The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-22
LOST IN THE CLOUDS
But Finally Discovered Safe and Sound
Wild ReVine.
From the Pittsbur0 Dispatch.

Ell PASo Sept. 1S.-There was tremend-
Gus excitement in FL Paso this afternoon
and evening, and for awhile everybody here
thought that John T. Ellis, the chief rain
maker Of the government expedition during
81 Gen. Dyrenforth's absence, was lost. Mr..
Ellis made a balloon ascension at 4:30
O'Clock from the water works on the edge of
The town. He went up $500 feet to ascer-
tain the meteorological conditions of the
& upper air current preparatory to trying to
make them send down rain to-day.
lie took observations every 500 feet, and
y remained up for about an hour. His bal
loon, meantime, had drifted across a noun
tain ridge, and it came down in a rocky
ravlne IN which cactus and Spanish dagger
grew in thicket. A party of about twenty
horsemen started out to find the balloon and
MIR. Ellis, but after search Of three hours
tney were unsuccessful.
RELIEF EXPEDITION.
Meantime the news that he was lost rad
reached the city, and a relief party was also
made up. A detail Of soldiers from Fort
Bliss started out, with Maj. Henton, the
commander Of the fort, and DIR. Appel, the
fort surgeon. They were mounted and took
an ambulance with them. Fifty citizens
also joined in the search.
The Dispatch correspondent was on a
about o'clock he found Mr.. Ellis at the
entrance to q very rugged ravine about
eight miles from the town. The lost trav-
eler was clambering over the rocks and
whistling merry air. He said that his
ascension had been very successful, but he
would have preferred coming down in a
pleasanter spot.
He bad left bis balloon in the ravine and
1t Will be brought to town later. Mr.. Ellis
and the reporter met big rescuing party
ABOUT three miles from town and received a
hearty welcome. The most important OBJ
servatlon which Mr.. Ellis made during his
ascent was in regard to the effect produced
py rlckarack powder and dynamite ground
explosions upon the upper air currents
FELT FOR LONG DISTANCE.
Several sticks of powder and dynamite in
two-pound charges were exploded when
Mr. Ellis was 5000 feet high and three
miies away. He felt the conclusions from
me explosions, and they made the big bal
seconds He also felt the vibra-
Hons from the clouds above
T1Ln AFTER the conclusions he'd reached them
aue highest humidity was at above 500 feet,
and was so per cent.
1he governor of chihuahua and MANY
Prominent men frcm Mexico, New Mexico,
bnLlona, Colorado and all over Texas came
paw, SOo NuS experiments. MS was a
re- al holiday, and excursion trains have
mi. run to the city. Mr.. Ellis says that
sborn not Uncle Jerry's greatest rain
nsv;TS er on earth, but simply a scientific ex-
circus all out.
YVES us active work of sky bombardment
shorSGesgn by Mr.. Ellis and his associates
JsDr ay after 10 o'clock this morning. MI.
piosivass was first on the scene, and his ex-
Moupt we're soon popping on the top of
tranaa FRANK Then the mortars were
yvhi1s'i,s and the 21-pound bombs were sent
above neavenward to explode 500 feet
sonia b. AS soon as the hydrogen apparatus
stocI S S Se got ready the filing Of one Of the
an as noons vas begun, in readiness for
ension before o'clock.
ANY QUANTITY OF NOISE.
rosrs =, mountains have been giving back
sgains, - - me thunder Of the explosions beat
IA 1 tbo eae'r rugged sides, aud old soldiers
From f,eo y reminded them Of siege
ant o, 80 ~ % nifty pounds Of dynamite were
, sIS On az time and dozsn Of the oxygen
"sie exploded at attitudes ranging