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I I i 1 ID jun VOL XLV11NO i NEW YORK FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 1879 PRICE TWO CENTS PROBABLY LOST IN TIlE LAKE pror ni TUX dXnmrf 1JfICES ills LAST 01MOB JY TIIlC CLOUDS I A General 1ellef hat lie itnd III Cnrapan I Inn half mrt the Fut or llonitldion nnd Oilinwooil In 1 Inke Michigan Init Tiding from I hem The Story or the Aeronuula LifeHow llon ld cina Dliniter Occurred Cine wo Oct 2No information has been reeoho1 hero concerning tho whereabouts or 01 1rof Wise thu ncronnut the prolablJ fate Wlst MrOnut who fleflhItII In tlio balloon Pathfinder I from I Loiii1 last Hun Jay afternoon oxcopt that his bolloon was Keen on Monday evening ubout twenty miles south of Chicago and then drifting rapidly In the direction of Lnko Jllchlcan Telocrams have boon rocolvod Mlchlall Tint from every point on tho shores 01 Lnko Michigan nd from other neighborhoods In which the balloon would be likely to liiru ben seen but no tidings whatever have hi obtained cither of Prof WIso his com panion or 01 the balloon The common bollof lithattitI air ship was swept over Lake Michigan I on Monday night and Hint It was then tvramlictl and Its occupants drowned In the nmo manner ns wore Prof Donaldson nnd Orlmwood In 1875 Sr Loins Oct 2No definite Information his boon received up to midnight relative tho fete of Prof Wise the aeronaut and George Burr cashier of tho St Luis Niitloual Bank who left the city on Sunday evening In tho balloon Ialhllnilur Somo papers dropped by tho vorogors were picked up on afarm nrarGlrurd I siiviityIlvc miles from their slartnl flolnt anJ a telegraph operator at Miller station on the Michigan Southern Railroad stnted that ho aw a balloon pass over that placo about 1 oclock Sunday night This comprises the latent direct Information received hero of Wise and Burr Tho travellers took two days provisions with them The balloon ascended from LlndollPiirk In the wpbtern part of the city I had boon arranged that tho ascent should made soon tiler nightfall on Sutday but arly In the afternoon tloKrcit airship can near to breaUnif away Iroin its fastening A sharp breezo had sprung up rud the operation of filling thu hal loon with gas was finished sooner than was expected Iou 200UO feet ot Ins was expelled tho fastenings and In wttkingthefastcnin3 morosocurcsomo of the netting 8 broken This was hastily repaired nnd Prof Wisn himself said that the I netting was very light Inked poihnph too light A ilolieJleiiiocral repottcr Importuned the aeronaut permit him to 10 on the oynae Uven Downey cannot go referring to his nephew and manager sold tho Professor In response Its no use echoed Manager Dow nor Id glvo my own place to the tlnlr Democrat but there Isnt room for more than the Piofc 3or nnd George Burr who has su rnreil sent Burr wns tlu nenlvlnc teller 01 non nn the St Louis National Bank and had purchase a scat In the balloon At tho time of the ascen seemed that the btskct was 1 so small that It I could aieoiumodato comfortably not moru than one poison Indeed as was afterward proven the 30010 cubic feet of gus which was the liftIng capacity of tho balloon was hardly moro than enough to raise tho Prnfi ssor nnd his om COIn 1101 together with lees than Iho usual amount of I attest and al iut I feet of drat rou weighing perhaps 100 pounds Mentnre tin proeusR of lunation went on 1 1roc antI na tho New Orl aiis band plajed Plnn font mill other lively nlrsn fairaland crowd ai scm hiM money on their way to the fair Htoppimr nt Ltnaell Park to bOO thu ascension Shortly utter oeloek tho connection vvu cu off anil tho bal looMuJiid In readiness to co Below time eoua tor tub IU bait did nut seem very thoroughly Inflated hit it rocked to and fro in the fretI breeze that had sprung up Tho preparations for departure vveru uoepfnarliv hurried Pro Ian ii lilt Mr It err eollnto I Iii baa ket ami oi ii belo the words Lt her irnl I ware hnnrd the air stilt impatient to be otT bounded from the earth 1 olnntlni direction In Its upwnn ftltit the balloon barely itnaned striking ttu brnnchft of a large tnu Rcitni which tho veteran aeronaut sank down almost to the but torn ol the basket Mr herr was not HO rninptiinil barely eaciiuMl a blow iou tho basket bounded nualnit mdbroke a couplo of lirico bouchb Hut the obstruction was cleared The lone draurop ns It uncoiled itself from tho I eroutnl appeared to rttnrd somewhat the Iirourers or the aerial II glut The balloon took a direction almost iluo north at lreollo heIght of probnbly lei than LOOt feet There helII WAS iiKMHiid ballast let to rpare but the Pro fe soi threw out Riot of railroad ndviutlno nientt nnd others which ho had eontracted to dlstrllMite Tim balloon asrended perliain HH foot hluher I imesliur over thi fair ground hcnrlnu nupariiitlr little west of Irouol 623 ttii tnlloon cleared tin northern hounds 01 thu around Prof Ylsu stond so I sensiei to thA rol hkyward upon the edge of Ihl basket wilhi nllrin hold on Iho I ropes and wuvei 1 Ills lint tn thIuat on terra llrina who sent chee on chrir alter him I As thii airship I reached 1 point dlreetly nbOMiMaililnerv hail tliu nerD naiit fcnt down lon earth thousandt on thousands of circulars or dodirors which the brisk wind hcntterid over the nAt BPIICI Ono 01 thiBii printed affairs was headed slc for southeast Missouri the Croat corn district At tin imvnent the hOII of circular tool clicii thn rope wan cut for it doubtless still nil I potted lollht ot the Pitlillnder Tho ropo 15 gatlrt In wan tin Intention of Pro Wise to stay up ont 1 ficv hours At 5 Hi In I tin nfternoou tho balloon paswd over Altontwelvoor fifteen mill northeast of St Louis ulliii rapidly eastward 111 town rd Itt riittn I ug ciottUs In i which I soon dlniippenred On Monday mutate I tug I report came tt the if ioritolTlcotliatnlanIlni Imd been I inniln In I a thick i forest near For JVajiii Inil I but at 11 of Monday thc balloon was leporteil its paalnK over polu twenty wiles Ils II Lipote Indn few mile south of Ilk Michigan and btlll driftIng np Idly to thn northward On rfoeltit ot thin news tho most gloomy con lectures I worn made eottetrii I tug tho lit of Iii I ueruniuiM and the death of Donaldson and liitt eOIIInl11 in tlm samo lako four learn coo wns luileil Downuy the Professors nephew became vtry anxious 0 Ihe ltTu and Adveotiilea of Vraf Julie 1Ir ndlnj fnta I afuiuiir the tlfiniU 111 mI to Ilenth Kurupu vlu the Ski Piif John Vi 180 witH bom Feb 21 1803 lit the city jf Lancaster Pa which city was also tho lirtifilaou of both his parents Ho ru cevei a good English and German education at the hands of tho Kev Villiam A i ittiu ion berg ith whom for whim ho road thcologt He coon became convinced that ho could lot BU 1 ns I theologian anil following the nut ur il In it it 1 his mind dot ted himself I to th luJI iipstionomruntl vaiious aerial projects Hiseirit experiments In ncronautlew wur raal is rli I Kitesattached to tho tails of whicl maii luten I made Invoiunlary nscunts into tp uipo me I the boy could managu to send Ii a 11 I 1 out of Bight In cloud hits IT I lj unbounded Ho I also attempted but unstien tbfu ly to construct Kite of suit Jim i us that I by Its 11 ho himself mlgh tyik an ascent When hue youthful expert to iirt lad reachud the ugu of 1 I los hni biiti il I cat 1 i tinned for parathutCB Unhappy I II HI hl to them Parachutes wero dls cur 1 rr lire tnatchud roof balloons A was I i i i in by ono of thnin und number 01 Ill I I ur for timu I In Imminent danger I i tiun I was his ultimate BUCCIS i i per mnntgollbis that Utitcrmliici liMr I Mnfirlftf I Ji I 1 I nhiii Prut 1 Wise was 27 years of age i Ilb 1 planofortD maker In Plilla i I hu llrst found himself posBCgaod 01 81 lt means to enable him to undertake j1 motion of ballcon Up to this tlm hliu I i been an nHoenslati nor had lie DI i al lnowldgnof I how balloons I cero eotiilni 1 Having aequliiMl pofslbh th i i i knonluilgn mi tint nubject hn Bet to ni I rl imbln to nlford hulk ho procured its Ih unit ndfor his extierliuent riitanllty 01 4 uu lih bud I 1 limn nud llncied oil With thoso hi i eonkirurtiil comparatively I alrtlghl ma cliiKiuiiiiittoiglitfietlii diameter to which WIIn It 118 cov rnd with its network IIH at tavjuit a round basket 11 I I was tlO nnd hiI fo 1 lu I illaiiietnr nt tho twliom and gradunllj i Miiiindiid toward thu top On tho 2if of May 1tl5 5 ho In the priisonco of grunt Ironl crowl of 8pola rlseloo attempted his first ascent from tho corner IUolplel nnd urwiiii ttrontgi Philadelphia When the Pro feesor had stepped into too basket nnd his bill loon was about half flllod with gal blj loo I perlnncod but enthusiastic osslstants became Ivlited Into two parties On of them tried to detain the machlnn until It should bo properly graduated whllo tho other was equally doter mined to send It up A struggle onuuod In which tho nscenclnnt party finally gained tho victory nail aided his ascent vvltn Biieh force that Inanothormomont ho wns bl I ti RAnlust ho ohlmnnysof the neighboring bullllR amid rnntla yells of delight from thn crowds below 1 I low momontH tile balloon doseendod gracefully Into vacant lot several hundred lards from Its starling point I wns Instantly sur punded by the howling mob I Boomed ns though balloon nnd balloonist were about to bo torn In pieces but by throwing out everything movable from his car tho Professor so lightened lbton cd his maehlno that I again roso amid boro him uajostlcnlly away far above tho heads of his tormenters In this his first ascent tho Professor reached nn elevation of a lathe and half remained In the air little more than nn hour and finally lescondod In safety nt Hnddonllnld In Now Jersey about nine miles from Philadelphia Ho returned homo that semi evening In peaking of this first ascension the Professor hOI said that when ho found himself obliged to make preparations to descend ho felt us sorrow fill ns Adam when expelled from the Garden of Etlen Ho then resolved to repent his experiments na oftou ns possible lie 111081x OXor Blnns more or less full of Incident and dnngor with the clumsy machine before I abandoned him for In his sixth ascension matte from the city of Lancaster his balloon struck the roof of I house at It roso spilled Professor out and caving him clinging to the rldgo polo sailed away and llnnlly burst at nn Immense he Ibt Prof Wise then built 1 balloon of silk Ho called It the Meteor Ho made an ascension from Lancaster Pa on the 8th of May 1830 lie started at 1 oclock In the afternoon and nndedjnt halfpast I oclock that evenIng tear Port Deposit Md Whllo he was allowing Ibo gas to escape from his balloon after land lag some persons approached too near with lighted lanterns Thu damp air wan flllud with the gas 1 Ignited and tho mngulfl cent explosion that resulted caused the total destruction of the balloon and serious Injury to hn Professor and others who stood near Having fully recovoiod from this accident antI mndo several moore sueccblul ascensions the Professor determined on nn experiment that seemed nt first sight foolhardy I not I suicidal This was tho explosion of his Walloon In upper air He had mndo a careful study of the theory of parachutes and beenmo convinced that with properly constructed balloon the aeronaut would duceud In safety even though I should ox plode Thniixpcrlment was made 00 the l1h of I Auuust 1HJH upon tbo occasion of nn ascent from Easton ln In his book Through the lrlho Professor tuna described time Incident Wmin nn nltlttidu ot about IMiHM loci was attained 1m snld tIme balloon bueimo fearfully uxpnnded At this critical moment I bo came somewhat excited nnd as I was thinking whether it were not best to relieve thu explosive rope disnhirgu ballast and abandon for Ibo present the Idea of this experiment thin balloon exploded Although my tonlldencn In the success of the contrivance never for a moment forsook me I must admit that it was a moment of awful suspense The gas rushed from time rup turn lu the topof thu balloon with a tempestuous noise and III less than ten seconds not particle I of droii remained lu I it Thn I descent nt first A rapid nnd accompanied with a funrful moaning noise caused by the air rushing through the network and the cvs escaping Ibo In another moment I felt I slight shock Looking up to see what caused I I discovered that tho balloon wns Iantins over being nicely doubled lu thn lower half Into lie I upper I unit fallen condensing ito I column of nlr upon which it WIIA fiilUnL until It hml arrived nt 1 juihit whore the air was so dense that that force of Out wholu weIght pressing I down on It arrested the velocity and caused the parachute to tilt over Tho Inl of tho car however countervailed the tilting tendency and gave It an oscillating moveiiiMit which it retaIned until It reached tho earth The velocities of these zUzag descents were marked by corresponding notes of thn wind It whistle through the rigging of the balloon On reaching the point hero the lower current of air traversed tho upper another and morn violent shoe than I the hiNt took place From this point the osell htlons becniiio more severe inch one causing In mo sensation similar to thnt persons ex perliMico when dreaming that they full Tho car struck time earth obliquely and I was thrown about ton feet forward from It It had turned boll om up und there I Mood congratulating nuself upon tho result of this exciting experiment tho perspiration rolling from my forehead In profusion Durlngthu war Piof WI80 i mad number of ascensions from different points oecunieit by tho army of thn Potomac and obtained much vuluabln information though hu did nol succeed lu bringing balloons Into general uso as military observtitorlon In 1ST thu Profissor bOW the way opened for tho consummation 011 sign thnt hu had herlahed during Ma holn llfo that of ciosBlim the Atlantis in a balloon and of demonstrating tho correctness of his steady easterly current theory In this audacious schumo ho hnd associated with him tho ilnriug youag aeronaut Washington Donaldson whoso Bul eiiieiit melancholy fate Is still fresh In thin memories of nil Tinso bold rdvuntureis llrst applied to the City Fathers of Dostmi for aid In their hitz unions undertaking Their proposition was favorably entertained and thu bill auuroorlR ting tho needed sum had already passed one branch of tho City Council whim tho I gioat Iloaton fire occurred nnd the project was abandoned It was then undertaken by the proprietors of thu Now York Graphic and balloon having lining nld a hugn hlool a 1111 capacity of 14 000 pounds was constructed named thu Graphic and infracted viI of attention and Interest from all amount Ilollul Intcrtl nlllrls of the eoiintn Owing to certain misunderstanding Prof Wise withdrew from tho expedl lon leaving It In thou hands of Donaldson Before flue day fixed for Its starting it was decided to abandon tho experiment cntlroly cud thus the hopes of Prof eXJ Isqs life camo to naught Although well along In tears the Professor lies continued to make nsccuslous from that day to this I with unabated ardor nnd by his untimely death tho country arlor thu man who has done moru than any other American to advance the caubu of aerial navigation The Last Voynce nf lrof Washington Ilur iltiin lloniildaoa Tho loss of Prof Wise local the lest aerial voyago of A Donaldson a noted American balloonist Prol Donaldson madu 139 successful ascensions and had many hairbreadth escapes Ho was originally tightrope performer On May 3 lbC2 ho walked across tlm SchuylUll Itlver at PnlKdclphin on a rope 1200 feet long and 100 rl ct high ending by jumping from the ropo Into tho river nt a height of DO feet On Sept 201SC1 ho walked rope nt Geneseu Falls Rochester thai vas 1800 lot long and 200 feet high His balloon ascensIons woro marked by tho most daring trapeze performances Hu swung front 1 bar by I ono foot nt height of 5000 feet skinned thu cat and turned somersault JIbe nlxth ascensIon was nt Norfolk Yn on Jan 18 1872 The balloon burst when 410 feet high but did not collapse I closed In nt tho pules und tho lush of air turned It Into parachute 1 fell In a burr chestnut tree Donaldson los his grasp nnd vas precipItated through time I limbs of tIme tree Ills tIghts were torn oT and his legs arms and body were badly 1 lacerated rims I roe saved his life DomildsouH nett trip was from Norfolk Ho truck a wind i that Cu riled him I oceanward Ion miles In I sovnn minutes Onco on the ocen death was certain Ho pulled tIm valve ropo but thc gas scaped too slow He climbed tho rigging tlio balloon careening on Us sidu and alt tho canvas Hu struck thn ground In largo coinlleld and win dinggrd nearly 100 lOCI Thn wind blew ngnle Crashing ngalns a rail fence hu vuis rendered Iniensiblo A tree on ihnoeunn beaeh caught his bnlloon nm llpli It to bun Is hut lied his ilk Illlt IlA Chieiuo iI ed IJolialdonV twentieth ns ccmdou Id camo doviIn Like MlhJDin arid VVIH dragged thiough thu wntui nt gloat speed Tlmbilloon was smashed against I a stonn pier and thn aeronaut lust new Mill of elothes am JlJil in money On his iwnntyfmuth i ronsloi Ihn Proleswir nttnlned 1 height of IJiiU locI Hn Hind that hn henril man shout when 1m was LI 10 fuot hlgli The muslu from a hninl am thu tumbling of I train of emil 8 vseioclenilt ills Illigillshablu at height of 8 OOii feet lie heap 11lnlhlmllo a loomotive will hn was 12UIK feet Illll Oil IllH IlluelJelgllthnsCi nslnii Ml Donaldson took up a woddlng pnitv It was tho Hint wedding in midair Jhu following 1M I copy of tim mnrrlago ccrtillcatu 1 ClUriM HIM Vliiu i I POITDI WAMII 1 III rlJ iII liilliion I ii uruluumi i OIK mllo huh un i nu iniuil Ohio uctiiUr IT I lily I ItrriitM Oniclalui tYmurgyinsn Donnldsons ono hundred md fourth nscnnsloi WIIH mado on API II 21 1875 lie siarteil Iron Phllaibiliihla I i At an mitt htmiio of HIXX feet I ho was chlllod through Two bottles of mlnnrnl I walur worn fionn solid As ho WHS iteutrl etc the oeonii thu Proleubor reached for Ihu vitRo rope and to his surprise nnd dismay found It gone Bonn powerful suction had drawn I Intj the neck of thn suetOI wits so numb with cold that ho I did not dare Utut hlmaelt on time nettIng I his dilemma ho let out tho ropo with thin anchor attached I brougrit tho balloon slowly 10 the earth The anchor caught tree A ireezu sprang up and the balloou began to tug nt thai rope like giant The netting began tn imp rolo know said Donaldson flint If I vent up again I would cOle down somewhere In the ocean I out with my jackknlfo nnd cut tIme rove whleh held time car to tho concentrating ring The balloon was off for Europe Flue basket nnd the Professor full nbout sovontyflvo net Hu was stunned but escaped with severe hiut laos Tho one hundred and twentyseventh ascon Ion was mado at Toronto Three newspaper wero the Professors companions eportere Vro tlo lrrossors COII IIII rho balloon dropped In Like Ontario nt night Thin four men stood on time edge of Clue basket and clung to thn ropes They wont spinning over tho water like great thistledown In a lend caIrn they woro rescued by a boat nnd tho tnlloon wn towed ashorn nt Long Point Tho one hundred anti thirtyninth and last OHeensInn was mode nt Chicago on July 15 1875 Thin bnlloon won the 1 Itanium SIte carried 81000 cubic feet of gas and Soil pounds of sand Mr Grlmwood of the Journal and Mr Maltinndof the ltmst wore to go with Mr Don aldson allson Mr Wood a brother reporter It preached Mr Grlmwood fow momenta before 10 entered the basket I only earn to go this oncu lust for the experience said Mr Grim wood Ijust woodTno winds unfavorable hut perhaps nn up relUrkld par current will make that all right Mr Wood I Grlmwood laughed I wont work ho nld with shake of the head Thoyrntrying to frIghten tho reporters by saying Donaldson expects to bo carried into Michiganvrlth tio chances of being gone two or three days It TonI work Wllt replied Mr Wood whats the dif ercnco I I vou should flyover to Michigan thu trip would bn nil time more Interesting and youd hnvn a chance to spread In the Journal Thats so said Grlmwood Conic to think of It Id like to land in Michigan Hut If Im going so far from homo I ought to have moro i money He borrowed a tondollar bill from a Mr Adnms not her reporter Baying I guess thatll I do Mr Wood then gave Grlmwood field glnsi to nld his observations while In mid nlr A lIfe preserver was thrown Into tho car Orlmwood rfr I should see that worn settling Into tho lako I pull off my boots nnd slap on the life priorvT Im I good Immur and can stand a good deal Tho two reportets stopped Into the bosket Donnldson I followod ls rite billoon wit I uvr jurdened and hn said that only one reporter could accompany him Ho called for olun tetir to remain behind Neither reporter moved Maltinnd pulled I copper from his pocket nail Hipped It In thu fir nnd Orlmwood shouted head Mnltland 111 nnd Orlmwood vvns reluctantly crawling fiom tho car when Mr Donaldsons agent Interfered Gentlemen said hu tile lots must bu cast In thn usual way under my direction Hu wrote First cholcn uIler I le and second cholcn on slips of paper and slinok them In I a pollco ofiloera hat Tln hat was hell aloft and lie oflkvr drew the ilccls vo slip It wi Orimwoodu dentil wnrr int Hu stepped back Into tlm basket with Donaldson ainl Mnltlnnd despondently withdrew TIme balloon rose gracefully loan nltltudcof about 5000 feet mil floated Rteadllv to tim northeast out over Lako Michigan and In I direction that would It followed mike them tlm near Grand I Haven Mich I flnwedt 1 Iiis distant watuhm cub the Bar ThouHimUof upturned es wllht1 1Ilnr num as it moved steadily before tho breeze itt rate of about llfteen miles an hour At Ci ono hour nnd I half Irom I Ihu time of starting I many I eyes were jet fastened upon tlm bnlloon 1 8 ll tll nliillr li At 17 fS thn Little Guldu a small trait standing out bomn burt itt lit a from tho Hit iioU shore sighted tlm balloon I las then oceaelonnll I dipping Its basket In I that lake only I mllo and I unit away Thu schooner hoadnd for It but boforn it could oveitnkn I thero seemed to be a sudden lightening of tho cmii and tho balloon shot upward to a great disappeared height and soon This was tho last ever seen of the balloon That night terrllld storm swept down upon the hike How thu two men met their fate wns never 10w but on the 10th of August Ito body of Grlmwood was found nn the east shore of Lake Mlchlgnn near htony Creek The body vvns fully Identified 1 was comph tely clothed lul I except that the hut and boots cero missing and nround tho body was a broken llfo prtserver His wnten papers letters fruit knife HCertlfl cam of membership In tile Chicago Public Library brary nnd the field glnss thnt wns so Kindly fur ulslmd by Mr Wood vvuru also found upon his body AIM the following notes written when over the middle of Lake Michigan From hue enrtieil tay or ehil Ihmbl I hive always had a preMnllnnlit Unit some lime ftmmcr ur later I was bounl I to rio Then are tonie people who make fpnrl nf presenti meiiK i to alur all a ircMiitlntl115 a haul lliln lo linio aruun 1 tI here would I bar been tixlt I hadnt hail a pro renllimnl lu aciurJanco wIth my re entlmcnt I nave rlKnat re loa pulut or order I IJKu a iireat miny rollllcKn I ne li men ofna I OCtet Ihe fuel must titers arc nuly two if usIrci DolUloa lUll III lliMl noulJ huts to UlolU to Ibo 0 uprer tell1 1roT liuimlJvn ireini to tw very pleaiaul Kentieiuan allhouitn a phlloiopher alI aeronaut Although Karcel au hour tlnce 1 I lruanlci Into emlft nee Ih 1 restratuti ul mr 10101 are airutv Lc clininu tobo I lik oiiie lo me All 1 wear upun nn niirlt I A lnln VH AI I trA fll tra 11 Illw 111 rOuT out uf the heat emit and thai our arilral nioii earth 1 nithir upon ater tcr are over lie liltuJle of Lake UlchlaiitTo vrouU literati I IUD Nothing lias been heard of Donaldson nor havn any remains of the balloon been discovered Thin find ngof Orlmwoods body hew aver established the fact that they lost their lived lu time lake Thero was nothing to Indicate Iwd how dfuili was mil whether Iho balloon was struck by lightning and collapsed In mttl aIr whether lie balloon struck the water altO wan burst leaving lie men to butt In with thu waves I only it I lust to bo drowned From Don aldsons knowledge of gas and his mod of IIS managing his billonn I we might infer that hu saw thnt hn must trail upon the water as he was compelled to do but fuw weeks bofarn on Lnko Ontario and that they prepared for the worst by throwing out all ballast then their boots and to meet lie last they put on tholr lIfe pru servers The basket cumlng down Into the water llllcd amid was virtually ntnnchor Time hurrlcano and furious wind would soon tear thu balloon to nieces and the two men left nt thu mercy 01 Ibo nugry waved must soon have succumbed to a watery grave In Moimlnlni and Iten Trip Over the American Cunlliunt The great aerIal voynfjo from tho JIlssls slpfl to tin Atlantic coast begun on July 1 1859 1 was time longest trip ever made Inn balloon Thou adventurers were John La Mountain noted aeronaut A Onger John WIse mutmul Wm Ilydeof thoSt Louis AVpiiJirrm The voyagers meant to sail from bt Louis to New York The balloon the Atlantic was owned byPiof La Mountain I was mado of tho best Chlnceo bilk and held about COO feet of gas A boat was attached for use In case of accident described hue In long litter to Mr Hydo lesorlboo Irhlln 101 I kier his journal Ho said Hint they left St Louis nt Gi I Tho cargo consisted of POO pounds of sand In bags Inro Iunltlr ot cold chltkons tongue potted meatssandwiches As numerous darkcoloied longnocked vessels con talnlng champagne sherry sparkling Ca tawba claret Madeira brandy and poiter plentiful unruly of overcoats shanld liHukeU and fur gloves a coutiln or threo Inl tgs nIlII of Iced lemonade anti I biilet of wator 1 compass linionu ter thermonielnr and chart bit mmii Its 01 tlm I principal St Louis newspapers nn PAIUCBB package dlructid to I New YorK city enrds ot candidates for chit IIJM I in I fcoveral I of thu cotitts clis tumblers cups Knlvoa nnd other attl At bin wordthosn who were holding on to time hides of flit boat simultaneously let go and thu AtlnntliM OB blow and majisllcally tibiae thin ninny thousinda vi hilt wen1 gntheiod In time lclnltv maul sailed oft In a nuithvantorly dliec tlon Within I few minutes time strips of urn Ol land and fields of newly nested iralnln IIlinolft I I I I wern beneath thn vninger At 710 the barometer blood al 21 and limit thermometer Indicated 55 Mr i 111 I I oi tierhi ncud Miigular sensation IOU thoeais 1 vis tin muhusuu iii amid annoying but not painful very mueh such 1 focllng asa man hiiswhen bathing amid life ears becomn tIlled wllh ivntor making tho tunpn num grate harshly I at ovnri toiind All i aeronauts exiierieneo this foelim on their flrct vo iun In nfovv minutes I gui was blown I off fiom HID tub nt time mouth of thn billonn tho Blgnnl that It hndbocomu Inllated to HH fullest capacity I IIJ Wlsn who had vlmigti of I Ill comiRctliu I tyOu fun valvu nt limo top piiimptly gavu It pull and Immediately thereafter 011 mtlty of blulah aol flu itnd off and elrclud upward Thin was at flout ill i ii mmlis altur buvon oclock A iiuniterof nn hour later thn air ship had do Bliided iiy eoiiBlderablv Ihn i barometer In dieatud 27 Inclusand ilm III rmomelnr Gldn 1 greis 1 tills tlmn thn happy uuarleltu id IrlI onvursmg about Ilm inagiillleentheiiinry I rnlatlng iineednteH nnd wntcMng vIth InlereBt the tuoniiusof i Mr i IlruoKhu balloon limo Comet which hail preceded them from St lolls rvcry vesiliH ot Louis had now vanished from thnlr I night i and thny I were drilling nt wonderlul I rntnof tpnd toward thnlr destination Thn motion was perfectly steady Thnro Ifuel was no rocking of fits boat or car no rustling or Ihl 10 silk nothing Indeed but tho receding forests niil Holds bonoath to toll th81 they worn not poised botwoun earth nnd sky In 1 dead CAlm oo breath of brocro was stirrIng The onut down of a IhUllo released from ito willow oe W3uld buto fulluu lbs buMS by its own spcclfla gravity In nil Its cnlmnoss tho monster bubble floated through lie clouds Twilight wax on tho earth and gave to time color of tint soil tbo appearance of frozen lakes By this time tIme sun had sotto tim Inhabitants of the earth thouuh to the oymrei8 It was four or live degrees above tho I VOIIOIS horizon And thirtytwo minutes after lucy euw time Comet pfTuctlng landing far to tho northeast It looked like more bladder I At 710 they worn a mile high To atone for ho descent caused by tho discharge of gas a few hnudfulfl of Bund were thrown overboard AIR oclock the barometer showed that ho ship lad again lifted herself to thin reiiulslto height Ilucl Site win moving us steadily ns a clipper ship Thin weather was bitter cold Hhawis coats and gloves wore used but tho limbs of thn excursionists worn numb nod thiilr teeth chat bred as though they wore suffering from ague An alarming Incident occurred Prof Iso crouched In the wicker car cOoled his body with Hhawis nnd other articles of warmth and wan sleeping Tho balloon had again become nfluted to its fullest tension and the Professor lay under Its mouth Mr Uager addressed Rome luinarks him but received no answer Mr again accosted him this time In I louder tone Btlll them was no response A third nod fourth time did ho call but heavy deep and convulsive breathings worn Ito only result Inl Ir Oagor almost pale with apprehension lest something fearful had occurred to Prof Wise lit once bounded to ono of tho upright irons of tin fnuwheol machinery nnd with nsnutunoo from ouo of his fellow voyagers elambered Into tho car I was lucky for Prof Wise that ho did for Mr Qager found that Ibo tub at tho mouth of tbo balloon was directly under tho formers nose and that ho expansion of Ito gas hud driven some 01 the hydrogen directly Ill his taco Ho was at that time lusonslblH though ns soon as time tube had been removed by Mr lager from the Professors nostrils and a few hearty shako given dim Ibo comatose man revived rubbed his eyes muttnreda few Incoherent syllables and Inaulrod what was the matter mnter While this was going on the Atlantic had found the current that tho aeronaut lund declared was always blowing In the upper regions From the west to tho east and was now travel ling toward Ibo very star which they hnd picked out in Ibo Ormnmeut Ibo beacon of tho courso they vvlHhml to bike The discovery was otis wall calculated to perfect tho restoration of senses in Prof Wise so happily begun by Mr Uaitur Thero broke from his lips a little cough and snylnc Boys lots Ipa ho struck up the stirring national anthem Hull Columbia In which nil joined though the frigidity ot the ntmophcro put quite I damper on patriotism nnd melody A little I after midnight there wore momentary nnshexof lightning on nil sides of tIme horizon Tin milky war appeared Ilku Ininlnous phot phorescvnt clouds nail heavens jewelled tiara of stars glistened bulow nnd above Nights queenly brow shimmered with Ibo mellow ihitiut of thin newborn crescent moon Thin mighty scroll of Ibo ceruleanpillared firmament glittered all over with gorgeous heraldry Day broke nt 3 cluck and dogs began to bark At 115 they sailed over rort Wayne InJ and could hoar the shouts of Its inhabitants uII 015 thn mercury In tho barometer showed their altitude lobe nearly one mile They could then hear hue lowing time cows vlthdlstlntnesii In seven minutes more tho barometer Indicated 2JS InchcK Their altitude therefore was then about two mils Twelve minutes after 5 oclock they decrled In I hue east what at lli ret appeared to lr him rcl flection 01 mitt sun on llnseUy One nf thn party asserted list the vveru not many nillps from hake Thn noblo nlr vessel was lushing along I nl1 brisk 1110 dragging Its shadow on thu ground encircled In famnstlo colors There wile no doubt that what had at 11 rut boeinedii blillitinc of ihu eastern heavens was ii othti mug less than nn ImmtiiBU I body I of ater Trio aeronauts concluded that It could only bo Lake Uric and thuy wain right for tracing the Khoru and observing hue little Islands lit contour map corresponded almost precisely with the A suhllracr scene now broke on human vinw I Ltko Eric has suifneo of 7SUO square miles and ulthou li thuy could not behold thu whole of It tho vIew lost nono of Its ignlllcuncc Grouts of white clouds like I I great puns from steam pipe floated languidly on every Bide unfolding their caiiMhku robes and passing on In eddiing currents Thuro was collection of houses huddled touothei at hue mouth of tIme Mimmce hul11IIowet There In that great bend dot ttd with specks of laud Perry gulued his victory 1111 SfCkS tOf 725 they uwopt over Smundusky and floated out on hut bosom of tIme lake At 030 they overtook ituffulo steamer and warn Iailed with I shrill whistlB They were mtbottt 500 feet high and hell conversation with time piisucngurs At 95U timuty weio over Long Point Canada the Boeuo of the great fight between Morrlsio and HeenKii Hon they had traverced nearly tIme entlro length 01 Lako Irlp a distance of 250 miles accompl hing It In three hours mler IOCII they had Likca Erin and On tirlo both In olght Tho balloon had again attained sit altitude of nuHrly I mile A terrible Htorm was hurging buncath them time trees waving and time waves dashing against the shore of Erin lu an awfully tempostuous manner Now Ilko gurgle vamu thin subdued sounds of tho plashing and headlong cataract of Niagara At 11 clock Having summed over tho lako shore still bound oastwardly tho balloon brought them Insight of llutTnlo and Niagara Falls ns nlso tho Velliuid Ctinnl They nls reached a height of more than mile time barometer marking 23G Inches At 1230 they wore nearly botwoou tIme falls and Buflalo Inclining rather to the left of thu tatter rime famous lalli were quite insignihlcant Thnro wns to tho voyrgors descent of soem Ingly about two feet and tho stutter Boomed to bn perfectly motionless Tho spray gave tho wholo an appearance ns of Ice and there was nothing grand or sublime about It Passing Iho western terminus of tho Erlo Canal the balloon was borno directly toward Luke Ontario Tho ballast was now nearly ex ImUbtod and to Imvo determined on cross ing the second Isle would hnvn been sheer recklesHUCbS nnd hardihood Hero It wits debated whether It score bettor to land Mennrw Gagor and Hvdo anti In their Bteud take in nsuflldent uunntlty of new bal list and again etucr for tho Atlantic 0 eutmu 011 Thin nlr shill I wn lowciod but ut lS Immediate I cnught In I thu hurricane which WHS then ragIng nnd carried very near tho tops of trees I which wern bending I ami swaying i 1 to nnd fro by lie force of tInt wind Mi La Mountain nt oueo threw over thu buckets anti their contents mind tIm lift this gave them kept them from being crushed lu tint woods I Like I bullet they shot out Into Iho nke Time bout was got lu roulluesii and thu trooning winds sent them out of night of land The scene In 11 dreary waste of 7Hi iunr miles of water At length limy nenred tlm I dashing I billows Tlio btuerlng machinery wait cut nvviy and ty aroMa hike I fuathur For Into tIme ship was buoyed out of lImo way of danger but slut frenuentli darted liownwiird as though bent on destruction Carpet oaets overcoats provisions oversthing vvim pitched Into tho lake la Mountain finally cut away tim lining of the boat 1 he onm worn wntnllir Illu tIm lining Everithlng had now gouu but an I overcoat and two blankets which were umvml to bo 1 lined mutt Dual resort A prom Her Young America boiu denim to 111 relief but I they olollcI bcuilded ROIHV hundreds of feut before her buns and thai hopu failed fllo Finally alter skirmishing I within I thirty feet of the dark waved for distance of not Mhan fifty milcti and pfuhais moiothny wore out ol daugiir of drowning I I but 1 now peril I WIIK huron them Thu hurrlcinn blow thim Into I I demise fores whleh I skilled I im Ilk nnd threatened I to tear them I limb from limb I I nlt Gager had thrown out the I nmhor I heavy Iron i limO with tIm roil lii ticks each an Inch I it nil I mmitiir In thlikiiiww Ho rapid wns their flight unit this stood out nearly Iralitht liom the ear As thin grapnel anting agalnnt that tres ol modulate slm lit Iltl of tho balloon 0 1 1 Its al teulblo btrensth would tear i them dov ti and fling It to thu ground titm by ono tho hooks hroko olf and they were ngnln at thn niero of an alswcet limit will MossrH La Mountain ami Hdo held on to thl vnlvu rope emleavoilng to dlschaigo mitt gns but worn tiumikly compelled to release their gras and ollng I to thn convcu rat lao honl tn atoll JIIlhlolrn out Tho balloon actimlli vent thmugli I mlln ol forist and teai nit ilown tries ami broum kIng brani lies miii ra mail Its utilities fouls dash Ing I thn I pirty I in I tho wIt ow ear to and Iro i against trunks and limbs until thn stout netting had brolcn lithe by little nnd Iho balloon itsulf had no lungei1 am promotion whim sinking 1 tall line mime silk was imiiiturod In doii pliieis nail rent into ribbons Inning flit ear suspended by tlm ml 111 IInl 5 feet abovullin ground Tiiocoiiro of limit balloon thiough HID ools left path similar tn Unit of tornado TIOIH half hue size or II mann hOly WIlt snapped In twain as thoiuh thus wniui ijipesioms and hugu limbs were scattored like leaves Tlm 1111111 1 i was mado nlthln I 150 I yards of aol Iiommuu iitiiud thoernsh suns ao grout that Ito piopln ran to tho Hpot to see hal had hai pened Hingiilar as It would nppear hurt I scums only ono of tho four immjmii cit Mr li Mountain roeolvlng nomu HlUlt eontuslons about of lila hliia Jho I lemaludei 01001 hil hll 1lnlnlol escaped without scratch Whol they got down partly by topes i mid partly by means of bioken tree several unrsoiiH wern uilammui hug mound with opnn inouthB and outs Marine out In I wonder They thun learnod that mitts hail land on thn farm of Tin man hilney nor Iliieknitu Harbor I I lu i tho town of llundcrxon I I JelTorson County By Mr La Mountains watch tho tlmn I was 1 oeloek and twenty minutes I Thny hnd been nlmtenn hours tad Inrty mlnutCk trtvutli I rug I dUtanco which cannot bo computed nt less tlmn 1200 miles I llltor lumUIieinu tuaUuI to thus iopultiUjr mil aims ciu Di UuUTt CuivU SJ ceuU iJ Jrmclicl DuuiHttir I I the tlllo of Yllkln Oollluus now novol I Ada will bo published la next UDdu Uireurv The Sliest Umca Prediction Increasing cloudlnosi occasional rain warm tuiiihrrl veering to coMir wciterlr wluJi loner It feulletif Ii I i I i 1 II I TO MAJOR ANDRES MEMORY TUK HtOXU3tEXT THAT 1FAS KIIECIKO nr atit CYKUS ir FIELD ICciMcnl or Tnppnn Clnw lliclr Iltlndi and Remain within DOOM during the Ceremony The ipllnph that limo Hlnnley Wrote Tho plcturcsquo but slumbering settlement of Tnppan In llocklnnJ County was moro titan usually quiet yesterday for It had bean announced that Mr Cyrus Field nnd many of his friends were to visit the village and hold some sort of a celebration over time Andr 3 monument on Ito spot whore tho country folks do clara that Major Andre did not dIe and was not juried A day or two beforehand a huavy truck had croaked nnd rumbled through tho main street of the village behind six or seven training horses and beneath tremendous box that was said to contain tIme AndrJ monu mont Itself The wagon wheels sunk deep Into ho yielding surface of tho hillside after tha vehicle was turned from the road to reach tho selected site and very many hours wore spent in extricating tho team I tell you what It Is said Dr Bartow the ooplo hero say very lIttle but they dont lOut he notion having that monument Dr Bar tows brother James was tho owner of the hill on which Major AndriS was hanged and It had boon long known as part of tho Durtow estate Mr Cyrus Field hnd first purchased a mortgage on the property and afterward bought ns much as ho wanted of It The dividing line of the States of New York and New Jersey crosses Ito hill nail separates Ilnuklnnd from Bergen County The thlrtoeu acres lying In Itocklnud County Mr Field purchased Mr Henry Whlttemore who wits conspicuous In the management of the recent Stony Point celebration Is also conspicuous In what has gone on nt rap pan Ho lives In Washingtons hcadquartcrR near tInt village lit showed great Interest in Sear Fields plans on AndriS Hill Time villagers speak of nil this ns though It was not creditable to man of Mr Whlttomoros standing I told him ho hadnt found thn place where AndrCi was bung anti burled saId Dr llnrtow but he did not agree with mo My father told mo wboro the placn was and thoso people nro a hundred yards out of time way If hn had removed tbo top soil he oould easily have found the place whore tlm body was burled forovon alter a century passes ground that has been dug ran bo distinguished from that which has been left undisturbed In conclusion thu Doctor ventured the opinion that something may hap pun to thin monument nod If not that It will soon boehlppod to Pieces by curlimlty BOMkors At 11 oclock Mr Fluid arrivednudthodoublo row of houses in thn village remained with closed doors and shutters as though to complete the concealment that was already half effected by time spreading trees and blooming shrubs nnd vines that maku but placu so singularly beautiful A lIttle colored child stood in tho middle of the roth but no resident of tile vlllngo was sum Thuro were threo carriage loads of visitors They wore Cinu i Fluid his I i Fonlnlnw 1 James li Andrew John haulsburyof Nynck Prof A Ii 1 Gardner late law nrofesor at Vist 1olnt Itlthnrd Mount stt I 1 iew luriY iiitiiiii iiiiuii 01 James Austen Rtnveus editor of the iJaiiijiiC of Ainiritait I Ililuru Abraham II I I tIer the artist Illtam Kelboy iissttHtit Librarian of thn New York Historical Society ami Mr Olmstend of New York Mr Whlltomorn acted its guldo and hl torlan nnd Dr Stephens who owns hue old stun tavnrn whern Amlni wns imprisoned 1 Joined mite others Tho wu riaces stoptied at thn I old antI wrecked tavern nod Mr Field nllghtd and poked thu ninssln stonewall with tho point of his umbrella Itsuums to bo strong staid he Threo reporters and two residents of tho town joined tIme visitors anti ascended that hill It Is covered by nn oichard but Mr Field said he would turn It into park bfore hue centennial nnnlVKranry of tho execution which will bn next year Ihu workmen lowered tho great shaft of granlto to its place on the granite bnso of thin itsomtuimmoat and lie visitors looked on mid hailed Ill lull you how I camo to cot Into this said Mr Field I found Dean Stanley tho greatest tiinn you ever saw for historical mat tort Ho was stopping with mo ntTariytonn arid ono morning ho asked mo where Major AudriS Wan executed I told him I belIeved It wits uoross thn river and wo determined to go net day When we reached hero wn found that thu Itockhmd County Historical SocIety had been trying to determine tIme exact spot In which AndnS wns buried They had obtained posltlvu Information from four old farmers and what they had found out was published In the local newspaper Time Denn nod I visIted tile place and no expressed rorot that nothing marked the spot Then I said If you will write the Inscription Ill put up the atone and so It all camo about The workmen knocked away tho boxing around tho shaft and It proved to bo a short massive ilve mon block ot Maine granite with polished panels net upon slab of lie samo stone Tint main block is six net seven Inches hlirh and three feet six by five feet on the sides It wits Imndsomo in Its simplicity and cosilv ns well You can copy tho Inscription said Mr Field It has never been published as It is now Thin wont side or front bore the following inscription ilcrt aift Oct a iiw JJaJor John All Iri or the llrllUh Army 5i ho cniennx Hie Amcrfcmi hues on a wcni mUMon to lieiuairt ArnuM for ttii iiruiiJirof Wrt Iotnt iraj Uken phfoicr trued cut cunJeuiue ai a spy lliitlcmh though cf frJau to the stern code of ar inoxtil even tie neinlvii tn pity ana nit nrinli ii mournM the fjte of one KujoiniK Smut irn brute In isji 1k reimini some reirocJ tit i tiintii Abl cy A hlitulri vnrn alter liUrxfcultnti till tonc nrt ii liciil era til smut Hlicrc ho Iny by aclUzcn oi llii MAUS Ailut ivhlcli helou tit nut lo peruMutte the riconl i klrite liut In i ic Ut UIOM Utur terminus ulikh lutf inc multi to nnllniif lilt in rme In luiiuiit 1 itt in rflUioii wmtiu he crnc i lute tli it tuu frUnJI union wilt nctr be biukcn Arthur 1enrliyn Stanley thrum of Westminster luhmomuii he on ntreiteiucrous mIssion saId Major Gardner adding This imn endeavored tool tniu an approach to our lines imfaitly and to nu sacro tho poor ragged Continentals It was a mean nit Nathan Halo who was hanged on Manhattan Island merely attempted to gain I a knowludguof the enenns strength Vi lint I want to sue now is monument Bone diet Ainold On tho north nnd south sides of tho monument score the following Inscriptions lie i4inorc iMiforlilnntt tlmn I Primli it An liiduunaiht kiilliint i ttlrer tl OB A9I1I1CTOV Sntit lcchur mar serum et tncnUiu morttlln Uiuunl Ilrjll 1 Htllial All nrtltt sketched Iio stone nail a photographer aimed Ills cut amerut nt it Mr htevens lie historian edified the group with his historical knowludgo Hn tutu count out of curiosity to the spot and thin btonn without sharing tho btntlmentd of tlio others who store present homo one bioko of tho doubt about tho ro mains that wero removed to Westminster Ab hey Thoro is no doubt about It snld Mr Field tuodticlng a letter received two day ago from Deiu I Manlo who addiessed Ills friend lily deal Unelo 1 leldand went on to sits that thu I dust in I Vtsi mmti limit lii is undoubtedly I Major Andres although uolhiiigootild liupiovud by the old collln Hint oncn eueloaed tlm remains Ills letter was feigned A Simmt icy Mr Whlltemoio had ruvonge In I his kindly wny upon tho vlllngeia by lulling how old 1 armor lien oiv of lie last generation lo I ttavo his peaches liom time despoiling hands of those whocnmolofiiKiwIieiu Audit sviuuu Imingei mum moved time tuuultlr that had long marked thn ti no spat planted roe I on nithei sido of It taut fooled luutlv mer od pirtioul trlj thneiiun I ry pet ln PriBnntly I afti Mr Field had chatted hopefully I of the future beauties i of lie Illtlu I park hu will limy out around Ihn Maine hue pnily visited ihu room lu which Washington signed AnduVri deith warrantgn frmmm I Ito 5 iliidnnn from whieh tlu Itmat President uclud od Ihn light of day whun Audiit was hanud and ixit mum I mutiI thn I room lu I whuhelm Amid itI wtua coullnud in thu old tavern iho ewrk 4iiuitly Vr un ilhilcs Tue Newark hhmpmtttiletn City Ctituvutmtti iu was lint ttitrii to muuiulmuut vuumtllmtt her tiit or mi1 uhutr itt lflwu 1 iii re a ii it struiciit I tn uti mit lw liii iritr ii I uumi1 iii ihriuumim shu tnti ii hitt mi iimli ii mutr i iuIt tilt ii iii iiuiJ itut tiuickmuu Sui i mit liii nil tiriur lii iumtci tot iii ii eltittii it tm i tilt riluit biuiiiib Lui mlii 01 0 i uti Aiier miru ttilutt Sir Mclii I 0 Is imiithiilui mu i Iucmmduui smekuitu SJ mtmiti lOt Shut 5 1 iii emit em Jmmit I uutu iur Witr uuuittuur 1 titiuuuci Ii itui ii i ruite em iueiuruui School ii lit St 1 lmcmuitdm Ii fti imuimutsimit i Nlenllnu 0 I hlltli Ear ing Mary Do lliaw kl 10 yours of ago of 271 Hast llouun I ktrn on her ii a home Horn ncliool eilerilay sun muttti wan met by nn unktioun noiuan who per miaili1 her toKo Into i a camt store ullli lar whcru ihft wnH Kivin a pin ll iumuumity ol chili Ihe I itttemant aiim tn Miernl loun In OIHI of whlth tliu uouian louk tln i ilit em dug an 1 Hit JiuppiMirt1 hue ihlUl it 4 loutul stile rimtc in Vbidhoii tn ella i cviniiikf A iltt tilve louiiil the ciii hmO In llarrlti pa ftlinp at 477 llrnnit sit tiC Iho muuan who i HVMIII llieiu iliMrllH4 let iii tu Mra Murphy of Itu Uonrix ilrwL bite has hot itcit arn ted IThblfOCIl4 TiC LEAVERS CONF1sliflIhO rerfectlnc Pino for nn Ar rf tlve Canvas In Every City nod Town Tho Executive Commlttoo of tIme Democratic State Committee four of the nominees on tho Domocrntlo State ticket and several Democrats from various parts of thin Stnto met ycstor day In the Democratic Btato Committees headquarters In the Bt James Hotel In this city Time candidates In attendance wcro time Hon Clarkson Potter Secretary of State Allen Dcach AttorneyGeneral Augustus Hchoon maker and State Treasurer James Mnckln Ot the Democratic Executive Committee hero woro William A Powlor of Kings County William Smith ot Clinton Lester Faulkner of Llv InBlon Dnnlol Mannlngof Albany JnoODrlon of Dutehess William llusBoll of Ulster and GuorgoDcchtolof nichmond anti of tIme State Committee Win Voodor anti Francis Nolan of Kings Henry 0 Nelson of Westchcster Lewis Doach of Orange Samuel bell of Saratoga Edgar A pear of Tompkins David Hill of Cliomung and Charles McCuno Among the other Democrats from tho rural counties were tho Hon John Dlgclow exComptroller Ashor Nichols of Buffalo Gen James Ponrsall ot Queens exAssem blyman Bnmuol Hall Jay of Tompkins Dr Darwin Col In of Wayne Wm Murray of Delaware Josiah Van Yrankcn of Schenectady exAssemblyman Wolantot Ilockland William A Bench of Onondaga Edward A Moore of Illchmond Charles Davis of Droomo oxSena tom Parmentor of Itcustolacr Wm Itugglcs of Stouben Wm Gordon of Delaware Sidney Fairchild ot Madleon Gen Charles Hughes ot Washington Col David Hoblncon Judge Wm Henderson of Cattaraugus For dyen Inllln ot Ulster Judge Mattlcn ot Greene Dr George Ijiphnm of Yates Gen James McQuade Hcnntor James Oakler of Queens amid Thomas Carroll of Honssolner From lliooklyn them worn In addition to the three members of the State Commlttoo Senators John Jacobs and James Pierce nud Mow York was represented by Congressman James OllrlenoxMntor William II Wlckham John McKoou Oswald Ottnndorfnr Townscnd Cox ncnaior inomas Jceiesino uoi jonn il Fellows Peter II Obey Major Peter howe Dr Keodoro Mtoraon Douglass Taylor and Horace Porter Hoimtor John Jacobs was mado Chairman ot the conference and Col Lester 1niilkner the Chairman ol tho state Commelteomadotho opnnlng address Col Faulkner explained flue condition of tho cnnvahn saying that nil tlio reports which tho Stato Committee had received indicated that thn party was well organized In the country districts LImo Commlttoo however had determod to make the canvass active anti nggresslvo and hind therefore called together time gentlemen who scare In attendance that means might bo devised to bring the country nnd town committees Into close connection With thin Stato Committee with view to innko the orgnnlzatlnnthorough anti complete Mr Edgar Apgar was time next speaker Hn proHcntcd a plan for a thorough canvass which hn saidmet approval of the Execu tlvo Commilteo of thin party It provides for the divisional tho Slato Into ten districts each illftrlct to contnln nt least llvu countlcH end torn Visiting Committee for cneh dIstrict Each of these ten committees la to bo composed of one member of tIme Stato Commilteo ono of tho nominees of the Snub Convention amid live or morn Influential Democrats from Now York and Ilrookhn Each committee niter It has boon appointed will visIt every county town amid overy city In thu dIstrict to which they turn nsslgnnd and advIse with tIme county couuuitlues and Inlhi ontlal Democrats In that district 04 to tho mun ngoinunt of tIme canvass This plan met tho approval of every member of mItt conference nnd wits adopted Then Cot Fellows and Senator Kceleslno spoke ot tIme campaign in this city each assuring tho country Dnmocrnu that little need bu feared from thn Kolly ticket KxHonator Parmentor nod exComptroller Nichols addressed hue conference presenting hue condition of time canvass In the sections of time State which they respectively represented Mr Parmonter said that Mr Kelly would ro colvn llttln or no support in llonsnalaer County anti Mr Nichols was conlldunt that the Demo crate In Krln County would give a good account of Ihemsjhefr Ho thought thnt tho canvass should bo conduetod entirely on Stato Issues All the gentlemen from limo country counties especially those in which Ito llepubllcans are In the majority spoke encouragingly ot the outlook In flue Stat reporting that many Republican had declared theIr intention to scratch Mr Cornells name from thulr ticket and that largo number openly asserted that they should votu for Goy lloblnsou All the members of the conference from the country were confident that limo Democratic vote in their counties would bo as largo ns It was In 1874 They regarded tho fuelIng ot thin Ucpubllcans against Mr Cornell as morn Intense than that against Gen John A Dlx In 1871 All the speakers sooku slighting ly ot tho prospects ol thin Groonbnckera Tho I gentlemen from Buffalo said limit the Greenback vote tn Erie County would not bo large and Mr A Beach slid that In Syracuse where thoy polled 3600 otcs last yofr their ticket would not receive attire than 300 this year Mr Murray was BIUU that their vote In Delaware County would not bo moro than 200 although It was lGOO List year Doforo time conference adjourned tho ton Visiting Committees were appointed Immediately alter hue adjournment letters score wilt ton to thin Chairman ot ovory County Commlttoo In each ot tho dlstrlcls to have his County Com nilttoo and the be workers iu every ono of toe election dIMrlcU In hU county lu attendance at time county town vvhen tIme Visiting Committee cornea thorn It oxpected that before the end of next wcolc every county town amid city In lie Stat will hut visited that nil thin voters in every county will bn called out that every County Couimittua will hi brought Into personal communication with tha Strut Coma im Itte minI that one method of prosecuting thu canvass will bu iu operation throughout thu State JWXCII VlEltA Tbe Perrormiince or llrnneOlrofla at the Iinh Aveuue Iheutre It Is iinicult to concolvo how Lceoeqs vivacious opera CilrolliSOlrolla could havu received moro brilliant Interpretation than that given It hist evening at time Fifth Avenue Theatre by Mr Graus company There score no weak parts whatever tIme minor ones being as admirably repre sontoJ In proportion of course to theIr requirements ns the larger roles MIle Angela had assumoucti onus of these subordlnnto characters Mile Uoimdct another and lie leading rOles weiotakeii by Mile Marie Mine Delormo nnd Messieurs Capoul Duplau and Jouird Mile Mark grows In public favor Tho grace of luer style thin easu with which she gives mime fullest expiesslon to her ndonlthout everovor uucti tie It nnd without making too pionounced thoso portljns of tliuopura that are hiecit when least inplinnUud the beauty of her five with its shilling i tpre aloiib and tho icpnsn nnd dlgnltv of her uuiutmu utori resoivu witlioiit eold nes all eomhlnu to in hor lime good opinions of her I audiences TheBu qualilies I I wero well Ulsplnved last oven I tug It I WHS lIt Mnrlort good tot I it mitt estn to bo ablo lo iutuilt time Heiitl of a pretty woman slightly IntoMcaed realistic and amusing without being in any trial olTenslve and to do this reijulies I a ver dellcato aiipieciation of thu PiHIsJ liouiular at which thu hntnoruua bleu i Is with thn outran and much nitlstio ro at ru I lit nnd diseietimi CapoulH smooth nnd finished btvlo his I i judicious iihiiMlng and lila eiellent ntlng iduthneharactei I uf liiDsijiiinavcr plijuint Otto Of I Iouibo OPHIU bomifi dots not iivo I thu sunn Held as tho Italian openi for th DucumucIIu It ti I 1110 stlu is most conspicuous Its imhuiasts arn fluent biokon its motUes mainly dansu measures brlskur and mnru necentnd than Ilioso of ituul hut opera BO that I It Is I only here and thutu tin outS of an tnenlng that Ca poul I has really nn oppot tmt mm its for legltlmatu Kinging but of lIaise opportunities bu makes thn most It beoiiH curtain that Mile Mnrle Mile An gull Jouard and Capoul I also ot euiiioo am Iapablo of niueli mom bet it itil3 arilstiu voik than any that OffcnbaeliB or ljocijb pen fur nixliert them Honly remains to add that OlrofleOliotla has been hut upon hiS i stage In I itter of cue mm nuts acetic ry and itomi rah aoctiHorhs in I a style miu ito In I Keeping with tlm I ev Hence of hit cast and leaving nothing lo bu dcii red by time most exacting Accused of llotilirrv by Their Mister LMZAiirni Oct 2limo residence of John II I I Ibllnun itt 2tl4 VIorrU aicnue i a a few iilhu set inti re am rolhcil of iliuhtiijt 1 uclry smut clothlnit At the Ume no clue to the perpitratori couU bo oti IMneil but kcvcral tireuinilancet led the uile of Mr Illllinan I i to cit ibmCt that her two brother ivhoarc ici1 I dent of ew vork cut were mite ruhbi ri Tbe hroilier matte are Frank smut Jranillo Denning Totiny both ini to ihH city smut tlvtril isle titter Hra Ilillman I drlatneil minim unlit a policeman Was iLiiiuitttiiej Alter bslni arrcilej the broilers itetmleti the charKe anj at trliHiini miSts thcj were comuttc foriuua UtiUun p1 WILLIAM RIDDLE ACCUSED A tJIiLLTIIY xitxutAcionRn AIIIIEST Kit OX A BKttlUUa CllAllGE Accninlloni Ihnt were WhIspered by tha Town people and Vnnlfly Hinted nl In Vrlnl now Made In AVnrrnnt for Arrtir Nonwicii Conn Oct William flit die a prominent manufacturer and inventor ot this city was arrested In Now London tonight on the charge of poisoning his wife who died mysteriously at her home In Franklin street In limo summer of 1877 Eor since her death vague rumors and charges against hUddle have boon whispered about town and half a dozen times Prosecutor Itlplcy and Btatca Attorner Waller have been on the point ot exhuming dead womans remains of having them analyzed and her husband arrested But time ovldenco against him Deemed to bo so Intangible and indirect that every effort stopped short of definite steps The officials kept nn eye on him nevertheless anti few weeks ago when ho bogaa preparations to remove his business to Now York city tIme watch became Btlll cloaor Tho story of Kiddies nllceod crime which has boon printed Indefinitely In several Now York Boston and other newspapers Is briefly oa follows Hlddlo had been In caily life par master of the Wllllmantto Linen Company In which position ho made many valuable Inventions and sold tlmm to the company for a small fortune In each instance Ho moved to Norwich and opened a large manufactory ot fine linen thread cord and knitting material II did a thriving business and was on the road to groat wealth Ho lived expensively travelled much and spent money lavishly Ills trite and ho according to the stories of the neigh bore quarrelled frequently His wIfe ba camo ill and wasted slowly Her physicians unable to account for the features of her Illness Ii i ordered her removal to the seaside Sims was sent to time Eastern Point Hotel opposite tho PcQiot House at Now London In time summer of 1877 Illddlo visited her and left with her medicines to bo taken In his absence SWord cnmo to him ono night that she was dying Ho sprang on board night train la great oxcltemont anti nt New London without waiting for tho ferryboat ho hired sailboat to take him across lie harbor In his hasto to land he sprang Into tho water before the boat touched tho shore nnd then hurried across the fields to Ills wifes bedside It has been freely said that ns soon as hu reached her lieu without a word ho snatched tho vial she had boon taking hor medicines from and smashed It outside lie house lint ho destroyed nil hor medicines and when thn Doctor who had been summoned In tie monn time hind arrived there was nothing to show what sho lied been tiling Slur recovered and Itlddlo removed her to her Norwich home whom site faded day by day and oho died In the spring ot 1877 After liar death Mr Riddle wore deep mourning nnd spread tier grave almost dully 4 with fresh flowers Ho showed evidences In every way of time deepest aflllctlon 1hero was much talk of exhuming her remains nt tha tim nnd submitting them to chemical analysis but thin Cobblllshop poisoning case matured and for time supplanted It In general notice Itlddlo wan changed man after time death of his wIfe Ho carried on his business successfully and It yielded him largo returns Last summer tho rumors ot prosecution started 1 ntitsh But tho officials hesitated to take positive stopsaud thin ease was tompornrlly dropped lliddlo matured his plans for removal a wook or two ago sold out tbu stock and fixtures In his factory anti his household furnlturn and had i partly got tin now factory under headway la Now York His arrest was lie result of tho no tlon ot nn engineer of html factory Henry Is Mlllams colored man who has been In his employ for two years They quarrelled on Monday and cnmo to blows Williams told him to in slow that plenty of people down tows wero eager for 1 chaneo to pull him up short Mr Itlddlo paid Williams ovory cent thai was due him and wont away Williams wont nt onco before Ito authorities and swore out a warrant for Itlddlos nrrrst It wits afternoon and lie ofllcers sent to Itlddlos hotel to make thin arrest llo had gone and it wns lenrnod mOat hn lund started on the i oclock train for New York Cnpt Whnlny telegraphed to the New London pollco and Itlddlo was arrested ns he stopped from ito train Hu wits hold till the arrival of Capt Whnl and Pohieomtun Bowen of this city who brought him back on limo 9 oclock train and lodged him In jail Ho said but lithe to tOut officers nnd thoy are exceedingly reticent No ono was allowed to anti him tonight Lnglneor Williams says that ho was mm rlod clandestinely to young lady of this city Miss ollln Urlstol two weeks ago Saturday night and that ho had sent her on to Now York to I nwntt his nirlvnl Itlddle is a bill dark handsome man anti ha seems only few years older tlmn his son Williamwho Is 25 year old Ihn eon Is In town and Is In duen distress over hla Inthors I nrr st TIme Now York factory Is said to bo la I Thlr itli street I IIIK 11A1TLK WITH THE VIES 4 Illl Few Additional Iurtlealura of Ihe Flckt In I which Mnjor Thornhurah wai Killed CiiEttssE Oct 2Two freighters named Kinney and Gardner who wore rocentlr nngngod In hauling dipt Dodges companys baggago to Steamboat Springs from Middle Parkarrived hero from North Park last evening They report seeing fresh signs of Indians through the park and of meeting youuff Arapahoo buck who told them that the Arts pahnes hind joined the Utes for time purpose of driving thu colored soldleis iCapt I Dodgos company out of tho park They think time Indians wcru about to pioeeod to Steamboat Springs to attack Dodge when Thornburghs approach attracted their attention anti they attacked hlii Instead DENVMI Ot 2Gov Pitkln says that the Indian troubles havo been browing summer Hands of Utes had boon wandering up and down tIme countiy for 300 miles leaving a trail of flrn vvhorover thuy went lUwiiNs Oct 2Gen Morrttt nr rIvet with his stnlTthls morning anti Immediately assumed command of Ito troops Flue relief detachments loft boforu noon The Insl heard fiom dipt Payne was that hu would bo nbhi to hold out until relief came WASII GTOV Oct 2Ilin following despntoh was received at the War Department this afternoon CHICICO Oct ft riifi I irij tnytin It Wo liuu nuilihii nov iruiu I the Department of tha 1lart den vierrlu wa In litc started this morning iruMi Ills liii with riror tc hirnlti uI mm The nix com laimvil Ihu Situitll Inlnntr I um tVirt bnrlliiiz and olhcr cuminnUv In I ilitl relit TnrUMM rearh KaMlIni lo niorron tuil Hill lnllnv up kic Mtrritt IheMtailill tionit trooii ill till it hiit itli until tciiitiie ol Major Thoriilnrifli it romnmiiit ocr nm liuiiiliiil item and Nllh Itelmen huiiituil Itn CrunV i leu hero this inurlllllx Mr llir West thoiiiflit Hill will lo miltliKnt I lIst muimumim him thiil I camu cute itimuuimmoituer rulNnnL IJlljihCHU Milt lu I CCTui 01 War nt I iiouc mutt luwa tiiintl Sic hti itAS icutLiiant 1 IjtlieraL A i Kiinjii rou 21000 Thu Onlcome nf Ik Ilnliut Stank Teller Kpcciilnllini I In Mlnlni I NlucUi DacroN Oct 2Lmst Mowlav the oiTlccra of the North Dank discovered Irregularltlea lu lie accounts of lie receiving teller Frank Ilomton Tho hank Exnmluor was notified and nn nxamlmtloii was linmedlatily had Today them VMIS a special mieiing of tha direeloiK and tho amount of tInt dulleii piovod to bo J21 nod The bonds of limo illfaulting teller mire 120iululi and thin bank It isbuppusud will lost tub 000 Mr llojnlon I on being charged with tIme vvromd ln admitted his guilt and Inlornmd thuollleiH that tho amount of thneiubelu munt wns not ovor 12 lOW I and that it had boen going on but a fuw months Hu lian been Hpaoulntlng lu California mining stocks on vvhlili hn ortieLtod to lenllrn ihuirgu prolltb but falling market brought disaster No steps I nu it I been taken to piosncutn llii ntun but hu la detained so that ho can ho arrested ut any moment II doomed neceH niy Tlm lll 1iro OH Iliu I iiKllelmr Hhiiollnr Dum IN Oct 2Jimo outingo near Cistlobar a hi uln tutu More Ii chIli act mimi of lbs Murquli ol hlu Hire tlnil 1 upiiii ami ulu ol their ai tima mite klllcO 5 tune rummci I kn ill lUUii nt Ilietnara the I 7Ym nilI th Dill I lln lii i i Vol Jicturc It ti In lit null it the IMI i ut iiiilm il luutilinii ami ba huh tilt Mpoiiil iuiimi I it an I I iiuUr ioli lac that inrt liii cx itttet nil tun iii hinliol Iho iiilltrtturv Die 15 IMi mi mil i I It ml HI II In I iinluil lu ch irsu the out rtt uii tile uujutiArii tuiil behict Uul hut hurtle i4e imtiiur Ib 1 hut Mr Tllitrn is IteporteU to tinvo NnliL WASHINGTON Oct 2Tim editor 01 the Wash iI lntoa Tiui ieiuiril lit ti tile i erau InttrUviv ulth Mr Tiliton In ii huh lln laitir In a tree itch a il iijluu time aiitlii illicit ul HII umlrii lnur its of ponlull uf Mtiiul iiuhhiitn ciii apirl a llh a ulitical aliii terkohal Iriinl I nl vtr niilfli nil a ma liutlial hu iloea hot tCI hue i UIIUIHUIIO iu mite uttisi noiulnaUuu lu ltXM.