Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-11-02

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French balloon L'Tsle de France, pilot.
ed by Leblanc and Mix, which came tc
earth at Herbertsville. N. j., 1867 miles
distant from st. Louis The third
prize goes to another German balloon
the Dusseldorf. piloted by Won Aber.
to Dover. Del. The American balloon
st. Louis, sailed by Hawley and Post
took the fourth place with flight tc
Westminster. Md. a distance of 73C
miles. Their gas gave out at this
point. Chandler and Mccoy, who last
week won the Lahm cup by then
flight from st. Louis to Walton, W. Va.
a distance of 475 miles, were fifth in
the race in their balloon America. land,
ing at Portland. Md, distance Of
725 miles. The Anjou of France. OPP
Grated by Cashier and Leyee, came tt
the earth at Armenius Mines. Va, TO-
miles from the starting point. The
German balloon Abercron, managed by
Nickel and Denig. reached Manassas.
Va, $50 miles. Major I'll. B. Hersev
and A. T. Atherholt, in the American
balloon United States, terminated their
voyage at Caledonia. Ont, $50 miles
from ST. Louis, while Griffith Brewer
and Lieutenant Barbazon, in the Lo-
tus H., landed in Ohio, 375 miles from
the point Of ascension.
The worlds balloon record, which
has stood for seven years, was estab-
lished in 1900 by Count Henri Dele
vaux, who covered 1900 miles in a
balloon from Paris into Russia. He
broke the record established July 1,
1859, by Professor John Wise, who
St. Louis to Henderson, N. Y.
Beaehy Wins Arship Sprint.
In the dirigible balloon race with
which the great aeronautic tournament
at St. Louis closed Lincoln Beachy of
Omaha was victorious over Thomas
Baldwin. his former teacher. Beachy
navigated his cigar shaped vessel with
a gasoline motor from the balloon
grounds to the Blair monument and
back, distance of two miles, in four
minutes and thirty seconds. winning
the first prize of $500.
Numerous Spots on the Sun.
Professor John Brashear of Pitts
burg reports that the surface of the
sun has been literally covered with
spots for the last week or two. several
of which could be seen with the naked
eye. Five groups extended to the equa
torial region, where they do not usually
occur, and one of these was estimated
to cover 100000 square miles.
A New Diamond Maker.
A report from Paris tells of a dis
covery in the direction of artificial
diamond making which is distinct
advance upon the Moisson crystal car
bon making The new method is cred
tied Thy the Academy Of Science to
Aristide Charette. a chemist hitherto
unknown. He says he has formed
minute diamonds by passing feeble
electric current through tube con-
tanning suIphuret Of carbon and metals
like iron.
To Build House In Day.
One of the latest schemes developed
by Thomas A. Edison, the noted cleo
trician. is the plan of building house
of solid concrete by means of an iron
mold, into which the soft material can
be turned until the building is com
plete even to the top Of the chimney.
This mold. he says, will permit the
construction of house with the roof.
heating pipes. stairs, window sashes.
mantels. plumbing. floors and bath
tubs all of concrete. The only wood
used will be strips on the sides Of the
floor to take tacks for carpet and the
front stoop, and e his latter, he
thinks. may be The mold
will cost abouF lt may r,
used indefinite u positiol