The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-04-13

clnity. To b sure. It was also seen In
Kankakee. Mount Carroll and other
places q the same time, hut the people
IN those cities must have been mistaken
or else there 10 a whole ilock Of air ships
cayorting about through the heavens
The real "aIr ship" the one that was
seen here, seems to have fondncss for
Evanston, for that classic city enjoyed
its second sight from an orchestra seat
while Chicago strained Its eyes from the
second balcony. There Is no doubt that
Evanston saw something. and what else
could II be but an air ship7 There Is
also no doubt that Evanston was TOO
excited and inside the four mile limit.
The FIRST man who saw II gave lne
alarm. The alarm spread, and WITHIN
half an hour the streets were crowded
with excited people. with their races
turned up to tho sky.
great, but hundreds are willing TO make
0fidnvit that II wasn't NaErant star
whose sole mission Is TO convince man
Kind that the problem OF aernal navigN-
zion mas been solved. Men who work AT
night climbed 10 the roofs OF sky scrap
ers and ERzed Mt the strange sight
through Held glasses, marine glasses,
smoked glasses. officer Steve Rowan
went up on the Great Northern theRtcr
roof garden and looked at u, lie says
Il IA a diamond detectives star that viii
ne presented to him for making the ar
resi- OF "stronE-ar arm" woman the other
night. Democrats were convinced II
was a Respondent platter containing ap-
pointments TO city Offices. Various news
pappr men, StAId, sober and sensible, at
other tlmes. wouldn't so home on their
regular night cars. but hung around un-
I'll daybreak just to see the end OF the
thing.
The light was FIRST seen in the heavens
about . O'Clock II was apparently clos
or 10 Evanston than to Chicago. Its
first visit to Evanston was on April J,
That night Chicago didn't get glimpse
Of H.. II was seen at $40 o'clock. going
weSt.northwest. The light was very
bright, more like an electric light than
any other, and gave out curious flashes
At intervals. II was apparently one
quarter OF 4 mile high. At $3.50 It
mounted high in the heavens and was
soon lost to sight.
EVAnStonIanS Who Saw II.
Friday nights appearance Of the phe-
nomenon At Evanston gave rise to all
manner Of speculation in that suburb.
Most Of those who have read and laugh
edat the accounts from Nebraska, Kan
s,r ana Iova. about the supposed air
S6ip which has been taking jount
oh6nt thoee localities did not think II
any Laughing matter Those VINO VIII
messed the passing OF the lights IN INC
heavens describe the sight much IN the
ZANE way Is the kilograms lIoI" tns
other side OF the mississippi river ,G M"Tv
done, and some OF them arc seL ~, s,,c,
I,.orieTinT IL some inventor has not sue
coSJsd in setting big Joke on the coun-
try. -. a.. Ore, N OBJ
1870 n S0v1 that the object had all inc
Snpearauce to him OF being comPSsSu -.
-, cJCaT.Hhapcd bodies attached py
SirJerS He sHys he recognizes the laet
1bNt his Imagination may have played
no little part. and he was Fe'uC'a"'
about committing himself ,,o o.
Robert LoWen. who llVes AZ ~; ~ S, Nc
man avenue. Evanston h9LlCeT ~. ny
yITG IlRht in the sky. The light APP
DSaSed 10 be over the lake and was NOV.
ne in a westerly direction. Lowcn got
: Geid giaSg and was able 20 discern iour
iiEbts a short distance apart and mOSI ilss
a. I,DISon. The first was bright Wnitc
iiIbf and appeared to be operated ike
a sSarchlIEht. Behind It was green
iIEht, and further in the rear were sLeeh L
and white lights set closely toSetneF-
Il. NeWIand. employed In Hin q uSt
woods drug and cAnoy stoFt, saw .t v IN
onStor Iife saving station, who was on
dutv Al the station at an early hour IN
The evening, The large glass at the STA
$ion wRS called Into use and each per.
sOn who looked through It declared thht
IGbtS both white and green could be
While All this was going on In Evans.
ION, persons In the northwest section OF
Chicago were taking an Interest IN ths
aerial mystery. A great crowd Bhtnereu
neaP Milwaukee and Oakley avenues
and paZed At the object trying to DIS
cover what Il might be. 1t was called
m GIrShip for lack OF better name.
n was said that the object looked like a
boIIOon- but the "red light" was plainly
dIGrernible. Many mounted roofs in the
noIEhborhood, and all the field glasses
IN ne vicinity were called into play.
Nearly an hour after the strange light
had faded In the western heavens
George Glen, Of Niles Centre teie-
phoned to the Evanston police thaI M
rsSidents Of Niles had seen the light
south OF the village.
II was decided TO notify Professor
4ouRh, the astronomer at the obserVa-
tory' and learn II the peculiar phenom-
enon had been seen through the obser-
vSt0ry telescope. At the time Professor
Hough was tnGIng an observation OF Ju.
nlfeF and had his instrument pointed
directly across the lake. He said that
Inc object had not crossed the range Of
the instrument and that to change the
Telescope would be the work Of several
hours. "
take any stock In "alr-ship" theories.
and advanced the opinion that the
strange light was caused b ythc effect OF
Inc atmosphere on tho star Alpha Orion
ne, which IL OF the first magnitude and IL
in the constellation orion. II rises early
in the evening, and It's course across
the heavens Is about the same az that Of
tho moon. In Chicago It IL first visible
about 7 o'clock this time OF the year II
reaches the zenith he says. about the
dime the mysterious phenomenon de-
gCrlbed as an "air ship" was seen Friday
night, The professor says the star Is
unusually bright In a clear atmosphere.
and appears to be close TO the earth The
star gradually disappears during the cv-
cnInR, and as II grows DINNER the Of
feet OF the atmosphere causes II appa-
rentIy N change color. Professor HouEh
made an observation late Friday night,
but the conditions were not favorable.