub, p. 3,
One correspondent telegraphed that the airship wa» supposed to be the
same one that bad Journeyed among the clouds about the Golden Cste.
Seen at Papilllon,
I t wa* the result of the observations of night telegraph operators
J.H. HcCartv, night-tower nan at the postal station, says that he
along the railroads and for the last tvo weeks during the period of
is firmly convinced that the light seen in the skv In cither a oammotli
the greatest brilliancf of Venus the operators along the line have fre­
kitu or an airship of some kind, aays the Papilllon Tires, Ite is ad­
quently discussed the airhship with operators in the railroad offices
mirably situated to watch the phenomenon, and for sfvoral nlplit* his
in this c i t y .
ohsnrvud Its net iont closely, and when compared with other obleets
This i s not the f i r s t instance of Kansas being used for the icene
naunot i.L'lp b:ir notice Its various novoments as belnp entirely d l f J t r -
Of a fake. Joe Wulhatton, an e r r a t i c newspaper nan, wrote a story
<*m M
' m lli'lit .i|>parciit lv coi"-si up directly from the ground, .m it
several years ago Of an intense r e t e c r i t e tbat fell In Kansas, th»t was
riiv.'i ..'lout ;r.i'i'iiil|y In lonf syn-.c t r leal curves. It turns and generally credltled by scientific cen for a t l c e . Hany other fakes
Lwi„!s !.!:■ finally mounts to a great height where it [Link] stations r * have become famous along with the Kew York Herald's story of the escape
lor ii.)r-i' r Jr.' Afterwards It descends and is lost sioht of at the of the animals of the Central park Zoo. The TAeoma, Wash., Sews pub­
horizon . Man people at Portal corroborate the stnteivnt. lished a story which, like the Herald story, was intended to bring
1O(J) Ilarch J (Ttics) A'tchisbn (-:.-.ns)' rinliy (Uobc, p. 2. about a reform. ISi I t described vividly the breaking out of a great
fire in a remote part of hte city and told that the firemen were unable
City (Jews to cheek the conflagration owing to the inadequate water f a c i l i t i e s .
The newspaper airsihip, which is beinp pushed to the front, now I t said that lines of hose were coupled together and relays of engines
that the prize [Link] Is over, vas seen at Oraalia Sunday nipht. Satur- e B p i o y e ( i to get water on the flames, but that at the time of going to
day night it was visible at Topeka. There la no question that a pecu- p r e l I the fire was s t i l l gaining. The paper cat* out at 3 o'clock in
l i a r light has been seen In Che heavens, and the Clone printed the t n e afternoon and the account caused grest excitement. Crowds ran to
beat story concerning it on February 27. The Missouri Pacific opera- t h e , c e n e of the supposed fire only to return indignant and abashed,
tor at Falls City, looking into the heavens, saw what appeared to him Ttit p u bHc»tlon of the story, however, resulted in the extension of the
to be a red anitch llfiht at 10 o clock, on the night of February 26. u,ter serrice.
It appeared to bo traveling in a northwesterly direction, and he n o t i - Underground river fakes and stories of cutting through the crust of
fled a l l the night railroad operators in Hka Nebraska to be on the t h e e a r t Q haTe a , 0 been , t a r t e d »nd o e e a i a i t a t e d far and wide. In
lookout for i t . One by one the operators at Stella, Deatrlce, Wymore, ^ c u c i t y , Kan., the underground river story was sprung on two dif-
[Link]. K«M.s,iw and Harwell reported seeing i t . S t i l l , none of f e r e n t o c c „ l o n , o n c e during the digging of a well in the old Camo
then saw an a i r ship: only a red light in the sky. A.M. Bewsher, of b Q t i n c e i f M e d j K t i ^ . ^ , ye(lr o r t v o U t e r .
A
Atcliison, who was at Auburn, Neb., a few daya ago, says there are tuany A fake t h | ( . , U r f c c t e d widespread sttention was printed in 1690,
:
people
P in Nebraska who become offended when the airship story is detaIITng~H6trV"»eve'i al "inhabitants of Bosnia had applied to the author
scoffed a t . [Link] apparently believe i t . One l i a r at Auburn declared i t i e s for permission to be beheaded in the place of Baron Rothschild,
he had plainly seen the outlines of the ship. Church Tlowe, the Neb­ since dead. It was stated that a rumor was circulated In the muatr/
raska p o l i t i c i a n , is being quoted as explaining the phenomenon. The that Rothschild was condemned to death for some crime, and had offered
story he Is credited with tellinp. is that an air ship has been Invent- a r e v , r i l of one million florins for a s u b s t i t u t e . The thrifty Bosnians
ed by a nan livinr. at Chadron, Neb., and that he makes nlfrhtly trips had formed a club and drawn l o t s to select a substitute and the sur­
to Missouri, where he has relatives. Everybody who knows Church Howe vivors were to divide the reward.
will know what to do with hla story. One of the most notable fakes of recent years waa perpetrated by a
Dallas, Tex., newspaper man at the time of the proposed Fitisimnons-
p. 2 — It is not surprising thnt some people believe that an a i r ship Corbett fight. He printed a story that the Prince of Wales vaa coning
Is floating about the country: sone people believe In spiritualism, over to see the mill. Only an official denial under the signature of
occultism, e t c . =o rany people believe in miracles that charlatans Albert Edward himself stopped the story—not, however, until i t bad
advertise In the newspapers to perform then. A man who believes that
spread over the entire x c l r i l l i e d world.
a fortune t e l l e r can take a pack of cardss and t e l l his past and fu­
1U97 Marcn 30 (Tues} St. Joseph Daily Herald, p . » . .
ture, has a perfect ripht to believe that an air ship i s floating
about the country at night. TOPEKA'S VISION led.}
The city of Topeka, Kan., is in a great uproar. A few evenlnfs
April 2 p. 1—iiews and Comment: The a i r ship fake i s the best that ago, a number of the night owls were startled by the appearance or ■
has been sprung for years. They always mike it appear at night, and strange light In the heavens that filled them with a fear of approa­
then nt MJCII a lielpht that it cannot be investigated. But then the ching e v i l . Believing that there might be a possibility of cistakc,
newspapers will have to be careful, as i t wa6 "seen" last night at owing to the nature of the tea imbibed at the supper t a b l e , tkxsthrse
two dlffpront p!ares 75 HIIPS dlntant St .ilnost the samc^ttrie. few prowlers of the night were loth to t e U of the vision that they
1697 March 30 (rues) Topeka Daily Capital, p. "3. (card 1) had seen. However, i t was discovered that others had seen the strange
light also. Possibly these were the "better halves" awaiting the
WILL '0 TEE VISP. / Perhaps That Was Wbat That Strange Light Waa. / home coming Of the tardy spouses, but t h i s , history does not record.
Special to the Capital. Anyway I t has been asserted upon the testimony of a number of reputa-
Lawrence, Kan., March 29.--The "airship" story vas the subject of b l ^ c ; t U e n B t h a t the light floated through the atiwephere of night,
some^ comment by the sclentlflc^meiriers of the Kansas university facul- m e t h e J r l d e s c e n t dreams of a former senator from that s t a t e .
ty t h i s morning, but none of them placed a great deal of credence in Chief among these witnesses vaa the editor of the Topeka Capital.
the t a l e t o l d . Prof. E. Miller, dean of the school of a r t s , and pro­ As a rule his testimony Is unquestionable; in this case, however, it
fessor of mathematics, who has given much attention to the study of would satisfy the curuious to know the brand of soothing syrup he Im­
astronomy, said that he considered the story a humbug. "I think," he bibed, In order to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion. Considering
said, "that the papers must hawe been short of copy, and found a good the fact that he vas but recently encaped in conversation with the
subject to v r i t e up and proceeded to make a readable a r t i c l e . " governor of Kansas, and that he could discern the difference between
He said i t could not have been Venus nor any other s t a r , and tbat a church spire and a picket fence, i t appears that his testimony is
the only way i t could possibly be explained, if the facts were a* a l l r i g h t , unless the desire of a "scoop" on the other papers quite
s t a t e d , was that i t might have been a "Will o ' the wisp," but If they overcame hi». It Is generally admitted that something happened to
did tbat vould be the only natural explanation of the occurrence. Topeka that evening. Since then, the occurrence has been the chief
Chancellor Snov said he had not read the a r t i c l e through, bscauae topic of conversation.
be thought i t was a hoax, and had given i t no thought xak whatever. An explanation is now being sought. Seme thought that the aia
A Populist member of the faculty said that when he read the ac­ calendar of Providence had become s l i t t l e mixed, and through misin­
count he thought i t might be the nemesis of the l a t e Leglslsture. formation regarding the vision of the l e f l s l a t u r e , the Ides of t'*rch
Another rember of the faculty thought~It mlghT"b'e the fabled sea were to have a new sifnificance throuph the destruction of that body
serpent which had taken unto i t s e l f a pair of vings, and had been because of a wrathful Providence. Others assert that i t was a party
properly illuminated to produce the effect that had caused the myster­ fa of explorers flying about in tui air 6hlo, picking out choice corner
ious liRht.
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lots prcviD-js to the annual real extate boom. The" best 'explanation slowly through tl-c havens about half a mile hl-h. The f.'o ti-oi in
however, 1= the mc which the Herald offers to the [Link] perplex-d t ^ l j s t u c c l ; t h a t t , , e ' i * 1 ^ h »* *<* " e n at ft--aha i t disappeared
c i t i z e n s . n , « l y : That it -0= o n J y the slf^al fror. the inhabitants . , f *:_f. ? r ^ ' ^ ' s , h ' " V v . , ..
of some other planet, rejoicing with the citizens of Topeka that the " lb*! '"*rC" J i l " e Q ' l ' e t r o ) l ' V M l l l | f :;<:'",s • P- l -
M late .legislature of Kansas had r e i l l y adjourned
1897 March 30 (Tues eve) Sn^inav. J-'ich. . GloDe , r>. I. -Wolverine Tidbits.
t n . , -■ ■ i-.,, , . , , . (,_ j . , _, ) M?[Link];ce--Peo:>le in several upjer pcnninsula c i t i e s beli<-ve ihei
CASEVILLE HAP. A KYSTERY / 5THKW1E [Link] MOVFS AT KTGKT IN THE BAY. / saw the e l e c t r i c lif-^ts sent up in balloons fror. St. Paul, fy the
Discovery Firct Hade By a Sai-innvUn is Now Attracting Great Attention [Link], to see whether they could not be used as [Link]' ji- v . r .
* Casevllle, Mich., March 3n.—Excitement ia running at a high pitch f*>ubti"6 Thongsea say what they really saw was the planet [Link].
here over the presence of woving lights or fires seen nightly in the
bay off here during the past week. It was f i r s t Been by S.F. Oven of ~*S\. "■ Il --t" ,f '"y H " ^'■•*■*■ ^ ,
Saglnaw, who is interested in CU-rin?: here. In company with two " * ' M * r c h 3 1 t " " ' ) c « l v " E 0 Q . T « - > DailyKevi, p. 3.
other* ccen they descried what they thought waa a signal of distress
from a distressed finhlnp, boat crew. It being about 10 p.m. they p r o - F h e a 0 I D e n " a t t h e H e • v e o • • ' Strange Appearance and Disappearance of
cured a lantern and swung i t a-, a signal. They assert that they r e - T*1"* Light!.
ceived answering signals. It has been seen every night since then, Coloeaoell, Tex., Mar. 29.—A heavy wind and rain icorm visited
t h l a
and appears in the form of a bright moving l i g h t . The beach! is P l m c * 1 " c n l 8 h t , the rainfall being 2.76 inches. At 11 o'clock
thronged nightly by interested people, ever on the keen lookout, and l M t n i B h t t h e H t 0 ™ , u d d e n l T ceased, though the heaven* were overcast
w l t h
the superstltioun element are having a splendid inning. *n&rT c l o u d , i *""t J « « ■*>°v« tha horixon in th« veat was visible
All sorts of speculations are t r i f e , soroe asserting that i t is " " o t l n u o u . « * « « or atar, apparently larger than any of the planets
the shosts of tnose lost off the steamer Oconte, which went on the b i g ' " " < m ' " * " ai«ht- To l h e
»°"thw*rd and above and to the oorth-
Charity Island off here sore years ago; others that i t Is a distress w * r d md b e l 0 W t h e U r g e " " " w e " ' " " t w o •«•"««■ ■«■«. «>«ith«r
s i m a l rron th* 1frhtkeeper and his assistant on the Charity. The " ^ l b l e at the same time. Aa one grew bright the other faded, and thi
light is completely isolated from the mainland a l l v i n t e r , the nearest e0I>tlflued aeveral minute*, after which darkness prevailed in the vest
land belnf nine [Link]. Large floes of ice are between here and the again- It va* probably the concentration of electric forces far off
l i g h t , and, owing ot the rumor, the lightkeeoers' family, who l i r e here t h * £ « ■ " * • * caueed the central atar, and the variations of the t l t c -
are becoming very anxious about hla welfare, fearing he may be i l l . ' ' t r i e display on either i aide causing the lesser onea to show up or
Scoffers of a p o l i t i c a l turn of mind assert that i t i s a bonfire and become dla aa the lightening flashed heaviest toward the north or
r a t i f i c a t i o n meeting of the Saginaw Bay vhltefish, herring and r < - w - . i ">"th fro" the central s t a r .
over the l a t e fish legislation in their behalf at Lansing, and that in , 1 8 9 7 * P r 1 1 X < T ' J Be««lc« (H*b> Weekly txpreta, p. 8.
the deepening gloom behind the vision the rotund figure of his excel- [
lency can be seen, Menacingly brandishing aloft a fiery two-edged Fairbury See» the Airship.
■word in hie right hand, while his l e f t points deprecatingly at the I The very wch discussed "airship" waa In evidence Wedneaday nlRht
advancing hosts of "bloated eonopolistic vandals" of Saglnaw bay fish- ' u d waa clotely watched by a large number of Fairbury c i t i i e n a . Our
crmen. attention waa f i r s t called to I t about 8:30 o'clock. It vaa then high
BRIGHT EVENING STAR. / Venus Shines Resplendent on Cloudless Rights. In the heaven* and slightly to the northvest. I t had such tha appear­
Venus is playing a star role these evenings and hold tbe boards in ance of a bright scar, except that I t had long rays of light extending
the western aa« heavens. She is the "evening a t a r , " and shines bright­ up and dovn froa I t . For aeveral ftinutes at a tlsta I t would apparently
ly through the wind-swept March atmosphere. So b r i l l i a n t i s Venus as stand perfectly s t i l l , then I t would perceptibly >ov< to tha northwest.
she chases around after the sun that many citizens have been puzzled 'swaying sometime* to tha right and then to th* l e f t , but kaeplnj tha
and have written l e t t e r s asXing if a new star has found a place in the ; aarae northwesterly direction. Sometlmea i t would nearly pa** out of
[Link], or if the s t a r of Bethlehem has returned. j sight, only to reappear with greater b r i l l i a n c y . At 9:30, when it waa
1697 1'arch 10 (Tuns) lliiiy Triwune (Iron Mountain, I'ich) , p. 3. ' " w e l l down In the northwest. It made a rapid toove directly north and ■
passed out of sight. In a few moments It reappeared,«n*Io assuming i t s
THEnE If. i;n !'.TBi:;r, TO IT / V?nus, the Evening S t a r , is not Controled irregular wovements until i t passed out of sight beyond the northwester!
by St. I'eul l'oi,-l". / horlion. The casual observer night have seen the paenonenon without
Pone '---ir s t n r t c i th*' story t i n t the brifht evening star which an- noticing anything extraordinary, but those who c r i t i c a l l y watched it
ri;ir-. m t:i" oveninr sky van nn eioctric l i r h t hoisted tvo ^ i l e s hifh' until i t Bank out of sight will probably be unable to offer any plausi-
ovvr lit. i'[Link]. A-. n [Link] r^nn n crowd collected lact [Link] to ble explanation of i t s pecu^ap rvratlona.--Fftlrhiirv Gatrtte.
witch i t nrvl fill •\£rc><\ it couldn't be a star i t rust be a l i g h t , April 1. 11*97 IniidAinapolis Journal (Thurs.) p. I (cjr,i I-
"tea" sild thi; woe " i t is hoisted about five o'clock hy [Link] of Aerial Navigation
a storage battery and « baloon. It goes up two piles hl r h and can he Problem Believed to Have Bean Solved by a Nebraska Inv.m.-r.
seen a l l over the country. About nine o'clock they s t ^ r t to pull i t Omaha, Nebraska, March 31.--During the past six months an ilh-^-J
down," and ™ny were quite sure lnst evening that they could see the a I r 8 n l p h a a b e e o observed floating In the heavens in different sections
star slowly being drawn to terra firma. of thlfl s t a t e # F o r t h e pasc [ h r e e n l g h t a it has been hovering over
The liRht which in seen is Vrnus, the eveing s t a r , which hangs in Q ^ a , the unusual occurrance haa created much comment, which has
the sky with the brilliancy of nn electric l i g h t . St. Paul people crystallized in the opinion that an Inventor of a real air-ship has
have no string to it notwithstanding the report industriously circii- b e e f t £ e 8 t l n g h ia machine in Nebraska preparatory to placing it Defol­
i a t e d , and even printed In sone papers that i t was hoisted every c h e p u b l l c , The indications are that John 0. Preast. of this county.
TII evening by the onterprisinr [Link] of the saintly c i t y . l a [ h e o u c h o r 0 f t n e B y e terious machine. Preast ia a unique charact-r,
1597 I'arch 30 (Tues) Wichita ^Hily Eagle, p . 5 . occupying hla tine at hlB country residence near Omaha in experimenting
with air-shlpa, constructing models and studying a l l subjects incident-
Was Kot Seen Here. / Popular Fake That Will ?;ot Find Favor in ' • ' i c h i t a . a l t Q c h e theories of applied mechanics along the line of providing a
As a r a t t e r of news t h i s paper states that no airship has been v e a s e l that will propel i t s e l f through the a i r . He has consumed the
seen here and rore than t h a t , no airship i s expected to be seen here. p a f l t t e n v e a r B l o t h i 8 w a V i a n d c h e u a l l s of his home are covered with
Ilcftj-ly everv town in Kansas and 'letraskfi hoa sent out rci-orts that i t d r a w I t , g B of queer-lookingshaped things, some resembling gigantic birds,
was seen there and even the steps of the Capitol at [Link]. have been w h U e o t h e r 8 l o o k B01M thlng like a big cigar, a l l of which he say.
prostituted to the cause of fakinc. All these stories are fakes, represent modele of air-8hipfl^_ He is renamed as a crank bv oanv, f
pure find s i r p l e . '..'ichita Is in no shape or runner a party to [Link] thougVTe^ng~a"'"iaan'of 'superior education. He came to'Omaha froa Cer-
b
[Link]^.^^. ^..^-^.fM?rr..L^.:,.\-?.^J.-7,a.i. , ^—many twenty years ago and haa led the l i f e of a recluse. [7| ] . . .Akpng
April 1, 109/ Chic^o accord u l i u r s j P. 10 also t h e f e u u h o ^ ^ h i M l a 0 , ^ ^ h e 8 tanda'high. Mr. Preast refuses to
March 31, 1097 p. 1 .admit that the airship reported In different sections of the State is
' h i s invention, but he haa been away from hone recently much of the time,
<[Link] Sees an Airship whIch u v annual for hl«:""[He told other*"that he would surprise
Ucn.-.r.-.nblc Object 3nid to ilovcr Over the Nebraska City at u o f l d v l e h . . u o r k l n g B l r s h i P model in 1897. The llghtTiieo'trav-
HiHUt. /Special to the Chicago Record. . ersing the heavens'.'ia'th'e only part of the airship which" can be'seen.
Chahn, .^'..r^i-.a, Hatch 51. —Dunne the last six months an nlle C ed ' lfl ^ -^ b e l i H l p 0 8 ' B i b I, w c e p e 0 o * dark nighr'.to se* the rej_t
airship has t*wn observed floating in the heavens in different section* o f ^ a i r B h l ini'ihit i s additional evidence-Tor his'shrewdoe.s....
of this s t a t e , i'or the last tivrcc m hts i t has been hoverinfi over ^ ^ i s n'o'd'oubt' that "the" object' seen in various'VreaV'i* the same,
thaha. Ti.c u.u.r.u.11 occurrence has led to the opinion that the inven- ^ ^ ^ itscliptioa^_^^-be-^).f people who have seen* &ZZj "the
tor of a [Link] .urslup has been [Link] G his Mchvne in Nebraska prepar- ig i b o u ( ; u railroad headlight and iKac-U seems to
atory to placi.;-, i t before [Link] public. The indications are tliat John i . . * : J - , r : ; L . ' ^ i . " . . ; u i , , i » v - . =■■ .v- „™.,r„i *t „—, h.™»n .o.r
O. Preast of tills county ia t'-.o author of the mystorious machine,
Though he vigorously denies [Link] such is the case. Preast occupipa
his tine at his country residence near Cciaha in experinenting with
a i r s h i p s , constructing models, e t c . , and haa been so encased for the h'ia refuaing good-naturedly to give them any information. ] t^[Link].t'.'Ss*^
l a s t ten year-. Sorie tine a^o he told several persons that he would „ _ , ^..v.-.i,. - ' — ; .,»f„..j ' . 7..« *»■ .^,,.t. ■.. . ■.... i-—***.v*i r . . . . ^ ^ ' ' . . *
aurprise thr_>.-orl.l with ajjorking model in 1 8 9 7 . ^ ■ >'r '■*:*>■'— -■■"■-'-(t--.<o * . r ' . r "
TuerTTs ho doubt that the. kECctct l i ^ h t seen in different parts 1897 April 1 (Th) Daily Sentinel (Bowling Green, 0. ) , p. 1.
o£ the s t a t e is the same, since the descriptions by t*-.e persons uho tant (?'■* ?'*■ -"0 f ^
have seen i t always agree. Tne light ia about as lar~e as a loco-active MYSTERIOUS LIGHTS. / A Hew Theory of Tho*e Seen Recently by Bovllnn
headlight and SCCDS to be turned up, doun, right or l e f t at the irill of Greener*.
sooc [Link] agency. [Link] i t i s seen rushin- throuQh the air ot a ^09lt time since the Sentinel printed an item concerning the «p-
[Link] hijh rate of speed, and a^ain is observed stationary or uovin<-. pearance of a bright waring light in the norhtem heavens on the
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•veiling previous. The sight vat viewed by a Horth Main s t r e e t lady The thousands of peopla In Kansae City who »av th* ayeterioua light
of sound and firm mind, and her story waa corroborated by two frentle- laat night are pretty much of one Bind. I t la agreed It la no H I C thai
men who saw a similar light in the same v i c i n i t y from a point of wrw of a planet than I t la that which proceeda fro* the aoon or sun.
several miles d i s t a n t . The light seemed to be gently undulating nnri That I t waa the saxe light that hovered ovar Topeta a few nighta
moving forward and vaa located about 20 degrees from the horixon. ago and which haa been aaen In Many other places in the west waa the
Many of the Sentinel's Incredulous a readers were inclined to scoff almost universal belief of thoae who aaw the ayeterious light laat aiju
at the story, and mildly refer to the writer as a dreamer. The other night. The light waa f i r s t seen l a s t evenlog about a quartet after 8
night a similar light was Been In the western heavens by a number of o'clock. It seemed hanging low in the Western htavena, and instead of '
veracious gentlemen, a l l of whoa ve are assured were perfectly sober, being stationary It moved froa north to south and back, again, and then
This l a t t e r incident (that of the l i g h t ) waa accounted for by the seemed to con* close-r to the earth, and then to riae again. All dea-
story that a Chicago s c i e n t i s t had been malting experiments by sending crlptlona agree to thla. Many people diecovered It about that tlate, |
up e l e c t r i c l i g h t s In a balloon, which he claimed could be seen Tor a and Instantly the news was spread. There are hundreds of people who j
distance of 500 miles. But here Is a bran nev theory of the apparent are lamenting the fact today that they were ao very clever laat night, j
phenomenon, vhich gives the Incident quite a new phaae and attaches k u however. It waa the f i r s t of April and everybody wss on his guard. I
to It considerable credulity. The following dispatch appeared In the Everybody had read of the ayeterioua light that had heen seen at other
Cleveland Leader, and many people will connect the Omaha "lipht" with JULIJUI places and had discussed the p o s s i b i l i t i e s of lta being an air
that seen by Eovling Green people; ahlp. So last night when the question was asked: "Have you ittn the
[Link], Neb., March 29.--The* cyeterlous "airship" was seen *?*•.* air ahipT" nine tin s out of ten the answer cane back, l'ou can not
last night for the third time by a number of Omaha c i t i i e n s . It hove April fool me," and many people refused to even look toward the h r t i r m
In Eight about the time that church was over, and la half an hour rsd with every one around them watching the great aerial aystery.
traversed the heavens, and had once more disappeared. It vas sem t-y "What Is i t t " / "What ia ltT" / "what Is i t ! "
people in a l l parts of the c i t y . Every man, woman and child who gated upon the floating atreea of
This time the "airship" came into view in the ■ southeastern per light sated everyone els« the saae question, and there waa no one to
tion of the horlson. It waa in the shape of a big bright litrht, too give an answer.
big for a balloon, and slowed steadily. I t sailed over the city to The light aeemed about the alae of a big atreet e l e c t r i c light. It
the northwest, and there disappeared, behind the houses and bluffs. vaa undoubtedly floating son*where between the earth and the s t a r s , and
It moved very slowly, and seemed to be quite near the earth. Ifothlnc It did not seen to ba as high aa the cloud*. It shot out a beaa o(
but the light was v i s i b l e . A big crowd at Twenty-fourth and Lake light very such like a aearch-llght. Some of the tine the light waa
streets, watched the t r i p of the v i s i t o r and speculated upon I t . white, and then i t changed to a bright red, Sone tines it flickered
l8'j'f April ? ir'rii [Mily Democrat (CnrrniJton, !'o.J, p. J- away and died out for a alnut* or tvo, only to reappear again aa bright
aa ever, lta general course seemed to be toward the northwest, but
CARR0LLTON FAV0R13 WITH A VISIT F W TDK AIR SHIP. several tinea It reversed and traveled for a while In the opposite d i r ­
Loot nlpht nhout 0:10 when Hiss ?Jell 'icitr return"'! horre fron ection. There was nothing comet-like In i t * behavior, however, [aa It)
church Ehr snu n peculiar lifht in the northwest ind c i l l e d the a t ­ moved along with a regular motion, akixk auch as It would do if It write
tention of the fi-,ily to I t . Th<-y 'ill hnd iv food lorv. at i t and tn under some guidance. So»e say they watched i t go out of eight over the
pronounced it tr.e rur shin. \ field rl^Rrt vis used to ~»e i t but they n o r h t e r n horlxon. Othera ssy that the big light went out, and there
ctM]i i not r.'i'« t:ie exact :ir,f rind shape of i t . A v i s i t to the
lifitr. tor-, t i n was a small, ted light visible for a while and that that finally
t'^rnoon ff sited in seeinr [Link] H«iti — " r s . disappeared, and they saw I t no core.
li~:t- in i *";.-.- W' ~.r n'..'-iv. Hnn-irn rieit?. saiJ tnn*. the l i r n t
'.'Ifstrif lir-iit do-.-n on the crirn-r , [Link] to It Is no trouble to find people who saw the air 8,'ilp. It will not
l e v . - ! to ;.■■!• - u
do to t e l l anyone In Kansas City today that i t was Venus. Hjny of the
:'.iiio it vould co out, - n t i r e l v ind then anpf-sr
down-town s t r e e t s were packed with people laat evening watching the
n^n'.r.--11 '.'■::; t. :n nortriwcstcrly direction and after nine o'clock it
dia.'ir" ( ' ri fcd. !"he said she tried' to look at i t thrnufh the field flans phenomenon. None of them could explain, but they a l l aaw the same thla
but could not rot a rood viev of i t . Miss ;icll Heiti told her that They aaw Just what haa been seen at Topeka and a doren other places
betveen Kansas City and the Pacific coaat. If any clever genius put
it went in a n r [Link] direction aoretiren up and acnin down. Deveral
u> an April fool Joke oa the good people of lUnaaa City, he mist b*v«
Other ladies ilso had a look at i t and Ode Cruzen had the chance of
been traveling over the country for aooe weeks ixx± doing his great
his life out it vas April the f i r s t and he would not believe vhnt sky trick for the benefit of other places, so aa to work up th* appe-
hio wife told ;iin ind ins-tend of lookinc in the direction of the l i r
ahip ho fixod h'l'd"ey"e'r;"on the place~wnere the Southern Crors s"eis i t S ' C l " o t 1 U n B M c l C T *ud M k e * h * J o k * » better one.
lipht and refused to rove his head. This irav he the [Link] n i r ship On Weat Ninth S t r e e t .
that has teen afitatinp the rinds of the people of fans as City and One of the greateat atonal crouds that watched the "ship" waa on
Kansas. If it is ve will velcorre a v i s i t fror. the owner, if he will West ninth a t r e e t , between Wyandotte and Broadway. The band In front
only cor.e oo*--n IL'.U ctor. with us. Last nifht hundreds of -,-f-ople in KC of the Ninth street theater had attracted a great crowd, and whan eoae
saw the li,-''it suppose-J to be carried by the a i r ship, tvit so far no one discovered the strange light the news spread, and soon tht peopla
o.-.ehftS [Link];r;uc^ to describe the ^ i r . were f i l l i n g the s t r e e t s , with their eyes fixed on the heavena. They
1897 April 2 (fri) Kansas City Times, p. 1,2. (card 1) got on the cable tracks and almoat stopped the cara.'"Every «ao~had to
be argued into taking hla f l r a t look, however, for fear that some on*
DID YOU SEE THE SHIP / Thouaanda of City People Witness the Strange «*" E o l n 8 to yell "rubberneck" at hla. In the language of tha aaall
Light. / WAS IT AN APRIL FOOL JOKEJ / If So It Waa a Decidedly Succeaa. hoy there waa rubbering enough, but no on* atopped to guy anyone e l s * .
ful Effort. / SIGHT-SEERS LIKE STREETS. / Within an Hour the Light Everyone was too busy saying:
Appears at Everest, Kan. / SWEAR IT WAS AM AIR SHIP. / The Story Told "Well, I never."
at Everest Consistent With the Theory That the Light Seen Here Was "Sow, what do you think i t l e t "
From the Air Ship Witnessed in the Kansas Town. / "Do you know I would not believe i t when I read about It In th*
The correspondent of the Time* at Everest, Kan., In order to sub­ papers."
s t a n t i a t e the truth of his report that an air shl^ was seen here last "It does look like a search l i g h t . "
night, secured this affadavit from c i t i i e n s of established veracity. "It must be an a i r ship. That Is a l l i t could be."
"Thla i s to certify that we, the undersigned, saw and watched fnr Down the atreet In front of every s t o r e , aaloon and hotel waa a
some time tonight the movementa of large and b r i l l i a n t lights that crowd of people watching the l i g h t . At f i r s t It could be seen froa
traveled at various helghta over t h i s c i t y , and that ve believe It to both aide* of the street looking down Ninth atreet to th* weat, but
be the aame as seen at various other point*, and believe It to be an « i i « finally i t coved ao Ur to t h e n o r t h that i t was necessary for
air s h i p . " /(Signed); / J.E. Conn, / Proprietor Commercial Hotel. / the vatchers to move to the south side of the a t r e e t .
E.E. Ha aon. / Roller Hllla. / A. L. Stout, / C a p i t a l i s t . / Clevc Thla la not the only part of the city where a l l the people turned
McGregor / With Lyons Bros. / Thomaa Ellington. / out to watch the mystery and to try to figure whether aan or nature
Whatever the mysterious light in the heavena that aeems to be vaa trying to play thea an April fool Joke.
aoving from the; Pacific coaat to the Atlantic ia—whether i t la an The light was seen froa a doten places In th* West Side, and froa
airship or something else—it favored Kansas City with a v i s i t laat many place* in the eastern part of the c i t y . I t was seen froa the
night and thousands of responsible c i t l i e n a saw I t who could for hours West bottoms, and a great crowd of sen went down to the river bank to
talk of nothing else. enable them to get a bettar view of I t . Hot only t h i s , but advlcea tx
I t is possible of course that aome practical joker with a big kite from neighboring town* aay that their citiens were also favored with
and a lantern got in an April fool joke. If he did he i s the moat a view of the myateriQua light k laat evening.
successful Joker who ha* ever done business in t h i s v i c i n i t y . And if The a i r ship Idea was of course uppermost in tha aind of avaryon*
I t vas a joke the Joker carried i t far enough to fool people at Ever­ who watched the Strange beacon, and the sharper ayea triad to discover
e s t , Kan., a l i t t l e town In Brown county, Kansaa, about alxty miles the outline of a ship behind the besuing l i g h t . This waa hard to d i e -
northwest of this c i t y . Dispatches to The Time* announce that the cover,- however, h'ow and than aoaeoce in a crowd would announce that
mysterious light appeared there shortly after 9 o'clock and according he could discern the Outlines of a great ahlp behind tha l i g h t , but
to The Times' correspondent, "hove in sight from the southeast." when the othera failed to aee the same thing, this auch at leaat waa
Kanaaa City la southeast of Everest and the light disappeared In Kan­ put down aa an April fool Joka, and thoae who discovered th* dark out­
sas City near an hour befor i t was aeen sixty miles d l s t s n t . The line* they mentioned were not certain enough of th*lr «yes to strongly
back up tha claia of their discovery.
Everest correspondent claims that hundreds of people there distinctly
ssw the air ship. The* car of the a i r ship, according to hla story, In the drug store at the corner of Ninth and Central atreats a
was canoe-shaped and appeared [Link] aakax about t h i r t y feet long. It great crowd collected to watch tha l i g h t . A,A, Phillip*, tha proprie­
vaa propelled by four triangular wings, two on either side, and sbove tor of the drug s t o r e , va* a doubting Thomas vhan ha f i r s t heard of
the whole could be discerned a black bulb, supposed to be a large pas the light in the heaven*, but today he la a pretty flra believer in
bag. the a i r ship theory.
* N e i t h e r S t a r Nor B a l l o o n . ° ' c l a i m e d t h a t If ams i t c o u l d be proved t h e r e waa r e a l l y such a t h i n g *
"Someone came i n t o t h e s t o r e l a a t e v e n i n g w h i l e I was buay and he would buy h i a b r o t h e r c h u r c h member t h e b e a t h a t in town, liter
t o l d me t o come o u t and s e e t h e a i r s h i p , " he s a i d l a a t n i g h t . "1 t h e d i a c o n had aeen t h e body o f t h e a h l p f t o » tha t a f U c t l o n a of t h a
h a v e been r e a d i n g a l l The Times h a s p u b l i s h e d a b o u t t h e a i r s h i p l i g h t on Che c l o u d he i m m e d i a t e l y h u n t e d up h i a o p p o n e n t i n t h e a r g u -
s t o r l e s , hut l a s t n i g h t I t h o u g h t t h a t i t was an A p r i l f o o l J o k e , sa m e a t , a n d , w i t h t e a r a i n h i a e y e s , a a i d :
t h e boys had been p l a y i n g p r a n k s a l l d a y , and so 1 waa a f r a i d t o ap~ " T h i s ia Che f l r a t b e t 1 have a a d e a l n c e I bccatM a H m b t r of t h a
pear i n t e r e s t e d . F i n a l l y I n o t i c e d a c r o u d on t h e s i d e w a l k w a t c h i n g c h u r c h , f o r t y - t h r e e y e a r a a g o , a n d , by Che g r a c a of Cod, i t w i l l ba «y
s o m e t h i n g In t h e s k y , and w h i l e 1 was s e l l i n g a man a c i g a r I g l a n c e d l a a t . P i c k o u t your h a t , b r o g h a r . " The b r o t h e r p i c k e d o u t a -food oe«
o u t of t h e window w h i l e no one was l o o k i n g . T h e r e waa t h e t h i n g , x± When t h a a h l p waa f l r a t s i g h t e d many auppoaed a t t h e f l r a t g l a n c e
r i g h t over t h a t b i l l board a c r o s s * the s t r e e t . Then you may I m a g i n e i t waa t h e p l a n e t Venua, b u t aa t h a l l g h t a c a s e n e a r e r t h e c i t y Vcnua,
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o r w h a t e v e r i t w a s . He s a i d : " I t waved up and down s l o w l y , d a r t i n g c a r , two on e i t h e r s i d e , and p i e c e d o p p o s i t e e a c h o t h e r . At t h e ends
from one ■ c o u r s e t o a n o t h e r f o r a b o u t h a l f an h o u r . The h e a d l i g h t v l t i t h e " w i n g s were t r i a n g u l a r . A l a r g e , d a r k h u l k was d i s c e r n i b l e im­
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i s a b o u t f o n r m i l e s o f f , b u t I do n o t t h i n k t h i s one was h a l f t h a t f a r . b e *& I n f l a t e d g a s b a g . That t h e s a n e power t h a t f u r n i s h e d t h e l i p h l
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t h e M i s s o u r i r i v e r e v e r y n i g h t when t h e y a r e y e t f o u r m i l e s away, and a t t h a t t i m e was s t a n d i n g in t h e r a i l r o a d y a r d s , t h e o n l y d l f O t - r r . c ^
s a y s lie c o u l d n o t be m i s t a k e n i n a h e a d l i g h t . I t was s u r e l y o n e . b e i n g t h a t t h e e n g i n e ' s l i g h t was o f y e l l o w , w h i l e t h e l i c h t f r c s t h -
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s t r e e t s were o u t l o o k i n g a t t h e " f l y i n g Dutchman',' and t h e v a r i o u s d e . - u i s h e d r e d l i g h t , s u s p e n d e d o v e r t h e g u n w a l e . o f t h e s h i p but t h i s t h -
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out watching the P « u l . l r s p e c t a c l e . markable t h i n g about t h e m a t t e r i s t h a t a b i g w r . t o r * t i l l e r lZ
I would n o t l o o k , " s a i d one man, " t h i n k i n g i t was an A p r i l f o o l f o u n d . , *-*< t h . t „ „ < * , . .
j o k e , b u t I saw so many more p e o p l e l o o k i n g t h a t I t u r n e d t o s e e what ° J * M e r e s t t h a n a t Kansas C i t y , where t h e y a r e « u r r o s c d t o t *
i t w a s , and s u r e enough, I saw t h e h e a d l i g h t , and o c c a s i o n a l l y , a . t h . P ' ^ H i i ^ ? ! P a c i f i c c - p e r a t 6 r - * V E v e r e s t c a l l e d up D i s p a t c h e r
i i j t l t t f l y i n g machine t u r n e d from one s i d e t o Hut a n o t h e r , I c o u l d s e e j t o b l n s o n , o r t h e A t c h i s o n o f f i c e , a b o u t 3 o ' c l o c k t h i s r o r n i n g , and
red l i g h t s t h a t l o o k e d l i k e l a n t e r n s . |(tid t h e «^T B n i p » U M ^ ^ v i s i b l e , and was t r a v e l i n g t o w a r d A t c h i -
HOTEL CTESTS SAW I T . a00- Robin«on s e n t Al P a r k e r , t h e p o r t e r , up on t h e r o o f t o watch f o r
S t r a n g e L i g h t C r e a t e s G r e a t E x c i t e m e n t — S l o c u m Says I t ' s an Ad. it. P a r k e r r e t u r n e d i n a few m i n u t e s and s a i d he b e l i e v e d he c o u l d a
I t seems t h a t h a l f s dozen o r more of t h e g u e s t s a t t h e H l d l a n d aee i t , Robinson went o u t and EBW what a p p e a r e d t o h i . t o be a very
h o t e l aaw t h e m y s t e r i o u s l i g h t and wondered a t i t . T h e r e was ouch ape. l a X R e ^ a y e r v b r i l l i a n t s t a r which c a s t a t r e f l e c t i o n ahead o f U ,
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must^be t h e a i r s h i p . P a r k e r soon had a l l t h e n l f h t p o l i c e o f f i c e r s ar.d l u n c h M u s e r - r .
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on tin- r o o f , siui wore d e n i « d i t . i h m ia a b s o l u t e l y n o t h i n g Jn thi- a i r s h i p s t o r v , of c o u r s e . The
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t h i s i s A p r i l IT" t e l e s c o p e s , and n o t h i n g u n u s u a l I s r e p o r t e d by t h e n . If a s t a r should -
At 11 o ' c l o c k s o many p e o p l e had t a l k e d a b o u t i t and eo s e r i o u s l y g U n ^ e r i „ ^ u n u s u a l way m i l l i o n s o f M l e s a v a v , t h e a s t r o n o m e r * would
t h a t Campbell began t o w i s h he h a d n ' t had such s good memory. report i t . Of c o u r s e t h e y would s e e an a i r s h i p f l o a t i n g around n i p h t
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a d v e r t i s i n g scheme. The a d v a n c e a g e n t f o r Crane worked i t h e r e , s e n t S e v e r l i S u c c e s s f u l T r i a l s . / BASED ON A NEW PRINCIPLE / E x p e c t , t o
up a b a l l o o n w i t h a r e d l i g h t t i e d t o l t . That s a l l . Crea. dodge. s , u co Q , ^ ^ »od Bick ln » F o r e n o o n . / C H A T WITH AN AIR CAPTAIN. /
E v e r y b o d y i n town was l o o k i n g i t i t . Ve.. I t didn t a i s . the Audi- G>Di S c h u U x o t u i U e , c Thirty-fifth s t r e e t h a . been f o r t h i r t y
t o r i u m t h e a t e r by a hundred f e e t . , V0T)tU% m u p o a . aode! o t , n » l r a h I p . The work h a . been p r o s e -
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s t r a n g e l i g h t , w . l c h showed up q u i t e U r g e , and s h o n e w i t h s u c h b r i l - J# 4 d a l t t e d E h r o u g h , g l M . d r o o f ,
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The crowd of p e o p l e w a t c h i n g t h e a i r s h i p n e a r t h e H l a s o u r i P a c i f i c t 0 c * r r y ^ n ~ t H e ~ w o r i r o f c o n s t r u c t i o n " have had t o c o n t e n t t h e « a e l v e a <m
d e p o t s t a t e d t h a t t h e s t r a n g e l i g h t moved up and down. About 9 i 3 0 o ' ^ j , p e o c n d r a w i n g , of t h e i n v e n t i o n .
c a o c k p e o p l e who had been w a t c h i n g i t s t a t e d t h a t l t had moved more t o D u r i n g t h e e x c i t e m e n t o f T h u r s d a y n i g h t , when a number o f r e p u t a -
t h e w e s t , and aeemed t o h a v e l o w e r e d wooewhat. T h i s f a c t w*. . u b s t a n - b l e c i t t i e n . were m y . t i f i e d by t h e movement of a s t r a n g e l i g h t ln t h e
t i a t e d by d o i e n a of p e o p l e who were w i t n e s s i n g t h e a i r s h i p , and t h e h e a v e n s , a Times r e p o r t e r went o u t t o H r . S h u l t i ' s house t o g e t h i a
f e e l i n g c h a t i t was n o t an a s t r o n o m i c a l body w a . a l m o s t u n i v e r s a l . o p i n i o n of t h e » . » phenomenon.
A g r o u p of p e o p l e a t S i x t h and M i n n e s o t a avenue were r e c k o n i n g t h a ^ a was n o t a t home,
movements of t h e s u p p o s e d a i r s h i p by means of t h e H u . t e d b u i l d i n g , a Thxough t h a c a l l w a . made c o m p a r a t i v e l y e * r l y i n t h e e v e n i n g , t h a
f i v e - s t o r y s t r u c t u r e a t t h e n o r t h w e . t c o r n e r of S i x t h s t r e e t . At f i r s t h 0 u < e u „ d * r k and r e p e a t e d r i n g , a t t h e door b e l l f a i l e d t o b r i n g a
t h e l i g h t was v l s i b l e f r o . t h e s o u t h w e s t c o r n e r of t h e b u i l d i n g b u t response.
l a t e r i t became i n v i s i b l e t o t h e M i n n e s o t a a v e n u e crowd, which .bowed L a . t ' n i g h t t h a r e p o r t e r c a l l e d a g a i n . Mr. S c h u l t s was a t how and
p o s i t i v e l y t h a t t h e body was moving t o t h e n o r t h w e s t . ln t h , b e # t of l p t r U , . H i . manner I n d i c a t e d e x u l t a t i o n , and ha would
The s i z e of t h a l i g h t a r o u s e d t h e c u r i o s i t y of e v e r y one i n K s n s s s E r e ( , o c o t i y p e r m i t t h e c o n v e r . t a t i o n t o l a p s e while, ha a r o s e and w a l k e d ,
C i t y , K a n . , and some of t h e moat p r o m i n e n t c i t i z e n s of t h e town watched ^ f l o o r > ^ one ^ ? m A „ m upon . u e l g h t y ,ubJlct, rfcen he would
t h e movements of t h e s t r a n g e b o d y . T h e r e was n o t a p o r t i o n of t h e c i t y v n t 0 th> gen«r,i . o b j e c t of a i r s h i p s and would s p a a k w i t h a n i -
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- o u l d n ' t q u i z c.o t h a t way. Mien 1 g e t r e a d y t o tnake a t r i a l e x h i b i t l o c Upon every down town atreet corner last night there were [Link]
I will let you know all about it, but juat at present I don't court watching anxiously for the "air slip." It was a pleasant evcnl
Publicity. To give you an idea of how carefully I guard the secret, I M i i n e h e residence sections of the city the front torches were"
will say that I haven't even applied for a patent. I am goign to keep filled 'air evening with anxious watchers, who never took thetreyes off
working at it until I complete a few minor details which don't quite the heavena. They were not favored with a view of the mysterious light
suit oe, and then I will get ny patents and make arrangements to place however, although uJi many of then thought that they were. Venua the
the machine upon the market." evening star, hung low in the Western heavens .11 the evening. . great
How soon do you think that will be? b a l l o f u g h t , apparently a score of tinea larger than the other stars,
'Well, air, if I had the necessary capital, I could have the [Link] many people thought that that waa the mysterious light of which the'
completed in forty days. Three hundred dollars would do It. There arthad heard, and watched it intently aa long aa It was in alght. It w.a '
a few little things that I will have to have made in Pittsburg, becauselmpossible to convince many people that they were not gating on . gen- '
they have to be of such finely tempered eteel and of such delicate uine air ship, and they gazed at the great star of the evening with
workmanship that they can't be produced elsewhere. Waen I get them tteopen-mouthed amazement,
machine will be done. But I am short of money. I aquandered away—
Those who had watched the strange light the evening before were not
foolishly, Eoo--ny own small fortune, and since that time I have had
fooled with the star laat night. They called the attention of their
to content myself with auch outside capital as I could intereat. There friends to the fact that the light they had seen the evening before w.a
la some ooney coming to us, but It's tied up juat now in litigation. a moving light, while anytone could tell that th. light of th« heavena
If I can't get any capital elaewhere, I may have to wait for thta." laat night waa simply the great planet.
"Have you ever teated your machine?" If t he "air ship" had understood the attention it was creating in
"0, yes. It's been tested several times, and each test waa entire- Kansas City laat night it would probably have imx favored the city with
ly satisfactory. In less than two years, even under the least favor­ another visit, for it had the whoe city star-gaiing "fo"r one night, any­
able ■ circumstances, I can conceive, I ahall be able to leave Kansas way. Many of the watchers did not give up hope and cease their vigil
City at 8 o'clock in the morning, go to Chicago and transact business until a late hour.
and return here by noon. Its a stiange thing to me that no one haa k±i LEAVENWORTH WATCHING FOR IT.
hit upon my Idea before. Why, my machine is as aimple as four wheels Cltliens and Soldiers Scan the Heavena for the Air Ship. / Special to
on two axles, yet It's a masterpiece of workmanship eo far as accuracy, tha Kaooae City Times.
durability, lightness and strength are concdrned. I say it is strange Leavenworth, Kan., April 2—A report Is la i circulation that an
no one has hit upon it before. Nature la full of hints at true prlnci- officer at Fort Leavenworth saw the air ahip last night. The officer
pie, yet here we are a lot of groveling landlubbersl She gives UR more waa told that if he continued telling the ■■£ atory he was liable to be
ideas of how to build an air ship, ten times over, than of how to con- ordered before a board of officers to have hia siental condition enquire.
Struct a telephone,or locomotive, yet scientists and Inventors have for into, and that retirement wight follow,
years been shooting all around the bull's eye without hitting It, The people here are much interested in the mysterious craft, and
"Take Ox ChChanute, for Instance. You know he is still dabbling almost K * « X * every night parties can be seen surveying the heavena
away with the aeroplane theory and until he quits it he will never sue- through powerful glasses.
ceed. I wasted ten years myself on that principle, but finally gave Much talk is indulged in at Fort Leavenworth about the *lr ahlp,
it up because I saw it wasn't practicable. He says all he wants for and an engineer who la quite a scientist in hia way said today thae'lf
success in an englng, six pounds in wight to the horse power, .iaimxiria such a machine had been set in notion ita starting place would geteral-
■Kt *i*>i How that would be impossible, unless you built an engine of, ly be known, but it may belong to some foreign government, perhaps the
sa y , 1 6 , 0 0 0 h o r s e p o w e r , t h e n y o u ' m i g h t be k a b l e t o r e a c h t h a t p r o p o r - F r e n c h , and i t a p l a c e of ■ c o n s t r u c t i o n and s t a r t i n g p p o l n t kep t a p r o -
t l oo n . But I ' v e g o t an e n l g n e of e l e v e n pounds t o t h e h o r s e p o w e r , and found a e c r e t . He c l a i m s t h a t i t n i g h t b e a f u l f i l l m e n t of t h e p r o p h e c y
t h a t i s p l e n t y l i g h t enough f o r my p u r p o s e of
„_ J__ u l e s V e r n e , wh4re he t e l l s of t h e m a n u f a c t u r e of an a i r a h l p in
"My d e v i c e I s a d e c i d e d d e p a r t u r e from any of t h o s e which have been d l f f e r e n t p 8 r E 8 0 f t h e w o r l d , s o a s t o keep t h e p l a n of a a n u f a c t u r * an
produced by i n v e n t o r s in t h e a t t e m p t t o s o l v e a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n , and in e n t t r e s e c r e t .
i t s p r a c t i c a l r e s u l t s dwarfs t h e n as far a s i t i s p o s s i b l e for s u c c e s s M r Khi ' f o r p u r p 0 8 e 8 o{ u l r a r e b e I n g d i s c u s s e d q u i t e f r e e l y , and
t o dwarf f a i l u r e . Y e a . s i r , in l e s s t h a n a y e a r w i l l be f l y i n g among o o e o f f l c e f B a i d y e e t e r d a y t h a t i t waa s u r e t o come, and when I t does
t h e c l o u d s , and w i l l then r e a p t h e b e n e f i t s of a l i f e s hard w o r k . y a t w J J l b e t e r r l b l e _
Mr, S h u l t z i s n o t a ' h a i r - b r a i n e d e n t h u s i a s t . He i s a man of unques " J u s t t h i n k of i t , " s a i d h e , "an army c o r p s of s o l d i e r s s a i l i n g

in t h e u l t i m a t e s u c c e s s of h i s I n v e n t i o n . She h a s f o l l o w e d him c l o s e l y
from t h e b e g i n n i n g , s h a r i n g In h i s t r i u m p h s and h i s d l s a p p o i n t n e n t s , A i r s h i p .it Kansas C i t y
and now she c o n f i d n « i e n t l y b e l i e v e s t h a t v i c t o r y i s but t h e m a t t e r of a Thousands of P e r s o n s [Link] i o I Live 'J -on tli<- (*.irhi:ic.
few d o l l a r s and a few d a y s . / [Link] t o the Chicago liccord.
EVEREST SEES IT AGAIH. ILin33S C i t y , M i s s o u r i , A p r i l 2,— The n y s t c r i o u s hi act: o h i e r t
Brown County P e o p l e Cet M o t h e r Glimpse of t h e lix S h i p . / S p e c i a l tt» c a s t i n g b e f o r e i t a p e n e t r a t i n g r e d l i r . h t , which has s t a r t l e d un­
t h e Kansas City T i m e s . p e o p l e of Kansas a t i n t e r v a l s d u r i n g t h e L i s t t*.o i;e<if, has at l . . i i
E v e r e s t , K a n . , J p r i l 2.--Many p e o p l e watched for t h e a i r s h i p l a s t .!-3cendcd on iLinsas C i t y .
e v e n i n g l o n g a f t e r t h e a t r a n g e c r a f t had d i s a p p e a r e d , h o p i n g f o r I t s Ten t h o u s a n d p e o p l e a r e r e a d y t o [Link] [Link] t-i- ;■ have r-e.-n ..^ ' .
return. Only t h o s e who had t h e p a t i e n c e t o remain on w a t c h u n t i l 2: 26 ■jhip. T h e r e a r e s c o f f e r s and u n b e l i e v e r s and p r a c t i c . - . l : en w <■> < J . T ! J
t h i s morning were r e w a r d e d f o r t h e i r l o n g w a i t i n g , and o n l y a few were t h a t t h e l i ^ i t i s Venus, t h e cv.^nin- s t a r . N i t , a c c o n U n ; t o t(-.r
awake when out of t h e n o r t h came t h a t b r i l l i a n t and p o w e r f u l l i g h t a l n a n n c , Venus s h o u l d h a v e s e t an hour b e f o r e t h i s b n - . h t l i r . : i t
t h a t t o l d of t h e a p p r o a c h of t h e a e r i a l n a v i g a t o r s . The a h l p came a p p e a r e d in t h e n o r t h w e s t , and Venus doer n o t ■ioii ;c .ir<-uisJ, (!■■
s t e a d i l y on a t a r a p i d r a t e , u n t i l i t was o v e r t h e c i t y a t a h e i g h t of s w i f t l y a c r o s s the- h o r i z o n , suoop r a p i d l y t c / a r i l t h e e a r t h , an.l u-<-n
a b o u t 400 y a r d s . Then i t s t o p p e d and remained a t a t l o n a r y f o r some mo­ s o a r a-).-.•/ u n t i l l o o t i n t h e h a z e of t h e '.ovllifrn r k y .
m e n t s , when i t b e g a n t o s t e a d i l y r i s e u n t i l t h e l i g h t was a mere speck The m y s t e r i o u s l i « h t "a^ f i r s t di-icovrrc-1 in th.- si.y a t <\l'
in t h e h e a v e n s . o ' c l o c k l a s t n i - h t , and SCCIT-.S t o hnv« lie n obs-TVi d sir:ul taiin:->i" 1 y
A f t e r some m a n e u v e r i n g I t began a v e r y r a p i d d e s c e n t and was soon fron A score o f d i f f c r r n t n o i n t s .
a g a i n w i t h i n 200 o r 300 y a r d s of t h e e a r t h , J u s t s o u t h of t h e c i t y . W i t h i n t e n n i n u t e s e x c i t e d cro'i-U h a j M t h - r . - J en t h e " . t r e c i
I t then took a n o r t h w e s t c o u r s e and d i s a p p e a r e d a t 2: 55 a . m . c o r n e r s an-J b e f o r e p u b l i c b u i l d i n g s i.'atchin': th.- ro'.-r — n t ; nf I ' "
That was t h e l a s t s - e n of t h e s h i p u n t i l a b o u t 7:58 t o n i g h t , when strange object. At t h e C o a t e s hi-uso i [Link]-U T r - r c t.»n ir.-i " , f . - - i ,
she WAS s i g h t e d sway off t o t h e n o r t h w e s t , b u t few h e r e saw t h e s h i p . n o n i th-;m sone of t h " b e s t - k n o w n p e o p l e in t o v n , -;too.l for h i l l -t»
t l i t r e , a s I t was h i d d e n f r o n t h e b u s i n e s s p o r t i o n of t h e c i t y bv a hour w o n d e r i n g i f V\c o b j e c t w m a t h i n - n i m l i t y o r n n l v "> i l l u ­
ldri'.c f r o v i i . About t h i s t i m e c l o u d s f i l l e d t h e wast and n o r t h w e s t sion.
horizon. At t h e tiitllnnd h o t e l , th,' union . e- i , tli.- ".>it n i t i c e ■ - i ' O i ' '
j , A. Ha J o h n s o n , a man of e d u o a t l o n , saw t h e l i g h t , a n d , w h i l e of o t h e r p l a c e s h o s t s of p e o p l e ;;att. r-<\ t= C.I^CUJS t l ' • .-. i t i » r . '..-h
u n a b l e t o d i s t i n g u i s h t h e o u t l i n e s , s a y s he I s s a t i s f i e d i t was not J . iicGowan, t h e agent of an a s p h a l t eo~:>ariy; \',. F. J t o c i !i ■■!, »» . , # ' "
h e a v e n l y b o d y , b u t a c o n t r i v a n c e of man. of t h e i;idlnn<) h o t e l ; J , Lcn C o o t c s of tli • [Link] ■= hou-:-; Al.!-rJj"
E d i t o r J o h n s o n of t h e E n t e r p r i s e s a y s he l a c o n v i n c e d t h e a i r » h l p | J u l i u 3 j ^ <!o\£ a r l ( j h u n d r e d s of o t h e r r..*n a r c l u l l y c o n v u i e i . l it J I r i . i t
la a r e a l i t y . t h i n - ; i s an a i r s h i p ,
Ed Lyon of Lyon Bros. Hardware company says he saw the air ship. tinny p e o p l e a t f i r s t t h o u g h t i t an A p r i l fool j o l . c , '.ut ■■■•* it.*..-
Train men from the south report having seen the air ship tonight a r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t i t i s n o t . At a l a t e hour t h c r " a r c huinJ'-i'd*; ■ t
shortly after it disappeared herd. They say It waa traveling toward p e o p l e on t h e s t r e e t s s t i l l watchin-; i n t e n t l y for a r e t u r n o£ t ...
Kansas City rapidly. As so mahy reputable citizens having had a good airship.
opportunity to study the movement of the (ship and) as all are agreed t*roci E v e r e s t , K a n s a s , Cones t h e nc-.-s t ' \ a t t h e a i r s h i p .-,;-;■»«( ti
It settles In some out (of the way place) and It has given in Its t h e r e a t 9 o ' c l o c k and t h e u l i o l e t o / n [Link] i t . I t f i r s t .-!■•;■-ir».l
travels every evidence of being the result of nineteenth century brain
,-. n n - , t a'[Link]; oC c l o u d s i:i t-c [Link] !ivc-,t ,T-.,( . IS -,o e l ' - . i r l : - . i l j ^ J -
: ; i t i - c o r r e s p o n d e n t i s a b l e tn ■''• - r ; > ' ■ i■■■it I■. ; • - .v>? ...
 T;ie "' ''■• t-i , iiifii I ir m ' "f mr'" t!> in Mlf .in hour -it on11 t l ' v , n.1697 April i* (Sun) Kansas City Tildes, pp- 1,2. ic'ard i ;
eoniiv* '<v"i v rv r l o ' f to tn.-> earth, ami f i n i l l y ilira:'P''.iri» - ; t J i t i l . -
in tu<- southeast. It ir, believed h'-r<- tliii l.h- [Link] ia tin* >'':» SHE SCXJURS THE Sttt / Al, Fast-Saillnft. a i p p e r - B u i l t Air Thip "Gre«t
b u i l t in ([Link], Oalif., [Link] nonths a*o. It <'[Link] myster­ Auk." / HOW AT Aa'CHOR IS KANSAS. / Posaiblc Erplmatlon of the Ll F ht«
iously short] v after i t s t r i a l t r i p , which rroved [Link] it e-uld fly. Seen in the He«vena. / AEROPLANE fKON NEW YORK. / Ovner* Were FLunnln*
S o c i a l t " the Chicago Record, a Dynamite CaopaiRn in Cuba. / PASSES THROUGH KAJiSAS CITT /
Evcre-t, Kansas, April 2.—ho one in this nart of :?[Link] vn-^iy A poeelble explanation of the tra-ip orba that haie been lo»finf
rioubtn for an instant that the a i r s h i p io a o^cC"3n. \t O'.OS o'clock about through the heavens, deranRinp at^trelDO!^g■ of KanBa.£ and baptiiinf
List m ' l i t .1 b r i l l i a n t li^.ht appeared in the ?out![Link], *o b r i l l i a n t people with Bhovera of potato peellnpE and coffee frour.d.i, has been
[Link] i t a t t r a c t " d a t t e n t i o n Lrviediatcly, As the v-ise.l cane over the found.
c i t y t ' c full iiow'T of tlio wonderful lanps was turned on, and th>- c i i y Two Bontb» ago ui a i r thip passed through KBJISBJ City—U *"is ««
■■■as flooded '.ith l i ^ h t . The e n t i r e nopul.111 on ■*.-.> s smm outdoors crated and. in a box car—en route for U l t c h i t a . I t v»a the purtose of
watching the aerial raonster as i t ncareii the earth, or, with the v e l ­ the owner* to leave i t to J , B . McMahon, proprietor of the clrcui which
ocity of an ca^le, darted upward, anil [Link], in an i n s t a n t , sailed wintered t h e r e , as an a t t r r a e t l o a for the present season. That frentle'
a'jay into space u n t i l the l i - h t s merely tumMcd; then, rcver.-.ui-, i t ir-on refused t o cloae the b a r p a i a , however , u n t i l he should be 6 » t i j r t e :
wnulu sail baci; over the heads of the a3tnnishcd s p e c t a t o r s . that the thing would fly. Friday [Link] Mr. HcnaHon vas shot and killed
and whether or not he had received such aatiiTaction will never fcejJjun
For five nin'ites a t one tine i t seeded to r.'[Link] the lower ''d^e'- iuiown.
o£ a cloud t:-.at hun-j low down in tftc heavenr., and i t [Link] then th.M ihe
In the Bean t i e * the a i r ship and i t s crew have dropped out of sljcl
powerful l i ' h t s were reflected on the cloud, anil the l u i i i n c s of the sipht." I t may be cavorting about in the v i c i n i t y of Lcavenworth, t e r -
ship •[Link]: cl.'arly distinguished*. ...lover' r o r i i l n p the inhabitants and cheating the comaonwealth out of the prlci
Tlio [Link], or car scciicd to fcbc about 25 or t h i r t y feet long, ;' a richt-of-way, but as yet reports fro= t h a t quarter have been too
s h a ^ d li:.,- an Inlian canoe. Four li- r ht ,.-in:s extended froo the car; vwut to constitute a positive i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of the "Great Auk.'
tuo "ii ■"ither ■;iiic, and placed opposite to eac.i ot:>er. At tin cuds x::> The ship in question was na^ed the "Creat Aui," preauiaibly because
these ■■ . ings I.-ITC t r i a n g u l a r . A large dark nass '-a-, discernible 1*11"> '- -t possessed a l l the a t t r i b u t e s of a bird save the a b i l i t y to fly.
l a t e l y ahove t : ie c a r , and was supposed by the wntca rs to be an i n d i ­ Kart McKic, of 1119 Central avecue, head salesrAn of the [Link] CH
ted [Link] b,v, Tent and Awning cocpany, haa t h i s to say of the "Great AuX."
'lint thf sA;-.e noiicr which, furnished t ' c li-lit was used for Ijftir.j. "Hy be.!* i s in Kev lori:. I am an aeronaut by profession, t u t bua-
the ship war. evident fron the fact that the lights [Link] dm as the ship -ness in ay l i n e has been slack. I vas called to Kar.s&t City to a t -
uf-nt u;[Link], and as the ship cirae nearer the earth the li^ht vas us '.end the funeral of a b r o t h e r , and finding Kyself short of [Link], tock
bright .11 tli' headlight of a [Link], which at that tir-.e [Link] stand in the f i r s t Job that was offered, whicr. chanced to be v i t a the tent and
In the yards, the only difference bein-; that the [Link]'s [Link] was of rivning people. I an going back to .'lev York in June, [Link] I will prob­
yellow, while tlm lir-ht fron the a i r s h i p i:ar. of a ' i c c n i s h - b l u e color. ably charter son* sort of an a i r craft a^d resuae c\y profession.
Sone clainn-' they distinguished red [Link] [Link],nili,d over the gunwales "Shortly before I l e f t Kev lork ~. tade the acquaintance of a Kr.
of t!-<* a i r s h i p . Con Carlos of 132B Broadway, a noted anc darinf aeronaut. About two
BiMHa Ceorp.e Criswold, conductor of the I'is.-ouri Picific train which S-Onths ago he, accoonianied by Mr, J . B . Stcner of Lana s t r e e t , Prooilyn
po..sed throui'ii Atciilson at 3 o'clock t h i s rornlnp, says that "hen he a gentleman who has given cucn t i ^ e to t';.e study of a e r i a l navigation,
passed iveri.-.st, the a i r ship was plainly in ^ i r h t ; .1 hand was play- came t £ Kanaaa City and called upon e.e a t uy roocs. Tney said tsey ha.
In,- fjiii'iJrl i !■■"! 0:1 111c deck., and the passcns-i-rs were dancing. t h e i r ~ a i r ship with them; ""that they were preparir.H to ,-o to ."«>« io
'.■iTiDarass the Spaniards with [Link] "[Link] dropped fror- the " " r c i t
1. ' --■■ lcit-o " e r(>-■.! truth aini;t the nattiT l« that the only AaJt," and that they wanted ce to FO with t h e r . . I cecli.'.ei ^eeatse I
1:. . ; :i,ir '.i- 1 si ■'■Lciii'-'iR after j,,ri" is i IL' t'oiirtshif kind. 'eared the cliu^te would not apree wit.-, r.e. [Link] t:.er. :r.;uirod t:.o <.h-
■ :iutlcud." -laid iloc Morrison [Link], "that tue nen who clain -.0 Wichita, Kan., saying t h a t [Link]. t.'.ey could er.p'ase the services cf
11 tl,.' a i r ship, have no Rreat reputation for t e l l i n p thf uiother experienced aeronaut they could [Link] underta/.e tee Cub or. expe­
d i t i o n . They would go to Wichita instead and try to do a l i t t l e circu
t tuti business.
Heavens! Tliink what a predicament we will be In If the Inhabit­
ants of that a i r snip happen to [Link] seasick when the ship i s d i r e c t l y "That is the l a s t I have heard of e i t h e r Carlos or Stoner, except
over Atehisoni that I vas given to understand in an indirect way that Mcl-iahon require
. a p r a c t i c a l deconstration of the cacnine's aspirative q-jalitiet before
pi — News ant* [Link]: A.J. Arnold, postnaster at Topeka, a nan 60 he would consider t h e i r offer. I also understood t h a t he de«.idcd the
ycaro old, says hi- saw tile a i r ship; that he 6aw several windows l i t -.ests should be cade at n i g h t , t h a t the rachine [Link] not be cheapened
up an if with e l e c t r i c l i g h t . oy a free and unseasonable exnibition, which would, as you readily aee
pi—There Is a threat for rrlninters in the air ship: People can ,~o i e t r a c t fron i t s novelty. The "Great Au>.' carried an e l e c t r i c search
to heaven wlthnut. bclnj pood. l i g h t , but whether or aot i t was t h i s t n a t the [Link] saw, I c a n ' t ,
[Link] [Link] of ship is in use in the flood d i s t r i c t except the of course, say.
air ship. "The principle upon vhich the Creat Aui was tullt_waa _that_ of the
aeroplajie, a sufficiently hacV,neye3"Iheory-"In" aeriar"nBYJ f -atior., tut
fh Mir. i p.2—^lobe [Link]: Our idea of a hopelesa fool is a ran the principle upon which i t was propelled through the air was unique.
-■ho has a still neck fron lookinp. up for airships. fx, Stoner obtained h i s idea fron: vatchinp a sheet of paper Tall th.-c-
a s t i l l atcosphere fron a great height, lie noticed /p.2/ [Link] the -,er.
Sat -
'.ir - J ! p . i - li believed that the onlv solution of the Atchi- 4 ^ " v t t a * t o " d e 3 c r l b e a J l f - s a p course, as a Vessel t ^ e s [Link] t : -
n hri.i.'C ; r w i r to hire tnc :.ca. a i r s n i p to carry t r a i n s across v i n d | H e a t o n c e c o n c l v i d e d that the [Link].r of the rarer ir. e-e .:.r-
t:; r IviT , ::!<]■ r I.-.TI.I 1 r e n t a l . ecticn tended to form in front of ; t a [Link] [Link]; c-01*:. :■. .■ r
a i r , which repelled the sheet, c r m w it toward -."r.e rnrvr *\z--?-.: -r-.
r. : " ;>..'---"...■ [Link] [Link]'d that [Link]. the roonllj'.ht period of "So he b u i l t the 'Great Aui.' t o t r a v e l an unculntir.,- or -.a\.i:..-
;].,■ ,-.;,i:., :'.3 one s t a r t s an a i r ship story, but as soon as i t pets plane, as a aparrow f l i e s , depending uron the downward u a tac<. to ccr.
dark [Link],'ii to let the inaRlnation do the 6eelng, the a i r ship story press a * cushion of a i r beneath and in front of the craft vhlcs would
is revived. |
- h o i s t i t upon the crest of the next »ave, and so on. It was proj-eiled
April 3, 169? Indianapolis Journal (Sat.) p. 5 by revolving fans, fore and a f t , and was raised and lowered ty two twi
A Michigan "Fake" fans, working horizontally upon the upper deck. The uniulatinjt move­
Voices of People in an Air Ship Alleged to Have Been Heard. ment was secureii by a hinged plane of canvaa in a steel fra-te, worked
Decatur, Michigan, April 2. — Residents of the v i l l a g e of Calesburg, automatically.
in Kalamazoo county, say an a i r s h i p passed over the town l a s t night. * "The fans and canvas plane were worked hy a sr^all enelne, in vhlc^
The f i r s t evidence of the v i s i t o r was a b r i l l i a n t white l i g h t , by means steam was generated by till the burninp of crude o i l . The entire devlc
of which a hu^e black o b j e c t , fron which was emitted a £harp crackling waa about seventy-five feet in length by twenty-five feet in v i d i h .
sound, was d i s t i n g u i s h a b l e . I t was said that human voices were d i s t i n c - "The sectional aspect of the device is that of a CTOEE , as tnere
{:)y heard at one point during the passage of the supposed a i r ship. are r e a l l y tvo aeroplanes, one h o r i z o n t a l , the other v e r t i c a l . A side
April J , \.JI ZUCA^O decora t s a t . ; p . o viev Buggesta the hull of a yacht with eenterbcard attached."/
EXPLAINS THE AIR SHIP. / Mlnneapolia (Kan.) Han Writes That It Is an
"lyin™ "schir.c, in Jlichi^an Omen of Var and Blood.
People at Galcsburs licar aurjn Voices Pron the Upper M r . A Minneapolis, Kan., nan, who haa preat faith in o^ens, and it
S'ccial to the Chicago Record. evidently the aeventh son of an eleventh daughter, or sosiethir.p like
M i e s , ::ichi-an, A;iril 2. — In [Link] tov/ns in south .-cstern Michi-an t h a t , has found a solution t o the a i r 6hip mystery, i-ie say* i t ream
people say that l a s t Thursday n i - h t [Link] sar.; an a i r s h i p . At Calesburg war, and t h a t blood will be " s p i l t . " He la nodest, however, and asks
about 10 o'clocl^ that [Link] people hoard a_sharp, cr.-.cklin; sound, arei especially that his name be not printed u n t i l after the var, [Link] very
sa-: a b r i l l i a n t - h i t e lir'.lit in the sky. Several of the spectators are few people will be l e f t to read i t , perhaps. At any r a t e , he wisely
sositiv.-. they saw a hu^- '-1 icl; object tipped ui th flame at a great chooses The Timea through which to warn the people of the world.
distance a'xive the cart/. a,"i>! ~ovin.~ northward. Soo.e declared they Here is I his l e t t e r :
hear! hi;- _v^ v i i o i . ; co:'.in- fro-v t'\e object,
To the Editor of the Kansas City Times.
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t i c e at the Kpiscopal church. He ran horce ajid called his parents to froa vhich *p*rkled the l i g h t that bad f i r . t *ttt*ct*d h i t a t t . a t l o a .
the door to Dee the "air s h i p . " I t we* a **arch-light, and was ttXXmi ( l i t t a d tttm point to point of
Williar. Puffer, his father, who is one of the best known c i t i i e n s th* c i t y , a* though th« navigator* of th* craft w*r* *ad***oring to eat
of t-rporia, laughed at the boy, but went to the door, 'Jhen he was sur­ t h e i r bearing*. The abip **■ t r a v a i l s * froa aouthaast t o northva.t,
prised to see, almost overhead, but very high, either a c l u s t e r of and wa*, when f l r i t seen by Hr. K i l l e r , not ov«r 200 teat fro* the aaxx
l i g h t s or one large l l g n t in the shape of a l e t t e r A, vhich was coving e a r t h . At one t l a * I t atood s t i l l , .[Link] In .pace, while tb* oc­
rapidly in an almost westerly d i r e c t i o n , almost in the teeth * of a cupant* seeaed to be l e l a u r c l y talcing a *urv*y of tbe landscape below
very strong northwest wind. Mr. Puffer is positive that the l i g h t , or then.
or l i g h t s , were not such as could have been irade by any large toy rpaper l : a cSeemingly they were s a t i s f i e d in a fev Momenta, f o r ' t h e vessel r w
balloon or by a lantern fastened to a k i t e . He i s ' a l s o F°itive""it vas' 8 * f u l l T f*r up in tbe a i r and *bot to the northwest, going d i r e c t l y
o v e t lh
neither a pianet nor a meteor. i!e says the peculiar shape of the * dome o £ t h e s t « t e bou*e, and wa* aooo out of eight, slthougb.
Mr
l i g h t and the fact that i t roved against the wind at quite a rapid * M 1 U " ' " ^ *t004 *ad looked after i t for ten ainut*. after i t dt*-
, r a t e s a t i s f i e s h i s that navi G nticn of the a i r ' h a s become an accomplish- • P P * * * " . ••*» h e caught *ev e r*l [Link] of the light far *bov« the
ed fact. .Callawey b l u f f . .
So f , r a
Mr. Puffer sent word to a nuraber of his neighbors, who also saw ° O 0 * «*• b e c n found who saw tba ahlp to corroborate the
the a e r i a l v i s i t o r . Among then, besides the members of his own family, ' M r J ' I c h "» created auch I n t e r e s t here, and I t 1* very likely that
were the r a l l i e s of Mr. McKemie, one of the best known engineers on * ""■"*>" of People w i l l keep a close lookeut for the a i r i l l p for
the Santa Fe road, and Dennis Madden, brother and law partner of John c * ! " ' 1 "?EMM*_t0 c f*- . . , ,,, . „.
Madden, l a t candidate for Congress against Charles C u r t i s . 1897 April ii Fort Scott ( b » ) Daily Monitor m i ) p , *. j7
Hr. Kadden corroborated what Hr. Puffer said, except that by the , , , „ , , . , . . . _ . „ .
a d
tine he had teen called the light was so far away that he could d i s t i n - ™ ' The [Link] Mystery,
old nan / [Link]
b a . done lojd b j In
_ . ?r«nk the^WorldI*
the pact few weak* ¥?*_*.*_*
but a t t r a c t" a. t^­ '
guish no p a r t i c u l a r shape to i t . He described i t s movements as some­ tention on the a t r e e t a by h i . prediction* and who clela* to be a ••cnod
what i r r e g u l a r , seeming t o drop a short distance and then cwve on in a Jeeu* Chrl*t, h*» solved the a i r . h i p a y t t e r y to the u t t e r satisfaction
s t r a i g h t l i n e u n t i l i t disappeared seeming beyond the flrmaoent or be­ of him**If only, Yesterday afternoon he h*d a [Link] crowd corralled
hind soico t r e e s very far away, He is also s a t i s f i e d that what he saw on the corner of Wall *treet and Scott avenue, pouring forth word* th*t
was not a planet, a meteor, a s t a r or an lllujainated toy balloon. were unreasonable and ridiculous In t h e i r n a t u r e . '
G.C. Clemens Sees the Air Ship. Ba **y* that the a i r *hlp * t o r l e . are a l l fake*, that the light*
Special to the Kansas City Times. which are detected In *kle* are signal* of approaching danger, that the
Toper.a, Kan., April 13.--G.C. Clemens, Supreme court r e p o r t e r , has world would aoon cone to an, end. The congregation . , gar* hi* word,_ , no, ,
seen the a i r ship, lie said today in an Interview: "I have always been c " d e n « and he told t h e . i t wa. too much for t h . l r w l . d o . . Th. ( a l o w
j u s t a l i t t l e too l a t e vhe'n there vas a ghost around, but I saw some- vho*e n « * 1* not known 1* making hia*elf q«it* obnoxious to aoa* of
tiling l a s t night about 5:30 that surprised me and set me to thinking. the bu*lne*a men by a t t r a c t i n g large crowd* In front of their place* of
I have been laughing at people who claimed to see a strange l i g h t io buiinea*.
the west. I took not stock In the s t o r i e s . However, l a s t n i g h t , as I Sun. [Link]*)—- The [Link] Clob* aaya I t l a a sign of tha super­
vas coming down s t a i r s , I saw something bobbing around In the west. I t ior i n t e l l i g e n c e of woaenthat none of thea hava seen the a i r ship,
[Link] like an e l e c t r i c l i g h t and had a movement such as one would ex­ Tuee [Link] P«2—One of tbe hardest blow* th* a i r *hlp *tory baa r e ­
pect to see if a langtern was tied to the t a i l of a k i t e . I called ny ceived 1* the fact that whenever any one la reported to h*v* aean I t
wife and aor.e of the neighbors and we vatched the thing for about ten hla church a a d e o c i a l etandtng 1* given to b o l s t e r up hi* »torv,
[Link], when i t disappeared. The theory of the Chicago astronocer S*t."Apr'"17"p2—Tha report that "the a i r ah'ipTia* been **en at Tort
t h a t I t is a s t a r does not hold good, for i t was very cloudy l a s t ntgbi Scott w i l l caat a *u*plcion upon the c l a l a t h a t tha Joint* are closed,
and so a star would not have been seen. The l i g h t was below the cloudi Frl Apr 23 p,2—E41*on *ay* there 1* no a i r a h i p . The Joke 1* on EdUon.
I do not pretend to say what i t i s , and neither do I t h e o r i i e about Be ought to be able to dl*C0ver * joke without i t * being labelled,
t h i s strange l i g h t appearing simultaneously In so many different placer Wed Apr 18 p.2—The Jolnta Must be wide open at T«tea Center. A »*n in
but there is soreething very strange about i t . that Is c e r t a i n . " that v i c i n i t y ha* not only Keen the a i r ahlp but l n * i * t . that ha saw It
1897 April 17 (S ■) Atchlaon (Kans) Daily Globe',' p . 1. *" s t e a l a 3 year old h e i f e r , and he haa the affadavlt of the populist
,coal oil inapector and 2 druggiat. to the effect that he 1. not crary.
News and Comment. Frl Hay 7p2—-The a i r . h t p *t Topek* turn* out to be an lanena* kit*
The story comes £r o n Highland Station that the a i r s h i p passed over that a man and hi* boy had been f l y i n g . / / 8 , 1 Bernard
that town Thursday night, and that owing to an explosion of chemicals, Sun Kay 9p2—The airahip Fake (ST. Loui* Republic**)
the ship eank to the ground. Underneath the mass of d e b r i s , a man waa "The airahip alghted In Wa*b t KT t Chi." This fake h*i given b l r t l
found groaning, and [Link]. When sufficiently restored to talk, to a new saying. Instead of charging a Ban with having wheels In bl*
he said that hla name was Pedro Sanchez of Cuba. He refused to t e l l head I t la now the proper palaver to accuse h l a of having "arsp* in hla
anything further,and the next morning collected his wrecked a i r vessel garrett."
together, skipped i t to St. Joe and then went to Omaha, The author of They have a real airahip at the Nashville exposition; one chat
the story sayn that a scrap of paper was found under the car bearing even the a t r i c t l a t prohlblMooist oa? see and t e l l about without
the name of Captain General Heyler. having his sobriety questioned.
Hay 10 p.2—Only flying machine ever to fly la Laacley'a.
p. 4e If ever the a i r ship stops at Atchlaon, i t w i l l be for the pur- 1897 April"l4 (•"• 1 Atchlaon (iCana) Daily Globe, p.' 1 "
peee of loading up with Superb hard wheat flour.
tiewa i Comment
13, pi HlC Chicago astronomers have seen the peculiar light supposed All people of Hiawatha who wish to be claaaed by the newspaper cor-
to be fastened to the front of an a i r s h i p , to keep other ships from col-respondent* a* "leading and reputable c l t l t e n a , " are on record a* havlO]
liding with i t , and sa£ i t is a fast moving star called A.O.(Oreenois), seen tbe a i r ship over that town l a s t evening,
I t has never before been known to be a* b r i l l i a n t as of l a t e , and it
gives out a colored l i g h t . There Is no backing down from the opinion Apr. 20, 4b Atchlaon r a i l r o a d men c a l l the pay car the a i t ship.
of the astronomers. Atchison people are not at a l l surprised to learn
than i t has the t i t l e VAlpha" to i t . [local flourj] 28, 2b Since tbe outbreak of war between Turkey and Greece, not a
word haa been heard froa the a i r ship.
Apr. 14, p.2 Was i t a s t a r of unusual niagnitude and b r i l l i a n c y that 2e "1 have found a man who has seen the a i r ahlp',' said Prof.
guided the shepherds to the manger where the infant Christ lay, or n\ Knerr today, "and a few evening ago he pointed i t out to ae; but t h i s
a i r ship! Late developments would prove i t was an a i r ship, a i r ship waa nothing note than the planet Venus, which ha* beea such a
conspicuous s t a r in the evening sky now for several aonthi. After the
Aprl 16 p . l NiC. The newpapera lead the people to believe that Omaha 28th Venua w i l l be a morning *aar, and then doubtless sowe early r i s e n
i s p r a c t i c a l l y under water. The facts are that Omaha is high and dry, w i l l revive the a i r ship s t o r y . "
except that shanties on the lowlands are surrounded. All the news of
the flood is greatly exaggerated. The newspaper correspondents are 27, 2a A special dispatch from Yates Centre, t a n s . , says that an
becoming more unreliable than ever before, and the newspaper publisher, a i r snip paaseo over t h a t place recently, and swooped dovn and s t o l e
have less sense than ever before In paying for what the correspondents a calf. An affadavlt accompanies the s t o r y , signed by the leading
senS out. Tha Chicago papers l a t e l y printed a great airship story. c i t i z e n s of Vatea Centre, who answer that the story la t r u e . These a i r
Every line printed about the airahip hae been Invention, plain and ship s t o r i e s give "the leading c l t i i e n a " of tha town where the ship i»
alcple. seen, a chance to come forward.
1897 April ll (Sat) Kanaaa "City t i m e s , ' p . 1 . 2b. Instead of saying a man has wheel, in bla head, say he acca
a i r ship*.
PATS THE CAPITAL A VISIT. / Air Ship Plainly Seen in the Early Homing 2d Atchison w i l l e x h i b i t the a i r ship as a Com Carnival a t t r a c t -
at Jefferson City. / Special to the K*n*a* City Time*. inn.
Jefferson City, Ko., April 16.—According to the story of Al K i l l e r , 1097 April 25 (Sun) K m i u City Tines, p . 7.
a well-known and r e l i a b l e c i t l t e n of t o l a c i t y , tha a i r ship t h a t h a .
been a t t r a c t i n g so nuch a t t e n t i o n In Kansas and elsewhere passed over AGAIH THE AIRSHIP, / Seen Over Kansas City—Constable Brennan Aaoog
Jeffereon City at an e s r l y hour thie noroing. Hr. M i l l e r ' s atory 1. the Observer*.
that he had been s i t t i n g up with a sick friend la the southern part of Again the a i r ship has been seen. A nuober of people who were
the c i t y and l e f t to go home at 1:30 a . a . (waiting for a car at Fifteenth and Olive about 9 o'clock l a s t night
I t was a beautiful night and hla a t t e n t i o n was f l r » t directed to thej saw two bright l i g h t s in a nortbeeaterly d i r e c t i o n , apparently about
aerial vessel by a l i g h t of unusual b r i l l i a n c y . He looked up into tha jhalf a mile above the city- They seemed to be about seventy-five
 90 Last Monday night about half past 10 o ' c l o c k , ' Hamilton s a i d . "ve
feet apart and dark shadows could be iceo betveeen then. They looked
l i k e e l e c t r l d l i g h t s shining through reddish glass and vere not the were awakened by a noise sjaong the c a t t l e . I r o s e , thinking perhaps
color of s t a r s . The l i g h t s vere also very much larger than s t a r s . my bull dog vaa performing sos»e of h i s pranks, but upon going to th*
Though the vind vaa in the south, the l i g h t s tnored from vest to e a s t , door saw,to ny u t t e r astonishment, an a i r ship slowly descending over
always remaining the same distance apart. nry cov l o t about forty rods fro* the house.
At one t l a e these l i g h t s vere seen to give a s e r i e s of spasmodic "Calling Cld Hesllp, ey t e n a n t , and xy son V a i l , ve i t lied soa*
upvard l e a p s , aa if b a l l a s t vere being thrown off. They continued to axes and ran to the c o r r a l l . Heantioe the ship had been gently des­
more eastward u n t i l f i n a l l y they disappeared. cending u n t i l i t was not core than t h i r t y feet above the ground, and
Constable Jeff Brennan Of Joyce's court vaa aaong those vno saw ve came up to within fifty yards of i t .
the l i g h t s , and he vouches for the « t r u t h of t h i s story. "It consisted of a great cigar-shaped p o r t i o n , possible 300 feet
1697 April 2-> (Sun)'Kansaa City Tines, p . 7. long, v l t h a carriage underneath. The carriage vaa «ade of panels of
glass or other transparent substance, a l t e r n a t i n g with a narrow s t r i p
PATENT FOB AH AIR SHIP. / South Dakota Man Invents One That He Thinks of ao»e material. It vas b r i l l i a n t l y lighted vithln and everything
Will Fly. / Special to the Kansas City Times. was c l e a r l y v i s i b l e . There were three l i g h t s , one l i g h t an iroente
C6MHM«T], Heb., April Sit.—In the office of G. W. Sues, an [Link] search l i g h t and tko a u a l l e r , one red and the other green. The larre
patent s o l i c i t o r , may be seen the plans of an a i r s h i p which ray solve w one vas susceptible of being'turned" In any "direction. — ~
the porblem of a e r i a l navigation. The Inventor is Henry Kelnti, of I t vaa occupied by s i r of the strangest beings I ever saw. Ther.
Elkton, S.D. In t h i s connection i t would k not be strange if i t were tvo men, a voman, and three children. Tbey were Jabbering t o ­
turned out that the people in Nebraska reported to have seen an a i r ­ gether, but ve could not understand a s y l l a b l e they s a i d .
ship had r e a l l y seen the Heiatt a i r s h i p , aa Elkton i s a l i t t l e core "Every part of the Teasel which was not transparent was of a dark
than 200 miles from Omaha. reddish color. We stood «ute in vonder and f r i g h t , when so** noise
The invention embodies an elongated a e r i a l car e n t i r e l y enclosed, a t t r a c t e d t h e i r attention and they turned t h e i r l i g h t directly upon us.
provided with a steam engine t o delve a abaft provided with a buoyant I m e d l a t e l y upon catching sight of u s , they turned on sose un­
p r o p e l l e r . Extending upvard froa t h i s a e r i a l car are ten hollow fiat known power, and a great turbine wheel about t h i r t y feet in dia»et«
p o s t s , which are secured at t h e i r upper ends to a cigar shaped balloon which vas slovly revolving belov the c r a f t , began to buit soundin. '
which i s propelled point forward. Upon these ten posts are ten para- precisely l i k e the cylinder of a s e p a r a t o r , and the vessel r e . . . » .
chutes. They are in belt connection with a driving abaft vitbin the l i g h t l y as a bird.
car and are made to operate a l t e r n a t e l y . A buoyanfl propeller and "When about 300 feet above us i t seeded to pause and hover directly
s t e e r i n g apparatus extend from the c a r , and ia so arranged that It over a 3-year-old h e i f e r , vtich was bawling and jumping, apparently
can be heated i f necessary. The buoyanfl power of the balloon is fast in the fence. Going t o her we found a cable about half an inch
• i c p l y Sufficient to carry the e n t i r e apparatus Just above the e a r t h . in thickness, *ad« of the sa*e red a a t e r i a l , fa»ten*d In a s l i p knot
The apparatus vould not r i s e , hovever, without the help of the para­ around her neck, one end passing up t o the vessel and tangled In tba
c h u t e s , vhic have to be operated in order t o r a i s e the s h i p . wire. We t r i e d to get I t off, but could not", so ve ' c u t ' t h e v i r e looae
The parachutes are so arranged t h a t aa one set descends in r a i s i n g and stood in ukatestent t o see s h i p , cov and a l l r i s e slovly and s a i l
the aar the other set ascends in a closed condition, preparatory, in off, disappearing in the northwest.
t u r n , to descend and open. Then, in order t o propel the ship forward,
the inventor has has provided a s u i t a b l e p r o p e l l e r , so that by h i s j "We went none, but I vas so frightened I could not sleep. Rising
combined i n s t r u m e n t a l i t i e s the ship can be carried upvard, downward early Tuesday porning, I scunted *r horse and s t a r t e d out, hoping to
find soae trace of ay cow.
td'i! Spr'll 11 (...) ATchfsoV"{iransTDaily Globe, p. idi This I failed to do, but cotilng back to Leroy in the evealns,
found that Lank Tbouaa, who l i v e s in Coffey county, about three or
The peculiar l i g h t which has caused a l l the a i r ahip talk was seen four miles west Of Leroy, had found the h i d e , legs and head in his
by half a dozen persona from the weat portch of Hiss Bereiaan'a boarding field that day. Be, thinking soneone had butchered a stolen beast and
house at 10 o'clock l a s t night. In the heavens to the northwest they 'throvn the hide away, had brought i t to tovn for I d e n t i f i c a t i o n , but
saw a large yellowish l i g h t , which ascended to a helpht of several vas g r e a t l y Mystified l a not being able t o find a track of any kind on
thousand feet, and then moved rapidly away in a northwesterly dlrrctlo>the soft ground.
growing KM stroller and smaller u n t i l i t finally disappeared. It wa; After identifying the hide by By brand, I vent hoste, but every
seen for about three minutes, and looked exactly like a toy balloon time I would drop to sleep I vould see the cursed t h i n g , with i t s big
carrying a strong l i g h t , and moving upward u n t i l carried away by an l i g h t s and hideous people. I don't know whether they are devils or i
upper current of a i r . a n g e l i , or vhat, but ve a l l saw t b e a , and ny whole faaily sav the ship
sad I don't want any more to do with t h e a , " '
April 28, p . 1; N I C. The airship was seen by a party of sweet The Advocate s a i O u J a l l t o n looked aa i f he had not recovered fro«
lieutenants at Ft. Leavenworth l a s t night. The lieutenants are usu­ the shock, and everyone who heard hi» vaa convinced that he was sin­
a l l y In position to Bee airships ivery night. cere in every vord he u t t e r e d .
. Atchison
, . . Affairs:
L ,.,
Answer to correspondent: The a i r ship . . . . story Hamilton baa long been a resident Of Kansas,"and la k known "all i
originated with tdgar Allan Poe « great raany years spo. All the s t o r - o v e r [Link], Allen, Coffey and Anderson counties. B> vaa a »e*b.r or
lea of a i r ships printed in the newspapers are fables of course. The t n e H o u f e o f Representatives early in the seventies. Be staked his
l a t e s t lot of s t o r i e s originated with Missouri Pacific night o p e r a t o r s . a c r e d honor upon the truthfulness of his s t o r y ,
between fttchiaon and Omaha, The following affidavit i s given i a support of Hamilton's repu­
p.2: We have quit keeping a wharf in repair for our ship when i t t a t i o n aa a truthful *an:
f i n a l l y comes In, and are fixing a soft piace for I t to light (Clobe A7TI DAVIT.
Sights). State of Kansas, County of Voodaon—Icsl.
Aa there are now, always have been and alvaya v i U b e , skeptics
4b Dick Selty did not think of the a i r ship story f i r s t , so he Is and unbelievers whenever the t r u t h or anything bordering on the impro­
going around t e l l i n g that yesterday he say a c a t f i s h in the river b i s bable ia presented, and knowing that tone ignorant or suspicious
as a man, and that i t stood on i t s t a i l , and looked around. people v i l l doubt the t r u t h f u l n e s s of the above statement, now.
4d Mrs. C.W. Postlethwalte saw the strange light in the sky Mondnv
Therefore, Ve, tb« undersigned, do hereby Mike the following a f f i -
night, and saye I t vaa a toy balloon; she saw i t s outlines d i s t i n c t l y ( j 4 r 4 t .
It was also known that a West Atchison nan sent up a toy balloon Monda/ That ve have known Alex Hamilton from fifteen to t h i r t y years, and
n i g h t . Another a i r ship bursted. that for t r u t h and veracity v« hare never beard his vord questioned,
April 29 p. 1 (top)" i - <= r. „ , » J , , ,1,,, n J„ „ . , „ . , *nd t h a t ve do verily believe h i s statement to be true and correct.
reminiscences of Hoa I t is proposed, if the floods continue, to revive- ^ WHAfrroHr-/UtV [Link]. / H.K." HOTT. S h e r i f f . " " '
1B97 April 27 t T u e s "n and * " ^ u r a t e » **** craze. fc Sheriff. / H. H. WIBTER, Banker.
Kansas City Times, p. 1. (card i ) ^ m ^ ^ , „ . „, , 8 . s . JomsQ>] n O T l t l ( t i
AIR SHIP STEALS A CALF ALEX STEWART, Justice of
? /< SWOOPS
< ™ ™ D0WS
™u* LIKE
, , « BIRD
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„ . PREY,
«,— CRABS
, . „ , « ,THE
mn, J-B. STITCHER, Attorney. / ALEX STEWART, Justice
the Peace, of
HEAT AMD GETS SWAY. / Baollton, Who Owned the Veal, Stands Trembling
by and Sees the Steal—His Truthfulness Is Past Dispute; 'Tls Vouched H. WATKIBE, Druggist. / T.V. BUTLER, Druggist.
for by Hen of Repute—Peruse the Story; I t ' s a "Beaut." / Special to JAKES L. MARTIB, Register of Deeds. / B.C. ROLLIUS, P o « t a u t e r .
the Kansas City Times. Subscribed and svors to before me t h i s ttxxx 21 *t day of April,
1697. / W. C. WILLE, Hotary Public. /
Topeka, Kan., April 26.—Millions have laughed at the Kansas a i r I t Is In Hlssourl Hov, / Special to th« Kansas
s h i p , but the thing is no Joke to Fanner Alexander Hamilton, vho r e ­
sides near l a t e s Center, Woodson county. The a i r ship not only a p ­ City Tiwes.
peared in plain viev of Hamilton and his family and frightened the» an Harsh a i l , rki., April 26.—Quite a sensation waa craated here l a s t
out of t h e i r w i t s , but the captain of the "vessel" had the nerve t o night about 9 o'clock by the passage d i r e c t l y over the c i t y of a
svoop dovn upon the cov-lot and s t e a l a 3-year old h e i f e r . At any strange looking a e r i a l apparatus. I t caate frtxa the southwest and when.
rate that is what Hamilton says, and the Yntes Center Advocate, which over tovn vent e a s t . Several colors of l i g h t * vera about I t and the
- covecent vas rapid.
publishes the s t o r y , vouches for h i s honesty and great love of t r u t h .
In addition, a doien veil-known c i t i z e n s . Including State Oil Inspec­ 1897 April 26 (Fri) Butchinaoa, U n l . , Daily H m , p . 6.
t o r E.V. Wharton, Sheriff M.E. Hunt and Banker E.B. Winter, t e s t i f y
t h a t Hamilton's reputation for t r u t h and veracity has never been ques- SAW THE AIR SHIP, / A Reno County Ferai.r Telia a Good Story Which
tloned. Sounds Llk* the Truth.
"Relic, Fete," said a reporter to an old friend fro* th« northwat
Hamilton claims that the a i r ship v i s i t e d his place a veek af;o t o ­ part of the county l a s t evening. "Hov do the rtloa v* have baan having
night. He told the country people about i t , but the report did not s u i t you farmersi"
reach Yates Center t i l l Saturday, when Hamilton related i t t o Hudson
k Faught, the Advocate [Link], vho proceeded to get out an " e x t r a . " " F i r s t c l a s s , " vaa tha reply. "With warsi wsathar, which i s sura to
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come
the hot therewinds w i l do
l benotan cone,
immense
and corn
they crop In old
are not l i k eReno
l y tothle
aa year, providedtfay 1, lie: Since a certain a e r i a l experience, • v*H known boarding
tha buffalo house In Atchison la called the Airship, and people living In that
wallows and the ponds are a l l full of water, and when that la tha caa* vicinity refer to the neighborhood aa the Wharf.
at t h i s time of the year, 1 have never known of hot winds," 3, 2d: fierie Aerial Floaters
"But by the way," he ■ continued, "I had an experience on Monday 1*. 1 : Atchl6on Affairs: One W n o u r l Pacific oper*tor V!K> »«*
evening when I waa going home fron the Odd Fellow celebration. I t waa the a i r ship haa lost hla Job.
about 11 o'clock, I was t i r e d and ileepy fot X had had a good t i n * , 6, IF: NIC; I t w i l l be remembered that on Sot. night a Te\, vfj
and vaa l e t t i n g Old Bay go along pretty much aa he pleased, knowing he ago, a dispatch was sent out from Topeka s t a t i n g that the arap Y,\i
would take toe right up to my gate. I r a t h e r guess I waa more than leen seen t h e r e , and t h a t Ed. C. l i t t l e , who runs Gov. Leedy, ajij
three-quarters asleep. All at once X awoke with a s t a r t and found Old Harold H. Chase, pf the Topeka Capital , had given t h e i r a f f a J a m s
Bay standing s t i l l and shivering with fear. I heard a sound as of soa« that they saw i t , and that i t was an a i r ship. The secret has !f*j..-,|
night* bird rushing through the a i r . Looking in a northwesterly d i r ­ out. It won a government experimental k i t e , v i t h 2 lanterns atii,-;,r
ection I saw a large dark object, with small l i g h t s In the fore and and waa sent up by Manager Joseph H. Patton of the Topeka railway ,- u .
after part of i t . I t was about half a mile high and waa going in a and with no intentions Of perpetrating a Joke,
. n o r t h e a s t e r l y d i r e c l t o o . I pulled out my "glass" and taking a long 11, U : I t i s reported that the a i r s h i p make ■ flying t r i p t "
look at the object I Bade out something that looked like an immense Atchison a few nights ago, and took on a supply of Alpha flour
three-masted schooner, with a l l i t s s a i l s and j i b s s e t . By the light 'id: Caa Co. ad, "written aboard a r s p . "
of the binnacle lamp I could see a man standing at the wheel steering 12, l e : Dispatch from Topeka abt 50' snale—eds should be a-than.-.
the c r a f t . The rudder was shaped l i k e the vane on my windmill but r^any to print such stuff (comment!.
times l a r g e r . Following the vessel there were five l i n e s of geese or 2c; Globe Sights: What has becoa* of the old fashioner
brant, you know how they fly when migrating, at l e a s t a mile long, the people who used to see ar sfsT
schooner forming the head of the column. I t was the strangest and most
NEBRASKA
beautifa.1 sight I ever saw, and X em convinced that X saw the great air
ship that has been seen in t h i s part of the s t a t e so often l a t e l y . " 1697 April 10 (Sat) Omaha World Herald, p . 4.
Heretofore there has been a l i t t l e doubt as to whether an a i r ship
had ever been Invented, muah leas seen. But t h i s gentleman's reputatlonKYSTERY OF TUB AIRSHIP.
for truth and veracity la k*k beyond question. Every man, woman and A number of newspapers that are now making r>erry over the fooll'h-
chlld in the township in which he l i v e s considers his word j u s t as good nesa of the people who have mistaken Venus for an airship ■*» noon be
as his bond, and when they read his story w i l l be convinced that there called upon to announce that they knew a l l the tine that an airship h*d
ia an airship—somewhere. The reporter also wishes to stake his repu­ been perfected. In this day and age i t is not the part of wind™ to
decry an alleged invention. Folk called Cyrus HcComick a fool when
t a t i o n for truth that his friend la s t r l c k l y temperate. ■they learned that he was trying to Invent a (-achtne that would hind
1897 Kay 6 tthurs) ianaas City Times, p. o\ ™ grain aa fast aa cut. Stevenson was jeered at by his neighbors when he
said he could make steam haul great load acrsoss the count IT, Ssr,iel
Again Soars the Air Ship. / Mysterious Aerial Creature Pays Emporla a Horse waa at one time in danper of heinR sent to an asylum became he
Twilight Call. / Aa Usual, Numbers of Reputable Citizens See tbs insisted that he could send wssages over the e l e c t r i c wire. The nun
Strange Visitant—It Was Traveling 60 Miles an Hour a t a Height of who invented the telephone was laughed at when he said he had a pschlne
One liilo and fossseaed Both Lights and Wings,/*Special to SCT. that oould carry a r t i c u l a t i o n over hundreds of miles of wire, and the
Eaporia, Kans., Kay 5,—This c i t y has had her a i r s h i p . I t hap­ world stopped whirling when Fdison invented the phonorrsph. Now we
pened early t h i s evening Between 7:10 and 7:20, in the plain view of have the kinetescope, the telautoprnph, the e l e c t r i c notor in<l n hun.!re<i
hu:.drsd3 who congregated on the s t r e e t s . other things that our forbears would have [Link] impossible or of the
At the time darknees was Just beginning t o f a l l , yet everything
devil. . __
could be plainly seen when the atr*ngc craft f i r s t appeared southeast
And why iiot an a i r i h i p? t)f course, *i,ixlm, the r r c i t inventor, bas
of tlio c i t y . I t soared about a mile high. Those who b>iw i t f i r s t
failed to make a successful one, hut our greatest inventions VTO not
s U t e that i t carried a bright l i g h t , which could not be seen a f t e r i t
nade by skilled inventors. That nvsterloua llfht *iy he thp lung touj.M
had p a r t i a l l y p asaed the c i t y . The vessel waa going at a rate of not
for navigator of the n i r . If i t i s , the [Link] Is not s u r p r i s i n g It \*
1*»B than 60 n-ilea an hour, as I t was not :nore than tt*« u n u t e s in
true that Venus Is unusually b r i l l i a n t at t h i s sosion, hut Venus, des­
coilD£ within and passing out of range of vision a t Emporla.
pite what the poets say of her. Is n staid And respectable body ind not
Anong those who f i r s t aau the queer v i s i t o r was Prof, Eli Payne of given to cutting didoes in the upper ether or in tin* U.1M1 of •jwocpt«(
the- State Korral school, who with his vifo and Prof. John Schurr, around fron one place to another. Venus stays r l r h t thr-re, hut t'>e
superintendent of schools at Howard, Kans,, were out r i d i n g . They a l l mysterious lifht that is hailed as an .ilrship move* with jreat r*pidltr-
• greed that a large headlight of some kind was an the a e r i a l navigator,; Some staid and respectable a l t i z e n s uho look not upon the wine when It I
and t h a t i t was going a t a rapid r a t e in a d i r e c t l i n o north; t h a t I In red nor daily with the corn when I t is in i t s liquid ton- h«vi- «ecn
there was no perceptible wind, and t h a t portions "of the object in the ( t h e crrnt light novinf. Rwiftly athwart the heavesn. [Link] is i t ! It
a i r could d i s t l n c t l l y be seen to have motion of aome kind, which was *d nay he an optical i l l u s i o n , of course, but would anyone be rrca(l>
s i m i l a r to that of the wings of a large vulture or turkey buziird, prised if It did turn out ot be a successful M r s h i p , cipnhle of raving
though ix. a distance too great to make out d i s t l r . c i l y . Ihe- object was at a [Link] speed treble that of our fastest expreaa trains? This i» .in
a l s o plainly seen to have a vavy [Link], a t t i a e s ascending and t'[Link] ape of wonders, and the kKma'xaria huinoriats of our eBteeff«d contex^orsr-
descending. ies would do well to reoain quiet u n t i l we lesrn aomethinp more ol
A^ong the well-known c i t i z e n s who aau the sight,and who agree on a this myBterlnus lipht called nn wtrshin.
the above statement, a r e : Judge J.W, Malloy, Prof, J . Edward Halloy, 1BW April iO (.bat.J u iiebrsfita State Journal (Lincoln) , p , S . (card 1)
John llonning. John L. Es'rfridge, W.L. Protherp and hundreds of otheri-
ld-/{ Hay 7 t|[)i) EEporla (Kans) Dally Gazette, p . It. CEKTiiAL CITY SICIiTS IT. / Mysterious Air Ship Hovering Over Htrrlck
County,
The Air Ship, CENTRAL CITY, Keb., April 9. — (Special.)—The so-called airship
Bnporla had a good look at the air ship l a s t night. About TOO put in an appearance at t h i s place about 9 o'clock l a s t nlgnt, but
people in the eastern r s r t of town saw i t . I t vas high in the heavens did not stop to take on any passengers. It was f i r s t seen by C.
and only a black object in the dome. Charley Harris said he saw i t Jacobeoo while on his way hoo-e from hla place of business about fif­
wave a dip. Other agree v i t h him. I t f i r s t appeared to be eolnp wi-st teen minutes before 9 o'clock, lie says that when he f l r t t saw the
and then turned and traveled d i r e c t l y north. Probably 1,000 Errporis lignt I t was aloost d i r e c t l y west from him, and appeared to be about
people saw the object. I t may have been a toy a balloon. I t riay havp a talle high, as near as lie could t e l l , lie f i r s t took It to be the
been a k i t e . But i t c e r t a i n i r looked unfamilinr and strange. Charley evening s t a r , hut upon looking at I t , lc seemed to be novir.j . To oak
Harris says that i t had a headlight and that many people saw i t , before sure ue was not mistaken he cot behind tree and [Link] *1<"IK the
the ship" turned north. Many conservative c i t i z e n s believe i t r e a l l y truit* WHICH convinced iilir, that the l i g h t was coving In a northerly
was an a i r ship. d i r e c t i o n . At the tine Mr. Jacobson waa near his hone, and upon i t -
Two young fanners who caae in on East 6th ave while the people riving there ne went in the house to t e l l his son Henry to con* out
were rubbernecking at the " a i r ship" from the [Link].T depot, said the and see the ligiic, the othsr eweuets of the family being at churcn.
ship waa a big paper balloon, and passed over t h e i r heads about a While he was ii. the house the l i g h t 6eetaa to have disappeared, ■■ i t
mile e a s t , so close t h a t they couid've shied a stone at i t and knock-d could not be seen for a feu atnutes afterwards, but suddenly put in a
a hole through I t . appearance altrost due northwest of then. DesirlnR to have othet wit­
Barnard 7/1 b 15/1 nesses Hr. Jacobson called neighbors, C. Larsen and f a t i l v , and to­
gether they watched the strange spectre floating through the heavens
May 10 [Link]: Qsporla people are being pestered by l e t t e r s from scien­ u n t i l I t disappeared rather suddenly about five minutes afterwards,
t i s t s who wish to know about the a i r ship. almost due north of them.
The light is described as having been very briRht .\nd of a frrvni-.
Nov 23/*o6 Floating through the atmosphere (SF arsp} color, reseobling on e l e c t r i c l i g n t . At times It seerwd to be r « m i (
Har. 25/'Q7 B e l l e v i l l e ; 30 Omaha; April 2 , KC a Everest. like a search light In the hands of an operator. ;;othlnc b t s I J t i the
!Sy7 May ll \' ■ J Atchl son (Kane) Daily u'lobe, p. l e . light could be seen. The moat curious part of the occurrence is t**i
the witnesses say the llRht was beneath the clouds, which were rgulte
JfewB and Consent: St. Joe had an attack of Mr ship l a s t [Link]. M numerous at that tine and which were being driven rapidly by the vind
8 o'clock the s t r e e t s were f i l l e d with people gazing at a large l o o t ­ in a southerly direction.
ing object, with four colored l i e h t s attached .that sailed across th- _All wof. „thest
„ „ witnesses are __,,.,,
among .... . _ , „best
the very „ .citizens
„ . „ . . . .... , „ on,-
«nd no
sky. The rubbernecks afterwards learned that i t wes a k i t e , vith f-ur ,;ete doubts their truthfulness. Mr. JacohBon says he is w l l l l n r t
small lanterns attached, sent up by a raitroad man in S t . Joe, aa a make an affadavlt to the effect that the report as sent to the Journal.,
Joke on the people.
which was read to him, is c o r r e c t .
 i.'l . i.U-.-Ai'U V„ ITS I'Ai'H.
9X won i t was plainly teen and appeared ■* large • • * food-six*d t i n t . It
;.;■. . , April '). — (Special.) — Last- nii'.iii .\L-ut '' n ' i l . - . l had a red light at lta bead and a green oa* at l t i a tarn. I t *«c»*d t*
r ( > . ; , \ i . i j , ;><-•
a ;-..-«r c ■- <■' c i t i z e n exposed of C.A. a M Hbson and <>tt..T' . a . T i o ^ ■ be propelled by huge wings or fan*, which look Ilka wind Mllla with the
very brifci-t i i . h t i'i«.ir in the f a s t , vnich seened to i>e roving swiftly aalla placed horizontally, and to rl»« and f a l l In tha a i r by changm,
toward tiie west jJB[ after jinsslnp ovur the town disappeared. the angle* of the fan. The *hip wa* *«en by Mayor Saaly, ax-Mayor
About a naif nuuf l a t e r people coning front church a,;ain saw the U c h t , U i i o n , Dr. Lewi*, Dr. O'Ketl and Colonel Stanley.
which seeded to uu ^JOUL a tnlle away, '..'nlle watching i t , i t quickly WOONSOCXET, S. D., April 1*.—(Special T*legraa.) — Tha alrahlp
diaappaarou, uut coon at cur appeared aj:a*n further south and [Link] to paaaed over t h l * c i t y l a a t night at 9 o'clock, displaying vhlia Bad
be coiimp [Link] LO-U. i t , nowever, went fro*, sljjht and was not seen green l i g h t * . I t uaa coving wettward, but Dot r a p i d l y . I t w*a v l u o -
again. [Link] f i r ^ t suen by Mr. Gibson and others i t was taken for a »ed by a large cuaber of r e l i a b l e business Men.
shooting s t a r , tnou,-,.. tney inou^nC i t was nost too l(iri't>, but took no
B£D CLOUD, Neb., April H . —-(Speei«l.)—Monday «v«olng asveral c l t -
furtiuT ttioupi.t of i t t i l l tiu:ir attention was called to i t by Pell A.
lteoa aaw * bright l i g h t , which wa* supposed to proceed froa tb* such
Narrows, who was Oi,e of tne party WHO had seen i t l a t e r in the evening
Vne J o i i n u l correspondent ,_ , -.._ .._- - - ._ : ; t*lked-of
t*lked-ot a a ll rr a
ahh ll p
p .. Dick
Dick Pcrria
Ferris discovered
discovered It
It at
at 10:30
10:30 p.». p.m. It It was to**
was tn*«
Interviewed the gentlemen ana was informed b y , e e Q d i r e c l i y .bove h l » , and al»oat s t a t i o n a r y , • t i t ting a light equal
Mr, Glu&on Ciios ^t took tiie light about fifteen minutes to cross the
'■to a n . a r ^ - l a a p - — I t soon [Link] and -toot..A swift aimtfaveat
sky. Dr. Narrows saiu mat his attention was called to tne light soon
course, with the wind; and a f t e r s w i n g about for aoac tlaa the light
after leaving church by one of the ladies In the crowu, and that they
changed color and dlaappeared in the v e s t . Tha phenoocooo was also
stood for SKverai minutes watching i t . The l i g h t appeared dazillngly
witnessed by Postmaster Cowden and h i s wife and T. C. Backer.
brij;,it and WJS uDout naif as larre as the noon. Other persons who saw
1897"April 16 (Fri) Omahs Dally Bee, p. 1, ~~~
i t were lit. and lirs. S. Crouch, Mrs. Cunuercian and son, Mrs. Barrows |
and dauplictr and Oliver Wilson, who also saw I t froa another point. Airship Looks Like a Canoe. / F u s e * Over Underwood, low*. Traveling
These persons a l l unite in pronouncing I t the [Link] flying .-achine to the Northeast.
■■lilch has been seen in different parts of the stat.e.
UNDERWOOD, l a . , April 15.--(Special.)--The a i r s h i p was seen to
1B97 April 14 (-Sd) Omaha Dally Bee, p. 3. pass slowly over this c i t y at about 9 o'clock l s a t oight. I t wa*
headed in a northeasterly direction and eeemed to »ove »lovly over the
Bulletins frora the Airship. / Appears Saturday a t Decatur and Sunday c i t y , r i s i n g slowly * • i t passed over sod then going down lower s f t e r
In the Black H i l l s . i t passed. I t seemed to have some sort of t headlight which emitted
DEADW00D, S.D., April 13.-'-(Special telegram. )~Laec night a very bright l i g h t , aa I t could e a s i l y be distinguished from the s t a r s .
Albert Sawre, while returning to his hoae from a social c a l l at a At least two reputable c l t l i e n s of t h l * place saw the "machine',' and I t
l a t e hour, d i s t i n c t l y saw mysterious l i g h t s floating in the a i r above w*s watched with considerable i n t e r e s t . Just after i t passed hers I t
him and the dim outline of a mysterious something s a i l i n g slowly over came ouch nearer to the ground then when d i r e c t l y over the c i t y . It
the c i t y . It moved in a leisurely nianner and was In sight for a t appeared to be shaped like a canoe, with wings of considerable length
least 20 minutes. It was also observed by George Wilson, John Ryan, at each aide.
Max Tawley and Ray Sharpe, each of whom gives a different account of IS17 April 16 (Sat) Oman* Dally Bee, p. 8.
i t s appearance. The gentlemen named are personally unacquainted with
one another. Airship Has Been Sidetracked. / Voyager Through the Heavens Postpones
DECATUR, tieb. , April 13.--(Special.) —The Bame or a similar His Visit.
t y s t e r l o u s light that was seen here a few nighta ago again appeared The hopes of the Exposition officials that the Identity of the
here on Saturday evening. I t s course was south but instead of going alrahlp nan would be revealed Saturday of this w«ek when h« had notl-
down on the Nebraska aide of the river this time it followed the loCa *i«d * h e man»ges*nt that he would appear snd perfect the details of
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line. __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ^ _ _ _ _ „ _ _ _ «n arrangement whereby his invention was to become a feature of the
1897 April 14 (Wed) Omnha Daily Bee, p. 5. ~~~~ "exposition, were rudely shattered yesterday, when Secretary Wakefltid
jreceived a second letter froa the party postponing hi* vl*lt for th«
Hears the Airship's Machinery. / Prominent Business Han of Oak Tells present. This letter, like the first one, w** written on • piece of
of His Experiences. plain note paper. It was dated *t Omaha, April IK, and read* *•
OAK, h'eb., April 13. —(Special Telegram.)—This morning L.R Young, follows:
a prominent business man of this place, reports that after locking up i "Owing to repairs necessitated by our recent Hilwaakea voyage it
and going home from hie place of business last evening, about 11 o'clk, [will be impossible for me to c*ll on you Saturday, but I will call af­
he saw a very bright light coming from the southwest and moving in a ter making a voyage to Hew York, where they seen to doubt My Invention..
northeasterly direction. He beheld it, he sayB, until the monster !l regret that practical Jokers are sending up small balloon* to deceive
passed the spot where he atood. He asserts that he could clearly .the people.!"
outline the airship aa It passed over and could hear the muffled Bound 1 Like the first letter, this one was signed "A.C. Clinton."
of Its machinery. (1897 April 17 Omaha Daily Bee (Sat), p. i. (card 1)
1597 April li (Wed) Kearney (NebJ Hub, p, 2.
See It Often In Platte County. / Airship Ha* Been a Frequent Visitor
Tales of the To'-i\ During the Past Month.
Chief Julian has pulled so many people that have seen queer thlnga CLARKS, h'eb., April 16 (Specisl.)—The strange light In the hea­
that he confidently expects to pull people before long who have a i r ­ ven* made lta appearance for the third ti»e In this county laat night.
ships In their v i s i o n , liot lonp ago the chief pulled a can who asked It W B B noticed here first about four weeks ago. Last week It appesrsd
him the nexc norninp. how many officers i t took to take him. Mr. Juliannesr Central City, 12 mllea fron here, and was watched by at l«*at a
told hin that one man was a l l that the extRenciea of the occasion de- half doien people for over an hour. Laat night I t waa Been at Sliver
landed. "Well I d e c l a r e , " remarked the fellow. "I thoupht I saw 3 or [Link]( The Bee correspondent and Charlea Dee atood oa the depot
4." When people [Link] to see atsps regularly, Mr. Julian will present platforn at Silver Creek and watched the light for fully fifteen *dn-
thcci with a chvono card containing the followinp verse of his own u t e s . I t seemed to be a long way off, traveling eastward. It wa*
composition: aleost s t r a i g h t overhead when f i r s t seen, but disappeared beyond tha
There arc arsps in the sky / Rock and r y e . / Don't vou see thera as horizon fifteen alnutes l a t e r . The same light waa *een »t Colucbu*.
they fly! / Rock and r v e . / Do not take this fo_r a puy,/ Y0U can see ten (301] miles away, by James Breedlove, a Union Pacific brakenan,
thera up on h i g h , / If you don't believe i t try / Rock and rye. who was coning out on the Kearney l o c a l , which reache* Silver Creek a t
p. 1 — arep Inventor writes exposition. 9:15 p.n. He e*y* he saw the light plainly at Colusbua, also that ht
28, p. 2--ln Grand Island the ar-sp is the sole topic of conversation. saw the sane light *everal night* ago, but beyond Lexington, and that
Wed Apr 23 p. 3—Spied/ Grand Island Independent: The " a i r s h i p " or IL* l * " t r 7 - some t h i r t y passengers watched i t for ten or_flft«e°. ainut**,
whatever i t I s , was scon fion. night by a number of c i t i t e n 6 . It when i t disappeared "to the' southward. He describes i t a* a large
aeemed to have been In the same direction and to have travelled about klte-ahsped l i g h t , p r e t t y nuch the color of an arc e l e c t r i c l i g h t . Ts
the same course, as on the night previous. It appeared about the a thoae who saw i t at Silver Creek i t appeared «uch redder than *a e l e c ­
asame hour that i t appeared Sunday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock. t r i c l i g h t , more a b l a r e .
Th. Apr. 29 p. 3-~Splce/ Crand Island i s getting excited over i t . The CLAY CENTER, Heb. , April 16 (Special Telegram,)—A number of r e ­
Independent says; "It has been suggested that the next time any one l i a b l e c i t i z e n s , among the* aeveral women, have l a t e l y seen what 1*
sees t h e " a l r s h l p " or whatever that a p p s r t i t l o n i s , which has for aboutiSuppo*ed to be the a i r s h i p . Although not close enough to diacem l t a
2 months been seen in Jlebraska and has been taken for an a i r s h i p , he ; *h*pe, the light appears to be very strong and t r a v e l s fro« the aouth
be authorized to telephone to the waterworkd s t a t i o n and that the en- to the north in the sky west of here in the l o c a l i t y of Hastings,
ftlneer blow 3 long w h i s t l e s , to notify the people to take a look at VILLISCA, Iowa, April 16.—(Special.)—The airship waa seen her*
the thing. Wednesday night at 10 o'clock in the southwest and i t traveled in a
May 12 p. 3 —Spice/ In many tieb c i t i e s where the ar-sp has been taking westerly d i r e c t i o n . I t had a large red and white l i g h t , but wa* too
nightly v i s i t s the people have discovered that they have been Imposed f « UP l n t h e » i r £ o r t n e " ^ P * to be seen. f . J . Taylor, a pro»lnent
on by kite flyers who have attached candies' and lanterns to the k i t e s groceryman, aod several other people clain to have ae*n i t . Thursday
sent up after night. night J.A. Day, landlord of the Central houae, aaw I t in tha sase place
Mar. 24 p. 2—Wish [Stub) would atop talking about arsps ln favor of at about the same tliae.
Snow plows. Felt like a flying machine once at Democratic conventn JEFFERSON, Iowa, April 16. —(Special Telegrsa.)—A local news­
when Bryan nonlnatcd, but C3me down wlth-s thud. paper this norning printed a lurid story concerning th* airship which ,
1897 April 15 (Th) Omaha Daily Bee, p. 1 ~~~ wa* alleged to have plunged to the earth north of town. Before noon a
nucber of people bad actually v i s i t e d the place'to' see"the hole.
Airship la Seen by Moonlight. / Appears to Be Propelled by Huge PIESJtE, S.D., April 16. —(Special Telegraa.)—A nuaber of clt!***•.
of this c i t y . East Pierre and Port Pierre are certain they aaw the |
Horliontal Wind Mllle.
mysterious airship about 9 o'clock laat night^passing rapidly toward :
CAWT0N, S. D., April 14. —(Speaial Telegraa.)— U a t night the a i r ­
the west, several hundred feet in the a i r and traveling at a rapid j
ship pasaed high above t h i s c i t y , headed due north. In the l i g h t of the
apeed. Most of them only claim to have seen a bright l i n h t , r*«e»blin('
 93naned
Cearon, took »* over th* course puraued by th* cow *■ *h* Jump**"
a locomotive hendllRht, but othera are JUBC as certain they saw a long
dark k*4f object, supplied with long arms extending from each aide, over the icon, and I had ■ good view of that pl*n*t. Th* alrihtp via
Ceorre Strong of fcast Pierre is certain of seeing the dark object belov built In a remote corner of th* aandhlllt, vtier* th* souodi of the
the l i g h t , as was Janes Seals of this c i t y . Fire Chief Monkhouse saw hanmera and saws were deadened, and where no *tray p****r* ever chan­
the light as uell as J. II, KCCloud and a number of other residents of ced. The long loft Charlie Ro*a i» engineer and the «an who struct
Fort Pierre. Billy Patterson i s second o f f i c e r . The ship la run by wind, which
waa collected bf following Mr. Brvan during hla canpalgo tour. It la
In it April I - (-mi) Cr.a/.a v;orld-llerald, p. 10. (card 1) a very Interesting vesael, but I an not at liberty to give away thr
facta concerning i t Juat yet. I nay WTlte a book or deliver a aerie*
VAGAJilKG OF "';:L' AIRSHIP. / Harrison Man Recognizes Cravford Fugitive aa of lecture* before long,"
Its P i l o t . / Special [ilepatch to the World-Herald.
Harrison, Nc-L., April .7- — An airship of gigantic dirensiono vaa
seen here Tuesuay night by a [Link] of lawyers, Jurors and witnesses Apr. 16 p. 4—The air ahip haa evidently started oo an eastern tour
who are here attending, the regular spring t e r n of the d i s t r i c t court. aa i t haa been Been la Chicago. I t la doubtlea* on i t s way to an
It was sailing wncn f i r s t discovered in a southeasterly direction nt Atlantic watering place to get ready for l t a engagement for th* comlnf
what seemed an extraordinary rate of speed, when suddenly, to the aston t e n o n aa the aea aerpent.
Ish.-cnt. of a l l , it seemed to slacken Its speed and careened around in a 1897 April 20 (Tues) Omaha Dally Be
. c i r c l e , and U;en care to a stop and hung notionless as if suspended by
a rope for several minutes. Airship'* Unp I» Lighted. / Juniata People Se* the Big Headlight
Several WHO aaw It claim to have seen different colored l i g h t s , Placed in Foaition.
which changed alternately from white to red, blue and gree, which seed­ JUNIATA, Neb, April 19.--(Special.)-~The airahlp wa* aeeo her«
ed t o be manipulated by objects on the ship, and Bfter signaling in l a s t night about 8:30. I t wa* juat northwest of the town. The Urge
t h i s way several [Link], one eye witness says, that an extrccely bright white light appeared to have been Juat lighted and wa* being placid la
light snot rrom either side of the huge monster, and that i t then grad­ position for the n i g h t ' s use. It waa put out aoon after being lighted
ually moved off and disappeared. probably for trinaslng, then I t appeared again very bright. Then tha
ship atarted at a rapid gate to the northwest and dlaappcarid In tha
It could Le plainly seen for a Efice of fully t h i r t y [Link] add direction of North Flatte in about half an hour..
caused great const': rat ion mnone the legal luminaries, vho, for the tloe
being, excrni.^ged Jurisprudence for1 astronomy. LYONS, Heb., April 19. —(Special.)—The airship was vltneitcd by i
/[Link] thece claiming to have witnessed the wonderful phenomenon are a number of people In this v i c i n i t y last evening. It waa first obaerv*
Judge Eartow and A.J. liabbiger of Chadron, B.F. White of Omaha, E.'W. southeaat of Lyon* about 9:30 [Link]. I t wai citl&ated to b* about eight
aa:ly and J . r . Porter of Crawford, A.U. Agce of Aurora, John Linnin of miles from town and about one mile and a half to two t i l e * high. Thera
Georgetown, 7?x., and others. These gentlemen observed the spectacle were a head and a rear l i g h t , with outlines between resenbling the [an*
from different portions of the c i t y , sore fron house tops, box c a r s , of a large wind m i l l . It passed between here and Oakland and leeoed to
wind mills and Lams. John [Link] scrambled up on top of a chicken travel In a northwestern d i r e c t i o n . A P*rty of young folka, returniaj
house to get a good view and fell through the roof of the house astride from a aoclable, say i t went at a _r* te ol f ° u r t 0 i l * ■ " ' • p'r hour.
Of a chicken l i f t i n g coon, neither one was severely injured, but were When Che ship waa south of Bancroft about *lx * l l e * i t made a large
bruised [Link]-nnt, while several chickens were k i l l e d , e i r f ^ r t~ur- or r b r t t t 1 " " , and Tbpn p r ^ ' e d e d in rhf rUrrtlnn nf
West Point. Many faraer* watched i t t i l l a^ppat wldnlght. |
* Charles 7. Coffee took observations from his wind [Link] and vns so 1897 April 20 <Tues) Omaha Daily Bee, p. 8. ' '
nrased an.'f hig.-ily pleased with the spectacle that his wife could hardly
persuade nir;. to co^e down, Several incidents of t h i s kind occurred
which are too numerous to mention. Airship Is at Portal.
The airship that haa been infesting these and neighboring parti 1*
Wnert these gentlemen* were interviewed regarding what they saw they
a nightly vieltor at Portal whenever the weather 1» fine. The resident*
a l l seeded to agree that some kind of a luminous body passed over this
of that l i t t l e place, which la but a few nllea from thl* c i t y , would b*
place but no two can agree on the same description.
unable to sleep if the airy monster did not J put In a regular appear- I
Some i n s i s t i t was a meteoror comet while others who clain tb be ance. So say* Hra. John McCarthy, who lives there and who baa friend*
well acquainted with f l i r t a t i o n s of the sun, moon, s t a r s , planets,
in thi* c i t y . The ship appears on every night when It 1* cle*r. It |
a s t e r o i d s , s a t e l l i t e s , comets and other wonders of the a e r i a l regions , , . , , , ,. ,, . , „ .
are ready to swear on a stack of bibles that never before did they win- » « M " c w ^ v a r i a b l y from the direction of Seymour Park, It i l g t a g .
ne.B or read of anything which pertalna to the heavenly bodies that r e - , c r o * * t n e »"«"» * n d B n o o t 8 UP o r d t w " uJth " I " 1 *«iHty. According
Be^.bled t h i s Rreat and beautiful tronater. to the people vho have viewed It through g U a t t i i t 1* long and oblong,
'»fhen Mr. iiabbiger waa a6ked about the tratter, he said that It ap- and la provided with huge wings. Lights are hung front and aft.
peered to be a large e l l i p s e ahaped body e n t i r e l y illuminated by varie- 1897 April 20 {TUCB) [Link] State journal (Lincoln), p. !"."
gated l l g n t s , r e s e t t l i n g in shape the whaleback [Link] that piled the
great lakes, iie alao insisted that he saw several objects oovlng arouni A1"51111" SIGHTED AT BRADSILAU / Appears for the Third Tltte to Hyitify
on the ship and believes that he heard voices, but said he might be Inhabitants.
mistaken. i(e i a , however, confident he saw moving objects on board. BRADSHAU, Neb., April 19 T -(Special.)—One of those unaccounted for
E.W. Dally of Crawford gave a minute description and waa confident l i g h t s , presumably an a i r s h i p , was sighted near the northwest horlron
two persona were on board, who, he claims, seened to be guiding the by several c i t i i e n s of this place last night. It ooved gently toward
-tne norcnuee£ l n t n e face o f
ship, iie said i t resembled a large box, with oval shape, At the stern ■ strong wind, which is rather hard on the
he aavG , there was an apparatus resembling a propeller and attached to advertising balloon theory, and i t had none of the characteristic* of a
the cain body by a large iron or vooden beam. Suspended fron the box meteor. Thla i s the third time i t has been seen fron here, but never
waa another box-like s t r u c t u r e . Starting froa the upper end i t £radu~ by so many people.
ail
J ' . !- Q P? r e J l 0 a point, " r . Caily is positive two persons were in TABLE BOCK, April 19.---(Special.)--A few nlnutes before 8 o'clock
the largo oval shaped box, who were working with rachinery of some kind last night about s doten oore c i t i i e n s , Including The dJournal corres­
pondent, discovered a strange [Link] a short distance kbove the eastern
He is also positive that the rations of the persons *«a would indicate
horizon, a l i t t l e north of east. It looked like a large Uluralnattd
they were working hard. Fortunately he had a B/rall field elass with
balloon, with a light similar to an e l e c t r i c l i g h t . It hovered a t i d e ,
iiira and i n s i s t s that one of the eentlemon looked very much like Albert then wavered, arose [Link] and finally passed out of sight. The phenoa-
'■Aiipple. who, i t my be remembered, disappeared fron Crawford two years enon was seen for fifteen minutes or raore.
ago, after [Link].g the Crawford Danklng company. !Lr, Caily was dumb­
founded by the wonderful [Link] and p a r t i c u l a r l y the appearance of JUNIATA, Keb., April 19. — (Special.)— That famous "airship" wa*
a rvin on the snip who [Link] V.-hlpple. VThlpple, i t Is said, while in aeen here last evening about 8:'30. " Th* Urge whit* light (uddenly'ap- i
Crawford told a friend of his that he was working on an a i r s h i p , and peared j u s t northwest of town, and afterward* waa put out, probably forj
that [Link] :.e w cu id s t a r t l e the world. Many believe t h i s solves the crinming, when i t again appeared, very l«rge and bright. Then th* i
Itnysterty; that i t is really an a i r s h i p , and that the inventor, Whipple ship started at • rapid gait in the direction of Korth P l a t t e , and dl«-
■aisa being a fugitive from J u s t i c e , is afraid to land In daylight and appeared in the distance in about half an hour. :
rn^ke his wonderful invention known, 1097 April ?1 ■'eil) Kearney Daily ilub, p. i. '
it Mr. [Link] said i t resembled a big [Link] with wings. He also in­
s i s t s that he heard v o i c e s . | THE SECRET DIVULGED. / The Wonderful Mr-Shir- Itodelled by a :iorth \
Platte liechanlcal Genius. (
It has caused [Link] [Link] and some of those who saw i t are The air ship ran on the :Jorth Flnttc Telegraph is the last to r e - =
determined to investigate the [Link]] fully, as rumy believe Cit to be! port. Red nnd t;reen lights havr been floating around [Link] i
a 1 meteor , and n r-art C , . . , J -of late over the city where the f l a t t e forks and Col. Cody I r r i g a t e s , ]
1897 April 18 (Sun) Nebraska State Jounal {Lincoln), p. 12. and the occasion called for [Link]. So the Joyful Journalese
went out and lnvestipated. After searching for evidence a long tine
(Ed.) The picture of the Chicago airship as i t appear! in the papers
he finally found a local mechanic who had wide a model for the air shi
looks like a boat with a big cigar-shaped cylinder lying upon I t s
some time a£0. That i s , It was sup[csed t o have been an air-»hip
. back. The "wings" that the Bebraska seers describe do not appear In
evidence in the alleged photo. Eut evidently there are about a hun­ model because the two strangers who had i t [Link] did not ask to hove
dred v a r i e t i e s of airships flying about ua and aa none of thea appear the riodel labelled, and in fact were rather reticent as what i t was
to land they probably come from Kara. The next tine they aee one in nodel of. The paper, in describing the completed model, which vas
broad daylight they should hang out a white flag and make signs of put together behind locked doors after the mechanic had been sworn to ,
peace and perhaps i t will s a i l down and put off aooe of ita alnoat secrecy, says: "The rain part a is a rox 3 1/2 Inches svpinre, with
insuperable bashfulneas. four windows, one on each side, of red, green, white and [Link] colored
glass. Over each window an arm (- inches lonf. projected, to which via !
People and Events; "I know a l l about the a i r s h i p , " wrltea Charle<
attached a fan or wlr.g-llke nttacharent. The men were ruch pleased |
Rief of Grand Island; "I have seen I t ; I had a ride on I t ; I dined
upon I t s deck, three n l l e s above the earth. The captain of i t , a »an
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wiw. Die r . ; j i - ! , [Link], v f t : , f y , „ ( ,f v&[Link] and s h e e t b r a s s , s a y i n g t ' . a t ' 1 8 9 7 A p r i l 25 (Sun) Cbaha, U o r l d - J i o r a l d , p . 1 2 ( c a r d l) '"*
thi-> tiaJ [Link] f i v e o: ffcrer.i, [Link] uorr. on I t w i t h o u t b e i n g a b l e t o
[Link] u . " STOllSS CF TIE AIRSHIP. / Scoa Cfcaha Pooplo of Repute l i k e S t o c k In
;.o« t h a t tr,e [Link].L- o r t n e a l r - u h i p h a s beer, f o u n d , t h a t t h e nun who t h e r e c u l l a r r h a n o n e n o n , / Believe- T h a t C l i n t o n A, Case Has C a r r i e d
"u-i; i t la fJcTii.i u - j y l o c a t e d , and a l l t h e f a c t s a s vo i t s s i z e and Out His Ideaa t o a 5 u c c e 3 e f u l C o n c l u s i o n ,
n e c e s s a r y f l y i n g ar.J p r o p e l ! ir.f, n-achinery h a s b e e i . d i v u l g e d , p e o p l e T h e r e a r e s e v e r a l p r a c t i c a l and s c i e n t i f i c raen i n Cdaha who a r *
w i l l not n o e s t o t'ue^.s m. i t s s t r u n g e and a p p a r e n t l y f l i p p a n t and I n - n o t a t a l l s u r p r i s e d by t h e a l m o s t d a l l y r e p o r t s o f c i t i i e n s - h a v i n g
s i ;:(.■«■ ,-t- i i c l l o : ; s m:v '.e.-:.ffr. i i i a e e n s c c e s o r t of a o r t a l Escalator s a i l i n g between e a r t h and h e a v e n ,
189? A p r i l 21 (i-'ed) Nebraska S t a t e J o u r n a l ( L i n c o l n ; , p . 4. showing i t s c o u r s e by n i g h t by v i v i d f l a s h o j of l i g h t . Those g o n t l e -
c e n a r e c o n f i d e n t t h a t t h i s a e r i a l t r a v e l e r I s t h e i n v e n t i o n of a
I I RAI:;ED AlPJISiiiPS. (ed) f o r r . e r Ccaha c a n , who, a b o u t two y e a r s a g o , s u b a l t t e d f o r t h e i r c o n -
Monday e v e n i n g " a s p r o l i f i c in a i r s h i p s in N e b r a s k a . One was seen s l d e r a t i o n p l a n s of a c o s t r e t v i r k a b l e e n g i n e d e s i g n e d f o r a e r i a l n a v i -
in t h e e a s t a t T a b l e Rock, Pawnee c o u n t y , a n o t h e r a t J u n i a t a , Clay g a t l o n . The i n v e n t o r o f t h i s machine v a s C l i n t o n A, C a s e , i n v e n t o r
c o u n t y , in t h e n o r t h w e s t , and a t h i r d a t B r a d s h a v , York c o u n t y , a t b y n a t u r e , v i o l i n c a k o r by n e c e s s i t y . Of t h e a b i l i t y shown by fir,
about the sane hour. Three of t h e s e h e a v e n l y m e s s e n g e r s a t once do « i a Case i n h i s c h o s e n p r o f e s s i o n t h e v i o l i n i s t s of Chaha can t e s t i f y ;
p r e t t y w e l l and i t i s p o s s i b l e t h a t t h e r e a r e a b o u t n i n e t y c o u n t i e s c e r t a i n l y i t i s t h a t t h e y s i n c e r e l y r e g r e t t e d h i s d e p a r t u r e fron t h i s
where one was seen but not r e p o r t e d en a c c o u n t of t h e b a s h f u l n e a s of city.
the b e h o l d e r s . It f 3 i r l y r a i n s a i r s h i p s these d a y s . And y e t a h a l f Soao tine b e f o r e l e a v i n g Ghana Mr. Case e x h i b i t e d t o Alva J . G r o -
dozen or so have e v i d e n t l y shaken out t h e i r main s a i l s and s t r u c k for Tor_ t h e c i v i l e n g i n e e r , p l a n s of a v e h i c l e d e s i g n e d f o r n a v i g a t i n g
the
east. tho __._ t o g e t h e r w i t h d r a w i n g s of a p r o p e l l i n g e n g i n e t h e l i k e of
I t I s tlrr.e t h e p o v e r n n e n t w e a t h e r b u r e a u got a r o v e on I t and i t v h l c h t h e e n g i n e e r hko n e v e r " h e f o r e s e r n ;
s h o u l d at once d i r e c t a l l I t s a g e n t s t o keep a l o o k o u t f o r a i r a i i . s h l p s A f t e r a c a r e f u l i t u d y of t h e b l u e p r i n t s o f Kr. C a i e ' i machine H r . '
I t w i n be i n t e r e s t i n g t o have a c e n s u s of them p u b l i s h e d as soon as G r o v e r d e c l a r e d h l s i s e l f of t h e o p i n i o n t h a t an a i r i h l p o r a e r o p l a n e
possible. P e r h a p s t h e r e o r e a t h o u s a n d of theci a l l t o l d . b u i l t upon t h e s e l i n e s v o u l d be a b l e t o n a v i g a t e t h e a i r , p r o v i d i n g
r e s i s t a n c e t o a i r c u r r e n t s and s t e e r i n g Rear were In r e l a t i v e p r o p o r -
The a i r s h i p h33 been naklnp, s g r e a t s e n s a t i o n in T e x a s , where t h e t i o n t o the l i f t i n g c a p a c i t y of the p l a n e ,
p e o p l e a r e supposed to have a c q u i r e d immunity from anv s e r i o u s v i s u a l PROPELLING ESGIK£.
d i s o r d e r s a r i s i n g from t h e c u r r e n t b e v e r a g e . A s o l e r a i c h u r c h r a n of j A r e m a r k a b l e f e a t u r e Of t h i s a i r n a v i g a t o r v a s t h e p r o p e l l i n g e n -
D a l l a s saw t h e s h i p and d e s c r i b e e i t m i n u t e l y : " I t was shaped l i k e a j g l n e , w h i c h , owing t o t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e p l a n e , a u s t of n e c e s s i t y
Mexican c i g a r , w i t h g r e a t wings r e s e l l i n g t h o s e of an e n o r n o u s b u t t e r - i c o m b i n e g r e e t p o v e r w i t h i n s n a i l s p a c e . C a s e ' s p l a n t shoved t h a t a f t e r
fly. I t was b r i l l i a n t l y I l l u m i n a t e d by two g r e a t s e a r c h l i g h t s , and w a s : t h e f i r s t 300 pounds o f v e l g h t e v e r y h o r s e power c o u l d be s e c u r e d by
s a i l i n g in a s o u t h e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n w i t h t h e v e l o c i t y of t h e w i n d , each a d d i t i o n a l three-pofcnd v e l g h t o f e n g i n e ; t h e v h o l e pover f o r
presenting a magnificent s p e c t a c l e . " i c a r r y i n g 1,800 pounds c o u l d b e s e c u r e d w i t h i n t h e s p a c e o f an o r d i n a r y
Wist have t h e s c o f f e r s t o say t o t h a t ? M i l l any of them deny now o f f i c e d e s k . Naptha was t o be used i n s t e a d o f c o a l - - b e i n g e a s i l y
■ t . b l - ^ ' " . ? . . 3 ^ . , 3*rsA*.&al-- — — c a r r i e d in t a n k s a t t h e b o t t o s : of t h e p l a n e .
lav/ April U (Thjhcbrasks State Jounal ( L i n c o l n ) , p. 3. ^ p l a n c l t M l f ( o f sn e n t l „ l y o r l _ i n i l d e s i g n , was t h e r e s u l t
o f wany y e a r s ' e x p e r i m e n t i n g . I t s framework was t o be o f b a n b o o , which
S . L ^ ™ *■ ! » . , % , /r , 1 * -. , w . t h e i n v e n t o r had found t o be t h e s t r o g n e s t aa w e l l a s l i g h t e s t m a t e r i a l
FRANKLIN, S e b , A p r i l 2 1 . - - ( S p e c i a l . > - - T h e . i » h i p . o r a v e r y l 0 o d ^ T h i r t y - f o o t wings of bamboo [ c o v e r e d } w i t h . 1 U e x t e n d e d o u t -
c o u n t e r f e i t , made i t s a p p e a r a n c e in t h e h e a v e n s s o u t h w e s t of h e r e t o -

b u t in a s o u t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n , u n t i l i t d i s a p p e a r e d a b o u t 1 0 : 3 0 , CAPITALISTS VABY

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q u e . s Handsomely. / L i n c i l n , NEb. how they p l a c e d i n v e s t o e n t s , . 0 t h e i n v e n t o r l e f t t h e c i t y w T t h h .
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As t h e g u e s t s l e f t t h e h o u s e t h e y a l l e . c l a i n * d t h a t t h e y saw t h e ,vowed purp0ee of b u l l d l n e h l , , l r i h i h l M < „ la M \\ ]
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a i r s h i p , but no two d e s c r bed t h e e a B e t h ng S o ^ s a i d i t had a r K e S p e 8 k J n g ol the l n v e n t l o Q of Hr. ^ £ J n e e r Ct , " ° ^ ^
g r e e n e y e s and a long t a l l and o t h e r s s a i d t h a t i t s e y e e were r e d . h e (lr „ ,
c o e to „ e „ j h l d , n l d „ he w „ ^ n e flf t h M / v ^ J ^ . ^ "
Tne s h i p v a s headed toward P l s t t s m o u t h . I t s * T be v e i l t o say t h a t p e r ( t m a uhoae t h e o r l e B a r e b „ e d o n c h e J a o u n t Qf , ^ " ' J J ! , J ^
t h e r e f r e s h m e n t s were of t h e m i l d e s t s o r t , n o t h i n g s t r o n g e r than they can consume, but a s I looked tm«t i n t o h i a p l a n t I b * c » « c o n v i n -
cherry j u l r e being allowed. iced t h a t Case was s aan of no o r d i n a r y c a l i b e r . I advised hia to u k i
A p r i l 21 p . 6—Heb. N o t e s . A n o t h e r week h a s p a s s e d , s a y s t h e H s r t l n f - d u p l i c s t e d r a s i n g a and send t h e » , w i t h e x p l a n a t i o n s , t o P r o f , Roland
ol
I ton H e r a l d , and no a i r s h i p has been s i g h t e d . The q u e s t i o n i s , a r e t h e J o h n s Hopkins u n i v e r s i t y . H a i l s , the w e l l - V n o v n ' t x p e r i n e n t e r in
H a r t l n g t o n p e o p l e t o o wide awake t o be hutcbugged or t o o u n l u c k y t o l i v e a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n , and t h e c h i e f of t h e b a l l o o n c o r p s of r h . !)„*, A
. even on a s t u b b r a n c h of t h e a i r s h i p l i n e . States . m y . He d i d so and r e c e i v e d r e p l i e s f r o - a l l t h e e e .
j "Kaxia c l a i n e d C a s e ' s i n v e n t i o n t o be n o t h l n * new In - , r i „ r i „ i . '
A p r i l 2 4 , P . 4 - S a i d In Fun. / The A i r S h i p . w h i l e t h e r e p l i e s of t h e o t h e r , were of . most e n c o u r a ^ ^ r ! '
Twinkle, twinkle l i t t l e s h i p , / How you gave u s a l l t h e s l i p ! , E s p e c i a l l y so v a s t h a t of P r o f . R o l a n d , who 1 . t h e h i g h e s t " t h o r i t )

you d o , t h i n k i n g p e o p l e w i l l have a r i g h t t o q u e s t i o n y o u r s a n i t y or
" I t vould be J u s t l i k e C a . e t o . i g n h i s n . « [Link] t o . c o g n i ­
sobriety, one or both. t i o n . My o p i n i o n of h i a 1 . t h e h i g h e s t . He I s w i t h o u t q u e s t i o n a
28, 4-—Omaha i s working t h e a i r s h i p i d e a f o r a v a a t amount of f r e e a d - ge n i u s and one o f t h e b r i g h t e s t m e c h a n i c s I e v e r t a w . "

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O n e - h a l f . , t h e c i t i z e n s of C o c h r a n s v i l l e , 0 . , have s i g n e d an . , - r ^ ™ S ^ ' S l J ^ ' I ^ J S t ^ h l r j i L ^ l S S I"" ^ ? "
f l d a v l t t o t h e e f f e c t t h a t an a i r s h i p f l o a t e d o v e r t h a t town on Hon- t n r v . „ A tt~ » " o s t . n t l a t e h i s former c l . l w l n ao . . t l . f . c -
day n i g h t . I t v a s cone s h a p e d , 180 f e e t l o n g and f l a s h e d r e d , w h i t e 5n«ftIlS!T/ " p o r t e d *L»o.t n i g h t l y 1. h i .
and g r e e n l i g h t s fron t h e bov. I t came a l o n g a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k . This - PLANS OF THE AIRSHIP. / I n v e n t i o n ^ o f " H e n r y " H e l F t T ^ n E x h i b i t i o n i n
i s t h e same hour of t h e sejr.e e v e n i n g t h a t t h r e e s e p a r a t e a i r s h i p s were Osuha.
s e e n In aa rcany N e b r a s k a c o u n t i e s . So we have e v e l d e n c e t h a t t h e r e l a t h e o f f i c e of C M . S u e s , t h e O u h i p a t e n t s o l i c i t o r M T b.
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would be g l a d t o h e a r o f any o t h e r a i r s h i p s s e e n on Monday n i g h t by t h e p r o Q i e . o{ , t t i t l [Link]. The i n v e n t i o n 1 . t h a t of Benrr
any o f i t s r e a d e r s . i t i s o n l y by r o u n d i n g 'em up on some p a r t i c u l a r H e i n t i of E l k t o n S D
n i g h t t h a t a c e n s u s can be t a k e n . T h e r e c e r t a i n l y must be a good many I n t h i s c o n n e c t i o n i t v o u l d n o t be s t . 1 1 s t r . n g . If i t t u m . d out
t h a C tUe p e o p l e l o
more t h a n f o u r . - „ . „ , „ , u 1„ , w , " ^ r a . k . r e p o r t e d t o have aeeti *n a i r s h i p h.d r x i
There I s no r e a s o n why t h e a i r s h i p s s h o u l d n o t s e l l by d a y , - b u t I t r e a l l y aeen t h e Hetncx a i r s h i p , a s E l k t o n i s ■ l i t t l e - o r e t h a n 200
I s e v i d e n t t h a t t h e one p h o t o g r a p h e d a t Chicago i s t h e o n l y e x c e p t i o n « u „ f r o . Ooaha. The i n v e n t i o n , . . d e s c r i b e d by Hr. S u e . I t i s
so f a r . That was q u i t e e a r l y in t h e n o m l n g and had p e r h a p s been b e - t h o u g h t , v e r y n e a r l y d u p l i c a t e s , t h r o u g h s . e c h . n i c . 1 . « „ . , t h e f l i g h t of
lated. I t i s c e r t a i n l y g r e a t l y t o t h e c r e d i t o f Nebraska t h a t s h e h a . , b i r d . The i n v e n t i o n e » b o d l e s an e l o n g a t e d a e r i a l c a r e n t i r e T e n -
R
t u r n e d o u t more a i r s h i p s in a s i ^ e n i g h t t h a n any o t h e r s t a t e In t h e I c l o s e d , p r o v l d e d w l t h . ,«„ enRlne C0 drIve r i H i f t J ™ " ! , " vlth a
u n i o n . The J o u r n a l v o u l d be d e l i g h t e d t o a n n o u n c e t h a t s e v e r a l c o r e buoyant p r o p e l l e r . . . . (broken off)
were d i s c o v e r e d on t h a t Monday n i g h t w i t h i n t h e b o u n d s o f t h e s t a t e . '
I t would n o t be a t a l l s u r p r i s i n g if I n v e n t o r H e i n t i had — c o n - j
- s t r u c t e d an a i r s h i p which c o u l d be tesde c o — l e r c l i l l y p r o f i t a b l e . I
 1897 April 26 (Hon) Or-ma bally Bee, p. 8. (card 1) - 9" 5" ^ j i 0 O k e [ j again. Of course they loovtd and stoved swiftly. They were
going In a southerly d i r e c t i o n , each keeping pace with the other.
He Tells of the Great Airship. / How It Came to Be Constructed and the yj i e n t n e y v e r e J u B C . b 0 u t to disappear In the southwestern horlion the
Journeys Made in I t . lights wade a turn and c«ne back. It did not take the» very loot, to
Omaha, April 24. To the Editor of the Bee: u ^ t n e e n t i r e t r i p frosi over Sand Krog [T) to beyond the a o l d i e r ' e
Down east they tapped their forehaada in a knowing way and smiled sly- h ome> ea$ away out in the U t t e r direction they disappeared. The »*n,
ly at each other when I told then I wae on the point of commencing a uho J l c B t observed the phenoirenon, i m e d i a t e l y telephoned to the
journey through the a i r . But i t seemed BO d i f f i c u l t to get the l a s t Koehler hotel and many of the guests there saw I t . They won't say
cog to dovetail exactly, and to get the power to operate on the pre- thMC l c w s e , B n i P l don't believe that itwas a balloon and sdalt that
cise point, that 1 did not feel Juatfied in resenting the Eany aarcas- t^cy don't know enough about aatrooouy to declare that i t was—or they
t i c remarks and direct sneers with which ay neighbors honored me. were—Buch and such s t a r s . They only know that there waa a white and_
My brother Zeb, however, never l o s t faith in my mechanical s k i l l , le& r e d l i g h t and that these l i g h t s traveled southward in the d l r e c t i o
and he assisted me with his purae, his advice and his labor. of Hastings.
One day we packed up our belongings, especially those parts of 189/ Kay 1 ( s *t) Kebraafc* State Journal, p . 4
our aero-motor which 1 had completed, and left the horse of our c h i l d ­
hood in [Hew] York s t a t e to e s t a b l i s h a new home on the p r a i r i e s , State Press.
where we would be unknown, and where we could labor undisturbed and A new theory of the a i r s h i p cones frcm an Arkansas prescher, who
bring to perfection the apparatus which wss destined 60 soon to mysti­ says I t i s the temple of the U x i i n a s : tabernacle of the testimony,
fy the entire world. and that the third angel la now poaring out from his v i a l upon r i v e r s s
Years ago, while yet~a youth. I had been fascinated by experiment* # n ( J f o u n t , l n i of v , t e t . This hat the » e r i t of explaining the Missis.-
: in e l e c t r i c i t y and had constructed a papier mache cylinder, which I lppl and Missouri floods at well at the airship I t s e l f , but aooehou
had carefully wired, and discovered to my great delight that when con­ the reported behavior of the v e s s e l ' s crew* does not f i t ln very well
nected with a dynamo In my f a t h e r ' s mill I could easily cause i t to with so tw&iirj lofty ■ hypothesis. Even a third angel would not be
revolve or move along the smooth surface, guiding i t s course and chan­ likely to drop b o t t l e s overboard at he tailed along and i t i s sett* *t
ging sane at will by touching sundry buttons on the dynamic t r a v e l e r , l i t t l e easy to believe that he would use tandbtgt for ballast.—Neb-
which I had Invented. I foresaw then that I merely : IO add a power raaka City Newt.
to l i f t the apparatus and i t s e l f .from the surface of tne earth to rev­ May 5 p . 4—Neb. Notet.—Nelson elected a license town council t h i s
olutionize a l l nodes of locomotion and Immortalize myself. I t waa so year and almoat before i t began operations the good c i t i z e n s up there
this end that Zeb and I located in Adams County, Nebraska, where we began to sight a i r s h i p s .
bought a small farm, and In our l i t t l e log cabin prosecuted our labors, Th Hay 19, p. 4—Neb. Notes.
which have at l a s t come to fruition and brought us such success that tJ Shortly a f t e r sunset Wednesday and before dark a neteor waa seen
the mind of mani [ r e c o i l s ] when we contemplate the wonderful changes pasting over the north part of Orleans. I t wat exceedingly b r i g h t .
our simple invention ia bound to csuae in the everyday affairs of t h i s [00fcing in the twilight l i k e a red hot iron, and i t travelled with
globe. Think, s i r , of taking a seat in a pleasant coach this evening g „ , t velocity,
and breakfasting In New York early tomorrow]
I shall pass over our icany disappointments—they are corrmon to Hay 14 p . 4—Neb. Notet.
a l l inventors. The l a t e s t Nebraska a i r s h i p was brought to earth recently ne»r
I shall not attempt to describe the anxiety and suspense that Stromsburg In Polk county. Some farmers went after i t with a shotgun
threatened to consume us but, at l a s t ! at l a a t j one grand and glorious and when I t landed only a k i t e with a Chinese lantern was a l l they
day our apparatus was complete, was p e r f e c t , and we had i t under abso­ captured. The boys with half a tille of s t r i n g , who were Manipulating
lute control; we could aoar above the cloude or akin along the e a r t h , the ship escaped.
like the birds of the a i r . 1897 Hay 6 ( T H . ) Beatrice Weekly Expres TT
1 ahall not nake public, at t h i s time, Che precise manner in which
the power is applied to my a i r s h i p . Suffice I t to say that i t is ^ ^ ^ r s Q ip,
raised and propelled by a system of gasoline explosions which Is be- An I l l i n o i s , editor thus describes h i s vision of the a i r ship:
cooing familiar to those who study the aodem motor cycle. "Wednesday night M we vere busily engaged in counting the caah taken
One evenigg recently Zeb and I took our f i r s t a e r i a l t r i p in our l n during the day for s u b s c r i p t i o n ! , preparatory t o putting i t away l a
t wonderful, yet Simple, aero-motor. With a red l i g h t at the one end of ^ ^ t n r e e - d e c k e r , Sviss ssovement, earthquake proof, t i * e lock s a f e ,
our ship, and a green l i g h t at the other, and our Ingenioua s e a r c h l l g h t ' o u r B t t e n t l o n V M a t t r a c t e d by the frantic y e l l s of Arthur Paddock and •
eaflily a c c e s s i b l e , we traveled about, arid sometimes high abouve the Joe Harkey. Hastily dumping our noney into the safe and wadding up a
clouda, sometime so near to the earth that we could understand the ream of United States bonds and shoring the* in a the v a u l t , w* ruabed
words of amazement and awe which were uttered with bated breath by the out In a s t a t e of qui vive bordering onto fantoda, for v« knew tooetbln
fe* fortunate mortala who happened to be belated and thus got a glimpse y ^ ^ ^ v a 8 happening.
of our great and wonderful Invention. We found Harkey and Paddock with t h e i r large liquid eyes turned
""Since then we have roved about thla country almost nightly, now heavenward. We followed t h e i r gaze and what should w« • iea but an
..in- tlw-aorthr-ftow- stHithr-aow-aaetT—ao*t -—[Link]-causing amaaa
a l r t b i p careening around in the veatern sky and varbllng a »erry round­
ment, if not consternation.
elay! I t would f l i t and twit and shoot uup into the a i r , darting
It has been no small matter of delight to ua to read the taany hither and t h i t h e r and yon, but principally yon. I t minded us of a
learned and Ingenious theories that have been published as to the lark with the dew on i t s b r e a s t , or a horsefly with a pin in the boson
identity of my a i r s h i p , *y darling--ny pet invention. Most of these ^ ^ ^ auhllg Uke . ^ ^ then i t would
theories are far from the facta, but tome have come wonderfully close . u e w n S * l e f t and Join hand. a n d T i r c l e t o thT"rl'ghV"Ma'"baTa^ce a l l
All the world will know i t soon, for I am not s e l f i s h enough to keep u j p i o u e t t e . . Once I t l i t on top of the court house and crew l i k e a
the secret longer. cock, a f t e r which i t spread i t a wlugt and ikon athwart the corulian
You will not see us for the next few n i g h t s , for while traveling h e t t T e r i 8 ) taking an upward course, and heading toward the itllky way
above the clouds on the night of April 22 during the t e r r i b l e rain <.ftej. a d r l n k . "
storm the armature ln the l i t t l e dynasso ln the left wing of nty aerc—
motor was suddenly burned out, and t h l a caused ua to travel with a MI5SOURI
very decidedly r o l l i n g motion, we determined to turn in for r e p a i r a , 1B97 April o (Th) St. Joseph, :-!o.. Dally :ierald, p. 5.
and so we conveyed our airship and stored I t , to—where I am now
writing t h i s letter—my a i r c a s t l e . THAT STRANDED AIRSHIP. / "Truthful X Jones' Tells Whnt 1'C
.the Monster.
Wl April ^b {Voni Kearney (Neb) baily Hub\ p. 3. Bethany, Mo., April 7.~~"Jitor Herald.—The strendeij a i r r-Mr.
reported in yesterday's Herald, ir, rvidontly one of the f-rentcst n ' . -
Takes Hie Pen in Hand. ders of t h i s cintury. I t is surelv th* Etu-P ship that vas f i T ' -'•'■n
Reports from the various p a r t s of the country are conflicting in nt Lincoln, Jleb., and since reportr-d an seen ln several s t a t e ? , nlr.F
minor respecta, only, as to the a i r s h i p . I t s t i l l holds the a t t e n t i o r n a s t .
of a great many people and the f e r t i l e Imagination of the country Coroner Juat in. Verdict, died of conpestion of the * t r i i n lYco
nevspaper correspondent has not neglected i t . Word cornea from Fremont nn overflow of gaa, the r o t i v r iv>wnr pf the ship. Th* mn rvi-Vrtly
that the other day I t soared o ' e r a farn house near the capltol of died happy aa there wns a wondprful sMle "bout hiB routh. i'* pur-t
Dodge and a good view waa aecuxed of I t . I t waa Inhabited by a sole have died talking about his pr-at discovery of the r u r i t v of t!.-
individual, who dropped down a enexe and picked up one of the f a r o e r ' i p o lden crown bf pas displacement, as he na^ed hiB shin "Furc*-*."
chickens. In r e t u r n therefor he dropped a note reading somewhat aftel The ship vna spherical in Torn, patterned after the cupola of the
t h l a fashion; "This dod gaated a i r s h i p business is not what some canitol at Washington, surrr.u'M-1 bv n rallaustrarfe C!1, n]] m*r of
people might crack i t up t o be. My vehicle la out of order and w i l l wicker-work wound and protccte.'. ty [Link]. C™11 balloons f l l l - l
not down, A goose-hunter ehot the f i l l - f l a m off ny flying J i b and a with pas v t r f anchored ot tiif l:[Link]*. These held the stiip -r, »n
Kansas cyclone tOOX me in i t s warm embrace and d i d n ' t do a thing to even keel;_ I t was sailini' v<.'.'.; .baljtst of f i l v e r fdr the red-i-T-- l :>-
t h i s blamed machine. I c a n ' t come down. The machine won't work. I of Eilv-r c e r t i f i c a t e ? a f t e r j<"-DC. The r a s t , sts-idlr-t erect in th*
have grown gray-haaded in the busineas. Excuse haste and poor writing eente of the fihlp. perv--) ac an nnrfcnr to i bug" h l l o " - , below
and search for my remains." From which i t may appear that the a e r i a l which as a d u p l e apparatus for nanufacturir.g i t s ovi^ gas. I t u
navigator la a Jovial cuss a f t e r a l l . thought that the san l o ; t ^> his l i f e In t i n k e r l n j with t h i l new d i s ­
1897 April 27 (fuds) ('luda) Kearney (Neb)"Dally liub, p. 3. cover;'.
m-TilFJL JO:r=r , Poriorter.
Seen at Grand Island. i3')/ April o Uii) Sedalia (ho) Evening L^moc'rat, p. i .
Sunday night between ten and eleven o'clock two lights were o b s e r ­
ved in the southwestern sky, say the Grand laland Independent. The Airship Takes a S n u n t Tumble. / Reported to Have Fallen on a Tim h«ai
tan uho f i r s t observed them throught they cioved. lie rubbed his eyes hetnany. ■
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liL. JOSCI>II, Mo,, A p r i l i J . ~ T h i a a i r s h i p s t o r y conus fron i i e t h n n y , ' l b 9 7 A p r i l 9 i F r l ) S t . J o i e p h LaiTy'He'ra'i J ( M O ) , p . 2 .
Ho. I t i . 1 . accompanied by a f f a u i v i t s of p r o m i n e n t c i t i z e n s .
At [Link] Sunaay n l ^ l i t an a i r s h i p was s e e n corjlnfl frora che s o u t h - THE WRECKED SHIP. / MB. A.T. t X H FAKIR TELLS OT THE QUEEH TRAVELERS./
'-r»si a t t h e r a t u of 35 n l l c s an h o u r . I t a p p e a r e d t o he about a n l l e Produces no Svorn A f f i d a v i t , But t h e Pen P i c t u r e Herewith Given He
;qich. I t s t o p p e d a few s e c o n d s o v e r t n e c o u r t house and then coved on C o n s i d e r s [Link] Evidence — " P i p e " S t o r i e s and t h e V i s i o n s o f J u l e s
in s p u c c Verne Have no C o u n t e r p a r t Y i t h t h e S e c r e t s Locked In t h e B r e a s t s of
Tuesday c o r n i n g two r e p u t a b l e f i r n e r s — J o h n Lelb and I r a D a v i s — t h e r v o Dead Men Who E x p i r e d With t h e S h i p . /
carr.c t o town and r e p o r t e d t h a t t n e a i r s h i p had f a l l e n on t h e farm of B e t h a n y , Wo., A p r i l 8 . - - { E d i t o r H e r a l d . ) — D e a r S i r : The e x c i t e ­
.;,!>. S i n s , s i x m i l e s ffora t o v n , and t h a t a dead man was l y i n c i n t h e ment h e r e o v e r t h e d i s a b l e d a i r s h i p in I n t e n s e , and c o n t i n u e s t o
field. grow h o u r l y . P e o p l e a r e f l o c k i n g t o t h e s c e n e i n g r e a t n u m b e r s . The
3 news o f t h e a f f a i r has a p r e a d l i k e w l l ( - f i r e and I t leema t h a t a l l
vno can a r e
A p r i l 16, p . 2: That a i r s h i p may p o s s i b l y be t h e f r e e s i l e e r wine, of d e t e r m i n e d t o g e t a view of t h e s t r a n g e m a c h i n e ,
cite d e m o c r a t i c p a r t y l o o k i n g f o r a s o f t p l a c e in which t o l i g h t w i t h o u t Both c e n accompanying t h e c a r were k i l l e d o u t r i g h t , and 10 badly
, l e r k l n g o u t Che t a l l f e a t h e r on t h e s p l i n t e r s of t h e Chicago p l a t f o r m — b r u i s e d and m u t i l a t e d t h a t i d e n t i f i c a t i o n l i n e x t t o i m p o s s i b l e .
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S p r l n f f i e l d Republican. " l e t t e r s found in t h e p o c k e t s o f each i t i s b e l i e v e d t h a t t h e
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Or, p e r h a p s i t may be m e r e l y a c o n t r i v a n c e which some c r e d u l o u s o r i g i n a l l y c a n e e i t h e r from San F r a n c i s t o o r Omaha, Telegrams
v o t e r l a u s i n g to s a i l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y in s e a r c h of socse e v i d e n c e of have been Bent t o t h e names and a d d r e s s e s found on t h e b o d i e s with
.he p r e s e n c e o r coming of t h e H a r e Hanna "wave of p r o s p e r i c v . " t h e hope t h a t f r i e n d a of t h e u n f o r t u n a t e men any be found. But a*
\ p r i l 1 8 , p . 10: Ho a i r s h i p . . . b u t o n l y t h e l i g h t i'rorc t h e s i l v e r Moon ? e t _ P O answer h a s been r e c e i v e d ^ The d i r e c t c a u a e of t h e d i s a s t e r v u
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1'J, p . 2: The Democrat d o e s n o t vouch f o r [Link] c o r r e c t n e s s of
t h e y a t t e m p t e d t o d e s c e n d when t h e p o l e b e c a a e t a n g l e d in t h e r i g g i n g
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and t h e l a n e n t a b l e c a l a m i t y r e s u l t e d .
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them.
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l 5 9 T A p 7 l l i ( F r l . ) C a r r o l t o n D a i l y Democrat ( S t o . ) , p . 3. a n d „„ t a r c e p r o p e U e r « on e i t h e r s i d e , a l l o f which were broken in
the f a l l . A l a r g e h o l e was t o r n in t h e l o v e r a i d e , which r e v e a l e d a
.Ino. Warner and h i s w i f e r a y n o t 'have seen "t h■e- "a 'i "r -s 1h-i'p- l a--* s t n 'i g 'h- t y n i m b e r o f „ l l a o r f„ t h e gaakxtl).
but Mr. Warner s a y s he caw one of t he p r e t t i e s t s t a r s i m a g i n a b l e , and ^ u h o l e a r f a l r u „ g a t h e r e d l n t 0 » „hay • r a c k and p l a c e d in S i n s '
t h a t I t was v e r y r e s t l e s s ar.d c o u l d n ' t s t a y i n one p l a c e v e r y l o n g . b a n ] vhe|.e u tfU1 r e n a I n v a t l l t h e p r o p e r p e r s o n * c a l l for i t . The
They f i r s t saw t h e i l f h t in t h e w e s t . I t g r a d u a l l y climbed up u n t i l two d a r k s p o t s on t h e r i g h t o f k c c o c p a n y l n g c u t show b l o o d from one
d i r e c t l y o v e r h e a d and t h e n p a s s e d i x x i x a s l o w l y e a s t w a r d . Mr, Warner of t h e b o d i e s . The above I l l u s t r a t i o n was made a b o u t o n f l - h a l f hour
saya he c o u l d s e e i t rave and [Link] i t would Jur.p up and down. I t a f t e r b o d i e s had been removed.
took s o m e t h i n g rrore t h a n an hour for t h e l i g h t t o p a s s froR where he LATER—The s h i p h a s been b r o u g h t t o Bethany and i a now in a l a r g e
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a i r s h i p Sunday n i g h t . They say i t looked l i k e i t was I down on Bowdry A i r s h i p i n t h e Heavens / S c i e n t i s t s Wonder If t h e P r o b l e a I s Solved '
lake or In t h a t r . e i p n b o r h o o d . O b s e r v a t i o n s a t S t . L o u i s . / Washington U n i v e r s i t y Pro-fa P u i i l e d and
May 1 , It. d a y l i g h t m e t e o r s . W i l l Watch t h e Sky T o - M g h t .
7 , 2. The Arsp S t o r y Not In I t w i t h T h i s ( l i f e i n c r y s t a l s ) T e l e s c o p e s a t Washington and a t S t , L o u i s U n i v e r s i t i e s w i l l sweep
1 ,?., 15 . 1. P n r n a r d . t h e sky frora i c n i t h t o h o r i z o n in a n o r t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n S a t u t d * *
10-/7 A p r i l 9 ( i ' r l . ) I - i b c r t y ( H o . ) T r i b u n e ( w k l y ) , p . 1 . niRhc and t h e p r o f e s s o r s a t t h e s e i n s t i t u t i o n s w i l l e n d e a v r r t o s o l v t
t h e n y s t e r y t h a t i s now p u i t l l n g t h e C e n t r a l West.
Sow t h e " A i r s h i p " From H e r e . I t i s g e n e r a l b e l i e f t h a t an a i r a h l p l a f l o a t i n g o v e r t h e s t a t e *
B l l l i e George s a y s t h a t he and a number o f o t h e r s b e h e l d t h e l i g h t of M i s s o u r i , I l l i n o i s , Iowa, and Kansas T h i s b e l i e f i s e n t e r t a i n e d by
of t h e jr^ysterlous a i r s h i p t h a t h a s been c r e a t i n g auch a f u r o r e , a s nen of s c i e n t i f i c a t t a i n m e n t s a s w e l l a s t h o s e n o t s o v e i l v e r s e d In t i n
t h e y were on t h e i r way hone l a s t F r i d a y n i g h t . f i e l d of n a t u r a l p h i l o s o p h y ,
Mr. G c o r f p , h i s f a t h e r and b r o t h e r were golnR home when t h e y f i r s t The r u o a r t h a t a s t r a n g e a e r i a l body had been seen b e c a n e c u r r e n t a
n o t i c ed t h e l i g h t . They c o u l d s e e i t was r a v i n g and a f t e r r e a c h i n g f o r t n i g h t ago and u a s l a u g h e d a t . I t was r e p e a t e d and w i s e men s a i d
home t h e o t h e r [Link] o f t h e f a m i l y were c a l l e d out t o watch i t . The tiie n o c t u r n a l o b s e r v e r s were s u f f e r i n g fron o p t i c a l I l l u s i o n s due t o e»-
l i g h t icoved o f f t h e t h e n o r t h w e s t and f i n a l l y d i s a p p e a r e d . I t was n i n e c e s s l v e l i b a t i o n s , o r t h a t t h e l i g h t f r o o a b r i l l i a n t s t a r had been
o ' c l o c k when t h e y f i r s t saw i t . They a r e p o s i t i v e I t was not a s t a r . a o E n l f i e d by t h e i m a g i n a t i o n
W i t h i n t h e l a s t t h r e e d a y s t h e e v i d e n c e t h a t eoswthinp. u n u s u a l it
A p r l . 2 , p.l". Kans. a r s p . () moving m i d s t t h e c l o u d s has become so c o n c l u s i v e and h a s »o »uch c o r -
9 , 1 . Local tiews. The L a t h r o p n i g h t v a t c h r a n ' A p r i l f o o l e d a r o b o r a t i o n t h a t u l s e a c r e a have c e a s e d t o j i b e , and w h i l e wondering
[Link] of t h e n a t i v e s I n t o s i g h t i n g for t h a t m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p t h a t what * t h e m y s t e r y can b e , t h e y a r e d o i n g t h e i r u t m e s t t o s o l v e i t ,
h a s been c r e a t i n g such e x c i t e m e n t t h r o u g h o u t t h e West. T e l e g r a m s were r e c e i v e d by t h e P o t t - D i s p a t c h S a t u r d a y ■orotnji f r n t
That n y s t e r l o u s a i r s h i p i s r e p o r t e d t o have been seen by KC p e o p l e c o r r e e p o n d e n [ s l n f o u r C e n t r a l S t a t e s s t a t i n g t h a t a l u n t n o u i body had
l a s t week. P e o p l e who n e v e r d r i n k a n y t h i n g s a y I t was t h e e v e n i n g b e e n 8 e c n n o v J n R J n fl n o r [ h u e 8 [ e r J v d l r e c t i o D F r i d a v nl(,ht> Diff«r,(,t
s t a r , s h i n i n g with unusual b r i l l i a n c y . c o l o r e d l i g h t * were s e e n f l a s h i n g from t h e o b j e c t , and I t s l i n e , were
1 6 , 3 . Tne r e p o r t i s t h a t t h e a i r s h i p h o v e r e d o v e r F l a t t e C i t y w l y dd ii es tt ii nn gg ^u i s h e d .
Saturday n i p h t . I t a p p e a r e d t o t e o n l y a b o u t 300 f e e t h i p h . A glarlnt I t was viewed by t h o u s s a n d s l n C h i c a g o , and u a s d e c l a r e d b t H.,% 1 .
llpfct f l a s h e d o v e r t h e t o w n , and l i s t e n t o t h l d , an t o l d by t h e Kansas Hosmat,' s e c r e t a r y of t h e Chicago A e r o n a u t i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n , t o b« an a i r
City world: After a s t a y of about t h r e e n l n u t e s , r a t t l i n g , c r e a k i n g , s h i p . He a v e r r e d moreover t h a t he knew one of t h e oen in t h e a e r i a l |
s n a p p i n g s o u n d s , n l n g l e d w i t h what a p p e a r e d t o be t h e e s c a p i n g o f craft. P r o f . Hough of N o r t h w e s t e r n U n i v e r s i t y Bald i t nsjst have hren I
steais o r hot a i r , t o g e t h e r w i t h s h a r p and w e l l - d e f i n e d e x p l o s i o n s r e ­ « s t a r t h a t was s e e n , b u t t h o u s a n d s of Cltlcagoans r i d i c u l e t h e l d r « , I
s e m b l i n g t h e d i s c h a r g e of f i r e a r m s , s i g n a l e d t h e p r e p a r a t i o n for d e ­ A P o s t - D i s p a t c h r e p o r t e r v i s i t e d Union S t a t i o n S a t u r d a y and i n t e r - .
p a r t u r e ,, and t h e T i t a n i c t r a v e l e r of t h e a i r sped away t o t h e n o r t h ­ viewed t r a i n h a n d i and p a s s e n g e r s a r r i v i n g from t h e west and n o r t h w u t . .
e a s t and was l o s t t o view i n t h e c l o u d s . They a l l s a i d t h e a i r - a h i p v i a t h e one t o p i c of c o n v e r s a t i o n ln t h e re­
gion, t h r o u g h which t h e y p a s s e d . Hundreds had s e e n t h e o b j e c t and a l l
2 3 , 1- Local ;;ews. A T e x a s h'egro who saw t h e " a i r s h i p " d e c l a r e d
were m y s t i f i e d .
t h a t i t was Noah's a r k , on I t s way t o save t h e c o l o r e d p e o p l e from t h e
V i s i t s were t h e n p a i d Washington and S t . Loula U n i v e r s i t i e s , At
K i m Mississippi r i v e r flood. t f e l o r o e r I ' r o f . ,.enry 5 . P r i t c h e t t was found l n t h e l a b o r a t o r y .
" I know wi,at you wish t o s p e a k w i t h Be a b o u t , " he s a i d when t h e r e ­
Weekly Dcrrocrat-tlews ( M a r s h a l l , H o . ) S a t . A p r i l 1 7 , p . 1 . Arsp o v e r p o r t e r e n t e r e d , "ana I w i l l f r a n k l y t e l l you I u u n y s t l f i e d a* a n y ­
Cticago, one , "
21i , 1 . The a i r s h i p [Link] be l a d e n w i t h HcKinley p r o s p e r i t y , which b e i n g "Can I t be p o s s i b l e t h a t i t l a an a i r s h i p ? "
l i g h t e r and l e s s r - a t e r l a l i s t i c t h a n e t h e r , r e n d e r s malting a l a n d i n g in "Why, of c o u r s e i t c a n . T h i s i a an age of wonderful i n v e n t i o n s .
the U.S. vholle impossible. At l e a G t we know i t d o e s n o t l a n d and Suppose a nan had s o l v e d t h e p r e a t p r o b l e n of t h e c e n t u r y — a e r i a l n a v ­
p r o s p e r i t y d o e s n o t come. i g a t i o n — w h a t more p r o b a b l e t h a n t h a t he would f l o a t ah around o v e r
May 1 , p . 2 . The a i r s h i p seetrs t o have gone back t o Chicago t o be r e i n - c i t i e s in j u s t t-ucn a manner, lie would t h u s be t h e t a l k of t h e c i v i l -
f l a i e d w i t h a i r , o r e l s e t o have h i d d e n 1 t s e l f away u n t i l bock b e e r i z e Q u o r i d anu i t i s t h e / ( p . 2 ) n a t u r e of man t o srystlfy h i a f e l l o w
day a r r i v e s . Anyway i t ha6 n o t been seen for t h r e e n i g h t s and t h e creatures,
moonshine whiskey d e a l e r s have become a l a r c e d a t ( h e l o s s o f h a l l u c i n - "When I f i t : . : read t h e s t o r i c a r e g a r d i n g an a i r s h i p I laughed and
a t i n g powerx o f t h e i r r e m u n e r a t i v e - commodity. / The r e c e n t a i r s h i p t h o u g h t t h e y a r „ a good o n e . But t o - d a y I am i n c l i n e d t o t r e a t t h e
l i a r s have f o l d e d t h e i r t e n t s I gone o u t of t h e b u s i n e s s . — i l a a ' s cow, n a t t e r s e r i o u s l y and am c o n v i n c e d s o m e t h i n g u n u a u a l haa been aeea In
the h e a v e n s .
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ami ci,« r .*:..>■ •■: > i- • rv.,t)c.i was U n i t e d . To-nier.t [ [Link] ciake c a r e - t*.tvr. At t h i s eorent cy h o r t t i caught kight of the ahlp, *-olt*d , u -
ful [Link] :mw iint i » 12, .in.i 1 believe cany other St. Louisiana will c l p l t a t e l y for the opposite tide of the road and tuzMed re Into t tie
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iiou;-n of ,'iori;iwi:s{L-rii i/iiivufsity, Chicago, to the effect that a b r i l - H- r 1 e o f about ^S rfefrces.
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[Link] part of Lnt: Leavens wirere thctie l i g h t s have been seen. Again, i t Tte Kucn-'f.U..pii-Of Airship Was an Aiirtl "ay Joke of Two
iias iiotn ciousiy in ine l o c a l i t i e s where the c y e t c n o u s object has been Ot>*\.i UiJ^. / [Link]^l to t;u' I'ost-Dispatch.
obuorved, to t;;e s>tnr mint [Link] been obacurcd, and this l i g h t , wnatever iJiahii, Ht'.n .i"-'.a, A-inl 10. — [Link] air ship seen :k>n('ay ntfht, wUic*
i t I s , w.m between cue K* clouds and the e a r t h . " ere ite.d inch a sen'.ation here, [Link] a balloon and fir [Link] nrn who
sent i t up were <ioy Arnold and J a c Rogers, picy are [Link] jok. r«
"'..'nat la your solution ot the ayatery, Professor?"
and th.-y bought the balloon to sent up A:iril F i r s t , kit i t rained t l u t
"I have siunu to o f f e r . I am as cuch puzzled as anyone. Something . . , ,
n h t 1,ui h0 U 0 t t o r 3 1 tec l y
unusual has beer, seen, anu that is aa far as I know. When I f i r s t reaa ^ *° " " * 'f, ;\ - . ,„ h , , !
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the M n y c e l o , ; r a « t h i s corning I thought some p r a c t i c a l joker .:i ( ;ht ™ >' n^- * * " ' ■-■<-« ov^r ,n the holKw
have sent up a ; . , t - a i r balloon, but after thought i concluded tnat not * « * °f t h c > t n t c ' " t i t u t e for ito: l>-nf. uhere they inflated i t . |
possible. :.'o [Link]-air balloon would float so long, nor could I t have Suspended froo the balloon w,n a -[Link] [Link] f i l l e d ^ith a coopo? 11 n ^ ;
hovered over bo :.....y p o i n t s . ,rescaibllng shavings, which they touched off just a* i t ascended, mid (
"A balloon ;,ucii aa has been sade for a t r i p to tbe :>orth Pole c t r h t thin uas the l i g h t . The [Link]-n stfjck a current of air t h i t carried .
bo wafted bocii .mil l o a n ovi^r toe Central Stacen for several days and i t d i r e c t l y over the central portion of tim c i t y , onJ ! r . .wnold j-iyi ,
i t could b ..rr.„i,;i-d as to Keep a fix^-J a l t i t u d e . But i t i s lepoa- t h a t when they cn-f back cvcry'[Link] uns talkin- of thp "air s h i p . '
aible for . [Link] ol sucn bize and expense to [Link] been launcned
Special to the Po*t-t>isnatch.
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CalesbtitX, 111., Aoril 10.--nluch cxcitc.T;nt was caused here t o ­
there would bi- ore to [Link] by keeplnp the launching of an a i r s n i p
night by the cystftrious a i r s h i p sailing over the c i t y . Hundred! ot
eectet than of a baiioon.
'people na'v i t . I t sailed toward Iowa, showed a bright l i g h t , and wn
"It vouio, inde.'u, be wonderful if the Rteat problem Is aolved at 1
in sight an hour. I t wobbled in i t s f l i g h t .
l a s t , and in cm* face of such testirony I can not galnssay but i t nag.
Special to the Post-Dinpatch.
The c a t t c r h.i.s ,iow [Link],e a ;..^tter for investigation by s c i e n t i f i c nen
rloucaiua, 111., April 10,—Last night between 9 and 10 O'CIOCK the
anu the profesicrb of Wabiilngton Univaraity w i l l do t h e i r utaoat to
so-called a i r s h i p was d i s t i n c t l y visilile in the northuest froo t h i s
eolvn i t to-ti i .f.t. "
place. This is no drcia or the r e s u l t of a diseased aind. The color
Tue oplnio.. L-xpreasea by Prof. Peitchott was Chat of other scien­
was flaning red and i t moved in a westerly d i r e c t i o n , V. Snyder, J r . ,
t i f i c [Link]. of £t . Loui.-v, The matter has caused great uxcitecicnc in Sc.
a leading [Link] of this c i t y , and several other prorainent c i t i t e n *
Louis, anu was t:,e buoject of general corstsdnt down town Saturday.
witnessed t h i s wonderful phenomena and will vouch for these statencntc.
in connection witn these rec^rkablc observations i t cay be atated
that three weeics a,~o a l e t t e r was received by a pronincnt St. Louis
tun Btatlnj; that positive [Link] had been obtained by the writer Red and Green Lights
— a Chicapoan — to t:ie effect that an a i r s n i p wao about CO be launched So i t Could Hot ILave BJ;cn i Star, Says a Chicago Witness.
and i t was hclieveu the a e r i a l craft would s t a r t from the v i c i n i t y of Special to the Post-Dispatch,
St. Louis, liovtr over tne Central States u n t i l the c u r i o s i t y of the Chicago, April 10, — I t i s the people against the s c i e n t i s t s in the
Civilized worlw was excited, tnen drop to the ground at Chicago. The n a t t e r of the air-ship which, i t is reported, was v i s i b l e shortly after
l e t t e r was Iju^.ed at tnen, but is beinp thoroughly investigated now. 8 o'clock l a s t evening.
On the roof of the Hartford hi ildin-.", in the i\<[Link]\ l i i i t r i c t ,
Heferenci' --as RJiie above to the corroboratlBHve evidence that had were gathered John llonroe, liijht Engineer M. J , lleyer, the elevator
been received i r o i a n v points regarding observations niade Friday man, U. Strain, J , F. IlcCrath, day engineer and family, together with
fl nu
nlrnt. The stLiterr^ncs, condensed froo the telegraphic dispatches, are °1t;:r.0.^"P?"?!.S..a^_t^-i!"",
Hiss HcCrath says she looked at t h ; object through a strong opera
here elven:
g l a s s , and that i t could not have been a s t a r on account of i t s swaying
Max L. no:...ar, secretary Chicago Aeronautical Association: "It
notion and bright red and green l i g h t s , C*n the other hand, leading
wua an a i r KHI.J. I know one of the three raen who are in i t . The ship
Chicago s c i e n t i s t s , including Prof. Carrott of the »'eathcr U^reau, are
la the cuscorr.-irv inflated gas r e s e r v o i r , but the inventors have d i s ­
f i r n in t h e i r statement that the phenoaenon could not have been an a i r ­
coverer tne secret of p r a c t i c a l propulsion. They can s t e e r the vessel
ship, ti. J . Heyer and others support Hiss HcCrath's statement. The
in any d i r e c t i o n , '•'ord reached me several weeks apo that the craft
had ucartcd fron San i'ranclsco and would stop here for the purpose of " t e n t i o n of Oucago people was f i r s t called to the o a t t e r by nuserou:
registration. T.-.e object of a l l the myatery Is to arouse great I n t e r - tele.^[Link] froo Evanston, the u n i v e r s i t y suburb.
est In acri,.l [Link] and demonstrate i t s p r a c t l c a o i l l t y . The t r i p April [2, 1097 S t . Louis Post-Dispatch (Hon; ev») pp. J, 2 (c»rd 1'
is to end at Kaanin^con.
Press dispatch froc Chicago: The only thing v i s i b l e about the af­ The Airship as i t Appears to Sonc People (cartoon—[Link] insect
fair was what appeared to be a powerful e l e c t r i c l i g h t , socetlncs a watched by people using liquor b o t t l e s and glasses a* t e l e s c o p e s ; .
c l u s t e r of them, some green. Gradually the whole i c i t y turned out to
gaze at the mysterious object that floated far above the lake off the Aerial 'Onder Seen in St. Louis.
north shore. Sometiraea i t accrued to move rapidly a short distance, tlut Crowds in the Extreme Jest Knd Watch the Mystery.
retrace i t a steps and then rerwin stationary for a t i r e . Then it until<f Moved Steadily Southwest.
apparently rove slowly in aone other d i r e c t i o n . The [Link] become In­ Skeptics Forced to Believe the Evidence of Their Own Senses
tensely b r i l l i a n t at times, then almost died away. The s l p h t - s e e r s vhn and Admit It'rfa* Hot fl S t a r .
covered die roofs of the high buildings downtown were certain the ntran- The nysterious aerial wonder which has been exciting cocoent a l l
pe creation was trie a i r s h i p Chat has astonished people In Kansas and over the Middle '.<'est for the past week was seen by a number o[ St.
Iowa. Loutsians Saturday ni^ht.
, Press dispatch from Orsaha: Several hundred persons In Onaiia are I t skirted l a x i t y along the western horizon for half an hour and
xttpaximi prepared to K swear that an a i r s h i p of gigantic proportloni then disappeared fron view as suddenly as i t had appeared,
has been hovering over their c i t y at night for some t i r e , lc has leen Pcoole living in [Link] extrene '.'est End saw i t plainly and rany of
seen repeated)y. Six conths ago i t was heard from in the interior of thea arc ready to a".r«e with observcrn elsewhere that the mystic
the statL., <mi sliu:e [Link] time i t has been seen in various pacts of bluish white [Link] was. not that of a hcavenlv body, but a signal frcm
Sebrnnka. iJuriiii* the past two weeks i t has appeared alt^ost nlphtly over scne kind of aerial [Link].
this city. Invariably i t s description has been the sane. S t i l l , nore Host of the [Link] believe that they «aw an a i r s h i p . They .ire
persons nave observed the great headlight of tne [Link] than have c e r t a i n that the li^ht VMI not that ot an ordinary balloon and that the
seen tne o u t l i n e s of the v e s s e l , though a crcat [Link] cinlr. to have craft to uhich i t was atto-he-j u.n un-icr t-erfect control.
[Link] [Link] of i t s workings. The general description Is t h i s ; a The f i r s t observer of -.-hat has been conceded by thousands to f-n
long s t e e l body shaped like a c i g a r , fifty feet lonr. a:id six to ten ftei , l n a j. r shin [Link] J i l l i a n llulhall, a young nan living at 504 Minerva .ivt.
in diameter, with winsf-like attachments on the s i d e s , while fore and aft Mr. Mulhall was standin,^ at King's highway and Easton avcooe about
appear wheel-like connections similar to the stcerlnp. apparatus of i 10 o'clocl;, ihcn he sau a bright light near the horizon in a south-
Bteamship. The top is capped by a balloon-llke hap., ihouph obionc, and southwesterly d i r e c t i o n .
seeninKly attached to the cigar-shaped vessel by ropes, as the upper He' thought at Cit.'.t i t was thc evening s t a r , but looking a few de­
part has been observed to snay v i o l e n t l y . grees farther north and higher in the heavena he saw t h a t Venus «.i»
Richard Duller, of Wolf Creek Township, Iowa--! was driving hore r . t i l l doinj business at the sa^ie eld stand.
Wednesdav nignt when I observed a light in a field clO!;e to the [Link]. 1 His c u r i o s i t y was aroused and he watched the aystic light closely.
knew no bouse was there and stopped to i n v e s t i g a t e . The l i i h t ha I -i It was coving slowly north, apparently in a s t r a i g h t l i n e ,
glow rore lil.e that of an e l e c t r i c lanp than the kerosene l u n u ' i s »"t- Mr. Mulhall watched thc l i g h t u n t i l he f e l t c c r t a m that he -as
a l l y erployed bv the residents of the Wolf Creek d i s t r i c t . I wni nun-:i looking at something out of the ordinary.
lshed to sue n dark mass, through tlie windows of which the liflits. *■' :•'■■
ile went to R. li. [Link]'s dru^ store at 4966 Easton avenue, and
U was a long, narrow car, rescmhltnp a corset box In shape, but p-t-i.-i>
called the attention o£ George A. Miles, the Clerk, to the strange
in or -1 feet In lenfth and six or seven feet In width and hoifht - Cver [ ^'j^~"
[Link] car Moated a clear-shaped baa, horizontally placed, of ah;-,,t the , ~ ^ t v o scc0(, on t h c p ^ . ^ ^ looking at the heavenly cystery,
iand were joined ,i f(v; [Link] l a t e r by Druggist Pardee.
 Tin' li"!;t ':.i<! 1' ■■t -"*II liv - n i r n - i oE p e o l c , an.] loon t h e r e . . . .
98 Manager Weaver e n t e r t a i n e d a p a r t y on t h e roof of t h e F l a n l t r i ' .
c r o " i l r u r :r c"t :;• :■. V- i- p i - . ii- i . - v ' t i m nf f i e ] i - i n , i t i n c c u l i . i r Host o f t h e n v e r e c o ^ r - e r e l a l t r a v e l e r ! . They a t o n c e s u g g e s t e d I t v»»
c o l o r , n n l i l ' e n h v t h i ', [Link]'Jii t o .Tstrcneisy, and i t s u n s w e r v i n g £ 1 i c h t soce a d v e r t i s i n g a c h e c e , b u t how I t vas worked p y i t l f i e d t h e n . They
l i o n " t h e h o r i z o n ca .<:■! a f^rcat [Link] of e x c i t e d c o g e n t , r e c a l l e d t h e t a l k of a y e a r a g o , when a p r o m i n e n t m a n u f a c t u r e r t r i e d
Thc r r o j d of w o n d - r c r s was c o n s t a n t l y n u ^ n c n t c d and . i l l s o r t s of t o throw t h e na,Tee of h i s coods t v a r o v e r f u l s t e r e o p t l e o n on t h e
t h e o r i e s »?rc advanced. Those who a t f i r s t argued t h a t t h e l i - . h t was clouda. Tnese P l a n t e r s ' H o t e l o b s e r v e r s a d i i t t h e l i g h t caaie froa
t h a t of a f i x e d s t a r e r e f o r c e d t o r e c e d e Eron t h e i r p o s i t i o n by t h e above and n o t frc-i b e l o w .
i n d i s p u t a b l e e v i d e n c e of t!i<:ix s e n s e s . T h e r e were o t h e r s -'ho t h o u g h t II.C. [Link], l o c a l f o r e c a s t o f f i c i a l , aaw t h e b r i g h t ~ l i f t i t
for ,i . h i l e [Link] t:ic 1 i - t i t was [Link] oE .in o r d i n a r y b a l l o o n , but b e f o r e v i i l l e w a l k i n g h o n e . Looking a t U with h i s p r a c t i c a l eye he s o l l l o -
t h c y had watched i t Ion:; t h e y acknowledged t h e i r s s i s t . m c , for t h e l i g h t q u l i e d : " I t ia Venus; t h a t l a t h e l i g h t a l l h a t e s e e n .
war, a b s o l u t e l y s t e a d y and r e t a i n e d i t s b r i g h t n e s s up t o t h e i n s t a n t Tuesday c o r n i n g vhen Mr. F r a n k e n f i e l d opened h i s *■■ books and
when i t s u d d e n l y d i s a p p e a r e d . a s c e r t a i n e d t h e e x a c t p o s i t i o n o f Venus he a d m i t t e d he s i g h t have
T i e l i r . h t w,is s e e n n o t o n l y by t h e c r o s d a t E a s t o n a v e n u e and been m i s t a k e n .
K i n d ' s hi.'.h'-iiy, but by p e o p l e of u n d o u b t e d v e r a c i t y a l l over t h e e x ­ " I t la no J o k i n g n a t t e r . " s a i d he t o a P o a t - C i s p a t c h r e p o r t e r .
t r e m e ' l e s t rind. " S c i e n c e h a s t a k e n such s t r i d e s of l a t e t h a t n o t h i n g s h o u l d s u r p r i s e
C h i l d r e n a t rvlay s-v-' i t , and t h e c r y " b a l l o o n , b a l l o o n , " drew u s . T h e r e U sorr.e c y s t e r y a f l o a t , and I aa as cuch p u n l e d a* any
a t t e n t i o n of ' . c o r e s of o l d e r p e o p l e t o t h e a i r s h i p , one."
John II. GKissncyur of (.966 E a s t o n Avenue [Link] h i s a t t e n t i o n c a l l e d The l i g h t waa o b s e r v e d fron t h e C e n t u r y b u i l d i n g and froa t h e
t o t h e l i r . h t by a l i t t l e " i r l , Union trust; i t vas seen by t h o u s a n d s who g a t h e r e d In groups on
Vxs. C h a r l e s J.'cii of 5060 '-Jollcr avenue saw t h e l i j h t and p o i n t e d s t r e e t corners.
i t o u t t o s e v . r - . l of her n e i g h b o r s , The n e g r o e s a r e cuch e x c i t e d by t h e s t r a n g e a e r i a l a p p a r i t i o n .
K. it. [Link]-, Li;- d r u ^ i . - i t a t ''0911 E a s t o n a v e n u e , s a i d Monday They say I t p o r t e n d s d i r e d i s a s t e r and h u n d r e d s of t h e e c o u l d t e heard
morning t h a t he [Link] c o n f i d e n t t h a t he had seen t h e a i r s h i p , d i s c u s s i n g t h e s t r a n g e v i s i t o r a s t h e y g a t h e r e d on lower Morgan
"'.Airii 1 t i r r t saw t h e l i g h t , " h e s a i d , " i t war, s o u t h w e s t oE h e r e . a t r e e t Monday n i g h t .
The b r i g h t l i g h t which f i r s t a r o u s e d a t t e n t i o n was seen a a * a t
I t was v i s i b l e for h a l f and hour and ot tlif end oE t h a t t i r . c d i s a p p c a r -
Cd s u d d e n l y , tl,o«r,H a p p a r e n t l y no f a r t h e r away than when I f i r s t saw i t . 7 : 3 0 o ' c l o c k , and was o b s e r v e d f o r 10 r - l n u t e s . Half an hour l a t e r i t
While v i s i b l e t h , l i - . h t s n e v e r v a r i e d for an i n s t a n t . It appeared to r e a p p e a r e d b u t was f u r t h e r d i s t a n t f r o n t h e e a r t h P « « n * e r . on a
n c v e r y [Link] 1 i.k<» an a r c l i ^ h t oE f -;[Link] p o w e r . * L i n d e l l Railway c a r had a good view a t t h e h o u r J u s t b e f o r e t h e car
"Th"' . - i r i t i i f nu-;t have been a g r e a t d i s t a n c e .way, f o r we c o u l d r e a c h e d t h e E i g h t e e n t h s t r e e t b r i d g e . The c o n d u c t o r , P.B. Cleary,
j n o t [Link] t h e o u t l i n e s , t h u s d e s c r i b e s t h e phenomenon: "The l i g h t was In t h e w e s t , and coved
'V.r. H u l h a U a:nl o t h e r s in t h e c r o u d were c e r t a i n t h a t t h c l i g h t toward t h e n o r t h . I t resembled a s t r e e t car h e a d l i g h t . At t i r . e s I t
a t t : - . c i [Link] a lieep b l u e t i n t . d i s a p p e a r e d behind t h e c l o u d s . "
S e v e r a l p e r s o n s employed a t F o r e s t Fark S t a t i o n , of t h e L i n d e l l
" I t ".■!-. v - r - d i f f i c u l t t o t e l l hou f a s t t h c U ^ h t t r a v e l l e d .
Railway aav t h e o b j e c t . C h a r l e s S n y d e r , one o f t h e n , s a i d I t p a s s e d
L>irini; tt." i n l t hnur i t c o v e r e d an a r c of a b o u t 'i5 d e c r e e s . If i t was
o v e r t h e park about S o ' c l o c k . The o u t l i n e s of t h e c r a f t v e r e not
r,a f a r a -ay ■>■ ' i t 3:. ed t o lie i t n u s t h a v e t r a v e l l e d e x t r e m e l y E a s t ,
d i s t i n c t ? , b u t t h e l i g h t was b r i l l i a n t .
though . i n n n r c n t l y i t noved a ! o n $ s l o w l y and w i t h a b s o l u t e p r e c i s i o n , "
Thera were a nuwber of o b s e r v e r s a t Union s t a t i o n and froa an
F i f t e e n wori^-.-Mi .it t h e L i n d e l l Railway / p . 2 / c a r s h o p s , a t Park
a l t i t u d e above t h e c a r s h e d a good view wa* o b t a i n e d . Froa t h i i p o i n t
and V a n d c v c n t c r a v e n u e s , a l s o s a w t h o . r a y s t e r i o u s 1 ir,ht S a t u r d a y n v £ h t .
1 t h e e f f e c t of r e d and g r e e n l i g h t s was d i s t i n c t l y v i s i b l e . H.E. K i n g ,
O m d u c t o r s uti ih<- ^ i t i K ' i i i s l i n e say t h e li'jlit was p l a i n l y v i s i b l e
e o n c i e r c i a l a g e n t o f t h e Mexican C e n t r a l B a i l v a y , vouches for t h i s
fro-i ti'.n r;i civ. t <■. l i n e j i t u r d a y n i g h t , t^our",h i t d i d n o t
Statement. S t a t i o n M a s t e r CoaXley a l s o v a s a w i t n e s s o f t h e p h e n o u -
:iake ; t s .i;';ie,ii'.'.iic ''.■■:< ,'..iy [Link]. l e n o n . At t h e aaxie t l c e i t was s e e n In a d i f f e r e n t p a r t of t h e c i t y by
P r o f . II. i', T r i t c l i c t t , [Link] o£ '.Jaslunjton U n i v e r s i t y , was o r . . V i S r s U p s o n i f Y e 3 i d e n t ~ o ' f t h e " C h f i s t o p h e r - S i r . p S o n I r o n Coopany, r r o
h i s f - l c s c o p c J-itur ■■■■; ■,iit., but d i d n o t s e c t h e a i r s h i t h e v i c i n i t y of Lafayette P a r k .
!\\cn t o l d t h a t i t id bi'cn S'.en in t h c West End he s a i d : "Of T h i s d e s c r i p t i o n o f d i f f e r e n t c o l o r e d l i g h t i t a l l i e s w i t h what
coiiC'-.c I c a n ' t mic-itio:i t:.-> v r . i e i t y o£ t h e p e o p l e >-'ho say tlicy saw vaa seen In cany s t a t e a o f t h e C e n t r a l U e s t , aa r e p o r t e d by t e l e g r a p h
[Link]^ h ' . n t S iturday ni".ht. 1 have seen n o t h i n g b r i g h t e r than In S a t u r d j r f ' a P o a t - B l s p a t c h .
Venus. 1 '-'ill <-fp a -'[Link]» loo^fcut. However. I t would be p o s s i b l e I t would a e e a from t h l a t h e a e r i a l v l a l t o r l i f a m i l i a r w i t h m a r l -
Ccir -.itch a l i ^ . i t t o l l o i t -ilon^ clor.c t o t h e h o r i z o n w i t h o u t beinr, I t i n e l a w . Thla code o f t h e h i g h e e a s p r o v i d e a t h a t a l l s t e a a j h i p a
s r . ' n bv nur i r l i " c > " " .11 our o b s e r v a t o r y i s v e r y low and t h c siaok'y and s a i l i n g v e s s e l s ehaj.1 c a r r y t h r e e l i g h t s , one of w h i t e on t h e
■itr-,0D;'h."rr> >rr-vr-ntr f r o i r:i('.in;', o b i c r v i t i o n r , [Link] an e l e v a t i o n of f o r e a t a y , 100 f e e t from t h e w a t e r l i n e , one of red on t h e s t a r b o a r d
30 ' ' " T C . I a i d e , and one of g r e e n on t h e p e r t .
TilTf 1 - 111 il-Miut i r o i t h e t ' ' . t i n o n y of a l l t:ie w i t n e s s e s t h a t t h c Cloae o b s e r v e r a of t h e a l r h h i p d e c l a r e h e r l i g h t s t o t e s i m i l a r l y
n y - . t i r 1.0115 l i ' h t - n - b " ! o p t h - 30 t l i i - r c " e l e v a t i o n . The c o u n t r y i n arranged.
t h a t ; ' i r t s f t ' ■ c : t ; ' ' r i " i h i c h t h e v i n u s wore o b t a i n e d i s open and P r o f . Henry S . P r l t c h e t t , a s t r o n o m e r of Washington U n i v e r s i t y ,
f avorabli f i .iCli riin.-rv -t ■ e n s . / Tuesday q u e s t i o n e d a n u c b e r of p e r s o n s who had seen t h e l i g h t .
P:.'.;.-jd ■cr Cb: 1 l i c o t h e . " I c a n n o t account f o r t h e s t r a j i g e a p p e a r a n c e , " he s a i d . "I I n ­
C r . i l l i c r . t h c , Mo., . ' . - r i l 12,—Many O . i l l i c e t he r c c p l e l a s t n i ; h t t e n d e d maJting o b s e r v a t i o n s l a s t n i g h t , b u t waa d e t e r r e d by t h e heavy
5,1-: what ir- ' . i : i p c - . d It- h iv.'. been a [Link]:s J i r . - h i p . A b r i g h t rain." . ■-
■..■:iit,-. l i ' - h t , ..[,j>.ir. . . t l y a b o u t t h c s i i c of a h e a d l i g h t p a s s e d o v e r t h e "Do I t h i n k i t was an a i r s h i p ! I would r a t h e r n o t answer t h a t
n o r t h j i a - t o' v..2 c i t y and [Link] w e s t . Tr.c h u l l of t h e s h i p ■ a s n o t question. I s i m p l y do n o t know what t o t h i n k . The t e s t i m o n y c o r e s
■ihlc. fron t o o many jrem p e r s o n s and from t o o »any d i f f e r e n t p o i n t s t o t e
1097 A p r i l 13 I T u o s j S t . LOUIE P o s t - D i s p a t c h , p . 1,3 (card 1)
discredited. I s h a l l be on watch t o - n i g h t a t t h e o b s e r v a t o r y , S t .
C h a r l e s and E l g h t e e t h a t r e e t , f r o a 7 : 3 0 u n t i l 10 o ' c l o c k and If t h e
AIR SHIP SEEIi / T h o u s a n d s of S t , L o u l s i a n s E x c i t e d Over t h e A e r i a l s t r a n g e v i s i t o r makes U s a p p e a r a n c e a g a i n we w i l l sec what a powerful
V i s i t o r . / SEARCHLIGHT PUSHED TOWARD THE EARTH FOR AH HOUR KCKDAY telescope will reveal."
HICi'iT. / Nolso of Machinery Heard and O u t l i n e s of t h e C r a f t V i s i b l e . / P r o f . P r i t c h e t t vaa asked what p o i n t a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n has r e a c h e d
TESTIMONY OF ,'MIii CITIZENS RECARDI.'iG THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR. / U n i v e r - "The b e s t a p p a r a t u s so f a r c r e a t e d , " he r e p l i e d , "haa beet, [Link] t y
s l t y P r o f e s s o r s C o n f e s s They Are P u l l e d by t h e A p p e a r a n c e . / O u t p o u r - j p r o f . Langley of t h e S m i t h s o n i a n I n s t i t u t i o n . He ha* been a b l e t o
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A PHENOMENAL WONDER. / As &en Here L a s t R i g h t . — T h e A i r - S h i p a R e a l i t y . » t « * t * "
Our P e o p l e Saw I t . / ( p i c t u r e of an a e r o s t a t b a l l o o n ) ■ A r e * o u c " t a i n I t w.s an a i r s h i p ! " t h e p h y s i c i a n was . i k e d ,
Ve h a v e r e a d i n t h e m e t r o p o l i t a n and o t h e r p a p e r s o f t h e We.t t h a t "*** " t r ' P ° 8 l c t v ' - *» p o s i t i v e 11 I can b . of a n y t h i n g in t h i s
an A i r S h i p was s a i l i n g o v e r t h a t s e c t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r y . We were aorne u o r l d | '
U c o u l d noc h v e been
what d o u b t f u l o f t h e e x i s t e n c e of such an o c c u r r e n c e a t t h e t i m e , b u t ' ' at'rT
r e c e n t d e v e l o p t s e n t a haa c o n v i n c e d ua t h a t wonders a r e not y e t a t an end ^° 8lt' l l o o
" d t l Venue, a t S l r l u s and o t h e r b r i g h t s t a r .
L a s t n i g h t a b o u t 1 1 : 3 0 i t was seen t o p a s s o v e r t h i s c i t y . The " e v e r a l t i m e , then back / p . 2 / a t t h e u y e t e r l o u s o b j e c t . Besides,
sky waa p e r f e c t l y c l e a r , a t a r a s h i n i n g b r i g h t l y and a b r l l l l a o t moon t h r o u g h my g l a s s t h e o b j e c t b e h i n d t h e l l p h t u . a d i s t i n c t l y v i s i b l e . "
Dr
in t h e s o u t h e r n h e a v e n s t o h e l p t o i l l u s t r a t e our s u b j e c t t o t h e b e s t ' Ci^an t o l d h I s
" c a r k a b l e e x p e r i e n c e to s e v e r a l [Link]
advantage. I t a p p e a r e d t o be about one m i l e h i g h and J u d g i n g from t h a t T 1 "J'' f l d »y n *Rht and F r i d a y o o m i n g h i a horae was b e s e i g e d by c a l l e r s ,
a l t i t u d e i t was a b o u t f i f t y f e e t l o n g , l o o k e d l i k e a o h i p and a p p e a r e d An)onfl c h e r o w e r e * number of s c i e n t i f i c T«n who c l o s e l y q u e s t i o n e d h l n
t o h a v e l i g h t s i n e v e r y window l i k e a r a i l w a y c a r , w i t h a v e r y s t r o n g I flnd a 1 1 l e t c t h e U a s h i n g t o n avenue r e s i d e n c e wondering v h s t t h e atr.n
l i g h t In f r o n t p r o b a b l y e l e c t r i c ; i t v a s r i g g e d w i t h an e n o m o u a r u d - E e v l B l t o t ' c o u l d be and c o n v i n c e d t h e r e i s something u n u s u a l hoverlnR
der ar.d e q u a l l y l a r g e s t e e r i n g a p p a r a t u s , c a d e o f c a n v a s o r o t h e r l i g h t , ■nong t h e c l o u d s .
The l i e h t vaB n o t ° " i y B e e n b y c t l e p h y s i c i a n but by t h o u n n d . of
 l i t . L U U I S I . I D H , w!.« w i n g l . m r i n g ([Link]-l .it ttint t i e
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o n l y owe !,o f a r :in [Link] tn-r-n lieurd who wnn f o r t u n a t e ■it lie was t h e B.H. —Let t h e c o l d b l o o d e d t y r a n t s of a l l t h e e a r t h r a t e : fn|.|.n.
Fr
4 U'll'»Cl>l'f Ut lull.I,
pli t o have },a.l * n c e t t h ' United S t a t e s , t h e haite, cowardly " g r e a t r e p u b l i c " who m
A column of tin- r o n t - I i h i p a t c l ) c o u l d bo f i l l e d w i t h riamoe of p e r - and s e e s h l a n e i g h b o r s o u r d e r e d In a l i e n e e , vr defy v o u . W« can rrn*1
son" who viewed the phenoir-.v'iion. All nay it 1B no temper a laughing you in a .day, Kent t o J e h o v a h , I aw t h e e a r t h ' s d e s t i n y , t h e a r b i t e r
uvuter «nd .ill ^ri' anxious for an [Link] ion. of I t s f a t e ! ^ C l o r l o u a G r e e c e ! U n d of pods and g o d l i k e n e n . T)-e
g l o r i e s of your p a s t i l l u a n e a s t i l l your Olynpus. Once o o r e [Link] I
SJIK.'f AT BISMARCK.
you l e a d t h e world t o g l o r y . A c o m p a t r i o t n r e a t e r than a l l f i . n v
Th la Airsnlp;llad Ucautlful LlghtB and Moved Rapidly. 1 Special to the
w i l l soon be w i t h you. We w i l l r e p u d i a t e a r e l i g i o n t h a t a i d * i t *
Post-IU&patch.
foes t o d e s t r o y u s , Husselman r o b b e r , f l y t o your C h r i s t i a n or T a n M
BISMARCK, Mo. , April 16.--From 6:10 until 8:35 o'clock laat even­
allies. The c i t y of C o n s t a n t I n e s h a l l once more he t h e c a r f t n l of
ing the alrsnlp was seen from this point. It appeared, when first »■« Creece. Once tnove Jupiter shall thunder fron Olynpua and ]ov
1
ueen by Mr. floor pi- Clarkson, to be about 2,000 feet high in a direct happlneaa take the place of deathheada and crosahonea. / * ~
western direction,, traveling In a northern direction, passing below 1897 April 19 (Mon.) St. U u l s PoBt-Dlapetch, p. 1. (card l)
the horizon about 15 degrees weat of north. The lights were large and
beautiful, showing quite ae large aa an engine head 11 put, with about C0LDEK HAIRED CIM. IS IK IT. t HIE AIRSHIP DISCOVERED IS SOl'TKWEST
ono~Wg!ith of the luminous body showing red. Its course waa oaclllat- MISSOURI. / WHAT HOPKINS SAiS ME SAW. / He la an Elderly Christian
[Link] tiros showing a rapid descent, followed by a quick rise- ".any Gentleman and Ills Frienda Say lie la Perfectly Reliable. /
proi-intnt people assembled on the atreets and viewed the great nuzzle In the nasa of evidence whldi has reached tha Post-Disp at ch concerr
i n uoiuiern ent. ing the ail existence of an airship that 1* said to be floating over
In Tenneaaee and Kentucky, the Central West, the post astonishing is that furnished by Mr. U.H.
Special to tne Post-Dispatch. Hopkins, general traveling agent for the Hartford Stean Boiler inspect­
NAShVIU.r., Tenii,, April 16.--Three dispatches received by the Mann ion and Insurance Conpany.
Banner this rorning from Clarksville, Tenn., Allensville, i^y, , and Mr. llopklna writes the Post-Dlspetch that on Friday ha saw th* air­
Russel lvl llo, i'y., nil report that the mysterious airship paaaed over ship s few elles away from Springfield, Mo. Not only did he see the
those placos laat night. In each Instance the wonder la aald to have craft, but he saw the aerial navigatora, and conversed with thee.
been ¥tn* witnessed by reputable citizens. Tha ship Is deactlbed as a The letter is not a hoax. It la in Mr. llopklna* handwriting, so
huge, long, dark object, with a headlight. those employed at the headquarters of the Hartford coupanv, 51? Secur­
This One a Fake. ity Building, aver. It was also Identified bj his wife,who lives at
Special to the Post-Dispatch. 5028 Hin¥rva avenue. Mr. Hopkins It 50 years of age, and li well-knowi
WATERLOO, la., April 16,—This city has been worked up to-day by in the West End. He 1* a prominent church netiber, and everybody apokei
the »«*±ii arrival of an airship, which anchored outside of town. It to vouches for his veracity. The letter is here given;
Is a cleverly constructed fake about 40 feet long and 20 feet wide add
12 feet high, built up by a practical Joker during the past week and To the Editor of the Poat~Dlap»tcn:
brought out last night, a man from town 1G0 mllea distant attending it Till yesterday I had supposed the numerous reports of the sppear-
llinety per cent of the people helleve it real. Fully 5,000 people have anee of a nysterlous airship in the different Fi.t> of the country (in
h visited It to-rfav. »any instances widely separated) at nearly the eai.e hour, were but the
tb97 April lo (I'rl) Moberly, Mo., Daily Monitor, p. t,. result of very vivid Imaginations.
I thought the first report of an airship waa started by sote Huoch-
Let Us Have a Telescope. aunen of the press to gratify some mischievous whin and to see how «an>
The popular w4ve of excitement created by the mythical "air ship" imaginative people would fall In line and clain--honestly of courae--
discloses the fact that our people, even the best informed and the that they had eeen It also. My impression was strengthened by cy own
nost intelligent of ufl, are lamentably ignorant of even the rudiments experience a few days ago, when in Kansas City a friend and ovself
of astronomy. There ia likely no other community of ten thousand thought we eaw a bright light in the heavens, which frequently disap­
people who know as little of the plsnetary nyBtem as this. It is not peared and then reappeared again, but which we afterwards found waa
because we ore not well informed generally and mentally capable, but the everting star, which waa Intensely bright, but which was occasion­
glnply because K B SJTK our attention has not heen directed to the hea­ ally obscured by light clouds of ateaa, which were not visible to i.»
venly bodies, and because we have no facilities for their atudy. It in the darkness. i
was amusing to [Link] the cora-ients made upon the brilliant planet seen in But ifter ay adventiture of yesterday my doubts of the rfallty of
the west laat night. To aome it waa undoubtedly the "air ship"—others the air ahip have been dispelled. 1 waa wandering through hills east
aald it waa an advertising scheme, while the wiseacres said it was Mara of Springfield, Ho., and coming to the brow of a hill overlooked a
Jupiter or the Major Urea, be, Aa a matter of fact the brilliant visi- saall clearing In the valley a short distance below tie • 1 saw a si$ht
tor was Venua, now close to the earth, very brilliant and soon passing that rooted me to the apot wlth_am*iecent for some t lite._ J_could not
below the horizon, thus creating the Impression of an artificial body, believe my eyes at first, and shook myaclf to see if 1 was not dres*-
The Monitor has a suggestion to make. Let the High School take tha ing. There ifl the clearing rested a vessel siitilar in outline to the
matter up, and by a aeries of entertainments raiae a fund for the pur- air ship shown In the Post-Dispatch of a few daya ago, and aaid to hiv
chase of a telescope. Many educational Institutions have purchased been taken in Illinois.
pew telescopes, and their old ones are for sale cheap. In looikicg Aa the sun ahone upon it the rays were reflected as fron burnished
over a scientific Journal ve may find rr^ny good Instruments offered alurainim. It rested upon four legs or supports, which raised it Iron
for sale aXEapixxi* very cheap. Then, with the e,id of a telescope. the ground sufficiently to give room for two wheels like the propeller
let the study of astonomy be teXen up. A new world will Le opened up of a ahip lying horizontally 1 one at the bow and one near the stem.
to ^ s , find the heavens will r.o longer be a beautiful cystery. Another at the stern lying perpendicularly was evidently lor the rut-
1697 April 18 (Sun; Sedalia (Mo.) Sunday democrat, p. 1. TcTrTTT pose Of propelling the veBBel ahead, while tha *M«I other two rslsed
the velsel. The vessel itself was about twenty feet long and eipht
UP IN Tin: ChOl'DS. / An Airship Story for Your Whiskers, This One Is. ' feet In diameter and the propellers about six feet In diareter.
It Wins the Illuc Kibbon. / A Trip from Maine to the Pacific Ocean I" Hear the vessel was the moat beautiful being I ever fceneld. She
the Interest of Setting Cuba Free. / was rather under medium size, but of the most eiqulslte 'orn and lea-
Of all the airship stories chat have appeared in the public prints turea auch aa would put to shatse the fortM as sculptured by the anclen
in the past few days the following sent to the Democrat through the Creeks. She was dressed in anature'a garb and her golden hair, wav*
Sedalia poatofflce is entitled to the blue ribbon as it is prohahl/ is and glossy, hung to her waiat, unconflned excepting by a band of glis­
well authenticated as the others. The communication entire follows ' tening Jewels that bound it bsck from her forehead. The Jewels threw
out rays of light as *he "coved her'h'ead. She wai plucking the little
To the Editor of the Democrat.
flowers that were Juat blossoming from the sod, with exclaritIons cf
Paasing along the M,K.6T. railroad track, .lust north of Scdalla. I
delight and la a language I could not understand. Her voice waa like
picked up a piece of thin, gauzy paper which I had observed flallinc low, silvery bells and her laughter rang out like their chines. In one
i fron a vast height. 1 send you a copy of its contents for what It i-i hand she carried a fan of curious design that she fanned herself visor
worth. John Jacobsen. / ously with, though to Be the air was not warn and I wore »n overcoat.
Above the Clouds, April 16, 1897.—Unknown Senor: ("lory to r.-d in
the highest! Peace and liberty to Cuba. The erand test has heen '*.ice In the shade of the vessel lay a man of noble proportions and = J ) -
It proves the [Link] glorious success of the century. Our Treat nfr«,liir> eetic countenance. Hla hair of dark auburn fell to his shoulder* in
Is to the heavens what a gren* steamship is on the sea. Specific f.r.v.- - wavy Fjssen and hla full beard of the naire color, but lighter In shade,
ity is a nlsnoner. Cravitation is unknown ten nlles above this e.^rrh. reached to his breast. He also was fanning hloaslf with * curious fan
The force there Is repellant, otherwise all living thlnrs would he In JI as if the heat oppressed hla.
single day destroyed by the vast fall of ndbuloua natter. As I looked with astonlshnent on the picture, 1 wondered if AJ«™
and Eve had cose to earth again, or was 1 [Link] After gating for
We have sailed from the woods of llalne to the Pacific and Kiel. In
s while I moved forward, »nd the woman, hearing the rustle of leaves,
three days. V.'e have heen 500 miles above the earth. n u r toon Is Im­
looxed around, A moment she stood lookinn at me with wonder and aston
pervious to heat or cold. We make our own oxygen. [Link] In her beautiful blue eyes, then, with ■ ahrlek of (tar, tne
Now, I, the inventor, am a Cuban. My ship is devoted to her* ra Ui «. rushed to the nan, who sprung to his feet, threw his i n around her ar.
Loaded with dynamite and the deadliest explosivee known, very s w n we glared at me in a threatening manner.
will anchor over Havana. Weyler must surrender or die. [Link] -..ill ve.
I stopped and, taking my handkerchief from sy pocket, waved it lo
ours or there will be no Havana. the air. A few minutes we stoou\ I then spoke soce words of apolcsr
Cuba free, then accursed Spain, we will pour upon you, like rha foe intruding, but he seemed not to "wi understand, and replied in a
wrath of Cod, the contents of this ship. We will avenge a [Link] threatening tone and words which I could not rjke out. I ttied iy
every murder you have glosied in. The name of Spain shnll he blotted signs to make hio understand, and finally he left her, treacling m d
out. In the nnrc of four hundred years of bloody despotlsn we hereby trying to hold hln back, and came fiiniid toward me. 1 extended aw
devote you to the infernal gods. / Pan Alvnredo Oucvada. hand. He' looked at it a moment, astonishment depicted in his der«-
 brown e y e s , and f i n a l l y he extended h l a own and touched m i n e . I took f r l , April 23, p. 4 ( l e t t e r a ) .
h i s and c a r r i e d i t to my l i p s . I t r i e d by s i g n s to make t h e n u n d e r s s a T1>« " A i r s h i p " , /to t h e E d i t o r of t h e F o . t - ! ) l . n a t c h .
s t a n d I c a a n t no [Link]. F i n a l l y h l a f a c e l i g h t e d up w i t h p l e a s u r e , and The p e o p l e of t h i s p a r t of t h e I n d i a n T e r r i t o r y a n a n * l , ..» t o
he t u r n e d and spoke t o t h e wocan. She came h e s i t a t i n g l y f o r v a r d , h«r know If t h e r e la any t r u t h In t h e a i r s h i p s t o r y ? What l i y^ur h c n t a t
form u n d u l a t i n g with e x < i u i s i t e g r a c e . I took « h e r hand and k i s s e d i t o p i n i o n ? Do you b e l i e v e Mr. Hopkins" a t o r y w r i t t e n from Musxogte, l i
fervently. The c o l o r r o s e to her cheeka and ahe d r e w I t h a s t i l y away. I . T . ? / LEE CLINTON. / T u l a a , I . T . A p r i l 2 1 .
I a s k e d them by s i g n s where they came from, but I t was d i f f i c u l t {The F o e t - D l a p a t c h d o e s n o t b e l i e v e t h e r e l i an a i r s h i p In e i i a t -
t o r-ake them u n d e r s t a n d . F i n a l l y t h e y see&ed t o do so and s m i l i n g t h e y e n c e a t p r e s e n t . The u n u s u a l b r i l l i a n c e of Venus, t h e " e v e i l n g , i . r , "
g a t e d upwards for a [Link], a s if l o o k i n g for some p a r t i c u l a r p o i n t , has d o u b t l e s s been t h e b a s i s for s e v e r a l of t h e a i r s h i p a t o r l . a , Ctlieti
and t h e n p o i n t e d u p w a r d s , p r o n o u n c i n g a word which , t o mv i«-. f < » . , < » . a r e [Link] y a r n s . - - E d . The Ff i t - f l f l P f l t t h i ) ,
aounded l i k e M a r . . i*W V ^ 1 ^ 'Ho#J 5 t ' U u i » Fo«t-CUp«tch, p . 4 .
I p o i n t e d t o t h e s h i p and e x p r e s s e d cy wonder in my c o u n t e n a n c e ,
He took me by t h e Hand and led me t o w a r d s I t . In t h e a i d e waa a s m a l l A Corking E x p l a n a t i o n
door. I looked I n . T h e r e was a l u x u r i o u s couch c o v e r e d w i t h r o b e s of ? o t h e E d i t o r of t h e P o s t - D i s p a t c h .
Boat b e a u t i f u l s t u f f and t e x t u r e , such a s I had n e v e r seen b e f o r e . The a y e t e r y of t h e a i r s h i p haa been s o l Y e d . Carl Browne ^ava i t
From t h e c e l l i n g waa suspended a c u r i o u s b a l l , from which e x t e n d e d a m *"*7 U f l ^ n i g h t , tar* n o t t o a r e p o r t e r , b u t a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e cf tha
s t r i p of m e t a l , which he s t t u c k t o s a k e i t v i b r a t e . I n s t a n t l y the ball press obtained i t froa unquestioned a u t h o r i t y
waa i l l u m i n a t e d w i t h a s o f t , w h i t e l i g h t , which l i t up t h e whole i n t e r - The i n v e n t o r i s an A n a r c h i s t . P e r h a p s you h a r e n o t i c e d t h e i n a c
ior. I t was c o s t b e a u t i f u l l y d e c o r a t e d w i t h s c e n e s « such so I had aa t l v i t y of t h e a n a r c h i a t s f o r a e v o r * l y e a r a . W e l l , a l l U . o l r funds
n e v e r seen b e f o r e . havo been c e n t e r e d on t h e c r e a t i o n of t h e a i r a h i p t o o b t a i n t h e i r ervia.
At t h e s t e r n was a n o t h e r l a r g e b a l l of rcetal, s u p p o r t e d In a s t r o n £ I l e a r n e d t h i s s e c r e t by t e l e p a t h y . There- a m t o be s i l of the*.; two
frame-work and c o n n e c t e d t o t h e s h a f t of t h e prope p r o p e l l e r at t h e s t e r n wa< a r e a l r e a d y c o m p l e t e d ; t h e y ware M d e i n C a l i f o r n i a , where t h e o t h e ~
f o u r e r e b e i n g c o n a t r u c t e d . T h e r e w i l l be no p a t e n t s a p p l i e d f o r , a s
( a ) s i m i l a r mechanism a t t a c h e d t o each p r o p e l l e r and s m a l l e r b a l l s a t ­
t a c h e d t o a p o i n t of s e t a l t h a t e x t e n d e d from each s i d e of t h e v e s s e l t h e d e s i g n of t h e o r l g i n a t o r o and o p e r a t o r a l a t o uoe t h e e t o d e s t r o y
and from t h e prow. And c o n n e c t e d t o each b a l l was a t h i n s t r i p of • 11 governments and b e g i n a. new era,. The f u l f i l l m e n t of prophecy l i
c a t m e t a l s i m i l a r t o t h e one a t t a c h e d t o t h e l a m p . Me s t r u c k each one n e a r a t band of t h e d e s t r u c t i o n of t h e world by f i r e ,
and when t h e y v i b r a t e d t h e b a l l s c o m e n c e d t o r e v o l v e w i t h i n t e n s e 'When t h e o t h e r f o u r a r e c o n p l e t e d and t e s t e d w i t h t h e s e two t h a t
r a p i d i t y , and d i d not c e a s e t i l l he s t o p p e d them w i t h a kind of b r a k e . a r e b e i n g seen n i g h t l y i n t h a Wast, and improved upon aa t h e y a r e
As t h e y r e v o l v e d i n t e n s e l i g h t s , s t r o n g e r t h a n any s r c l i g h t I e v e r saw, found n e e d e d , t h e w a r n i n g w i l l be g i v e n t o t h e f a i t h f u l t o f l e e t o t h e
shone o u t from t h e p o i n t s a t t h e s i d e s and a t t h e prow, but they were m o u n t a i n s . One w i l l o p e r a t e i n North A m e r i c a , one i n South America,
of d i f f e r e n t c o l o r s . The one a t t h e prow was an I n t e n s e w h i t e l i g h t . two in England and E u r o p e , one In R u s s i a and Asia and one In A u s t r a l i a
On one s i d e wsa g r e e n and t h e o t h e r r e d . and t h e i n l a n d s of t h e s e a . I t ia n o t b e l l e i e d t h a t t h e w a r n i n g s w i l l
The two had been examining me w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t c u r i o s i t y In t h e be heeded by t h e a e l f i a h p e o p l e , b u t s i m p l y looked upon a s t h e v a | o r -
meantime. They f e l t of ray c l o t h i n g , looked a t my g r a y h a i r w i t h s u r ­ lnga of c r a n i a . Hence, when t h e y a r e d e s t r o y e d , aa t h e p e o p l e cf ; k - k «
p r i s e and examined my watch w i t h t h e g r e a t e s t w o n d e r . S i g n s a r e poor and Gomorrah, in t h e t e r r i b l e a t o m o f b r l r s t c n e and f i r e (.bests «r. i
taedium t o exchange i d e a s and t h e r e f o r e we c o u l d e x p r e s s b u t l i t t l e . c h e m i c a l a ) t h a t w i l l be thrown o u t o f t h e a i r s h i p s . I t w i l l t e an * « : j
I p o i n t e d to the h a l l s a t t a c h e d to the p r o p e l l e r s . He gave k each M t t e r f or t h e p r i n c i p l e s advanced by t h e A n a r d h l s t a t o be I U I i n t o
of t h e s t r i p s of m e t a l a r a p , t h o s e a t t a c h e d t o t h e p r o p e l l e r s under p r a c t i c e , of no g o v e r n m e n t , no r u l e r s . As t h e r e w i l l be no aelfl.'.l
the v e s s e l f i r s t . The b a l l s began t o r e v o l v e r a p i d l y , and I f e l t t h e n e s s , t h e r e w i l l be no need of o f f i c i a l s .
v e s s e l b e g i n t o r i s e , and I s p r a n g o u t , and none too s o o n , f o r t h e Each would do u n t o t h e o t h e r s s t h e y would t e done b y , »nj '.;.«
v e s s e l r o s e aa l i g h t l y a s a b i r d , and s h o t away l i k e an a r r o w , and in » t n ^ u s h e r e d In of a new heaven and new e a r t h .
a few [Link] was o u t of s i g h t . The two s t o o d l a u g h i n g and waving Ik MEMO
t k i a x t h e i r h a n d s t o me, ahe a v i s i o n of l o v e l i n e s s and he of manly y0 y^^i e r^fyj U n d a t e d . _ _ „ ^ ^ _ .
vigor. "1897 A p r i l 19'iMon) S t . Louie' r o a t - U l a p a t c h , p . A. ( i t - t i e r s ) .
P r o b a b l y p e o p l e w i l l ask a s t h e y d i d of t h e farmer in Iowa; "Where
d i d you get your w h i s k y ? " But I can say i f I e v e r d r a n k l i q u o r I wouli g ^ t n e A i r s h i p
go I m m e d i a t e l y and [Link] some more of t h e w h i s k y , j ^ Editor: L a s t n i g h t s a me and ny n a b o r , Hr, Huston, t h e d a i r y -
If you wiah t o l e a r n a n y t h i n g more p a r t i c u l a r l y r e g a r d i n g my e x - a&a ^ f l c o l i i n g h o n e f r o » a H k e r p a r t y a b o u t h a l f - p a s t 1 1 , we saw t h e
p e r l e n c e my a d d r e s s I s 517 S e c u r i t y B u i l d i n g , S t . L o u i s . BUch-Ulksd-of s i r s h i p . I t had o u t r e d and g r e e n l i t e s and had sore+h
[Link]. HOPKINS / H u s k o g e e , I . T . , A p r i l 1 M 8 9 7 . t h l D g rviming up o v a r j . t „ i t h a b r i g h t point I l k . a lightening rod.
. , , : r ; <, ,, „ ,,,, u, ,. . One nan who saw i t a a i d i t was s b o u t aa h i g h aa t h e a s s e s s m e n t s i n
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The above l e t t e r va* token t o 517 S e c u r i t y B u i l d i n g , which proved °, „. , ... ..A K „ „ „ , „ , . I . J „ „ , _ , . 1 1 , n . I . . M
to be t h e S t . U ? o f f i c e of t h e H a r t f o r d S t e a * B o i l e r I n s p e c t i o n and W j - J . ^ f r J . ^ ^ h » « , ? ^ » t f J 1 ^ : ^ 1 ^ ^
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I n s u r a n c e C o , , nnd was shown t o C.C, C a r d n e r , t h e m a n a g e r . He r e a d i t Makinley " wave
* " " of " p r o s p e ,r .i t y , _ ^ tV . „ „ . , „ , „ Y™,^ , n „ , i . n . ^-«rt*r
t h r o u g, h, . c_a ,r e, f,u l ,l y . Makinley wave of p r o s p e r i t y s t r u c k ; t hHenry e c o uDrmnmon
ntrj. lour constant reaaar,
8"ThIs Is w o n d e r f u l . " he s a i d . "That I s / p . 2 / Hr. Hopkins' hand­
w r i t i n g and he I s now In t h a t t e r r i t o r y . He was a l s o a t S p r i n g f i e l d Ulnstanley Park, Eaat St- Louis, April 18.
on t h e day named, He i s t r a v e l l i n g a g e n t f o r t h e Company." 1897 A p r i l 20 (Tues) S t . Loula P o s t - D i s p a t c h , p . * ( l e t t e r i )
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"Do you b e l i e v e wiiat he s a y s T "
Tha Airahip Problen. / To the Iti* Editor of tha P^at-Olspatch.
"Indeed I do. S t r a n g e a s I t seeras I am c o m p e l l e d t o b e l i e v e i t ,
Here are a few reasons the nuch-talked-«f airship so far as u n
Mr. Hopklna I s n o t a r o m a n c e r . He n e v e r c o u r t s n o t o r i e t y . What he
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r i n k hea bd er ol .pl e v e s i t h i s d u t y t o ™ke t h e f a c t s p u b - . |^ £ ^ p ^ ch f t M u h U e t 0 r e J „ u , , u , beK.v
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p u b l i s h ss being a b s o l u t e l y t r u e . " u r a t e d w i t h a l c o h o l , a r e r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a l l t h e e x c i t e m e n t and t a l k .
While Mr. C a r d n e r was t a l k i n g s e v e r a l c l e r k s examined t h e l e t t e r . Five oontha ago when Venus d i s a p p e a r e d below t h e h o r i i o n a t about 6
They compared t h e w r i t i n g w i t h t h a t of l e t t e r s r e c e i v e d r e c e n t l y from o ' c l o c k p . a . a a auch s o u t h w e a t a p p a r e n t l y of S t . Loula a i I t do«« riov
t h e a g e n t , and I t wsa c o n c l u s i v e l y proven t h e s a c e hand penned a l l . n o r t h w e a t , i t waa t a k e n by oany t o be an e l e c t r i c balloon, and »o c i l i r j .
They added t h e i r t e s t i m o n y r e g a r d i n g Mr. Uopkina w i t h t h a t g i v e n by Tliere l a no power known t h a t i a s u f f i c i e n t t o l i f t I t s e l f , car a n j
Kr. C a i d n e r . o c c u p a n t s , and p r o p e l I t w i t h o u t t h e a i d of gas o r hot a i r r e a e r v o i r .
, „ . . , , . , and one of t h e e e s u f f i c i e n t l y l a r g e c o u l d n o t be c o n c e a l e d long and i t
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the r a t e of speed t h i s Eyth h a i been making would, i f exposed a t U i
a i r s h i p t r a v e l l i n g at
t h e s t r a n g e l e t t e r t h a t had been r e c e i v e d . been b t a t e d , f r e e z e a man beyond thawing i n h a l f an h o u r . Third r n t o n
" I t ' s t h e t r u i . J f he w r o t e I t , " s a i d Mrs. H o p k i n s , "and I b e H e v e —A c a r h a n g i n g below a r e a e r v o i r a t t h e c i g a r - s h a p e d c o n c e r n U t r p t e -
every word." a e n t e d In aome p a p e r s , would meet w i t h auch r e t l t t a n c e a t t o compel t h e
The d a u g h t e r s chimed in t o t h e same e f f e c t . s h i p r o go s t r a i g h t u p , and I t c o u l d n o t be guided on a p l a n e or In a
"The l a s t l e t t e r I r e c e i v e d from Mr. H o p k i n s , e m t i i u e d t h e w i f e , i t r a ' ^ h t l i n e . What t h e n ? I t would be e i t h e r above t h e a t a r i a l l t h e
;wfla d a t e d S p r i n g f i e l d . Mo,, A p r i l 1 5 . T h i s was tppjr.-rrly t h e day tiifc' o r in some c o r n f i e l d p r o b a b l y up In Iowa a c a ^ l n g s o n e o t h e r poor
b e f o r e lie saw t h e a i r s h i p . I w i l l probably r e c e i v e d l e t t e r t h i s f a r m e r ' s h o r s e s so t h e y would run away.
a f t e r n n o n t e l l i n g xr.e a l l a b o u t i t , " The a i r a h i p problem l a aa f a r fro> b e i n g s o l v e d a t l i p e r p e t u a l t w -
Mrs. Hopkins showed t h e r e p o r t e r t h e l e t t e r . The h a n d w r i t i n g was t l o n . About t h e time I t waa becoming a f o r c e f o r f u t u r e u s e f u l n r e i
i d e n t i c a l w i t h t h a t of t h e l e t t e r p u b l i s h e d a b o v e . e v e r y c r o a a - r o a d e r in t h e c o u n t r y had a p e r f e c t a o d o l working e * * c t .
"Would Mr. Hopkins h a v e any r e a s o n f o r p e r p e t r a t i n g a h o a x ! Ia he Where a r e t h e y c o - d a y ? On t h e a h e l f . Thia w i l l be t h e t e r m i n a t i o n of
g i v e n t o j e s t i n g ? " was a s k e d . t h e a i r s h i p u n l e e a tome unknown power I s d i s c o v e r e d t o p r o p e l i t .
"Quite the c o n a t r a r y . He i s most s e r i o u s . What a man f i f t y y e a r s If r e p o r t s a r e t r u e , t h r e e o r f o u r of t h e a e a i r a h l p a have been tern.
of age w r i t i n g such a l e t t e r w i t h o u t i t b e i n g t r u e ! Ho a i r ; every Vhpre do t h e y "hang up a t " in t h e a l r l We n e v e r h e a r of t h e n p u t t i n g
l i n e of I t l a t r u e . Hr. Hopkins i s a mecber of t h e Maple Ave. H.E, up at any p l a c e where t h e r e can be r s a l e v i d e n c e p r o c u r e d of t h e i r e i -
C h u r c h , and haa many f r i e n d s In t h e West End. He u n d o u b t e d l y w i s h e s iSfftice.
t o a c q u a i n t h i s f r i e n d s w i t h t h e marvel he h a s s e e n , and '.0 u s e s t h e Suppose eon* one a n o u l d s o l v e a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n , what would t h e
P o s t - D i s p a t c h as t h e medium of c o m m u n i c a t i o n . i ' o r n e r a do If t h e e e a i r a h i p b e c a a e n u m e r o u s , d r o p p i n g around d e i t r o v i t i g
"Mr. Hopkins l e f t home a week a g o . Before he l e f t hjmr he r i d i ­ g r - j u f i e l d s a f t e r n i g h t w h i l e t i g h t e n i n g up ■ l o o t a b e l t or p u t t l n » a
c u l e d t h e i d e a of an a i r a h i p h a v i n g been a e e n . But now 1 ■: ;ppoae he la new f e a t h e r in a wing whi^h oay be b r o k e n w h i l e r u n n i n g a g a i n s t t i n e !
c o n v i n c e d I t ia n o t a myth. T r u l y , i t ia w o n d e r f u l , " The s h i p would be h u n d r e d s of n i l e a away when Morning c a n e . Who woulJ
pay t h e a e d a a a g e a ? T h e r e would be no r a i l r o a d s t o ]unp on for I c < s m
 ceuted by dii a l r a h l p .
(03 Presently the " a i r s h i p " dsacended. The [Link]' thVn began . . .
Concluding we hope we may see the tic>e one can travel 1 from town to tnvefltlgslton. l l e w e n t t D t h ' P 1 " " v h ' " U 'truck terra flraa , n j
[Link] through the a i r , but l e t ' a have oore proff than there Is as yet. [ounj to has surprise that i t had been made to descend, not o l ' l t i fvn
Tower H i l l , 111. April 16 Ed. H!Lean accord, but by the winding up of the s t r i n g to which i t had been i e -
p.4—The l a t e s t description of the a i r s h i p says i t has two wheels lying ^ ^ C o r t e r i y h o h a d b e e n „,nlgi„R t n e t M n R f r o a [ h e Rround
horizontally
- and one lying perpendicularly.
. . . . Some w r i t e r s have several any boy ddoes o when flying his favorite k i t * .
wheels lying both horizontally and perpendicularly, and every other way j £ ^ ^ ^ a I r s M p i by >n, MaQS_ u w , . fcl(e u ( [ h ^
in which lying can be done. attachments. I t looked more like a very large red a a t t r e s i than inv-
1897 April 20 (Tues) St. Louie Post-lJisi«tch, p. 10. thlng else the surprised people could think of. An Invest 1 cat ion ■(*-
veloped that i t was 20 feet square and one foot In thickness, and t!^(
Air Ship a t Belleville / Several Sober and Veracious Teopla Say They It was Inflated. The aides were fastened togehter after the (ashlen
Saw I t . of a baseball c a t c h e r ' s breast p r o t e c t o r .
What le supposed to be an a i r s h i p was seen in Belleville Monday The strange k i t e had s t e e l ribs running in s l l d i r e c t i o n s , and by
night. H 'ippeared In the northeast about 9:30 ana vus v i s i b l e about n e a n t 0 f these i t was rigged out with strong cords, one-eiphth of 4n
an hour. I t v-s seen by several c i t i z e n s of unquestioned sobriety and l n c h ( n t h l c k n e 8 B | v e r y ™ c h u u a n y 0 C hefr k i t e .
veracity. By the peculiarity of the construction of the thing it w i n , vhni
Fos t e s t e r Irwln Wangelin was walking ho&e with Mrs. Curt fie In- s k i l l f u l l y managed, sscend froa the earth in the sane nanner as a f-n\-
felden when he noticed a bright red l i g h t in the heavens and called h e r i e r k i c e i being inflated on very much the same principle as s hot air
a t t e n t i o n to I t . I t was t r a v e l l i n g a t great speed a l t e r n a t e l y r i s i n g balloon i t will remain at a high s l t l t u t d e u n t i l hauled down bv the
and f a l l i n g . strong cord to which I t is attached.
Otto iouschkoib, frod Keren, Lorenz Kaasius and Officer Wlli&a The inventor has made several of these k i t e s , and hv wav o( (<i;><-rl-
Letter also saw i t . s>ent haa cut then loose after tbev had made a successful ascent. [Link]
r'[Link] Swansea, the v i l l a g e north of town on the ridge, the l i g h t were a l l supplied with r a i l r o a d K H ' « lanterns of different colors anil
wan rlajnjv, .y^ajr^e. I t s motion was pot^ t h a t of a balloon. _thesa are the multi-colored l i g h t s t h a t have caused so truch atL»:e-ent
1697 April 23 ( F r l . ) St. Louis Post-Dispatch, p. 3. to the people who thought they saw an a i r ahlp.
When cut loose the k i t e s w i l l soar off through space In the sar-e
Tax on Airships. / Texas Proposes a New Way to Raise the Wind. manner as a balloon, but as the gaa does not escape they do not descend
Austin, Tex. | Arpll 23.--A resolution was introduced In the House ao r e a d i l y . They will tBavel for hundreds of p i l e s .
of the Texas Legislature this corning s e t t i n g forth t h a t , Inasmuch as lfc-97 April 20 (Wed) Hoberly, Mo., Dally Monitor, p. I . (card i )
i t has been generally current that an a i r s h i p was flying around Texas
carrying passengers and f r e i g h t , and inasmuch as said airship Is oper- THAT AIR SHIP / Caused Much Excitement la Denver, Colo. / A Tomer
sting without paying any taxes or im complying with the rates estab­ Moberly Han Tells of the toltin Battle in the Air. /
lished by the Texas commission, that said commission be Instructed to Editor Monitor—Since the f i r s t of thia month I have been reading
establish special rates for the a i r s h i p and see that U s management about an a i r ship which baa been floating about the heavens at w i l l .
comply with said r a t e s . On the night of April 2U I learn by the Monitor that one of the t y s -
Th. April 29, 4. There is not the s l i g h t e s t rcaaon for apprehension terioua ships were reported by Kr. K.I. Ell as floating over the M«*le
of a Cleveland third t e r n . The a i r w i l l be full of flying ships long City on the 21st. I think M.r. Eli Is mistaken in regard to the [Link]'ht
btfore t'.r. i Cleveland n i t s in the White House Spain. he saw the ship, or else there we more than one of thoae ryatcriO'-s
1897 April 25 (Sun morn) St. Loula Post-Dlapatch, p. 9. ships floating at w i l l through space.
On the night of the 15th i n s t . , one was seen floating over the
THAT AIRSHIP./ It Is Out of Order and la Now Resting for Repairs in do.^e of Pike's Peak and on the l8th I t appeared over Cripple Creet, tk»
the Tennessee Mountains. / Special to the Post-Dispatch. then again on the 21st (the same night Hr. £11 reports seeing bis) i t
Chattanooga, Tcnn., April 24.—The a i r s h i p reported dally for the was seen playing around in close proximity to the top of the peak.
past three weeks as having been seen in different parts of the country This aroused a strong suspicion In the e l n d u of the boys at the
Is said to have been seen at this place. It is said that the machine Peak that perhaps I t was some syndicate who had been driven byl the
Bet with sn accident to i t s working gear l a s t night,and the navigator Populist party or some Insane Knights of Labor organliation fro* the
was compelled to descend for r e p a i r s . face of the e a r t h , and WBJI prowling around the Pea* and Cripple Creek
Instead of being c gar or balloon haped I t Is a d to b the ex- U h l n t e n U o 0 of brlnginfi a whole colony of a i r ship to the place
t shape of a .had, minus head and t a i l . The mota is aluminum, a n ( j cnpv^t\he cog-wheel r a l U ^ T a t " the Peak and the Cold 1 ( " h i „ *
bou und around with thin s t r i p s of s t e e l . On each side of this are two c Pple CCreek.reek_ 0On
n [ the
h e night Qof ( , ^ 21st
[ ( hthe [ hthe
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large wings, which are fixed to the knuckle and socket joints. The an sscenslon with a balloon in order to capture the so called "■.MM '
wlnns can be moved up or down, back or forward, or In any dlrectaion. They eoon found the great air ship to be nothing leas than .in un­
This cakes the ship rise or fsll without any lose of gas. usual large two-seated chair with the lepa attached to the [Link] vt
Two motors, one electric and the other naphtha, give the motive four large trained birds which arc of the variety of thoae we road
power. It Is said that from the stern there is a propeller at least about in the seventh voyage of Sinbad the Sailor.
nine feet In dlaneter, which has a maximum revolution of 900 turna a Our boys found aittlng in the chair two small, well dressed, edj-
minute, The shad shaped portion is filled with hydrogen gas, having 1 cated men, and demanded of them what their business was.
pressure of 27 pounds, and a lifting cspscity of 1,800 ikpounda. They said they were out on * kind of a pleasure trip. "Well von
The passenger car underneath the ship la nine feet long, four feet will just go to Denver with us," remarked one of our boys. Vut t*T/
wide and three feet deep, and is made of bamboo and aluminum strips, refused to obey, and a fifht ensued. This 1 reckon vns the first m l
which combine strength and lightness. The navigator is said to carry perhaps the laat battle with fire arms ever fought In the [Link]*:
provisions in the shape of canned goods and compressed kniiim buscuits ■ for they found the air waa so llcht that it would not hold up a Killfl
Aluminum vessels comprise the culinary utensils. long enough for It to reach the contending parties.
Several [Link] truthful citizens of this city have given the Our boys finally succeeded In throwing a l«*o over one of the
foregoing account of the vessel. They say thst they case upon the i birda heAda, and then let the gas out of the balloon. This fcrenteU
vessel resting on the spur of s mountain near this city. Two men were the little atiangers to tine, and they soon made an unconditlopal
at work on It and explained that they had been compelled to return to
earth because the machinery was out of order. One of these o-en said surrender. Our boys climbed into the chair and It was not lone unttI
his name was "Professor Charles Davidson." lle Is slleged to have ssld the little fellows were headed for Denver.
that the vessel left Escranento a month ago and has k since been sail­ At ti o'clock p.m. on the 22nd of this month they landed at City
ing all over the country. park in thia place amidst the greatest eiciteoeumt erer known la
25, 20 (editorials) As to the Airship, / From Cincinnati Ennularer. Demier.
"The only certain thing about the airship," said the red-nosed man They are what might be properly called red men, and belong to a
race inhabiting an island situated in the south Pacific oceuj called
"is that It la shaped like a cigar."
Dacoly. Their names are, veil, I will not tell you now, for ttir you *:
"And," said the thin-faced young man with the waxim cocplexion, will take lock-jaw trying to pronounce them. Their skins are as red as
"still it sounds like a pipe."
26, t (eda.) The discovery thst the airship Is shad-shaped adds to " 0 0 d " d * h c ! r b £ r ***** d °T? ^ l **?' " d }™l' " ^ ' £ I "" 1 " ^
_LU&. . . — by night B.B well aa by day. Ho wonder t h a t tho ship Is lighted up by
1897 April 26 (Hon eve) Sedalla (Ho) Democrat, p. 5. night.
Row I s h a l l not t r y to describe the b i r d s , for I know you v i l i a l l
St. Joseph, Ho., April 2fi.--The a i r s h i p mystery has been solved. come out and see the great wonder. They will stay here as long M the
What thousands of people have mistaken for an airship is a kind ol a excltiement l a s t s and the people's c u r i o s i t y Is growing every lay.
cross between a k i t e and a balloon. John Corter, a telegraph operator Orer ten thousand persona caie in on the trains, today to see tbe red
In the employ of the St, Joseph and Crand Island Rjillroad Co., i s , aea and t h e i r birds Bailing around over the c i t y .
according to a story told by Police Officer C.S. Scott and a number of
residents of the southern part of the c i t y , the man who is responsible If you ahould see anyone who is contemplating coming to the exhi­
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t h e r o o f of The liavk_Eye b u i l d i n g and t h e p e o p l e o f t h e c i t y a r e i n - Kansas a i r s h i p . "
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t c d i c s - - L c l i e v o s t h e l i g h t s came fron t h e s t a r . Alpha C r l c n e s of t o e t h i s c i t y changed i t s c o u r s e and v e n t d u e . v e a t a t • t e r r i f i c s p e e d .
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g a t h e r e d t h e i r c h i l d r e n about them h a l f f e a r f u l l y ; the l i t t l e ones tha.t t h e r e la no d i s p u t i n g t h e f a c t t h a t s o m e t h i n g u n u s u t l a p p e a r e d , "
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a d v a n c e t h e s t a r s o l u t i o n of t h e m y s t e r y . E n t r e n c h e d b e h i n d h i s books ""**'-idrcd m i l e s Vast"; o r e l s e t h e r e F u s t be' "a f l o c k o f a i r s h i p s d i s -
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s h i n i n g t h r o u g h m i s t y c l o u d s , and a i d e d by r e f r a c t i o n i t vould g i v The f a c t t h a t one nan c l a i m s t o have seen t h e a i r s h i p p a s s i n g e v e r
t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f a r a p i d l y moving b o d y . O n e ' s i m a g i n a t i o n c o u l d e a s - T u r l i n g t o n h a s g i v e n > r i s e t o much d i s c u s s i o n anong many s c i e n t i f i c
i l y g i v e s t r a n g e form t o I t . T h i s s t a r , t o o , l o o k s t o t e but people here as t o I t s i d e n t i t y . One gentleman s a y s i t i s p o s s i b l e
p a r a t i v c l y s n o r t d i s t a n c e above t h e a a r t h . " t h a t a r e m a r k a b l e s e r i e s o f p r a c t i c a l J o l e s I s b e i n g p l a y e d on t h e
Burlington's Airship at Danville. p e o p l e o f t h e c o u n t r y , s u f g e s t e d t o natural p r a c t i c a l Jokers through­
r-diivilie, l a . , April 10.—(Correspondence.)—The mysterious a i r out t h e l a n d by a s p e c i e s o f t r e c t a l t e l e g r a p h y which s u g g e s t s t o each
s n i p was seen p a s s i n g o v e r t h i s p l a c e t h i s a f t e r n o o n a t 6 : 3 0 by Wn. t h a t he s h a l l 6 e c r e t l y send up a p a p e r b a l l o o n o r k i t e hung w i t h red
S p e e i r n n , s e c t i o n foreman. I t came from an e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n , b u t l a n t e r n s and o l l o v I t o t o f l o a t w i t h t h e b r e e t e o v e r t h e c i t y .
vas q u i t e tiign and l o o k e d v e r y s m a l l . Was n o t much l a r g e r in a p p e a r ­ T h a t t h i s m e n t a l s u g g e s t i o n v o u l d n o t be u n l i k e l y i s r e a l i t e d by
ance t h a n a l a r g e s t a r . T h i s town i s s t r i c t l y a p r o h i b i t i o n town and by t h e g o e a i p e r who v a s v a l k i n g a l o n g t h e a t r e e t t h e o t h e r e v e n i n g
as Mr. Cpeelman i s a l s o an a b s t a i n e r we have no r e a s o n s for q u e s t i o n ­ v l t h a f r i e n d and t a l k i n g about t h e a i r s h i p . Both p a u s e In t h e c o n ­
ing the n a t t e r , t u t accept i { f or v e r s a t i o n f o r a 6 h o r t w h i l e , e v i d e n t l y t h i n k i n g o v e r t h e phenomenon,
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BEAREY HOTEC AliD CCPSIP i t v o u l d be t o g e t one o f t h o s e p a p e r - - "
The F a i r f i e l d l . i i l y J o u r n a l d i d n o t b e l i e v e much in t h e a i r s h i p . "Hold o n ! " e x c l a i m e d t h e F r i e n d , "you v e r e g o i n g t o say paper
R e f e r r i n g t o t h e r e p o r t t h a t t h e a e r i a l c r a f t had t e e n seen in t h a t b a l l o o n s — t h e hot a i r k i n d . W e l l , I vas J u e t a b o u t t o s u g g e s t a s n a i l
c i t y It says: "The a i r Chip i s t h e main t o p i c of c o n v e r s a t i o n on t h e s i l k b a l l o o n , vnen you s p o k e . "
streets to-day. I t i s e e t i r / i t e d t h a t a t l e a s t a hundred p e o p l e w a t c h - " W a i„t , " s a i d t h e C o a a i p e r . "What a r e you g o i n g t o do v i t h your
cd Venus l a s t n i g h t for n e a r l y an hour u n d e r t h e s u p p o s i t i o n t h a t i t balloon? ^
was an e v i d e n c e t h a t some rjin had s u c c e s s f u l l y s o l v e d t h e problem of n >Iust v h a t you v e r e !
aerial navigation. Ve t e l l e v e t h a t a i r s h i p s a r e o n l y a q u e s t i o n o f a ' ^ • l u a s 6 ° i n g t o say I t v o u l d be fun t o f i n d o u t t h e d i r e c t i o n
v e r y s h o r t t i m e but t h e r a n vno mokes t h e f i r s t s h i p w i l l not s t a b of t h e v i n d — "
around In t h e dark v i t h I t . " / "F-xactly; and send up you b a l l o o n s e c r e t l y and l e t i t s a i l over
The f i r s t h e a r d o f t h e a i r s h i p v a s in Kansas seme t h r e e weeks the c i t y . "
ago. G t , Louis and i'ansas C i t y p a p e r s d e v o t e d a g r e a t d e a l of apace " Y e s , and I ' l l wager you e v e r y s o u l woo o s v i t would swear I t was
t o i t h a v i n g been seen a t d i f f e r e n t p o i n t s by r e p u t a b l e p e o p l e . Then t h e a i r s h i p .
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Omana ilee p u b l i s h e d a s e r i o u s a r t i c l e , s t a t i n g t h a t some machine o f • i v a s h i n i n g h u l l , c o l o r e d l i g h t s ' , and t v o w i n g - l i k e e x t e n s i o n s on
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r e a r , had t e e n seen in t h e a i r , r i s i n g , f a l l i n g and c h a n g i n g i t s and h i s f r i e n d a t t h e same noment, why c o u l d I t n o t e n t e r t h e [Link]
c o u r s e and o t h e r w i s e c o n d u c t i n g a e r i a l e v o l u t i o n s . While Kansas and o f v a r i o u s p e r s o n s a t v i d e l y d i s t r i b u t e d p o i n t s and be a c t e d upon v l t h
N e b r a s k a were p u j t l l n g o v e r t h e s t r a n g e phenomena, Iowa and I l l i n o i s complete s a t i s f a c t i o n t o t h e i r J o k e - l o v i n g souldT
a n t p a p e r s were s c o f f i n g a t t h e i d e a , b u t now t h e y a r e busy s p e c u l a t ­
i n g on t h e r e a l i t y o f i t . The f i r s t seen o f t h e a i r s h i p in Iowa v a s S i n c e t h e above r e l a t i v e t o b a l l o o n s vaa w r i t t e n , t h e C o i s l p e r
a t V i n t o n s e v e r a l d a y s a g o . Then B e l l e P l a l n e saw i t , and i t was has n o r e c a u s e t h a n e v e r t o b e l i e v e in e e n t s J t e l e g r a p h y . While he
a f t e r w a r d s seen a t A l b i a and o t h e r p o i n t s m e n t i o n e d in The Havk-Eye. / ' • a w r i t i n g t h a t m a t t e r y e a t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n t h r e e o t h e r g e n t l e n e n In
Sow Chicago has s e e n i t . The v i s e J o u r n a l i s t s of t h a t c i t y have t h e c i t y were c o n c o c t i n g t h i s scheme , t o send, . up , t h_e. hot . a. i.r . br a„l.l o. o, „n_ , .
been u t t e r i n g a l l s o r t s o f n o n p a r e i l J o k e s a b o u t I t , one even s u g g e s t - * " i c h c a u s e d so much a i r s h i p e x e l e c e n t l a s t n i g h t , and t h e C o s s l p e r
i n g t h a t Dr. Keeley s h o u l d s t a r t a fev b r a n c h i n s t i t u t e s in Iowa « " « " " l y i g n o r a n t of t h e f a c t t i l l a f t e r t h e above v s . S n t y p e .
(evidently forgetting that "e have a dozen or so already). Now .... ...
they Frota this date the Cossiber swears off on air shir3.
are bursting with accounts of the strange aerial vessel which many 1B97 'April 11 (Sun) Burlington, la., Dally Kawx-Eye, p. ( c » r d 1)
people of that city, "renowned for sobriety and truthfulness," sol
ly declare to have seen Friday night. It vaa first seen ty a man in TilE AIRSHIP.
the liartford building, who with a companion, ascended to the roof and S c i e n c e , as u s u a l , cornea t o t h e r e s c u e . Given t h e C f p o r i _ i l l y , i t
[Link] upon it. According to the testimony of these gentlemen the a i v a y a p e n e t r a t e s t h e B i 6 t a o f c r e d u l i t y and s u p e r s t i t i o n ; and i f t h e
thing, airship, or whatever it may be, ansvered all the specification* o p p o r t u n i t y d o e s n o t p r e s e n t i t s e l f , a c l o n c e f o r c e a t h e f i g h t i n g and
and descriptions of the conster that has disturbed the worthy citizens e v e n t u a l l y v l n s .
of Nebraska, lovn and Kansas for the last three vep*s. It carried Our r e a d e r s t a y have n o t i c e d and c o r a e n t e d upon t h e o c n l p r e a e n t
a red light to port and a green light to starboard, [Link] is eminent­ c h a r a c t e r o f t h e r e p u t e d " a i r s h i p " t h a t haa been seen in v a r i c j i we«t-
ly proper In aeriil circles, and the only course of action which a cra a t a t e a for several days, or n i g h t s , p a s t . By s o c e [Link]
respectable and «el1-regulated air ship vould think of pursuing. It l e g e r d e c a i n , the a i r - s h i p with I t s v s r i e d c o l o r e d l i g h t s , vnlch passed
vnbtled and wiggled, wnlch was also dovn in air ship tactics, and • tovn i n w e s t e r n Iova o r i n N e b r a s k a , would be seen a t t h e s a a e hour
seered to x oscillate us if breasting the billowy swells of the blue p a s s i n g o v e r t o v n a and c i t i e s in e a s t e r n I o v a , and I l l i n o i s and • I s c o n -
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who were dir.;obe3 to regard uie phenomenon as a huoan device and led Percit se to advance a theory vith a view of arrjvinn at tome correct
to the shifty conclusion that a. fleet of a i r - s h i p s vere hovering over conclusion about the stranger of April 10, 1697, vleved from above
the United S t a t e s . named places about the sane t i a e . Ve do not hear of t h l i strange vl»-
Eut while astronomers like Flajrjsarlon and Schiaparelll are a d d i c t e d l t o r . »° f a r "* ! h a v * b e e n a b l e t 0 l e w " n ' " B t ° r t h e s t a t e of Hlch-
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tikxa themselves with a ptialanx of facts and reasonable probabilities comprising the northern valley of the Mississippi and Missouri
to suataln their t h e o r i e s . Astronomers, as a c l a s s , are hard-headed r i v e r s , there has been the great r a i n f a l l and v t u i i wet weather for
fellows and are not fond of seeing "as through a glass darkly." they 1 , s t °» Ha-rch. and middle of April, 1B97, The ataosphere has been
want a square view, many t i n e s repeated, before they reach [Link]**vily charged with moisture, and in such a cases the vapor of dlf-
Prof. Hough, of the Northwestern Unlveraity, at Evanston, turned ferent d e n s i t i e s , and t h a t , t o o , in bodies f l o a t i n g , s h i r t i n g and of
his gaze or. the alleged a i r - a h i p . He did not l e t his imagination run different forms, All the s t a r s of April 10, 1B97 . shone more b r i l -
r i o t with visions of "a locomotive h e a d l i g h t , " the dim outline of a k l i a n t l y than normal because of the condition of the atmosphere. Host
s t e i l - r r a r . e a i r - s h i p , " nor did hla ear catch the "hissing sound" of persona have seen a fXint piece of money or some solid object placed
the 6trange vessel when speeding through the a i r . Prof. Hough, the by an empty v e s s e l , and standing at a given point could not [Link] I t ,
matter-of-fact astronomer, thought i t was the e r r a t i c Alpha Creonia, a but f i l l the vessel v i t h clear water ami the object can plainly be
s t a r of the f i r s t magnitude, a noted fast t r a v e l e r , with a Job lot of teen. This is caused by the refraction of the rays of liRht. Often
vari-colored l i g h t s in lta r e p e r t o i r e , which, in c e r t a i n atmospheric in Sumaer, nornlng or during the day, houses or tovns or bojects be-
conditions f l W fantastic trlcka with Imaginative aightceers. As seen l o w t h e v i e w **e brought Into plain sight by the condition of the a t -
with and without the use of glassea , the white light was the more b r i l - l a 0 , * ' n e r e ' " n t l v e ™ n l l a mirage. On the ocean ships entirely hidden
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l l a n t and appeared to be o s c i l l a t i n g ■ as if i t were a search light ""* r o r ft u h l l e ^ i a t l n c t l y seen and then as suddenly fro out
being swung back and forth. The red and greeen l i g h t s , i t was said, of night. Did any of you ever atop t o calculate the angle of the r e ­
were like the ordinary aide l i g h t s requires under the navigation law. fracted rays of l l g h t l Did you ever atop to think, aj on the ccast,
The l i g h t s moved westward end soon disappeaead. the ship passed through t h i s strange condition of the a i r or that u
Alpha Orionus comes on the stage early in the eveining, and l t i flowed by?
course across the heaven* la about the same _ as that of the _noon. The The angle of reflection and the angle of refraction are very dlf-
star Is ue j e l l y c n g h t in a clear atmosphere and appcara to be dose to ferent, refraction being the greater. Refraction i l not always the
the e a r t h , but we don't believe i t was so close to the globe that our asne. The density has ouch to do with Baking the anfile of refraction, j
friends in Iowa could hear the "awish" of i t s passage through the a i r , « n d the curvature and angle of light passing ■ in any direction ha* \
as one correspondent averred. What he heard was the wheels lnhla head. *"<* nore to do with i t . Take an e q u i l a t e r a l triangle and the refrae- .
cl0n l8
lie ougr.t always to is&ke the d i s t i n c t i o n . Thia Is M K I M X I U essential « * * « « than a quadrangle. Th* f i r s t outlins being directed
,u
In s c i e n t i f i c investigation. " y f r 0 0 t h e P o I n t Qf v l e u " ^ the other perpendicular to the point
The"airshlp"seen at various points appears simultaneously at a l l o f o f v ' « w - N o u . conaider the a i r having floating bodies of t h i s different
them in the sar.e longitude, and displays the same c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of densities in i t of different forms so that the angle in i t s direction
l i g h t s : b r i l l i a n t white, green and red, and gx*. gradually dlaappear- ** towards a a t a r vould pasa through t h i s unnatural atmosphere ( a . we
c a U II for
ing. The Illusion was p e r f e c t , and i t is not surprising that »any explanation), i t vould give the s t a r a poaition not t r u e ,
people vere led to believe i t a v e r i t a b l e a i r s h i p , especially as cany ' I ' h e n l e t R B P " « co** which is not charged v i t h t h i s peculair density
experiments are teing cade with flying machines, some of which have f i t t e d for the pehnottena of a Birage, and quietly co»e to u i k u anothe:
a t t a i n e d to an encouraging degree of success Justifying the belief that b°<iy °f B a c * density while looking at the sane s t a r , the star to the
in the near future a e r i a l navigation, to a limited extent, and under P'rson would seem to move quickly across that space, and if the refrac-
favorir.g meteorological conditions w i l l be p r a c t i c a b l e . tion was towards opposite points in the different bodies,the star would
seem to move very r a p i d l y , and the sade vould Rale e c c e n t r i c i t i e s and
Since writing the foregoing, the " a i r s h i p " hao pas8ed by Burling­ dodging movements to the eye. Take a tank of water, say twelve feet
ton, aa a"sMp in the n i g h t . " and has been seen by hundreds of our long by two feet high and two feet vide, hating a glass bottom, and
c l t i z e n s . A full account of'fhe event will be found in our local have the box divided Into different departments, some f i t t e d vith clear
colu.-.Jie. This indisputable fact, {In the language of the old-time water and others empty, and then draw a piece of money along under this
p r i n t e r ) , "knocks galley west," our learned exposition of the cystery glass bottom on the further « aide fron the person watching i t , and i t
founded u j l 0 n Professor Hough's statement. For the nonce, science r e - could be seen and not seen as i t passed the r i l l e d spaces and empty
t i r e s to i t s roost and awaits developments. Science has often done spaces in the box, and the piece of money then vould seen to dodge up
that and is un adept at r e t r e a t . That which has passed as a acientif- and down, according to I t s position on the bottom of the g l a s s . Not
i t truth in one generation has been renounced as heresy in the next. wishing to contradict any one about vhat they sav or heard the evening
An exact science is unknown, perhaps unknowable. That is why the gen- 0 f April 10, 1897. but SO far as I an ■ concerned I now b e l i e v e , for all
eral public of Iowa nas so l i t t l e patience with the s t a t e hoard cf my caution, theat the strange l i g h t passing mm C 1 northwest by Lake
health and i t s pet [Link] practice b i l l . Hot only the physicians of aClty, Iowa, the evening of April 10, 1697, was the Star Venus. The
t h i s nr:o repudiate winy of the t h e o r i e s , teachings and practide of condition of the atmosphere did cause to the eye the evening star Venus
t h e i r predecessors, "cut shut up a round dozen of them In a room to to present sudden flights and t o pass in fcki i t s courses fixed s t a r s
[Link] and j r e s : r i t e for a patient and they vould not agree. And far beyond i t . From some places there seems to be no explanation of
yet they i n s i s t [Link] a i l who heal diseases [Link] te cast in the sace what p a r t i e s r e a l l y sav, unless we permit strange C 3 conditions in
couldn as [Link]'ivcs: "o also in geology and other departments of the a i r which floats on "C 3 . " Should t h i s flootlng substance pres
sciencc--tr.« exact truth Is an object of e x p l o i t a t i o n . / ent to ua i t s triangular surface and floating Just above the horiicn,
If the [Link] cf c i t i z e n s of Burlington who saw the "airship" the s t a r would be for some time, and then vhen the sight l e f t t h i s
l a s t night and vent to ted thoroughly convinced that i t was an estab- a t w s p h e r e , so the Clearer sky below the star vould as suddenly
liahed fact, lecn-ise tney had seen i t v i t h t h e i r own eyes, as had the dr 0 p out of sight. Now, remeber t h i s sate phenomenon could not very
people of [Link] other c i t i e s and towns, will carefully study the local p r o D a b l y be seen ha" a l l the different observers fron different p o i n t s ,
oolur-ns of The ILvt-Eye t h i s [Link], they will discover how unreliable nQ ^ ^ & c l o u a vouli l n t e r v e n e b e t u e e n dlfferentplaces betveen
is the evidence of the hucon senses. The a i r s h i p vas an illuninated them and the Csunl. / H. F. [Link].
balloon, sent up ty The llawK-Eye to determine whether the reputed U9? April 11 (Sun) lows State Hegister, p. 3. (csrd1 1)
scenes in other places could be reproduced in Burlington so as to be as
convincing to those wno saw I t here as i t has been to a l l who have seen m~ mSjLRi0US "AIRSHIP." / Opiniona Differ as to What I t Can Really
the [Link] a i r s h i p elsewhere. The experiment was a success and a com- Bp_
plete demonstration that the olrahips seen at other points in Iowa ojid Vlnton, April 9,—The ryeteriaua airship that was seen by several
adjoining s t a t e s vere [Link] devices. The Hawk-Eye's expose of the of our prominent people l a s t Thursday night made i t s appearance again
nystery now rings dwn the curtain on a sensation t h a t , strangely l*sc nlpht, and vas seen by hundreds fron various points of view in
enough, has held the a t t e n t i o n of the public for several weeks. our c i t y . In fact, the walks were alooat lined v l t n people vho vstch-
od the movcroi'.ncs of this stronre v i s i t o r , or whatever i t l a , for hslf
"Hitch your var-on to a s t a r , " but don't [Link] i t la an a i r s h i p . .in hour. Ic was f i r s t ooserved In a southwesterly d i r e c t i o n , and v»a
observed to be [Link]. laac nipht as before, to the northwest, «p-
TO V.'.Z AIPSHU' / (After iiyrotj. ) pojrinp. as j b r i l l i a n t arc l i g h t . It n|>penred both evenings i t «n
Oh, thou beautiful / And unapproachable flyer! and / Ye multiplying ■inile of forty de^.rocs a l t i t u d e , and was estimated to be perhaps el|;ht
cusses of increased ,' And s t i l l increasing l i g h t s ! ' Vr.&t are ye? •'hat/ t 0 [ c n d i e ay, t r a v e l l e r to and fro mid varylna. in a l t i t u d e fron
Is t h i s blue wilderness of interminable / Air, vhere ye r o l l along, tvvney to forty decrees, bet tic a l l the tine clearly visible to the
os I have seen / The leaves along the limpid streams of EdenT / naked eye. Just viiat thia scronp.e object is remains to a l l here a
I s your course [Link]'d for yel Or do ye / Eueep on in your unbounded wonuerful cystPry and conjecture. It seeis to be the general opinion
revelry / Through an a e r i a l universe of endless / Air line tracks — at of those who witnessed the strange phenomenon that i t Is reslly an
whlci. isv soul ftchfs to thin*— ( With vour red, green and white si [Link]
io9'! April 11 \C-*ni Zc's Hoin'es *>aoer, p. tS Uard'i j -airsnlp which s^rr,e inventive genius lias conatructeo, and in which lia
is trovelturaing the filobe. Apain there are some vho think it sow
lieavcnly body or v i s i t a t i o n from on hiph floating recklessly around
INTERESTED III Ti!E "A IRC:! I P." / In apace, or vieltora traveling fro* one planet to another. To tho*e
LaXe City, Iowa, April 10.--Ed. Pegister: Your Repister glvinb. who had regarded the s t o r i e s of t h i s oyeterlous object as fnkc* lnv»
the several ctservatlcr.s of the strange phenomenon of April 19 H I , a l l Che gloon and doubts of t h e i r olnd dispelled by this second a?
1G?7 was read with ?reat I n t e r e s t . Even the [Link].s of the
 dstK oi.j'.-i I j b o u t f i f t e e n o r twenty f e e t l o n g , In f r o n t of which u t i I t went I n t o a d e t a i l e d a c c o u n t of t h e e f f o r t s put f o r t h by t h r
.1 larj'.c !-<'jfi:ii 11,'iit, w n l t e in t h e t e a r was a l a r g e red l l ^ h t . On members of t h e c o r m i t t e e t o s e c u r e r e l i a b l e l n f o r n J t l o n c o n c e r n l n r th»
one a l , j t ; t r i e r e was a g r e e n l i p l i t anil On t h e o t h e r was a w h i t e l i f h t . t r y s t c r y of t h e upper r e g i o n * , and announced t h a t In ( l i g h t ) ef t i j - r r -
At t h a t t i r o t h e o b j e c t was moving t o t h e s o u t h . At S!"3Q W a t e r l o o l e n c e g a i n e d by r e a s o n of l e g i s l a t i v e s e r v i c e in Iowa » n d v o l u n t e e r
r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e y c o u l d s e e t h e l i g h t s , but a t t h a t p o i n t t h e s h i p s e r v i c e In t h e United S t a t e s d u r i n g t h e y e a r s from 1861 t o 1S6S, t h e
t u r n e d toward t h e w e s t . S h o r t l y a f t e r 9 o ' c l o c k t h e o p e r a t o r at ftpin- n e c b e r s had been u n a b l e , a s t h e y had hoped, t o s e c u r e p o s s e s s i o n of the
• beck r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e o b j e c t c o u l d be seen from t h e r e . Me gave tt.e a i r s h i p f o r p r e s e n t a t i o n t o t h e h i s t o r i c a l d e p a r t m e n t of t h e s t a t e .
same d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e o b l e c t t h a t t h e o t h e r a t S h e l l Rock d i d , nn,l In d e t a i l i n g k i t h e rrover*nt of t h e c o i w t l t t e e t h e r e p o r t s a v s f u r t h e r
s a i d t h a t i i ^ a n y e v u r v r e s i d e n t of t h e town was w a t c h i n g . He s a i d t h a t t h a t t h e Members made p e r s i s t e n t e n d e a v o r s t o f a i n c e l e s t i a l i n f o r r . i -
i t moved off toward t h e n o r t i . u . - a t . These two o p e r a t o r s a r e on d i f f e r ­ t i o n from t h e e^n In t h e n o o n , t h i n k i n g he o c c u p i e d a good p o i n t e l
e n t l i n e s of f..c ro.-,j, and have no way of communicating w i t h each o t h e r , observation. But u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e moon was a b o u t h a l f f u l l jnd t h e
h u n d r e d s of jifo,>ie a r e w a t c h i n g t h e sky t o - n i g h t , hoping t o Ret a glimp' tr-an a b o a r d too f a r gone t o c o r j n u n l c a t e . The c o n c l u s i o n of t h e whole
a e of t n e r-ysti-rl."u;. o b j e c t .
m a s t e r was f i n a l l y sunned up by t h e f o l l o w i n g r e c o m m e n d a t i o n :
C l i n t o n , Ajirii ! > / . - - c p c - c i a l : Soce of t h e c i t i z e n s of t h l a c i t y "As t h e descendentfl of t h e A b o r i g i n e s a r e b e t t e r v e r s e d In m >
have a t l a s t [Link]. LI.U a i r s h i p . Mr. O . S . Wrlfiiit, a w e l l known and r e s ­ s u p e r n a t u r a l t h i n g s than t h e i r p a l e faced o p p r e s s o r s and would undoubt­
p e c t e d c i t i z e n ot C l i n t o n , h a y s t h a t he saw t h e wonder F r i d a y e v e n i n g e d l y be informed i f t h e s h a d e s of t h e i r a n c e s t o r s were v i s l t l n p t n e
a b o u t 7 : 3 0 , ,.m; : ; r . L, M, iiowea, a p r o m i n e n t merchant of t h i s c i t y , s c e n e s of t h e i r f o r n e r e x i s t e n c e , your committee would s u r g e s t t h a t t h r
t o g e t h e r w i t h [Link] [Link] w i t h good e y e s i g h t , saw I t . Mr- Wright B a t t e r be r e f e r r e d t o t h e s e n a t o r from Tana w i t h t h e r e q u e s t t h a t he
was a t t n e c o r n e r ot F i f t h avenue and Second s t r e e t , going t o l o d g e , c o n f e r w i t h h i s f e a t h e r e d and b l a n k e t e d c o n s t i t u e n t s and r e p o r t at t h e
and o f f t o t:,e r . o r m v e a i o v e r t h e Lamb b l o c k beheld a l i g h t in t h e h e a ­ same t i n e t h a t he c a l l s up t h e P e r r y s u b s t i t u t e ( o r t h e Temple amend­
v e n s v n i c h he ; s s u r e was n o t a s t a r , i t u a s away in d i s t a n c e , lie ment. Your committee t h i n k s t h a t t h e s e n a t o r fron [Link] not d e ­
c a l l c u : i r . nouns t o look a t I t t h r o u g h g l a s s e s , and t o l d s e v e r a l o t h e r f e r h i s r e p o r t , Inasmuch a s t h e s e n a t o r from Polk [Link] d e s i r e t o p r e ­
men t o watcu i t c i c e l y . The gentleoieii a r e p o s i t i v e t h e y a r e c o r r e c t . p a r e a n i amendment t o t h e r e v e n u e b i l l when I t s h a l l be reached t o
B u r l i n p t o n , * A p r i l 1 0 . — S p e c i a l ! B u r l i n g t o n n a s seen t h e a i r s h i p . i c p o s e a t a x upon a i r s h i p s . " ,
I t p a s s e d ovur t n e c l t v a t R : 3 0 . The town i s t a l k i n g of n o t h i n g e l s e .
The newspaper t e l e p h o n e s have been h o t w i t h messages about I t a l l e v e n ­ CAPTURED THE AIR SHIP. / T h r e e Tanden B a l l o o n s Came Down on t h e East
i n g . T h e r e a r e o n e o r two p e o p l e in t h e c i t y , however, who a r e q u i e t l y S i d e .
e n j o y i n g t h e excitetr>ent, and t h e y f e e l w e l l r e p a i d f o r t h e t r o u h h - and C o n s i d e r a b l e e x c i t e m e n t , n i x e d w i t h a s u s e n e n t was caused on t h e
e x p e n s e t h e y went t o t o s e c u r e a p a p e r b a l l o o n and send i t up o u t s i d e East S i d e a b o u t 8:30 l a s t n i g h t . The fake a i r s h i p of soioe p r a c t i c a l
t h e c i t y , so t h a t t h e b r e e z e would c a r r y i t over t h e b u s i n e s s p o r t i o n . j o k e r s was c a p t u r e d .
These g e n t l e r a e n , b e l i e v i n g t h e r e v a s more I m a g i n a t i o n than a n y t h i n g The w e a t h e r was stormv and a l i g h t m i s t was f a l l i n g from a l e a d e n
e l s e a b o u t t h e a i r s h i p , c o n c l u d e d t o t r y an e x p e r i m e n t . They s e c u r e d s k v . But few p e o p l e were on t h e s t r e e t , but t h o s e who were d i s c o v e r e d
a p a p e r b a l l o o n and s e n t i t up a t 8 : 3 0 - The s t r e e t s *kp happened t o be t h e a i r s h i p In t h e s o u t h e a s t e r n s k y , over t h e p a c k i n g h o u s e s - - t h i t It,
f u l l of p e o p l e and h u n d r e d s of t h e n saw i t s a i l i n g o v e r t h e i r h e a d s .
t h e y t h o u g h t i t was t h e a i r s h i p .
The c r y of "The a i r a h l p , " "The a i r s h i p , " went u p , and l n t e n a e e x c i t e ­
ment f o l l o w e d . Then r e t u r n s bep,an t o come in from o u t l y i n g t o w n s , t e l e T h r e e l i g h t s were v i s i b l e a b o u t e i g h t f e e t a p a r t and were t r a v e l i n t
e r a p n e d or t e l e p h o n e d , a b o u t t h e a i r s h i p . The d e s c r i p t i o n s were i d e n ­ in a s t r a i g h t l l n e t o w a r d U n i v e r s i t y Place a s though s e n t f o r . There
t i c a l u l t n t h o s e s e n t o u t from o t h e r c i t i e s t - R r e e n , r e d and w h i t e x i i f c i was c o n s i d e r a b l e " e x c i t e m e n t and an "ala'rra was" t u r n e d In t o t h e p o l i c e
11,'dts, wings, e t c . , a l l included. Even p e o p l e in B u r l i n g t o n swear and f i r e d e p a r t m e n t s and t h e c e n t r a l t e l e p h o n e o f f i c e . By t h e t i r *
cney K&W c o l o r e d l l g n t s accompanying t h e w h i t e l i g h t . The e x p e r t a e n t t h e p e o p l e commenced t o come o u t t o s e e t h e s h i p It c o m e n c e d t o d e s ­
was icade to t e a t t h e c r e d u l i t y of t h e p e o p l e and was e m i n e n t l y s u c c e s - cend and a l i g h t e d somewhere on E a s t E i g h t h o r N i n t h s t r e e t ,
f u l , and t h e r e w i l l be a l a r g e number of b a d l y f o o l e d p e o p l e when t h e y As I t came down f r o n t h e aky I t was a p p a r e n t t h a t t h e a i r s h i p w«s
r e a d t n e rtiHpatctn's and t h e l o c a l p a p e r s in t h e m o r n i n g . composed of t h r e e p a p e r b a l l o o n , about seven f e e t t i l l , e v l d t n t l v s e n t
up by sotee p r a c t i c a l j o k e r . The wet damp a i r was t o o much l o t t h e n
[Link], April 1 0 . - - S p e c i a l : Half t h e town saw t h e a e r i a l "what i s and t h e y f a i l e d t o a t a y u p .
i t " In Ottuffi"' 1 t o - n i g h t . I t a p p e a r e d a s a b r i g h t red l i g h t and was I t i s r e p o r t e d t h a t t h e scherw was h a t c h e d up by t h e r e p o r t e r s on
Coin,; w.-st. It was f i r s t seen a t Eldofl a t 7 : 2 5 , a t Ottumwa a t 7 : 4 0 and an E a s t S i d e a f t e r n o o n p a p e r w i t h t h e view of t a k i n g t h e town and n j n -
a t A l b i a a t b-A1)^ I t r f r a l n e d in s i g h t ten m i n u t e s . . u f a c t u r i n g a s e n s a t i o n for today. If t h i s was t h e o b j e c t i t f i l l e d In
l o w Aj-rii i j itiurw Sunday Gate C i t y tKeokuk, ! » . ) , p . 1 . ■the sudden d e s c e n t of t h e tandem b a l l o o n s . If t h e y h i d s a i l e d over tht.
' t o w n , h o w e v e r , a s i n t e n d e d , t h e r e p r o d u c t i o n would h a v e been t s u c c e s s .
rdh A]i£HiJ' AiiRIVrls. / Keokuk P e o p l e Observed t o e M y s t e r i o u s VlnUajit A Man Who Saw I t -
Saturday Si^ut, DES MOIKES, A p r i l 1 2 , 1 8 9 7 , — E d i t o r News; The Leader t h i n k s t h a t
[Link] of trie m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p t h a t have cotte Trom n e i g h b o r i n g t h e a i r s h i p i s a fake b u t I saw i t Sunday n o r n i n g about d a y l i f h t and
. ■ H i e s [Link] caufieu t h e p e o p l e of Keoltuk t o be p o s s e s s e d o f a s o u l d e ­ send you h e r e w i t h a p h o t o g r a p h of i t J u s t a s I t v a s s a i l i n g over the
v o u r i n g envy u . e t t h i s d e n l i e n o f t h e u p p e r a i r s h o u l d n e g l e c t t h i s t o p of t h e c a p i t o l and was g o i n g a b o u t * m i l e a [Link] I s h o u l d t h i n k .
city. 1 have a kodak and always keep i t loaded or e l s e I c o u l d not p o s s l b l v
[Link] i a s t n : f ; h t o h o u l d d i s p e l t h i s r e e l i n g f o r v a r i o u s c l t l t e n s have got t h e s h o t a t i t which 1 d i d . tou w i l l n o t i c e by t h e p h o t o
u u c e r v e d u p e c u l i a r c o v i n g l i g h t t h a t answered t h e d e s c r i p t i o n g i v e n t h a t t h e r e l a one l a r g e p r o p e l l i n g wheel a t t h e r e a r , p r o b a b l y for
of t h e t y u t e r i c - s s o m e t h i n g t h a t has c a u s e d such a f u r o r e in t h i s i t * S t e e r i n g or p o s s i b l y for v e n t i l a t i o n . There were f i v e o r s i x p e r a o n a
s t a t e ana n e l a b o r i n g o n e s . I t was f i r s t seen about 9 o ' c l o c k and In t h e s h i p and i t was headed n o r t h . Being of s o e c h a n U a l )t t u r n of
uus nlc-osl o v e n . e a d b u t a t such a h e i g h t t h a t t h e o u t l i o e s were I n d l s - mind, I c a l l e d t o t h e n w i t h a l l my n i g h t , '"-'hat kind of a s o t o r have
lir.,;ulBhaLie. A i l t h a t was a p p a r e n t v a s a l a r g e b r i g h t l i g h t t h a t you7" The answer catie, from t h e l i t t l e t a n by t h e f l a g 1 t h i n k , "We
covad r a p i d l y w e s t w a r d ajid in t h e c o u r s e o f an hour was l o s t t o v i e u u s e an i n s p i r a t o r . " I h a a r d no nolBe save t h e f l a p p i n g of t h e s t a r s
in t h e u&it t h a t hung on t h e w e s t e r n h o r i z o n . and a t r i p e s which she c a r r i e d , and i t reminded we of f whipping of a
V-'nen p o i n t e d o u t t o a Gate C i t y r e p r o r t e r i t seemed l i k e a l a r g e s h e e t on t h e l i n e on a v e r y windy d a y . J . E . H'CONNELL.
s u e i i s t a r o f a d u l l r e d c o l o r t h a t seemed t o f l i c k e r and v a v e r In
i t s p o s i t i o n , n o t , n o v e v e r . isore t h a n t h e o r d i n a r y t w i n U i n g Of a (drawing " f r o n F h o t t Bv J , E. HcConncll") _
itar. [Link] i t J ^ J j i i n o a i ii.^dcn from view t u t t n e iQ.'[Link] were 1897 A p r i l 12 (MonJ Eve. T i m e s - R e p u b l i c a n ( H a r s h a l l t o w n , I » ) p 3 . (cd 1)
p o s i t i v e t h a t . t h i d [Link] in t h e c o u r s e of f i f t e e n n i n u t e s f r o n a
p o s i t i o n o v e r h e a d t - j.-.e a p p a r e n t l y o v e r t n e ; « v d e r w o r t s . The l i g r . t SURE T1IEY SAW IT / Milwaukee P e o p l e Are P o s i t i v e They Saw t h e M y s t e r ­
was ot-sur'.-uj . i , d i f f e r e n t p r . r t s of t h e c i t y cy p e o p l e WHO nad [Link] no i o u s A i r s h i p . / And I t Was No S t a r E i t h e r — O n e Han Saw t h e Wheels
c o r r . i - . K o t i"i. v i t r i e t c l . , t r . e r . Working. 7 I n v e n t o r Heard from by O a h a E x p o s i t i o n O f f i c i a l s . - - ! ' * Offeri
T h i s [Link];;, h,:L ^oac t o ce ret;'ird>!<i us a s p e c i e s o f s e a s e r p e n t to E x h i b i t . /
t;.<tt [Link] ..! \t.-: j t . i p s p n e r e . At any r a t e i t u. i s g i v i n g p e o p l e S O E « - M i l w a u k e e , W i s . , A p r i l 1 2 . — P r o f e s s o r hough and h i s t h e o r y t h i t
[Link] '-o i*Ik i b c _ t oi.-i numerous r e l i a b l e c i t i z e n s have seen i t o r t h e s u p p o s e d a i r s h i p i s t h e t t a r "Alpha O r l o n l a " d o n ' t s t a n d aa high
[Link] t r . e / t . . i , e v i LJ i t . Keo&uit i s r l g n t i n l i n e aod can be depended in t h e minds of t h o u s a n d s of c l t i t e n e of t h i s c i t y t o d a y . They h i v e
UrOr. t o k e e p U J ■it;) t h e p r o c e a s l o n . s e e n t h e wonder and a r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t I t 1* a c a c h l n e which n a v i g a t e s
189^'"AprIl 12 (!:on eve) Dcs Moincs D a i l y liews, p . J . ( c a r d J) "the a i r and n o t a s t a r which has been wandering around f o r 1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0
or a o r e y e a r * t h r o u g h s p a c e w i t h o u t an o b j e c t o r a d e s t i n a t i o n . The
REPORT ON AIR SHIPS / S e n a t e [Link] flota F a c e t i o u s and J o k e s With s t r a n g e machine a a d e i t s f i r s t a p p e a r a n c e In t h e wee small hour* y e s ­
t h e Upper House. / I s t o be R e f e r r e d t o the Tan.a I n d i a n a . / [Link] and t e r d a y m o r n i n g . I t v a s n o t seen by cany i t t h a t t i » e , but the few who.
F u n i s h r . e n t s D i s c u s s e d but t h e Air S h i p Committee E s c a p e s . / d i d a e e i t a r e c o n v i n c e d t h a t i t i s a m a c h i n e . The l i g h t * which a p ­
p e a r e d on i t seemed to move backwards and f o r w a r d s toward each o t h e r ,
T h i s morning t h e s e n a t e r e c e i v e d d i r e c t I n f o r m a t i o n from t h e a i r ­
aa if s i g n a l l i n g t o tbe e a r t h .
s h i p t h r o u g h t h e r e p o r t of a s p e c i a l cotnmittce a p p o i n t e d l a s t S a t u r d a y
f o r t h e p u r p o s e s of i n v e s t i g a t i o n . I t v i s f i r s t s e e n on t h e n o r t h e r n h o r i i o n , and a b o u t t h e o n l y p e r ­
I t " a s J u s t 12 o ' c l o c k t h a t S e n a t o r P e r r l n r o s e and .isked t h a t t h e sons who were up a t t h e time and who were not s e e i n g thlnf;* double war*
t i ^ e of t h e s e n a t e be e x t e n d e d 5 m i n u t e s . ( E l l i s ] d e r j n d e d t o know , few newspaper men, p o k i c e o f f i c e r s and a g u s r d a t t n e nouseot c o r ­
t h e r e a s o n f o r sucu a m o t i o n , The s e n a t o r from Chickasaw r e p o r t e d t h a t r e c t i o n . A l l of t h e s e a r e w i l l i n g t o make o a t h they aiw an a i r » h l p
he wished t o r i s e t o .i q u e s t i o n of p e r s o n a l p r i v i l e g e . The e n t e n s i o n coot from t h e n o r t h a l i t t l e b e f o r e t h e b r e a k of d a y l i g h t and t h a t I t
of time was fr3nti-d ,ind S e n a t o r P e r r l n asked for a r e p o r t of t h e com­ d i s a p p e a r e d a g a i n , r e v e r s i n g I t s e l f and f a d i n g f r o a view in t h e n o r t h .
m i t t e e .ippolnted S a t u r d a y u n d e r a r e s o l u t i o n o f f e r e d by him t o I n v e s t i ­ Last n i g h t t h e s t r a n g e r made I t s a p p e a r a n c e a g a i n i n t h e heaven*
g a t e t h e a e r i a l pnenorenon whose a p p e a r a n c e has been a g U a i l n r t h e p u b ­ a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k . I t cane fron t h e n o r t h e a s t f r o o out over t h e l i k e .
l i c for sor.e t i r e - a s c . A l e x a n d e r r o s e in r e s p o n s e and p r e s e n t e d a There was no p o s s i b i l i t y of a m i s t a k e t h i a t i m e . Thousand* of people
l e n ? t ! i y r e p o r t for tl:e c o r r a i c t e e which e o n s i B t e d of h i m s e l f , Palmer and saw I t , and in a few m i n u t e s theywere f o l l o w i n g t h e machine i s i t
Evcrall. The r e p o r t was read by t h e s e c r e t a r y and on t h e ( ] of floated over the c i t y . I t t r a v e l e d towards t h e s o u t h w e s t u n t i l i t
Perrln ( earned] to the waste b a s k e t . r e a c h e d a p o i n t d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e c i t y h a l l , where I t ' a t o p p e d f o r ■
 q u a r t e r t'f jur. Then the exclcpment In t h e down-town d i s t r i c t s I If in favor of mistaking Venus (or an airship. ■ . . .
bec,i::,c i n t i I t wag r e p o r t e d t h n t a t t e m p t s wore b c l n i ; [Link] t o Sheriff Bennett received a teltviam from Deo Hoiuoa that hi* Cl­
anchor Lhe eared convicts were Keen In the airship when It passed there, which
A fir. Mayer, a t r a v e l i n g n a n , had a f i e l d g l a s s ranged on t h e Is as reasonable a story as those of hearing the noise of machinery
machine and s a i d he d i s t i n c t l y saw f o u r men i n i t . S t a t l o n k e e p e r Harry and voices. Our people here are all anxiously- awaiting a satisfactory
Moore, of t h e C e n t r a l p o l i c e s t a t i o n , saw I t d i s t i n c t l y and was one of explanation of the phenomenon.
t h e few who d i d n o t a t t h e same t i m e l o s e h i a h e a d . He s a y s : At Bayard. / Special to the H u Tines-Republican.
"The machl«nne o r w h a t e v e r i t w a s , a n c h o r e d o r s t o p p e d d i r e c t l y Bayard, April 1!.—The sensation of the 'season occurred here when
over the c i t y h a l l . The l i g h t which I saw was s u s p e n d e d from a l a r g e , ■■■a some of our cltliens discovered the celebrated airship. Fanora
d a r k o v a l - s h a p e d o b j e c t , t h e shadow of which c o u l d be d i s t i n c t l y s e e n . telephoned sbo;ut a quarter to 9 Saturday evening to look out for It
In f a c t , I t c o u l d be seen so p l a i n l y t h a t I c o u l d d i s c e r n the w h e e l s as it was passing over there and a few minutes after It was Been rapid­
working. I d i d n o t s e e any one In I t , b u t any one who c l a i m s t h a t t h e ly coming this way and then to pass over by your correspondent with
l t h i n g I saw f l o a t i n g o v e r t h e c i t y h a l l l a a s t a r simply d o n ' t know numerous others, among thorn were Dr. Thompson and ulte, Professor
(what he i s t a l k i n g a b o u t . 1 saw I t * too d i s t i n c t l y t o be f o o l e d , Itl Boggs, Hrs. Smith and others too numerous to mention. The light was
was, I a n o u l d J u d g e , about 1,000 f e e t above t h e c i t y h a l l . passing rapidly in a northwesterly direction and when it could be seen
After hovering about for fifteen minutes it went ck and disappear n o longer we found the time to be 9 o'clock. We liarn this corning
ed In the northeast, that it passed over Sioux City about a quarter after 9 o'clock. Its
AIRSHIP INVENTOR WRITES. / Offers to Exhibit the Ship at Omaha Expo­ appearance was about like you describe It in (mix" your'a of the 10th,
sition. being a bright light, some larger than the evening star with a bright
Oaaha, Neb., April 12.--The mysterious airship, which has caused twinkle. Everybody Is talking of the airship thla morning. If it ii
the veracity of many reputable cltltena to be questioned, promises to a star It certainly moves in a mysterious and rapid way, and the wonder
be i cleared up within s few days throughtxak the medium of the trans- Is that some of our noted astronomers have nothing to say In regard to
Mississippi exposition. Either this Is a fact or a stupendous hoait la It, and if an airship why it should be moving about in auch a provoking
to be perpetrated on the exposition authorities, In the rail Secretary •jystery. /
■'akefield received a letter dated at Omaha and bearing the postmark
Rested at Crundy Center. / Special to theTloes-Fepubllcan.
Omaha. The letter wna signed "A.C. Clinton," and read as follows: Crundy Center, April 12.—Great excltenent was caused here Satur­
"To the Exposition Directors.: My Identity up to date has been un­ day Kigki evening at 9:30. The alarm was given by two snail glrli
known, but I will come to the front now, if you guarantee ce 870,000 that a great light was to be seen northwest of the city. The news
square feet of space. I an the fanoua airship constructor and will soon spread. Business houses were closed up and nearly 2,000 people
X M I * guarantee you positively of this fact in a week. The airship la assembled north of the B.,C.,R,, & (i. pond, north of here. Field
my own invention, and as I am an Omaha man I wish It to be held as an glasses of every description were brought into use; also smoked glass.
Omaha invention. It will carry safely twenty people to the height of
Ic u
from 10,000 to 20.00(1 feet. I truly believe I have the greatest inven- " «°» l e a r n e d t h « l c vfl» the much talked of airship. It .ailed
o v e r Ch
tlon and discovery ever madei. Will see you April 17, 189?, at the ^ c 1 ^ t h " ' o r tau^ t i D " a n d the c t o u d u e n c ' l l d u l t h « c l t e "
headquarters . " ment. it alighted south of the city in the fair grounds at 10; 10:15 1> p.o.
p.
The writer gave no address. The amount of space asked for by the A large crowd gathered. It was a monster and caused several runaways.
writer of thla letter Is nearly thirty-five acres. An lnsepctor came out and oiled It up and it was also tested, '."hen thi
Dubuquc, April 12,—The mysterious airship passed over Dubuque gate was opened two ladles and gentlemen stepped out and shook hadds
after raidnipht Saturday night. It was seen at Creen Island at 10 o' with the excited crowd. The manager enquired where they could get a
good supper and were *xa escorted to the hotel. After a bountiful re-
oc , an<. at e evue at • p l s t [ n e parties departed in a northwesterly direction by the sweet
Rloomtngton, 111., April 12.-An objec bel eved to be the myster- B t r > l n a o f P r o f £ f l 8 0 r ^Hiti', band,
loua alrilUp wnich tins been sailing over Illinois waa seen at noon
Sunday floating over Bloomiogton. It was going In a northeasterly OUR CRINNELL CRIST. / Cltliens ot That Prohibition Town See "It" — T h e
direction at a great altltufle, It was yellow In color and 6eemed to Airship. / Special to the Times-Republican.
be rectangular in form. / Crinnell, April 12. — Saturday evening a large nunber of Crinnell
Photographed It. people claim they saw the supposed airship passing over Crinnell. The
Chicagoi April 12.—A news dealer of Rogers Park, clalras to have "thing" came from the southwest, passing over to the northwest about
I'hotogrnptii'd the mysterious airhslp early Sunday morning. The nega- 9 o|clock. It was seen from different parts of town at the i n ! tic*
tlves have been examined by experts and pronounced genuine and had not , n d M n y cltla that it kept swaying continually. Soc* t*y that it
been "fixed," Two companions vouch for the genuineness of the picture! w o u i d piunge'oown'and then go up againT'claieing that If 'it WJJ a oei«-
and state that they plainly saw the mysterious object. Speaking about or that it would go In a straight coutse. The light was of a bright
the ■ wonaer the news dealer said: red color and above the light there was a dark bulk of sofae kind. One
"K.L. Csborne and William Hoodless alao saw the mukina airahip. curious thing about it Is that everybody sees it going townrd the
I am no longer a skeptic. I distinctly aaw the outlines of a can in northwest ■ _______^_™ _ ,
the rear of the machine, lie pulled a revolving rudder or some sort of TS97 A p r i l 12 iMoni E v e n i n g T i c e a - f i e p u b l i c a n (HATshad 1 t o w n . P-1
contrivance which steered the course of the airship. This strange in­
vention csiu- within (,00 feet of the earth as nesr as I could estimate T o p i c s o f t h e T i m e s : " H i t c h y o u r vagon t o a s t a r , " but d o n ' t l s s p i c e
it." I t I s sn a i r s h i p , s a y s t h e llavkeye.
"The lower portion of the alrhalp was thin, and cade of some light The Chicago T i m e s - H e r a l d , ' a c a r t o o n of t h e a i r s h i p r e p r e s e n t s a
w h i t e m a t e r i a l l i k e alurainura. The u p p e r p o r t i o n was dark and l o n g l i k i s t r s n g e l o o k i n g " b i r d " w i t h f i e r y e y e s s a i l i n g s e r e n e l y in t h e h e a v e n s ,
a b i g c i g a r , p o i n t e d In f r o n t and w i t h some k i n d of a r r a n g e m e n t In t h e - w i t h a l l t h e e x c i t e d d e n i i e n a of e a r t h l o o k i n g a t I t t h r o u g h t e l e s c o p e !
r e a r towhlch c a b l e s a r e a t t a c h e d . The p i l o t p u l l e d t h e a e and s t e e r e d [made of I n v e r t e d b e e r b o t t l e s , d e m i j o h n s and o t h e r s p l r l t o u s mugi.
t h e c o u r s e from a o u t h t o n o r t h w e s t . We watched the f l i g h t of t h e a i r - Hence, a l l t h e v a r i o u s d e s c r i p t i o n * o f t h e b i r d of p a s s a g e ,
s h i p u n t i l in went e a s t and d i s a p p e a r e d from v i e w , I returned to the
s t o r e w i t h t h e p l a t e s , a t t e n d e d t o ros: morning p a p e r s , and, w i t h O v e r - ;Iova P r e s s N o t e s : THAT AIR SHIP.
o c k e r , f i n i s h e d p r o o f a aa soon as p o s s i b l e . I r e f u s e d an o f f e r from | Cedar B a l l s G a z e t t e : The m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p t h a t has Irry. f l o a t ­
a C h i c a g o newspaper f o r t h e n e g a t i v e s . I t h i n k time w i l l prove t h a t i n g o v e r Kansas and Nebraska, for t h e p a s t few v e e k s , v a s seen 1/ s e v r r -
t h i s i s no f a k e . I ' v e l i v e d h e r e too l o n g t o t r y and f o o l p e o p l e . 1 ftl o f o u r c l t l i e n s l a s t e v e n i n g t r a v e l i n g n o r t h w a r d ; i t sectcd abcut
have no d e s i r e f o r n o t o r i e t y , i t ' s an a i r s h i p and i f you d o n ' t b e l l e v . t h r e e - q u a r t e r s Of a m i l e f r o n t h e e a r t h , and J u s t west o f t o w n . The
i t look and t h e p i c t u r e and be c o n v i n c e d . I c a n swear t h a t I saw t h e l i g h t s o n l y c o u l d be seen and t h e y were v e r y b r i g h t a t t i c e s , and t h e n
airship. So can t h r e e o t h e r men h e r e , whooe word s t a n d s w e l l i n t h l a would a l m o s t go o u t : [ I t ] was In s i g h t about h a l f an h o u r .
community." 1897 A p r i l 12 (Mon) t v e n l n g T i m e s - R e p u b l i c a n ( H a r a h a l l t o w n , l a j . p ^ Ccdl
VENUS OR A METEOR. / A Somewhat P l a u s i b l e T h e o r y of t h e " A i r s h i p . " J
Special to the Times-Republican. J X ' S ALPHA A ORI0NIS. / S c i e n t i s t s Come Forward and E x p l a i n t h e P r e s e a n
B r o o k l y n , A p r i l . 2 . - - T h e n o t e d " a i r s h i p " s t a r was seen h e r e S a t u r - ce of t h e H u c h - A d v e r t l a e d " A i r s h i p . " / A S t a r of t h e C o n s t e l l a t i o n
day e v e n i n g a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k by q u i t e a number of our s o b e r e s t c l t i i n e s . O r l o n - - P r s c t l c l l J o k e r s Send up a K i t e and L a n t e r n .
They a l l seem t o be in doubt aa t o what i t I s . While we d i d not s e e The p r a c t i c a l J o k e r a now has a l a r g e and a t t r a c t i v e f i e l d for o p e r -
i t , t o our mind t h e w e i g h t of e v i d e n c e l a In f a v o r of t h e s t a r o r m e t e - a t i o n a , and i s t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e of i t . A l l k i n d s of " a l r i h i p s " ace
oric theory. Fron t h e f a c t t h a t i t a p p e a r s e a - h e v e n i n g a t s b o u t t h e b e i n g c o n s t r u c t e d and e x h i b i t e d t o t h e g a t e of a g u l l i b l e p e o p l e .
same h o u r , or a l i t t l e e a r l i e r , and t r a v e l s n o r t h w e s t w a r d and i s s e e n The a i r s h i p " was seen a g a i n i n M a r s h a l l town Sunday n i g h t . I t waa
by o b s e r v e r s l o c a t e d a t a l o n g d i s t a n c e a p a r t s t o r n e a r t h e same t i m e , v i e w e d by a g r e a t cany p e o p l e . On t h i s o c c a s i o n t h e t h e o r y t h a t I t I s
a h u t s out t h e t h e o r y of i t s b e i n g an a i r s h i p . If i t I s a f i x e d s t a r a p l a n e t waa knocked h i g h e r t h a n C U r o y ' s k i t e , f o r t h e n i g h t was
i t would not change i t s p o s i t i o n in r e l a t i o n t o o t h e r f i x e d s t a r s . If c l o u d * . A b r i g h t l i g h t waa f i r a t o b a e r v e d s o a r i n g h i g h e r and h l f h e r
i t i s a p l a n e t of our s o l a r system aa V e n u a ^ l t would not change i t s d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e s o u t h w e s t s e c t i o n of t h e c i t y . The l i g h t swunp hack
p o s i t i o n In r e l a t i o n t o t h e f i x e d s t a r s , b u t not so r a p i d l y as most of a n d f o r t h and then a g a i n would lower and r i a e , a s if s e e k i n g a c o r e
the o b s e r v e r s c l a i m . I t i s not u n r e a s o n a b l e o r i m p r o b a b l e t h a t i t i s f a v o r a b l e c u r r e n t of s i r in which t o n a v i g a t e . Once t h e l i g h t d a r t e d
Venus, which has been a very b r i g h t s t a r In t h a t l o c a l l i t y for some s u d d e n l y and then d i s a p p e a r e d . Some of t h e g a i e r a t h o u g h t a c a t a s t r o ­
months. The J o s t l i n g o r wave n o t i o n c o u l d be c a u s e d by 6 c a l l c l o u d s phe h a s e n s u e d end k i i u t h a t t h e w r e c k a g e would be found when d a y l i g h t
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A f t e r h o v e r i n g ai OL.L frr f i f t e e n m i n u t e s , i t went bocK and d i s a p ­ a s t r o n o m i c a l b r a i n s o u t l o o k i n g for some e x p l a n a t i o n of l.-.is v e r i e r f - . ;
p e a r e d in t h e n o r t h e a s t . a e r i a l body. Eut you know, 1 did not p l a c e [Link] c o n f i d e n c e :n •.■-.(■
Haker o f A i r s h i p r e v e a l s i i i r . s e I f (Omaha, A . C . C l i n t o n ) . . . r e p o r t s I h e a r d , and I a c c e p t your c o r r o b o r a t i v e e v i d e n c e w i t h r a t h
Dubu:jue, l a . , A p r i l 1 ? . — T h e m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p passed o v e r Dubuque p l o a s u r e , " and he heaved a s i g h of r e l i e f , a s he rer-cved h i s i r . s t r u -
a f t e r s i d n i f n t Sunday nijrrit. I t was s e e n a t C r e e n [ ? l I s l a n d a t 10 c e n t s and p o s t p o n e d h i s i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,
o ' c l o c k , and a t F e l l e v u e C ? ) a t 1 1 . S e v e r a l o t h e r s c i e n t i s t s laughed h e a r t i f l y when t h e y ro~-.J c . t
[Link].g t o n , 1 1 1 . , A j r i l 12.—An o b j e c t b e l i e v e d t o be t h e rcyster- t h a t i t was a l l a huge J o k e — o n t h e n — b u t t h e y d i d n ' t l i n e t h e l i e s
i o u s a i r s h i p ■-■nlcr. [Link] been s a i l i n g o v e r I l l i n o i s was seen a t noon o f h a v i n g t a l k e d so s e r i o u s l y for p u b l i c a t i o n on t h e s u f j e c t . '".*:.&:
Sunday f l o a t i n g e v e r i ; i o o r . i n g t o n . I t was g o i n g in a n o r t h e a s t e r l y a e r o n a u t i c a l c r a n k i n C h i c a g o , " s a i d cne o f t h e s c i e n t i s t s , " i s r i . ' n t ;
d i r e c t i c n a t a g r e a t a l t i t u d e . . I t was y e l l o w in c o l o r and seeded t o b a d l y f o o l e d , a i n ' t he7 I suppose h e ' l l t h i n k now t h a t t.'.e 'o*jJe;-, of
be r e c t a n g u l a r in foi-m. t h e m y s t e r y i s t o a r o u s e g r e a t i n t e r e s t ' in a c e r t a i n Irsr.: o f c i g a r ­
A i r s r . i p In r'eokuk C o u n t y . ettes, D o n ' t you know, ~ o s t a s t r o n o m e r s and a e r o n a u t s , t o o , l i x e t h e :
N a s s a u , l a . , A ; r i i 1 0 . —rid. liawk-Fyei A s i n g u l a r s i g h t WHS w i t ­ l i t t l e smoke, and maybe t h a t f e l l o w i n d u l g e s in t h e ' c o f f i n t i : « . '
n e s s e d h e r e l a s t r,!*-r,t between t h e h o u r s of n i n e and t e n o ' c l o c k , and Yes, y e s , i t ' s a m i g h t y b i g ' a d , ( and t h e a i r s h i p r e a l l y serr-s t o have
c r e a t e d an u n u s u a l o x c i t e r . e n t i n o u r q u i e t l i t t l e v i l l a p . e . Dr. J.l). gone up i n srnOKe . "
T r a v i s was t h e f i r s t p e r s o n t o d i s c o v e r t n i a p e c u l i a r l i g h t and he was Saw t h e A i r s h i p in a F i e l d .
n o t slow in -raking t h e d i s c o v e r y known. Everyone in t o v n was on t h e O . a h a , A p r i l 1 2 , - - T h e f i r s t c a s e r t , o r t e d in which tr.e a i r s r . i p has
s t r e e t in a s h o r t t i m e and b e h e l d a s i g h t t h a t was a s t o n i s h i n g in t h e been seen en t h e ground comes from Wolf Creek t o v n s r . i p , l e v a , J „ s t
n o r t h e r n h e a v e n s n.-.d moving a t a wonderful r a t e of speed in a s o u t h - ­ a c r o s s t h e r i v e r , riichard S u t l e r , a very w e l l - t o - d o f a r r r e r , g i v e s
westerly direction; i t a p p e a r e d t o be a b o u t C9C0J y a r d s from t h e this version:
e a r t h . The f i r s t t n i r . g t h a t a t t r a c t e d a t t e n t i o n were t h r e e l i g h t s o f " I was d r i v i n g home '-'[Link] r . i g h t , when I a a k i c s s e r v e a a l i r ; . t
i n t e n s e b r i l l i a n c y nr-J a p p e a r e d in fliie s i m i l a r t o a l o c c r o t l f e e n ­ in a f i e l d c l o s e t o t h e r o a d . I knew no house was t h e r e , and stoppe-1
gine neadlig.-.t. As t h i s s t r a n g e o b j e c t drew n e a r and a p p r o a c h e d t h e to i n v e s t i g a t e . Tr.e l i g h t had a glow r o r e l i k e t h a t pf an e l e c t r i c
, c i t y a t a t e r r i f i c i m speed t h e f a i n t o u t l i n e o f h t e s t r a n g e o b j e c t lamp t h a n t h e [Link].e t u r n e r s u s u a l l y e.-plcyeJ by t:.e r e s i d e n t s cf
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t h e ".-,1 r "rt-ft ' Dr. Peterson ind Conductor Rowley describe the airship a* being o(
!}:itl<-T str .t M .. vys *uid vns astonished to sc- i lark m a s s , [Link] shape,about sixty ieet long, with four sets of -logs, p l a i n ] *
throurn t !;r» win^.i-'s s ■■■{' --I. i c :i the lif-hts shene. lie describes It as a discernible. These wings apparently were lacated about ten feet spirt
I o n s , [Link]-y- r<"; in,7 a corset b o x in share , but ,-ernaps 30 or and looked to be about fifteen feet in length. Iwo red light* -err
c u r , r<>■■.■7:-uJ
j35, feet
. ..„ jr. liTi-tr. nr,<l -ii'.'l t- or 7 feet Id width and height. Over this car located about the stern of the ship and * large searchlight was placed
in the bow. The men w h o saw the wonder say the light w n turned upon
floated a cip'ir-shftr'.'d. h a f , horizontally xxJt placed, o f about the sajne
the town for a rii^ent- Conductor Rowley say* he la confident the ship
length as the car and £ or 1C feet thick at Its greatest diameter,
came within 600 feet of the e a r t h , and he distinctly heard v o i c e s ,
'""iicther [Link] vere soils or steering apparatus Butler can not s a y , among which was singled the laughter of w o m e n . The object was In
for at [Link] cement his "is heroes caught sight o f the ship, bolted sight about three minutes, it disappeared to the north.
prccipltnteij for ir.c opposite side o f t h e road and [Link] wafon and Cuthrle Center Taken In.
driver :nto tr.e ditc::. Ry the tire Butler had crawled fro= the wreck Cuchrle C e n t e r , April 1 2 . — T h e airship fake ttruck Cuthrle Center
and re,'n:ned his feet, the m c h i n e vas roving briskly in s southerly Saturday night about 10 o'clock. The people were all aatir, straining
d i r e c t i o n , rir.l at the s&r-e tir.e ascending at an angle Cf about *-5 d e ­ their eyes and hunting for glasses to fist a good view of the eonster
c r e e s . Siutlcyr viitched it out o f sight and continued his way on foot. ship as It phased directly over town, s tclle or more high. Before It
Several [Link] [Link].a persons c a n easily b e four.d wr.o saw the ship was out of sight another came following up directly In [he line of the
'"'[Link] ia;-'. first, and when the excitement was at fever heat it leaked out that
Danville f a u the Dallcon. they were large paper balloons fixed for the occasion and taken out
[Link], la., A; ril ID. --(Correspondence . )-—?it i :er.s here sow The of town and sent up bv sore voune [Link] for a bit of fun.
;!ttwit<;ye balloon nUcut 9 o'clock Saturday night and several thoufht i t . 1 6 W April l3 H u e s ) Iowa State Register (iJesH.)p. 1,1. (card 1)
vos the airsnip sure.
ilaukeye's Balloon at Fairfield.
STRAMJF.R THAN FICTION / Read the Following Accounts of the "Air Ship"
r a i r f i e U , la., April 1 2 . — ( S p e c i a l . ) — T h e balloon which vas sent
and Take Your C h o i c e . / Difficult to Determine Between Truthful C o r r e s ­
up by The ::<!V,;-i_/o last Saturday e v e n i n g , pissed a little towards the
pondence and Fake Stories. / A Rhodes Man Who Says the Mysterious Aeria
[Link] tf t::is city last Saturday evening a little after 9 o'clock Visitor Was Drowned In a Fond. / A Fastr Hail Engineer Who Traveled
There was quite a [Link] of citizen., v h o saw it M d _ l l r w number o f . Seventy Miles an Hour and Was Left Far Behind. / Quite a Number of the
tht'sc cir.j.r '.h'l'. ;: v i s the airship. Scientifically Inclined [Link] Give Cood Reasons for it Being a Star. /
189? April 13 (Tuea) Council lilulla, Ta/,""Cloue, p.41 "CAN TIIIS BE THE AIRSHIP1 / Alleged Aerial Monster Btsu Plunges Into •
Reservoir.
The A i r Ship C r a z e , R h o d e s , April 10.—F.d. Register: W e have noticed for aorse days the
In these days of marvelous discovery atoun that hasn't seen the account of the appearance of a singular object in the sir, supposed by
airship limit in the procession at a l l . Making Its debut in Kansas, some to be an airship. It will probably be seen no wore. l_st night
this ethereal performer has played to big audiences every night In the about 11 o'clock our citizens were startled by the appearance of * very
week. And the cost wonderful fact about these performances la that bright light in the heavens, rapidly approaching froo the southwest. A
they have been witnessed on the Bane evening at the same hour, by d e ­ large crowd w a s soon on Che s t r e e t s , and as the object approached it
lighted audiences in Chicago and O m a h a , notwithstanding the air ship seemed to coce nearer the earth. It soon came ao near that the sound
was only 6 0 0 o r 1,000 feet high. Possibly the following special from of cactlnery could b e h e a r d , w h i c h soon becaoe *a loud a s a heavy train
Burlington cay throw aome light on the subject: of cars. All at once the aerial monster took • sudden plunge downward
"Bur)in,;ton has seen the s i r s h i p . It passed over the city at and w a s [Link] in the reservoir of the C.H. i S t . Paul railway, which
'8:30, The town is talking of nothing e l s e . T h e newspaper telephones ia aliaost a lake, covering about eight acres of land. No pen can d e s ­
have been hot with messages about it a l l evening, There are one or two cribe what followed. The boiling Isva from Vesuviua pouring into the
people in th- city, however, w h o are quietly enjoying the excitement, sea could only equal it. The light waa ao large and hat created ao nuc
and they feel well repaid for the trouble and expense they vent to to heat that the horrible hissing which occurred when the oonster plunced
aecure a paper balloon and sent it up o u t s i d e the city, so that the into the l a k e , could b e heard for m i l e s , and the water of the reservoir
breeze would carry It over the business portion. These gentlemen, was B O hot that the naked hand could not be held in it. As soon as thr
believing there was more Imagination than anything else about the air wreck Is raised out of the water a full description of the machine will
ship, concluded to try an experiment. They secured a paper balloon be sent. / JOHN BUTLER.
and sent It up at 3:30. The streets happened to be full of people and M a x w e l l , April 10. — Ed. Register: The airship w a s seen here about
hundreds of then saw it aalling over their heads. The cry of "The '8 o'clock last night. When first seen it waa traveling In an easterly
air ship," "The air ship," went u p , and intense excitement followed. direction. When directly over the town It suddenly changed its course
The returns began to come in from o u t l y i n g t o w n s , telegraphed o r tele­ to a northerly one and rapidly passed out of aight. Hen here whose ver
phoned, about the air ship, T h e descriptions were Identical with those acity cannot be doubted, clain tint there la no doubt but that the thir.
sent out from other c i t i e s — g r e e n , red and white lights, w i n g s , e t c . , la a reality, aa its appearance here waa convincing proof, E.H. [Link];
all included. Even people in Burlington swear they saw colored lights Earlhan, April 1 2 . — S p e c i a l : The airship crate has broken out at
accompanying the white light. T h e experiment was a blooding s u c c e s s . " Earlhan in ita moat violent fore. At about 9 o'clock last Saturday
At Dubinin? ,i prominent citizen was out scanning the cerulean vaults night a bright light w a s seen in the northwest by about thirty of our
of heaven in search of the monster w h e n , like a ravenous vulture, it Citizens, Including many of our most reputable business men. The a c ­
swooped down upon hire, and h e barely had time to c r a w l Into a scuttle counts given bv chose wltneaeing it agree subatantially with the report:
hole. already given in The Register. All contend that it could not have been
As u s u a l , though, Chicago is ahead, claiming to have kodaked the a atar, as it was distinctly seen to rave and finally vanish out of
star actor during its last berforcance before the admiring multitudes sight, and several persona noticed clouds to pass between the [Link] and
of that cl tv. ,. the clear sky. The body of the "ship" waa not seen, nor was any rum-
1397 April 1J C H I O S morn) i>es MOinea L e a d e r , p . J. (card 1) 'bling of machinery heard. This Is a strictly temperance to—i.
Burlington, April 1 2 . — S p e c i a l : Engineer F.L. Bullard, on engine
ANOTHER WONDLRFUI. TAI.E. / Sweet Strains of Huelc Proceeded From the No. 950 of the fast m a l l , saw the airship. The popular railroad man
Airbblp at Fontnnclle. States that when he left C h i c a g o this morning, and when h e reached
Fontanellv, April 1 2 . — T h e people of this locality have been i n ­ Western a v e n u e , he saw a huge spectacle in the eky moving alonn In the
credulous as to the news of the now famous airship until tonight, when same direction as hla train. He watched it for a few E i n u t e s , - :i then
the moat incredulous stood In awe before the apparent fsct. At exact­ was compelled to give hla undivided attention to his engine for live or
ly 8;)0 this wonderful aerial visitor put in an appearance and created ten m i n u t e s , and when he again looked out the nonster waa some distance
consternation among the people. It came from the southeast, having ahead. He stated that the train waa f:olng at the rate of seventy miles
been sighted at Bedford at 5:30. It w a s not more than 200 feet above an hour at the tire, >nd when they reached Lisle, Ills., the ship was
the tree tops; the headlight an olive green and the whole nachine ■*■ lost sight o f , being many miles ahead. M r . Bullard thought that this
could be cjiatlnctly seen. It waa about sixty feet long and the v i b ­ aerial schooner must have been traveling at the rate of 100 to 150 mil
rations of Its wtnps could be plainly seen as well as the working of per hour.
its [Link] heard. Sweet strains of music could be heard, indlcatin
that there was an orchestra on board. All efforts to hail the ship Fort Dodge, Iowa, April 1 1 . — T h e alleged airship was plalnlv visi­
were futile. It passed ehre at ten miles an h o u r , but seemed to i n ­ ble here laat night between 8 and 9 o'clock, and while in eight waa
crease the rate as it went toward the n o r t h w e s t . There is no K longer viewed by many citizens. The light resembled that o f a itrone electric
douot in this locality that the airship Is the real thing and all light, and v » w h i t e r , [Link] am\ lor£or tli*n ordl nary »r»rl J(.m . If
stand In awe of this wonderful phenomenon. It was witnessed by many waa first sighted in the northern sky and moved r a p !dly north, anJ then
of the post prominent c i t i z e n s , including J.H. H u l b e r t , S. Shoemaker, took an extreme northwest course until it dlsappeare d. Several old-
J.I. M c C a m p b e l l , ex-Mayor Dr. C. B. S c o t t , U . F . J o h n s t o n , L.W. Wood country Germans contend that the mystery ia a return of the pheror^non
and o t h e r s . that worried residents of Cerirany over thirty years ago, and created
the impreasion at that time that the end of the worl d was near at hand.
HAWARDEN HAS T.M T O O . The light claimed to have been viBlble in Germany at that tier was
Airship Seen and Voices and Laughter of Occupants Heard. called the "devil's army," and when it was vlalblr b rough! It.e super-
liawaardon, April 1 2 . —liawarden citizens viewed the airship early stltious to their kneee.
r>umlny r-irnlng. About half an hour after midnight Snturdny night the
much talked of .ilrsnlp pasaed over liawarden In a northerly direction. RESTED AT CRUNDY CENTER.
Seven or elaht reputable cltitens will make affidavit to having seen Crundy Center, April 1 2 . — G r e a t excitement waa c aused here S a t u M j v
this [Link] of the clouds while it w a s so close to the earth that evening at 9:30. The alarm was given by two stall g lrla (hat J rtfat
they could near plainly the working of machinery and the sound of light was to be seen northwest of the city. The ne s soon spread,
le BStr-tlfj i-.;nh
human voices. Among those w h o saw the airship were Landlord f:oody of Business houses were closed up and nearly 2,000 peop
the [Link] eating h o u s e , D r , John P e t e r s o n , B.T. French, William of the B., C. R, U H. pond, north of here. Field gl asaea of e-.-rrv ,iri-
crlptlon were brought Into u s e , also smoked glass. It waa soon learned
Swearengen, :..;'.. Rowley and John Cehan, ar.
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that I t [Link] t;..- u - i - u l l o i i of a i r s h i p . I t sailed over the c l t v three ' i t s course wag Jue northwest. Hanv people here n v i t , and vere not * i
or (cur [ U " .1:1.1 t d i ' c r o u j went [Link] w i t h exciteaent. I t alighted c i t e d or sensation a l about I t . AinonR those that I know who u u the
south ol 1 iw c l t v i i : the f a i r grounds a t 10:15 p.m. A iaree croud s t o n i e r f l o a t i n g In the a i r were: J.D. HcVay, A.B. Loaee, J.Q, "cCtar
gathered. i t n n a r o i w l f r ai;d caused several runaways. An Inspector F-0. W l l l l a a a , George Daviss, Jack Zane and C. Shuater, of t h l a place,
carr.e out and o i l e d I t up and I t was also t e s t e d . When the Rate was iaaiOne nan on the s t r e e t t o l d ice a t the t i n e , w h i l e we were looking at I t ,
op-ened two iadlca o . i j gentle~cn stepped out and shook hands t i t h the that I t was only a s t a r , f o r he had noticed I t f o r several evrnlngs i n '
excited croud. Trie r a n k e r Inquired where they could pet a pood s u p p c r £ n e * * i " e place, and I t was not noving; then he Boon a d d I t was a l i g h
and were escorted to the h o t e l . A f t e r a b o u n t i f u l repast the p a r t i e s .hung t o a large k i t e by some boys i n the northwest part of town; teen,
e& l c
departed i n a nott:-.[Link] d i r e c t i o n by the sweet s t r a i n s of Prof. \ reached f a r t h e r west, he sugRested I t was t balloon » i t h . l l r h t
DeWled'a band. (In I t , as we soretiites see I t on a Fourth of J u l y f i r e e x h i b i t i o n , and
Rrooslyn, A p r i l 12.--The noted " a i r s h i p " star was seen here Satur- -think he would have hadu more wise reasons had we waited to hear b i n .
[Link] evening about 9 o ' c l o c k hv quite fl [Link] of oor soberest c i t l z a n s . ! t c e r t a i n l y was not an a i r s h i p , became the white b r i l l i a n c y of the
Tliev a l l seem t o t e ! : ; doubt as to what i t I s ; to our atnd the weight l i g h t , when f i r s t seen by us, would have llRhted up the apartments i n
of evidence i s I n favor of the star or [Link] theory. Froa the f a c t " h l c h I t was placed, to have given to us the o u t l i n e s of the [Link]. So
that i t appears [Link] evening a t about the aaiae hour, or a l i t t l e e a r l - f i r e b a l l o o n e x h i b i t i o n t h a t I have ever witnessed was so b r l r h t a n j
i e r , and t r a v e l s northwestward and I s aeen by observers lacated a t a nothing l i k e so h i g h . The sky was without a cloud and very l l g n t . The
Ion?, distance apart at or near the sane t i m e , shuts out the theory of s t r a n g e r ' s movements were sometimes e c c e n t r i c , and dodged out of I t s
I t s being an a i r s h i p . I f i t i a a f i x e d s t a r i t woulJ not change i t s general l i n e , at time.
S i m l a p o s i t i o n In r e l a t i o n to other fined s t a r s . I f I t i s a planet of I watched c a r e f u l l y , and i t ..passed c l u s t e r s of stara i n i t s course,
our solar syiterc as '-'enus, i t would change i t s p o s i t i o n , but not so I u a s t e a r f u l of an o p t i c a l delusion on oy p a r t . Other p a r t i e s here
r a p i d l y as most of tne observers c l a i m . I t Is not unreasonable or 1 B - could and d i d think they saw three or four l i k e I t . While I *a not un-
p r o b a b l e that I t is Venus, HXZX which has been a very b r i g h t star I n mindful of the f a c t that should * person w i t c h any b r i g h t star i n t e n t l y
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t h a t l o c a l i t y f o r sore months. The j o s t l i n g or wave (notion could be f « awhile and a suggestion made that i t move to one s i d e , that appear-
Icaused bv small clouiis passing over the disc of the s t a r . The c e t e o r l c * " « 'O" 1 * 8 C o the person who Is watchlns, I t . But the v i s i t o r did rove
t oo n e flIde n o y o n d t h e n
' t h e o r y would [Link] I t possible f o r a meteor to approach so near the e a r t h " i t h o u t a doubt, because I guarded a a . i n s t thai
las to cause i t s o r b i c u l a r p o t i o n to cease to change and temporarily o p t i c a l delusion. As i t receded f u r t h e r away froa ua l t a l i p h t became
becotr.d a a a t e l l l t e t o the e a r t h . I f so. U la much nearer the e a r t h redder, but s t i l l very b r i g h t , and a t l a s t I t seemed to reach the h o r i -
I 0 n
jt*HK than our [Link]. - e are s u r p r i s e d * * h t h a t astronooers have not '
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[ s e t t l e d t h i s question several days ago. From the fact that they have r e u a » another smaller l i g h t , 60 I was t o l d , cut the path of the
reported nothing strange I s against the meteoric theory, and i n favor l a r g e r l i g h t and went south from Lake C i t y . I t was d i n , then b r i g h t ,
of mistaking Venus f o r an a i r s h i p . There i s no mistake about these l i g h t s . The b r i g h t one could not be 1
Bayard, A p r i l 12.--The sensation of the Reason occurred here when s t a r , f o r i t went out of sight from the time I f i r s t saw I t w i t h i n h a l f
o r
some of our c i t i z e n s discovered the « i i celebrated a i r s h i p , Panora t h r e e - q u a r t e r s of an hour, and at f i r s t seemed t o be nearly over the
[telephoned about 3:^5 c atu'rday evening to look out f o r i t , as i t was w
" t part of town. I give these observation so t h a t a b e t t e r understand
passing over t h e r e , and a few minutes a f t e r I t was seen r a p i d l y coming i " 8 ° f t h l a stranger can be had by a l l . There waa a s h o r t , b r i g h t a t i t a
I t h l s way, and then to pass ober by your correspondent w i t h numerous streak of l i g h t p o i n t i n g upwards a f t e r lt_jwaa I O M distance avav, and
others,among whom were i ) r . Thomson and w i f e , Prof. Bogga, Mrs. Smith =« E e t o v i c v wncn i t u
" ' " i [ s red ligb't p l a c e . This attended I t so
and o t h e r f s ) too nurserous t o mention. The l i g h t was passing r a p i d l y fa LoiR as I could see i t . So t h a t I could not reake a mlatske, I went awav
in a northwesterly . i i r e c t i o n , and when I t could be seen no longer we frora the window three times a f t e r t h i s phase cade i t a appearance 50 that
found the t i n - (0 he 9 o ' c l o c k . We learn t h l a morning that i t paused ay eyes accepted or created no o p t i c a l I l l u s i o n t o the c l n d . The prong
over Sioux City .ihout =): ] 5 o ' c l o c k . I t s appearance was about l i k e you of l i g h t was not g r e a t , but enough to be seen d i s t i n c t l y . U.K. «'CHART,
describe i t m vours ef the 1 0 t h , being a b r i g h t l i g h t , some larger that,! IT IS tOCURY.
the evening s t a r , w i t h a b r i g h t t w i n k l e . Everybody i s t a l l n g of the B u f f a l o Center, A p r i l 12.—Special: The wonderful " a l r s n i p " ttercufv
a i r s h i p t h i s morning. I f I t Is a s t a r , I t c e r t a i n l y »oves i n a o y s t e r - s a i l e d g r a c e f u l l y through the heavens over B u f f a l o Center Saturdav even-
iaua and rapid [Link]. .i.-.d the wonder i s that some of our noted [Link] on schedule time and disappeared ( t o the g a i l n g eye of a score of
hove nothlnr- to s .iy In regard t o I t , and i f an a i r s h i p , whv should i t c i t i z e n s who wont viewing i t s curious a n t i c s froa house t o p s , e t c . ) , I n
l.e roving ;tiK,ut i n w c i a provoking rcyatery (7)7 'a n o r t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n , probably I n the v i c i n i t y of Flmore, about
C r i n n e l l , A p r i l 1 2 . - - 8 « t » Saturday evening a large [Link] of G r i n - |9:30 p.m. As viewed by our c i t i z e n s , i t displayed the r e g u l a t i o n red
n e l l people claim tiu-y saw the supposed a i r s h i p passing over C r i n n e l l . and w l l t e f l a s h l i g h t s and was a wonder to behold. The evening being
T h e " t h i n g " came fror^ tee southwest, passing over to the northwest about (clear a i l over nothern Iowa, I t waa e a s i l y Been, and Swea C i t y , Ledyard,
9 o'clock. I t [Link] [Link] from d i f f e r e n t parts o f town at the sace t i n e B a n c r o f t , Armstrong, Ecwetsburg, and Elmon, Minn, report [Link] i t .
and r-sny c l a t ^ that I t kept swaying c o n t i n u a l l y . Some say that I t f I t la interesting to n o t i c e that so rcany people a l l over the M i s s i s s i p p i
would plunge down and then go up a g a i n , claiming that i f I t waa a jneteorbailey are t a k i n g astronomical obaervattons the past week or two, and
I t would go In a s t r a i g h t course. The l i g h t waa of a b r i g h t red color have eeenthe magical appearance and disappearance of t h i s s l i p of the
and above the l l r h t there was a dark bulk o f aome k i n d . One curioua u n i v e r s e , as on t h i s evenjng. I t w i l l be i n P e r i h e l i o n w i t h the sun,
t h i n g about I t ia t:>-U overvpo-iv sees I t going toward the northwest. ■ a n d m u s t fl f f r u 3SysTTTonceforth be seen i n the t-omfn* In the northeast
Cedar Rapid* Ber-ubl lean: Evcrybddy i s deeply Interested and a l l I before the average star *nzer Is out of bed. Owlne to t h * H V helr.r
l o s t i n wonderment. One of the most i n t e r e s t e d [Link] in the c i t y i s P r o f j = l o u d Y l 3 6 t evening, " i t " was not seen a t t h i s p o i n t , hut ' i t " j r o b a b l *
em CO- Bn'ce. of LOC College. Vemerdny lie unJiti " I fl* nn yet deeplyl a r r i v e d on t i i r e , however, Just the same, which waa q u i t e 1 d U a p p o l n t -
p u z i l e d , ns well n« e r e a i l y i n t e r e s t e d over t h l a mystery, but Intend ment t o the w r i t e r , as h i s almanac sheduled " i t " to throw U s beacon
f o l l o w i n g i t out u n t i l I can a r r i v e a t some d e f i n i t e conclusion. The l i g h t w i t h greater b r i l l i a n c y than at any t l a e this spring- W)m f i r t t
Idea of the mysterious v i s i t o r being a heavenly body I s absurd. Ho noticed Saturday night i t was about 15 degrees high and In a n o r t h -
l i c e l e s t i a l body could p o s s i b l y act as the a i r s h i p , or whatever i t may westerly d i r e c t i o n , antj was viewed for about twenty or t h i r t v [Link]
be, Is reported to do, 1 should l a t h e r I n c l i n e t o the b e l i e f that i t before I t sank g r a c e f u l l y from view behind the h o r i z o n , and as seen
ails some kind of a b a l l o o n sent up by some person with the i n t e n t i o n through the evening [Link], I t was about f i v e or s i x t i r e s as lar.-e as
of g e t t i n g up n Rensation, but the exceeding brightness of the l i g h t any star seen a t the t i n e , a l t e r n a t e l y appearlnR to be red and tnen
together w i t h i t s Ions continuance, seems to m i l i t a t e against that idea, w h i t e , and to have a v i b r a t l n p and swinging notion from n o r t h to south
No, I d o n ' t m i n k I t i s an e l e c t r i c l i g h t . Such a l i g h t would require of two or three degrees, and at t i r e s would disappear a l ton-ether f o r •
the presence of a generator and an accumulator, cumbersome irjchlnery second or two and then raappear. To the w r i t e r I t d i d not Brut to
that could not be c a r r i e d bv any form of a l r s a l p , so far as I can s e e . " disappear behind the horizon but t o have faded from sight about f i v e
Eagle Crnve Times: Hut there seema Co be no douht that I t was none degreea frora the e a r t h ' s surface,
other than the planet Venus. Eugene Schafter has been watching the B u r l i n g t o n iinwkeye: P rof -_J|pueh, of the Northwestern L'niveraltv,
coutse of t h i s star f o r socc weeks, and h i s explanation c l e a r l y l n d l - - « t Evanston, turned h i s gaze'on the alleged a i r s h i p . Me d i d not I n
cates that Venua was, i n t h i s Instance at l e a s t , mistaken f o r the c o n - b i s Imagination run r i o t w i t h v i s i o n s o f " a locomotive h e a d l i g h t , " the
ceptlon of soir.e human b r a i n f l y i n g through space. Venus la now the "dim o u t l i n e of a s t e e l frame a i r s h i p , " nor did h i s ear catch the
evening s t a r ; I t r l c i r l v follows the course of the moon. The l a t t e r " h i s s i n g sound" of the strange vessel when speeding through the a i r .
body has for sore t i r e been approaching the n o r t h , u n t i l having reached Prof. Hough, the c a t t e r - o f - f a c t astronomer, thought i t was the e r r . t i c
i t a z e n i t h i n June i t w i l l again begin to d e c l i n e . Venus follows the Alpha O r i o n i a , a star of the f i r s t [Link]'e, a noted fast t r a v e l e r ,
h
same course f u r t h e r n o r t h , while also approaching l a t e r l a l v the sun, ^ * i°b l o t °l ™'l colored l i g h t s i n I t s r e p e r t o i r e , which, i n
and i n the course of a few weeks w i l l disappear as the evening and be- c e r t a i n acaospheric conditions play f a n t a s t i c t r i c k s w i t h i r - . H n . t i v e
corre the morning s t a r . Sou as the star approaches the h o r U o n , f t a P - sightseers. As seen without the use o f g l a a a e . , the white l i f h t w „ ».
pears to move more r a p i d l v . while not doing so. The r e f r a c t i o n of l i g M the more b r i l l i a n t and appeared to be o s c i l l a t i n g . , I f i t were ,
caused by I t s passing through the e a r t h ' s atmosphere Is responsible f o r « « ™ h l i g h t being swung bsck and f o r t h . The red and green l i g h t s . I t
t h i s apparent increase I n m o t i o n , while a c t u a l l y moving no f a s t e r than « s s a i d , were l i k e the ordinary side l i g h t s required under the o a v i -
before. This explains the apparent s w i f t motion of the " a i r s h i p " and R ^ i o n law. The l i g h t s moved westward and soon disappeared. Alpha
alao the delusion that i t was not over f i v e miles from the e a r t h . Orionis comes on the stage early In the e v e n i n g and i t a course . t r o t ,
Lake C l t v , A p r i l 12. - E d . Register: That strange a e r i a l phenomenon «<• h " v * n " \ C 0 h ° " J ' ' " " " " • " " t h " c "' t h ' " ° o n \ TI, T , t , r " - — « *
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that has exel ed the i n t e r e s t of so [Link] people I n Iowa and Nebraska ' ^ ^ ^ >" « p d e a r atmosphere nnd appear, t o he c l o . e t o , . „
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, , , , i <■ ' e a r t h , but we don t believe i t was so cloae to the globe that our i
for the few months L i s t past made I t s appearance to tnc people ot Lake ■ <■
, . , . 1, 1 1 P . j „ „ „,.<..,. i „ , n f r i e n d s I n Iowa coulo hear the swish of i t s passage throuch the i l r ,
C l t v , Iowa, a few minutes De ore 8 0 ' c l o c k l a s t Saturday even n Ap 11 c o r r e s p o n d e n t a v c r r e Q . what he heard wa. the wheel, i n h i , . . . d
10, 1897. When I f i r s t saw i t frora my o f f i c e window. I t was a l i t t l e , ) e O U R h t . ^ . ^ - f g - ^ , the'diTt inction. TKriTttZiUl in .el en -
north of west of U-e f i t v , and was a white bright l i g h t , very high. t J [ U lnv„tlRatlon> T h e •■a,r<nlp.- s e e n , t v . r i 0 U J p < ( l n t i aPPe,rl
s i m u l t a n e o u s at a l l of them i n the sa»« l o n e l t u d e , and displays the
 s.-i.r.i' i'!.«i«"!,r!.i!f. n( Mi-tits, [Link] w h i t e , en-en and red, and
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pow.'r was r e q u i r e d , which was r e g u l a t e d by a b a l l u t of s a n d .
[Link] [Link]-j-i'ii, l,,,.. i,„. illusion was p c i f e c t , and It is not sur­ The a c c i d e n t o c c u r r e d on t h e f i r s t day of t h e f i e l d t r i a l , t h e d i »
prising t:..it -,iriv j-.-Ppli. wcru te<i to believe it a veritable airship, b e i n g c l o u d y and a moderate b r e e i e blowing ( t o n t h e n o r t h e a s t , The
e x p e c M l l y as [Link] i-x;>or iments are belne [Link] with flylnp. m a c h i n e s , b a l l o o n p a r t of t h e t o r p e d o , a f t e r b e i n g I n f l a t e d , u n h e l d In t h e
sore of wilch w v r attained to nn encouraging degree of success J u s t i ­ u s u a l [Link] by a c o u p l e of f a n n e r s who l i v e d in t h e v i c i n i t y . The
fying the belief [Link] In the near future aerial n a v i g a t i o n , to a t o r p e d o c a s e h o l d i n g I t * b a l l a s t of sand k i d been a d j u s t e d t o t h e b a l ­
llmlteJ e x t e n t , and tinder fax favoring ( H a i t i a n meteorological c o n d i ­ loon p a r t and t h e e l e c t r i c a l i g n i t i n g d e v i c e which e x p l o d e s t h e g s i i.i
t i o n s , will te practicable. t h e b a l l o o n a t t h e p r o p e r t i c * w*s a b o u t t o be i n s e r t e d in i t s c e t a l l l i
Since w r H i n g the foregoing, the " a i r s h i p " has passed by Burling­ c a s e in t h e lower end o r neck of t h e b a l l o o n when one of t h e younn
ton, 39 a "ship in the n i g h t , " and has been seen by hundreds of our f a r o e r s h o l d i n g t h e guy rope a c c i d e n t a l l y r e l e s s e d h i s h o l d , and In s
citizens. A full account of the event will be found In our local f l a s h t h e b a l l o o n w i t h i t s c h a r g e of sand was a s c e n d i n g skvwsrd and In
colurjis. This indisputable fact (in the language of the old-tlse a few s e c o n d s was anong t h e c l o u d s , s a i l i n g In a s o u t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t l y
p r i n t e r ) . "knoc«s galley w e s t , " our learned exposition of the cystery The a e r i a l t o r p e d o e s w i t h t h e i r e x p l o s i v e c a s e and e q u i p e n u a r e
founded on Prof, Houch'a statement. For the n o n c e , science retires p a i n t e d a J e t b l a c k and h i g h l y v a r n i s h e d , and ■ s t r o n g l i g h t r e f l e c t " -
to Its roost and [Link] ts rievolopncnts. Science has often done that i n g upon i t s s u r f a c e would n a t u r a l l y throw o u t a l i g h t of v a r i o u s c o l ­
and la nn a adept at retreat. That which has passed as a scientific o r s s l c l l s r t o t h o s e of • l a r g e p r l s n around a gss s h a d e . T h i s would
truth In one eenerntion has been renounced ss heresy in the next. An a c c o u n t for t h e many d i f f e r e n t c o l o r e d l i g h t s seen by t h e c l t l i e n i In
exact science is u n k n o w n , perhaps u n k n o w a b l e . t h e v a r i o u s c i t i e s and towns o v e r which t h e a e r i a l t o r p e d o w i t h l t a
H a r s h f l e l d , '-'is. b a l l a s t of sand p a s s e d in i t s a i m l e s s w a n d e r i n g s . Being c o n f i n e d t o
M i l w a u k e e , i.'is. . t h e lower a i r c u r r e n t and c o n t r o l l e d s o l e l y by t h e e v e r «»li c h a n g i n g
D u b u q u e , Iowa, April 1 1 . — A n object believed to be the mysterious a i r s t r e a m no doubt i t w i l l c o n t i n u e t o a p p e a r and d i s a p p e a r In d i f ­
airship passed over Dubuque after midnight last n i g h t . It was seen f e r e n t p a r t s of t h e c o u n t r y u n t i l t h e h e a t of t h e suraser sun expanda
at Creen Island at 1!) o'clock and at Bellevue at 1 1 . the c o n f i n e d gas t o t h e e x t e n t of b u r s t i n g t h e huge e n v e l o p e , which
[Link], 111, (Daylight sighting) w i l l r e s u l t In f u r n i s h i n g son* l u c k y c i f l i e n w i t h enough t s a t e r t a l t o
[Link], 1 1 1 . , April 1 1 . — T h e famous airship passed over this c o n s t r u c t an o u t i n g t e n t o r an awning for h l a p r e n l s e s .
city at about S p.m. t o - n i g h t , carrying a headlight with two red lay'/ A p r i l 13 t T u e s ) Evening T i i r . e a - r c F u t l l c n ( y * r s h s i [Link] , M ■ fcard l i
light9 in the rear, It looked to be about 100 feet between head and
rear lights. SWIFT IN FLIGHT. / The A i r s h i p Buns a Pace With t h e B u r l i n g t o n Fait
THE REAL T H I N G . K a i l T r a i n . / »ir.3 With "Wlnps Down" and D i d n ' t H a i f T r y - . V a a Seen t y
F o n t a n c l l e , April 12 .--Sepeclal: The people of this locality have MARy. / A P h o i e s Man Claiics I t Was Wrecked In a Pond T h e r e - - T h e L a t e s t .
been incredulous as to the news of the now famous air ship until t o ­ / Special to the Tlces-Bepublican.
n i g h t , [Link] i;;e rcost incredulous stand in awe before the apparent fact B a n c r o f t , A p r i l 1 3 . — T h e m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p was s e e n , or r a t h e r i t s
At exactly 8: JC this wonderful aerial viaitor put In an appearance and l i f h t s were s e e n , S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g . I t v a i f i r s t n o t i c e d n o r t h v c i t of
created consternation ar-tong the p e o p l e . It cane fron the s o u t h e a s t , E a n c r o f t by t h e c i t l i e n s , who watched i t growing d l e a e r , which i t Hi
bavins' t p m sighted rft fiedfnrd at 5:30. It was not more than 200 feet r a p i d l y . As I t s c o u r s e was for Sioux C i t y , two c i l e a away, t h e t e l e ­
above the treetoi's, thr- headlight an olive green and the whole machine phone o p e r a t o r was n o t i f i e d . He dropped h i s phone as oocn »» i l r t h i p
could be -Ustlnctly seen. It was about sixty feet long, and the v i b - was m e n t i o n e d , b u t soon r e t u r n e d t o say t h a t i t w»> s o u t h o f town. i:e
ratiosjs of Its win,--, could be plainly seen as w e l l as hearing the w n o t i f i e d t h e o p e r a t o r a t A r m s t r o n g , who I s t w e l v e i l l e s west o f Sioux
wording of lti nochluery. Sweet strains of puslc could be heard,In­ C i t y . By t h e tltr.e t h a t g e n t l e m a n got o u t I t was couth of t h a t t o w n ,
dicating thiH there was nn orchestra on board. It looked as though
h a v i n g t a k e n b u t t h r e e o r f o u r m i n u t e s t o go t h e t v e l v e d i e t , Aljona
there islpnt be roor. for another set but all efforts to hall were
was c a l l e d up and d i s c o v e r e d I t In t h e n o r t h w e s t . E s t h e r r l l l e , twenty
m i l e s west o f A r c s t r o r . g , soon s i g h t e d i t and r e p o r t e d t o B a n c r o f t . It
futile. It passed here at ten miles and h o u r , but [Link] to increase
had now p a s s e d by E s t h c r v i l l e and was a p p a r e n t l y h e a d i n g f o r S p i r i t
tlie rate as It stenred toward the n o r t h w e s t . There Is no longer doubt
Lafce, twenty m i l e s f u r t h e r . Having l o s t Bight of i t now we in Bancroft
in this locaiitv that the air skip is the real thing, and all stand
went t o b e d , b u t Armstrong and Swea C i t y r e p o r t e d I t as h a v i n g passed
In awe of this wonderful phenomenon. It was witnessed by many of our
back by them a t a b o u t 1 o ' c l o c k . T h e r e was g r e a t e x c i t e m e n t .
■ ■■ ~nnt pro>-lnci>t M t f nuin fnclurilna J. II. H u l b e r t . S. S h o p m n k e r , J.I. .WILL INVESTIGATE. / H o l s t e i t i C o r r e s p o n d e n t T h i n k s A i r s h i p Theory F o s s i -
H<'(,nn(i|>H 1 . ■■i-'Myr ;>r. C.H. S c o t t . W.K. J o h n s t o n , I..W- wood nnd ' b l e , b u t Hot P l a u s i b l e . / S p e c i f t o t h e T i n e s - R e p u b l i c a n .
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SAYS 11F. IS T1IE AIRSHIP MAN. h ' o l s t e l n , A p r i l 1 3 . — I s I t p r u d e n t t o say a n y t h i n g about t h e a i r ­
f ' f f c r s ---aha) ,„ s h i p ? We bad a l i t t l e e x p e r i e n c e S a t u r d a y n i g h t t h a t ciy a^d t o t h e
■J A p r i l " .a S t a t e [Link] (Oes H . J , p . 3. (card 1) c u r r e n t news about I t . About 6:15 I was r e a d i n g t h e a c c o u n t i in t h e
T i c e s - R e p u b l l c a n t o sooe l a d i e s a t home and went out of doora t o s e e
:iAi) A.'i AIi'-':ilP "-F TliCIH OWN / Some P r a c t i c a l J o k e r a Sent L'p a Fake A l r - I f I t was v i s i b l e . Thdre I t waa in t h e ■ n o r t h w e s t about o n e - t h i r d of
s n l p and Fooled h u n d r e d s of P e o p l e , / I t Waa C l e v e r l y Hade and C r e a t e d t h e way up from t h e n o r l i o n t o t h e t e n i t h . I t was a b r i g h t l l f i h t of a
.'luch E x c i t e m e n t - - ! t F i n a l l y Caught A f i r e . / P a r t of t h e Mystery S u r - r e d d i s h c o l o r , r e s e t t l i n g lamp l i g h t , a b o u t s i x i n c h e a a l o n g t h e b o t t o n
r c u M i n g ti.« S i g h t s ^'blch iiave Been Seen Here E x p l a i n e d — A n A e r i a l and o f n e a r l y t h e sajce h e i g h t , o n l y p r o j e c t i n g upwards a t t h e u p p e r
l o r p e d o Cot Loose. r i g h t hand c o r n e r . I t i n co way r e s e o b l e d t h e l i g h t of k t h e d i f f e r e n t
Some p r a c t i c a l J o k e r s who l i v e on t h e e a s t s i d e had a g r e a t d e a l of s t a r s e i t h e r i n s l i e , c o l o r or b r i l l i a n c y . The l a d l e s c u e out t o s e e
fun at t h e e x p e n s e of t h e p u b l i c on Sunday n i g h t and by a c l e v e r l y e x e ­ I t , a l a o o u r 6 t a t l o n a g e n t , Mr. Woodburn, and h i s f a m i l y , - e were a l l
c u t e d t r i e * t h e y r-jde h u n d r e d s of p e o p l e b e l i e v e t h a t a f u l l s i i e d and o f t h e o p i n i o n i t c o u l d n o t be s t a r l i g h t . I t remained s t a t i o n a r y f u l l /
f i g g e d a i r s n i p was w h i r l i n g o v e r lies K o i n e s . h a l f an h o u r . I t h e n a t a r t e d down town t o g e t o t h e r s t o l o o t a t i t .
I t g r a d u a l l y d e s c e n d e d and ooved n o r t h w e s t .
The r^en who p e r p e t r a t e d t h e j o k e o b t a i n e d t h r e e l a r g e paper b a l l o o n s
ji'i>Hi f i v e !r-{ In O J n w i f t . Tli f y f n s l e n e d t h e " on s l i e h l h o a H So Dr. Smith and C.I.. W i l s o n , d r u g g i s t , carte o u t and we watched i t
|!<,it Wis h ' l [Link] i-cif [Link] . l t d by t u v c r i i l f e u t utul Ll^n tiicn i l l was s i n k and d i s a p p e a r in t h e w e a t . I an not p r e p a r e d t o l a y i t was o r
in r e a d i n e s s t h e y I n f l a t e d t h e b a l l o o n down i d t h e s e c l u s i o n of Coon tut was n o t a r t i f i c i a l , l i g h t , b u t " ~ a l l o f u i who s'a'w" i t i n c l i n e s t r o n g l y
r i v e r b o t t o m s and s t a r t e d i t on t h e j o u r n e y . to the belief that I t v a i . I a h a l l c a r e f u l l y watch t h e s a s e p o i n t
The b a l l o o n s , or r a t h e r t h e a i r s h i p , r o s e v e r y r a p i d l y and was soon each c l e a r n i g h t , and i f I t a p p e a r s a g a i n a t o r n e a r t h e s a c e p l a c e in
some 200 y a r d s above t h e e a r t h . When i t r e a c h e d t h a t h e i g h t i t s t r u c k t h e h e a v e n s i t w i l l e s t a b l i s h t h e f a c t I t was a p e c u l i a r s t a r . If i t
a c u r r e n t of a i r b e a r i n g n o r t h e a s t and l e a d i n g d i r e c t l y * x « i a c r o s s t h e d o e s n o t , o r a p p e a r s a t some o t h e r p o i n t , i t w i l l s t r e n g t h e n t h e b e l i e f
east side. T h i s was J u s t what was wanted t o make t h e Joke c o m p l e t e . t h a t I t was a r t i f i c i a l l i g h t and t h e a i r s h i p t h e o r y r e c e i v e m a t e r i a l
The c u r r e n t of a i r was a s t r o n g one and in l e e s t i n e t h a n I t t a k e s t o support here. I t waa seen fron C a l v a , t h e n e x t s t a t i o n e a s t , a t t h e
t e l l i t t h e a i r s h i p was s a i l i n g down upon Dea K o i n e s a t a t e r r i f i c r a t e same t i c e and p l a c e . In t h i s age of f r e a k s and f o l k s i t l i not w l i e
of s p e e d , h u n d r e d s of p e o p l e saw I t coming and w i t c h e d I t v e r y c l o s e l y t o swallow t h i n g s o f t h i s n a t u r e t o o r e a d i l y , S t i l l we must not t o o
and h u n d r e o s of p e o p l e were c o n v e r t e d to t h e I d e a t h a t t h e r e r e a l l y was r a s h l y t u r n o u r b s c x e on and s n e e r a t s c i e n t i f i c p o s s i b i l i t i e s . Too
an a i r s h i p B a l l i n g o v e r our h e a d s . But u n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e l i t t l e a l r a h l f much has been a c c o m p l i s h e d once t h o u g h t i m p o s s i b l e . J u l e s V e r n e ' s
c a u g h t f i r e and in a few m i n u t e s came down t o t h e e a r t h . It I t had n o t H a u t i l u s , once J e e r e d and h o o t e d a t , I s now v e r i f i e d and in p r a c t i c a l
c a u g h t f i r e t h e r e would have a l w a y s been h u n d r e d s of p e o p l e In tee o p e r a t i o n In s u b m a r i n e n a v i g a t i o n . Why not a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n ! /
Molnes who would have sworn t o t h e i r dying day t h a t t h e y had aeen an DROWNED AT RHODES. / A Ha* from t h a t Tovn Says t h e S t r a n g e S h i p Vaj
airship. Wrecked T h e r e .
THE AIRSHIP MYSTERY SOLVED. R h o d e s , A p r i l 13,—We have n o t i c e d f o r some days t h e account cf t h e
One of R i c h ' s A e r i a l Torpedoes Broke Away During t h e E x p e r i m e n t s . a p p e a r a n c e of a a l n g u l a r o b j e c t i n t h e a i r , s u p p o s e d by s o t e t o t e «o
I t has J u s t t e e n d i s c o v e r e d t h a t one of t h e o y s t e r l o u s a l r k s s h i p s airship. I t w i l l p r o b a b l y be »een no c e r e . S a t u r d a y n i g h t about l i
t h a t h a s been seen for t h e s e v e r a l weeks p a s t i n d i f f e r e n t p a r t s of t h e o ' e l o c x o u r c i t i i e n s were s t a r t l e d by t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f a very b t l g r . t
s t a t e b c l o n r s by r l p h t a t o Des H o i n e s . D u r i n g t h e l a t t e r p a r t of F e b ­ l i g h t in t h e h e a v e n s , r a p i d l y a p p r o a c h i n g f r o o t h e s o u t h w e s t . A l a r g e
r u a r y l a s t a f i e l d t r i a l o r t e s t of t h e Rich a e r i a l t o r p e d o b a l l o o n was crowd waa soon on t h e s t r e e t s ,« nd a s t h e o b j e c t a p p r o a c h e d i t s e e s e d
g i v e n by t n e p r o m o t e r s of t h e e n t e r p r i s e , a f u l l d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e l u t o come n e a r e r t h e e a r t h . I t soon came so n e a r t h a t t h e sound cf
t e s t and t r i a l of which was g i v e n in t h e column* of The R e g i s t e r a t t h e m a c h i n e r y c o u l d be h e a r d , which aocn b e c a s e a t l o u d as a a i h e a v y t r a i n
o f c a r e . A l l a t o n c e t h e a e r i a l i r o n s t e r t o o k a sudden p l u n g e downward
I t now a p p e a r s t h a t an a c c i d e n t o c c u r r e d t h a t was n o t mentioned by and was immersed In t h e r e s e r v o i r of t h e C . H . l S t . FTULI r a i l w a y , v n l c b
t h e men In c h a r g e a t t h e t i m e , t h e y f e e l i n g r a t h e r c h a g r i n e d in h a v i n g i s a l m o s t a l a k e , c o v e r i n g about e i g h t a c r e s of l a n d , .So pen can d e s ­
the a c c i d e n t . I t la now l e a r n e d t h a t out of t h e n u c b e r of a e r i a l t o r ­ c r i b e what f o l l o w e d . The b o i l i n g l a v a !::= Vesuvius p o u r i n g i n t o t h e
pedoes maoe, t h e r e was one of u n u s u a l s i z e , t h e i n t e n t i o n of t h e p r o ­ sea could only equal i t . The l i g h t waa ao l a r g e and had c r e a t e d t o
m o t e r s b e l n j t o have t h l a one a s c e n d In a s n e a r a p e r p e n d i c u l a r l i n e ai much h e a t t h a t t h e h o r r i b l e h i s s i n g which o c c u r r e d wnen t h e »o.-.iter
f o a s l b l e for the p u r p o s e of a s c e r t a i n i n g t h e d e p t h of t h e lower s t r a t a plunged i n t o t h e l a x e c o u l d be h e a r d f o r n i l e a and t h e . w a t e r of t h e
of a i r c u r r e n t , and In o r d e r t o o b t a i n t h i s r e s u l t a b a l l o o n of s t r o n R
 rtorrviilr --.n, u 11. t [Link] the nuned (.and could not be held in it. As
txo :ople who saw it. rhe fact that T.-.e Hs-K-tye
soon its trie vrec* .-an be raised out of the water a full description of
the macnlnf will be iient. JOilK UUTLtlH. /
***** •JMp
balloon was 6een B"o far west as Pome, Iowa, proves 116 adaptability
Saw It at Wesley. / [Link] to the Tices-Rcpublican, for Buch a purpose. /
Wesley, April 13.—The wonderful airship wc have been reading about Monoouth Review: The"air-shlp neck" will have to le count** a
being Been in different parts of the state of late has been seen twice dcdern malady as cuch as the "bicycle face" and kindred Ills, if these
l.i tr,c vlcl.-lty of Wesley during the past week. On Friday evening sjysterlous heavenly visitors Keep scaring about by day a.-.d nifht.
about 3 p.r... a couple of our prominent ladies, en their way to a cot- Whatever it Is, the airship maics an interesting thece of conversai Ion.
tagc prayer meeting, noticed something flying » along In the sxy and Cf course, the fake that vas perpetrated Saturday night in Purll.-gtc,
as it car:e nearer they saw that it vas what is supposed to be an alr- when The Hawk-Eye folks sent up a paper balloon and had everybody
snlp. They described it as being about twenty or thirty feet long, guessing, will shake the faith of some. /
with a window In the side K showing a red colored light. They watched Calesburg Kail: In Burlington the efforts of the residents were
it for a few rlnutes as it moved in a northwesterly direction as It rewarded by seeing a dull red light pass to the north. Then it vas
passed by their view, and it showed a large round red light at the found tbat i n u some youngsters had teen sending up balloons, and they
rear end. Last [Link]-ht at 6: 3C p,m. our railroad agent received a [Link]- declared the ship was a fake. Galesburg people aay that the light seen
sai-e fron the agent at Garner to look out for the airship. It was here could not coc-.e froc such a source, and also as* an explanation for
ccmlr.g west, lie came into the hotel at about 9 o'clock and told the the green lights. /
proprietor of the Sherman House about it. They went out to look for Dubuque Telegraph: Burlington has seen the air-ahlp. It passed
It, and it was not lor.? until they were rewarded for their trouble. over the city at 8:30. The town is talking of nothing else. The news-
It was seen cast cf Ka town and coved off in a southwesterly direction paper telephones have been hot with messages about it all [Link].
out of sight. Those vho saw it are very enthusiastic over it and are There are one or too people in the city, however, who are quietly
sure that It la a real airship. enjoying the exclteeent, and they feel veil repaid for the trouble and
At a Terrific Rate. expense they went to to secure a paper balloon and send it up outside
Burlington, la., April 13.—Engineer F.L. Eullard the city, so that the breeie would carry It over the business pert ion.
Eav It at Melbourne. / Special to the Tines-Republican. These gentlemen, believing There was nore [Link] ion than anything
Melbourne, April 13---A number of our cltlineE claim to navd seen else about the airship, concluded to try an experlemnt. They secured
the air snip. At 9 o'clock Saturday night A.H. Miller, lumber oer- a paper balloon and sent it up at 8:30. The streets happened to be
chant, had Just entered the house when his son Ed called him to the full of people, and hundreds of then saw It sailing over their heads,
door to see what they Been to think vaa the airship. A large, blood The cry of "The air ship 1 The air ship," went up, and intense excite-
red lignt vaa plainly visible, bearing to the northwest. It was not ment followed. Then returns began to come in fron outlying towns,
over 200 feet high, and vas coving rapidly and was aoon lost to sight. telegraphed or telephoned, about the air-ahlp. The descriptions [Link]
5ulte a number can testify to seeing it. identical with those sent out from other cities—green, red and white
Says It's Venus. lights, wings, etc., all Included. Even people in Burlington swear
Cllntor., April 1 3 . — There was considerable excitement here last they sau colored lights accompanying the white light. The experiment
nignt when a thousand people were looking at the airship. Professor u a n cade to test the credulity of the people, and was eminently suc-
[Link], an astronomer kxa here of ouch note, put his large glass on c e f l a £ul. /
it and [Link] It to be the planet Venus, which is very brillla.-.t Just Crcer. Bay Airship a "Fake."
now. ~ne sky at tne lime was very k favorable for a view of It, also Creen Bay, His,, April 13.—The wonderful airship seen .ilove this
of Jupiter ana three of its coons, which were directly overhead. city Saturday night proves to have been alraply a huge practical Joke
worked on the unsuspecting public. It consisted of i larpe hot-air
balloon with a rod across the bottom, to which were attached two
Saw the [Link], pedal to the Times-Republican. Japanese lanterns. It uas sent up about 9:30 o*clock by several well-
Algcr.a, April 13-—Algona people saw what Is called the "airship" known residents, and to those who were not "on the Inside" It looked
llke a
nU-ht. It created considerable interest. veritable airahlp. Many claimed they could see the bodv of the
V6:.l April T^-
1- U j r l i r . g t o n , l a . , Hawit-Eye, p . T. "carS'll """ ' t n l n 8 < u i c n *fdder and vings. It caused intenst excitement. A sub-
urbnn resident now has the remnants which landed in his yard «bn;ut
AIRSHIP':. U.'S ,' p.c f l e e t l o n e and C o g e n t Fron Hear and D i s t a n t f e i n t s . / 10:30 o'clock.
P e o p l e [Link] [Link] Cue Cannot E e l i e v e All Cr.e S e e s — P r e s s C e m e n t on Photographed the Airhsip.
the tia-k-iye ' s d e m o n s t r a t i o n of a Fake. / Chicago, April 12.--
i} Iowa i t a t e n r c i s c c r , p . b.
"[Link];i ; nan r e a d In the Hawk-Eye t h a t a b a l l o o n vas t o be s e n t mrxprrrn
up fro.T. t h e Kiivk-i've b u i l d i n g l e s t e v e n i n g , I was a s t o n i s h e d t o Bee THE "AIRSHIP" IS SilF-N AGAIN. / S p e c t a t o r s Heard t h e '..'herls Co R<>und
now e a s y i t VCLIIJ be t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h e b a l l o o n was an a i r s h i p , "
and Saw Persons.
s o l . : a l i c r t n i'.lli [Link]. y e s t e r d a y . "The second b a l l o o n s e n t up on Mon­
Jewell, Iowa, April 13.--Special : The people of this rl«ce w n r
day [Link]; ccr.t 1 [Link]'J t o r i s e h i g h e r and h i g h e r u n t i l , when i t p a s s e d
greatly excited last night by the appearance of the so-called airship.
o v e r iicnr.'s O n r J c n , i t l o o k e d t o be 1 ,CC0 f e e t f r o a t h e e a r t h . The
It rrnde its appearance in a wouthwestcrlv direction at about 10:10
a l t e r n a t e s t r e a m s uf r e d , w h i t e and b l u e c a u s e d i t t o look a s if t h e r e
o'clock. Its course was directly over the town. The whirr of vneels
were a t l e a s t two l i g h t s and t h e o s c i l l a t i n g ciovecent gave i t t h e
was distinctly heard and sounded like the spinning of a top, Two
a p p e a r a n c e of b e i n g g u i d e d by sor.e o n e . No wonder t h e p e o p l e were
persons were distinctly seen aboard the ship. It appeared to be con­
deceived Saturday n i g h t . "
structed of a white rwtal with several propeller* worklnp horizontally
8 Waterloo Courier: The boys a t Cedar F a l l s h a v i n g s e n t up an a i r and two large ones on either end working perpendicularly. It changed
b a l l o o n d e c l a r e they n e v e r had HO much fun f o r 25 c e n t s b e f o r e In Its course several tires, and when about three miles northweat of here
t h e i r l i v e s , and a r e of t h e o p i n i o n t h a t they a r e not t h e o n l y ones it circled around Hud Lake [Link] tiries and disappeared In the north­
in t h i s q u a r t e r of t h e g l o b e who have been s p e n d i n g t h e i r h a r d - e a r n e d west.
cosh in F o u r t h of J u l y h a l l o o e s . And t h e i r s u s p i c i o n s a r e c o r r e c t , « n A BEKICHTti) COIIMUNITY,
a c c o r d i n g t o t h e B u r l i n g t o n Hawk-Eye of y e s t e r d a y , which t e l l s of an Stanhope, April 1 3 . — Special: The wonderful airship which has
e x p e r i m e n t wnich t o members o f i t s r e p o r t o r i a l s t a f f c a d e w i t h s a t i s ­ shaken this state fror center to circumference, has not only not ap­
factory r e s u l t s Saturday evening. / peared in this vicinity, but none of our prominent citizens even clain
Mt. P l e a s a n t News; The p e o p l e o f H t . P l e a s a n t and Henry c o u n t y In to have seen it. Stanhope, wc believe, stands absolutely alone In
c c ~ . o n w i t h o t h e r p e o p l e in Iowa, K a n s a s , N e b r a s k a , Wisconsin and this respect.
I l l i n o i s , have been [Link] e x c i t e d o v e r t h e now famous " a i r s h i p " t h a t h a s
p e r s i s t e n t l y s a i l e d a c r o s a t h e h e a v e n s in p l a i n view of t h e g a p i n g Apropos the Air Mvstery.
multitudes. 71.e phenomena h a s been a t t r i b u t e d t o s n a k e b i t e , i n d i g e s ­ Sutherland, 9 Iowa, April 13.--Ed. legister: Doas the IncK-sfJ
t i o n , o r weaK mind, by s o c c , o t h e r s o f a s c i e n t i f i c t u r n of mind have quotation refer to the air mystery over Kansae, Nebraska and Ic-a?
s p e c u l a t e d upon a n y t h i n g from a m e t e o r , t o a new world J u s t c r e a t e d , How Is it that the Ft. Dodge Coffin is closed when the [Link]'rv Is
w h i l e s o r . e , a very few, have a c t u a l l y and s e r i o u s l y r e g a r d e d i t as t h e hovered over us? This verse says;
t r i u m p h o f t h e a e r o n a u t , and t h a t t h e a i r s h i p ICsD a t l a s t a p r a c t i c a l "Our hopes, like towering falcons aim / At objects in an iir»
reality. Mt. P l e a s a n t p e o p l e have seen t h e " a i r s h i p " t w i c e t h e p e s t height. / The little pleasure of the game / Is from afar to view
week, once on Thursday n i g h t and a g a i n on S a t u r d a y n i g h t . It is also the flight."
due a g a i n t o - n i g . i t a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k . Haybe this refers to the tax payers and tax eaters contest row red
S u n d a y ' s iiavK-Eye e x p l a i n s t h e s i t u a t i o n , e x o n e r a t e s p r o h i b i t i o n i s t ! hot in Res Moines. We think r.o ulcer or leech can be either a y-ooJ
p u t s s c i e n t i s t t o r o u t e [ s i c ] , and g i v e s t h e l a u g h t o t h o s e whose partisan or a patriot. / A RFADFR.
i m a g i n a t i o n s ran r i o t witih t h e i r s e n s e s . / lo9? April It r-'edj Waterloo Laily Cojner, p. 5- leird
Keokuk C o n s t i t u t i o n - D e m o c r a t : In o r d e r t o d e m o n s t r a t e how e a s i l y
t h e p e o p l e cay be d e c e i v e d i n a w i t t e r of t h i s k i n d , The B u r l i n g t o n THAT 'ERE AIR SHIP. / THE LATEST FPCDL'CTICN / Of a wild I m a g i n a t i o n
Hawk-Lye i^ade a t e s t S a t u r d a y n i g h t , which i n e v e r y way proved a s u c ­ C o n c e r n i n g t h e Wanderer L i e s a t t h e B o t t o a o f Iowa S i v e r . /
cess. A t w e n t y - f i v e c e n t p a p e r b a l l o o n was p u r c h a s e d and two r e p o r t e r s The L a t e e t S t o r i e s .
were s e n t up a h i l l n o r t h of t h e c i t y t o send I t o f f . 3.e b a l l o o n lose
C o n s i d e r a b l e e x c i t e m e n t was c r e a t e d in Ceaar Rapids v e s t e r d a y Lv
g r a c e f u l l y and s a i l e d o v e r t h e c i t y in p l a i n s i g h t . Crowas o f p e o p l e
t h e r e p o r t t h a t t h e m v s t e r l o u s a i r s h i p had l a n d e d In t h e y a r d of A.H.
w a t c h e d i t In i t s coui se , and sor.e of t h e e x p l a n a t i o n s and e x c l a m a t i o n s
F o o t e , t h e v e n i a l t r a v e l i n g a u d i t o r o f t h e B u r l i n r t c n , Cedar S a p l d s t
were a b u s i n g I n d e e d . D i f f e r e n t f e a t u r e s of t h e a i r c h i p were e x p l a i n e d
, ' i o r t h e m . Many p e o p l e v i s i t e d t h e p l a c e and viewed t h e wonder. This
In such d e t a i l as c o u l d cone o n l y fron a v i v i d i m a g i n a t i o n . The i!avk-
I s no J o k e .
Eye e x p l a i n s now easy I t would be f o r t r a v e l i n g can t o c a r r y a dozen
of t h e s e a i r s h i p s In M s t r u n k and a t t h e end of each l o n g Jump on h i s But i t seems t h i t Mr. F o o t e has not c a r t - r e d t h e o n l v one of t h e j f
. ,, . , . ,. ., a e r i a l w o n d e r s , which have h e r e t o f o r e x shown t h e i r I l k l n ? t o t h e pop-
r o u t e go t o some q u i e t s p o t and s e t one a d r i f t t o F u » X e and e x c i t e t t a e , ^ C e d a ( . 8 f o u t e _ for about Q 0 , c l o c y j „ t rv,rAr,F the P o 8 l t l ■
 Telei-rapi. r >;.u,'rr 'it I'iintnn vircJ :'«nn,-er [Link]-nt an r o l l e r s
M- 1K')7 April 15 ITh) Des Molnes Register, p .
'Vest we i l l '.IK;-C = - to re the airship has .just rn^aeJ overhead
with l l ' T " i T i i U m i t li»-hts about 1 ,r,CO feet above us. C.-.e liirht is The "Airship" a Reality.
crecn. one rel [Link] one B bright [Link]. It Is .-cin? vest and you nay '•'internet, April I t . - - E d . Register: The a i r s h i p , which has teen
get a -[Link] ot I t - This burp Is wild." the center of Interest to the greater part of the Iowa population for
Just after the receir.t of this [Link] the rain tere.i to r>our the past week, had up u n t i l l a s t night treated Wlnteraet people with
down here and It in Sijfposnd the navigator of the a i r chanced his contempt, not even casting a single red or green flicker which the cc**
course, for r.e van not seen here. d i s t o r t e d i n i t i a t i o n could fora Into the aerial monster. But the
f i r s t Visions of I t . cotorman Of the rcaehioe evidently became conscious of the eagerness
The f i r s t airship seen—and one that seered actuallv to fiy and with which cany eyes In t h i s 1»*K town scanned the northwestern hea­
appeared to te under the control of I t s pilot—within the lost six vens, for l a s t night It appeared on schedule t i n e , 8:30 o'clock, and
[Link] was near [Link], Cal. , wny of the Inhabitants of t.-.at citv before i t had disappeared froa sight hundreds of responsible cltlier.s
declaring '.hut about 1 o'clock on the rorninn of J-icndsv, Nov. 16, they had had a good view of the cachine. I t was traveling very slowly and
saw an aljrship pns3Sn> rapidly over the c i t y . Sor^e merely declared very near the ground, barely c l e a r i n g ' t h e doce of the court house, d i ­
they saw a brl,-ht l i s h t and nothing e l s e , while others went so far as r e c t l y over which I t passed. The construction of the nysterloui mach­
to a s s e r t they saw a clear-shaped flying [Link] and heard voices ine, as nearly aa i t la possible to describe I t , considering Its not
frois i t . tcs.e residents of Oakland, across the tav frorr. Fan Francis­ retaining long enough for an exhaustive examination to be cade, Is as
co, declared siso thev saw the sant eight a few nights previously. follows: In appearance I t waa a veritable ship such ai s a i l the water
According to Ceorpe C. Collins, a lawyer of San Francisco, it was CanD fcain, but waa of rather s n a i l dimensions, being not more than 150 or
a e r i a l a i r s h i p ar.d rade a Journey. 200 feet in length. The hull of the vessel vjie composed of a [Link]
Cn Dec. 1, John A. Heron, an e l e c t r i c i a n of San Jose, CA1.. in an cloud, the east and ropes were sprays of c i s t , while the s a i l s of light
m t e r v ; e w , said *o had been to Honolulu and tack in an a i r s h i p , tut fog flaunted gayly to the b r e e t e . I t was of the cost r.c-iern and ap-
refuoeJ to a ay [Link].r as to the inventor or the rcdel of his rjichine. proved p a t t e r n , capable of a speed of fron fifty to sixty knovts j f r
Heror. is t:.e ;«ter,tee of a plaatinuci apparatus. ' hour, and stated by BCT.e to be even g r e a t e r . It was manned by Charon
Nothln.- r.:re -T.s [Link] frc-s either of these ventures, and the *nd a son of Noah, who [Link] to have i t well In hand, and to he thor-
pjoilc Lid coasej to interest i t s e l f until Jan. 2 , a [Link]. l a t e r , a it oughly ««il±fli* acquainted with i t s workings, probably on account of
d l s r a t c n car.e frcr. -"<>^ francisco savin? that It would scon te sent up t h e i r long experience in the science of navigation. I t had the appear­
fro:?, there. This s t a f - e i U was ^Jide by authority of i:.-. C.A. Smith, ance of being a paesenger boat rather than a ican-of-var, and quite
president of the [Link] 1 Pacific Aerial Navigation cc.-.pany. The l i k e l y belonged to the line of which the "Flying Dutchman" it the nost
[Link]; power ■■«; to ie a Xnxiii; engine of ISO horse r * v e r , weighing noted exacple. I have now given as complete a description as the
c c r p l e t e 1"0 p-oanis . bounds of truth and veracity will circumscribe. The people hare r.o
Th- r'aron for ;:.<■ [Link] v i s i t o r s a i l i n c arouni so long is longer doubt the r e a l i t y of the a i r s h i p of which ths papers have r e ­
icccanifi for, no :':.llcv^: It is said that years ago a ruling was cently k«ixkitxx»»iilxiix«nl)rxaMX»Mxtxjt said so cuch , and v.-.ich up to
[Link]. ;.reve:,t;:.g ti.r rater.t office at Washington free-. Issuing patents l a s t night had been received only as an lrr-cense Joke by ther.
to inventors of itircMpr, , until the airship had been perfected and i t ______ ~V~}< i-sviss rnrzn.-.
had teen [Link]-i t:.nt i t was p r a c t i c a l . The reason for this 1B97 April 11 (Th) Iowa State Register,"pi 2d.
ruling was that so ~>i.-;y people were securing patents on flyir;g cacMnb
that were worthies'., tent It was felt the naney of these people was Captured at Audubon.
t-1.-,.- taken for nothing. / Audubon, April 14.— Special:— At [10:59] l a s t night, *a our citv
11«A [Link] , Aprii l-,--!-!any people here are confident that the marshal ([Link] (C]*rper) was going hone (we don't know where he hsd
a i r s h i p of the lnli-r-iay notoriety l i e s at the tot tor. of the Iowa been), he was hailed by Mr. "Clinton" Steinsaan ,o£ the Oaaha invention.
river a [Link] [Link] atove this c i t y . Shortly after dusk la6t even- thus: "Say, pard, can you t e l l me where I can get an eopty bulldlnf
Inp several :■•': le w<-re a t t r a c t e d by a [Link] like flash across the I can get In the balance of the nlghcl" "Yes, the C.R.I. I F. Co. )i-i»
neavens .IISJ atte.-.i'-J ly a whirring noise that the passage of a heavy an etcpty engine hou«e here you can get i n . " Our marshal opened the iet
Uoay th re-.-.-. '.:.c air i t i racid r a t e eight r^Ke. The lignt ar.d the door and i t suited Mr. "Clinton." Our marshal hid a long talk with ft■
aork for™ vi-.-.cti sncne-l to follow I t approached the earth at a t e r r i f i c "Clinton" In regard to the free advertising he l i getting. Ke t i l d
speed n.'i: j u r t n : s living near the river declare that i t struck the that John Butler, fron Rhodes, had either been drinking or else he
water a.".; ;[Link]; ily sunk out of sight. Those wno reached the point wanted to hurt hie reputation in what he said about going down in the
of tne i;:'.i»cl 's ui i'[Link] f i r s t clairt that tiie water was churned CM, a St. Paul r e s e r v o i r . He says, "Of course, I stopped there to
into a *.i.;rl ;V,'J1 n -,i that for a long distance the water was seething get water." Anyone wanting to see t h i s nachine can see It by poinc <o
ar.d Lolling, "i.i theory advanced by irany Is that the airship while Audubon to-day. Mr. "Clinton" will in ■ descend at fip.m. todav. Or
passing over '.;;: s section bec&ce unrjinafieable and in the efforts of any inquiries will be cheerfully answered bv addressing Cltv Karsn.U ,
the peorie a^[Link] to land shot downwards and plunged headlong into the Audubon, Iowa,
riv^r and nft»r otriklne the bottom the propelling power of the ship Maxwell, April 1(3).—Ed. Register:—In the snail houra of SatutJaj
dasned t h - » » u r s :[Link] a foaa. Nothing, can be seen frcs the surface • o t n i n g . when Che v i l l a g e was eleeping in sweet repose, down by the
and M i m n f [Link] core to tne surface that night indicate the nature of cheese foundry might have been seen a croud of boy. busily e n r . f e d in
the snip or i t s cccupints, and the supposition is that the occupants pu"l"f! a " « Into « balloon. Soon the o n s t e r of the clouds went up
were killed or drowned and with thea the secret of the . n i p . Search- ^ t 0 B P a c e a n d E a l l e d a u a y i n « northwesterly d i r e c t i o n . As Chas.
ing p a r t i e s are now being organised to eearch the river and if possi- B a r t l e t t was returning from h i s nightly v i s i t to the grog shon. the
ble rair.e the wrec K . Thousands are expected here every hour by spec- sole possessor of ^ h u g ^ r M t . n g u l - r ^ . p , he espied the firery c o n f e r
lol t r a i n s fror. a l l j arts of the [Link] and the wnoie r a t t e r has and set up a howl that s t a r t e d the whole v i l l a g e . Hen, women, and
Cfuse.l a i; c - -jer,:;aticn. The field 1B a green one for enterprising children scantily dressed ruahed Into the s t r e e t and detrjnded the
ccrrr;i: cr.;:'•:•■'■.a «.:.■■: •■'" [Link] phalanx is exrected In the rornlnc. cause of the disturbance, but before he could explain to [tits that 'he
10^? April i? il'ni Burlington, l a . , Hawk-Eye, p . 7- " h a d seen the a i r s h i p , i t had disappeared. He was «o excited over the
thing that he at once reported i t to The Register, but In his excite-
L&Harpe L'ces the Airship. oent forgot to sign hla own name. E. H. ALVERSON.
Laiiarpe , 1 1 1 . , April H,—(Correspondence.)—About 5:30 o'clock 1897 April 16 ( F r i ! Burlington, U . , iiaw'k-ty'e, p', 2.
HuturuHy [Link] your correspondent, with other c i t i z e n s who were on
the s t r e e t s , saw Q [Link] light floating over the City which was AIRSHIP POSITIVELY. SEES. / KXXIS Maiea a Short Stop Jlear Blntlcgha«,
prcpf-tly pronounced Ly these versed in aerial cechinlscs to be the Iowa.
far-reacning or s a i l i n g a i r s h i p . When f i r s t noticed i t wee d i r e c t l y Birmingham, l a . , April 1 5 - - - (Special. )—Between seven and eight
,
0 v e r ' t h e 7 n y 7 b u r t : r a d u I u y ' F a s a e d ' ' t o the "south* and l f t 8 r " f i f t M n * o r o ' c l o < * l w l t -i&*- * ^ ° " t e r object was seen approaching in the d l s -
a c e Trom tffcen f i r s t seen I t was descending
twe.-.ty [Link] disappeared from view. The l i g h t which at t i c e s be- ^Tery" rapidly' southerly
from a great direction
height, but on Hearing the e a r t h , descended
cojr.e b r i g h t e r , then dlr-cer, gave r i e e to nuch speculation. Soce be­ more slowly, and alighted in a ceadow lot three-quartera of a Kile
lieved i t to be a veritable a i r s h i p , of wnlch there seers to t e . west of t h i s place. A l«J-ge crowd of men and kuqc boys started for the
Judging frca the j r e a s , a "school" disporting themselves acong the scene, but when within about a hundred yards froa the ship i t slowly
lnl;[Link] of cerulean depths. Or, perchance. I t was the wanderer rose, with a very loud whirring sound, as i f of fastly revolving wheels
Orion digressing his parabolic path through the azure blue; or, or faas, and sailed slowly away In « northwesterly direction. It was
perhaps, i t was un advertising acheae In the shape of a balloon quite Boonlient, and two men could be d i s t i n c t l y seen. The structure
sent out Ly the enterprising Hawk-Eye to sho» which way the wind looked to be nearly 100 feet long by about twenty feet high, in the
1897 April iV (,'i'ti [Link]) iTes Hoines Leader, p. center, tapering down at each end, »fld waa lighted In colors. Tteee
-rr were two smaller l i g h t s , one red and one green, and the larger or.e cr
A Balloon at Washington. headlight, which hung suspended from the end, about eight feet below
Washington, April 14—An object was seen here in the sky l a s t night the prow of the ship. One of the men carried a alntern which he waved
which Is supposed to have been the a i r s h i p . City Night Watch E. C. as the ship ascended, but which disappeared soon afterward. It was
Norton saw It and eo did W. C. Chllcote, J r . , a r e l i a b l e merchant. watched by cany people here t i l l I t went out of s-kigX s i g h t , w h o J l l
When the night watch f i r a t saw i t i t was hovering over the earth, south-testify to the t r u t h of the e t a t e s e n t . / VH. H. WALTERS. /
east of t h i s c i t y and seemed headed In s westerly or southerly dlrectf- SAW THE AIRSHIP, B'GOSH. / Two I l l i n o i s Farcers Hake Affidavit to the
ion. The hi'ddllght looked to be about the s l i e of a big lantern. Var- Fact.
ious rumors in reference to I t are a f l o a t . Frank Brlnton, airship in- Springfield, 1 1 1 . , April 15-— cAdolph Winkle and John Hulle, fans
vvntor, has been clssing fron hie home near here for about ten daya and hands, have cade an affidavit that the a i r ship landed two t l l c i north
rrjny think he has completed his craft and la plowing the atiaosphere of here at noon to-day. They v i s i t e d the ship and convened with the
over his native country. He Is a very peculiar can, and had been Instates—two men and or.e wocAn, They repaired the e l e c t r i c apparatus
working j t !.i9 airship for noarly tuo years, and he cay te perfecting and the searchlight ar.d machinery. They said thay came here from
nls ^acnlnu before exhibiting i t to the world. There has been cuch
apc'Culatlen over the mysterious craft today.
 ' C u l n c y in t n i r t y .-.[Link], v l l l maj.e a r e p o r t t o t h e (rovcrr-sent when
1X2,
t the p o i n t where t h e o b j e c t ■*« a p p e a r e d t o l a n d and g e t t i n R i t * a » -
Cub* la J u c i a r e J f r e e . Tl.c s h i p and I t a c c c u p a r . t * l e f t f o r t h * s o u t h t r o n o o l c a l p o i l t l o n aa r a l a t a d t o (he v i r i o u a c o n s t e l l a t i o n * a b o v s , ).■
a t 1 o ' c l o c x . Ll:l» a f t e r n o o n . Thex f a r r a c r a ' d e s c r i p t i o n ID s i m i l a r t o c a r e f u l l y wended h l a waa t o t h a n o r t h end of t h « E i g h t h a t r a a t b r l d ( «
the description heretofore given, / o v e r I n d i a n c r e e k , w h e r e , a i had been e x p e c t e d , t h a p a r c e l vaa found,
Looking for t h e A i r s h i p , t i e d i n n a n i l l a >.aper w i t h a p i e c e of r e d *nd w h i t e s t r i n g , i t » i l a r t o
Kornlr.g - u n , l a . , A p r i l 1 5 . — ( C o r r e s p o n d e n c e . ) — » ' o r d e a c e from t h a t u s e d by e a r t h l y d r u g g i s t * .
K e i t h s b u r g l a s t e v e n i r . g t h a t t h e a i r s h i p had t e e n Been, and I t was S i n c e i t was a d d r e s s e d t o oo one i n p a r t i c u l a r , t h e r e p o r t e r opened
. headed toward Horning Sun. Everybody had h i s b e s t g i r l , and van on t h e p a c k a g e and p e r u s e d w i t h c o n a i d e r a b l e i n t e r e s t I t a c o n t e n t ! , the
the watch, Come e v e n v e n t t o W s p e l l o , t h i n k i n g t h e y e i g h t have a whole b t i n g w r i t t e n on « r a r e o l d p a r c h r . e n t i n a l a b o r i o u s l y e x a c t hand,
b e t t e r v i e w o f t h e m o n s t e r , b u t , a l a s , no a i r s h i p a p p e a r e d . and t h e g r e a t e r p a r t of i t r e l a t i n g t o p e o p l e known t o C o u n c i l B l u f f a .
The m y s t e r y waa, of c o u r s e , d e e p e n e d by t h i s d l a c o v e r y , and t h e r e ha*
1897 A p r i l 16 (Frl) Cedar R a p i d s (la) Evening C a i e t t e . p. 1.
e v e r s i n c e b e e n I n t h e r e c e p t i v e mind of t h e r e p o r t e r a f e e l i n g of
IS A CLEVER FAK£. / A i r s h i p Comas Down a t Waterloo with One P a B s e n g e r - - d r e a d " n
="« I n t
V n o t
wnmiMd w i t h f e a r and a k i n t o t h a t which aei.e.
t h e e d l C o r w h e n t h e b d nifln o f t h e t o u n e e n d U n o t a t h l t h
His Companion Drowned in the Cedar. / Damage t o M a c h i n e r y Br i n g s t_h _
e ' • P * « * H 11
c , i l l n n b o u r
Mysterious Voyager to Earth — Is Visited by T h o u s a n d s . / T h o u s a n d s Here * -
WRITER KNEW H E L E N .
Hoaxed.
The fact that the flrat paragraph stated M r s . Helon 0 . Whealsr-
W a t e r l o o , Iowa, A p r i l 1 6 , — T h e m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p l a n d e d a t W a t e r - „ „ . ■ , , ,_, „ ,, ,,,
, r , , , ,' T, , J. . , , . P e t e r m a n - e t c . - P r y o r v a a a t p r e a e n t l o c a t e d l n Chippewa F a l l s , W i * . ,
l o o at 3:59 o c l o c k t h l a morning. T h e r e was a b r e a k i n i t s c o m p r e s s o r , . , , . . _ , .. . ,
. . . .. . . , . , . . . may bg i v e t h e r e a d e r some key t o t h e m y s t e r y of t h e p a c k a g e , and a g a i n
m a c h i n e;ry.
ry. Iit
t llies now on
i e s now on the
t h e river
r i v e r bank
bank on on the
t h e old
o l d circus ground
c i r c u s ground , .. ,, , ' L T . . . .
it nay n o t . M r . Pryor w a a well and thappy, the parchment declared, and
near the 8.C.R. 1 N . track.
waa casting about to aee if there were not mora huabanda and town* she
One can came down with I t . He gave hie n a p e as Jourgensen. He a
could conquer in that easy m a n n e r which has characterized her conquest!
said he had a c o m p a n i o n , P r o f . Stormout, when the ship started from
of the p a s t . H e r late fall out of D*s H o i n e s , w h e r e she had apent the
San Francisco March 2 5 .
comfortable hank account of a drug clerk, or w a a alleged to have done
P f o f . Stormout fell overboard Just before the ship landed, and is
a o , at l e a s t , was sketched b r i e f l y , and It waa said that there v « *
lost in trie Cedar river.
B O B B proapect of her making up with one of h e r numerous «x-hu»bind*
The ship Is ln the shape of two large c o n e s , with cabin and o p e r ­
a n d
ating c^chlnery between then. It encountered severe s t o r e * , but atood " b u i l d i n g a m i n e d home in M i n n e s o t a ,
Ton Davson's Dame v a a noticed, in the next paragraph, and, on wad­
then w e l l . Jourgensen Is a tall, thin nan 55 years o l d .
ing through iti rather wordy d e p t h . It w a s found that ha vaa ln
T h o u s a n d s of people a r e visiting the spot whdre the cysterloua
W a s h i n g t o n and~Kad the secretaryship of the Paris legation on one end
thing l i e s . of a string and w a s holding fast the other end. T h i s , the p a r c h n e m
The following telegram Jas'lcnedlately sent out hy The G a z e t t e , ad- averred, w a s the reason he had not returned home y e t . He was tooethinf
dressed to the C o u r i e r : like the boy following the calf around the b a r n y a r d , holding It* n i l ,
TELEGRAM. who couldn't let go because it was all he could do to hold o n .
Cedar R^pida, l a . , April 1 6 , 1 8 9 7 . Frank Compton's w h i s k e r s , said the historian of the airship, fur­
To the C o u r i e r , W a t d r l o o , Iowa; ther on In h i e acoll ( s c r o l l * ) , had last been sighted ln New fork,
Aru you all drunk up there, or was that airship carried out to the where they were being w o v e n Into a rug by a progressive iurrier, who
fair ground), for exhibition purposes at so ouch per headl Wire us had found it (much) cheaper to manufacture ruga of (gunn)ysackinf in
quick special giving personal opinion. W e want 5 0 0 words of n e w s , but this m a n n e r than to make them of genuine animal s k i n s , the public re!n(
no r o t . / I K E C A Z U T E C O M P A N Y . even better pleased with the new than the old product because of [he
lessening of the tendency of the hair to pull o u t . The peculiar!*'
To this an anwiir was returned as follows: / W a t e r l o o , l a . , A p r i l stiff curl at the end of each whisker from Compton'a beard, It was
lb, 1897. / Gazette, Cedar R a p i d s , Iowa: Btated, seemed calculated to make an especially desirable rug so [Link]
The airship has two cigar-shaped c y l i n d e r s , canvas-covered, thirty- as this question w a a concerned. Their very rich and glossy black has
six feet long and »evtn feet in diameter at the largest p a r t . It has also greatly adwlred.
a U o a screw propeller and fins along the s i d e s . It is now being "Local Health Officer KcCrary'a new show polish has been introdu-
viewud by thousands. It lies on the river bank and there Is no charge ced In C h i c a g o , but owing to the peculiar shape and extraordinary alie
to see It. It Is fl raist excellently executed fake. /COURIER. ^ o f the pedal extremities of the residents of that metropolis or frcn
„..,^,..,..™.„„.....„.,.,f.„(j C ( ) u n c U Bluffs (la) Daily n o n p a r e i l , p . '1. ?aome o t h e r cause it haa not been a great s u c c e s a , " proceeded Iron (he
veracious p a r c h m e n t . It w i l l be remembered that HcCrary did not cake
Saw the A i r s h i p . / Citizens at Underwood V i e w the Machine That F l i e s . / a great success of his first venture with the new p o l i s h , but that H I
Special to the iiaily N o n p a r e i l . undoubtedly from "some other c a u s e . "
U n d e r w o o d , l a . , April 1 5 . — A very peculiar and brilliant light w a s NOT A SUCCESS.
seen to pass over this city last night about 9 o'clock. It came down A f t e r disposing of this s u b j e c t , which he dilated on at c o n s d e r a M e
quite low to within a few miles or so of h e r e and then It ascended length, the historian proceeded: "Cocking mains are now being held «t
and when It was directly over the city it w a a quite high. After It ha. an obscure point across the river from Council Bluffa, owing to the
had passed over it went down iantaix much lower and the shape of the recent action of the police in your c i t y , and they are enjoying a
machine could be seen distinctly. It w a s like a boat and had s o m e ­ derful a t t e n d a n c e . O n a recent evening one of the largest crowds of
thing on each side which seemed to b e w i n g s . . It w a s brilliantly the oeaaon turned o u t and enjoyed fifteen tm or twenty rounda of fierce
lighted and could be easily distinguished from the s t a r e , even at Its and rapid fighting, but atill the show In general w a s not esteeemed a
greatest h e i g h t . At least two reputable c i t i z e n s saw it and it waa s u c c e s s , as J a c k Vhittaker waa unable to b e p r e s e n t . "
w a t c h e d until it disappeared in a northeasterly "Your old friend, Lady Fittgersld, is in K a n a a * City and her dapper
direction.
little lordahip ia close 'by her s i d e ' — l n fact, she never lets hin get
p , 3 — I f that airship cannot b e controlled by any other w a y why not out of sight n o w a d a y s , for fear some other widow will tfmbetile hin. Me
atill_t5lla in mournful tonea, It ia said, how he v a * robbed wlthlnn a
try the interstate cocmerce law on iti
17,2 alights at Waterloo / 1 7 , 3 — I s there any bottom to that airshlpl fev~hours of"his marrigge of all the ready cash h e poaaeased", sorwthinj
18 3 — T 0 m Collins would be a perfectly good n a m e for that a i r s h i p . like S 4 o o , ln O m a h a , and they have been obliged to defer their v o v » c e
1
1897 April 16 (Yd) Daily Nonpareil (Council B l u f f s , l a . ) , p.J. <cd. i ) ' " ° ^ " d to the estate of G l e n d a l o u g h , county w i c k l o v , Ireland, until
they can save enough to pay the freight, which,of c o u r s e , will he no
AIR SHIP APPEARS / CROUD VIEWED IT OVER T H E OPERA HOUSE LAST EVENING. / <"»all Item."
RED AJJD CREEU LIGHTS O R K A M E h T E D T H E "CRITTER" A N D T H E R E WAS MUCH WONDER "The circulation end of the New York Journal is anxioua to hav« .m
K E N T AMONG T H E STAR-CAZERS — S T R A N C E A N D MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE DROPS PT?0M interview with Capt .Fraser, now sojourning in your city, and thourh
THE V E S S E L , III WHICH MANY PEOPLE FAMILIAR TO COUNCIL BLUFFS A R E KNOWING- the department is organized for circulation I t , in this Initante, de-
LY REFERRED T O . / sires to stop circulation. T h e captain ia adviaed to aollclR subscrlp-
c l o n B f o r a 0 M o t h e r
A large crowd enjoyed the gyrations of the a i r ship ln the region P * P e r hereafter."
THOSE S T O C K I N G S .
above the opera house last e v e n i n g . From twenty-five to 100 persons
enjoyed the eublltte spectacle and a field glass procured by one of the "The petition of H r s . Mynster for an order of court ■ conpelllnp
more fortunate [Link] of the assemblage was passed along from one pair her husband to allow her more s t o c k i n g s , has been placed on file bv
of eyes to another with eager curiosity and keep enjoyaent plainly the celestial council of which the writer of this ia the aecretar-f.
w r i t t e n on the faces of the company in the same manner that a p h y s i o g ­ It is thought the request cannot be acted on here because of lack of
nomy changes in one of the "before and a f t e r " a d v e r t i s e m e n t s . The ahip jurisdiction and that Judge Smith of your city will probably have to
had the appearance flven It by the paragraphers a n d , In addition oto pass on the m a t t e r . "
the outlines cocsnonly credited to i t , indulged In a pair of peculiarly "The various hats of Ed. Rogere w h o , we are informed, r u m a wet
beautiful l i g h t s , one red, the other green. Of course this feature goods emporium on Broadway, Council B l u f f s , waa to have won If the
held a great deal of attention and many were certain that it waa none manufacture bill had not passed, are still oo h a n d , and will be d e ­
of the ordinary sort of a i r s h i p s , but was a n e w evening star or s o m e ­ livered to the other fellows on request."
thing. This idea l n e t v^1^ '**■ favor, however, and by far the greater Seeing that the parchment was still slouly unroll inf* and Rave no
part of the congregation w a s con-ldent it was nothing else than the signs of nearlng the e n d , the reporter, noticing that th« hour was
real thing. getting late and fearing that two moons would soon appear behind tha
postofflce clock tower, w h e r e there should be but o n e , beat a hasty
A reporter for the Nonpareil waa on the ground, being in that r e a -
pect similar to the remainder of the crowd, but in addition to this, retreat for the office and turned In his 6coop.
while peering through the strong g l a s s e s , he had thoughtfully borrowed 1897 A p r i l 16 (Fri) D«» Kolnea Register , p. lJ. " ' (card 1]
from the hore race c r i t i c , he noticed a snail package drop from the
corner of the ship In which the green light w a s located, a n - fall rapid- A R O U N D T H E WORLD IN AH HOUR / Forest City Man W r i t . , an Interesting
ly and in almost a straight line to the ground. Noting the l o c a t i o n . Account of the "Airship" / W a a Picked Up by the Aari.l [Link] and
 12.3 ) and alwaya right aide up with cars; tha e l e c t r i c M t i r t
Take. Completely Around the World. / Entire Trip Occupied But an Hour— her (
S c i e n t i f i c l.e.-i^ripiiippi of Vessel That Coco at Lightening Speed. / TIAJK compress the a l t , vhlch furniah part of tht aotlva powtr a l a l l a r to
A RIDE IN tJt AIRSHIP. / An Iowa Man Demoniitratee the P o s s l b l l i t l e a of tha aethlod of a iky r o c U t . A* tb* conprtased a i r aacspaa It haa a
Aerial ltd, i..ation. tendency to drive ua ahead, I I ve vlah to change our eourae v« use
Forest ^ity, Iowa, April 17.--Ed. Register; I t la not often that thia or that lever vblch only changes the relation of the bov of the
an ordinary bi:=.an being could eipect to be so fortunate aa to auccess- shlc to the l e v e l e . If we a i l walk over to one tide of the ihip It
fully r i d e , s i l l , s l i d e or fly thoough the a i r at the rate of about 100 ^ ^ n Q d l r f e r e D C e i a, the levele open Just that such more escape for
miles per clnute, safely, pleasantly and without the leaat l«praaalon the compressed a i r , ' which always keeps her . . In . due. font. ..Now vr are
that we were like meteora crossing and recroaslng the continent in an over San Francisco, and out over the P a c i f i c . We will herurr, . 1 . « , , .
hour. i c o . Hew Orleans, Dei Koines, and safely land you within the hour .1
The a l l aosorbing thought of the p o s s i b i l i t y of human genius being the'very Spot where put ve found you. The nature and construction ,-r
ablt to construct a device that would overcome g r a v i t a t i o n , f r i c t i o n , the ship will be the subject of another chapter; hew we overcooe
and the many obstacle* in the way of navigating the a i r waa coaeumlng f r i c t i o n , aupply ouraelvea with a i r , e t c . , ve hop* to give up to irr
me sa I was l e i s u r e l y walking through the a t r e e t a of our quite c i t y public In the near future when i t w i l l be practicable for (caaia [Link]
i t a l a t e hour l a s t evening. uae. The aearch l i g h t s with which they i r e supplied alone would be a
I t waa very far from my mind at that time, that in leaa than an subject ■ f r n n r i > T " - " r ' * " T f * * ' " ' f ° r * volume. Magnetic a t t r a c t i o n , "

opened
t l c a t e d atorlea of a i r s h i p s , flying machines, e t c . , but In an inatant on t h i s moat wonderrul and I n t e r e s t i n g t r i p , a detailed account of
I t was out of sight, and the beating of my heart in anticipation of vhlch I hope to give as aoon aa I r«cover fro* ay surprise. VJL^!^.
being able to verify the many l a moors was very discouraging t r u l y . l69l April 10 uViJ Dea Koine* p. 10.
But In a moment a rushing Bound aa of a swiftly passing t r a i n hieh
up In the heavens convinced me that h there was something unusual near THE AIRSHIP IN PARIS.
at hand; yet not a light of any kind was to be seen where only a few The a i r s h i p i s a t l U in the a i r . Thia er/ature of the Imagination
seconds before vas a blate like the glaring sun. has found lta way across the ocean. The Figaro, one of theleadir.g
In an Instant more the wonderful airship shot past me not more u J i t p u b l i c f t t i o n i ' o f " ^ ^ ^ " ^ * * been"discussing i t seriously and the d i s -
than twenty feet above oe head; not a sound or a speck of l i g h t ; then c u a f l l o n e h a T e c e e n cabled tack to the Bev fort paper*. The Parisian
1 for the f i r s t time r e a l i i e d that It waa returning d i r e c t l y toward me, Journal takes a graat deal of i n t e r e s t in the American invention. It
but very slowly as though floating on the * current of a r i v e r . say* t h a t at l e a s t a doien prominent men of iclence in Europe are work­
When within ten feet of where I stood, florae one stepped out on the ing on the problen of a e r i a l navigation. 5o«* of thea have nade core
stern of the ship, as I will c a l l i t , although l i t t l e resembling an progress than o t h e r s , but none a* yet ha* lolved the problem. The
ordinary sailing vessel, and Bpoke to me, saying; "Well, what do you Figaro Choldsl that the neva **«t which coses from "western Anerlca"
think of i t ? " may be r e l i a b l e .
I was for a moment almost too surprised to answer, but f i n a l l y s a i d ; The confidence in a e r i a l navigation la a l i t t l e s t a r t l i n g . In
"Prom a l l the data at hand I aa unable to form any definite Ideas, only western America we are not so ready to believe. Hundreds of ten have
of surprise and wonder." sworn in the stateisent* that they have Been the a i r s h i p , tut moat or
"Well, s i . ..' you are not p a r t i c u l a r l y s u p e r s t i t i o u s and will step us continue in a nebulous a t a t e of doubt. We v t l l not believe It un­
aboard, we will guarantee you perfect safety to both wind and body and t i l ve have thrust our hands, or our bodies, into the wonderful snip.
■ l i n i i i i allow you to investigate our home, and when you are u t i i t x j Of course there i s no a i r s h i p of the kind supposed la existence. The
s a t l s f l e u we will see that you depaat at your e a r l i e s t pleasure." whole thing la a h a l l u c i n a t i o n . Men think they see i t , but they dld n '1
At the sa=e t i c e the ship s e t t l e d off and touched the earth, and a imagination vorki venders u on sensitive optic nerves. The public
pleasant gentleman stepped off and extended hla hand In such an ordinary ^ a n a a become eensltive to such tumifeBtfltion*, and the sensitive
hurcan manner that I had no he B Itaency In grasping in I t a l l tha confl- . r e t i n a 0 f the mind recorde f l U s of vapor aa substantial things. The
dence of truly [Link] friendship, vhole theory Of the a i r s h i p Kay be resolved Into t h i s manifestation cf
He said: "Thla la a flying machine la the ordinary language of our ^jje auperseoaltlve r e t i n a ,
people. It ia perfectly aafe and ve have been testing I t for nearly two Of c o u n e , a r e a l a i r s h i p la among the p o a a i b l l l t i e s . Before this
years and ao far not an accident or disappointment hs-3 befallen us. If generation baa lived out i t s pears men and women Kay a i l s a i l in ihr
you l i k e , ycJ are welcome to step in and Judge for yourself." atmosphere aa r e a l l y as they nov s a i l on the ocean and ten tines »o
At tr.e sa.~e tlr.e opening a door, I beheld a comfortable apertrent
dlcly l i g h t e d , and heard what appeared to be pleasant conversation. f a a t . And again they £*y not. Anyone vho has ridden a n z even a b i ­
cycle against the vlnd haa a faint idea of the strength and v i l f u l r . ' i i
As soon as ve were both Inside the door closed and the roos was L « « t | . o f t h e a t m o a p e b r e I a motion. The a i r s h i p vhlch can be made to . a l l
fully l i t up as , i g h t as day, but by what method I know not, as I co^ld a 6 a i n B t <a northwester' in winter, or a i * . . * . ! ' . o u t h e r ' in «utr.
see no la^pa or turners of a-v kind. agai
It will not te necessary for =e to give In d e t a i l the descriptions t i c e w i l l be a wonderful c r a f t . Away from the wind It will be caty
of r.y co=;i.:.iin as he appeared to Be. He waa siKply an American c i t i ­ s a i l i n g , but against i t . I t v l l l be another i t a t t e r . The pr-ctles Is
zen to a l l ap.-.earanceB, dreaaed as we a l l d r e s s , talked aa we t a l k ; not merely one of getting a machine that will eo up and up tnd up. !*
for that is just what he is — an ordinary American c l t l t e n , one who, i t one of direction and c o n t r o l . The a i r is a sensitive nediua and it
with others, -'.fter [Link] years of close study and experiment, has leer la a wilful one. One man a t s c i e n t i f i c mind has suggested the pneu­
able to [Link] a device by which they are able t o navigate the a i r . matic tube as the ittat probable weans of fast loconotion. f-otie uay we
At f i r s t I thought I felt a slight quiver of the ship, but that vat may be put into a pipe and vhitted to Chicago as c a l l i s nov whiitfd
a i l , for I supposed i t was f i r s l y r e s t i n g on the ground at the very from Hev rork c i t y to Brooklyn. That will be t u m a e r i a l navigation
spot where I stepped aboard. v l t h a Tetigeance. In that day space will be annihilated. But the a i t
After offering me a s e a t , he said, "Hy naee is B « — . Whom do I ■hip w i l l be a vind Cblovnl. unsafe and uncertain means cf lccc=-)i ion ■"■'
have the pleasure to e n t e r t a i n ! " 1097 April l b iFri eve) 'Waterloo Daily Courier, p . 1. icard l i
I rose up and said cy naze la Vojcer, of Forest City, Iowa.
"Mr. Voleer, allow ce to present some of icy frlenda." THE AIRSHIP ALIGHTS. / ALL WATERLOO EXCITED. / Thrilling Story of
At t h i s sajre cocer.t the curtains were drawn, and several ladles Survivor of Perilous Voy*ge--It ia a Wonderful Machine. / { P i c —
sr.d gentlemen stepped forward. All were pleasant, unassuming people ■?)'.£ AIR-SHIP CATU3ED. / As i t looked wnen discovered this torniCK.
a f t e r the f c r s a l l t y of Introduction. Perspective vlev of the monster on the win?.)
Mr. B. (for by that will our friend be knovn) proceeded to show I t is here. The a i r s h i p haa been captured, Waterloo is a l l t i -
me around and explain the principle upon which the ship waa construct- cltecent today, and thousands of people have thrown aside t h e i r cui-
ed, a brief report of which I v i l l attecpt to make, but hope to be tocary duties to view the ronster which, It la supposed, has teen u.c
soon able to say something jsore d e f i n i t e . cause of 60 much a g i t a t i o n a l l over the country. Accompanying i t la
"Mr. Voider, i t has been ten minutes since you stepped aboard our a vaather-beaten navigator who gives his [Link] aa Prof. Jourgensen,
ship; ve are now passing over Eenver, if you look out this way you and t e l l s a wonderful story of his KjqKxxcMii t h r i l l i n g experiences
will see the c i t y , as we v i l l show you f:- s mccent." aoong the clouds ,
Sure enough there lay below X us some c i t y , the l i g h t s and glim- The ship VBB discovered shortly after daylight this morning on
cerir.g of a c i t y ic tee nigr.t vere right beneath our feet. I remarked the circus ground below the cheese factory, by several resident* of
"This cmy be Denver for aufnt I know, I am aure i t i s If you flay BO, the neighborhood, and the lalaj-m was soon spread t o a l l portion* of
I said with a falr.t a n i l e , "but I supposed ve were at Forest City." the c i t y , All day long crowds of the curious flocked to the spot and
"We will be in a ehort time, but I thought I would give you a It Is fsafe to say that 6 ,CCO people have already seen the aerial l i t
and his ship. The monster Is v i s i b l e from the eaat side f.°r_£»if_A
l i t t l e ride before you return for the n i g h t . " mile, and~tbe people resldeing "along the I l l i n o i s Central track v<-re
Then a l i t t l e quiver as before, and the l i g h t s of the c i t y d i s ­ anong the f i r s t to pay t h e i r respects to Prof. Jourgensen. fjirly in
appeared in a twinkle. the firenoon I t vas necessary to stretch a rope to keep the surgir.p.
"Tha principle »upon which thlB ahlp Is b u i l t is ainply t h i a ; It croud from I n t e r f e r i n g Csicl with Prof, JourgenBcn's work.
Is alwaya kept level, here you see In thla glass ia a tube partly The ship Is a curious contrivance of cigar-shaped t o d i e s , f»,->i ,
f i l l e d with quick s i l v e r . L'pon every turn you will see l i t t l e tubes. p r o p e l l e r s , wheels, e t c , and closely resembles''illust rat icr.a cf '..',1-
This is the real secret of our device, Aa the ship Inclines these airship which have been published in the papers of l a t e . Two c l f s r -
levels automatically adjust the ( )lng compressed a i r , which keep, B n a p c / G e ttlona a b o u t i, 0 feet in length a:.d tapering to frc= a 3 ! . l
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racier of aeven feet to four feet at the end and a point at the [Link], practical use, But we found It at last although our [Link] Is
are placed [Link] by side with a cur between. At the eear la a jr-»r'l- crude C0Bt»red with that which will be hereafter used. T cannot allow
ler [Link] to thoae in use on steamships, and at the aide of each of you to question le concerning thla point. I have referred to tht
the large todies is a set of wings or fans. 'compressor' and you nay drav your own Inferences therefroa."
A Courier reporter vas on the ground at an early hour this roriin* "What are the dlceosiont of the ship!"
and was forthunate In securing an interesting Interview with the r«n "Each of these dinar-shaped bodies i t 36 feet long, tnd 7 feet in
who is the center Of attraction today, second only to the wonderful diameter at the largest point. The rear ends are about four feel :n
piece of rechanisci which haa turned the country upside-dovn with d i a i e t e r . They taper to a point in front. They are hollow a-; e r t
wonderment during the past few weeks. Prof. Jourgensen was busily constructed of light material so they weight but a few [Link],,
occupied raking repairs whenever the cruloua crowd did not lnterfrr- The cabin Is 5*6 feet square and 7 feet high. The propeller at ; r t
with his work, but paused when greeted by the Courier represents' ive rear governs tbe rate Of speed and the position of thoae ;i. wings--)?
and seeced willing to be Interviewed concerning hla wonderful eitwr- at each side governs the upward and downward direction. The hra4):&>-t
lences. Prof. Joivrpenson is a Kan of perhaps 55 years, thin featured 1» nearly like thoae In use on locoaotives. We had bot l i t t l e un for
with gray mustache and hair. He vas attired in a full waterproof i t aa we didn't meet anyone while ve were on our perilous journi'j,"
suit, said Prof. Jourgenoaon with a laugh.
"I am not accustomed to t h i s sort of thing," he aaid with a s s i l e "You said perilous; did i t seen like a barardous undertaklnc to
"but we knew it would come sooner or l a t e r , and i t ia perhaps well prowl about among the cloudaT"
that things happened as they have." "During the f i r s t few hours ve both wished ve vere on solid fr-rcun(
"Who are you and bow do you happen to be here! again and held on like grim death, but we soon became accustctrd to
"Well, i t s i a long story, but I suppose t h a t ' s what you're after i t and although the fate of my partamer i s uppermost in i-y r i n l , I
d o
and so I will t e l l you a l l you care to know. My name la Jourgensen ° o t f e a r starting out again. A fellow feels prevty cold so-ceil^rs
b u t
and ciy hoee for the past seventeen years has been in San Francisco. then h e h B B the adTantage of rising above such a Beige of da=p-
n e s
Several years ago 1 met a man naaed Storrout—a genius he vas, too-- ' »• y° u b d T e h i d l a t e l y . It la quite a sight to watch the cloud*
and together ve have Btudles t h i s question of aerial navigation until below you emptying their moisture upon the mist obscurec earth [Link]
we have gotten a machine which has fully solved the problem. Put It "were you ever fearful that your power would becone exhausted *r.a
haa been the death of my friend Stormout. He was taken severelv 111 you vould be dashed to earthl"
during the l a t t e r part of t h i s t r i p and early t h i s morning fell fro» "Why, ny dear a i r , such a thing as that could not happen. Tou
the cabin and disappeared in the. darkness belov." see by proper setting of these vings at the sides ve can (tilde grace­
"I would like to know something of your aerial voyage if you can fully to earth and land on about the spot ve select. However, this
spare the t i r e to give me some notes." nornlng, although the noon vas shining brightly and the electric
Prof. Jourgensen drev from an inner pocket a few crumpled sheets lights glittered here and there, I came near making a bad core. I
of paper and handed i t to the reporter saying, "Here Is a brief out­ guess I muat have been a l i t t l e agitated over the loss of ny partner
line of our t r i p . I anticipated that when ve landed you newspaper because I came dangerously near landing in the r i v e r , didn't It But
men would be after ua without delay and BO I have noted some things or * m i " u S B K°°d ** * a I l e * J l d thi* '» " K004 * l u r i n g place as
these pages which you might neglect to ask about." "V- ^ t h e * * * ' n » r e *<>« M T 'Battle Axe' about you! Thinks. Cur-
Vhlle the reporter was reading Prof. Jourgensen's account of their i o u a l o t o f Pe°pl° y° u k»*e here, ehl
t h r i l l i n g adventures above the clouds, the a e r i a l i s t resumed hla work "Tour log book Bays that you Btarted from San Francisco. Hov did
of repairing the machinery within the cabin. The professor's account y° u " n * « e to do t h i s unobserved!"
Ve
of the voyage read as follows: didn't "tart from the c i t y , but from an laland a abort way
"Left Can Francisco March 35th. Passed over Los Angeles at 3 [Link] w l t*0* the Golden Gate, on the night of Karch 35th. We carried no
on the 26th; heavy atmosphere, light rain. Crossed over into Ariioiw headlight and vere probably unobserved for several nights out."
2:30 p.m., 27th; heavy head wind. We concluded that we vere carrying " H o w f a B t C t t n v o u t r a v e l , professor!"
too c:uch b a l l a s t . We paaeed numerous c i t i e s in Colorado and struck a " i t is Impossible to state as ve had nothing with vhlch to detar-
Rlnc o u r B
hcavy snowBtore the Sth of April near Pueblo. P«ed- Sometlfcea, however, ve watched the shadow of the
"We turned south and passed into Kansas where ve struck high and ship as i t aped through the air and calculated that ve were ecin$ «i
variable vlnds which carried us over the state for many days, the rate of a l i t t l e over 100 miles an hour. 8
"We passed into the Indian t e r r i t o r y and landed 60 miles north of "What do you intend doing novt"
Oklahoma. City vnere we foraged for supplies and repaired our compres­ "I have not definitely decided although ry plan is to build a
sor and rested for one day, renewing our voyage on the 6th of April. ' platform about ny ship, ralao i t up about twelve or fifteen feet, *nl
On the night of the Sth we struck a brisk vind and passed over Omaha, , resume ny voyage aa soon aa I can. I need a nan to accompany »e, and
and a sudden change of the vind carried us nouth over St. Joe and by the way, la there a gentleman living here In Waterloo by the na*e
Kansas City. From there we folla-ved the Chicago a Alton road inbo Of . — , can't Just recall i t , but he's much talked of out in Cali­
I l l i n o i s where ve struck variable vlnds and our compressor failed to fornia. When I learned what city t h i s i s , this pornlng, I thought of
work satisfactorily until ve succeeded in repairing the gut piston thin ti*a and decided to make a proposition to hist to take tbe place
rod. Weather warm and atmosphere RK heavy. We have teen compelled Of Poof. Storoout. Let's see—Raf—Baffer— Rafferty, t h a t ' s the smn-
to Ball high during the daytime to get Into lighter currents of atmoa- knovK himT"
phere. We shifted our course on the night of the 10th and drifted "0, yea; everybody knows the colonel."
north Into southern Wisconsin where a heavy east vind changed our "Think he'd like the Job!"
course and we vere compelled to d r i f t back into I l l i n o i s again. Wea­
"Well, I really can't aay. We'd dislike very much to lose the
ther clear and cold. On ths night of the 13th we broke our rudder
and vere very much alarmed as I t vas impossible to guide the ship. colonel, but—say, here he Is now."
So ve put on double pressure and sailed high, but vere entirely at Col. Rafferty, vhose smiling countenance loomed UD anong the mul­
the mercy of the wind. We decided to land at 8 p.m. on the night of titude of faces about the ahlp, came forward vhen he was called and
the 15th to repair the rudder and purchase supplies. So ve were on when the reporter left was In conference with the noted a e r i a l i i t .
the lookout for a large town. Prof. Stormout, while looking for a I t la not known vhether thev arrived at_any agreement or not
place to land, became badly nauseated and complained of a severe pain Notes of tbe Day.
In the abdomen. Ve sighted a large city at 3 ^ 7 a.m., and while flelghborlng towns have kept the telephone vires hot a l l day In­
shifting the rudder, the professor l o s t his balance and f e l l , shriek­ quiring about the airship, and several are arranging eicu»sion parties
ing to me at the top of his voice, "For Cod's sake, partner, save the to t h i s c i t y . Webster City people are planning to arrive t h i s evening
ship!" And I landed at 3:59- The Cadar Rapids Caiette Learned the story of the airship In sooe
vay and sent the following telegram to the Couriers "Are you all
"I aa ver much discouraged because of tbe sad disaster %hat has drunk up t h e r e , or vas that airship carried out to the circus grounds
resulted in the death of a. man. who I believe, was the first to solve for exhibition purposes at so much per head! Vir« ua quick special,
the problem of aerial navigation. Prof. Stormout vas a great ran, giving personal opinion. We vant five hundred words of news."
and when we started out I l i t t l e dreamed that I vould be the sole sur­ Prof. Jourgensen said today that his next t r i p would probably be
vivor of the f i r s t successful voyage In the clouds. in the direction of Cuba.
"I s h a l l , however, make an attempt to ascend again as soon as I A couple of young ladies who visited the airship today, looked ID
can make the necessary repairs in the generators, and when the atmos­ vain for tbe ticket office.
pheric conditions are favorable. I am, fortunately, not without means Col. Rafferty t e l l s us that had he knovn Prof. Jourgensen was In­
and offer S5CO reward for the recovery of the remains of my lamented tending to land in Waterloo, he vould have Induced him to stop at
companion, I did not knov until t h i s corning that people had been Cedar Raaii River park. "Why," said the Colonel, "there would have
seeing the 3hip, but the stories are so conflicting that many of then been millions In I t . " _
are doubtless canards. The hackcea at the depots today-Have varied their cry and pat««n-
"This ship is the only one that haa ever Kade a continuous and gers were astonished to bear "Ten-cent back here. Logan house, Irving
successful Journey across the country." ■ or the a i r s h i p ! "
After the c-icunent was copied In full the reporter, thrilled with Soon after landing thla morning. Prof. Jourgensen sent a t r l r e m a
Its contents, was about to step into the cabin to further ply his to his wife in Sao Francisco, announcing his safe landing and reoucit-
queatlons to the aerialsat but vas stopped suddenly by that individual ing her to kiss the baby for hla.
stepping to the aoor and barring his passage. A number of reputable c i t i t e n s saw a wiving l i r h t in the fcesver.s
"I'm sorry, s i r , " Bald the navigator, "but I cannot allov you In­ 'about 9 p.m. above Reed's Ice house. It uoved north along [the]
side the cabin," river and disappeared.
"Why I" Delegations of tight-seers from Hudson and Cedar Falls cane In on
"There," vas the reply, "centers the secret of our success this today's t r a i n s .
far. ted s t i l l I an; unsatisfied. All our experiments have dealt with The Davis Gasoline Engine Co. is today uating scae new f i i t u r n
the question of ;:ouer alone. We have failed until thla last eirperl- for Prof. Jourgensen's ship.
ment to secure power which did not carry too much weight to be of Late this afternoon an enterprising restaurant firm issued ha.-a-
 b i l l a s a y i n g t h a t " t h e a i r s h i p crew and p a s s e n g e r s who a r r i v e d t h l t o be any s t r i c t n e s s on t h e e a e d i v o r c e e , f o r t o o * of t h e n a r e only
m o r n i n g " w i l l t a k e oupper a t t h e i r c a f e . w a i t i n g t h e a c t i o n of t h a c o u r t t o n a r r v a g a i n , and thua prove t h a t
fYoC JourKenaen a n n o u n c e s t h a t he w i l l p r o b a b l y renuine b i s J o u r u r r i a g e l a not a f a i l u r e ; and we have a s o c i e t y of o l d Kalda, known
ncy e t 9 o ' c l o c k t o n i p h t . aa "The A n t i q u e s , " a n x i o u a l y w a t c h i n g t h e outcome of t b e a a c a a e a . /
D r . H a t h a v a y ^ o f R e i n b e c k , l a one o f t h e o u t - o f - t o w n s l p j i t - f e e r » Dlaco See* t h e A i r s h i p .
Both t e l e p h o n e l i n e n r e p o r t a r u s h i n g b u s i n e s s » v l t h t h e i r t o l l D i a c o , 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 1 6 . — ( S p e c i a l . ) — T h e w o n d e r f u l and ■ y e t e r l o u i
stations. At x s 2 : 3 0 o ' c l o c k one had r e c e i v e d o v e r 200 c a l l s from K i x j k i * machiae t h e y c a l l t h a a i r a h l p was seen by a l l Diaco people and
t h l a s o u r c e and t h e o t h e r r e p o r t a a b o u t t v l c e t h e u s u a l amount of c o t w u n i t y l a i t e v e n i n g a b o u t 8:30 o ' c l o c k , ao you • * • you f o l k * a r t
business. A l l t h e t e l e g r a p h l i n e s have been r u s h e d a l l d a y .

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t h a t t h e y would be in on No. >*. Many I n q u i r i e s have been s e n t in t o

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know a how l o n g t h e a h l p w i l l remain h e r e aa i t la p r o p o s e d t o run an _ „, - . „ . , - . , - . r- , * >* •■. > .. > r , , , ■ .■ .
excursion Tll£ SKY CRAFT / The C o u r i e r T e l i a About Sionderful A e r i a l N a v i g a t o r
■-*,,„ *v /-v.i r . \J . n c . .... Chief E nTghi ne reee r Yof
Wrecked e s t et hr ed a yH. y a/t eJr ieooupoa r Cd irzaef st . I /t s P R
i cetpuur teast i oofn tinh e I nS thei rpv, l e I t * " '
»Tien t h e C h i c a g o G r e a t W e s t e r n , S o . 6 , c a a e In t h l a c o r n i n g , t h - Crew " l B * - Mand
W Han who F i r s t ' D i s c o v e rr e d T h i s Brand •"of I n t o x i c a n t s . / Th? Sti-rj
brakeman c o p i e d t h e a i r s h i p and t h e a l a r m was a e n t t h r o u g h o u t t h e Complete.
train. The p a s s e n g e r s crowded o n t o t h e p l a t f o r m s t o p e t a b e t t e r I t i s h e r e . The a i r a h l p h a s been c a p t u r e d . W a t e r l o o la a l l f i f i U '
tview
r a i n o fa hi ta.l f hOn o u Ho.
r , b u5 t g tohi en g r esqo uu et hs t a was
t 9 do e' cnlioe cdk and
t h e s ep va se sr ea nl g tehr sr e awere
tened n e a t t o d a y
' *nd thouflands of PefPle h a v e t h r o u o " I d e t h e l r « " ' " « ' »
w i l d w i t h e x c
t o s t o p off for t h e day.i t e c e n t . A m a j o r i t y wanted t h e c o n d u c t o r t o h o l d t h e d u t i e s t o view t h e m o n a t e r w h i c h , i t i s s u p p o s e d , h a s been t h e c i u " ot
A d v e r t i s e r s a r e c a k i n g u s e o f t h e a i r s h i p , a* w i l l be s e e n by a ao much a g i t a t i o n a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y . Accompanying i t i s a w**t!icr-
b e a t e n n a v i g a t o r who g i v e * h i s name aa P r o f , J o u r g e n s e n , and t e l l * i
p e r u s a l o f t h e columns o f t h e C o u r i e r t o d a y .
I T a i n s e n on t h e v a r i o u s t r a i n s o v e r t h e B . . C . R . I H . t o d a y p e t i t - w o n d e r f u l a t o r y of t h r i l l i n g e x p e r i e n c e * among t h e c l o u d s , w r i t e * t h e
i o n e d t h e d i s p a t c h e r t o a l l o w them t o a t o p l o n g enough t o view t h e s n a k e e d i t o r on t h e C o u r i e r c o n c e r n i n g t h e fake machine d i a c o v t r r d i h ' i i
cachine. yesterday,
The l o c a l B . . C . R . a N. a g e n t t h i s f o r e n o o n r e c e i v e d a t e l e g r a m The a h l p was d i s c o v e r e d s h o r t l y a f t e r d a y l i g h t t h i s c o r n i n g en t'i<
from the dispatcher at Cedar Rapids, asking him to examine the air- c i r c u B Sr°und below the cheese factory, by several resident* of the
s h i p end w i r e h i a a c o m p l e t e d e t a i l e d d e s c r i p t i o n of I t . neighborhood, and the alarm soon spread to all portion* of the" citv.
U ^ A p t l ! 17 ( S a t ) B u r l i n g t o n . * ■ . . Hawk-Eye, p . ? " " ' (card 1) Ail day long crowds of the curious flocked to the apot and It It s*f«
to say that 6,000 people have already Been the aeriallst and his ship.
DELIRIUM TREKENS / The Only Explanation for Numerous Alrahipa on Vie* The monster la visible from the eaat aide for a half a mile, and tt-e
/ COPPACK HAS A BAD CASE. / Ha. H, Waltera and Ilia Airship Story In people reeidlng along the Illinois Central track were araonc the (list
Bad Repute la Birmingham—Ravings from Other Points. / to pay their respects to Prof. Jourgensen. Early In the fen-norn It
Coppack, la., April 16.—(Special.)—The. people of Coppack cay !was necessary to stretch a rope to keep the surging crowd fret-, trm-r-
now tell their children and their children's children of the wonderfu fering with Prof. Jourgensen's work.
aerial visitation of April 16, 1897. The rectangular monster first The ship is a curloua contrivance of cigar-shaped bodies, fans,
appeared low In the southwest about nine o'clock a.m. and seeded to propellers, wheels, etc., and closely resembles Illustrations of n-c.
be Just above the trees acroaa the river. It. came acroas the Hill airship which have been published in the paper* late. Two clt-ar-smpr
farm with terrific speed and seemed to want to anchor on the sand hIi:section9 about 40mfeet in length and tapering froa a [Link] ct intn
southeast of the B. and W. depot, but so great was Its momentum that feet to four feet, at the end and a point at the other, are pljcid n<k
the hull of the ship plowed a ditch acrosa the top of the hill five by side, with a car between. At the rear Is a propeller slniljr tu
roda long and about three feet deep. The ship then began to rise at those in use on steamshiops, and at the side of each of the larfc tod-
on angle of about 30 degrees, and was soon lost to sight. After the lea ia a set of wings or fans.
sand dust and excitement had subsided, a curloua implement or piece A Courier reporter waa on the ground at an early hour this rornlnf
of machinery was found, which is on exhibition at the B, & U. depot. and waa fortunate in securing an interesting Interview with the [Link] wt*j
It is Indescribable, and the best machinists of this section do not is the center of attraction today, aecondonly to the wotideriul pl.'.-r
venture an opinion aa to its probable use. The business men have of maechanlsm which has turned the country upside-down with wonderv-cnt
decided that It had best be submerged in the river, aa It m y be an during the past few weeks. Prof. JourRensen waa busily occuplni ia
infernal machine from Kara. The trench on the hill and the machine making repairs whenever the curious crowd dI3 not Interfere with hia
are visited dally by hundreds of people. Our veteran hotel keeper
work, but paused when greeted by the Courier representative and ittat
describea the ship as rectangular in shape, of a dull yelloi color,
willing to be Interviewed concerning his wonderful experience*. Prof
with broad spreading, icssovable wings having numerous turbine wheels
Jourgenaen la a man of perhaps 55 yeara, thin featured with gray cui-
on the under aide, which give forth a humming sound like that of a bee tache and hair. He was attired in a full waterproof rpi suit,
only much louder, / "I aa not accustomed to thla sort of thing," he aaid with a tcllt
Mr, Welters Denounced. "but we knew It would come sooner of later, and it la perhaps well
Birningham, la,, April 16,—(Special,)—We notice upon reading that things have happened as they have."
your Issue of the 16th instant an article headed, "Airship Positively YWho are you and how do you happen to be here!"
Seen." If there wta any such thing seen in this locality It must have "Well, it'a a long story, but I suppose that1* what you're after
been by viaitore within our city, aa we are unable to find even one and so I will tell you all you care to know. Hy naae la Jourgenapa
who will venture to say they have Been anytling other than a moving and me home for the paat seventeen yeara has been in San Francltco.
atar. In the first place there is no such person aa Wn. a. Walters Several yeara ago I met a man netted Stormout—a genlua he vat, too--
living in this city (or ao far aw we are able to know, anywhere near and together we have studied the queetlon of aerial navigation, until
It). If inquiry had been »ade whether we had such a person here who we have gotten a machine which baa fully solved the problea. But It
would write such so infamoue letter, we certainly would have aaid ao. has been the death of ay friend Stormout. He wa» taken aevet-ly ill
aa we did not think we had a man in our city who would desire to place during the latter part of this trip and early this momirg fell (re™
hia fellow citizens before the public as a people desirous of decelvinj c n e caijin and disappeared in the darkness below."
their neighbora, and to aay the least, we would not have supposed such 'I would like to know something of your aerial voyage if
a person could be found with a cloak of Christian religion around him, B p a re the time to give ne some notes."
|a leader of' the ■ ■ Epvorth
- - * ■ League, a teacher ■ of- a young ladies' . . . . Sunday _ . prof. Jourgensen drew from an Inner pocket a few crutfpleJ shv.'is
school class. Cod forbid such hypocrisy, A CITIZEN. / of paper and handed it to the reporter saying: "Here i* a brief cui-
— Anopher Conductor Goes Wrong.. line of-our trip. (To, anticipatfcfl that when we landed you newspaper
Quincy, 111., April 16.--Conductor Chai. P, Kalley, who brought men would be after u* without delay and so I have noted sonve tMnr< ■•"
in the Wabash passenger train last night, reporta that hia train these pages which you might neglect to ask about."
raced with the alleged airship froa Versailles to Herman, a distance While the reporter was reading Prof Jourgensen'* account of their
of fifteen miles. The train wss going forty miles an hour, but tha thrilling adventures above the clouds, the aerialist resuned hii i-crk
strange thing in the sky kept ahead of then, and finally left then of repairing the machinery within the cabin. The professor's account
and disappeared. It waa half a mile from the train, and all they of the voyage reads as follows:
could see waa the light. It varied in Its course, and at tinea wa* "Left San Francisco Karch 25th, passed over Los Angeles at 3 j>.n.
close to the earth, occasionally rising several hundred feet in the on the 26th; heavy atmosphere, light rain; croaaed over into Arircn*
air. Conductor Kalley says he Is confident It waa not a star. The 2:30 p.p. 27th; heavy head wind. We concluded that we were carrvinr
object was seen by all the passengers, among then being Henry C. Cupp too much ballast. We passed numerous cities in Colorado and struct a
and Myron E, Luak, both reputable business men of this city, / haavy snow storm the 5th of April near Pueblo.
"~ Sigoumey'a Horrible Condition.
"We turned south and passed into Hanaaa, where we struck [Link] .ml
Slgourncy, April 16.—The airship hovered over this city laat variable winds which carried ua over the atare for many days.
night and waa viewed by a large number of our "± cltiiene. It appeared ••Ue passed into the Indian territory and landed 60 d i e s north i>f
to have a double headlight, almllar to eyes, with a brilliancy too Okiohoma [«lc] City where we foraged for supplies and repaired our com­
great for observation except with a smoked glaa*. Tbere were two pressor and rested for one day, renewing our voyage on the 6th of
flag-ataffa, or horns. The appearance of the head waa moat hideous. April On the night of the Bth we ettuck a briak wind and paased over
It had two wlnga. The bellrope hung out behind like a tall. In ahort, Omaha' and a sudden change of the wind carried u* »outh over St. Joa
lta whole appearance waa like one of those meesengeta from below. It and Kansas City. From there we followed the Chicago and Alton road fcaj
Beemed to have come from the direction of Hedrick, but whj It approach- l n t 0 Illinois where we struck varlalle winds and our compressor failed
es this highly moral town ia beyond our comprehension, unless it be M U Q r k „ t i,factory until we succeeded in repairing the piston rod.
that we have thirteen divorce caaea at this term of court; and, by thi H e a t h e r U ( I B S Q Q atmosphere heavy. We have been compelled to aail hlgl
way, Judge McCoy yesterday adjourned until next Konday, perhapa thatE ' "
during the day time to get into lighter current* of atmoapher*. We
he night see that his own home waa secure. We don't think there ou R h t , shifted our course on the night of the 10th and drifted north 1 nto
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southern Wisconsin where a heavy east wind changed our course and we 1897 April lJ <S«t) lova State Register, p. 1. (card 1)
were compelled to drift back into Illinois again. Weather clear add
cold. Oil the night of the 13th we broke our rudder and were very ouch TELLS A [Link] COOD ETORT. / A Correspondent Who at Neighbor Saw an
alarmed as It was Impossible to guide the ship. So ue put on double Airship.
pressure and sailed high, but were entirely at the mercy of the wind. Hoyt, April 16.—Special: The alrihlp made It* first appearance
We decided to land at 8 p.m. on the night of the 15th to repair the In our midst about 2 o'clock yesterday coming. It was at s tlm* whrn
rudder and purchase supplies. So we* were on the lookout for a large the grave yards yawn and ghost walk abroad. This ahip was seen by a
town. Prof Stornout, while looking for a place to land, became badly prominent cltiien, who has made and unmade county officers at his p i n
nauseated and complained of a severe pain In the abdomen. Ue sighted sure. This gentleman, who la sometimes afflicted with neuralgia of tk
a large city at 3:47 a.m., and while shifting the rudder, the professorthe stomach, waa suddenly taken ill at 1:30 in the morning. He d«cl-
lost his balance and fell, shrieking to tne at the top of his voice, ded that a walk and a little fresh sir would relieve him, and he sirn-
"For Cod's sake, partner, save the shipl" And I landed at 3:59. ped out in the yard to fill his lungs with the invigorating oione *«j
"I am very much discouraged because of the »ad disaster that haa to rosa around where fancy wight lead hla. He says that he had hren
resulted in the death of a man, who I believe, was the first to solve in the yard about thirty minutes, when he saw rapidly sppro*chln> firm
the probleci of aerial navigation. Frof. Stormout was a great raan, and the southeast a bright light that he pre suited to he a meteor*, Rut in
whenwe started out I little dreamed that I would be the sole eurvlver a few seconds it hovered overhead. He had one of the best views oi m
of the first successful voyage in the clouds, the ship that has yet been recorded. It waa built like the modem
"I shall, however, make an attempt to ascend again aa soon as 1 whalebacka. It had screw propellers and was buoyed up by two sets of
Can r-ane the necessary repairs in the generators, and when the atmos­ powerful shutters that kept striking the sit like »lghty wings of tor*
pheric conditions are favorable^, I am, fortunately, not without mesna, great bird, A geologist might have imagined it to be some great bust
and offer $500 reward for the recovery of the remains of my lamented of the Silurian age, half reptile And half bird.
companion. I did not know until this morning that people bad been
Persons could be heard talking on board and settled to be enjoying
seeing the ship, but the stories are so conflicting that is cany of
their Journey, It seemed to be lighted with electricity and had all
then are doubtless canards.
the conveniences of a modern ship.
"This ahip Is the only one that has ever many a continuous and It stopped Just a few seconds, when it suddenly started on its v«y
auccessful Journey across the country." northwest.
After the document was copied In full the reporter, thrilled with With curiosity aroused withiti him, this gentleman quickly mounted
its contents, was about to step Into the cabin to further ply his one of bis blooded horses that are noted for their speed, but owin* to
questions to the aeriallst but waa stopped suddenly by that Individual
the fences sad extra start of the ship, he was unable to keep up w. It.
stepping to the door and barring his passage.
Our citizen returned home sod did not see anything »ore of the ait
"I'm sorry, sir," said the navigator, "but I cannot allow you
visitors, but says that he can not be mistaken as to the resllty, nor
inside the cabin."
as to its fleetness, for hla swiftest steed could not overtake it.
"Why?"
"There," was the reply, "centers the secret of our success thus A* far as yet interviewed, none of the neighbors were enabled to
view the visitation, but a neighbor near by heard the crowing of his
far. And still I am unsatisfied. All our experiments have dealt with c o c k l a n d llie c l c W l n g o f h i , « « « _ t , b < ) u t th.t time of night, and
the question of power alone. We have failed until this last experl- C u o f,-_.C8 c o the northwest in the course of its flight noticed that
ment to secure power which did not carry too much weight to be of t h e l r f,ttenlng cattle were restless and uneasy and did not e«t well
practical use. But we found it at last although our machinery is crud* t h l l w n i B i . The writer was under the Influence of Horpheus, totally
as compared with that which will be hereafter used. I cannot allow un cot)lc i 0 ua of the wonders going on in this neighborhood,
you to question me concerning this point. I have referred to the Jefferson, April 16.—Special: A local paper this morning, printed
'compressor' and you may draw your own inferences therefrom," s lurid story concerning an alrhalp which wasajleged to have plunpel
"What are the dimensions of the ship?" into the earth north ot town. Before "noon's oui—)"er~"oF" people had
"Each of these cigar-shaped bodies Is 36 feet long, and 7 feet In actually visited the place to see the hole.
diameter at the largest point. The rear ends are about four feet in Waterloo, April 16,—Special: A huge airahip manufactured by local
diameter. They xxa xknttx taper to a point in front. They are hollow parties and put on exhibition here early this morning caused a sensation
and are constructed of light material ao they weigh but a few pounds In this vicinity. Telegrams fro* St. Louis and Kew Tork have been re-
each. The cabin is 5x6 feet square and 7 feet high. The propeller at c -i v e d , g king for description of the airship. The thing 1* a hoax, *nd
the rear
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the country.
12 at each aide govern the upward and downward direction. The headligl.'l^J A p r i l 17 (Sat) Evening Xlmea-Republican (Harshalltowo, Ia),p3.
is nearly like chose In use on locomotives. We ahad but little use foi
it as we didn't meet anyone while we were on our perilous Journey," AIRSHIP FAKES. / Waterloo Jokers Construct a Machine—Other Lisrs Lai
said Prof. Jourgensen with a lough. Loose,
"You said pertious: did it seem like a hazardous undertaking to T he Times-Republican is In receipt of a choice and variegated col-
prowl aabout among the clouds?" lection of air-ship llea. Among the batch, to print which would taka
"During the first few houra we both wished we were on solid ground , p(l g e o r n o 0f white paper, la a vivid description by our Waterloo
again and held on like grin death, but we soon became accustomed to it c o r r e a pondent of a machine constructed to fulfill the requirements of
and although the fate of ny partner is uppermost in oy mind, I do not printed descriptions. It rests o n the banks of the Cedar, roped off
fear starting out again. A fellow feels pretty cold sometimes, but from the crowds that visit it, In charge of a mysterious personsge.
then he has the advantage of rising above such a Beige of dampness as The practical Jokers who had it constructed may have in alnd scats oovaj
you have had lately. It Is quite a Sight to watch the clouds below denoument, but ths fake Is too tangible to answer even sensational
you emptying their roositure upon the mlst-bbscured earth beneath." purposes.
"Were you ever fearful that your power would become exhausted and Postmaster A.B. Rudd, Agent J.T. Shearman and Llverman J.B. Holli-
you would becoce dashed to earth? dsy, of Dow City, whose naimea were used by a conscienceless forger of
"Why, my dear sir, such a thing as that could not happen. You see our correspondent's name ■• eye-vitness to the ship In that quarter,
by proper setting of these wings at the sidea we can glide gracefully „ r i t e t o , t , t e thst they were all In bed and aslstp and wouldn't get
to earth and land on about .he spot we select. However, this nornlng, u p , t t he hour named to see a doien air-ships.
although the moon was shining brightly and the electric lights gilt- c.B. Wallace, of Schaller, sends a photograph and verbal descrlp-
tered here and there, I came near making a bad move. 1 guess 1 [Link] tlon- T E is s fine looking bird, with a top fla Ilka a c,uill back.
have been a little agitated over the loss of my partner because 1 came The artist la "entitled"to' congratulations; "
dangerously tiaxa near landing in the river, didn't IT But a mis;- Is Earl Ward, and "our station agent, Robert Flynn," at Bromley, had
as good aa a mile and this is as good a landing place es any." a rlderi in the thing the other night, and consume five sheets of Iowa
"Your log-book says that you started from San Francisco. Now did Central stationery in commendable descriptive,
you manage to do this unobserved?" A usually mild-mannered correspondent at Geneva calls upon che
"We didn't start from the city, but from an island a short way out Methodist parson to testify that the concern, after an obliging rest
from the Golden Gate, on the night of March 25. We carried no head- over the heads of the populace there within converstaional distance,
light and were probably unobserved for several nights out." was compelled to throw out 200 casks of the California vintage In
"How fast can you travel, professor!" order to lighten up. The account seems credible up to that point
"It is impossible to state as we had nothing with which to deter­ where a guard was placed over the wine.
mine our speed. Sometimes, however, we watched the ahadow of the ship At Dow* the ballast dropped was not wine, but sand, which fi 11 i-d
as It sped through the air and calculated that we were going at tne the eyes of the populace. This Is still more likely.
Sheldon, Hospera and Sutherland heard the machinery rattle and
rate of a little over 100 miles an hour." know that they m eaw the genuine article.
yuhat do you Intend la doing now?' Swen City heard that the concern was captured at Linn Grove today
"I have not definitely decided although my plan la to build a plat­ and anxiously wired for particulars. There were none.
form about my ship, raise It up about twelve or fifteen feet, and re­
A . ■» cold-blooded contributor at Estherville aends word that 4
sume my voyage as soon as I can."
Chicago drummer who passed the previous night at Enaetsburg saw It. *
From photographs aecured by The Courier from the professor The
Gazette artist haa prepared the accompanying pictures of the ship, lea This is undoubtedly true.
crew and the man who first discovered the mysterious—fake. 1897 April 17 (Sat) Kar3BaJ_town, la. , treeing Tlmes-Hepublica-T, p. J.

[pics.--Jug Jourgenson, the navigator who ran the Juggernaut from BELMOND SEES IT. / SpeclaJ. to the Times-Republican.
■Jupiter which landed at Waterloo. / Prof. Stomout, the navigator who Belmond, April 1 7 . — Well, ve hare seen "it," and co Joking, but
what "It" is is a natter of much speculation. Butterfleld, of the 1
played second fiddle to Jug Jourgenson In the airship. He fell from
Iowa Valley Preaa, says: "It is only Venus gone frisky." Lon Wolcatt
the ahip Into the Cedar river before landing yesterday and hla body
of the Sabre, says It la "Arcturus" out of her "Bootes" sod [Link]
was found this forenoon three and one-half miles above Vlnton. / Olc wiseacres say "Bootes'' haa gone on a tear (Altair), Eowerer, nearly
Danlyreson, the fellow who first reported seeing the airship In Iowa. I all agree feat it Is a strange phenomenon, and cot as la eenerlally
THE AlKSIilP TILAT LAMED AT WATERLOO YESTERDAY HORNING.
 ' thou*** an a i r s h i p . I t was eeen l a s t evening in the region of V m u / ^ . ' ^ ™ " . . 1 1 ? 8 ^ . . " V ? r ° 1 b " U t l f u l " ^ f * * 1 ™ i w i « 1 ^ t l o n ' h "
or Just nbovi; , find traveled very rapidly in n southuenterly direction been cut down In their prita*, and that people v i l l quit "seein' t h l i ^ l
u n t i l 11 illuuppoireJ l<eluv the horliori. tour corre s t u d e n t thinks vh*n th«y rnif at th« heavens now.
that Venus has simply astonished the natives by her unusual b r i l l i a n ­ If the Waterloo fake r e a l l y accomplished t h i s much. I t Is a "Rood
cy and a l l v i l l te "quiet on the Potaaac" in a few days. Hicks told thing" in more vaya than one.
us ao. ,_____—_,—-— The descriptive a r t i c l e Riven by the Courier on Friday hat t«tn ■>
1897 April 17 (Sat)'Waterloo'fcaily Courier, p . i . copied and commented on by the presi in many p l a c e t .
The Cedar Rapids Caiette reproduces the cut of the ship *■ th*
THE FAKE IS FAMOUS / HEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA. / Story of the Airship's Courier gave I t and copies of the a r t i c l e in e n t i r e t y . I t a l i a tti%
Inception and Construction—Captain "Jourgensen's Clever Part. / several nev i l l u s t r a t i o n s :
If the American people love onea thing core than anything e l s e . One is • bespectacled freak designated as "01 e Dualyreion, the
I t is to be humbugged. Eamun demonstrated t h i s t r u t h tsany U s e s , and r * u , o w ?**> " r s t reported seeing the a i r s h i p In low.."
his l a t e s t humbugs were j u s t a* popular as va B the I n i t i a l hoax of the , l H * | ° ' h * r h U t h e ^ " t » * " « ! " * « ' ; " « of "Ju* Jourgensen. tne
C dlff Riant navigator vho ran the Juggernaut from J u p i t e r vhich landed at [Link]^.
" The " a i r s h i p " vhich was seen by nine-tenths of the people of Water . *»* » Jhlrd represents the only p o r t r a i t ever printed without
loo yesterday vas another clever humbug, and a successful one. too. J " » " n f l)* P " ' « ° f *<>'• S t o n w u t . the navigator vho played ,evo.d
The idea originated v i t h a couple of vest aide young business ren. J " ? ! * 0 ?!* ^ ^ l " ? ?* * i r h B i P \ *»>* l = * ' « t e add. : »MP
1

a fev days ago, a f t e r discerning that the press dispatches concerning * ? l \ J [ ? m t h B , ' " j *"*° * h e C e d u " r i , e r b e f o r e l M d i , , « r « t « d * r and
WB
some s t r a n g ^ n s t e r of the a i r had vroughi the public to the right ^ ^ J ^ ^ ' I Z ^ ^ ^ T V " ^ " H " ' f ° " Vi"U"
pitch of c u r i o s i t y . Karshalltown StatesrjanR-Press displays a b i t of jealous f . r i -

wan siven to the press d e t a i l i n g the voyage of the thing navigator know* h i t ground and where to l a n d . "
In the early hours of Friday morning, with a l l , and more than the "The Courier gives a description drawn from imagination of the
secrecy vhich Darius Creen Is said t o have displayed in his noted strange v i s i t o r .
workshop In his f a t h e r ' s bam the contrivance vas dragged froa the "Of course nobody believes what the Waterloo papers say about
storage hou6e piecemeal and located back of the building on the r i v e r t h e i r a i r s h i p . I t l i believed to be an advertiaei*nt schcre fcr id-
bank. hotels and bus lines of that City, and i s working like a charr. Hun­
Then the noted a e r i a l navigator, "Jourgensen," waa put on vatch. dreds of people are flocking there to see the fake and pay a hoiel
This "Jourgensen" is a tlashua ran named Feathers. He was Imported to
b i l l and 'bus f a r e . " -__
help along the hoax. Ho one knew him. He is a great diS deal of a
p r a c t i c a l Joker, a sort of rejuveniated Hunchausen, and has been a T6"57"A'pT{l 30 Hues) Cedar tUplds (1*) Evening C a i e t t e , p . i . (card 1)
vide t r a v e l e r . In his head he c a r r i e s a l i t t l e smattering of several CITY IN BRIEF / HEADLICHT OF THE AIRSHIP NEAR THE CITT. / Comalttea
languages, socfc, of which are dead and others that v i l l die vhen thry Appointed to Make Investigation—lutgkl BaalxB* ax U u K a t i . . .
learn of the base uaeB of deception to which they have been put. Charley Petrovitsky, Peter Rafferty and Hllvoj Hasek are t h r e t c i t ­
Feathers carried [Link] v e i l , even going so far as to remove an izens and votera of Cedar Rapids who have h i t h e r t o borne good reputa­
inch or two of c u t i c l e from his noae, to uphold his story of the loss tions and whose records of t r u t h and veracity have stood unquestioned.
of Captain Storeout, and his struggle In the rigging with the cocpres- o u I " 7 t j l d i f f r'l'o'
sor vhcr.l a* the ship vaa l i g h t i n g . Charley has for a number of years been a trusted employe of John &.
As an a d v e r t i s e m e n t the fake ship is a success. From the Rev Baker, and i t was while out on business connected with their trade thai
York World to the Ran Francisco Chronicle, a l l the great papers in the Z~ "', ~',',' 17 CV " . "~,"~,'.Z, , ,„,",. *T, ™~i^ "
he Md
country have specials concerning i t today! * * [Link]
THE PALISADES. / hlawhichinto brought
no l i t t l e/ [prominence
U l u s . ] « Ml Ia sDiARlZY POUNDButNEA
t evening. R
let
The fake ship represented an actual cash outlay of t60. -him t e l l h i s own t a l e .
1B9/ April IB (Sun) Council B l u i f V ' d a J ' D a i l y nonpareil, p. '"£'. "You see i t was t h i s way," Charley said to a G*t*tte reporter, "1
was out south of the c i t y yesterday, and driving near to the Palisades
LOOKING FOR TilE AIRSHIP. / Insane Kan Found Hear the Police Station I concluded I would go over to the river and see If I could not gather
Last flight. a few wild strawberries. I was wandering up and dovn the rock*, M a t ­
William Miller, a laboring can l i v i n g In the southwest part of the ing very l i t t l e success in my search for the luscious native f r u i t ,
c i t y , was taken in charge by the police yesterday evening, as being when 1 heard a great noise almost directly over toy head. Tha nolaa In-
Insane.
Insane, tor For several
several uaya days past
past he would atano
ne wouia stand ror
for an
an hour
hour at
at aa cine
tine .
gaiing at the sky as if looking for the famous a i r s h i p . Yesterday even " e a B e a r a P " l y and the a i r took on the colors a u d t i n t s generally
ing he planted himself In the middle of the s t r e e t near the police ioagloed t o be reflected upon the walls of hades. My eyes w<t« dat-
l l e d had
s t a t i o n and repeated the performance. When questioned as to what he "? b l "" i n vaB i n * w h i r l . (Poor Charley, and so young, loo.)
was looking at he replied in a way that l e f t no doubt but that his mind Suddenly a great object f e l l upon the earth about forty feet froa [Link]*
was wandering, and Officer Hard placed him under a r r e s t . A few aonths : w " " a n d l n g . I t plowed up the ground for several feet and finally
ago H l l l e r reported co Mayor Carson that some people were continually sank into the earth full five feet, like a great ceteor. From the hole
shooting at him. Investigation by the police ahowed that I t was the which i t made was emitted a great cloud of smoke of several colors and
hallucination of a deranged mind. He is about 25 years of age and has full of the most poisonous gases. The earth became hot and I was com­
pelled to t r e t r e a t several feet froa my o r i g i n a l position. I waited
a wife snj three children. perhaps an hour for the ground to cool, then summon*d up my courage
Apr. 8 p. 3: Those who are troubled by the a i r s h i p aicrobe w i l l be and upon ay hands and knees crawled to the spot where the tcysterlou*
glad to know that bromides are found to be about the best thing to object had lodged. Tha sand was yet BO hot that I waa tenpted to ab­
take for i t . andon the investigation and my hands becoming so b l i s t e r e d that I was
9 p. 3: The srsp i s s t i l l Spoken of as simply " i t . " compelled to take off my shoes and put them on the other extremities.
11, 3: The a i r s h i p should be pulled in under the vagrant a c t . After two hours of hard gigging I finally unearthed the object, belna
14, 3: The airship at l e s s t furnishes a new excuse for the belated obliged to take I t out of the hole by means of a long hooked pole. I
husband.
Th

among
chron
cy
has been sighted. Every night peopl ia that the ship was M up ao high when i t l o s t the light thst the de­
watching for the cuch talked of ship, but they have not been gratified tached a r t i c l e only reached the ground yesterdsy. I have written Prof.
The s t o r i e s ate accepted here—ss fakes. Jourgensou at Waterloo and expect to return to hlo the machine, the
20, 3: Soce of those things dropped from the arsp must have h i t the loss of which ha* caused him so such t r o u b l e . "
fellowa who saw thorn right on the head. John R. Baker i s inclined to look upon Charley's story as a sort
21, 3: li'uncrous instances are being repotted In which the airship has , n"7""* J " ™~M* ?," ■"■*"-*■""-- " «■"*•«• * r " " ' " ' * ' i ■ »>■■"/ - - - --"■
caused i n s a n i t y . As I n s a n i c y h a s caused numerous a i r s h i p s . I t ie only ***** ^ ^ !' e " y i t h " * b ° « >U»h « « • rendering [Link] at
a fair
. . . turnabo;ut.
. . . . . t « u awas
°valve « blown
and i* s t i l the
up by l n l explosion
s s i n g , andofthat
one t of
h i s the
ia tank*; that what
undoubtedly a brass
Those who wonder how the passengers in that airship manage to get Charley found. Hi. Baker, however, la at a loss to understand how the
lonr, without landing occasionally to get something to eat and drink object could have regained among the clouds for so long a t i d e . The
S or);et that they can get a horn of the moon, feast off the Milky Way mystery (I) will probably be explained l a t e r , tt a s c i e n t i f i c cocolt-
and have a l l of the cream of hte Joke on the fellows who are down tee consisting of Frank F i t k l n , George Peck, Lev Benedict and John
below watchinp. .Pichner has been appointed to hold a post-mortem examination and
10^7 April 19 (Mon) Waterloo' t a l l y Co'urler, p . I'. report.
lB9't'"A'pril 51 (wed) Waterloo Dally Courier, p . 5. (card I)
CRAZE IS KILLED. / Waterloo Airship Story Stops the People Scein'
Things. / TUT FIRAL ROUBTi-UP / OF AIRSHIP IHAGIHKGS. / Cedar Rapids Caiette
There Is considerable evidence extant that the Waterloo "airship" Finds Headlight for the Waterloo Fake—Fort Dodge's Fotsentinga, /
fake, which vas worked to such a superb finish on the country l a s t P a t t i hat z*de several fare v e i l tours aad l i thinking of Baklag
Friday, will end the wholesale lying that haa f i l l e d the press the another. The airship Is in the sajoe class of "fareyellinE," but the
past two weeks In regard to t h i s mysterious a e r i a l wanderer. Ther*
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'following from the Cedar Rapids Caiette l i announced aa positively l t . ' b e l n * a n u r . d br the p r . a i d . n t t h a t thould t b . shop. U r e a r e d - . ,
l a . t appearance: they surely v i l l be—Col. RarTerty could secure the rlRht of vay to
"Charley [Link]. Peter Hafferty and Hilvoj llssek are three ™n b i t c a r . to fort Bodge, and thus Waterloo t l ^ t be connected a. .
c i t i z e n s and votera of Cedar Rapids vho have h i t h e r t o borne good repu- suburb, la t b l . vay she vould pain intercourse vith the r e . t of t h -
t a t l o n s and whose records of t r u t h and veracity hare stood [Link]- w l * and the s c a l e , fould f a i l from off her eye*. /
ed. But i t is different now., J . 8 . Stevart vho 1B v i s i t i n g friends In Pennaylrania, write* the
Charley has for a number of years been a t r u s t e d employe of John Courier, ordering a change of address for b i t apaper and . a y . :
R. Baker, and i t vaa while out on busineas connected with t h e i r trade *» P h a s e d to knov you hare sosthing new in the a i r . h l p l i n e . It
that he cade a discovery vhlch brought him Into no l i t t l e n n proain- «-**» * 6 * « * »<*■ f o r Waterloo. I w i l l lend you a paper .bowing one
ence l a s t evening. But l e t him t e l l his ov» t a l e . order for aluminum and If you continue in the airship business, you
"You see I t was t h i s way," Charley aaid to a Gazette K r e p o r t e r , v t U p r o f i t by corresponding with the P l t t . b u r f i Reduction Co. ,
"I waa out south of the c i t y yeaterday, and driving near to the P a l l - 109T April 23 (FriJ Burlington Hawk-Eye, p . o.
saaee I concluded I vould go over to the r i v e r and see i f I could not , , _ „, . -
THE AIRSHIP AGAIN. / New London Street Ccraissloner Finds a Cot-uni-
gather a fev wild strawberriea. I vaa wandering up and doyn_the rocks, c*a lf\l o u _, nnv-nu-
meeting v i t h very l i t t l e Buccesa in isy search for the luscious native rroa tne uninovn. - . . , „ , „ ,,,
. .. , r u J .. . i i J, -, _ L J —. ew London. l a . , April 22.— (Correspondence. I—Yesterday the
f r u i t , when I heard a great noise almost d i r e c t l y over ay head. The ' , ' f* , , ' ,„ ,.,_ „<„71<._ ,
. , . ... .. _. . _ . _. , . ., _ e t r e e t cocaissioner, vhlle scraping the s t r e e t , in the v i c i n i t y of
noise increased r a p i d l y and the a i r took on the color, and t l n t a gen- " n " " 1 - u , - w " B i l ' • , „ , ,,.* .
,, , , j . i. „ ^ . ... ,, , . . ,_ the M.P. church, observed a piece of heavy brown paper rolled in a
e r a l l y Imagined to be reflected upon the v a i l s of hades. My eyeB vere f. * , <■"*"'*"• f ' - . „ _ „/», . ^ _ . ,„
d u l l e d and ay brain wa. in a w h i r l . (Poor Charley, and so young too) ' ^i crh i uca aa l shape and lsecurely 0CC t0i e d v piece of heavy Wine to
Suddenly
- ' a .,great object
,,. , f e
j l l upon
f. the earth
. . about forty
, , . feet from
. ,, ,, vher ^ «*«fc«* » ? ° L ^ ? n
The taper was p a r t i a l l y embedded in the cud and on being opened 7 ! * ^ i i L d 1 £ L ™ S proved^
I was which
hole stand i [Link] t vas ploved e a i t tupe d the
a great
groundcloud for ofseveral
smoke feetof several
and finally c o l - ^ f n o t h i n g^ L s s t h a i excitement a * l » l l c and fro= crowd,
one of have the abeen i r s h ieagerly
p , that avait-
have
Bankand
ors i n t ofull the ofearth
the rf ue sl lt poUonous
ft" f e e t , glai Bk.e. . a The
greatearth
w t e obecame
r . Froa hot the and I flce « ^_ d ^ B _co^[Link]
c t J _ _ a o f t o e cof o u cwhich
tryi ? he nfollowing
the ev, of
was cocplaMijtelled to r e t r e a t several feet from ay original position. *' B "
I waited perhaps an hour for the ground to cool, then auraoned up my " *X*^J °^y'T m. T*- *I-<, „ . . = . - . i . c^,,-,^ .*„^ .« i.^.
. . . ., , , . \ . .. Fron Airnhip Ian Chang. If t h i s aessage 1B found « " « to v.r».
courage . , and tupon. ay hands , , and knees , t
cravled
j v t o the apot ^,, vhere the , ays-. Dear Mother;—I r have „been
f , , - t taken
St prisoneri/mls mby . a oJapanese
url officer,
terious
to abandon object the had lodged. The
Investigation and aand was yet
ay hande so hot BO
becoming that
b l i sIt evaa
r e d t ethat
s t e dI 3atototol
.f r m n WVh, ,, . . ^. S ^ V i,n e . s .t ,r„e e t ^ S...t . u„„„i„i„ ^ J ^ ^ -rv.. ° ^» nf,.hi< A *t I : . „ < I
was compelled to take off ay shoes and put then on the Other e « « * i - 1B° d M a e d WeJ»lhw plantation near Honolulu. The republic of [Link]
t i e e . After two houra of hard digging I f i n a l l y unearthed the object, " J \ = J » P » f e " >jave several thousand ■ ° " l e « on [Link] a.
. , , j t , . ,. . , „™ t i t - i L i. i l a b o r e r s . I t haB recained for the Japs to solve the a i r [Link].
be ng obliged to take i t out of the hole by aeana of a long hooked ^ v = have been made by the government. Three are carrying t r o o p ,
pole. I was at an u t t e r l o s s to underatand what I had discovered. I f r o B j» p ( l I I t 0 totfftll. Two are carrying a m s fro» United S t a t e s . Ve
took i t down and cooled i t off In the r i v e r before loading I t into my fire w e 3 t abound u i t h load froa U near Hartford. Concunlcate with
buggy, and drove at once to the c i t y . I have only shovn I t to two e °venu=ent. Haate, your son,
persons, except yourself, and they are Rafferty and Hasek. Both being J . Rudolph.
qualified to pass upon such m a t t e r s , they have decided i t to be nothla|i'|!^7"1prir i "2'EnHcnJ Waterloo~&ally Courier, p . 1. '
but the headlight off* the a i n h i p which van wrecked at Waterloo.
Their theory Is that the ship vai up so high when i t l o s t the l i g h t n o r e Airship Queries. /
that the detached a r t i c l e only reached the ground yeaterday. I hare i f a i r s h i p l e t t e r , keep cowing In the Courier Is afraid i t v i l l
written Prof. JourgenBen at Waterloo and expect to fcetum to hla the fi n d i t [Link] employ an extra corps of c l e r k , to keep up i t s
aachlne, the loss of vhich has caused hia so ouch t r o u b l e . " correspondence. In the mail today was one l e t t e r vhieh ahovi that
John fi. Bakew i . inclined t o look upon Charley's story as a eort Chicago is s t i l l struggling with the n y . t e r y .
of "pipe dreaa.'' He says that about March 15 his rendering plant at The l e t t e r i s fron Dr. Shaffer, Bo. 90, 23d s t r e e t , and h« wants
Otis was blown up by the explosion of one of the tanks .that a b r a s . to know whether the a i r s h i p baj wide a voyag. or not. He says further
valve waa and Is s t i l l missing, and that t h i s 1* undoubtedly vhat he desires to know the f a c t , in thecas# as he has » b»t on the fcx sub-
Charley found. Mr. Baker, however, i s at a loss to understand hov J e c t . I t vould be i n t e r e s t i n g to know hov the doctor was b e t t i n g .
the object could have remained among the clouds for so long a time. He i s informed, however, t h a t the a i r s h i p vas sisn?ly • fake and t h a t
The mystery (T) will probably be explained l a t e r , as a s c i e n t i f i c coa- i t has long ago gone up—in naokc.
mlttee consisting of £ix Frank P i t k i n , George Peck, Lev Benedict and 1897 April 29 (Tb) Waterloo Daily Courier, p^"5. ' *
John Pichner has been appointed to hald a post mortem examination and
report j TKTY. GO UP IH SMOKE. / Waterloo Airship Cigars are U t e s t Thing Out./
Tn' the Courier'8 t a l l l a s t night the relieving vas found: The fan* of t h e -wonderful Waterloo a i r s h i p i s to be perpetuated
Olevelne, l a . , April 20, 1897. and in a way that v i l l convince the most skeptical that i t will go up.
Mister l d i t o r from Paper vhat got a i r s h i p i n : I should l i k e to A.I. Henc, the c i g a r manufacturer, has seen to t h i s by caking a
D0 what kind xaxvag norwelgen vas in that s h i p ! Tink he vaa my Brothc Cigar called "The Airship" and bearing the Inspiring l a b e l , "These
from Old country, H k i ka ut« ha K M Irjt xsxxa-igax Pleas t e l l him If Airships Go." The f i r s t bol Of these cigars vaa put on sale at the
Ole COM t o , I vould l i k e to see be vas fly norveigen in Old country Columbia cafe t h i s morning. The box is decorated vith a pketgraphic
and tink he cote in a i r s h i p . PleaB t e l l him come to Olevelne to see IX label of the *Waterloo a i r s h i p , reproduced from the photograph
me he can have lot fun and planty wind to run a i r s h i p . Ole Joureensen taken by T r i t t . ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
F t . Dodge Messenger:—To Waterloo i s due the credit of one of the ■■" _.-—--——----—---——-—-™—— ——
biggest humbugs ever perpetrated upon an unsuspecting public outside M\\\HESOT/\
of Earnuo I Bailey's c i r c u s . Heretofore they have held the aonopoly, isy? April 1 ( y r i ) Minneapolis Tribune, p. 1.
but now cooeB Waterloo—that l i t t l e tovn which has recently been put
upon the Bap—with the b i g g e s t , yet best Joke of a l l . I t Beema that T h c wonder Crowe / Iowa's Mysterious Airship !!.u^ I t s Api».u.i..te /
her people, vho have not had the advantage of aingling with the out- Special Tolcprnra to the Tribune, t h i s evi-nliij; I ' , ^ n - ^ h t
side world, in some vay got hold of the a i r s h i p Story. Just hov they ALBERT LEA. Minn., April «.--At 1:30 p.n. 3 t t CJIt l , i | l o (
I M £«nerjf
heard of I t ia not known, but suffice i t to say that th*y must have tcierrapti operator at Solon, Iowa. c a l l e J tIn­
to t i n t ir-;iv i r ' J U b« t
got hold of a F t . Dodge paper containing an account t h a t there vas 0( ice O I t h c jiurlinpton road at CoJar R-iplds to
-f
such a thing existing in the minds of the American people. At any airship sailing through the a i r si a [Link] rate of syi-.--i. 1(
rate they s t a r t e d out to get a ship of t h . i r own. And like the Cardiff ncKs,-.i by a l l thc [Link] -.en alonp the vhole l i n e .
Giant, I t drew spectators by the thousand. American people delight la wuen s.'en ac Albert Lea, Minn., at 11 p.m., It louKed I,J tc no
being huobugged, and la Waterloo l a s t week they got i t r i g h t . To Ur,-.-r [Link] a s t a r , and was covinp In a northerlv direct u-u. Ji»i-»a»T&
"Captain Jourgensen," vho played a prominent part in the humbug. Water i-ultc and red l i g h t s , and scer^.l to bo under perfi-ct control *-f t t u n
loo should vote a pension for l i f e and build for hia a hoae on the jliondUnp I t . It uns seen at Wasi-ca, ^ n n . , at 11:10 p-n., ,n.j •. .«t a<
highest pinnacle of the proposed t.M.C.A. b u i l d i n g , where he ai-X jNadlso", K.D. about 1 a.n. No one seeos to know where, it st-irtrj fti>«
might pose as a monument of science and Inventive genius to the young'or »>n?rg i t is roinp.
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"At l a s t , " s a i d h e , " I have found a p l a c e where I a.~ a p p r e c i a t e d ..?"? ■ t a ^. e . u . s , 3 h ? a J d . - ..nonAi |"y t ' knar ft-.P M I T ' ___ ,
and s a t i s f i c d . " ITJ97 ApflT J.4 (Wed.) S t . r a u l D i s p a t c h , p . 4 .
"Allow r . e , " he s n i d , s t e p p i n g a s i d e nnd r e v e a l i n g one o f h i s com­ SCHWEITZER SAW I T , / U t e a t Testimony R e s p e c t i n g t h e A i r s h i p .
p a n i o n s , " t o i n t r o d u c e you t o one o f r y *XJC« t r u s t e d l i e u t e n a n t s , who Chief of D e t e c t i v e * S c h u e l t i e r l a among t h o a e vho aaw t h e " a i r a h l p '
a c c o m p a n i e s r^.e on n i l ny dreamy f l i g h t s . T h i s , Mr. Mayor, i s e.y p a l last night. He w i t n e s s e d t h e d i f f e r e n t c o l o r e d l i g h t * f r o a h l a hone
f . rortur.e. The e t h e r n e e d s no i n t r o d u c t i o n . He o n l y l i v c 6 in t h e oa C h a r l e a s t r e e t . The " s h i p " h o v e r e d around in t h e v i c i n i t y of th«
Eight.-, wara . " f a i r ground* f o r sotoe t i n e , b u t I t uaa a p p a r e n t l y ao f a r away t h a t
The c r c - d b r o k e i n t o d e l i g h t e d a p p l a u s e , t o which Eddie r e s p o n d e d n o t h i n g b u t t h e l i g h t s c o u l d be i d i s t i n g u l a h e d .
w i t h h i s u s u a l g n l i n n t r y and p a t r o n i z i n g a i r . He had rare a i r w i t h h i e Saouel A. S m a r t , g e n e r a l baggage a g e n t of t h e G r e a t N o r t h e r n r o a d ,
than a n y t h i n g e l s e f o r he needed i t t o run h i s a i r s h i p . He i n v i t e d „..„ i i V c a a t 835 H o l l vy avenue a l s o aavn he aau I t
t h e p e o p l e o s c a r d - l o " 5 e e h i s new craTtTTTuI r - < T o n e " r e s a n d e d - lie d i s - * v e n u * • * l e 0 "** h e * ™ u -
p a i r e d C s i c ) of h a v i n g |.<s i n v e n t i o n a c c e p t e d a t a l l , vhen—sflTSTnly 1 ) 1 1 1 7 , 7 . Budd Reeve of North Dakota c u e to town:
t h e r e was a c c - . - o t i o r . en t h e edge o f t h e crowd and Judge Nelson pushed " I want t o say t h a t we have found out a l l a b o u t t h e a l r a h i p In
.-.[Link] t c t h e fror.;. " h e r e was n c o r d i a l [Link] t e t v e e n t h e two and North D a k o t a , I t i s t h e advance a g e n t of p r o s p e r i t y s a i l i n g around
in a few [Link].s ."'.ii.-c r ^ l r c n e x c l a i m e d : l o o k i n g fo'r t h e b e s t p l a c e t o l i g h t , o r r a t h e r t o s e e where p r o s p e r i t y
ia needed oo»t.[")
 i&01 April 11. (Wed) St. Paul Pioneer-Press, p. 2. !3Xs
They ca.T be foljed over the ca chine '.o Ton: a pnracnule to Jrop Jot.n
OP COURSE THEY CAW IT. / Everybody Knows All About What )i Thinks of s t r a i g h t , or they can be folded up so that they offer no r e n s u w f t
the Airship. the wind in £oing against i t or In diving. The machinery th»t oper-
ates thea is soEj;vhat complicated, but i t s operation is lieple and
C t l l l w a t e r , Minn., Special, April 13.—Telegraph operators along they can be used in any of these ways since t h e i r only purpose I t to
the [Link] line in t h t i vicinity of t h i s c i t y saw the airship to-night help tha machine go, They are not needed to steady i t , because the
At Etillwater Junction l i g h t s only vere seen, but at North Wisconsin gas bag looks after that business. The l i g h t s which have tide a l l the
Junction the operators claim they saw the o u t l i n e s of the ship, vhich fuse have no special use. Their purpose, when a e r i a l navigation be-
was cigar-shaped. As yet no signs of i t have been seen in S t i l l v a t e r . / cooes coiraon, as i t c e r t a i n l y w i l l , in viev of the succeBSDQx"th'l»
P c r a l t c n , Minn., Special, April 13.—The «k a i r s h i p was sighted t o - ship, is the sas* as the l i g h t s on a ship on the sea. I have put thea
night a l i t t l e before 9 o'clock and vas watched by fifty people for now because I wanted to t e s t the rachir.e in i t s cocplete for- I ^
fully txxtx. twenty [Link], The outlines of I t * the craft could not be not afraid or c o l l i s i o n s at present.
distinguished, but the colored l i g h t s were p l a i n l y v i s i b l e , I t moved On athe platform is also a sitall cabin f i t t e d out cccfortatly. I
rapidly in a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n . / an writing t h i s on ry typewriter 2,000 feet above the e a r t h ' s surface.
Clayton, Wig,, s p e c i a l , April 13.--What is supposed to be the a i r ­ I have in t h i s cabin everything I need on a t r i p of several days. The
ship was seen by people on the s t r e e t s here at tJ:l*0 p.m. I t appeared cabin is a i r t i g h t and In i t Is an oxygen generator, so that I can go
to be moving in a northwesterly direction and shoved red, green and as high as I please and t i k e isy a i r to orde* as I go. I an going to
white l i g h t s . / drop t h i s at the f i r s t town I s t r i k e . "
Winona, Minn., Special, April 13.—Harry Friday and several a m There vas a signature to the l e t t e r , but i t could not be rade out.
other Winonans have seen the "soap bubble" a i r s h i p , but take no stock But the l e t t e r caused the greatest excitement in the town.
in the nJiny s t o r i e s which are told about i t . I t i s thought here to be Nov t h a t this much of the secret is Out the Pioneer Press eight at
s t a r . I t is seen by Winonans to show both red and green l i g h t s , and well "acli

*y-
csiingly to sway back and f o r t h . I t appeared Just southwest of the Knowledge the corn.I As t h e J P l o n e e r 1» always at the for*

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not only with news, but with methods, as I t was the f i r s t in the
liorthvest to ecploy a d v e r t i s i n g agencies, so i t is the f i r s t in the
f i e l d with an a i r h s i p to carry the gospel of "The oldest ar.o the l e s t
STORY OF Tilt; AIRSHIP / IS SEEN CLEARLY NEAR HEW ULM. / What I t Really newspaper in the Northwest.
Is — How I t Is Constructed—How I t Runs—And Why I t la Built and Oper­ 1097 April 15 ITh) S t . ' P a u l Pioneer Presa, p .
ated. /
New Uln, Minn., Special, April 13.--The a i r s h i p , after maklnR night- MORE 0? 'EM. / Additional Airship Returns Are Received.
ly f l i g h t s over the c i t i e s of the Northwest, after mystifying a the Wlnona, Minn., Special, April i t . — L a s t evening the residents of
people of half a dozen s t a t e s and arousing the c u r i o s i t y of the e n t i r e Fountain City were astonished to see s a i l i n g d i r e c t l y over the c i t y ,
c i v i l i z e d world, has not only appeared in this c i t y but I t has l e f t a several thousand feet fron the ground, a bright l i g h t , vhich vas near­
tacssage explaining In part I t s strange a c t i o n s . ly ne x large as the moon. The l i g h t vaa a bluish vbite and looked
The news of the airship has aroused Che c u r i o s i t y of the people of l i k e an e l e c t r i c l i g h t . The Xg l i g h t vaa at once recogniied s i very
this c i t y and for several nights those on the s t r e e t s have been on the l i k e l y being frca the nov farous and mysterious a i r s h i p , vhich c*o/
lookout for the red, green and white l i g h t s among the s t a r s . About people heretofore in t h i s v i c i n i t y have taken very l i t t l e stock in.
19 o'clock to-night the sovlng l i g h t of the a i r s h i p was discovered In The craft vaa going with the wind and at a good r a t e of speed. Being
the Northeast. I t seemed to be moving rrapidly in a generally south­ BO high In the a i r the form of the vessel could not be &ade out. Yet
west d i r e c t i o n , but i t s course sas not d i r e c t . I t appeared to be ap­ those who sav the l i g h t svear- i t could have come tax fron no s t a r , at
proaching the c i t y , but while i t was s t i l l some distance away i t veered i t vas too low and too l a r g e , also that tbe l i g h t had tbe appearance of
to the west and then, c i r c l i n g sround toward the south, i t came nearer being e l e c t r i c and coming from a vessel. Among thoie vho v l l l ivear to
again, and when It wan d i r e c t l y overhead i t seemed to stop. But while the statement and taw the l i g h t are Mesaes. T. G«rlich, Sterling S*ith
But while the ii£j;t see'r.c'J t o l:e stationary i t was noticed that i t A. Dressendorpher, Hugo Heck and Joseph Schruster. The red and green
/.opt p-owir.g i-rifhter end brighter u n t i l i t uos evident that the a i r ­ l i g h t s seen at other points vere not noticeable l a s t night. The a i r ­
ship VIJS coring down, Just as the c u r i o s i t y Of the spectators vtis at ship vas watched u n t i l i t sank beyond the h i l l s In the v e s t .
i t s height the iifcht xj.f wade a sudden shoot for the east and i t s ap­
pearance indicated that the [Link] v i s i t o r was r i s i n g as t t t r a v ­ Canton, S. D. , S p e c i a l , April l^.— Late l a s t night an a i r s h i p ,
eled almost A-ii: e a s t . headed due north, passed over Canton. I t vas going at a rapid r a t e anc
The crowd was s t i l l watching the disappearing l i g h t , wondering vas seen by Mayor CM. Seeley, ex-Kayor Laxson, Dr. Lewis, Dr. C'Nell
whether I t would r e t u r n , when a loud thud on the sidewalk only a few and G. W. Stanley, a l l leading c i t l x e n s . I t appeared quite large in
feet awuv a t t r a c t e d uttontion. A small package na0
struck the walk. the l i g h t of the noon and c a r r i e d red and green l i g h t s . I t was propel-
The vrorrer « « * « P 7 of the Sundfy Pioneer Press. On the inside was ^ d bY it huf.e YJ»Ba o r f n c . 5 gfd u a B £°* n « "-F**."'* t h e " ' " " • . — - _ _
a bfcr of type « t . l and tied to t h i s waS a folded piece of paper. [Link] April 15 iW) S t . l a u l Pioneer P r e . . . p . 5. TcTrTTT
v;is hurriedly tfiken to the hotel across the s t r e e t and examined. I t ADAW SAW THE AIRSHIP LIGHT / I t IS AS OLD AS CREATION, SAY THE AS7B0H-
was covered with, typewritten rratter which was as follows:
CHERS. / Severlnus J . Corrlgan Explains That the Light Is Alpha Orion-
"Ap;.-reciatift£ the i n t e r e s t that the a i r s h i p has aroused and the
I t i Apparent Peculiar Motion and Change of Color Due to Atrospherlc
c u r i o s i t y of the e n t i r e world regarding i t s construction, i t s opera­
Conditions and Purely an Optical Illusion—The Light in the East i i
tion and i t s [Link] I have decided to fake t h i s statement. I can
safely do t h i s now since enough t r i a l s have been [Link] to show that the the Star Alpha Bootes - D e s c r i p t Ion of the S t a r s . /
rachian is u success so that I ojn no longer afraid of the public While i t ■ 1< possible that an a i r s h i p or tvo c*y be cruising
derision which has been meted out to a l l my predecessors who have about In the heavens, the l £ t l i g h t s that so nany people have been
t r i e d to emulate the birds to fly through space from the time or watching have nothing t o do v i t b those a i r s h i p s If astronocers are to
Darius Creen. That is why X have operated only at night and that is be believed. What has been reported to be the headlight of an a i r ­
the cause for the mystery of ciy f l i g h t s . ship is only an ordlnalry f i r s t magnitude s t a r , say the astronomers,
"I have been on the i i n g now for several days, off and on, almost r i l l i n g U i t s regular place in the sky at the place i t has f i l l e d
weeks in f a c t , for i t was a considerable time before cy l i g h t s were since long before a i r s h i p s were ever thought of. As reported fron
f i r s t discovered and I was flying about unknown to those below, I various points la the Horthvest and as seen at St. Paul the past two
s t a r t e d fro.-?, the Pioneer Press building in St. Paul, My rachine la so or three evenings the g l i t t e r i n g object has been seen in the Western
constructed that i t la necessary for ae to s t a r t fron: a high place. I sky, at f i r s t half vay from xk l e n i t h to b o r i t o n , at about 8 o'clock
selected the Pioneer Press buidling because of i t s height and i t s in the evening. At apparently a reitarkabls speed I t has taken a
central location in the c i t y . Since then I have been flying about course toward the northwest, gradually descending u n t i l i t disappeared
having fun with folks. in the n l u r ' c y atcosphere of the horiion.
"My r-achir.e is of peculiar construction and i t [Link] several Prof, Hough, of the" Horthvestern u n i v e r s i t y , of Evanaton, 111., la
new p r i n c i p l e s in a e r i a l navigation, but I have solved the problem. to Interview in Tuesday's Pioneer Press, aild that th« alleged s t r i n g
The &&sis of r.y a i r s h i p is a gcod-sized alu.~inu,-c cylinder, hollow and c e l e s t i a l v i s i t a n t vaa the s t a r well known to astonoMcrs as Alphs Pr­
oper, at both enas. Cn t h i s is a platform and about ten feet above the l o n l s , which, says the professor, "has been navigating space In an
platform is a big bag, as long 86 the cylinder and with larger dia­ eccentric manner for ten million years.
meter. This is f i l l e d with g'as and serves as the agent of voyaging Hr, Severlnus J . Corrigan, the well known astc-nomer and s c i e n t i s t
for the s h i p . At the sides of the cylinder are large wings and at the of St, Paul, corroborated the assertion of Prof. Hough, except that he
stern is a lar^e fan-shaped rudder. denies that there ever has been, is nov, or ever can be, anything "ec­
"The aac:;iner/ and what would be the cabin on a shir is on the c e n t r i c " about the "aavigstion" or notions of t h i s s t i r or any other
platform. The eachinery is operated by a storage battery s o t o r . One s t a r . The c h a r a c t e r i s t i c s of a l l s t e l l a r bodies, he Maintains, are
of tr.e principal tachines is a fan that operated in the cylinder. Thi; natural and regular and have been regular since their creation.
i s l i k e [Link] ordinary blow-fan used for v e n t i l a t i n g buildings. I t ex­ "The s t a r that has caused a l l t h i s t a l k i s always seen In i t s pres­
hausts the a i r in the cylinder In front and blows i t out in the r e a r . ent position at this t i n e of the year," ho said yesterday. " I t 1* the
I t revolves very rapidly and exhausts the a i r so fast ehat the atmos­ l a r g e s t s t a r in the c o n s t e l l a t i o n of Orion—'the mighty hunter' of
pheric pressure drives the boat ahead. The speed that can be attained aythology—the c o n s t e l l a t i o n , which, with I t s thres s t a r s in line fora-
fcy [Link] ^cajis is a l c o s t incredible u n t i l i t is t r i e d . ing the ' b e l t ' and three others making tlie'svord,' is every eveninR to
"Although t h i s is the iLain means of propulsion the cotor also oper- be seen 'slowly sloping to the west,' aa descrlb«d in 'Lockslty H a l l . '
atea tr.e fail wings a t the s i d e . They can be s t r e t c h e d out horizon­ Every achoolboy knows t h a t astronomers n > J M [ n e a c i r , ^n_, ^ o n a i e l H t i o r
t a l l y to s a i l as a bird s a i l s on the irind, or they can be soved to act In t h e i r order of brightness by tha I n t e r s of th« Creak a l p h a b e t -
as large fans to fan the craft forwards. They can k«* also be e l e ­ Alpha, Beta, Canaa, e t c . The
vated above the Mchine, and t h i s Is t h e i r ooat effective use when It Brightest Star In Orion,
is p o s s i b l e , toact as a a i l s , Just as the s i i l s of a ship operate. which on the sidereal cape ik placed in the shoulder of the 'eighty
 h u n t e r , ' i s , therefore, called Alpha Orion, o r , when LatlnUed, Alph
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OrioniB. The name given I t by Oriental astronomers ia aetelguese. A local c l t i i e n , or the party at the Clarendon, added f a t fe -»
Orion liau another star of the f i r s t magnitude. Seta Orion!i, or Rleel a c een Ada* Thlelen, a Washington county farcer, yesterday M r n | n ,
which 1B In his foot. lelcn l i v e , two s i l t * thla side of Llao. Thlelen told the <t |"i
The apparently wavering or dancing motion of Betelgue B e is pec­ can a story of hearing a bulling in the a i r about 11 o'clock f e „,,"
before. This was while Thielen waa walling nor* from a neiKTbor.r
u l i a r to a l l s t a r s in s t e l l a r positions in t h s sky, and i s caused by farr-house Looking up, he K saw a dark object high in the Tky ard
the Irregular refraction of the rays of l i g h t , and is only an optical bearing red and freen l i g h t s . The farcer was puttied
i l l u s i o n . I t Is ridiculous to suppose that there ia r e a l l y such a mi April lb (nil Minneapolis t r i b u n e , p . j , P u " i < J -
cotion of the s t a r . The cange of colors is also due solely to atfflOB-
TMX pheric Influences . People ha*e noticed these things for a l l time, Neva of the Northwest (North Dakota), ota).
but only the ignorant have ever been disturbed by then, and i t ia s i n - S t i l l in the M r . / Special Telegram gran to the Tribune.
gular that they are not better and core generally understood at this
day. a. t^ra^Tfi• ?'D'; T U 1 5 ' ~ T h e P e C U U " " r l t l P^cenon W .
"But while 6o'=e observers thought they were sighting the airship In as the California s i r s h i p was witnessed here l a s t night by number, of
the west, others were excitedly gaiing at another glaring object, at c l t l r e n a It was traveling In a northwesterly direction and v . . of a
about the eaz.e a l t i t u d e from the horizon, in the e a s t , which they de­ yellowish color, changing to red and blue at Intervals and [Link]
clared must also be an a i r s h i p or i t s headlight. But t h i s is also a lowering u n t i l l o s t froa l i g h t below the [Link]. The s a w V h t '
[Link] at different points along the Northern Pacific Rallw.v\„«
s t a r , well known to every student of the geography of the heavens as past two evening, and appears to be the sas» at a l t p o i n t . .
Alpha Eootes, or the f i r s t magnitude ster Arcturus*xxk« in the constel­
l a t i o n of Eootes, the rythologlcal 'herdaman'--the same Arcturus [Link]- The Tribune t r u s t s that . 1 1 of i t s Northwestern correspondent, will
tloned, with ' h i s s o n s , ' In the Book of Job. not find i t necessary to see the a i r . h i p by wire; but If the* in­
"I waa inclined to b e l i e v e , " continued Mr. Corrlgan, "when the s i s t on ^discovering I t , a l l that i s [Link] is to telegraph the
f i r s t reports were published, that c e r t a i n inventors had possibly suc­
ceeded In contructing an a i r s h i p and eight be t e s t i n g i t somewhere, but
when i t waa said to have been seen at the same moment in different
L1r:h"delt::-oftinewh,rlu » lnB|erced *■ th - — ^ <°~ —
1897 April I t (PriJ HlnflMpoIii l r l t u n a , p . J.'" —
parts of the country, I r e a l i i e d that the s t a r s must be confusinf sore
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people. I t is quite possible that some craft adapted to a e r i a l navi­ I . Wandering S t i l l / The Airahlp V i s i t s Portion, of [Link] Teetards
gation will be contructed and used within the present generation. Such and Created the Usual Seneation.
an invention Is not opposed to- s c i e n t i f i c p r i n c i p l e s , but rather in The a i r ahip . t i l l keep, up i t s wandering.. I t wa. reported as
accord with them. But an a i r s h i p will be l i k e l y to disappoint I t s in­ having passed Cleocoa, Hinn., at about 6 o'clock l a a t night. To the
v e n t o r s , In the amount of great r e s u l t s , a t l e a s t - I t w i l l c e r t a i n l y c i t i t e n . of that v i l l a g e i t appeared as an oblong object about the . i t
not drive railroads out of existence nor supplant e x i s t i n g methods of of a full moon. I t was traveling very f a . t and wa. seen for ooly abou
of transportation to any Important extent. But as long as people see fifteen minute..
only the objects they have seen within the past few days, they will
Fron Howard Lake, Minn., also co»e. newa of the a a r l a l vthiclea
, never see an a i r s h i p or even i t s headlight." Drs. Chllton and E. C. Tuttle c l a l » to have plainly aeen i t . Thay dil
, AIRSHIP'S FOOTPRINTS. cribe i t as being of the shape of a whale, apparently changing in i t s
Two Truthful Citizens Come Upon the Mystery on Und. shape as I t journied through the a i r . Four d i s t i n c t and varying light
The road to Hudson, Wis., has long been the road to b l i s s f u l r e a l ­ they m t ask eay were d i s c e r n i b l e .
i z a t i o n s . And i t was upon the road to Hudson that Frederick Chamber­
lain realized Tuesday night „hat this comunity and the Northwest have p. 4—It ia now pretty generally believed that the airship which has
been anxiously awaiting. Frederick Chamberlain's hopea were then and created so much excitement la several Western s t a t e s was an optical
thjre realized, and the hopes of O.L, Jones, Fov at 11:15, or mayhap I l l u s i o n Induced either by an unusually bright evening atar or toy
11:20, Tuesday n i g h t , upon the road to Hudson, one mile this side of balloons sent up by p r a c t i c a l Joker.. The light v a . actually seen by
Lake Elmo, Frederick Chamberlain and O.L. Jones survived an encounter several hundred people, and Imagination added the corroborative detalJ
with the famous a i r s h i p . Messrs. Chamberlain and Jt-nes saw the a i r - such as the outline of a cigar-shaped c r a f t , people on board, e t c .
shir Jn the a i r and the airahlp In the mud. To convince themselves
that they were not sleeping, nor the victims of too hearty a supper Sun Apr. 18 p . 3—News of the Northwest (The Tribune crusts a l l of l t i
they pointed out to each«c other the footprints of the Martian monster northwestern correspondents w i l l not find I t necessary to see ths a i r -
in the palpable Minnesota mud. Fourteen footprints were resdlly Ship; but if they I n s i s t on discovering i t , a l l that Is n e c e s s a r y U
d i s c e r n i b l e , each two feet In length, six i n c h e s v l d e , arranged seven to telegraph the place and d a t e . The s l r a h l p e d i t o r will do th- r - . r
on each aide, and in an oblong pattern—the massy supports, manifestly, 1897 April 17 (Sat) Duluth Weekly News-Tribune, p . 4. ( t d s ) .
whereon the gruesome contrivance rested when folding I t s canvas wings.
Premising this firm foundation for Fred Chamberlain's airship—and O.L. That Airship.
Jones' ss well—the marvilous adventure can be related in d e t a i l . The The airahlp has .truck the nd'thwest c i r c u i t and Is playing one-
circumstance taht Mr. Chamberlain i s himself a resident of Hudson, a night stands In more or l e s s close proximity to Duluth. No serious
l o c a l i t y synonymous, to many t r u s t i n g s o u l s , with the c e l e s t i a l para­ a t t e n t i o n Is paid to the report from Milwaukee, where observations m*d<
d i s e , the circumstanca that O.L. Jones dwells customarily at New Sweden through beer glasses have slwaya been d i s c r e d i t e d , but the testimony
Nlcollet county, the further circumstance that both are traveling men from Klnneapoli. f i x e , the airship as a fact and not an adjunct of the
now at the Clarendon hotel—these features give but "local habitation" dreaded D.T.
and several "names" to the following disclosure: Ths a i r s h i p hove In sight of Minneapolis about half-past 9 Saturda;
"Jones and I , " said Mr. Chamberlain yesterday, "were driving In night, and was promptly located by J . J . B a r r e t t , Jasper Clbb. and Rev.
l a s t night xxxxxxii from Lakeland, Washington county. Soon a f t e r 11 H. Brown, a l l of whom were in or on top of the Guaranty Loan restaurant
o'clock we were about a mile this side of Lake Elmo when, looking off a hashery noted for i t s prohibition p r i n c i p l e s . All three of the gen­
■ one side of the road and into an opening in the woods, we saw a man tlemen mentioned were sober, a statement easily accepted, aa none of
walking about with a lantern. He walked around and around, aa If he then climed to have seen eore than one a i r s h i p .
was looking for something. There was no house near. The moon, you The a e r i a l navigator, should give Duluth a c a l l , as u* h«ve unus­
r e c o l l e c t , waa shining brightly l a a t night, tfe could see quite d l s - ually excellent terminal f a c i l i t i e s to offer. In case of accident the
t l n c t l y except for the shadows from the t r e e s . So ve thought something bay w i l l be found much softer to drop on than the country around Hlnne-
had gone wrong to keep can busy with a lantern ia so lonely e. spot. spoils.
Jones said, ' l e i ' s drive in t h e r e . ' 'All r i g h t , ' says I , and ve turned y ^ y o u < e e , n - , l r h J __. orDBl,j
our t e a m - i t was a two-horse buggy we he.«~off towards the clearing lflS7'April 1? (Sat.) DuluthV Hinn. fwkly) K ewB-Trlbune, p. 6. (card 1,
about two blocks d i s t a n t . We hadn't gone five rods before the lantern
Buddenly disappeared. We heard! a crackling of twigs and bruah from S E E m z A I R S | ) l p , P f l r t y o f Y f l u n g ,, e n S c a n £ h e K e ( t v t n i ,t H l E h t , /
the c l e a r i n g . Then a rushing n o i s e — i r r e g u l a r , more l i k e wind blowing H 0 T 0 [ J U 0 „ E S H l p B l r r T H R £ E / | l a r i j Times In Duluth Do Not D*ny Thla
around the eaves of a house than like escaping steam. A second l a t e r City the Privilege of Seeing Unusual Spectacles / (Froa Tues.'s Dally)
and we distinguished a long, high object of a gray white color. The A half score of young men that have been very nuch interested In
thing struck ne as resembling most «* the top of a ' p r a i r i e schooner' the movements of the mysterious airship that has been reported froa
or imaigrajit vagon covered with canvas. At the same instant we saw scores of places, and which Saturday nlfht was seen in Minneapolis,
two rows of lights—four l i g h t s in two pairs—one each pair including concluded the s e r i a l machine was about due to arrive off Duluth last
a red and a green l i g h t . The thing rose quickly at a sharp angle, so evening end so they determined to miss the opera and see the v i s i t o r
as to Just clear the t r e e tops. As i t passed over the trees to the an ^ i t should psss t h i s wsy,
south we saw several more white l i g h t s . But we could oake out no ma- -r^ party provided plenty of wraps,for the niphtwas thick and the
chinery or wings or wheels or rudders or hucan figures, or even the B C n osphere was cold and damp. Refreshornta were provided also in
exact outline of the a f f a i r . Fact was, I t vent up a l l In a J i f f y , «U U b e r a l q u a n t i t i e s for the a i r ship does not appear to move on fixed
and were too surprised to get a good view. Almostlmmedlately after we B c h e d u i e t i M a n d r efresh*»xxaents would help to pass the t i n e . The
saw the e n t i r e 0 D J " t i t vanished behind the t r e e s . The timber was observers were provided with night glasses and went Into camp on top
r i g h t alongside us, and cut off our view. Jones said then, 'Why, nan of * West Superior s t r e e t skyscraper. Cetweeen the psrtaking of r e -
that sust be the a i r s h i p ! " I hadn't even thougnt Of such a p o s s i b i l i t y freshoents and cigars and casting lots to see who would go for fr*sti
although, of course, I've heard of the cystery. toyvay, we drove over supplies, the time psssed s^s werrliy as could be expected under the
to the c l e a r i n g . I t was rather vet ground and in the cud were the circumstsnees. The heeve'nB were scanned" at frequent i n t e r v a l s .
lax* fourteen curks I described t o you. But there was nothing else I t wss about 11:15 when one of the observers suddenly exclaimed,
around that we could see In the bod l i g h t , although we looked for sere "There she goes, by the great horn spoon."
thing accidentally l e f t behind. Yes, we could hear the rushing [Link] The announcement caused such s commotion that some of the refresh­
for perhaps a minute after the thing disappeared." ments were s p i l l e d . The observer that had produced the excltetDent was
s t s r l n g through his g l s s s , f i r s t with both eyes open and then with one.
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r\-„ ,c .1, i i.j , .lgned a contract vlth Hr. Clevem to uae lignite [coal for! th« «ntlr«
One of the air ahips appeared to be making signals and i t 1. aup- fleet orilFTbTpTiiSw {flying) over t h i s c o l t r y , ' a n d that , t 1
paosed they were intended for the hydrographlc office In the board of of the . h i p . would make regular [ t r i p . ) between here « d the P .net
\l«U* «2 ^ S ' P * ? * " ! ! " " ° f flIr B h i P 8 e e e n t 0 t h e w t h of Hlnne- n . r . [ Kin order| to bring over . large colony of [ t h . t ' p l a n e t ' . )
apolla and St. Paul last evening are probably the result of imgln- inhabitant.. And the air .hip . a i l e d (.way)! iv, iee the H i n t !
ation. The real air ships abroad last evening vere those seen by the yet I !once[ ]. '
party on top of the Duluth business block.
One rcenber of the party that did not have a glass to favor hla p-t . „ 2 1 „ i—u-\„
observations with tried the plan of closing one eye and says that If ^ 5 " • p \ 7 velv7
there were not sore than three a i r ahipa in the fleet hla [Link] la not . . ™« • fc P « • "baerved here 1 . . Saturday between I and I . U i *
• leering int h e a .[Link] direction.
uted
to be to the lonesome
trusted. air ship did
The airships thatnot came into view
perform any of atthe
Minneapolis
tactics a and
ttrib- ° ' l t t *? *°™J*S: ' " » t h « r o o f ° °J* H « W . "pltf" (..loonl),
other places but appeared to be holding a steady course for the North
Frl May 7 p. 4—Norman.
9 U l t Sudd.y evening the a e t t l e r i of t h i . locality were «rou»»d b-r
"There was considerable conjecture among the young e*en that exposed „ „ " " TA°M IZ^lKlTiA^tZ'.'rA?, I
themselves to pneumonia for the sake of getting a look at the air ship, " " £ ! " 1 „ m *" ^ , off In . northeasterly d l r -
h
aa to where the fleet could could be bound for. It is presumed it Is « " < » • • « " " " » * l l k « *° * J* ' h i P - " » * ° *vlth the apeed of lightening
v At AO
. , , , . . , , -. ,, .. ., , But a. It got got nearer
nearer veve could
could iee iee somethin
something like a hunan body on a
headed for the gold fields or the north pole.
wheel. It va. Olaf Clevea on hit bicycle. ,
One of the observers holds to the theory that it is an air ship 1897 April 17 (Sat.)' Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D., p . l .
race around the world and that the people to the south have seen at
different times all three of the serial machines and that during that The Air Ship at Pierre.
tlce the shipa were merely jockeying for a atart. It had been auppoaed Pie
f t e , April 17.—The a i r ship visited this [Link] last nij;ht. At
that Strong drink cones ao high In Duluth that this city would be de­ least two men in this city and a [Link] of reaidenta of Fort Pierre
nied the privilege of seeing the air ship and it will be a matter of say they are willing to take oaths to seeing I t . It passed over the
public gratification that Duluth has been favored even more than obher city several hundred feet high , going west, and slowed the usual red
Places in spite of, the hard tlmea. and green l i g h t s . Fire chief Honkhouse and James Seals saw i t here
1897 "Aprii'sb" (Tues) St. Paul "Dispatch, p. V. "and J.B. KcLoud saw i t at Fort Pierre. Sea la saya, beside the light,
he saw a dark body hanging below with lonr area extending on each aide.
It v a a . . . S c o t t ' s . . . A i r Ship. / The moon was shining brightly and a l l are certain there could have bean
The fiispatch has exerted ltself—ond i t f l a t t e r s i t s e l f vith a no mis take.
fair degree of success—to properly portray the many-sided genius of 1897 Aprii"l7"l&Ty"lArglulBl-lLeader,1 'Slo'ui" F a i l i , S.D., p. 2.
our gifted impresario, Louis Napoleon Scott. His charmed circle of
remunerative play houses, his vlde-reaching and deep ralue-giring The Air Ship Was at Verolllion. / Many Persona See I t i Light*—A
aediura, Ms players' hotel and his drareatlc railroad hare a l l been Crocerynan'a Son with a Kite.
duly exploited, but i t appears t h a t , like the Queen of Sheba, the Vermllllon, April 17.— (Special to the Argus-Leader)-—The puch
half has not been told. <>aod erat denonstrandun. talked of a i r ship has crossed the border near this state «nd has beta
The E£st casual reader and observer cuat have had his attention aeen on several occasions near this t i t y . Curiosity has caused i-anv
attracted by the recent stories of the airship which has been a*ilt»«; to watch for the appearance of the delusion over this c i t y . La*[ nifin
f l i t t i n g about the heavens, denoraliiing communities and wrecking the at about 11 o'clock, a sudden brightness appeared In the sky which
church standing of rore than one theretofore truthful c i t i i e n . Hun­ Blowly approached the city from the northeast and Mde a complete c i r ­
dreds caw a i t and hundreds were denounced either as Hunchhausens or cuit of the business portion of the c i t y . The icage was seen by about
aa having looked upon the vine when i t was red, or aa having x±x*i twenty men who were on the street at the tiise.' The description! are
viewed the airship through a (beer) glass darkly. many and varied but a l l seen to agree that there vaa a brtpht red
But i t vaa a l l Scott. On hie head be a l l the anathemas. I t was light which tnoved slowly in the sky, Some of the more thoughtful
hla airship and vhen driven in a corner, be could not deny i t . He is spectator, hastened to the home of the profeasor of aitronony of the
the St. Paul C 3 of the cycle shov, and i t vaa t o h i . Protean geniui unlveraity to get a aight at i t through the large telescope. L'nfor-
that the airship owed i t s actual existence. I t vaa r e a l , i t was earn-j tuaately the iaage disappeared before the Instrument could be gotten
e a t , and to advertise the cycle show vas I t s goal and nov Scott can dd In place. Storiea were rife on the streets t h l . *ornlng and no doubt
no more than to stroke his amber mustache and acknowledge the soft before night would have developed into an image vith two llghta and
[Link]. What he has done vlth the great machine, vhat be propo­ man'a and women', voice, a. the general description given. It Teamed
ses next to do with I t , whenther he steered i t through the ecpyrean out however, that a certain grocer's .on had tiade a kite the day k e i u
himself or by proxy, vhat v l l l be the next exemplification of hla before and the t a i l thereof needed . lantern to give i t proper ballast.
massive braln—theae are aecrets vhich he may t e l l to the night wind, The story somehou lacks tha confidence at night that i t had in the
but vhich for the present repose In undisturbed serenity behind the morning.
rhincstone which mnrda his breast. 1897 April 19 (Hon) Argus-LeaderTS'Iou* r a i l . , S.D., p. a.

DAKQTAS" ■See the Airships. / Train Men See the Lights of the [Link]—Are Very
1897 April Li (Wed evegj Fargo (K.D.J foma and Dally Republican, p. 1
iPositive.
Hadlaon Sentinel; Trainmen on the n west bound t r . U [Link]
The Airship.
evening saw the famous a i r s h i p . I t vas visible to then .11 the way
Report, fron Jsnestown, Eeuson, Stoele, Biarflrck, Kandan and
fron Howard to Artesian. It was after dark and starlight when the
Dickinson are that the a i r s h i p passed wost l a s t night along the lino
of the Northern Fuciflc. It was seen at Jatcestovn fcy Druggist Atis 1 myaterlous object f i r s t appeared. It aeemed very bright at first and
wife and tho Western Union operator. Other towns west were called up could be seen fron the interior of the coach by looking through the
and viewed 'the wanderer through glasses, Bismarck getting an especially v«ry top of the coach window. Conductor Joe Wright . t . t e d to t h .
fine view. Thla Is the report fron the west today, for what I t la reporter that the red a*d white Ugh s were plainly v l . i b l e .nd .ee» d
.. Y
" hange position
to change position aaaa the
the object
object varied
varied in
in ii tt ii course.
course. W
Wh
heen
n the
the tr«
train
uorth. reached Artesian the object vas euch nearer the ground and seemed to
be rapidly descending and passed out of vlev in the forn of a big red
April 16 p.l—H.D. Kernels.
l i g h t . Hr. Wright eays they sav a mysterious aomethlnR and think* It
The c Grafton? 3 Tribune thinks the airship reported seen over that
could not km have been a meteoric phenomenon for the double lights
city was a flock of ceese.
were very d i s t i n c t .
April 17 p. 2—It is hoped the airship fake has reached i t s [Link] .
1897 April 20 (Tues) Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, S.D., p. 6.
of agltaticn {?). Judging fron the amount of space used, cenuino
space must be scarce In [Link] quarters,
Hon, Apr.l9p.l liE Kernels—Editor Rlchter of Larlsore claims that he State Notes in General.
and 2C0 others aaw the a i r s h i p on Friday night—while attending a The festive a i r ship haa put In appearance in Brooking* county.
spelling t e e . The s t a t e , county or city that doesn't have an air ship pretty aoon *i
will be avay behind the t i n e s .
May 7 [Link] ^ _
[Link] Pioneer: C. A. Pecklnpaugh who waa on shift at the Wel­
1897 April 16 Ward County Reporter (Minot, I.D.) (wklyl (Fri) p. 4
come hoist Thursday night, and a companion, aay they t . v an air ahip
Local and Personal Itema. light on Terry Peak. It 1. Bald that It v.a a l . o aeen by fifteen or
There haa been considerable discuasion of late over a arrange twenty others, some of whom started up to Investigate but before they
aerial traveler that has been visible to reaidenta of our city for the reached i t , i t rose and flev away. It was cigar ihaped with enormoua
past three evenings. The statement that t h l . v i s i t o r la an a i r ship wings.
and that i t has aboard living human beinga might easily be disbelieved
by one not having seen and conversed vlth them. Last night about 10:30 Sat. April 24 (State Kotea)—The white and green lights fron ao airship
aa a R.E. Porter representative w.a looking around in search of the were noted by telegraph operators thla week along lines of railroad
fleeting local, sn exceeding bright light was aeen In the direction of from St. Louia to Minneapolis. Tuesday evening a number of citliena
eleven's coal ehed, upon approaching, an air ahip was .een in the «ct of Woonsocket aaw the light passing west of the city and disappearing,
of coaling up with House River Lignite coal. The ahip It conatructed .over the Uesaington h i l l s . Anong the observera were Al. Strub, Cib
out of sone kind of material never before aeen on thla fta planet, and iDzle, H. DeConp and ^.nyor Wilde.
•.!,£> It ili susp<-ctfJ [Link] the a i r s h i p s t o r i e s are really a d l s -
135
[Link] ndvcr*4si'ni;iM for a new hrand of whiskey. current of a i r below, m e r e It no doubt in *y mind about It b*in« a
: : ' , ] —I..11.-1011 on nlrhliipii. toy balloon."
: ? , 6 —Ships [Link] [Link] iii the Iliflit / imierald —Fros the r.^ny different The l a t t e r It the theory cost generally accepted, but "there are
dc-criptions of cltnt wo stern a i r s h i p i t la evident [Link] rany who [Link] other*," and these are nov anxiously * watching for the return of the
m.-i?ii It have iiwftl different f 1flssrs— contf »ts unknown. "airship."
1897 April 26 (Man) Argus-Leader, Sioux F a l l s , S.D., p. i . "™ Meanwhile i t eight be well to explain the t y s t e r y , so a* to ia»*
the "airship" adherents cany sleepless nights. It vaa a toy balloon,
Had an Air Ship. / The People of Pierre See an Air Ship Which AUghta and i t was put up from the rear of the Manitoba h o t e l . It reached a
in the Locke [Link]. considerable height before s t a r t i n g i t i Journey across* the c l t v ,
Pierre, April 26.--A great deal of talk waa occasioned last week going north as soon a* I t encountered a current of a i r Just up high
by the rursored flight over the city one evening of the noted (?] air enough to make i t s outlines l n d l a t l n c t .
ship ao nany have reported £mx from various parts of the country.
Whether the visions of those who discerned i t were clouded bysny un- -TTZTT.—IV ' i*. i u . , : ; ;
9 A p r t l 6 tTlJe) MiluauKee u ,
usual inward libations of prohibition water i s n o t known for certain. Journal, r
Anyhow, the night following i t s reported passage some joker sent up
two larRe tissue balloons connected by poles, with a r i f l i n g In be­ VFtiUS MALICIiED (ed. )
tween which resembled a car. This craft slowly sailed over the c i t y , Some quid nunc in one of the northern towns of thl* s t a t e pointed
and crowds gathered on the s t r e e e t s straining eyes out to make out to the blaxing evening s t a r , Venus, recently, and [Link] that i t va>
the d e t a i l s of the object in the moonlit sky. Some were yelling for an e l e c t r i c light sent up in a balloon at Pt. "nul for the purposes
It to coire down, believing i t was verily the great oysterloua airship of some government observation. The story tcok and spre-ul like the
of legend and aaaociated press r e p o r t . It descended slowly and maj­ Indiana scare of 1862 with that marvelous raplditv to which the truth
e s t i c a l l y in the rear of the Locke hotel, and then a lot of fellows can never a t t a i n . No one of the vlcitma stopped for an hour to see
felt foolish. that I t moved towards the west like other stars and finally set like
189; April 28 (Wed) [Link]-Leader, Sioux F a l l s " S. D., p. 5. ■them. Ho one observed vhether St. Paul lay in the d?r«ctlon o ' the
light pointed a t , nor did the question what observations It nlpht »ub-
lie Saw the Airship. / A Doctor of Alpena Hakes Affadavlt That He Saw aer&e. They one and a l l avallcved the story whole. Ho M l n a r d ,
the Airship. another form of e r r o r , ever swept over the country with preater rap­
Alpena, April Zfl.--{Special to the Argus-Leader.)--Dr. E. V. Ferge i d i t y or more thoroughly. None were so if^iorant or so unread as to
foraerly of H Hawarden, but now located here, la willing to rake escape hearing and believing i t . No truth ever published could reach
affadavlt that he saw the flight of the much talked of a i r s h i p . The ao many people of a l l classes in ten or a hundred tines the period
doctor is a pretty level-headed fellow. , this took to spread. No doubts were admitted, even by those bavins
Xhcm, l e s t they should show t h e i r Ignorance. It never se«-t-» to have
MANITOBA entered t h e i r noddles that every c a n ' i s e n t i t l e d to his [Link] rto,'tta
1697 May 3 (Mon) Manitoba Morning Free Press (Winnipeg), p. 5. as well as his honest b e l i e f s . Doubt is the [Link] of iryih in
a l l i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . Without doubt, there would be no Invest 1,-atIon.
N o t one l n
WHERE WAS IT COINCT /A5D WHERE DID IT COME FROM. / A Mysterious Aerial » hundred of these sold by t h i s fake but could rav f d u -
Visitor Passed Over the City on Saturday Evening. / proved i t by his own knowledfe applied to observation, had hor.'nt
The "What-ls-itT" has been seen in Winnipeg. The famous flying doubt been allowed to exercise Its proper function in his ir.'.r) W u-
machine or airship which has careened a l l over Hebraska, Iova, I l l i n ­ allty. ( P o l i t i c a l notions spread in the ssr.e way, end if 1MB ral.r
ois and North Dakota, has at least v i s i t e d Manitoba. Saturday night Dikes people think, i t ) will have done immeasurable food after All,
besides furnl [Link] shir.g a lnup.h.
was the date chosen for the appearance of the airship and the l i g h t i
of the Kysterioua machine were in full view of cany c l t i t e n s for full 1897 April 9 ('"' J77TT ) Daily [Link] (Fond du LAC, • I S . ), p. }.
fifteen minutes. The light of the strange a e r i a l vessel caaie into
view about 9 o'clock on the eastern horlion, near the St. Boniface Social Brevities / A Mysterious Light,
hospital. Gradually i t neared and quickly crossed 1 over the c i t y Capt. Lee of the cyclometer works, who resides at L'JCO, and Kr.
disappearing in the northwestern horlion ln the direction of Stony Ilast, the t o l l fate keeper s t that point, report havinf seen a r y s t e r -
Ious
Mountain, Those who watched the flight up in the starry heavens atate " « * * - o f l a r " dimensions, floating over Uke -innetaro, the
that the 11 light f i r s t approached d i r e c t l y westward, then when juat be- r*"t few [Link]. The l i F M has also been seen by east shore residents
yond the c:ity It veered suddenly northward and was soon l o s t to rlev. 'floating U the air toward the northwest, and has caused ruch coment. .
Only the bare outline of some dark object could be seen besidei the , , , , , _ , , , . , ,
. ,, . . .. ., . 1_ .. n ,„ „ . . , , 12 ti One of the outer thlnrs about the airship is thAt i t is never
i c
strong beacon l i g h t , evidently shown from the masthead" of the aerial ' *iu"i ^ 1
craft. There can be no doubt about the oreaenae of a stranae v i s i t o r 6 e e n e * c e P t B t n l * h t - jentlnel.
on Saturday night, a s ' i t s t r a n s i t vaa witnessed by many reputable c i t : Balloons always rAke a better appearance in the dar*. That Is
lens. In the north end a small crowd gathered near Howard's drug whv the airship ™dc such a fine display at Rlpon Saturday «* nltiht.
store were Mystified by the strange vision; another group of c i t i i e n i 1 B S 7 A P r 1 1 y { } -^Iwaukee Journal, p. i,
watched i t from the Leland house corner as i t faded from viev in the
vthe
e s t method
. Manyofwere propulsion, where bound,
the conjectures made a» and
t o whither [Link] the airship T
the shahpe Imbibing
^ " Airship Stronp. Drinks.
COBMS North. / Or Else the Cltliena of Usus.u iUva Been
The v i s i t o r of Saturday night is supposed t o be the famous Cali­ WAUSAl", Wis., April 9.—The object that has appeared in different
fornia flying machien, which i t i s alleged was alaunched at OaXland, parts of the United S t a t e s , day after day, commonly colled the a i r s h i p ,
California, nearly four months ago- Since t h a t time the mysterious made i t s appearance in Wausaw last night about 10 o'clock, and vat
"Machine" is reported to have appeared to view, chiefly during the viewed by at least fifty c i t i z e n s . It case fron the southeast, passing
night, at points in Minnesota, I l l i n o i s , Iova,'north" Dakota", Nebraska m e c t h e c l c ^ E°1"E northwest. Lights could b« seen attached to tha
and elaewhere. The l a a t point reported fron was Horth P o r t a l , X«wk B n l P - A d i n o u t l i r i c o f " c o u l d b e 6 e e n w , ; I c h » P P e ' " d to be shaped
V.«X U.W.T., where about two weeks ago a strange object waa noticed li*« a n e8E- T , 1 C M i n t o l k o f t h e c l t l F toi*v u a b o u t t h e
*lr»hiP'
in the a i r , and passed over the town quite as rapidly as the "fcachlne iJid l c l 8 B 1 f e c ? 6 a ^ t h a t 8 l l 0 u l d t h e "trange visitor put ln an appe.r-
notlced here on Saturday night. ance apaln «-—^*"- It will be seen hv nearly every resident of W.^.au,..
Several c i t U e n s interrieved l a s t evening were of the opinion t h . 1897 April 10 (Sat.) Evening Hew* fKenosha, Wis.), p. 3.
the "airship" seen ln Winnipeg was not of sufficient s i t e for compari
son with the California " f l y e r . " They vere inclined to the belief People abroad l a s t night about 12 witnessed a sight well worth
that It was merely a toy f i r e balloon sent up by some young men fron seeing. A s t a r waa seen traveling through the heavens with lightening
r a p i d i t y , i t s beautiful green light showing to the beat advantage
the southern portion of ^he, c i t y . agalnat the clear sky. Some people slat00k i t at f i r s t for the airship
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day lightT
THAT AIR SHIP. / People S t i l l Talking About the Strange Object in If they were not deceived by a kite or a tissue balloon Sunday
Saturday Night's Sky.
evening, several people of Kenosha sod v i c i n i t y saw the faoed a i r s h i p .
Winnipeggera have not yet given themselves over entirely to the Tues. April 13, 3. Evidently the airship hasn't made much pro$reaa. It
airahip excitecent, as have the c i t U e n s of many c i t i e s ln the S t a t e s . w g ( e e n h e r e , g , l a w ^ . y evening. After a good, fair wind a l l day
But s t i l l they talk of i t , and yesterday the strange visitation of It ought to have reached Oahkoah by this t i n e .
Saturday night was a somewhat fruitful theme of conversation. There EtK F r i . April 16, 5. In spite of wind and clouds the altshiap waa
were theories and t h e o r i e s , but the one most generally accepted was seen here again Thursday night. Its lights reigned alone In the s t o r ­
that the "thing" was a toy balloon. "That is r i d i c u l o u s , " said a
my sky for the space of half an hour.
gentleman yesterday—one who ia credited with having a generous quan- . ' , F i v i n R Mad, in Hlch (Kllea )
t l t y Of good horse sense-when a reporter meekly advanced the theory. ^ 2" y C o " H ; U B , of courae you shad a gllnpae of the a i r . h i p ;
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this way, and I looked out for i t . I t e l l you that was the a i r s h i p , 17,5. The at ap was forgaotten Frl night in the Interest awakened by
and there i s no doubt about i t . " There are 0 great cany people who the grounded schooner.
are fully in accord with the viewa expressed by the gentleman quoted. ? u f t - ^ t — ^ ^ ^ T ^hat t ^ has become of the airship?
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"I was out by the. hospital .on Saturday n i « h t . " said Mr. James ' Aprli l v l
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SAW THZ AIRSHIP. / Lake Milla People Watched I t Ten Mloutea—Coajng
balloon, and waa going in the direction In «±«Ji which the wind was
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b i l i t y that the wind wbich vaa carrying It alonB was faster than the Lake Mills correspondence: Thursday night at 9 o'cloak a nuc&er of
r e l i a b l e people of »»■"> t h i s village saw what they supposed to be the
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■ v . . ,.c-,r -.;M t n e r c . - . i d e n t s o f Kvanston wore s e t v i l d bv o t h e r s c i t i z e n s whose v e r a c i t y I s bevond n u e s t i o n . I t w 3 s f i r s t *«.■■.
i. . , n r ' . r ; - . : o r . . 7:-.at t h e r e r u s t be sor.e fa^e s o r . e v h e r e i s h i g h up in t h e h e a v e n s , t h e l i r . h t shown bein'p of "a r e d d l a h c o l o r , and
■:rr ; s ; Oi " : - i -. To . e i t r . o v e r lovn r o i n r n o r t h or:e nicftt and o v e r Chi l a r g e r t h a n a s t a r . I t d e s c e n d e d and t h e n r o v e d r a p i d l y t o t h e n o r t h -
. - r n , ■„ ,'- r."\-, r , ; r r . t , and r.t tr;e r a n e hour t o b e c o l r . f w e s t , w a r d , p a s s i n g t o t h e e a s t w a r d and d i s a p p e a r i n g b e h i n d t h e h c r l i o n .
t .- r.-: ;*.-, a v «-iro:-.cf a t For.d ..u i n c nnd - n u i a u a t t h a t very K e w 8 of i t s a p p e a r a n c e s p r e a d r a p i d l y n v e r t h e c i t y , and I t was
•:■. -it-M : o j i r . e r - u l t t h e r o t o n - s . . " i ^ r w v r r ( f nnyone has v a t c h e d by many p e o p l e . Night g l a s s e s were used by s e v e r a l t o o b s e r v e
. ,•:.:.■-=: u air.-.-.m r.c w-„i i : l n t - e fooj:,.ir=iy cnouch t o he i t s o o v e t o c n t s . Those who saw i t throup.h them t a y t h a t « two a m a l l ^ r
irr-..-.. .:. tr.e r . . , - M U r « o-, c ^ T i r T . t a i t r - . - . s . w-.- r a e r i a l l i g h t s c o u l d be seen below and on each s i d e of t h e l a r g e l f a h t . Sev­
e r a l c l a i m e d t h a t a l a r g e c i r - a r - s h . i p e d body c o u l d be seen p r o j e c t i n g
- b a c k o u t - o f t h e ' ; arr.e 1 m l l r h t , utilcli waa on t h e forward end o( th#
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douiit Chut the [Link] was sei.-n, and that It could! that tvo smaller l i g h t s could be plainly seen belov and at each tid«
not [Link]' IH'I'II ceil-. Tt Tt was <ll»tlticily red in color, <md fllckr-rea of tha l a r g e , red l i g h t , which flatbed up brightly at Interval*, then
[Link]* itmu u ;.[III-. Us movement cUrnuj-ii tin- Hky wad rapid. It f i r s t 'growing more dim. I t waa asserted that back of tbla headlight a
appeared at iO o'ciocit, and was v i s i b l e for half an hour. / large cone-like s t r u c t u r e could be dialy seen, I t having a frajaewrk
l^.irly thui ^.ornlnr. The Sentinel bc^an to receive reports that the similar to the ordinary conception of a i r s h i p * .
lUrehip was cii-arly visible in the northern sky. A lonely guard at Ita Speed Very Papid.
trie iiouse of Correction was the f i r s t discoverer, and he at once t e l e ­ When eaat of the c i t y the l i g h t stopped it*. Journey nortbwarri and
phoned the news to The Sentinel. Half an hour l a t e r l o i t e r e r s about began to go up. Higher and higher I t mounted, at the aaae time r e ­
the hotels and belated Individuals a t ' v a r i o u s down-town r e s o r t s were turning t o the southward, u n t i l I t became a nere speck In Ihe aoutherr
skji, but s t i l l distinguishable frees the s t a r s . Then I t deacended
discussing the discovery and commenting on the phenomenon, which was lower and again a t a r t e d northward. It* speed becaae vonderful*,"to
plainly dietlngulshnble by a l l . those watching i t fron the main part of the c i t y i t deacended belov
"It Is the airship sure,"said some one. the boriion t r a v e l i n g at the r a t e of several aUles a minute.
";.o mistake about i t , " replied his companion. Scenes at the Cemetery,
That appeared to be the general verdict u n t i l The Sentinel astrono­ If a person had been standing on the s t r e e t railway track a short
mer, frodi a ninth-Story window In the o f f i c e , after a glance at the di«tancj south of the entrance to Woodlavn eerwlery shortly before JO
"hhlp," declared that i t wasn't an a i r s h i p at a l l , even if Judge Has­ o'clock Saturday evening, four people would have been seen [Link]
tings and other distinguished c i t i z e n s of Green Bay thoupht It waa. He from the direction of the c i t y . They traveled In tvo*, one couple
admitted that i t looked a l i t t l e as if I t mlpht be an airship and he considerably in advance of the othertir*. One of the »en carried under
said that i t apparently moved very rapidly. I t was very bright and It hi* arm a package that eight have been * new suit of clothes or hi*
had an appearance of elongation that made i t look different fron other l a s t veek'» laundry.
■stars—hut i t c e r t a i n l y wasn't an a i r s h i p . I t may he as Prof, llnufli of
Northwestern university has informed Chicago people, (hat it is "Atplia At the southern boundary of the baseball park the quartette halted
Orlonla," a ntnr of f i r s t magnitude, which is a fast traveler .nid glve« in the ahadov of a t r e e and after a brief consultation a l l fcur h a t t i l
Out a colored lipiit. crossed the road and disappeared arwng the t r e e s . Haa they been fol-
1697 April 11 (Sun) Milwaukee S e n t i n e l , p . 11. ~ loved these four conspirators might have been seen to valk along the
fence on the south side of hte b a l l park, and finally turn the corner
SAYS ME SAW THE AIRSHIP. / Lake Mill* Man Described the Aerial Convey- " the rear of the fence. A few rods fron the a comer they halted,
ence. The package vaa carefully undone, disclosing a hot-air aalloon fully
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b a l l player, was here to-day on h i s vay to umpire a game of b a l l at the Ship Was Launched.1
Belolt. He described to the writer the appearance of the a i r s h i p seen One of the person* clambered to the top of the fence and the top
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at Lake H i l l s Thursday evening. About 9 o'clock a bright white light of the balloon was handed up to him. Down below a long *» wire vai
was seen moving rapidly up from the southwest, and crossed the western fastened acroa* fv,. >. .u .. .. r .,. ^ , .
horizon, apparently going northwest. The wlite l i g h t was ahead and a o f t h e vlre~a J a ^ s ^ ^ F K ^ - f a T t e n ^ r T h ' e ^ u n ^ c V U S s e ^
red l i g h t at the rear made the a f f a i r look l i k e a machine about 50 feel s o l v k e d material used for I n f l a t i n g the eibryo a i r s h i p vs* ignited
long and flying about 500 feet above the e a r t h . He gave the names of R a p i d l y the balloon f i l l e d with hot a i r u n t i l i t was able to sustain
George Crump, Ceorge Everson, William Hyers, George Lusted and other i t s own weight and even to require something of an effort to hold i t
reputable c i c i i e n s who sew the l i g h t s . The flight of the machine down. Another bunch of inflammable stuff vaa added to the b l a i e , the
in waves, up and down. -word was given and the "ship" s t a r t e d up into the a i r .
1897 April 12 (Mon) Daily Commonwealth (fond du Lac, - i s . ) , p . 3. Another Story of I t s Trip,
I t rose rapidly and within a few seconds of l t t departure v«a * f v-
THE FIERY AIRSHIP. / Fond du Lacera Have Visions of the "Airship." eral hundred feet high. The balloon became Indistinguishable and only
Once when the distinguished Francis Wayland was explaining to a the large l i g h t could be seen, t h i s biasing up at intervnls and main?
number of students the mysteries of miracles, a young man, skeptical Indeed a strange sight in the heavens. A southerly breeie carried the
abo;ut such t h i n g s , said: "Suppose I should say I was walking home balloon over the eastern part of the c i t y quite rapidly. Higher up,
and saw lampposts dancing, what would you Bay!" The professor i n ­ hovever, i t passed through t h i s s t r a t a of a i r and encountered a current
s t a n t l y answered, "I should ask you where you had been." moving In the opposite d i r e c t i o n but very slowly. I t vent higher and
A number of people of Fond du Lac claim to have seen the airship |higher and gradually drifted southerly u n t i l I t night easily h*ve been
on Saturday and Sunday n i g h t s . Their visions were so acute that they seen by observers in Hanltovoc. Then the supply of hot air d l r i n i s h e i
c l e a r l y distinguished the stern l i g h t which was green, from the fore and i t began to drop. A* i t f e l l the s t r a t e of toutherly vlnd was
light uhlch was red. They also saw the guy ropes or netvorK, which again encountered / p . 5 / and as i t neared the earth the lifht noved
were [Link] fast to the ship. These persons speak with a good deal of rapidly northward, f i n a l l y reaching the ground somewhere to the e a i t -
deflnlteness as to the a r c h i t e c t u r a l construction Of the mystery vhich V ard 0'f t h e c l
s a i l s so majestically through the night a i r . The only point on vhlch Story Hay be Verified.
they seett nixed, 19 the course of the s h i p , and the time of night the Some people may be inclined to doubt t h i s story but it will be
discovery wo3 ir-ade . On the } a t t e r points they vary a l l the way from corroborated in every d e t a i l by M.J. Corbett, the pcpular vest side
ten o'clock to three in the [corning. grocer, who is sor-thing of a practical Joker h i r s e l f .
A couple down in South Byron say they also saw the a i r s h i p l . "Airship" Is Found.
They were s i t t i n g on the front porch, experiencing no doubt, the same Fred, Reschke , who l i v e s at 133? P o r l i e r s t r e e t , near ■ J a n river
devotedoesE to each other which narked the early career of ArtlEu6 also kniva something about the " a i r s h i p . " I t landed in his barnyard
Ward and Betsey Jane when, after a drcasy s i l e n c e , Jane broke the Saturday evening and he now has the reartlna of I t . The fire v a j i t i l l
spell by exclaiming, " I s n ' t i t moony!" But the South Eyron couple burning when i t descended and two Japaneae lanterns vere suspended
aver that the auax a i r s h i p was not like the c a a t l e a which lovers some- from an iron wire hung acrosa the bottom of a big tissue paper balloon
tinea build in the a i r , but was a r e a l i t y , horizontal in form, and had He B B V e d the lanterns an* they can be seen by the incredulous.
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One of the subscribers to the Commonwealth, who can always give a THE AIRSHIP [Link]. / A Cettaln County Official Say* He Sav I t Sunday
good account of "where he has been," and therefore has no vheels In Evening.
his head, says the mysterious l i g h t which I* c a l l e d the a i r s h i p , is The a i r s h i p vaa a c t u a l l y seen here Sunday evening at about 7:15
the s t a r Known as Alpha Orion, vbich i s an old v i s i t o r , but b r i g h t e r o'clock. Those who report having seen-such a chip are of a kind to
1097 Apr>i 12 U'onJ Green CCay U'is) Gazette, pp. 1,3. (card 1) "be t r u s t e d for calmness of Judgment and i n t e g r i t y . A large vhlte
l i g h t with a smaller green one on either side waa sighted msving ina
WF»E WOKIKC FOR AIRSHIPS / AND GREEK EAY ALWAYS GETS WHAT SHE VAHTS ./ northeasterly d i r e c t i o n across the heaveni about aidvay of the [Link],
Story of the Wonderful fcone in the Heavens Saturday Fv-ning—Another i t * progress was alow and hardly d l s c e m i b l e ' u n l e s s observed with r e -
Scene at the ^aseboll Park That Was Hot DO Well Witnessed—City Hade l a t l o n to a given stationary object. The center llgaht resembled
the Victim of a Prnctlcal Joke. / star except for I t s movement and s i r e , which vaa considerably larger
Hundreds of freen Bay people were -xclted Saturday evening by the in appearance than any of our p l a n e t s . The green Bide l i g h t i vere
appearance in the heavens southeast of t h i s c i t y of what feemed for much smaller and kept moving steadily with the larger one In the same
certain t o be the wonderful a i r s h i p of which so ouch has been said in r e l a t i v e position. About two hours after i t va» f i r s t seen here I t
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the newspapers of 1stt 7 ' ' s u c r p r c m i n e n t " c 7 t U e n 3 ' " ^ ' j u d " g e 7 , ^ / v a « i a ' i " * " t i r e l y l o s t sight of I t v . . reported t h i . w m i n g that i t va.
Hastings . Attorney H .0. F s i r c h i l d , J . F . P e r t l e a , W.E. Kellopg and many, discovered in Kilvaukee a l i t t l e after 9 o'clock Sunday evening.
others E«W i t plainly and t h e i r testimony as to i t s presence could not A certain county o f f i c i a l affirms that he saw the airship Sunday
be doubted. evening and some good friends of hi* resent the inference that he
Going Towards Marinette. " " s t nave been celebrating his recent victory.
I t put in i t s appearance within a few minutes of 10 o'clock and 1897 April 12 (Kon) {Milwaukee) Evening Wisconsin, TT
those who saw I t f i r s t say i t ciune from the southvird, passing to the
north over the eastern portion of the c i t y , evidently headed for Mar­ The Airhiblp Mystery.
i n e t t e . "he reputed nirship consisted of a reddifh colored l i g h t , When a l l the land is a lapped in su^cer, and p c n p l r l n g humanity
plainly dl st input nimble from a s t a r , and there could be no doubt but seeks the vaterlng-places , the sighting of the »ea-serpent »t any one
that I t was movlnp through the heavens at a rapid rate of speed. of these r e s o r t s is the signal for report* fron everywhere else along
Looked Through Classes. the shore that he haa been seen t h e r e , too. Tbe sea-serpent alvaya
Revs of the wonderful sight spread rapidly and soon hundreds of looms biggest to the wan vho sees him l a s t , and by the end of the
people In a l l parts of the c i t y were i n t e n t l y watching the strange season he get* so big that If he d i d n ' t keep himself warped both ends
s i g h t . Glasses vere used by many and v i t b t h e i r aid i t was declared of bla vould be out of water, on account of the curvature of the
 'earth. P e r h a p s I t la b e c a u s e of h i s DOnstrous s i z e t h a t t h e s e a - | l a I t Alpha O r i o n l s ?
■ e r p e n t i s c o n t e m p o r a n e o u s l y d e s c r i b e d o f f BO cany p l a c e a a l o n g t h e A c c o r d i n g t o P r o f . Iloughton, Alpha O r i o n i a a p p t a n on ihr r - T l d i a n
c o n s t . T h e r e la no c o n v e n i e n t t h e o r y l i k e t h i s t o a c c o u n t f o r t h e a t 5 o ' c l o c k and becomes v i s i b l e a t ft o ' c l o c k . At t h a t t l » « i t r t t f - a -
m u l t i t u d i n o u s r e p o r t s of t h e s i g h t i n g of t h e a i r - s h i p . Tvo c o n f l i c t ­ b l e a a s t r o n g w h i t e e l e c t r i c l i g h t . I t f i r s t becomes n o t i c e a b l e in
ing t h e o r i e s i n s t a n t l y p r e s e n t [Link] t o t h e p h i l o s o p h i c n i n d a t - t h e c e n t r a l s o u t h w e s t p o r t i o n of the s k y . At an u n u s u a l l y rapid r a c e
t e m p t i n g t o t r a c e t h e phenomenon t o i t s c a u s e . One i s t h a t a l l t h e air f o r a s t a r I t t a k e s I t s c o u r s e toward t h e n o r t h w e s t , f i n a l l y d i s a p p t . r -
a l r I s f u l l of a i r s h i p s . The o t h e r I s t h a t a good winy p e o p l e a r e ing In t h a t c o r n e r . As t h e s t a r b e g i n s t o s i n k t h e a t n o s p h e r l c c o n ­
lying. d i t i o n s cause I t t o a p p e a r t o be a r e d d i s h hue on the under s i d e and
The W i s c o n s i n d e c l i n e s t o a c c e p t e i t h e r oC t h e s e c o n o l u s l o n a a s g r e e n on the upper p o r t i o n when seen t h r o u g h a g l a s s . The J e n t r r of
c o r r e c t ^ a l t h o u g h t h e r e i s Kuch t h a t cay b e advanced i n f a v o r of t h e t h e body I s w J l t e . A n o t h e r s t a r which h a s an u n u s u a l l y b r i g h t a p p e a r ­
l a t t e r ^ The c o i n c i d e n c e o f t h e c u l t i f o l d s i g h t i n g of t h e a i r - s h i p a n c e l a S i r l u s , which i s v i s i b l e toward 10 o ' c l o c k in the soutliwrst
w i t h t h e o p e n i n g of t h e bock b e e r s e a s o n s u g g e s t s a n o t h e r s o l u t i o n p o r t i o n of the f l r n a n e n t .
u n i c h , now t h a t a t t e n t i o n i s d i r e c t e d t o i t , w i l l be r e c o g n i z e d a s t o o I t s P e r c e p t i b l e Moatlon.
o b v i o u s t o be i ^ o r e d . As seen in Milwaukee l a s t n i g h t t h e r e waa a p e r c e p t i b l e u n d u l a t i o n
Iij97 A p r i l l i "[Link]/ K i l v a u k e e J o u r n a l , p . 2, In i t s m o t i o n , and the d i p s s u c c e e d e d one a n o t h e r at about the r h v t h n
of a p u l s e b e a t . I t moved r a p i d l y and d i s a p p e a r e d off toward the n e r t h
SECRET OF AH AIR SHIP. / IT I.'AS A BIG HOT AIR BALLOON THAT DECEIVED w e s t , n e a r the h o r i z o n , v a n i s h i n g by d e g r e e s . The c o l o r s , r e d , w h i t e
ALL CIU:I;H BAY. / APPIETON' SAW, ONLY A STAR / They Thought I t Was an A i r nnd g r e e n , which I t e x h i b i t e d , were t o o d i s t i n c t , taany t h o u g h t , t o have
Ship b u t Lnden-ood O b s e r v a t o r y T e l e s c o p e D i s c l o s e d I t s Real I d e n t i t y . been t h e r e s u l t of a t n o s p h e r l c r e f r a c t i o n . [Link] f i r s t n o t i c e d [he o b ­
CRLLti M Y . W l e . , A p r i l 12.—The w o n d e r f u l a i r s h i p seen above t h i s j e c t was almost o v e r h e a d , only a narrow a r e i n t e r v e n i n g between It and
c i t y S a t u r d a y n i g h t p r o v e s t o have been s i m p l y a huge p r a c t i c a l Joke the zenltji. I t b o r e away a t a r a t e u n m i s t a k a b l e f o r t h e o r d i n a r y nove-
worked on tiie u n s u s p e c t i n g p u b l i c . I t c o n s i s t e d of a l a r g e h o t a i r t&ent of s t a r s .
b a l l o o n w i t h a rod a c r o s s the b o t t o m , t o which was a t t a c h e d two J a p a n ­ " Lieut. Killer's Story.
ese l a n t e r n s . I t was s e n t up a b o u t 9 : 3 0 o ' c l o c k by s e v e r a l w e l l known U"n t o 11 o ' c l o c k l a s t n i c h e I . i e u t . N Frank D. ( t i l l e r of the C e n t r a l
r e s i d e n t s , and t o t h o s e who were not on the i n s i d e i t looked l i k e P o l i c e s t a t i o n was a f i r m b e l i e v e r In the a i r s h i p t h e o r y . At ( h a t hour
veritable air ship. Kany c l a i m e d they c o u l d Bee the body of t h e t h i n g an o f f i c e r fron the E i g h t e e n t h ward s u b m i t t e d r e p o r t to b i n t h a t [Link]
w i t h r u d d e r and w i n g s , I t caused i n t e n s e e x c l t e n e n t . A suburban r e a l - s t o c k in the A e r i a l [Link] company drop out of s i g h t ­ L i e u t .
d e n t now h a s t h e r e m n a n t s w h i c h . l a n d e d in tile y a r d a b o u t 10:30 o ' c l o c k M i l l e r r e f u s e s t o sav how he r o t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n , but e a r l v c h l i r>orn-
APPLETON, U l s . , A p r i l 12.—The m u c h - t a l k e d - o f a i r s h i p was p l a i n l y InR pave the f o l l o w i n g e x p l a n a t i o n of the supposed a i r s h i p t h a t s a i l e d
v i s i b l e l a s t n i g h t in t h i s c i t y - I t a p p e a r e d a b o u t 9:30 o ' c l o c k cominj o v e r Milwaukee e a r l y in the e v e n i n g : "You c a n ' t t a l k a i r s h i p to IT*,"
from t h e n o r t h e a s t and t r a v e l i n g in a s o u t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n , seeming- s a i d K i l l e r . "I know a l l a b o u t i t . I f anybody t e l l s vou he saw an
l y f o l l o w i n g t h e c o u r s e of t h e r i v e r . I t was a b o u t a h a l f - m i l e above a i r s h i p p a s s i n g o v e r t h e c i t y t e l l him h e ' s g o t w h e e l s . Send hlro down
the e a r t h and a t [Link] gave out a g l a r i n g w h i t e l i g h t c h a n g i n g t o red t o Hahn-a-Wauk Canoe c l u b b o a t house and t e l l him t o ask snr*e of the
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and g r e e n . t would r a i s e and lower and a t t i m e s come a p p a r e n t l y eembers where they had t h a t b i g t a i l l e s s k i t e , which they have been
t o a l m o s t a dead s t o p . I t was v i s i b l e a b o u t t w e n t y c i n u t e s and d u r i n g f l y i n j * about the c i l y f o r months. I ' l l t e l l you what t h e v did t o - n i g h t
t h a t cirri 1 h u n d r e d s of p e o p l e viewed i t . At Lawrence u n i v e r s i t y t h e They heard so much about a i r s h i p s t h a t t h e y made up t h e i r minds t h a t
g r e a t t e l e s c o p e in Underwood u n i v e r s i t y [ s i c ] was t u r n e d on t h e o b j e c t Milwaukee was heing d i g h t e d . So t h e v took t h e i r i-'ite up t o North
and t h o s e in c n o r g e d e c l a r e I t t o be a s t a r . Alpha O r o n l s [ s i c ] , s a y ­ point, tied a light to it, and let it fly over the citv. You know mat
i n g t h a t e v e r y movement t e n d e d ao a c o n f i r m a t i o n of t h i s t h e o r y . that kite will do. You recall several ninths neo when th.'V_flrw It one
1HQ7 A p r i l 12 (Mon) Milwaukee S e n t i n e l , p . 1. ( c a r d 1) Sunday afternoon and evcrvbodv got tfie airship-era;--? then. They fooled
the people then and thev did it again last night. That is the whole
AIRSHIP is si:;::; ACAIN / VISIBLE TO THOUSANDS IN THE WESTERN SKY. / secret of the airship,"
'IY STIR I Ob SLY APPEARS AND DISAPPEARS LAST NICIIT. / It Attracts the Atten-i How the Kite Was Operated.
tlon of People All the Way From Lincoln, deb., to Oshkosh—Atmosphere . "Cut how do vou account for It traveling so far?"
Apparently Full of Flying Machines. Towns In the State at Which the "Now don't ask questions, but I ara giving it to you straight. The
Mysterious Visitor Is Observed. Liout. Miller Says It Is a Big Kite kite that the club members have can be let out over tow nlles. They
and a nig Joke. / have a reel with which they can wind it up and let It out, Juac as the>
Every adult citiuen of Milwaukee, In cotrmon with the adult popular!- Pleaae. You You kknow what n kite will do when you let the atrinc out faat,
tion of the great Northwest, swept the "infinite meadow of heaven" last It'll s l n k "nd Hhoot downward in a hurrv. That la lust [Link] Mill one
night in search for the mysterious airship that is reported to be sail- d i d o u " t h e c l c ^ h « " . and everybodv thought that the airship cantata
log like ^ vacant through space. A little group of ran clustered about"'1" R o I n / t o a n c h o r h l s *"<**«' o n t h e t 0 ^ r - « « » " *«<"■ l " " --bouc
the intersection of Broadway and Biddle street at B:30 o'clock were p o s - h ™ *«<* « r i n R thev could let out. and when they got the kite as low
itlve they had caught a sight of the wonderful traveler flailing south- a » [ h e " dared to have t without giving the snap away, they operated It
ward over the northwestern section of the city. Stationkeeper Moore of so it sailed higher and they gradually moved off to the other part of
the Central was among, the etargazers, and says that he caupht a good the city. Two miles of strlnr to a kite will 6 c n d lt u p p r ( 1 [ t v h l r h i
view of the stronger. "It was too large for a star—about as big as vou know, and that accounts for it going away. As for Che light*, whv
four ordinary stars," he declared. "And besides this, it bobbed up and they fixed them so [Link] they would only burn a cartain length of time.
down, and skipped off southward," he added. While he was describing the i,i,en the kite got as htrh as thev could let it with the strinr. the
rr
8hIp7~Pa"tHck""Shca'cnne into the station" and reported that nany people lights [Link]"lov>T~an<r"ffnaUv
"""' ■ ""' : """ went " * r Everybody
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thought
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in the upper Seventh ward had seen the heavenly visitor. Patrick was the nlrshlp wan moving further away, but lt wasn't, l-lien the light
skeptical. "Vou take a trip up to the club house on the lake shore, went out they pulled in the kite and went down town and found out the
and If you don't find a fellow standing on the bank holding a kite town had gone wild. It's n good Joke on everybody, and, that Is more,
string, then it was the airship, and no mistake." Milwaukee has also an airship."
There Are Airships to Burn. Thinks It a Big Joke.
"Have you seen the airship?" took the place of the convdntlonal "Did you or any officers see the members of the club let out the
"Cood evening," when two friends met upon the street, and they ir-ned- kite?"
iately took a look at the atar bespangled dome in hopes of discovering "How, I am not going to say what we saw or did not see. I ta
the aerial navigator; tlicy even made their way about through the cen­ telling you on the nuiet what took place, and know what I am telling
ter of the streets In order to extenfl the line of vi3ion to better ad­ you is straight. Don't get me mixed up in this business If you can
vantage, and mentally berated the enterprises that had run up the sky­ help it, but don't let anybody 'stuff you with airships or soaring
scraparsin? buildings that interposed an obstacle. People coming out o f s t a r s . I know the nanes of sone of the fellows who let up that kite,
the churches lost the inspiration of the prayer and the praise service and I think they did their work well and deserve ccedlt for the ]oke,
as thev sought out the invention of the man anld the handiwork of the r t ' 3 the best one that has been sprunc on the town for a lone tire.
Creator out in space. Audiences coming from the theaters halted upon who ever heard of sn airship, anyway?" And with this final remark
the street to cast aloft a searching glance, and then discussed the Lieut- Miller turned on his heel and gave orders to an officer who was
craze that is sweeping over the country. Meanwhile the airship goes on assigned to special duty.
annihilatinp, space, making the distance from Lincoln, Neb., to Oshkosh, '" Passes-Over STTe-bovgan.
'«!.., with a rapidity that beats the magnetic telegraph, else the at- A dispatch from Sheboygan says:
'^sphere rust be surcharged with airships. ■ ■ ' I h * / l r * " p ' " " ^ v ^ ! " " A " ° ° ^ l h l s j c o r n i ^ - '°>^
A Hypnotic Star ^a'.er. toward Milwaukee. Jacob Schllcht and Frank Eberhardt, two n-lijile
One r«"tl«[Link] with an aromatic breath, came out of a brilliantly citizens, saw the light In the west over the lake rovinr rapidly inutl
Illuninntert snnplr. room on Grand avenue wiping his routh, nnd In res- It was too far away to distinguish the object which carried i lie llrht
nonse to the innulrv, "Have you seen the airship!" discovered two Hchfand the latter was [Link] too Urpe IO he a star."
Playing .-. g.^.e that resembled "leap-frog" up in the vaulted blue. Me 1897 April 12 (Mon iftmi Racine, Wi,., Daily Journal, p. 2.
noi-tp<i lt out to all comers as the airship, and became indignant when
no^c one of the rany who were only able to see a single star, suggested KEEPS ON SAILING. / The Farous Air Ship Continued Its Journey Through
that he hid boon hypnotized by the man in the eample room until he saw the Air. Ships continue to float about in the air. Milwaukee cen taw the
double .
wonder at 1 o'clock thli nornlng. The oenberi of the Racine baaetall
While the people of conservative Milwaukee arc not as a rule in­
Club went to the Creaa City with nuneroua friendi. Several of thee
clined to purchase stock in the Aerial Circumnavigation company, there
candidly rt adrlt that they saw schooners, but no ahip. Surging up
are several persons who believe they have seen an airship scudding
from the bow of some schooner* was white foan. Creen Bay [Link] tecace
wawav over the city, notwithstanding, the statement of Prof. Houghton of
excited by an object seen in the air and will awear good and hard that
the chservatorv at I'vanston, 111., that the heavenly visitor that has
they saw a ship with green and red lights and that four men were risi­
caused all tills excitement is the star Alpha Orionis, that has been
ble. Great excletement prevailed at the town of Norway. A scall bey
[Link] lr.e space in an eccentric manner for 10,000,000 years.
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swore he saw t h e s h i p com- down on t h e f a r o of John J o h n s o n for v o t e r . West S u p e r i o r , V i s . , A p r i l 1 2 . — T h e a i r s h i p I t r e p o r t e d t o have
He t a l k e d t o one of t h e men, who Bald t h e s h i p co^ie from Cuba and had t e e n seen h e r e , c i r c l i n g a b o u t t h e h e s j of t h e l a k e s ,
been up » l * l y - t w o dnyH and g o t l o n t and d e s i r e d t o g e l t h e d i r e c t i o n t o D a r l i n g t o n , H l » . , A p r i l 1 2 . - - T h e a i r s h i p was seen p a s s i n g o v e r
Key West. The fcolldr was f i l l e d v l t h v a t e r and t h e s h i p a r o s e and v e s t of here t h i s e v e n i n g . It" a p p e a r e d t 0 o e » l a r g e , b i r g n t l l f t i t
s a i l e d toward t h e c i t y o f M i l w a u k e e , where I t waa s e e n h o v e r i n g over and noved i x o f f in a n o r t h w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n .
t h e c i t y h a l l f o r s e v e r a l h o u r s . The boy was t a k e n down c e l l a r and [Link] P r o f , Ccnstock S a y s .
s p a n k e d by h i s snot h e r and s a i d he would n e v e r a g a i n t e l l a l i e on H o d i s o n , - I s , , A p r i l 1 2 . — P r o f , f.. C, C o r s t o c k of ' A s h r u m o b s e r ­
Sunday. At l u s t a c c o u n t s t h e s h i p v a s s t a g g e r i n g a r o u n d t h r o u g h t h e
v a t o r y does n o t [Link] t h e " a i r - s h i r " in a very s e r i o u s v » v . i-e does
a i r and [Link] on t e r r a f i r n a who a l s o s t a f f e r car. look skyward a l m o s t
n o t , h o w e v e r , a t t e p t t o a c c o u n t f o r t h e v a r i o u s r e p r c r t s cf t h e s o -
tr.y t i m e and s e e t h e s h i p and some o f t h e e can s e e a dozen o r c o r e .
IBS7 A p r i l 13 (Wed e v e ) Milwaukee J o u r n a l , p . 2 . c a l l e d c r e d i t a b l e " o b s e r v e r s " golr.p t h e [Link] of t h e n e w s p a p e r s , lie
s a y s t h e b r i g h t e s t s t a r s a t p r e s e n t a r e J u p i t e r , Venus and F l r u s CsicO
They have c o l o r d e c o r a t i o n s and n i p h t ; i m p o s s i b l y be l u e - for an
Kaki: A i r s h i p a t L a n c a s t e r a l r - s h l p , o r even a h o u s e and l o t . These s a a r a do n o t J i g g l e up and
LANCASTER, V>'is., A p r i l 1 3 . - - A t 8 : 3 0 p . c . l a s t S a t u r d a y cry of
L .. . . . down t o any e x t e n t . A g r e a t r a n y Madison p e r s o n a a r e c o n f i d e n t t h a t
a i r s h i p was h e a r d in t h e s t r e e t and a b r i g h t l i g h t very high in t h e ^ « m i r . , h i .. l M t n l h l t
a i r was seen moving n o r t h w a r d q u i t e r a p i d l y . The a i r s . i i p t u r n e d out E l g i n PFeopl(
e o p l e See I t .
co be an l i c e n s e h o t a i r b a l l o o n , s e n t up by some one in t h e town. E l g i n , 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 1 2 . —The a i r s h i p was p l a i n l y v i s i b l e frcn [Link]
A p r . 17 p . i —Why n o t S u b s i d i z e t h e a i t s h i p t o S t a y w i t h u s ? Aa an
t o - n i g h t , in t h e s o u t h e a s t , I t noved a s a l i g h t would a t t a c h e d t o a
I n f a n t I'duscry I t I s a g r e a t s u c c e s s .
k i t e , and v03 n o t a t a g r e a t a l t i t u t d e . Hany saw i t . [
Apr. 10 p . 4 —Tins a i r s h i p h a s t a k e n t o t h r o w i n g o v e r c a s e s of empty b e e r
b o t r i e s In Iowa. Perhang | t h e f u l l b o t t i e a .threw t h e a i r s h i p . Green Bay, V i s . , A p r i l 1 2 . — T h e " a i r s h i p " seen t h e r e S a t u r d a y n i g h t
1027 A p r i l J l ' l T u c c 'r.o'rn } [Link] S e n t i n e l , p . ( c a r d 1} by s e v e r a l e i t i e n s p r o v e s t o have t e e n n o t h i n g b u t a hot a i r b a l l o o n
s e n t up a s h o r t d i s t a n c e f r o c t h e c i t y by s few p r a c t i c a l j o k e r s .
IDENTITY CF "AIPCHIP" / ASTPCKO'ICR AT [Link] SOLVES THE mSTERY. / Lodl , V i a . , A p r i l 12.—[Link] - i l s o n and r * n y o t h e r s ssy they saw
THE ETAR Mm'[Link] V.i THE CONSTELLATION ORION. / The F c s i t i o n o f t h e t h e a i r s h i p h d r e t o - n i g h t between 1 0 : 2 0 and 11 o ' c l o c k . It seered
L i g h t in t h e Heavens and t h e Hour of I t s S e t t i n g C o i n c H e With Those q u i t e low and was p a s s i n g frora a s o u t h e a s t e r l y t o a n o r t h n c a s t e r l y
o f E e t e l g u e s e — A t m . o s p h e r l c D i s t u r b a n c e s and P e c u l i a r Lier.t of t h e S t a r d i r e c t i o n .
E x p l a i n t h e fiobbing Movement. / Think I t a C i r c u s A d e r t i s e n . e n t .
A p p l e t o n , w i S l > A p r i l 1 ? . — A r t h u r C, Lunn o f L a u r e n c e fttmrimax? M a d i s o n , V i s . , A p r i l 1 2 . — T h e r e I s an a d d i t i o n t o - d a y t o t h e a l ­
u n i v e r s i t y watched t h e s u p p o s e d a i r s h i p a c a r e f u l l y , l a s t n i g h t , a n d , ready l a r g e number o f u n s o l i c i t e d s o l u t i o n s of t h e a i r s h i p n y s t e r y .
a f t e r c a l c u l a t i o n , h a s pooven beyond a d o u b t t h a t t h e supposed s h i p i s A c c o r d i n g t o t h i s t h e " a i r s h i p " i s n o t a s t a r , b u t a c i r c u s a d v e r -
t h e s t a r B e t e l r u e s e in t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n O r i o n . T h e r e was come e x - tisement. R a i l r o a d men who r e a c h e d l l a d i s o n t o n i g h t r e p o r t t h a t t h e
- i t e r . = n t In t h e r . t r e e t r . , l a s t n i p h t , when a p e c u l i a r l i g h t was seen in n u c n t a l k e d a e r i a l o b j e c t was s e e n a t Baraboo t o - n i g h t , and t h a t as
t h e West. Th? l l f . h t was no l a r g e r t h a n a l a r g e s t a r , c u t changed c o l o r t h e 6 k v w a 3 t h o r o u g h l y o v e r c a s t w i t h c l o u d s t h e r e v a s no Alpha C r i o n l s
fron red t o a p i e r c i n g w h i t e , c l o s e l y r e s e m b l i n g an e l e c t r i c s e a r c h about i t . I f f i r s t a p p e a r e d o v e r t h e e a s t end of t h e c i t y and a f t e r
l i c h t fit s e v e r a l m i l e s d i s t a n c e , What was oven r o r e p e c u l i a r t h e " a i r d r i f t i n g westward a n i l e , s a i l e d back a g a i n and h o v e r e d o v e r t h e v i n -
s h i p " seer-ed t o boh up «nd down v f t h a t t i r e s a l a t e r a l r o t l o n , When t e r q u a r t e r s o f a c i r c u s . S u s p i c i o n was a t o n c e a r o u s e d , t h a t t h e
' . t i l l s o r e f i T T ^ e s nhove t h e h o r i z o n , i t d i s a p p e a r e d , r e a p p e a r i n g " a i r s h i p " was n o t h i n g o t h e r t h a n a c l e v e r , v e i l d e v i s e d and b e t t e r - e x e
a g a i n In in i r . s t a n t , and f i n a l l y became I n v i s i b l e . S t u d e n t s of Law­ c u t e d a d v e r t i s i n g scheme o f t h e c i r c u s c e n . I t was r e c a l l e d t h e n t h a t
r e n c e u n i v e r s i t y who sav t h e phenomenon c a l l e d up A.C. Lunn, r e c o g ­ a c i r c u s man had been t o Eoraboo Sunday and had t a k e n some l a r g e and
n i z e d a s an e x r . ? r t in i s t r o n o - v bv n i l o f the__rcmbers o f t h e f a c u l t y , , m y s t e r i o u s b u n d l e s fron: t h e t r a i n t o t h e w i n t er quarters. I t was
and he t o o * c l o n e r b o e r v a t i o n - , "of " t h e ' R O a r , a s h'e termed i t . The s t a r f u r t h e r r e c a l l e d t h a t he v a s s e e n a b o u t t h e c i t y *i«x l i t t l e in t h e
f i n a l l y s e t a t 10:'.''. nnd ! ' r . Lunn r e c o r d e d t h e a n p u l a r d i s t a n c e from d a y , and t h a t raore t h a n u s u a l l i f e v a s m a n i f e s t e d In t h e b i g b u i l d i n g s
down on t h e r i v e r f r o n t . I t was t h e n r e r ^ a b e r e d t h a t t h e s h i p cf t h e
t h e west p o i n t , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e t i m e o f t h e a p p a r e n t s e t t i n g o f t h e
s t a r o v e r t h e s e n s i b l e h o r i z o n . T h i s f o r e n o o n , Mr. Lunn c l a c u l a t e d t h i * i r f "' ad m a d e i t B a p p e a r a n c e in C h i c a g o alrvost s i m u l t a n e o u s l y w i t h t h e
a n g u l a r p o s i t i o n and s e t t i n g t i r e o f t h e r e a l s t a r , t a k i n g t h e [Link] o f a d v e n t t 0 t h a t c l t v o f t h e c i r c u s tr>cn, and t h a t Omaha, Dcs Volncs and
the avrrospneric r e f r a c t i o n . The two c a l c u l a t i o n s , t h e o n - on t h e a i r - o t h e r P ^ n t s u h e c e I t had b e e n seen a r e a l r e a d y n a r k e d out for t h e
c i
s h i p and t h e s t a r S e t e l g u e s e , c o i n c i d e d w i t h i n t h e p o s s i b l e U n i t of ™ u s n e « summer,
e r r o r in t h e eye e s t i r a t e , which i s v e r y l o w . lb$7 April U ITues) Bally R e g i s t e r ( f o r t a g e , U l s . J . p. b .
Mr. Lunn r-arte a v e r y c o n p r p h e n s i v e e x p l a n a t i o n of t h e I l l u s i o n ,
s a y i n g t h a t PetPla-ues.- i s a r e d s t a r w i t h a l i g h t Of a q u a l i t y t h a t SAW THE AIRSHIP FIRST. / P o r t a g e P e o p l e See t h e S h i p Before Bock Beer
g r e a t l y e x a s p e r a t e s t h e t w i n k l e of a l l s t a r s when i t I s n e a r t h e h o r i - S e a a o n B e B l n B '
son. A U o s p n c r i c d i s t u r b a n c e s e a s i l y o c c u r and In a e v e n t ' s t l r . e w i l l P o r t a g e saw t h i s a i r s h i p l o n g a g o . I t v a s way back In H a r c h - t o
b e e X i C t Cn l h e 2 7 t h
r a k e t h e a t r c r p n e r e [Link] more d e n o e , c a u s i n g a g r e a t e r r e f r a c t i o n of ' t h * 1 l h e a l r a h l P v * 8 B " n emlmly s a i l i n g over

p e o p l e , and p r o b a b l y n e i t h e r o f t h e » e v e r d r i n k a g i t
r e f r a c t i o n a l s o e x p l a i n s t h e a p p a r e n t v e r t i c a l v i b r a t i o n of t h e s t a r in t h e i r l i v e s . They s t a t e t h a t t h e a i r s h i p v a i f i r s t d i s c o v e r e d by
which l a s t n i g h t V'.r. Lunn gave a s b e i n g a t l e a s t 35 m i n u t e s . A l a t e r ­ them a t a p o s i t i o n a p p r o x i m a t e l y o v e r t h e c l t j h i l l and a o b u t t h r e e
a l v i b r a t i o n was a i s o n o t i c e d ond t h o u g h n o t so e v i d e n t , was s t i l l a l l e s over i t ; t h a t I t s a i l e d with a graceful notion — l i k e a g i r l
present. T h i s v i b r a t i o n i s [Link] b e i n g s t u d i e d by a s t r o n c r . e r s a t Y a l e .
f i r s t l e a r n i n g t o v a l t r - - t o v a r d t h e Ewler H o u s e , and t h a t t h e sun
Mr. Lunn e x p l a i n e d t h e [Link] s t a t e d f r o c s o u t h e a s t t o n o r t h ­ shone f u l l upon i t c a u s i n g I t t o a p p e a r w h i t e . I t s e e n e d t o be a s
west i n t h e following, manner: Tr.e f i r s t a p p e a r a n c e in t h e s o u t h e a s t l a r g e a s a b u s h e l b a s k e t , and a p p a r e n t l y v a s o p e r a t i e d by s t e u i f o r
n i g h t be due t o t h e r i s i n g o f A n t a r e s , a r e d s t a r o f t h e sair.e m a g n i ­
e v e r y o n c e i n a w h i l e o r o f t e n e r , t h e s h i p would wobble and a cloud o f
t u d e o f Alpha O r i o n i s ; and a f t e r i t h a s r i s e n , t h e v e s t e r s t a r i s
inoke~v$uT3~6elch f o r t h ' T ' r c i ~ o n e end o f I t . A* f a r a s t h e two r e p u ­
s e e n g o i n g iaKX t h r o u g h t h e same [Link] In t h e n o r t h w e s t . While
r i s i n g in t h e e a s t , t h e s t a r s p a s s t h e m e r i d i a n c o n s i d e r a b l y t o t h e t a b l e c i t l t e n a c o u l d d i s c o v e r t h e r e were no o c c u p a n t s of t h e t a c h l n e - -
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t h e " a i r s h i p " which had t h r o w n o t h e r c i t i e s i n t o c o n s t e r n a t i o n . Some P a v i l i o n , M i c h . , A p r i l 1 4 . — T h i s m o r n i n g , i t I s c l a i m e d an a i r s h i p ,
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of t h e a n i m a l s d a r t e d o u t from t h e a shadow and f l e v a t him. As h e p a p e r , and t h e l o v e r p o r t i o n had been b u r n e d .
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a loss. He ssoon r e c o v e r e d h i m s e l f , h o w e v e r , and a f t e r a l i t t l e a t r u t r - h i o n e d v e r y muah l i k e a n a i r s h i p . Finally in the dl» distance there
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o f p e o p l e whose r e p o r t s t a l l y a l m o s t e x a c t l y . At 8 o ' c l o c k l a s t 1897 A p r i l 1 5 (To) R a c i n e (Wist D a i l y J o u r n a l 'i'"p'J 1 .
e v e n i n g P o r t a g e p e o p l e saw S h e t a p p e a r e d t o them t o be a l a r g e body
In t h e sky w i t h two l i g h t s a t t a c h e d , one above t h e o t h e r , and v h i c h AIR SHIP LAMES AT LAST / M y s t e r i o u s A e r i a l n a v i g a t o r A l l g n t a Bear
v e r e of d i f f e r e n t c o l o r s . The l o v e r l i g h t teemed t o b e l i k e t h e I p r i o g f l e l d , I l l — T a l k With t h a O c c u p a n t s . /
l i f e b t from a f i r e v h i l e t h e upper l i g h t v a s a b r i g h t v h i t e l i g h t ; SPRINGFIELD, 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 1 5 . — Adolph Winkle and John H u l l e , f a r o
t h e whole seemed t o g i v e o u t a g l a r e much l i k e a c o n f l a g r a t i o n . One h a n d e , made a f f i d a v i t t h a t t h e a i r s h i p l a n d e d t v o - m i l e a n o r t h o f h e r e
l a d y had a p a i r o f o p e r a g l a s a e s and i s c e r t a i n t h a t t h e r e v a s a b o d y - a t n o o n t o d a y . They v i s i t e d t h e a h i p , c o n v e r s e d v i t h i t s l c t a t e i , t v o
l i k e a b a l l o o n — a b o v e t h e l i g h t s . The " s h i p " moved q u i t e r a p i d l y i n men and one woman, a s t h e y were r e p a i r i n g t h e e l e c t r i c a p p a r a t u s and
a s o u t h e r l y d i r e c t i o n and d i s a p p e a r e d from t h e v i s i o n i n a b o u t t e n s e a r c h l i g h t m a c h i n e r y . They s a i d t h e y came h e r e fron Qulncy In t h i r t y
m i n u t e s . Sam Graham s a y s t h e d e s e r i p t l o n s g l v e n a r e q u i t e a c c u r a t e m l n u t e a , and w i l l make a r e p o r t t o t h e * government vhea Cufca i s d e ­
and c a t c h t h e f a c t s v e r y v e i l . He s t a t e s t h a t t h e h o t a i r b a l l o o n clared free. The s h i p and o c c u p a n t s l e f t f o r t h e s o u t h a t 1 o ' c l o c k
he s e n t up a t 8 o ' c l o c k l a s t n i g h t c o n t a i n e d a l a r g e C h i n e s e l a n t e r n thla afternoon. The f a r m e r s ' d e s c r i p t i o n i t s i m i l a r t o t h e d e s c r i p t i o n
below and t h e a l c o h o l flame above and t h a ^ I t l o o k e d v e r y p r e t t y i n heretofore given.
the air- He f a l l s t o u n d e r s t a n d , t h o ' , how t h e r e p o r t s can d i f f e r s o THO SAW THE AIR SHIP. / Hundreds o f West S i d e r s Taken i n by P r a n k s o f
widely i n t h e d i r e c t i o n t h e balloon took, a s he vatched I t a l l t h e College Boys.
t i m e and I t went In o n l y one d i r e c t i o n . Hundreds o f w e s t e i d e r s came t o t h e f r o n t t h i s »>ornlng v i t h t h e
1807 A p r i l 14(15) V *-< ' . ' s t a r t l i n g i n f o r m a t i o n t h a t t h e y had seen t h e l i g h t o f t h e ■ u c h - t a l k e d
of a i r s h i p , h o v e r i n g o v e r t h a t p o r t i o n o f t h e c i t y l a a t n i g h t . The
LETTERS FROM AIRSHIP. / F a s t e n e d t o Arrows, They Are Found hy F a r m e r s . / f i r s t t i m e t h e l i g h t v a t n o t i c S d v a s a b o u t 8 o ' c l o c k and i t vaa moving
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, a i r s h i p which w P re ^ s p o i l e d by A.C. Lunn l a s t Monday, w . r e r e v i v e d , iQ f t h # w , t e r i o u l , W p ^ BOffle e v e o v e D t , 0 f „ „ t 0 l t a t e that they
 could hear voices. The l a s t l i g h t disappeared in the same direction a s a hissing sound as it rliBeR threurh the a i r . "inturnllv It his
the f i r s t . , and although many s t a i d {sic} up over half the niftht watch- caused i n t e n d e x c i t - r - n t in t h s t section of countrv. H is to be
lag for more l i g h t s , they did not appear. .hoped thnt the [Link] of t h i s unknown craft v i l l bccorr rvire
•It vaa learned t h i s morning t h a t toy balloons containing lighted neighborly nnd affora peotile on t e r r a firrri an opportunity to »»tl>-
candlea were sent up from the southern part of the c i t y , in the vicin­ fy t h e i r curlonitv nr. to i t s construction nnd capability for succesn-
i t y of Racine college, and floated over the west s i d e . They vere sent ' fully navirBting U.b ^kies.
up by students of Racine college. _1S97 April 12 (Honi Benton harbor EveriTn'fT'ii'ewa (HichJ1; ~TT.
lo9T April lo (Pri) Racine, W i i . , Daily J o u r n a l , p . 1. i
Alt Ship Seen Here. / I t Was Moving in a Northwesterly Direction.
THE GREAT AIR SHIP. / The Imagination of Some People I t Remarkable. j The Kansas a l r - s h l p has v i s i t e d Benton Harbor. The d i s t i n c t i o n of
Airship s t o r i e s are s t i l l in c i r c u l a t i o n . There are dozens of |seeing the aerial wonder does not now alone belong to lowi, I l l i n o i s ,
people in Racine who wiU make affidavit that they saw the a i r s h i p , iWisconsin and Kansas towns.
and one woman is confident ahe saw the head of a n n looking over the : The ship cade i t s flight across the heavens over this city l i s t
a i d e . This morning, hovever, a lady capped the climax by rushing into night seen exclusively by residents on Morton H i l l . John Lee, resldin
the Journal o f f i c e . She carried a wooden arrov and excitedly exclaimed on T e r r i t o r i a l street,"among those who were ao fortunate »» to get a
t h a t ahe i found i t on the s t r e e t . On the end vaa attached a note glimpse of the marvelous v e s s e l .
which read "Airahiap S. i 0, dropped from a diatance of two milee in I t came in sight about 7:45 and traveled rapidly noth-norchvest.
the a i r . " She was positive i t came from the famous a i r s h i p . I n v e s t i ­ I t was in view for fully 15 minutes. To Mr. lee i t had the appearance
gation proved that the firm of Silber 1> Griswold had d i s t r i b u t e d one of a luge ball of fire when viewed with the naked eye but with opera
hundred wooden arrows about the c i t y and t h i s one happened t o be one glassea leveled upon i t Mr, tee claims i t s aspect greatly changed. It
of the l o t . I t was a novel scheme, and only the e n t e r p r i s i n g firm of threw off a variety of calored l i g h t s of soft yellow l u s t r e .
Silber & Grlswoldwould think of I t . The outline of the ahip could not be eeen. All that was visible
1897 April 22 (Th) fleloit (wls) Ukly Free Wee's ;'"pTX were the l i g h t s -
One of the Neimeyer boys c l a i c s to have seen the wonder Saturday
SAW THE "AIR SHIP." night. I t then appeared tn have l o s t i t s aquilibriun tad was tuohllnj
Recorder: The ouch talked of " a i r ship" waa seen l a s t Sunday night
about 8 o'clock by a number of persons a t the county poor farra by (?) over and over. -
Superintendent Peter Allen and wife, Mr. and Mrs. A.P. Aller and a Ta'Seen at Holland.
| Holland, April 12.— An a i r s h i p was seen at 8:35 o'clock l a i t night
number of o t h e r s . I t was in the northwest apparently about a mile
north of Crystal Springe Park and moved with great r a p i d i t y , finally f l o a t i n g over Black lake. I t was a large dark mass l i t up with colorsd
sinking out of s i g h t . They are s a t i s f i e d that what they saw waa not a e l e c t r i c l l g h t s f a f t e r remaining i t a t i o n a r y for several minutes It dart*
s t a r , whatever else i t might have been, and there was no " a i r ship northwest and was soon lost to s i g h t . The machine moved in i l g n g i t y l
booze" out there e i t h e r . and seemed under perfect c o n t r o l . Hundreds of people saw the machine
here, i t being f i r s t discovered by Dr. J . D. Wettnare and C. L. King,
manager of the large King basket factory.
April 15, p. 3: Abbreviated Telegrams: The mysterious a i r s h i p passed i
over Dubuque, l a . , after midnight yesterday and was seen at Grand
Island i i i k l akaiu at 10 o'clock and Bellevue at 11. Detroit Free Press, Apr. 14 p . 3—It Bore Colored Lights. / Benton
Harbor People Claim They Saw the Airship.
May 20, p. 4: A FIRE BALL, / Rocket from the Sky Whines Over B e l o i t . / Benton Harbor, Mich., April 13 (Special.)— The airship h»» been
A Blazing Sphere Flies from the Zenith towards the Moon Leaving a plainly seen by several r e l i a b l e c i t i z e n s of this c i t y and St. Joseph,
Trail of Fire in I t s Uake. / An Unusual Sight. who declare that there is no fake about i t . It waa seen about 6 □'
Clock la9t night, with blue, red and green l i g h t s , and waa coving rap­
At ten minutes to 10 o'clock Monday night a number of people in idly in a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n . The outlines could not be disceroe<
t h i s c i t y beheld a b a l l of f i r e drop from the zenith and fly in a owing to the lights i t bore and i t s great a l t i t u d e over Lake Hiehimn.
southeasterly direction towards the moon. I t appeared to be pear
shaped, the center was very bright l i k e fl ( ) l i g h t and the outer "TB91 Apr'lT'lS (HOD} C r a j i r H a v e i C P i ^ T Daily ■-ribune", p . l .
sides were of a bluish tinted l i g h t . I t {sped) noiselessly with [ t e a t One of our c i t l i e n a i s said to have seen the a i r ahip floating
r a p i d i t y , being in sight four or five seconds and left a t r a i l far in over t h i s c i t y early one morning l a s t week.
i t s wake, presenting a scene of splendor seldom witnessed.
13, 1. The a i r h s h i p which i s s t a r t l i n g the e n t i r e country i n In
The c e l e s t i a l marvel was probably a bolide and very different from Holland Sunday night. Dr. Vetsore was one of the observers of the
a -shooting s t a r or meteor ___.. strange s i £ h t . when l a s t seen i t vas kaaitag Ejoving. toward the north
July 29, j " * p . l : " Supposed metaor struck the s t r e e t during the night
and aade^a, larp.e hole. about 9 o'clock. .
— F r l . Aprl. 9, p. 1. Mysterious l i g h t s have been seen over differ­
ent Western c i t i e s recently and are a t t r i b u t e d t o an a i r s h i p , which i t
MICHIGAN ~ l a belaleved some Inventor is t r y i n g .
iAy/'April 6 (Tuesj Detroit Fvrnnp p. I..
Il89t April 12 (Won} B i l e s , Mich., U l l r S t a r , p . fi.
Wolverine T i d b i t s . QUEER 0BJ1ICT. / Seen in the Skies l*st Evening—Hight Hava Been Air­
I^c — P"tup"n 10 and 11 o'clock the other niclit, a Itrifj'it light ship.
war, r,o™ [Link] fror the r i v e r . On fi r i t s i r h t i t wnn tliTicit to While W.H. Enyder of t h i s c i t y and Henry Wilbur of Chicago wars
i.c i l a n t e r n , but fatklr further [Link] rrovcl i t to te n hnll driving bosw from South Bend l a a t evening the l a t t e r espied an illumin­
of 1 ienx, about as l a r r e us n Inrf.e hen's egg, flouting through the ated object moving in the s k i e s . He called Mr. Snyder 1 * attention to I t
nir about ten feet from the prounrt, with vhiziliif sound and sifrxtg and together they watched i t g i t ! glide across the sky quite rapidly.
motion. I t soon disappeared. While t h i s Bight have been the »uch t a l i e d of a i r s h i p i t » M not of
the sajne shape. Mr. Snyder says the object vaa b r i g h t , at ti»es red
April 15. liilcs— howls from lak* — Indian legend of wind fror i md and at times white; three or four times larger than a star and seemed
tiowing a v i l l a p e into the v n t c r . l i k e a bunch of l i g h t a . I t vaa f i r s t seen near Botre D*»a but i t soon
'<!\y 3, p.2 — phoct horse, Indinnn uilJrann. disappeared and vaa not seen u n t i l near S l l e i , but in an entirely d i f ­
Apr. 26,1*—Daniel Gray nenr Flint sees nrsp in d a v l i f h t , r e t s ne<.'i~ ferent part of th* flrmajaeat.
pnper from i t . While Hr. Snyder does not believe i t to b« aa Air s h i p , sosta peopls
?1 — »ran for Cubn w dvpftnit^ / ~?P rinvlifht neter-r^,. think I t vaa. Hovever, the object ray be the SUM one that has b*«a
U w April 9 (Pri) Detroit Free Press, p . 3 seen in Chicago and elsewhere,
1897 April 13 (Tu'es) Battle' Creek Daily Moon, p . i.
Otace Items. o i . , 5 . , , . » - fijci-^ j , . i
Rodney Heddon lives on a farm in Byron, the farm adjoining the
Argentine and Byron l i n e . About nine years ago his father was shot THE AIR SHIF. / I t Waa Seen to Pass Over Battle Creek U s t Night. /
and k i l l e d , the murderer serving his term in prison at the present Th< a i r ship which I t supposed to be in Kichlgan, was sasa by so**
time. On night l a s t winter while there was snow on the ground a light 20 reputable c l t l c e n s at 8:55 o'clock l a s t n i g h t , apparently fro* ona
was eeen moving down the lane towards one of the bams and Hr. Heddon to two miles west of the c i t y and traveling in • southeasterly d i r e c ­
was informed and made search, but no trace of the light or of foot­ t i o n . When f i r s t observed, i t was almost a a l i a high. Suddenly an
p r i n t s could be seen. Siiice then the light has been seen often at explosion took place which aouoded at the diatance lik* the report of
night by the family and neighbors and the alleged manifeatatlona have ■ a gun. Sparks flew forth and the ship began to alowly t i t t l a to with­
i t i r r e d up much excitement as almost a l l those who have seen the light in about half a mile from th« e a r t h . I t remained down but a few w t -
befrleyes ,that i t is caused by the old man's ghost.--Fenton Courier. M :I enta, when a b u n l n g sound was htard. Again tha spsrka fltw out as If
lft'17 Anri) U ("un5 [Link] Conn cr-ller-ild. p. '*. from an emery wheal sad the machine began to rise alowly la a perpen­
dicular position again. Suddenly tha light* went out, after which It
was impossible to see anything of tha ahip. I t was observed by psraont
fTPAIiGF. ACHA1. CRAFT. from several* points of the c i t y widely separated. Among thosi who
For r,r»veril verl.-., the people in many sections of Town dnd liissou- witnessed the strange Sight were L.E. Clawson, W,A. Cady, Dr. HcCuffin,
ri hnve b'Cir," excite:! !iy the nppciirancc of nn Air shin which hns con­ Dr. McNeil, J.H. Dorsey, ex-Aid. Thomas Barry. The machine la des­
veniently cxhjl'i ted i t - e j r under cover of roonllpht in'l [Link]. cribed as about 25 or 30 feet long. I t waa only v l s i b l a about fiva
Reports fror nil nlonc the line of the n u r l i n £ t i n , C*dor Pnpfds and minutes. The sky was perfectly c l e a r . /
l.'orthern railroad In lovn. soy that the rysterious aerinl craft wnn
neen by every operator find [Link] agent on Thursday n i c ^ t r I t vas Hiles, April I I . —
also discovered at f>ii;ir Ranids about 1 o'cloc)'. the rar.r evening. Holland, April 12.—
I t «as -ovinn slovlv., nm\ by 10 o'clock had faied fron vi»v. It Is
described nr, hnvir.f; n bripht, plnring h e n d l i r h t , r e v n l i n c n [Link]- ,
inp -.loel h u l l , 'lir. wlncljke projectionr. on eich ni-ie. nnri nroducing
 1R97 A p r i l 13 ( T U P S ) I'.vening Newn ( D e t r o i t ) , p. (card 1)
.apparition was 11 [Link] at both ends and plowed through tpace with
wonderful rapidltv. Thev had scarcely tine for the above oh«i-rv»t I on»
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HICH IN Mil. Ain / AlHSIIM TAKING A SIMH nvnt MICH [HAN. / IF Till. TilETI- when n dull explonlon was heard nm! C In.- object d I m p p m r e A. They de­
I10IIV 01' S')B1:R [Link] IS ACCKPTD). / Din IT GO 10 SMASH VI KALAHA200 clare, the report tn have been tike that of heavy [Link] »nd to have
COUNTY? / been Immediately succeeded by a distant seund of projectiles flylnr
BATTLE CRIiiiK, HIch., April 13.—Twenty reputable citizens claim Co through the air.
have seen the mysterious airship last night, hovering above the sani­ Wondering ready, thev proceeded to the house where thev pjs«ed in
tarium. Sone claim It wan a hoc air balloon, but others InBlsc it was excited and slceplefs night. While these two r-en are the only ones
an airship, because they heard voices. who claim to have witnessed the phenomenon there are amity corrobora­
1..K. Cl'iwson, a prominent attorney, and Mr. Dlxon, a leading tory circumstances, as follows:
clothier, claim the ship was all one blaze of lights, as if covered Hr. and !!rs. Wallace say they heard the explosion distinctly, but
with electric [Link]. Kays Hr. Dlxon: thought It was thunder. But the discoveries of the morning were tuf-
The upper part was in Che form of a cone, from which was suspended flclent to establish the veracity of the two acbual observers. In one
a large object, cylindrical in form. At the rear end of the lower ob- place, two miles from Scotts, there was found part of SOIT* electric
Ject was sore kind of a wheel, wich made a buzilng noise that was dis­ appliance. At another point a propeller blade of sor-1 vcrv tight
tinctly heard." [Link] was discovered, in n partially fused condition.
'.Then first observed it was almost a mile high. Suddenly there was Three men enraged in shingling a barn in CorscocV tout ■■■hip affim
an explosion, sparks flew forth and the ship began Co ilxni* slowly that, upon resuming work on the sornlng folloulnp the occurrence, they
settle to within about half a mile from the earch. Again the sparks found their completed work strewn with ninute fragrwnts which hid in
flew out as if Trom an enery wheel'," and ""the machine began to rise some instances penetrated the shlnples and entered the boardi benaath.
slowly In a perpendicular position again. Suddenly the lights went ■■ Whatever nay be the theories, there Is scarcely a doubt that Che
out, after which It was impossible to see anvthinp of the ship. aerial Stranger 1B gone forever and that ItB origin and Che experlen-
Chas, F. [nock], the defeated candidate for mayor on the republicanc»n of 1>» c « v aare t
" to-remain'rorever
to-remain'forever aa mystery.
mystery..
ticket, in reported as saying that It was the republican balloon Chat Ihy/ April 1J (lues) tvening Press (Grand Kapids, Mich.), 1.
wenc up when i)r. Hotcalf was inaugurated last night.
Ex-Sheriff Powell, who wanted to be justice of the peace, says: Tilt AIR SHIP. / A Dream of the Future Modernized. / Chicago Not the
I'llnnsenso, these sliver people were looking, through beer bottles last Only Windy City Where Air Ships Sail and Up-to-Date Firms Do Business.
"'G^C." Last night about four hundred people saw what io thought to be the
Yet many respectable citizens are ready to insist that they were oysterious sir ship that la prowling about the higher altitudes in the
sober and that the airship did pass over the city laat night. vicinity of Michigan. It Is supposed to by the same flying oschlne
NILLS, HIch. , April 13.—The airship Is reported to have been seen that was seen at Chicago last Sunday and. at Holland, HIch., ye«terday.
hero also, moving northwest. It looked like a speck of black in the sky, with * sort of search light
KALAIIAZOO, Mich., April 13.—About a dozen people saw what they upon the front and green and white lights In the olddle and at Che
believe was the airship last night. It came from a southeasterly dir­ end. It traveled with enormous speed and Its course seened to be to­
ection and wan going about [40] miles an hour In a northwesterly dir­ ward the moon, wherever that was. suspended fron the side was a large
ection. U seemed then CO be about half a mile hlph. It looked like banner upon which was a large advertisement calling attention to the
an immense ball of fire. Although the night was clear, the shtp'6 fact that the Bodenstein Clothing Company h»d a grsat trouser tale
outlines were not visible, Editor A.J. Shakespeare, of the Gazette, on 200 pair of fine hairline worsted pants wade to sell for $5.00, onl;
la amona cll08
c who saw it. S3.50. The firm was interviewed this morning and it was learned that
[Link] AT LANSING. "" ' they had supplied the air ship ere with bicycle caps, sweaters and
various Rescriptlous of the Airsilp From the Capitol. belCs In consideration of the advert [Link] in quesclon.
LANSING, Mich,, April 13,--The mysterious airship which has cre­ lb'97 April 13 (TUBS evej Grand Rapids Evening Press, p. 3. ~ ™
ated r,o much excitement throughout Iowa, Illinois and sertion of Mich­
igan, unn plainly v(,[Link] litre l,i«t night. Senator UilllAm <".. Thomp­ SHOWER OF SPAHKS / Marks the Air Ship's Path in Michigan. / AGAIN
son, who [Link] in the hack yard of the Orphans' hove assiscinr Che fam­ LAST NIGHT / The Heavenly X Invader Was Plainly Observed. / It Dodged
ily cac to tree a ground mole, saw the airship plainly. While he and Sillied Over Battle CreeX and Finally Faded into Space. /
could give fc no detailed description of the ehilp, he asserts that It Battle Creek, Mich. , April 13.—An air Ship was seen to past west
was headed toward Caro, and was officered bv a tall, fleshv individual of the city last evening about 0:^5 o'clock. The object seemed to be
who bore a remarkable resemblance to Svbrnnc [7) Wessellus. about ha half mile high vhen first seen'. There appeared to be tome-
Gov. Pingree was leaving the cnpltol and his attention was called thing that burst, and thousands of sparks flev from it and dropped to­
to the midnight visitor. The governor savs the ship had eight arms, ward the ground as from a sky-rocket. Then it began to settle toward
like a squid or ocatopus, and that the Initials H.C.R.R. were plainly the ground.
visible under the bow anchor. The governor ia of the opinion chat When within about a quarter of a mile froft the ground It seeced
some of the railroad bills now pending contemplate the granting of ex- to atop and made a sizzling sound that could be distinctly heard,
elusive aerial privileges In the state to the Michigan Central, and -Then it began to rise rapidly and almost perpendicularly, vhen the
that the ship contained Henry Ruasel, the company's Detroit attorney, lights went out. It had two lights, one red in front and a light blue
who was making o secret call on Sky Olds. one behind. The distance between the lights appeared to be about
On the otticr hand, Hr. Olds, who s saw the ship, denies the state- thirty feet.
Kent that the Michigan Central owns it, or that the company is seeking When seen by twenty-five or more people In various parts of the
aerial franchises. "So far as that Is concerned no special legislation city It *a_ u n l was Roving in a southerly or southwesterly direction
is required," said Mr. Olds. "The riphc CO Che exclusive concrol of Among those who witnessed the~s*trange craft were L.E. Clavson, a '
Che air In chis stace B,IS given to the Michigan Central In ItB special prominent attorney; W . A . Cody, Jeueler; Dr. M u f f i n , t>r. McNeil,
charter." Hr. Olds believes the airship Is operated by John W. Blod- J - H - D°rsey, manager of the Western Union Telegraph Co.'a office; ex-
[Link], of Grand [Link], in the interests of Julius Caesar Burrows, of Aldenra-n Thorns Barry and M.J. Loonis, photographer.
Kalnroazoo, who is seeking a second term, and is convinced that the Kiles, Mich., April 13.--The mysterious object which has leer, in­
ship is now on its way co certain legislative districts In the upper vading l*k the heavens for the past several weeks, vas visible frcn
peninsula. this city last nlrht, laid those who saw it are positive thatthe ob­
The lion. William A. French described the midnight visitor as a ject they gazed at'was not'a""3tar.
queerly constructed piece of apparatus in the form of a shrimp. He Ho outlines could be distinguished, but in the lead was a brUhl
refuses Co sav anything more about it., but O.C. Tompklns declares electric light. Following it were two lights, one red and the other
green. Reports froo nearby points state that the same Object was
that Hr. French might tell more about the ship. He thinks French owns
It, that All Albert (Pack] had it constructed for Mr. French to use in- v i e w e d .
1097 A p r i l 13 ITuesJ rtaiamatoo ' G a z e l l e ',"?'• ' i - ~
getting from Presque Isle, from where lie holds office to Dundee,
Monroe county, where he lives.
SAW THE AIR SHIP. / S e v e r a l R e p u t a b l e P e r s o n s Say They Sav t h e A e r i a l
Perhaps Che most plausible explanation cones from Rep. "i W.R. Marvel.
Dates, who was at one time Senator McMillan's political secretarv. Word was r e c e i v e d o v e r t h e t e l e p h o n e a t t h e C a i e t t e o f f i c e l a s t
Mr. Bates, "-ho IT a deep student of theosophy, declares Chat the so- evening at 8:10 t h a t a s t r a n g e o b j e c t vas seen f l o a t i n g over the
called airship is the asstral body of the governor's Dotmit machine, western part of the c i t y . I t came f r o r t h e s o u t h e a s t and was moving
and that in accordance with Che common practice of all astral bodies i n a n o r t h w e s t e r l y tixuttta* course. I t l o o k e d t o be about h a l f a
it Is loafing in the vicinity of the Presence, n l t i n p . an o p p o r t u n i t y „ i i i e u p i n t h e a i r and waa t r a v e l i n g a t a b o u t t h e r a t e o f L0 d i e s an
to reincarnate itself. Mr. [Link] e x p l a n a t i o n h a s c r e a t e d g r e a t e x - hour. The G a z e t t e mode a f u t t h e r i n v e s t i g a t i o n ; v e n t on t h e ( t r e e t ,
c l t e m c n c in t h e menace l a t e t h i s a f t e r n o o n and L ' i l l l a r a C. Thompson has B a t d n o t h i n g o f what had come o v e r t h e phone and e a g e r l y l i s t e n e d f o r
c a l l e d a [Link]. In P i o n e e r h a l l t o n i g h t . M o o r e , B l . U e s l e e , Robinson , h . r 0 p O r t „ r o t h e r i who M i j h t (,,,„. n e c r , t h r i n - * t h i n e . [Link] t h -
and o t h e r P i n g r e c [Link] w i l l he e x c l u d e d . f ( r « t - c r d t _fa« h . s r d » j * * n n t - l l i n ^ - C U T I P . o J f f l u t t t of Caolw
[Link] TO SMASH. t h a t had J u e t p a s s e d o v e r t h e c i t y . A l t h o u g h t h e p e o p l e who c l a i m e d
A l r i i i i p S ill t o 3e Scnttedi»il Over Kalnmazoo Coitntv. t o have s e e n t h e nov f a a o u s w a n d e r e r of e t h e r e a l s p a c e s have always
CALLS ilUHG, M i c h . , A p r i l 1 3 / — t f r e p o r t s from P a v i l l l o n t o w n s h i p been c o n s i d e r e d o f sound mind and good J u d g e t t x m e n t , we f e a r t h e y v e r e
a r e t r u e , then t h e T-HMJtallied of a i r s h i p was not onjv a r e a l i t y hue I s i n some m y s t e r i o u s manner T r l l b y l z e d by a s t r o n g h y p n o t i c power, and
now a t h i n g nf t h e p a s t . b e l i e v e d t h e y saw a r e a l l i v e a i r s h i p I n s t e a d of a f l o c k of I n n o c e n t
George U'. S e v e r s and ' . ' i l U a m C h n d b u r n , old s o l d i e r s , c l a i m co have g o o s l e s s e e k i n g O t h e r c l i m e s .
syen t h e s h i p on ".mulav e v e n i n r vhen t h e y r e m a i n e d un u n t i l a l a t e 1897 A p r i l 13 ( T u e s ) Kaginnv" Kvpnin'g News, p . 2.
h o u r , In a t t e n d a n c e upon a s i c k h o r s e . The d e s c r i p t i o n s g i v e n by Che
parties an Jiiat a t v a r i a n c e but a g r e e In t h e a s s e r t i o n c h a t t he THE AIRSHIP WITH LR / I t Was Been by R e s p o n s i b l e C i t j i e n s in a Num­
b e r of C i t i e s . / SETTI-ED VITHIH HALF A KILE / Of E a r t h a t b a t t l e
C r e e k - R e d and Green L i g h t s Were Peen and. t h e Buz* of Machinery t<M
 14:3
f Heard. / 1897 April 14 (Wed) KalamasoV Gazette, p. 2. (card 1J
I fiattle Crerk--The a i r s n i p , vhjch lo supposed to be In Michiran,
v n s Been by some To reputable citUena in vldcly separated points of CLAIMS IT IS A STAR. / Astronooer Says lie Has Solved Airship Hyattry.
the c i t y , at 0:55 o'clock l a s t night, apparently from one to tvo miles** THE BOBBING MOTION EXPLAINED. / Position of the Light in tha Hea-
vest of the city and traveling In a southeasterly course, altrost a vena and the Hour of Setting Coincide with Those of the Scar Betel-
mile high. Suddenly an explosion took place vhlch sounded like the guese~Engineer Says He Sav the Airship in Daylight Traveling at the
report of a pun. Sparks fleu and the ship began to slovly s e t t l e to Rate of 150 Miles an Hour—Seen by Others.
vithln half a mile frora the earth. It rnraalrwd dovn but a fev rcments Ap£leton, Wis. , April 13.—Arthur C. Lunn , . . south of this l a t i ­
xnia.* when n buzzing sound vas heard. Again the sparks fa flev out, tude. ■5'*- ^ ' 1 ~ * - J ^ e ^*--t^"il 'H'7.3 , p.
as If from an emery vheel, and the machine began to r i s e slovly in a . AIHSHIP SEE:J Iil DAI TIKE.
perpendicular position again. Suddenly the lightvent out, »ft«r vhlch An Engineer [Link] That It Trnvels 150 Kiles an iiour.
i t vas impossible to see anything of the ship. The machine i s des­ Burlington, l a , , April 13.--[Link] F.L. Bullard, on [Link] ,'io.
cribed as about 25 or 30 feet long. It was only v i i l b k about rive 950 of the fast „"Til , says he sav the_ajxiiijti__>>_.[Link]'.cs [Link] [Link]
minutes, The sky USE perfectly clear, / he l e f t Chicago l-lodnay nornlng" ne sav a huge machine in the s'ny'novlng
HUes—The r^yoterioun object vhlch has been inhabiting the heavens alone in the sawe direction as bts t r a i n . He vatched it for a fev
for the t a s t tvo vpeks, and vhlch is believed to be an a i r s h i p , vas minutes and then vas compelled to give hir, undivided attention to hi*
visible fror t h i s city Sunday night, and those vho sav I t are positive engine for five or ten minutes. When he again looked out the ship vaa
that the object [Link] pBzed at vas not a s t a r . I t vas rapidly moving some distance ahead. He said that the train vaS going at the rate of
northvest. No outlines could, be di [Link] shed, but In the lead vas a seventy miles an hour at the tine and that when he reached Lisle, I l l s
bright e l e c t r i c l i g h t . Follovinp It vere tvo lights , one red and the the ship vas lost sight of, being rony [Link] hahead. !lr. Bullard
other green, The [Link] aerial v i s i t o r vas vatched u n t i l It d i s -
thought that this aerial schooner [Link] have been traveling at the rate
api-fored froir. view. Heports rrom nenr-by points state that the sane
of 150 miles per hour.
object vus c w n . /
Seen at liev C a r l i s l e , Ind.
Holla--iu--A large black mass hovered over Slack lake for a fev Hev C a r l i s l e , Ind,, April 13.--Fully 100 residents of this place
oonents Sunday n i g h t , and then started off tovard the northvest. sav vhat they c a l l an airship going In a northwesterly direction at
Bright colored l i g h t s streamed out from in front and behind the ob­ 8:30 o'clock Itonday night. The vessel vas probably 500 feet above the
ject. People nere think it vas an alrhhlp. _earth and vas coving rapidly. At one tine the craft rose slovly and t
1097 April I t (Wed) Detroit free Press, [Link] (edsj •v.-i i aftervard seemed to drop a long distance. In addition to the headlight
J
ismaller lights of blue, green and ted vere seen at the ship's stern.
MYSTER* IN THE AIR. The ship vas in sight at l e a s t ten cinutes. So many people aav i t that
Scudd'a S l i d e , April 13. —A peculiar-looking object vas discorered there i s no disputing the fact.
high in the heavens directly over the pressed-brick school house t h i s iloline People See I t Tvlce.
morning. I t vas shaped like a t o r t o i s e and ever and anon would ran Moline, I l l s . , April 13.--The Bo-called airship has been tvice
out a hideous head and emit a t e r r i f i c shriek, such as is often heard seen vithln tvo days by reputable citizens of Itollne and vicinity. Sat­
in d e n t i s t ' s chairs. It seeded to have vings , oars, s a i l s , and other urday night the thing hovered over t h i s city and finally disappeared
things suggestive of a ship. But the most s t a r t l i n g thing about the to the northvard. Jkjpday morning about 0;30 the craft i t s e l f vas i_een
object was the dozens of fierce red eyes a l l over i t s body. The un- by farmers living on "the Rock river bottom, three miles 60;uth o7 i:er!
canny navigator of the air vas seen by a party of young men on their * _ ,
vay home from an evening at the Scudd's Slide tav=ro. ™ e y Ascribe i t as having a cigar-shaped body with broad vlng-like
Murky Marsh, April 13.--Upon going hoae from the postoffice, vhere attachmentn , „ .. ,
3ey had been reading about the airship Been in love,, Nebraska and 1B97 April 14 (Wed) Kalamaioo Gazette, p. <..
Wisconsin, tvo highly reputable faroera made out a most unusual sight
about 2,190 Teet in the a i r . The queer object, vhich vas circular in AIR SHIP OR HO.
shape, and vlth teeth on the edge like a huge saw, rev«lved rapidly The strange body that passed over the city Monday evening and Chat
and buzsed furiously as i t moved in a northeasterly d i r e c t i o n . Ropes was taken by many for an air ship vas seen by the proprietor of the
and life-preservedxs vere attached to the body of the object, giving Gazette, as well as many other citizens. It cane fron the southeast
and passed to the northwest, nearly over the centre of the city at a
a raather shippy appearance to the same. Several people say they
rate of speed that must have been from forty to sixty miles an hour.
heard a moat unusual sound about that time ■ When about tvo miles northvest of the city the object seemed to change
Sarah Center, April 13. —SurprisIng"Story"7"ft" r e t i r e d s a i l o r , vas ita course from northvest to -ue north. All that could be distinguish­
called Into his poultry yard by the loud screeching of the feathery ed vas a reddish-green light a great brilliancy that thtev out rays
bipeds, Indicating the proiimlty of havks. The ex-tar found the yard all aides and was sis: tines as large as any star In the heavens
^ r ^ v V ^ W h
" !T T U £ l ^ * 1°Ud' ^ . y \ l i C t i l g 7 ^ ♦ Air ship, or whatever It » y be, there is some strange body skylarking
V'*JZ. f h T "? d " ^ > h T P
!6fli"? ° I " " ' P l a c i 6 b ° u t
8e Dt:
" r about the heavens and has been seen by by thousands and thousand, of
-seven rods In the air, and making for the Ohio line. The form seemed
.people in different portions of the country. What it ia, astronomers
to be that of a great a centipede,an< and many of the feet vere plainly
rtT.»™iM. . t r AAVA T I \* 4ny ° " e , \ . V i . J [ought to be getting on to it by this time. The object vas first heard
discernible as they paddled the atBosphere. A rov of electric lights ,6 .6 , " , ' , . . „.„ , j,tt.r.~.r n „i„,. u
„.= .*.*.„-.A
was arranged .1
along ♦£. back
the i..„>. of
„ » the
* ! curious
.. *.
contrivance, J a hidden
and [Link] 'of several weeks ago in western Nebraska, then at different points In
Kansas, then in Iova and I l l i n o i s and nou in Michigan. Sunday evening

r8srriras;on."diahlpB' «"?«""•■?rbeeneTi<hr r ^ v , ^ - ^
orchestra played exquisite nuslc. The mysterious craft carried a coa- " " " " ' 1" T 7 , ' / ,
hall
high. I t ia more likely that i t u«» l i f t y and perhapi
Mr. Surprising
coverles Story's
makes him discovery,upon
an authority a*, a his record of sea-serpent
l l occurrences out of the dia-
ordin , B l l e h l n- u lfl ^ ^ 1 J k e h - ( u U J > f l ( # n d h t h „ e
t i n tinea that many nailes from the earth and is some wandering body
Sandbank Section, April 13, —The a i r s h i p , or vhat vas supposed to not on the c h a r t s . One thing i s c e r t a i n , It goes through apace like a
be i t , vas seen by over 100 voters of this tovn vho gathered at a b a x d l ™ k e t .
cider social to-night to celebrate the election of the new supervisor. ' 1697 April la (Wed) nileiT"rllch", Jx'i'Jj S t a r , p™S;'
To the majority of the party It looked l i k e a great barrel vlth vheels ,
attached, and with three sheets fluttering In the vlnd at the faucet I t Bore Colored Lights. / Benton flarbor People OJIIM fhey Sav the
end of the icsnense cask. The barrel seemed to leas badly, as airships 1 Airship.
often do. but I t kept on going, N o J i t U * h i l a r i t y vas occasioned bv The airship baa been plainly Been by sever*! reliable c l t l i e n i 4X
the Joke of the r e t i r i n g supervisor, vho remarked that the mysterious Benton„ „
Harbor „
and _ _ _ Joseph, vho
St. Ittu _ , declaxe
_ — about
there la no fake
object aeemed to be a vhopper, but be d i d n ' t think i t could carry more, it"™t"v»B"Men"»boit 8 o^cliock «ondv"»lk*trwtth"blu«, red and
than the ncvly elected supervisor did on election day. While the greea l i g h t s , and vaa iwring rapidly In a northvesterly direction.
party were shouting over thla s a l l y , the a i r s h i p disappeared. tThe outlines could not be discerned, oving to the lights i t bore and
j 1897 April lit (Wed) Kalaraazoo Gazette, p. 1. i t s great a l t i t u d e over Lake Michigan.
1097 April 11* (Wed) f.^inav Yourirr-Mer«Ud, p. 3. (car.-l 1

NOT AH AIR SHIP. / Just a Reflection in the Sky of the Light from a
Burning Barn, [Link] AIRSHIP. / 20 Reputable Pnttle Creek Cltitenit Claii* to
About 9 ^ l o c k l a B t n l g h t a v e r y b r l B h t l i g h t V 6 B n o t l c e d i n t h e Have Seen I t . / SEEN AT HIU-S AND rAMKAZfO. / And In I l l i n o i s . W|..
c o n s l n W l d Iou
south. In these times of mysterious aerial vanderers some vere o,uick ° — " h * Ptranrc CCrate3 Finally Distanced an Fnf;lne
to declare that i t vas the light from an a i r s h i p , but the Carette Doinp 70 Miles on Hour. / 5"i« V<3 £ « ■ M**.s ([Link]^j )'■ 'A;
upon investigation, found that Thomaa Moore's barn on South Burdiek Battle Creek, I'ich, April 13.--Tventy reputable citizens claiff. . ,
t n 0
a t r e e t vas burning dovn. The fire department at the paper mill r e s ­ F/litor A.J. [Link] pen re , of the Gazette, I* " " " ^ " h0 ,RV U '
v

ponded to a c a l l and did a l l In their pover to extinguish the flames,

Aim, liich., April 13.—J.M. Ford, proprietor of the Wrlrht home,
and finally Succeeded in saving the residence, but the barn vas a and Claude Chatvick, a leading s i l v - r politician of thi* v i l l s r e ,
t o t a l l o s s . Including hay and grain, the live stock, buggies and becar.e very nuch excite1! over a [Link] airship sern in the vest'rn
harnesses being saved. The barn vaa a nev one and the loss severe. sky Saturday ev-ning. They hitch-d up a llvpry r i f »nd drovr to the
college h i l l , vhr-n they vere [Link]-i to find it vas only n r r i l l i a n t
Tues Apr. 23 p. I*: Tovard tha l a t t e r days, according to the Bible, sunset. /
signs shall appear In the heavens. The air ship, vhich is seen a l l
Engineer Bullard,..
over the country, is the nev s t a r , the Star of Bethlehem. Avake you
Waukegan, 111,, April 13. — An a i r s h i p , or Vhat ia believed to l-e
sinners, repent, put on your vhlte robes, for the day of Judgment
such, vaa seen here at midnight by several persona vho had their a t - •
dravs near.
■tention attracted by the strange moving light In the sky. Edvard
May 2 "Above Clouds" storv. jVheeler vatched It for about an hour, and describes i t as a b r i l l i a n t
red light very high, and pursuing a rarying course tovard the north./
 Mollne, 111.-, April 13.—The airship vas seen passing south over foreigner* ha* finally discovered a scheme to evade tbo tax.
Bock river a Tew miles south of this c i t y at about 8:30 o^clock yes­ Aprl lk p . 2i Man may go to the newspapers with airship s t o r l e e ,
terday morning by a number of farmers, Benjamin Carr, a prominent they wouldn't darn give aag such yarn* to their wives.
c l t l i e n , says he sav It d i s t i n c t l y . He describe* It as having a \Wi April 1> i t a j Kalematoo CMetteVp'. 1.
cigar-shaped body or hull apparently about 15 feet long, with large
v AIR NAVIGATION / Strange Moving Lights in the Heavens. / A TOY BALLOOl
lng-liXe projections on each aide. I t was at a great height and was
Said to Have Been One of the Objects Which Created Much Cowaent—
moving rapidly. The mysterious llghts~were seen d i s t i n c t l y by a num-
Reputed Air Ship Seen at Kendallville, Ind. and Sturgla. /
ber of c i t i z e n s about midnight Saturday, hovering over tht three c i t ­
ies and then passing to the northward. / These must be Interesting times for astronomers, aa not a night
passes that soce new noving object does not make i t s appearance In tin
Bock Island, 111., April 13.—Hundreds of people stood on the heavens. Even r i g h t here in Kalocaroo l a s t night there were two a i r ­
s t r e e t s for hair an hour l a s t night and gaied at an object In the ships, comets, balloona, or Home other light carrying object, bobbing
northwest which appeared to be moving and which they believed a was around in the heavens. The Caiette telescope tan i t away on a vaeatk
the a i r a h i p . /
or t h i s story would s t a t e which one of the areal floaters was the toy
Eau Claire, Vie,, April 13.—One hundred and fifty persons were
wi J . i t « . J ^ L ,J i ^ ^ . i j .,_ balloon sent up by the Evening Sews editors at their newly discovered
assembled a the Oaehe depot about midnight by a report received there a i r s M ^ ^ a M d ^ ^ U ed * „«„!„«,
from Merrill™ that the airship ship was
was x
» coming.
coming. The
The telegraph
telegraph ope
operator B h l p tf„ 8 e n t n o A t i n g h e f t V e a u a r d f m n t h e bluff on the v e s ' s i d e of
and others saw i t through field glasses, and vividly described i t to
the c i t y . I t went north and a l i t t l e vest and nearly disappeared froo
the crovd, several of whom saw It a l s o . /
tight and then seemed to return and appeared nuch larger. At i t turn*
Green Bay, Wls,, April 13,—The wonderful airship seen above this around i t displayed different colors. Hundreds of people saw i t and
city Saturday night proves to have been simply a huge practical Joke vondered what I t vaa. Those who knew that i t wat a toy balloon were
worked on the unsuspecting public. I t consisted of a h large hot-air s i l e n t l i s t e n e r s to the reaarka of the, .sky, jiaters. It was erc-ec^ed
balloon with a red across the bottom, to which were attached two 1897 April"i'6 (Frl) eaVcle''Creak,,,'b«iTy'Won1,,, p. 5.
Japanese lanterns. It vaa sent up about 9:30 o'clock by several veil-
known r e s i d e n t s , and to those who were not "on the Inside" It looked Dropped from ths Clouds. / A Message from the Air Ihip Picked Up on
like a veritable a i r s h i p . Many exclaimed they could see the body of Hapl* Street. I
the tiling with rudder and wings. I t caused intense excitement. A This Doming
Doming as as trann
Frank VanDuaen of Union
».... vu^..6 I1I.U i uuuer OJIU viiiga, ik i.«.~.,.- .bout vanuuaen oi union ss tt rr e eee tt ,, a
a noon
Moon carrier
carrier
suburban resident now has the remnants which landed in bis yor boy> U M 0 0 h i § w | y M chf 5 O . c l o c k o e w , p , p , r c r l l n t 0 deliver his
t earning Fre. Presae*, ha discovered something sticking up in tht ■
—
" ' . t r e s t la front of the Merrlttt residence on Haple s t r e e t . Upon lnvei
mffiAprll C iy"iht) Hllei, Mich., t a l l y St p. 2.
tigetion ha discovered that i t wss scma kind of a peculisr instrument
Saw the Air Ship. / That Wonderful Phenomenon Again in Evidence. / A Jo which v . . attached a note written upon a half sheet of n e t . paper.
r
Twinkling Light Resembling a Star Seen in the Heavens. " d ™"t ....
About 9 o'clock l a s t evening, fiightwatchs^n SKX* Carrett and variou, °° the Air Shin, April 13, 1897.
other reputable c i t i z e n , witnessed what most of them thought to be the «• »>"• dropped many message, but have made but two landing, .ion-
much-talked of a i r s h i p . I t Is described M a l i g h t , the . l i e of an « l t f t S . n Francisco owing to the danger. Have now lest our anchor
ordinary « * s t a r , coring westward quite rapidly, taking on occasional vlrs and will not [Link] another landing u n t i l we land at Washington,
downward shoot; the light at time- being [Link] green and again [Link] to do great damage to .hip in landing. Should t h l . be found
white. I t was not quite a* bright as some of the s t a r s , excepting vhen p l « " « request Ssn Francisco papers to. copy.
It twinkled and flashed. Whatever i t was, there is something peculiar Robert ha. been sick; is a l l right now. All the rest well. Haw
. ,. so»e good views of many c l t l l e s . / Haatlly, / Dan. */Air Ship, R.F.N.
/ The airship croze i t sold to be an advertisement for S e l l . Bros. Should this not. be found please hand to any dally papsr.
circus. that"****. **10,'*.J>
the 'same'
( te
object
d
? ...nwhich
-[Link]
was seenC*n be seen-at
Monday eveningthe at Moon
about office.^
8 o'clock
16,2; Another Solution
There have been many different solutions in regard to that "airship" vould appear again l a s t night ^ probably did. but not until about
as most people choose to c a l l I t , but the one brought froo South Bend U o'clock vhen I t vas noticed in the southwest and teemed to be

.ring the description, given ^ / * ™ " - " " r * ^ ; " ; - I I " ; / 0 "/,' » y have been a toy balloon but dispatches f r o . Kendallrilla. I n d . . a.

great deal of fmi sport at the expense of o t h e r . ' time. *°d 10 o'clock soring in a northvetterly direction. I t s color *M±X
I A aifferent Airship—red .white and orange U g h t s , zigzagging across varied and vould e n t i r e l y disappear for a brief period of time and
the sky at night, beheaded CT3 by gentlemen who see through a glass then appear brighter than ever in a all^htlv different place.
darkly.—Chicago Dispatch. 1B97 April 16 ( f r i ) Evening. New. (petrol p. 4.
/The airship stirred up very disagreeable veather.
LETTER FKOH AIRSHIP / RECEIVED ET A PAPER TX AATTLE CREEK. / Ship oa
llj ,a Observations have become so moomiaon that nev gentlerten at the
I t s Way Back oo San Francisco—Latest Airship Hot... /
theater go out between the acts to look at the a i r s h i p .
Battle Creek, April 16,—The Dally Moon baa received a l t t a r from
toy Ik p . 3 . St. Elmo's Fire In S.D. snowstorm. the airahip, which passed over t h l . city again l a s t night. When the
1897 April 15 ITh) Evening Sews (DetroitJ, p7 "*, employes came to the office early this morning, they found a Large
s a i l o r ' s needle la front of the office, to which was attached the.
Airship Again. / Broken Wheel Dug Up Hear Battle Creek. xtmm l e t t e r .
BATTLE CREEK, Mich., April 15.—A well-to-do farmer who r e s i d e . The writer said the ahlp had Started from San Franciaco, had stade
five miles northeast of t h i s c i t y claims to have found the wheel of the great lakes la one day and vaa now on the txt return t r i p .
the alleged airship t h a t [Link] over lover Michigan l a s t Tuesday- HUDSON, Mich., April 16.—The supposed airship vaa seen Last alghl
evening. about 11 o'clock, ay a large number of people. I t appeared in the
George Park., of Pennfield, and h i . wife vere crossing a f i e l d , western heavens, slowly vending l t a way to the north and t e s t , appar­
vhen their attention vat dravn to a very bright object that appeared ently about 500 feet high. Prof. Trlpp, a local estrono*«r, scouts
to be about 100 feet above the earth and sviftly approaching. Mr. the Ides that i t vaa a s t a r . The object was In plain view for an boui
Parks thought from the light and humming sound i t made that i t vaa a and gradually faded avay.
meteor. As i t passed over them, a l i t t l e to t h e i r l e f t , a port of I t FONTIAC, Mich., April 16.—Hundreds of c i t i m e s declare an a i r ahi
f e l l to the earth, end buried i t s e l f in the ground. _ sed_over_
pas ^ Font l i e l e s t night.
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They jlltb - en elevation of
B t . at
Mrs. Parks, vho vaa somewhat frightened, vould not let her husbsad JOQ "or 300 fMtTmbov* Saginav .treetTb'ot vere'[Link] vtaeo they
go near the place vhero i t f e l l . The next morning Mr. Park, and hit learned that enterprlalng students bed hauled lanterns up on the fla]
brother, Benjamin, dug i t up and found i t to be a large wheel made of , t * f f 0 f the Grove school.
aluminum, about three feet in diameter, and a turbine in shape. CBAELOTTE, Hlcb., April 16.—The mysterious a i r .hip was seen by
Mr, Parks says i t Is the f i r s t time he has ever beard of a meteor mJ^,y people l a s t nlRht. Charlotte 1. a dry town.
having wheels. He will keep the wheel as a_meoento, and i t may be _ 1897 April 16 (Fri) Evening Neva (Detroit), p. «,
seen at any time at his farm in Pennfield.
Odds and End*.
That Saucy "Airship." £helby.— Airship seen. Looked l i k e big balloon with two l i g h t s .
COHSTAirriHE, Mich., April 15-—A b r i l l i a n t l i g h t vaa sighted north. Temperance town, too.
east of here l a s t night by many prominent c i t i z e n s , moving in an e a s t - Grand Rapids.—Haughty boys fooled a copper into believing he aaw
ixf? erly direction with a ligrag course. I t vaa about one-fourth a. the airship. Toy balloons.
large as the full moon. I t kept in sight nearly an hour, then dlsep- Lansing.—About 200 Lansing people, most of them sober, claim the
peered below the horiion. S»v the airahip l a s t night. I t ' s believed they saw a paper balloon.

All Sorts p. 2 (eds), Michigan S t o r i e s . / The Secret Is Cut —

Mendon—Three Mendonltes, George E. Sanford, to*! Mrs. Sanford and Battle Creek.—The secret la out. The airship. It is said. I t th
Mrs. Carper, declare that they sav the wonderful ship Sunday night *ork of an ingenious Battle Creek mechanic, and after t a i l i n g around
about 10 o'clock, going at a ^ e r r l f l c r a t e . several nights, is now securely hidden fron public vinv. It is b u ilt
like a huge bicycle, with five wheels instead of two arid four Immense
p.2 S The real secret of the airship business doubtless is that the wings, which ere worked like the wings of a bird and regulated by
weights. Two green and two blue lights are suawrnded.
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t o f l y , o r a t l e a s t t o make p r o g r e s a t h r o u g h t h e a i r in w h a t e v e r d i r ­
B a r n u m ' s What l a ItT / Many Mora Michigan C l t l i e n a R e p o r t R a v i n g Seen j e c t i o n be w i l l s , and r e g a r d l e s s o f t h e d i r e c t i o n of t h e a i r c u r r e n t * .
I t . / Caused E x c i t e m e n t a t H a r t , O l l v e t t and H l d d l e v i l l e . The s c i e n c e o f a e r o n a u t i c s haa b e e n n e g l e c t e d e x c e p t by a few, and t h *
Hart, Mich., A p r i l 1 5 — ( S p e c i a l . ) — A t about 9 o ' c l o c k l a s t night c a p i t a l which h a s been f u r n i s h e d s o l a v i s h l y f o r t h e d e v e l o n n e n t o f
■ l a r g e d a r k o b j e c t v a a s e e n f l o a t i n g o v e r S h e l b y which v a t s u p p o s e d means o f t r a v e l by l a n d , h a s been d e n i e d t o t h e a e r i a l i n v e n t o r s add
t o have been t h e much t a l k e d of a i r s h i p . As d e s c r i b e d I t waa a b o u t I n v e s t i g a t o r s , who a r e r e g a r d e d aa w i l d v i s i o n a r i e s .
l i k e a l a r g e b a l l o o n w i t h two l i g h t s , one w h i t e and one g r e e n . I t was So f a r a s t h e a i r s h i p s t o r y i s c o n c e r n e d , t h e r e a r e t o n e t h i n s *
w i t n e s s e d by a l a r g e crowd. a o b u t I t which a r e p l a u s i b l e , and o t h e r s which Bake i t s i n c r e d i b l e .
O l i v e t , M i c h . , A p r i l 1 5 . — T h e a l r a h l p waa o b s e r v e d In t h i s p l a c e A l l o f t h e numerous " e y e - w i t n e s s e s " a g r e e t h a t t h e a i r s h i p l a a b a l ­
l a s t n i g h t a b o u t 11 o ' c l o c k by a l a r g e number of r e s p o n s i b l e p e r s o n s . l o o n o f some s o r t , w i t h a b a s k e t a t t a c h e d t o I t . This Is p l a u s i b l e .
i n c l u d i n g a number of s t u d e n t s . I t a p p e a r e d from t h e n o r t h e a a t and I f i t were s a i d t o b e a f l y i n g machine w i t h a e r o p l a n e s , wings and s ! « *
was headed In t h e d i r e c t i o n of A l b i o n , Only t h r e t r e d l i g h t s c o u l d be l i a r a t t a c h m e n t s , t h e r e p o r t c o u l d b e s e t down a s a c a n a r d / ituch has
d i s t i n g u i s h e d and I t was a t t o o g r e a t • h e i g h t t o make o u t I t s o u t l i n e a l r e a d y been a c c o m p l i s h e d i n moving b a l l o o n s t h r o u g h t h e a i r , eTen
I t waa moving v e r y r a p i d l y and d i s a p p e a r e d I n a s h o r t t i m e . Ho e x p l a n - a g a i n s t t h e w i n d . I n 1895 John U M o u n t a i n , o f U i n g s b u r g , K . T . , r*d«
a t i o n c o u l d be g i v e n a t t h e c o l l e g e t h i s m o r n i n g . e x p e r i m e n t s w i t h a p r o p e l l e r , which by means o f fans a c t i n g UDOO t h e
H l d d l e v i l l e , H i c h . , A p r i l 15.—A s e n s a t i o n was c a u a e d i n o u r v i l - a i r , was mode t o p r o p e l a b o a t a c r o s s t h e Hudson r i v e r . Afterward
l a g e l a s t e v e n i n g by what t h o s e who saw i t c a l l e d an a i r s h i p . When T l a a a n d i e r , a F r e n c h k a l l o o n i s t , used a s i m i l a r d e v i c e w i t h c o n s i d e r ­
f i r s t d i s c o v e r e d , a b o u t 9 p . m . , i t waa a o u t h w e a t of town b u t i t was a b l e s u c c e s s . T h e r e would b e no o c c a s i o n ___ for grea€ s u r p r i s e i f a
moving n o r t h w a r d and downward.'"" B u t ' f o r " i t s ' mo«ing and c h a n g i n g l i g h t s , p r a c t i c a l n a v i g a t i n g b a l l o o n had been d e v i s e d .
r e d , b l u e , g r e e n , I t might have been t a k e n f o r a s t a r . At a b o u t 1 0 : 3 0 But t h e r e a r e q u i t e a number o f r e a s o n s f o r b e l i e v i n g t h a t t h i s
p . m . a n o t h e r one r o s e e a s t of t h e v i l l a g e and f l o a t e d up and s o u t h w e s t a i r s h i p s t o r y i s n o t t r u e . T h i s a i r s h i p h a s t o o v i d e a h a b i t . It
A c a r a t t a c h m e n t had c o l o r e d l i g h t s and s c a t t e r e d s p a r k s and what waa h a s been s e e n t h e same n i g h t a t p o i n t s f a r a p a r t . T h e r e mIgnT~be'of
s u p p o s e d t o be s p a r k s . c o u r s e two a i r s h i p s , any b u t i t t h e e x i s t e n c e o f even one I s d o u b t f u l ,
t h e i d e a t h a t t h e r e a r e two i n t h e f i e l d i s a b s u r d . One of t h e
14, p . 4—»Do we u n d e r a t a n d t h a t t h e a i r s h i p t a k e s t h e p l a c e of t h e p r o o f s f u r n i s h e d o f t h e e a i s t e n c e o f an a i r s h i p l a a u p p l l e d by a
r u i n e d peach c r o p a s a s p r i n g s e n s a t i o n ? C h i e a g o a n , who e x h l b l t a two p h o t o g r a p h s o f t h e M y s t e r i o u s v i s i t o r .
1 5 , 4~We can h a r d l y blame t h o s e a i r s h i p s f o r n o t s t a y i n g w i t h u s . They a r e s a i d t o be " s n a p s h o t s " t a k e n s h o r t l y a f t e r 5 o ' c l o c k in t h e
With 12 Michigan c o n g r e s s m e n a t W a s h i n g t o n , i t would seem a a If a b i l l m o r n i n g , b u t t h e S t o r y o f t h i s p h o t o g r a p h i c f e a t seems a l u o s t aa «uch
t o s u b s i d i z e them s h o u l d h a v e been i n t r o d u c e d b e f o r e t h l a . o f a f a i r y t a l e aa t h a t o f t h e a i r s h i p i t s e l f . The world h a s w a i t e d
17, 4 — A f t e r b e i n g up s o much n i g h t l y , t h e a i r s h i p c o u l d h a r d l y be a l o n g t i m e f o r t h e coming o f a p r a c t i c a l a i r a h i p , and i t can a f f o r d
e x p e c t e d t o p u t in an a p p e a r a n c e In t h e d a y t i m e . . t o w a i t much l o n g e r l T h e r e i s no need o f becoming e x c i t e d o v e r t h e s e
1697 A p r i l l b ( F r i ) Crand Haven, M i c h . , D a l l y T r i b u n e , p . 1 . w estern v i s i t a t i o n s . S o o n e r o r l a t e r we w i l l know a l l a b o u t I t , and
we s h o u l d p o s s e s s o u r s o u l s in p a t i e n c e u n t i l d a t a o f a r e l a l a b l e
The o t h e r e v e n i n g t h e w o n d e r f u l a i r s h i p , which I s c r e a t i n g so much c h a r a c t e r s h a l l b e f o r t h c o m i n g . In t h e m e a n t i s * i t i s u n r e a s o n a b l e
e x c i f c e c e n t In t h i a s e c t i o n o f t h e c o u n t r y , was seen a b o u t 9 : 3 0 o ' c l o c k t o d e c l a r e t h a t p r a c t i c a l a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n l a i m p o s s i b l e . Because
from t h e r e s i d e n c e o f D.A. U n e . The r e d and g r e e n l i g h t s were v e r y t h e n e w s p a p e r s h a v e had s o much t o say about t h e a i r s h i p s , I t d o e s n
n o t f o l l o w t h a t t h e y a r e t r y i n g t o p e r p e t r a t e upon t h e p u b l i c a
diatlnct. Ho t e l e s c o p e was needed t o s e e t h e m . T h i s i s no hoax and
" b a l l o o n h o a x , " such aa Edgar A l l a n Poe d e s c r i b e d , o r t h a t t h e y thest-
anyone d o u b t i n g t h i s s t a t e m e n t acan f i n d o u t t h e p a r t i c u l a r s o f t h e
s e l v » s a r e i n n o c e n t v i c t i m s o f c r u e l p r a c t i c a l J o k e r a . They have
m a t t e r by I n q u i r i n g o f D.A. L a n e , A . L . Thomas o r Rev. R i c h a r d s o n ,
t h r e e prominent s p e c t a t o r s of t h e wonderful a i r s h i p .
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17,1. In r e g a r d t o t h e a i r s h l o p n o t i c e t h a t a p p e a r e d In l a s t 1097 A p r i l l b I F r i ) baglnaw C o u r i e r - H e r a l d , p ; I.
n i g h t ' s T r i b u n e i t I s r e p o r t e d t h a t John A. Crawford and S i l a s Wright
n o t o n l y saw t h i a a e r i a l m o n s t e r , b u t were t h e f i r s t t o o b s e r v e Vhat THAT AIRSHIP / A W e l l - t o - d o B a t t l e Creek Farmer C l a i r s t o I'ave Found
a p p e a r e d t o be t h e i r p o r t l i g h t , and In J u s t i c e t o t h e s e g e n t l e m e n we a Wheel From / THE MYSTERIOUS CRAFT. / . . .
cake t h l a e x p l a n a t i o n . B a t t l e C r e e k , M i c h . , A p r i l 1 5 . — A w e l l - t o - d o f a j - r e r who r e s i d i - 5
l o 9 7 A p r i l 15 I F r i ) Kiaamaioo G a z e t t e , p . o . f i v e m i l e s n o r t h e a s t o f t h i s c i t y c l a i m s t o have found t h e wheel c f
t h e a l l e g e d a i r s h i p t h a t p a s s e d o v e r l o v e r Michigan l a s t Tuesday
DEATH'S RED LIGHT. / I t Waved a t an E n g i n e e r , B e t o k e n i n g H i s M o t h e r ' s evening.
Demise. Ceorge P a r k s , Of P e n n f i e l d , and h i s w i f e were c r o s s i n g \ f l » ! l ,
"The most p e c u l i a r c a s e I e v e r h e a r d o f , " s a i d a t e l e g r a p h o p e r a - when t h e i r a t t e n t i_o n was drawn t o a v e r y b r i g h t o b j e c t t h a t a r p i - i r p J
t o r , "occurred in our family. My f a t a h e r was an e n g i n e e r on t h e C h e a a - t 0 D e a b o u t l c o f c e t a b o v e t l ) e earth and s w i f t l y a p p r o a c h i n g ,
p e a k e and O h i o . r a i l r o a d , r u n n i n g I n t o Richmond. One n i g h t v h l l e q u i t e p n - j ^ t h o u g h t from I t s l i g h t and t h e hurmlnp sound i t rade t h a t :*.
a d i s t a n c e from t h e l a t t e r c i t y and n e a r i n g h i s run he saw a VAXR** v a s a m e t e o r . As i t p a s s e d o v e r t h e m , a l i t t l e t o t h e i r l e f t , a p - r t
b r i g h t r e d l i g h t on t h e t r a c k s e v e r a l h u n d r e d y a r d s a h e a d . The s i g n a l o f I t f e l l t 0 t Q f t e a r t n ^^ b u r i e d I t s e l f in t h e g r o u n d .
was a l s o s e e n by h i s f i r e m a n and t h e f r o n t b r a k e m a n . The t r a i n was a t H r f l _ p a ^ s , y h 0 v a s somewhat f r i f h t e n e d , would n o t l e t h e r hur-rand
once s t o p p e d , b u t n o t a t r a c e o f t h e s i n g a l m a a o r l i g h t c o u l d b e f o u n d , go n e a r t n c p l a c e w h e r e I t f e l l . The n e x t morning Mr. ParKs and M s
and t h e t r a c k was a l l r i g h t . T a t t h e r l o o k e d a t h i s w a t c h and n o t e d b r o t h e r Benjamin dug i t up and found I t t o be a l a r p e wheel r n J c of
t h a t t h e t i m e waa 8 o ' c l o c k . The t r a i n p u l l e d o u t , p r o c e e d i n g c a u - aluminum, a b o u t t h r e e f e e t i n d i a m e t e r , and a t u r b i n e In shai^e.
t l o u o l y f o r some d i s t a n c e w i t h o u t m e e t i n g any o b s t u c t i o n . Several iiPt P a r k s s a y s i t I s t h e f i r s t t i m e he has e v e r h e a r d of a
m i l e s f a r t h e r t h e l i g h t was a g a i n s e e n . Once more s t o p p i n g , a n o t h e r m e t e o r h a v i n g w h e e l s , and i t may be seen a t any t i n e a t M a f*rw
s e a r c h was m a d e , w i t h no more s u c c e s s t h a n b e f o r e . This happened a t l-9_£ennfield. /
6:28. F a h h e r v a s n e v e r s u p e r s t i t i o u s , b u t t h i s waa I n e x p l i c a b l e . SEEH"AT"COKSTAlJTIfi't.
Much m y s t i f i e d , he p r o c e e d e d on t h e way, o n l y t o be s o t p p e d a t h i r d C o n s t a n t i n o , M i c h . , A p r i l 15.--A b r i l l i a n t l i p h t vas s i g h t e d
t i m e by t h e r e d l i g h t a t 6 : 5 1 o ' c l o c k . Another s e a r c h by t h e crew n o r t h e a s t o f h e r e l a s t n i g h t by [Link].y p r o m i n e n t c i t i r c r . s , r c v i n r lr.
f a i l e d t o d i s c l o s e t h e s l i g h t e s t t r a c e of t h e m y s t e r i o u s s i g n a l m a n . an e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n w i t h a i i p ~ r , a g c o u r s e . I t vas about c n e - f a n
F i n a l l y , g i v i n g up t h e s e a r c h , t h e men r e t u r n e d t o t h e i r p o s t s , and t h t f o u r t h a s l a r g e a s t h e f u l l t o o n . I t k e p t in s i g h t n e a r l y an h o u r ,
t r a i n a t l a s t p u l l e d up i n t o Blchmond w i t h o u t f u r t h e r m i s h a p . t h e n d i s n n t x r a r e d below t h e h o r l i o n .
"When f a t h e r a l i g h t e d from t h e c a b , a t e l e g r a m was handed him a n ­ m'l A p r i l l b ( F r i ) IJaginaw ' [ j e w ! V r - h e r a i d , p . l .
n o u n c i n g t h e d e a t h o f h i s m o t h e r . W i t h o u t d e l a y he went o t h e r home,
which waa s e v e r a l m i l e s o u t of t h e c i t y , on t h e r a i l r o a d . Soon a f t e r AIR SHIP A REALITY. / P a s s e d Over t h e V a l l e y a t an E a r l y Hour T h i s
h i s a r r i v a l he l e a r n e d t h a t a t e l e g r a m had been s e n t t o him w h i l e he M o r n i n g . / SEE.1 BOTH HERE ATO IS BAY CITY. / B e l i e v e d t o Fave Cor*
was o u t on d u t y , summoning him t o g r a n d m o t h e r ' s b e d s i d e . The t i m e a t Down Hear E s s e x v i l l e — O f a C o n i c a l Shape and Having Red L i g h t s . /
which f a t h e r had s e e n t_h e m y s t e r i o u s r e d l i g h t s was i n d e l i b l y_ i m p r e s s e d Bay C i t y , A p r a l l 1 6 . — S p e c i a l . — A t about 1 2 : 3 0 t h i s mornlnp w h i l e
o n ' h l s ' m e o o r y , and he l a a r r i e d ' u p o n I n q u i r y t h a t a t p r e c i s e l y t h e m i n u t e s e v e r a l r e s i d e n t s o f Bay C i t y were r e t u r n i n g from a l o d g e c e e t l n c in
a t which t h e f i r s t r e d l i g h t was s e e n s h e ksaut had a s k e d i f he had come West Bay C i t y , t h e y n o t i c e d a l a r g e o b j e c t a p p r o a c h i n g f r e e t h e s o u t h .
She t h e n r e p e a t e d t h e q u e s t i o n a t t h e t l a e he saw t h e s e c o n d l i g h t , and h i g h up I n t h e a i r . At f i r s t i t l o o k e d l i k e a f l y i n g c l o u d , b u t a s
t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e t h i r d l i g h t was s i m u l t a n e o u s w i t h h e r d e a t h . t h e sky waa o v e r c a s t by a d u l l , t h i c k h a r e , i t was soon a p p a r e n t t h a t
Richmond T i m e s , ^_^_ t h e f l o a t i n g body was n o t a c l o u d b b t a s u b s t a n t i a l * t h i n g o f r a t e r l a l
" I H J T ' ^ r l l T r T F r l T ' S t a i T W p ^ b T r c a n (Lansing), p. k . k J e x i s t e n c e . As I t a p p r o a c h e d i t a p p e a r e d t o g r a d u a l l y l o w e r i t s e l f
t o w a r d t h e ground and when i t r e a c h e d C e n t e r s t r e e t , i t d i d n o t s e e r
THE AERIAL CRAFT t o be o v e r 50 f e e t h i g h . T h e r e was a r e d l i g h t a t e i t h e r e n d . It
Now i t i s s a i d t h a t t h e a i r s h i p , whose s e a r c h - l i g h t has s t a r t l e d aeessed t o b e t r a v e l i n g a t a r a p i d r a t e when f i r s t s e e n , b u t slowed ur
t h e s u s c e p t i b l e i n h a b i t a n t s o f t h e West a s w e l l aa o f t h e W o l v e r i n e g r a d u a l l y a s I t n e a r e d Bay C i t y . Fron t h e d e s c r i p t i o n s ! g i v e n , t he
s t a t e , I s n o t h i n g b u t t h e p l a n e t V e n u s , w i t h h e r b r o a d e s t s m i l e on a i r s h i p was f r o n 50 t o 75 f e e t l o n g , p e r h a p s o n - t h i r d a s w i d e . It
her f a c e . To t h i n k t h a t a t h e r a g e V e n u s . s h o u l d b e u l s t a k e n f o r s u c h shone w i t h a d u l l r e d g l o w , a s I f t h e r e were l i g h t s on t h e upper a i d e .
a High B o i l e r a s t h e p a p e r s d e s c r i b e ! P o p u l i s m a p p a r e n t l y u n f i t s I t s In Shape I t was c o n i c a l and no mode of p r o p u l s i o n was s i s l t l e t o t h -
d e v o t e e s f o r a c q u a i n t a n c e w i t h t h e h e a v e n l y b o d i e s . But t h e r e I s
c e r t a i n l y something very mysterious about t h e c e l e s t i a l v i s i t o r s , t e r r e s t r i a l observers. <~, ,,.-. ,
which t h o u s a n d s o f p e r s o n s d e c l a r e t h e y h a v e s e e n s a i l i n g t h r o u g h t h e As t h e s h i p p a s s e d on toward E s s e x v i l l e i t s e e r e d t o s u J J e : : ! y s i n *
t o w a r d s t h e ground and from a l l a p p e a r a n c e s i t d e s c e n d e d t o m u the
s k i e s . They have s a i l e d o v e r Omaha, C h i c a g o , and p o i n t s In t h i s s t a t e e a r t n 0 Q t v e r y f a r n o r t h o f Bay C i t y . I t v a s t o o l a t e In t h e »c [Link]
The f a c t s t h a t t h e r e p o r t s a r e c r e d i t e d by s o many p e r s o n s , and t h a t t 0 B e ( l d n ; e f l E e n g e r > j . n t h a t d i r e c t i o n t o find out whether the airship
even t h o s e who a s s e r t t h e i r u n b e l i e f a r e a t l e a s t i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e landed or n o t . /
m a t t e r , g o e s t o show t h a t t h e p u b l i c i s l o o k i n g forward t o t h e t i n * •^xt a i r s h i p s e e n In Bay C i t y p a s s e d o v e r Saginaw s h o r t l y a f t e r
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when t h e n a v i g a t i o n of t h e a i r w i l l become an e s t a b l i s h e d f a c t , ^ r " m i d n i g h t t h i s m o r n i n g , and t h e D e s c r i p t i o n a s g i v e n by t h o s e rto saw (
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i t 1B s u b s t a n t i a l l y the same aa that received from Bay City. Xt had ■r-rtHlrrf*ll"1lir**T**"™» pointed I t out to bl* companion. When asked I
the appearance of a cloud when f i r s t seen here and van kxk not very large I t waa, they thought I t vaa about t h t a i t * of "Doc" element's
lu'[Link]!.. While jmuuliig :;n(dnow i t kept a course due north, thouch It busted boom. " I t v u quite a b i t l a r g e r than the Republican majorltj
seemed to approach* t h i e c i t y from a southwesterly direction and then in Hudson," said Plim Gllmao, wno bad Just s t a r t e d down Main s t r e e t .
OMM change i t s course aa i t neared Saglnav. "tea s i r , " said Sid Lawrence, who had Juat l e f t the lodge for has
The Eources from vhlch the information cornea are e n t i r e l y authen­ " i t vaa c e r t a i n l y 25 feet long, had a rudder, was quite a c u r i o s i t y .
t i c and there can be no doubt that the nyaterious object, whatever i t He ought t o haTe i t for our next s t r e e t f a i r . " Chas. Kefusa vaa lesrii
I s , passed over the c i t y . I t was going at a t e r r i f i c rate of speed nis B i l l i n g office" while the a i r vessel vas disappearing over the Mai
and soon disappeared from s l e h t to the north. s t r e e t bridge. " I t la DO fisherman's yarn," quoth he. "I saw i t , an
According to l a t e reports from different p a r t s of the country, tn I know i t from the published accounts in a l l the papers."
strange messenger i s a real a i r s h i p , operated by some of i t a inventor "Pardy" Deems vas Juat r i s i n g the h i l l on the at valk opposite tb
who are simply caking a t r i a l t r i p and who have already marie a p p l i ­ Baptist church. "What does i t meant" says Pardy. "Perhaps i t waa tfa
cations for p a t e n t s . The p r i n c i p l e on which i t Is constructed Is long l o s t and overdue advance agent of prosperity, an individual who
that of the parallel plsne and It is operated by steaw. s t a r t e d out on the road a long time ago and hasn't got here y e t . "
IfO-Y April lb IrYi) fiaginav Evening News ,' p'. 1. {cTrTTj ■ " I ' v e been i n ooat every s t a t e i n the Union," said Jts. P e e l , "but
I never aav aa a i r ship before. Cure vaa the o r i g i n a l and only."
SACIHAW'S HAD IT TOO / That Mysterious Airship Monkeying Around in Prof. Ceo. J . Trlpp, s c i e n t i s t and superintendent of the Eaat Sid
This Vicinity. / AMD IS STILL AT LARGE / The Omaha Man's Experience schools, vas questioned concerning the alleged nocturnal v i s i t o r . "He
Has Hot Been Repeated in This Vicinity—Bay City Had I t Too. / do I account for i t ! " queried be. "I don't t r y t o . I t h i n i i t was a
Somebody says t h a t that western apparition called an a i r ship or e t a r t h a t the people sav. I vould liked to hare t r a i l e d rcy telescope
something else has been bobbing around in t h i s v i c i n i t y . Sone Bay on i t , anyway, t h a t vould bare s e t t l e d i t . Of course I d i d a ' t see I t
City people got t h e i r eyes o/i i t for a time and i t Is claimed that at a l l , but hov do I account for i t s moving ao f a s t ! Hallucination;
some people In t h i s c i t y eav i t but so far as I t was possible to some men's mind move swifter than o t h e r s . "
learn today I t was only the morninf; newspaper men who were xa favored Lee V o l c a t t , Bert Chandler, W.N. Derbyshire and V i l l Sveeiey, a
with a view of the thing. I t might have been a nightmare or i t night party of duck huntere returning from Mallory l a k e , eav"the v i s i t o r .
have been a r e a l i t y . I t is hard to t e l l vhlch. Some people think They Bay i t resembled a whole flock of ducka, but they had no Tield
t h a t I t ie Dave Hill t r y i n g to find ft place t o cone down where i t g l a s s , and vere unable to make i t out c l e a r l y .
v l l l be nafe. Othera have the idea t h a t I t is the advance agent of Pittsford—The operator here says t h a t the a i r ship sailed orer
prosperity t r y i n g t o find the beat place in the s t a t e to hare his t h i s place at 9:56 l a a t night.
show appear f i r s t . So far aa known no one in t h i s v i c i n i t y has had Clayton—J.B. Kessler and Arthur Havkins both «ay that they are
the experience or imagination of the Omaha wan who was taken by the jucilx p o a i t i r e they sav an a i r ship pass over Clayton l a s t evening.
seat of the t r o u s e r s an the hook suspended from the airship soem d i s ­ Cadmus— This town la excited over the appearance of the a i r ship
tance before the c l o t h gave avay and he awoke. In Grand Raplda some last' n i g h t . I t was going due e a a t . One excited individual fired a
boys sent un a tov balloo_n._with [Link] attached and ajwllceman rang shot a t It i s i t pasted, tMnkinfl i t w»s a flying drtfion.
in an alarm and stated that t h e ' a i r ship was in s i g h t . Rattle Creek 1097 April 17 (Sat) Evening NeveVCDetroit), p'. *. --
had i t again Thursday night and Marshal, Lansing, Olive, Ovosso and
othef places report the t h i n g . I t would aeema t h a t the people who Odds and Ends. Ann Arbor—Airship seen here—going toward Ypsllanti
are favored with the views should shoot the X±y thing on sight- It supposed to have been manned by sky-larking students.
may be dangerous. / Hanistique—Several hundred people vere aure they saw the a i r
SHAKESPEARE SAW IT. / The Kalamazoo Editor Gives His Version of the s h i p , e s p e c i a l l y when they read a message from the " J u p i t e r , " to the
Air Ship. effect that the passengers vere v e i l and hearty. It t r a n s p i r e s the
The Hews has several times described the mysterious a i r ship which a i r abip waa a b a l l o o n , ingeniously constructed by two boya and the
has been seen In different p a r t s of the country but we have at l a s t note waa in t h e i r hendyritlng.
secured the evidence of a genlulne editor vho sav the "affair" him­ 1897 April "n (Sat) Detroit Free Press, p . 3.
self. Andrew Jackson Shakespeare, of the Kalazr-aioo Gazette, says he
saw the strange body as i t passed over Kalamaioo the other evening! Steel to B» Catching. / Stories Told About an Airship In Michigan.
Mr. Shakespeare aaya : •> | Saglnav, Klch., April 16.— Several of Saglnaw's reputable c i t l t t n
" I t came from the southeast and passed t o the northwest, nearly - a r e very p o s i t i v e l a t h e i r assertion* that they saw the reputed a l r -
over the centre of the c i t y at a r a t e of apeed t h a t rmist have been ' a h i p s h o r t l y a f t e r midnight and t h e i r descriptions of tha a e r i a l Boo­
froc forty to s i x t y miles an hour. When about two miles northwest of s t e r t a l l i e d with that given jroa other p l a c e s .
the c i t y the Object seemed t o change i t e « course from northwest to Ann Arbor, April 16,—(Special,)— A hot a i r balloon or a i r s h i p wa
due north. All t h a t could be distinguished vas a reddlsh-preen light seen to paas over the southern part of t h i s town to-night. I t vaa
of t r e a t b r l l H n n c v that threw out raya on _all sides and was six seen from the campus by a large number of students. I t vas traveling
times as large as any star in"the~heavens. Air ahlp, or whatever I t in an e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n .
may be, there i s some staange body skylarking about the heavens that Lansing, Mich., April 16.— Several hundred Lanelng c i t i z e n s
has been Been by thousands end thousands of people In different por- t b o u g n x c n e y , , „ M , l r i h i p i 4 i c n i g h t , but I t turned out to be n o t h i
t i o n s of the country. What i t I s , astronomers ought to be getting M r t t h J B » p , p e r balloon sent up by some boys vhlch floated majesti­
on to i t by t h i e time. c a l l y over the c i t y with a bright l i g h t attached to i t
"The object when i t passed over Kalamazoo appeared to be about April 17 p . 3 ( S t a t e Items)—It i s believed that ■any p r a c t i c a l
half a mile high. I t is more l i k e l y that i t was fifty and perhapa Jokers in d i f f e r e n t p a r t s of the s t a t e a r t sending up h o t - a i r b a l l o t
three times that max tnany miles from the earth and is some wandering thereby causing the s t o r i e s that are being seat out by e n t e r p r i s i n g
body not down on the c h a r t s . One thing ia c e r t a i n , i t goes through correspondents about the mysterious a i r s h i p that Is being reproted
to have been seen at so many p l a c e s .
l^P'SrA'^Ktrfa an, Mich., Evening Telegraph, p . 2. (card 1] IB, 4—It v i l l be p e r f e c t l y asft for delinquents to agree to
s e t t l e when t h e i r a i r s h i p cornea In.
THAT AIR SHIP / Various Phases of I t s Appearance in Hudson. / JUST I t l a worthy of note that no member of the W.C.T.U, has
HOW THE THING LOOKED / To Some of t h - Citizens of t h a t I n t e r e s t i n g ae'en the a i r s h i p . ,
City. 1697 April 17 iSat) Crsjid Rapids (Klch) Evening P r e s s , p. 2.
A special from Hudson to t h i s paper Friday, conveyed the i n t e l l i ­
gence that the famous a i r ship had been seen there Thursday night by AM AIRSHIP HESSACE / Dropped Upon Expectant Grand Rapids U s t l i g h t , i
sundry reputaiixable c i t i z e n s of that burg. We c l i p from the Eudson BEER STOPPER USED / Very Appropriately in Bringing the Hlssive t o
Gazette of t h i s week some private opinions on the matter; Earth. / Aerial Travelers Unable t o Control Their Engine and I t la
" I t ' s no hoax about the a i r s h i p , " said Gene Knapp, porter at the Feared the Beer Had Given Out. /
Comstock house. "We had Juat drove down t o the depot vhen some of the That the a i r s h i p Is a wonderful r e a l i t y i s nov assured, and that
boys called my a t t e n t i o n t o the bright red l i g h t vhlch seemed t o be I t passed through the s t a r t l e d atmosphere of the Valley City in the
s a i l i n g into town from the v e s t . I t looked l i k e a abooting s t a r at v i c i n i t y of the corner of South Divlalon and V i l l l a w s t r e e t is a fact
f i r s t , but vhen i t got down opposite us, on West Main s t r e e t , ve saw a t h a t ia founded upon the most irrefragable proof.
green l- i g h■t about■ - 25 - -feet- f r o m ' i t , and s u r e , r i g h t there before our T o ( t w . e t n e m t t e r b r i e f l y , C.T. Smith, an eeploye of the ¥**«■
eyes ve saw the o u t l i n e s of a dark object against the sky, and sow of w I a e g 8 X furniture company, who'has always been considered honorable
ea thought they could see several men aboard. I t looked as If one of M d t r u t h f u l # .tumbled over something at 6:15 t h i s morning v h l l . on
em was trying to wave h i s hat at u s . h i s way t o the s t o r e , vhich upon examination pt proved to bt a l e t t e r
Charlie Lane, proprietor of the Hudson house, waa one of the party frcm the clouda, or more p r e c i s e l y , from the erev of the flying ma-
at the depot and corroborates .the s t o r y . _"This i s no mariner's yarn," chine. The envelope waa endorsed on the o u t s i d e , "from the a i r s h i p
said Mr. Lane to the Gazette, "As sure aa I l i v e I saw the a i r ship |Tr*velera," and read aa follows:
l a a t night. How high vas ltT About 1*00 feet from the ground I should "To whoever finds t h i s . 2,500 feet above the level of the sea.
right along rapidly and e a s i l y againEt the wind, vhich did not seem t o * o r
have any effect upon i t . "
"I was near the Lake Shore," said Kr. Roy Bean, "and can say t h a t J W are unable t o control our engine, please a o t l f i e our people,
the a i r ship, or whatever i t v a s , i s an a c t u a l i t y . ' 1 jthink we are somewhere orer Michigan."
Mr, H&rviy Loyater vaa upon West Main s t r e e t and while he does not | "Arthur H. Conts, Laurel, Miss./"C.C. Heater, Culfport, Mlaa. /
fumiah p a r t i c u l a r s to the Gazette, says t h a t the a e r i a l v i s i t o r is ;"C.V. Rich, Richburg, Klaa." / "April 16th, ' 9 7 . 9 ?•■•
O.K. The l e t t e r waa written on note paper v i t h a purple indelible pen-
Ed Southworth and Al Beach had Juat s t a r t e d for home wheD the ex­ I c H , and vas attached t o a piece of s t i f f wire about five inchea lor.g,
c i t i n g object came into viev. Mr. Southworth nkxA_kaatxl«xgEx±txs:axi .fat the other end of vhlch vaa fastened, aa a veight, one of the iron
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coablnation stoppers and bottle openers commonly used to open beer " r i n b l e , one at either end and one suspended above the vessel, appar-
b o t t l e . . Just what the l a t t e r thing would indicate i . a matter of un- e n t l on 6 nftst< Tht forward light v u vhite and the other, were red.
certainty. I t might be that the aerial . t e w a r t ' . refrigerator i . BO l t v„ i^^b^ ^ t e U anythinp as to the . H e or .[Link] of t h .
veil supplied with theae things that they can be thrown around promia- v e f i a e l f r o r a t h e ricv o b t f t l n e ( J b v t h a i e ) t fentleE>e«. /
cuouBly, or again, i t may be possible that the total supply of bottled Reynolds, Hie,, April lt>.-- About IJ : 30 Wednesday morning at a point
beverages has beeirconsumed and the crew has no further use for the about a haif mile south and weat of this point and about three miles
useful instrument. .
northwest . Howard
of . City,. a balloon or flyinp machine alighted. The
Mr. Smith, who found the l e t t e r , positively avers that he is not a „i r 8 hip was seen about an hour before i t alighted by a doxen farmers
drinking man, and never owned a beer stopper in hie l i f e and moreover, o r X T t , who had been watching i t . On i t s attempt to alight they
as stated previously, the thing was discovered at 6;15 this morning. ■ gathered around, but a good cany'of them did not retain long after
As an example to the children of the c i t y , however, i t is unfor­ the landing of the ship. A strange nan, if man he aigbt be called,
tunate that great inventors should not he able to spell better. |waa_ in charge of ._ the
..._ ship.
_.._, While he see»ed to have plenty of heavy
Three of the night men employed by the Vallln Leaather company a r e ' c ^ t h ^ Vhich look like the pelts of polar ***** bears, he »«**° ">
very sure that they saw the airship l a s t night. At least they sav a have no use for them, as he was alnost naked and seemed to be suf-
strange white light in the 'western .heavens very much like an arc elec- f e ring from the heat. He is about 0 1-2 feet t a l l , and his t a l k .
t r i j ^ i ^ b ^ ^ T n e . j C e n . . o b s . e x Y ^ i i . - A t ^ t e x y i . : . f r ! ° ^ i : 3 0 [Link]-'P*11 . while « TCu3VcBJ7Ts™rioTt-airat-lai. hut seems to be repetition of
; o'clock this morning. The light was traveling slowly porthv»r* bellowing. One of the farcers who vss somewhat braver, attempted to
1B97 April 17 ISat) Maniatee (Kich) Daily hews, p. S. -go near him, and pot a kick that will last him for some time, having
I got his hip broken. Great exclterwnt prevails here, and lots of
THAT AIR SHIP. / The Clear Shaped Body Gives us a Call. 1 people are flocking here from Morley and Howard City to view the
Mr. Prooter of this city claims to be one of the fortunates. In Strange being at a distance, as no one dares to go near. He seen, to
beholding the "air ship." He alleges that last night he had an unob­ be trying to talk to the people. The people K here are incredulous,
structed view of this aerial monster for fully thirty minutes, during and those that have not seen refuse to believe the report, although
which time'he waaenabled'to notemany'interesting"points inregard to *** o f t h e b c B t P*°Ple 1" that locality are here and affirm l t is the
the ship's general appearance. truth. From their excited fanners we are led to believe that no hoax
This is his atory. "About 11;30 o'clock last evening, as I was exists. His balloon seem* to be out Of repair. At 8:18 last evening
returning from a professional c a l l , I suddenly beheld a very bright the airship passed south and a l i t t l e west of Howard City, Hundreds
light In the western sky. Meeting a friend, I inquired what that of people watched i t s flipiit. /
light was but he seemed as much at loss for an explanation as myself, Battle Creek, April 16.—The Dally Moon has recieived a l e t t e r
At first ue were inclined to think i t waa a s t a r , but on further in­ from the airship, which passed over this city again last night. When
vestigation we saw that i t waa moving very slowly in a southwest d i r ­ the employes came to the office early this morning they found a large
ection. For the f i r s t time, the thought struck me that k this must be s a i l o r ' s needle In front of the office, to which was attached the
the light carried by the much* talkCed3 of aeronautic monster, because l e t t e r . /
suddenly the bright light grew dim, and small* colored liehts appeared The writer said the ship had started from San Francisco, u < had
answering the description to those which were seen near Battle C ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ l l L ^ ^ I ^ ^ ^ : ^
strongRS,hij&,^ R ^ ^ ^ e ^ d e 1 lur^y t ^ a r ^ e 5 ? ' s K£ ^ P P — d over Pontiac last night. They sav lights at an elevation
on the outskirts of the c i t y . Here we could get an excellent view of °f 2«> o r -* 0 0 f « ' - » b ° v e Saeinaw " " « * . *«* « » disgusted when the,
the ship from the high bluff overlooking the lake. Uune* that enterprising students had hauled lanterns up on the fla«-
The f i r s t thing that attracted our attention vas the queer shaped Staff of the Grove school. /
body beneath the l i e h t s . I t vas nearly the shape of a cigar and seeded Charlotte, Mich., April l b . - T h e mysterious air ship was seen by
to be covered with small incandescent lights of different colors, we " ^ y People l»6t eight. Charlotte is a dry ton. I
H u a s o n
could distinctly hear a swishing noise like vings passing through the . A P r ^ Ib—Thii *>niU*'« Hudson Caiette contains a de-
a l r , and the regular beat of the piston rod of a steam engine. we al 3 0 t a l l " * ■ » "count of the passage of the airship over t h i s city at 1
observed that the body had a queer motion vhich resembled the rise and o'clock last night. I t says that i t was also seen at Pittiford,
dip of a chip on the water. By and by ve were able to recognize the Clayton and Cadmus, 'ibe Gatette has Interview* vlth Eugene Knapp,
sound as the queer whirr of a propeller wheel. Charles J. Lane, Roy Bean, Harvey Loyster, E,J. Southvorth, K.A. '
"Suddenly a shower of sparks appeared, and the huge body forged Beach, Plim Oilman, Charles Deems, J . I , Peck, B.O. Chandler, Lee Wol-
ahead, at the same tine a l l of the noises Increasing in proportion. cott, W.N. Derbyshire, Will Sweeiey and others, who give graphic ac-
.„»i„ -H.<,,„ . .
- , ' . . , . , , , . .„ ? „ „ n , . r , r „ „ i c o u n t s corresponding with the description of the hcavesly visitor a.
Seizing the field glasses my companion mode out a sign near the forward /
end of the huge body. By straining his eyes, he was able to read the B e e n Kart, „'" April
, * ^ ; lb.—A
,,. , large
, crowd witnessed
., mJ a strange .sight
A . . . ,„Kt uWednes­
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name, and turning to me he said 'yes, t h a t ' s the Maggie Marshall, s i l t day night. Something floated over Shelby which carried two lights,
In the hold arid tlcber on deck. ' " white and gree, and Is supposed to_have been the airship. / ___
1697 April IT (Sat) 5aginav"Courier~iJerald, p. 5. (card 1) I Olivet, April 16.1-—The airship was"~observed here Wednesday nir.-.t
TRIP OF THE AIRSHIP / Seems to Be More Than a Vision fof the Hipht. / by a large crowd of persons, Including several students. I t was
ITS FLIGHT WITNESSED BY SEVERAL. / Seen at Different Points Through­ headed for Albion, I t waa at a great height, displayed three red
out the State as Well as In Other Parts of the Country. / l i g h t s , and, moving rapidly, vaa soon out of sight. /
Additional particulars of the v i s i t of the rysterious airship to Battle Creek, April 16.—The aerial phenomenon, construed ty some
this part of the country vere received yesterday. The ship approached to be an airship, was seen by many person, here Wednesday evening.
from the southwest and after passing over both Sapinaw and Bay City I t vas traveling vest at a rapid rate and vas visible but * short
appeared to sink almost t o the earth In the vicinity ofx£xx« Essex- time. /
v i l l e . This vas about 12:30. The ship moved with great speed when Hiddleville, April lb.—This village takes the cake In regard lo
on Its voyage north, but sloved up as i t approached Bay City. airships. Several responsible residents claim to have seen two of
Just before 2 o'clock yesterday morning the uncanny visitor was them Wednesday evening. The f i r s t waa discovered at about 9 p.m.
seen returning to the southeast?. Roundsman Halsey and Officer Foley, moving northward, and downwards, and carrying changing lights—red,
vho vere on Potter s t r e e t , near the F. fi P.M. depot, at that t i n e , blue and green. At about 10:20 p,a. another ship rose east or the
f i r s t noticed i t as l t approached the cifcy from the north. They were village end floated up and southvestvard, A car attacbBaent hod ala
attracted by a whirring noise, vhich Increased rapidly In volume and colored lights and scattered sparks, and what «as supposed t o be
looking up into the sky they beheld a long cigar shaped vessel sailing smoke. /
swiftly through the a i r . I t vas not very high above the earth and Lansing, April 16.—Many citirens of Lansing are willing to swesr
there was a light aboard that illuminated the_vhole vessel. that they saw the airship last evening. A phenomenon was discovered
The noise vhich they heard" resembled that made by a snare drum in the heavens that traveled rapidlyL_and vas jrtsible for half ar. ho^.
being played rapidly, nnd vas evidently caused by the r-ovement of j ' BeHe~PIalne, l a . , April"l6.~The citizens of'Linn Grove declare
machinery aboard the airship. I t vas going in a southeasterly d i r ­ there is no longer any doubt acong them of the existence of an air
ection and paaaed so quickly out of sight that a pood description or ship. Yesterday teeming a large object vas aeen slowly coving in the
the s-eesel could not be obtained. From the lower side, ■however, a heavens in a northerly direction, and seemed to be taking preparation,
long basket-shaped object hung down, apparently a boat to be used in to alight. James Evans, liveryman, F.C. E l l i s , harness dealer, Ben
caae the ship settled dovn over a body of water. Buland, stock dealer, David Evans snd Joe Croskey Jumped into a rig
Reports are coming from a l l over the country, vhfcch indicate that and started in pursuit. They found the air ship had alighted four
there mist certainly be some truth in the many stories that are beinir miles north of town, and when within 700 yards, l t spread Its four
told of the airship. One is to the effedt that l t is owned by Rlnclinj monstrous vings and flew off toward the north. Its occupants threw
Bros.' circus and Is being used as an advertising scheme. out two large bovlders of unknown composition, which were taken into
That there is some strange object floating about the country is the village, and are now on exhibition.
beyond doubt, but what I t is no one has been able to ascertain. The 1 There were two queer looking persona on board, who made desperate
following dispatches from* various points about the country show that /effons to conceal themselves. Evans and Croskey say they had the
the airship has traveled over a great deal of territory in the past 'longest whiskers they ever saw in their lives. Hearly every c i t i i e n
fev days; in Linn Grove saw the air ship aa i t sailed over the town, and the
Corroboration of the v i s i t of the flying air-ship to this city excitement i s intense. /
yesterday raomlng has been received from many sources. [Link] those Mount Vernon, 111., April l6.-—What is thought to have been the
vho vouch for Its appearance is V.A. Goddard, vho witnessed i t s flight mysterious air ship was seen here by more than 100 persons Wednesday
northward at about rcldnirtit, in comnany vith A.W. Field. The night nightT "It vas first observed about 8:30 o'clock and continued In
was cloudy and "therefore"they"were unable to see the ship plainly but, sight for half an hour. Mayor Wells, who had an excellent view of the
they distinctly heard the humming noise, which they describe as r e ­ mysterious visitor from the observatory attached to his residence,
s e l l i n g the noise of an electric dynajro. There were three l l s h t s says i t resembled the body of a huge man svim^ng through the air vith
an e l e c t r i c light at nis Cacx. /
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U i r i y i e , 1 1 1 . , April lb.—The o l r ship naa ir-ade lta appearance in 1897 April 19 (Hon) Port Huron, Mich, Dally T l i i s 7 p - 5 .
t h i s e i c i n i t y . Citizens of iihittuck, nine miles''east of t h i s c i t y ,
oofcerveu' it, l a s t night a t 0 o'clock, going in a northwesterly i l i a c x THE AIRSHIP / Ed J . Kendall [Uncovered I t on Saturday Night — Notified
fcioa course. I t carriea red H u n t s . / the Whole Town.
H i l l s b o r o , H I . , April it>,—wnat 1B supposed t o be the a i r ship The Sunday Free Pre** published a long account of an airship
was seen by ft nuctjer of reputable c i t i z e n s here about 10:30 o'clock passing over Port Huron Saturday night. According to the Free Pre»i
Wednesday night. Bright moving red l i g h t s vere plainly v i s i b l e . ,• thousands of people held t h e i r breath and gaied at the a e r i a l rwnster
Apple-ton, wis. , April i o . — U e t t e r IToa the Pegasus. / I t la, ,said that , Ed. J . Kendall , , was. _. the , f,i r s t to discover . . . , .I t ,. He got
C a r l i n v l i l e , ill., April l b — T h e mysterious a i r ship which i s ti-.e °«t his marine glasses and found that i t was over 800 feet i O B 8 . He
1 1 1
talk or the country nas neen seen in the northern part of t h i s (Hncou- Z™ *.l " ™'}*. *1? *" f ' V ""! ?? «"«.nd_o n the trek. Hr.
pin) country. About 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon i t aliFjitea on tne Kendall rushed to the telephone and n o t i f i e d nearly every cerb^r of
f'arr. of Z, Thaeker, one n l l e north of llilvood. I t was seen by ws. the Bell telephone exchange that the monster WAS coming frcn tl>e w t t
S t r e e t , Ea Teepies ana Fraim Metcaif. i t rerainen about 15 ninutes and passing io a rig aag course. Col, Peter Neasley could d i s t i n c t l y
ana continuca north. At 6 o'clock i t was seen gracefully aixenting recognize the foeneers of the Michigan l e g i s l a t u r e aboard. A* thr
in a grove two miles Eoutii of Cirord and a mile north of the [Link] ship passed over The Harrington, Clerk Chas. Baad, who was on the
camp of Green Ridge. Alarge crowd of miners from the l a t t e r Iplace roof, watching, discovered Representative Creea; In the how. Paid ssyi
s t a r t e d to inspect the strange a p p a r i t i o n . As they approached vithin Green threw overboard a note, which read "Just t e l l then that you "«w
half a n l l e i t arose ana Epca north. The Chicago fc Alton operators me, ,on , the
. a i r s h i.p ,. Give
„ tey. love to Doc McGregor and Henry Pn»e." The
K r
. . . . . . , , , . ship then pstsed into Canada.
wired ahead to be on the watch, ana at o o'clock i t passea over Ener- - . .,., „ „ „._
man, 32 n l l e s north of Glrard, a t the apparent r a t e of 30 i d l e s on mu) 1 " n ' M ^ V C . h t j f o r W d L. w *i" r i ° r 9 0 r . e C M "fi g t r ( 1 " K f r -
hour. I t was l a s t sightea at wllliamaviUe, about 8:1.5 o'clock, » " A P r i i l y <■&»■> *'****" t i l o t * t e v e J - ? ' 2'
headed for Feoria. Those who saw i t say I t naa a boat which was
clgor-Bhapen, with cars or vlnps extending from the s i d e , and a conony c B *° e u '
S
*m, on toj> similar to that of a picnic stand. Hear Creen Ridge an <"? = l t i « D . of Thra. River, a r . p o e l t i v . t h . airship [Link] orar
operator*, who was huntine, avers that he saw a tan working about I t , t h * t PUc* Saturday night.
apparently fixing the mchinery. The fact of i t s a l i g h t i n g twice and Had. Apr. 1», p . 2. Hlch. Hews,
regaining such a long tlir.e in the sair.e l o c a l i t y leads to the conclu- The a i r s h i p has been plainly seen by several r e l i a b l e c l t l i e n a of
1&97
3ion April tnat the 17 (Sat) Saginaw
machinery was Evening
[Link] Hews, p.'T.'''
In sor.e r-anner. .. . Bentnn Harbor and S t . Joseph, who declare that there ia no fak* about
j i t . I t was seen about 8 o'clock Monday night with blue, red and grata
PEOPLE WHO SAW IT / Three Citizens of Saginaw Claim to Have Been ■lights, and was moving rapidly l a a northwesterly direction. Ths out­
Favored. /OTHERSDENT THE HONOR. / Speculation Continues to Be Rife lines could not bs discerned, owing to ths l i g h t s i t bora and It*
Concerning the Thing and the Reason I t Doesn't Quit Fooling. /
great a l t i t u d e ov«r Lake Hichlgan.
The a i r Bhip or whatever I t is which has been bobbing a l l around F r l . April 16, p . 4. Ssw ths "Airship." / Unsubstantiated Statement of
the countyry and acting in a moat mysterious manner i s a t t r a c t i n g Two Bay City Hen.
much speculation. Hany people are Inclined to t r e a t I t as a fake or Two residents of Bay c i t y claim that they ssw ths ■ysterlou* " a i r ­
a good Joke while otherH are firn believern in the existence of the ship" floating over that c i t y at an early hour thla morning, Tbsy
machine and t h a t I t s course i s [Link] human b r a i n s . However that w e r " " o u t tvo " i * " f « a ths c i t y when ths c e l e s t i a l v i s i t o r want
may be the thinR which i s kicking up such a fuss has not been examined a a i l i a g acroea the sky. So fsr as la known no one in Saginaw saw tha
ship and the Bay City men eny have drawn largely upon their lasglna-
in t h i s s t a t e by a r e l i a b l e authority and the Identity of the pereon
or persons running the thing i f Indeed there l a a person on board of tlon.
It has not been established. 19,2. If that mysterious srsp does*~t~c"bm« down t o e a r t h pretty soon
1 Roundsman Haloey and Patrolman Foley of the police force are sure the whole western country w i l l be a f f l i c t e d with ooi gigantic crick In
that they saw the machine. They were standing at the corner of Astor the neck.
and Jefferson avenue yesterday morning about 2:1*5 o'clock and were 21,2. I t Is evident that ths a i r s h i p la not an American vessel of war
a t t r a c t e d by a noise hwich sounded l i k e the r a t t l e of a drum. Looking : t P°aitively refuses to s t r i k e solid ground, (ref. to several naval
in the d i r e c t i o n from vhich the noise come the officers saw southing vessels having run sground recently)
which i s described by "Roundsman Halsey as sT cigar shaped a f f a i r about 2 ,?\ 3 * K I c h H ' V * ' ° M at E h ' o u n * r o u * " " " P * which hsv* baen seen In
30 feet long with nothing above i t and something hanging about ten Hlch, descended to the earth near Allegan, aad closer investigation
feet below the main body of the thing and carrying a red and yellow showed i t to be a large k i t s with three Japanase lanterns attached.
l i g h t which seemed to be shining through canvass. The a f f a i r was 23,2. What w i l l tha Saginaw council do when a e r i a l navlgstlon becosts
a c e r t a i n t y and there are no a t r e e t railway franchises to wrangls over
t r a v e l l i n g about 2\ miles per hour in a southerly d i r e c t i o n
e n i n g aouut c? a n e s per Hour in a auuLiicro-j u u c t u u i i . , , - , „ " L J . . . . . . ." . ,
26 2
Thomas S. P r e n t i c e , connected with the telephone conraany, reports ' ; F u t u r a " " " i a a s should keep l a avlnd t h . fact that the a r . p
havi
r i v e ng
r . seen the mchlne the aa-e night from the west side of the ^ / ^ "In! , a
are „ "proper
" , ° ! „ mood n aest strange t h i n g
L " : „to ^ l ! : . ^ ! " . \ i * ! S , . aP ,O r populatSo
27,2. There are sows who believe that thing up in the air nay be
A report was circulated that Asa W. Field and V.A. Goddard had Coxey'i party, which got off ths earth aa soon ss ths grass began to
seen the naehine but Mr. Field said that i t was simply a r e s o r t con- aprout.
1897 April IS (Sun) Eveing HewslbetroiU, p. 9. 1897 April 19 (Hon) Saginaw D(rU'chT"Cl'(>t«; p""*"-

SAW THE AIRSHIP. / Bock Beer Seaaon Has Opened in Wyandotte. THAT AIRSHIP AGAIN, / Janes fi. Macpherson, the Lumberman, Claim to
The bock beer season opened in Wyandotte Friday n i g h t . At about Have Seen I t .
10:30, while Joseph Hoersch, William Cordon, E. Walter Hurphy, Tony James C. Macpherson, while coning to Saginaw fron Duluth last Wed
Roehrig, John Marx and George Melody vere on t h e i r way home, they nesday night, aays he saw the mysterious airship which has caused sn
allege they saw the much t a l i e d of a i r s h i p . They could aee a dark much excitement throughout the country during the past few days and
moaa making i t s way slowly tovard Canada. They could, however p l a i n l y was reported to have passed over Sapinaw. He related his experience
d i s t i n g u i s h l i g h t s of green, red and b l u e , and occasionally could hearto the Globe this morning saying that the t r a i n atopped for sunper «t
a sputtering sound the aame as given out by on e l e c t r i c machine. Spooner, Wls>, While partaking of supper some one came rushing into
the dining car and announced that the a i r s h i p was in s i g h t . He went
Apr. 18, p, 2: An American c i t l i e n has not the same r i g h t t o see a i r - outside and beheld the wonderful phenomena with his own eyes. He
ships that he has to see pink-winged elephants and toon-eating cock- says he was amared a t the spectacle and Is sure t h s t with the aid of
roaches. a good f i e l d glass he could have distinguished the outlines of the
; t , l c fl l t ffrMl B< ,(
itfc!i''. ' 'jy ?,V ,X T ..P 'fr ^ " " *fffl *' "'4 "toryK „__jG*k± machine without d i f f i c u l t y . He said a colored light appeared •
1897 April 19 (Mon) Flint (Mich) Dally News, p. i. j to hla Just aa haa been reported. I t had a ruddy glow, s s If made wit1
, „ , „ _ . _ , ... ! o l l o c Sa«. When he f i r s t aav i t he saya I t seemed fully 10 miles
ARfc ADRIFT IH TUE AIR. / Air Ship Sailora In a Pretty P l i g h t . / Davlsom away, but after waiting about 15 oinutes I t approached to a distance
Comes to the Front With the Latest Bit of News About the Strange Aerialj of apparently half a mile, when I t seeioed suddenly to dip and then
Cr £t
" * | resume i t a course.
Prof
Davison, April 19.—Great excitement was caused here l a s t night by ■ * J o h Q r i s k « of Cambridge, lUss.^the'well-kndw,! s e i e m i f i c k
the appearance a t 10:30 of « atrange l i g h t d i r e c t l y north of flavlson w r i t e r and author of "The American Revolution" and other works, was
on t h e
s a i l i n g through the a i r . Aa I t came nearer I t was discovered to b* an t t r a i n and said i t was not a s t a r . Some one appealed to Prof,
a i r s h i p . I t made a whining sound aa I t passed through the a i r and i t F l s J t e a n d t o i J l l i D tltac if they went iiooe and said that they fuiu seen
t h e ailr8hl
looked about 30 feet long, turning toward the aouthweet after i t l e f t P they would be accused of having been d r i n i i n c . He said
Davison. that i f they needed any s u b s t a n t i a t i o n to have the inquiries directed
After i t had gone a few slnutes the watchers saw a piece of paper i 5 ^ ' A p r i l 211 (Tues) Detroit Evening Hews, p . *
floa ting down and upon getting i t found tha following written upon i t ;
I L a i t "Thia paper is written by occupants of the a i r ship. We atarted ^ ^ Thlnas
from the shores of China l a s t November and have been s a i l i n g ever since ^ " S a i i n e — i v e d u l o u s denitens c l a l » to have seen the a i r s h i p U. broad
o t h f a t / v > ° C T w ' h ° " t t " " " " V ? ^ Chia* " ' ^ th
' C°Cd f l i g h t . There v . . a dark object in the a i r , there wa. an [Link].
' the earth"' " » y " J u s ! " 8 "* " * """ * ^ '** B h l P v " M e n , M v l n 8 t ° w * r d th* w , , t l 0 t h * f * C * ° ' * i t r ° ° l
This story c an be vouched for by such r e l i a b l e nen aa Ja»ea Styke, y*d.'April 21 p . 1—Ia This the AlrahipT
Proprietor of the Hamilton Hotel; John Whipple, owner of the Davison ALLECAH, Mich., April 21.—C. L. Huntley, living on. sUU " ' u t h '
pump factory; Henry Sickle,'owner of the Central drug s t o r e , and Barry, found in his yard a large k i t e with three lanterns s t t s c h e d . The kits
Daniel, owner of the Davison wholesale clothing house. . was Lnacribed: "Airship from Tennessee." -— ■
1897 April 20 (lues) Detroit Free Frees, p. 3.
49
] being was visible to the eye. Kia height was prodigious and his *a
speech resounding and u n i n t e l l i g i b l e . To add to t h i s fearful and
Beat* Any Flan Story / Sallns Claim* to Have Seen the Air Ship In Day
t e r r i f i c appearance he held in his cavernous mouth a lorre brown s t i c
Time.
Saline, Kich., April l 9 . - ( S P e c i a l . ) - T h e r e s i d e n t , of t h l . v i l l . g . . £ £ ^ " J o t f 1 ° " " * \ * " " r S i E . TJ to* t ? f ^ °f d ' n "
were s t a r t l e d t h i s afternoon by a sever* explosion coming apparently .,..'... . . . I. ! . ! °° r r i e h t e n e d t 0 ^ r l *tf«y h< ~ J < *ip>
from a i d - a i r . Several persons working a short way north of town were of peace, and by means of an enomoua searchlight upon the crow cf
his strange airship and "with his "forefinger pointed to the d i s t i n c t
attracted by the noise and say they made out a large dark object high!
earth giirxerlng in the realms of space. Then i t dawned upon the
In the a i r moving rapidly to the west against a strong wind. All Kinds of the people that t h i s strange being had Journeyea. nitbervara
■gree that we h a d a v l a l t from the a i r ahlp from that far away sphere, wnereat tney c-uriea in ajsaienent and Invi­
1397 April 20 (Ih.J rUnTstee, Rich., Daily AdWTteT'pT T"."' ted him to a l i g h t , ana when they naa ticaaiy thoucnea mn witnout nar
to therr-selves, lead the way to the palace of his most malignant r a r -
Was It an Air Ship? tion rrajesty, Mng [Link], tne suprer.e ana [Link] ruler of the
Residents on the north side felt very confident at an early hour Ked Planet, when the court attendants saw hln some incontinently fie
this morning that the a i r ship had at l a s t reached t h i s place. One anfl o t h c r > t oyfir ^ f t h e k l c ( I l e d afcout w
oSserver of the a range machine stated t h a t a t f i r s t [Link]« i t appear- ^ EC t n e s ^ BeerEUCKers M a s a l o ^ „ec; ...;Vrn „ .
ed as if the machine was making desperate attempts to r i s e from the current of your think spots, get a rove on» your ancreviatea i n t e i l e c
e a r t h , but could not on account of some accident to Its mechanism. In ana t e l l ce wnence cor* t h i s strange and elongated being and for what
the dim, froaty a i r the operator seemed like a giant in proportions purpose, and see to i t that you anger mm not, for if he axlte you
with long apider-like legs. Later reports are to the effect thst a from aoove I opine your ahoelets will be f i l l M wita a cnoice secre­
certain Fifth avenue man arose at 3 a.m. and began his f i r s t lessons tion of cuch nixed Bartian anatory," Then the wise nen eocserscd wltl
at riding a wheel, an- i t may be thst his e r r a t i c motions may have the stranger by signs ana sounas u n t i l they could understand hii
given r i s e to the sensational reports quoted abova, speech, which, being freely Interpreted, was as follows: '0 nost
\ijH . ■•■r. ' ■ ■ ' . ! » .
rotund and'majiy~axtIculoted~F]Onarch~,~T~*J'1 * physician fror a far »v«y
1697 April 20 <Tuea) Huskegon (Hlch) Daily Chronicle 77
world. C.B. Huatler, M.D., i s my name, which in your language m* re
interpreted, 'Get t h e r e . ' At the p e r i l of ry l i f e I have visited all
THAT RAPID AIRSHIP. / How the Citixena of Grant, Newaygo County,
the physicians on e a r t h , and, having made eonverta of then, ar« new
Claim to Have Spied I t .
prepared to do business at a new stand. I observe that eone of your
Bally, April 19.—The people of Grant s t a t i o n say they saw th«
Convey to them the assurance
, ' , [ «■ J . ~ T» A v...J courtiers are fearful and afraid of me
of try r e s t distinguished consideration and t e l l them I on as h a i r l e s s
famous airship pass over the town Saturday evening. I t wa« Juat ahead _^ t j , . „ ,.t.j ,., »j__
and inocuous as the gay and gladsome trooley c a r . I a» a social and
of the northbound evening t r a i n , so I t was supposed the airship was
convivial being, and after business hours will Introduce you to the I:
racing with the t r a i n . I t was seen by many citizens of that place.
festive Manhattan c o c k t a i l , the Jovial pin rickry and the ray and gre
I t was aupposed to have been nearly ona mile fro» the earth and tha
garious sherry cobbler. In the meantice kindly permit ce to l i t h i l y
length was about 200 feet. You have t h i s as cheap as we got I t .
share your b i l l of fare, for verily have I eaten nothing for ranv i:ou:
22 Evanston, 111. X k i t ? flyer trying to send messages by kmxm k i t e
save what I unconsciously absorbed while coring through the r i l k y v»y
—releases k i t e s in Kich. After I have suitably decorstedC?] Ky department of the i n t e r i o r vi>
29 They want to soar. will proceed t o get more lntiirately acquainted. 1 After t h i s renarr.a-
ble speech the King Flamnarion had food placed before the stranger--
April 7 p, 4 Around the S t a t e . sea water soup, toada eyea with t r u f f l e s , snails eggs with bilge vaiei
At Lee between 10 and 11 o'clock the other night a bright light sauce, bee stingers rolled in sawdust, and other epicurian delicacies
was seen emerging from the r i v e r . On the f i r s t sight It was thought --eying which, the can from the earth aiphftd and sadly shook his head'
to be a l a n t e r n , but futher_ Investigation proved It to be about aa
April 16, p . 3 . 'Battle Creeklt'es have arain been gulled ty"a toy'""bal-
large aa a large herTs egg, floating "through the~"air about ten feet
loon.
from the ground, with whining sound and i l g i a g motion. I t soon d i s -
appeared.
17,3. I t being cloudy, t h e a i r s n i p was i n v i s i b l e l a s t night.
10 Chicago arap la AO / Mirage at New Haven
20,3. An exchange claims that the a i r s h i p of which so truch has i-eea
14 The sea serp Is f a i r l y turning green with envy over the notoriety heard l a t e l y , turns out to be an ingenious contrivance oany t i r e s
being enjoyed Just now by i t r i v a l the airahip ° duplicate, from Colorado to Michigan to advertise c e r t a i n brands of
Social events: I t ' s about time Musk, was discovering that a i r ship c i g a r e t t e s and wines. I t i s r e a l l y a toy balloon, carrying a papier
Other c i t i e s have had wonderful succeaa In that l i n e . rache car shaped l i k e a c i g a r , froci which the llghta which have a t -
16 That ar ap, being a modern invention, will (probably) stop at the [Link]| so much attention are i suspendled.
most modem stacg drug atore—-Union Pharmacy. 189VAp'ri.l 22 (Th) (Benton Harbor,'Mich) Evening News, p t . 2 . p . l tea
Too many people have been seeing alrshps l a t e l y . There la reaaon to
believe that the a i r Is mostly in the yarns told and the ship floating AIR SHIP. / Sailed Over This City Last Hlght. / Seen by Hundreds of
nebulously In the imagination of the n a r r a t o r s . People see KKB such Eicited People. / A Kite, a Lantern and Haughty Boya.
things beat through inverted glassed from which red liquor haa been Realdente of the southern part of the city to the number of seven
carefully drained. The arsp Is evidently belated and should have ap­ hundred saw the air ship last night. They were sure of It and ther«-
peared April 1. could be no mistake about it at all.
Local Events: Have you aeen the arap? Immediately over the city about 8:30 o'clock a light was noticed
19 Local Events: Too many arspa nowadays high In the heavens not high enough to look like a star and appearing
Schooner puaf Ed by faat winds moved like arsp very much like a conet save that it lacked the comet's fiery tsil. Th
1U97 April 21 ( lea) Saginaw Courier-Herald, p->. Uard 1J wonder moved northward and then suddenly In a ligraR style it wanderei
back to the place where It first appeared.
THAT AIR SHIP AGAIN. / Saglnaw Has an Attraction for the Terrestrial People who had laughed at the story of the air ship and tali* clas
Traveler. ed Its visions in the same category with sea serpent appearance* now
Several parties clain to have eeen the much talked of air ship, believed that the air ship was a reality and that with their own eyes
which they say passed over this city Monday evening between b and 9 they had aeen the wonder of the closing hours of the century.
o'clock, roving rapidly in a northerly direction. Two ladies claim For half an hour the mysterious appearance kept the anxious uatche
to have witnessed the J:«K phenomenon, as well as several young men company and then came the denouement which but few witnessed.
who are of strictly temperate habits. In a dooryard on Bishop avenue were a company of young ladles and
In connection with the air ship stories coning from all parts of gentlemen_whose sides were splitting with their fun.
the country, the story of the reception of a terreetralal air ship on It'was «T«r"gVTl'tTTour fe'et""hlgh, made of flour "sacVsTncTscicki
its first visit to liars, as reported in the "Mars Gazette, may prove of wood. The kite had a long tail and to it was attached a lantern, a
of interest: common,everyday white globe lantern which looked like an air ship wh*n
"Since the occurrence of the tsemorable Marsquake In the year 100 or 500 feet above the earth.
17697 we have not been called upon to record such startling and ex­ The kite was made by Lew Stretch and Bert [Parsalll and It was s
citing news as that which appears in our columns today. Yesterday success as an airship. /
afternoon we dispatched our reporter to write up the 936th annual Jag Among those who today reported at The Hews office thrilling scorlei
festival of the Jupiter Pluvius association for the Advancement of Of the maneuvers of last night's "air ship" was C.R. Goodaell. He v u
tertian [Link], which was being held at Dig Dipper grove. Shortly very much excited and declared that hundreds of his neighbors had seen
after hie arrival i upon the"scene, "the innocent [Link] of the tha marvelous machine.
participants verc interrupted by a fearful and wonderful portent in "It wasn't a atar,"declared Mr. Goodaell. "It must have been t
the heavend. A strange and enormous botfy came sailing through the genuine air ship. We watched it for three quarters of an hour and it
circwrAwbient ether, and finally lit upon the suimit of !'ount Lucullus was still cavorting about in the heavens when we went to bed.'
The erstwhile gay and merry picnickers fled' in great trepidation, tut ••ROV high in the heavens did It appear to be, Mr. Goodaell," was
a few, among then our fearless reporter, were transfixed with surprise agfced.
and beheld the most wonderful sight ever seen in liars. From thsis "oh I don't know. That's a hard question to answer. We could set
oblong phenonenon emerged a singular being, god or devil, the inhabit- the light plainly. It was a red light and once in a while sparks fro»
ant of another world. He was totally unlike the people of our pla.-;»t it would descend. It moved in a circle and aade three or four circuits
in appearance, figure and dress. Strange to say, his massive head was while we watched it. It soared around Ilka a great bird and I O M of u
firrly fixed between his shoulders, hair grew under his nose, as veil thought we could"aee tneTorm of the machine which rssembled very r-jch
as upon the top of his head. His clothing, especially that which eti- the shape ol a cigar. It was a wonderful sight and I aat glad I iiu » .
cased his nether limbs, was of exceeding noisiness, and served I? «*- It couldn't have been a great way off because we could se* the lights
plain the whirring sounds which were heard before this wonderful 'flicker In the wind.
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Oh yes, i t was an a i r ship a l l r i g h t . What e l s e could i t have s p i r i t three vhlte horses, which signified the t i n e . I t v i l l probably
been. I wish some of these people" who laugh at the a i r s h i p atorlea be three y e a r s , for there era t o bt several great wars before ths
could have seen i t . We're going to watch for i t again tonight. There time. Then, Christ la coadng t o bring1 peach to the nationa of the
will be a croud to see i t . Everybody whom I have told about I t are e a r t h , and tp reign a thousand years.*
excited and they want to get a glimpse of i t . " 1897 April 23 (Fr,J Evening Press, C r W R a p i d a , ' ■Rich., p T T ;
There were many other t h r i l l i n g s t o r i e s told about the appearanc*
of the a i r ship and a l l the accounts s l i g h t l y differed. Stories of the S t a t e .
St. Joseph people enjoyed a glimpse of the wonder. Near Caleaburg a hunter came upon a hole In the ground and peering
down into i t he saw the outline*,of some Iron instrument. Visiona of
Pics: As Seen By a St. Joseph Man Who Returned Home At 1 A.K. (Jug). airships and grappling hooka arose before htn and be cade a l l apeed to
The Air Ship As She Was ( k i t e w. lantern) town to report his discovery. A correspondent juttped *C concluaiona
The Air Ship AB Seen By Mr. Goodsell. and that day the papers told of the anchor that had been dropped by ttw
People WatchifiR the Aerial Wonder. ship of space and the hole i t had made In the earth by the force of i t i
1097 April 22 IThj Saginaw Courier-Kerala, p . o. TcarTTT " f a l l . The next day a party walked four mile* to the scene of war and
found a steel trap In the entrance of a skunk's dvelline olace.
'TWAS HERE. / Mysterious Airship Said to Have Been Here Friday Night./ 1697 April 23 (Fri'mo'rn) Daily" Mining Journal tHarquette,' Hich)'"p.B.
Coaled Up at the Mines. / A Charming Widow Lady Is the Cairrpalpier--
Engineer and Firccjin Her Only Crew. / AIR SHIP PASSED OVER. / Staange Craft Goes Through the Air Laboring In
Lumberman Qulnnln Bat awaiting his chance in Snyder's t o n s o r i a l the Evening Gale. / ITS LIGHT AND BODY SEEN BY FIFTY PEOPLE. / I n t e r -
parlors the other day and a f t e r reading what Officers Kalsey and Foley *«±*g Account of Upper Peninsula . . . / FIFTY PEOPLE SAW IT PLAIXLY.
had said about the a i r s h i p in Saturday's Courier-lie raid renairked: Marquette has been b i a l t e d by the a i r s h i p .
"well, aa sly as they keep i t , that a i r s h i p was in t h e i s c i t y I t paaaed over the c i t y at a quarter to nice l a s t night, running
during that n i g h t . I received word from a Bay City lunbernan and coal!norcheaat before a gale of wind which was blowing at tha t i e * .
dealer over the 'phone in the morning t h a t he had received a c a l l froa, The ship waa aeen by at l e a s t fifty person*, part of whoa were on
a lady who said she needed between 2M),000 or 300,000 tons of coal at Lake s t r e e t and part on Washington. Hone of then estlnet* lta spied
once t o fuel her a i r s h i p for i t s return t r i p to the north pole, and a s . a t leas than sixty mile* an hour, and son* of the* i n s i s t i t waa t r a v -
they did not have quite enough on hand t h e r e , t h a t he had advised her e l l l n g double that r a t e .
to corce t o the coal mines at Saginaw t o f i l l out the cargo Those who saw I t saw not only the l i g h t but alao tha outline of a
Accordingly an employe of the night force of the coal miners was black body. I t showed only one l i g h t , a Urge white one in the boy.
intServiewed on the subject with t h i s r e s u l t : Report* froa other places where I t has been almost a l l aay that i t dis­
"Yes, we heard a whirring noise approaching from the north. played three l i g h t s , one white, and the others red and green.
Sounded l i k e the hoofbeat of f a s t l y running horses ftn an asphalt pave­ I t crossed over the bay and over the lighthouse, going in that
ment. Kext we noticed a red and green l l e h t in the a i r caving along direction t i l l I t disappeared from view. I t waa evidently Laboring
so fast t h a t i t [Link] a stream of red and green f i r e . I t care so heavily in the gale, aa I t would shoot Along almost on a l e v e l , then
rapidly t h a t before we could exchange a dozen words, a boat-shaped dive like a kite which was shortT'of t a i l .
aachine was d i r e c t l y over our heads and was being lowered to the XX&M A lesser number of people report that half an hour l a t e r i t was
ground, Soce of the colored aen working in the nine are very super­ seen over the lake Roinjt e a s t .
s t i t i o u s , and the velocity with which they got away from that rnchine 1897 April 24 (Sat) F l i n t (Hich) Dally "News', V *■
could be equalled fca in speed only by the cachlne I t s e l f . The h o i s t
boss had been reading about the aysteirous a i r s h i p , however, and he OUT IK BROAD DAYLIGHT / Dan Cray Has a New Story on the Alrahip. /
r e a l i z e d at once t h a t that was the object now before us. In a oin- He Offer* in Evidence a Toronto Newspaper Whtih lie Clalme to Have
ute a feminine voice from somewhere In the ship asked to speak with Received From tha Cloud*. /
the mine boss. She said t h i s was the a e r i a l ship "Pegasus," that her A report reached the c i t y t h i * morning to the effect that Dan
husband had spent 10 years inventing I t , that he suddenly expired the Gray, who live* aaout three and a half n i l e * eaat of the c i t y on tha
day the l a s t I n t r i c a t e piece of wichinery had been adjusted in i t s Lapeer road, had seen the now celebrated but rather mythical alrahip
place for the successful iralden t r i p of the f i r s t and only a i r s h i p In In broad daylight about noon yesterday. A Hew* repreaentatlv* deove
■** out to the Cray place t h i a afternoon and upon Interviewing ttr
the world, that she in conpany with the two men now In her erploy hnd C r ( t y folm<j t n a t the atory a t t r i b u t e d to h i * had SOB* foundation. 11a
been the constant companions of the inventor, and that a f t e r his d « a t h ' M l d ha was at work In a field near hi* houaa p m yeatarday about t be
near the north pole, she had decided to make the i n i t i a l t r i p . 5hc noon hour when be heard a w h i n i n g sound overhead and looking up d i a l ?
had cade but two stops—one in the Pennsylvania «JS±I coal fields and saw or thought ha aaw sonethlng dart with tba swiftness of an express
the other h e r e . She wanted t o purchase 300,000 tons of c o a l . An t r a i n acroas an opening in the clouds. A taaent l a t t r he aaw a paper
e l e c t r i c shovel connected with the ship was set in notion and lri l*ss f l u t t e r i n g earthward, and on going to the spot where i t alighted and
.picking i t up he found i t ot be a copy of a Toronto (Canada) newspaper
vored^J^ISmaietelfc^^ bearing the date of October 5, 1896. He aaw nothing further of the
machinery, but i n v i s i b l e currents of e l e c t r i c i t y completely shocked atrange a e r i a l v l * i t o r , but he ha* tha newspaper which ha says he r e -
and paralyzed a l l who volunteered within 100 feet of the thing and ; ceived froa the cloud* to offer a* evidence that hi* remarkable exper­
the lady cautioned a l l to keep away, saying t h a t no one on t h i s earth ience was not a l l a dream.
would learn her s e c r e t . 1897 April 24 (Sat) Daily Hinlng Journal (Harquette, Hich), p. 8.
She asked for copies of the dally papers and one of the boys gave
her a copy of the Battle Creek Moon containing a notice to the effect Fooled by a Reflection.
that in passing over that c i t y a few nights previous, a l e t t e r had ;. Ton Broderlck scouts
been attached to a huge s a i l o r ' s needle and dropped in front of the , the idea that there 1* euch , a thing, si T ,
toon o f f i c e . The lady laughed h e a r t i l y upon reading the sa*e and said!"*' ' " p . « that if here la o n . I t wi . aeen pawing over here Thurs-
re d b a l 8008
the next t i r e sh* t r i e d to correspond with the man in the Moon, she ,*»* ^ J . " P°"* ? *»" P" **» ****■"»»«« seen i t .
would use something beside a s a i l o r ' s needle, and intimated that the ' u T o » h * 8 «» e x p i r a t i o n of what they aaw • * ! ? » » . " true c l e . r . up
editor of the toon had l i e d . How the writer was acquainted personally <*« » y « e r y and p u t . the laugh on the person, who thought they had
v i t h Charlie Farneo, c i t y editor of the Moon, and knows that he was a seen the a e r i a l c r a f t . He aay* that there are red, white and preen
can of t r u t h and v e r a c i t y . Charlie never took a drink of anything in l i g h t s on the new r a i l r o a d ' s ore dock at the south of Dead r i v e r , and
his l i f e stronger than railk, being so s t r i c t l y temperate that he when the atmospheric condiltons are r i g h t these are reflected on the t
would not use e i t h e r tea or coffee. Charlie Bight have been imposed cloud* above. The conditona were favorable Thursday nipht, he claims,
upon xa by the employees who discovered the needle and l e t t e r , but he and the reflection of these l i g h t s wa* what the "rubbernecks" taw and
would never i n t e n t i o n a l l y l i e about i t . took to be the l i g h t s of the wandering a i r s h i p .
Suddenly two b e l l s were sounded, the ship went s t r a i g h t i n t o the Ton further a s s e r t s that there are several persona living out that
a i r , c i r c l e d around a few moments, eagle l i k e , t o get I t s b e a r i n p s , way who have frequently noticed these l i g h t s ao reflected on the t i a
and headed d i r e c t for Reynolds, Hich., at which place the lady said !clouda but they never were fooled Into believing that they were the
she must stop to Inquire how the farmer was whom her 9 1-2 foot enpin- fore and aft l i g h t s of an a i r s h i p . There are no aaloons out t h e r e ,
eer had kicked and broken h i s h i p . She said while anchored there for j Another and perhaps more plausible theory which Is advanced is
r e p i a l r s to the e l e c t r i c Machinery, the crowd became so curious t h a t that the a i r ship was nothing niorVor" l e s s than a large box k i t e , of
I t waa necessary to use force to keep then away. If the ran Is s e r ­ -which several are owned In the c i t y . Kites of t h i s character are
iously hurt she will give him $100,000 as she is immensely wealthy. speedy flyers and q u i t e strong enoughto carry a l i g h t that would be
From Reynolds, the ship was scheduled to return to the north oole by p l a i n l y seen while pasatng a few hundred feet above the c i t y . The
" ^ of Chicaro. _. ,,.,' _Hlning Journal has a pretty s t r a i g h t t i p that a box k i t e waa run up
1097 April 23 (Fri) Bay City, Mich., Tittcs-Press, p . 2. night before l a s t froa Burt's peek. I t carried a r a l l r o s d torch.
1B97 April 51* (SatJ Saginaw Erenlng Sews, p . * .
THAT AIRSHIP.
Dr. Mitchell, a colored evangelist of Chicago, has solved the THAT AIR 6HTP. / The Star Alpha Orion Causea Excitement Among Sagin-
a i r s h i p problem t o his own s a t i s f a c t i o n at l e a s t . He says: aviant.
"No s i r ! that a i n ' t no a i r s h i p . I t ' s Jesus Christ coming in the Officer Hurphy waa walking along Gennsnla avenue l a s t night about
clouds, as the bible says, t o take possession of t h i s world. The 7:li5 o'clock, when he observed something In the northwestern portions
Savior's feet will f i r s t touch the ground at Jerusalem, on the top of the heaven* that excited his culosity and which he Bade up hi* »dnd
of the Mount Of Olives. The earth w i l l smoke; the Mount of Olives waa the much talked of a i r s h i p . Ke **t H.E. C _ H
will s p l i t open; and a great r i v e r w i l l flow from i t t o the Mediter­ hi*, c a l l i n g out at the sane time to several other flrenen, T Cos* on,
ranean sea, making XJerusalen the principal seaport of the world. a l l ye u n b e l i r r e r a , and aee the only and genuine a i r s h i p . * • —
Just when t h i s w i l l happen I cannot say; but I t w i l l be in e i t h e r t l a long before groups collected at different corners and may eyes were
three weeks, three months, or three y e a r s ; for I was shown in the .focused oa the ttysterlous object In the sky. which w« causing so tuco^
a peculation.
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Mr. McHally s a i d t o a News r e p o r t e r t h i s morning t h a t i t l o o k e d {1897 A p r i l 25 (Sun) D e t r o i t F r e e P r e a a , p . 3 . ,lt 5 ^rrr—
l i k e • . - b r i l l i a n t e l e c t r i c l i g h t w i t h a somewhat f l i c k e r i n g m o t i o n , and; ' " *V"L"(rla ***'■*
h e s o o n n d e up h i a mind t h a t i t v a i a s t a r , o n l y s o m e t h i n g o u t o f t h e S t i l l They C o * * . / F a r c e r Vowt Ha Saw t h e A i r s h i p i n D a y t l a * .
o r d i n a r y s i r e , aa f a r an h i a o b s e r v a t i o n v e n t . Many v e r e i n c l i n e d t o ' F l i n t , K i c h . , A p r i l 24—(Special)—Newt reachad hera t h i a a o m i o .
t h i n k t h a t i t vaa t h e v e r i t a b l e a i r s h i p , b u t a* a. m a t t e r o f f a c t I t l i t h a t t h e m u c h - t a l k e d - o f a l x a h l p vaa h o v e r i n g b e t v e a n t h a e a r t b and al
l i k e l y t h a t t h e l i g h t was t h e s t a r A l p h a O r i o n i s o r B e t e l g u e s e , v h i c h " b o u t t h r e e w i l e s e a a t of t h l i c i t y , I n t h a t o w n s h i p of B u r t o n , and
had n o t b e e n o b s e r v e d s i n c e i t a a p p e a r a n c e b e f o r e on a c c o u n t o f t h e t h a t f a r m e r s ahad c a u g h t a g l l i s p i e of t h e phantom a h i p . A F r e e P r e s i
c l o u d y s k y . The i t w i t t h e l a r g e s t i n t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n O r i o n and c o r r e s p o n d e n t a t once b e g a n a t o u r of i n v e s t i g a t i o n and r e a c h e d t h e
i s now s l o w l y s l o p i n g toward, t h e v e s t . P r o f . C o r r i g a n , of S t . P a u l , r e a i d e n c e of D a n i e l C r a y , who r e t i d e e upon t h e King f e r n on t h e Lape.
a t t r i b u t e s t o t h i s a t a r t h e many r e p o r t s a b o u t t h e a l r a h l p < I t ^ ^ roi(l( l o ( h e t o w n i n l p a t B u r t o n a b o u t t h r e e > i l e a e a a t of t h e c i t y ,
a t an a p p a r e n t l y r a p i d r a t e o f s p e e d a n d w i t h i t a t h r e e s t a r e i n l i n e Here a c l e w vaa » t r u c k w h i c h t h r e w tome l i g h t upon t h e ■ u c b - t a l k e d ' o f
has a peculiar appearance. b u t r a t h e r m y t h i c a l a i r s h i p . To t h e c o r r e s p o n d e n t Farmer Cray r « -
1U97 A p r i l 21* ( S a t ) S a g l n a v C o u r i e r H e r a l d , p . S. (cnri 1' l a t e d t h a t y e a t e r d a y « and w h i l e w o r k i n g i n t h a f i e l d , ha heard a t e r
b i t r u a b l l n g and w h i r r i n g sound d i r e c t l y o v e r h l a h e a d . Ha l o o k e d up
THE AIRSHIP CRAZE. / Hundreds W i t n e s s a S t r a n g e L i g h t in t h e H e i w n s . / and taw a d a r k o b j e c t f l y i n g t h r o u g h t h a a i r w i t h l i g h t e n 1 B ( - l i k e r a p
All ALLEGED CELESTIAL VISITANT / E x p l a i n e d a s N o t h i n g But t h e [Link] ldity. For a Bomeat h e waa d a i e d , b u t when h a a g a i n l o o k e d up t h e
Alpha O r i o n l a , S a i d t o Have Been i n ' B u s i n e s s f o r 1 0 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 V o a r s . / g h o a t - l l k * o b j e c t had p a a a e d beyond h i t v l a l o n , b u t be K t a v a p a p e r
Aixaxx About 8 o ' c l o c k l a s t e v e n i n g a g r e a t coraaotion wns c s u s e d f l y i n g t o t h e e a r t h w h i c h he i w s e d t e t e l y p i c k e d u p , and upon l n v e s t l -
on t h e s t r e e t s by t h e announcement t h a t t h e a i r s h i p v a s a ^ a i n v i s i t - l e g a t i o n I t p r o v e d t o be a newapaper p u b l i s h e d a t T o r o n t o , C a n a d a ,
and h u n d r e d s h u r r i e d t o t h e open a i r t o p e t a p l l r n s e o f t h e s t r a n g e b e a r i n g d a t e O c t o b e r 5 , 1 8 9 6 . ' ' The newspaper i n q u e s t i o n was shown t
o b j e c t which has c a u s e d s o much d i s c u s s i o n w i t h i n t h e p a s t few veefcs - and e x a n i n e d b y y o u r c o r r e s p o n d e n t . The p a p e r vaa d r y and v e i l p r e ­
The t h i n e which a t t r a c t e d t h e p a z e o f t h e c u r i o u s v a s n o t an a i r s h i p s e r v e d , and B u f f e r e d l i t t l e , I f a n y , i n j u r y In i n f l i g h t f r o * t h e
b u t o n l y a b r i g h t l i g h t I n t h e s k y , t h a t t v i n k l e d l i k e an l i c e n s e heaven*. The f i n e t t a t e o f p r e s e r v a t i o n o f t h e newapaper t a k e n i n
H t a r , and seemed t o have an u n s t e a d y , f l i c k e r i n g m o t i o n a s I t p u r n u - d c o n n e c t i o n w i t h o t h e r f t c t e I n t h e s t o r y would i n d i c a t e t h a t Mr. Ore;
i t a v e i r d vay t h r o u g h t h e i n f i n i t e s p a c e o f t h e h e a v e n s . was n o t d r e a a t l n g when h e h e a r d t h e r u m b l i n g n o i s e .
Among t h o s e who f i r s t n o t i c e d t h e l i g h t v a s H.E. l l c M a l l v , o f h e s e 1897 A p r i l 26 (Hon) F l i n t ( H i c h l D a i l y Newt, p . 3 . "~
h o u s e No. 3 , and he g i v e s a v e r y a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e r y s t c r -
ious v i s i t o r . I t a p p e a r e d f i r s t i n t h e z e n t i h o f t h e h e a v e n s , and STICKS TO HIS AIRSHIP STORY. / A C o r r e a p o o d e n t Who D e c l l n e a t o U
g r a d u a l l y passed towards t h e s o u t h v e s t , proving dire-er a l l t h e time B l u f f e d Out by Newapaper C r i t i c l t B .
u n t i l f i n a l l y i t faded away. I t reseirbled a s t a r , except t h a t i t vas E d i t o r Newt: — At I b e l i e v e t h a t I h a v e been a J l l c l o u a l y and ungen'
nuch l a r g e r and b r i g h t e r t h a n any o r d i n a r y s t a r . .. I t s e e n e d t o bo t l e m s n l y a b u s e d and trj a p o t l e a t c h a r a c t e r damaged by t b t a r t i c l e s a p -
moving a t an u n u s u a l l y f a s t f a t e , and v a s v a t e l i e d by a l a r g number o r p e e r i n g I n t h a two Davlaon p a p e r a l a a t F r i d a y , I beg a l i t t l e a p a c e li
p e o p l e , who inade a l l s o r t s o f g u e s s e s a s t o I t s n a t u r e your p a p e r t o s e t * y e e l f a r i g h t a g a i n b e f o r e a d e c e i v e d p u b l i c . It
I t i s p r o b a b l e t h a t t h e l i g h t was n o t h i n g e l s e t h a n t h e s t a r Alph« aeems t h a t t h e y b o t h d o u b t my a r l t l c l e a b o u t t b a a i r s h i p e l " p l y b e c a u j
OrioniE or B e t c l g u e s e . T h i s s t a r i s v i s i b l e e v e r y e v e n i n g in t h e ehey a r e n o t a c q u a i n t e d w i t h t h e r e f e r e e * g i v e n and b e c a u a e chay d i d
w e s t e r n h o r i z o n , n o v l n g a t an a p p a r e n t l y r e m a r k a b l e r a t e o f s p e e d , and n o t flee i t . 1 a e a t h a t t h e I n d e x nan c a l l a s e auch h a r d n a » e e t h a t h«
f i n a l l y d i s a p p e a r i n g In t h e murky a t r c o s p h e r e o f t h e h o r i z o n . Pro- can't spell the* right. How, I c a n e x c u a e t h e « f o r n o t b e i n g up a t
f e e s o r fi.J. C o r r i g n n , o f S t . P a u l , v a s o n e o f t h e f i r s t t o a t t r i b u t e 1 0 : 3 0 p . a . , b e c a u a e I e x p e c t t h e y b o t h f i l l t h e o f f i c e s of e d i t o r , t
t o t h i a s t a r t h e [Link] r e p o r t s a b o u t t h e n l r s h i p . t y p e s e t t e r , r e p o r t e r , d e v i l , g e n e r a l i s s i m o , chore boy, c o r r e s p o n d e n t .
"The s t a r t h a t h a s c a u s e d a l l t h i s t a l k I s a l v a v s seen in t h e e t c . , and of c o u r s e need r e s t . But p e r h a p a t h a y t h o u g h t t h « r « waa
p r e s e n t p o s i t i o n a t t h l s t i n e of yea t h e y e a r , " he s a y s . " I t I s t h e l a n o t wind enough a b r o a d t o f l o a t an a i r s h i p a f t e r t h e y had r e t i r e d ;
l a r g e s t e t a r a In t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n o f O r i o n — ' t h e m i g h t v h u n t e r ' o f v e i l , I t l a t r u e I t d i d h a v e t o f a l l b a c k on t h e s m a l l e u p p l y of n a c u i
u y t h o l o p y — t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n v h i c h w i t h i t s t h r e e s t a r s i n l i n e f o r t i - Aa t o t h e p e o p l e M e n t i o n e d , t h e y p r o b a b l y t h i n k t h a t a l x p l y b e c a u a e
i n p t h e ' b e l t , ' and t h r e e o t h e r s makine t h e ' s v o r d , ' i s e v e r y e v - n i o g t h e y d o n ' t a d v e r t i s e l a t h e i r p a p e r s t h a t t h e r e a r e no tuch_mea l l v l n i
t o be s e e n ' s l o v l y e l o p i n g d m t o t h e v e s t , ' a s d e s c r i b e d in ' L o c k s i s y b u t t h e r e " a r e ; " t n e y T l v e oh" L i b e r t y a t r e e t . B e s i d e s , Mr. E d i t o r , i f
Hall.' Every s c h o o l b o y knows t h a t a s t r o n o m e r s name t h e s t a r s in i I s h o u l d w a n t t o l o w e r Myself t o low aa t o l i t I b t l l e v a t h e r e a r e ao
c o n s t e l l a t i o n i n t h e i r o r d e r o f b r i p h t n e s s b y t h e l e t t e r s o f t h e Creel- t h a n two l i c e n s e e o u t t o l i e . Now, I s u p p o s e o u r Davlaon e d l t o r e w l l
a l p h a b e t — A l p n a , B e t a , Gajrma, e t c . The b r i g h t e s t s t a r in O r i o n which t h i n k t h a t t h a n a o t a l g n e d t o t h i a a r t i c l e l a f l c t i t l o u t , but t h e y
on t h e s l d e r l a l maps i s p l a c e d In t h e s h o u l d e r o f t h e ' m l p h t y h u n t e r , ' , n u e t n ' t t h i n k t h a t t h a y know e v e r o n a , even If t h e y do t h i n k t b a y h a v e
I s t h e r e f o r " , c a l l e d Alpha O r i o n , or when L a t i n i z e d , Alpha O r i o n i s . ; a monopoly of t h e wind and w i a d o a o f D a v l a o n .
The n a r e r i v e n i t by O r i e n t a l a s t r o n o m e r s " i s " B e t w i g u e s e . Orion has ' JACXSON HANLET.
xnfihra* a n o t h e r s t a r o f t h e f i r s t m a g n i t u d e . B e t a O r i o n i s , o r R i g e l , ' D a v l s o n , A p r i l 2 6 , 1 8 9 7 .
which i s In h i s f o o t . ifi97 A p r i l ! 7 " ' ( f u e a ) ' ~ B a { l y ' C h r o n i c l e ; H a r s h a l t , M i c h . , p . " 3 .
"The a p p a r e n t l y w a v e r i n g o r d a n c i n g m o t i o n o f B e t e l g u e s e I s p e c u ­
l i a r t o a l l s t a r s in s i m i l a r p o s i t i o n s i n t h e s k y , and I s c a u s e d by Two M a r s h a l l l a d i e s c l a l u t o have s e e n t h e a i r s h i p t h e o t h e r n i g h
t h e i r r e g u l a r r e f r a c t i o n o f t h e r a y s o f l i g h t , and i s o n l y a n o p t i c a l The a i r s h i p which r e s i d e n t s o f U c e y c l s n i e d t o have s e e n t u r n e d o u t
illusion. I t Is r i d i c u l o u s t o suppose t h a t t h e r e i s r e a l l l y such a t o be a c r o s s - c u t saw s u s p e n d e d f r o n a n a p p l e t r e e i n an o r e h s r d , w i t
n a t i o n of t h e s t a r . The change o f c o l o r s i s a l s o due s o l e a l y t o a t ­ t h e moon s h i n i n g on i t .
mospheric i n f l u e n c e s . P e o p l e have n o t i c e d t h e s e t h i n g s f o r a l l t i n e , 1 5 , 3 . Of a c o ; u r a c t h e a r e p l a a B a t t l e Creek i n v e n t i o n , a t l o s t %o
b u t o n l y t h e i p n o r a n t have e v e r been d i s t u r b e d by t h e r a , end i t i s c l a i t a a t h e Hoon. ____
s l n p u l a r t h a t t h e y a r e n o t b e t t e r and e o r e g e n e r a l l y u n d e r s t o o d a t Hay l , p . 3 . H o m e r « e B " * r e f a k i n g on~aTIrs"tiecause n o t one o f t h e a h a v e
t h i s dav. s e e n t h e a i r s h i p - ~ a n a r g u m e n t , t h e y c o n t e n d , in f a v o r o f t h e i r t e m p e r ­
1897 A p r i l ZU ( S a t . e v e . ) Ssginaw G l o b e , p . 6 . ance p r o c l i v i t i e s .

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WATCHING AN "AIRSHIP." / I n t e r e s t e d Crowds Gaze Upon a B r i g h t T w i n k l l n r ^ ' ? \ ? ' . ^ l
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hieroglyph* f e l l I n Belgium and f l a s h l i g h t s have been seen on p l a n e t .
Star.
A l a r g e number of p e o p l e saw, o r t h o u g h t t h e y saw, t h e m y s t e r i o u s
A p r i l 1 3 , p . 3 . B r e v i t i e a / B a t t l e Creek p e o p l e a r e t h e n e r v i e s t s e t
" a i r s h i p " last evening. Away o f f i n t h e s o u t h w e s t e r n s k y was a l i g h t
on t h e f a c e o f t h e e a r t h . T h e i r a s s e r t i o n t h a t t h e y have seen t h e a i r
t h a t t w i n k l e d in t h e h a z y a t m o s p h e r e . C e m a n i a avenue and F r a n k l i n
Some one saw I t and Imagined t h a t i t raved. A crowd g a t h e r e d a t t h e ship proves t h e t r u t h of t h i s statement. T h e i r c l a i m might appear
c o r n e r of Germania avenue and F r a n k l i n s t r e e t and s i z e d I t u p . Many more r e a s o n a b l e were i t n o t t h a t y e s t e r d a y ' s a p a p e r exposed t h e f a k e
v e r e c e r t a i n t h e y saw t h e l i g h t Move and I t t w i n k l e d p e c u l i a r l y a s t h e CHavkeye f a k e , A p r . 1 2 , p . 1 3 , and f u r t h e r m o r e v e r e aa a i r s h i p g y r a t i n g
smoke from t h e s t r e e t r a i l w a y tower h o u s e f l o a t e d i n b e t w e e e n i t and a r o u n d i n t h e v i c i n i t y o f B a t t l e C r e e k , i t goes w i t h o u t s a y i n g t h a t
t h e k k a a b e h o l d e r s . One o l d g e n t l e m a n on P a r k s t r e e t d e t e c t e d r e d and t h e p e o p l e o f t h a t a a p i r l n g b u r g would have l a s s o e d i t v i t h o u t h e s i t a ­
g r e e n l i g h t s and became c o n s i d e r a b l y e x e r c i s e d o v e r t h e a f f a i r . But t i o n , and had i t on e x h i b i t i o n l o n g b e f o r e now, f o r t h e p u r p o s e s o f
I t was o n l y a s t a r and a c t e d no d i f f e r e n t l y t h a n a one a few d e g r e e s a t t r a c t i g n K a d m i r i n g c r o v d s from t h e s u r r o u n d i n g c o u n t r y .
f u r t h e r up i n t h e a k y . 1557 A p r i l 7 8 " { W e i . e v e ) F l i n t , K i c h . , D a l l y Newt, p . 2 .
Wed. A p r . 2 1 , 8 . Saw a Red L i g h t . / But I t Waa Not t h e A i r s h i p and
Quickly Disappesred, The A i r s h i p a t C e n e a e e v i l l e (Around t h e S t a t e ) .
A p r o m i n e n t west s i d e merchand r e p e a t e d t o t h e Clobe t h e f o l l o w i n g A g e n t l e m a n who came down f r o n C e n e a e e v i l l e t h i s ■ o m i n g r e p o r t e d
s t o r y and s e q u e l : " I went t o t h e c l u b a few n i g h t s ago and w h i l e t h a t t h a t phantom of a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n , t h e a i r s h i p , had beao s e e n a t
that place l a s t n i g h t . S e v e r a l p e r a o n a c l a i m t o have seen t h e a h l p an<
a w a i t i n g t h e a r r i v a l o f some f r i e n d s w i t h whom I had a n a p p o i n t m e n t ,
• a y i t d i s p l a y e d t h r e e d i f f e r e n t c o l o r s of l i g h t — r e d , b l u e and g r e e n .
was drawn i n t o a game of p o o l . My f r i e n d s a r r i v i n g m e a n w h i l e , s t a r t e d
I t f l r a t a p p e a r e d i n t h e w e s t and a f t e r t a i l i n g t o n e d i s t a n c e t o t h e
a game of p o o l a t t h e n e x t t a b l e and I took a cue In t h a t game a l s o ,
s o u t h r e t r a c e d i t * c o u r s e and t h e n went up o u t of t i g h t . Aa h a v i n g a
p l a y i n g in t h e two games a l t e r n a t e l y . T h i s - g o t me v e r y much e x c i t e d
p o s s i b l e b e a r i n g upon t h e c r d i b i l i t y of t h e w i t n e t s e t t o t h e a l l e g e d
and a s I l e f t t h e c l u b t o go home, I saw a red l i g h t ahead of me which
s p e c t a c l e , t h e f a c t m i g h t i n c i d e n t a l l y be m e n t i o n e d Chat C e n e s e e v l l l a
I was a k l t u n a b l e t o o v e r t a k e . I t h o u g h t of t h e a i r s h i p and t r i e d t o
l a s t r i c t l y a p r o h i b i t i o n town.
d i s p e l t h e v i s i o n , b u t o n l y s u c c e e d e d when I c l o s e d ray e y e s f o r a mom­
ent. On o p e n i n g them a g a i n t h e r e would be t h a t f a t a l red l i g h t . As I
2 8 , p . 3 — W h i l e t h e A l r t h l p / I t a i l i n g round and a b o u t u t we a r e d o i n g
opened my f r o n t door andxaxBK«ea«*xix* i t p r o c e e d e d ne i n t o t h e h o u s e ,
t h e a*ae t h i n g — a t l e a s t o u r wagons a r e — g a t h e r i n g l a u n d r y f r o n a l l
I g o t d e s p e r a t e and e s p i e d a b o t t l e of b e e r . When I had d r s n k t h e l a s t p , r t , of t h e c J t y j , n d ^ r , QO ^ ^ , i t h „ , u , M 4 a t h # Uundry work..
d r o p , p r e s t o , t h e r e d l i g h t w had g o n e , 1 a d v i s e any who w i s h t o Borne S t e a a L a u n d r y ad.
a v o i d s e e i n g a i r s h i p s , r e d and g r e e n l i g h t s and o t h e r t h i n g s t o d r i n k
one b o t t l e of b e e r — n o m o r e . "
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1697 April 28 (Wed) Daily Hinlng Journal (Karquette, Hich), p. 8. satlon. A l i s t of 100 names of prominent persons who saw the vestal
alght be secured. Aaong thoia who saw i t and permitted the use of
Airship Seen at Sidnaw, their names ** witnesses wers these business K D : O.D. Klpllngir, W.I,
A correspondent at Sidnaw, "who will not subscribe hla name for Hawks, U.K. Burkett, A. Hospe, J r . , Could Diets, L.P. Funkhauaer and
fear people will say he had taken a glass too much," sends a story of ArthurGuiou [CulonT).
the alrhslp which he claims to have seen on the night of the 26th. About fifty members of the Knights of Ak-Ssr-Bea vere treated to a
According to his account he had a better view than most of those who sight of the airship, the aerial object being observed twice and each
claim to ahave seen the strange craft have been favored with. Me says time for ■ space of from five to eight minutes
"Last night (Monday) I was taking o short walk before retiring for About 9 o'clock, while an Initiation was in progress, the attention
the night. Aa a rule I am a person who r e t i r e s early, but this night of a few cembers was attracted byT~tright light flashing "paTt t¥« "wen
I happened to be out l a t e . It was about 11 o'clock. windows Of the "den." They Immediately sprang to the window and saw a
"I happened to cast ny e^es upward, and to my astonishment I saw light which JKXMtt*x.*±r appeared to be at least eighteen Inches In dla'
three large l i g h t s , red, green and white. When I f i r s t noticed the meter. The reflection from this light passed along what appeared to hi
WV. strange object i t seemed to be about over Booth's m i l l , and was a steel body, the length of which was estimated at fron twelve to thirl
sailing in a southeasterly direction. It was going, perhaps, slsxty feet. The object was about three quarters of a alle high and a l i t t l e
miles an hour. I was near the Hester estate warehouse at the t i r e , over a mile west of the "den."
and before I could get up town and call the attention of anyone else Watch the Flying Machine.
to the sight the ahip had disappeared from view. The airship was watched for some five or six minutes. Its course
" I t was a bright night, and I could plainly discern_____cigar shaped u a a d u e south until i t reached, so near as could be JudRed, about the
object and a basket below, somewhat resembling a street" car". I 6hould southern limits of South Omaha, the distance froo the "den" being cov-
judge It was m about 2,000 feet from the ground." ' ered In about three minutes. It then described a seal-circle to tha
11897 May 1 (&at) Detroit Free Press, p. east, following that direction for about a n l l e , when It turned to th*
north, against the northeast wind, and travelled In that direction abou
.State Items half a mile. It then turned eaat, and was lost behind a bank of clouds
The airship, balloon or whatever I t i s was seen by two residents if The knights returned to the "den," and after the Initiation, while
iDayton, Tuscola County, at 2 o'clock Thursday morning as they were r e ­ waiting for cars, the airship was again seen far to the Bouthvest, but
t u r n i n g home from s i t t i n g up with a sick neighbor. They said the ob­ beating rapidly up against the wind to the north and passed Out of
ject which they ssw looked like a klg cigar with a basket hanging under sight. _____
i t . There were l i g h t s around the basket, and the forma of three per­ Scores of "people 'who we're out a t 9:30 o'clock assert positively
sons were d i s t i n c t l y Been. The airship vas traveling southward at a that they saw the mechanical bird as It floated over the city In a
rapid r a t e . direction from northeast to southwest.
Describes the Strange Object.
Hon. Kay 3, p. 3—State Items. A mctorman on the Sherman avenue streetcar line gives the best des-
I t can be aaid to the credit of Stanton that none of the c l t i i e n s cription of the ship. His name la W.H. Kewville, and his words arc
have seen the wonderful airship that has been the subject of so many verified by a dozen people vho were aboard the car. He got his f i r s t
newspaper dispatches of l a t e . 1* Stanton is certainly gaining a repu­ view of the curiosity near Sherman avenue and Einney s t r e e t . He was so
tation as a temperance town.—Stanton Clipper. surprised that he stopped his motor and rang his bell for the conductor
May 3,"pV A—'A'j-daya* rain is not wothout I i s compensations, During to come forward. Tley both stood on the front platform, and assert
the downpour nobody claims to have seen the a i r s h i p . that they secured a good view of the a i r s h i p .
7,7—Bamard; d i t t o 15, 1 According to the motorman's description, the ship vas about 600
feet In the a i r , aad was almost directly over the car when he first aav
Sun. May 9, p. ixx 16(eds)—The mounted policeman in Omaha who chased it. It appeared In the gloom to be about 90 feet in length, and was
a girl scorcher {bicycle speedster] without success, came back to head— e l l i p t i c a l in form. Forward and aft on the sidss were large project***
quarters and reported that he was mistaken Said i t was an s i r ship ions which seemed to he large wings, and at the forward end there was
that he saw. a bright headlight. At the rear was carried a_ red lantern. The ship,
for a few seconds^'appearedtcTslow down, and was * loose stationary In
Sun May 9 p. 32—Beautiful Mirage. / Nature's Treat to Cltiiens of tl.e a i r , and then, gathering speed once more, sailed away. It disap­
petoskey. peared In the direction of Hanawa.
Fetoskey, Mich., Kay 8.—(Special,)—Petoskey witnessed t h i s after­ A number of people in the downtown s t r e e t s aver that thev also saw
noon the moat beautiful mirage ever seen in this region and the first the ship. All descriptions of the ship tally in refv»rd to tl.t liRiits,
for many years. Beaver Islands, forty miles d i s t a n t , and Seven mite for a l l who were fortunate enough to get a glinpts of the "thing" vitlch
Point, about fifteen miles away, hung suspended over the bay between is causing so much conjecture say thst i t carried two of then, and that
here and Harbor Springs for several minutes, then gradually faded away, they were red and white,
being visible In part for more than an hour. The day haa been warn. Seen at Kearney, Heb. / Special to Oil. Record.
Kearney, Neb., April 6.—The airship that has been seen recently in
15. 4 —The Nashville airship Is all rleht if vou don't mind walking b^k Kansas hovered over western Nebraska several weeks ago and was seen >t
I W T G y T ' l K a t J flint"i""Mich., Daily News, p. 3. ~ Hastings, Grand Island, York, Quovale and Kearney by reputable cititcnit
At t h i s place i t was never seen excepting after night, and men nothing
Fragments of Flint—The airship, balloon or whatever i t i s , w«* seen by __ut „ large, fierce light was ever seen. When visible It vas aiwavt
a two residents of Dayton, Tuscola county, at 2 o'clock Thursday morn- t o o f a t _. flway t 0 g e t , n y I d e a o f u _ _*, c ,_ n i B B . i t . motions, as des-
lng as they were returning home from Bitting up with a sick neighbor. : c r i b e d b y those who saw I t , were identical with the oocions described
They said the object which they saw looked like a big cigar with a bas- b y t h e K a n E a s dispatches. A great cjfiy people here who did not see i t
ket hanging under I t . There were lights around the basket and the argued that those who had were deceived by the b r i l l i a n t appearance of
forma of three persona were d i s t i n c t l y seen. The airship was traveling v^nus. This, however, could hardly bo, judging froo the msny accurste
southward at a rapid r a t e . descriptions of the motion and movement of the strange light by »aoy
people who are not given to sensational s t o r i e s .
May 5 p. 4—Ediaon debunks srep.
Afr.l q, 13-17 C . ' t i j * i ? « t i . ^ C r ' ),T- I.
Tues May 11 p. 3--The Airship in Flint. / One of F l i n t ' s prominent
Airship Appears in lova
citizens Is willing to make affadavlt that while on his way home l a s t
S**n at Many Points itetveon k'sst Liberty and Cedar rfapids,
evening about 9;30 he saw the much-talked-of a i r s h i p , in which were
3;[Link] to the Chic.'.so itccorii,
seated three men smoking Royal Banker 5c cigars made by Chaser, Streat
[Link], loua, Afiril 3,— The airship, which has frequently
*"d Co, ,
jjnadc i t s ahpMr;,nCf. in nci;'f\\x>tia% [Link], has liccn seen by hundreds
ILLINOIS of people in [Link] Ioua [Link], .leports froo all alon^ tha
* line of the Burlington, [Link] Rapids and Northern [Link] any that
April 6, \S9't Chicago Record (Tvas.t p. 1 the mysterious [Link] [Link] h.i3 Iwen sc^n by every operator and
] station a'ent bntwrtcn -cst Lilxjrty v.d Cedar Hapids, They all describe
Airship Gets into I l l i n o i s . ' i t about ttie snwc way. ,\ bright slnrinj hcnrfli.__;t.i;, rcveali:^ a l i s ­
Nashville Citizens See a Strange Sliikfc at 8 O'clock at tening steel hull, din winjlihe projections on either si'ie and ■"!
Night,/ Special to the Chicago Record, Kissin", sound as i t glides throur.h the a i r , Kxcitcient: e*i!U= .it .11
Nashville, I l l i n o i s , April 5.--What appeared to be a balloon,
tti« .tbovw-icntioned points, and people croud tl-.o s t r f ' t s of rlw towns
Cut what asp: kaaot many who saw i t thini; uas the mysterious airship of
and c i t i o i in hmc of catching ai?'it oL ti.n ohinct.
Kansas and Nebraska, passed over this c i t y about 8 o'clock to-night.
It IMS f i r s t seen tn the northwest, a large red l i g h t , and as i t Special to the Chic"a"_jo Bocord.
Approached the c i t y a dark outline was faintly discerned. The f»ct Cedar aapids, lew a, April B,--[Link] airship was seen here to-ruji.t.
- " - ..„„___ . ' . ......„..„_-. .. . . ,.'. ' I t l v ; l s £ i r s tt noticed
It »as f i r s noticed about
about 99 o'clock,
o'clock, -[Link]
--[Link] it
it uas
uas seen
seen vn
in ti^o
the [Link].
iio.-th-
that the o ^ e c t t r i l l e d a « a v M t the wind is considered prcof thst i t ^ ^ ^ ^ = t ^ ^ ^ Q f ^ ^ E o r t y _ f i v c d c S r c e S . It was M V I S
189897 April r^wld) 'Chicago Record p. 3. (card U »lo-.,ly, and by 10 o'cloch had faded trca view. At 10:JO o'cl«ci. a
897 April / twedj Chicago Kecoro p. i. d i s ^ t c h frora North;;0od, in tha e n t r e e nort icrn part oi t ^ s t . t c .
said the [Link] ship '..'as due uest of there. IIcxc i t loo.;cd li:-.e
Airship Visits Omaha / People Have a Good View of It / Knights of
AX-Sar-Ben Suspend an I n i t i a t i o n Long Enough to Make Out the Form of an iigaense s t a r , suayins froa side to side. ,, ,
the Flying Machine—Seen by Street-Car Men. 1897 AprU 9 (Frl) Evening Telegraph (Dixon, 111.), p.1*-
Omaha, Heb., April 6.—The supposed airship thst has visited this
section repeatedly of late was seen here again last night. It was the Kysterlous Airship la Said to Be Cruising Around.
f i r s t time the outlines of the vessel could be clearly ffeen. It was The mysterious airehiop, which has been sighted at various points
and southern Nebraska during tne
gazed upon for a long time in various parts of the city by crowds. Ths In Kansas snd the pas,
past mon^n
month, has
" " been
° « ' seen
"™
' Lople are auch excited and the airship Is the leading topic of conver-on numerous occaaion. within a week by a number of Belleville (Kan..)
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people. More than fifty persons hod a plain view of i t the other night, ..'cifier ir. April 1 ij7 in Cliic.-.:o--of ten rainy, flood's in
al>out 10 o'clock as i t was Koing south and three or four "-ore saw i t i!ust, ■.■in:!, oft :n cold--hi 'hly [Link]'.e D^rin--,
the next corning at 5 o'clock as i t was returning north. It has teen April iO, 1V)7 ditc'a«o Tribune i ^ a t . J
seen on at l e a s t four successive n i g h t s , and BO plainly that there can T_T (.car.I 1>
be no possible mistake. I t was also seen at Lincoln and R e a i t r i c e , See Airship or .1 Star
lico. , and at .'larysville, Washington and Kaddam, Kan., by several per­ Vagrant of the [Link] Sky S t a r t l e s All but Prof, Hou-h.
sons at eacn place. The a i r s h i p seems to be under perfect control of Appears All Alon<* fron Evanston to South Ciiear.o—Socie
the navigator—rising, lovering and changing direction and speed in ObsTv-rs Declare. [Link] 'JinKs—Astrono-icr Says I t Is
.prompt obedience t o the steering geaj-. The ship has a b r i l l i a n t e l e c ­ Alpha Orionis—Secretary of Aeronautical Association Says
t r i c h e a d l i g h t , vhich appears to be l a r g e r than the headlight-of a lie Expected thc Travellers front 'Frisco Sunday, but They're
locomotive, and by vhlch the movement ot the airship cay be Hatched ' Ahead of T i r e .
Ions after the ship is l o s t in darkness. The speed of the a i r s h i p is ' Either the lon^-cx-pccted airship fron the Pacific coast reached
estimated by those vho have seen I t to be from sixty to seventy-five Ciica£o at B:iO o'clock l a s t evening or thc fixed s t a r , Alpha Crionit,
d i e s an hour. On one occasron~This week, when i t passed over E e l l e - shone with unusual b r i l l i a n c y , which was ausi:cr,tcd by the t r i c k s of
v l l l e , i t coved so close t o the ground t h a t the headlight cade the c i t y r e t r a c t i o n . Hundreds of persons in [Link], Hilcs Center, [Link]-
xlijuc alrrast as l i g h t as day. The ship seeced t o stop a feu Biles v i l l e , South Chicago, and even in Chicago looked .it the s t r a f e phc-
northeast of the c i t y , remaining s t a t i o n a r y for t v e t t y or t h i r t y [Link]- notscnon off in the eastern sl:y and were convinced i t was tic storied
u t e s . Then i t sailed up and down, north, south, e a s t , v e s t , new rapid- ^ . J ^ J , , o £ t i , a heavens [Link] has been vorryin- tiie inhabitants of
l y , cow slowly, as if the navigator were t e s t i n g the p o s s i b i l i t i e s of p o d u n , . ani s b &>„»** Cor a [Link].
h i s [Link]. I t rose at one tine far above sor.e s c a t t e r i n g clouds, and At 2 a>n< t h c s h i o r s U r i 01- , , e t c o r ( Q r what-not appeared over
then s a i l e d away to the north and was l o s t to viev. At 2 o'clock in the western horizon, to spectators in Chicago looking out on Usdison
the [Link]? it v->s teen f-oinp south n r a i n , and three hours I n t e r v«s
',.-c>* on i t s uny north. --E*. s t r c c t j as of the size and color of an orange, It Jiunj in thc iky foe
tirsoi and Lxire nore of thr ai:-[Link] of thc full ■oon than a st.-.r.
\:M>'I April 9 ( r r l ) Arms (fiocl, Island, 111.), p . 5 . (card 1, I t s nature is so>euliat of a mystery
Prof. G. 'J. llou",h of Dciraorn W-scrv-it.-ry, Iv I'lUon,
r.V-' THK AIRSHIP, / Vision Presented to a ^orr Island Star Gazer, / son in the c l a s s i c suburb who refused to lw hy-untircJ 17 ([Link]
IIYPTEPIOUS TRAWLER PASSFS / '-eports fror. Other Pieces Iftiere the lie persisted i t -.1.19 a plain star of Hie Cir*t nai/niiiuJ'-, hvj icon ■ n
"ovinr iiody Una Discovered In t'idair--A Chance for Vanquished l^icnl the sky for sone y e - r s , aid carried none of t \ e nrcii-nt p-'t'»l t' ">f - '
Poi i t i c i a n s . San Francisco, ai the "airshin" 13 kucvn t^ .!o,
The a i r ship has been s^en in lock Island. And a rercher of And'.' ione of thc Uitnesrcs,
r . t z c l ' s force of star rniers c l a i m to have been the rodern Chris to­ Thor'-.r and Libberton of the Kvanston life-savi:-- cri-■■■ -11 4 CapilJ"
1
urer Coluirhus. The blue coat declares that vhile p n t r o l l l n r -Us heat Lauson nn-i hir uifc stake t h e i r fortunes with t' 0. air'!iii» -u * oi I M
in the oust end of town l a s t n i f h t , re heard a r u s t l e in the "tror~ J, J . Donncll, once president ef (UP C u r v " Atrcujuticol
' ' , , . , . - _ . , . [Link], J, J . Donncll of
.-iton, is with thc~.. Il, D, i-ri;M,
nhere, and pn/.lnp skrA'nrd vas astounded by the appearance of a svi ft - o c U t y n r e , t d c n t oc Evan
rovinr
[Link] [Link]
thanthat
halfseeraed
a wileto overhead, have in evethe like a ball
conpor a s s eof
r t s ,f i r".nd
e . vas I t :~\s
trnv . , * ' ■ ' . .,
elinp north of e a s t . I t \m.s ir. thc early hour?; of r o r n i n r . "nd i t s Index, IS an airship pa
p i s s i r " broke
broke the
the ss tt ii ll ll vv aa ii rr of
of nirht
nirht like
like the
the distant
distant «vMf. h i , »ti f .n ^ f ^rjiet t , D. and
Corson,
0. [Link].HU1,
P. Willians,
aU of Evanston,
L, J. Conl'.oy, .ir, [Link]
Robert to htestify
i l n e , t Cftriti
h „ **
e l e c t r i c rotor car ,-here s ^ r c d to be a , l i t t e r i r , r . t ^ l W l , v U h ' ^ j ' ; - » ^ ' w i , t tiM11 P r o ( . : . , u . h .
liff «itiF-lii:f.' r.*«t««i9Kf f^nr. on " i t h f r cide, and It -.waved f - n t l y telescope on the heavenly v i s i t o r ami [Link] h.v only ■ i- U ;\ 11 J (i.
ir-

"t difr«rent r>lnces in the c i s t e r n HIT; of the r . t i t e . "ftver-n o n' and se.M".d ro \v. oack>id !■;.- a reflector that cunUt b.i turffJ, swin^i
7loci-, i n i r i d n i r h t i t seer.s to hnv- follov"! the '.raci^- of the :--lin i t 3 soarciiU^ht rayr- fron %idf to Sids tlvcni^h fir " : j h t .iir.
.ir," of tnc Hurllnrton, Cedar Ranidr 't '.ortnern rnilrona frcr :'urlilis­ behind t h i s soi»t* [Link] Tni"iJ a •mall red li,",Kt, w)>:cli n i v r . f .11 i-^il
ten to ~'est Liberty. At Cedar Rapier- there app«irr to i " crr^-r'-ntlv to observe; but sftain a l l a-jrer-d t!i,ir m i l farther [Link].l t ic In-"
. r.'i tsputnlilc "vidence of the shi;i h'lVir.r been oi^i-rvi-d. P.^^rr n fror. white hcaillis'it could lie. seen a s n . i l W «"icc 1 i^ht an-l 1 [Link] l i c i t ,
' r e i n dispatchers alonr the 'lorthventi'-r road indicate fiat the c » l - side by side, am'. Evanston is .1 'prohibition tn-,.-n.
'■r-tinl tr-weler hao been [Link] at iatT-valr. ilor,i> zh>- co~pir.v's r o i i t ' o n in 3!:y.
line in northern and eastern Iowa, and th^se broiirht i t ['nek »i fir ; .Wcordinr to Me reiortr. Jre.i iiiffcrcit point*- >i,t c^r-.c o( thc
a-, '-'"nt Liberty, when trace of i t «m lor.t about r i d n i ^ n t . f t i l l ' heavenly
E
vagrant '..'.is e r r a t i c en-n ■> to t - t i s i y tii? b:3^l?st rc;iiiri"i>-'nt!
l a t e r , or rather at an early hour t.'[Link] r o r n i n r . ti.i? cniu is elnired [ o a e r i a l navi^.iti'jn. At Cv.-.nston, t'-e obiect uas f i r s t "'■■-'■rvcil in
-o have been seen at Rockford—that «.-,•, probably after thc vision of the east, ov. r th- la..c aim lO'.' in t!:.-; sl.y. It c .*»■■"*'' tear IT . I U n e i i ' T ,
f>e IrtCk Island policenan. bcin^ i.-atCiiC''. in i t s flight '■>■;■ a saall cru-il that ITCH wt to a r . u l
The f l i r h t of the a i r ship har beer, a subject of [Link] con;- ■ tuiic Iwftirc tiii vision ,
h.i.; <.isa*»|narciJ. -[Link] o.'s-rvrrs '.ay t;;e.
ffi-nt in the vest for several week':. F i r s t i t war. heard of in 'lebrns- : raovin^, object .-.i!i'-".e(i to be ,-.1M t MO f c ' l .IJOVC ta.. cirtli, a:ni ' : it it
k-i, then at .^iouj- City and th"n f i i r l h T ^ i s t in Tnwa. At Orinn^ll a h-ilil a practical", true coioe Wp^iY/.inl. It u.-,-- di:r 111.5 iiji_r ^»n<-i <it
i i T i / T of r' , o:'-i'' wi-r" bnd]v scarci . n.-.-i n [Link] in the railway j _ t a f l i g h t [Link] "the S.-JIC piicnoncna u'ere observed by r e s i d e n t ! in :-ilei
v n i t i n r rnnr will ~nke catr, that r.f "aw '.'. «ri th« ne?"t i n f o r r a - Center and S c h e n . c r v i l l c , tliouc,U at a greater distance.
<:"-; care l a s t r i r h t . Wliether or aot tfi" shli- will hover over "ock A l i t t l e norc than half an hour later similar lights wLre .lcsi.-ricJ
Ir land Arnin with a view to entchinp thf firm." poliee-en on th" ]ookoutj Q U t o v e f t h o l a k 6 f M S t 0 f the c i t y and bound southward, thc red, or
renoins to be s e e n - b u t the t ^ p t n t i o n if. /re-it. s t a r b o a r d , li-Cht beinG plainly seen.
r-ance for Vi n -;uish^d r n H t i c i a n s . i Disappears O/er South Qiici^o.
The iipearance of the " i r ship offers a chance for the vanquished ^ g i a t 0 3 t glinpse of thc trnvcrscr of the ilarfcncr.-. was caught l-y
l,
re-nhlican p o l i t i c i a n s in Roi-v. Islaad. They r/iy i n d u e t c "yrt--rious south ChicaRoans at about 9:30 o'clock, when nu^rrcus persons s t a t e
e t h e r e a l v i s i t o r to rnl-.e n landtnr h-r>- on i t s nert -lar.f-r-'. an'1 thus t h o J r BalJ o n ' o b j e c t like that already <lescribcd approach t i e land f r o ;
take then on such a vovnpe nr vi>uld I'ivf t h e i r troubl"r n^pli* o r i o r - _.t over thc lake, and, a f t e r reaching a point sorie distance inland,
tunity to a i r . Fd Uilcox r i c h t vary the ronotonv o r n t - r ' a l t r - v » l turn sickly to the northwest and fade a-.;ay into the ni".ht and [Link]'^.
ly r p l a t i n p s t i r r i n c v«r r r "-i'',i'''-e-cer,: Billy W " ' i-ould sinj; i__ Tlicse persons offer affadavits and oreviously c,ood r e p u t a t i o n ) .
i Kulloon;" .'oh;, Tcntt, "Th« [Link]-r that Cf.i-.e too I J " " : " Hr. '-oliiw-
bush r i r h t lie induced to worblo to thi- twinkling s t a r -[Link] t h " - ' At 3cver.1l points thc novin^ -Jonder was observed by nor ions i-;inp-
l e i n r otliT eeMlrr, on the iky, e t c , while a l l rsif'it I'lin in w eed with snail telescopes or powerful [Link], a:n! tho«p nr-r-nt"
".I'eUinr f'loru-, ""—■■ A'i P<*>/"ir, but int ^ood T-'f." "V-':'! " t i ^ lt o ■claim to have descried thc outlines of a structure !»-arin- t ^ H ? ' t * .
t h - Shir-, J>AVR." "A -<\in SV'il [Link]^r "ou-'l' th" r o r n ' - r , ' " ■ te . JThe consensus of judipcnt, on thc uncertain basis for [Link] -..it 11-, t!ii»
At a l l events vc rav exp'-cf. n rxir" steadfast lookout in Pock "diaensions of bodies [Link]^ throu-.h thc a i r at unknoirn d i s t a n c e , 1-:
Island hi-rfaftrr for "[Link] t ' n t T"ss in '■'"■ "Irh*.." Ithat the cain body of the n i ^ h t - f l y c r was about 70 feet in l e i - t h , "f
"elotider proportions, and fragile construction. To To t h i i body, it i'
.\'ir i i 1'), i '.'>7 !!iic.-i<".o ..ecord [Link].J p. (Lntt-rs; ic oilier 1 i"iits
reported, were attached the novablo headlight and t
U'.pJi described. A io:i obs-rvers c i a l u they also sau, a snort i!i3tance
above the botly, l a t . ral striictnres rcsenblinj; winjs or s a i l * . Tliese

iiM-ealed frnri th: n:r, r J ' . l i c , a:-,) i t ■e>ii'' not b« bcir-c a star of th« f i r i t [Link].
' i t --oi'ld. fie e.-cite:-.'ii ■iroliieed by tl~* "o-cal l e i ile said thc star is sinply folloi.'inf, i t s regular cour»» in tiie
,t to ".i>h-i .!• t:.~ tis- '..'hoi 1 tiin '. is iic 4- t-H .1 •'fake" heavens and c:.-i ^ seen any evenin,- with the naked eyo wli^n tim »^y
'[Link]-;. It [Link] is f.i'i .1-. r(f,.:i-:.': tin:, place. c l e a r . It r i s ? ) early in tho evening and is dcseerniblo »t 7iiS o'
clock. _
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'it ;■ • > ' . . i highest aiiO on i cl nht rcscnhlr-i Mr. Clara sav v u passing In tbe direction of Ht. Carroll near the
t o . ' " ■'. f -«■-, t1i»...lt-'0»p:i"rc I... ir ' s rays [Link] tine It v u seen t h e r e , i t vu. undoubtedly tbe t u t a i r ship. Bov-
l . i ; :r i ,■,-=; - i .4 : - ■*!ii f U r e . i nnil t ^ -r.-er., 711.- ever, i t did not pass near enough to Hr. Clark for him to ice enytainf
-.* ■ ■ ( > - . . ; - s . 110" ' ' I ( r, ■ ■i Or-: o,i i n r->rt(w..it -o! - except * bright l i g h t , vhich, at t i n e s , flashed out u b r i l l i a n t u
LI"'' ' i t : r.f t i n •,h' : i ' ) : '< j e t 1 t nn .1 [<•.-.■ i ■1 lat.-.r each an e l e c t r i c aireet laap only ■ feu blocks d i s t a n t , u d then disappear­
ni,;lit i.:it i ; i t ! ' ,1.1V i t T , ed 10 that there could only be seen tbe reflection or tbe light upoa
1 1 1
■|..Tt.' 1 Jl'.t 'I if lieli < •■-■ "!
--: iti t'" air- :! ' thrvrv -j.-r tbe clouds. I t v u « cloudy night. Tbla fact of dlaappcar&nce aad
• j i l l i " ' - , r.i ii-c<':i:it lYef, niii'-.h 1 -; e r f I . iT-inn, a:, it i^f-vd >M t h their brightness alternating vould correspond vltb tbe statements that the
observation i'rnf, H'-uj-.h w i l l -.a! e further [Link]"-'- tonifht. air ship bat a search-light which aveeps froM one aide to tbe other,
h r [Link]-.s It Is the Ship. and, therefore, i t could not be teen by Hr. Clark vben trained in aa
In Chiri ;o tlirn* 11 a pmcr-il dispositi > l.i'i-h i t tt-.f "airslufl* oppo»ite direction. He belleTC* that i t vaa flying at tbe rate of
t. ■;■, .»it .[Link];'-y l..iv L. [Link], Ji'cn tary of t iir 'Jluc.-'.o ATMJ..1 - about eevcnty-fi*e s l l e i an hour. I t v u in riev aereral »inute»,
:.!'oc i ,ti"n, I'OQ'. not snilp nt i t . To hin the tnrt of thn . i i n h i p ( l l l j p u » e d out of light over tbe h i l l i in the direction of Palayra,
'■iiiintry was not a surprise, u be drove down into tbe bollov near tbe railroad c r o u i a i , In the
" [Link] ly line thin-; that s u r p r i s e re in l'n- pi'-' <*w "I the ■uburba of Dlxon.
.i r nip t< ■i.-iiil ;;r. Haniiir. 'Vc expected i t junday mil n is Several boye—Joseph Cook of thia office, and Alf Rickard—tav a
...ir.i f i r t i lieve tlie vessel arrived here c-o -soim unless tl* Can- bright noving s t a r in tbe vett l a s t night, ao they report.
'li' ion:; n're c>-ci-;[Link] favorable. Yes, 1 [Link] a i;o-><! idr i con- Grocerymao Condon vat in Stor* Lake, love., Friday, vbere great
C'Vnin:', -T 11 this riyitnry, I know one of the nrnI.'IIO i'< in tt-c .'it i h i p . excitement prevalli on account of the a i r t h l p . I t vaa distinctly
'fiie car [Link] three people, but the exaggerated storms concerning *een by bin and aany others frosi the top of a h o t e l , through a g l u e .
I t v u not very high, asd not only tbe l i g h t , but the outlines of tbe
tan nhH .ii-c [Link] '.h.-ihle.
Yealcle could be plainly observed.
"Si^cc-ii'irs [Link] announced i t .is [Link] l>eliet [Link] tic ship was
1WT April 10 I5*t eve/ Galena, I I I . , flaiette. p . 3 . ~ ~ -
■1 . Pus i s iiit*kr. It i i [Link]. " . f i e is t i " cus-
i'lr-c
t-warv iirfldtPd ro-!e r voir. L'ut the inventors [Link] I'I r-c >vfr i-d the
[Link] of p fie .1 TOIIII [Link]. can str thr JV'l THAT AERIAL VISITOR. / KyiteriouH Airship Probably a Xatural Pb«no»-
Hi rect inn - . ,i ■ • - .' i. ri.. e. enon.
"Von! 'J.-i- .■ r"'■l vIV.
1
.vi li^re scvefii'HO.c.'kV'A^o [Link] too party had Ttat Kysterious "airBhip" vhich vas f i r s t discovered in Bebr*aka~
the home of Bryan ejid populism, by the way—has becone u auch In e v i ­
Started £ron [Link] .'V ncisco, an<1 that the ship would stop here for tha
dence that i t a t t r a c t s eoc* attention even fro> u t r o n o c e r s . If i t 1*
purpose of [Link]. Tnn end of the t r i p i s to be a t Washington
a "fake" I t i s the largest Joke perpetrated since tbe iwaortal To»
City, «hcrc the s'.iip ' . i l l be be ought to earth and given up for inspec­
Collins episode. If the J U U X I aerial mystery existed originally only
tion. in the Imagination of some Kebraskan nevspaper »*a he ituat ere this be
ilece tioii j e t for [Link].
.. .,— — , — , convinced that he v i l l not be the only Hunchauaen on the griddle vhen
"l'i [Link] i n f i x e d to :',ive ti\e party a reception here next iutiday
ry i-oli: travelling a t this season o£ t^- year, but I under. r e t r i b u t l o n c o n e B , The a i r s h i p h u been seen In a aeore or «ore of
It uust ac v>.f y col.. .; " " " <--■-!■— places, and vhat i s more, in every place a "large nuaber of persons
Stnnu t:1'' iti'.-.t- oi I'A ■ [Link] .ire well bundled up, 7ne only new feature vbose veracity i s above question," did the seeing, Sov, Galena people
applied to t..r [Link] in the f;ict [Link] the posterior of the pro­ consider themselves as veradious as anyone e l s e , and i t sust b* con­
peller ir. ."1'"L,II- ...... e l a s t i c , uliile this anterior i s r i g i d , Tlie fans fessed that no airship has been seen herd.
hive ,i ;)"c;i)[Link] t'..'istii>* "lotion, Resident ti:tavQ [Link] the A Caiette reporter intervieved Kr. John Westvick., vho h u on h i t
'-■hici',o ;'ic:cf; i. '. . ' i l l LnforiiAtion concerning thi* [Link]. lie, with a residence premises the nost perfect observatory in I l l i n o i s . Hr.
nunucr oC otli-.r jr..:[Link] -en i:it':restcd in the problem, has furnished Westvick said curiosity bad impelled bin to keep a vatch for the *yst~ :
tho. Tio.'i'.y f i r ;!■■ v.-ntire, h.r, Ctianutc ia in CalifornLa at tie present erioua v i s i t o r , but he abd failed to discover i t . Tbe airship theory
tine. I uoul'i -.'.in to furnish full details as to the experiment, he laughfca"~at, saying'thaV'If such a vdnderful invention had been"j^r-{
as i t .oi;l..; !'o • a r tn tno inventors and uould to^e o££ the edge of fected the inventor vould l e t the vorld knov of i t before going to j
public interest f l i r t vith the clouds. Kr. Westvick thinks tbe phenomenon can be ex­
Tl^c .'veron. '.,:c ii ..ociety's secretary WAS serious, but the liough
idea ot' thi'i h' iv rily .-.[Link] found favor with the naases end the plained by reflections frcua e l e c t r i c l i g h t s thrcvn on the sky, the
atmospheric conditions the l a s t tvo veeks being favorable to such
jo^-e 3 C T , ' l *■" l i e in [Link] s t r c t , [Link]."
illusion*.
W T V U 16 (Sat.) ferrJs, R i . U l l y Herald, p . 3. "
toe: CM...I-.' at l i t . Carroll. Til.
i
: r i i n p a t 11..U Point -'as lloving west at a Terrifvc Rate of About the City.
: r r i l l , 111., Anril 9.--( [Link].; — Kuni'rcd-5 n[ persons on Tne Kucb*-talked of a i r s h i p v u seen going over Morris l a s t night
truthfnli-.n«'= nrc bfyond by a number of people, vhich proved t o be a very novel t i g h t , and IM-
M: - i t r ~ « f [Link].i - t — 'JTinn." '.'hor.e [Link] a:;d !t r.-n"« fr<*\ the north' Bentely Interesting t o kxxs those vho have read descriptions of the
■'i ■s-.i'f'*—vi --.",1 ■' t'"- i r^>'if, a!wit H:'.l n'clm-k
inr*,i* -.in! [Link] due i » t t , flying nachines recently invented.
f . ; t , r-r-.t. :..'.1
.■;,'<ii'C-:il;p t.i,i> c i t y ch-1H",''<! i t ' Ct.r-n r i n i i f i . It appear- 12,1.
,c .... .,-,!, it .„.,., in ^i I t at l e n t Bavkeye Fake.
.i i i r r i ' i ' , r .irried a [Link] red li".St. in length it did not
«d (iblon ', in "t three feet hi;li. So l b . April 15, p . 2. Vaupoasee St at loo.
■nt ,r t^n f e - t , aii'l t». B.J, Green thinks he sav the Much talked of airship l a s t Saturday
[Link] t > ■'■ fact tliot sonp,thing unu»-
[Link] peo;>le • is no (Us put in:', t!n night vhile going home frost the camp of the M.V.A. But the goat v u a
unl a n p c a r e n . l i t t l e unruly that night, not having had auch t o do during the *ud
blockade, and probably that accounts for i t . A.R. Bevport siya be ,
W,^-- '.ed f«.~n oi-en in Jisconsin, night have seen the flying machine had he another optic to brine to
.'Oterir Aiirinl [Link] Appears in fvo i t u c s Within bear on i t . _
■nod of iinl [ an Hour. ^3^^C i t s a p - 1897 April l6 (Sat) Quincy, l U T n i a ' l l y 'JournaTrp""" ?• ' ' ' ~ ~ "
.(aur.: , v.'[Link], April 0.--C s p e c i a l , ; — Y"c . u r n n p
■'nu'iul last ni. about 10 o'clock -ntnl v.i-; viewed by at That Mysterious Air Ship,
[Link] .
[Link].t one l,ii;.<!rcU c i t i a e n s . It e v e froii the southeast pa.'.aing over I s n ' t I t about t i n e that someone in Quincy vas getting sight of
the c i t y ".'ling north .-cat. Liglits could be seen attcclw.d to the ship. the a i r Ship vhich has been disturbing the Inhabitants oT Western
A Jim outline nf i t could be seen, vhich [Link] to be [Link] lil.e an states for the l a s t three veeksT
The a i r ship i s supposed to have started from California and has
;:obr..:/;a City, iicb., ..nril 9.-~CSpecial.J—At 9:30 o'clock lost been seen in Kansas, lout, and l a s t night the people of Evamton,
n i ; h t [Link] i.^rsons ol>s:.rved tlii l i g h t s of the suppobCd airship ap- I l l i n o i s , say tbey sav I t . To them I t looked like an Intense a s t a r ,
[Link]- fri- ti:.- [Link], and after passing OV.T I'.c city i t d i s - only i t ma Cseemed] tvlce u large as tbe largest and brightest t t a r
.itinc'ruil, ^'iing north.:<:st >).cn l e s t seen. ln the sklea. Sow say that i t gave t clear vhite light but others
T. Lato&<l\
"l897 April 10 (Sat) Evening Telegraph (Dlxon, 111), p. say that the color vould change to a bright red and then to a green.
Columns and columns of stuff have been written about this ayster-
THAT AIR SHIP. / I t Visited Dllon--Waa Seen to Pass Nearly Over Our ious object vhich i s a floating through the heavens in a rataher
CHy. / r e c k l e s s , haphatard tanner, and i t therefore behooves the snake e d i ­
To epesJt of that a i r ship is good diction. I t looked for avhile tor of tbe Hanna-Herald t o keep his eye open for ths C 3 signals
as though Dixon vas destined t o be l e f t out In the cold and not enjoy of the mysterious a i r s h i p .
a v i s i t from the nov famous airship that has been sailing over the P.S.—A Chicago ssys that the a i r ship Is 00 i t s v«y to Dvlght,
plains of Rebraska and lova; but Thursday night the machine took a but that the strong vlnd of yesterday blev i f out of I t s course.
t r i p east and on i t s return passed nearly over tbe vestdrn portion of 1857 April '10 [[Link]., V'ornlnc Whip, [Link] TearTTJ
our c i t y . James H. Clark Thursday evening Just before nine o'clock .
THE AIR-SHIP OVtR IOWA. / J'nny IOVIUIE Clsin to Have Seen I t . / IT HAS
A HUGE HEADLICliT / And Vine-like Projections on Flther Bide—The
, 1 ttysterious Craft oeen in Tovns All Alonp the Burllntrton, Cedar Paplds
a Northern Railroad. /
sppeareu to « UC "eat Liberty, Ta, , April 0.—The rysterious air-ship vhich has
appeared be a a u r ^ . v -w«
bright s t a r,, but obserrln 6 that t vas moving very
rapidly, he vas naturally very much astonished. I t appeared, vhen he appeared nipht after nifht «t various points in Iowa and Nebraska r e ­
■ f i r s t s i t , to be nearly a mile south of a the ^ " - . . t . n , ^ , cently, vas neen l a s t [Link] by hundreds of reputable cltlsens a l l
alone the line of the Burllnrton, Cedar Rapids ■ northern railroad,
passing rapidly in a northvesterly d i r e c t i o n . The same » * f " - v « d e r -
betveen here and Cedar Rapids. Reports frora these points shov that J
TT was seen about the same hour by the people of Mt. Carroll hovering
nearly every operator m*i stntion ajent alonR the line aav the ttren**.
near that axi c i t y , as ve learn from Chicago papers. As the thing
 e r a : - . , w i '„:<■' ,-.,, t C i l aho'it. '55
ai-r-it ! • ■■ i ' *-.f i j v r . : n ( ' . nnd tr.e r,n~e r . t o r y : u . ■,«< f i r s t seen , It i s s a f e t 0 .„„ t h n t for t h e n r r t few n l , M f ^ n Y Rfv,kfonl
t..c :-'o nt v ■ [■ n. - l a t i o n i f he »-» c o^ u- lrda t sO- r" n-lou. t ; - . r r 1oJ 9b j es ce tn s in
staaricf e s , t ha se t e n p e o r l e u J j J k e - r on t h e l o o k o u t f o r t h e — a i r s h i p s t h a t p a s . in t h e
-■■! :.etwr.~. -. e , Vl . t o v n r . '/'if o t h e r o r e r a t o r r - n ] i " t _ t h n t he had n i e h t .
. "i'n ufitc.'ijr.. ; • > • i i n i r , '.ne [Link] n roved o f f , and o t h e r o p e r a t o r s in He C a l l i I t a S t a r .
',.-,*■ i] ; r p c t i ~ r . s-f • i.c f, i r ; . t v » r » warned o f i t s a b r o a c h , - and t h u s On tor- of a l l t h - s e p r o o f s c o r e * t h e f o l l o w i n g c o n t r a d i c t o r y t e l * .
town a f t e r in-.- vn-. -,,.,,,,.„,.„,} t o r l l l e n t ! t v h p n .; t c f t r e i n a i p h t i Pra/r, r e c e i v e d hv t h » R e p u b l i c t h i s a f t e r n o o n ;
I t (3 ' i " - ^ r i i : ^ ( ) by r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s , " v h o snw I t , a.i h a v i n g a C h i c a g o , April 1 0 . — T h e a i r s h i p which p e o p l e c l a l u t o have seen
I n r c " r f f l i - c t l n t - h c a d l i f h t p r o b a b l y two f e e t in d i a m e t e r which s h e d s for nnny n i r h t s p a s t , i s d e c l a r e d bv P r o f . Hough of t h e C e t r h o m
c t r o n r r a y s llk.f t h a t o f a l o c o m o t i v e h e a d l i g h t , and t o SORC e x t e n t o b s e r v a t o r y t o he t h e s t a r Alpha O r i o n i s .
p r e v e n t e d o fon<\ viow o f t h e body o f t h e a r n / u - a t u s by i t s g l a r e . And t h e r e von « r » ,
1 1 A
iiovever t h e e l i n t e n i n p t o d y o f t h e s h i p c o u l d t-c d i s c e r n e d and t h e d i « ^' P r l i 1 0 t t ; a t ) S p r i n g f i e l d (111) News U t e l e g r a p h ) , p . l .
vir.g l i k " p r e l e c t i o n s on e i t h e r r , i d « , as d e s c r i b e d t v p r e v i o u s o b s e r ­
A ,ffSTIC
v e r s . The s t r n n p e a e r i a l c r a f t r o v e d s w i f t l y t h r o u r h t h " a i r u l l n f i AIRSHIP / IS VISIBLE AT KAJTf POIWTS. / HAKY PEOPLE IB ILLJII-
0 I S !
a s l i g h t h i s s i n g sound. WISCONSIN ATO IOWA GET A SIGHT OF THE STRANGE AERIAL VISITOR—
At t i r . e s i t [Link] t o be w i t h i n 1,000 f-?Pt o f t h e e a r t h and at EXCITES CURIOSITY. /
t i ^ e s s c o r e d t o p - v s e in i t s f l l r h t a s t h o u r h i t s o c c u r n n t B were t s k i n i Ksjikakee. 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 10.—About 100 p r o m i n e n t c i t l t e n s of Kanit,-
kee sav
o b s e r v n t i o n s of the e a r t h belpw. * n a i r s h I P g o i n g In » n o r t h e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n a t 9 o ' c l o c k
l s 8 t ni
!io sound s a v e t h e low h i s s i n r n o i s e , which wns o n l y a r r ^ r « n t fint- The v e s s e l was p r o b a b l y 1.000 f e e t above t h e e a r t h and
when t h e machine was in s w i f t j r r t l o n , c a r e t o t h e wond-riMp o b s e r v e r s ^ " i n s v e r y r a p i d l y a t t h i s d i s t a n c e . The h e a d l i g h t a p p e a r e d a s l a r g e
and i f t h e r e were p e o p l e in t h " t - r n f t t h e i r c o r . v o r r n t i o n van c a r r 1 " d a s an o r d i n a r y e l e c t r i c a r c l i g h t . At one t i m e t h e v e s s e l r o s e r e r y
on In low tone:; o r dec t h e d l E t a j i c c was t o o hir.!. a l o v " t h e e a r t h for r a p i d l y and a f t e r w a r d seemed t o d r o p a long d i s t a n c e . In a d d i t i o n
t h e sound t o c a r p . ' . t o t h e h e a d l i g h t , a p e c t a t o r s c l a i m e d t o have n o t i c e d s m a l l e r l i g h t s
The - t r n r . r o o b . l c c t was j n view [ - " n c r a l l y fror. t v o n t v r i n u t e s t o b e h i n d , i n d i c a t i n g t h a t t h e v e s s e l i s of c o n s i d e r a b l e s i t e . It v u
h a l f an [Link] and u s u a l l y d i s a p r r n r c d in n ver-Lorly ^ i r e c t I o n . H a p p a r e n t l y headed t o w a r d s Chic&po and t r a v e l e d v e r y r a p i d l y , a f t e r
l o a i t a hutiiirr-j t r - j s t w o r t h v r e o n l e d e c l a r e t h e y c-iw t h ' ' a i r - s h i n , but h o v e r i n g o v e r Kankakee a b o u t t e n m i n u t e s . Among t h e p r o n l n e n t citi-
none o f tlic,~ in- J i l l 1-.r f. "wear t h e y vrrc n o t dr"-[Link], flo 6 t r a n p e l i e n s vho watched t h e p r o g r e s s o f t h e r a c h l n e were e x - U n i t e d S t a t e s
and u r . r c n l does t" ftiircft-ir.'»« nee-?, t o t r . e n . ; M a r 6 h a l R.D. Sherman, T r a i n m a s t e r Coopnan, o f t h e I l l i n o i s C e n t r a l
' r a i l w a y , and A t t o r n e y W i l l i a m B. H u n t e r .
201,0;;, :-i., ■>ri 1 1.—Tt.i; a i r s h i r was .".een n o r t . i o f h e r e a b o u t
6 : 3 0 liL.-.t f.i.-.-n, ~.l r.e-''rc: t o tn^.e a w n i t v a r d cot;rr;o, and vaa v i s i ­ Mount C a r r o l l , 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 1 0 . — H u n d r e d s o f p e a p j t w h o s e h o n e s t y
b l e for about fc,-t\"-:'ive [Link], tnen f r a d u n l l y d i s a p p e a r e d t o t h e and t r u t h f u l n e s s a r e beyond d i s p u t e saw an aTr s h i p a b o u t 8:li0 l a s t
w<-st. I t -JUS v i f v t d bv n nur.i-ir o f [Link]'t; c o s t p r o m i n e n t b u s i n e s s nltXt evening. I t came from t h e n o r t h e a s t and when o p p o s i t e t h i s c i t y
ccn wnooe ir.f-r ; t v [Link] :'e 'loubtert. changed I t s c o u r s e and went due west a t a t e r r i f i c Bpeed. I t v * s in
H;'LLi" ?L " i . i r r A p r i : " l . ' - I ? v e " a l r S M r > t h a t has been r j s t l f v i n p B l 8 h t a t l e 6 E t t e n » » n « t e 6 . I t a p p e a r e d o b l o n g in »hapc and c a r r i e d
a
w e s t e r ; ; peo :,-.; neer, o j s e r v e . i In t h i n c o u n t y . Cr.o of t h e r e s t fTeat red l i g h t . So many p e o p l e saw i t t h a t t h e r e i s no d i s p u t i n g
t h e f a c t
r e o u t a b l e r i. ci.-.r.o of /ir.'.on s n v s t h a t a l l t h e ccc-bers of h i s fB.-[Link] t h a t s o m e t h i n g u n u s u a l a p p e a r e d . The p e o p l e who saw U were
o b s e r v e - ! t'r.e r u r i o , . - . aori>U r a c h i n ^ and d i s t i n c t ! - / h e a r d i t <iwl«h- l n nri-ofls Parts of th" citv-
i n c t;;rou^/i ■lir. \i.- Hir r h i n f i r r . t a n p e a r e d low down in t h * M a r i o n , l a . , A p r i l 1 0 . — An a i r S h i p p a s s e d in a s o u t h e r l y d i r e c t i o
[Link].t HI» - o ' c i o c * ur.u c o u l d p l a i n l y be o b s e r v e d t o t r a v e l i n o v e r t
h i B ^ ^ *t 2 : ° 5 o'clock yesterday worning. I t was seen by t h e
a owfiyin** r.n; ■' .,,.(■ a b i r d r i v i n g a r . a i n s t a w i n d , and d a r t i n g t o nI
E h t o p e r a t o r s o f t h e Western Union T e l e g r a p h company and o t h e r s . It
and f r o , '-'o.. ^ a p p e a r e d t o b e - a b o u t SCO f e e t above t h e g r o u n d . The o u t l i n e s were d i s
J '. ■■;r.p IJTI [Link] and l o w e r i t s e l f v i t h a p c n t l e , e a s y
r a t i o n nn:\ •:< t i n c t l y v i s i b l e a e t l n s t t h e s k y . The s h i p gave o u t two b r i g h t l i g h t s
"' — ■■, ..-.'ier p o r ' f j e t c o n t r o l o f t h e n a v i . - a t o r . I t was
cointf in a 1.. | o f an e l e c t r i c g l o w ,
'-:",-,fi,-.Lerlv li r c c t i o n .
v ■: A :'.'' ''■■. , ' - r i l 9 . — ' . ^ e " a T r ~ S h r p ~ ' v o s £*e-. !.cr» I..st j Wausau, W i s . , A p r i l 10.—What was supposed t o be an a i r s h i p was ■
.s r . : : t ; c t : c ' . i about 9 o ' c l o c k , vhor, i t v . ' «ee^ i.-. '.h ■•seen p a s s i n g o v e r t h i s c i t y T h u r s d a y n i g h t a b o u t 10 o ' c l o c k . Lights
i . f r . - nt rsr. a n f i e of a b o u t ^5 d e g r e e s . It w s M v m j ■could be d i s t i n g u i s h e d from a d a r k o b j e c t f a r up in t h e h e a v e n s , which
5
- ' . r v l y , MA ':■>- c l o c k had faded f r o = v i e w . At l O : " o ' - I r . c k a had t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f b e i n g shaped l i k e an e g g . I t was viewed h e r e by
- i d , in t'r.e c r t r e r e n o r t h e r n p?.rt cf " i - M o t - , at least fifty persons.
:
; 1 W.v .-;•'- T e -. rc. r r . i p was due west o f t h e r e . i ere i t it.-f.c; liKe Fbietsburg, l a . , A p r i l 10.—Thursday evening a l a r f e reddish l i g h t
"*'(■ f r o r s i d e t o s i d e . ^ ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was seen p a s s i n g w e s t w a r d f r o n t h i s c i t y and a l s o fron Podnan. I t r e -
1007 A m : ")C .forn. 1 1 1 . , 0- n c u u i i c , .-■■ . T f f T T y "' eecamr tbhl e. d The a l o c o m o t i v e l i g h t and was p e r h a p s a b o u t 1,000 f e e t above t h e
e d i t o r o f t h e West Bend J o u r n a l saw i t w h i l e w » i t l n « f o r ,
Ti'K r.y.i':.t,:', n:r:>\y. / n-i r , ^ i l i n r Throufh the Hcnv-r.^ -V.-rr Rockford a t r a i n and h a s a T o n B a c c o u n t o f " i t in h i s p a p e r . I t la thou«it to
Ijist :,'i r n t . ' r i ; - t a i .1 ii<-.r.i T h i v e r nnri Frank Thnver ' " ' i t r e s s e d t h e have been a b a l l o o n o r an a i r s h i p . The p e r s o n s who saw I t a r e t h o r -
" t n n r - N o c t u r n i ; . ' : ' " r AS '.'ith " r i g h t Creen and '■Oii t e " l i r - . I t ouchty r e s p o n s i b l e . 1 1
Tcoot^d [Link]'ir:; < -:e ' fr'-ni.. ! 1897' A p r i l 10 ( S a t ) S t c r i i n g ™ 1 1 " . , Tveninf C w . e t t e . p . » . I card 1)
1h" r ' - ' s t T i i n . ' 1. ".-.I-, wtiich h i s been c r e i t i n - 'w-*- i c c r r o t i o n
in T o v i , ;.Vtri" - ?.i\ n:..: i n s K j Tor t h f p a s t f o r t n i g h t , M s «'. Iirt SHIP OF THE AIR. / "LIKE A DIAMOND IH THE K « SKY." / " a s [Link] Over
si ruck ! ;l ir.'-ir. nr.l ■■ - -,„n- , n n nimbnr o f t h e towr.s \r. '.!:» s t a t e S t e r l i n g Last Hifiht by Hundreds Who Say I t " t o Hove."
\nr.'.. n i r J i t , [Link] I " r; or two b u t by s c o r e s of p e o p l e , ir.d nock ford The [mysterious a i r s h i p which h a s t e e n s i g h t e d a t v a r i o u s p o i n t s in
was f o r t u n a t e FRBKX.I t o t^c i n c l u d r d in t h e i t e n e r a r v of ti-,r. s t r a n r e K a n s a s , Nebraska and Iowa, l a c l a i r ^ d t o have been seen by S t e r l i n g
and r r r i e n o c t u r n a l v i f . t o r . people l a s t n i g h t .
j'v two p T ' . o n r , n t le-i-^t, whoae word can he r e l : " d w r , , t h i - , i The skv was c l o u d l e s s when a t 8:30 t h e s h i p was seen r o v i n g in a
r
w e i r d t h i n r vnn s e e n s a i l i n r . =ver t h e c i t v l a s t e v c n i r . r . aptnin northweste'rlv d i r e c t i o n . I t was t h o u s a n d s of f e e t in t h e a i r fcnd a p ­
n i r . h a Thny-r and h i r b r o t h e r , Trunk T h a y e r , have t h e honor o f h a v i n g ^p e a r e^d l i t * l i k e a__ l a r g e s t a r . The w o r k i n g of wings or s i d e p r o p e l -
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c i t y - t 3 i . o r . ; e . ajw i,_.-r.r_ .'oT;.picte_y a r o u n d , t h r o v i r j : i t s h e a d l i g h t B l o o o i n g t o n , 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 1 1 . — An o b j e c t bel ieved t o be th* r_y.t C r_
in a l l u i r e c t . o . - , s . Tt u i s n f p e a r e d in a w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . i o u s a i r s h i p t h a t has been s a i l i n " , o v e r I l l i n o i s was seen a t a b o u t j
»-*iri_ w c . , ; i i r . j . c a t e n . a t t!ie a i r s h i p v a c s e e n i n J a c k s o n v i l l e noon t o d a y , f l o a t i n - , o v e r Q l o o n i n g t o n . I t was g o i n g t n > n o r t h e a s t e r l y -
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a l i t t l e l ! . ' r h - e,n'V,our V'efore r e ;;i"app"ea»e'3"Irf
i appea.-e- I n "[Link]. Jic\ s c : v i l l ( direction at a great a l t i t u d e . I t v a s _ y e l l o w i n c o l o r and ieereed^to _•(
I s scr.e -event.- . i - s s fror. [Link] . E v i d e n t l y i t t r a v e l e d v e s t f r c r " r e c t a n g u l a r i n fore'." _ - y " _ _ : r T - o n , a young e l e c t r i c i a n of t h i s c i t y ,
t h a t c i t y t o t h e M i s s i s s i p p i r i v e r , which i t s t r - c k s c i e _ i s t _ r . e e *k and a p a r t y of f r i e n d s , w a t c h e d t h c o y s t c r i o u * o b j e c t u n t i l i t d i » -
above 'viif-cv. Ti:».T. i t f o l l c m - d t h e r i v r y o . ; t h . l appeared in the n o r t h e a s t .
lo97 April'!_' '(Hon. mo'tn)' Dally Pantagraph (Bloooington, 111. p. 5. Special t o Chicago Kccord,
Klrcnundy, I l l i n o i s , A p r i l 1 1 , — T i e famous a i r s h i p p a s s e d o v e r
THE AIR SHIP. / P e r s o n . C l » i » That I t Passed Over T h i s C i t y a t 1 2 : 1 5 p . n t h i s c i t y a t alkjut fl p . i s , t o n i g h t , c a r r y i n g a h e a d l i g h t w i t h two r . d
festerday, l i g h t s in t h a r e a r . I t l o o k e d t o be a b o u t one hundred f e e t between
—Dr. George R. Smith t e l e p h o n e d t o t h i s o f f f i c e l . a t e v e n i n g t h a t heed and reer 1 i . h f s . _____
a f r i e n d of h i s .aw t h e a i r s h i p p a s s i n g o v e r t h e c i t y a t 1 2 : 1 5 noon Ha_ "hair t r i i ' . » e r . , _ j _rT"Chica? ( J a c k t h e S n i p p e r ) . - a t t a c K [Link].
yesterday. I t waa a t a h i g h a l t i t u d e , f l a t shaped and l o o k e d d i k e • f . i r l s , and c u t t h e i r h a i r .
b i g p i e c e of y e l l o w c a n v a a . The a i r s h i p was r e p o r t e d a t Moawequa
S a t u r d a y , and c o u l d e a r j i l y have made t h e d i a t a n c e In t h e t i m e s p e c i ­
;1S97 A p r i l 1_ (Hon) C h i c a g o T r i b u n e , p r. ~~ TcTrTTT
fied. The p e r s o n who .aw i t woe Hr. Gray C a r l t o n , J r . I t was moving A i r s h i p Hyth v e t Soara / Headed f o r Dune P a r k and an A n - i e » * n t P r i v i l ­
i a a n o r t h e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n 11 » r a p i d r a t e . e g e / A l l e g e d P h o t o g r a p h s of t h e Queer A e r i a l V U i t o . Showing I t i Mach-
"April l i , 1.07 C h i c . v o [Link] ( l i o n . ; p . 2 UarJ I ) U t i i a a and I t a D a r i n g N a v i g a t i o n P r o n o u n c e d a " f a k e " by an E x p e r t —
I r l e c h a n i c a l l o p r o a a l b i l l t l e s i n t h e Way of Such a P i c t u r e — H i . h t C a i . r a
K<* I s -J t " A i r s h i p " Man Itepore S e e i n g t h e F l y i n g M a c h i n e .
C f i e m t o i:>:!iihit t h e I n v e n t i o n a t t h e Ooaha E x p o s i t i o n . I C h i c a g o ' * a i r s h i p romance h a s f a l l e n i n t o p r a c t i c a l h a n d s . I f t h e
S p e c i a l f> Vic Chicago F<ecord. ' p r o g r . . . made by " p h o c o g r a p h e r a on t h e s p o t " y e i t a r d a y i f c a r r i a d t o
Ct^aha, n«!;:'a:ika, A p r i l 1 1 . — T i c m y s t e r y s u r r o u n . l i r . t t h e s o - c a l l e d l t | l e g i t l n a t e and t h e a e r i a l o o n a t e r w i l l be p i c k e d up aoon oo t h a
a i r r . h i p , which h.->-; r--'i-,»d rhp v e r a c i t y of [Link] r e p u t a b l e c i t i z r - n s t o be a h i n f i n g aanda of Qune P a r k and w i l l be e x h i b i t e d by a l o c a l a n u a e a e a t
■|Me*.tiancd, prnini','--. tn \>r e l e a r » d up - . i t h i n a few days t h r c u - . h t h c B coopaey a s t h e s o l u t i o n of t h e g r e a t e s t p r o b l e n t a c k l e d by Mankind —
"■cliiiri of the. 'frn;ir.-m:;[Link].i^p'i e x p o s i t i o n . In t h ^ f i r s t n . i i l y e s t e r ­ n a v i g a t i o n of the a i r .
day ; e c r c t a r y '.-'.ikr-ri^-ld r e c e . v e d a U t t e r d a t o d a t Cuaha i:id b e a r i n g
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At Rogers Park yesterday two men exhibited pictures "taken of the 1897 April 12 (Won.) Evening Republican frecetur, l l l ^ ' j P- 6.
a i r s h i p " as it sailed over the suburb hard by Evanston at 6 a.m. A j
reporter for The Tribune secured one of the p i c t u r e s , as did reporters j Saw tha Air Ship*./ I t Uaa Plying High and Colng Korth Sunday Might.
for other Chicago newspapers. The prints were peddled out eagerly to Th« ayeterioua airship aean by so many people In Hcbr*ika, Iowa,
a l l the nimble scribblers who would take them. Missouri and IUlnol* recently, vaa seen Sunday night at 11:13 passing
The picture given to The Tribune was submitted to an expert photo­ over Decatur northward, going at a rapid rate of spaed. The oo* party
grapher for an opinion as to i t s genuineness. He looked at i t and who claliia to have seen the **chlne la a bank d a r k . He said It loofcx-
smiled. __ _ ed like two sonater cigars with three bright headlights. The clerk
Pronounces I t a "Fake." asserts that he could not have been slstaken. Be ha* been a doubter
"It la a fake," he said. "It would be impossible for a camera to On the K±X ship question, but now he la certain that the thing la a
take such a picture, except froo a doctored photograph. In my opinion r e a l i t y , and he 1» curious to learn a l l be can about a ayatery that
a picture was taken out in Rogers Park. Then the airship was filled in. Puailes KillionB of people.
After that a picture was taken of the prepared p r i n t . 14,1. Carllnvllle Landing. / 13,1. Winkle 4 Bulle.
"The reason why I pronounce this b i t of enterprise a 'fake' la be­ 23,4 (eds.) The Air Ship.
cause such a result is a perspeetive Impossibility. With the r e l a t i v e The Chicago Tribune la evidently not inforawd at the the adventure
proportions ehown of various objects snd the supposed airship no camera of the Republican correspondent in the a i r ship that sailed right over
could have caught so much within the acope of i t s lenses, the Tribune office in a flight troa Vandal la to Chicago and return.
"In this case e small instrument was used. I t looks like a kodak's The following fron that paper seen* to Indicate that i t prefers • * •
work. To have taken the airship with euch a l i t t l e lens the photogra­ enta to aerial navigation! "It i s remarkable to e x p e c t . . , ,
pher would have had to point the instrument up towards the sky. He 1ST Arril 12 u:on) Oilena, H I . , Gniette 17
couldn't possibly get a lot of foreground and buildings in the picture'.!
The "fake" photograph is a gem of i t s kind. It la 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 THE MR-SHIP ARfllVFS. / The Ubiquitous Mystery Passes Over Galena.
Inches in size. In the leflt foreground 18 a Spur of the St. Paul's It has coRe!
Evanston Division tracks. In the middle foreground are three good- The a i r - s h i p , the aerial v h n t - i a - i t , In colors like unto the cham­
alzed and one araall building. Well toward the front Is an individual eleon, having as many fonts us the fcnlcdoscopo can contrive and out­
who appears to have a camera in his uplifted hands taking a picture of rivaling in ubiquity the wicked f.-unin has reached OUena and has been
the aerial v i s i t o r , t h i s suggests the thought that perhaps thla won­ gated at and wondered at by the usual number of people of the highest
derful kodak tanea pictures of iteelf and i t s manipulator as well as veracity and unimpaired perception.
of a i r s h i p s . It floated over the city nt 0 o'clock Sunday evening in a south­
westerly direction and wns viewed with ewe not only by c l t i i e n s but
How the~"Snl'p""Looks."
by the passengers on ft west-bound train Just arrived.
But the heavenly soarer is the great feature of this wonderful work '
It was seen In n dozen other places at about the sajrie time, ac­
of a r t . High above the roofs qf the buildings, the telegraph poles,
cording to the veracious chroniclers, and i t is asserted that one
and the leafless t r e e s , it rides In majesty. I t s clgar-6haped body
enterprising suburbanite near Chicaf-o caught a [Link] of i t . It
tips toward the "stern," where I t terminates in a t a i l like chat of a
is a wonderful phenomenon, to be sure.
fish. Depending from the balloon part Is a long, narrow cage with a
propeller at the end. If a powerful glass i s used one nay see the out- ] But ao to the Galena a i r s h i p , the truth must be told. It was only
lines of the two daring navigators. a pnrtl-colored pnper balloon sent up fron tki Crsnt Fark, and the
, , , ... . ,,, , ., . „ .,\t„a number of people it deceived la the best explanation of Die conflict-
It is supposed thac these aeronauts will be discovered soon nestling , ' • , , . r , . , , , . , , . .
... .. . , , . . . .. . „ . . „< K. o„,i, „,„ ,„J ing and sometimes absurd stories about the eccentric aerial shipt that
with their landed ship ...lp among Che sandy stretches — of
- - Dune Park,
. , around . *■ "■"'
the bend of the lake in Indiana, where Chanute's e x p e r i e n c e s thrilled i ' f ° ^ , , ^ " j u i J1,1 ^ " " ' m r < u h T"
, , , , , , 1697 April r 12 (Monl CalesburR, H I . , Evening Kail, p. 1.
an expectant world last f a l l . *" '
After thac It would be naCural for them to yield to the persuasions ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ %s t r ^ e ln ^ K^_
of the amusement concern mentioned and move into Chicago to exhibit to Saturday Night WJth Wonder. /
gaping thousands their flying machine and t e l l what fun they have had Galesburg received a v i s i t froa a so-celled air ship Saturday
keeping the inhabitants of many c i t i e s guegaing the l a s t few weeka. night, and there are people who declare that there la something cer­
A number of policemen and firemen In South Chicago and Englewood
t a i n l y strange and nysterlous about i t . AH »ort» of explanations are
reported last night that they saw the mysterious object floating about
to be heard for i t . Rome aay that i t is only a snail boy's balloon and
in the a i r which has been going by the name " a i r s h i p . " They described 1
i t ln much the same manner as others have done. that there can be nothing else to i t . Others think It a s t a r , and
what not.
Late yesterday afternoon the airship was seen "hovering over
Lincoln Park." The f i r s t appearance of the phenomenon waa about 7:30 o'clock Sat­
As usual It was also seen elsewhere. urday evening. At that time O.C. Lonpheer eaw the light distinctly
1897 April 12 (Mon) Ciitoigo Tribune, p. i . - above the O.T. Johnson s t o r e . He secured a pair of rield glasses at
'once,and commenced operations. He says that the light was white and
Say It Is An Airship And Not A Scar / Thousands of People in Milwaukee very bright, and looked like the headlight of a loccmotivo. The r e ­
Observe a Monster of the Air Over the Court-House. flection was a l l to the north, and the space to the eouth vaa a ■
Milwaukee, Wis., April ll--[S pecial, j—Prof. Houp,h and his theory black as though the l i g h t wai suddenly shut off.
that the supposed airship is the scar "Alpha Orlonls" doesn'c scand as Mr. H.L. Wilbur took the glasses and eould distinctly see two green
high In the minds of thousands of citizens of t h i s c i t y tonight. They j l i g h t s below the white one. Others also saw the green l l p h t s . _A _
have seen the wonder and are convinced that i t is a machine which navi- ; large crowd assembled i n front of the store of Wilbur, Lonphear 4 J
[Link] the a i r , and not a star which has been wandering around for ten ! Tryner and watched the curious spectacle for five altiutes. flow the
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million or more years through space without an object or a destination. all-absorbing question l a , "What Is itT i
The strange nachlnc wide i t s f i r s t appearance in the wee small hours Qulncy people are greatly excited over the air ship. I t vs_s f i r s t
this morning. It was not seen by many at that time, but the few who did <«« <=■>**»« d°vn the r i v e r , and they supposed i t to be a i t e w r head-
see it are convinced chat it Is a machine. The light* which appeared on l i g h t . Presently the l i g h t waa seen to r i s e and p . . . over the south
It seeded to move backwards and forward, toward each other, as If s i g - r*rt of the c i t y . When almost Out of sight i t turned abruptly and
nailing to the earth. cane back over the course and passed out of sight to the north. Over
It was f i r s t seen on the northern horizon, and about the only per­ four hundred people saw the strange eight, end they declare It to be
sons who were up at the 'time and'who'were'not'seelng'chings double', were » genuine case of mystery.
a few newspaper Ren, police officers, and a guard at the House of Cor­ In Burlington the efforts of the residents were rewarded by seeing
rection. All of these are willing to make oath Chey saw an airship ' a dull red light pass to the north. Then i t was found that sone
come from the north a l i t t l e before the break of daylight and that It youngsters had been sending up balloons, and they declared the ship
disappeared again, reversing i t s e l f and fading from view ln the north. vaa a faXe, Galesburg people say that the l i g ht seen here could not
Tonight the stranger made i t s appearance again In the heavens about come from auch a source, and also BBk an explanation for the green
9 o'clock. It caree from the northeast from out over the lake. There lights. I
was no possibility of a nistake this time. Thousands of people saw i t , 1897 April IS (Kon) Monnouth, 111., Dally Review, p. 1.
.and in a few minutes chey were following Che machine as It floated over
the c i t y . It travelled toward the southwest u n t i l i t reached a point THZ AIB SKIP. / The Kysterlous Traveler Seen in the Skies Above Hon-
d i r e c t l y over the City Hall, where i t stopped for s quarter of an hour. mouth. / Many People Hotlce a Strange Light flying Across the Heavens
Then the excitement in the downtown d i s t r i c t s became Intense. It was Saturday Night—Is I t a Balloonl /
reported that attempts were being made to anchor the machine. The "airship neck" will have to be counted a modern talady as nucb
A Mr. Hcyer. a 'travelling man, had a field glass ranped on the mach- aa the "bicycle face" and kindred i l l s , if these nysterloua heavenly
and aaid he d i s t i n c t l y saw four
ine and said he d i s t i n c t l y saw tour men in I t . men in i t . Stationkeepcr
Stationkeepcr HarryHarry v i s i t o r s keep soaring about by day and .light. A person can look out
Moore of the Central Police Station saw it. d i s t i n c t l y and waa one of on the s t r e e t alaost any time and catch people pikeln U ) their
the feu who did not at the same time lose his head, lies says: heads off with furtive glances that take in every quarter of the hea­
"The machine, or whatever it was, anchored or stopped directly over vens. When they are caught at I t , they either look wise and pretend
the city h a l l . The light which I saw was suspended from a large, dark to be looking for signs of r a i n , or else g u i l t i l y adait that they nave
oval-shaped object, Che shadow of which could be d i s t i n c t l y seen. In hopes of getting a peep at the flying nachlne.
fact, ii tt couldcould bebe seen
seen so so plainly
plainly that
that II could
could discern
discern the the wheels
wheels work-
work- Wille the folks In a l l these town*, over the country art looking at
ng. I did not see any one in i t , but any one who claims that the thlnf i t , Monwuth had to keep in the faahlon, u d when such reliaDlt author
saw floating over the city hall is a star simply don't know what he i t i e a as CHr.O Doner Diffenbaugh, Dudley V. BlrdC 3*11, Robert o.
a calking about. I saw it too d i s t i n c t l y to be fooled, i t was, I Treahan and many others soy they saw " i t , t h i s place can substanti-
would Judge, about 1,000 feet above the city h a l l . ' ' j ate i t s claims to be fully abreast of the t i n e a . The story told by
After hovering about 15 minutes i t went back 4 disappeared in theNE. these witnesses i s a straightforward t a l e , and no one can have the
' - h e a r t to cast discredit upon I t . They say that vhlle pursuing t h e i r
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i'"° T A;r:i IT ,h'.-in) i'^r'rfori, I ' . ! . , :>. = »pt>h)!c, p. 1 . fCirri 1)
ususlal wnlKs cf 1 i fr Saturday evening about 8:20 o'clock t h e i r atten­
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tion vas drawn to a very bright l i g h t in the northvect. It was bigger " " ' " SI/ ""!!:" r'1!? I S t i l l r<wori<r.r irfiiM In tfc" Air and ' Y - a t i ^ r
and brighter than a s t a r , and was easily seen to [Link]. It appeared to f-xcitcr-T.t . / E"i>r in ! ; "-k'nr<i A^ain r-aturday Night--M-.o ."«-•■ a \r, ~\n
be a long distance [Link].d none of the [Link] say they sav the long clg- Hundred Ct her r h : t s »t the .Tare _ ;r-e--rrob:\bly There's a -■hole flock
ar shaped body supposed to be peculiar to the c r a f t . All of them of Air-h:ps i t I / i r ^ . /
watched the l i g h t t i l l It [Link] to fade Quay and disappear In the That Kansas [Link] is certainly t'.c ror.t numerous and the vnns-
ncrthvest. Other people vho sav the sight say I t looked like that of est cloud scrnrer that ever TV>-CH the upper s t r a t a of the ambient
a paper balloon, and disappeared the sa-r.e vay those toys do vhen their or co.-.r down the pike,
supply of oil burns cut. ! t c.-in be rcrc places at c-.c than the l i v e l i e s t fie* !T) t h i t
Another story but very [Link] in i t s d e t a i l s is told by J.C. "vcr ficv and can assir-.e rorc shapes in one r.i.-ht thin the whole of
I r v ; n , J.'*'. Fonder(?) and o t h e r s . They were talking one nlpht l a s t Six P u t i n ' s r c r e r t c i r c .
week and t h e i r attention was called to a bright l i g h t In the northern Thit ic , if ''ou Relieve a l ; that the pincrs sav, and vhv should
skies. It vas traveling east at a fast rate and they vatched it for th^y be doubted? '
several minutes nr.d i t vas s t i l l in s i g h t . Their opinions vere d l v i - It vns seen again in RocKford Saturday night by several persons. \
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ded as to whether I t vas a balloon or not. "* = also seen In nlxnjt ??0 other places at the s:\~y t i r e . [Link]- !
Whatever i t ia , the air ship cakes an I n t e r e s t i n g thece of convcr- fore i t i?.uct be that the spectral messenger of the heav-r.s travels
satlon, Of course the fake t h a t vas perpetrated Saturday night in on creased lightening schedule, or that a whole flock of airships ha*'
Burlington when the Havkeye folks sent up a paper balloon and had b-en turned loose. p
everybody finessing, will shake the faith of soce, but on the other At Blomlnrton [Link] nt_ noon the strange aerial v i s l t c r vaa \ j
hand the evidence of the young men In Rogers Park who got a picture of s ^ n and l a s t nipnl" aVHllvnukcc i t vns viewed by thousands of r c r - J
the machine early yesterday corning, lookfl l i k e there night be socie- i sons cavorting around l i k e n hur.e swallow ov-r the c i t y . The bc-cli
thing to i t . There will be a difference of opinion about the machine j beer season is on full swine in the frcan City, but i t 1* not [Link]
n i l something [Link] s u b s t a n t i a l is learned regarding the ship. t h a t ^ t h i s has anything to do with the case.
1691 April 12 Mon) Ottawa, 111'.", "Journal, p . At [Link], Geneva, Beloit, Pochcllc, !>i xor., tabhit follow and
Eurr [Link]:-! i t has also been seen bv c i t l i e n s whose veracity, sobriety
THE AIR SHIPS. and eyecirht have never been euestioneri. Monr. iihoyt six rwntl:-. aftei
We can no longer employ the term In the singular nunber, for the every other town in the countrv has seen the stranre and r - s t l e s s
reaaon that a conelder»ble nunber of people have described spectacles deniien of the e t h c r a l Freeport will probably receive a v i s i t frcn
witnessed at the sa-t.e point of t i n t , but at points of obaervatlon *o the a i r s h i p ,
remote from eacn other an to preclude the probability of » single ob­ I t is claimed that near Moberly, :io. , the wreck of an airship has
j e c t , auch as a s t a r , a meteor, the noon, or a green cheese being Just b"en JOUM and with i t the r a n d e d and unrecornitible rrr.-ims of
seen. If not for the reason of proximity to the e a r t h , then for the two r " n . I t is probaMv one of the fleet that is no" -.winrinr errand
reason that o b s e r v n i a e r s of unquestioned Intelligence and reliability* the c i r c l e and turning out the b i r r e s t crop of l i a r s that the wijrid
spectacies coving in opposite d i r e c t i o n s , at the sa,-.e time, the has ever known,
T,,e
unit theory is uitenable . t i ' f f l s t whonper of a l l comes frora El burn In Kane count'.-, vher
At Chicago, one quiet evening a "ship" vas observed Ehoving down i t is [Link] the a i r s h i p toubhed f-rouid. Trainmen runninr thrown
to people who occupied upper s t o r i e s Of sky s c r a p e r s , and was also there say that the operator says that *ore stoch.-[Link] sav that ?nr<
seen by a»Kimi* l i a b l e , but cultured people who live nearer earth In fnrTvrs SPV t h i t the ship had a hr-ik do-.-n near there a^d c ' r - j t r w
the c l a s s i c precincts of Evanston, where the Northwestern University for r-na:rr.. The--e fnVi-ra enr- across it,""and found that t"vo Pen ac ac-
sta-ics Tne sa.^e vas descried by people who abide in the vicinity or [Link] I t . The rnchinc ar-rarently w-lrhtcd about yo JV,U.T4S and
Or Har-er's Baptist school known as Chicago University, the wheels of vns rade of sore light substance like alumnun. Thyey conversed vith
which are greased with Standard Oil noney perpetually. -the nen hut learned but l i t t l e . The ren said thev vere foinr fro*
This ob'ect passed over Chicago at an estimated elevation Of the Pacific to the Atlantic coast, and were a follovmr the Sortn-
three fourths of a c i l e , and scudded away in the direction of the natl- western rnilvnv.
'onal c a p i t a l . On the sa/r.e evening a similar object vas observed I t d o - s n ' t seen possible that all this airship b u s i n g i i a hoax..
Passing over the s t a t e of Iova, at a l e f t oblique, in the direction of The people have -,Cen [Link] o»t of the ordinary In the heav-ns at ,
tr.e National Pars. In other sections of the country similar [Link]'ht a [Link] sort of thinf that c a r r i e s rare kinds of colors of '„
have been observed and l e f t the people in a s t a t e of tefuidleoent, l i r h t s than are seen in a Fourth of July pyrotechnical display. I
quite similar to the effect upon the professors at Evanston and Cot- Is i t the noon! <
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taee Grove '*■ • Alpha Oronoi [Link] IT
Professor Hough, of Chicago, however has disclosed to the world Is i t a nctror with a case of Jin [Link]
that the object seen was nothing nore nor l e s s than Alpha, a star of t. If not will [Link] please r i s e up and t e l l what in Is i t , ' t i s I
the f i r s t iiagnitude, by astronomers a good itany years ago located in i t , or vhat i t si Is f t , that i t is* r.
the head of the constellation Orion, but nov broke loose and swooped We ' r e dyi"'" to know. , ,, [_
down within less than a mile of the wicked c i t y . Mr. Orion was a ' i ^ r ' A p r i l 12 IMon eve) Springfield. 111. nevi, P . 4.
aightt hunter, but his fane Is now diraned by the man who hunted up
the true theory of the l a t e s t meteorological cystery. SAW A LIGHT. / High Above the State Hou*e U s t Night.
Seriously I t is a l i t t l e surprising that s c i e n t i s t s have not J.H. Kargrayes, night turnkey and Richard Schrlrer, f o r c e s of
found a solution for these phenomena based on the know principles of the cojunty J a i l , c l a i « to have seen the a i r ship or .ocethlng they
e l e c t r l c l i science In conjuctlon with meteorological conditions which knew not vhat. Mr. Margraves says that about 9 o clock he [Link]
rust have cose under the observation of signal of f l e e r s , o r of astrono- outside the j a i l and turned his gaie heavenward. Hit attention v u
sers at the seats of learning ahd observatories of the country, Is i t dravn to a l i g h t that va. .vaying back and forth above the . t . t e b o u s e .
[Link],,, as Sothern vould say, %o f . l l o v cs.1 find outl" He called Schriver and they watched i t for half a, hour and got t red
1&97 A r m \2 fl'on ev^i f; u incy r CaiIv Herald, P . i . w d vent in. Mr. Hargravea says a l l they K . . » w» a radiating light
yjJ
not unlike a locomotive headlight which appeared to be at a high
r,\"w^ I'i rr?, :HO;r. I The I'vsterious Airship Hade t P a r t l v l Down in a l t i t u d e vhlch *wayed back and forth. Mr. Margraves doe* not think
,.'""'''u„r' '/"' '' that i t vas a baloon, fru~t an a i r ship.
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talk of ".r.e rysterious craft r e c a l l s to the rrir.d of [Link] Walter l^cCann of Pogers l"ark, near Chicaro, son-in-lav of T.C.
Ryan,"hedriver of the m l i c e patrol uaron, a ststor-v-it .-adc to hir. by Wright of t h i s c i t y , claims to have photorraphed the fa-iaous air ship !
his b r o t h e r - i n - l o v , Y,i'. T r i t h , of Hannibal, several months apo. at 5^30 yesterday nomine. IfcCann, who was fornerly a [Link] r of the I
!'r. r^-.ith hns \ [Link] shop [Link] in course of conversation durinr Chicago police force, is now a newddealer at Rogers Park and his
a v i c i t in f;-jincv -.•wl thnt he hnd a Job in rvikinr a cylinder for an place of business is near the Northwestern t r a c k s . •
enrinc on order of B s t r n n r e r . The stronrer was not co—'micat i ve , Kr. IfcCann t e l l s his story as follows to the Tires-Herald, in '
but volunteered t"h information t!:nt the cvllndpr was for an airship vtiich Is a picture of the ship as photographed.
on vhich he war, nt work. . "I had read (or several days about the a i r ship," said he. "I
It ray b° . therefore, that the ship thnt passes in the night and [Link] over i t ajid was skeptical on the subject. This rorninp at
scores tinerou'i p«orl- was rndc partly in Hannibal. If such is the 5.30, when I arose to attend to ny usual work of recelvinp the newi-
ca<ie v-"'ll have t.0 [Link]/> ror" notice of i t . The fact plvei to i t a papers fron Chicaco and ma/.ir.R rry deliveries for the day, i EBW a
l c - a l 'r''""" straJipe looking object in the s*y coding from the south. It locked
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"1897 April 12'(Hon.) The Argus (Rock I s l a n d , 111.), p. 5. (card l ) f ci£nr. I t catre nearer and 1 sav at a glance that i t was
not a balloon. Cuick as a flash I realized i t was the ruch talkeJ of
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paper.a C UTBtT Iv«s not Irloop ago in a cor.-.c; frr fet*.ir.p
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. a i r s h i p following the Hennepin canal south of South Holine at . J O ^ H ^ ^ w*cl(M_ Conditions ran fas and pot i t as the thlnp approachei.
morning. I t was moving vest he saya at the t i s e . Nov the e n t i r e ^ ,,. ^„j j ^ ^ ^ Creenleaf . avenue
favored a [Link] photopraph. A plate v u
l ran to
line"pollce force swear to have s « n i t l a s t n i g h t . ^ ^ - Creenleaf avenue and Hirkel street and got a pood
Walter HcCann of Rogers Park, near Chicago, claias to have caught..." shot at i t . With O.A. Overocker, who« attention was attracted to . t ,
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r<-nr of t h e i - a f h t n e . :'.f p u l l e d n r e v o l v i n g r u d d e r o r s o r e s o r t o f a g r a e o e a t was t u c h t d t h a t Cher* waa a o M t h l n f u n u a u a l t o l n g on I D tha
c o n t r i v a n c e vfiieh s t e e r e d t h e c o u r s e o f t h e a i r s h i p . T h i s s t r a n g e u p p e r r e g l o n a , but t h e e x a c t n a t u r e of t h * o b j e c t a l l e g a d t o ba a t t r a c i
i n v e n t i o n c a r e w i t h i n (JCO f e e t o f t h e e a r t h as n e a r a s I c o u l d e s t i ­ ing a t t e n t i o n ac so uany p o i n t * v u n o t d e t e r m i n e d . So*« p e o p l e t h i n k
mate i t . 1C 1* an e x p e d i t i o n f r o a t h e p l a n e t Kara t e d t h a t t h e y h«*a thua f a r
"'ihe l o v e r p o r t i o n o f t h e a i r s h i p uns t h i n , and [Link] o f some l i g h t beeo u n a b l e t o e f f e c t a l a n d i n g .
w h i t e [Link] l i k e aluminum. The u p p e r p o r t i o n v a s dark and l o n r l i k e a, I A p r i l 1 5 , 1397 Cliic.i-o R e ^ r d ( r u e s ) p . 2 ■-——
blii [Link], p o i n t e d in f r o n t and v i t h sone k i n d of a r r a n p e r c n t In t h e
r e a r t o which c a b l e s a r e a t t a c h e d . The p i l o t p u l l e d t h e s e and s t e e r e d Green 6jy A i r s h i p a " F a k e "
t h e c o u r s e fror. s o u t h t o n o r t h w e s t . He watched t h e f l i g h t o f t h e a i r [Link] o£ t h e P u b l i c Worked Upon by Scrae P r a c t i c a l
s h i p u n t i l i t went e a s t and d i s a p p e a r e d t fron v i e v . I returned to Johcrs. / S p e c i a l t o Chicago [Link].
' t h e s t o r e w i t h t h e p l a t e s , a t t e n d e d t o my r o r n i n g p a p e r s , a n d , w i t h Crecn £kiy, W i s c o n s i n , A p r i l 1 2 . — The i«>nder£ul a i r s h i p seen above
Ovcrocker,'rinisTied"rroofs_B"s—'ibon n n ' p o s s i b l e . I r e f u s e d t a an o f f e r t h i s c i t y S a t u r d a y n i j h t p r o v e s to have besn s t n p l y a hu^c p r a c t i c a l
from a C h i c a r o p a p e r for t h e n e g a t i v e s . I t h i n k t h a t t i n e v i l l p r o v e j o k e worked on the u n s u s p e c t i n g p u b l i c . I t c o n s i s t e d of a l a r r , c h o t -
t h a t t h i s i s no fal-.e. I ' v e l i v e d h e r e t o o l o n r t o t r y and fool p e o p l e a i r b a l l o o n w i t h a rod a c r o s s the b o t t o n , t o which were a t t a c h e d two
I have no d e s i r e for n o t o r i e t y . I t ' s en a i r s h i p , and i f you d o n ' t Japanese lanterns. I t was s e n t up a b o u t 9 : J 0 o ' c l o c k by s e v e r a l w e l l -
b e l i e v e i t , look a t t h e p i c t u r e and be c o n v i n c e d . I can swear t h a t I known r e s i d e n t s , and t o t h o s e [Link] were n o t "on t h e i n s i d e " i t looked
sav the a i r s h i p . To can t h r e e o t h e r men h e r e , whose word s t a n d s v e i l l i k e a v e r i t a b l e a i r s h i p . I h n y c l . l i n e d th-.y c o u l d s e e t h p body of t h e
in t h i s c o r o u n i t y , " t h i n ^ , w i t h r u d d e r and w i n g s . It caused i n t e n s e e x c i f n e n t . A sub­
!!AJJY PEOPLE GAM I T . u r b a n r e s i d e n t now h a s t h e r c n n . i n t a which l a n d e d i n h i s yard about
From v a r i o u s p a r t s o f t h e n o r t h s i d e , C h i c a p o , t h e s t r a n g e a e r i a l ! l O : J O o ' c l o c h .
v i s i t o r was seen l a s t n i p h t . Many p e o p l e a r e v i l l i c e t o t a k e o a t h I Rock I s l a n d , I l l i n o i s , A p r i l 1 2 . — H u n d r e d s of p e o p l e stood on t h e
t h a t t h e y sow i t , and t h a t i t v a s n o t a s t a r , c o « * t , or a n y t h i n g o f ] s t r e e t s f o r h a l f an honr t o - n i " , h t and Raied a t an o b j e c t in t*--n n o r t b -
that nature. I t a p p e a r e d r a r e l i k e an - e l e c t r i c l l p i t , [Link] c o l o r ' u e s t which a p p e a r e d t o be moving, and which t h e y b e l i e v e d was t h e a i r -
a t t i t l e s frora w h i t e t o red and p r e e n . Slowly i t d r i f t e d a c r o s s t h e > s h i p . J a n e s K e r r , a Rocl: I s l a n d f n m c r , s a y s he saw the s h i p a t 8 ; J 0
s k y , p r o v i n g disr,, d i s a p p e a r i n g and r e t u r n i n g a t i n t e r v a l s . Croat
crowds watched t h e m y s t e r i o u s l i g h t and a w v e l o d . At Korth avenue and o ' c l o c k t h i s n o r n i t v j ,
[Link] s t r e e t a g r o u p of r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s w a t c h e d i t for n e a r l y an E l k i i a r t , I n d i a n a , A p r i l 12.—A l a r g e n u a b c r ' o f p £ r ' s " o n s ~ c T n o ' t o
hour fror: t h e r o o f o f Herman f r y ' s d r u g s t o r e . They a r e n i l w i l l i n g h a v e s e e n an a i r s h i p p a s s i n g over t h i s c i t y between 10 o ' c l o c k and
t o swear t h e l i g h t v a s s o m e t h i n g t h e y n e v e r had seen b e f o r e , and c o u l d jdriiflht l a s t n i g h t .
not account for, Vhen t h e y f i r s t n o t i c e d i t t h e t h i n g was o v e r t o w a r d 11357 A p r i l 1 3 " l T u e s T E S i l y H e p u b l i c a n T U e c a t u r . " 1 JXrT'p'-" 1'"'
t h e [Link]'-'cst. I t r r a d u a l l y d r i f t e d In t h e i r d i r e c t i o n , and a p p e a r e d
t o r i s e !iig;:er and h i g h e r u n t i l i t v a s l o s t t o v i e w . AIR-SHIIP BEATS A TR1IN / B u r l i n g t o n , l a , ( F i i g i n e e r P u l l a r d . .)
[Link].'G CROWDS LOOK ALOPT. Observed a t H o l i n e , 1 1 1 .
In S t e r l i n g t h e p e o p l e l o o k e d a l o f t S a t u r d a y n i p h t , and Sunday H o l i n e , 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 13-—The a i r s h i p vaa seen p i s s i n p s o u t h o v e r
n i g h t many e y e s were t u r n e d h e a v e n w a r d , though not in a s p i r i t of d e ­ R e « Pock r i v e r , a fev r . l l * s s o u t h of t h e c i t y , a b o u t [ 6 : 3 0 1 o ' c l o c k
votion. The u s u a l S a t u r d a y nipJit g a t h e r i n g of p e o p l e on t h e s t r e e t s y e s t e r d a y corning, by a nurober o f f a r m e r s , Benjenin C a r r , • p r o n l n e n t >
e n l i v e n e d by c r i e s of "There she e o e s , " and "Rubber n e c k . " Cajigs f a r m e r , a v e r s t h a t he saw I t q u i t e d i s t i n c t l y . He d e s c r i b e s i t as I
s t o o d on s t r e e t " c o r n e r s a n d ' l o o k e d a t " s t a r eyed Venus u n t i l t h e i r ' e v e s h a v i n p a c i g a r - s h a p e d body o r h u l l , a p p a r e n t l y about 15 f e e t l o n g ,
v th l a r
s w n w i t h t e a r s , but t h e b e a u t i f u l s t a r x t w i n k l e d s e r e n e l y on and * 6 e v i n g l l k e p r o j e c t i o n * on each s i d e . I t was a t • g r e a t
r e f u s e d t o n o v e . S e v e r a l p e o p l e , however, aav t h a t t h e v saw a troving h e i g h t and v a s moving r a p i d l y . The m y s t e r i o u s l l p . h t s v e r e seen d i s - .
l i p n t in t h e S A Y , sor.e S a t u r d a v n i * t and o t h e r s l a s t n i g h t . There t i n c t l y by a [Link] o f c i t i z e n s about m i d n i g h t S a t u r d a y , h o v e r i n g o v e r ,
in a pood cieal o f r o w , f o r i m a g i n a t i o n t o p l y a l o n g t h e c o n s t e l l a t i o n s t h e t r i - c i t i e s and t h e n p a s s i n g o f f t o t h e n o r t h w a r d ,
f; Seen a t L i n c o l n .
1897 A p r i l li (rlon) S t r e a t o r { 1 1 1 . ) D a i l y F r e e ' P r e s s , p . 3 . L i n c o l n , 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 1 3 . - - T h i s c o m u n i t y v«a worked up t o a h i g h
p i t c h l a s t n i p h t a b o u t 8 o ' c l o c k by t h e a p p e a r a n c e of a moving c o n t r i ­
The boys o u t a t t h e T h r e e rI j u n c t i o n r e p o r t an a i r s h i p l a s t S a t u r ­ v a n c e in t h e h e a v e n s s u p p l i e d v i t h w h i t e and g r e e n l i r h t s . I t vaa
day n i g h t . They s h o u l d b o i l t h e i r d r i n k i n g w a t e r . a b o u t 2000 f e e t h i g h . i b o v e t h e c l o u d s , «Jid t w v l n g n o r t h e a s t e r l y , vhen ■
—That b r i g h t o b j e c t s e e n i n t h e sky t h i e a f t e r n o o n was n o t an a i r I t changed i t s c o u r s e , polr.g toward S t . L o u i s . More t h a n 200 people •
ship. I t waa t h e a u n . saw i t , and itany c l a i m I t v a s t h e a i r s h i p so guch t a l k e d s h o u t .
13.3. That a i r s h i p acheme l a b e i n g expoaed now. I t a p p a a r u t h a t 8 o « 1 8 9 7 A p r i l 13 ( l u e s ) .Evening T e l e g r a p h d l x o n , i l i . J , p . ' 5 .
j o k e r a have been s e n d i n g up p a p e r b a l l o o n s t o v h l c h a p o l e was a t t a c h ­
ed and on t h i s p o l e two o r t h r e e c o l o r e d l i g h t s had been f a s t e n e d . Suburban S i t t i n g s . / B a r r i a o n . / A p r i l 1 2 .
1 4 , 3 . The Ottawa J o u r n a l and F r e e T r a d e r r e p o r t e r s f i x e d up a fake L a a t F r i d a y n i g h t i n t h e n o r t h w e s t a b o u t 4 5 d e g r e e s above t h a i
a i r s h i p S a t u r d a y n i g h t , composed of a b i g p a p e r b a l l o o n and a b a l l of h o f i i o n our c i t i i e n a were a t t r a c t e d by * l i g h t which a t f i r s t aoa*
c o t t o n , t h e l a t t e r b e i n g s e t on f i r e and s e r v i n g a s a " h e a d l i g h t " f o r t h o u g h t * e t a r , but a f t e r a c i n e c a w t o t h e c o n c l u s i o n t h a t i t waa
Che s h i p , and s t a r t e d t h e " v e s s e l " s a i l i n g away. Then t h e y g o t t o n o t , t h e n e x t t h e o r y waa t h a t i t wa* t h e l i g h t of an a i r s h i p . Thar* ,
l a u g h i n g o v e r t h e Joke and f o r g o t t o m e n t i o n t h e g r e a t d i s c o v e r y and were nany who saw I t and watched i t u n t i l i t d l s a p p « a r c d . ;
l e t W i l l [ H a y d y ] , of t h e R e p u b l i c a n - T i n e s , scoop t h e o on t h e i r own 10.4. C h i c a g o R e p o r t e r s See T h i n g s . .
trick. Now ; S p e c a " i s t r y i n g t o show how he a c c o m p l i s h e d t h a i f a c t , The Nebraska a i r s h i p h a s toade I t s a p p e a r a n c e i n C h i c a g o . Ue hav*
b u t M k t h e o t h e r f e l l o w s seem t o have a " h o s a " on him. c o n s i d e r e d i t v e r y s t r a n g e t h a t Chicago n e w s p a p e r s s h o u l d p e r * i t Oaah*
1 6 , 3 . The i n d i c a t o r s a r e goowlng much b r i g h t e r e v e r y day f o r t h e e l e c e d i t o r s t o scoop them so c o m p l e t e l y a s h a s been t h e acoop by t h a wooly
t i o n of t h e e n t i r e R e p u b l i c a n c i t y t i c k e t . And t h i s i e no a i r s h i p west r e p o r t e r s i n t h a t a i r s h i p b u s l n e s a . However, t h e windy c i t y
dream, e i t h e r . L e l d l t o r s h a v t a t l a s t e d wakened and " g o t i n t o " t h e a i r a h l p r a c k e t .
io'/f A p r i i i.? ^ i f n j i . n U y L-recso s ' i a y l o r s v i i i e , i l l ■ i ■ p- " • They have [ s p i e d ] i t i n C h i c a g o , r i g h t o v e r t h e c i t y on t h e n o r t h a i d e
and w e s t s i d e and I t , " v e r y l i k e ■ w h a l e , " such * • t h e good P o l o n l u *
The Air S h i p . saw t o p l e a s e H m l e c i i *
T i c [Link]"- a n - f i l l e d w i t h a c c o u n t s o f an s i r S h i p t h a t h a s 1 2 , 2 . Hawkeye f a k e .
b^en ocon a t :\:r:A h o v e r i n r , o v e r towns in I o v a , "[Link] , ' ^ b r a e k f t , 8^ The a e r o n a u t who e s c a p e s t h e v i g i l a n c e of t h e p e o p l e of t h e great
M i s s o u r i nnu [Link].. The m y s t e r i o u s a p p a r i t i o n h i s been seen by n o r t h w e s t t h e s e n i g h t w i l l have t o keep h i s n * c h l n e d a r k .
r e s i d e n t s of Chicnpo [Link] Kanl'.akee and i s l i a b l e a t any t i r e t o v i s i t 1 2 , 8 . Venus low down l i f ' t h e n o r t h w e s t e r n sky l o o k s l i k e tba h e a d l i g h t
this Bicinity, I t ir. i n s c r i b e d a s a d a r , c l r . a r thaped b o d y , 50 f e e t of an e n g i n e 3 n i l e s away. Kany of o u r c l t l z e n a watched I t S a t u r d a y
l o n p .inO ti t o 10 f e e t in a i i u f . e t e r , w i t h w i n g - l i k e n t t o c h r e n t s on t h e e v e n i n g t h i n k i n g of t h e a i r s h i p .
side. The t o p i s capped by a b a l o o n l i k e bop a t t a c h e d t o t h e l o w e r 1 3 , 1 . HcCann h a s a p h o t o .
p a r t by r o p e s . At s o r e p o i n t s o n l y t h e l i p h t s v e r e v i s i b l e , b u t S . They Push t h e Fake A l o n g .
a l w a y s ' a t l e a s t one p o w e r f u l l i p h t , f l o a t i n g in ti.e a i r helcw t h e T h i s i s b r i n g i n g t h e fake b u s i n e s s down t o » f i n e p o i n t . A *an in
c l o u d s , t h u s d i s p e l l i n g t h e t h e o r y o f nany t r . a t t h e y o r e f . t a r s . C h i c a g o t o o k a snap s h o t a t t h e a i r - a h i p and good a good n e g a t i v e , and
I'jix I. J l o s r a r , s e c r e t o r y o f t h e a e r o n a u t i c a l a s s o c i a t i o n , d e c l a r e s , " n e u ; p , p e r 0 f t h , t c l l y h«a p r i n t e d * * copy~of vb*C i t i * y a " i a tb«
t l i n i t h e a p p a r i t i o n i s nn a i r s h i p , He s a y s KkK t k = » he knows one o f p h o t o g r a p h . We have b e l i e v e d a l l a l o n g t h * t Chicago n e v e p a p e r a and
t h e t h r e e r e n who a r e in i t . He s a y s t h a t t h e y have d i s c o v e r e d t h e C h i c a g o e n e r g y , cheek and g a l l would s c o o p O u h a on t h e a i r s h i p e x c l t a *
s e c r e t o f o e r i n l r . a v i r n t i o n and t h a t t h e y a r e a c o p t i n r t h i s method s e n t b e f o r e t h e t h i n g e n d e d . We do n o t h e a l t a t * t o p r o p h e s y t h a t t h *
f o r f r e e and u n l i r . i t r d a d v e r t i s i n g , lie c l a i r s t h a t he vas informed a i r s h i p n a v i g a t o r , p r o b a b l y an a e r i a l o l d s k i p p e r f r o a t h e Moon, w i l l
s e v e r a l weeks a^o t h a t t h e c r a f t had s t a r t e d froti f^an " r a n c i r . c o and be l e c t u r i n g in Chicago on i n c i d e n t s c o n n e c t e d w i t h h l a t r i p t o tha
e a r t h a s soon a s he c a t c h e s on t o t h e d i a l e c t of t h a t c i t y , »_
would end in - a s h i r . p t o n , a f t e r hoverinp. o v e r a l l t h e towns of any l o £ 7 A p r i i 13 (TucsJ C o l e s b u r g , I I I . , Evening H a i l , p . T . trao-fcdj
si?.-, m o r d e r t o prgnr.e p u b l i c i n t e r e s t i n a e r i a l n a y i r a t l o n .
l « y ; 'AVnl l J ( l u e s ) Dally Pantagraph (Bloonlngton, 111.)', p . 5. j IT I S ALL A DELUSION. / P r o f . Thwing o f Kno* C o l l e g e Has a D e f i n i t e
[ O p i n i o n About t h e Supposed A l r s l i p . /
Discussed the A i r s h i p . I T h e r e v e i a l o t o f exejten>ent around t h e Santa, Te d e p o t l a a t n i g h t
—A number of Bloomlngton p e o p l e t u r n e d up y e s t e r d a y who c l a i m e d t o c a u S e d b y t h e a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p . Bay Norton v a j '
have seen t h e a i r s h i p , n o t e d In t h e P a n t a g r a p h y e s t e r d a y m o r n i n g , on t h e f i r s t t o s e e i t , a b o u t 8 o ' c l o c k , and t h e news s p r e a d . In a fev
Sunday. The d i r e c t i o n I t f o l l o v e d i s n o t s t a t e d t h e same by a l l of t h e ^ j p u t e s t h e r e v e r e f i f t y p e o p l e on t h e s t a t i o n p l a t f o n a t o s e e t h e
witnesses. The C h i c a g o p a p e r s have long a c c o u n t s of t h e a p p e a r a n c e of s i g h t . The l i g h t was b r i l l i a n t l y v h i t e , and seemed t o be i n t h e iky
t h e a e r i a l v i s i t o r a t Rogers P a r k , and a l s o a t Milwaukee and o t h e r a b o u t n i d » e y b e t v e e n t h e v e s t and n o r t h . No c o l o r e d l i g h t s v e r e t o be
p l a c e s . At Milwaukee i t i s c l a i m e d t h e s h i p was s e e n by 1,000 p e o p l e . s e e n v i t h t h e w h i t e l i g h t . The l i g h t :noved up and dovo aad i n an i r -
 regular course, and could be seen going slowly north. Suddenly the
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a kite and v u not at a great a l t i t u d e . Hair/ u v I t .
light failed altogether, and nothing more could be seen of I t . ) Burlington, l a . April 12.—Engineer F.L. Bullsxd..,
An Evening Mall reporter t h i s morning saw Pcof. Thving, Instructor Bock Island, I U . , April 12.— Hundred! of people stood oa thi
in astronorsy at Knox college, with reference to the supposed air ship, s t r e e t for half an hour tonight and gated at an objtct ia the north­
which i s said t o have passed over t h i s c i t y l a s t ovening. Prof. Thwln west vhich appeared to be moving and vhich they were led to believe
said that in his estimation the air ship was nothing save a fire bal-'''waa the a i r s h i p . Some of then are s t i l l convinced that they sav ths
loon which had been sent up by * some practical Joker. He stated that now faawus a e r i a l navigator, but the Illusion vas a planet which v u
he had not seen anything, either from_tbe. observatory or from bin hoc*^ given the appearance of being on the swve by the Botloa of the clouds
which would lead him to think that an a i r ship va S s a i l i n g about the _ a b o v e l t , J ( U M a Ke„t , took r I r e r tmt0Ff t i y , b e „v t h e > h l
coun
!:ryi „ „ 6:30 t h i s morning.
Frotr. the reports vhich I have ehard, he said, there Is no doubt ^ 0 7 A u 1 3 ^ e > ) Ottawa, 111., Journal, p. 3.
in my air.d t h a t the object which 16 at present i n t e r e s t i n g the whole
country is not a planet."
A GREAT "SCOOP." / A Bait Thrown Out by Three Newspaper Ken—I*
The theory advanced by Prof. Humetslc] of Chicago, that the light
sten by many Is the star Alpha Orionls, Prof, Thving seems to doubt. Gobbled by a Fellow Craftsman.
The only possible explanation for the phenomenon if i t is a planet, GREAT SCOTT! DID we get a acoop on then at last? exclalned the
is that i t Is a comet, but the comet has many c a h r a c t e r l s t l c s vhich city editor of one of our contemporaries l a s t evening vhen he discov­
are absolutely lacking in t h i s stiBnge-appearlng object. ered that no other paper had an a r t i c l e about the mysterious air ship
passing over Ottawa.
Prof. Thvinp will be at the Knox college observatory t h i s evening,
and if any strange movement takes place in the heavens he hopes to see 1 The wiley editor had labored hard on the a r t i c l e . He had no l e u j
it. than a dozen Interviews with people who claimed t o have seen the aeri —
In conclusion the professor said that he believed the day vas not ' al vonder. All described i t as passing very rapidly tovards the
southwest, the direction the wind was bloving on that evening. There
far distant when an invention would be [Link] by ireans of which people , ,_ , , . , , „ > .
vouid be able t o pierce the unknown regions of the a i r , vhich have not u « * l i t t l e « « « « » « of °P™™ " t 0 t h * " n e ° J ? " i n * " w i , ? '
yet m yielded up t h e i r secrets to the overland t r a v e l e r . the color of the l i g h t . This the - r l t e r noted csxefully and S av c the
A telegram from Burlington to a Chicago Doming paper says: "En- • " e g e d exact words of those interviewed.
l n closin
glneer F.L Dullard, on engine Ho. 390, of the fast mail, savs he sav... 6 he Stated that "Ugh over the t a l eat bu Idlngs of the
W April 13 iTuesl Llncold ( i l l ) Wkly Courier, p. b. (card 1) city » « « « « « " « * * &'""* ^ °oved and vas .tared at by thousand.
I of peoplt
people in the s t r e e t s and on housetops, vbo said i t vas the Kansas
WAS IT THE AIRSHIP? t Strange thing Been In the Western Heavens. / a i r s h i p . " _ . .
A Huge Head Light Seen on a V Shaped Contrivance Moving at a Surpri­ There were three people who the reporte* avoided during the day,
sing Rate of Speed—Seen by Hundreds of Excited People. / for fear that they might possibly be Bind readers and Steal hia
"scoop," that could have given full particulars of the mysterious
-J*. The country has been excited and astounded for a week past by
a e r i a l monster, both aa t o i t s construction and t o the nethod of
reports €f a mysterious craft navigating the blue dome of heaven.
sending i t from t e r r a firms. These three gsntlemen were H.J. r a r r e l l
There have been irJiny queer stories t o l d . The imagination of some has nnd W.O. Dunpliy of tho Tree Trailer and W.J. Tarrott of The Journal,
been stretched to the utmost tension. Scientific men have differed They had secured the a i r s h i p , vhich was a green and white paper bal­
and been puzzled. Sorr.e claim that i t i s a mirage; others charge I t loon, at Capen's drug store Saturday evening and sent It up from
to imagination and more than one entertain tha opinion that nan has Columbus s t r e e t between 10 and 11 o'clock. The strong vind carried
Invented an air ship and Is navigating space between earth and the i t rapidly in a southward direction and those vho got a glicpse of
heavens. The l a s t [Link] explanation is disputed as the contrivance the "monster" were not able to ascertain what l t vas, but believed in
nan not been known to land anywhere for fuel or supplies, nor has the keeping up with the procession and scattered the news broadcast that
s t a r t i n g place been discovered to establish i t s human origin. Such an t n e v h & d B e e n t n e aygterious a i r s h i p .
important invention or such a hazardous voyage could not be undertaken The idea of getting "scooped" vhen ve assisted in furnishing
in t h i s country without the word being flashed over the vires and the jjiaterlal for the a r t i c l e is hard luck.
world told of the »onder, There is another class vho claim l t as an A m April 13 ITuesI (Julncy t a l l y Herald, p. J. TcTrTn
expedition from Kara sent out to investigate the earth and i t s people,\
A V SIT 7 TBE
but t h i s theory cannot be supported, for the distance from Mars t o the ^ ° AIRSHIP. / Con. Barry Had aa Encounter Last Night. /
earth is to far that according to a description of the craft i t would He Cains a Good Vlev of the Interior of the Airship and Describes All
not carry sufficient supplies to make the t r i p . Mars is the fourth He Sav—An Electric Piano Furnishes Strange Aerial Music at All Hours.
planet in size and the claim is frequently made that i t is inhabited. Cornelius Barry, the distinguished statesman and philosopher of
At the dawn of Christianity Bigns appeared announcing the coming Melrose, had a fine vlev of the airship last night. He was s i t t i n g
of Christ. Holy 6cripture has said t h a t the approaching end of the in his l i b r a r y reading the works of Confucius whin suddenly a light of
world will be told by the appearance of a blazing cross in the s k i e s . marvelous b r i l l i a n c e crossed the page. Dropping his Imported cigar
I t may be that the mysterious a i r ship is notice of another he hastened to the conservatory, and t h e r e , through the vaulted crys­
achievement of man by vhich the a i r will be cleaved and distance r e ­ t a l roof, he clearly beheld the lines of theasiaerial vonder. In the
duced to a t r i f l e . It has been promised that an invention vas pending bow was a huge e l e c t r i c search-light and the operator held t h i s on
by which 150 miles an hour could be made. Whether human or super­ Prof. Barry u n t i l he thought he vas in a flambeaux procession. Then
n a t u r a l , curiosity and interest never vere so intense. The s u p e r s t i t ­ a hoarse voice exclaimed; "Vie gehts bei Ihnenl" and the ship slowly
ious predict dire disasters and t e l l that i t Is a warning of the comlni rose and passed over the Bryan pole at the c o m e r s . Con grabbed his s
of another flood, and if the world wishes to be saved l t must resort shot gun and followed. Half a mile i farther on the ship l e t off a
t o v e s s e l s . This explanation is very plausible considering the copi­ cloud of steam and slowly nestled to the earth. The Yenturesooe Barry
ous rains and the prevailing floods along the great r i v e r s . crept up and saw that the passengers consisted of two »cn and a beau­
Seen by Llncolnians. t i f u l g i r l . The cabin or the ahip vas b r l l l i s m t with e l c e t r i c l t y and
Monday night the mysterious air ship which has been seen In Neb­
raska, Iowa, I l l i n o i s and Wisconsin, paid a v i s i t to Lincoln. The » colored man In a white duck suit vas serving supper on a spotless
hour vaa eight o'clock, clouds were heavy, lightening flashing and bonqilit"'t«bl'eT~TCn electlc piano furnished'Tively wsic""*aiid toe car
rain pouring down. More than fifty people stood on Pulstki s t r e e t '" was radiant vith silver and polished brass. One of the passengers vas
and whenever the lightening flashed and the clouds separated they a venerable man in a Turkish costume. He had a white beard whicn j
could see a coving light in the vestern heavens moving northeast. ■>«mitf xa g l n t l s strdamed to his girdle and h« amused himself by
John Fitzgerald, Fred Reinhardt and Louis Kief probably obtained feeding vhole cocoanut* to a huge pink baboon which sat on the piano
a b e t t e r view of i t than anyone e l s e . Mr. Fitzgerald declares i t and had large gold rings in i t s ears.
came toward Lincoln with a headlight as large as an arc e l e c t r i c Then con was further surprised at seeing the g i r l stand up on the
lamp, that the headlight was in front of a V-shaped object, that the ' table and wind a large purple and white anaconda about her neck Just
t a n * course vas suddenly changed and the light became green and then *■» it i t vere a feather boa. She danced l i g h t l y and gracefully to
disappeared behind the clouds. It vas moving rapidly. the music of the piano and then tossed half a doien bottles of cham­
Reinhardt's hardware store was s t i l l open. The flashing l i g h t pagne dovn the yawning Javs of the serpent. Meanvhile theother t a l c
caused them to thiaX i t a f i r e . They ran out the back way and ob­ passenger vas teaching a piebald kangaroo to Jump over a vailing stick
tained a fine view at times vhen the cloude permitted. They did not which he held a foot over his head.
see anything like a ship but are certain i t moved very fast. "This must be a sideshow out on a vacation," mumured Coo.
The C. 1 A. operator telegraphed from Williamsville about 8:25 t o Here the baboon lighted a huge cigar and sent clouds of ssoke out
be on the lookout for I t , that i t vaa moving in a southaaui veaterly of i t s ears. The kangs-roo sat down and began to read a newspaper
d i r e c t i o n , and shortly thereafter i t vas seen again. vhile the snake suspended i t s e l f fooa the chandelier and slovly fanned
A sensational report vas In circulation the next morning t h a t the .the lady v i t h an ivory fan.
a i r s h i p landed near Williamsville and then suddenly ascended faster Then Con crossed himself and fainted_. ___„.__ [
than a pigeon could fly. As williamsville i s ' a prohibition town the | This morning the ahip was gone, but liiiTf a doien ejrpty~"S6liTes
story is qu*6tioned. '! were found where l t rested; also a card bearing t h i s e words:
Patrick Healey, S.R. Moulden, A.H. Hatholn, Adam Denger, Leo /DR. LESLIE E. KEELEI, / OPIUM HABIT CURED / IU TEH TREATMENTS. /
Lehrberger, George Scheid, Will Ogle, Jeff Davis and many others Conductor Malley and Rapoleon Bonaparte Richardson, the Wabash
vouch for the appearance of the moving light so there Is no doubt baggageman, both saw the airship fro» t h e i r t r » l n l a s t evening. They
but what i t vas seen here. f i r s t saw i t near Perry Springs, and i t van slowly soring v«st. Rch-
Seen in Other Places. ardson says that k i t vas made of slualnua in the shspe of A bugs
Ferguson, Ho., April 12.--A big fire balloon, a i r ship or some­ cigar, and t h a t It had things on the aide r e s e t t l i n g vings. At one
thing of the kind was seen west of here at 8:30 p.m. by a number of time l t sank so low that he could d i s t i n c t l y hear and accordioa play­
people. I t disappeared moving rapidly north. ing "Just Tell Then That Youx Sav Me."
Elgin, 1 1 1 . , April IS.—The a i r ship was plainly v i s i b l e from E1-; Al Curry and George D. Brockaan, of Mt. S t e r l i n g , and a negro
gin to-night in the southeast. It moved as a l i c h t would attached to
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najred E.W. Watts also saw the a e r i a l oonster at the sane time. Hon. Teturned fror, T/elavan on the C. , H, l> S t . P . , said hla attention vis
F,W. [Link], station agent at Ht. Sterling saw the nyatertoua noctur- called to i t at Pulton, and that there and at Clinton the people vere
nal wanderer and reported i t to his headquarters. Postraater Darts greatly excited. All the way down to Rock Island the llpht vBa w*tch~
Bays t h a t I t grazed the Presbyterian Church aa i t passed over the town ed with extrcn* i n t e r e s t . On the Burlington the passengers f i r s t ob- ',
Hannibal, Mo., April 13.—The nysterioua cloud-dweller stopped Served It at S t e r l i n e . Amonfc then vas General Hana^er W.C. Erown .
here l a s t , night to take on a i r . An anchor rose t r a i l i n g behind Mr. Brown is a r e t i c e n t , conservative man. "Yea, ve saw an unusual
NXKkai knocked off Will Watson's h a t , and when he shouted a renonatr*a lipht in the northwest," he e a l ^ ^ y i d . looked * t j t fully to »lnute»' I
ce soem one leaned over the aide of the vessel and threv a beer b o t t l e l i n traveling down this way, but whether It was'a planet or" something
at him. The b o t t l e ia nov on exhibition at the Park Hotel. else I am not enouph of r>n astronomer to explain. I do not think I t
Cacp Point, April 13.~Revade Snyder's divorce s u i t l i overshedovJcver saw i t before; at l e a s t i t did not impress ne before. If i t
ed by news of the a i r s h i p . Deputy Sheriff Both saw i t west of town ,had a t a i l i t wight be considered a truant conet, and vet the absence
l a s t K±jJH evening. A rope ladder was l e t down and a man descended of the t a l l rcirht be explained in the fact that the body is coninp
I t . When he cane to a t r e e he swung off and disappeared l a the dark- d i r e c t l y toward the e a r t h . I have formed no convictions aa yet as t o
ness. An hour l a t e r San Wallace was seen on the s t r e e t s . There's the existence of an a i r s h i p . "
some nystery here. The P c i e n t i f l c View.
Jacksonville, April lg.—Undoubtedly what i s a huge a i r s h i p passed So f u s c i e n t i s t s throurhout the country have added no l i r h t to
over t h i s c i t y l a s t night. I t moved west at a d e l i b e r a t e pace and that which has of l a t e i l l u n i n a t e d the firmament and cauied so much
lowered a siphon on reaching the railway tank. I t seems that they ran anniercnt and concern. An Argus representative attec-ptcd todav to
out of clouds on t h e i r Journey. The ship looka l i k e a r e g a l i a cigar find the local astronomical and n e t e o r o l o r i c a l authority, Prof. Rich-
done up in t i n - f o i l . All the seminary g i r l s l e f t t h e i r windows un- »rd !!ansill, in order to learn i f he had been civinp the strajipe v t a i -
tor n
faatened l a s t night. ny a t t e n t i o n , but t h r professor was out of town.
To 'itosj
' ' '(■Jiitcy J'ornir.r.
"" ~ '.ihir, p-J> icard i I "~I Two younc b a r r i s t e r s planned a t r i c k to fool the unsmpectlnp who
jh-ive be*n consid"r*blv worked up over th^ a i r chip. Th"Y called at
IT WAS Ti!". Alii^KIP f.L'RE. / Hundreds of Persons fav I t ^ver lulncy. / an uptown i t o r e "nd asked i f they could look over sone balloons— '•
'JiiCL.1: Cr,\JWiV-t r,X;:l'!'t;D. / S c i e n t i s t s Looking for the IVsterious those kind the boys send up on Fourth" of July n i r h t . But the Merchant
5tranrcr-- l ;ioo!"[Link] ^ccs i t in Daylirht—Interviews «ith Eminent h^d none. The lawyers were apparently [Link] disappointed, as thev were
[Link] ;*!!--: "ore Inscriptions of I t . / a l l Smiles and chuckles when thev entered.
Any nu.-.ber of r e l i a b l e witnesses were found Pupriiy and yesterday 1897 April 13 ITue.J Rock I s l a n d , 1 1 1 . , Union, p. 5"" [card 1)
who declared tiify hid [Link] the airship which passed over Oyincy short-l
ly after U o'clock Katurdny nifht, and quite a nuri-er of telephone THE AIR SHIP. / Rock Islanders See the Navigator of the Skies. / The
raessnres '-ere received i t t h i s office from persons it.o desired to Apparition Seen by Many la t h i s City on Hondajr Evening Vm, Carr «
collahornl" the [Link] of the presence of the rr/sterious stranper, flock River Farmer, Saw the Ship in Broad Daylight. / '
Cne ran deci'treJ that he had not only witnessed the thir.r, hut heard t h e aRock l r Bhl
islander* heretofore have not taken a great deal of stock In
vhIcn v
a d i s t i n c t [Link] noise as i t passed over the c i t y . A farmer in P as reported to be cavorting about the i k i e i ia
'telror.e. livinj- four [Link] south of the c i t y was in town sterdgy and v a r i ° U H Northwestern s t a t e s , but the number of ikeptlcs was reduced
s t a t e ! tnot i.o w=(s s i t t i n g up with a sick child fnturday n i r h t , and by many hundred, perhaps several thousand persona, who on Monday even-i
hnr;:»ninf. to '-cot- out of the windov saw the a i r ship i s i t hovered in lng saw the strange a e r i a l Y i s i t o r with t h e i r own eye*. The a p p a r l t -
the a i r south of the c i t y . He hurried out of the house and pot a Ion was f i r s t noticed about 6 o'clock, and vai coring fro» the south­
rood look at i t . Ho said i t did not appear to be rcre than 200 feet east In a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n . What a t t r a c t e d people's attention
above the cart:: at [Link] ti.-.e, and he could plainly distinguish i t s was a l i g h t , which comapared in brightness and s i t e with the s t a r s
fcrrc. His rtcseription t a l l i e d exactly with that Riven by others who which were v i s i b l e , as an Immense arc l i g h t v o ; u l d . The body of the '
saw i t ar.c wnicn vns puhiished In The Sunday "hlf.. Ine v i s i t of the a i r s h i p , if such i t v a s , was not r i s i b l e owing to the darkneas and
a e r i a l navirator -its the talk of the town, and while sore were in­ the high a l t i t u d e at which i t was s a i l i n g . Host people vao sav the i
clined to scoff, vitn so [Link] corroborative evidence fror r e l i a b l e l i g h t , are ready t o affirm t h a t I t proceeded froa a machine directed
witneoscs i t is i r r o o s l b l e to ooubt that I t was r e a l l y an a i r s n l p that by human agency. They Infer t h l a from the eccentric or o s c i l l a t i n g
was seen . course jut* pursued by the heavenly navljtator, and also from the fact '
that the l i g h t was not of - the'same i n t e n s i t y at a l l t i n e s , and finally;
S c i e n t i s t s and astronorers a l l over the country have becore deeply
disappeared. Several hundred were gathered along Second avenue, and ,
i n t c r e s t e c in tne oirsnip and are tr;/infi t o find out rore about i t .
for a few minutes vere able t o obaerve the light without t r o u b l e . i
A dis-jatcn frer St. Louis says:
"Telescopes at riashinpton and at Ht. Louis u n i v e r s i t i e s swept the Then as i t progressed In a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n , the buildings oo
Ci:-/ Trcrr [Link] to horizon in a northwesterly direction l a s t nifht anc the north aide of the avenue obacured the view, and men raced down to
the ;;rifc5;ors at these i n s t i t u t i o n s endeavored to solve the r^.'stery the r i v e r front to obtain a point of vantage. The l i g h t was la tight
that is no- [Link], the central west. about 15 nlnutes, and f i n a l l y disappeared ao suddenly at to suggest
i t ir- t:ie rcncral belief tnot an airship Is floatinp over the that i t had been shut off by the caji in the ship.
st-ites cf [Link], I l l i n o i s , Iowa and Kansas. This Belief is enter- Among those who saw the atrnange v i s i t o r v u the Hon. E.I. H u n t ,
[Link] bv :-.en of s c i n t i f l c a t t a i n r e n t s as well as those not so well and several other ladeia and gentlemen residing on Sixth avenue. Kr.
versed in ir.c fieia of natural phlloeopny. Hurat was armed with an opera glaaa , and while not prepared to my
that the l i g h t proceeded from an a i r s h i p he does not see how the ap-
Tne [Link] t:;at a stranRe a e r i a l body had been seen becare current
jpearaiice can be explained on any other hypothesis. Beside the bright
a fortnif*:it aro ana was laugnea a t . I t was repeated and wise rcen, , . ,
!light already described, Mr. Hurst says, he and others who suryeyed
The Trenton (Mo.) Republican says the a i r s h i p was seen by a num­ jthe sky with the aid of the g l a s s , noticed that the ship or c e t l e a t l a l
ber of persons In that v i c i n i t y . v i s i t o r to thla mundane sphere, was followed by a faint t r a i l of l i g h t
BloommECon, 1 1 1 . . . . I Another confirmation of the correctness of the infom*tioo coalag
1097 April 13 (Tues) iiock Island, 1 1 1 . , [Link], p . 3 - [card l j ;froo a l l directions i s ttatx furnished by General Superintendent V.C.
[Brown, of the Burlington system, who came in from CMcaeo shortly
SAW SCJOmiHIG. / People Attracted by a Light in the Heavens. / THINK after 0 o'clock" on a special ttrraaiinn.. He saw the l i g h t a l l the way from'
IT l-TTSTEaiCUS AIR SHIP/ A p Possible Astronomical Txplanatlon—Passen-Denrock to Rock Island. The f l r a t person on the t r a i n to notice I t
pers on a Train, Including General Manager Brown, Watch, i t for ItO was the brakeman, who called the a t t e n t i o n of the people in the car
t0
I'inutes, ' l - They a l l proceeded to the front platform of the c a r , and u n t i l
the
People who vere down town l a s t evening conrreKrttcd alonp. Second t r a i n reached Rock Island the gate of everyone was riveted on i t .
avenue and naied for half an hour at a stranp.e [Link] in the northwest M r - Brown'a description of the l i g h t and i t s p e c u l i a r i t i e s coincides
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which rjiny were convinced was the mysterious a i r s h i p . The object, i*h that given above. He i s not quite prepared to believe that a
which appeared to be nuch nearer thn earth than any of the planbts, practicable airship has been perfected, and i n c l i n e ! to the belief
and the lifcht, because of i t s close proximity vas more l i k e an arc that the l i g h t emanates fron some * c e l e s t i a l body which has for soste
e l e c t r i c K3 globe, [Link] to sway gently the tnore intently i t was o b o inscrutable reason been deflected from i t s natural o r b i t ,
served, and eventually i t disappeared as mysteriously as i t came. I" addition to a l l t h i s i t reamins to be said that one man saw the
Swift, fleeting clouds were movinp across the sky at the t i n e , after alrhaip In daylight. That man ia William Carr, who l i v e s on Rock
the l u l l in the storm, and were massing for the subsequent attack of t r l v e r , between the Tower and Prospect park, and iwritrt delivers milk
thunder, lightening and r a i n . There were people skeptical enough to in Hollne. Hr. Carr la a r e l i a b l e man, and he declares that he saw i
declare that the unnatural l l p h t was [Link] one of the larper p l a n e t s - a t about 8:30 on Monday morning going over his place in a southerlj j
-sone said Venus and others Jupiter—and that the patherinp clouds direction at a t e r r i f i c r a t e of speed and at a great [Link]. I
pave i t a [Link] piercinp, appearance and more than that contributed to *t was rectangular or funnel-shaped In i t s outlines and had two large
the idea that the heavenly body was novinp instead of the clouds, the * ™ ' ° ° ' m " ' j ^ " 1 " * ° 1 ^ ! . ,v. . , '
i l l u s i o n bcinp the consequence of fixcd"stare upon the object. The >°57 April 11 UucsJ b t c r l i n r , *11 - , ^ e . (.alette, p. t . icard l)
sa.T.c deceptive effect la produced in gazlnp at the noon over whose '
face clouds are roving, or of standinp en a boat that is pushinf froa "KINDER qUEER." / A TRUE S3C3Y OF THE AIR SHIP / Which Is Hot True but
C e t s T)!ere J u s t t,,e
the shore and iiMgininr: that the bank is r e t r e a t i n g , or of s i t t i n g in Sane—Lanark Gets Terribly Excited.
A
a car close to a movinK t r a i n on another track and feeling that the Lanark paper says the a i r ship landed in that town Monday ana
one containing the occupant is poinp, t o o ; whereas i t ray be s t a t i o n - t e l l s the following story: The a i r s h i p which has attracted such uni- '
ary a l l the t i n e . Rut t h i s is only one theory In explanation of the versal a t t e n t i o n , landed at Lanark at 3:35 t h i s norninp.
a e r i a l v i s i t o r of l a s t n i r h t . There are o t h e r s , and rany of them, who The f i r s t Intimation the people of t h i s city h*d of i t s eo«ins was
are positive that they-saw the outlines of the ship and perceived pore u h e n l n e nifht operator at the telerxa^h station was s t a r t l e d by a
than one i i c h t and that the i l l u n i n a t i n r forces were not a l l one color t e r r i f i c noise.
At
Passengers conin? in on both the Milwaukee and liurlinpton roads f i r s t he thourht a cyclone had sprunp up, but upon peering out
had observed the strnnpe object for xorw [Link]. Charles v'cHur.h, who I o f t h e window he discerned a ronster [Link] slowly descending to the (
ground. I t s iwnense wines wnfted rently up and down. I t reached
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earth vithi-: ,',ar, ; n v » t t . i t tr.c r u d d e r d e m o l i s h e d a Ir.c on a frame s t r a p p e d v i t h t i n - f o i l wrapped b r a i d . The t u n i e was « * b r o i d e r e d v i t h
hour.'!. a c o a t of n m s o v e r t h e b r e a s t , a s h i e l d v i t h a b a r i l n i i t e r of l i n k
The ni:-r a t . i r r i r . r --he f i r e h e l l s and seen p v s r v i n h a b i t a n t In t h e s a u s nA e e pu s *nd t e a r i n c a ham sandwich ran-pant.
c i t y was c u t . At f i r s t t h e v v e r e - f r r o r s t r i c k e n , t u t i t soon dawned f n i n u t e s a f t r r I e n t e r e d t h e rcon: he awoke and a i t ur>. Ia-
upon t h e n t h . i t t h e w n r . i c r o b j e c t was in r e a l i t y an a i r s h i n . ^ i ^ 1 ; ' " c r - y p n e f l e d from t h e roon e * c c p t . . r r y s c i r . After looking
focr. a f t e r i t s landing, a man not r o r e t h e n t v o f e e t in h e i s h t c a a e "<>und f o r A rcinute he s n i * I n s l a n g u a g e t h a t I a t once Anew t 0 be
o u t o f tr.e " h i p . lie were an [Link] fc*ard o f a p i n k i s h hue and h i s IVolapuk, Where am I I Hear Lanark on t h e e a r t h , I a n s v e r e d , and
head was ornamented v i t h some i v o r v l i k e s u b s t a n c e . He was h e a v i l y 'he s a i d he v a s g l a d t o be t h e r e and asked how I t h a p p e n e d ,
c l o t h e d in r o b e s r e c e ^ b l i n f t h e h i d e o f a h i p p o p o t a m u s . His f e e t were * e x p l a i n e d t h e c i r c u m s t a n c e t o him and ve had a I o n * c o n v e r s a t i o n
u n c o v e r e d n e a r t h e a n k l e s , but l a s h e d f i r m l y on t h e s o l e s v e r e t v o i n - a r e p o r t o f v h i c h I r e s e r v e Tor a n o t h e r d i s p a t c h , but In b r i e f he t o l d
he th(lt he
mense p i e c e s of i r o n o r e . About h i s neck v a s a s t r i n g , on v h i c h v e r e * J l d h i s companions v e r e an e x p l o r i n g p a r t y fron K i r s , vr.o
23 1 ' d i a m o n d s . had been f l y i n a a b o u t o v e r t h i s c o u n t r y f o r sow; w e e k s .
'"■hen asked where he came from he wide no r e p l y , b e i n g a p p a r e n t l y About m i d n i g h t he e x p r e s s e d a d e s i r e t o s e e h i s wrecked machine
deaf. and I v e n t v i t b h i n t o v i s i t i t . When he saw t h e h o l e , v i t h h i t f i n ­
Me s a i d n o t h i n g and made m o t i o n s , i n d i c a t i n g t h a t he v a n t c d some­ d e r s he b e n t t h e t o r n r i S t a l i n t o i t s p r o p e r p o s i t i o n , and s t e p p i n g , i n ­
thing, to eat or d r i n k , lie d r a n k t v o b u c k e t s f u l of v a t e r and a t e t h r e e s i d e b r o u g h t a pot o f p a s t y l o o k i n g s t u f f , v h i c h he s p r e a d o v e r where
s i d e s o f b a c o n , a f t e r d e c l i n i n g t o t a k e ham, which had been t e n d e r e d t h e r e n t had b e e n . He t h e n r a n h a s t i l y t o t h e b a m , picked up t h e
hie. b o d i e s o f h i s companions and c a r r i e d them t o s h i s s h i p . P t e r n i n R i n ­
A s h o r t t i r e a f t e r t h r e e o t h e r p e r s o n s s i m i l a r in s t a t u r e and s i m ­ s i d e he p u l l e d a l e v e r v h i c h s e t t h e p r o p e l l e r s w h i r r i n g , and t h e ■«
i l a r l y a t t i r e d came o u t o f t h e a i r s h i p by means of lonj? p e c u l i a r machine d r a g g e d i t s e l f frora t h e g r o u n d . The o p e r a t o r t h e n r e v e r s e d t h t
r o p e s , vhich reached t o t h e ground. They x c o u l d not speak o r h e a r . . m a c h i n e r y , and s h o u t i n g a f a r e w e l l t o me s l a n n e d t h e door and t h e a i r
Cne« c a r r i e d a s t a f f o f g o l d . s h i p r o s e r a p i d l y into_ t h e a i r l a n d f i n a l l y d i s a p p e a r e d I n t o t h e n i g h t ,
A CCRnrSPOHDEKT'fi STORY. :tbough t h e red l i g h t vas for a l o n p time v i s i b l e .
!
A c o r r e s p o n d e n t g i v e s a most c o m p l e t e a c c o u n t and a somewhat d i f ­ The crowd v a s a v e s t r u c k by t h e p r o c e e d i n g s . I n y s c l f , t o v a o a
f e r e n t v e r s i o n of the a f f a i r , a s f o l l o v s : i n o t h l n g i n s t r a n g e , r e t u r n e d t o Lanark and s e c u r i n g a r o o r a t t h e
I.-inarr.. A p r i l 1 0 . — T h i s " c o n - u n i t y i s ' t e r r o r t zed' by t h e s t r a n g e h o t e l , s a t - u p a l l n i f j i t e m o t i n g opium and e a t l n p h a s h e e s h t o s e t In
e v e n t s of l a s t n i r h t , which were . . _ of. such a_ n a t u r e t h a t eour _ „ c o r r „„_es­ .condition to write t h i s dispatch. . _______
p o n d s 1 did no', rvco: h i s v i t a s u f f i c i e n t l y t o te"6 Hir p a r t i c u l a r s 1^97 A p r i l 13 d u e s ) D. Preer.e ( T a y l o r s v i l l e , 1 1 1 . ) , p . J .
u n t i l t h i s a f t - m o o n . 'Hie faci.5 a r e t h e s e : T h i s morning a b o u t h o '
c l o c k a t " r r i f i c e x p l o s i o n was h e a r d and t h e p e o p l e h a r r y i n g , t o t h e i r " h a t I s I t ? /
windows sow a br it-lit ruby l i f h t s h o o t up t o t h e sky l i k e t h e flame ofl E d i t o r B r e e z e — I n Monday's i s s u e Mention of t h e a i r s h i p la r « d e
a firobdinmanan torch. Huddling on a fev c l o t h e s and h u r r y i n g t k v h i c h i s nov a t t r a c t i n g t h e a t t e n t i o n of t h e p u b l i c and t h e p r e s s . As
t h r o u p h t h e snow storm in t h e d i r e c t i o n of t h e l i g h t , v h i c h g r a d u a l l y n e v s p a p e r men a r e l a r g e l y depended upon t o run down s e n s a t i o n a l r i g o r s ,
grew d i r r - e r u n t i l i t s e t t l e d t o a plow a b o u t a s s t r o r . c a s t h e o r d i n ­ w i l l you k i n d l y r e l i e v e t h e agony of n i n d s in y o u r r e a d e r s by f u r t h e r
a r y 'ire l i g h t , h a l f a hundred men, snonp, vhorr. v a s your c o r r e s p o n d e n t , e x p l a n a t i o n . A fev c e n t u r i e s ago s i p n s and wonders were c o m o n . Fli-
d i s c o v e r e d n e a r t h e hone o f Johann F l i e g e l t o u b , t h e wreck of a s h i p j a h v e n t t o Heaven in a c h a r i o t of f i r e . Balaam's ass spoke. Joshu»
for a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n , and sou an e x c i t e d i n d i v i d u a l , c l a d in s t r a n g e c o c r a n d e d t h e sun t o s t a n d s t i l l , rhantoro s h i p s of p a s s e n g e r s cane
r a i m e n t , s h o u t i n r h y s t e r i c a l l y in an unknown l a n g u a g e a t t h e f r i f h t - down c l o s e t o t h e e a r t h and t a l k e d t o t h e n a t i v e s , b u t none o f t h e s e
ened r . r a l n r j o f t h e F l i e g e l t o u b f a m i l y , v h i l e nearbv l a v t v o p a s s e s m i r a c l e s a r e a s a d r o p of v a t e r in a f l o o d a s compared v i t h t h i s t h i n g .
of m e n d e d f l e s h and broken b o n e s t h a t had once been human b e i n g s . I t has a t a l l l i k e a cad duck and wings l i k e a s t o r k , [Link] l i g h t s
The wrecked a i r s n i n was M K a b o u t o n e - t h i r d b u r i e d in t h e ground. a g a i n s t r e a r end c o l l i s i o n s . The phantom s h i p s c o u l d , by anyone v i t h
I t was c ; r a r sh«.:»"l and made c_f a l u m i n u m , about t h i r t y f e e t l o n g by a f a i r s i z e d Jag, and s t r e t c h o f i r a c i n a t i o n , be seen in d a y t i m e , but
n i n e f e e t in d i n n - t i - r , and t h e s t e a d y "red g l o w ' c a r e from an iirnense t h i s a e r i a l n o n s t r o s i t y , 50 f e e t l o n g , 10 f e e t t h r o u f . h , b a l l o o n o v e r
e l e c t r i c ia.-r-.. T):ere v i r ' four sirte nnd one r e a r prf;'-'-! J o r r on t h ^ I t , F e r r i s v h e e l c a r u n d e r i t , can h i d e f o r weeks where a w i l d goose
- « l . l m \ -1 ! !. « f l n - i l k p pro.l<-ction nhovr 1 t , r v ( J . ' n t l y t h f r u d d e r . c a n ' t l i g h t in d a y t i n e w i t h o u t b e i n g s h o t a t . Where does t h i s b i r d
An l r r c u r e h o l e wa-. [Link] in t h e under s i d e of t h e c h i p , showing t h a t r o o s t in t h e d a y t i m e ? I s i t t h e s p i r i t o f P . T . Baraun o r t h e d e v i l !
an e j p l o " . o i had o c c u r r e d , caused p r o b a b l y by a p u n c t u r e fron a l i p h t - CORRITOfl E'lqUIKER, /
r-.i.-.c rnd en t h e ;'] i ' - g e l t o u l : b a r n , as one of them vns s l i g h t l y b e n t . Sa~v t h e Air C h i p . /
The s*.rnnre c r - a t u r e who e s c . i r e d from t h e w r e c k , i s now u n c o n ­ Mrs. w.E. Andrews, v i f e o f P r o f . Andrevs o f t h e high s c h o o l , e n -
scious, i'f or sho i s parbed a f t e r t h e f a s h i o n of t e h C r e e k s in t h e Joys t h e d i s t i n c t i o n of b e i n g t h e f i r s t p e r s o n in T a y l o r v i l l e t o s e e
t i r e of T h n s t . as sho'./n by s t a g e c o s t u r . e s , and t h e l a n g u a g e spoken j t h e a i r s h i p t h a t i s now a t t r a c t i n g such w i d e - s p r e a d I n t e r e s t l o c e n -
w-is e n t i r e l y unknown t o any one h e r e , t h o u g h c o s t p - l e a r e f a m i l i a r ' t r a l and n o r t h e r n I l l i n o i s . She i s an e n t h u s i a s t on a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n
v i t h h i g h and low Hutch, nnd even one o r two knov s o r c t h i n r Of F r e h c h . a n d d u r i n g t h e a b s e n c e of h e r husband Honday e v e n i n g she looked skyward
or Spanish. for t h e n o c t u r n a l b i r d . F i n a l l y she o b s e r v e d t h e red and g r e e n l i g h t s
The r T a m s of t h e two p e r s o n s who were k i l l e d were t a k e n t o t h e f l o a t i n g in t h e h e a v e n s and n o t i f i e d t h e f a m i l y o f C.E. Evan6, l i v i n g
n e x t d o o r . When t h e Evans a p p e a r e d t h e a i r s h i p Could n o t be s e e n ,
T l i e r e l t o u D barn nnd s t r a i g h t e n e d out on b o a r d s . /
h a l v i n g d i s a p p e a r e d w n l i e Mrs. Andrews v a s c a l l i n g h e r n e i g h b o r s t o
UAiiAFiK, A p r i l 1 £ . - - T h e r r e a t e x c i t e m e n t t h a t has r r e v n i l e d h e r e
w i t n e s s t h e l a t e s t t r i u w p n in n a v i g a t i o n .
s i n c e t h e wreck Of t h e a i r s h i p has been i n t e n s i f i e d by s u b s e q u e n t
e v e n t s u n t i l t h e i n h a b i t a n t s a r e now i n a s t a t e b o r d e r i n g on f r e n i v T o d a y ' s d i s p a t c h e s a r e t o e f f e c t t h a t i t was a l s o s e e n a t v a r i o u s
I myself b e i n g t h e o n l y one h e r e who h a s a head c l e a r enourl. t o d e t a i l h 1 ™ 8 ? u r i n P t ^ . U E t 2 V h ? . u r 8 / t B u r l i " K t 0 ^ ! « « » . Halloa_»nd L i n c o l n ,
t h e wonderful o c c u r r e n c e s of t h e l a s t f o r t y - e i r h t l i o u r s . 1 1 1 . Between Chicago and t h e f o n r e r p l a c e i t d i s t a n c e d a f a s t r a i l ,
1 t h e
f o r t i f i e d by r a s t e x p e r i e n c e s i n r e p o r t i n g f o r t h e t-rer n l r a c u l o i i J " * e " g . ' " " r c l a i n - s t h a t i t t r a v e l e d 150 m i l e s p e r h o u r .
"IB?? A p r i l "it (Ued) A l t o n E v e n i n g T e l e g r a p h ( I U ) , p . 3 .
h a p p e n i n g s a l l o v e r t h e world in d e c a d e s r o n e b v , I a c c e n t e d t h e a s -
' - . i r n n T t h e r e w i t h o u t anv m i s g i v i n g s , and a r r i v e d on a hndd c a r l a t e
THE "AIR SHIP" / Seen i n A l t o n l * « t H l g h t . /
Saturday afternoon. T found t h e town a l m o s t d e s e r t e d .
A l a t o n l a n s who happened t o be awake and on t a e l o o k o u t f o r t h e
Wtien I a r r i v e d a t t h e F l i e g e l t o u b p l a c e , I d i s c o v e r e d t h a t v i t h an
" a i r - i h l p , " which ha* c a u s e d I O nuch c o i m e n t t h e p u t week, bad t h e i r
° y e t o b u s i n e s s , llerr F l i e r e l t o u b had p o 3 t e d gj-uard^ a l l about h i s
c u r i o s i t y g r a t i f i e d l a s t n i g h t by a g l i n p i e o f t h i s a e r i a l phenomenon,
p l a c e and was c h a r p i r r an a d r . i s s i o n fee o f I I a h e l d t o t h e harn yard
w h a t e v e r I t a a r b e . I t [Link] i t s a p p e a r a n c e In t h e v e s t a t 3:30 a . a . ,
where t h e wrecked a i r s h i p l a y . I found a l a r g e crowd G a t h e r e d a b o u t
and v a j v i s i b l e f o r a b o u t 15 M i n u t e s . Mr. P e t e r D e a u t h , of Apple
t h e odd l o o k i n g c r a f t , g n s i n g upon i t in awed s i l e n c e , t h e powerful
s t r e e t , had been w a t c h i n g f o r l t a a p p e a r a n c e , and a r o s e f r e q u e n t l y
lamp t h a t r t i l l burn»<l on t h e s t e r n o f t h e s h i p throwir.f a ruhy l i g h t
during the night to look out. At a b o u t 3;30 o ' c l o c k he saw a b r i g h t
on t h e r i n e of f a c e i t h a t were p a l e from s u p p r e s s e d e x c i t e m e n t .
l i g h t in the western sky, He l m e d i a t e l y awakened t h e r e r a l n d e r of
A f t e r l o c i k i n r c a r e f u l l y n t t n k t h e wreck f o r a few m r e n t s , I I t h e f a m i l y , and I t was p l a i n l y s e e n by a l l o f t h e a . I t tm f i r s t r e -
t e r n n t o feel t h e e f f e c t o f t h e s i t u a t i o n upon nv n - r v s and .just t o I g e n t l e d a t u b i n s h a p e , and t h e n a e e a e d t o change t o an egg s h a p e .
s t e a d y t h e r a b i t ! i ushed up r.-i l e f t s l e e v e and w i t h a h v p o - i c r r j c | Rev, I r l i Hicks s a y s t h e " a i r - s h i p " i i n o t h i n g a c r e t h a n t h e
s y r i n r e . r a v e nyr.e] r a e r u n and a h a l f of r o r p h i n e , ind a l s o s w a l ­
lowed t h r e e one t r a i n c o c a i n e t a b l e t s . ' fx± p l a n e t V e n u s , which a t t h e p r e s e n t tii>e I s f a s t a p p r o a c h i n g t h e
In n s h o r t t i r « I r e g a i n e d aiv u s u a l c a l m n e s s , n -,d - a d " a r l n u t c . e a r t h or overtaking t t . '
i n s p e c t i o n ^ f t h e a i r s h j p , exMnining i t s c o n s t r u c t i o n and r e c h n n i s m *IM A p r i l U (U«3) C a n t o n , I U . . D a i l y l U g l s t e r , P . H.
c firp ''ill 1 T
' ■' , --,-. .-. .-,:■■-., . THAT AIRSHIP. / Kaov P e o p l e In Canton Saw t h « Thing Tu*«day H l g h t ,
The g e n e r a l a p p e a r a n c e of t ht e r a c h i n e and i t 3 d i r e n kt i o n s were a c - . t O A ' l v ' M ° " ' ' , ' „ •" , , , _ . , ,?,„,. „„ . . „ . .
=• ■ ' T h e o u c p u t of t h e Canton drunk f a c t o r i e s i t e v i d e n t l y no b e t t e r
c u r a t e l y g i v e n by our l o c a l c o r r e s p o n d e n t . The h o l e in t h e u n d e r s i d e
t h a n t h a t of any o t h e r ( » * * » p l a c e . While P e k l n , C a l e a b u r g , C h i c a g o ,
was n o t lerfte and looked a-, t h o u r h i t c i r h t e a s i l y be r e p a i r e d . The
Galena and o t h e r s u b u r b a n towne h a v e been w l t o e s e i n g t h e n i g h t l y E y r a -
i n t e r i o r v a s d i v i d e d i n t o four a p a r t m e n t s , one l a r g e room c i - n t a i n i n r
t i o n s of t h e famous a i r s h i p , Canton p e o p l e kave been exempted fron t h e
t n e m a c h i n e r y of t h e s h i p , t h e p r i n c i p a l p a r t of which was a powerful
m y s t e r i o u s I n f l u e n c e s t h a t eeem t o p e r v s d e t h e a t m o s p h e r e . That I s ,
e l e c t r i c dynamo, and t h e r e wap a l s o a t a n k of a i r compressed i n t o a
they v e r e exempt u n t i l Tuesday n i g h t . Then t h e change c a a e . We a r e
liquid, T-'o of t h e o t h e r a p a r t m e n t s v - r e f i t t e d un a s s l e e p i n g rooras
no b e t t e r t h a n o u r n e i g h b o r s . S e v e r a l p e o p l e saw t h e a i r s h i p about
and a t h i r d was a b a t h room. T h e r e were r a n y b o t t l e s o f l i t t l e p i l l s
eleven o'clock. I t was g o i n g i n a n o r t h e r l y d i r e c t i o n , d i s p l a y e d
in a c a b i n e t , e v i d e n t l y condensed food.
A f t e r v i e w i n c t h e s h i p I s t a r t e d t o tthhe house t o s e e t h e s u r v i v i n g / « " « « n d " d « n d * " " « U ^ » " " d l o o ^ d l l k * « " " ' ^ T \
n a v i g a t o r , taJ'.inr a n o t h e r i n . l e c t i o n o, ff nn oo rr pp hh ii nn ^e and
on.. a■> few
. v - r. v^ .r«e c>ouc»a iin^e « « t l o r . of p n e u m a t i c t i r e and an . i n ,c o m e t, e a t u d y . « . « i n, b . ack and ...
,, . , l t . . .L L J,I i w h i t e of a c t o rula a t s e a . Some of t h o a e who saw t h « a y s c e r i o u a t h i n g
n e l l c t s t e f c r c e n t e n n e t h e room where k i i l he s t i l l l a v u n c o n s c i o u s . ™ u c U I ">>- " • ! . » = . >
, , , - , ,, , j , d e c l a r e1 t h alt t h Le r e twere two or tWax t h r e e of h l a . Kany a a a e r t t h a t
I found t h e unknown w a n d e r e r lvmyr on a l o u n p e . He was a b o u t medium o e c ^ * " <-* *>- " " ' ' .„„,. .„.
. , . , - , . , . ,IJ , i . j , ,. t h e t h i n o c a r r i e d w i t h I t a f u l l a s s o r t m e n t of b u r g l a r * !■■ t o o l a and
ht e i r h t ana o f a t i . l e t i c b u i l d and an [Link] h a n d s o r e f a c " . he wore t l l e l " l u B ■-""■' . . . . . , , . _ „ , „ . . .kn..f *
. , . . . , , ., , , . , » a e a r c h l i R h r , and a yy p p e a r e d a s though a d e a p t r a t e a t t e a p t was a b o u t t
a w h i t e t u n i c r e a e n i n p t o h i s k n e e s and on h i s f e r t were s a n d a l s * "» ' 2 —— -— - -
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to be made to locate Alderman F i n g e r s conscience. The motive power inform* us that be has the skeleton of oat of the aerial r*«ranti no* f
use said co resemble the pull of the "big three" councilman with the at h i i home on free exhibition. Hot-air balloons arc at thick aa i
mayor, although some thouRht it was not ao substantial, but merely s t a r s , soon after dark, and men with f e r t i l e imaginations and tapedi-
wind. Anyhow and anyway, the ship has been here, was seen and has »ent« In t h e i r veracity see airships at a l l tine* of the night. A
gone. And anyone who has «a moved from one ward to another within the South Dixon poet eaae in today, aa ve were going to press, with t i a
last 2S days loses his vote next Tuesday. ^following:
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April 1^, loVl uucago iicccrd (Wdti.J p. 2 " ' —~—
Twinkle, twinkle l i t t l e s t a r , / Bov fa we wonder what you a r t .
.Up above our town so high, / Like an* airship in the sky. / i
Watch Airship for llilf.s.
'When the evening sun has s e t , / And l i p s with "nountsin dew" are v t t , .
tinny I l l i n o i s Towns Sec th- Mysterious Object—Cooes to
Then you ahovyoiuvlittle_llfiht, / Twinkling double a l l the night. / f
Earth. / Special to the Chicago Record.
At eve your colored^ights draw near, /~At dawn they cuickly'dlipp^ar—
Cnrlinville, I l l i n o i s , April IS.—The so-called airship has been With avful speed you rend the sky, / With equal speed the people l i
e
seen in this l o c a l i t y . Fron the description given by those who were | 1697 April 14 (Wed) Evening Telegraph Culion, 111.)', p. i , — ~~~
fortunate enough to view i t the impression given was that of a cigar-
shaped boat with lone oa<"s projecting, and a canopy top. It was f i r s t ' Suburban Slftlngs. / Lee Center. / April 1*.
3if,htcd near Nilwood, at about 2; 30 Monday afternoon, on the faro o£ A number of our citizens saw tha light of tht supposed "sir ship"
Z. Thackcr, about twelve cnlles north of this c i t y . Three young men l a s t Saturday evening.
saw i t descend, but before they could reach i t i t slowly arose and Sublette, April 12. The atysterious airship vaa seen traveling
majestically sailed north. I t was next seen by a party of Diners at northwesterly from u* Saturday evening by a number of our citizen*.
Green Ridge, at about 6 p . n . , as i t sailed by, settling down in a One person expressed the opinion that i t was tha devil sailing around
copse one and a half niles north of that place and about tvo miles as an angel of l i g h t . An objector to that that theory asked, "If that
south of Girard. The night operator of the Chicogo and Alton, Paul la so, why doesn't ha alight somewhere!" A pesaiaist replied, "Becauai
llcCraner, says he ua3 sufficiently near to see a nan step out of the wherever ha has been he has found his followara actively at work In
ship and repair the nachincry. At Shcman, thirty-two miles farther his cause, and sectarians fighting each other, instead of opposing him.
north, i t passed over at Q o'clock, and later at 0:45, i t was seen
[Link] in the air by residents of V i l l i a n s v i l l e , Sorcc clain they saw 16,8. The airship was seen by many Aaboy people Saturday and Sunday
on the front end a banner bearing the l e t t e r "'"M." At Sreen [Link] evening. There oust be more than on* or an airship was seen ac ah tha
traces coverir.E a large space showed where the ship rested while being same t l w a t Saint Louis; Burlington, l a . ; Plymouth, Lakehart and
repavred. The operators alor. tha line of the Chicago and Alton wired, pother U M > #
places in Indiana; West Superior, His., and other farawav
No Qne v i n ^ ^ l b l l l ( o £ „lvl t h e ^
ahead to each operator to be on the lookout and watcn the direction and
M f U l M v l B i e l o l l t bllt I t v l U b t b r o u g h t >bouc g r 4 d u l U y , ^ f l r , t
note the rate ot spec
airship will not be motiaataai the perfected aachine capable of long '
Cnbcry, 111., April U.--Tliis village, f.'cnty-three n i l e s south f l i g h t s , miraculous rapidity of w t l o n and power to renuln' ln~the s i r
of Kankakcc, saw t...; airship tonight at 9:J0 o'clock. It aoved at an Indefinitely. When the alleged airship shall finally land on terra
extremely rapid r a t e in a southeasterly direction, displaying a dull firms, we may a l l go view i t at close range.—Aaboy Journal,
red I i"".ht. T c idea that i t p.i^ht have been a heavenly bo«.y is pre­ ix 16,1. Winkle & Hulle.
cluded by t1;" fact that ti'.e sky was overcast anil not a star in sight. !
April 11, 119/ Chicago Accord (Wed.) p. 5 ( l e t t e r s ) (card 1) 1 5 , 1 . A Chicago nevapsper has a picture of tha arsp taken froa a photo­
graph of the machine. That s e t t l e s It so far aa photographs being
like the l i t t l e boy, Washington.
Aerial Navigation.—My observation leads ne to conclude that 19,1. Speaking of heirshlps, or arsps,...nev Carnegie baby has S2S-7S
there is a widespread interest ,non«, a l l classes of people concerning allllon.
the hut l i t t l e u;i.!orstood subject of aerial navigation. It is not Kay 4 , 1 . That was a very pretty s t r i p of new aooo displayed last
co:ircionly I:noun that [Link] are i Rreat oany nen, of varying attainments, evening; a very gracefully nodeled arsp.
who are i n t e l l i g e n t l y locking a solution of this wonderful problem, ~ ll#7 April It IWcdcve-) Rolens., TTT'.'T'CateLle , '
The results "f a p r a c t i c . l acconplish-icnt of aerial navigation undoubt­ __^_
edly would involve j r e a t and revolutionary changes in huiaan existence, Ancnt the Air-Ship.
and 1 [Link] a few ideas and propositions that not only t;ay be of i n ­ The Dubuque Times lias the following relninienent ( l ) ; J.B.
terest to [Link] generally, but possibly may help some one working to Howard, J r . , sent up a pppcr balloon Sunday n i c n t in one of the Gal­
solve tlvi riiidie. In tnc f i r s t place, i t nust b; understood that , ena parks find the entire population were sure they snv the airship.
aerial navigation involves only a purely mechanical proposition. Tlie This incident recoiled to the nind Of a veil known Itubuquer a balloon
i.'holc tiling is siiJiercd down to simply the correct use of force. The. ascension in this city in which J.B. Howard, S r . , was n big factor.
nan who can devise a notor of sufficient power and light enough cons­ The ascension took plnce where the archbishop's building on Seventh
truction holds th" key tr, the mystery. Given th= po'.wr to apply to a and h&ln s t r e e t s now stands. The £as company was to furnish the gas
ncchar.i^n, i t will be an easy natter to ascertain the proper design for for the balloon. "Jerry" Sr. , was superintending the Job of inflating
a practical airship. 'Die ;iotor powr.r nust be great enough tp l i f t and the balloon. The t i n e had arrived for the ascension to be wade and
nropel by use oC screwnans the whole apparatus. There cannot be safe-'sone of the ropes holding the balloon vere loosened. One of these
ly used any ^lcnent of buoyancy [Link] as a balloon, Tne balloon featurf came loose with a Jerk and wrspped i t s e l f around " J e r r y ' s " leg. Before
nust be eliminated fron the successful nirship, as i t would not only he knew vhat happened the balloon Shot upward and " J e r r y ' s " leg went
retard pro-ross, hut would nak'e tlic~thTn<»' a'pla'ytiiing of air "currents, ivith i t . lie was about ei£ht feet in space when the rope unwound, and
The aeroplanes must be absolutely f l a t and perfectly ri;;id, as any " J e r r y ' s " head f i r s t dive for mother earth was r e a l i s t i c . He undoubt-
curvatute or b a l i n g of a plane 'Jould imply great danger of destructiop e dly refembers the interesting incident. \
no natter how -tron;;ly constructed. The propelling fans must be placed 10$^ April iX I Wed) Hoiuaouth, 1 1 1 . , Daily Review, p. 1.
in front, so as to pull, not push. There nust be v e r t i c a l , as weil as
horizontal planes, to in.-.ure perfect control in steering. By a great VAT U? IS THE SKi. / MB Tvo Toung Ideas Have -Sooe Fun With a Kite and
mny i t is suppose! that the laws of nature must be transgressed in Lantern.
order to accomplish aerial navigation; that sonc mysterious miracle jhe most r e a l i s t i c air Bhlp of thea a l l appeared in the north end
nust be performed, or that sccie now unknown and undiscovered force must 0 f l n e city l a s t night and after attaining an altitude of about seven a
be. found to enable nen to do this apparently wonderful thin.-;. There , £ ! „ cade ft dive for the southwest. There were thousands of people,
has been all [Link] of speculation on the subject, but speculation does TOre o r l e a s , on the s t r e e t s , and every one of then had his head in the
not generally end in practical acconplishnent. The thing to do is to air. when apparently sbo;ut over the corner of Second street and
ascertain, as hearly as possible, the conditions under which aerial Archer avenue, the ship seemed to cast anchor (the boys had to put oa
navigation is a p o s s i b i l i t y . Then strive to make a rational mechanical snother hall of cord), and stayed in that position for a long t i n e ,
construction that ' . i l l operate in haraony with the laws of nature. I t The perpetrators of the Joke were found to be Haaters John Hcflomara
is but a question of applied force and proper design. I have no doubt and Harry Skinner, who, from the rear l o t , comer A and Boston, had
that thc-c will \n put into operation the the next 12 nonths core than put up a small kite with a Japanese lantern hanging to the t a i l . As
one suocc-isiul airship, liy experiments and the knowledge I have of kite-flyers these boys would put old Ben Franklin In the shade. His
others' efforts lead ne to conclude that the world will soon accept lightening arrester t a l l is no longer a wonder, for a couple of Mon­
a c h a l navi-ation as an assured fact. The "hole social fabric is to b. <"Outh boys have succeeded in making several people temporarily believe
affected radically. I a.-a constantly referred to the failures in the l t h e y bad solved the aerial navigation problem by Mint of * u t e ; , I f
past to accomplish aerial "navigation."™'! always answer: "You ^ce that the boys had as much fun out of i t as the crowd did, they are well
the birds s t i l l Clyl" Tie conditions that will ? c n , i t aa animal by i t s repaid fojr_their trouble and expense of buying cord and other material.,
<*m puny strength to nropcl i t s e l f with such wonderful grace, safety ^ " *»fortunate accident however, the k i t e string broke, and
lantern and complete paraphernalia were precipitated to the ground.
and swiftness through the air s t i l l holds out the assurance that
greater power an:! greater intelligence will outstrip the bird in the All the passengers Jumped, i t la supposed, and went up instead of cost­
■lir. ing down, aa no remnants could be found this sxaralnn. ___^_^
CK;tflqo; \?r<\ 13. ,1. P. S. W T April U IWcdi Arpus (Hock Island,. 111. i, [Link]. TcarTTl ["
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1697 April 1* (Wed) Evening Telegraph (Dixon, 111.
VISIOJI OF VEtfUS / Prof. h'Ansill** Explanation of the Air Ship. / WHAT
IS !I0W MISLEADING. / More People Claim to Have Seen the Aerial Kavl- ;
Airships Are numerous. /
Bator—Also Witness Destruction of a Paper Balloon—A Chance Tonight, j
A man need not be very full to see that our sky is filled with
Prof. Richard Mansill, Rock Island's authority on planetary s c l - j
lightly floating airships of various sizes and v a r l e t l w y . Last even­
ence, reached home this morntnn, and to an Arpus representative, who
ing they were flying about over Dixon at a lively rate. Hot since the
soufht his views on tph nir shin phenomenon, stated that he had no '
wonderful "Hoon Hoax" have the people a l l over the country heen so
completely wrought up to a fever of excitement over c e l e s t i a l fakes. views. In that he had (flven the [Link] no consideration. "Indeed,"
The Evening Telegraph has many comminlcat Ions by telephone and post said the professor, "I ha*e not looked for the strruific object, and
lilt L.'VIJAIlh . ^«<.»i Dull II AO ' " M i l \,^.| . U | (.OWA^'lu Ul . t u f i n i u i 4 i m t^vm k. r ^ v . . . . ^ . . i . . J J L
regarding the airship excitement. William Bock, over in West Dixon, cooaequontly hive not seen i t , _.I think the » r l d _ h . . t « n deluded t y
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'a viclon of Venus. I'^onlr are dreaming. Venus in the bir? ht, p a r t i c - ' The ship was of enormous s i t e , pointed at each end, and had vln^a
u l i r ntar in the western [Link] at this t i r e . It hnr-pens every tuo>on each side, while the top was covered with what appeared * frc* a
years at this tine Of vonr that Vcnur, hecones unusuallv b r i l l i a n t , and distance on the ship, to be buta nothing,
canopy, could
like that
be seen used plainly
on a surry.
except There wmi"H."
a large a sign
while people not students of planetary science are not apt to be
startled with the beauty of the planet, the more their attention is The Bhip rose to a great height, When the parties arrived at the
attracted to i t tne more they becor-e impressed with the splendor of place vhere it_had allrhted in the[f-Qld, there www clearly aeen ths
the spectacle which for yenrs has feasted the eyes of astronomers. | footprints of a'Vi'n "wh'o~had been walkinf aroun~£, evidently thoVe of
,On the 28th of the ronth Vcnur.B v i l l disanpear and shortly thereafter |the Iran who got out of the ship to fix some part of the mchinery.
will become a rorning starT'Then," I take i t . ' t h e people "will imagine ' I t s course unt northward ■
they see an a i r ship in the norninp. r lo97 April U (Wed) Daily BreenefTayloraville, IliV}, p. i ;
"Another star that is attracting much attention nov is Alpha, in
the southwestern heavens. This illuminating body has adopted a- pecul- That Air-Ship. /
l l a r l y and particularly red shade, and t h i s , too Bay have contriubuted " I ' l l t e l l you, a town that can't have an air-Bhip nowaday* tx-
to the excitement that is prevalent over alleged scientific discover- hibits mighty l i t t l e enterprise," remarked Varren Powel to a Breeie
lesT" representative the other day. "Now, E s t i l l Haraer and I are i»ilng
Saw the Shin Arain. one and when It Is completed I will send you word, and I want you to
:
Passengers or. the ferry, Aupusta, cooing frora Davenport shortly accompany UB on the t r i a l t r i p . Of course. In the aeantlme, you want
after R o'clock last nifeht were positive they saw the a i r shin. There' t o boost the thing alone by saying a word now and then about the one
were 25 on beard and all paied in wonder a t a strange l i f h t , t h i s . t i r e t h " i s attracting so much attention over the country."
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in the eastern heavens. The sky being completely overcast there was * evening this office was informed by messenger that Warren
no opportunity to confuse the spectacle with s t a r s , and all were s a t - Powel was ready for the representative. Everything being In readi-
isfied they xx saw an Illuminated moving object. Robert ^oloron, of nesa, EBtill Rarner, bv a eircuitoua route, took the airship to the
the Augusta crew, had the boat whistle blow a salute to the passing Vandeveer neadow at the west end of Main Crosa street vhere he v u
ship to [Link] to the right, but i t disregarded the r^trine laws and met by the great aerial navigator, Warren Powel, and the Breeie repre­
failed to acknowledge the signal. Solomon afterward speaking of i t sentative. The t r i o soon succeeded in hoisting before a stiff north­
said "the light appeared off in the east up the river. It scened wester, a four foot k i t e , with 60 feet of t a i l . To the end of the
about th" head of the rapldfl and roved swiftlv in a southerlv direc­ t a i l was attached by wire a small lantern of candle, mica and tin—
tion. Almost as we razed i t seemed to cross over the upper part or. another of larger dimensions was attached about 20 feet nearer the
the Irlind of Sock Is]and"' end out across the lover part of Inline, * l t e . The candles surrounded by [Link] of white, creen and red, were
-in1} the east end of Hock Irlind and rinally disappeared in th* south­ ignited, after the experimental s a i l , and the ship was again l e t over
east . the west part of the city amid the cheers end cries of "air-ship"
"Shortlv n f t T «c chs-rv-d a light rise suddenly in th"? southwest j from a hundred or more of throats.
which se-i-n Pent up i sheet of blaae and disappeared. Thit was plainly The great aerial navigator was clapping hia ehands in glee and
a hot a i r balloon started to deceive no lixirt doubt, and eventually ' saying: "Now boys, your pa'a up in the watermelon patch," when the
caught fir'-, but T feel confident that the first was the air ship," | cord broke end the whole blamed air-ship was precipitated on the roof
As the prospects ire not unfavorable to a clear sky tonight, the of Alison Barnes' residence, on We«rt Market s t r e e t .
present iiositions of the planets aa well as the onrortunity to wit­ Notwithstanding his i l l luck, the great a e r i a l navigator i l not
ness the unnatural spectacle should be better than was the case l a s t in the least disheartened, and after another t r i a l of his invention
night. north of the c i t y , announced that he would yet demonstrate the prac-
An e n t e r r r i s i n r younp ran sent un three hot air balloons on Twel- t i c a b i l l t y of passenger traffic through the a i r .
fth street last nieht, but only one ascended far enough to be seen. His ship is now on exhibition In the show window of H.H. Powel I ,
There are all sorts of funny stories in town today about the air [Link] the northwest comer of the square. I
Fhin having been in the outskirts Of Bock Island Vondav, and having, iByT'April 15 (Th) Alton,"'I1'1'.; IVening Teiegrapa, p. 3:
bt"- near Milan v»".'.»rdnv afternoon. , .. ,
l697 April 1U (Wed) Hock Island, 111., Union, p. «. THE AIRSHIP. / Seen in Thli City Again Last Evening. /
L i t t l e Elmus Qapp, son of Kr. E, A. Qapp, of State . t r e a t ,
THE AIR-SHIP AGAIN. / I t i s Observed a Second Night Over Bock Island, called at the Telegraph office t h i . Doming, And stated that while he
and Has a Changing Colored t i g h t . and his parents and l i s t e r s were on the bluff l*»t evening, they
The a i r ship, or whatever the thing 1B that is circulating about caught Bight of the faaous airship. I t appeared over in the west,
in the a i r , was seen again about 9 o'clock on Tuesday night. The sky about nine o'clock, and had a bright l i g h t , which shone upon the
was cloud* and not a atar v i s i b l e . I t appeared coming directly from Spread Eagle, then coming down the river, thouroughly illutdnating the
the south at f i r s t and then shot off in the direction of east-south­ deck and plainly showing the deckhands on the boat. ZLLEUI stated that
east with wonderful rapidity, and continued steadily on that course when In » certain position, the ship appeared to have a long t a i l , or
until i t faded from view. During i t s close proximity i t shot out » . something
. , ,that, looked
, _ like a t a l l , ^ and , ,that when la other position. ,
briaht red light which anon waB changed to blue and then to red again,; the appendage could not be leen. The light vent out very suddenly,
and the blue was on duty when i t was lost sight of. These color chan-j^d the ship disappeared fro* riew.
ges were Bade with rapidity though not with freqeuency. They suggesU ^ 1 B *r»terioua . h i p , or whatever i t «jf be, faa. t t * power of
ed the .creens that are placed before calcium or electric lights in a i *»in« « « « many different Pl»c« in the . a * , night. It .nut travel

to W i n e it the product of mechanical genius than a P ^ ^ J ^ ^ ' t h a t thla i s one of the alrahip, seen by various peonle
currents.^erhaU'we^et^ w i ^ B ^ A p r i l 15, 1007 Chic^o *<*ord faurs.J }. i ( f t . flty;
speculation, in accordance with the "following l e t t e r , said to have „ - , , t , ,.
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been dated at Cteaha and received by Secretary Vakefield, now going the Airship Kysttry—Viz police at the Ven Uth street
rounds of the newspapers: station think they hjvo a solution of the airship nystcry In * largo
t l 8 s u c 3 0 1
"To the Exposition Directors; Ky identity up to date has been un- P ? - " [Link], which was found yesterday oorning by policeman
known, but I will come to the front now, that i s , if you guarantee me rtxcmaa [Link] on the prairie at Washburn avenue and R0U7 s t r w t . Th*
870,000 x u square feet of space. I aa the famous air ship construct- faUoon u n s a ' 1 ( J c ot r c d . »* l t« 3 n t i " u c paper and the lower portion of
or and will guarantee you positively of the fact within a week. The " had bcen u,cned
'
air ship la my own invention and as I am an Omaha man, I wish it to be
held as an Omaha lnvetlon. I t will safely carry twenty paople to a
height of froa 10,000 to 20,000 feet. I truyly believe I have the April 13, p. 4—On one of i t s of£ days this week the airship has
greatest invention and discovery aver made. Will see you April 17, been seen in only three widely [Link] [Link] at the sa^e tir.e.
1997, at the headquarters." lion. April 19, p. 6—If the airship were a r e a l i t y the Cubans
This communication waB written on a piece of plain [Link], with would not need to worry about capturing a port.
out proLlnted matter of any kind whatever which aight throw any light —Cveekfl and Turks at war, and by Apr 20 this
upon the identity of the writer. He gave kno addreaB and his aame news f i l l s 3-3 pp.
does not appear In the last city directory. The amount of space he Wed. April 21, p, 4—Tlic fact that fie airship has not be*n
asks for la nearly thirty-five acres. The exposition authorities Sighted for several eweninss la to be taken as proof that th« lmgln-
await hla appearance with a good deal of interest on Saturday. ^atlve f a c i l i t i e s of the Anerlcnn people .ire deteriorating.
1B97 April l1* C"'edJ Springfield, i l l . , .'IOWS, p. f. lay? April' iS""i'lh> Decacur, l i l . , Evening"'kepuDiic^yp.d. (rarn 11
AIR SHIP REPAIRED I If ILLINOIS / Alighted Hear Cirard Vhile the Occu­ AIRSHIP' STORY. / Ho»e of the Mysterious Machine is Rear Vsndalia. /
pant! Mended the J'jichinerv. TRAVELS 100 HILES AN HOUR. / A Republican Reporter the Cueat of the
Cnrlinville, 111., Anril ^ . - - T h e report from authentic sources is Inventor—Description of a Trip to Chicago—Wonders of the Ship. /
that the airship, which has been seen at many different places the pas A vast amount of apeculatlon concerning the wysterloua airship vhtfi
month, was seen half way between the towns of Hilwood and Cirard at has been cavorting through the upper reglona haa been indulged in by
6:15 l-tonday evening, '.flicn first seen i t was descending, and was not­ a l l classes of citizens. I t is said that one confirmed old toper of
iced by «BI. Street, Frank Jietcalf and TA Tceple6 and the telegraph thio city haa been so impressed that he haa determined that the aerial
operator at Cirard. These iron saw i t alight, and a man get out and
craft ia one of the aiRns of approaching wind up of the universe r a ­
fix some part of the machinery. They started for the place where i t
tioned In the good book and now takes hia Sangaowo river water striifht
had allfhted, but when within a ounrter of a mile i t rose and disap­
peared froir. view in a northerly direction. A few months past a reporter for the Republican vai in Tandalia and
during a rather protracted v i s i t becane n< acquainted with Vr. C.
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bevnnhnuph, n farmer, resldinp ar»onr the hi 11a about four niles weit ceaseless vhir of machinery. Above ua the star* vere » bin In* brl«±tlr
of [Link] city, 0 n evenlnp Mr. n. called at the local hotel and re<i»e»t-| Belov u» thick I U I M I of rollolng vapor. Th* a i r vaa not uncomfort-
ed the reporter to ride with him tn his hone, prorriainr n view of on- I ably cold, and tba cabin which ve entered onco during tha t r i p m
of the freatest wonders of the ape.. The invitation was accepted, ,ind 'varm and comfortable. The'electric beatara wan working wall. Hr*. B.
(iwirir to thin fact the reporter has recently been afforded sn exp<»rienc and her* alater aeemed unconcerned, and chatted t a l l y . Thla vaa not
such nn fall to the lot of few nen. Durlni* the ride to the fam Mr. their f i r a t t r i p . Both bad accompanied Kr. D. oo ee-aral abort nocturn­
Devonbaugh explained that he had been lnte"rested'in the proble-."of"~~~ al trip*. "We have had great timea keeping tbe ahip hid from tha neigh-
aerial navigation and had perfected a craft vhich would glide through bora," said Mrs. D. Our hired man, >y husband and *oo have put tha
the a i r , obedient to the will of the navigator and which would In tiee craft together. We had tha parti and engine a made In Omaha, baxad and
astonish th« world. His prediction has been f u l f i l l e d . •eat to Vandalla. We have not been long on the farm which *y hueband
Arriving at the farm, Mr. D. led the way to a long but rather high leaaed for his use becauae i t w«* aonevhat r e t i r e d , and we bare not
buldling, which had been erected for a bam. The windows were care­ encouraged the country people to c a l l on u*. I don't believe any of our
fully closed and faatened, and the doors were secured with huge locks. nelghbora know about thla ahip, although ay aoa *aye aom* of tba people
Applying a key to the lock the owner entered the building, the reporter aere curloua about the macblner, and had tried to find Out .omethlnj.
followed and stood in the presence of the mystery. ou r t r i a l trip* have been abort, and mad* on dark relay night*, hot
The machine or airship was composed of two cigar-shaped spheres of the aeeret will be out now." "Cow out you foola, and aea something,"
aluminum, each 1*5 feet In s t r - e t r r length, and eight feet in diameter called the captain, and the party hastened on deck. Belov ua vaa a
at the center, tapering to a point at the bow and stern. The two v*re vaet plain, tbe *urf*c* dimly aeem toaaad In hug* blUova. "Va arm ore*
bound together by slender but exceedingly strong steel rods. A rioorin,Laka Michigan," exclaimed tha captain, "and If you . i l l look over to-art
composed of pine lumber, dovetailed together Joined the tubes. Sear the northeast,vou will *ee a cluster of light*, If I am not mlataken _
the center of the craft was a cabin built of light stuff, and covered tbat'a Chlc*gd7,r~Tha ahip gilded ahead vith'un< undlminiahmd *pe*d," th*~~
with thin sheets of corrugated iron. The cabin would sccomodate five light* atood out In bolder relief mod became more numerous. Suddenly a
or six persons, and wao fitted vith divana for s i t t i n g and sleeping, towering meaa of illumination loomed up before ua. T h a t ' * the Kaioolc
lockers for provisions, e t c . The machinery which propelled the craft Temple," said Mr. D., and now I guee* Ita time to aurnrla* these people,
was located forwardjiut this p_art of the craft Mr. Devonbaugh refused 8* stepped into the cavern of my atari**, pulled a knowb, and a double
to exhibit, stating that wlille e l e c t r i c i t y was the torce used. I t was line of electric lamp* atarted a t tbe bov and extending around tb* ves­
generated by a new »B»hrr«! process which he wished to perfect and cover sel gava out a various aeeoroaent of color*, "tie are now about 1&G0
with l e t t e r s patent before allowing the secret to pass Into other hands feet in the a i r , " remarked tbe captain, aa he gava a lever a twitch aed
Hlnped to the Bide of the craft were two hu|>e wings formed from var- the boat awerved off Ita course, changed direction* like a avaliov
nished [Link] nnd braced by slender steel rods. These were of the chasing it* dinner, end then went atralght ahead.' Below ua, and exten-
aane length as the craft and when extended covered a apace of about 40 ding for mile* in every direction verm tha light* of hta city and *hlp-
fcet in width. They were used to steady the craft wh-n Jn motion. The ping i_ the harbor. When over tb* center of the town, aa near as could
raiding and propellinp power were derived frora three "rothascopea," b e judged the reporter attached a folded copy of the Republican to a
composed of canvass and steel ribs which were attached to revolving B m _ u p e bbl«, and toaeed I t overboard. He ha* often *peculeted regard-
masts and which could be set att any deaired angle. The rudder was i o g t he fate of that iaeue. Foreevaral hour* th* craft and crew aailed
fashioned on the plan of a steamboat propeller, and operated by a 0 V B r t _« c _ t y and auburbe and then aa the l i t t l e clock la tha cabin
wheel, set in a small house located well forward. Towering above the •truck the hour of one. Captain D, laid hi* couraa for home. Tha craft
"[Link]" nafits were two slender wooden masts which Hr. Revonbauph waa raised to an altitude of aa near aa could be judged of 3000 fact and
explained UPTC to support parachutes especially designed for the pur­ then those rothoecopee aettled down to bualneea. The "akyscope" ipe44
pose and which would support the craft in case of accident to the wings away""behind" sweeping faster than a hired man getting la late to din­
or nihhinery. The craft had been tested the day before the reporter's ner, and the captain vho was examining some sort of en odd contrivance
v i i l t hut certain dpfects [Link] b«en discovered which could only he announced that ve vere raking soetethlng over a hundred miles an hour.
remedied y. by sending the parts to St. Louis for repairs. To FI T < There va* nothing oppresaive about thla high speed. Tbe ataospberc a
greater buoyancy the aluminum cylinders were to'bd charged with gas, 'seemed perfectly • t i l l , although ve could t e l l that some kind of a
and this would necessitate, as Mr. D. remarked, "the use of cold vlc- store, was going on beneath ua. Flashes of lightning vere occasionally
tuala" during the t r i a l voyage. The Republican man vaa given to under seen belov ua, and the heavy rumble of thunder now and then came up
stand that he might form one of the crev on the f i r s t voyage and left from the depths. After a time, the apeed va* reduced, lights vere ex­
for home with the understanding that a telegram tearing the words, tinguished and the craft slowly climbed down from ita elevated poiltiao
"Cocr.e tonight" would caase him to hustle for Vandalia. Hr. D. had calculated our starting point to a nicety but missed bli
The other coming while preparing for a business t r i p to Blue bearing and I t only lacked an hour of dawn then he suddenly changed
Mound, a telegraph messenger brought the looked-for gx message, and i t the alxsxxkmx direction of tbe rothaecope*, and drev la the wings.
Is needless to say that the south bound I l l i n o i s Central train bore an The craft remained for a monent stationary In midair, and then slowly
excited but outwardly calm passenger provided vith a ticket for Van­ descended until vith a slight J a r , i t rested on tbe ground. Then In
dalia. The t r i p was made vlthout incident and Mr. D. was found pacinp the din light of early morning the reporter recogniied the yard and
the platform. "Hurry up vy boy," exclaimed the skipper, for so ve the long low barn, which had been our starting station. The boy came
out of the house and hla cheery natter of fact greeting "veil, dad,
must now call hin, "we must get away soon after dark. Everything Is
back again are'Y6uTw~aee«i'ed out of Iplacc a* the termination of an ad­
in order and you will have soaething to write about, that i s . if the
venture that vaa destined to set tongue* vagging and type machine*
thing don't go down with us, and scatter your fragments over the uni­ clicking on tvo continents. The ladles vere aaalsted to earth again,
verse." This was not assuring but the reporter concluded he was in gas allowed to escape from the cylinders, and when everything had been
for I t , and applied a fresh match to his old pipe which had gone out made ahip shape the *trange craft vaa pushed into i t a harbor; tbe
from the fright. door* were locked and bolted and the family vere at hone again. An
The Bevonburgh place was soon reached, and the crew had assembled. early breakfast, a hurried exchange of opinion* regarding the craft
Mrs. Devonburgh, and h e r ' a i s t e r , a"sprightly"miss" of eighteen, Mr. D, and Journey then the team waa k~—a brought around and after good by«
and the hired man who had assisted in the work, were on hand prepared had been apoken and promise* exchanged for another tour, the reporter
for the Journey. After giving some hurried directions to hla son who hastened to tbe light vagon and an hour l a t e r vaa on the platform at
was to remain in charge of tbe faro while bis parents were shotting Vandalia, ready to take hi* place in the t r a i n and speed back to De- ,
around among the clouds, dodging shooting stars and getting Into tbe
track of wandering planets and other things, Mr. D. led the way to the catur, a rate of travel vhich seeaed very «lov and commonplace after
barn. He unlocked and threw open the huge folding doors. A step lad- gliding through the a i r a t lOOi mile* a per hour. }
der was placed against the c r a f t , the ladles climbed aboard and d l s - Mr. Darenbaugh states that he ha* been in correspondence vith the :
appeared within the cabin. "Bear a hand here, you men," exclaimed the Cuban Junta and If certain arrangement* can be mad* to* *blp v i l l be
skipper, and by the united efforts of the three the craft was rolled taken to Cub* and uaed agaln*t the Spaniah army, the affect vhich dy-
into the yard. "No aboard with you, and toss off those blocks of iron namlte bomb* may cause when they come tumbling from an Invisible *ourc
was the next cocmand. A dozen or more masses of Iron, weighing severajhigh ID the a i r can be Imagined.
hundred pounds were thrown overboard and the strange vessel rose slowlj _ — _ -..__-- got the Real Thing
into the a i r , Mr. D. slipped into the l i t t l e house forward, and the The people of Decatur who vere out l a s t a evtning~1"rubbering,'
reporter who waa watching his movements through the glass door saw [Link] they had again seen the a i r - h i p , were iBpoaed upon by tot*
pull down a lever which vith a lot of other leveras, knobs and things »»*» ** tbe east end vho had sent up a paper balloon, attaching col­
adorned a board something like tbe ones in a telephone exchange. The ored lights to arouse Interest and speculation. Why people v i l l be
»o easily misled la indeed a greater mystery than tbe Vandalia lnven-
steel masts began to revolve and the upward motion waa accelerated, tlon.
the lever waa coved another notch and the rothascopes vere at full 1097 April'15 lTh] Cale*burg, 111., Evenlgg Mail, p . 1.
speed. Higher and higher the machine mounted u n t i l nothing could be
aeen of the earth, and were hidden by masses of vapor CTD. Then the JJHHXZX GLIMPSE Of THB XOSSXP. / More People Bee the Alleged «kchin•
aklpper vlngs on the sides were extended. Another thingumabob was UMt H l g i l t Again.
taken out of place, the position of the rothascopes were changed and yj,. p , ^ 0 f ^ . j 0 f t ^ portion of Oaleaburg la agaladlsturbed.
the craft shot ahead at full speed. "We are nov about 2000 feet above j _ _ , t n l g n t t h e mysterious *lr ahip va* aeen floating about in the north
the earth," said Captain Devonbaugh as he stepped out of the engine i m v e _ t e r heavens, and it* curious antic* vere plainly noticeable. In
room, and Joined the reporter. "I should Judge ve are leaking at least o r d e r t 0 prove that the bright particular light vaa not a <tar, one ma*
65 miles an hour and are headed straight for Chicago. We'll keep dark l i n e i u p a g i ^ a t • t r e e , vhere be could not see th* l i g h t , and then
u n t i l ve are over the city and then v i l l astonish the natives. How b e v^%^J t # _ t x moment more and _ _
It hove into full v i t v . T i l l v*J about
careful not to light a match when you go into the cabin, ve don't v a n t ^ . j ^ l n t h o e T e n l n g . Borne tvo hour* l a t e r I t again appeared, thi*
to risk an explosion vhlle we are up here. The results might not be t l M , « _ _ _ l o v e r d e v n l Q t n e . ^ I t l n o n e f_n __.,_ b r i l l i a n t l y for
pleasant, you knov." ( o n a t i » e , and then suddenly diatppeared,
For two hours ve sailed through the night, the queerest Journey There i* a report that a petition will be *ent np to tb* manager
even undertaken by mortal man. There was no J a r , nor sound save the . t h „ ( h l p t 0 p l o „ - , t o p «nd__explain.
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1697 April 15 ITh) Mt. Vemoa, 111., Daily Register, p. t . T the pa3t week, notably in California, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, VUcoii-
, sir, and f i n e l y I l l i n o i s , was first sighted flying over Peorla about
What was generally supposed t o be the mysterious a i r ship that has H'-It5 last evening, apparently foiiovinr the cours« of the river. I t
caused such an excitement throughout a half a dozen western states went some distance in the direction of CMlllcothe, apparently about
during the past five or six weeks, was observed by fully a hundred to fprlng Ray, when i t turned and was Been polng back over the city
people of this city between 8 and 9 o'clock last night in the north- In a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n , , finally disappearing frost view.
western heavens about thirty degrees above the horizon. It was first A Strange Light Seen,
observed about quarter past 8 o'clock and continued within the range The f i r s t known of i t s presence was a strange light in the sky.
Of vision for considerably wore than an hour. According to the teati- some say about one thousand feet high, and variously described *a to
irony of those who watched i t s course, i t descended ten or twelve i t * size froo an incandescent e l e c t r i c light to three tl»es «a large a» a
degrees towards the horUon In about twenty minutes and gradually .locoootive headlight. Excited parties of nen rushed Into The Trans-
passed out of sight. It was somewhat brighter than a star of the , o f f i c e h h a i w 4 U l e t e l e p W . In the
first magnitude and glowed with a reddish light not unlike the planet o f f J c e were kept ringing for several hours after. "
Mars, although of much greater brilliancy. Some of those who watched Sane v e r e badcvBrd about speaking of i t until they heard that
i t are sure UUx that i t s course was an e r r a t i c one and professed to o t hers bod 8 e e n i t , and then they detailed the vision as i t appeared
be able to see party colored lights at intervals as if arranged by t 0 tQenl_ Going out on« the street they would Beet sooe one else vho
human agency. Of those who saw the mysterial aerial wanderer the 6rcJ EIW i t < ^ ft0 t h e Btory passed from mouth t o laouth each Ban added
majority are sure It was some sort of mechanical contrivance designed E O C i e a e v feature until their imaginations pictured a hideous monster
to travel through the ethereal vorld, while a fev are sure i t was one „ i t n vi n ps, t a l l , a fiery furnace, ship rigging, e t c . Sone had heard
of the celestial bodies. I t s comparatively rapid t r a n s i t would see* t h e M C D l l l e r y I n operation, others saw lights of a l l colors, [Link]
t o preclude the idea that i t was . s t e l l a r body and i t s position in heaj.d n u B i c M dt t m o t n e r B h u m n n i c c t M the «± snip moved alosf

" S S ^ T * T " P1 " CC ^*K° Ut ," ld ! t h * / ? " « » «n«J«««y » the rate of a hundred «*± nlles or »ore an hour,
could not have been one of the rplanets and the query naturally a r i s e s , i t
,. , . . . _ „K-„^i . — -^^.^.^t .,„», . .
„>.,... .,.„ <♦* * , . . , . I t was described by some as a cigar-shaped arragngepent, such as
what was i t ! Anong those who saw the mysterious v i s i t o r last night . described In the Chicago papers. Others saw two eltar-sha-

George Carter and scores of others. *t h c r e i r o f b o t h h u l l < ' „ ^ „ rt

lb'97 April 15 Ifli) Ottawa (1111 Republican-Times, p. 2 {card'U T Varying Reports.
vkty | According t o the stories of different ones vho called at the of-
AIRSHIP-OR WHAT! / Several People Who Report a Phenomenon Saturday « e e or telephoned i n , the airship cavorted about in the [Link]*
Night / WAS IT A STAfl OH THE SHIP? / Has Some One Solved the Kystery ° " ' P*°Pla ^ n e a r ^ « h o u r " S°°'\ ^ e r ' , " ' " ™ ** Averyrllle,
of navigating the Air by Electricityt-Wnat People Wbo Saw It Say I t « & ■ « « « * ^ t h T ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Looks Like. / 4 strange light high In the sky. Re looked at i t for some time and
Chicago and Evanston and Jollet need not Imagine that they are t h e t h m l g h t i t a balloon, but said he could not distinguish more than the
only c i t i e s In the state of I l l i n o i s that possess people with good r e d U g W # ^ o t h e „ v e r e c e t a l Q t h a t i t vaa the airship. Th. con-
enough eyes to see the mysterious air ship that has been seen In d u c t o r said the ship was going in a northwesterly direction, tov.W
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and California, for thdy are not. It his t n e W e H t B l u f f i ^^ finally disappeared over the bluff. Out at John
been seen In Ottawa. It was Been Saturday night between 9 and 10 C< S B j U t e D . 8 l t vas plainly visible. A crowd was in the aaaisercnt haLL.
clock. At the tlir.e f i r s t seen i t was overhead and tooved slowly to t h e b u t O Q 1 ft f e „ o n t o e o u t B i d e naw i t floating over the place,
westward. William Trablng, S r . , and Charles N.0Miller both saw i t , Reports of I t s Coming,
and their descriptions agree. It was seemingly high up, carried two ^ J a t e 8 t r e p o r t received over the wires yesterday from the s i r -
llghtfl, one green, the other white, and the lights seeced to be about n h l p l n J t B t r a v e l B u a a t n a t i t haA ^gsea over Beardstovn and w s
25 feet apart. Both of them watched I t for some tine and saw l t nove h e a d e d tQV6Ti P e o r l a , U had been at Quincy and JacksonvlUe andTjici
slowly to the westward and disappear. n l ^ t ^fore. but i t s whereabouts during the day could not be account-
J , J . Withrow reports that when he closed up his store, about 1 0 : 1 5 ^ f o r > R e p o r t B vere l a t e r received from Havana, Hsnito, Little
that he etepped outside and saw overhead and moving rapidly towards I n d J a o a ^ rthff tovna along the C.P. 1 St.L. oroad, but i t seertj to
the southwest an airBhip_ or something of that sort. Whatever i t was ^ a v e t ) U 3 ( ] t 4 n j a e ^ p e i c i n , o r to have turned off the lights as l t
i t carried a light that seemed to be about as strong as one of the city Qver t b e t M i% V M f l r n t D O t l c e d a l t b c f D Q t o[ Harris
electric lights and very bright. After l t passed over the court tause r T . ,.■
and got in range of the flag pole he stepped t o one side t o see how | e t r e e t * « * « « * over the r i v e r , where i t was near the ground cr.d t t »
far l t vent, but It had vanished completely. He saw but one l i g h t , andoperator seemed to be hunting a place t o land. _ ^ _ _
If i t vas not the airship It certainly was something that carried a ; The First Reports.
l i g h t , and i t vas altogether too low for ft meteor, for I t did not Seeoi I The "airship" had hardly reached Averyville when Sar Hunsitter sa
to be higher than the clouds. came rushing into the Transcript office, shoutinp Did you ser Ui,
Walter Hood, night operator ftt the Rock Island office, sav an Sir- airship!" I t Just went over." When he cooled down he expla n-.-d t h «
ship or a meteor, he did not know which, Saturday evening. The light he had seen the airship, that i t had a headlifht twice as t i e as "
was strong and showed red, like a very powerful locomotive head light,, ordinary locomotive headlight, and I t s speed was so rreat th*. only
It a lasted for a couple of minutes and moved rapidly to the south- profanity could assist him * in accurately describing I t . 3o« o*«
west, finally disappearing in that direction. He called hla folks out .suggested that i t might have been a balloon. Out Sax. [Link] a. any
and they saw i t as plainly as he did, The time was a i s l i t t l e later isuch idea.
, than when Mr. Withrow sav i t . ! One of the sen in The Transcript composing roos discovered , t
Whether there is anything in i t Or not, there are many to-day who jand the entire force was soon having out of the back windows v a t c h , "
are studying the problem of aerial navigation, and i t Is possible that ithe mysterious v i s i t o r . The balloon theory was discussed but Andy
some one may have succeeded in manufacturing some such outfit as des- JAnderson, the "head" man. declared that l t vent too fast to be a i » l -
cribed ln Jules Verne'* "Robur, the Conqueror," in which book an elec- loon.
t r i e a l airship plays the ^a^important^.part, and Is at present having A well knovn deputy sheriff telephoned to The Transcript * v«ry
a l o t of fun with" the people of "thia country, sailing arougd in the pood description of the flight of the ship. He was aboard a RipU
air and setting everybody to talking. Joliet reports seeing the ship Transit CSJ and every passenger had the privilege of seeing t»a -on-
Friday night, a dozen men seeing l t , yet there are those wbo are skep­ derful ship, he said. He described I t as havlnp ajarr.e red Utfit In
t i c a l and do not believe in i t at a l l . I t has been seen ln Illinois front and a saaller white llgnt ln the rear of the car and described
for several nights,and when Alpha Orenois { s i c ) , a s t a r of tbe f i r s t i t s course as Volng south.
magnitude, appeared ln the eastern heavens the other night nany r e s i - ' "" Saw the Riepinr.
dents of Chicago and suburbs thought the Kansaa airship vas paying then M.' E. Wilson, the Main street restaurant nan, said l t looked JiM
a visit, Prof. Hough, of the Northwestern University, solved the wys- a big balloon and was going etrtiRht up the river. I t s course was
t e r y , however, by proving scientifically the Identity of the s t a r , and steady and i t s progress e v i f t , and for thia reason he did not believe
explaining that i t is a fast traveler and gives out colored light, i t vaa a balloon. "There vas an object below and above the l l e i i t t .
This explanation may solve tbe mystery of the strange visitor above (Hr. Wilson said, "and the top reainded tae or a ship's rigglne. As
Western s t a t e s . near as I can t e l l i t passed over the city at 0 = **5 o'clock. A
High over the t a l l e s t buildings of the city a strange light gleaned friend of Mr. Wilson's spofce up and informed the reporter that WUson
moved and
and moved and vas
was stared
stared atat by
by thousands
thousands of of people
peopl in the streets and was not addicted t o imaginative or fanciful fllfdits, snd said that If
on housetops, vho said i t was the Kansas airship, Wilson said he saw the a i r ship he vas positive that I t was a ship.
Evanston and other towns In I l l i n o i s and Wisconsin brought infor­ R. Cains, a colored Kuan, said: "I could not extinguish what l t
mation of a strange celestial v i s i t o r , which was believed to be the was exactly. I t didn't wobble like a balloon and waa poing a Btisdy
same that has s t a r t l e d the people of Kansas of nights for more than » fcalt. I am sure i t was an air ship."
veek. In the face of these reports l t i s easy for the multitudes of Billy Boyer, of Ho. 217 Main s t r e e t , saw the supposed a i r ship
curious people t o believe that the double green l i g h t which hung in and described i t as did Mr. Wilson.
the firc^ment of the northveat was the searchlight of the airship vhicl Alfred M Comlglsky, of Main s t r e e t , thought I t vas a balloon at
pepan i t e nightly tours in the arid clime of Kansas. f i r s t , but then came to the conclusion that l t vas going too fast for
1097 April l-> (ih rrorn) Peorla Daily Transcript, p. T : Icaru'Tr a balloon find that i t must have been the euch talked-about s i r ahip.
He had heard ao oany people talking about i t that his faith becaw
PECRIA ]IAS A:; AIR SHIP / Thousands Saw the Celestial Marauder U s t ™ reporter sav hi» he vas cocked up against a N.l„
night. / IT WAS COMC UP THE RIVER / How They Learn that It was rerely J ^ V a t l i n g w a i t i n g the balance of the ship/which he said
a Balloon Sent up toJ e s t Their Imaginations. / ^ ^ traUed ^ ^
At last the airship has visited Peorla. Ceve Conipisky, the lawyer, saw i t . He believed It vaa a balloon
It i-'as seen last night by thousands Of reputable c i t i z e n s , who sent up for a Joke, but said there vas so nuch talk about thc ship
described i t -inutely as they sav i t . The nonster aerial [Link]^ator
that l t eight have been one for a l l he knew. Nothinp was ispossibl*
— which hss zevn reported sailing over several different states during
these davs.
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A resident of the Kant Bluff telephoned to The Transcript office BJli red Btripen alternating. But tblB observer added that he could
at 11 o'clock inquiring as to the air [Link]. He Gild he was not BI ;ditcern the green light In theVear." Here I t where the play of the
hor.e vhen the --hip sailed over the city hut his family and the nef<h~j imagination came in. He averred also that the "ship" was poring
bars had [Link] the ship. He ashed about i t s course and vhether any north at the rate of forty nllea an hour.
one rise had s=ern i t . One observer, of a scientific turn of mind, tried to ueesure the
Night Officer Tlllott said he saw the a i r ship and k;iev two of "air ship." He estlnated t h a t , if R was 2,000 feet above the city
the r^n on I t . i t could not be less than eighty feet in length to »aie such a shoving
Pettlt Was Fure. ai i t did.
Ocorrc Pettlt vas another a i r ship caller at The Transcript off­ CPic. : AS IMAGINATION PICTURED IT. / What a Great Many People Really
ice, lie was accompanied bv three vounc ren vho vith. [Link] and Believe They Sav [3 Ken looking up at cigar-shaped sp w headlight
Elliott had witnessed the "sight from in" front" of P e t t l t ' a place on "■ beaming as I t passed over building).]
Liberty s t r e e t . George declared that the Ship had a headlight four
1«97 April 15 (Th) Rockford, 111., Dally RegiBter-Caxette, p. 6". '
tines as large as an ordinary locorattive headlight, and that there vas
some dark object following along behind I t , and he pused his open hand POOR OLD FREEPORT. . / Airship Tarn Fools the Sleepy P r e t i e l l l t e i . /
against the a i r slowly to i l l u s t r a t e , lie vaa ready to svear he had « , „ t h e ren ^ l 8 B „ _ l n g t h e « „ R u l l i b l e t o - n In t h e u n i -
seen t h e a i r s h i p , and t h e o t h e r f e l l o w s were b a c k i n g up e v e r y t h i n g v e r s e h i t s P r e e p o r t , he a u l t s t h e o u e s t f o r he b t i reached h i t g o a l .
he s a i d . They a l l saw I t a t t h e s a r e t i m e b u t t h e i r d e s c r i p t i o n s Any o r d i n a r y town flndfl i t h a r d enouKh t o g u l p down t h e whole
were somewhat d i f f e r e n t . They h o o t e d a t t h e i d e a of i t s b e i n g a b a l ­ yarn o f t h e b i g a i r - s h i p a s seen by l o c a l e y e B , b u t n o t BO F r e e p o r t ,
l o o n , however. Hone o f t h e n c o u l d e s t i m a t e t h e s l i e o f I t . The F r e e p o r t Democrat on S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g had a h i g h l y u x l a c o l o r e d
What They R e a l l y S n v , d e s c r i p t i o n o f t h e wreck o f t h e a l r - s h l p n e a r Lanark and followed i t
What t h e p e o p l e who imagined t h e y saw t h e a i r s h i p r e a l l y d i d Bee on Monday v i t h f u l l p a r t i c u l a r s . The machine was smashed, i t s o c c u ­
was an o r d i n a r y p a p e r b a l l o o n a b o u t f i v e f e e t i n h e i g h t and n i n e f e e t p a n t s were a t t h e p o i n t o f d e a t h and were s t r a n g e b e i n g s o f a n o t h e r
In c l r e u n b e r e n c e , s e n t up by two T r a n s c r i p t r e p o r t e r s . s x * w o r l d . A c c o r d i n g t o t h e Democrat, f a n n e r s v e r e f l o c k i n g t o t h e
I t had been t h o u g h t t h a t t h e I r v i f i n a t i o n o f t h e p e o p l e a l l o v e r s c e n e and s p e c i a l t r a i n s v e r e b e i n g a r r a n g e d f o r .
t h e c o u n t r y w h e r e t h e a i r S h i p h a s b e e n r e p o r t e d s i g h t e d was a l l t h a t About t h r e e - f o u r t h s o f F r e e p o r t b i t and a number o f camera f i e n d s
t h e r e was t o t h e a i r s h i p a t o r y , and t o t e s t t h e i m a g i n a t i o n of t h e r u s h e d t o Mi t h e H l l v a u k e e * S t , Paul d e p o t t o c h a r t e r a s p e c i a l
p e o p l e o f P e o r l a The T r a n s c r i p t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s p u r c h a s e d t h r e e c o l ­ train. I t was o n l y w i t h g r e a t d i f f i c u l t y t h e e n t h u s i a s t s c o u l d be
ored p a p s r b a l l o o n s and s t a r t e d o u t t o l a u n c h t h e a i r s h i p and s e e p e r s u a d e d t h e a f f a i r was a h o a x . And t h e n poor F r e e p o r t s e t t l e d down
vhat would crow o u t of I t . t o h e r accustomed l e t h a r g y and t h e d i s a p p o i n t e d o n e s . I n s t e a d o f
" Juki's t o ' t h e ' w a t e r . " " (*_._h«±Kg c a t c h i n g a n i _ _ : i a i r s h i p , c o n t e n t e d t h e m s e l v e s v i t h i n t e r -
The b a l l o o n s were H , w h i t e , b l u e , g r e e n , y e l l o w and w h i t e . T h e ' c e p t l n g a few s c h o o n e r s s a i l i n g o v e r t h e b a r .
l a u n ec h i n e n l n c e of t h e f i r s t o n e was a t t h e T a i e w e l l end o f t h e ifcyf A p r i l 1 5 ( T h ) ' S p r i n g f i e l d Newt ,""pTIV " ™~~ ~
l o v e r Cri"- b r i d c e . On a r r i v a l a t t h e c r o s s i n g Of t h e T . P . £ W. [Link]-
r c a a on t h e t r e s t l e t h e r e p o r t e r s unwrapped t h e b a l l o o n s , and were HTSTERY. SOLVED / THE STRAKGE AERIAL VISITOR / ALlCfTTS KHAR SPRIJIG-
a b o u t t o i n f l a t e t h e a i r s h i p vnen t h e y s u d d e n l y [Link] t h a t a , FIELD / I S SEEK AND INSPECTED BY JOHN RALLKT AMD ADOLPH WOKE—THE
taoifi was n e a r l y d u e , and n o t c a r i n g t o be d i s c o v e r e d and have t h e [OCCUPANTS. /
t r a i n [Link] t h e l i g h t for a danger s i g n a l they r e t r e a t e d t o t h e The a i r s n i p , v b i c h h a s been s e e n a t f r e q u e n t i n t e r v a l s t h e p a s t
end of t h e spnn. \\ere o n e c l i r b e d on t h e b r i d g e r a i l i n g and h e l d t h e fev days by c l t i i e n s o f I l l i n o i s and Iowa, e f f e c t e d a l a n d i n g l a s t
b a l l o o n w h i l e tile o t h e r a p p l i e d t h e i t a t c h . T h e r e was a s t r o n g wind n i g h t a t 9 O 0 a t a p o i n t on t h e J e f f e r s o n s t r e e t road t h r e e M i l e s west
bloving, up t h e r i v e r and i t v a s soon a p p a r e n t a s t h e t u r p e n t i n e b a l l o f t h e c i t y , n e a r t h e c o u n t r y s t o r e r e c e n t l y owned by t h e R e l l l y e s ­
bef|iin t o b l a z e and t h e wind blew i n t h e s i d e s o f t h e b a l l o o n t h a t t h e t a t e . At a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k l a s t n i g h t John H n l l e y , a f a m b a n d , was
f i r s t voyage would be a f a i l u r e , a s i t p r o v e d i n a v e r y fev r . i n u t e s . r e t u r n i n g home f r o n t h e c i t y . He s u d d e n l y o b s e r v e d h i g h i n t h e h e a ­
The f i r s t b u l l c o n c a u g h t f i r e , t h e r e p o r t e r s had t o l e t go t o a v o i d v e n s , a m y s t e r i o u s o b j e c t v i t h a l a r g e l i g h t , s u d d e n l y c o o i n g fron t h e
b u r n i n g t h e i r hand3 and t h e a i r S h i p becar.c a s u b r . a r l n e b o a t a f t e r vest. H r , R a l l e y , s u p p o s i n g I t t o be a l a r g e b a l l o o n , s t o o d w a t c h i n g
f l o a t i n g ir. t h e a i r o u t o v e r t h e b r e a k w a t e r . I t a w h i l e , when s u d d e n l y h e became c o n s c i o u s t h a t t h e o b j e c t was
l o w e r i n g . At t h i s p o i n t A d o l f Wenke, vho i » t b s owner o f a v i n e y a r d
The Second T r i a l .
a t t h i s p l a c e , J o i n e d Mr. B a i l e y , and b o t h men g a i e d c u r i o u s l y a t t h s
There wua t o o [Link] wind on t h e b r i d g e , and t h e r e p o r t e r s r e t u r n e d
t o t i l l s s i d e o f tr.e r i v e r . The b r i d g e s u p e r i n t e n d e n t was l e t I n t o t h e d e s c e n d i n g o b j e c t . I t was b u t 4 moment when, v i t h a h i s s i n g s o u n d ,
s e c r e t and v i s t o t e l e p h o n e t h e t l i r e o f d e r . a r t u r c o f t h e s h i p t o T h e _ t h e t h i n g l a n d e d a b o u t 2 0 0 f e e t ahead o f v b e r e t h e men s t o o d . At
T r a n s c r i p t o f f i c e . ' He"senE""a"'nan" a l o n g " v i i h t h e r e p o r t e r s t o ' a shed \first t h e two f a r m e r s s t o o d i n a b j e c t f e a r , b u t r e a d i l y s e e i n g n o a p - ,
a l o n g s i d e t h e P e o r i a T r a n s f e r Company's b u i d i n g s , where t h e y v e r e o u t p a r e n t d a n g e r t h e y v e n t u r e d t o v a r d j t h e T a n g l e d , t h i n g , " a s t h e y c a l l « 4 .
of t L e vir.d. In a few r . i n u t e s t h e b a l l o o n v a e I n f l a t e d and f l o a t e d ] i t , and were a t o n c e face~To~face v i t h ' V l o n ' g ^ ^ ' a r ' u ' e d »an~; The l a t t e r
g r a n d l y o u t upon i t s F i s s i o n , t h e t e s t i n g o f t h e p e o p l e ' s i m a g i n a t i o n spoke t o t h e f a r m e r s r e a d i l y , i n q u i r i n g t h e name o f t h e c i t y c l o s e b y .
I t J u s t graze-1 a smoke s t a c k a s i t r o s e o v e r t h e e l e c t r i c l i g h t works Being t o l d i t v a a S p r i n g f i e l d , h e seemed s u r p r i s e d , s a y i n g h i s a i r
and s t a r t e d t o a s c e n d r a p i d l y . I t was a t t h l 0 t i o e t h a t i t was d i s ­ s h i p r e a s h e d h e r e from Quincy i n t h i r t y m i n u t e s . The a i r n a v i g a t o r
c o v e r e d by [Link], P e t t i t and o t h e r s on L i b e r t y s t r e e t , and i i n i kindly explained t h e s e v e r a l r e q u i s i t e s necessary for a craft of t h i s
i n s t e a d of b e i n g 1,000 f e e t h i g h , a s ilunaa>.er d e c l a r e d , i t was l e s s kind t o take f l i g h t . I n s i d e t h e c a r vaa s e a t e d a n o t h e r man and a l s o
t h a n 2J0. But i t v a s g e t t i n g a pood s t a r t , and v e n t up t h e r i v e r p a s t t h e s c i e n t i s t ' s v i f e . He s a i d he g e n e r a l l y r e s t e d i n t h e d a y t l c e i n
/ i v e r y v i l l e , o v e r t h e u p p e r f r e e b r i d g e a n d on i n t h e d i r e c t i o n o f obscure p o r t i o n s of t h e c o u n t r y , n o t wishing t o l a y bare t h e working
Chilllcotho. I f t h e s t e e t c a r c o n d u c t o r above m e n t i o n e d saw a l i g h t of« t h e huge w i n g s , which c o u l d b e e a s i l y Been i n day t i m e . T h i s a c ­
going n o r t h v e ' J t o v e r J e f f e r s o n avenue i t must have been t h i s b a l l o o n c o u n t s f o r h i s n i g h t t r a v e l s . When a s k e d v h e t h e r be was backed by t h e
r e t u r n i n g , but i t i s hardly probable. government h e was l o a t h t o a n s w e r , b u t s i g n i f i e d t o t h e T a m e r s t h a t
The L a s t A s c e n s i o n , as soon a t c o n g r e s s r e c o g n i t e d Cuban b e l l i g e r e n c y h i s a i r s h i p would
The r e p o r t e r s r e t u r n e d t o t h e o f f i c e J u s t i n t i n e t o meet t h e be h e a r d f r o n .
f i r s t A r r i v a l s , vho r u s h e d i n t o t e l l o f s e e i n g t e h e a i r s h i p , and The c a r c a r r i e d n u n e r i o u s e l e c t r i c a p p a r a t u s , i n c l u d i n g a p o w e r f u l
a f t e r l i s t e n i n g t o t h e i r s t o r i e s , s t a r t e d o u t t o send up a n o t h e r s e a r c h l i g h t , v b i c h v a s n o t a t p r e s e n t u s e d . Be c a r r i e d an o r d i n a r y
b a l l o o n , a s t h e f l r s t " b n e " h n d riot gone o v e r t h e c i t y , b u t s o a r e d alonfl l o c o m o t i v e h e a d l i g h t , which was c o n t i n u a l l y u s e d . The f r a n e o f t h e u
up t h e r i v e r . A p a r t y o f t h r e e b o a r d e d a F o r t C l a r k c a r and r o d e o u t c a r was n a d e o f a l u m i n u m , c o v e r e d v i t h c a n v a s . When a s k e d t h e s c i e n ­
t o b t c n e H i l l C a r d e n , where t h e t h i r d b a l l o o n was s e n t up and a n o t e t i s t ' s naree he s o i l e d a n d p o i n t e d a t t h e l e t t e r M., v b i c h was p a i n t e d
pinned t o t h e b o t t o c , o f i t c o n t a i n e d t h e s e w o r d s : on t h e Bide c a r . A f t e r b i d d i n g t h e fartaera a d i e u , h e e n t e r e d t h e c a r ,
" T h i s i s t h e a i r s h i p fron t h e P e o r i a T r a n s c r i p t . " t o o k - a s e a t , and p r e s s i n g an e l e c t r i c b u t t o n t h e s h i p r o s e fron t h e
The b a l l o o n r o s e g r a c e f u l l y t o w a r d t h e s k y and s t a r t e d f o r t h e e a r t h and s a i l e d d u e n o r t h . I t v a s soon l o s t t o v i e w .
c e n t e r Of t h e c i t y , b u t i t was l o s t s i g h t o f by t h e r e p o r t e r s , who The r e l i a b i l i t y o f John H a l l e y and Adolf Wenk i s bejtond q u e s t i o n .
watched I t u n t i l t h e l i g h t d i s a p p e a r e d . I t [Link] t o have p a s s e d o v e r and i t i s a l s o r e p o r t e d t h a t q u i t e a number o f p e o p l e l i v i n g i n West
t h e c e n t e r o f t h e c i t y and t o be o v e r A v e r y v i l l e when t h e l i g h t / n . W ■ - S p r l n ^ l e ^ na.w t h ^ g r i f r l ^ - y j s f t o r about t h e Phaye-najed h o a x . __
faded f r o o v i e w , and i t was t h o u g h t t h a t t h e l i g h t went o u t and t h e 189? A p r i l 1 5 , ( T h ) S a v a n n a h , 1 1 1 . , J o u r n a l ( w k l y ) , p . S.
balloon f e l l . L i t t l e was h e a r d of t h i s o n e , e x c e p t i n t h e l o v e r end
o f t h e c i t y , and i t a p p e a r s t h a t t h e r a j o r i t y s a v t h e f i r s t o n e , which u-t s h l P s * e n I a Ssvannsh.
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tsaveled along the river, and vas seen by residents of the [Link] Bluff streets were full of people Monday night sbout 8;15, vitchinj
by Averyville people and by people in the center of the c i t y . Many the s i r ship in the northwestern heavens. The light is certainlv ■
lower end people saw the l a s t one sent up, as reports vere recieved b) rewritable one, as i t grows brighter and dims, sad finally go*i out
telephone. altogether, only to again reappear. "What stuff ' t i s u d t of, or
Satisfactory Test. whereof ' t i a bom" s t i l l rea_lns a Byatery.
The test vaa eminently satisfactory, so far as proving that the That Air Ship,
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imagination has played an important part in these airship s t o r i e s . It * "TStariou* monster of ths air which hss b«*n ssan In Kansas,
Hebra'aka, Iowa and Dakata and lastly In this scace was th* th*-* of

Freeport Democrat came out with a colunu article giving account of a

foundstlcji «nd consequently the mystery is as j e t unsolved.

Arsp. owner writes Oms. exposition.
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The a i r ship rone, as i f from the ground, l a s t night in the vest The Airship I* Said t o tiave Descended W««t of SpclnjfiBld,
end about 9 o'clock and panned over t h e c i t y , finally disappearing 111. / Special to tha Chicago Record,
among the clouds. A bright l i g h t was til that van r i s i b l e . Crowds of Spring f i e l d , 1 1 1 . , April 13.—It ia reported here, than an alrahlp
people down tovn eav I t and some business men became excited. I t vaa descended frca the skies l a a t night a t 9 o'clock about threa a i l e a waat
evidently a balloon. of Springfield, and that a couple of faro hands convaratd with tha nan
Dr. E. V, Wdhi was MXM up from Tampico today. He says a i r ship in charge. The passenger la said to have asked tha naae of tha c l t y , i
l i g h t t vere seen there betveen T and 8 o'clock, heading for the north- and to have been' surprised when told i t was Spring!Uld, H* said ha
east, l ^ j c o r i e free <Julncy in t h i r t y minutes. AS thia would necaasltata a
13, 5: Mike Cramer spent one and a half hours l a a t night In an effort »peed of 240 o i l c s an hour, thera arc scne who would doubt tha t r u t h of
to get a glimpse of the great a i r ablp t h a t ia a t t r a c t i n g BO uuch a t t e o ' t h i s s t o r y . Tha alleecd a i r s h i p i s said to h«v* sailed du« north troo
t i o n . He i s losing f a i t h i a t h e actual existence of such a machine, here.
, . , , Quincy, 111., April 15.—Conductor Charles P. Kalley, who brought
1U, 8; Sunshine! I t haa been p l e n t i f u l today and h a . a t t r a c t e d as th rWflbash passenger t r a i n a t 10 o'clock to-night, r e p o r t ! that h i s
nuch a t t e n t i o n aa the a i n s h i p . t r a i n r n c c d w U h t h e a l l e g c d , i c s h l p trot. V e r s a i l l e s t o Her—an, a d l s -
15.£>"• Urban I t e m s : Hov t h e y s a y t h a t t h e a i r s h i p s t i r r e d up t h e c l o u d * t a n c e of f i f t e e n m i l e s . The t r a i n was going f o r t y w i l e * an h o u r , b u t
and c a u s e d t h e snov B t o r a on F r i d a y n i g h t . t h e e t r . i n n e t h i n g i n t h e eky k e p t ahead o f t h e n , and f i n a l l y l e f t t h a «
l$,U: The p e o p l e w i l l soon f i n d o u t t h a t t h e a i r s h i p i s a f a k e . I f and d i s a p p e a r e d . I t v a s h a l f a a l l e f r o n t h a t r a i n , and a l l t h e y c o o H
you w i l l i n v e s t i g a t e v h a t t h e Globe C l o t h i n g Bouoe o f f e r s . , . y o u w i l l » e e was" t h e l i g h t . I t V a r i e d i n i t ! c o u r s e , and a t t i n e a was c l o s e t o
rind r e a l i t y without a t e l e s c o p e . ThP p . - r t h , i y f . . i M . i 1 1 y r i - i l n " < e v p r n l hundred f p r t i n Thi» a i r . COO=_
d u c t o r K a l l e y saya h e i s c o n f i d e n t I t was n o t a s t a r . The o b j e c t was
1857 A p r i l 15 (Th) S t e r l i n g , 1 1 1 . , five. C a t t l e ,
s e e n by a l l t h e p a s s e n g e r s , anong them b e i n g Henry C, Cupp and Myron B
THCT SAW THE AIR SHIP / C i t i z e n s Became E x c i t e d Over Moving L i g h t s i n I L o s t , b o t h r e p u t a b l e b u s i n e s s m a n o f t h i s c i t y .
t h e Heavens l a s t fiipjit. A p r i l Is", lfl97" Chicago t r i b u n e i V r i a s y ) p . i ( c a r d 1) . \
L i t t l e a p a c e h a s been d e v o t e d t o t h e a i r s h i p I n t h e Bock F a l l s
c o l u m n s , b u t when t h e c i t i z e n s ' o f t h e c i t y b e g i n t o s e e t h e f l y i n g S e e s I b n F i s h i n g from A i r S h i p -
machine a few l i n e s imy be e x c u s e d I n na/[Link] a few o f t h e p r o m i n e n t Occupants o f t h e A i r C r a f t Drop a S w o r d t l s h I n t h a Lak* and
p e o p l e who have s e e n " s o m e t h i n e ' 1 and a r e s u r e I t was t h e a i r s h i p . At S a i l Away. - -
a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k _l a s t n i p h t P . H . C e y e r d i__
s c o v e r e d a l-i -g h. t. p. a s s i n g o v e r C l e v e l a n d , C h i o , A p r i l 1 5 . — ( S p e c i a l . ) — 3 . H. D a v i s o f D a t r o i t
t h e s e a t e r n p a r t o f t h e c i t y and l e a v i n g h i s a t o r e u n l o c k e d r u s h e d h e c e s a y s t h a t w h i l e o u t on h i s f i s h t u g , t h e Sea Wing, y e s t e r d a y , t h a f i s h -
t o c a l l t h e r a c i l y o u t t o e e e t h e B i g h t , b u t b e f o r e t h e y c o u l d be i n - ermen n o t i c e d a q u e e r - l o o k i n g b o a t n o t f a r away. C a p t a i n J o s a p h
duced t o p e t o u t i n t o t h e ym* y a r d t h e a i r s h i p had v a n i s h e d and F r e d ' s S l n g l e r , m a s t e r o f t h a t u g , and Mr. Davis agrea, t h a t I t a p p e a r e d a b o u t
word a b o u t s e e i n g t h e wonder v a s d i s p u t e d . Frank Miner and H u l l S c o - « * * e t i n l e n g t h . I t had a c a b i n c o v e r i n g a b o u t o n ^ q u a r t a r o t t h a
f i e l d a r e s u r e t h e y saw s o n e s t r a n g e form p a a s o v e r w i t h l i g h t s a t t a c h * d e c k s u r f a c e . A » a n d r e a s e d i n . a checked h u n t i n g a u i t and w a a r l n g a
e d . Kany o t h e r s a r e s u r e i k a ? saw some s t r a n g e form p a s s o v e r v i t b long peaked c a p was f I t h i n g frora t h a b o a t . He was a p p a r e n t l y a b o u t 2 3
t h a t t h e r e woe s o m e t h i n g n o r e t h a n a h o t s i r b a l l o o n . A young c o u p l e ] years ofa* age. A handsome woman *at at h i s aide, with a boy of 10 at
In plain slftht of another whole family stood out in t h e soft noon n e r[ e c t . As the Sea Wlngneared the curious craft a gaily docoratad
l i p h t , he with h i s arms about the elim waist of lk« hiefsueet heart and object was slowly inflated and rose to the length of tha ropes by which
she with her loving head dropped back upon h i s cianyly b r e a s t , together ' i t w a . Attached to the boat. I t was a balloon, cylinder shapod, about
they considered t h e wonders'before-them. " fcna Beautiful s i g h t , they j * f Xonft s l w l y t t i t b o a t r o 8 e i n t o the a i r u n t i l i t stood d i r -
thought, and « y t h i s opportunity oft be repeated. With such help to l * t l y " v « the tug, about 500 feet f r o . the [Link]. I t c l r c l . d like a
S h i P
tTJil JaSnifroVvLv? * ** " " * ^ Tawkfor sever.l o i n u t e s . Suddenly there was a , P U . h _ i n tha water.
pa
A large swordfish had been dropped from the a i r s h i p . Tha fish w«»
Stunned and la now on exhibition In a tank at tha f i r e tug, Cleveland,
A number of protrinent c i t i z e n s claim t o have had a very good viei.
flhlo, A""»4il wa« dropped (ron the airship and~tha~oysteriou» people
of the a i r ship l a s t Hg night between nine and ten o'clock. Ansng
were carried (tuny by the high wind. Hr, Davis said the boat hid * ait
then Is Idward SC 3are, who pronounces i t one of the most beautiful
wheel similar to those of steamer*. This, i t i s i t * t a d , a c t ! at a
s i r h t s he sver caw, which Is sayinp considerable conoidering t h e ex-
propeller in the a i r as well as on the water.
tent of hi a *£?*'};£
1B9T April' lo''' , U , HT , nVon"''7irT , T7e\' , TeTe^"e."pTJ , rp; J. Mount Vemon, l l l l n o l ! , April 15.—(Special.)- r Whjit i s thought to
have been the mysterious, a i r s h i p was seen here by war* than 100 persons
The Air Ship. l a s t n i g h t , Mayor Wellj, who had an excellent view of th4 taysterlous
Passengers who arrived on t h e Burlington 9:30 t r a i n l a a t night v i s i t o r froa the observatory attached to h i s reildaoca, says I t r t s e o -
claim that they saw t h e a i r Bhlp on the way up fron S t . Louis, and bled t h e body of a large man swimming through the a i r with an e l e c t r i c
that t h e Eysterioua craft io a hummer, as I t kept very nearly even l i g h t on h i s back.
Carlyle, 111., April 15.—(Special.)—The airship was aten t h i s
with t h e t r a i n . I t had two big U g h t s . When t h e t r a i n arrived at t r a v e l l i n g rapidly In . Krtt northwesterly c o w . * . '
West Alton there was a iarge crowd on t h e p l a t for- watching the a y - « f , ^ ^ 0 ^ 8 an, April 1 3 . - C 8 p e c U l . J - T h . ..ich talked of
terioua s a i l e r . I t passed over t h e c i t y , say the passengers, a t a ouum >»!■><; , a , -r r „ . . _ r-*»t,™ . . . . <•
. . . j JI j * _. J > J * 6 , airship seen here la«t night headed westward. Elder Ketchun says i t
rapid r a t e and disappeared from Tiew. ■Lmii.u » « » « a
. H i * , r ■• i ,, , .v i i j i.. u w a a cinar-shaped and moved with remarkable speed.
A peculiarly fanciful explanation of the B0-«aUed ship, nov sa^d-**" C ^ ^ C y , j i v ™ X p r n ^ S ^ ^ T J ^ I a l ^ - T h r U a b a a h - p T r r s e n s - e r t r a i n
t o be seen in Bany places each evening, i s given by an eaatern paper, A the£ ^alleged ^ ^ n ihresrho i pflt, 1 0 o'clock tonight raced (or 13 ninutaa with
swan, which the people of that planet are said to fly through apace
which supposes i t t o be a resident of Mars Bailing on the roDiaatlc _ .miles e a, s t. , _of
52 . , . Quincy,
,. T ^and y r l rraced
B t h t c d t the
8 i swith t t othing
Hernun,n**r when
Perryi tSprings,
pulled
on. This veracious eastern a u t h o r i t y believes that the wandering
Martian wishes t o coraiunicate with e a r t h , but i s Beared off by the ahead of the train and disappeared. The t r a i n was running 40 kilaa an
hour. All of the passengers s t y i t , but a l l thty could tea was two
queer people he flees here.
l i g h t s , one white, the other r e d ,
1897 April 16 (Fri morn) Daily Pantagraph (Blootnington, 111.), p . 6.
Itilleboro, H i . , April 15.—{Special. J—What la auppoaaj to. U
t h e - a i r s h i p was seen in the weatern heavens by a numb« of raptitabl*
THE AIRSHIP. / Two People at Leroy Saw the Modem Miracle Hedneaday
Night—was Going West. c i t i r e n s j a e t evening.
■n,. , ( r = u „ . .. _, . . , , , '" Hon. April M, p . 6 ( e d s . ) — l t ~ l t t i a e t o think aeriousTy~of a
" - ! S I " " ? W " . . ! ! " / n . t h f , V l c i n l t 7 ^ . f - « " T Wednesdsy evening. fcMter Hew York when the people there can see an a l r a h i p .
Mr, James llaomand, living four miles east of that c i t y , reports that tha 'Jest Side airship phenomenon can
he saw i t between 8 and 9 o'clock. I t noved in a westerly direction be accounted for by the fact that an e l e c t r i c car was "held up."
and up and down, and f i n a l l y seemed to come to the ground. I t a ahape Tha progress mada. by the hinan. race
was long and ship like and there were three l i g h t s with i t . l i n i c e l y i l l u s t r a t e d by the f a c t that Alpha Crionit has been perfora-
Mr. Bliss Humphrey also saw I t over the c i t y of Leroy. / Ing a s e t turn in the flrmanent for. ten million yearaor store but haa
Another Account of I t . only juat been found out as an a i r s h i p .
—A correspondent a t Leroy wrltee as follows concerning the appear- u w ,April
lTues, . . .„ 1J—Thli mysterious a i r craft appear a to be a sort of
ance of Che a i r h s t p : "The excitement in the c i t y of Uroy i s at fever i n t e r - s t a t e exhibition.
heat, and people are running to and f r o , exclaiming, 'Did you see tha i I t will probably turn out that t h e "airship
inonster airship l a s t evening waway up i n the heavena, f l u t t e r i n g l i k e j_",ji amofc«" and i s merely the name of a new brand of c i g a r .
an anchored vessel in a tornado?' James Hanoand, a veteran Methodist That picture
picture ot ot the the "airship*
"airship" proves
proves cconclusively
preacher, declares that he viewed i t for more than half an hour, and that both the a r t i s t and the etcher were sincere when they said thay
I t was the moat wonderful sight he ever witnessed. thought t h e photograph genuine.
"Many from K a i l ' s reataurant beheld i t as i t floated proudly tow­ Thurs, April 15—Tuesday night was a busy on« for the a i r s h i p .
ards the western a r x i a t a r . Mr, Scranton turned his field glass upon I t exploded In Kalamajsoo, Michigan, ran «i round in C * r l i n v i l l e , 111.,
i t , and saw a party of s i x . This was about 10:30 at night, when the and made i t s debut in Washington, D. C, I t now »e*tu to be a three-
advancing schooner appeared a t a » t a n d - a t i l l in this c i t y . I t waa ringed c i r c u s. a f f a-i r-.-
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fully an hour before i t disappeared towards the west, far away beyond April 16, 1897 Chicago Tribune I P r l . ) p . 12 Uard lj™
and above the clouds." t
SEEN AT SPRINGFIELD. . Uve Topics of Today.
(Winkle b Hull*) i Out of tha thousands of reports which are cooing in fron avery
j_crossreads in the country in regard to the a i r s h i p , aany of which ar*
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no d o u b t exn»j:«r.U'd and i n a c c u r a t e a s c o n c e r n * d e t a i l s , t h e r e a r e a drunk o r d e r a n g e d . O t h e r s h o l d t h a t a l i g h t t a d n o t h i n g ware n i
few t h a t have t v brand, of e t n r n a l t r u t h no f i x e d upon them t h n t t h e y ieea. Hundreds saw t h e l i g h t and knsv i t v a * n o t a s t a r o r t h e BOOS.
n u a t bo b e l i e v e d by e v e r y s c o f f e r . Such a one i s a t e l e g r n n from Thet t h e r e v u s o m e t h i n g u n n a t u r a l f l o a t i n g t o t h e h e a v e n s i * t r u e .
[Link]. I t r e l a t e s how one W l U i a n W a l t e r s , an h o n o r a b l e n a n , The s t a t e m e n t s o f t n i t h f u l p e o p l e i n L i n c o l n vtao saw t h e o b j e c t , v i t h
w h i l e w a l k i n g on h i s Earn between 7 o ' c l o c k and t h e c o r n e r g r o c e r y , saw t h i . s t a t e m e n t f r o a C i r a r d v i l l e x p l a i n nuch of t h e M y s t e r y :
t h e a i t - s h i p d e s c e n d i n g on a meadow l o t . [Link] la n o t In t h e h a b i t of C a r l l n v i l l e , April 13.—The r e p o r t froa a u t h e n t i c s o u r c e . U t h a t
s e e i n g a i r s h i p s a l i g h t on neadow l o t s i n t h i s v i c i n i t y , and a c c o r d i n g l y t h e a i r s h i p , v h l c h h u been seen a t o u r d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s t h e p u t
he and sonc o t h T nen r a n i n h a s t e t o t h e s p o t . Before them i n t h e m o n t h , v s . s e e n a b o u t h a l f way b e t v e e n t h e t o w n , o f Hllvood and C l r a r d
p a l e n o o n l l g h t loocicd a s t r u c t u r e 100 f e e t l o n g and 20 f e e t h i g h , " As » t 6 : 1 5 l a s t e v e n i n g . When f i r s t seen i t vmj d e s c e n d i n g and v u n o t -
t h e y a p p r o a c h e d sonebody on b o a r d p r e s u m a b l y s a i d , ' T h e r e c o n e s B i l l t w a i c e f t by W». S t r e e t , f r a n k M e t c o l f and Ed T e e p l e i , and t h e t s l e -
W a l t e r a l " f o r " t h e a i r s h i p s l o w l y r o s e w i t h a loud w h i r r i n g sound l i k e g r a p h o p e r a t o r a t O l r a r d . T h e s e men eav i t a l i g h t and a s e n g e t o u t ,
t h a t of f a s t r e v o l v i n g w h e e l s , " Why c a n ' t e v e r y b o d y be t r u t h f u l l i k e w * f i * some p a r t o f t h e m a c h i n e . They s t a r t e d f a r t h e p l a c e v b e r s i t
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William? Perhaps i n the e x c i t e m e n t they forgot about i t , but the next . l i g h t e d , b u t when v l t b l n a q u a r t e r o f a m i l e i t r o i e and d i s s p -
t i n e t h e y s e e t h e n i r a h i p l e t t h e n l i s t e n and s e e If t h e y do n o t h e a r ' P * " " * *rom r l e y _ l n a _ n o r t h e r l y d i r e c t i o n . The t h i p v u o f e n o r s o u s .
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Another t e l c - r . i a u , r e c o r d t o t l v a i r s h i p r e a d s i . h e i g h t . When t h e p a r t i e s a r r i v e d a t t h e p l a c e where i t bad a l i g h t e d
Bulleon J u n c t i o n , 1 1 1 . — J a n e s S. T r u t h f u l c a r k , w h i l e walking in ! i a t h e f i e l d , t h e r e v u e l e a r i y s e e n t h e f o o t p r i n t , o f a s a o who had
t h e r o n d n e a r h i s hoae l a s t n i g h t a t 10 o ' c l o c k d i d n o t s e e t h e a i r s h i p , b e e n w a l k i n g a r o u n d , e v i d e n t l y t h o s e o f t h e nan vho g o t o u t o f t h e . h i ]
P e t e r T o o b e s u r e was w i t h h i a and c o r r o b o r a t e s Mr. T r u t h f u l o a r k i n e v e r y t o f i x »oae p a r t of t h e m a c h i n e r y I t . c o u r s e van n o r t h w a r d .
p . - i r t t c i i l o r , and a a y s he d i d n o t s e c t h e a i r s h i p , A number of o t h e r ' W T ' T p i i Y ' l l J l J ' ( h i , ' ) " " L i n c o l n , 111•'. £Se«i-)Vi'itly X o u r l e r . ' " p T T
r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s a l l d e c l a r e t h a t they did not see the a i r s h i p , t o o . '
Frank [Link], a c o n d u c t o r of t h e D. T . f a s t f r e i g h t , l a . v i l l i n e t o swear The C o u n t y . / Hew H o l l a n d .
e i t h e r on o a t h o r on g e n e r a l p r i n c i p l e s t h a t he haa n o t r a c e d w i t h t h e " Monday n i g h t . b o u t 10 o ' c l o c k a . S u p e r v i s o r - e l e c t Jawe* W h i t e , J . S
a i r s h i p , and h i a e n g i n e e r bncka up t h e e t a t c r a e n t w i t h t h e f i r e s h o v e l , C u t t e r y and P . H . W h i t e , i n c o a p . n y w i t h t h a v i l l a g e n i g h t w a t c h , were
B e s i d e s t h i s I n c o n t r o v e r t a b l e p r o o f Ole Tank saw t h e r e d and t h e g r e e n wending t h e i r way horcward t h e i r a t t e n t i o n was a t t r a c t e d by a p e c u l i a r
l i g h t , w i t h t h e w h i t e one b e t w e e n , and d e c l a r e d t h a t a s t h e y p i c k e d him n y . " 1 ^ " " i l l u m i n a t i o n . a i l i n g a t a r a p i d p a c e l a w l d a i r , g o i n g In a
up ond t h r e w t h e banana p e e l away t h a t p u r p l e , o r a n g e , i n d i g o , v e r n i l i o n n o r t h e a s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n . At f i r s t t h e y were aoaewhac s t a r t l e d by •
and o t h e r old l i g h t s were p r e s e n t . 9uch e m i n e n t nen a s Rep, D. Easy g L r l n s f l a s h »nd l o o k i n g heavenward saw a C o n t r i v a n c e h a v i n g a M i t
J u d g e W. U. S. Key, A t t o r n e y B, L e a v e s , and P e t e S t r i n g e r a l l saw a s b r i l l i a n t h e a d l i g h t r e s e m b l i n g . 1 1 t h e c o l o r , of t h e r a i n b o w , f r o n t i n g
nuch of t h e a i r s h i p , a s w e l l a s T r u t h f u l n a r k , and Dullcon J u n c t i o n i s " o b J * c t t h " v " * " u c h »*»«■»»**<> t h e . ^ l e e o B of a huge b u t t e r f l y ,
i n a f e m e n t of e * c i t e n e n t w h i c h w i l l l a s t u n t i l t h e c h u r c h f a i r i s ™ e r * l * a o d o u b t 1 Q t h e K i n d ' o ( c h * P * r E 1 « vho saw i t t h a t i t w*.
over t h e a a o e o b j e c t seen a t o t h e r p o i n t s of t h e c o u n t r y — t h e s i r s h i p .
EZHA HAHK IB!); A p r i l l b U ' r i . e v e . ) Q u i n c y , 1 1 1 . , t a l l y H e r a l d , p . 1.
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T h i s teler,ra.T h a s been d e l a y e d and i s n o t y e t r e c e i v e d , b u t 1 . j t h e y Saw t h e A i r s h i p . / I t W M . t l e a f o r t h a B r i d g e a and Then t a k e s t o
a n x i o u s l y looked C o r . I t s r e l i a b i l i t y c a n n o t be q u e s t i o n e d , ' t h e Woods,
George Lane and Theodore T e r w l s c h e saw t h e a i r s h i p l a s t n i g h t . It
was c o n i n g down t h e r i v e r a n d , a f t e r w h i s t l i n g i n e f f e c t i v e l y f o r t h e
F r i . A p r i l 16 p . 12—The b i g g e s t and o o s t p e r s i s t e n t of t h e b r i d g e draw t o be o p e n e d , a r o s e end flew o v e r t h e s t r u c t u r e t o avoid
f l o a t i n g l i e s i s the a i r s h i p . collision. They watched I t come down t o a b o u t t h e f o o t o f Main s t r e e t ,
S a t . A p r i l 17 p . 12—The a i r s h i p when seen a t S t . L o u i s i s some- when i t d i s a p p e s r e d In t h e M i s s o u r i b r u s h ,
what f u n n c l - s h . i p c d , ***• t e r w l s c h e i s a t r u t h f u l young sum and H r . L s n e ' s word i s a s
Sun, A p r i l 18 p . 19 — t c a r t O o n — " F i n e Crop of A i r s h i p R e p o r t s J good aa h i s o a t h soy d a y . When t h e y aay t h e y ssw t h e a i r s h i p they saw
A n a n i a s ( H n r J ■.■■■it;;rlng " f l o w e r s " a c r o s s 1'SA. . ^_1 i t — t h » t ' « a l l .
IW A p r i l i t U r i ; u e c M u r . i l l . , i » * i y K e p w h c n . P. *. Iu,a. The a i r s h i p was s e e n a g a i n l . a t n i g h t . Any number a.w i t , or

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l n t e r v e a l s t h e p a s t few d a y s by c l t l r e n s of I l l i n o i s and Iowa, e f f e c t e d 1 0 y f A p r i l l b i n r l » y u l l i c y ^ ^ H e r a l d
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a l a n d i n g l a s t n i g h t a t 9 i 3 0 a t a p o i n t ot> t h e J - » « s o n - " e e t r o - d ^ ^ ^ ^ , Q u i n c y a n . Saw t h e C r a f t U s t
t h r e e . 1 1 * . west of he c i t y n e a r t h e c o u n t r y s t o r e r e c e n l y owned by v ^ h Wind-Ob-
the Reilly e s t a t e . At a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k l a s t n i g h t John H a l l s y , s f a w e r^ r e d b y Hyron L u s k , Henry Clay • Cupp - oand - O t h oe r " oR—e l i a b l e and W e l l -
h a n d , was r e t u r n i n g hoae from t h e c i t y . He s u d d e n l y o b s e r v e d , h i g h i n Known C i t i t e o s , /
the heavens, a mysterious o b j e c t with a l a r g e l i g h t , suddenly coning Myron L u s k , t h e i n s u r a n c e s u n , Henry C l a y Cupp and o t h e r p a s s e n ­
from t h e w e s t . Mr. H a l l e y s u p p o s i n g I t t o be a l a r g e b a l l o o n , s t o o d g e r s on t h e Wabash t r a i n l a s t n i g h t bad a good v l e v o f t h e a i r s h i p
w a t c h i n g i t a w h i l e , when s u d d e n l y he became c o n s c i o u s t h a t t h e o b j e c t a g a i n . I t was f o r a l o n g t i n e In p l a i n s i g h t and k e p t a b r e a s t of t h e
m was l o w e r i n g . At t h i s p o i n t Adolf Wenke, v h o l a t h e owner of t r a i n f o r f i f t e e n a i l e s b e t v e e n P e r r y S p r i n g s and V e r s a i l l e s . The
v i n e y a r d a t t h i s p l s c e , j o i n e d Mr. H a l l e y , and b o t h «en gazed c u r i o u s l y . t i T a a g t p ^ o t l t i , t h a t t h e s h i p v u g o i n g a g a i n s t t h e wind a l l
a t the descending o b j e c t . I t was b u t a moaent when, w i t h a h i s s i n g t h e t l l W i M d y e t n , t b l e t 0 e E . e e d the t r a i n in speed. At one place,
s o u n d , t h e t h i n g l a n d e d a b o u t 900 f e e t ahead of where t h e men s t o o d . l t c r o s s e d t h e t r a c k o n l y a l i t t l e ahead o f t h e e n g i n e and a t a [Link]
At f i r s t t h e two f a r m e r s s t o o d i n a b j e c t f e a r , but r e a d i l y s e e i n g no o f l e B a t b J l n t h r e e hundred f e e t froa the ground. A d i s t i n c t o s c l l -
a p p s r e n t d a n g e r t h e y v e n t u r e d toward t h e " f s n g l e d t h i n g , a s they c a l l ? l a t l n g m o t i o n v u v i s i b l e , and Conductor H a l l e y s a y s t h a t l i g h t s could
i t , * « d - V * M r ™ , and were s t once f a c e t o f a c e w i t h • l o n g b e a r d e d « a n . ^ ^ ^ o a ^ ^ M n o f % ^ c u r l o u ( crfcft_
The U t t e r spoke t o t h e f a n n e r s r e a d i l y , I n q u i r i n g t h e n a a e of t h e c l t T The t a t o r B d e c U r t t h a t I t c o u l d n o t p o s s i b l y have been a
c l o s e b y . Being t o l d I t was S p r i n g f i e l d , he seemed s u r p r i s e d , s a y i n g ^ ^ o r ^ ^ ^ e 4 n ^ J l e t u t t h e ^ ^ r ^ e i l i t > ^
h i s a i r s h i p r e a c h e d h e r e from * Qulncy i n t h i r t y a i n u t e s . The a i r n a v i - ■ t h a ( . t h e y fe|iw l e e Q u <
g a t o r k i n d l y e x p l a i n e d t h a s e v e r a l r e q u i s i t e s n e c e s s a r y f o r a c r a f t of , A n e r b e i n g ' T n " n « ^ ? t F T h r w r b u h " t r a i n for a e r e r a l t i l e , the
t h i s kind to take f l i g h t . I n s i d e t h e c a r e was s e a t e d a n o t h e r M Q and 1 8 c r i ( a - c r a r t 6 u d d e n l y m d e a s p u r t and v e n t Caheadl s o f a a t t h s t i t
a l s o t h e s c i e n t i s t ' s w i f e . He s a i d he g e n e r a l l y r e s t e d i n t h e day t i n e , d i s a p p e a r e d [ 3en and t h e e n g i n e e r c o u l d n o t C le i t s«ain
i n o b s c u r e p o r t i o n s of t h e c o u n t r y , n o t w i s h i n g t e l s y b a r e t h e workinE P a s s e n g e r s fro» S t . Louis a l s o t a r e s a i d ] t o have seen t h e n o c -
of t h e huge w i n g s , which c o u l d b e e a s i l y s e e n i n day t i n e . T h i s a c c o u n t I t u r o a i Y i s i t o r on t h e w e s t s i d e o f t h e r i v e r l u t C n l g h t l
f o r h i s n i g h t t r a v e l s . When a s k e d w h e t h e r he was backed by t h e g o v e r n - C e r t a i n l y t h e r e i s s o » e h o c u s t p o c u s D g o i n g on In t h e ' s k i e s above-
» e n t he was l o a t h t o a n s w e r , b u t s l n l f i e d t o t h e f a r m e r s t h a t a s soon * " o f CyhlchJ we v o t n o t .
c o n g r e s s r e c o g n i z e d Cuban b e l l i g e r e n c y h i s a i r s h i p would be h e a r d from. 1 W A p t i l l b ' ( ? r i ) Q u l n c y , lil',", IiaIIy~ , Journal'; , , 'p'.""5^ —
The c a r a c a r r i e d numerous e l e c t r i c a p p a r a t u s , i n c l u d i n g a p o w e r f u l
s e a r c h l l R h t , which was n o t a t p r e s e n t u s e d , He c a r r i e d an o r d i n a r y I O C O - T ^ J . See One o f ' B a .
m o t i v e h e a d l i g h t , which was c o n t i n u a l l y u s e - . The frame of t h e c a r wsa "Hello!"
a a d e of aluminum, c o v e r e d w i t h c a n v a s s . When a s k e d t h e s c i e n t i s t ' s n s o e " H e l l o — t h a t Chief A b o r n l "
he a m l l e d and p o i n t e d s t t h e l e t t e r H . , which was p a l n e e d on t h e s i d e "tep—vhat'a wantedt"
car. A f t e r b i d d i n g t h e f a r m e r s a d i e u , he e n t e r e d t h e c a r , took a s ^ s t . " i f you want t o s e e t h e a i r s h i p go t o Xmt t h e window and l o o k
^ s i n g an e l e c t r i c b u t t o n t h e s h i p r o s e from t h e e s r t h and s a i l e d t h r o u g h t h e draw o f t h e b r i d g e . "
due n o r t h . I t was soon l o s t t o v i e w . "Coa* **& * « t h e * l r " h i p ! ? exclaimed, t h e c h i e f t o S e r g r a n t H o r -
The r e l i a b i l i t y of John H a l l e y and Adolf Wenke I s beyond q u e s t i o n , t w i t , O f f i c e r . Barry and E c h a r a h o r . t and a J o u r n a l * * n , vho v e r . a l l
snd i t ^ s a l s o r e p o r t e d t h a t q u i t e a number of p e o p l e l i v i n j U j i West * , l n t h e p o l i c e , t l t l D I 1 4 t t h « t i m - * b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k U s t n i g h t - * n d
S p r l n e f l e l d ^ a v t h e a e r i a l v i s i t o r a b o u t t h e above-named hour." ' th* ^ V ' , 1 ! * ^ !*' t°1th" **?"'..*.
lB^f' Apr m o I f f l ) L i n c o l n , 1 1 1 . , W l y " C o u r i e r , ' pV' J. ■"" =t ™' H e * t v h l c h v u l a r g e r t h a n t h s e v e n i n g « t a r . v u v l a i b U J u s t
- <sbove t h e t o p of t h e M i s s o u r i f o r e s t . The l i g h t v u r e d d i s h i n c o l o r
AIR SHIP LANDED. / S e v e r a l Men a t C l r a r d A c t u a l l y 8av t h e A e r i a l * u d i% v a » W ^ O B n o r t h w a r d and downward. W i t h i n a c o u p l e o f a U n u t s s
1 a
Wonder I ' *•** P * " * below t h e t l m e r r l i n e and was l o s t t o v i e w . In asm abou
The t a l k a a b o u t t h e s i r s b l o p s e e n o v e r L i n c o l n Monday n i g h t h a s | « « " i a w t e i i t r o s e s « a i n , w v e d n o r t h w a r d and d i s a p p e a r e d .
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t a k e n q u e e r f o r m s . Many a c c u s e d t h o s e vho saw t h e c u r i o s i t y o f b e i n g * « « " concluded t h a t i t v u a b a l l o o n with l a n t e r n a t t a c h - -
■■eat, such aa a r e b e i n g s e n t up i n SO «any p l a c e s . I t a a y have been '
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* Wl«tl 0 n of U ^ t froa the evening star in Whose doaain i t va." " ^ " ^ ^ ^ " " " "k*«1"." < S " W U ) . . . i .
1097 April l b U'ri J Uuiflcy '(to'i:nTKS"M\*e,,,"j> "■TV" .A Mysterious Light. / Saan In the B « * n > Last Hlght—Was It * rapar
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RACED -ITU THE AIRSHIP. / Wabash Passengers Saw the Thing Laat Night./ A nuniet of persona standing on ths corner of Fifth and Hooroa
FASTER THAN THE TRAIN. / The Wabash Train Which Arrived Here Last s t r e e t s at about 7:30 o'clock laat evening saw a largs, b r i l l i a n t light
Night Raced With the Airship for Fifteen Miles—Quincy People Aaong .in the heavens. The light was saving rapidly and was at a grsat haijht.
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the Passengers. / i [Link] many parsons thought i t was tha wonderful alrehlp.
The Wabash passenger tsain vhich arrived here at 10 o'clock l a s t Others, hovever, who vere sura skeptical said that i t vaa certainly not

cltesent on the t r a i n . Aoong the passengers who are known to Quincy " **'**• . „ , . , . L L L ,, L
people and are thoroughly reliable vere Henry C. Cupp. of Fail Creek, i * P « t y of young «*n went to Washington park to vatch t h . l i g h t . and
Myron E Lusk, the insurance traveler for [Link] Rigga1 agency, John npon returning to t o . city s u t e d that ths thing ca-s dow to ths aarth,
Larson and Oliver Peacock, the porter of the t r a i n . All of the pas- then i t rose a l i t t l . and the light M M out. Later tba light was M M
senders and train crev asv i t and vatched i t closely with the greatest***^. «"« i t «s_ «uch higher t j a n l t , w wh« .the llfjht j g n t j w t j _ i
sengera miu vium >-J c on „_„„., , . , . _ - _ Remaps It uas a paper Balloon, such as v u sent up st^urTIHitcc, L.
i n t e r e s t . And they are a l l willing to vouch that i t wasn't a star or p e [ j c l ^ M d D e c , C u £ / * <"**«■"*«»(
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* ^i l o c "V --■!-».-,- , ... #, . „ - . —■ An afternoon paper Yesterday published * story to the effact that
The strange thing in the Sky was f i r s t aeen near Perrv Spring*. , , . . .K , , ' , . , ' / , . ,. , , •„ , ' L U "
fiftv-two r i l e s east of Ouincy, and i t vas atout half a r i l e couth of « ° ' « > hands. Adolph Winkle and John Holle, residing two mils, v a t
Che C 7 d
the t r a i n . There, vas a bright white light and close to i t a red Hfiht; °f n " ' " " *** " " ' ^ ^ » * " « * J . «>< " t « « i that tbay ~ r a ■
The red light was not visible a l l the tir.c, but would appear and d i t - i* 1 1 1 1 ** " ^ th
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appear, unile '' the white light was constant >and steady, and ii- shone with ^ n o o i , e r , in the ablp. Of courts, no one believed th« story.
considerable brilliancy. The thine was so far away frop the train Kar. 30/8 One a*xi± Apr. 11/1/ p2 Bavkeye fake//13/*. ad»/16/2//17/6*dv
that they could not [Link] out the forr. of i t or see ruch else but the 18/6adv
liphts. Fri Apr. 16/4—If that Mysterious"elrhsip" doecn't'eoae down to earth
The course of the airship'was penerally parallel with the t r a i n . pretty soon and give Itself a local habitation and a naae, tba whole
It had a cort of a wave-like notion, up and down. When f i r s t seen i t western country will bo afflicted with ona gigantic crick In the nack. ,
appeared to be about 200 feet above the earth, but i t was constantly Decetur ttw: " I t la nov about a Month alaca that airship was f i r s t
chansinp i t s a l t i t u d e . At tines i t would swoop down close to the **r sighted. The locates wist be tirad of hardtack by this t i * s . Or, per­
earth, and then with the sarce praceful notion would rise to ft heigtrth haps, the airship la equipped with refrigerators, aaat coolers and other
of several hundred feet. That ration convinced then that i t was not c modern convenlancea of a s l a i l a r order. M
stnr or a -alloon, and there uas not enough breeze to carry anything It i s high tlfM that the arap ibid ba laid up for repairs.
alor.p at the rate of forty r i l e s an hour anrf nore without soi"? other The arsp la Ilka that promised prosperity. I t doesn't stay long
node of ;ropulsion. A breeic of forty r i l e s an hour would be • heavy
fait-, ([Link] Lhcy coulJ see by the trees that the air was a l r w t perfectly| a k ^ n * V$'c'
still. Moreover, t^e srrake fron the enpine showed t!:at what 1 rtttc J.897 April 16 (Fri u r n ) The Hournal ([Link].) , p. 6. (cardlt
breeze v-io s t i r r i n g was tlowine in a direction different frcr that
ta, en Iv Lhe a i r s h i p . SA W A GR E A T LIGHT. / But Did Not Take Warning, as Did Saul of T«r« u s./
It i-r.-; -■ ■th fir* lust a lit'tr"nhen"d"of 'U-« "train "for ff f-~ Instead, Several Observers Clain to Have Seen the Air Ship Thst It I
f'*r. r l l ' - . '• '■'■■'~r c-.r-? closer to th* trnin than iVout J'tl f i Touring the Skies.
r:\<^. 1'jt . >" -t.T'"t, vnri'»:l i t s oltitud" rrently. *1»« un1nn<> rice Considerable excltesent was created last evening by the appearance
■-nr. a r.^st irt'-rfntine on'-. Throurh Versnlllea thty vent, and whr-n of a brlghtllght in the western sky. This light was *o*evh*t larger
tlii' tr'i:". :)r--.-i u! r\\. \.)io [Link] the nirnhip ntr>i slncK^R"-! *.p*M, than thst of.a star and vas nuch brighter. Those who asw i t , say It
r„f T- "i r i . , - t i i r il-on*. U " onre position, '''hrn they i-ullci out of noved to the north and vest. The a i r ablp stories vere a l l revived by
V'T'ii 11"" :.:-. i t!:c -ruin increased i t s spocJ the airsiiip a id lil;c- the appearance of the light and there vas nuch speculation in conicq-
■-isc, ■-. i (■:; L:.ey v-nt r.i-if by side to !i'.'rrra-i. ':T;en the airsnip uence. It vas suggested thst several boys In the vest psrt of the cltj
- -rt 1- had been flying kites for severs! niphts with the view of cresting tfc«
so"! !.' ; in bi'co: t i r c l r-- the race, olthour.n the train was running, (oJ
Impression that an air ship was hovering over Springfield, and this MY
f-ill fortv : : ; " " an :iour t.-.e thing suuticniy snot [Link] with a burst
account for the light la the veatern heavens.
nf 5;«:..; 1-,?.•„ t^ft the r'ichine on the r a i l s far behind In a few r i n -
utec. ",ir,'.T :ir.U C^[Link] seered to go the strange thing in the shy, There are some of the observers, hovever, vho do not accent t h i s
and [Link]. ; ' . l.-.-ri'MroiJ fror s i r h t . theory. One of these declsrea thst he f i r s t saw the light In tbs
In rp'-%hi-.£ rC tf.e nsvul race Conductor Galley s a H : "I aon't southeastern part of the city and that he followed i t vlth his eye en­
;-xow i..'.'1-l.t - . : v:ir tin ,nr;:!ilp or not, tut I an certain It was not a t i r e l y across the city until i t disappeared tovard the Occident.
;.;nr cr i 1^'.!-.-?-.. t JC [Link] [Link] vhit the forr nf tJ.i? thing was, for One thoughtful fellow to whoa the fcalloon theory was sugteiited,
rnir n i'.iie ;s -■ lone iii^tnnce to ree i::yt!:ini; nt iiicl.t, even thourh cilled attention to the stubborn fact that at the tlae the wind wss
the night i s clear. The weather"there was Just about [Link] i t :s hare bloving fron the point or the compass tovard vhich"th'e"Tipht vas
clear and s t i l l , and with a full noon in the sky." moving. The fact vas called to his wind that the current of the air
in the upper heavens oftentimes proceeds in a direction opposite to
rfnatever the thing i s , i t can certainly travel faster the.-, a pas­ that of the air at the earth's surfsce. He declined to accept this
senger t r a i n . ,. . . , , . ,. , . , . . . . 'possible explanation. Bis mind vas set firnly upon the proposition
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. Vhe a l r s h , p was also thought to be here last nipht. A telephone J J h t ^ t h e J>irdT i n t e r . s f
re'.-,iafe to t h i s office fron the Anheuser-lfiusch office on Trent street,__ , . , . , ..,.,_,. , _ . _ . _ , . . y
called attention to a strange xXjutX big light hoveiring aHive t h * 'ing kind which easy dresioers have been careening over scores of vilely
[Link] chore near the draw of the river bridge, cut i t was IO far separated c i t i e s at the same hour.
avay that nothinp could be wide out of i t . / There were hundreds of observers on street corners and a l l ware
iiEFS'S ilAFlU TK/iTM?, / Froc Quincy to Springfield in Ti;;rty Kinut«S agreed on the one point that the l i g h t , be i t kit or balloon or phos­
by Airship. phorescent monster of the a i r or vhst-aot, vas in Motion. To satisfy
Sprinrfiela, 111., April l5.--Adolph winkle and John Hull, for* themselves they took positions where they could just see the light
over the edges of roofs and past the dark outlines of church s t r r p l e t .
■;iy;is. [Link]° nffidavit- ■■ ■ ^
1S97 April 16 (Fri) Rockford (111.) Daily Register-Carette, p. i. -Protfl these vantange points they could easily determine that the t>oi-
ition of the aerial luminary with reference to fixed bodies was con-

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northern light Saturday night. It is described by the Gazette as a iously and Jestingly in the lobbies of the h o t e l s . Whether they will
quadrant slopping[sic] down from the vest. For an hour or more this take official notice of the visitor remains to be seen.
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t h e c i t y v a s and i s t h e a l l - a b s o r b i n g t o p i c , and w h i l e t h e s t a t e m e n t m most I n t e r e s t i n g o n e . Through V e r s a i l l e s t h e y v e n t , and vhen t h e
Bade by Adolph Wcnkn and John H a l l e y i s d o u b t e d , t h e s e g e n t l e m e n axe n r t r a i n Bloved up a t t h e s t a t i o n t h e a i r s h i p a l s o Blackened s p e e d , so
p r e p a r e d t o v o u c h s a f e f o r i t s t r u t h . The Hews a c c o u n t h a s been s c a t - as t o maintain about the sane p o s i t i o n . When t h e y p u l l e d out o f Y e r -
t e r c d a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y by t e l e p r o p h end h a s f u r n i s h e d a s e n s a t i o n s a i l l e S and t h e t r a i n i n c r e a s e d i t s speed t h e a i r a h i p d i d l l k e v i s e ,
e v e r y w h e r e , and a l l day t e l e g r a p h i c I n q u i r i e s have been c a d e t o t h e and on t h e y v e n t s i d e by a i d e t o Bersman. Snen t h e a i r s h i p s t e a d t o
Neva c o n c e r n i n g t h e a i r s h i p . The s l e e p i n g morning p a p e r s a r e d i s g r u n t - j b e c o o e t i r e d o f t h e r a c e , a l t h o u g h t h e t r a i n v a a m i m i n g f u l l f o r t y
l e d o v e r t h e Heve 1 g r o a t s c o o p and i s t h e c a u s e o f s i l l y s a l l i e s v h i e h n i l e a an bour t h e t h i n g s u d d e n l y s h o t ahead and w i t h a b u r s t cf speed
can o n l y e m a n a t e from t h e veaX b r a i n s o f t h e p o o r , i n e f f i c i e n t r e p o r t - ; t h a t l e f t t h e machine on t h e r a i l s f a r b e h i n d i n a fev m i n u t e s , rast­
ers. N o t w i t h s t a n d i n g a l l t h i s , t h e y f i l l c o l u r a e o f r i d i c u l o u s t w a d - | e r and f a s t e r seemed t o go t h e s t r a n g e t h i n g i n . t h e s k y , and soon i t
d i e a b o u t t h e a i r s h i p , which t h e y c l a i m t o have been s e e n from t h e Odd j d i s a p p e a r e d from s i g h t .
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THE LETTER "H" SOLVED / B y C l e n d e n i n , Rees and Humphrey L a s t N i g h t . Iknow w h e t h e r I t was t h e a i r s h i p o r n o t , b u t I am c e r t a i n i t was n e t a
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I u n w i t t i n g l y o v e r h e a r d t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n of M e s s r s . Rees and C l e n d e n i n [ h a l f a m i l e i s a l o n g d i s t a n c e t o s e e a n y t h i n g a t . n i g h t , eyrn though
of t h e R e g i s t e r , and Hunphrey and M i l l e r w h i l e v i e w i n g t h e a i r s h i p I n t b e ' n l g h t l a c l e a r . The v e a t h e r t h e r e was j u a t " " i t o u T " v h « t I t l a h e r e ,
from t h e t o p o f t h e Odd F e l l o w s ' b u i l d i n g l a s t n i g h t . They v e r e a l l ' = 1 " * " » ° d s t i l l , * * and v i t h a f u l l noon i n t h e B k y . "
a g r e e d t h a t t h e i n d e s c r i b a b l e c r a f t b o r e upon h e r s i d e t h e l e t t e r H Whatever t h e t h i n g i a , i t can c e r t a i n l y t r a v e l f a a t e r t h a n a p a a -
v h i c h v a s s o p l a i n l y s e e n i n C a r l i n v i l l e and by t h e t v o f a r c e r s v e s t of e e n 6 e r t r a i n .
the c i t y . But no two o f t h e four c o u l d a g r e e a s t o v h a t t h e M I n d i c a t - tt" a i r s h i p vaa a l s o t h o u g h t t o be h e r e l a a t n i g h t . A telephone
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democratic p a r t y , lie was w i l l i n g t o a d m i t t h a t t h e m i s t a k e s had t x e n c a l l e d a t t e n t i o n t o a t t r a n g e b i g l i g h t h o v e r i n g above t h e M i n o u r i
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wish t o deny t h e m i s t a k e s e n u m e r a t e d by C l e n d e n i n and c o u l d n o t u n d e r - W a v e r l y , 1 1 1 . , A p r i l 1 6 . — ( S p e c i a l t o t h e Keva.}—Tne r e s i d e n t s of
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t a k e s o f a n / b o d y , but t h a t l t i n d i c a t e d t h a t M meant money. Honey j l o o k i n g h e a v e n w a r d , where a l i g h t c o u l d be Been p l a i n l y ( w r i n g t o t h e
makes t h e mare g o , a n d , o f c o u r s e , t h a t means good money. He v a s northeast. The f a c t a s u r r o u n d i n g t h i s m y s t e r i o u s o b j e c t carae t o l i g h t
w i l l i n g t o a d m i t t h a t t h e l e t t e r M made a d e e p I m p r e s s i o n on h i s a i n d , t h i 6 n o t i n g , v h i c a r e aa f o l l o w * : John R i t c h i e , e d i t o r o f t h e Waver-
and from t h i s t i m e forward he t h o u g h t I f t h e R e g i s t e r c o u l d be b r o u g h t , l v J o u r n a l , and llarcwn T l e t g e n , a ^ e n t f o r t h e j ; . k S t . L. R ' y , pot
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Humphrey was w l l l l n e ' t o a d m i t " ' t h a t t h e v i e w s o f x l k a b o t h C l e n d e n i n ' " a i r s h i p . " I t v a s t h e o c c a s i o n o f c o n s i d e r a b l e m e r r l c e n t . /
and rices were t h e r e s u l t o f f a i r r e a s o n i n g , b u t t h a t he had t a k e n a d i f UP If) A BALLOON.
f e r e h t view « f t h e m e a d t b g 4 f t g e t e t t e r N , , . I t l o o k e d t o him t h a t T w i n k l e , t w i n k l e l i t t l e s t a r , / Hov l i X e a b a l l o o n you a r c ,
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l e t t e r !■! was c o n c e r n e d . He a g r e e d v i t h a l l o f t h e views e n t e r t a i n e d S t i l l Seea A l r a h l p a . l
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t i c s , he d i d not s e e why t h e l e t t e r H migijt no s i g n i f y mix. He was U u g h l n g • t o c k of t h e c i t y . I t i i a t l l l aufferiag froa a [Link] attack
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t a i n l v so.-.ewhat m i x e d , and t h e n , t o o r i g h t n o t M mean mixed d r i n k ? We t h e w a t e r v o r k a which n e v a r . . . . Ho ooe b u t a c o n U r a e d w i c t i a a of t h a
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a r e s e e n , and s u r e l y t h i s i s a w o n d e r f u l s i p h t t h a t we have a l l s e e n "" ihmd d r e a a e d a b o u t , and i t a l a p l y e v p o a e a i t i e l f t o r i d i c u l e by d i a c m -
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p r e t t h a l e t t e r M t o s i g n i f y K i l l e r !> E t a l e y ' e show s t o r e . He b e l i e v c d j a c i o n a .
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a r o u n d t h e c o u n t r y . The t r a i n v a s r u n n i n g f o r t y m i l e s an h o u r and k e p t k i i o v a vhen i t w i l l be a o a t l i k e l y t o f i n d t h a c l a a a of o b a e r v e r a t h a t
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train. /Jaonj t h e p a s s e n g e r s who a r e known t o Q l u l n c y p e o p l e and a r e 3Q p< 1 j _ i n e « i E a h l p auat have encountered a cyclone.
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s o u t h o f t h e t r a i n . T h e r e was a b r i g h t v h i t e l i g h t and c l o s e t o l t a ,
red l i g h t . The r e d l i g h t was n o t v i s i b l e a l l t h e t i m e , but would a p - ^ ^ T A L KTSTERI. / IS EOVEHISC OVER CEHTRAL I L U 3 0 I S . / Seen a t Ban-
p e a r and d i s a p p e a r , w h i l e t h e v h i t e l i g h t v a s c o n s t a n t and s t e a d y , a n d v i n i A r r o v a a i t h , M e r i t " a n d El Paao U a t B i g h t — M r . Eaney S a v a g c ' i
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the c i t y . Conductor W i l l i a m Wansley, 8. M. C a r t e r , s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of J u s t l o o s e n ^ n t h e v i l l a g e r s s e l t e d h o l d o f h i a , and w h i l e in t h e i r
b r i d g e s , and Mr, Adamson, c h i e f of a g e n t s of t h e I l l i n o i s C e n t r a l , d e - hands he q u i c k l y d i e d . J u s t a s t h o u g h he had been drowned. About an
c l n r e t h a t u h i l c t h e t r a i n u a s a t Woodford s t a t i o n , n e a r Hinonk, a b o u t n o u r a f t e r | t h e s a i l o r s a b o v e , h e a r i n g no more o f t h e i r c o n r a d e , c u t
B o ' c l o c k t h e y nau an a i r s h i p a t a g r e a t o 4 t i t u d e , and g o i n g west o r U e c a b l e aj,d B a i i e d away. In r*R»ory o f t h i s e x t r a o r d i n a r y e v e n t .
 the people of the village itade the hinges of the church doors o>:t of ' /7+
To nystlfy the people below all the acre, ve exhibited ours«lv»s
the iron of the anchor." It la further skated that these hinres, "«,-* only at night mil thou by the aid of colored lighta, inttoilflad wit*
s t i l l to be seen there;" a bit of evidence touch like Kunchausen's j reflectors.
rope wherewith he once climbed to the rcoon. If you doubted the story . He nade our f i r s t appearance over Cta*h», and ioil*d ovar lebraaka,
Kansas, Minnesota, Iova, I l l i n o i s and the lake*.
you were confronted vith the rope.
There Is another queer t a l e about thts serial ocean. 'A rerchanfl ; At tljoes we would descend lov enough O T t r • torn to tea tha people
of B r i s t o l , " i t 1B sold, "set sail vith hia cerpo for Ireland. Sons and hear then t a l i , and see the excitesnent ve vera craatiog.
time a f t e r , while hie family vere at supper, a knife suddenly fell In In the quiet hours of night we would alight In mama favored spot
through a windov, on the table. When the merchant returned and saw where we could obtain the daily paper* to read the next day in our
the knife, he declared It to be his vovn, and said that on such « day j Journey aboTe the clouds.
at such an hour, vhile sailing in an unknown part of the sea, h* i I t wa» rich to read the opinions of press and peopl* about ua.
dropped the knife overboard; and the day and the hour vere found to j Some were sure ve vera a l o s t star sailing through apaca. Soata fig­
be exactly the tine when i t fell through the windov." All of which ured us
_ out. a. flock
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. . in„ t,h e .i r ,night, . wanderings.
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vaa once i l l i c i t l y believed by many, and r e d d e d as Incontroverible
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proof of the existence of a sea above the sky. One is at a loss to h D t \ t h e c e " n o r ? i D g v h U # * ffT " ' V * " * * . ? ? 4 " . V * ™ e * t b «
idea that we veta-live »ea operating and controlling tba flrat suc­
conjecture hov that ! ^ "unknown part of the sea" connected vith the
cessful ship that ever navigated tba a i r . And so va ssilad tod en­
r e s t of I t . A physical geography shoving this would be no snail
joyed the cocnents of tha world balov until I vaa satisfied ay experl-
curiosityi —Boston Post.
1697 April lb (Sun) Ottaava, 111., Sunday Journal, p. I . (card 1)lacnt vaa a success.
And so Ottawa is the birthplace and bo*e of tha a i r ship. wc~no*
VISIOfI 07 THE AIR SHIP. / BX DAflTE. I hafe a line of snips between here and nearly a l l the important ports
On the train that Tuesday morning ve had been talking about the j of the world.
airships. \j We also have put la operation smaller earring* anipa for fajiily
The air and the newspapers were full of then. 'or private use and they are aa caramon now as horses used to be In the
tfhere they caine from or vhat they were no one could t e l l . j1 olden tlfte.
Almost every known town north and vest, and sone unknovn, had ' families own their own air carriages vMch they use freely and
given reports of them, and froo take Michigan they had ccoe floating safely, about tbe city or country for pleasure and business. See then
In orer Cllcago, the silent messengers at night snd the fortunate onea no* as they begin to cos* out this pleasant aorolng he romarked.
that had seen then bad given glowing and varied descriptions. In astoolahwent I saw the* coming. Over tha tops of the hlghest-
builldlnga they floated side by s i d e , filled vith buslnast neo, sod
From the shape of an enormous cigar to a full rigged ship vith
laughing pleasure seeking l a d l t s , coating fro* boaxa into the streets
masts and staamer side wheels and double deckers.
before us. Richly painted carriages, flaihlng in tba aun l i g h t , deck­
They had seen the men on board and the colored light signals as
ed with gaily colored flags or ttraajaers aa they floated down to tbe
they soiled avay Into apace.
street like bird! or »ounted up to mid a i r , or paaaed and repaas'd
Men talked of them on the s t r e e t s , in their hones and placea of
before us up and dovn above the heada of tha ■ultitutda belov. What
business and each morning the papers vere scanned for the l a t e s t news
a sight! I shall never forget i t . And a l l thss caaa Beckvlth fro«
of the fading curiosity.
your experiments that tbe people wondered at ao long ago™ I aakeJ . "
But Ottava had baen left out. Ho mention of our own city in all
"tea this is the result he replied and yet ve are not satisfied but
this excitement. __ ____ are a t l l l hunting for better thtnga in the near future.
Could i t be that we of Ott'ova vere not so Imaginative and vere But co»e take a trijToVer to Australia vith r>e tonight In our new
bound only to t e l l the naked facts* ship "The Ottsws" and I will t e l l you more of the great city and ve
Or had we been slighted in all this sea Of air sailing aamaaboveJis;CBfl r e a d t h e n e u ( I n t h c ottava Journal as ve go, fresh froo all
Where were out reporters always so alert for the news? the
world beneath us. This ship v i l l speed out at 5 p . « . so be on hand.
From the small boy who would be willing to break an arm to get his Just then the brokeman Jostled u u U called "all out for
name In print to the business man who always dodged the Interviewer, Chlcairo."
ve knew the reporters, and no one ever dared doubt their loyalty to Anfil 19, 1897 [Link] Tribune (fion.j p. 6 ledita: in*)
Ottava.
But [Link] had been forsaken by then and Ottava oust now have an Tins for the. Airship to >Jlt.
air ship all of her own. It is [Link] to exnect and hope that thc perpetrators of Vw
In this condition of mind I slept. Again I was in the great city airship u l l l will have the grace to look upon Easter Sunday aj thc
of Ottava. closing day of their season. With spring well under way and »ocn to
Around me arose the massive blocks of buildings, t a l l e r , grander merge into sucner the public ought not to be burdened uith too Rrc*! a
than before. I recognized the street only by the familiar signs over strain on i t s patient confidence. The serial craft has ejijov-od n Ion*
the places of business, nanes of firms and men I knew so long ago. And entertaining [Link]. It has usurped tha prerogative) of lurda,
And as I looked dovn the street some one cones vith that elastic stars, nnil about everything else above the surface of the [Link], but
avinglng step, that happy face, cones again my old friend Eackvith. i t s attainments -ire s t r i c t l y confined to the etherlal re*lra», «nd ih*
Hello ay'ay farcer'friend,'he cried, as recognition was mutual and, tine is close at hand uhen thc C^ycty of. the Nation looks (or i n ; r i r -
our hands met In friendly greeting and a live shake vaa given. ntl-^n to thc "vasty deeps." Aa ouch as thc nirship Is chcrUhcd [.y
Tell me, Ecckvlth, I asked firsV of a l l , how Is i t you and I both the nasa of thc poople and held in reverent adnlration for i t i uHjuit-
live after such a fall from that d l n y tower! ous achievements. It yet nust not intrude on the tlae set apart for I ■<
Why my friend, he answered, that was 100 years ago and I supposed gambols o£ that other eccentric wanderer, the sea serpent.
you katf* knew It a l l . At about thts season of the year thc treat lea oonstcr is *ccus-
Is i t possible you have not been here for so long a tlce and all toret-.d to poke its head up above the surface of the uatcrs at ic—e
these things are Htranee again! Chosen sunder resort and take « prelLuinary survey of the battle­
1 stood aghast at his answer. ground. This f i r s t appearance is much after the style of th« t r a d u -
Then had I slipped another 100 yeara. Beckvith assured me that j ^ n a l B p r l n | T o p c n £ n g nade by the [Link]: but the reptile is not
such was the case, but that old friends were alive and veil and would ; d I E £lcJVt"to"plSie~a^cTIos'es'"JTttle ti-.e in bec'oatnjj a' cont inuoiij
know and greet me. eho". It Is apparent that the picturesque denUen of the ocean would
But t e l l me of our excapc from the falling tover I said. be much discomfited if ha found general attention diverted frcn hiaialf
Oh, so easy, vaa hie answer. to a rival attraction In the heavens. Moreover, the peopfe who iptnd
When the caster at the atatlon saw the ship hod passed, he turned their time observing these apparitions could not hope to do justics to
On the attroctlve vith full pover In our direction which stopped the both at the same A:je. Ve advise the airship to r e t i r e gracefully
ship as she cut through the steel beams and held the toppled tover l n | b e i o r e i t becomes ridiculous. In an excess of teal i t i i shwinj a
midair t i l l another ship was sent to our relief and a l l vere saved 'disposition already to overdo the business. Sow people sre [Link]
harmless but yourself. t o harbor doubts about I t s genuineness, Tha occupants arc [Link] th«ir
You hod disappeared end no one knew where you hod gone, and this
is th
I
city of Ottawa s t i l l graving ■preadlng
But the ships in the a i r , I isked, t e l l ae of then, I cafl hardly .up In Michigan acoeuhere. That would be an easy and dignified for« of
' e x i t , and i t would be prudent in the management tu make an otflcUl
wait.
announcement that ouinp to this "blow up" pcrfonunce u l l l [Link] indef­
Well, he answered, you remember when you was Csic] here 100 years
ago, we had a line of steel ships speeding between here and London. initely.
Down with the airship and let thc sea scrncnt r i s e .
I never told you about my experience with the ships before I took
1897 April 19 IWoni Peoria Daily Tl»es, p, b . ™ "
the public into my confidence,
I had conceived the idea somewhere back In the vinter of I696-T
AH AIRSHIP TAKE. / Brakeman Hardlnburg Thinka Se Bav tba Urstcrlou*
and had harnessed enough of the forces to apply uy ideas to a small
ship in April, 1897. Ship.
With three trusty men I built the ship in secret, and a I plarmsd When the Peoria 4 Pekln Union train roUed in fro* Hollls Satur­
ao veil that when completed i t vorked almost to perfection. day nominn Brakeman Hardinburg and Bagitogessaater Haley told a great ■
I stored the ship with provisions and one dark night in April four story of tbe air ship, which has been attracting ao snjch attention
of ua entered the ship, cut I t loose and arose into the a i r . recently but fro» a l l The Tines can learn their statement vaa a bara-
To = te^ryou' , of°aU'our V v^derTng.™or Q thrnert"f;ur vceks in ™[Link] faced l i e . They declared that wMU the train vaa going t h r ^ h a
wnuld he a lono storv ratine to the nev Eholl bank near the Insane aaylu-, thay saw sc-a-
We could attain amost any speed we desired up to 150 miU- per thing a short d i . t a n c . fro- the track Ther. vera a nu^ar of peopl.
v
about i t . The train vaa stopped and they vent to find »nat i t was t k a .
hour. Could rise above the Clouds or touch the earth as we wished. ' "~
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'75
d e t a i l e d t h e apparent c o n s t r u c t i o n of t h e s t r a n g e c r a f t . He p a v e d i ­ Once a g a i n h u G a l e t b u r g b e e n t r e a t e d t o ft v i s i o n o f t b « a i r s h i f , ■
m e n s i o n s , t o l d o f t h e v o n d e r f u l m a c h i n e r y , t h e g r e a t e r p a r t o f which ,and r e s i d e n t s in t h e n o r t h pftrt of t h e c i t y a r t v l l l l n g t o t a k e o a t h
was c o v e r e d v t t h c a n v a s s . He s a i d t h e r e w e r e t h r e e men and o n e woman t h a t t h e y saw t h e M y s t e r i o u s a p p f t r l t i o n l u t n i g h t . T h i t t l » o t h t
In t h e p a r t y . They w e r e y o u n g l o o k i n g p e o p l e a n d he t a l k e d v i t h t h e n c o u r s e o f t h t i h l p v * s d i f f e r e n t t x a t h a n on f o r m e r o c c a a l o n a . It ap-
They l a n d e d i n t h e r a v i n e a t 3 o ' c l o c k ' S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g h a v i n g made p « a r e d t o r i s e I n t h e n o r t h v e a t c o m e r o f t h t c i t y , and p a * l e d a r o u n d
t h e t r i p from Omaha s i n c e j i : 3 0 t h e n i g h t b e f o r e . They w e r e a n x i o u s t o t h e n o r t h , and t h e n t o t h t s o u t h e a s t , v h e r e I t v a s f i n a l l y l o s t t o
he s a i d t o know w h a t t h e p e o p l e t h o u g h t o f t h e m , and v h a t t h e "news- vie*. T h o s e v h o i a v I t s a y t h a t t h e l i g h t v u v e r y b r i g h t and h a d a
p a p e k r s had s a i d . H a r d i n b u r p t o l d v h e r e t h e v h i p v a s b u i l t , and a reddish t i n g e . I t v a s fftr b r i g h t e r t h a n any o f t h e s t a r t , and t h t s k y
g r e a t d e a l more. A T r a n s c r i p t r e p o r t e r vas sent t o the ravine t o i n - was c l e a r . The l i g h t a t t i m e s w o u l d meXc a g r e a t d i p dovo and t h e n
vestipate. He c o u l d f i n d no t r a c e o f an a i r s h i p o r a n y o n e who had a p p a r e n t l y i t o p a l t o g e t h e r , v h e n I t would s u d d e n l y t b o o t f o n r a r d a g a i n .
I t v a a l a a t t e e n a b o u t f i f t e e n m i l e t t o t h e s o u t h e a s t , a s t h o ' Making
seen i t except Hardinburg. No o n e i n t h e I m m e d i a t e n e i p h h o r h o o o d km-nfor_Peorlt.
of i t . E n p i n e e r Schema Of t h e same c r e w d i d n o t s e e I t b u t h e a r d 1697 A p r i l 21 (Wed) E v e n i n g T e l e g r a p h ( D l x o n , 1 1 1 ) , p . * .
H a r d i n b u r p t a l k l n p a b o u t t i t ] , and t h e a i r s h i p s t o r v i s o r o b a b l y
l i e trade o u t o f v h n l » c l o t h . Are We G e e s e ?
1897 A p r i l 19(Mon) . S t e r l i n g , 1 1 1 . , E v e n i n g G a z e t t e , p . b . """" One n i g h t d u r i n g t h e a i r s h i p e x c i t e m e n t m l o n e w i l d g o o s e f l e v
o v e r t h i a c i t y w i t h o u t a s k i n g a h o n k . T h e " r u b b e r n e c k s " t t v I t and
OUEEJt NORTWJRH LIGHT / Band L i k e t h e Milky Way E x t e n d e d f r o n H o r i z o n g r e a t was t h e u p r o a r . To t h e a I t v a s t h e a i r s h i p v i t h t h t l i p h t s o u t ,
t o Zenitji Haturday ' l i g h t . d i s c e r n i b l e i n t h e b r i g h t glow o f t h e n o o n . A h a l f - h o u r l a t e r 1 w h o l e
S a t u r d a y n i p h t an u n u s u a l phenomenon was o b s e r v e d i n t h e n o r t h e r n f l o c k o f t h e n f l e v o v e r and t h e v e r y t i a i d t h o u g h t t h a t wt w e r e a b o u t
h e a v e n s by a number o f S t e r l i n g p e o p l e . About 9 o ' c l o c k a q u a d r n n t t o be a t t a c k e d by a f l e e t o f s h i p s f r o * M a r s .
o f an e n o r r o u s c i r c l e o f l i g h t was s e e n i n t h o n o r t h , s l o n i n f down
frora t h e went find t a n p e n t t o t h e e a r t h . I t v a s q u i t e p l a i n arid seemed PIIMYRA
t o be t i n t e d , t h o u g h t h e m o o n l l p h t d i n n e d t h e c o l o r s . Gradually the
Mrs, R.K. S v i g a r t of S t . J o h n s , M i c h . , vho h a s b e e n a Rue a t r>f Mrs.
c i r c l e w i d e n e d and t h e a r c e x t e n d e d t o w a r d t h e z e n i t h , p r o w i n g l e s s
C a r r i e S v i g a r t t h e p s a t week l e f t S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g f o r an e x t e n d e d
i n t e n s e and r c s e r c b l i n p t h e m i l k y vny, For an h o u r o r r o r e t h i s v i d e
v i s i t i n I o v a and K a n s a s . I n a l e t t e r r e c e i v e d f r o * h e r Monday s h e
band o f p a l e l l p . h t e x t e n d e d from t h e n o r t h e r n h o r i z o n p a s t a i d [Link]-
r e p o r t s h a v i n g s e e n v h l l e e n r o u t e t h e " g r e a t a i r s h i p " by t h e w a t e r t l i
what w e s t o f t h e z e n i t h . JudfiinB from t h e g r a d u a l e x p a n s i o n o f t h t
close to the t r a i n a t Waterloo, Iova. I t vas deacrlbed as looking
n u a d r a n t , t h e band o f l i p h t v a o . d o u b t l e s s an a r c o f a c i r c l e whose
l i k e t v o l a r g e b a l l o o n s v i t h v i n g s and v a s b e i n g v i s i t e d by s u n * h u n ­
radius "as i n f l n i t e l v lonp.
dred p e o p l e . „
l o ^ T A p r i l 2fl ( T u e s C h i c a g o T r i b u n e , p . it.
FRANKLIN CROVE — "' " '
The " f l y i n g m a c h i n e " was s e e n by a n u m b e r o f o u r p e o p l e b o t h
EDISOH SCOFFS AT THE AIRSHIP. / S a y s T h a t I t I s A l l a P a l e and T h a t S a t u r d a y and S u n d a y n i g h t a . The b l a m e d t h i n g must be a h u s t l e r on
a t B e a t Such M a c h i n e s Are O n l y T o y s . t h e t r a v e l , a s i t was s e e n , a c c o r d i n g t o a l l r e p o r t s , In si*ny d i f f e r ­
New Y o r k , A p r i l 1 9 . — S p e c i a l . — T h j t o m a a A, E d i s o n d o e s n ' t t h i n k e n t s t a t e s n o t o n l y on t h e same n i g h t b u t a l m o s t a t t h e same h o u r .
much o f a i r s h i p s . He baa s e e n t o d a y i n h i s W. O r a n g e l a b o r a t o r y i n m i A p r i l 2 1 (Wed.) S t e r l i n g , 1 1 1 . , E v e n i n g flatette, p. 0. '
r e g a r d t o a l a t e a c c o u n t o f t h e movement o f t h e a i r s h i p , a c c o r d i n g t o
w h i c h a l e t t e r vaa d r o p p e d from i t on a farm n e a r A s t o r i a , 1 1 1 . , v i t h Urban I t e m s .
a rfXixitx c i p h e r e n c l o s u r e a d d r e s s e d t o E d i s o n and s i g n e d " C . L . The a i r a b l p p u t i n I t s a p p e a r a n c e i n J o r d a n l a s t Sunday n i g h t , A
Harris,'1 e l e c t r i c i a n a i r s h i p no. 3 . " c l t l i e n o f t h e t o v a {vho <gVgr» d e c l a r e s t h a t h e c a n t e l l a f l o c k o f
Mr. E d i s o n p a u s e d from a l u n c h e o n o f s a n d w i c h e s , pumpkin p i e and v i l d g e e s e from an a i r s h i p } , saw t h e s h i p a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k i n t h e e v e n -
tea to observe: "You c a n t a k e i t from me t h a t i t i s a p u r e f a k e . I i n g g o i n g from t h e e a s t t o t h e v e s t . He p o s i t i v e l y d e c l a r e s t h a t t h e
h a v e had s e v e r a l men named H a r r i s I n my e m p l o y , b u t I know n o t h i n g o f s h i p l a n d e d a t B r e s s l e r ' s m i l l v h e r e I t t o o k i n ft s u p p l y o f v a t e r . It
C.L. H a r r i s . vas I m p o s s i b l e t o d i s c e r n i f any of t h e o c c u p a n t t got out of t h t s h i p .
" I h a v e no d o u b t t h a t a r i s h p p s v i l l b e s u c c e s s f u l l y c o n s t r u c t e d A f t e r t a k i n g i n t h e w a t e r t h e i h l p r o s e s t r a i g h t up a b o u t 1 5 7 3 f e e t a a d
i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e , b u t t h e r e h a s b e e n t o o much t a l k a b o u t t h i s s u p - t h e n d i s a p p e a r e d i n t h e v e s t . T h e s h i p v a s t h e saate c i g a r s h a p e d f «
posed a i r s h i p out West. I h a v e i a l w a y s f o u n d t h a t t h e r e i s much f l o a t i n g i n s t r u m e n t s e e n by o t h e r s .
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c n ' i n e , l'-r l i t e '.f w h i c h t h n c n ^ i n i e r hod rniv^r b e f o r e s e e n . Wonder. /
r , r , C r o v r i l r r l ^ r i d h i n s e l f of t h e o p i n i o n t h a t j ' l a i r j h i ; , or A. S . A r n o l d , a f o r m e r r e a i d e n t o f C o l w a b u a , b a a w r i t t e n a l e t t e r
a T o i l m i f t , I r i i H 'inon t h e n " l i n < - s , w o u l d be a b l e t o .'[Link]^.itc th>> >ir, t o John P e r r y , of t h l a ■ c i t y , d e s c r i b i n g t h e a i r s h i p which has
p r o v i f i i n " i t - f i i - t i n c i 1 t o a i r c u r r e n t - * -nnl t h f o f f i c i - i c y of u s jdc c a u s e d t h e p e o p l e o f Kansas s o tmch w o n d e r :
1
s t e e r i n g d e a r w o r e t n p r o o o r t i o n t o - t h e l i f t i n g c a p a c i t y of t h e a e r o ­ Mr. A r n o l d l a n o v t h e p o s t m a s t e r o f T o p e k a , K a n a a a , Be i s a
plane. cousin of Kr. P e r r y . I n t h e l e t t e r he s a y s :
A r e n a r k a b l n f e a t u r e of t h i s n i r n a v i g a t o r was t'-e p r o p e l l i n g TOPEXA, K a n s . , A p r i l 1 , 1 0 9 7 .
engine w h i c h owing t o t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n of t h e p l a n e , o u s t of n e c e s s i t y The a p p e a r a n c e o f t h e a i r s h l o p a t n i g h t i n t h i s and a o » e a d j o l n -
cotiibine g r e a t power w i t h i n a s m a l l s p a c e . C a s e ' s p l a n shrv c<! t h a t i „ g s t a t e s a I s a m a t t e r a t t r a c t i n g m i c h a t t e n t i o n now, I have seen
a f t e r t h e f L s t 300 p o u n d s o f w e i g h t e v e r y h o r s e - p o ^ c r c o u l d be s e c u r « < i i t t w i c e , F i r s t t L » e l a s t S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g and a g a i n l a a t n i g h t ,
by e a c h a d d i t i o n a l t h r e e - p o u n d w e i g h t o f e n g i n e ; t h e w h o l e power t o r T h e r e l a swch s p e c u l a t i o n a b o u t i t . I d o n ' t know w h a t i t i s . One
c a r r y i n i > , 1,000 p o u n d s c o u l d be s t o r e d w i t h i n t h e s p a c e of an o r d i n a r y t h i n g I a n c e r t a i n o f , and t h a t l a t h a a I t i a a b r i g h t o b j e c t R o v i n g
o f f i c e desk, llnp'tha was t o be u s e d i n s t e a d of c o a l , b e i n ^ e a s i l y c a r - j n t n e h e a v e n s and s e e n i i n g l y u n d e r p e r f e c t c o n t r o l . I t i s a d e e p e r xk
r l e d i n t a n k s a t r.<* b o t t o o of the. p l a n e . The p l a n e i t s e l f , of an e n - t c a n ^ D C r e d Kmlmx o f t h e o r d i n a r y s t a r s and h e r e i t a p p e a r s u s u a l l y
t i r e l y o r i g i n a l d e s i g n , was t h e r e s u l t of [Link] y e a r s ' e x p c r i . n t n t i n s . i n t h e « e » t , I a « l n f o m e d , a b o u t 10 o ' c l o c k a t n i g h t . Look f o r I t .
I t s framewArk was t o be of baiaboo, v;hidh t h e « i n v e n t o r h a s fouod -to ^ ^ M T ^ o t h e r s . / AJ. A r n o l d . .
bo t h e s t r o n g e s t a s w e l l a s l i g h t e s t m a t e r i a l knou-n. T h i r t y - f o o t " i f W " X p r i l «7? 1 B 9 / ■ " I n d i a o a p o H s J o u r n a l ( H o n . ) - j - ( c a r u 1)
oC ba^:>oo, xWcxXOSQpclXWOCWacxjQPt c o v e r e d w i t h s i l k , e x t e n d e d o u t w a r d
That Eloaive A i r s h i p
and downward -on e a c h s i d e of tlie body of t h e s h i p , t h e l a t t e r - h a v i n g
T h s t H v s t e r i o u j W a n d e r e r of t h e H e a v e n s L a s t Seen i n
s o n e u l i a t t h e a p p e a r a n c e of a b o a t ' s k e e l , t a p e r i n g [Link] t o w a r d t h e
front, Tlie p r o p e l l e r a t t h « r e a r w a s l i k e an o r d i n a r y s t e . i n s h i p ' s Illinois.
s c r e w , . i t h t h " e x c e p t i o n t h a t t h e b l rules w i r e v e r y Ion:; a:-.d t a p e r i n g Chicago, A p r i l 4.—The Herald s a y s : I t was n o t t o b e s u p p o s e d
and ii.T " nt a l u n i n u m . At t h e b o t t o m of t h * i h i p on e a c h s i d e w h e e l s t h a t t h e p e o p l e of N e b r a s k a and Kansas w e r e l o n g t o h a v e t h e o o n n p o l y
of g a t i n g on t h e m y s t e r i o u s a i r e h i p j t h a t s o a r e d i n t o t h a h e a v e n s a f t e r
w o r e p i i c e d , w h i c h a s s i s t e d t n s t a r t i n g t h e p l a n e , and t h e y w r r < a l s o d a r k and d a r z l e d t h e w o n d e r i n g and a w e s t r u c k s p e c t a t o r s w i t n t h e i r
t o be n t i l i i e d when a l i g h t i n g . 3 brilliant searchlights. But i t was t h e g e n e r a l u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h s t
conf I n d i a n a would n e x t be c h o s e n f o r t h e v i s i t a t i o n b e c a u a e of t h e n a t i o n ­
1097 A p r i l 26 11 ton e v e ) S p r i n g f i e l d , 1 1 1 . , H e w s , p . 1 . a l r e p u t a t i o n of t h e C h i c a g o c o r r e s p o n d e n t s a t H i n a a a c , A n d e r s o n and
P i n k Mink H a r s h . And now come» s o b e r , c u l t u r e d and c o n s e r v a t i v e
ItE SAW I T . / C l e v e l a n d Man Who W i l l S w e a r t o t h e A i r S h i p .
E v a n s o o o and g r a v e l y M M M B d e p o s e s t h a t on t h e t h i r d day o f A p r i l ,
C l e v e l a n d , 0 . , A p r i l 2 6 . - - J . H . L a n s i n g , o f B r u n d a g e and L a n s i n g , ^ * " p " " i B 9 7 " a t " 8 : 4 o ' p . n . , a m y s t e r i o u s l i g h t , e v i d e n t l y t h a t of an
C e n t r a l a v e n u e e o i s K i s s i o n m e r c h a n t s , h a s J u s t r e t u r n e d from a t r i p a i r s h i p , was s e e n p a s s i n g r a p i d l y o v e r cne c i t y , g o i n g w e a t - n o r c l i w e s t .
throuph southern Iowa. W h i l e i n C r i n n e l l , Mr. L a n s i n g s a i d , h e s a v The l i g h t was v e r y b r i g h t , more l i k e an e l e c t r i c l i g h t t h a n a n y t h i n g
the cuch t a l k e d about a i r s h i p . Mr. L a n s i n g i e n o t e d f o r b e i n g Ox e l a e , and g a v e o u t a c u r i o u s s o r t o f f l a s h a t i n t e r v a l s . I t seemed t o
s t r i c t l y t e m p e r a t e and d o e s n o t w e a r g l a s s e s . I n s p e a k i n g o f i t h e b e a b o u t a q u a r t e r of a m i l e a b o v e t h e e a r t h . At 8:S5 i t c o u n t e d
said: "I sav i t t w i c e , but at C r i n n e l l i t vas very p l a i n . I t was h i g h i n t h e h e a v e n s and v a s r a p i d l y l o s t t o s i g h t . The s t o r y I s p r o b ­
e a r l y in t h e e v e n i n g a n d t h e s h i p c o u l d b e s e e n d i s t i n c t l y . I t vas a b l y t r u e , f o r t h e E v a n s t o n i a n who r e p o r t e d i t v a s a f r a i d of b e i n g
s h a p e d l i k e a c l e a r , a n d i t moved i n v a r i o u s d i r e c t i o n s , some o f t h e i f l u g | , e < j a t and d e c l i n e d t o j j l v e h i s name
tir.e against a s t r o n g wind. S e e n by K a n s s n s .
"The g e n e r a l i c p r e s s i o n o f t h o s e who saw l t s e e r . e d t o be t h a t i t I n d e p e n d e n c e , K a n s a s , A p r i l 4 . — T h e a y s t e r i o u a a i r s h i p t h a t h*a
was an ait- s h i p w o r k e d b y e l e c t r i c i t y . I c o u l d n o t say n y s e l f t h a t b e e n s e e n a t v a r i o u s p o i n t s o v e r K a n s a s and N e b r a s k a and h a s r e c e n t l y
i t w a s , b u t i t was some k i n d o f a m a n u f a c t u r e d t h i n g f l o a t i n g a b o u t c a u s e d s o much comaient, b e y o n d a d o u b t p a i d s o u t h e r n Kansas a v i s i t
overhead." last night. I t p a s s e d over t h e c i t y a t an e a r l y hour l a s t n i g h t and
was s e e n by taany p e o p l e whose v e r a c i t y i s b e y o n d q u e s t i o n . The s t r a n g a
AIR «HIP PLAS / F i l e d t o Be P a t e n t e d i i — M a y Be t h e Cne R e p o r t e d S e e n . s n i p a p p e a r e d i n t h e s o u t h e a s t a b o u t 8 o ' c l o c k . At f i r s t t h e p e r s o n s
O r a h a , : ; e b . , A p r i l 2 6 . — I n t h e o f f i c e o f G.W. S u e s , t h e O r a h a WHO saw l t t n o u g h t i t v a s a S t s r , b u t i t g r a d u a l l y c a a e n e a r e r and i n ­
c r e a s e d In b r i l l i a n c y J S i t a p p r o a c h e d . I t c o u l d be o b s e r v e d t h s t l t
p a s t c r ; t s o l i c i t o r , wiy b e s e e n t h e p l a n s o f an a i r s h i p w h i c h , i t
d i d n o t t r a v e l in a s t r a i g h t l i n e , b u t d a r t e d f i r s t t h i s w a y , t h e n t h j t ,
woulJ seer-, very n e a r l y s o l v e s t h e p r o b l e r . of a e r i a l n a v i r a t i c n . The o u t a l w a y s k e e p i n g on trie sac*; c o u r s e . S u d d e n l y i t vi'L-rea t o t h e s o u t h ,
i r . v t » n t i o n i= t h a t o f Henry H e i n t z , o f E l k t o n , T>."1 m e n t u r n e d and |>ase*d d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e c i t y . In a n o r t h e r l y d i r e c t i o n .
::; ' . : ; : s c c r . r . o c t i o n i t -.-Quid n o t b e a t n i l s t r o r . f e ;T I t :„.-[Link] c j t
 "i.«n u r M oi.s.'rveJ it a;,;., .jvj vorv low, but t-77
ro:.,- hU'i.-r and hiKitc-r ,ind |>*[Link] , is it approached ItIt '' lUghtt
i g h t s both green and white could be plainly seen. It •.*» decided t o
tin' 1 ; i r e a t ■i [Link] (notify Profeanor Hough, tha aitronoawr at tha obsarvaiory »r>d le-Mn If
<■•■■...,i .1.1.1 w:..-. i r . w i . n . K ut .. 1.1*1
H iWV d .
»i <is«Hi Jvacended Aii.-r It had panned!'!'* i>e<-ullar phenomenon had b«en ac«n through tha obaerv«io[y i d , . , , ^ . , ,
At the-ttme Prof. Hough was taking an observation of Jupiter and hi.i
his- Instruments pointed d i r e c t l y acroaa the lake. He mid that i in
object had not crossed tha rang* of the telescope, and that to .hm^*
tue instrument would be the work j>f several houra.
--ippeared . Nearly an hour after the'aYfange lightaTiaiTTade-d into the
April / , LW> Indianapolis Journal "(Had.) p. : "
western heavens Ceorge Clem.n; of Nile Center, telephoned to the
Evanston police that the residents of Hilea had seen the light passing
That Mysterious Airship

appeared In the northwest as a large red l i g h t , and as i t ipproached

the city a dark o u t l i n e was f a i n t l y discerned. The fact that the R. E. Whitlock, of Newport, Indiana, writes under date of April
object t r a v e l l e d from the northwest while the wind was from the south- 1 0 : "The n y 8 t c r l 0 1 1 * ' a l r ship was evidently vlevcd by a few of the
east goes to prove i t was n o t , a balloon. residents of t h i s place laat n i g h t . In the western heavens. A strong
April 8, icy? Indianapolis Journal (Thurs.) p. light was f i r s t seen, low In the southwest, moving towards the north.
It was watched by three or four reputable c l t i i e n s u n t i l it disappeared
That Air Ship Again
in the north, taking about twenty mlnutea to pass beyond the range of
Hu^rods of o™ha People Have Another Glimpse of the Vessel. v t s i o n . D e p u t y P o B t l M S t e r D, A. C l b b o n 8 a Q d E . s . E e 8 l e 9 t 0 n vere"
Ul
Omaha. Nebraska, April 7 . - T h e supposed a i r ship vhlch has repeat- t h o 6 e vt/a uatched U t BatleuverB,» **1
,dly been seen here l a t e l y made i t s appearance In the heavens here l a s t fa, A n 1 2 { H o n ) l n d u n . p o U . New,, p. S. — —
ni^ht. inousaiiiis witnessed i t . The outline'of the vessel were clearly
seen. Among those who saw It and permitted the use of t h e i r names as The Airship Afloat. / Several Towns and Village* CUlw to Have witnessed
witnesses were these business men: 0. D. Kipllnget, W. I. liawks, II. K. I t s F l i g h t . / Special to the Indlanapolla News.
Burkui, A. Hospo, j r . , Could Dloti, L. P. Funkhouscr and Arthur Cuiou. Lagrange, I n d . , April 12.—There waa great excitement laat night by
Ammc fifty members of the Kalghts of Ak-Sar-Ben were treated to J the appearance of a supposed a i r - s h i p , which waa observed about 9:30
glimpse of the a i r s h i p , the sight being observed twite, and each tine o'clock. It waa seen by a number of r e l i a b l e witnesses, Including
for a space of from five to eight'minutes. The object was then about County Auditor Cllham and ex-Senator Drake, who watched It for forty
three-quarters of a mile high and a l i t t l e over a mile west. It next minutes, I t disappeared in a southwesterly d i r e c t i o n .
described a semi-circle to the e a s t , following that d i r e c t i o n for about
a mile, when It turned to the north against the northeast wind and trav­ Headed Northwest. Special to the Neva.
elled In t h a t d i r e c t i o n about half a mile. I t then turned e a s t , after Plymouth, Ind., April 12.—The a i r - s h i p , which haa been a t t r a c t i n g
some v a c i l l a t i o n , »and was l o s t behind a bank of clouds. The Knights a t t e n t i o n a t Chicago and further Uest, waa seen here laat night by
returned to t h e i r lodge, and a f t e r the i n i t i a t i o n , while waltzing for Deputy Postmaater Bailey and a companion, Frank Tanner, who observed i t
the car, the ship was again seen, far to the southwest, but bttating about 9 o'clock In the far northwest. The ship appeared to be going
rapidly up aitainst the wind to the north, and passed out of sight. northwest. The l i g h t s seemed to be as Marge as an engine headlight
April 9, 18V? Indianapolis Journal ( F t l . ) p . 5 when the t r a i n la a mile away.

Wanderer of the Night Passed Over Hew C a r l l e l e . Special to the Hews.

That Mysterious Air Ship Alleged to Have Been Seen by Iowans
New
Belle Plaine, Iowa, April 8.—The a i r ship which has been mystl- C a r l l a l e , April 12.—What la auppoaed to have been an alr-ahip
w
fying western people has been observed in t h i s county. One of the " * ' " " P « » l n g over t h i s place laat night about B:30 o'clock, liahtj
most reputaole physicians of Vinton says that a l l members of his fam- could be distinguished from a dark object far up In the heavens,"which
ily observed the mysterious a e r i a l machine l a s t night and d i s t i n c t l y had an appearance of being shaped like an «gg, and which w*t traveling
heard it swisninn through the a i r . The a i r ship f i r s t appeared low very rapidly northwest. I t waa viewed hare by at l e a a t fifty respon-
down in the southwest about 9 o'clock and could plainly be observed to Bible persons.
travel in a swaying manner, like a bird flying against a wind, and
darting to and fro, would r i s e up quickly and lower i t s e l f with a April 12 p . 8—Misled by a Meteor. / Special to the Indlanapolla News.
gentle, easy motion and seemed under perfect control of the navigator. Waraaw, I n d . , April 12.—The a i r s h i p which haa been causing such
It was going In a northeasterly d i r e c t i o n . excitement waa aeen here laat n i g h t . It waa f i r s t noticed about 7:10
p. 2—Are living mastodons s t i l l to be found in Alaska? Their p.m., northweat of thia c i t y , traveling In a northerly direction and
tusks are abundant■ disappeared in about half an hour. A avaying notion could be plainly
v u a p . 5 q i r rt . j ^ n n ^ u ^ , | |„, I,,, i aeen, and at times a red light waa also v i s i b l e .
April 10, 1893 Indianapolis Journal (Sat.) p. 5
Like an Intense Star
same p.—Cannclton ghost (no deacrlptn)
That Mysterious Air Ship Alleged to Have Been Seen Again.
1897 April 12 (Hon) Logajisport, Ind.', Dally Pharos, back p.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April »9.—The mysterious a i r ship was seen
here last n i g h t . It was f i r s t noticed about 9 C > o ' c l o c k , when It
The Air Ship. / Diacovered in the Heavens by a Northalder. / Said
was in the northwest heavens at an angle of about Ui degrees. It was

— f i r s t a t t r a c t e d the a t t e n t i o n of the Northalder. Then looking up ha

April i l , ibv? lnidanapolia Journal (Sun.) p. 6 (card 1) , u w those mysterious l i g h t s , high in the huavtna, eoving eaatvard.
'■ The gentleman's name la withheld by requeat of hla frltnds_.
Moving Light in the Sky
A"p'rU'~U"i I'W l^Tn^nH'TiflTiy'lte'port'J'r'll'ftri"' flriMj B a g k p . — — ■
Mysterious Air Ship Seen in I l l i n o i s and Indiana at Same
Time.
Hysierious Airship.
Chicago, April 10.—The Times-Herald says " i t " is here. "It"
Wns Stf\ [Link] Si-ht by Several Lo",an*poct People.
must be here oecause i t was seen again l a s t night at Evanston. Thia
The [Link] [Link] [Link] Moved at w i l l .
tine i i was H'lin by persons within the four-mile l i m i t . " I t " i s the
Scc-icd to Qc Two [Link] 'U^h,
air ship which n»s been disturbing the inhabitants of the western
The nir shio which has b-en seen nt 10 many western noints and
States for tue List three weeks. The a i r ship is supposed to have
about which so nuch has been written paid Lofiansport a v i a i t last
s t a r t e d from California. I t i s conjectured t h a t i t i s on I t s way to
nicht i t the word of several well known c i t i z e n s is to tie relied on.

was roovini; in a westerly d i r e c t i o n . Lowen got a field glass and w,lg „ __ __ _

able to discern four l i g h t s a short distance apart and moving In utiim-n. for fun custon c.£ casting his eyes [Link] the courthouse <:lock every
The f i r s t was a bright white light and appeared to he operated like a ni",ht before j « m ; h c e . [Link] niftjit when he noted the tine on the dial
searchlight. Behind i t was a green light and farther to the rear wpra his eye was caught by the iir ship which seeded to be about two Qllea
n
(treen and white l i g h t s set closely together. F. Newland, employ*d at hl",h. ils observed the aiCf rcnt colored l i g h t s and described i t ai
iliil and Garwood's drug and candy s t o r e , saw the s h i p . So did R. C, bcin^ nuch lii-.e A hif, birbcr pole with a shaving muj; sur^enced to i t .
Libber tor. ui the Evanston l i f e saving crew, who was on duty at tha Kno-.'lton saw the ' i r ship md declared t h a t there was a r..i:i in I t who
si t a i inn during the early evening. The large glass at thu sl.u li-r. was threw n.i-^ic lantern r i e t r r e s on his barn.
i'.iiU'i) into us-*- and uacii person who looked through It declared th.u Hone o( tiii* ;iol Lce-irn fiaw thr "queer b i r d , " but .-if <*vr-ryt' ing wa»
* "q^ict en thp Hoto i i c , " thrre is "0 riasnn to rilabel l e v . x\.r .isscr tioni 1
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' o f tl'C four i"-»n, T.-.e-.■ as t ■ - r-1 i .v- hi'iidrcds of other? bell -ve [Link] the Apri.l 13, I.;?} in ii.i'[Link].i J c n t u i e l ([Link].J p . fl.
prowler of j c r i . i l -vivij.-itinn has Iven solved and t h a t t " c strange v i s i -
n -1 1
...tint - l '-- ' ' . n y . — ; ■ ] - t l . P - t > r f - " t I'll r i v i ' i l T w . l d U " " t.n !'nii"\Ml Light
l d 9 7 A p r i l 12 (Mon.) S o u t h - l i e n d , I n d . , D a i l y T ITC T7 [Link] Is Supposed t " a-ivc a-Miintcd fron an A i r s h i p .
A s t r a n - c ,-inJ p e c u l i a r U n h t , which was observed by a nuaber of
SAW IT AT HEW CARLISLE. / Airship Lights Seen by Several Reputable people, hovered over [Link] List n i c h t . Marion Johnson saw i t and
C i t i z e n s . / Special to the South Bend Tribune. he is nov of the opinion that the li;;ht cane from the much-talkcd-of
Hew C a r l i s l e , I n d . , April 12.—William Denney, John Miles and other a i r s h i p . At the ti;.i» he. observed tin- [Link] the noon and Stars were
r e p u t a b l e c i t i z e n s say p o s i t i v e l y that they saw the l i g h t s of an a i r obscured by the clouds and he is p o s i t i v e i t was not a s t a r he saw.
ship in the heavens about three miles west of Hew C a r l i s l e at about 9 Tic l i g h t was 111 e - r r * w l y bright one .mil secned to be oiovin- about
o'clock l a s t n i g h t . There was a green l i g h t In front and a red l i g h t from [Link] to [Link]. He watched i t for snna l i t t l e t i n e .ind then
in the rear and they moved in a n o r t h e r l y d i r e c t i o n u n t i l out of s i g h t called the a t t e n t i o n of other persons to i t . R. I. Mariner was aaong
N o b l e s v i l l e , I n d . , Democrat. Arpil 23, p . 1. The Rev. J . S . A x t e l l , the crowd of people; i.-hn i.'.itchcd t'-ic l i - h t . I t secned to c i r c l e about
pastor of the P r e s b y t e r i a n Church of P o r t l a n d , has been experimenting to the northwest of the t w n for probably five n i n u t c s , ftice or f-'ic«
for a number of yeara with a i r a h l p s . He i s now engaged In p e r f e c t i n g i t disappeared behind b u i l i l i n - i , but reappeared again, nothing l i k a
a machine which he c a l l s the aerodrome or flying c a r . the body of an a i r s h i p could be made o u t , the l i g h t being tno far away.
30, 4 . Your r e a l a l r a h i p of the p r e s e n t hour i s the monetary consais- Hone of the person.'; who saw the l i ^ h t c l a i n s i t c i n e frcn the supposed
sion j u e t appointed by President HeKinley. ship, but they are of tin- opinion thnt if there ia one floating around
Hay 14, 4. The " a i r s h i p " we have heard so much about of l a t e ia aa th»y hovq asen f t , ■■■■
much of a joke aa the great "advance agent of p r o s p e r i t y " that was seefll897 April 13 (Tues) South Bend, I n d . , Tribune, p . 1,
by so many'imaginative people a few months, ago.
1897 April 12 (Hon.) South Bend, I n d . , Tribune, P- 6 - Vaa Seen a t Plymouth, t Special to the South Bend Tribune.
Plymouth, I n d . , April 13.—The a l r a h i p which ahaa a t t r a c t e d »o aucb
SAW THE FLYING MACHINE. / Much Quoted Yellow and White Lights Visible a t t e n t i o n in Chicago and the weat waa aeen bar* Sunday night by a num­
in South Bend. ber of young i n n , including Deputy Postmaster Ballsy and a young u n
A c r e d i b l e witness i s a u t h o r i t y for the atatement that the flying named Tanner. Red, I b l u e , green and white l i g h t * were aeen and at
machine made a v l a i t in the v i c i n i t y of South Bend Sunday evening. He t i n e a they appeared aa large aa an e n g i n e ' s headlight when a short d i a -
saw the much quoted yellow and white l i g h t s In the northweatern sky a t t a n c a away. The ahip appeared to ba going in a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n
8:10 o ' c l o c k . 14> 1# M y B C t r l o u < p a n t h e r - l i k t a n i n a l k i l l l g n g l i v e s t o c k , Edwardaburg,
The l i g h t s were In view nearly half an hour, moving f i r s t in a Mich.
n o r t h e a s t e r l y and then in other d i r e c t i o n s and f i n a l l y disappeared in
15, 1. Winkle & H u l l s .
the northweat. Tlie yellow l i g h t appeared to be the head l i g h t and 'Iffy? A p r i l 13 (Tue Terre Haute (ind) Evening Caret t'e',' p . 2.
shone s t e a d i l y , but the white l i g h t showed at the side of the nachina
and was more i n t e r m i t t e n t . I t looked l i k e the b u r s t s of l i g h t that
come from opening the furnace door of a locomotive. I t waa probably 1 Saw an Air ahlp / Residents of South 10th S t r e e t Think They Have Seen
search l i g h t . The o u t l i n e s of the machine could not be seen and the the E l e c t r i c Air Ship.
There waa ciuch excitement on South 10th s t r e e t l a s t nipht when a
l l g h t a appeared to be two or three mllea away.
( number of r e s i d e n t s of that d i s t r i c t saw what they believed was the
"April IS, 1P-97 tivlim-ipolis JnurnarTtiie's";) p . 3 (much talked of a i r ahlp t h a t la said to have been hovering over neiph-
Iboring c i t i e s the past few weeks. They saw a bright l i g h t that appear­
Saw t h i Airship ,it £lkh;irt ed in the heavens to be a powerful revolving s e a r c h l i g h t with a dark
Special to Indianapolis J o u r n a l . object behind i t . The strange lifiht appeared in the west, seeoieJ to be
Sllhart Indiana, April 12—A dozen people claim to have seen the
about a half mile above the earcii, was v i a l b l e for twenty ulnutea and
a i r s h i p over thir. c i t y at about 10 o'clock l a s t n i g h t . They gay they
watched i t half an hour, and t h a t i t gradually passed out of s i g h t . f i n a l l y disappeared in the southwest. A/tong the persons who saw the
I t had a b r i g h t Ur*>t .it i t s head, they say, and WAS moving r a p i d l y . remarkable l i g h t and dark object were the following: Henry Tergha*,
L.D. Cordon and son Bert, Mrs. W.P. Q l a t r , Hiss J e s s i e B l a i r , H.U. Blalr
lion. A-iril 12 p, U tedej—The appearance of the 30-c.1lled a i r and Mr-and Mrs. El pa Evans.
ship which is reported to have been seen at d i f f e r e n t p o i n t s seens to 109"/ April"! 1 ! 1 (VtaO 'wu'i'y iianner Tines ( C r e e n c a s t l e , I n d . J , p . l .
vary, according as j.t i s viewed through, a cocnon turablcr, a chanpagne
I ' I . T . 3 , .i 'i" -.i '.mm nr .1 nuart b o t t l e . _ T h a t Air Ship.
1897 A p r i l 13 (Tues.) Indianapolia Hews, p . 2. I f you haven't seen the a i r ship yet you axe behind the t i n e . I t
, has been seen a l l the way fror. f-an Francisco to Chicago ajid now l o r e
THE AIRSHIP. / Marlon Johnson, of Haughville, Thinks He Saw I t . / ' f e l l o w s up at Logunsport claim t h a t they saw i t l a s t n i g h t . We d o n ' t
Marion Johnson, nominated l a s t night for'town t r e a s u r e r of liaugh­ know t h e name of the-brand used in Logansport but i t seews to add
v l l l e , saw with o t h e r s what he believed ia the a i r s h i p he had read so l a r g e l y to the vision of the people of t h a t town of b r i d a e s . This
much about r e c e n t l y in the newspapers. What he knows he did see was a. a i r s h i p , i f i t Is one, i s c r e a t i n g a senaation vherever i t is seen
b r i g h t l i g h t moving about the aky In the northwest and going mostly in and many people believe t h a t a e r i a l navigation has a c t u a l l y been a c -
a c i r c l e . He could « see no ship nor anything e l s e but the l i g h t . He complished, Darlua Creen to the c o n t r a r y , and has come t o s t a y . Two
called the a t t e n t i o n of o t h e r s to I t . I t waa In s i g h t about five mln- men in Chicago c l a i n t o have photographed the ship Sunday morning but
utes. men imagine a great many queer t h i n g s in Chicago the norning folloving
13, p . '.--1 ■ r e p o r t s from many places Indicate e i t h e r that ther<" i s Saturday n i g h t . We have a number of astronomere here who study the
an a i r ship 1 float or f\tr- a l c o h o l i c v i s i o n s have liecore epidemic. skies every night through c l a s s e s more or l e s s t h i c k at the lover
sides but as yet none of them has announced the fact t h a t he haa
13, p. R-~0cmTa 1 State Nevs. s i g h t e d the s h i p . Probably they were too auch preoccupied with n e » i -
iluntirc!:: of people nt Elklinrt wfre r r e a t l y e x c i t e d over a s i g h t of g a t i n g schooners of t h e i r own. This a i r s h i p has red and green l i g h t s
the supposed a l r - ' . i ' i p scon nt various p o i n t s throuphout the country, and i t you^ajse anything o_r t h i s kind pursuing a i l g aag r a r t l e _ d n t l « ,
hut thev have accepted the explanation offered hv Prof. C a r r i o t t , of four through the a i r and can convince y o u r s e l f t h a t you "iiavcn 1 1" got
, e!
the [Link] s e r v i c e , Chicago. " He r e p o r t s that the mystery Is explained . ^ »F-in" v h y VDU can conclude t h a t you are loofeinp at the g r e a t e s t
by a pheno-cnon of which the s t a r A. Orion, a member of the rnnsrplla-tftrlvunph of the n i n e t e e n t h c e n t u r y .
tion Orion, l'j Miblccc, The came tiling occurred 25 or 30 years aiV, April K , 1897 Indianapolis Journal W e d . j p . i Icard l j
The professor [Link] that ovinn to none p e c u l i a r i t y of i t s ovn thf
[Link] goes off on an occasional t a n g e n t , turns blue In the face and That Mysterious Air Ship
s p i t s f i r e in ,1 manner that any well-behaved s t a r should avoid. F i r s t Seen In C a l i f o r n i a , and Is Gradually Moving A c r o n the
Country. / Chicago Times-Herald,
14, ?—On' 1 State Xcv ■. Now t h a t i t has becoae a fad to scan the s k i t a a t night and look
Muncie [Link] caught tho a e r l . i l - s h i p fever, and spends half the n l r h t for a aovin^ l i g h t , and then say one has aeen a mysterious a i r ship,
gazing a t tlie s t a r r y firmament, hopeful of I t s appearance. the h i s t o r y of the b i r t h and grouth of t h i s l a t i a t craae ia a n a t t e r
1 5 , l — L e t t e r In A->pleton, U'is . / t \ 5, P.*i. A-v^-ii'; v . ' W ' —i. of I n t e r e s t . The f i r s t a i r ship seen—one t h a t aecmed a c t u a l l y to f l y
17,4--Perh:ips the people who are seeing thnt a i r - s h i p are those who and appear to be under the control of i t s p i l o t — w i t h i n the l a s t six
are a l s o capable of " c l n r I n t e r n a t i o n a l bimetallism in the a i r . months was in Sacramento C a l i f o r n i a , many of the i n h a b i t a n t s of that
lU,i,—[Link] storv ahnut the a i r s h i p ia s t i l l a f l o a t . c i t y d e c l a r i n g t h a t about one o'clock on the norning of llonday, Uoveo-
29,2 —Ccn'J [Link] —A nonster ape, or something a i n i l a r (n appearance, °*T l 6 t t ^ y saw an a i r ahip passing r a p i d l y over the c i t y . Scoe
la reptd lu br at larrt' in the woods near S a i l o r , in Rlkh-irr Cntv. merely declared t h a t they saw a bright l i g h t and nothing e l s e , while
S a t . Hay 15, 8. The Airship of P r o s p e r i t y . o t h e r s went so far as to a s s e r t they aaw a cigar-shaped flying m c h i n e
and heard voices on i t . Some r e s i d e n t s of Oakland, across the bay
They were d i s c u s s i n g the a l r a h i p in the p o l i c e s t a t i o n and one of
the patrolmen averred that he had seen i t twice, hovering over Haugh- 'rom San Francisco, a l s o declared they saw the sane s i g h t » tew n i j h t a
v l l l c . He described the b r i g h t l i g h t s and claimed that he haxx had p r e v i o u s l y . According to George D. C o l l i n s , a lawyer of San Francisco,
heard voices from the s h i p . i t was a r e a l a i r ship and made a journey, |
"No," said bicycle patrolman H o l t i , " t h a t waa not the a i r s h i p you December 1 John A, Heron, an e l e c t r i c i a n of San Jose, C a l i f . , in
saw." an interview, said he had been to Honolulu and back i n an a i r a h i p , but
refused to say anything as to the inventor or the model of hia machine.
"What was i t , then?" he was asked,
Ileron i s the p a t e n t e e of a platinum speaking a p p a r a t u s .
"Why, t h a t was the ahip of p r o s p e r i t y , looking around for a place
to a l l n h t , " Nothing more was heard from e i t h e r of these v e n t u r e s , and the
public had ceased to i n t e r e s t i t s e l f t i l l January 2, a month l a t e r , a
dispatch came fro:n S.i:i Francisco saying that i t would soon be scut up
froTL t h e r e . This statement was :[Link] by a u t h o r i t y of Dv, 2. A. i a i t h ,
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p r e s i d e n t of t!i". A t l a n t i c and P.-icifie Aerial navigation Company, t h e Apr. 5 , p . 2—love's A i r s h i p / 16, li-lt P l i e s by Night
prfif-f 1 ) i; - ;xrjiT I.-T, to If -i Maxin <*ti-ino. of Li!0 horse power, weighing 16, 5— Mr. P.H. Mathers, one of the popular o p e r a t o r s of tha W«»t»ra
[Link] Sin |[Link]!.I, :.o (!i '[Link]* to the e f f e c t [Link] t h i s ship ever Union Telegraph Company, has * xsalaa received fro« Des Molnss, I s . ,
set s a i l froin San Kranrinco were ever received here, so i t i s hardly a photograph of the e^aterioua a i r s h i p t h a t has been discovered In
probable the p r e s e n t -[Link] thin* now flying through the clouds i s the m*** d i f f e r e n t p a r t s of the country of l a t e . The loach ine~"vas photo-
A t l a n t i c and Pacific a i r s h i p , * K graphed by a friend of Mr. Kxki Mathers a t Dei Koines, and the l a t t e r
h
Two nonths and a half elapsed before f u r t h e r news cane fron the !he " wJ it l l on bee "pleased
" i b i t l o ntoate xthe
h i b iWestern
t t o h i sUnion
f r i e nodfsf .i c e , Pearl s t r e e t , vher*
west regarding a navigator of the a i r , and t h i s information was sent
fron [Link]. On the night oE March 14 considerable i n t e r e s t was Tuee e v e , April 20, p . 1 . FAJEE AIRSHIP. / Local Boys Playing Tricks
awakened by a supposed a i r ship which a c o n s i d e r a b l e number of persons, v i t h a Mammoth Kite at Night. drtto R „ ^ „ ( i < . R«p,bi:««n " / i
a l l of then r e p u t a b l e , said they [Link] seen. The view of ._ t h i js object. Bovllng Green,0., April 20.—The a i r s h i p c r a t e has struck t h i s
however, nppear3 to have been confined to South Omaha. The " t h i n g , " as place and a nuaber of c i t i i e n a can be found vho have seen I t soaring
the 6-ahans c a l l e d i t , [Link] into vicu about 9 o ' c l o c k . I t appeared" above the c i t y vho nay the l i g h t s vere c l e a r l y d i s c e r o a b l e .
to be cooing fron rhu s o u t h e a s t . I t had ti;-: appearance of a big engine I t i s not g e n e r a l l y Knowa, hovever, t h a t s e v e r a l boys have been
h e a d l i g h t , and f l o a t e d off toward tiiC west and n o r t h , and f i n a l l y d i s ­ playing a p r a c t i c a l Joke upon t h e unsuspecting p u b l i c and have been
appeared behind some b u i l d i n g s . I t was in .-.bight for soncthing more f l y i n e a l a r g e k i t e Cat ntjck n i g h t ] v i t h red l i g h t s faatened t o the
than hnlf an hour, the people who saw i t csticiating that i t was a few Ctailtl.
Minutes a f t e r 9:30 o ' c l o c k when i t sank out of s i g h t . The k l e e , vhich Is eight feet h i g h , Cis3 c a r e f u l l y hid avay in the
On the night of [larch 20 the straiijc object was again observed, barn t i n ! d a y l i g h t , and at night the boys go a short d i s t a n c e out of
U
t h i s ti:ne by a majority of the people of Cnnha, I t Uovp into s i ^ h t xk tovn and fly the monster. Only t h r e e red l i g h t s can be seen going P
about the t i m nijjht church s e r v i c e s ucrc over and in half an hour had and dovn in t h e * a i r nearly up Clnl the clouds.
disappeared. Thi* tir:c the " a i r s h i p " came i n t o view in the s o u t h e a s t - ^ T 3 . p.2—They Want t o S o a r . / p . 6 Craiy About A i r s h i p s .
ern p o r t i o n of the horizon. I t was in the shape of a big bright l i g h t , 5, 7—Eerie Airy T l o a t e n
too bin tve a balloon, and flowed s t e a d i l y . I t s a i l e d over tin: c i t y to 7, 3—Wild nan near S t o u t ' s Sun, 0. ______
the northwest and there disappeared behind the houses and b l u f f s . I t '"1857 April l V t V e d T l l o o t i e r S t a t e (Nevport, I n d . ) , p . k.
noved very slowly and seemed quite near the e a r t h , Nothing but the
l i f h t was v i s i b l e , ___„__ Quite a number fron here thought they sav the wysterioua a i r ship
j A s h o r t dispatch from Denver the following night said the strange l a s t I r i d a y night about 9 o ' c l o k k . I t appeared in the v e s t e r n heaven-
v i s i t o r had been seen t h e r e , but only for a few moments, and had the and t r a v e l e d northvest in a rapid manner and soon disappeared,. I f "It
- [Link]. of a large s t a r , although the c o l o r s were c o n s t a n t l y vs-an't an a i r ship i t vas a mysterious l i g h t , at any r a t e . I t vas
[changing. The Denver telegram said the people, t h e r e could not make up l a r g e r than a s t a r and vas of a reddish c o l o r .
: t h e i r minds as to what the thin,-, might be. I t did not approach the
i e a r t h c l o s e l y enough to determine i t s contour. Kay 5 , l a s t p.—That much t a l k e d of a i r s h i p Kklali vas seen over B l l l s -
0 n c o ' n o r e ' ' t h 7 ' s t r a n g e r d i s a p p c ^ e d " a n d " r ^ a i n e d out o£ s i g h t u n t i l A<^e l a s t Saturday n i g h t . The ship had been brought t o a stand s t i l l
i April 5, when a telephone message was received £ron Evanston saying and v h l l e t h e r e standing: In the heavens, a note vas dropped dovn to
I t h a t about n :40 o ' c l o c k p.m. a mysterious l i g h t , e v i d e n t l y that of an the tovn, vhich reads t h u s : "Chateaux en Espagne," vhich Beans c a s ­
a i r s h i p , was seen passing r a p i d l y over t h a t c i t y , going ucst-northweat t l e s In the a i r . I t a l s o s t a t e d t h a t H i l l s d a l e «at a g r e a t beauty.
1
The l i g h t waa very b r i g h t , norc l i k e an e l e c t r i c l i g h t than anything
j e l s e , and Save out a curious s o r t of f l a s h at i n t e r v a l s . I t seeded to Llgonier Banner,Th April 2 2 , p . 1 . Wavaka Neva Nuggets.
j be about n q u a r t e r of a raile above the e a r t h . At f i v e n i n u t c s to 9 I f you want t o knov anything about the a i r s h i p t h a t passed over
o ' c l o c k i t mounted high in the heavens and was r a p i d l y l o s t to s i g h t . here Saturday night ask Operator Schvab and he v l l l t e l l you a l l about
it.
Then d i s p a t c h e s , s t a t i n g t h a t the ship had been seen, began pour­ April 15i p.5--"Did he coae horn* on the a i r i h l p t " vas the question
ing i n t o Chicago frora v a r i o u s p o i n t s i n Indiana, I l l i n o i s , Missouri, agk>-rt OQ JLhj a t r ^ f t a y - a t era-ay,
l o w l a n d Wisconsin. Friday n i g h t , for the f i r s t t i n e , i t was seen in 1897 April 15 (Th] Evening Republican ( C o l u a b u * , J a i } , p . ^T rcTrcTTr
Chicago, and for the second time in Evanston, To Chicago the v i s i t o r
came, to a l l appearances, fron the west, but few of those who saw i t AHEHT THE AIRSHIP.
agreed in i t 3 d e s c r i p t i o n . Some eyes saw [Link]-shapcd frame, fastened I t must be admitted t h a t the people of Coluobus have had 00 p l e a ­
together with r , i r d c r s ; the vision of o t h e r s was obscured by the surable sensation a t t e n d e n t upon a sight of an a i r s h i p . J u s t vhy t h i s
flapping of g r e a t wings. Vet a l l saw the saine car narks—a white part of t h e country has been s l i g h t e d i s not a p p a r e n t . I t nay be th«
s e a r c h l i g h t , followed by a green one, another smaller white one and a f a u l t of t h e s p e c i a l c o r r e s p o n d e n t s . I f t h e r « i s Indeed an i l r s h l p ,
t a i l l i g h t in gre-ri. The l i g h t appeared to be over the lake, a short Columbus should have a t l e a s t one peek at I t . When u a a l l e r tovni a l l
way out, and wai moving in a westerly d i r e c t i o n . The object was at over the northern p a r t of the S t a t e and a l s o I l l i n o i s and Iova have
f i r s t mistaken for a f a l l i n g s t a r . At f i r s t the l i g h t was hidden by J i n l g h t l y v i s i t a t i o n s of the rayaterioua c r a f t i t l a t i n e t h a t Columbus
the clouds, but when i t energed into the c l e a r sky watchers were a b l e should r i s e as a nan and demand t h a t ve be given our r i g h t s ,
to d i s c e r n four l i ' h t s located close t o g e t h e r and sw noving in unison. There are amany t h e o r i e s advanced to explain t h a vooder. I t i s
The f i r s t W.T; a bright white l i g h t , and appeared to have the swing of described in many vays. Some of the "prominent c l t l « e n a B of Hev Car-
a s e a r c h l i g h t , throwing i t s rays f i r s t to one side and then the o t h e r , l i s l e , I n d . , a l i t t l e v i l l a g e a fev a l l e s v e s t of LaPorte, t h a t never
D i r c c t l v back of it -.-as a s n a i l e r [Link] l t ^ h t , and further to the rear 'd*<l anything to e n t i t l e I t t o any d i s t i n c t i o n and whose sole end of
wrrc a whim and gre-n i i - h t s e t c l o s e l y t o g e t h e r . **lB8 1" because I t i t on the Lake Shore and Hlchlgan Central r a i l r o a d
On April 5 pcoMc at U a s h v i l l c , 1 1 1 . , saw something that some "hieh ^ ^ ^ u l < i n c * R c t b y the place v l t h o u t nmnlng i n t o the sand
thoui-ht was a balloon, while o t h e r s ucre sure i t was a flying machine, of Lake Michigan, l a s t Sunday night aav the s h i p v i t h the usual d i s -
Two days l a t e r a doctor at Vinton, Iowa reported t h a t he and hia familjplay of r e d , v h l t e and green l i g h t s . They sav i t r i s e and f a l l , they
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A p r i l V5, 1097 I n d i a n a p o l i s J o u r n a l t T h u r s . J p . U ' C e a x d 1) was t h u n d e r . &Jt t h e d i s c o v e r i e s o t t h e m o r n i n g a r e s u f f i c i e n t t o e s ­
t a b l i s h t h e v e r a c i t y of t h e t v o a c t u a l o b s e r v e r s . In one p l a c e two
M y s t e r i o u s A i r Ship m i l e s trom S c o t t ' s t h e r e waa found a l a r g e c o l l o t h e a v y w i r e , e v i d e n t ­
I t I s A l l e g e d t o Have Bean Seen by Hundreds of P e o p l e , l y a p a r t o f s o a e e l e c t r i c a l a p p l i a n c e . At a n o t h e r p o i n t t x ■ rxxt±*l*
Viewed by C i t i z e n s of Over llalf a Dozen S t a t e s and T e r r i t o r i a l ^ j ^ , propeller b U d e ' o f ~ioM~very l l g h r ' M t e r l e 1 i * w I s " l s c ^ v t r ^ d
on t h e Sa:ie Day and H i g h t , In a p a r t i a l l y fused c o n d i t i o n . T h r t e » e n engaged I n ■ h l n g l l n g 1 b a r n
Exploded In W i s c o n s i n , i n Coaatock t o w n s h i p a f f i r w t h a t upon r e s u m i n g work 0 0 t h e sjorning
Cut Took Wings Again and R e s t e d on I n d i a n a S o i l , f o l l o w i n g t h e o c c u r r e n c e t h e y found t h e i r c o m p l e t e d work c o v e r e d w i t h
l l n r v e l o u e T a l e f r c a Oas City—The Thing E i t h e r a " F a k e " or s i t n u t e f r a g m e n t s which had In sooe I n s t a n c e s p e n e t r a t e d t h e e h l n g l e i
n Shrewd A d v e r t i s e m e n t , / S p e c i a l t o t h e I n d i a n a p o l i s J o u r n a l . and e n t e r e d t h e b o a r d s b e n e a t h , " I
C h i c a g o , A p r i l 1 4 , — T h e c o r r e s p o n d e n t s i n numerous towns a r e A d i s p a t c h T r o a Madison', J i * c o n » i n , s a y t i T W i t r ' ship atystery
n t t h o r d o i n ^ a g r e a t d e a l of " f a k i n g " or t h e r e i s r e a l l y an a i r s h i p - h a s been s o l v e d . I t I s n ' t a s t a r , but t h e p r o m o t e r s »uvy t a k e c r e d i t
p e r h a p s h a l f n i l o r . c n — m y s t e r i o u s l y s a i l i n g o v e r t h e s t a t e s of I n d i a n a , f o r b e i n g o r b s of t h e f i r s t m a g n i t u d e i n t h e » a t t * r o t a d v e r t l a l n g .
I l l i n o i s , W i s c o n s i n , ' l i c h l g o n , I o u a , N e b r a s k a , K a n s a s , M i s s o u r i and R a i l r o a d cien who r e a c h e d Madison r e p o r t t h a t t h e a u e h - t a l k e d - o f a e r i a l
Oklahoma T e r r i t o r y , According to d i s p a t c h e s r e c e i v e d h e r e w i t h i n the t u t c h l n e was seen a t Boraboo, and t h a t a s t h e aky was t h o r o u g h l y o v e r ­
p a s t two o r t h r e e yxxrx d a y s t h e m y s t e r i o u s wanderer has been seen by c a s t w i t h c l o u d s t h e r e was no Alpha C r i o n l a a b o u t I t . It f l r a t appear^
h u n d r e d s ot p e o p l e i n o v e r h a l f a donen S t a t e s , and i t haa even been over t h e e a s t end of t h e c i t y , and a f t e r d r i f t i n g westward a o d l a s s l l e d
photographed, Sonetiraes when Been i n t h e d a y t i m e i t i s d e s c r i b e d as back a g a i n and h o v e r e d o v e r t h e w i n t e r q u a r t e r s o t a c i r c u s . Suspicion
a p p e a r i n g l i k e n [Link]^nntic b i r d and t h e " r u s h i n a of I t s wings can be was a t once a r o u s e d t h a t t h e ' a i r s h i p ' was n o t h i n g o t h e r than a c l e v e r ,
( ■ p l a i n l y h e n r d , " 'Jhen seen a t n i g h t i t o f t e n r c s e n b l c s a huge s t a r ; | w e l l - f c > t r c x x ± u x 4 d e v i s e d and b e t t e r e x e c u t e d a d v e r t i s i n g acheo* of t h a
■again I t l o o k s l i k e h a l t a d o z e n s t a r s , and t o sooe p e o p l e i t a p p « a r j [ c i r c u s men. I t was r e c a l l e d t h a t one of t h e c i r c u s >en had been i n
j t o be s h o w e r i n g f i e r y s p a r k s of many c o l o r s . At one p l a c e t h e s p e o t a - Baraboo on Sunday and had t a k e n aorne l a r g e and ( r y a t e r l o u s b u n d l e s f r o a
I t o r s a f f i r n a s e a r c h l i g h t was thrown on t h e n frota t h e m y s t e r i o u s a e r o ­ t h e t r a i n t o t h e w i n t e r q u a r t e r s . I t was f u r t h e r r e c a l l e d t h a t ha was
p l a n e . A s t r o n o m e r s h a v e c a s t d i s c r e d i t on t h e r e p o r t s by a s s e r t i n g seen a b o u t t h e c i t y l i t t l e d u r i n g t h e d a y , and Xhat B o r e t h a n u s u a l
t h a t t h e . i l l e ^ n d a i r s h i p LB n o t h i n g but t h e p l a n e t Venus, which f o r l i f e u a s m a n i f e s t e d i n t h e b i g b u i l d i n g s down on t h e r i v e r f r o n t . It
sone n i g h t s h a s been u n u s u a l l y b r i l l i a n t , but p e o p l e who claL~ t o have was t h e n reipercbcred t h a t t h e s h i p of t h e a i r Bade l t a a p p e a r a n c e i n
seen t h e wonder s c o f f a t t h e s c i e n t i s t s and say they do n o t need g l a * ' ™ Chicago a l m o s t s l o u l t a i n e o u s l y w i t h t h e a d v e n t t o t h a t c i t y o t t h e c i r ­
c u s , and t h a t Omaha, Des Molnes and o t h e r p o i n t s w h e r e I t b*a b e e n seen
 are already marked out for tlie circus next sunraer. The western npheHoivor loiVor whose eyes vere never known to become vision a f f l i c t e d , declared
of U s o r b i t , if such It nay be o i l e d , was rather s l g n i f i c a n t l y over they did tee i t about ten o'clock Sunday night. They are not positive
the winter quarters of the circus.- To the skeptical observers at Bora- I t vai a ship r i l l e d v l t h gallant youth out on a l a r k , but It v u
jfcoo the "air ship' had the Appearance of being controlled frora the two sometllng, larger than a s t a r , v l t h notion peculiar and unuaual. Ther
circus grounds, about a o t l e apart. In the evening a heavy r a i n csne have been telegrans supposed t o be of a fake order published the l a s t
on, and this had the efEect of completely obscuring the strange a e r i a l two veeks from various points la the Western S t a t e s , and fro» Qilca^o
v i s i t o r and preventing the people Eroci noting t t a l a t e r movements. Tlie the l a s t of the week, 'describing a something floating to and fro In
belief cannot be dissipated froa the minds of. Baraboo people that the the heavens, vhlch they called an a i r s h i p . The »ore enthuslMtlc saw
iclrdus nan uho mndc a flying v i s i t to our c i t y Sunday knows more about the outlines of a r e a l a i r s h i p , others heard the noise made by I t ,
.the matter than he has told even to his friends. They are of the opin­ others saw persons on board, e t c . , e t c . Wonderful indeed, and people
i o n that the a i r ship was a succession of balloons or something of that laughed incredulously. But nov »any are beginning to believe there i s
(kind, which were aimed to prey upon the c u r i o s i t y of a credulous public 'aooethlng up, and possibly one of the "great signs fro* heaven" pre-
to the end thnt shining half d o l l a r s would pour Into the big wagon where dieted for the l a t t e r days. But i t siay be when Kars gets out of the
t i c k e t s for the 'big show- are s o l d . " . ' | v , y . the slims v i n c e a s r . ,
At C n r l l n v i l l e , 111,, those who sow the air auip said i t hail a bc.-it'1697 April 15(22) [Link], I n d . , Republican, p. b .
which wns cigar-*shnped with oars or wings extending froa the side, and |
.a canopy on top similar to that of a picnic stand. Hear Green Ridge an jxhe Ship. / Franklin Tiepublican.
^operator who wns hunting avers thnt he saw a nan working about I t , ap- i The a i r ship excitement struck thia section of the s t a t e the past
;
iparently fixing tlie machinery. The fact of i t s alighting twice and veek and 1«JC* lengthy s t o r i e s vere published to the effect that the
: Enl
!rcn«lning such a long tlwe In the same l o c a l i t y leads to the conclusion P o f t e r c i r c l l n e around over Johnson, Brown and adjacent counties
Ithat the machinery was injured in none manner. settled upon the top of «eed Patch h i l l In Brown.
I t was said that Pennington, the individual with whom F-dinburg
Ho Affndavit with Tills. <J-Ho Ciwfi>-^>"'''« p a r t i e s have hod considerable business in the past, was In charge of
The Mysterious Air Ship Alleged to Have Sestet in a Field. the machine. The s t o r i e s told were seemingly so s t r a i g h t that nurber*
Special to the Indianapolis Journal, of persons vent down Into Brown from t h i s and Morgan a counties to hav
Oas City, Indiana, April 14.—About 3 o'clock this afternoon hun­ a good look at the wonderful ship.
dreds of the Inhabitants of this c i t y were floated and s t a r t l e d on However i t developed, as usual in such cases, that the story was a
looking up to the heavens to see approaching frots a northwesterly pure fabrication. Hone of the natives Of Brown have been able to see
course what appeared to be an imoense bird. As I t approached i t cane the machine and i t has not been anchored on'the h i l l . The s t o r i e s
nearer the earth and the outlines of the flyer could be d i s t i n c t l y seen, were mostly hatched in H a r t l n s v i i i e , and they are credited to the ln-
I t was in the shape oE a cigar and was propelled by broad canvas wings, fluence of the celebrated rdneral water of that place. /
People rushed to the point where they thought I t would land, but a l l , A number of I t o r t i n s v i l l e c u r i o s i t y seekers drove over the h i l i t
were fooled. The air Bhlp, for such "it proved to be, lighted in a field and mA roads to weed Paten b i l l . Brown county, tne other day to pet
on the Roush fan.-!, about one mile east of this c i t y . Cattle and horses | » v I e u . o f . l h f 6 i r B ^ ? \ w ^ c h _ Y . " ?*!?. sliest;
^t.T!?*J?..?!?,_*.?.**^!
were t e r r i f i e d and consternation reigned supreme, '"A rush was made for point in Indiana, About the t i n e they reached t h e i r destination they )
.the Kouah Earn, but the navigators of the aeroplane anticipated the were informed by a iron vho resides near the h i l l t h a t he had never
move and before the crowd reached the Earn the mysterious v i s i t o r was heard Of i t , and that the t r a v e l e r s hod surely been "strung." He was
again in the a i r , going in an easterly d i r e c t i o n , Sorae of the best r i g h t , and the party cajr* oacK t o w u t l n s v i l l e under cover of dark­
businessmen here will vouch for having seen the mysterious thing, ness.— Indianapolis Sun, _ ^ _ ^ _ „ _ _ ^
mi April 15 (Th) HontlceUo, I n d . , Herald, P . 1. '
Araong then arc: L, V, oyErant and D. Conuny, of the KissLisinewa H 0 tel;
'J, II. Cuthric, '.I. p. Carthualt, <J, V, V i l l a r s , D, V. Cox and o t h e r s . AIRSHIP STORIES DON'T GO / WITH CAPT. PRICK AMD KEI OT BIS EXrTHIEWCT.
/ They Admit the P o s s i b i l i t y of Red and Green Limits but Dr»* the Line
llerry Party on the Ship. / Special to the Indianapolis Journal, at "Cigar Shaped Bodies" and All Other Flying Hachlnea—.../
Danville, Ind., April 1<J,—The nysterious air ship i.-hich was f i r t t Capt. B.7. Price is skeptical about a i r s h i p s , sad no amount of
seen in Nebraska and has since bc^.n t r a v e l l i n g eastward, being seen by newspaper t h e o r l t i n g con phote his s«noatlcla«. He aay* the people
numbers of persons In Iowa, I l l i n o i s and Indiana, »as n^.-n in Danville
l a s t tiixkt evening about G;SO p.m. I t hove In [Link] fron the nortlweiT about Chicago sxid further west vho txt ao confident they bare seen »n
and passed d i r e c t l y over the c i t y , disappearing hcyond the h i l l * TO the airship BAJ have seen a l i g h t , but as to everything beyond that he Is
south. Green Ourris, John Pindcr and Livingstone Hnnkin, oE this places an unbeliever and weal nigh a scoffer. He asslgna various reasons for
will make affadnvit that they heard singing and talking proccdi'ig from his Incredulity, but bock of a l l of then, we are inclined to think, Is
the a e r i a l v i s i t o r . a b i t or recent experience vnich i l l u s t r a t e s hov easily neo'a eyes BHJ
deceive them, especially after night.
Valparaiso Sees the Ship./Special to the Indianapolis Jo<;rn4l. One vcek ago Saturday as he was returning hons Ca froa town Just
Valparaiso, Ind,, April 14.—The a i r ship which has created in after dusk, he noticed a bright l i g h t away down in the field south­
nijch i n t e r e s t [Link] itr. appearance northwest of t h i s c i t y to-rii.$ht * few east of h i s house. He eooteiaplated I t v l t h son>e curiosity as he vent
ninutcn W o n ? U o'clock. In less than ten minutes nearly half the pop­ through his orchard, lie knew there vaa no bouse at that spot, and i t
ulation of this c i t y was on the s t r e e t s and on top of buildings watching could not be a l i g h t from a window; besides i t was too brlpiit Tor
I t s novirii lit 3. After about 30 minutes i t disappeared i:< the ■-■ef-t. j t h a t , and he wondered who could have b u i l t a bonfire down there. He
April 13, lfl97 Indianapolis Sentinel (.thurs nornj p . & " . vent Into th"e~house ond oi"tor~"eat"lng h i s supper'"car>c out to inspect th*
l i f h t ap,ain. I t was s t i l l there and 06 orient as ever, lie walked down
That [Link] Airship to John Ward's In the direction of the l i e h t and found that John h*J
Persona Near PrankEort Talk of Seeing the Big Machine also been votchlnfl I t and was equally puttied about i t . Then th* cip-
Frankfort, April 14.— Special. —That mysterious airship passed t a l n ond John and Milt Coslee s t a r t e d down towards the blaze re»olv»d
over t h i s v i c i n i t y at [Link] hour l o s t night and was seen by a num to find out what i t was, 'lhey had not pone very far "hen lo thuir sur
ber of c i t i z e n s , who arc ready to vouch Eor the r e a l i t y of the machine. P r l s e u b e « M t o «> v e towards t h e r , rlsinr. occasionally fro- the
D.-J. Paul, a marble dealer of t h i s c i t y , was returning with a party of f r ° u n d »nd swinging to and fro, Then they laughed at each oilier, for
worknen froa Burlington, Carroll county, where they had erected a o o n - ' u dawned upon a l l of then that i t wos a man with a lantern cc-jni-a-
uncnt tn the v i l l a g e graveyard, and when at the middle fork of Wildcat l i v e l y near to them, which they nad signified into a bonfire a fur off.
creek the raonster came into vision through a break In the clouds. I t s ■Tne-V *t«PJ*o a"^ *"-Hed for his approach. The light car* on, fcJlov-
appearancc was preceded by a swishing, roaring sound. Crecn, yellow i l n P t n e " " road u h i c h l e d u? toward* ther., a. they could see by t h .
and white l i g h t s were displayed, the white being a searchlight that l ^ o u r U " » d e l n c c o I n f a r o u n d * P°" d ^ ' ^ l a ? i n t h e v "^" S « a s . a i r
flanked over the surrounding woods and blinded the eyes of Mr. P a u l ' s ' i t curprised them again by appearing further off than ever, nnd then
party. they went back to the house and read up on the subject of Jack-o'-lan­
Their ideafl of the shape of the car d i f f e r somewhat, but they a l l t e r n s . They were soon s a t i s f i e d that they had seen a sample of this
agree thnt i t was cigar-shaped and rigged with wings or f i n s . I t phenoncnon and vere further assured of I t by Hre. word's observation
quietly descended to a distance not far above the t r e e t o p s , and after of i t as reported to them in the morning. She continued to notice i t ,
remaining stationary a moment, Gracefully arose again and darted boln? awake several times in the niKht, and i t remained visibla until
rapidly off in a southwesterly d i r e c t i o n , accompanied by the same about 2 o'clock, when i t had began to r a i n and the l i f l i t was no lon(«r
noises that had heralded i t s approach. to be Seer..
Landed at <Ja3 City It vu* the f i r s t phenorienon of t h i s kind ever seen on Capt- Frlc«'
Ons City, Anril H . - - S p e c i a l . —At 3 o'clock today that -yzttvious farm to his knowledge, but with the vision of the em and the l i n t e m
.Tr-.'iip WJI-, seon b'. persons c i s t of t h i s town. Reliable persons iay fresh in h i s nxind be w i l l be pardoned for not swallowing a i r s h i p
i t v.-is shaped like a cigar and that i t landed in a corn f i e l d , and that
t'ic " n a v i ^ a t ^ r s , " on snein,-, so man'.' people coning, set tha machine in s t o r i e s readily
notion and i t ai'Or." in the air nnd went south. 189?'April 15 (Th.) South Bend, Ind., Tribune, p . *.
Passed Over Princeton.
P-inceton, April 14.—Special.—[Link] [Link] supposed to h v e been the The Air Ship Again.
.lyat'-.riogs airshin passed over t h i s c i t y tonight at li o'clock. It vas Sid Thornton declares he saw the aysterlous airship in tha north­
seen by nanv r e l i a b l e persons, including [Link] [Link], a contractor, western heavens at B:15 o'clock l a s t night. He called others' atten­
.in** Trnntec Van Zandt. There was 5re.1t excitement. tion to i t and they a l l viewed the strange alghc with great I n t e r e s t .
lo9t April lVlTKT'I^'TrEngeVIniriT'STandard. p. >. I t carried the aysterlous red and whita l i g h t s and aailad f a s t .
Hon. Kay 3, p . 6. The Air Ship Again.
The Airship Over LaCronge. The I . I . & I . passenger department hsva arranged with th« ovo«r«
The a i r s h i p ; did you see I t ? That's the question that fled from of the a i r ship for then to give an exhibition along our Haas d a l l y .
mouth to mouth, In LaCrange, Monday morning. And there vere a doien All passengers using our line will have an elegant opportunity to wit-:
or more men — full crown men—*dio vere not out to see t h e i r best g i r l s , [Link] woaderful machine.
 1897 'April 15 (In) l e r r e Haute (Ind) Evening Gazette, p. 5. wander i r. acronajts <tty b. en£-ii",.;d in j plot to Bake'the iprin_~»o
id/imp ai.d lijcfcujrd th«1 thr crops will not grow. This could bo done,
Saw the Air Ship .lie Iwl tcv^s, if «ji-3cn»tor Fnnrell's theory Is correct, by eiplodlng
Shelbuni, Ind., April 15, —(Gaiecte Special.)—Aa Mr. l.H. Woolsey, larf.c *i-■ 1:11 j t: e£ oi gas in clcudlnnd. The conspirators nay be in
T.J. Cushman and YA Woods were returning from Curryavllle last night lc-r.'i" wit1' ^ c u l a t o r n , <*o nay scon bc^in to boll tha narkct on the
about 11:30 they saw a great light rising like a Bun in the south-west. strength of i:\iicipated short crops.
As i t approached they were badly frightened and climbed down behind the
railroad embankt_ent but as i t came nearer they could aee that i t van Marion Aitmnoncr Says It Is Venus.
too high to do then any injury and they watched It t i l l i t disappeared .jnarisl to Indianapolis Journal,
in the north-east. It was not more than 201) feet hight and they could Marion, Indiana, April 15,—Last evening a nu»bcr of people here
easily distinguish the outline of an a i r s h i p . It was barrel shaped but bcca-ic convinced [Link] they w r . to have something nore than a jllnpse
pointed in front. [ICJ waa bound by heavy bands and had the steering of the air ship, vhich Is [Link] attention In the newspapers and
apparatus In the rear- They are a l l thoroughly reliable een and nuch clsc-iliorc, l*ut the high school telescope trained on the ucstern heavens
excitetnent prevails here. There v l l l be hundreds vatch(ing) for the failed to confirm their hope.'. Professor Gravel, teacher of nathe-
■apparition tonight. n.-itics, -*ho had txen called too late to pet action on the phenomena,
Sat Apr 17 p.4—That a i r s h i p teems to be as numerous a* the head* of I also discorr-iged them jo^ewhat by ____kxx± the declaration that, ac­
Cerberua. cording to their dcicriptlon and location, i t w«s In a l l probability
p.2 p t . 2 « Myats arsp (Chi TH)
the planet Venus. The »ir 'hipi r o Xi r _* ] t < , u ' ^ I* '*il15_j l» the
Hon. Apr 19 Host of the airship l i a r s say the ships they saw passing same Venus that "was supposed to b* 'suspended1 la * belToon a fiw v**kj
in the night were cigar-shaped. ago over the city of Chicago, pie appears.** ta web the *___>, the
Wed. Apr 21 Suggestions for the a i r ships: Hearken to the cry froa location the sane _ and the planet the sane, _ _Indulging
_ _ the_ freaks
_____ that
Macedonia, s a i l over there and drop some d y n a s t , . bo_i. in the Turk- ^ " ^ a r . c t e r i i n d ' h e r ' E . ^ ' . U e l___t-OTl_.r~^tt__r'tMt"o_ t U
lsh army and give l i t t l e ^Greece a chance to live in peace
-telescope this evening confiimed -Tofessoc wrav**'* auspicious, Th*
1897 April 15i (Th) Waterloo find.) Press, p. 1. air ship and Venua are one and the. ■«.«, so far at tha phenoaaaoa
witnessed here is concerned.
General News. April I " . 1 ^ ' [Link] -cn'tincl" l i r l . norn) p. * l _ d i t o r i . l )
The a i r ship has been seen by Waterloo citizens — Dr. J , 0 . Welch
and A.V. S i n c l a i r . Keep your eyes open for the a i r ship; t h e r e ' s
Tint Airship
IM something In i t sure.
The fjiicntion now la not, What l? .ilrshlp? but, now ainy are
there? —St. Liuin Republic.
Lebanon, Ind., P a t r i o t , Apr. 15, p. 8. Do in understand [Link] t.c airship takes the [Link] of the ruined
That air ship that is going east vest north and south at the aame c_op t sensation? - D e t r o i t Free Press.
tUn tine a l l over three or four states and exh biting i t s e l f in many ^ . h - t a l l ^ r airship was s c a l e d to pasa pass o
o v r Elwood at
forms and by a l l kinds end any number of l i g h t s la equal to nothing in n<>on [Link], tnjt i'C presume that Anderson raised larger bonus and th*
e a r t h , sea or aky except a f i r s t - c l a s s sea serpent. ■ I t is a vast in- thine went [Link] way, —Elwood [Link].
provement over the aforesaid sea serpent, hovever, for i t s "lisdtatlons And no.' tV news cones froa [Link] that the airship exploded
are w>re vast." With It an Inland town has the same show as a fishing over t i n t city last ni",ht. Chicago intoxicants are thus discounted
Tillage on the coast. So let i t be passed along until a l l the " r e l l a - by the [Link]?oo land, —Chicago Dispatch.
ble c l t i . e n a Bet a view of i t ,
Th_ ront conclusive eviilcncc that the "flying nachine" is a fake
1897 April 16 (Fri) Lake County Star {Crown Point, I n d . ) , p. 2. Is t!'.o [Link] that tiic inventor didn't talk about It for tvo years and
thin eviiibit it in n ruseun. "-Comcrcial Tribune.
Lowell Items.
Tlie airship of laf; mentioned In the press as having been seen at
The a i r ship has struck Lowell. It was plainly seen l a s t Saturday
dlff^ri'nt points has not [Link] observed by anyone here at Frankfort.
night at 8:30 by Hr. E l l i o t ' s fanily. They describe i t about the satte
It is quite apparent that our liqunr lacks the [Link] quality
as parties in other s t a t e s .
possessed elsewhere. —Frankfort Crescent.
p,3. Local Revs, While other [Link] touns are havific" ttTeir exciteaeot o»«r, oc \
Joe Young's a i r ship, sent up on Sunday eTenlng, was espied by fJWJ- f i t ] l c r under, the mysterious airship, wc don't ae* uny Dstrolt
of our people—some scrutinising i t so closely that they could see _en shouldn't send up a balloon with red, white and blue l i g h t s , and ba
in It with wings on. We are a l l on watch and nothing con escape. Oat right in i t with the rest of thra, —Detroit Journal.
Cleveland saw It too. What Planner of thing can this be7 llai tha problM of MTlal rm»-
Crown Point has furnished her share of star gorera the pent week igatlon been solved? Is i t a bit of liars (m an exploring «p*ditloa
who were looking for the airship and many will svear they got glimpses or only Alpha Ctionis on a "bat?" Accounts^rca th« _«st *r« too con­
of the great flying machine, but where i t goes during the day none are fusing for judgacnt, so we advise our scientific sien, topera and
able t o t e l l . This Is the l a s t fake, and what will be next is hard to police force to be on their guard against a v i s i t froa thii-uncenny
________ apparition. —H.Y. Herald. " '
April 16, lfl'-'/ [Link] Journal ( P r i . ) p. _ {.card l j
I897 April 16 ( f r i . ere) Kokotao (Ind.) Daily Tribune, p. 5.
Air Ship Conspirators
Plot of Aeronauts to Make Short Crops this Yenr, THE HTSTERIOUS AIF SHIP. / Eren L i t t l e Klddlefort Orer the Vay E u
A S c i e n t i s t ' s Startling Suggestion—Alleged Letter froa the Yisit From the Aerial Trartler.
Voyn;:crs in the Aeroplane. / Special to Indianapolis Journal, Eren Hiddlefork, a fev (dies vest of hero, haa got the airship.
Chicago, April 15.—According to the representative of a circus It baa not got i t as bad as sone other tovna, but i t has i t , nererthe
now exhibiting here the mysterious air ship that i s alleged to have l e s s . A writer fro-i that place says the ship m ««en in the vicin­
beon seen by so many people In the past tew weeks Is a r e a l i t y . He ity of that burg Wednesday night.
says the original aachlne was successfully tested on Governor's island, When f i r s t seen the air ship was north and a l i t t l e east of the
Hew Vork, in 108fl, A dispatch from Appleton, Wisconsin, says the tovn and vas seen by a number of c l t i l e n a . The atrange craft was
people there aaw the air ship l a s t Sunday night. Yesterday on the farm going at a rather slow speed and vas in signt acste 10 or 15 -.lnutes
of N, B. Clark, north oF that c i t y , n l e t t e r was picked up attached to going In a northwesterly direction. Anon« tfaoee vbo say tbey saw i t
an iron rod, 18 inches long, sticking sticking in
in the ground, The e t t e r »t>ich are John Hall, Williaa Biegel and Wllliaa Bodkey. lone of the- are
he ground [Link] of a definite description of the
WAS not signed, in received by sorae as being authentic, while others _ f . , .. , . _. . .
declare i t a practical joke , ,. , , ,, ' Bysterlous what-ever-it-is, but they are 1of one accord in saying that
It lo aa follows! 7T ... , * *
tbey saw sooething of a very unusual character noving through the air
"Aboard till Air Ship Pegasus, April 9 1897.—The problem of aerial
at the t l a e and place aentioned. So far there have been no reports
navigation has U'Cn solved. Tie writers have spent the past month
of the s i r ship baring been seen In Koko-o.
crulslnR about in the air ship Pegasus, and have demonstrated to their
m i April 1. ( M ) ligansport (Ind.) Sally Saport.r. P . 4.
" U t i r e :: t i,i[action t'.iat the ship ir. a thorough success. Wc, have
t>r-n .^!'l ••1 ohi-iin a speed of 1D0 [Link] an hour, and have risen to JI ' Airship Cones to Earth.
h.-;.--,l.t " >5f'0rcct I'.'OVO the SCJ level. The Pe-.asu3 w.1.1 erected *t a Harlon, Indiana, April 16.—Several people H V the airship here
s « c l u < W fiiiiit
:
If-ii niles Cror^ Lafayette, Tennessee, and the variou*
It carae fro» the northwest, travelling very rapidly, and when f i r s t
p i r t i if i ._ "itchinc i.'crc carried overlnnd frori Glasgow, Kentucky to
sighted was thought to be a aonstcr bird. Aa I t dr*v nearer the ci«.ar-
t h . i t n o i t , bciit; shipped froa Chicago, I'itt3burg and 3t. Louis, v« ahaped outline and broad wing* could be d i s t i n c t l y aeen. About a a l l e
h a v t [Link]\i rcfiular tri|is to three days each frora Lafayette to Yankton, . •outh of Ce* City the ship alighted 00 the John Roush farm, t e r r i f y l n i
.ind no h>rv has COTM: to the Pegasus thus far, .'ithin 3 lonth o\;r *x:ifci
the Roush faally and causing horse* and c a t t l e to rush Mdly away.
a p r l i r n t i - . i £•=:■ the patents Cor a parallel plane air ship will bt .itf-t s l x p e o p i e w e r e _- t h e , h i P and they got out and d to be adjustlnj
•:ir«)l t,ii:ieously .it Uasliington anil the European c a p i t a l s . It i s pro- some portion of the *achanlaa. Kefore the Cas City people could |<et •
ni-llcil hv :;tn-i:i .ind ir- 1 [Link] by e l e c t r i c i t y , and has carrying po^er within hailing dlatance the ship soared aloft and, taking an easterly
of 1/100 pm-nii-i," course, wss soon lost to sight.
rispatches fron ot'i^r c i t i e s and to' ns continue to t e l l if th* 1)197 April IT (Gut) P. lUinncr-Tlrre ([Link], I n d . ) , p . l .
w-iiii'-rful f 11 &ht o£ tl'-e [Link], the accounts varying ciuch is ihey
1IT.-J dona in rirevifius r e p o r t s , A s c i e n t i s t i:ho has niv»n $<"<• thoughtThat Air ^hip.
tn *'A^ S'lbjert thinks tlie novcr-nnts of the air ship [Link] much to do Vlnccnncs, Inrl.. April l 6 . I lore thnn « score of c i t i i e n s of un­
■71 Hi t!ic [Link], cold srring; and he iinitiates the <^;nern of the air questioned veracity [Link] done strnnpc body puRslnr. over the city early
ihip ■ h-iuld t'-. priieciitfd as conspirator•= njainst the ce*ci;o;i ucol . It
[this evenir.p, vhlch thev think vi\s the [Link] air ship, It was
h.i1; b.-en Icon'■ ti".itci*~t'iat gase.^ freed in tho unper air wi\\ cause
at a prcnt i l t i t u d e and roved raplllv In a [Link] direction
n i i s t u r c to c;>l Irct and p r e c i p i t a t e , -in-l this s c i e n t i s t .'"■ugTC^Lr: thej«
straight over th- c l t v . Such [Link] as Col. H.P. Ghee, ex-^yor Ewl n^,
Edward Wntson. Thonis tisthnn, Ju-lge De Wolf, Pcott Erison, Vlll
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11ason nnd o t l v m ■ : w the simnrn a e r i a l v i s i t o r In i t s nocturnal found the air ship had alighted tour miles north of. town, and when
migration. Ilrr-toforf they have rfoublfd the story of thp a i r ship, within 700 yards i t spread i t * (our enormous wings and fl«w oft towar*
but nil nou i d n i t that seeinr is believing, the north. I t s occupants threw out two large bowlders of unknown coa-
AJbiny, Ind., April Ifi.—The a i r ship thnt has been f l i t t i n g position, which were taken into the v i l l a g e , and ac* nou on exhibition,
across the heaven* for the past four weeks wns seen here early l a s t There were two queer-looking persons on board, who aade desperate ef-
evenlnr by several citizens whose veracity is Above suspicion. I t fort* to conceal themselves, Evans and Croskey said they saw the
vas between ? and 0 o'clock vhen the ob.)ect vas seen rovinp across longest whiskers they ever saw in their l i v e s , Nearly every c i t i i e n in
the vestern shy roinr south, The shape of the object could not be Linn Grove sau the a i r ship as i t sailed over town, and excltaient l i
plainly distinpulshed. Mrs. Smith d a r k , J , S . r d r v i n . cashier of Intense."
the Albany State bank, and Will into Yocum were usionr those vho daw According to a correspondent at Mount Vernon, I l l i n o i s the a i r
the object. _ _ „ _ _ _ ship was seen there by a hundred people. Mayor Wells, who had an ex­
The Tennessee Centennial"canape r's"say the a i r s h i p is no fake. ~ cellent vleu of the mysterious v i s i t o r frot* the observatory attached to
t h a t i t s owners are under contract to take i t to the exposition and n i s residence, Bays i t resembled the body of a huge sun twinning througt
I t is expected here s h o r t l y . the air with an e l e c t r i c l i g h t at his back.
1897 April 17 (Sat.) Tree n's burg (Ind. Review, p. 1. TcTfTTr Similar reports have been received fro* numerous towns, the r e ­
p o r t s merely varying with the imagination of the correspondent.
The Creensburg Liar Loose Again. / ' ""Snowdrift Eton Cliica'b, /""Special to lndlan'a'poIlTjo'urn'al^
As a sample of the slush that in being sent out from t h i s Champaign, 111,, April 16,--The crew of t r a i n No. 3, peoria dtvi»-
c i t y i t Is but necessary to quote the following froo a lengthy a r t i c l e Ion of the Dig Pour, In charge of Engineer Sharp and Conductor T. K.
which appeared in the Chicago Chronicle of the l H h ; J a r v i s , with 30 passengers, saw what Is supposed to be the a i r ship
CREENSBURG, IND,, April 13.—The skeptics of t h i s city vho have read northwest of St, Joseph, I l l i n o i s , being In t i g h t about ten ninutes and
the accounts of the a i r s h i p seen in the western 6kles now no longer t r o v c l l i n j at the r a t e of about 120 n l l e s per hour.
doubt I t s r e a l i t y , since the machine i t s e l f vas seen here this evening. Scoffers assert that uhjit the passengers saw uai oerely a cloud
The a i r s h i p code i t s appearance in t h i s county about 6:33 o'clock and driven with great force across the sky, but Conductor J a r v i s , who r a -
vas seen by eeveral hundred people. 156 prominent citizens of the city ported the above to th.>. telegraph operator here, s«y« I t was too COQ-
and county are willing to make sworn statements that they saw the pact and moving with too great velocity to be cither • cotaion cloud or
6trange machine. a Kansas twister. Sone of the passengers suggested that i t ulr,ht be a
The news of the sighting of the a i r s h i p spread like vildfire,- and l t c h i C a « 0 3 n o w d r i f t (snow f e l l in the windy c i t y today) th»t had been
is the sole topic of conversation on the s t r e e t s tonight. The f i r s t r e - p ^ ^ g j Up by tJ»c i.-ind ami was being hurled abojlt In tho heavens, under-
port of the machine being Been in t h i s county came from St. Paul. going s o l i d i f i c a t i o n preparotory to being dropp*d to the t a r t h as a
Raymond Walker, correspondent for the Daily Hew Era, vtring the word to B p r i n G h a i l s t o n e .
his paper to at once look for the a i r s h i p , as i t had been seen there
and was coming slouly this way, at a r a t e of about ten piles an hour. They Saw a "Strange Body."'/ Special, to tndianapolii Journal.
Three or four hundred people vere immediately on the s t r e e t s , when, in Vinccnncs, Indiana, April 16,—llore than a score of c i t i i e n i of
a few minutes ,the otrnnge object made i t s appearance. unquestioned veracity saw icnae strange body passing over the city early
I t was seen slowly approaching from the vest7""'When within about a t h i s evening, which they think was the mysterious a i r ship. It uas at
half a mile of the c i t y i t turned i t s course to a southerly d i r e c t i o n .
i « great a l t i t u d e And* moved raptdTy In a southeasterly d i r e c t i o n ^
I t was not quite dark,and the sky being c l e a r . l t was plainly outlined. 1
Ho l i g h t was hum ing, About half an hoar l a t e r i t vas seen approaching straight over the c i t y . Such men as Col. H. P. C * e e ^ x ~ ^ y o r Swing,
from the east with three l i g h t s , a green, red and a large vhite one in Edward Watson, Thc^as Easthao. Judge DcVol . Scott fei.c Will [Link]
the center. The green and red l i g h t , were s m l l and the clear l i g h t was o"d others saw the strange aerial v i s i t o r in I t s nocturnal migration.
U r g e and very [Link] is believed to be a search l i g h t . Prof. .Heretofore they have doubted the story of the a i r ship, but all now
Ceorge Keely, who obtained a good view of i t from his observatory, says. ndmt that seeing i s believing,
the search light is of medium pover. He probably got the best vlev of
anyone,aitk«fk although he did not get in his tower t i l l i t vas passim? Albany Gets a Sight of the Ship./Special to Indpls. Journal.
away the f i r s t time. For the past two days and nights Prof. Keeley has Albany, Indiana, April 16,—The a i r ship that has been ( U t t t n g
been on constant watch for the machine .thinking i t would pass over this across the heavens tor the post four weeks was seen here early l i s t
vay, but had temporarily l e f t his post tonight when i t appeared. / evening by several citizens whose veracity Is above suspicion, It was
* ~ --I—- v-- """'' ~"~'\"""" ' between 7 and B o'clock when the object was seen moving across the
Tne a r t i c l e goes on to describe the anxiety of Prof. Keeley and ou*- '*-'-■*"■" ' " ' u , *• J
, . , „ , „„,,,;! „„, ^ „ , . ( - i _
people concerning° the clothing vorn by the men in the a i r 6hip, and western sky going south. The shape of the object could not be plainly
closes as follows: distinguished, Mrs, Snlth Clark, J . S. Mclrvln, cashier of the Albany
One disastrous result of the a i r e n l p a ' s v i s i t come to the famous State Bank, and William Yocum were sorac of t t l 0 8 ' | _ ^ Q B H U tht> - object.
Creensburg goat, o l i l y saw the strange thing in the heavens and im­ April 17, 1097 Indinnapoiis Sentinel (Sat. morn) p. 6
mediately becoming frantic .cownenced to butt the northeast corner of
llessag^ From the Airship '
the He forced Presbyterian Church. Finally he took another despairing
tlote Tied to J. Sere* Found by an Elkhart Uotinn,
look at the heavens. The l i g h t s In"IKe"airship changed color at that
Elkhart, April 16.— Special.—The following note was picked up
I n s t a n t . Billy frothed at the mouth and went against the corner of the
yesterday by Mrs. C, Strock of S t . Joseph s t . It was tied to • large
church a seventh time, when his l e f t horn broke off near i t s base. He
screw by means of tulnc s t r i n g . It reads as follows!
is now under the care of a veterinarian. /
"Pron the air vessel to the people of Indiana—two hundred feet
Hov any self-respecting c i t i z e n can send out such stuff as news and
above, £ollo«countrymcn, I, the inventor of the new idea (the flying
how any seif-respectlnE newspaper can print I t as news is beyond the
vessel), .vs now passing over your c i t y . It Is nou 12:50 o'clock and
ordinary powers of discernment. If such a r t i c l e s only reacted on the
very cloudy, I will pass over your c i t y on oy return t r i p Friday night.
man who writes them i t voujd be [Link] as they make Creensburg
Yours t r u l y ,
and i t s people appear s i l l y and ridiculous,the author should be called
down. The Chronicle should take a reef in the young t a n ' s imagination. "THE LHVF3(TCtr.
Mrs. Strock says she believes the nessngc cane fron the airship,
Creensburg Hew Era,April 2 1 , p. 1—)i awkeye Fake. and although the note Uiara no date, several parties have been forced
p. 5—The mysterious airEhip or a e r i a l phantom,which has been mystify- jhcre to i-atch for the return t r i p oE the nachine, >*Lch is scheduled
ing various western states,has invaded Indiana and is reported ia as | f o r tonight.
having passed over [^grange, Plymouth,Hew Castle and other northern Landed at Monon.
towns. Can t h i s be the advance courier o f ' t h e locomotion of the future',' Honon, April 16,--Special,a—\bout 10:30 o'clock Friday night the
or is i t only an optical illusion due to the cross-eyed quality of the
mysterious airship slowly s e t t l e d to the ground near the Monon depot. ,
lloupr used lp thi? sections reportin(-1--ConnorEvllle Examiner,
t p r l l 17, 1M7 [Link]^nollfl JJfiiirnnl iSflt'. morn; p. 1 There were two panocngera^and AII alTandnnt, Tney aee«ad 'to~r<Tg7at"tli* I
i c n r d 1)
necessity of landing to make t r i v i a l adju3tncnts to the Kotor. Ifo on« j
Ho re Air Jhip F-ikcs could learn anything about tfce destination, but as a tew words were :
Navigators oE thn Aeroplane Thought to 3c Populists, dropped in regard to the jury bribery case at Harton, a timber are led
Its Occupants Are Said to Wear Pcffer-Like 'Whiskers—What to believe that the passengers arc Phin Howard and Ceorge llarvey. Doth
Passengers on a Big four Train Saw. men were rather heavy b u i l t and siaooth faced. One of the »en was aever.
Special to Indinnnpolis Journal. al inches t a l l e r than the o t h e r . After the repairs were ojde, wfiteh
Chicago, April 16.--Board of Trade " b u l l s " scout tho idea of a required only t h i r t y minutes, the ship sailed away in a aoutheasterly
local s c i e n t i s t that they are responsible for either the movements of d i r e c t i o n , evidently for Marlon,
the mysterious air ship or the w i n t e r - l i k e weather that threatens to Talked with Airship Man.
make short crops thia year. While admitting that snow and rain, and To the Rditor—Sir: The "Eanous a i r s h i p " was-seen at this placo
consequent c h i l l i n e s s , mi-ht be produced by a r t i f i c i a l means, such as :this norning at 9:50 o'clock. The Hon. D.H. Watson and Jap Miller of
explosions anong the clouds, they assert that they are too good c i t i ­ Riley Cane ifere on the h i l l s north of the c i t y end saw the ship des­
zens to engage in such a conspiracy against the public welfare. Hcan- cend to e a r t h . They had a talk with the navigator and he told thea
tine reports, "all well authenticated," according to the writers of the
that he i/as a poet fron tne planet Mara; that in the f l i g h t s ot h i i
''fakes," continue to pour in from nearby S t a t e s . A correspondent at
imagination he had gone beyond the powers of g r a v i t a t i o n and caae d i r ­
Belle Plain, Iowa, says:
ect to e a r t h . His object In stopping here was to get the benefit of
"The citizens of Linn Grove declare there i6 no longer any doubt our mineral waters, but when he heard what the taxes were in this
among then oE the existence of an nir ship, This morning a large county he Immediately put his machinery in faction and l e f t for parta
object w,is seen slowly moving; in the heavens in a northerly direction, unknown before our assessor could l i s t his "bachine" for taxation.
and-oecra&l to be making preparations to a l i g h t . Janes Evans, "1 ivery- V.
man; 1, G. E l l i s , harness dealer; Den Buland, stock dealer; D-jvid Martinsville, April 16,
Kvans and Joe Croskcy jumped into a rig and started in pursuit. They
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189? SaAprll 17 Loganeport (IND.) Dally Reporter, hack p. (Sat.)" 1897 April 20 (Tuea) Indianapolis Hew*, p. 6, ~~~

Saw the Airship. / Minor West Saw the Mystifying Flying Machine. SU1NCINC TBRCUCH TUE AIR./ One Creeo and 0n« Tallow Light on th* Air­
Minor West, of the State National bank Is one of the few Logans- ship. /
port people fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of Che Bysterioua a i r ­ Frank Johns, 21 E*at North atreec, aaya h* »av tvo lights In tba
ship uhlch defies the lau of gravitation and hag set the entire uorld sky l a s t night vhlch he La convinced swat h»va baen attached to
[Link]. Hlnor was Interviewed by a reporter this afternoon and des­ kind of a i r s h i p . Ha aaya: "I had finished reading In th* Hews about
cribes the navigator of the aeroplane a* a light about the sire of a Rev. J . S . Axcell'a experiments with airship*. About 9:13 o'clock I
football which revolved rapidly and whirled out of aight below the looked up into the sky and saw two lights twinging through th* a i r .
horizon ksaia before he could grasp an idea of i t s g'neral outlines- One vas^green l i g h t and the other v»e yallov, Tba y«llov light was
He was not prepared to say whether the queer craft waa propelled by about the size of an e l e c t r i c arc l i g h t , and was la front of the gr**a
wiORS of steam. light. The lights were too high for >e to Ma anything connecting
Airll 1Q, 101/ [Link] > n t t n e l I Sun) part 2, p. 1 (fiction) then. They were traveling southwest at * good spaed, for It took only
about three minutea for then to pass out of my sight. They swung
Lands on Honunent through the sky aa If they were attached to a balloon. Th* llghta
were clear and strong, and I shall be surprised If I do not hear of
T1'.P Mysterious Airship Poys a Visit to the City
Shortly a f f r midnight tlic b r i l l i a n t light froa It Is seen in the 0 I h e t P<°P1« *"« •«« the*.
hcav.:nd and for a few ncments the heavenly navigator hovers over the ** A o v * r C l " l o 8 Sehes*.
city—It anchors to the mnnunent and is hailed—a voice fron It t e l l s ' ^ **r~« hl P business i s understood to ba an adrartlae-eut adoptad
of Us identity, history and purposc--tlystcry that has been heretofore bT • c i r c u s , which It releasing colored balloons In different parta of
unr-ivealed about to be solved, the country. In due t l s * the •cheat la to ba alacloaed.
Thc airship uhich hangs onto soldiers' monunsnt is the s p i r i t of •Hay 6.7; 8 . 1 . Barnard.
Aerial navigation, now about to be captured and enslaved by man—He April 20, 1007 [Link] SViitLnel iTues nonw p. 6 (Cord
sent bicycles to pacify Man's urge, but now nan is after i t again.
In i t s travels the airship runs into the soaring ambitions of Another Strange t i g h t
men, especially politicians, Witnessed in the Heavens by an Glkhart Citizen
Sunday April IB, 1697,"p, \\' C Indpl s7~~Jouf rial)':' To the Editor—Sin Last evening nt BUS o'clock I saw a light
All the Planeta Visible / St. Louis Republic, April 17, go across the heavens, 1 ftn not the only person "ho witnessed the
Thursday night another "air ship" taadc it« appearance in the ' stranrjc li",ht. Hundreds ot people a l l over the city are talking of i t
western henwena—it was Mercury^ the planet not to be seen but once in today, and a l l sera to have the opinion that It was the nyitcrlous
a lifetime ( I ) , Mercury in about five degrees south of Venus, the airship.
brignt evening star uhich ucs mistaken a feu nights ago by a nuabcr cf When I f i r s t noticed It I was standing at the corner of High and
people for the wonderful air ship which is supposed to be hovering ovcr^Hain-strects with C.A, Hall, and I chanced to look up and a novlng
this city, 'll-^ht in the sky attracted ciy attention. Others had seen It before I
April 10, 1317 Indianapolis Sentinel (.Hon. morn; p. 6 Ichanccd to sec i t . Th light was a dark yellow and certainly tiuat have
b^cn an oil light of sorae kind, and was about twenty-tour inches in
Ttie Airship Fake , [Link] when I f i r s t noticed i t . It went in an easterly direction a
Huncie People Duped by n Quartet of Balloons. ^ . „ t s w t h c s o u t h i notwithstanding the wind was froa the south.
- S p e c i a l . - S e v e r a l thousand people of this c i t y ^
HUIICIB, April 18.-Special.—Several u „ h t cC cP cCt too LL tt )) ll y n u s C hflve I been a t an alUtude o£ a t least 4,000
were duped into the idea ■en thay they had seen the "mysterious' "mysterious" airship ^ ^ ^ t_.„„_._,
r n v c l l lee dd ff aa 3s tt cc rr bb y far
, , than I [Link] witnessed a balloon
and sow are none the utser yet. About » »:30
: J0 o'clock while the s t r e e t s t r a v c J o
o rr o f a ll rr bw l w tt ,h c A It_UM l b o u t flU t 0 ftl h t
were s t i l l crowded withh the thc usual Saturday night shoppers, the dm [nutcs
nminutes in
in coin-; "
goin" froa froa the the wcst<
western horizon to thc eastern horlion, I
.oving object, to which were attached several -uatched"it~as
^ ^ ^ ^ _T.^ng""'aT ^ ^ 1 ^ I t could Could" be ~ seen.
„« , . . . .
Tlic moon shone clear . . . . . . . . . -and
..-
lights, green and white in color, was seen travcrs ng the heavens froa » ^ a c f c o u d tQ ^ hcen ^ tht. t U e t h c [Link] w „
the south-c^t.-rn part of the compass. Some one spied i t and cried, <"■■(, •• SOdai
"Tliere gors the. airship," In an instant thc> eyes of all were turned travel11".,.
heavc.v./ard ..,«'. the spectacle of the di ra -lookin C object with H-hts [Link], ^JJ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ AUship>
attached, ■lovin- rapidly over the city, caused thc firn [Link] to Colunbus, April 19.--Postmaster Rush Is authority for thc s t a t e ­
settle on all th:it ti\ty were witnessing the famous airship oaking one ment that tlic nuch-advertised airship passed near Colunbus.
oE ita U",htenini',-lil-,e t r i p s . Tliosc who were in thc stores rushed "It uas cither an airship or I don't knou what an airship i s , "
into the streets, forgetting everything in their desire to see the said Hr. Rush t h i s morning, "I was driving from Sdlnburg last night.
tiivstcnoiis shin o£ the air. It was early in the evening, about 7 o'clock. Maybe a l i t t l e l a t e r .
In less tine than it takes"to t e l l this the supposed airship had 'Whatever It was i t cane up suddenly and thc horse uas badly frightened.
[Link] out of sight. It was seen again several hours l a t e r , retracing Xne'pcoplc'in thc carriage were thrown out. The bu£gy was brohen. I
i t s t i r s t path. Hot all of the people in Muncic knou that the airship u a J l x l d l y B^ a r c d. The brightly lighted object passed and I saw the
was nothing nore than four hot-air balloons fastened together, to which r c d i^-ht i„ the rear disappear. Thc fannena In the coonunity said
were attached lanterns with colored globes, s, sent up by two enterprising ^ ^ ^ ,Uj vv cc dd tYit,rc E o r v c j r 6 on d that no *»»ahlp had ever passed

reporter who rdvel in excitement and a eood joke at thc public's ^ u ^ & j t that Is no reason. I t was the airship or the express
_t£ain Er«3 Madison."
April l"), 1397'ItiilLinnpoUa Sentinel {lion innrn) p, 0
"XTtystrrlous ''What Is It, 17 "
Shelbyville, April 19.—A party of well-known young nan who were
Tne I h r t i n s v i l l e Story In the country t h i s tiorntng returned to town greatly excited and
Martinsvillc, April 10.—Special.—The special in Saturday's declaring that they had seen the rauch-talked-of airahlp, supposed to
sentinel in regard to the airship at Honon «ni thc subject of nuch be (lying over the; country, Tlic mysterious sight waa f i r s t seen by
cantrmiirx conversation here today. Dr. Webster, a former resident Harry Lnne, who called the attention of his companions to i t . Hr, Lane
o£ toraax Marion, is very positive In scr\c of his statements about described thc object as being four [Link] the siio of a balloon at that
airships. It is knoun that he made o professional t r i p over in Eroun dtstancd
The young men, ainonj [Link] were Albert Chneden, Forest Duell,
county ycstirday, and he told a Marion resident t h i s worning that he
, , „ ,, , , „, , ,, . llarry Lone and others, watched thc ship gradually float westward, to
had been cillcd to the relief
f of Ceorge Harvey, and that Phin Howard ^ f i n a l l y lost to sight. _ _ ' ■
was with him. './hile thc Doc
tor will not say that he has seen the *IB97'AprXr 30 (T'u^'s) WsTTvlUe''('[Link]-Wtly] Republican, p. X
airship, t:>e nanncr in which he parries questions is inost convincing
proof that Harvey i s making regular incursions to Marion via the o l r - Hyaterlous Alr-Shlp.
ship. Harvey's financial condition would not preclude such a method Charles Worthingcon and John Rodabaugh, who live In the west part
■ of travel. _____ of t h i s City, claim to have seen the alr-ahlp, vhlch Is caualng so mich
1097 April ?0 lTue3j fxilly Banner Times tCrecncnstle, Ind.J, p.u. mystery among the towns In Indiana. The ma o*aed abova say that they
saw the alr-*hip a t Hodge's branch, l a s t Saxurday aomlng, where th*
The nlr Ship Is Found, men who operate i t were taking water. They aeacrlba the ahlp aa having
[lotvithstandinc that ftlr vhip was seen at Vlndlvastok, Liberia, large wings uhlch propelled It through the a i r . Thera vera three
yesterday, shaped like an oblone parsnip with an undulatinp t a l l vhlch t ° the ship and when It aroae fron the earth thay shaped their coursa
emitted sparks, Henry Hcltier carried the pesky air ship Into our in a northeasterly direction. Just sol
eia c d l t o r i i l sane tun at noon today, navlnp found It In his [Link] 1897 April 21 (Wed.) Angola Herald (Steuben Cnty, I n d . l , p. 5-
early this mornlnf while enpaped In brushing the frost off his early
sass. Tnnre has been BJI even bet standing In the city that If the Brevities of Local I n t e r e s t .
all- ship ever was seen nerc tiiat Hr. Helticr vouid pet the f i r s t Some of our e i t l t e n a thought they »av in a i r ablp Sunday nla^it, in
[Link] of i t and now It aeeine he has enptured I t . i t looks sonethlnE a southeasterly d i r e c t i o n , vhlle others declare that i t was only the
like n CrcencosUc electric light globe rn* arter it has run aauck oT noon. All agree, however, that there w»i u abundaoc* of alr afloat
a scall-boy-largc-rock combination, but printed on Its sides in bold in a l l directions.
l e t t e r s ore the words "alr 6hip." In order to trjike t h i s ctory com­ p. 7. Btory of explosion of arsp, Pavilion, Hlch.
pare favorably with tnose of the energetic correspondents who have p . 6. Llghta are seen almost nightly by spearing parties on Lang !•*•■
been vor^lnp the dally neuopapers, ve oupht to add that "thousands in violation of fishing lavs.
have vieved the air ship with open mouthed astonishment , " but out W«d, Apr. Ik, p . 6. Pit*tint Uk» D*pt. Our ag«at rsad a r*port ov«r
EOdeety forbids. The air ship la here but the astonishment Is shy. the wire tb»t SJI airship that left OmsJia, Beb., yesterday, passed over
■flfiltlt Crsik, Hlch., st 6 a.n. today.
 18? could be a r r e s t e d . The vhlskey told »t"C«a~CUy hat longT-orne an *vtl
" fountain-Warren Democrat (Attica, Ind.) April 15. P- 1.
Bluffton— body of-boy found In field vlth clothes burnt off, but reputation.
no fire In field. Prof. Hough of Korthveatern Unlveralty think* the alrahlp la a atar
p.2. Kickappo Legends — ghoat Shows reporter an a r s p , Bhaped like He aaya It la Alpha Orlonli, which the aatrononer* knov ai the atar
vtaaleback and vlth lights—people atare at ■Alpha in the conatellatlon Orion.
W
Mayay 66,J _ Pp.- 11.- MMeteors,
e t e o r * . Geneva, H.T. ..p.5. Should alrsblpa become the »ean* of popular t r a n s i t there arc •
' 1'89* April 21 (Wed) Columbus — .livening Republican, p. 1 tciTTTT Jfev apeclnen* of the traveling fraternity which thould b* prohibited
froB riding on thea—the old reliable railroad hog vho occupies two
AIRSHIP IS IN BROWN. / IT IS WAITING ON WEED PATCH HILL FOR REPAIRS. / iaeat* In a crowded car, the curiou* t o u r i a t vho insist* on raialag tba
An Interview With E.J. Pennington, the Owner, Who Claims Much (or the 'vlndov In order to aee everything, and the voaan who board* a tralc
rtachine--It la Said to Make Almost a Hundred Miles an Hour Through the carrying a good-sired d i c e of a large department s t o r e . Tb« nervou*
Air—Hay Come Here. / vooan vho imagine* there it cow on the track continually, v l U tx out
The air-ship Is in Brown county. E. J . [Link], the owner and of a Job on an alrahlp.— Ex.
Inventor of the machine Is the authority for the statement. 'April 2 i , 1997 IndUnopoiis Sentinel IWed. oorn) p. €
Wild stories of the appearance of the ship have been floating about
the county aeat,of Drown for some days. Many farmers in that county Very Hard to B-lieve
have stated that i t has been seen by them. Their s t o r i e s were brought Mysterious Airship Takes on Coal Near Town of Llnton
to [Link] according to the reporter of that c i t y , Jerlnlah Linton, April 20.~Special,—The a i r s h i p , about which there has
Collier and William York are ready to make affidavits that they have been so ouch talk, passed over this c i t y *t about 9 o'clock l a s t
seen and examined the wonderful invention. The reporter says that evening. I t cane froa the southwest and lighted at the shaft of Ho, 2
two farmers esme to toon and reported that the ship had anchored on nine and took on three tons of coal. Two men were the occupants of
Weed Patch Hill during the night end would remain there sreversl daya tc the ship. In conversation with a c l t i t e n they stated they were on
repair some damage to their machinery, and to substantiate their atory their way to Canada. They had entire control of their machine and
the men exhibited telegrams that the owner of the ship had given to explained the different p a r t s , They stated that they would next atop
them to have eent off. They jiaid that the_ reason that the owners did at Brazil, several miles north of here, and take on coal. They l*ft
not come in was" that" the roads were" so bad thnVTioriea could hardly about 9:50 t-'clock.
pull a wagon over the road and then they wanted to reat for « few days. About two hundred persons watched the aysterlou* tuchlne take on
Their reason for locating at Weed Patch is to e»cape sightBecrs during coal and * good many noticed i t s twinkling light* froa the distance.
the several days that will be necessary to complete the repairs. Frort 'The Machine Bccned to travel at thc height of two hundred feet above
the messages shown by the men i t was learned that the man at the head the ground, (
of the enterprise was E.J. Pennington. Thursday, April 22, p, 4 ("Snaps")—That myaterioua atrahip la
Mr. Pennington is well known to the people of Indiana. He Is a probably the "Flying Dutchman" brought up to d a t e . —KY Tribune.
native of Dearborn county and, some eight years ago, was running a j u g f April 21 (wed) MlchifAn City, h i . t «c«o (vkly), p . l , lr*.rii u
; brand acw factory at Moores H i l l , and while there he drew the models of
what be thought to be the proper thing in the air-ahlp l i n e . Afterwards^ MYSTERIOUS sTAJI. / Discovered at Berrien Springs, Michigan—It
he went to Edinburg, snd thence to Ht. Cflnnel where he bullded an a i r - Hangs Over TMB City,
ship that a t t r a c t e d much a t t e n t i o n . I t vas exhibited in the auditorium while other parts of the country are a l l torn up over the appear­
14 Chlce-go and in the exposition grounds in St. Louis. While in St. ance of the great a i r ship that 1B floating about over the earth at
LOUIB the Bherlff attached I t but during the night i t disappeared and night, the usually quiet people of Berrlen Spring*, Michigan, are agi­
was never *«« heard of again. Mr. Pennington next appeared before the tated over the sight of sn immense e l e c t r i c atar they see In the hea­
people of Indiana as the promoter of the Hoblesville and interurban vens, suspended d i r e c t l y over the Union Soap Company'* worka. In thia
e l e c t r i c r a i l r o a d . Monday morning, continues the Reporter, Mr. Penn­ c i t y . The bright atar was f i r s t noted In the s k i e s , by the resident*
ington vent to Martinavllle to take an early t r a i n over the Big Four. of Berrien Springs, about ten days ago, and auch interest was oani-
In an interview he said: fested over i t . Some claimed i t vaB an associate of the evening s t a r .
"Yes I have an airship over in Drown county undergolnR acme repairsi o t h e r B t h o u 6 h t i t waa a new discovery in the world of [Link]'
I selected that place to get'away fron'crovds that the machine would™" " * " * believed i t to be an e l e c t r i c s t a r suspended some 500 or 1,000
naturally a t t r a c t . I am Koing -east and will not be back before Satur- f « e t i n t h c » I r > directly over Michigan City. Thia l a s t theory con-
day when I expect the machine to be repaired and here In town to meet 'tinued to grow in the Binds of the people at Becrien Springs until I t
me. we will s t a r t at once for Cuba, where we v i l l Join the p a t r i o t s i n ' " " matched every night, vas talked of in the *chools, in the store*
their Btrupcle for l i b e r t y . I t is the same old Moores Hill siachine vitl » nd u P° n t h c s t r e e t s , the great mystery being a* to how thc Union
some improvements as sucgested In Prof. Langley's Ideas published by Soa.P works kept that star suspended so high in the heavens. Every-
the Government some five years apo, The newspaper reports have been body down there uses the famous Union Star soap, and recently when
somewhat confusing because we have three machines in the a i r , and Just Joseph''Cloucliek''vas'fraklnVone of his periodical v i s i t s Were he was
now they are in central s t a t e s . One of then will be at the Tennessee questioned about the e l e c t r i c star suspended 1,000 feet in the a i r ,
exposition. The report that the machine exploded the other night was over the soap works here, and an explanation aa t o how I t was kept up
the most natural thing in the world. Owing to the roof of our machine so high was desnnded. Jo. dropped onto the Joke and carrying i t out
springing a leak one of our e l e c t r i c c i r c u l t a became grounded and the upon the theory that the Berrien Springs people had the ripht Idea of
dJmejDO burned out. The display was something wonderful, but, fortunate mysterious star they had discovered, gave them a good story. For a^any
l y , we have two sets of propelling machinery and i t did not bother us nights thc whole populace was out to watch that ntw «t«r, and i t was
to keep going, but our l i g h t s vere out for several houra. This la the t a l k of the town. The Berrien Spring Era t h i s week contained the
partly thc damage we are to repair here. following regarding the big star the people there have discovered:
"We carry our own workman and they were here l e s t nl^ht to secure Rumors have been going the rounds of the preB* and srvin^ c i r c l e *
such material as they needed and, when I l e f t t h i s mornin«, the work that a very bright star recently seen In the southwest was sorcthin*
was well under way. Lately I have been devoting my time to the manu­ astronomers hod not previously located and that i t was—rust be, in
facture of motor cycles and have attended a l l the exhibitions of these Ufact—an e l e c t r i c s t a r , kept up by soroo myaterious a^cnev, bv the
achlnes that have" been given" in the'world wd'from these'l"have packed n l o n S o t t I 1 W o r k s ° r , l l c h l F a n c l t v - a B <*" advertiBemcnt of t h e i r c e l e -
l r£Lte
up many email ideas to complete t h i s rAchine, the dream of my U f e , and ' ? S t a y ™»P' 0 r cowrte ™n* P * 0 ^ * r e J C C ^ t h l * " j ^ T ^ "
vhile I am in Cuba I expect t o vork out such improvements, that in a the e l e c t r i c" inventions of such men as torse, Edison and Tesla have
few years I will be able to lntorduce the machine inot the commerce, been rejected by people who didn't knov a l i t t l e b i t about e l e c t r i c i t y
Hov t h e cttt i s o u t o f t h e bB
not only of t h i s country but of the vorld. I vould l i k e to t a l k to you * ' U s t R a t u I " d a >' Hr- Jo *eph Clouchek,
longer but the t r a i n is s t a r t i n g and I must go. Be here Saturday representing that Michigan City Corapany, was in tovn and, in s t r i c t
evening and I v i l l take you a short r i d e , ss far avey as you can get confidence, ltrnarted the Information that his company had hung up
back on the train by Monday morning. Our speed is ninety-seven miles that s t a r . He seemed unwilling to t « l l Just how i t was supported at
an hour." such an a l t i t u d e but we a l l now know that nany things yet not fully
understood by laymen are possible t o e l e c t r i c engineers.
1897 April 21 (Wed.) Hartford City Telegram ( I n d . ] , p. 6.
Mr. Clouchek i n t l r a t e d that some fine day people using that par­
t i c u l a r brand of soap vould become so purified that t h e i r vision
The Mysterious Airship. / I t Travels Over Hartford City at 11:30 In
vould be enlarged t o a def-re^ that would enable then t o discover r«ny
the Night Say Several Classworkers. ndrfn;.rd pf by t i n
I t was about time somebody in Hartford City sav the airship which
haa been flying through the newspapers for many days. I t passed over fflwrc ®% TM Evrninc rtenubllcnn (Columbus, IndT), pTET
Hartford City Wednesday night. Several employee of the Hartford City They Saw I t .
Class Company's plant on the x South Side saw thc strange light and
Bert Edmonson. James P. Honar, J . F . McClellan and others vere in
they aver that i t vas the a i r s h i p . I t vas also seen at Fort Wayne that
the south part of the city last nidnlfht posting b i l l s for the excur­
evening, going in a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n . I t passed over t h i s city
sion and they discovered n large light apparently t h i r t y feet long
in a southerly direction—according to the glassworkers vho saw i t .
passing through the heavens moving rapidly in an easterly direction.
"The light f i r s t appeared in the v e s t , " said one of the glaasvork- £ « ^ ' L i t w T t h . r v , , M * . % ' " l " l r " ^ U
erB who sav . ,I t , . "and
,
i t traveled southward at a good rate of speed. I t - £ ? " ' " " ^ l *
. . . . . . __ tell,
, 2 1 li » rship or not they were unable to
iney sav the atrange v l n i t o r , a l l the sa»e. The bova vere
was of a yeUovish color and shaped l i k e a pear There were two lights p r o b B b l y V ( l l k I n p l n t i i t i r \ l e e p . . Seymour
. s ' w BRepubli
epubllcan.
at the side and the thing swayed to and fro as I t traveled.
Under the laws of the State of Indiana the saloons close at 11 o' 23,2. A reasonable solution of the myaterious lights «o frequently
clock. Half an hour after that the a i r s h i p sailed over Hartford City
mistaken for an a i r s h i p is given by an exchange which suggests that
There may be some connection between these tvo circumstances. cy a r e o n l v 6 f e u
,Hl escaped metaphors of Mr. Bryan'*.
I t is said that the a i r s h i p alighted in a cornfield one mile from The a i r s h i p was a sort of fly-by-nUht affair'and aeeos tTThave" co»-
Cas City at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon but i t *ot avay before It j p l e t e l y flown.
Hay 6/1 Barnard; 13.3 Kansas snake.

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■ ■ taBApr.10.8 flock or p * B f l n r w r [Link] seen? i escape sight seer* during the several days t h a t ^ T T b T l ^ c T s . ' V r v to ""
12.1 Spontan. human combustion. complete the repairs. Fro» the u s a g e s shown by the ^ I t ^
».J. S t r a f e a peculiar 1 ght at H a v s r i l l c - I n d . Sent. learned that the » „ at the head of t h t e n t ^ i s * J „ T j P™,nrt(„
19.1. Airship^seen near Colwabv.-[Link] Hush said "either Mr- Mr. Pennlngton la veil known to the people of i S J a III, f
f„ P o r t r a t n - native of Dearborn county and, some eight yeara HOT v u ™ „ i „ .
19.2. S t i l l the a i r shin, or "that a i r ship .*' i s causing much excited band saw factory at Hoorea K i l l , and while there he'drew the ■ » /
" " " * cor™™*- » » • » " in Kentucky claims to know the inventer and models of vhat he thought to be the proper thing In the air B n i 7 l l 0 ~
that he has round the solution to overhead travel. If he haa there Afterwards he vent to Edinburg, and thence to Ht c J i e l wh» E
may be brisk competition among the tourist companies for p a r t l y goln, built an air ship that attracted great attention! It vaa exMbited i„
to Paris in 1900. It is not Improbable to think that these linea v i l l the Auditorium ln~CMcagb~and in the Exposition GrtiXifiIn St* L o S . ■
announce the t r i p to be made In one night. And hov the ocean lines While in St. Louie the sheriff attached I t but during the night I t "
v l l l cut the r a t e s . Any dream sounds altrost practical in these daya disappeared and vas never heard of again. Mr. Pennlngton next ap-

l6°97 A ^ g ' & l Tort Wayne (ind.) Weekly CateUe, p. 18. | anTlnVer-^FlelKc rlilroad^ " " " ' ^ ^ °' " " ***"«lU

* TWO MX* 1« THB-SHIP. / To Say Hothing of the Dogs~The S p i r i t u a l i s t , j B l g ™ r S K * In" J ^ r T ^ n ^ . S T ^ X l Y £ » V A Z '

Hake a Discovery. ; ahip over In Brovn county undergoing aoice r e p a i r . . * I selected that ■
M
The airship has again been, seen by Fort Wayne people. On *ednes- ; p l a c e t o g e t a v a y ^ c r o v d s t h r t t J ) e ^ ^ ^ ^ oatufcJi'*!t V
day evening as several ambers of the First Spirltua Circle were > a c t . j M ^ ^ ^ v i u bfi ^
leaving t h e i r society rooms after a meeting, they not ced the air ship - e x p c e t t n e M c h l M t Q b e i r e d ^ h c r e 4 »ee7 J Ve
passing over the Iclty tovard the northvest at a rapid speed. I t car- u l u , t m ftt <,„„ f o r C u b a i v h e r e ^ u i u P a t r i o t . In their
rled two l i g h t s , a red one In front and a blue one In the rear. It 1. struggle for l i b e r t y . It Is the same old Itoorea Hill rechtne with
aald by A. Carpenter that the members returned to their hall and the a 0 B C i c p r c , v e n e n t 6 a 3 s a s e e s t e d l n Prof, Langley'i ideas published hv
sodium vent into a trance. While In that condition the medium dla- jtne ^ ^ ^ t B o m c f l v 7 y e a r s ago. The n e ^ p e r r e ^ o r t T h l v X
closed the occupants of the ship to those gathered ln the roo D . There j C 0 B W £ 0 1 D C k h B , t c o n r u 6 l n p because ve have three n a c h l a e s l n the l l 7
vere, according to the mediua, tvo men la the car and a third living u d j U 8 t nov they are ln the Central S t a t e s . One of the* v i l l b e ' a t
body supposed to be a dog. The apparitloniita are greatly agitated j t h e Tcnncss'eVTExpoVaio'nT' The report that lnT~r£cKIDe exploded Ihe "
over the matter and further .eance. nay be held. ( mother night vas the coat natural thing in the vorld. Owing to the
p. 10. The erratic course of the famous airships demonstrates that I t roof of Our machine springing a lea* one of our e l e c t r i c c i r c u i t . be-
ia the a s t r a l body of the l a t e populist party. It arose fron i t s grave came grounded and the dynano burned out. The display vas something
in the West and like Koah's dove could find no resting place. I t vas wonderful, but, fortunately, v e have tvo sets of propelling mchinery
maXing for Washington, but having one captain and tvo w t e i that vere M d i t did not bother us to keep going, but our l i g h t s v e re out for
not in harmony as to the course to be pursued, It has llgiagged a l l eeveral houra. This Is partly the damage we are to repair here."
% over the country. ___ _ . "We carry our own vorknen and they vere here l a s t aight to secure
If our free trade friends v l l l cease to *i>t fight protection in such material as they needed and, vhen I l e f t t h i s •oming, the vork
congress and direct their attention to perfecting an air-ship, the jvaa veil under vay. Lately 1 have been devoting «y tine to the i*nu-
cause of free trade v l l l be triumphant, not^only for the U.S., but for 5 facture of motorcycles and have attended a l l the exhlbltlooa or these
the vhole vorld. Rations can be fencad andaiustom house placed a t w n x machines that have been given in the vorld and rrcw these I hare pick,
every gate, but nature cannot be ro«fed over, and protected goods. v H l ( e d up many small ideas to complete t h i s oachine, the dreaa of wy l i f e
■ a i l oyer the custom houses as easily as the cov Jucped over the moonMnnrf vhlle I an in Cuba I expect to vork out such iBproveocnts that li
1897 A
P c i l U "li) Loeansport (Ind.) Daily Plmfoe, p. 5. " ] a fev years I v i l l be able to Introduce the mchine Into the c o e r c e
(not only of t h i s country but of the world. I would like to talk to
An Airship. / Under Course o£ Construction at [Link]. / Its SUe y o u longer but the t r a i n i s s t a r t i n g and I uust go. Be here Saturday
and Shape Known Only to the Builders. / Edward Gall and Henry Conrad, Evening and I will take you a abort r i d e , as far av»y as you can f e t
Well-known Young Ken of This City. / / back on the train by Monday morning. Our speed Is 97 «Jc a i l c s an
Who knows but what the mysteries.'of aerial navigation <x>y y«t be hour."
solved by Lopansport inventors? Or, who knows but vhat the solution U97 April 22 <Th) Mitchell' Coa»ercUl (UwrisocTCnty, I n d . l , "p':"'!.
has already been made and the alleged skylarking about by night ln the u
empyrean near this city was really on the square. that Air Ship. / Seen ln Hitdhell Last Friday Evening.
A representative of the Pharos did discover today that an airship Last Thursday evening as Will Eving and a friend wera retumins
is really in course of construction by Messrs Edward Call and Henry fron p r a y e r meeting about 9 o'clock their attention was called to s
Conrad, ucll-knowi young men of the city, residing in the Easthnd. bright light ln the heavens over the north-ueat part of the c i t y . Tha
Parta of the ship were and arc beinp made at J. A. Aman's carriage v o r V ' 0 u t l t n e o ( t h e object could not be distinguished very clearly but the .
on the south-side, but I t s size (further than i t v i l l be thirty feet u g h t humed steadily and in auch « Banner that plainly Indlcattd that '
lone) and shape arc held a profound secret ln the breast of the builder it VAB n o t , t t 8 r or e o m e e r r 4 t i e planet off i t s reckoning. Fred
Mr. Call is 3 brother of William Call, a compositor on the Pharos, Urkin and Harry Kinberlln sav the light also and watched it until it
who has had considerable experience in handling a balloon, Edward was lost to sight moving off gracefully to the northwest. To »«ke
makes his home with William, but notwithutandinp. Chat fact the l a t t e r sure the object waa in motion the gentlemen sighted fron a tree and ;
has not been let into the secret of the nlrship business. He sajvs^^hac^re convinced beyond possibility of a doubt that the air ship or what-,
he had frequently seen Edward in possession of odd-shaped pieces of , v e cl t M y have beerl| WM t n TCtlon, They d o n ' t p r e t < n i to say that :
iron, but never questioned hia concerning then. u y&g ,„ 4 l f e M p fcut t h dQ ^ ^ ( h a t l t V M , O I ^ t h l n g UOululi. !
The gentleman who put the Pharos man next today is firm in the be- Vh/) i^^y, w n a t lt vas? L
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lief that Messrs Call and Conrad are cons true tine this cachine as an iBg] Ap"r'n. T3"{rr'l! f l a m ! lion" CounTy""LeJ g "e f" (>(oblesville ,"I'nJ.),p. 2.
lnprovemenc on the one that has been in use for SOIN; tice, and to i t
may be traced those mysterious lights which have t« moved stranRely in j , 0 ^ t he Air Ship.
tht: sky of l a t e . A b o u t g : 1 5 o'clock Sunday night when the church people were oo
IE?? April M (Th) HartinsviUe, Ind., Hepublicon, p. U7^ (car^ 1) t h e l r u f t y ^ ^ { n K t h e e T e o l n g 8 e r T i c e s , *any of theat observed a k<t«
bright streak of light ln the northwest about sddvay betveea the aenlth
TilF. AIKSIUP WWr.D. 1 U Is on Weed Pfttch Kill, Brown County-The w& horiwn. It traveled rapidly in a northerly direction ^ d gradu- '
Inventor Talks. ^ j . disappeared. Some one spied i t and c r i e d , "There goes the air
The wonderful airship that has been perplexing the minds of the , M p . " All eyes vere instantly turned heavenward aad »«ny believed
c i t i z e n s of the Central Gtatcs for SOrcc time, i s nov explained. The t h e y n r e witnessing the famous a i r ship mXing one of i t s lightening
Ship is nov [Link] on tne top of Weed Patch Hill and v i l l be there t r i p $ # ^ l l g h t ^ g n o t h l n g acre than a ayrteor flying across the
u n t i l next Friday or longer. heavens with a bright t r a i l of fire follovlng on i t s path.
The strance conveyance was first seen in [Link] last Wednes­
day when Dr. [Link] Ilonical and several otner professionil nnd « b u s l n - g ^ a p e r s / HQ. 3 y, Washington,
ess men having ofrices and Stores ln the Cunninpham Block, observed It ^ H e T = rBV( .ats of Horton l a s t Saturday played a *ean, dastardly
Their report was [Link] at at first but they persisted ana finally .practical joke on several of us rural backvood. farmers who had gone tc
convinced the people that they knev what they were talking about. t o v n f o r Qur w l U B n d u h u v a a w o r > e fOW Qf t h e - b e l o n B e d t 0 « e l l n l .
The next appearance vftS about Closinp up time for the business ' ! T h e j r > t W % ^ Q n T h u r | d 4 J D B n d F n d l ¥ a l g h t i tatv e e Q 7 ^ j fl o'clock
houses f-aturdoy nipht and those vho sav i t vere the most prominent M t l r h l p , j ^ passed over the tovn, going h> a northvest direction and
business nan of the town, Jap lUller, a nerchant, S.M. Cuthrldge, a : j ^ ^ p ^ a l e t t e r d o v n t o t h e i n n , b i t a n t s of_the_bur 6l a.y lng t h a t )
councilrwjn and connected vith the First National Pank; Smith Johnson, t h c y v e r c t u r e that the ship voul'd'pass o»er tne town on Saturday
another counclinan ana a [Link]; "Hove" Egbert, Of the National n i g h t . We sat up t i l l about 7:30 o'clock, with one eye pointed In th*
Hotel; Will Coin, a snjoon keeper, and liiphtvatch Pollard, are anew direction of Korton, watching for the s h i p , but l t like *»ny other
| tlionc vho mninUin thcy nnv th<Tiwchin'c nnd it veo traveling eostvard l h i n g S ) C W T C n c , t , and we retired thinking of the sinful ways ln gener-
I very slowly. Their story was confirmed [Link] nomine by Jerry Colli-S^ o r t h e Heversveats vho have nothing elae to do than to pitch borae-
- and "Dud" lork, Two formers came to town and reported that the thtp ahoes and fool honest fanaera. ^__„r___~___
' had anchored on Weed Patch Hill during the nipht ana vould reruin : 1897 April 22 (Th) Ren'sselaer (vkly) Republican iJhdlana), p, 1, i
there several days to repair some dariagc to their machinery, and to i |
substurtiete their story the nen exhibited telegrams that the owner of of courae aoiaebody ln Benseelaer had to see the a i r s h i p . . A vtry
the ship haJ siven to them to have sent off- They said that the rea- respectable elderly gentleman, vhoie na»e ve vlthsnethold out of regard
con the o n e r s did not come in was that the roads were so bod that | f o r t h e f e e l i o g s of his friends, vas up about 2:30 A.M. Sunday som-
horses could hardly pull a wpjn over the road and then thcy wanted to, J c g i ^ , a u t h e 8 i r B h l p horering over the new court bouse, as though
rest for a few days. Their reason for locating at Weed Patch Is to J l o o i i n g f o r toae 8 o f t p l a c e to l i g h t . The old gentleman does not think
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I t was more t h a n a m i l e and a h a l f above t h e e a r t h , and t h i n k s he aav panoplarfied f o r • h i g h o l d tint, w i t h a b a r of l i q u i d - r e f r a s h m e n t s •*»•'
f o u r men In t h e s h i p . He d i d n o t o b s e r v e v h e t h e r t h e i r t e e t h were ' a l l o t h e r n e c e * s * r y I n g r e d i e n t * for • p o r t i n g ' • ■ h i g h / T h i s l a prefc~
c h a t t e r i n g o r n o t , but c o n s i d e r i n g what t h e w e j t h e r o u s t have been up abljf. n o t t h e a i r - s h i p seen h e r e , though one nan In tha n o r t h e a s t e r n
t h e r e , i t i s s a f e t o say t h a t t h e y w e r e . s u b u r b * Imagined he h e a r d t h e p s a a e n g e r * s i n g i n g "The Ship* t h a t paaa
p.8--Explosion at P a v i l i o n , Kich. In t h e N i g h t " and " J u * t t e l l t h e n t h a t YOU **W H e , "
1 5 , 1 The a i r - s h i p f a k e , which s t a r t e d i n C a l i f o r n i a l a s t f a l l , has The T i p t o n T r i b u n e *aya t h e same k i n d of a l i g h t p a n e d over
now got a s f a r x £ a s t a s t h i s s t a t e , and t e l e g r a p h l i a r s a r e w o r k i n g T l p t o n Wednesday e v e n i n g a t 6 o ' c l o c k and q u o t e * * number of w a l l -
i t f o r a l l I t i s w o r t h , In e v e r y d i r e c t i o n . known c l t i i e n s t o t h a t e f f e c t .
Of c o u r * e t h e r e a r e I n c r e d u l o u * p e r s o n * , vho wera *o u n f o r t u n a t e
P i k e County Democrat t / 2 3 , p . 1 : That a i r s h i p i s c r e a t i n g a g r e a t d e a l
aa n o t t o aee t h e a t r a n g e r , t a k e no s t o c k In t h e t h i n g ; insist that
o f t a l k i n t h i s s e c t i o n of t h e s t a t e . There I s h a r d l y a hfunlet In
t h e r e was no a i r s h i p , no l i g h t , no a n y t h i n g , T h l a c l a n 1* a l s o mean
s o u t h e r n I n d i a n a hut where p e r s o n s say t h e y have seen t h e m o n s t e r a e r -
i -i - i j f c T* t _ ». L v T CLIUUAII k^ fUKxevL k n o IKU m t u I K U aa u i . M i l . Ut. b a t ct hh , Walrar
enough t o «ugge*t t h a t when auch wen a* Dr. B e l l , D r . S » i Walter
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t t i„ \ h <t 6 8 " \ h e r e " y ( " r e r r " ' ^ V U 1 " e 0 t U " T " ^ h " ' ^ Willie Sollenberger get to [Link] , U , h l ' t h . c o « t rry
t h e o p i n i o n t h a t i t was a b u t t e r d t h a t was h o v e r i n g above t h e . and t h e ) 1 . going t o t h e d o g . p r e t t y £ . « . * ' '

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Saw t h e Air S h i p .
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P a t r o l m e n Kotsch and Budd and C h a r l e * Scheydt c l a i m t h a t t h e y *au
be p l a i n l y a e e n . The rajfs of l i g h t e x t e n d e d f a r In a d v a c e , w i t h two
t h e a i r a h l p In t h e heavens l a s t n i g h t . They Bay t h s t t h e s h a p e of t h e
l l g h t a on t h e a i d e . I t a route"waa ' nbrtheia'tV' "TC«~Tlk«^"6ccupl , ed I n
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o b j e c t was j u s t l i k e t h o s e they had seen p i c t u r e s o f , p o i n t e d a t b o t h i t * f l i g h t o v e r Kokomo (aa l o n g aa s e e n ) waa a b o u t t h r e e m i n u t e s .
ends. I t did not seem t o move but g r a d u a l l y d i s a p p e a r e d l i k e an a i r Speed g u e a s e d a t 600 t o 1,000 M i l e a p a r h o u r . The c o u r a * of t r a v e l
balloon. was t w i c e changed w h i l e i t r e g a i n e d I n a l g h t . I t v a * low, o c c u p y i n g
a p l a c e c o r r e a p o n d i n g t o t h e aim a t 5 o ' c l o c k . I t wa* « t 10:10 o'clock
A p r . 12 p . 4—Wizard Edison having pronounced t h e a i r s h i p a fake t h e KC„hen t h e o b j e c t appeared.**
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J o u r n a l I n v i t e s him t o come out t o Kans and s t i m u l a t e h i s v i s i o n w i t h rApril~"17 pf""Mdr'e Axap f a k e * ~ ( f T F c V T b 3 ^ ) ^ ~ p « p * r " ^ e u B e * c o l d w e a t h e r
d r u g and s t r o n g b e v e i a g e s , p r o m i s i n g him, i f he does s o , t h a t he w i l l i L i n o G r o v e , I a , Mt. Vemon 1 1 1 . , Champaign, 1 1 1 , r r . , c l o u d d r i v e n
see h i s m i s t a k e , a l s o the a i r s h i p . jwlth great force across the s l y , Vlncannes.
Between t h e cups and the l i p s s a i l s many an a i r s h i p . >
29 CAse l e t t e r / 3 0 — f l i g h t of m e t e o r s . Keep You*r O p t l c a P e e l e d , Not f o r t h e M y t h i c a l a r a p , b u t f o r 2 o m e u
S a c . Hay 1 — P e r h a p s t h o s e a i r s h l p a a r e h u n t i n g f o r t h a t promised p r o a - t h a t a r e headed t h l a way.
, p e r l t y In t h e h e a v e n s a b o v e , not having found i t on t h e e a r t h b e n e a t h 1897 A p r i l 23 ( F r t morn) Kokoiwi D i s p a t c h , p . * . (card U
or in t h e w a t e r s under t h e e a r t h , (p.U)
Anathema maranatha ( s p e l l i n g n o t vouched f o r ) be t h e n e x t p e r s o n ON THEIR OATHS. / R e p u t a b l e Men o f Kokomo Aver T h a t They Saw t h a A l r -
who s e e s t h e a i r s h i p and d o e s n ' t throw s a l t o n ' I t s t a l l Vn3 so c a p t u r e a h l p , / Or Something Very L i k e I t , Vhich I* Much t o t h e Sam* P u r p o a * .
W l l l i a a E d g e r t o n S o l l e n b e r g e r , 61 V e s t M u l b e r r y a t r e e t , c a a h l a r of
lUl A p r i l 55 [ P r i eve) Kokomo ( I n d . ) M l y T r i W n . , p . 4 ( c a r d 1) t h e Kokomo l o a n and S a v i n g a a s s o c i a t i o n , ruahed I n t o t h e e d i t o r i a l ■
•anctuM of The D i s p a t c h o f f i c e l a » t n i g h t , b r e a t h l a a i and g r * * t l y e x ­
The M y s t e r i o u s A i r S h i p . / The Much Seen A e r i a l N a v i g a t o r F i n a l l y c i t e d , t o e x c l a i m t h s t he ha a" s e e n t h e a u c h t a l k e d a b o u t a i r s h i p . Th«
Shows Up H e r e . / I t Was Seen a t 10 O ' c l o c k Thursday H i g h t by Any Nua~ l o c a l q u i l l d r i v e r t o whom he r e l a t e d h i * * t o r y , e x p r e * « o d h i * I n c r e d ­
b e r of R e p u t a b l e C i t i z e n s — - P i c t u r e of t h e C r i t t e r . / u l i t y , b u t W i l l i a m I n a i e t e d a t r e n u o o a l y upon b e i n g b e l i e v e d . Ther*
I t f i n a l l y got h e r e . I t would be q u i t e c o n t r a r y t o t h e economy of was n o t h i n g l e f t o t do b u t t a k e W i l l i a m s e r i o u s l y , f o r If t h e r e 1* a
d a t u r e f o r t h e g r e a t a i r s h i p t o make i t s a p p e a r a n c e i n o t h e r town* in young man in Kokomo who can a p p r o a c h Ceorge Waahlngton when i t come* t (
I n d i a n a and n e g l e c t to g i v e Kokoao a c a l l . The much s e e n a e r i a l n a v i ­ s t e m l o y a l t y t o t h e t r u t h , t h a t young man I s W i l l i a m S o l l e n b e r g e r .
g a t o r was in Kokomo Thursday n i g h t and i t s p r e s e n c e can be p r o v e n by T e l l i n g t h e t r u t h w i t h h l n 1* a h a b i t formed In c h i l d h o o d , and h«
any number of c r e d i t a b l y w i t n e s s e s who saw i t w i t h t h e i r own e y e s and c o u l d n o t d e p a r t from i t i f he t r f e d . B e s i d e s , he I s p r e s i d e n t of tha
were f r i g h t e n e d out of a y e a r ' s growth by t h e s p e c t a c l e . E p u o r t h League of t h e c i t y and an a s s i s t a n t s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of C r a c *
The s h i p s o a r e d almoat d i r e c t l y o v e r t h e town from s o u t h w e s t t o S u n d a y - s c h o o l . What he s a y s i s e n t i t l e d t o b e l i e f . Having p a s s e d
northeast. I t came In t h e form of a b a l l of f i r e . At l e a s t t h a t was t h r o u g h t h e o r d e a l o f e i g h t e e n months s e r v i c e aa a newspaper r e p o r t e r
t h e o n l y p a r t c l e a r l y v i s i b l e , though t h e r e s r e p e r s o n s w i l l i n g t o d e ­ s u c c e s s f u l l y , r e t a i n i n g h i a p r i s t i n e I n n o c e n c e , h i * v e r a c i t y l a unim­
c l a r e on t h e i r o a t h s on a s t a c k of B i b l e s aa h i g h as t h e moon t h a t t h e p e a c h a b l e . He s a i d : " I was a t t h e c o r n e r o f W e b s t e r and Walnut
b a l l of f i r e was not a l l t h e r e was of I t . Some c o u l d d i s t i n g u i s h t h e
f a i n t o u t l i n e s of s long c i g a r shaped o b j e c t and s o m e t h i n g t h a t l o o k e d ■ t r e e t s about 10 o ' c l o c k and «aw t h e a h l p T o t n * In a n o r t h e a s t e r l y
l i k e arms o r w i n g s . O t h e r s saw n o t h i n g b u t t h e l i g h t . direction. I t a p p e a r e d aa a red l l p h t moving v e r y f * * t . "
Perhaps 100 p e o p l e eaw t h e i l l u m i n a t e d - s t r a n g e r p a s s ovdr t h e c i t y L i n d e l l Darby, 166 South Main a t r e e t , s e c r e t a r y of t h e P r e s b y t e r ­
i a n S u n d a y - s c h o o l , waa r i d i n g on h i s b i c y c l e n e a r t h e c o r n e r of Wal­
and n i l w i t h o u t e x c e p t i o n d e c l a r e i t t o be..an . . a r t i f i c i a l c o n t r i v a n c e , nut and Union s t r e e t s a b o u t 10 o ' c l o c k , and saw t h e s h i p . Lindall
of Bome-'dcficrTption, one not 0 na"t«or a i ioma might H i p p o s * . t h i n k s he saw t h e frame w o r k . The l i g h t i t c a r r i e d a p p e a r e d w h i t e , a t
The o b j e c t t r a v e l l e d t o o slow and t o o s t r a i g h t f o r a m e t e o r . The ! i f i t waa produced from o i l , r a t h e r t h a n e l e c t r i c i t y .
U t t e r shoot t h r o u g h t h e sky s t s s w i f t downward p a c e , w h e r e s w , t h e a i r y i n , C . K i r k , who i s e n t i t l e d t o b e b e l i e v e d b e c a u s e o t h e r heaven-
S h i p , or w h a t e v e r i t was, went s l o w l y and h o r i z o n t a l l y . Atoong t h e ra vho a a v t h e B h l p | e l l t h e t n ) t h i decl„„ t h , t he , I ( [ h t e d the
jKokomo p e o p l e w i t n e s s i n g t h e o b j e c t w e r e , D r . R . l l . S m i t h , Frank M c C a r - . c u r l o u a o b J e c t v n i l e l n „ a l U y - f o r w h a t p u r p o s e was n o t l e a r n e d ­
l y , of t h e C i t i z e n s N a t i o n a l bank, Walter F a r q u h a r , D.A. Woods, Mrs. ; o n M , t o l u n c h u t n e Hft£8ard re,tauraat.
. M i c h a e l s , W.E. S o l l e n b e r g e r , W i l l K i r k , Dr. B e l l , Ed Clem, Ceorge
j P e n t e c o s t , Fred D a i l y , Harry Grimes, C . J . Hammill and Policemen T a y l o r _ __
and HcFann. To them t h e I g l i k l i g h t seemed a b o u t t h e a U e of an o r d i n - j ^ " ' ^ / u e . t e ' r n r a i l r o a d " t r a c k n « r ~ t h e L ^ i e d e ' f s c W «t the" J
a r y b r e a k f a s t p l a t e . The l i g h t was r a t h e r w h i t e w i t h r e d d i s h t i n t t i o n , about 10 o ' c l o c k , when I saw t h e a h l p . It carried red, white
I t a p p e a r e d to p a s s over t h e w e s t e r n p a r t of t h e c i t y and e o a r e d v e r y and b l u e l i R h t S and waa g o i n g t o w a r d t h e n o r t h e a a t . Suddenly I t t u r n ­
low n o t t o exceed 300 f e e t above t h e e a r t h . No m o t i v e power was v i s i ­ ed c o m p l e t e l y a r o u n d , and d r i f t i n g t o w a r d t h e n o r t h w e s t was soon l o s t
ble. As a m a t t e r of f a c t , a d m i t t e d by a l l , t h e u n e x p e c t e d v i s i t o r to view."
t h r e w t h e s p e c t a t o r s I n t o c o n f u s i o n , eo s t r s n g e and u n e s r t h l y was i t s O f f i c e r C h a r l e s HaFann, inra whose c h i e f c l a i m t o v e r a c i t y 1* t h a t
appearance
W a l t e r F a r q u h a r . who caught t h e f i r s t g l i m p s e of i t from h i s South ^ e R ^ i r a l l y p a y s h i a d e b t s . w a s a t t h e U y ^ g j ^ c e r y c g r " " . ^
, , * „. . . . . , L he a a v t h e a h l p . The l l g h t ^ t c a s t seemed t o him t o T - e o f M e n d e d
Mai n s t r e e t r e s i d e n c e , c o n t e n d s t h a t he I s n o t good a u t h o r i t y on t h e , -. T, . . . . . ., .
, . . . . . i. ' .„ i „„.. „. , . °4„_ , „ „ „ / ,,, c o l o r s . The o b j e c t a p p e a r e d t o be a t a g r e a t d i s t a n c e , and s a i l i ng ng
' s u b ji ee cc t snd ddidn i d n ' tt want t o be q u o t e d . He i s ttrryyiinngg t o r e t r i e v e h i a ,.,_ . „ .... °
i r e p u t a t i o n for t r u t h and v e r a c i t y s i n c e t h e time he saw t h e moon and with great r a p i d i t y .
The* f o l l o w i n g a f f i d a v i t was found n e e e a s a r y and was sword mout
t h i n k i n g i t was f i r e , c a l l e d o u t t h e d e p a r t m e n t . He l a w l u i n g t o sav l a s t n i g h t :
howeaver, t h a t he saw something and b e l i e v e s I t t o be t h e game " a i r O t i s C. P o l l a r d , b e i n g of l a w f u l a g e end d u l y s w o r d , upon o a t h
s h i p " t h a t 1 B b e i n g seen a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y — p r o b a b l y n o t h i n g more d e p o s e s snd Bays t h a t he i s w e l l a c q u a i n t e d w i t h O f f i c e r s Host T a y l o r
t h a n a b l a d d e r b a l l o o n s e n t up by m i s c h i e v o u s b o y s . and C h a r l e s McFann. T h a t he h a s known them f o r a number of y e a r s ,
Dr. Smith saw i t from h i s West Sycsmore s t r e e t home and d e c l s r e s d u r i n g which t i m e t h e y have been r e s i d e n t s o f h h l s c o r o t u n i t y , and t h a t
i t was not s b l a d d e r n o r a m e t e o r , but some s r t i f l c l a l mechanism, lie he i s w e l l informed as t o t h e i r r e p u t a t i o n s f o r t r u t h and v e r a c i t y .
t h o u g h t he c o u l d d i s t i n g u i s h accompanying o u t l i n e s , but was n o t s u r e That t h - a f o r e s a i d o f f i c e r s n e v e r l i e a s l o n g « t h e y t e l l t h e t r u t h ,
of i t . The l i g h t was s i m i l a r t o t h a t produced by b u r n i n g o i l . The and t h a t t h e y a l w a y s t e l l t h e t r u t h when t h e y f i n d i t p l e a s l n n and
o b j e c t seemed t o be t r a v e l i n g s t t h e r s t of 30 t o 40 m l l e a an h o u r , convenient. OTIG C. POLLARD.
and b e i n g low, was soon o b s c u r e d by t h e t o p s of t h e t a l l b u i l d i n g s . S u b s c r i b e d and sworn t o b e f o r e me t h i * SZni day o f A p r i l , 189T.
The s t o r y a s todd by t h e o t h e r e y e w i t n e s s e s conforms t o t h e above T . C . MCHE7H0LE6
They s g r e e on t h e t i m e , t h e a l t i t u d e , t h e s i i e , c o l o r snd speed of t h * . r Wotary P u b l i c .
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light. I t I s t h e r e f o r e so i n d i s p u t a b l e f a c t t h a t a s t r a n g e l i g h t 1S9J A p r i l 23 ( F r i y ' U g s n s p o r t ( I n d ) D a i l y R e p o r t e r , b a c k p .
p a s s e d over t h e c i t y Thursday n i g h t .
The T r i b u n e p t o d u c e a h e r e w i t h an e x a c t p i c t u r e of a r e a l s l r a h i p , Saw t h e A i r s h i p . / P a t r o l m a n Jame* K l e c k n e r and O t h e r s Viewed I t L a s t
c o n s t r u c t e d xxaaxx* for a e r i a l n a v i g a t i o n s e v e r a l y e a r s a g o , but which N i g h t . / Flew About t h e S t a r r y firmament f o r an Hour.
h a s f a i l e d t o n a v i g a t e t o any e l a b o r s t e e x t e n t . The s h i p as d e s c r i b e d ,
c o n t a i n s a b r a s s band d i s c o u r s i n g «weet music in t h e r a r i f l e d s t m o s - The a i r s h i p haa a s t r a n g e l i k i n g f o r L o g a n a p o r t . There seems t o IM
p h e r e of t h e w e s t e r n s t a t e s and t e r r i t o r i e *"d la e q 0 i p p e ( j s n d s o u t h i n g ln t h e a t m o s p h e r e of t h e Wsbash v a l l e y which a g r e e * with t b a
^ n a v i g a t o r * of t h e e t h e r a l r e g i o n s . I t waa seen by a number of L o g a n s -

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port people l a s t night about 9 o'clock. Among the favored one. were Hr. KUler and hU vif« and HIM Ida Stephen, happened to "be out
Patrolman James Kleckner and wife. Rev. A. L. Heat and wife, Fred l n the yard at the time the peculiar light va* aeeti. Oo account of
Henke and wife and John [Link] and family. Hr. Kleckner f i r . t the diatance of the l i g h t f r o . where they vere itanding they v e r . un­
sighted the light in the northwest and said I t appeared to be about 500 ( *ble to see any « outline of the auppoaed a i r a h i p .
feet highland aeveral inches In diameter. It moved about in an t i d e a s | They_ say the_ltght traveled only a ahdrt diatance above the earth
fashion for several minutes and then I headed for the a west, finally ;and was going"Th V noVthwcs'terly d i r e c t i o n . "The light moved rapidly,''
disappearing altogether. Many people believe the airship to be a pro­ about three t i n e s a> fa*t aa an ordinary paper balloon.
duct of the imagination, but those who have seen i t are firm in the Krs. W.P. Kelle and her l i t t l e child also »av the atrange l i g n t .
belief that i t has a place in the l i s t of planetary bodies or a i r s h i p s . The odd l i g h t w i also *een at Ylncenne* l a a t night. Dispatches
Ed Gall and Henry Conrad, of Atnan's carriage factory, have been en­ froa t h a t c i t y say i t vaa a t a great a l t i t u d e and moved rapidly ctxal
gaged in the manufacture of a flying machine for several weeks, and i t . s t r a i g h t over the c i t y . Such awn aa Col. M.P. . Ghe«, ex-Mayor Evtnf,
[is possible that the mysterious traveler ia the result of t h e i r kxrf Edward Watson, Thome.* Eaathbaat, Judge D« Wolf, Scott Efclaon, V l l l
handiwork. | Kason and other* saw the atrangc a e r i a l v i s i t o r in Ita nocturnal mlgr*
'ltJO? April 23 (Fri) Hamilton County"Ledper (Hoblesville, lnd.),[Link]. t i o o . Heretofore they have doubted the *tory oT the a i r ahlp, but a l l
nov admit that seeing i s b e l i e v i n g .
( L o c a l n e w s ) ATtOI'A . . . Captain Smith of t h i s c i t y , alao, think* he heard th* a i r s h i p U a t
The nir ship that tins been seen in thf? vest of l i t e was observed n i g h t . The family were s i t t i n g around the t i r e when they heard a
c i r c l i n g and hovering over the northern portion of t h i s county a few "bunting" noise resemblltng a t r o l l e y . Co going out i t appeared to ba
eveninc" afyo. I t win Keen over t h i s place. [Link] Edvnrds, Isaac , up in the a i r , but nothing could be seen.
Porrer, Rant Ault, Alf Lecman and Jehu RtchwJne vere the f i r s t to ob­ p . l . Very Hard t o Bellere / Llntoo—see Indpla.
serve the machine. A line was l e t down v i t h nn order for compressed "j 1897 April "2T (Sat.J The'Journal {6tg^7"Ttia'K t lasl'~p~
natural r n s , which wan duly supplied fron the e a s V «H at this place, j
Another line van suspended from the rear end of the ship attached to The Air Ship Discovered.
a backet containing money and an order for water and provisions, which Co Sunday night operator John loung caught a glimp** of tbe «y*ter-
vas propptly f i l l e d . The money used was pold coin. The 6hip, after ioua a i r sblp which is sailing aloft in apace v l t h a rudder and a reck­
taking aboard provisions, hovered over the tovn for a few r e p e n t s , less passenger, and s t a r t l i n g the native* vhb trod tbe *oil underneath.
then c i r c l l n f around, took a due northeast course. No audible counun- On Monday afternoon, there being not a cloud t o fleck the blue dom«
ication from the ship was heard, save the r u s t l i n g of i t s progress above, operator Beatty, of Milan, *ent vord to Will Kelley and agent
through the n i r . It is possible that the machine can- fron our neip.h- Clendening that the albatroa* vaa c i r c l i n g around Milan, and that i t
boring planet, m r s , for ve see in t h i s planet a world veil advanced had taken a due westerly course and va* expected to be over Oagood
in years. Evolution there is also advanced. The cllrwvx of existence vithin a few moment*. Several piece* of looked glass were broken fr©"
in lone passed *nd a t e r r i b l e catastrophe apparently is about to wipe the windows at Hat Wywsod's *mokehou*e to protect t h e i r eyes fron the
out a l l orronlc l i f e . TbP water supplv on the planet is on the point 4*""<»S « * • o f t n e ■*»• K e U e * «™« UP W } 1 » 0Q ■* W » " » » . ° w th4

of exhaustion, hence I r rrlgation is" therefore the all-absorblne

i g a t i o n is all~absorbine "pur"
pu 'phone, t o be on guard and he and Glen s e t t l e d back and iBpatlently
s u i t of our Kartinn neighbors, and hence the universal system Of can­ awaited the coming of the mystery of the present century.
als which have been observed upon that p l a n e t . One t h l n r c e r t a i n , They had not long to wait for VU«on excitedly exclaimed through
they use for t h e i r c i r c u l a t i n g medium gold, and as old mother earth the new telephone that i t was so nearly "out of l i g h t " there that I t
advances In a r t s , science and ej;e, every nation on the earth will use 1 looked l i k e an English sparrow or chippie b i r d . I t was plainly seen
gold for a money b a s i s . A large e l e c t r i c l i g h t was seen near the here, and greatly resembled one of tboae "long John* cigar* the one bu*
ship, demonstrating that Bars is not devoid of e l e c t r i c i t y . Possibly d r i v e r s , Singer and Arnoldj generally preterit the depot force. A [Link]
as a c o m i t t e e , they were sent in the a i r ship to Investigate our □y are 'mlfted because Glen ondTCelleylept the a f f a i r *o q u i e t , but
planet, with a'view for the inhabitants of liars to leave t h e i r «xk old v e t M o k t b ' M r l ^ Ep f Cter viU b
° " r *rOUDd h c " " n ° t W ° « *' « w
dyinr nlanot nnrt krone c i t i z e n s of the e a r t h . BLUE HYRTLE. content t o leave the place.
1697 April 2li ([Link]) Cannelton {Ind.) I n q u i r y , P- *• fax Iprosperity
t i* thought t h aby siostpictured
t was of the people
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remain In thin a i r , self-supported in the atmosphere, u n t i l t o r r i d
BIGHT IN TtiE SWIM. /
weather sind cyclone* appear, vhen I t will be avtllowed up in the »or-
Cannelton Is bound to keep up with the procession i f possible.
t e i ' . and blown Into space.
Heretofore there have been people in t h i s town that saw ghosts, and
The f l r a t time t n i * *trange craft va* ever known to land was down
some have seen snakes, but not t i l l Friday night l a s t did anyone see
in Kentucky, where the lone operator stopped on t e r r a f i r m near a veil
the a i r s h i p . But early on that evening a crovd of reputable c i t i z e n s
and drawing a bucket of water, boarded the *mchine and va* off. In an
sav a tvo-colored light moving slowly across* the southern sky. They
Incredible short t i n e a dispatch told of the thing being in CtaUia. /
are sure i t vas not a shooting s t a r , and i t is hardly the season for
Foreman Finds I t , / Special to the Journal by Wire.
balloons. If i t was not the a i r - s h i p , what vaa i t ! We apause for a
Hapoleon, Apr. 21.—Tbe a i r ship *ettled on the faer of Albert
Hicks, near t h i s c i t y at 12 noon, today, A paddle in the propeller
Apr. 3-Arsp at Omaha. / M O Local ghost.
became l o o s e . I t remained but a « i n u t e , and no one got near the ob­
17, ^--Kansas arsp passed over Chicago. Has 1 advantage over i t s pred­ j e c t . / G. V. Foreman.
ecessors, It f i l e s . 6 , 1 . fihoats.
The mysterious airship has been seen in daylight in I l l i n o i s . If ■ b . l . BbOBts.
reports are half true i t i s a t r a v e l e r fron way back. One report fron; trnoon) Logansport (lnd) D. Reporter, p. S.
Indiana says an airship fell in a wvrsh near where some hunters were Did They See I t l
camped. In the morning only one ving showed above the mud. There is Cy Grahan and Harry Purcell are prepared to Bake affadavit that
sevldently a grefet deal of o r i g i n a l i t y about some of these r e p o r t s . they saw the airship Saturday night a* i t f l i t t e d *bout the *tarry
U/17 p . l - - T h e supposed arsp turns out to be an e l e c t r i c l i g h t attached firmament. They say i t begg»r» description and that they would not be
t to a balloon sent up to advertise Troy. .surprised at anything after viewing the queer object of the «lr. In­
1(597 April 2^ (Sat) Cannelton, l n d . , Enquirer (vkiy quiry f a i l * to show anyone else who **w the *ir*hlp Saturday night, «o
Heasrs. Craham and Furcell are unsupported in t h e i r statement. ,
An alleged a i r - s h i p has been "hovering" over parts of Kansas and
Nebraska for some t i n e back at i n t e r v a l s . According to reports t e l e - Tues i u e o April A i t27,
( p . 3--Looked Like a Kite./That Airahlp Vaa Seen Again
graphed from various points the nachine is a "big thing" with a •* a r c h 'Sunday Hight.'
light that sends a great bar of l i g h t whisking around the canopy of A drug c l e r k , a gents' furnishing dealer and a policeaan saw th«
n i g h t , " ao to speak, In a most bewildering fashion. Human voices are [Link] night as they *tood at 10th and Broadway at 10:30. Tha
also alleged to have been heard dripping dovn through space, a drops drug clerk was describing i t s appearance to a * u l l coterie of friend*
of sound l i k e h a i l or r a i n . The d e t a i l s of the "vision" are a t r i f l e l a s t night and a f t e r remarking upon the e r r a t i c aovcaents of the red,
overdrawn but not altogether I n c r e d i b l e . The l a s t alleged appearance white and blue l i g h t s , observed that i t greatly resembled ■ k i t e . The
of the mysterious veseel was at Nashville , 1 1 1 . , where a large red gents' furnishing man backed up the assertions of his druggist friend
light appeared against a vast dark o u t l i n e s a i l i n g against the wind. t i l l someone suggested that the compounder of »edlclnea saw his own
The fact that i t soiled against the wind is regareded as proof that k i t e , though he doe* not often fly i t on Sunday^ _
the machine was not a balloon. There may be "something in i t , " but fcedford, lnd, Daily Mall— Ued"April 28 '97, p . 2—the be«t [Link]
from the bulk of Information at hand i t would seem that iUi Hunchausen p f t h j t mattri0ije nocturnal airship comes from a KC »aa. who say* i t
has some very competent successors,,,^ our, day. ("looked to him about as big as a beer g l a s s . "
1U97 April 2k ( S a t . ) Doviees County DemocraMWashington, l n d . ) , p.2, 1
'nay 6 p . 2—One swallow doe* not make a aprlng. I t merely *t*rt* an
An Odd Light Seen / Traveling Through the Air at a High Rate of Speed./, , i r B h l P .
The Veracity of Those Vho Saw the Mystery Is Unquestioned. / The Light ' The biggest and »o»t per*i*tent of the floating 11** 1*
Was Also Seen by a Score of Vlncennes Citizens—Was I t tbe Air ShlpT/ i [ n e > i < - B hlp.
Saturday's Dally. lo9T April 29 (Th.') Auburn,' Imi.V'Co'urTe'r^-pT'I';
The much talked «•» about a i r s h i p that has been f l i t t i n g across
the country for the past week or tvo was seen here e a r l y l a s t night by Sav tbe Airship,
a number of persons whose veracity is above s u s p i l c i o n . Between 8 and 9 o'clock l a s t evening Chas. fisher claimed to have
The attention of those who saw i t was a t t r a c t e d by a rapidly movinf seen the marvel of the age. I t presented i t s e l f to him a* having th«
dull red l i g h t . Shape of a cigar and vas made visible by tvo green l i g h t s . At f i r s t
J.W. Miller, the well known stone c u t t e r at Kelle and D i l l a r d ' s sight i t appeared to be nearing the e a r t h , but before he could locate
monument ihop, was one of the pxa peraons vho saw the strange l i g h t . i t again, i t had vanished from hi* viev. The fight vas witnessed by a
He says the light was apparently about one foot wide and three feet number of people froa the north end.
long. . 221.J>:_..?•.. Explosion.. . .. . .
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1697 April ?9 ITh) )lancock',lnd.(wklyJ democrat, p. 1. 1897 Hay 3 (SatI Loganeport Daily Pharos,back~JT."

The Mr Ship in Greenfield. What It "TlaJ / Robert Ray Saw a Strange Object In the Heavens.
On Saturday evening l a s t about 7:30 o ' c l o c k , several r e s l d e n t s o f Robert Ray Bays that he uas awakened a t 1 o'clock yeltetrday nornln
East Greenfield, namely Miss Ercc* Stephens,Kra. Ceo. Johnson and to take a look at a strange object In the heavens. I t appeared to b*
c h i l d r e n , and several other persons saw what is termed the a i r ship. a ball of fire about as large a* a cart wheel, and vat moving fro* « a
I t vas near the f i l t e r of the Greenfield Paper Kill vhen they discover- to veat in the northern heaven*. At times I t would see* no larger ttia
ed i t . I t gradually rose to the height of about fifty Ceet vhen i t a DIM 11, din scar, Chen burst forth again, giving off a parka like a
l a l i l e d off t o the n o r t h e a s t . A man could p l a i n l y be seen standing In rocket. When the brightest Robert aaya that i t hurt h i t eye. to look
the front In a boat-shaped basket. The a i r ship carried two l i g h t i . at i t -
one at the head and the other a t the s t e r n . Theae people seen C»Ie3 it
a r i s e from the f i l t e r and vhen up some distance i t moved off at a very |Mon. April 26, back p.—What It Is/Kokow Dispatch:-"Allen S. Jack*oa,
rapid g a i t . The people who sav the supposed airship are trustworthy |the tinner, ha* solved the ariehip systery to his own s a t i s f a c t i o n a t
and are t o be believed. Two tramps who v e r e - s e t t i n g CslcD on the r a l l - j l e a s t . I t i s not an a i r s h i p a t a i l , he says, but the long l o s t HcEinl
road at the time seen t a l c ] the same thing when i t passed over then, 'booa of prosperity looking for a place to l i g h t . "
and they were so frightened t h a t they ran up the track for some d i s - j 1897-Hay * (Tue#> Kokomo (Ind.) Dally Tribune, p. A. ~-t t***t*-
tance. There Is something very strange about t h i s supposed a i r s h i p ,
as I t has been aeen in many parts of the country and no one haa yet The Air Ship at Casaville.
been able to. get near i t . The persons who saw I t here described I t in The Alt C*V Takes Refuge in a Crarel P i t and Terrorise* t h e
the shape of a boat vith^ a house or small room in the center for the Datives of That Vicinity.
mchlnery," They could "noT~Be~e anyi'hTnR aSove i t which led then to be­ A Cassvllle correspondent w r i t e s :
lieve that I t had a gas bae above I t . "Hr. Edwin Shaffer s*v the wonderful a i r ship about ooa-half »U«
Mar. 25. p - 1 - Venus is b r i g h t . west of Cassvllle at the Cellar gravel p i t Sunday night at be was
Th. Apr. 22, p.i". The astronomers i n s i s t t h a t what has been mistaken driving hoc* about 1 o'clock.
for an a i r s h i p is simply the planet Venus, shining under varying atno*- "Hr. Shaffer was driving • young horse that became frightened a t
p b e r i c conditions. But t h i s does not account for the vings vhlch , t h e w a s t e r and could not be driven peat i t . A. a [Link] be bad
various veracious chroniclers I n s i s t - t h a t they sav faijta flapping f r o m ! " t " « around and go back
the s i d e s . Venus ought to behave herself bettxr when she's out at •The ship va* cigar shaped, forty feet long, handsomely furnished
night. on the inside and athe a e r i a l craft was inhabited by a crew of foreign
tongued aldgets who spoke no English. Hr. Shaffer think* th* ship
Franklin (Ind,) Democrat (vkly) April 23, 2nd section, p. 6. a wonderful piece of nechaflia«."
That mysterious object in the sky is nothing but the old ship Confi­ ______ ______ 0. F. «■ _ _
dence loaded with prosperity. Row l e t ' s a l l keep s t i l l and see where rkay""13, p. 3—-Rain of snake* In I N . T
she l i g h t s .
Hobart, I n d . , Gazette. P r I . April 30, p . 8- I*ke Station. 1897 April 24 (Sat eve.) p . 4 (Trlbunea and Exchanges)
Some of the Lake people have sighted the a i r s h i p , or claim they have. This Explain* I t All.
Agent of Rain's circus thia afternoon ahoved a t e l t g r a a which
La Grange, I n d . , Standard.
r u i s e , «">.. « « « . « . . Th. April
i...«i«.i«,F. - 22, p . If. Mongo.
"-»»«• explain, the a i r ahlp t a l k . It 1* a real a i r .hip advertising t h .
Mongo. Apr. 19. . . . Some of our c i t i t e n s saw the a i r s h i p Wednesday ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ . . . ^ ^ t e l e g _ . p h e d _ , CUj co_,ty t
night. lang in the south part of Andersoo near the circus t e n t * , between 6
Fair-count. I n d . , Weekly Jfccjcxe Hews, April 30, p 1 « . "
Twinkle, twinkle l i t t l e s h i p , t h a t now doth through the heavens a l l p ; and 8 o'clock to-night.—Anderson Bulletin. . . . .
a [Link], a Joke, a star--many wonder vhat you a r e .
fey 7 , p . k- The l a t e s t i n t e l l i g e n c e of t h e movements of the a i r ship p. 7 or 8—Hot an M r Ship.
ie that i t landed in Falrmount a t an a a r l y hour Monday morning l a s t , Nor an a i r c a s t l e , but a fully demonstrated f a c t . . . . C*dv. by
and_ carried off the " c i t l i c n s ' " t i c k e t . _ — _ .Kokomo Loan and Saving. A . a o c , to save and thereby become prosperous.
1897 April 30 (Fri) Kentland, I n d . , Courier, p. 1.
May i—craty about s r s p . (CInclnn. story)
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The Courier CMorocco CourierTJ says t h a t "two a i r s h i p s " were x t m lb ?? Hay }> (wed.] l l a r t W City (Ind".) Te lflgrM, p , z .
v i s i b l e from htorocco one night l a s t veek, and that vhen l a s t seen
"thfy were hanging in the sky to the north-west of town, but in the Richmond Sees tbe Air Ship.
course of half an hour gradually descended below the range of vision. Several young men of Richmond vho had a desire to fool the people
When the people once thoroughly understand that these so-called a i r ­ rigged up a large kite Wednesday night and t i e d to the base several
large Chinese lantern* so t h a t i t looked l i k e an a i r s h i p . There waa *
ships are nothing more than h o t - a i r b a l l o o n s , or something s i m i l a r ,
brisk wind In the evening and the k i t e ascended without great trouble
the subject v l l l become a "chestnut," but not before One cannot
being experienced. Vhen i t attained a height of several hundred feet
pick up an i l l u s t r a t e d newspaper now-a-days without finding upon I t s
.the young nen got into a buggy and drove northwest, holding the slender
pages a picture of an "air shiap" descending into a f i e l d , while In thread and of course pulling the " a i r s h i p " with them.
the back ground cay be seen the farmer's team leaving that l o c a l i t y
xiDut at a rate of speed, which, while not as fast perhaps as the Caa City Weekly Journal, Kay i t , 189T. Making t i g h t of I t .
best record, Is nevertheless unuaually good for an ordinary farm team. The Tennessee alrahip has none of the red, green and yellow l i g h t s
If, added to the arduous task Of keeping an eye out for covered c a r s , which lent a spectacular effect to the a i r s h i p which' i l l "reputable"
threashing machines and snide t i l agenda, the farmer is compelled to men swore they saw land in a cornfield near Ga« City. Nevertheless tbe
pursue his labors with the iqrja unpleasant knowledge that at any fact is stronger than the f i c t i o n , If not *o gorgeous.—Hartford City
noment, some d e v i l i s h a e r i c e l contrivance is l i a b l e to itx descend Hews. (Aprl 9 issue missing.)
on his team and stampede i t into the next township, vhlle perhaps he LaPorte Argus, Th. April 15, p . 1.
himself has a leg pulled o f f / t h e n h i s position in l i f e is made That n i g h t - s a i l i n g a i r s h i p the Western papers are talking so nuch
doubly unpleasant ■about has at l a s t reached Chicago and several people have «een i t . We
1897 April 30 ( F r l ) V-'hlte County Deinocrat (Hontlcello, I n d . ) , p . 1. Imagine the La Porte people can see the saw; thing any clear night by
looking to the west In the early evening. Whatever k«j they Whether
—Our Fair Oak correspondent gives an account of mysteiiarlous they see the _ a i r s h i p or _ not will depend_ mainly _ upon what they have been
l i g h t s vhich have been floating over that neighborhood durlnf the past Jrjnklng. " " T h e ' M r e ' . o b e r ' t h e y ' a r e t h e lore l i k e l y they w i l l ' b e to c*ll
week. The people up In that section of the country are not inclined t c ^ Venua .
give much credence to the a i r ship theory, but rather Incline to the p l l > u V'M T e r y c l e 4 _ S m i i J e T e n l n g M d the p l a n . t Venn* vai v i . i b l a
belief that the phenomenon portends d i s a s t e r of some kind, The IdJtxfci I Q t h ( , v e a t i f ) mVi»\>Al splendor. I t appeared a* an a i r . h i p to thou-
I d a v i l l e Obaerver t h i s veek also gives an account of the s ame l i g h t Bftnd( o f u M d m h o u g h t h e ltorj, l t g ( . u l n g o l d ^ , t f t l e lh„
having been seen floating northward between Burnetts v i l l e and Ida- ^ . ^ t e l e s r t p h l c r e p o r t < 0 f i t fro* a l l p o i n t , of the
v i l l e . Within eight minutes a f t e r i t vas seen at IdavlUe i t v» s sighted c o u n t r y . 0 n e ^ ^ supp08< . t h e , p , ^ , . , ^ ^ i g e t t l r e d o f p,,i. { f o r
at S t a r City -and1 publishing such absurd t r a s h .
!Uy 1, 1'07 Indl;in.i;iolj,3 Sentinel t J . i t . J p. 1897 Hay 5 (Wed) Terre iiaute tveniag A l e t t e , p . B. ...—.——.—

[Link]. A Kan Air Ship Seen. / Last Night About 8:30 O'clock.
[Link]^c [Link] Seen in the Woods Hear Sailor by n Farmer, "Last n i g h t , " says one of the Caiette caployees, who a o l e » l y averi
Lo^rangc, April JO,—fl'c farmers living near Sailor, northwest of that the vision waa not Induced by strong slitak coffee or siince p i e ,
here, act conoidr:rnbly aroused over the appearance in the '.Joods of a "I aaw the a i r ship. I t was f i r s t noticed by myself and friends at
strange animal which resembles a nan. I t has U^cn reported for the 8:30 and was plainly v i s i b l e in the western sky for about ten nlnutea.
l a s t t>'0 years that a mysterious anirial [Link] Inhabiting the uoods, but It was several times larger than a *tar of hlgheat **gni£ude, and v«».
th". reports uerc never credited u n t i l toilay, u-hen Adan Cardner and Ed In f a c t , nearly as large as the moon. I t gave out flashes of l i g h t
Suinchart, two «c 11-known Carriers, reported [Link] the aninnl was seen and slowly sank out of sight In the west.
and that shots were t i r e d at i t . The men r e p o r t that the beast walked
on i t s hind le^s and had every nppcinrance of n man, save the body uas Hay 8 p. 11—aerl nav a r t i c l e w Info on Sacraoento a r s p .
covered " i t l i h a i r . The height »as that of an avcrar.e-size.d can. When Tues May 11 p . 3—Kite I Ar Sp. Aeronaut W.P. Denni. ha* 2 patent
the animal saw the men approaching i t jumped and started for the thick devices which he will bring out t h i s summer.• U* has b u i l t s e t k i t e *
portion of the uicils upon it.i hind lefts, but afterward dronped on i t s arep; kite made to l i f t man u seat aospended belov, I k i t e ha* wind­
hands and disappeared with r a b b i t - l i k e bounds, Gardner shot at the mill device to help l i f t , 4 can ascend several 100' with i t , seeing
nnlraal and thinks he h i t i t , ns the .1nia.1l secned loned. A searching eneny In time of wsr. The ar sp uses gas in cigar ahaped balloon, w
• party is bein^ organised to hunt for the mysterious aninal. pedalled windmill device for forward a c t i o n . Haa paddle wheel like
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a a t e a n b o a t ' s a t r e a r , 1B made of b i c y c l e t u b i n g , & w i l l be iti d i s - t h e wind, o r a t t h e r a c e of t l i i t t h i r t y - f i v e m l l e a an h W f T - T h i
p l a y e d in summer. ... ( o f f i c e r s g a i e d a f t e r i t u n t i l i t d i s a p p e a r e d from l i g h t . Whether o r
McCLure's Kag, J u n e 97 ( n o t i t was t h e a i r s h i p , which l a l a i d t o be a c i r c u s a d v e r t i s e m e n t ,
Th Hay 12 p . 1 — ( C a r t o o n — T h e Arsp A g a i n . L i q u o r b o t t l e w i t h c o r k s c r e w a l l u n i t e in t h e . d e c l a r a t i o n t h a t they aaw and were a v « - « t r l c k « n a t
s p i n n i n g from f r o n t and stem g l a a a f # r - b a c k , a a h t r a y s u s p e n d e d u n d e r , ' the s t r a n g e a e r i a l t r a v e l e r .
c a r r y i n g s n a k e l o o k i n g down; Coshen wkly Democrat 4 / 2 1 / 9 7 , p . 3 . : An E l k h a r t p h o t o g r a p h e r I s *
"Our r e s p e c t e d c l t l r e n , Mr. L a t e l y Lodgeman, on h i s way home from making t h e p e o p l e of t h a t t o v n b e l i e v e he h a s c o r r e c t photogr^aWephe
t h e c l u b a t an e a r l y hour t h i s m o r n i n g , d e c l a r e s he saw a e t a a n g e o b j of t h e a i r s h i p . And t h e y t h i n k I t i a a f a c t , t o o .
I n t h e h e a v e n s whoch he f i r m l y b e l i e v e s was t h e a r s p . Mr. L 1« c o n f i n - j T h e ^ 1 1 ( B e d f o r d ) 4 / 2 2 , p . 1 , A Kentucky e d i t o r t a y e : "The w r i t e r
fd fo h i s h o u s e t o d a y and c a n n o t be see.—HY J o l . '>■■< been s a o p l l n g a l l k i n d s of l i q u o r l a t e l y , b u t ao f a r h»a n o t beat
1697 Kay 6 ( t h . ) L o u i s v i l l e E v e n i n g P o s t , p . t). a b l e t o g e t h o l d of cha a i r s h i p b r a n d . However, a s h i g h a t f o u r
iY>on$ have kg been v i s i b l e on one o r two o c c a s i o n s .
Saw t h e A i r s h i p . TS97 Kay 1 3 "(Tn) 'TeVre "Haute E v e n i n g U a t e t t e , p . 2 . 1LU1J

MADISON, I n d . , Hay 6 ( S p e c i a l . R e l i a b l e o f f i c e r * of t h e steamer

L l n i c Boy saw t h e a i r s h i p l a s t n i g h t , g o i n g s o u t h w e s t , n e a r H a m i l t o n , f^naat s n a k e / I t Swallows P i g s and C h i c k e n s and t i l l s a florae.
50 o l l e s above M a d i s o n , I t was c i e " " s h a p e d , w i t h t h r e e l i g h t s , sjid T o p e k a , May 1 3 . — The f a r m i n g community around t h e town of L o g a n ,
s a i l i n g 35 a l l e s an h o u r . In P h i l l i p s c o u n t y , I* In t e r r o r o v e r t h e d i s c o v e r y of a huge anake
H o n t i c e l l o , r n d . . H e r a l d , May 6 , p . 1 . The a i r s h i p so m i n u t e l y d « » - j t h < t h „ been c o r a l t t i n g d e p r e d a t i o n s t h e r e f o r t h e l a a t few d a y s . 1
c r i b e d i n l a a t w e e k ' s I d a v i l l e O b s e r v e r proved t o be a t o y b a l l o o n ' v s s f i r s t s e e n l a s t F r i d a y on C r y s t a l c r e e k , and l a t h o u g h t t o h a v e
s e n t up by some p r a c t i c a l J o k e r s a t B u m e t t a v i l l e f o r t h e s p e c i a l a s c e n d e d t h e s m a l l s t r e a m from t h e Solomon r i v e r d u r i n g t h e r e c e n t
purpose of e i e r c l s l n R the Observer c a n ' s d e s c r i p t i v e powers. !fre»het. A German f a r s w r nade t h e d i a e o v e r y . After l o s i n g twenty
1697 May b (Th) K a r t l n s v i l l e , I n d . , R e p u b l i c a n ( v k l y ) , p . l . ( c a r d l ) p i g s , he found t h e t r a i l of t h e r e p t i l e and f o l l o w e d i t t o t h e c r e e k ,
I where i t d i s a p p e a r e d . The n e x t n i g h t he l o s t t v e n t y more p l g l , and
THE AIR SHIP STORY. / The L o u i s v i l l e C o u r i e r - J o u r n a l Almost R e l i v e d th* u a , a d v l a e d t h a t a n e i g h b o r l o s t s i x t y c h i c k e n s from t h e I I M c a u s a .
Same F a k e - - T h c p o p u l a r I m p r e s s i o n . / They i n s t i t u t e d a s e a r c h and c l a i m t o hav« t e e n t h e s n s k e sad s h o t • (
Last Thursday afternoon a s t r o n g e r entered the L o u i s v i l l e Courier ±ti t u t i t managed t o e l u d e t h e n by c r a w l i n g back I n t o t h e w a t e r .
J o u r n a l and t o l d a r e p o r t e r t h a t he had J u s t r e s t u r n e d from E v a n s v i l l e On Sunday I t k i l l e d a h o r s e t o d t h e f a r m e r s r e p o r t e d t h e m a t t e r I
w h l e r e he and n p a r t y o f f i v e had been on s p l e a s u r e e x c u r s i o n on t h e t h e tovn p e o p l e and a s k e d h e l p In s u b d u i n g t h e r e p t i l e .
much t a l k e d of a i r s h i p . The s t r a n g e r even e n t e r e d I n t o d e t a i l s e b o u t A d e s c r i p t i o n h a t been f o r w a r d e d h e r e in o r d e r t o d e t e r m i n e t h «
t h e m a t t e r t o t h e e x t e n t of s a y i n g t h a t one of t h e p a s s e n g e r s had been s p e c i e s t o which i t b e l o n g s . I t I s s a i d t o be f i f t y f e e t In l e n g t h ,
l e f t a t E v a n a v i l l e s i c k — t h a t t h e s h i p woe t h e n c o n c e a l e d n e a r L o u i s ­ ■green i n c o l o r , w i t h w h i t e s p o t s on i t s b o d y . I t r s l s e s I t s head t o
v i l l e and t h a t he would c o n v i n c e t h e r e p o r t e r of t h e e x i s t e n c e of t h e h e i g h t ' o f t e n " " f e e t and stakes a v e r y viie~~itrack where I t c r a w l a b n - t h <
a e r i a l m o n s t e r IT he irould be s t a c e r t a i n p o i n t in L o u i s v i l l e a t a ground.
c e r t a i n hour t h a t n i p h t . He f u r t h e r S t a t e d t h a t t h e p a r t y would l e a v e The f a c t a In r e l a t i o n t o t h e s n a k e a r e f u r n i s h e d and vouched f o r
F r i d a y morning f o r Europe and would 6end a c a b l e p r a m t o t h e C o u r i e r by B e r t P . W a l k e r , p o a t s i s B t e r a t Logan and e d i t o r of t h e Logan t e p u b l
J o u r n a l from London, Monday, Hay 3> The r e p o r t e r k e p t M a promise by
beinp, a t t h e a p p o i n t e d p l a c e a t t h e a p p o i n t e d t i m e , b u t t h e s t r a n g e r
w i t h t h e a i r s h i p In h i s eye was not t h e r e . He had p r o b a b l y found
ohoo
some o t h e r K e n t u c k i a n who was , p e r h a p s , more l i b e r a l w i t h t h e Blue 1897 April H (Wed) Cincinnati Enquirer, p. 4. (card I)
Crass s t a t e ' s f a v o r i t e d r i n k .
These f f t c t s ' w o u l d ' n a t u r a l l y Imprcoa""one"Hint t h e [Link] In tli'p IN THE AIR / And on Earth is Well / Paoous Airship Is Seen By Many Il­
linois People—Machinery Out of Order. / Special Dispatch to the Enqui
Kentucky newspaper o f f i c e was c i t h e r t r y i n g t o p l a y a p r a c t i c a l .[oke
on o r e p o r t e r , o r was d a f t on t h e a i r s h i p q u e s t i o n . But r e a d i n f t h e
a c c o u n t [Link] in t h e C o u r i e r J o u r n a l e s t a b l i s h e d t h e b e l i e f t h a t t h e CARLINVILLE, ILL., April 13.—The much-heralded alrthip has been
s t r a n g e r " a l r a s o t p e r s u a d e d " t h e C o u r i e r J o u r n a l t h a t he was t e l l i n g seen not only in Its aerial flight, but on terra firm- In the northern
them of soECthtnp'thnt was in existence. They "made not a sinplestaU P a t t o f t h * 9 e o u t , t v ' T h l s c l c T w " * u c h concerned this mornln* by
nent that tended to cast doubt upon the stranger's story. They pave reports coming In from verloua points north that a strange apparition
the facts for what they were worth, an they put it. They did not answering to the description of the airship had appeared at different
lucstion the unbelievable spedd required to carry the aerial party .places Monday afternoon about 3 (T) o'clock. It deacended in a field
from Louisville to London, Enpland, In four days end nirhts, in time owned by E. Thacker, a mile north of Kilwood. Three men—wm. Street,
to send n in cablegram from the latter place to the fonder on "onday Ed Tupler and Frank Hetcalf — aay Chat they aaw It. After a period of
of this week. <>5 minutes
The point of prentest interest in the whole natter is that the IT SAILED NORTH.
Courier Journal is but one of the trnny nevspnpers of the country that The next notice taken of It was at Creen Ridge, a little mining
printed these fake airhhip stories nnd paid the correspondents for camp, where a alarge croud of people saw It settle a mile north In a
sendinf them in. The Courier Journal supported its failure to expr-s grove. They hastened to investigate, but as they got within a half
ft
dmiht Of this story by oayinp, that several trustworthy citizens of th' " H e again roae and continued its northward journey. The C. and A.
city had clair-ed to have seen the air ship.' The fact thst so many n i g h t o p e r a t o r , who was h u n t l n p , n e a r b y , was c l o s e enough t o d i s c o v e r
newspapers seoiW to have so much faith in these wild stories led the a huiaan b e i n g w o r k i n g a b o u t t h e machine aa if t i g h t e n i n g sone l o o s e n e d
Reporter to publish n story of itsown on the Bin-e subject of R»ne'raJ mechinery. The s p e c t a t o r s say i t was shaped l i k e a b o a t w i t h o t r i ex­
interest two weekn nro. That storv was GO labelled as to warrant anv t e n d i n g on e a c h s i d e and a t o p s i m i l a r t o t h e
person in tyreatinp. it as a "take off" on the numerous stories that hat CAHOPY OF A KJUflH BOOTH.
been rend in other Cncv3pnpera]. The citliens of this to^-n believed I t p a s s e d o v e r t h e town of Sherman a b o u t 8 o ' c l o c k a t t h e r a t e of
It and, "hen It was republl6hed in neighboring newspapers, citizens 35 m i l e s an h o u r , and waa l a a t s e e n a b o u t 9:45 f l y i n g o v e r U l l U a a s -
of other counties believed it and Journeyed to V<-ed Pateh Hill to view v i l l e n o r t h toward P e o r i a . The o p e r a t o r s a l o n g t h e C. end A. k e p t a
the air ship. The fact is that too many peraons believed it to allow c l o s e watch of i t t d i r e c t i o n and a p e e d . The f a c t t h a t i t a l i g h t e d
it to be a pood Joke, as It was intended. The one consolation is that t w i c e i n s u c h s m a l l i n t e r v a l s of s p a c e l e a d s t o t h a s u p p o s i t i o n t h a t
jmny persons in hiRh places did not doubt the story of the air ship, t h e m a c h i n e r y waa i n some Banner i n c a p a c i t a t e d . The whole c o u n t r y l a
as f-1-....th'; ense in the Courier Joumil office. g r e a t l y e x e r c i s e d over the e v e n t . /
1897 May 9 (Sun) Indianapolis Journal, p. 2. {,,,. ,Jt1«.< Mj HUHC1E SPEAKS UP. / SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE EWJUIRZR.
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MUHCIE, IND., A p r i l 1 3 . — S y l v e s t e r Oran ( I ) , a r e s i d e n t of Avondal
Sure I t Was t h e Air S h i p . / S p e c i a l t o t h e I n d i a n p o l l s J o u r n a l . a s u b u r b of t h i s c i t y , c l a i m s t o have s e e n t h e m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p t h i s
Seyciour, I n d . , May B . — L a s t n i g h t a b o u t 9 o ' c l o c k t h e a i r s h i p , morning a b o u t 3 o ' c l o c k . He was c a l l e d t o go f o r a d o c t o r , and on
which was t h o u g h t t o hove been seen h e r e a s h o r t t i r e ago by two of l e a v i n g h i e home he s a y s h i s e y e s were a t t r a c t e d by a b r i g h t l i p h t In
o u r t r u t h f u l c i t i z e n s , b u t which was d o u b t e d by a g r e a t c a n y , was s e e n t h e h e a v e n s . I t moved s w i f t l y from n o r t h t o s o u t h , going a t a R r e s t
a g a i n Jind by s o [Link] t h a t i t c a n n o t now b e d o u b t e d . I t approached speed and v a n i s h i n g In a feu s e c o n d s . He b e a r s a Rood r e p u t a t i o n f o r
o u r c i t y a t a r a p i d s p e e d from t h e s o u t h . The e l a r n was I m w J i a t c l y
j;Jv<in .ind soon t h e s t r e e t s werf e h r o n j e d w i t h p e o p l e . The n i g h t was v e r a c i t y , and h l a a t o r y i s b e l i e v e d . /
*o dark t h a r i t wns I m p o i i i b l e t o t$e an^rhjnfl b u t t ^ e h e j J H g h r . Seen "at" M a n c h e s t e r . / SPECIAL DISPATal'TO THE EHQU1R£R. " "
_Msy_9_-P.!—13"Interview w i t h . Barnatft WA£ASH, IND. A p r i l 1 3 . — The r e p o r t c a n e from North H a n c h e e t e r l a a
n i p h t t h a t what a p p e a r e d t o be an a i r s h i p f l o a t e d l a * l l y o v e r t h a t
14 Eonea of sea s e r p e n t found p l a c e a t a h e i g h t of a q u a r t e r of a m i l e l a s t e v e n i n g . S e v e r a l p e r s o
Hay 1* p . * HYT down on B ' s a r s p c l a l o t o h a v e eeen t h e h e a d l i g h t and watched t h e d a r k maa* u n t i l I t
1697 Hay I I (Wed.) [Link] C o u r i e r fwklyl , p . 2 . dlaappeared. The d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e machine c o r r e s p o n d s w i t h t h a t
flWen by thr» I . V . I t r n p f o p j e vim i n t f t thi-y h i v e t e e n i t ,
THE MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP. / THE COURIER HAS THE LATEST STORY. / ,
T897""Ap rIl' 15 ( t h norti) C i n c i n n a t i ' E n q u i r e r , p . 1 , (card 11
[Link] C h a r l e s l i e t t e n s , p i l o t of t h e Hadlson and C i n c i n n a t i
p a c k e t L i i r l e Bay, w h i l e on duty a t e l e v e n o ' c l o c k l a s t n i g h t , when
SIX KEK / Seen In t h e A i r s h i p / Aa i t S a i l e d Over Korion l a D a y l i g h t .
t h e b o a t was o p p o s i t e H a m i l t o n , f i f t y m i l e s above t h i s c i t y , saw a
s c r a n p e s i g h t o v e r h e a d , a p p a r e n t l y a m i l e or two In t h e a i r . He at A l i g h t e d Near Cat C i t y , But Again Atcended Before I t Could Be A p p r e ­
once c o n c l u d e d i t was t h e a i r s h i p , of which t h e u s a b l e t" p a p e r s have h e n d e d . / SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THZ EHQUIREJt.
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hod so much t o say l * i e of l a t e . He t h e r e f o r e c a l l e d C a p t a i n John MARION, I H D . , A p r i l 1 » . ~ - T h e m u a h - t e l k e d - o f a i r s h i p p a s s e d o v e r

H a m i l t o n , m a s t e r of t h e b o a t ; Lul D u p r e i , t h e second c l e r k , and Mate Marion t h i s a f t e r n o o n a b o u t ( ) o ' c l o c k a b o u t s i x m i l e s t o t h e s o u t h
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the o t h e r s , road, yesterday norning bleu in fron Gothaa on the Southwestern Lini:
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had lasted a t r i f l e l a t e r than usual, and i t was well toward midnight turned by thc Dave [Link] dinners, but I swear ay l i f e on what I saw
when he started to drive ho:ic. He f i r s t heard a peculiar churning being an airship ot sene d e s c r i p t i o n , Tlie ship must be t r a v e l l i n g ve
sound in thc a i r , am! then he sa'.i a bright light in tlie heavens. rapidly to cover the distance I t does in so short a t i n e . "
Greatly [Link], he looked up and could plainly sec the outlines of the Bancroft's Story,
a i r s h i p . I t had large paddles that were revolving rapidly, like wings, 'Jhile the s t a r s were blinking in tlie sky which roofs the select
and which had caused the peculiar sound he heard. I t s notion seemed to suburb, Norwood, Frank Caligula Bancroft stopped poring over thc »ch©
be directed by a pair ot paddles in "tlie rear, .ind'Til'togrfchcr," Bob" says, ule and figuring how he could give 18 player* a lower berth in a alee
i t norc resembled a large bird than anything else he can think of, ing car which contained only 12, and worrying about tho milk b i l l due
Thnujht of Pootpads. on Monday, and commenced humming that old ballad! "Where 1*. Hy Dog
0. C. Fetter thinks he sow thc remarkable heavenly body about half : T o n | t _ h t .. ^cn h c c h n n c c d to look through the halt window •- in which
an hour l a t e r almost d i r e c t l y over his home, in Haplcwood. To hia i t th~c b T l W ^ f r T ^ t ~ u ™ w n 7 ~ f h e hired help lud taken' the curtains dow
looked like a giant nan suiming through the a i r , and with great c l c c - j t 0 ^ i i u n d r i e d , and Bancroft hod tacked an old newspaper only over t
t r i e l i g h t s fw eyes. Hc uas rauch alarmed ot f i r s t , for there have becr. lo;/CJ . f r a f a e i n o r d ( l r t Q a c r c c n hinself fro™ the public g a t e .
a number of holdups out in Hillcreek Valley of l a t e . Mr. Petter himself n i e s c p c c itrainorics give an Idea of the c l e a r , unobstructed vie*
was a contemplated victim, but hc bested the two v i l l a i n s who attacked | o f t h e h e n t f c n a afforded through the upper sash, Bancroft was trying
hin. Hc at once c u e to tho conclusion, Thursday night, that hc was t o ; f t g u r e o n t h e l o c a t i o n o f t i , e 9 i g Dipper vhUe looking c*it of the *ou
be thc victim ot another attack, but fron a source that rendered a s s l s - ' u i n d o U i u h e n h c eu ddeitly noticed a long, oblong body floating through
tance out o f , t i c question, lie realized that his good right nm was of a p a c e , l ] e Bt oppcd thinking of tlie dog and antttcbacco t e s t l - o n i i l *
no avail in combatting this heavenly footpad, and was alnost paralyzed .flawed through his nind.
when i t occurred to h i s that this was probably the mysterious oirship ^ 0 b j c c ' t grew larger, and by the tine'Bancroft had stepped to
he had been reading about. ! the veranda he noticed that t t was an a i r s h i p . The machine wa* heada
William Harmct, thc coal nan and erstwhile president of the Zoolog-dirccttjf for h i s l o t , and, becoaing alaroed. the baseball aanager l i e '
ical Society, probably had the most peculiar impressions, however. He ed a lantern, drew over thc globe the leg of a red stocking of *c*»« &
had been out a t r i f l e later than usual, attending sonc social function, gone player's unifora, and, standing close to hi* coop of high-priced
and was hastening hcae, with a nind ot pence with nil the i.-orld, when ;but nonlaylng chickens, he waved thc danger *ignal f r a n t i c a l l y . Two
hc heard ntran'c noises coning out of the north, as of a nyriad of wing? blocks nway the nldnlght t r o l l e y car stopped with a crunch, but the
beating the blue ozone of heaven,"arij'""raIrigIc"o'~with i t crcakings and airship soiled on and on. The engineer of the a e r i a l notor cast anctv
groanings. Looking u;,,,ird, hc described a bright light in the sky. As in a n c i c hboring t r e e , ond, after inquiring i t the spore nan in thc
he looked i n t e n t l y lie r..x,i beyond the bright light thc outlines of what ^ j . ^ m o u 8 tachc ond s h i r t sleeves would b l a t e the way to the house of
resembled an [Link] [Link], l>ut with grent wheels on the sides instealione P, C. tancroCt,"'thc"bafl"cball nan rtplTcd' Uint"he would~»lgn'liie
of at the s t e r n . The rudder, too, was unlike any he had ever seen. He j pledge at once, If the stranger would only take the thing away,
was overcome with :;un>risc, and his nind became so confuacd that he Ina- Promise ot Sunshine.
gined the birds and [Link].-. at thc Zoo had forracd a combination, turned But i t was a peace a i s s i o n which brought the strange navigator,
the carnivora into an air boat, fitolon the e l e c t r i c light plant and lie came direct from the Agricultural Departnent at Washington, and wa
started out on a tour ot thc world, Thc object uas s t i l l ii^icw when .sent by Chief l e a t h e r Han Willis Hoore. Moore apologlxed tor the ipe
he entered hin hw.e, .ltd he was able to sleep but l i t t l e for wondering of bad weather, and explained that t t was a l l duo to an Inferior Deiao-
what i t 'ins. hot until hi- read thc account of the presence of thc u o n - l c r a t i c clerk, who mixed up the Chio Volley and Hew England orders g»
dcrful airship did i t occur to him what he had seen the night before. ; the Buckeyes rain and the Puritans sunshine. Even c i v i l service will
Cave Watts tho Blues, not save the clerk, thc a i r s h i p nan explained,. and future e n t e r t a t m e i
"[Link], i t you can, a huge chaiapagnc bottle ns big as a house," at thc Cincinnati Ball Park will not have to bo taken with "water on
said Walter Ctmcrion, in describing his view on Price ilill ot the side."
strange v e s s e l , "with wings ns big as those of a good theatrical angel All Norwood, and as far in a* O'Bryonville and as far out as "Ar
and swinging below i t a huge banket. That is what thc flying machine Duffy's and Oakley, are talking about the a i r s h i p this norning,-
is l i k e , I tell_)'ou. It passed within f i f t y feet of my head, and I When "Buck" luvtng went out l a t e Thursday night to take a look a1
f e l t i t s hot t'reath upon ny brou. I t uas exactly fJTi4 wUen tlie thing I the sky, to Bee if rain threatened to *top another game, he noticed,
alld over the c i t y . Yes, I «m quite sure of th« tl»«, I t gav* nt t h t ;far «way to thc east, a queer, cigar-shaped object high up in the a i r
blues, [Link] flying machine did, tor I uant".d to invent i t nyself." At f i r s t he thought that i t was a sunspot, l e f t over froa the day, fd
Passenger Traffic Hanagcr D. E. Edwards, of the G, H.# and D., , sunspot! are always numerous during a season, of protracted humidity,
when questioned about the airship mystery, gave a strange story. He j The object became larger and, after watching i t tor a whlle^, Suing
has a way of getting up at his Walnut Hills mansion vi th thc sun, and looked at i t through a pop-bottTe. Ui'tfi the "iid"of "this len* he soon
puts in an hour or so while breakfast is preparing in sprinkling his {discovered that i t was an a i r s h i p . Pive o i n u t e i l a t e r he could d i s ­
lawn. He [Link] that yesterday morning he was out and was struck with cover the outlines of a wan steering the contrivance, and then he
something that secned to be floating in a i d a i r . noticed a trunk, on which was printed in large l e t t e r s i
"I thought it was a cloud," said he, "and did not pay nuch a t t e n ­ "T. CCfiCCRAH, Hew Haven, Conn."
tion to t!'.<": object, but after reading the Cotrmcrclal Tribune this Hastily calling Torny up hy long distance 'phone, the Reds' cap­
corning, I jumped at thc conclusion that I had spied the airship of tain was delighted to learn that the r e c a l c i t r a n t shortstop had sud­
which we have heard so much," denly determined to sign a contract when he discovered that the sal»;v
Assistant General Passenger agent Warren J. Lynch, ot the Big Four,term had s t a r t e d . Being anxious to join the team as quickly ai possit
said that two or three o£ the nen connected with the passenger office ble, he had embarked on an airship which had j u s t been perfected by a
volunteered the statement that they had noticed something unusual In New Haven genius who made a fortune In wooden nutmegs and d i i s l p a t e d
thc heavens yesterday morning, but gave the l a t t e r l i t t l e attention un- i t seeking to discover perpetual notion. Failure drove hin to dispair,
t i l a discussion arose l a t e r in thc day, and then a l l came to the con- and while hts reason was t o t t e r i n g he contrived to dodge the madhouse
elusion that they had seen something of tho mysterious air nonstcr that long enough to build an a i r s h i p . Toorcy discovered the invention whll«
cnaain
has been a t t r a c t i n g so ouch c u r i o s i t y everywhere during the past few 5 « " v ball Ear « «ew Haven anateur Club which had dropped i*
days. down the chimney of the i n v e n t o r ' s workshc-p,
A Tremendous Tray"."""" ~~~
Judge Joel linker, ot Covington, was the only witness across the
river who could s t a t e what he saw, and that uas because he happened to I1 Soared Over Columbus.
be on this side '.'hen the vessel passed. Seen J u s t Below the Clouds in .the Early Horning.
" I t was shaped exactly like a t r a y , " said hc. "An oval, flat af­ ! Special Dispatch to t':c Corxaerclal Tribune.
f a i r , with wings out every few feet, all flopping at once. There was a Coluobus, Cliio, April 17.—Tlie a i r s h i p has struck Coluobus. I t
steara calliope aboard, and some one was rioinf; a song and dance. I ■ « " soaring high above the c i t y Just under the clouda, and i t had two
thought I was dreading at f i r s t , until a railroad sandwich was dropped lor three red l i g h t s .
overboard and blacked my eye. It was the biggest tray I ever saw. Ho

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1697 A p r i l li ( S u n V ' t l n c i n n a t i C o a o e r c l a l t r i b u t e , p . 107"" " ( c a r d 1J

THAT AIRSHIP AGAIN, / T h i s Time I t l a Seen by Some Upper Sendueky No K l s t a k e Thla Time / R e p u t a b l e P e o p l e See t h « A i r s h i p . / Wal P r o b ­
Touog Hen Who Were Going Home E a r l y In t h e H o r n i n g . / - S p e c i a l t o t h e a b l y a B a l l o o n , But I t Dropped H r . Remate a Message,. / /
Plain Dealer. The a i r s h i p t h a t has v l a l t e d s e v e r a l a t a t e a and h a s s t a r t l a d peopl
UPPER SANDUSKI, A p r i l 17.—-What a p p e a r e d t o be an a l r a h l p of huge a l l o v e r t h e c o u n t r y paased o v e r N e w p o r t , K y . t F r i d a y n i g h t a t 8:30
d i m e n s i o n s v a s o b s e r v e d by E.T. Kenan, c l e r k in S u p e r v i e o r S h i n e m a n ' a o ' c l o c k , and was p l a i n l y s e e n , ao d e c l a r e s e v e r a l r e p u t a b l e c l t l x c n a .
o f f i c e , a t an e a r l y hour t h l a D o m i n g . Hot o n l y was t h e s h i p p l s l n l y s e e n , b u t i t s p a s a t a g a r a coaaaunfeatad
H r . Kenan, w i t h a p a r t y o f o t h e r young g e n t l e m e n i n t h l a c i t y , w i t h t h e c i t l i e n a , a meaaage b e i n g d r o p p e d frosi t h s c l o u d t and found
a t t e n d e d a c o u n t r y dance and v e r e on t h e i r way h o n e . One of t h e p a r t y In t h e r e a r yard of H r . C h a r l e a R O M ' S r e s i d e n c e , a t 22 West 3rd
on l o o k i n g t o t h e n o r t h u e i t a t a i h o o t i n g s t a r was t h r i l l e d by t h e street. The message was w r i t t e n on a s a i a l l l i n e n b a g , which was f i l l s
s l g h t o f a b r i l l i a n t o b j e c t in t h e h e a v e n s . The p a r t y wa* alarmed a t w i t h s a n d , and was sa f o l l o w * !
the sight. F i n a l l y Kr. Kenan a u g g e a t e d an a l r a h l p and t h e p a r t y a t " A i r s h i p P e g a s u s , A p r i l 2 3 , 8:30 p . m . — P a s s e d o v e r Kewport, K y . ,
once f e l t a t e a a e . a t 8:25 p . m . , t r a v e l l i n g a t t h e r a t e of *0 t i l l e s an h o u r , due w e s t .
The o b j e c t was watched for f u l l y h a l f an hour as i t aeemed t o Aerometer r e c o r d e d 200 m i l e s s i n c e * ! 3 0 p . m . Expect t o a r r i v e a t
g r a d u a l l y approach them. When i t g o t n e a r enough t h e l i g h t s were of N s a h v l l l e , Term, a t 3 a.m. Sunday.
v e r y b r i g h t p u r p l e , y e l l o w and g t c e n . The o i g h t was r a t h e r c l o u d l y , "CAPTAIH PEGASUS.**
b u t by t h e time t h e young men r e a c h e d town t h e noon uaa s h i n i n g and The steaaage v a s d i s p l a y e d y e s t e r d a y on t h e a t r e e t a of Newport by
t h e o u t l i n e of t h e huge a l r a h l p c o u l d be t r a c e d . I t j w a s a b o u t tj*rtv_ Mr. Remme, who l a a m a n u f a c t u r i n g J e w e l e r and a b r o t h e r of C a s h i e r .
f e e t I n ' l e n g t h , of t h e shape oT"aa a u g e r a»a"Kifd~Kuee wlnga l i k e a " Edw.^ n. „ , ,. , „ , , . ,
s i x t e e n t h c e n t u r y w i n d m i l l . At one t i m e I t made a d i v e t o t h e e a r t h , , J R " W ' °f t h e ^ T " M*ttoa»1 ^ " " • . C - T ; » l U « « y of 20
b u t aoon r e c o v e r e d i t s e l f and p a s s e d t o t h e n o r t h and was aoon l a s t in * " r e e t , s t a t e d t h a t aha was s i t t i n g on h e r f r o n t p o r c h F r l a a y
the darkness. I t I s t h e t a l k o£ t h e town t o d a y and b u t f o r t h e young « v e n l n 8 when ahe saw a l i g h t In t h e w e a t t h a t seemed t o be moving abou
b o t , h e thou
men'» s t a n d i n g In t h e community would n o t be b e l i e v e d , E h t n o t h i n g a b o u t i t u n t i l I t began coming n e a r e r . ' She
kfc(- ■ 1697
- - - A p r i l 19 (Kon) ' C i n c i n n a t i E n q u ■i r e r , p . 5 . " " a a y a she watched I t u n t i l I t p a a s e d o v e r h e r h o u s e ; t h a t once o r t w l o
■he s t a r t e d i n t h e h o u s e t o g e t a p a i r o f l a r g e f i e l d g l a s s e s , b u t she
TALKED / With t h e A i r s h i p Man, But He Would Not Answer T h e n — L a s t e a t was a a f r a l d i t would be gone b e f o r e s h e c o u l d g e t b a c k . She a t a t e d i t
C h r o n l c l e s s . / SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER. waa t h e a h a p e of a c i g a r and was v e r y l o n g .
L e x i n g t o n , K y . , A p r i l 1 8 . — G e o r g e A l v e r a o n , a b u t c h e r , and A l e * H r . E z r a Van Duien a t a t e d t h a t ha aaw t h e l i g h t coming from t h s
Oxford and C h a r l e y H u n t e r , r a i l r o a d men, c l a i m t o have s e e n t h e much w e s t , b u t d i d n o t suppose t h a t I t was an a i r s h i p , b u t k e p t w a t c h i n g I t
h e r a l d e d a i r s h i p and t o have c o n v e r s e d w i t h l t a l o n e o c c u p a n t . They u n t i l I t c a n e n e a r enough t o be aeen v e r y d i s t i n c t l y . Be then c a l l e d
say t h a t t h e y were walking on M a n c h e s t e r s t r e e t , n e a r t h e C i n c i n n a t i f o r H r a . Re m e and h e r d a u g h t e r , Hlaa Lucy Kcame. T h e y , t o o , w i t h Hr.
S o u t h e r n t r e s t l e , l a s t n i g h t , when t h e y were s t a r t l e d by a s t r a n g e Van D u t e n , watched t h e l i g h t u n t i l I t d i s a p p e a r e d o v e r t h e i r h o u s e .
w h i r l i n g n o i s e o v e r h e a d . I t was n e a r 9 o ' c l o c t . Through t h e d a r k n e s s ' v f , e n t h e y r a n t h r o u g h t o t h e r e a r y a r d t o a g a i n w a t c h I t . J u a t aa t h e
t h e machine made a rush e a r t h w a r d , s e t t l i n g I n a v a c a n t l o t a b o u t 200 U o t l n t o c h < " a r ? « d c h e * *>"*** s o m e t h i n g heavy d r o p n e a r them, b u t
ln t h e
y a r d a from where they a t o o d . They h u r r i e d toward t h e v e h i c l e of t h e [ d a r k n e s e t h e y c o u l d n o t s e e what i t waa, b u t aooka of i t e*ong
c l o u d s , b u t were met by a s t r a n g e r some 40 y e a r s o l d . He had j u a t e ^ > e ^ H t h e , , l a < l v e • • T"* s t a t e m e n t made by H r a . P i l l i n g and K r . Van Duicn was
'ged from t h e machine and had i n h i s hand a b u c k e t , which he f i l l e d w i t h c o r r o b o r a t e d by a e v e r a l o t h e r p e r s o n a . Mrs. R e n * a r e a s e a r l y y e s t e r -
d , v
w a t e r from t h e s p r i n g s nearky. where h l a machine r e s t e d l n t h e b l u e c o m i n g . « d remembering what a h e had seen t h e n i g h t b e f o r e , v e n t
I6g r a a s . S u pvp l i e d w i t h w a t e r , he r e e n t e r e d t h e c a r , and I , d e c l i n i n g t o 1°"* *■* ?he r e a r yard to._Bee_If a n y t h i n g had f a l l e n , and t h e r e found
* ' ' " t h l a b a g o f Bend and t h e m a s a a g e . T h e r e waa a s m a l l T i r e a k In t h e bag
answer any of t h e q u e s t i o n s put t o him by t h e t h r e e men, he s a i l e d away , l n t v o p i . B c e , , allowing e v i d e n c e t h a t I t had f a l l e n a g r e a t d i a t a n c e .
j l n t h e d i r e c t i o n of Richmond. A l v e r s o n d e s c r i b e s t h e machine aa l o o k - T h e a e e l n g of t h e a i r « h l p and t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n r e c e i v e d from t h e a e r o
l l e t
, i n g l i k e a l a r g e winged s p i d e r . The body was c i g a r s h a p e d d h d » w " t h e s o l e t 0 P l c l n Newport y e a t e r d a y .
dull lead color.
,Drops T h i n g s Now. / Does t h e M y s t e r i o u s A i r s h i p — M o r e Queer A n t i c s ,
The t h r e e wen a r e r e p u t a b l e e l t i t e n s , and t h e i r s t o r i e s were
i The a l r a h l p d i s c o v e r e r s from o u t of town d i s t r i c t s have t a k e n a ne
ao g e n e r a l l y b e l i e v e d aa t o c a u s e t h o s e who h e a r d them l a s t n i g h t t o
.steer. The h e a v e n l y t r a v e l l e r s , a c c o r d i n g t o t h o s e v e r a c i o u s c h r o n l -
a i t up l a t e r t h a n u s u a l , h o p i n g t h a t t h e a i r s h i p might r e t u r n . /
BOTH EftWIT. / A n d Both * A r e ' C e r t a i n T h a t I t Was'an A i r s h i p . / SPECIAL c l e r s , h a v e t a k e n a t u r n o f a audden t o d r o p p i n g t h i n g s from t h e i r
DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER U°*ty eermotor. T h i s p r o p e n a l t y , l i k e t h e o r i g i n a l man s t o r y , haa CO*
P a d u c a h , K y . , A p r i l 1 8 . — M r . George L a n g a t a f f , J r . , memeber o f t h e ^ o a a l l q u a r t e r a a i o u l t a i n e o u a l y , and l a e n u m e r a t e d In d e t a i l w i t h
f i r m of Lsngfltaff I Onne, lumber d e a l e r s , and one of t h e most p r o m l n - / ^ c h r e m a r k a b l e a c c u r a c y aa t o l e a v e no d o u b t l n t h e minda of any aa t
:It
n e t men In t h e c i t y , s t a t e d t o - n i g h t t o The E n q u i e r e c o r r e s p o n d e n t * t r u t h or f a l s i t y .
t h a t he end h i s wife and Mr. I s a a c Q u i g l e y , one of t h e b e s t known l a y - Dupont, O h i o , r e p o r t s a man who f o l l o w e d t h e v e s s e l of t h e a i r , an
y e r s in t h e s t a t e sav t h e i i r s h i p l a s t n i g h t a t 9 : 3 0 . E d i t o r S t a r k s , came up w i t h i t j u a t l n time t o s e e i t r i s e and f l y away. But ha foun
of the Metropolis [111.) J o u r n a l has a l s o w r i t t e n a d e s c i p t l o n for a n o t e from t h e crew s a y i n g t h e y had t r a v e l l e d * , 0 0 0 m i t e s and were
The E n q u i r e r c o r r e s p o n d e n t of ( t h e s h i p which he saw l a s t n i g h t an going t o f i n d t h e N o r t h P o l e , ____
hour l a t e r below M e t r o p o l i s . Both e r e g e n t l e m e n of u n q u e s t i o n e d xaxx [ D e s p i t e t h e i r a s s e r t i o n s t>ie a t m o s p h e r i c a l b u g b e a r i s n e x t s e e n ~ s t
a x i l ? I n t e g r i t y and b o t h say t h a t by no p o s s i b i l i t y c o u l d i t have INewport, s o u t h of Dupont, a l t h o u g h in t h e meantime L o r a l n , O h i o , g s t a
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be.e.n a s t a r , .._.„.,.,. _ . .
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"•ln a s « « « l general way only. But I v i l l explain nothing to you. n D e all the atmospheric a i r frost i t s boo** and q u i l l s , or tubes, and
I f y o u c a n r e a s o n o u t how I t a s c e n d s and d e s c e n d s , o r 1* p r o p e l l e d , s u p p l y i n g . I n *ome unknown way,
v e i l and g o o d ; b u t I a h a l l answer n o q u e s t i o n s . Look i t o v e r and A VOLATILE SUBSTAHCS.
draw y o u r own c o n c l u s i o n i
The c o n t r l ^ n c e T t i e l f v i T T l f f l ; , , p i e c e o f e . c h a m . r n . and * t o o d ' r i „ ^ H F ^ ^ n ^ ^ l f 1 ^ ^ ^ - " ^ Sr'SfSfa?"*0
from 12 t o 15 f e e t h i g h . The l o v e r h a l f , o r c a r , wn« an o b l o n g a q u a r e "Vhen I t v a n t a t o deacend I t b a l l a s t * w i t h a t m o s p h e r i c s i r t h e '[
8 by 5 f e e t . The u p p e r h a l f , an e l o n g a t e d k g l o b e , a p p a r e n t l y 8 f e e t t u b « s from which i t l a t e l y e x c l u d e d i t . t i l l a b i r d I n s t a n t l y , on t h a ,
a t i t * g r e a t e s t d i a m e t e r , g r a d u a l l y d i m i n i s h i n g and t e r m i n a t i n g t o w i n g and i t d r o p * p e r p e n d i c u l a r l y , i f t h a wind 1* n o t b l o v i n g . Wound
r o u n d e d p o i n t s . I t * e x t r e m e l e n g t h b e i n g 15 o r 18 f e e t . The frame a p ­ I t s e r i o u s l y and I t f a l l s a t an a n g l e , l a t h e on* I n s t a n c e t h e a t ­
p e a r e d t o b e a w i r e f e e t w o r k , o n l y t h e w i r c a v e r e o f an Ismenee s i t e — t r a c t i o n o f g r a v i t a t i o n become* a s c e n d a n t i n s t a n t l y — I n t h e o t h e r g r a d -
an i n c h i n d i a m e t e r on t h e b o t t o m and a i d e * of t h e c a r , growing a m a l l e r , „ , , , „ n « . +«H«,
* t h e y a m e n d e d , u n t i l a t t h e t o p o f t h e e l o n g a t e d g l o b e t h e y were n o t ^ ^ c ^ n c e l S f t ^ l ^ J ? - « * only embrace, a l l t h e p r i n c . -
o r e tthan
more h a n a 4qquartu a r t e r of an I n c h . _, _ _ , . . _,. . . _ . . , _. . „ ,. „ *._#..» . _ > .
, , " *" . , , , , . , . . . .. .. pie* of the flight of birds, but another more wonderful and ineompre- ■
"They ve re JJoined together D at close intervals and in both direction ' ,., _. , , » .L , * »t . t , -_ _ k
, ,, , - 0 - , . .. , sensible. The expuliion of the a i r from the tubular framework, sup-
ecros* the bottom ottoa, and ran up perpendicularly 8 or 9 feet, then curved , , ,, , .... , ... . . .. , 1 ..
' v r v i > plying Ita place with some volatile substance, the expansion of the
onward
balloon compartment, vlth protably the same Substance, and the l i f t i n g
TILL THE! HEARLt KET.
factor, the l i g h t , the heat, and the motive power for the machinery, I
Then outward, upaard and over t i l l they formed the complete c i r c l e of
am convinced, a l l come from the same imxa source* and are produced and
the outer frarae of the elongated globe or cigar-shaped apparatus *p4-
modified at v i l l .
ken of In the papers. Inside of this upper fret work was a bag or
"Wbethar tbla be electricity or some more subtle and powerful prin­
balloon, J u i t f i t t i n g i t and p a r t i a l l y Inflated. ciple in nature, I have no Idea. But seeing what I did leave*^ not a . ' ;
A very l i t t l e tc*tlng convinced me that the »uppo*ed vire* vere single doubt"In my ml S3 as to the' f e a s i b i l i t y as vmUr*i"~li* reeHVy"
tubular contrivance* , composed either of " t e e l o r aluminum or some new of the airship. I t i s really leas Improbable: than the telephone and
metal, clearly of great ttrength and exceeding lightness. A series of Edison's discoveries vere a score of year* »<o. The men I saw have
the** tube* ran horizontally around the lover part of the car at clo*e evidently unlocked on* of nature's profoundaat secret*.
interval* , Joined into the upright tube* to a height of three feet. , . . . ,"'*'T'
They vere safety or guard r a i l s . At the forward end the upright* vere 1697 April 25 (8un) Cincinnati Cnq'ulfer, p. ITT
turned abruptly right and l e f t at the height of 18 inches, and then
brought together, near the upper half, forming an entrance and exit to HE 6AW IT. / Cleveland Han Vho Vill Swear to the Airship. / Special
the car something like tvo feet vide. At this sod the guard r a i l came Dispatch to th* Enquirer.
no higher than the abrupt angle of the upright*, while at the other Cleveland, 0 . , April 23---J.V. Lansing, of Brundf** and Lansing,
and they were uniform with the »ide*. At every point of contact these Central Avenue commi**ioo merchants, has Just returned from a t r i p ,
 \96
throuRh southern Iowa. While in Crlnnell, Mr. Lansing said he saw a n t e * that he rode hli bicycle home through a light shower, about 11
the much talked about alrehip, Mr. Lansing 1* noted for being strict-o'clock at night, and after (lightly cleaning hla what! h« stepped to
ly temperate and doee not vear glasses. In speaking of i t he s«id: the door to see If the rain vaa continuing. Hi* attention vis at onc<
"I saw It t v i c e , but at Crlnnell i t von very plain. It was early In attracted to a bright lights of different color* Moving rapidly tovan
the evening and the ship could be seen d i s t i n c t l y . It vaa shaped the southwest.
l i k e a cigar, and It coved in various directions, aotoe of the tine Mr. Warn states that at that tine the cloud* were breaking slight
against a strong wind. . . ., and were very near the earth. The light* were attached to a cigar
"The general impression of those who saw i t seemed to be that it shaped object, waving close to the lower line of the cloud*, and la
va« an airship worked by e l e c t r i c i t y . I couldn't say myself that i t the opinion of the observer the affair vaa not to exceed [500! feet
was, but i t was some kind of a. manufactured thing floating about above the earth, although i t w*. *mch farther «way fron th« point at
overhead." _ ^ which he atood. Warn called hia feather, and th*y vatthe d the light)
p. 1--AIRSHIP PLAN'Tl'Ued to'Be Patented "Hay Be the One Reported "until they"di*app>'arednrihTlTyrTiit'6~Eeavy' cloud* to the *outhve*t.~
Seen. / SpecIaJ. Dispatch to the Enquirer. Both gentlemen agree a* to the *lac and genral *hape of Esh the
Omaha, HeD., April 2 t . - - I n the office of C.V. Sues CT3, the Omaha airahlp, and eay that there waa nothing to indicate th* uac of wing*
patent s o l l e l t e r , may be aeen the plans of an airahlp which, It would or propeller*, neither were they able to *e* any human being* aboard
seem, very nearly solved the problem of aerial navigation. The lnren- Owing to the newspaper Joke* that are being paaaed upon airship* the
t a i t i o n Is that of Henry Heinti, of Elkton, S.D. Warn* vere reluctant to t e l l the atory u n t i l today.
In this connection i t would not be at a l l strange if It turned April 29,'1697 Cincinnati Coauerclol Trlbuoe'lTSuira) p'J'
out that the people in Nebraska reported to have aeen an airship had
really seen the Heinti a i r s h i p , as Elkton is l i t t l e more than 200 The Airship Seen
miles from Omaha. The invention as described by Mr. Suea, i t Is In the SV-y by Police Officer John Ringer.
thought, very nearly duplicates, through mechanical means, the flight Officer John Ringer, of the First D i s t r i c t , has been enrolled
of a bird. among the men who have seen the airship. He said last nightt "I waa
The Invention embodies an elongated aerial car, entirely enclosed,! standing at the corner of Eighth and Walnut streets at 10 o'clock, wh
provided vith a steam engine to drive a shaft provided with a buoyant ay attention was called to a string of lights Bovlng across tha sky,
propeller. I could see one large light in front, like the headlight of an engine
Wf April 25 (iiun) Cleveland IHnln-bealcr, p. 1. only much smaller, while behind this there was a long row of U t t l a ■
lights not much bigger than a t a r i , and one right behind the other,
TORE NEWS FROM TllAT AIRSHIP. / An Alleged Message Found at Loratrf and " I t vas so high up that I could see no outline, and nothing but
Something Was Seen lu the Air Hear New London. / Special to the Plain the light*. They moved rapidly in a northwesterly direction, and I
Dealer. watched then until they disappeared,/Half a doien c i t l i e n s vere stand­
LORAIN, April 24.—The Time* tonight print* a llv* l e t t e r , alleged ing near me, and they also saw the moving ltghta, 1 believe It was aj
to have been found by "a prominent townsman," giving out some interest­ airship.
ing points in connection with the much talked about airship. On the
(this editn cuts off what aust've been contd in other «d.)
outside of the envelope vaa written the word! "Aboard the Airola, ir
April 23, 1897." TB'97" April 29 (Th) Cleveland PlalnDealer7 p.'.'57
In the l e t t e r the writer ststed that the ship was built In an ob­
SAW THE AIR SHIP. / "J[e]d" tfickha* Say* He Saw th* Phenomenon *t ttw
scure place near Santa Fe, N.M., fron which place the Journey began.
Comer of Vlllaon and Euclid Avenue*.
"We have hovered over every state In the union,"continued the v r i t e r ;
"J(u}d" Wlckhati, caahler in the county clerk'* office, declare* h*
"fished in the great lake*, crossed the plain, . n d . e t t l e d on mountai^a' c h e ; H< th.'court bhouse
and in valley*. He . t . t e a that the .hip i, eighty-two fee In length -MaMd , n d he
day and ^ uwa* „ ,s tti lml Jlaboring
aborlo ( w d „ t h < M[tmmmt
under the erclttnent o of( t b . ,
the sight
and nineteen feet wide, supported by ■ b*lloon thirty-five feet in die-, . *tranRe thina
meter. A wheel at the atern, he state*, is propelled by means of a | « t u < g , t 4 ondlng
d l n R n *ar
near the comer of Uillaon and Euclid avenue*,
atorage battery, the wheel having eight paddles. Re claios that hi jabout 10'30 1'clock last night," said he, "when I happened to look up
self, wife and child are the _only_ p_ereoen_a_board the ship, ___
j i t the heavens and aaw what at firat looked Ilk* a headlight oo a loco
The hull of the a i r "craft ia a wire "net t"ing~cbvered vith thin'but
I motive. If I had been drinking anything stronger than soda water t
strong oiled «ilk, through which *m±g neither air nor water can paaa,
and ia ahapc resemble* * cigar. "During a r a i n , " continue* the navi­ .would have thought I had *ea *ure. At f i r s t a i l I could *e* waa th*
gator, "we r i s e above the clouea and are perfectly dry." In closing, Iblinding glare and then It aloulv turned around and I could e*e the
the writer *aye they will return in a few day* to New Keiico, where * shaft of light across the skies. Of course 1 thought of the sir s l i p
larger boat Is under conatruction, with which he hope* to cross the ■ which the papers had been talking about. Finally I could dlatly d i s ­
cern the body of the thing. It waa shaped like a cigar and right abov
,n He signs the name of Wllli«m ft. Harrl*.
-it vaa a balloon shaped a f f a i r . I t aeested to be stationary for quite
189? April 27 (TuesV Cincinnati Enquirer, p. it.
a while, and then It Boved slowly off to the aoutbeaat.
Saw the Aeribarquc. / Special Dispatch to the Enquirer. "You fellows nay think I am ' k l d d l n ' , but I *» giving i t to you
Bradford, 0 . . April 26.--David Brant, Osear Richards and Colonel straight, I saw the air ship."
Michael Roach, a l l reputable citizens of this place, claim to have .April JO, 1117 Cincinnati Cwwcrcinl TriU-mft (iftL,) p. II
eecn the airship descend near here, and that they talked to the occu­
pants, one an EngUshtan and the others speaking some foreign language He SAW the Airship.
They claim the ship was madi- of tubes, as described in The En­ The a r t i c l e published in yesterdays edition to the effect that U
nui ri.* r. airship uns plainly seen by Philip Henghcc, local billposter (or the
i897"Ap'ril 28 (UeAT'cincinnatT'EnquUer,' p". 1. C.i P. and V, Railroad, is verified by that gentleman. Mr, Heaghec
saw the ship the same evening that officer Ringer got ao good a view
Will Swear to I t . / Special Dispatch to the Enquirer. of the aerial wonder.
Toledo, 0 . , April 27.--Howard Warn, of the office of Southworth
and Co., and hie father, M. B..SS.7] Warn, both reputable c i t l r e n s , (the proceeding a r t i c l e nlludcd to was not found)
are willing to pake affadavit that they saw an airahlp on Saturday
night. April 25, 25—full page on oeriol navigation experiments.
May 2, 17. ghosts. / 25. Hamilton's cow. / Suppl.—Ohio arsp invent*.**j April 25, 12 Ceda.)—Since i t appears that the airship U n ' t
ore during Crant'e administration. / Kay 5 , 1 , tax on arspe, Little Rk. I ceding this way, a l l we can do i s to [Link] for the f i r s t straw hat.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer, MOn. Hay 10, p. 10. Saw the Air Ship. / Here'i April 26 (Hon.), p. 4 (eds.J—The l a t e s t report of the airship
a Man Who Says It Looks Like * pool Table. ccoes fron [Link], Kansas. Wc are not surprised that they saw i t the*
John Kerkle of Lorain street writes the Plain-Dealer as follows; —Just think how nany airships Rip
"May 8, 1897. ^__Van Winkle would see if ,only he were here.
Q
"You can say In your next edition that I aaw the airship Wednesdayjlfl t May V'(Toes) Cleveland Plain-Dealer, p. * .
evening, Kay 5. Looks to me like * pool table vith lights hanging
down in place of pockets, not triangular, sa haa been stated. Saw It TALES OF THE TOWN / That Runaway Airship.
at 8;30 o'clock," An esteemed reader or the Plain Dealer seen* to have his doubt
12,4. That Nashville arsp i s n ' t an arep at a l l , according to the bona- Bb °ut the genuineness of the airship ateseage vlich appeared In th* Sun
fide nrap maker.. They must be right. The Haahville nondescript flew, day edition of thia paper. He auggesta that Tom Et*xr, J i * Bturgl* *n'
13, 2 Kans. snake. " p o n y B o d s e r e - g o t t n e i r science vice versa," that "rarifactlon would
4. That St. Louie man who clalna to have seentthe arsp by daylight B e Q d their airship down," vhille a "heavier atmosphere would force i t
la belclved to be merely trying to get ahead of the Chicago neck upward.
stretchers. This shows hov painfully easy It Is for a »an to Juap *t concluslo
15,4. There Is an arsp, l o s t , strayed or stolen, in the atnosphere ns. In the first place, what does the c r i t i c know about airship any­
above central Tenn. This is the real thing, and parties seeing i t way? Has he studied their habits, their t a s t e a , their predilectlonst
need have no hesitation In mentioning the fact. _Is he perpared to go upon the witness stand and give the detail* of
1897 April 28 (Wed) Cleveland Plain Dealer, p. 5. ™ their construction: Can he place hi* hand upon his heart and solemly
Usservate that airships do not violate a l l the known scientific prin­
SAY THEY SAW THE AIRSHIP. / Two Reputable Residents of Toledo Are ciples and most of the natural l*vsT
Willing to Make Affadavit to That Effect. / Special to the Plain
Did he ever see an airship!
Dealer.
The explanation of the eccentricity of the *lr»hip In which the
TOLEDO, April 27.—Howard Warn of the office of Southworth t Co. Starr-Sturgis-fiodgers t r i o found theaaelves, Is ertre*ely simple. The
and his father, M.S. Warn, both reputable c i t l r e n s , are willing to
, sake affadavits that they waw the airship on Saturday night. Howard lifting power of the aerle.1 narvel !•__*- certain "ephitlc «;** evolved
 from concentrated lye by a process which i t will be impossible to findJ.9? Cincinnati at a frightful rate of speed laat evening, and v«* headed ia
mentioned in the pa4eat office- reports. I t 1B a veil known property a northwesterly d i r e c t i o n . But of the people vho a«w It thert la t l a *
of thia gas that chilly atmosphere robs i t of I t s buoyancy while vamth[ to v . l t . What the public wishes to read 1* a brief sketch of the a l r -
x from any source increases i t s l l r t i n g power. This is a phenomena ship I t s e l f .
which is often consented upon a in connection with the various lye Built In Secret.
products.1 The device which has been perplexing the reaidenta of southern Ohio
If i t vere possible to communicate with the unfortunate voyagers, and eastern Indiana for the past aeveral week* 1* the Invention of *
a more detailed description of this l i p m singular craft might be ob­ resident of Newport, lie has been t e s t i n g I t by n i g h t , but has been v*rj
t a i n e d . As I t i s , the c r i t i c a l reader is advised to put his eyes careful about timing hla departures and a r r i v a l s when tbera would be
steadily on the heavens and perhaps, In good time, he may receive that none about to watch hla. Last night he started out e a r l i e r than uaual,
practical knowledge of airships in general which at present he so e v i ­ and three or four people enjoyed the novel sight of witnessing his
dently does not possess. s t a r t , the flight was Made froo a point near Tlpparhauer'a brickyard,
1697 Hay's {Wed.J Cincinnati Enquirer","'pV7" ' and the ship ascended so rapidly that I t vaa only a few seconds u n t i l
i t waa high in the a i r . A few aoaent* aore and I t vaa speeding over
AIRSHIP. / Said to Have Been Seen Passing Over This City Last Night. Newport, over the r i v e r , over Cincinnati and out of sight. At f i r s t
A number of people on gxx Carfleld place saw the airship l a s t nlght t here waaonly a _small light shining from the _*hlp, but i t s aeoertl
■iXsx about 9 o'clock, and are Billing to make affadivit that thev outline«~couIdT>e distinguished for" a l l ' t h a t . After the a l t i t u d i of
have sighted the mysterious navigator that has been la creating so about 200 feet had been reached two other light* v*r* turned on, and
much excitement over the country. Dr. touia Duohoff, 112 Carfleld a* the ship passed over Cincinnati a l l who saw I t agria ** to the red­
place, made a drawing of the l i g h t , which he described as egg-shaped,, dish glare of I t s f a i r l y large headlight.
red in color and appearing as though a portion of i t was covered with The inventor has taken only two of his neighbors partly Into his
a c u r t a i n , the rays escaping in the center and at each end. s e c r e t , and some who have had an Inkling now and then have guessed
I t came from the direction of Price Kill and passed In a south* pretty closely to the t r u t h .
e a s t e r l y direction, disappearing in about five minutes, and, so far as ■ The Inventor,
he was able to approximate, covered a distance of about 20 miles in One of the cost prominent reaidenta of Newport told the following
that time, reeving in a zigzag course, f i r s t up, then down. Conductor story about the Inventor* and hla Invention to the Come re la 1 Tribune
J.C. Caupel, on the Monmouth s t r e e t car l i n e , also saw I t . W.J. K l e i n , l a s t evening!
an attorney In the Kltchell Building, and £■ Feed Porter, of the Meth­ "I am acquainted with the a*n who owns the a i r s h i p , but will not
odist Book concern, and a number of others say they saw and watched divulge his name. He Is a German and can not apeak English, and has
the curious aeronaut. ' been working on the machine that he ha* now perfected for many year*.
1897 May ? ( I r i ) Cleveland Pialn-iJenlcr, p. iu. ' He is very poor and has not got money enough to have i t patented, and
for that reason he wants hi* i d e n t i t y kept s e c r e t . "
THE AIRSHIP. / ".Jtiil" Wlckham Has Discovered I t s Identity—A Toy Balloon "Well, but have you seen the ship i t a e l f l " ___
With Lanterns Attached. / -n0\ t n a v e not ,"bu't"I~have *een many 'parta"oT~nT"™The inventor
"Jud" Wlckham, cashier In the county c l e r k ' s office, has solved the , h a 8 flenc several part* to Crawley'a machine ahop to be repaired, and I
a i r s h i p mystery. [Link] Wednesday night, by the light of the moon, he was B a u Cheu t h e r e . The ship la large enough to carry three people, and
at work in hla pansy l>ed when he happened to look heavenward and obeer- . 0 0 t more than a week ago he took two gentlemen up with hla, thay paying
ved a one-eyed monster directly above his head. Of course the f i r s t 'him $15 a piece for the t r i p , and each was bound to secrecy. A gentle-
thing "Jud" thought of was the a i r s h i p , snd he rushed Into the house to M n connected with the Crawley Kachine Works—which la situated oa
get his field glasses. With the help of those he was able to study Kenturah s t r e e t — etated taht a aaa had been In the shop aeveral t l a e s
the thing very thoroughly. with some odd looking aachinery to have repaired, and had «poken to Mr.
The airship proved to be a toy bal~oon of large dimensions. A Ian- Crawley, s t a t i n g that he had an a i t a h l p , but i t w*s old and patched up,
t e m with a reflector was attacbdd to the base of i t . On both sides of b e i g n t h e „ T C o n e h e started to build aeveral year* ago, and bafora
the balloon were long conical shaped affairs.^ which, through the powcrfu ne got I t perfected I t net with several accidents, and as-he now ha* I t
glasses, appeared to bo constructed of some flimsy material, probably perfected he would like to have a good one b u i l t . He did not know what .
tlssue paper. At the apex of the balloon was a small flag, and a l l arrangements Mr. Crawley had made with h l a , but he had called at th«
along the conical shaped side attachments were smaller balloons. The ■hop several times alnce h i s f i r a t meeting."
" a i r s h i p " was traveling with the wind, r i s i n g , f i l l i n g and moving rap­ Thousands Saw I t .
idly and slowly, according to the velocity of the breeze. The a f f a i r The s t a r t i n g up of the airship l a a t night and being seen by sever­
was high up In the a i r . a l people In the west end of Newport, has aroused that neighborhood,
and the man in the mysterious machine will have to be very careful in
l'liOJtlay J (I'rJ) Cleveland Plain-Dealer,' mr the future or he will be caught.
1 'Itie a i r s h i p made'"V"in gh £ over C i n c i n n a t i ' l a t e Friday night, and
AK AinSini i;re'A:;u . / Workmen In the Waterworks Tunnel Credited With
llavinf; Been (ii«:. / among those who noticed i t was a lady living on Walnut H i l l s . I t was
The a l r i h l p [Link] been seen once more. At least employes of the shortly after 11 o'clock when she noticed the ayaterious traveller in
waterworks doj'.irtiu-nt say the men working on the tunnel saw It sink the sky, and h a s t i l y c a l l i n g her older children, who had not yet r e ­
Into the lake a fev nights ago. t i r e d , «he pointed It out to them. Th« next instant i t had pasaed
It was tl".f tor a new shift to go down. As the force stood at beyond t h e i r range of v i s i o n .
the top of the [Link] the cigar shaped mechanism, b r i l l i a n t l y lighted, Scores of people downtown *au the ship laat night, and pretty
was seen In the distance. Frank Kostering, tunnel inspector, is nearly a l l of the people in the lobby of the Clbaoa House had i t
charged with beinj; the f i r s t to notice i t . pointed out to them by Thomas Smith, a cabman. I t was the talk of that
block l a s t evening, and such ae'eaught a fair gllapac of i t vere po*l-
According to the story told in the c i t y hall Thursday the shin ,
[Link] gradually from the sky to the water's surface, then floated . t i v e „ ^ ' ^ i r C _ U f l * .f 8 ! ™ i ? \ ^ . * ! _ ° f * , l t B h I p ; *? l e ' " '
off and di i.,i|.;[Link] in the distance or was submerged. Kostering de- Robert Emerieh, of Sixth Ward, observed the *ky wanderer for aoae
the soft ir-ff.-iciiiM-nc and cane down to t e l l Supt. Kingslcy i t was moments before calling attentIon to I t .
i fake. Mi' [Link] not helicve in a i r ships and thinkr. ho one else I Kay 9 p. l-~(f anciful picture~"of arsp as riveted balloon with bootlike
platform beneath l a t t e r , surrounded by r a i l s , many people, *omc atandg,
■i,-iw ili in oi-.u.
W . , [ I M ■-■<-:. . i tpii.v»-: ti'll a l l sorts of air ship Jokes. Kostering 6 rear propeller: "The Tenn. Centenn. Captures a Real Live Arap.")
p. 12 (eda)--Even if the l a t e s t arip (Tenn) did have to b< brought back
[Link]!-,:, ll,<7 .! I'i ■• i m nil-: instance arid will [Link] It torn for the
hose on « hay wagon i t made the outward-bound Journey unaided, which i i
originator.
more than the usual run of arsps do.
"1 under-;!., .A ti.i ■'-■' f>: going to tan a-»rsj»J^.s .a* tfle western s t a t e s , "
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189? Kay 9 (5 on) Cincinnati Commerc 1*1 Tribune, p. 1. (card 1) friend, Herman J u s t l , Chief of the Exposition Dept. of Proaotloa and
' P u b l i c i t y . Moses P. Handy made a great record as a boomer for the
The Air Ship a Reality. / Was Built In Newport by a Resident of That ,world's F«lr but J u s t l , old boy, la some pumpkin* hlaaelf,
City. / The Inventor Is a Ceroan Who Is Too Poor To Take Out Patents. 12, 7 bad weather prevent* ascent of Barnard's a r s p .
Thousands Saw Him Sailing Over Cincinnati. / Early Saturday Evening. 14, 4 (Frl)—An astronomer up la Milwaukee ha* seen a covey of
Started from a Secluded Spot Near His Home. / Parts of the Machine comets in the daytime, Instead of an arap. He looked through the asae
Repaired In a Nearby Shop—The Town Excited. kind of glas*, no doubt, but then aone people see thing* differently
under those circumstance*.
It Is time to lay aside the Jokes about the a i r s h i p . 15, 2—B'a arsp goes 12 ml la 30 a i n .
The mysterious navigator of the a i r , whose comings and goings were 16, 24 feature on flying mach*, w p i c s . / 18,* pic of Richard Will­
as strange as the maneuvers of the sea-serpent—and generally believed iams.
to be about as authentic—rose from Newport laat evening, passed over Mon. 17,4 eda—And now, y 'St as u e w e r e " i l finally convinced that
Cincinnati shortly before 8 o'clock, and was noticed by scores of c l t l - those arsp s t o r i e s were fake*
zens. Over in Newport i t was seen by hundreds, and the good people of Prof. B of Hash & I that no such thing existed, along come,
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the three c i t i e s talked of l i t t l e else l a s t night. Furthermore, the * ' '^ P*et* r conclusion, by riding a genuine a r , p i„'
Inventor Is a tiewport man, and the ship was b u i l t secretly not far from broad daylight., It makes u« tired to change our aindi so often.
Cincinnati. . "11897 Hay 11 (tue's)' Cleveland Plain-Dealer, p. -I.
Of course, cany who caught but a glimpse of the nocturnal wanderer
were as skeptical as ever, and pretty nearly a l l those who saw i t not THAT AIRSHIP AGAIN. / Two Norwalk Young Hen Claim to Have Seen the
linsisted that i t was o'liTy the revival of~«nother "fake." Mysterious Aerial Navigator. / Special to the Plain Dealer.
But the airship is a r e a l i t y , according to testimony which Is unim­ NORWALK, Hay 10.--The famous airship was seen paaalng over this
peachable; It is the invention of a resident of Newport, and'haa been c i t y l e s t night. Mr. Abe Parker, a well known young man of thia c i t y , ^
'thoroughly tested in the moat p r a c t i c a l manner. The ship passed over says he saw i t , and he describes i t as follows:
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- a l o n g . The l i g h t s wore v e r y b r i g h t and must h a v e been of an e l e c t r i c a i e x c e p t on t h e t h e o r y t h a t I t v a c t h e wonderful a i r i h l p .
origin. They were of t u o c o l o r s , w h i t e and r e d . As w e l l as I can r e ­
member, t h e r e were t e n o r t w e l v e of them. A l t h o u g h I could n o t h e a r p.4—He now know what t h e a i r s h i p v a * . I t v a t ttie R e p u b l i c a n c a u c u s
t h e sound of m u s i c , t h e r e were t h o s e s t a n d i n g ' n e a r me who c l a i m e d r h - v " L * , 1 " , C 0 " ' " : A 1 A** 1 ." 1 }. * i * e l ' " ' V l P " , t l } i « - P ' o J » ' " « . _j_
heard the musical sounds q u i t e d i s t i n c t l y . As w e l l a s I can j u d g e , e W « " A P E " ^ ^ 1 ) P . r f c e r s b u r g [Link].) S e n t i n e l , p . 1.
a e r i a l v i s i t o r was in s i g h t a b o u t t e n m i n u t e s . " i
Another young man who saw i t c o r r o b o r a t e d Mr. c a r t e r ' s s t a t e m e n t . ! " ! • C i g a r - S h a p e d . / A n d t h e H t l u H a Had P e r f e c t C o n t r o l of I t .
lie g i v e s a d e s c r i p t i o n o f I t s s h a p e a s f o l l o w s : ^ " " U ^ C . p t . S « P . r . o n . and s e v e r a l o t h e r gentlemen « „
"Newspaper a c c o u n t s d e s c r i b e t h e a i r s h i p a s c i g a r s h a p e d , b u t t h e y ' ' " ^ °Q ^ V " ™ " " " t h f C ° " t K o U « ' " d ' ^ " ^ i d each
a r e way off; a t l e a s t , t h e one 1 saw J s n o t of t h a t , s h a p e a t a U ^ b u t , « * « "good n i g h t , " when t h e y h e a r d a r u m b l i n g and h i s s i n g u l . . a b o v e
r o u n d T ' l i k e a huge b a l l . A f t e r t¥e""ehip~cTDe"6ed Main s t r e e t 1 f o l l o w c J t h e » , and l o o k i n g up toward t h e i k y taw t h a m y s t e r i o u s a i t a b l p tail-
I t o v e r a m i l e . P a r t of t h e way i t l e d me t h r o u g h a f i e l d . We w e r e ; l o g t h r o u g h t h e a i r and a t a r a p i d r a t e of s p e e d , j o i n t s o u t h w a r d . Oo
BO f a r from t h e s t r e e t l l g h t a t h a t i t was q u i t e d a r k . Whatever be t h e ! c l o s e r e x a m i n a t i o n t h e y aaw t h e b r i l l i a n t red head l i g h t s o f t h e a b l p .
n a t u r e of t h e l i g h t c a r r i e d by t h e a i r s h i p , i t i e v e r y p o w e r f u l , f o r jri J u e t a f t e r i t c r o a a e d o v e r t h e Kanawha, I t seemed t o s l a c k e n speed sod
i t c a s t a shadow, which 1 saw d i s t i n c t l y , and r e p e a t e d l y . Now, I f t h e ; h o v e r e d l a t h e a i r a s I f making r e a d y f o r « d e s c e n t t o t h e e a r t h . They
a l r a h l p i s c i g a r s h a p e d , t h e shadow n a t u r a l l y would be c i g a r s h a p e d , s a y i t was c i g a r a h a p e d , a s a l l d o , who have aeen t h e s h i p . Soon I t was
b u t I t was n o t . On t h e c o n t r a r y , i t was r o u n d . " . l o s t t o v i e w , The C a p t a i n , however, s a y s he c o u l d p l a i n l y s e e a Man a t
"■"■""' ■ " " * o f t h e o p e n i n g s c o n t e n t e d l y s a c k i n g a c i g a r . Hone who know t h e
WEST V I R G I N I A j o l l y C a p t a i n , w i l l d o u b t f o r a moment b u t what he *nd h i s f r i e n d s d i d
1897 A p r i l 17 ( S a t e v e ) P a r k e r s b u r g , [Link]., S e n t i n e l , p . 1 . . e a l l y a e e the "mysterious a i r ship,"—Point Pleasant Register,
j"j _ 3 , p . o— B u i l d i n g ; an A ' f s p . - ^ C a p t . E l i j a h Spencer of Kt i s working «a
The M y s t e r i o u s A i r s h i p Seen P a s s i n g Over P a r k e r s b u r g L a s t N i g h t . l*o c r a p 2 8 ' l o n g i 7 ' w i d e and 9' h i g h , t o stake 30 k n o t s .
A woman l i v i n g in t h e E a s t End d e c l a r e s t h a t she saw t h e a i r s h i p I P r o b a b l y s o o e o t h e r s h a v e worked o u t t h e p r o b l e m and hence t h a e r
p a s s westward a b o u t 1 0 : 3 0 l a s t n i g h t . I t was s o f a r up in t h e c l o u d s s p s t h a t h a v e b e e n s e e n f l y i n g s h o u t p r o m i s c u o u s l y t h e p a a t week o r twe
t h a t she c o u l d n o t d i s t i n g u i s h i t s s i t e n o r s h a p e , b u t t h e f l a m i n g 2 6 , 4—The a t a h l p l i t i n two d i f f e r e n t p l a c e s on S a t . , In Ohio and l a
h e a d l i g h t and s m a l l s i d e l i g h t s were q u i t e d i s t i n c t . She i s v e r y p o s ­ ^ " ■ A p r T l H 7 A 7 P A f f f e V ^ - f t 7 W f l y I n t e l l i g e n c e r , p. 1.
i t i v e t h a t I t was t h e a i r s h i p a b o u t w h i c h s o much h a s been s a i d and
written. I t a p p e a r e d t o be moving s l o w l y and l t a c o u r s e was t o the, THE AIR SHIP. / The Hoax P r a c t i c e d w i t h S u c c e a s on a C u l l l b l a P u b l i c . /
west. TWO TOUNC PRACTICAL JOKERS / S t a r t e d t h e S t o r y t h a t t h e Air Ship Had
Mr. Henry O g d l n , of t h e E a s t End, who i s one of t h e moat r e l i a b l e Been Seen H o v e r i n g Over t h e H e a r t of t h e C i t y — O t h e r P e o p l e , Hearing
g e n t l e m a n of t h i s c i t y , saw t h e m y s t e r i o u s f l y i n g m a c h i n e , and a l s o t h e t h e S t o r y , t o Some I n e x p l i c a b l e Mannsr Becssw Convinced t h a t t h e y t o o
f a m i l y of W i l l i a m K o y e r s , Ben Woodyard and o t h e r s . Had Seen t h e Wonderful A e r i a l H a v i g s t o r . /
1897 A p r i l 19 (Mon) Wheeling R e g i s t e r , p . 6. The a i r s h i p hoax * t r u c k Wheeling good and hard l a s t n i g h t .
Two young p r s c t l c a l j o k e r s who s t o o d a t t h e c o r n e r of F o u r t e e n t h
JHE AIR SHIP / Was R e p o r t e d by S e v e r a l P e r s o n s Y e s t e r d a y A f t e r n o o n . and Market s t r e e t s , a t t r a c t e d c o n s i d e r a b l e a t t e n t i o n s h o r t l y a f t e r [S]
The much t a l k e d of a i r s h i p seems t o have become ■! r e a l i t y . In o ' c l o c k b y d e c l a r i n g t o what soon became a l a r g e and e x c i t e d a u d i e n c e
c o n s e q u e n c e of t h e many n e w s p a p e r a r t i c l e s r e g a r d i n g i t s a p p e a r a n c e t h a t t h e y had s e e n t h e w o n d e r f u l a i r s h i p . I t had hove in s i g h t from
botli in Wheeling a n d e l s e w h e r e , many p e o p l e In t h i s c i t y kept c a r e f u l t h e n o r t h w e s t sad w i t h a m e t e o r - l i k e s p e e d had s h o t a c r o s s t h e sky
watch for i t a l l day y e s t e r d a y . I t was r e p o r t e d l a t e l a s t e v e n i n g i n t o t h e d a r k n e s s of t h e e s s t .
t h a t the a i r s h i p had been s e e n by s e v e r a l p e r s o n s a b o u t ixfi*«iaxk 4 o '
The s t o r y r e c e i v e d s v a r i e d r e c e p t i o n . Some d o u b t e d , o t h e r s
c l o c k y e s t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n p a s n i n g r a p i d l y o v e r t h e c i t y toward t h e K
" c s u g h t o n " t o t h e j o k e r s , w h i l e t h e m a j o r i t y were o n l y t o o w i l l i n g t o
northeast. The R e g i s t e r was u n a b l e t o o b t a i n f u l l p a r t i c u l a r s o r an
a c c u r a t e d e s c r i p t i o n of i t s a p p e a r a n c e , b u t I t was s a i d t h a t p a i n t e d b e l i e v e a n y t h i n g and e v e r y t h i n g about t h e wonderful serial navigator.
Soon t h e s t o r y had s p r e a d a l l o v e r t h e c e n t i a l p a r t of t h e c i t y ,
I t s s i d e s in [Link] l e t t e r s s o a s t o be p l a i n l y r e a d was t h e f o l l o w - ^ ^ 1 M < t h i n #n h o u r hundredsjwerediacussln. it. tn i t s t r a v e l . *
Ing : If you would run no r i s k , buy t h e K r a k a u r p i a n o from F\w. , t h e , t o f y b e c < l l e i±Kan d i s t o r t e d and exaggeTaTeTTh~a"most w o n d e r f u l
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? fi"1^"^"—T-S—i Z ., i , - — ■ - . — r r — i i i -[manner. I t was s a i d t h a t t h e s h i p had a t r u e k t h e church a p l r e a t S t .
1897 A p r i l 20 ( T u e s ) P a r k e r s b u r g , [Link]., S e n t i n e l , p . 1. S - ^ ^ ] „ . « „ , „ . , 8 n d had been n e a r l y w r e c k e d . In a n o t h e r q u a r t e r i t wa, s t a t e .
<^B IT-*"") t h a t t h e s h i p had r e d and b l u e l i g h t s , a n o t h e r v e r s i o n was t h s t i t was
That A i r S h i p . / P r o m i n e n t S t e a m b o a t man Observed I t .
„,, , . ., , „ , . , - j ■, L , , . a . . p r o v l d e d w i t h an e l e c t r i c s e a r c h l i g h t of s e v e r a l thousand c a n d l e power
"About e i gE h t t h i r t y l o s t n i g h t (Sunday) when l y i n g a t S l a t e r a vmi l l e , ! ^ L U , , , , . ° ,. , , . . _ . . ,,„,_
,, , , ' ,. . ' ' ., :' . . . . ,, \ t h a t a l n s o t b lwi n d e d p e r a o n s on whom I t had been t u r n e d . A l i t t l a
a l i g h t was seen by myself and o t h e r s h i g h i n t h e a i r and a p p a r e n t l y £ur,.her on ,_d B M M ' 0 , p « , o n i uho h.d „ „ u.e ship v e r . given, but ■
r i g h t o v e r t h e r i v e r below u s , though no o n . c o u l d « U j u « how f a r . uUen ^ d 0 / c o u r a e did n o t v e r i f y t h e s t a t e m e n t mad. i n
N o t h i n g c o u l d be seen b u t a l a r g e round l i g h t , t o o w h i t e for a gas ,r
l i g h t and n o t q u i t e w h i t e enough f o r an e l e c t r i c l i g h t . I t had s o m - , e « c h c ' p u b l l c make, up i t s - i n d t h a t i t h a . been hu-bugg.d on t h i
what t h e a p p e a r a n c e of a s m a l l s e a r c h l i g h t on a s t e a m b o a t . At , b u a l 0 „ s , t h e n p e r h a p s t h e r e w i l l b e no r e p e t i t i o n , of l a s t
t i m e s t h e r e c o u l d be seen a s m a l l e r l i g h t of -the same n a t u r e , J u s t backl . , , . . , ,
of t h e b i g l i g h t . The [ ] seemed t o be moving in a g e n e r a l n o r t h - i R h f s" i iddl ioot tl icc pe
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P«for»aoce.
1897 Mar 1 ( S a t ) Wheeling ([Link]} D a l l y I n t e l l i g e n c e r , p . "
w e s t e r l y d i r e c t i o n , sometimes r i s i n g and f a l l i n g s w i f t l y , a t o t h e r TH«m)
t i n e , r e t r a c i n g i t s c o u r s e . The s t r e e t s of S l s t e r s v i l l e were crowded
THE AIR SHIP. / FHotographa o f t h e V e s s e l Token, Here i n W b e e l l n g . /
with people watching I t . Nearly midnight i t disappeared over a h i l l SHOWS AT THE nnTLLICEBCEH / Officfl Y e s t e r d a y — T h e y Tooled Haaj P e r s o n *
to the westward." and Those who were Hot Deceived were Unable t o E x p l a i n t h i s E x h i b i t i o n
For so much t h e c a p t a i n w i l l v o u c h , b u t a s t o what c a r r i e d t h e of fil e i g h t - o f - H a n d P h o t o g r a p h y — T h e Method by which t h e U n t r u t h f u l
l i g h t he c o u l d not e a y . The same s t o r y was t o l d by Elmer Hardy, P h o t o g r p p h . were S e c u r e d . /
Watchman, and L i t t e K l n n a r d , e n g i n e e r , who a l a o w i t n e s s e d I t f o r some
P h o t o g r a p h s o f t h e now famous a i r s h i p t a k e n r i g n t h e r e i n Wheeling
t i m e , though t h e R e g i s t e r was u n a b l e t o i n t e r v i e w t h e m . - - M a r i e t t a
l o u c o n s i d e r t h a t a s t a t e m e n t t o be r e c e i v e d v i t h more t h a n t h e
Register. t a l l o t e d g r a i n of Bait.
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1S97 Aprl'l 11 (w c ayTfl"rTe"b urR { L / . ' V Y T ' S e n t l n e l , p- 1 . Yet t h e s t a t e m e n t i s t r u e .
[ Y e s t e r d a y a f t e r n o o n a s e r i e s o f t h r e e p h o t o g r a p h * of s c e n e s a l o n g
T h a t A i r S h i p . /Makes A n o t h e r A p p e a r a n c e i n Thlfl V i c i n i t y I t Was Seen , t n e r i v e r f r o n t w e r e d i s p l a y e d i n t h e I n t e l l i g e n c e r c o u n t i n g room
Monday Night by S e v e r a l P e r s o n s . window. One shoved t h e p u b l i c l a n d i n g v i t h t h e b u i l d i n g s on Water
The m y s t e r i o u s a i r s h i p seems t o be t h e a l l - a b s o r b i n g t o p i c a t s t r e e t in the background. Another had t h e I s l a n d f o r i t s b a c k g r o u n d ,
present. Every day more p e o p l e r,eport h a v i n g s e e n t h e s t r a n g e c r a f t v h l l e t h e l i t t l e p r o p e l l e r Manhattan i s t h e c e n t r a l f i g u r e . In t h e
s a i l i n g t h r o u g h t h e a i r , but a p p a r e n t l y t h e m a c h i n e and I t s m y s t e r i o u s t h i r d a r e seen t h e s t e a i o e r s Leroy and R u t h , w i t h t h e s t e e l b r i d g e in
crew goes i n t o p o r t d u r i n g t h e d a y , f o r no one h a s y e t r e p o r t e d h a v i n g the d i s t a n c e .
seen i t d u r i n g the day.
"But w h a t ' s e s p e c i a l l y I n t e r e s t i n g i n t h e s c l " i s t h e n a t u r a l q u e r y .
A c c o r d i n g t o W. Marvin Wolfe of t h e P a r k e r s b u r g T r a n s f e r Company, T h a t ' e ' e a a n y explained"."" _ _ _ _ _
t h e a i r s h i p haa been waking n o c t u r n a l e x c u r s i o n s f o r a t l e a s t t h r e e
Away up in t h e sky in each of t h e p h o t o g r a p h s i s seen t h e faiooui
w e e k s . As t h e r e had a t t h a t t i m e been no r e p o r t made of t h e s t r a n g e
a l r - s h l p - - o r what r e p r e s e n t s t h e p o p u l a r i d e a o f t h e s e r i a l n a v l g s t o r . '
v i s i t o r , he did n o t say much a b o u t what he had s e e n for f e a r of r l d i c u l e , I f a i r - s h i p s v e r e an u n d i s p u t e d r e a l i t y and a u s u a l t h i n g in t h e " p r o p -
and in f a c t he h i m s e l f was n o t e n t i r e l y s u r e t h s t h i s eyea were n o t ' e r t y " SJtk* make-up o f t h e h e a v e n s , t h e s e p i c t u r e s whoving t h e v e s s e l
p l a y i n g him f a l s e ; b u t s i n c e so many r e p o r t s h s v e come of t h e a p p e a r - would d e c e i v e n i n e o u t o f t e n p e r a o n s , f o r from t h e p h o t o g r a p h i c . t e n d ­
ance of an o b j e c t of some k i n d i n t h e h e a v e n s , he h a s come t o b e l i e v e point they are enarly perfect.
t h a t he r e a l l y saw t h e w o n d e t f u l t h i n g s e v e r a l weeka a g o . But a s t h e a i r s h i p i s n o t b e l i e v e d b y s e n s i b l e p e r s o n s t o b e a n y -
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a number of m i l e s from town when n i R h t s e ^ i n . He had J u s t r e a c h e d t h e e x p l a i n t h e s e p h o t g r a p h s . The p o p u l a r i d e a of a p h o t g r s p h i s t h a t i t
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I t i s c i g a r - s h a p e d and h a s r e d and g r e e n l i g h t s and a v e r y s m a l l l o o , l a . T h e r e t h e y t o l d me t h e a i r s h i p v a s b e i n g I n s p e c t e d by c r o v d j
c e n t e r l i g h t , w h i t e and v e r y b r i l l i a n t . The s h i p was headed e a s t , on t h e p u b l i c s q u a r e . I t bad a l i g h t e d and p r e t t y n e a r l y t h e v h o l e t<«
t r a v e l i n g v e r y r a p i d l y , and a b o u t 500fl f e e t h i g h , A c a r i s h a n g i n g vas out t o see I t . 1 a s k e d one o l d f e l l o w hov f a r I t ' s l i d ' vhen i t
h i p enMrfilY e n c l o s e d .
-■iiWVffi irMrerii'ipi l m e s , p . U.
PASSED OVER ERIE. / The K y s t e r l o u . Air S h i p Was P l a i n l y Seen L a s t
' l i g h t e d , ' and he s a i d ' a b o u t 20 f e e t . '
c o u l d n ' t v a l t t o see I t .
But I had t o c a t c h a T r a i n an
I t e l l you I v o u l d h a v e g i v e n S25 t o have h i
' * r i i e °n_,th*t " C h i n e , and t h e n I c o u l d h a v e t o l d you a a t o r y w o r t h
R i g h t . / WAS HEADED DUE NORTH. / AND WAS COIHC AT A HIGH RATE OP SPEED-. p r l n " " f ' h m . , . , , . u , , , ., ,
THE SHIP PASSED OVER SHARON EARLIER IN THE EVTNINC AflD WAS HEADED FOR ^ T ^ « \ S T ^ w ^ *>?\ >™°*?\ .!*""
1
LAKE ERIE. / Now d o n ' t go and p r i n t t h a t , v e r e h i s l a a t words t o t h e nevspap*
man.
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lt)97 May b "(lues'eve) Erie Daily Times, p. 2. Che tana "Pennyrlle." The a e r i a l navigator probably changed ha
bourse about the time the party decided to u*tch for hl», hoveiar
SAVE THE AIRSHIP. / CORRESPONDENT'S STATFMEHT IS VERIFIED . . . / ■ fnr iliu fffctns of the furious orif< h»vr been In vain up t o thi* time.
Fair-plain, May I* [Special Correspondence).--Last Tuesday eTenlng, 1897 April 15 Louisville Courier-Journal, p . 5 " '
April 27, a* your correspondent came out of one of the neighbors'
houses to come hone ( i t being 15 minutes to 9 p.m.! I sav as I crossed Tha Air-Ship In Kentucky. / Said to Have lean Seen Rear a^aii-vllla. /
the avenue a very bright l i g h t in the heavens Just ahead of me moving (Springfield, Teno., Diapateh to tba aaahvlUe American.)
at a rapid g a i t . I stopped and took a good look at I t . Then in a Tha statement we* made to tba American's correspondent Tut ad ay
moment the thought came to me—-it's the a i r s h i p . Then I ran aa fast afternoon that an a i r s h i p , or whatever i t may be, vaa Man la tba
aj I could hor.e, stepped to the door and said to my household, "If you h*av«na naar A d a i r v l l l e , l y . Monday night, and that I t created great
want to see the a i r s h i p , come quick." So a l l csjae out, and vhen ve astonishment and t a r r o r among tba » ^ * » ^ ~ » ■ ■■■J «■■*»■■»■ ^ n i ^ ^ i .
a l l stood In our yard, I looked at my time and I t vat 1$ minutes after Tha American's Informant waa John S. Sarr, who la a wall-know and aub-
9 p.m. The great light vhich I sav had a very bright l i « h t on I t s a t a n t l a l farmer, who l i e * a about two milee t h i s aida of Adeirvllla, la
east end, as i t vent v e s t , and occasionally i t vould turn aldevaya, Robertson county.
then ve sav a firy t s i c ] red center on i t s side and a green end (vest Mr. Sarr stated that tba strange a a r l a l navigator appeared la tba
end), a halo of l i g h t vas about in the form of a vaterspout and I t ventnorthern borlion about 8iJ0 p . * . , and waa viewed for an boor by tba
s t r a i g h t vest as in a bee l i n e . I t vould t o t t l e up and dovn a vays andeielted populace. The l i g h t , ha s t a t e d , vaa about tba alxe of an o r a l -
then i t seemed to fall quite a vays dovn, but vould r i s e aa soon as I t nary locomotive headlight, but waa b r i g h t a r , and fro* tba effulgent rayi
fell to I t s old l i n e of t r a v e l . I t vent v4ry f a s t , and from the t i n e r ahad by tha monatar be judged I t to ba e l e c t r i c ,
I f i r s t aev i t t i l l " it"sank in the vest ( l i k e the s u n s e t ) , i t vaa 55 Tha at tent top of tboaa who f l r e t eeew tba a i r shim waa a t t r a c t e d
n i n u t e s , or 20 nloutes t o ID p.m. Hov what i t vaa I know not, but no j by abright l i g h t appearing at laaat twenty incbaa In diameter, tba r a -
e can convince me t h a t I t was "only a e t a r " J sav. I f l r a l y believe : flection _from which peaaed along what appeared to b a a j c e e l body, tba
i t vas the "airship, 1 ' or aomethlng unusual in the heavens. Another length oT which - Hr. Sarr'estimated at from 25 to 3 0 e e U The object
neighbor «av i t , making four persons In F a l r p l a i n . What I sav vaa, waa about three-quarters of a mile high.
nor l a , no "fake." Because others did not happen to see I t , is no On e i t h e r aida of tba strange v i s i t o r were large projsctloaa,
c r i t e r i o n that I didn't aee I t , and t h a t i t vas not a f a c t . which at abort i n t e r v a l e could be plainly aeen by tba astonished v a t -
^chers, and which were doubtless propellara or winga. Upon the forward
KENTUCKY end a bright l i g h t , which waa evidently used aa a headlight, and upon
1897 April 12 (Mon) Louisville Evening Post, p. 3. tha rear vaa carried a red l a n t e r n .
The phenomenon waa witnessed for fully an hour before flaalty d i s ­
Files By Night. / Mysterious Airship Seen at Anderson, Ind. / Was Low appearing. At tlmae I t would dart off with tba velocity of a bird aad
Enough to Hear the Wings Rattling. s a i l avay u n t i l tha l i g h t s merely twinkled.
ANDERSON, Ind., April 12 (Special)--The people of thle town who Hr. Sarr aays that people in his area are simply nonplussed, and
Many of tbem ahouted
have been laughing at the s t o r i e s of an airship that v.s seen by P e o p l e ! c h " c h e " « " " ' " °*r«Z J !, " < " *
at hand,
in ^ n y I l l i n o i s and Missouri towns last week are conv&ed today t h a t " . , * " ' V"?* « ; " > > « ? thought tha millennium waa at
reports were t r u e . The nysterious
mysterious fly-by-night vss seen by 200 people peopl I , " * f ? M " " ^ d l " P P " r l n B t h * " " » • ( ° r « ['ew aeconda, appeared
to alow down and for a few momenta waa almost stationary, then, gather­
of t h i s town last night. It vas flying so low the r a t t l i n g of the
ing speed once more, s t a r t e d off to tba south at a rapid g a i t , aad wn
uings could be heard and the large aerial flyer circled around over
not seen again.
town for ten minutes before rising and sailing sway to the north. The
,,,, , . , Hr. Sarr aays be la willing to make affadarlt to a l l he haa r e l a t e !
mayo
r of one II inois town has written a signed statement for . Chicago a b ^ u t £. ^ ^ ^ J0 o r 5 0 ^ cltl„„ ^ . t , m , w l M
pape r t e l l i n g of hie look at the a i r s h i p . He says i t is the wonder of
the century. prepared to do tha asm*.
1897 April 13 (lues) Louisville (Ky) Evening Post, p. 6. (card 1) The strange s i r ship vss not seen in Springfield.
1897 April l o ' ( F r i ) Louisville Evening' Poet,"p", 5 ("card~iT
AIRSIIIT PASStD IN THE J1ICHT / . . .
For the past feu days reports have been flying over the country Airship. / Hayor and Reputable , Cltiiena of Russellville
.._ Saw _ I t. Use
that a mysterious nlrahlp was passing over the land, snd was appearent' Night. / The Speedy Aerial Flier Alao Convinced Skeptics in Todd County.
ly headed toward Kentucky, Strange were the s t o r i e s told of t h i s / la Said to Have Been Built in Glasgow and Conveyed to Another Town. /
mysterious v i s i t o r . Wherever i t went I t spread terror and confusion Letter from the 'Pegasua."
among the stock ,ind owe and sup'erstitlon among men. Aglance at this WHAT THE AIRSHIP IS
prodigy coursing throor.h the heavens bright with red and green ljtghts, The airship ploud tha axure flelda, / And sailed tha mountains steep.
caused cats and dogs to floe to places of safety, cows to bellow in Sha toar the angyy clouds abov, / And thru the atorma did creep.
their barns and horses to kick their s t a l l s to s p l i n t e r s . In some of She flopt her vinga ore wavln' grain, / Tha mity winda aha'd burn
the email t o w s over which the airship passed I t vas supposed to be an ShaavuE a p i t cber to behoald / A beaut from stem to s t e m .
■>EH omen of wrath to cone. Revivals were held, and the inhabitants The aity peeple watched a l l n i t e / For i t to cum that way,
prepared themselves for the Judgment day. I t was last seen on Satur­ And farmers grab'd t h e i r whiskers t l t e / For fear they'd km bio away.
day at Winenas, a l i t t l e town in Indiana. Now Augustus Rodgere of At l a s t some blasted thing flew by, / majeatic, grand, screen
near Louisville claims It passed over Louisville last night. An' next day a l l the papers sad, / "An alrahlp haa been seen."
liothlng had been heard of i t for several dsys when Rodgers, who Jay birds wearln' bloomer peats / on rridaya will be seen,
lives two miles south of the c i t y , came out of his cabin an hour beforsWhen we can travel thru the a i r / in a abc-nuff flying machimmeaa.
daylight to attend to his stock. There Immediately above him at a I t ' s jaut mi plain oplnyun t h i s , / They a i n ' t just what they eaeme
distance of 400 feet according to his aa** story, vas a terrifying an'dll They're almply brayin 1 nlghtmulea / Appear In' in our dreams.
yet a beautiful Sight. A huge, k oblong shape, says Rodgers, appar- I _^ —Tad S ' * ' f
ently about 40 feet by 15 feet, b r i l l i a n t l y lighted, for I t vaa yet RUSSELLVILUriEf., April" 1 6 . - < s £ ^ i 7 r - ^ ? i k ^ the
dark, and flying through the a i r at a speed of 100 miles an hour, met a l r a h i p l d e , B n they want, but there la some sort of atrange a e r i a l
his eyes. The vision, Rodgers aays, was in the forn rather of a barge c r u l B C t ^ C n i , p , r c of the country almost every night. As maay aa
than a ship, with massive proportions and s o l i d a r i t y . [Link] called t e n r e p u t a b L e c l t l s e n e have aeen thla fly-by-night, and they are w i l l -
to his wife, who came out, and together they watched the atrange sight i n f ? „ M k e o f l t h „ t h , 1 M W e M l i ^ M t h 1# oever a t c e , W J t ^ ^
as I t disappeared to the southeast. Before i t vanished uncouth and ever> when fluch n e n „ ^ ^ A n d r e l ( a | c o i . j » M I HcCutchens the wealthy
enorrnous shadows flickered from a l l parts of the ship, and both Rodger. d r y R b o d a M r c | 1 8 n e i t i*, Charles Forehand, the noted "huskey root" pur-
and Ills wife saw a torn, like that of a man, standing at the front of v e v o r g i v e l n C h e ir testimony,
the ship and directing i t s course. T l i e B e [ h r e e s e n t l e » e n t e l l the Evening Post man that they ssw ths
Exactly ten minutes later John S. McCollough, who lives a short a I r 8 n i p p l , l n l y flnd d i B t I n c [ i T U e t aifM, They say they were a t t r a c t -
distance back of Churchill Downs, waa driving down a lonely road t o - [ei b y t h e n o l B e a o d _ thinking I t was wild geese flying over, looked up
ward town. I t was s t i l l very dark, and McCollough had great d i f f i c u l - i M r e l h c 0 U R h force of habit than throu R h any expectation of Baaing
ty in seeing the road before him, but i t vas suddenly Illumined by a R l a n v t h l n R beyond the Ordinary. They aav a queer-makshaped thing c i r -
great l i g h t . jeling around high up in _»»^he a i r . The head light or aeerchllght or
McCollough, who is a Bible scholar, vas Instantly reminded of the l u , a l e v „ i E i # u „ f l y i n g around a c i r c l e about fifty yarda in c i r -
tlrae In holy writ when the light appeared to Saul of Tarsus on his way c u n l [ e r t Q c e . They say i t sailed off to the west after I t bad circled
to Damascus, lie pulled up and tied his horse and stepped onto the around over the tovn for a few ainutea. I t waa speedy, and the light
road. As yet he could see nothing, but the woods and road were as looked to be small, which la thought to be proof that the alrahlp waa
bright as day. A moment l a t e r he heard s whirring sound, and the a i r ­
high in the a i r .
ship was over his head-
lie says as the ship flashed out of sight a small black object Other persona in the country nearby report that they also saw tha
leaped from off i t and struck a few feet froo HcCollough. He pickednkjatranae aerj^l^vialtor^
TODD-PEOPLE SAW"IT
hin-Jielf up and went to I t and found I t to be a half-burnt coal.
Other Witneaaea to tha Truth of the Airship Story.
Rodgers and HcCollough' are'both "reputable c'itliena and aa th'ey ar
ALLENSVILLE, Ky., April 16. — (SpecLal.)— The airship Is a c e r t a i n t y
willing to swear to what they saw their story la a t t r a c t i n g a t t e n t i o n
While many people were Joking each other about the "faka" night before
Altogether the whole affair is most incomprehensible and haa an un-
l a s t , a well-known farmer came in and made oath to tha fact that he
cflnny look.
aav the thing flying around above hla farm. This vaa taken with a
189^ April 13 (Tues) Louisville Evening Post, p. 3.
grain of Bait ln s p i t e of the gentleman's unquestioosile standing, but
Party of Morganfleld People Anxious to See the Air Ship. last night five c i t i z e n s of the nearby community saw i t , and ooa negro
It Is ssld that Charles Hart, of the Horganfleld Sun, has teen says he could hear the machinery working as plainly as hecan hear the
holdinp, nightly {leveea) on his roof to enable friends to catch a noise of a train when i t movea through the town. These gentlemen have
[Link] of the "airship" which has been flyine around in that \*rx of certainly seen something snd there Is no discounting t h a t . Tour cor-