St. Louis Post-Dispatch
August 8, 1901

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FELL; — HUNAUT SA ts Santos-Dumont Clung to Edge : of Six-Story Building, ‘ Te * a 3 «: : 4 eee r3 VOMPLETE MARKET REPORTS. St. Louis “ore — Parisi- Women ennes. ¢ their costygnes in the next _ Sunday Post-Dispatch LOVE WON WHILE PAPA WAS AWAY Alice Delphine Dalton and Dennis 6. Walsh Elope. ee re ee eee BRIDE A MARY INSTITUTE GIRL a eo HER PARENTS THOUGHT HER 18 YEARS TOO FEW. ad RE eo «capa 8 ke o A VOL. 54, NO. 352 Ce 3 “ Lede’ meee we a Rog weve & ee —" ag . > - di ae ae ’ ; NN \ ROUNDED THE EIFFEL TOWER SUDDENLY THE BALLOON COL- LAPSED AND PLUNGED DOWN- WARD, For Half an Hour the Daring Navi- MRS. DENNIS 8B, WALSH x : Ve, oa h's ~ SRL La NS ‘The Couple Were Visiting White Sul- phur Springs, Whence They Went to Wavhington Supposing Dr. Dalton to Be in Mexico. gator Hung From the Coping of a Window Until Rescued by Miss Alics De'phine Dalton, daughter of Means of a Rope. Dr. Henry C. Dalton of 3881 Delmar avenue, was married to Dennis BR. Walsh of Austin, Tex., in Washington, D C., Wednesday afternoon. The marriagé was an elopement. Dr. Dalton was not even aware that the poung people were engaged. His first | knowledge of the affatr was obtained from | a telegram received Wednesday evening | from the couple stating that they were | married and happy and would write later. | Reke | He somewhat prepared for the an-| | “" it FE : Con ffi § Beg: fat RE ts Tau ee PARIS, Aug. 8.—In an attempt to sail round the Eiffel tower today M. Santos- | Dumont’s baHoon collapsed, dropped on toa | six-story building, where the areonaut 'hung suspended until rescued by men by Hie was in great peril, but means of ropes. escaped serious injury. M. Santos-Dumont started from the Pare de St. Cloud at 6:10 a. m. amid hearty cheers. His initial movements were prom- ising, as the balloon turned around LEiffel tower 9 minutes and 34 seconds after start- ing and reheaded for St. Cloud. over the Avenue Henri Marcen, Just however, a strong gust of wind struck the + -—?--—+—- o-oo 0-00. o_o —_0—_ 0 —_0__0—_0—_ 0-9 6-9 — 9 —-0— Was houncement bv tel received from | the young woman’: Mrs. Geo. | Nogers, earlier in the day, saying that Miss Delphine and Mr. Walsh had mysteriously disappeared from the summer resort where they crrms chaperone, airship, which veered violently to one side, almost simultaneously bounding backwards a distance of 50 yards. The hydrogen gas was forced from the front to the back part of the balloon, creating a sudden ex- pansion, which caused the machine to dip. touched the steel cords and Santos-Dumont immedi- motor and the balloon were staving. Mrs. Rogers in Greenbrier, Va., Chalybeate Fome time. j ‘ ove . de ’ ms ¥ Ab: sy, Fe a eee i and her charge have been : Bet ee Pk SR ik et Soy a A a a White Sulpher Springs, Ww. ; . ‘ wt > me: xf . Keke Fee FE . ¥ ! ‘ ges : 2 Fife © Oo eS since June. Aug. ] they went to Sweet ' ie et te Ree ? Springs,. W. Va... to remain Pn - , P } From this point the elopement Her broke ately screw them. ™M. stopped the began to. descend. Unfortunately, the cover of the aerostat struck the corner of a six-story building. A report Hke the shot of a cannon fol- lowed. Balloon Collapsed and Fell Quickly. The balloon collapsed and fell rapidly. Tuckily the frame caught on the coping of the building and the balloon remained sus- pended; otherwise Santos-Dumont would have been killed. As it was, the aeronaut hung in a most dangerous position in mid-air for half an hour, until by @ great effort he succeeded in catching an fron bar of a window, to which he clung until rescued with some difficulty by the use of ropes. The balloontst escape™ without a scratch, however. The explosion of the balloon at- tracted enormous crowds and the reception of M. Santos-Dumont on reaching the Street was most enthusiastic, manv ladies | clinging to his neck and kissing him re- ‘ — oat die » Ms ? € ; sh. é > o ; Cae ¢ 7 ‘Ada VCS took place. none? charming 18-year-old Mary Institute girl, daughter of Dr. H. C. Dalton, They First Met nor ieee ae ae ort pte Ew arg wise Walsh, from White Sul- in New St. Louis. _ +—- +22 +0 0-00 00 0 0-0-0 #00 6 6 6 0-01 Young Walsh is employed in the naval | - “My daughter's marriage was a great ; : s surprise to me. Yesterday I returned a Philadelphia. 40. JD te ronabiy eioright T was there vet, and that accounts for the marriage taking FIRST GAME AT NEW YORK. ‘..9 28 4°53 (6: tT. |" piace when it did. Young Walsh is a fino young fellow, handsome, intelligent; just | 7 ‘ 1 ¢ y 7 New York.. A 'O}01 O]:010'| Of 0} 0} "0 ea Brooklyn.... 0} aL}-0-} :0}-0)] 0] 2}:0,) Of f+ the kind of @ young man to please a giri's jancy. ‘“] met him several times and liked him, Batteries: New York—Taylor and Bowerman. Brooklyn—Kitson and pire—Dwver SEGOND GAME : = eee. wie 7 8. 8 0:21 TT. iF SE. but it would have pleated me better if she) had waited to enjoy her young woran- , a oo | | : - . Ap vs | Brook, | whi H. &. B . i: ay See coe 8 a% Ey 2 MeGuire. l'm- J est delight and I had planned my life and hers for vears to come. “In the telegram she promised to write, but I have received no letter as yet and do not know their plans.’ | THIS HOUSE WILL CROSS THE STREET. ALBERT MARX CONFESSES. Warrant Issued Thursday Charges | Him With Grand Larceny. Albert Marx of 4061 Morgan street, city | Balesman for the White; Branch and Mc- Conkin Hat Co. of 707-709 Washington ave- nue, confessed to Chief of Detectives Des- | mond Wednesday night that he had stolen i eeinetattinelaais ial thn whtiemiinte 3 65500 worth of hats and gloves from his em- AT PITTSBURG [Useeasece ; ardet . ployers in the past year and a halt. d AWD NU. |The Man and | the Prize He Seeks. He said that he used the money to pas [248 Yt 8 8 un Tt. 8. BT saqgoqget OOO "e ~ cs " . Santos-Dumont and but He a 2 © ca , , ) 7 1 . ; his first balloon ascension in 1897. and was om vs iy Te. ve. orn * one of the first experts to abandon ' Z 4 = * * % J? j . . > a7) the future. satisfactory to re- hood before marrying. She was my great- too —_— ~— + — the —— in made } ‘THREATENED TO KILL HIM spheri- Cordell from born and property debts. covered $50 worth dealers Tuesday. | The first lot of goods was recovered at the | Pittsburg. store of Ben Magidson on Franklin avenue | ' Tuesday night while the detectives were | gearching the store for goods stélen Abraham Ginsburg’s tallor shop, May §. During the search they discovered boxes bearing the White, Branch & McConkin price marks, Investigation arrest. In his confession Marx gave a Gealers to whom he had sold the goods that he had stolen. A warrant was issued Thursday ing Marx with grand larceny. Detectives Keeley of the weighs 19 pounds from | perfec- Chicago . ‘s than | WHILE DRIVING ALONG THEY | four former experi- ments a balloon collapsed and he sustained FORCIBLY TOOK $220. ia fall of 4% meters, narrowly escaping 3 with hfs life. The prize of /Santos-Dumont (by M. Henri Deutsch, for a manageable balloon which can fly from Suresnes around the Eiffel Tower and back in half an hour. M. Santos- Dumont has already won a prize of 4000f. (2800). the of the Deutsch fund, his former trials being considered insuf- ficient to merit the award of the princi- pal. It is a curious coincidence that in flight over the de Mars, M. Santos-Dumont must have cut the very in path of the first balloons, filled with hot | Money air, in which Montgolner ascended | through befere the court of XVI in 1783. This is the second robbery that is } Sh | Sipnennsiatineneanicinntatnanmenntinnnainnatigetitets | charged this gang since Monday, the «3; MISSOURIANS AT BUFFALO. first being the ewindling -of © Richard ‘> Party Includes Messrs. Parker, Judson, | 4 'Paphon, a Kentucky farmer, out of $430 in ~ gine Ne e 3 Carrol] and Others. dice Rame. celal to the Post-Dispatch. The police made two arrests in the first but none In the second. BUFFALO, N. Y., Aug. §&.- distingul: St. Louisans Trouble Between the St. Louis & Belle- | ville Road and Its Employes Has ing his present a Batteries: Pittsbure—Poole and O'Connor. Chicago-—Eason and Kling. Umpire thers: in one of his O'Day. “PF pi (IA . ¢ his Champ streets,. Sons Louis oo _ a= ee 1o i Prapcevi. . « « plains, -_. oli Ciise, Ped A Kirsch, who its 66 years old, came to East arrived at the! St. I+ to buy cattle for Pan-American this morning. | his farm, near Gibsonburg, O. Among them Lyman F. Parker, gen- He brought $720 with him to pay for the eral soiicitor of the Frisco and a Missouri the World's Fair, F A party of! ; uuls last Tuesday ned Was Warmer Thursday morning than on the preceding days of the week. The temperature was 76 at 7 o'clock. 4 de- exposition are, — ee , visited the stockvards in Fast St. commissioner to Kiiled Himself, Found at Pottsville. POTTSVILLE, Pa... Aug. &.--The finding of the body of Mrs. Seth Davis, aged 49, with her skull crushed in, near here, is re- garded us indicating that her husband, who hanged himself last Saturday, had mur- dered her. The couple were last seen to- ether by their danen.er wast kriday, when they were supposed to be on the way to Pottsville. Only the man reached Pottsville and there was strong suspicion that he had made away with wife. The suspicion Was strengthened when the woman did not utin an appearance ut the funeral of her 1usband., PRINTERS WANT 8-HOUR DAY. Laws Committee of Typographical Union in Session. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. &—The laws committee of tho International Typograph- fecal Union met here today preparatory to the annual meeting of the union tn this city on Monday next. The committee has under consideration the matter of chang- ing the laws with reference to district or- ers, sentiment sceming to favor longer rme of office and fewer changes in the officcre. as well as salarese jurisdiction. The eight-hour question will also probably his come up. The committee may be tn seasion we days, grees higher than , at the same hour W ednesday. It rose rapidly during the morning, reg- istering 92 at 11 o'clock. THE WEATHER INDICATIONS. SHOWERS FRIDAY. and = rvie'nits unsettled, with Been Adjusted. between the Belleville over the management Traction Co discharge trouble St. Louis & employes The the its | of rand will be no strike. The settlement is a conipromise, by terms of which two of the men are to be ‘retained and two discharged and a man. who resigned rather than be fait | nended, also remain out of the company’s employ. The compromise was ecutive committee of t ager Bramlette of the The committee called on him and him that the union-at its meeting last Sunday morning had decided to demand the For &8. Louls Thursday night; Friday. lilinols—Generally fair Thursday night and Fri- day, except possibly local thunder storms in north port on Friday: east to west winds. Indiana~Geoerally fair Thursday night and Fri- dsenerallr possibly showers : reached bv the ex- he unton and Man- company. told reinstatement of the men. Mr. Bramlette proposed to reinstate Major Wooters and Adolph Combs, after a suspension of 60 days, if the men would assent to the dis- charge of the other two, Oliver Callahan and Adolph Winters. The men agreed to day: variable winds Missour!—tienerally fair Thursday night and frday, except probably local thunder storms in weet portion; southerly winds. lowa—tieneraliy fair Thursday n'ght and Friday, except probably local thunder storms: warmer north and east portions Thursday night and in northeast portion Friday; southeast winds. North Dablota--Probably showers and thunder storms Thursday afternoon of Thursday night, with warner in east portion: Friday generally far and cooler: southerly, shifting to porthwest- erly winds Priday. KRansas--Generally fair Thoreday night and Fri- dey; cooler ip west portion Friday; southerly The action of the committee will have to be ratified at ameeting of the union. ‘BREACH OF PROMISE CHARGED. Michae! O’Brien was arrested Wednésday evening in Last St. Louis on the charge of breach of _promise, made by Miss Josie Abley, a i?-year-old girl living in the La Veta flats. was made by Constable Peet. The arrest winds O’Brien gave bond N (‘ol. John H. Carroll. i | Louis, but was dissatisfied with the offer- } Judson and daughter, lattorney of of) four conductors has been settled and there | the fifth | SuS-j; ings and decided that he would go to Kan- Sas Cit) Ile crossed | tlon. he bought } | #wo Strangers Accosted Him. Several hours would train departed and he take a walk around the ticket the tsuriington; Judge Woiitiam | H. Dayton and John K. Green, cierk of the} Missouri Supreme Court. WANT MORE LAND PARCELED. Disappointed Homeseekers to Ask Opening of Reserved Oklahoma Lands. oO. T.. Aug. 8.—A has started here among the seekers who lost to have the gover: open up the three reserves in the land lot- try which it aside in the trict before the opening. At a meeting of 1”) or more of.them it was decided to pe- tition the interior department at once to take such action. These reserves embrace 532,500 acres, or about 3330 quarter-sections. The land was held in reserve, it is belleved, because the government anticipated that the caitlemen who had all of the Kiowa-Cfomanche coun- trv leased for pastures would not be able 1d find pastures in Texas or other cattie- grazing se tions readiiy. If the catUlemen can round up their cat- tle and ge ») the goyérnment reser- vations this fal! *h rs true, they can find stures somewhere else by next spring. The homeseekers are willing to buy the land outright from the govern- ment. the river and at Union Sta- his railroad ticket. before his would elapse concluded he station and see the. ‘sights. His was in his purse with |his money, tie paid no attention to ; Streets printed on the icorners as he walked big clock on the tower in him back to the station. Karly twilight was creeping on when two men, walking together, overtook Kirsch. One of them appeared to. be a blacksmith. He carried his coat on his arm and his sleeves were rolled up, displaying a large pair of arms and hands that appeared ac- customed to hard work. The other man was short dressed short man addressed the farmer and | him where he was going. Kirsch A conversation. was thus opened | and the farmer's suspicions were not aroused. The trio walked on together, Kirsch frequently glancing in the direction of the station to see that the clock In the tower was still in sight. A saloon was reached. a tough looking place, Kirsch said, did not LAWTON, movement been home- the names of the lampposts on the sliowly, keeping the sight to guide ment set Lawton dis and stout and The asker tola him It was and he —t—- 0 -9—-@ 9-900 @—-@— --9— © —9- 00 © 009 6__ 6 —_ 6 —_ 6 —_ 6 _ 6 —_ 6 —_6-—_ 6 6 —_ 6-6-9 — 9-— Photerraphed by the Post-DiepateR. . Mrs. James Hereford has secured a permit to remove her residence, 4474 McPherson avenue, to the other side of the thoroughfare directly op- posite its present site. The house is brick and stone. o-oo o_o 0-_9-—_ oo © ¢-@- © -@—-o—o— _ a. ~~ Tay _, a -. = » — A a a i oe ¢ make less noise they would kill him. one held him while the other went th his pockets. His pocketbook was taken,” A few minutes later, he was permitted to jump from the vehicle. The clock in the tower was not visible and Kirsch waa so dazed that he did not Know what to do lie had not a cent to pay for lodging and he walked alm about the city, It was nearly 1 o'clock Thursday when he saw a yard at 2712 Adams with plenty of grees grass and the r and foot-sore old man thought to <nhes aa lie down to rest. He ente the gate. (Charlies Kraft, who lives at that nw |saw him. like to enter it, but he feared to offend the men with him He was invited to drink. invitation The short man insisted and ordered three bottles of beer He oured a giass for Kirech, who finally drank it. They tnetsted | on his drinking more. Kirsch positively refused and told them that he would not have it forced on him. Forced Him to Enter Carriage. He arose and left the room. His newly made acquaintances followed. A carriage was standing in front of the saloon. Hie declined the , b = = on the seat. Kirsch's friends stepped of him. They seized him and pushed him on the inside of the carriage. The door was siammed and the carriage rolled away at a lively s ' effort story. Kraft dressed and took Kirech te , Market Street Police Station, where he fe borted, og experience, - Tags peciais Were sent out to search f thieves and Kirse | on either side | get out. he did not cease =