The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-04-05

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Made over the English Channel De-
spite Many Obstacles - Lights of
French Republics Capital Mistaken
For the Dawn-Test of New
steadyinG Guide Rope.
NM. Jacques Faure and Hubert La
than, who recently lowered all balloon
ing records by their trip across the chan
mel from London to Paris In little
over six hours, owe their journey not
only to their own cieverness. pluck and
persistence, but to the curious opposi-
ton they met with from authorities
both in France and England, says a
Paris correspondent of the New York
Times. This opposition prevented them
from putting their original plan, which
was a much less audacious one, into
execution.
In the first place, when they arrived
at the Care du Nord, In Paris, the rail-
way officials refused to register their
balloon on the ground that 1t was too
bulky. They took with them par
ticuiar type of car provided with
petroleum motor. to try which was
the original object of their expedition.
But this the custom house authorities
refused to allow them to ship to
Dover on the ground that they would
bring 1t back into France through the
air and thus escape paying the duty
on 1t as manufactured machinery. For
tunately M. Faure had brought an or
binary cur with him, unprovided with
a motor, and with this he was allowed
to proceed.
The mayor of Dover had promised,
a little rashly as 1t turned out. to pro-
vide the 1.G00 meters Of gas needed to
fill the balloon, but his introduction to
the manager Of the local gas works
was OF no value, for this gentleman
had an inherited or religious objection
to balloons and refused to allow the
balloon to be charged at his works.
The two French aeronauts then de-
cided to push on to London and spent
| the following day In laborious nego-
| tiations with the management OF the
Crystal palace, which finally gave its
consent TO the balloon ascent being
made from the palace grounds.
The balloon reached the sea In an
hour and twenty five minutes, and then
| M. Faure determined to make first
| trial of the Herve 'stabilisateur.
which IL a special application of the
guide rope principle, He declares that
| this contriyance surpassed all bis ex-
| pectations and that the moment Ii
| touched the waves II righted the bal
| loon In the most extraordinary way.
| The wind was so strong that they made
| at least 100 kilometers an hour, trip
| ping along the surface of the sea In
the most delightful fashion under a
| lovely moon and In absolute solitude
| save for the two mail steamers going
| In opposite directions, whose path they
| crossed and whose crews cheered them.
| In two hours time from leaving the
English coast they passed over Dieppe,
and three hours later a band Of white
| light on the horizon made them think
| for moment that dawn had come
| But this was impossible at / In the
morning, and then, to their intense de-
light and amazement. they discovered
that they were approaching Paris.
For fear of blowing up their balloon
against street lamp they decided to
| descend at little distance outside OF
Paris, Mt st. Denis, and this they did
with complete success, and while Nj
! Faure finished the night in hospita
BILE limekiln hard by his companion, M
Latham, slept soundly till morning III
the balloon car. When dawn came they
folded up their airship, dispatched 1t Oh
dray to Paris. jumped into passing
| tram, which took them to the fortifica
tions, and thence drove In cab to tho
Aero club.
John D. RocKEFELLER'S GIFT.