Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-03
1ELgeRAphIc aRsyl1les.

nent, anu IL the prUmibcS Oh Lue III
ventors are fulfilled, that demand will
shortly be filled. Several bids have
been submitted to General Allen, chief
signal officer, by inventors OF flying
machines OF the heavier-than-air type,
and these bids will be opened Satur-
day.
In order to meet the specifications
and requirements of the government
for an aerial contrivance to be used
IN military operations, the machine
must carry two persons OF the com
bined weight of $50 pounds and suEic-
lent fuel for fight OF 125 miles. It
must be designed for a speed OF at
least 40 miles an hour. but a machine
viii be accepted capable Of a speed Of
SO miles. although only 80 per cent
of the contract price will be paid for 1t.
Likewise, there is a provision for
premium on speed in excess of 40
miles an hour, SO that machine cap
would cost Uncle Sam 100 per cent OF
the contract price.
While all the machines of the heay-
ier-than-air type which have yet been
constructed have shown many defects
of construction and operation, the sig
nal Office authorities believe that the
rivalry developed among American in-
ventors by the government competi-
tion will yet result in the building OF
an airship that will surpass those now
in use by the military of other nations.
Among the minor specifications is
that the machine shall be so designed
that II can descend in any country
which may be encountered in field ser
vice. The starting device must be sim
pie and transportable. The machine
should also land In field without re-
Quiring specially prepared spot and
without damage to its structure. 1t
should also be prepared with some de-
vice to permit safe descent in case
of accident to the propelling machin-
cry. A still further requirement is
that the apparatus shall be sufficiently
simple in construction and operation as
ito permit any intelligent man to be
come proficient in its use within a
reasonable time"
DENVER, Jan 30.-An obstruction
on the track derailed Denver & Rio
| Grande passenger train No. Is at Pin
| ion, a small station south of Colorado
| Springs, at 4 o'clock this morning, but
of the railway company say no pas
sengers were injured. No. 16 was on
| its way from the southwestern part OF
the state TO Denver, where 1t is due to
arrive at 7:40 o'clock.
| PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 30.--Holding
them criminally responsible for the
fire and panic in the Boyertown opera
house on Jan. IS, when 1863 persons
-''ero hiiiad tho eor,nef'e Juiy after
midnight this morning ordered the
county attorney of Parks county to ar.
rest and prosecute Mrs. Harriet Il
Monroe, who produced the play in the
| theatre, and II. W. Bechtel, one OF the
state factory inspectors
| NEW YORK, Jan. 30.--Believi1g
that he had seen an apparition of his
daughter and that this foretold the
death OF the 9-year-old daughter suffer.
ing from scarlet fever, Alfred Moeller
a Brooklyn drug clerk, took an over.
/ dnsa cf ynornbipo yoSterdoy and diod In,
a hotel. Moeller is said to have seen
the ghostly apparition Sunday evening
He left home on Monday morning and
nothing more was heard Of him until
he was found dying in hotel.
CADILLAC, Mich. Jan. 30.-It took
the jury just ten minutes to find YER
diet of acquittal in favor Of Pearl Har.
per 15-year-old girl, charged with the
murder of her father Melvin Thomp
son. Thompson had come home intox
Heated in the night and had threatened
TO kill the girl and her mother. the girl
breaking his skull with the stove poker
when he attempted to carry out his
threat.
| KANSAS CITY, NO.. Jan. 30-Judge
Smith Mcpherson, in the United States
district court here today handed down
q decision declining to interfere with
the county officials in the enforcement
OF the Missouri statute making unnec
essary labor on Sunday a misdemean
or.
| The decision was rendered in a case
| brought in the name of Nance ONeil
an actress, and the local theatres
which sought to permanently enjoin
the county grand jury from iudicting
them. The decision is victory for
Judge Wallace OF the criminal court
who In his campaign for Sunday 90.
servance has caused the indictmeI IL oi
1000 stage folk and theatrical man
ayers and attaches, as well as hun.
dreds OF storekeepers, for alleged VIC,
lation OF the Sunday law. All have
been required to give heavy bond.
| None OF the cases has come to triIi,
the theatrical managers who furnished
the bonds In various theatre cases hav.
| Mig derlinqd an oiYor of fuaua vYa1ia m