The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-09-10
Born Near Dublin and After
ward Removed to This City
Where They Resided With
Parents Three Years.
THEY ARE RELATED
TO TELLER FAMILY.
In OrviIIe Wright's Test Yes
terday Afternoon, His Ma
chine Scared AIoft With
Two Men.

But few persons who have read of
the wonderful accomplishments of
the famous Wright brothers, the
worlds greatest navigators of the air
in machines heavier than air, know
that the two men, Orville and Wilbur
lived in this city when boys. AS the
result of the phenomenal success of
Orville Wright yesterday Mrs. D. X.
Zeller of this city is probably one of
the happiest women that can be found
in all Wayne county. She has a per-
feet right to feel happy because this
morning she read how Orville Wright
Of Dayton, formerly of Richmond and
a native of Western Wayne county
had yesterday afternoon shattered all
records for aeroplane flights and knew
that he is her nephew. The former
Richmond man proved to the world
the problem of aerial navigation has
been solved and that as soon as the
principles Of aerial flight without gas
bags, discovered by him and his broth
er Wilbur, have been developed aero
plane navigation will be as common
as railroad transportation now is. In
other words the two former Richmond
young men have made a discovery
which Is expected to revolutionize the
methods of transportation.
In the Palladium yesterday a dis
patch from Ft. Meyer. Virginia, told
how Orville Wright had broken all
aeroplane records by remarkable
flight made yesterday morning. re-
naming in the air 81 minutes and 81
seconds. Today the dispatches told
how Wright, before hundreds of civil
ians, army officers and three cabinet
members had shattered his record
made In the morning by flight yes
terday afternoon, during which he re-
mained in the air for hour, 2 minutes
and Is seconds. Not content with this
wonderful exhibition Wright made a
third flight, taking with him Lieut..
Lahm of the army signal corps, and
remained in the air minutes and 20
seconds, thus setting new record for
aeroplane fight with two men aboard.
Preceding these wonderful exhibi-
tions given yesterday by Orville
Wright, the world was astonished by
the remarkable flights made by Will
bur Wright in France. Just few days
ago Wilbur with a duplicate of the
aeroplane used yesterday by Orville,
made fight In which he remained
in the air over 10 minutes with unfa-
vorable weather conditions.
Orville and Wilbur Wright lived in
this city with their father, Bishop
Wright of the United Brethren church
for about three years. Both were born
on farm near Dublin. They removed
from this city about fifteen years ago
and have since made Dayton their
home.
Bishop wright was not actively en-
gagged in church work while a resi-
dent of Richmond, but after leaving
here he was appointed a bishop of the
U. B. church. The mother Of the two
Wright brothers is sister of Mrs. D.
X. Zeller. Orville and Wilbur Wright
are cousins of Silas Zeller OF this city
and John Zeller of New York, formerly
of Richmond. While the two modest
masters of the air resided in Richmond
they attracted no especial attention.
but they were always popular with
their school fellows. They did not be-
gin to experiment in aerial flight un-
til they moved to Dayton and went
into the bicycle business.
Their aeroplane experiments have
extended over period of ten years.