The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-12-29
LOOK FOR THE LIGHT
A Bright Light Will Shine Above
Denison.
CONYNE's GREAT KITE.

As
Saturday Evening at Six O'Clock a Beacon
Will Burn One Thousand Feet
Above Denison.
On Saturday evening at six o'lock Mr.
Silas Conyne will fly one of his wonderful
war signal kites bearing bright light. 1t
is wished to ascertain how far the light can
be seen and all persons living more than six
| miles from Denison, who see the light are
| requs sted to report that fact by postal card
addressed to the Reyiew-If stormy and
cloudy on Saturday the light will fly on
Monday evening at six o'clock.
Mr.. Silas Conyne of Chicago is visit
ing his Denison relatives and he has
brought with him a number of his
famous kiles, which have created so
much comment in Chicago and through
out the east. The kites are of peculiar
construction and ride the air like Dir is.
Yesterday Mr.. Conyne sent kite up
1000 feet and 200 feet below the kite
was huge American flag, flying in all
its beauty 800 feet above the city. A
thousand feet is nothing for Mr. Co
nyne's kites however as he has sent
them up over "A mile and half sKy
ward. They are OF such construction
that they will carry a considerable
weight, and it is in this way that Mr..
Conyne COINS kites into dollars
The kites are used for advertising
purposes-Carter Harrison used them
in his campaign for the Mayoralty of
Chicago, Goebel used ten of them in
Kentucky. One firm in Chicago used
them to suspend particular bicycle
high in the midair where everyone
could see.
| Mr.. Conyne now proposes to expert
ment with his kites as war signals, and
fer this reason that he will fly the kite
and its beacon on Saturday evening. He
is particularly anxious that those living
at distance should notice the ligh,
and send word of it TO HIM via the RE
VIEW. Parties doing this should be
sure to state at what distance from
Denison they were when the light was
seen.
Mr.. Conyne is'also7 the inventor of al
aeroplane, capable Of lifting 300 pounds
dead weight. Concerning this inven
ton. the Chicago Evening Journal says
"Silas J. Conyne, a member Of the
Carpenters union, who lives at 1861
Nor'h Ridgeway avenue, has devised
implements of warfare which he says
if possessed by the Beers, would enable
them to annihilate the British forces
!. The device is one of the simplest ant
: Eand least expensive implements of wa
! invented. 1t consists of a cable, sup
: ported by kites, upon which a''trol,ey'
kite is made to travel. The trolley
kite carries with it bomb of high OK
pios've power, which is automaticall,
released SO thatit will fall upon reach
ing the end of the cable. By meansro
specially constructed kites ,ijof which
Mr. Cobtne is the Inventor, she claims
to be able to support cable of sever
miles in length'by sdsing a number D
the kites in tandem
The trolley kite, which is made t,
travel upon this cable, is so constructed
that it can pass the cords VIII CD attact
the supporting kites to the cable TIL,
r travelling kite will support a weight O
more than 20 pounds, which it will carr,
Q from the point where the cable i
anchored to the leader Kite, or th
farthest end of the cable. A bloc
). fastened to the cable at its upper ex
tremity releases the burden when j
reaches that point.
AS a war device dynamite or othe
explosive NAV be attached to this ira,
cling kite. The cable is paid out unit
i the LEADER kite is above the point G
10 attack, then the load of explosive
sent aloft and dropped upon the enem,
n The kite folds automatically upon n
IF leasing its load and returns of it's ow
weight to the sender to be used on al
N other errand
H. Mr.. Conyne has produced another il
vention equally adapted for war, scient
lu and amusement. This invention. b
10 says, demonstrates a new principle
aerial navigation This consists of a
aeroplane supported by kites and COZ
~ trolled by means of cable operate
from the ground. A triangular aer,
plane is suspended by one of it's poin,
W from the cable of 2O-foot kite. Tw
~ 10 foot kites are attached to the oths
two corners of the sail like device ant
r acting in connection with guy line
a control the position of the plane. III
plane can he made of any length frol
to 40 to 100 feet. and will support fro,
~ 300 to 2 900 pounds.''