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

has been seen 0gAln-tnN u III 1H'' "
cinity. 10 b sure, It was also seen in
KnnkRkee. Mount Carroll end other
places Il the same time. but the people
IN thoSe eitIes must have been mistaken
or else there 10 a whole tlock OF air ships
cavortinE abou, through the heavens,
me real "air ship" the one that was
seen here, seems TO have fondness for
Evanston, for that classic city enjoyed
i,S 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 ship? There Is
also no doubt that Evanston was TOO
excited and inside the four mile limit
The fiFsl man who saw II gave tht
alarm. The alarm spread, ana WITHIN
half an hour the streets were SroMued
With excited people, with their faces
turned up TO the sky,
In Chicago the excitement was not 80
rrelt, hut hundreds are willing 10 make
SMdSVtt that IL wasn't Nagrant star
whose sole mission Is 10 convince man
kind that the problem Of aernal naviEa-
lion has heeu solved. Men who work At
night climbed 10 the roofs Of sky scrpp-
0rg and ER1ed at the strange sight
through held glasses. marine glasses.
smoked glasses Officrr Steve Rowan
went up on the Great Northern thenier
roof garden and looked al y he sly :
Il IL a diamond detectives star that VIII
be presented to him for making the ar
rest OF q "'stronE-arm" woman the other
MINT. Democrats were convinced II
WAS a respondent platter containing ap-
pointments 10 city offices. Various news
paper men, stRid. sober and sensible. at
other times, wouldn't so homo on their
regular night cars. but hung around I'M
III daybreak just to see the end Of the
thing.
me light was frst seen in the heavens
about O'Clock. II was apparently clos
er 10 Evanston than 70 Chicago Its
drSt VISIT TO Evanston was on April j
That night Chicago didn't get a Eitmpse
Of H.. II was seen At $40 o'clock, going
weSt-nOrthWest- The light w1 very
bright. more like an electric light than
any other. and gave out curious flashes
Al Intervals. II was apparently one
Quarter Of 4 mile high. At $50 II
mounted high In the heavens and was
soon lost TO sight.
Evanstonians WhO Saw II.
Friday nights appearance Of the phe-
nomenon al Evanston gave rise to all
manner Of speculation In that suburb.
Most Of those who have read and laugh
Nat the aecounts from Nebraska, KAN
Oas and Iowa. about the supposed cir.
chip which has been taxing z 91un =!
about those localities DID not mini &! u
am iauEhInE matter. Those who VIII
1900 ne passing Of the lights In the
6sovenG describe the sight much IN the
cstnr Jgny a. the kilograms from the
other glde Of the MISSISSIPPI! river nave
49, and 0onae Of them are seriously
S,CnSerinR II some inventor has NOT sue
rssded IN getting q big Joke on the eoun-
w S,a vbo was among the FIRST TO OBJ
,.Sve Il SayR that the object had All tll,'
o1nearSnce TO him Of being composed OF
40 ciCaT-shapCd bodies Attachea w
Eirdsrs, He says he recognizes the iaes
tbat HE imagination may have pisyso
no little part, and ne N@S INe'"'''
about committing himself ,.,o CO.,
nan avenue. evanston. noticed the mo-
,,t1C uRht IN the sky. The Hght RP-
,."STr5 "a be- over the lake and was NOV
me In q westerly direction. LoEeh got
: 6eld glass and was able 70 discern your
uriItg a short distance apart ana moving
a., 1,1ISon The FIRST was = bright white
iiCht and appeared TO be operated Ike
q -earchIIEht. Behind 1t was a green
IiFfit. and further In the rear were green
and white lights set closely toEet tiNt
r NeWIand, employed In HIN q Sar-
woods drug and candy store, saw the
ship. SO did r. c. Libberton on INC EH ~
onSton life saving station. who was on
d1ty Il the station at an early hour IN
me evening. The large glass at the sta
lion wa called Into use and each per
Son who looked through II declared that
IiGhtS both white and green conld De
plainly seen.
while All this was going on In Evans
,on DerSons in the northwest section OF
CHICAGO were taking an interest IN the
SsTi0l FnyRteTy, A great crowd gathered
neGF Milwaukee and Oakley avenues
and Eazed At the object trying 10 ois,
cover what II might be. II was caIIed
an aiFHhIp for lack Of better name
n was said that the object looked like a
bsiioon. hut the "red light was plainly
diScernible. Many mounted roofs in the
yIeighiorhOod, and all the field glasses
IN DE vicinity were called into play.
Nearly an hour after the strange light
had faded in the western heavens.
George Glen, Of Niles Centre, tele-
nhoned to the Evanston police that the
reFidentS OF Niles had seen the Hght
passing westward. q short distance
south OF the village.
n was decided TO notify Professor
Hough, the astronomer at the obserVa-
fory, and learn II the peculiar phenom-
enon had been seen through the obSer-
v1toFY telescope At the time Professor
HouRh was taking an observation Of Ju-
inter and had his instrument pointed
directly across the lake. He said that
tire object had not crossed the range OF
the instrument and that TO change the
telescope would be the work Of several
Professor Hough evidently did not
take any stock In "alr-Bhip" theories.
and advanced the opinion that the
strange light was caused b ythe effect OF
the atmosphere on tho star Alpha Orion
~. which In OF the first magnitude and il
in the constellation Orion. II rises early
in the evening. and It's course across
the heavens IL about the same A. that OF
tho moon. In Chicago II Is first visible
about O'Clock this time Of the year, II
reaches the zenith he says, about the
time the mysterious phenomenon de-
ecribed as an "aIr ship" wAs seen Friday
night. The professor says the star Ia
unusually bright In clear atmosphere,
and appears to be close 70 the earth The
star gradually disappears during the ev-
euinE. and ms It grows DINNER the cf-
feet Of the atmosphere Causes II appa-
rently ~ change color. Professor Hough
made an observation late Friday night,
but the conditions were not favorable.
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