St. Louis Post-Dispatch
October 31, 1904
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Sv — oe, 85 er a 92 1. 1 * oa 5 y Bia ieee + ght : {hi TY f of Aeronaut i sik 1 Baldwin's Airship o on the Ground Ready to Sail and in the Air Over the Aerodrome — — — ae mene RE. — —— a — PROFITS — Collision With Ground After ae Causes Damage to Ship Read Over World's Fair. = 7 > * ä * 1 “i “94 ~ 4 2 — 2 4 ee . * MISSOURI BUILDING is AERONAUT’S DESTINA’ 11080 * + ‘ — 2 on 85 bie 25 Sets gia. > a * | oe Pa 7 penden Apanies Were Bought, It Is ae Chi hued. ‘or 5,600 Less Than Sum Paid Fro m|Treasu ry for Them: Throng, Dis: ppointed by Delay Chéers Prepara- tion for Speedy Repair and Early Flight — From Aeronautic Concourse, é 2 2 * —ůk ͤͥ́2˖t. 9 STOOKHOLDERS N NAMED AS THE DEFENDANTS. T. S. Baldwin, inventor of the airship clared their confidence in he — ca “California Arrow,“ broke one of the pro-; the flight. peller blades of his aerial vessel when he | All morning the „Arrows 9 attempted an experimental flight before the inflated, but no ascent intended ascension at 2 o'clock this after- the machinery was not ati Co. 5 N n 5 — noon, and the main flight, to be conducted been disconnected for 3 n — . 38 by A. Roy Knabenshue, war deferred. ment to California, the 5 urra Carteton, president St, — r 5 3 Ph ARE Co. | ‘ | „„ Mr. Baldwin was eager to avoid the pos- Planned to leave the Arr. — T Ir ‘sibility of a failure through misunderstand- | could not attain a speed of — than 1 3 „ ing on Knabenshue's part and started the m8 an hour, while the requirem sp, ee ee : ‘airship up with himself in the operator's World's Fair aeronautic seat. r ue | 4 The machine ‘bohuved beautifully. The White ‘Baldwin and Knabenshue temo a : ‘gasoline engine. which went dead“ on| ems*ives arranging the — date a 4 K nabenshue on the occasion of the first} Work 3 — ste flight, did uus work admirably. The pro- pels the “Arrow's” fans, a large * 40 . Pro | tilled the aeronautic concouree and watched peller blades revolved perfectly. The ship * ae them at their work . — rose to a height of 30 feet and responded to President —— 4 every manipulation by its inventor. number Scion of Wealthy Family, Wanted when Batdwin had demonstreted to Kns⸗ 2 eg e as Witness in New York, Vis- benshue the manner in which the anchog] not be ee until Mano 2 th W 7 , rope could be handled so as to effect Bo pe > ged navi iting e World’s Fair. landing where desired, he gave the signal wind, ite course W to attendants to haul the machine down : codes N — to the ground. There was a misunder- It '* not, Uke Zz SOCIETY BELLES IN PARTY |standing on the part of one of the attend- — 4 8 | ants, and the boat came down by the head,] Should an | one of the propeller blades digging into | Which crippled the / Sn OD the airsh . , +. | the ground and snapping off. 60 F rom Union Station to Exposi There was a groan and jeers from the hour breeze. pe tion in Autos—Private Car crowd which had. assembled within the , Ths would 10 Following Them Later aeronautic course. Baldwin made a hur- we eer World’ oh n ried examination ot the damage, and then breeze was so li bi- | 8 ; „ = pee. ee 2 5 Roe sinald C. Vanderbilt, better known announced that the broken blade could be 8 — y hase 3 daten o. Van Biarcom, vice-. ‘ome . a: oy 55 3 8 Reggie, is in St. Louis seeing the repalred in half an hour, and that the as- making it ditties 1 dah 1. dent rn i ces 3 JJ!!!!!ãͤöͤͥͤ ee Fair and avoldl service of summons cension ane. Sight, props. 8 ae Berens - — Lr — he utn raat © en ' — — = * E | The jeers ‘tare to resounding cheers, ing read 2 a Arthur . oerhei viee- — He ved i =? and an ovation was given to Baldwin as his — te a. | ss a 3 e arrived in St. Lovis Monday miorn ee 7. : | broken blade and hur: | Plant in Seas n ger. pot ing in his private car, the Olympia, from | helpers Wenne the en blade and hur- Econ the’ ae gro tw "to aE ) ‘tion that hel Oo. N ; : : Chicago, accompanied by his young wife | ried away to make another one, the bag of Francois’ airehip, w hee a ares of this! : | | | and a party of seven friends, including During the brief time the airship was in N | | y drogen. . : ‘ two or three society girla of New York. the air it behaved in an admirable fash- * — ren N ss vi lamounts received from the various subscrip- | - They left the car at Union Station and on. and both Baldwin and Knabenshue de- I ing iro Ha og AS A with sulphu: “Be at tions to the capital stock and the dates on went to the World's aFir in automobilea, 1 La , ; - oy Oa : CAVES CaN 140 ‘ater the car was removed to the Wa KNABENSHUE’S INTENDED ROUTE LIES - * . | tes that the | whieh the various plants were purchased. 5 and Rich-] The plaintiff also alleges that the de- | ) consolida fendants, at the time of organization of the 1 District Attorney Jeromd wants young „ OTURE . — P. re E f Vanderbilt to tell what he knows about ACROSS MAIN PI OF — He charg paid in cash, and it was upon these rép- „ ape 100 9 — og e The “California Arrow” was taken from, northeast of the aerodrome and its ns on | resentations that he was led to purchase 2 made bein trytag to We subpena on the aerodrome at 1:4 o'clock under the was pointed to the west. the own 4 his stock, and that he at no time knew 1 * 8 nne us .seseen supervision of Thomas C. Baldwin, inventor; The purpose of Knabenshue was o to be pald that the promoters had made the secret time 3 4 and owner, and A. Roy Knabenshue aero- — ship around the Missouri building a ‘| profit o 000 out ot the company’s or- = naut. ck to the starting point, 2 t Senner & 5 and 11 vp — 2 4 ett ore 2 Mr. Baldwin announced that Knabens-| ing across the main picture „ He further states that the company is still . : asain wb atime’ — oe ies 2— ee nue, whd'sailed the ship last week, would] sition. ee * in control of the defendants and that the Cella, Adler and Tilles Get Tempo- Stuns Animal With Rifle as Club following a birthday party given by take it up again. The wind was from the present officers—Guatave W. Niemann, preés- , ; g é Secretary Walter B. Stevens, Judge] would carry the ship away 5 a ident; Eben Richards, vice-president, and TATy Injunction Intended to Pre- Just in Time to Prevent Its Zerbe e n Franklin Ferriss, 27 3 it — get out of the con sugars, ~? Breckenri Jones, second vice-president— | : . : paired to the clubroom after the birth- | Hudson, superintenden aeronau and naut. it the total [ere ae to the alleged va — star vent Abssorption of Transit by Trampling Young Man to day party and that there was some Willard Smith, chief of the department of In the ship with Knabenshue nts dy the} control the affairs of the company. wa heavy playing. 9 transportation, were interested spectators | two carrier pigeons, to do released hes Judgement is asked for the full amount United Railways Company. Death. ö ö of the preparations for the flight. tance Hf the ship should be urpose was f the car- int: Trust pants at t the suit against each of the defendants. The ship was taken to a point 89 yarde its intended course. . 2 75 5 Mr. Booker stated to the Post-Dispatch 25 LATTES PI AN ö W jit aaa * ak hat whiie he instituted the suit on hi : 5 4 ie wn responsibility he would ask Ke ee e eee eee „„ J APAN ES E FLI N G | iO RDE > x FP ² A ˙ ü „ TET lated price otkholders to support his action. Judge Daniel Fisher in division No. 5 of Adolphus Basch and Democratic candidate pi een 1 own 100 shares,” he said, Which were] the Circuit Court Monday against Brown for th eCity Council, had a narrow escape lat'on. d for at the rate of $157 a share.” N York 4 the National from death from the prongs of an infuriat- 7 men in- An officer of the Title Guaranty Trust Bros. & Co. of New Tork an © Nationa’ led deer Sunday afternoon on the Busch ‘join with ‘o. when asked about the suit, said that | Bank of Commerce of St. Louis from tak- | game preserve, near Old Orchard, St. Louis } 3 @ company knew nothing more than ap- ing further steps in the pending absorp-[ County. * * bag ite, to be generally known nor what | tion of the St. Louis Transit Co. by the 4 1 Duck = ae aa ae — ae Di iti f Surplus Will Be D ‘ : contained in the tition. Furt Iways Oo. ; 2 aa Swe wu wave Goreq’ an ISpO#1LION OF Su us l 6° Be Developed e this the company 2 — make * p ei on oon: * f plan is simply Pree ng — rife in * — gg „lind 5 about the r in an agon sus 0 1 * er! n ts watching chance to ee a shot at the , | gee ama without injurt Say Psat 8 — — 3 eek. 4 deer above his ; 3 “er *. tt of it down upon free — Cut eyes. : „
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F : zs ‘gusgon and King, arrested after the nitro- 5 PRICES FOR rig Shik SUNDAY HOURS: Re 4 Class 40 . W te 4 . We make yeu Amalgam Piiliags, 25c. We Extract | a full set | Silver Plilings, Ic te S0c.| Teeth abso- 4 of Teeth for Bene Piliiags, Soc. lutely with- | $3.00 Fass Pillage, 75c up. | cut Pain or i 3 rs 2 8 5 3 8 0 “= , ＋ * : °C —ü witty ou ae a Vite, 22 Red 5 co = as ig, Installment Plan, Renews * * » = 1 — base! HURT EAR DRUM | ‘Partial Deafness Results From Ac: ident Leading to Arrest of a Former Convict. George Baker, alias Joe Dpe, Jerry Fer- glycerine explosion which wrecked the front of the building at 612 Chestnut street a week ago, will be taken to Neosho, Mo., Monday afternoon to finish serving à jall sentence for burglary and to face a charge of. jail breaking ape of being an habitual criminal, The only charge Which could be made to stand against the man here was that of carrying concealed weapons, and as the charges against him at Neosho are more serious, the minor gharge here was removed the docket. ff John B. Beavers of Newton Coun- arrived in St. Louis Monday morning M completely identifed Baker as a man ho was convicted of burglary at that lace, and sentenced to jail, from which he nd eight. others escaped in August a year Mme. Annie Nactiah ie | * Baw 2 — — — a ago by prying up the floor and digging through a wall. V—_—X—X—————— An attempt is to be made there to send him to the penitentiary for life as an hab- itual criminal. If this fails he will be Court of Criminal Correction, heavily |charge of „ concealed weapons at guarded by Policeman Thomas. Quinn and ** expiration of his term at Neosho. : was found Monday by Dr. Lawrence, Detectives La Barge and Finan and Sheriff jait physician, that the left ear drum of Beavers, he was photographed for the Baker was shattered by the explosion of rogues’ gallery. nitro-glycerine. Baker had been complaining On the way to Neosho Baker will be/about his ear, and the physician made an closely guarded by Sheriff Beavers and his| examination, which revealed that the deputy, and will be heavily ironed. hearing had been destroyed. — ee Cures a Cold none Dey. 2 Days ee VELVET AND AXMINSTER CARPETS | We will sell abeut 650 pieces of very fine | nt. Velvet and Axminster Carpets, enough for one to three rooms of each pattern, to make room for new goods. Every design is a good one | and these prices are cut from $1.00 to $1.35 100 Pisces Velvet at. . 67te Jo Pieces Velvet at. . 7810 100 Pieces Velvet a. 85c 50 Pieces Axminster at 7710 | 100 Pieces Axminster at 8870 These are all standard grades and nct at all such carpets as were ever sold for these prices. We can furnish match borders and i. CARPET CO. CMT AL DYSPEP . thes ‘of people suffer from it. Their teeth are rie Me ae their food and dyspepsia resülts. We cure 25 * ge ef your teeth and replacing others. emver, we dont h; 7 ye n't put in any bad teeth. We = use sie — tty but we often remove the enuse e th good for a lifetime. You can depend on our — every particular and our prices are reasonadie. E CROWN DENTISTS 809. 848, 3 — —— goon up. Re pay. eon fe Be whee tl Fenk 12 and Zn * or ve ows Uni j ROWN DENTAL PARLOR Opp, Post-Offies Ar ak ae — ü and the best of tailering skill 1 90 make them one. Fall Suits to measure, $3 up Ready-to-Wear Department: “or Fall Suits and 2 are — * - 5» ů m—ͤ 2 — 9 ————— — 9.50 50 SOLID GOLD Rimless Eyeglasses ms one plece, ee eae — to werk iene. —ͤñ—œH—u—ͤ— — RT to §60. may choose from an aassort- has no rival in an tae West a WHT treat correct b 7 = 7 rete K * * — 8 * * A 1 1 7 , 2 “ete 4 * „ * b Ae : Me iy y * > 7 4 4 2 9 . 4 * 2 * * n . — watt — 25 = * 2 1 * * eg oi . ae 2 * ma - : t ¥ os a * un * 1 * —— 2 — l scouting duty around the squadron when military suite, is/ * 14 * =" A “wits . wh Sa’ * * bene “Bb. 8 * € g * . Pap Ne ts ance lace. 1 reer sins, pei FR A ee EO 8 . en : mie ors 5 fan : tai 2 ~ Advance sae elties f The assortment incl beaded bags, small f perfume, etc.; many ¢ this season—an 3 —— — — DDD ˙—.i © — CE rrr | :