New-York tribune., 1907-10-27
THE FLIGHT OF BALLOONS

How successful was the baIloo, oo....,.
Just about as successful as any of the si,,,,.-
contests which have engrossed public a+,o..I.-
ever since the MOngolfer brothers davfsa5 g.
modern balloon. "a hundred and tvva,+, s.
years ago. While there have been so,,a =,
proVements IN the making Of the a,,,1
ior holding the gas. there is no control -
the movements Of the inflated globes and -
are driven hither and thither ar tba -,
the winds. and only equabIe conditions - - =
atmosphere prevent their Immediate das+-.., 80
While German balloon in the rsceTt I uItloh.
went rev miles further than a FrencL eeS' @
or at least, so II is supposed until tbo t Ollet
OF the geological survey determine act,,aH
neltner surpassed the records previousIv ,aS
both IN this country and in EI1rons a, '..tue .S
Is settled Is that the next contest will b ''idt
the Continent. Whether any progress h. oe ' on
peen made In dirig1ble airships or not is vsr
uncertain, but that little. II aDvtbing 90
done with a balloon Is sure desnife9 a. a. 80 %
that different directions were taken bv sorna -
the contestants in the recent trial --' u
is the President back at his posr7s'
Yes he has again met with his Cahinat ,t.
only dDsentees being Secretary Taft in rba
Philippines; Secretary COTtelyou In New York
ana Secretary StrauS. He told one Of the ~
thustastic audiences which he addressed on his
way home that IL took him twelve days IN ost
pear Dut ne got him, which better than
ne dld on his previous trip in Mississippi when
ne and the bears broke even Secretary Loeb
who went hunting further westward is repOrsaG
70 nave HdQ DSIter luck than his chief The
President has accepted an invitation TO 90 after
bears in North Carolina. and farmers in Penn
sylvania want him to help them save their crops
from bruin and ruin. while hunters in the Cats
kills. who fed Mayor Mcclellan on bear steak
promise the President good sport there
Meanwhile the Washington wiseacres who
bother themselves about the Presidents future
say that he will adhere to his determination
not to be candidate next year and that he has
abandoned the idea OF entering the Senate il
Secretary Taft should be elected President On
this point the suggestion IS put forward that an
eX-PreSident should not be a Senator, as he
would not be free 10 criticise the acts OF his
predecessors successors. which Is the same
excuse made in behalf Of the President last
summer a reason for his not becoming q
newspaper editor upon retiring from his present
astlc friend OF the President that he would liks
10 be elected Mayor of New York, the only Office
for which he ever ran and suffered defeat To
this another adds new term President. be-
ginning in 1913 or 1917.
DESTRUCTION BY EARTHQUAKE.
The seismic convulsions which have been re-
ported by the oscillations Of Instruments from
distant points have eliminated in repetition
OF the disaster OF two years ago in Calabria
Italy with a loss OF fully five hundred lives and
much damage TO property. As in the preceding
case the actions of Vesuvius gave some token
of the coming calamity. The completion Of the
Panama Canal within five years is now pre-
dicted.
The death roll of the week bears the names
of Trenor L. Park. OF this city: George F. Bod
ley. a we'll known English architect, and Colonel
James W. Powell, of Denver.