Semi-weekly herald., 1910-06-02
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

rturtfss flew from Albany to New York
city in an aeroplane. winning the S1O.-
900 prize offered by the New York
World.
Curtiss covered the distance OF 1877
miles in two hours and 32 minutes and
came TO earth as calmly and lightly
as a pigeon. His average speed for
the distance was 54.G6 miles an hour,
which surpasses any other record ever
made by an aeroplane in long dis
tance flight, his feat eclipsing any.
thing man has attempted In heavier
than air machines
The start was made from Albany at
O'Clock yesterday morning under
weather conditions as near perfect as
the most fastidious aviator could de.
mand. One hour and % minutes la.
Ter he made a stop at place near
Poughkeepsie, where there was an
hours intermission. Resuming his
flight at 9:26 he sped southward and
landed within the boundary of Man
haitian island at 1926. Only 100 yards
north OF the point on which the craft
settled stretched Spuyten Duyvil
creek, separating Manhattan island
from the mainland. Had he failed to
cross this his flight would have been
in vain, but as he swept over it the
prize was his. Thence to Governors
island. This task was but whim of
his triumphs and concluding the lap of
race already won.
Paulhan's flight from London to
Manchester of 1856 exceeded Curtiss'
feat of yesterday in distance but not
in speed danger. The Frenchman's
average was 44.3 miles an hour and
below him lay the English meadow
land Curtiss followed the winding
course of the historic Hudson, with its
butting headlands. wooded slopes and
treaclNsrous palisades. He sailed
high over the great bridge at Pough-
keepsie, and dipped at times TO with
in fifty feet of the rivers broad sur
face and jockeyed like a falcon at the
turns. He rose at time q thousand
feet II was wonderful flight
President Taft wired congratula-
tions
MUSKOGEE, Okla. May 30.-Peter
Beaver, his wife aud child, and puc
nabjo Lowe, fun blooded Indians, were
burned to death early today in fire
which destroyed the rooming house
where they had stopped at Eufaula
The Indians came from Weleetka to
see the daughters OF Beaver and Lowe
graduate from the Indian high school
DENVER, May 30.-Decoration day
was observed generally with parade
races and all kinds of pleasures. The
weather is ideal
TELLURIDE, May 30-Bilk creek
bridge is evidently a hoodoo. 1t was
washed out by the flood last fall and
again was ruined the 31st of January
by couple of locomotives going
through it, killing II couple of men
and manning others. This morning
WhCll Tram toi bSShNb
reached the place the engineer fortu
stately observed something wrong in
time to stop his train. finding high
water had taken out the bridge for the
third time, The train returned 10 Tel
iuride. 1t is expected to have the
bridge replaced some time tomorrow
MONTEREY, Cal. May 30-His
body the unseen target for rain of
bullets of firing squad at rifle prac-
tice, Claude Hetheron, private in
Company X, Thirteenth infantry, sta
toned at the Preside here, who was
taking measurements on the range,
was literally shot to pieces and died
after lingering in the reservation hos.
pital for two days The accident oc-
CURED last week, but the facts had
been suppressed An investigation of
the affair delayed the funeral until
yesterday
All afternoon of the day he was
shot, Hetheron crept about on the
embankment peppered with lead while
the bullets whizzed about him His
cries could not be heard After being
struck by the first bullet he made an
effort to drag himself out of danger,
but no matter which way he turned
his escape was cut off by flying mis-
siles Finally he sank on a sand
mound awaiting a shot that would end
his torture. but the bullets only sped
about him, ripping his clothing. and
tearing his flesh. When markers
found him his head had been shot
nearly off Hethernn was married.
LONDON, May 3l.-Theodore Roos-
evelt today was presented with the
freedom of the city of London and
he accepted the honor with literal
ism that led him into a frankness
of speech that created a sensation in
Old Guild hall,
As the former head of a country
that once paid tribute to Great Brit
ain the American statesman gave the
mother land some bold advice as to her
duty toward her most troublesome de-
pendency in Africa. II was Mr.. Roose-
welt said, either right or not right