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Show THE SALT LAKE TIMEStjlD: J 7. 1890. 16 - TIFlILSiTIMl Dangers Attendant on Aerial Navig-ationA Desperate Battle For Life. ABALLOONISrSOLOSE CALL, Casting Lots for tbe Eight to Take Part In an Ascension that Ended in . ' a Double Tragedy. nun. All or theiu accepted, arid stooa within the ropes that kept back the crowd of spectators whiio the enormous balloon wan filled with gas. When the inflation had been completed the professor, doubting the buoyancy of his air Bhip, announced that he could take but one companion on the vo-ag- Kach of the.roporters insisted on being that one, but the controversy ended with an agreement to match pen-nies. The contest, by the chances of the coin, soon narrowed down to two men Griniwood, of Tho Evening Journal, nnd Maitland, of Tho Courier, a sheet loug since gathered to its fathers. Maitland had in his pocket an envelope containing his week's salary. Ho pulled it out and cried: "ffrim wood, I'll give you that to let me go tip." "No," was the response. "We'll stick to the agreement. The one who wins shall luske tho trip." The two bright young men didn't know it, but when they laid their pennies on the board at their feet t hey were casting lots for life or death. Grimwood gained the coveted prize the seat iu tbe basket of the balloon by the side of the now impatient aeronaut. Ho jumped aboard, the order was given to cast off the ropes nnd the un- -' chained monster bounded upward with a mighty rush and soared northward like a thing of life. What followed? Anticipa-tion, doubt, anxiety, despair, the recovery of a body. As conjectured, tho balloon drifted out over Lake Michigan during a storm, collapsed and fell into the waves. Grimwood'scorpse was founii oil the beach up in the wilds of Michigan, and lumber-- HOW PROFESSOR BIGGINS WENT UP. who go down to the sea face perils of a nature which they are meet aud generally THOSE by moans c;f the man has invented for of battling with anc waves. But who invade she air with balloons can safeguard themselves to no appreciable extent. ' Peril attends tho rise from earth, and once above Cbe housetops the aerial craft is at the mercy of every breeze that blows. Danger likewise surrounds the descent, and while accidents are not so numerous as the con-ditions would seem to demand, still it is a fair' statement to characterize as lucky any one who has passed twenty-fou- r hours above the clouds, and then reached terra Qrnia In safety. It was only the other day that the 60,000 inhabitants of Croydon, an English city not far. from London, wore thrown into a paroxysm of excitement and apprehension regarding the fate of Professor Higgins, a local aeronaut. He had prepared a balloon of a capacity of 19,000 cubic feet with a parachute and trapeze attachment. When he gave the signal the ropes were loosed, and the air ship sailed away in the direc-tion of Norwood. . Upon reaching an alti-tude of 4,000 feet the parachute became de-tached from the net of the balloon, which shot up at a great rate and rapidly disap-peared in the clouds. This was an emer-gency not included, in the programme, for A MODERN BALLOON WITH PARACHUTE, men discovered fragments of the great air ship in the depths of a pine forest. For a while a dark rumor circulated to the effect that Donaldson, in the hour of danger, had cast the reporter overboard to secure his own safety, but this never went beyond the limits of suspicion, as no one afterward saw or heard of the unlucky navigator. James Maitland still wields a vigorous pen on one of the Cbicngo papers, and as he gathers his boys and girls about him in his cosy home thanka'-hvhateve- r gods may be" that Grimwood refused the envelope on that fateful summer afternoon so long ago. ' '. Will a time ever come when the balloon shall be of value as a means of transporta-tion; when it can be guided along its des-tined course with the reasonable certainty that attaches to the progress of a sailing vessel? Who. can tellf The principle of atmospheric buoyancy was discovered by Roger Bacon in the Thirteanth century. How vague was his groping after the truth may be shown by the fact that he termed the principle "ethereal sir or liquid fire," and wrote: "Tlwro may be made some fly-ing instrument, so that a man sitting in the middle of the instrument nd turning some mechauism may put in motion some artificial wings whicb-ma- beat the air like a flying bird." It was not until 1782, however, that this obscure suggestion of the mediaeval monk took form as an inven-tion. In that year the Montgolflers made the first balloon. Theimprovements since their day have been chiefly in the way of elaboration. The idea; itself has formed the basis for no such progress as that char-acterizing the history of steam and elec-tricity. Fred C. Daytok. Future of Electric Railway. Capt. Griffin, in an address before the Franklin institute, says that it is only a matter of time, and iat of short time, when electrical propulsion will replace the horses on the majority of our street railways. It is matter of time, a some-what longer time, perhaps, when it will be the propelling power on ell our ele-vated roads, for the elevated road pos-sesses ideal conditions for tho applica-tion of electricity. It is within the bounds of possibility that our steam roads will ' be run with electricity, and this power offers many advantages for the suburban traffic in the vicinity of the large cities. The possible utilization of hitherto neglected water powers will bo me of tho factors in determining the estonsion of electrical propulsion in this direction. Tho New York elevated roads are anxiously seeking a solution to the problem of how to enlarge their carry-ing capacity without rebuilding or ma-terially sltering their superstructures. Electricity offers the best solution. New York Commercial Advertiser. ESCAPE OF THF, PARACHUTE. Higgins had intended to descend within the limits of the field from which he mnde hln departure. The loss of the parachute, and the perilous predicament in which the voyagor was thereby placed, no car being attached to the balloon, naturally aroused the gravest fears In the minds of his friends and relatives. The last glimpse caught of him on the edge of the sky showed that he was hanging by one hand to a pendant rope aud clutching at the mouth of tbe air ship with the other. No one for a mo-ment entertained any hope of his escape, and the general relief was accompanied with intense astonishment when late at night a telegram from Tunbridge an-nounced that he had landed safely. On his return the professor naturally had a remarkable story to tell. He reached such an altitude that icicles formed on his hair and muBtuche. The slow escape of gas from the balloon finally changed its up-ward to a downward progress, and the re-turn to the lower and warmer strata of the air rovived the unwilling traveler suffi-ciently so that he was enabled to make a struggle for life. He lowered himself to the eud of his little trapeze rope, and so hung until his feet touched the earth. lie could not, however, get free until the bol-- i Jt . THE TLCNGE INTO LAM MICHIGAN. loon had dragged him ten yards along the gronnd and rebonnded sixty feet Into the air. At the second descent two pausing laborers rushed forward and held the strug-gling monster down until Higgins disen-tangled himself. He was half froien aad suffering from severe muscular strain, but otherwise received no injuries. It was in its way one of the most remarkable escapes on record. The adventure oi ProfessorH iggins recalls to the writer an event that occurred liftucn nearly years ago, and in which he narrowly missed being a participant. As oue of th features of a circus ex hi bit inn at Chicago ProfeKsur Donaldson announced an nsuea-sio- n and issued invitations to half a dozen reoortem for Ua dairj imiers to ccomnur. ' '. A (NOD IWIOTN Brawn aud Brain round United in OLieimiati's Knights of the Club. - ..,- .- in. NOT BOSSED BY POLITICIANS. An Exceptionally Pine To.roe of Guardians of Law and Order to Be Pound in Ohio's Chief City. lays claim to lie finest police country. For prior to 1885 it was CINCINNATI changed ami servant of revolution of political fortune, lit 1HK5 a law was passed creating a board of police com- - nna cimuren wmio uuder ponce onargs, and has received complimentary mention by the National Police Reform association. The house of detention is in charge of two matrons, and in every part is its neat and tloanly as woman's art can make it. There is n police gymnasium in which roambers of the force, patrolmen and offi-cers, are required to excrciso every day. It is one of tho finest in the west. This is un-der the personal supervision of tho inspec-tor, and in addition to ordinary gymnastic exercises there is regular military drill, the force being divided into six companies of forty eight men each, with tho addition of a gun squad, all properly officered. Here also tho men reeoivo instruction in the laws and ordinances that they ore charged with enforcing, and there is special in-struction as to first treatment of the vic-tims of accident. Promotions are all on merit of civil service examinat ions, with probation as to practical executive ability. Gold medals are awarded for excellence in knowledge of police duties and of the law, aud 1 here is a roll of honor for distinguish-ed bravery. The physical standard of the force is higher than t bat of the United States army. The minimum height of United States army recruits is 5 feet 7K inches. That of the Cincinnati police force is 6 feet flinches, and most of the men appointed are between 5 foot 10 inches and 6 feet, and of propor-tionate weight ami development. . The superintendent or chief is Col. Phil Deitsch, an old soldier, who served in the regular army from 1S57 to 18t55, in the Fourth United States infantry. He was with Sheridan on the frontier and Inter with Pykes' division of the Army of the Potomac, being wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. He is a strict disciplinarian, an organizer of (superior ability, and the commissioners have always found him abreast of the most advanced notion as to the discipline and morale of the fore. He Is incorruptible and a persistent enemy of corruption and crime and criminal of all grades. Inspector Hadley is a veteran police of-ficer, who has reached his present responsi-ble position from patrol by reason of his merit and trustworthiness. Ho is as thoroughly equipped in practical experi-ence as any police officer in tbe country. The chief of detectives, Lorry Hazen, is known throughout the length and breadth of the United States among tho profession for his work in detecting and exposing crime, and during an interim of his separa-tion from tbe city force on account of par-tisan antagonism was intimately associ-ated with the Pinksrtons. COL. DEITSCH AND CAPT. 11AZKN. tnlsAonsts, but it was still a partisan or-ganization, inasmnoh as it was designed to divest tbe uayor, who was of the opposite pansy, of his authority over the force. At amt public sentiment grew so strong that si lie w law was enacted. Under its terms the board consists of two Republicans and two Democrats. It is appointed by the governor, and is administrative with nasi-judici- functions. The mayor is the executive head of the force, and nominates tor appointment. The board confirms or Dejects, and to determine the availability and eificiency of nominees has established n. civil service system of examinations. ' Another merit of tbe law is that it is so framed a to make it impossible, nnless by an almost Inconceivable collusion, Ar the farce to be the creature of the arbitrary 'whim or personal or political bias of either the mayor or the board. . . The practical demonstration of the suc-cess of the guiding principle of the mayor and the board is in the fact that com-plaints of police Interference at elections are now unheard of. A memorandum of the politics of appointees was formerly made, bat that practice ceased about two years ago. As far probably as can be ex-pected, the police force and the adminis-tration of the department are n In fact a well as in name. All power of removal or suspension, after trial, is abso-lute in the board, and all appointments continual during good behavior, and re-movals cannot be made except for cause, upon charges. This applies to the super-intendent as well as to all subordinates. Among the reforms incident to the with-drawal of the police force from the influ-ence of partisan politics has been a close tmforcement of the laws. One of tbe most delicate questions with which the depart-ment has had to deal has been the Eundny question, which shook the city from cen-ter to circumference for a long time. Yet It ha handled it with a dignified consider-ation for the feeling of these personally concerned without sacrificing a jot of the MOUNTED rOLIOE PATBOU The numerical strength of the force iu Its respective grades is assigned to ten po-lice stations and nine police patrol stat ions, covering and patrolling an area of twenty-fiv- e square miles. Thers are Sufl patrol-men, mounted and on foot, and the force, including officers, is 477. The strict disci-pline to which patrolmen are subjected h?s resulted in securing a superior body of men, both physically and mentally, and there is public confidence that the force can be depended on in any emergency that may arise. It is the vigoiw,j;telli-gan- t of t c .i the enforcement of WOP61 estab-lished the past rk lal Nityfor peace and order ano; a .om from gambling and grosser The police patrol system cyc'incinnati is the most efficient in tbe country. Several new patrol houses have lately been erect-ed that for perfection of appointments are not excelled. This branch of the service is under command of Lieut. Thomas A. Duffy, a veteran police officer of excellent axecuUve ability. The equipment is nine wagons, fifty-fiv- e men, a prison van, forty-fiv- e horses, one hundred and seventy street lignwl boxes and all the requisite parapher-nalia. Another feature of reseat introduction is the mounted police for suburban patrol. There are at present twelve of these,' but arrangements are being perfected for tho enlargement of this important service. The equipment is modeled after that of the United Stat.es cavalry service, tbe saddle being the regulation one of the army, and the uniform and other equipments as near-ly corresponding as the conditions of the police service will permit. In addition to a system of reward for perfection in manual and for distinguished service there is a relief fund for the care of officers disabled in the service, and of the families of those who lose their lives in the discharge of duty. Tbe conditions are total disability or fifteen years' service, and an ago limit of fifty years. There are also sick benefits. The total oost of the force for the year 1889 wns$40tt,195.61, and on Jan. 1 there was a balance to the credit of the department of 130,833, making the total receipts for the conduct of the police service of the city a little over half a million dollars. Tho ex-penditures on account of the patrol service were nearly 125,000, and this year there will be important extensions of this indispen-sable service. Tho department headquarters are at present temporarily on Fourth street, and will so contuiue until the completion of tbe new city hall, in which lilwral assign- ment of space has been made for the offi-- . "TKK WAHOJr" RKADT TOR A KCN. ntois of the department. The present board Of commissioners is composed of James Boyle and Louis Werner. Republicans, and Thomas C. Minor and MiloG. Dodds, Dem-ocrats, Boyle, Dodds and Minor having been on the board since its creation in I881. Geo. S. McDowell. LIEUT. DOFTT AJTO CAPT. liADLE?. '! Another notable reform achieved is the nforcemeut of the law against gambling. Ifefore the existence of the present board the gamblers practically controlled the politicians of both parties, and kept "open house" under all administrations by a lib-eral donation of earnings to the rival cam-paign fnnds, thus placing both .arties finder obligation to them. This city was thou a favorite resort of gamblers, who brought with them their usual attendance of experts in lesser aud greater crime. They were a powerful adversary to contend with, and to meet the emergency special power was given tho board as to gambling, so that if by any chance a mayor should be elected by that influence and fail to enforce the law, the board could assume direct execu-tive control of tho force for that purpose. Thin u the only quoliiication of the mayor's executive authority over the force. The effect of this safeguard is that gambling, as a public institution, has been suppressed in Cincinnati The establishment of a hutue of deten-tion for females and minor prisoners is an-other valuable reform. The organization of this branch is entirely original, t he sys-tems of other cities being coauidered too expensive. Next to maintaining the and discipline of the force, it is the most practical reform made under the new police regime. It Is the most practical so-lution in operation anywhere of this most perplexing of police problems tho care of female and minor prisoners. Heretofore they ware, upon arrest, thrown promiseu-uUil- T into rp.'ls in the Oon irtatir.n. wnnre they came In contact with tho most dfasoluta and depraved, though it may have been their own first offense. In this particular the old system was a nursery of crime. Now such persons are taken to the nearest station house snd held in tiie oflic until the arrival of the "'detention 'ous," in.whicfa they are talicn to the houe of detention, where t.liey are graded accord-ing to their erimiiml record and ihe nature of tlieir otfeusc The system has the tntaunent of womea THE v F A 1 1TT To Ye Lovers of Good Teas and Bargains, Finest Decorated Chinaware Good for Only One Week! 1 lb. FINEST GREEN JAPAN TEA - 30c, worth 5a " BASKET FIRED " - 55c, " " FINEST ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA 44c, " " SUN-DRIE- NATURAL LEAFTEA 45c, " " IMPERIAL BEST GROWN 64s " " " GEM POWDER GROWN - 75c, " BASKET FINE DRAW - - 60c, " j Basket alone worth 35c FINEST DECORATED CHINA TEAPOTS 85c, " " OATMEAL BOWLS 13c, " 05 ROSE JARS 50c, " $2 12 CHINA TEACUPS AND SAUCERS - 81.60, " m 13 PIECE FINEST CHINA DECORATED BERRY OR PUDDING SET - 3.75, " $6,51 8 PIECE WATER SET WITH TRAY - 99c, " $ ONE WEIESKI .ONXTX"! THE FAIR, ' One door west of Clock. 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Hirschler & Co. 213 Strain Street, - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WINE, LIQUOR AND CIGAR MERCHAN ; SUMMIT VINEYARD NAPA CO., CAL ;j Pure California Wines and BrandJ J Zinfandel, Claret, Burgundy, Port, ShertyJj :;. rokay. Mount Vineyard, Malaga Gutedel, J ling, Saviznon, Sauterne, Semillon, etc. W Importers of Havana and Key West Cigt Gjt Build Ins Flslirs. The bitshki is a Russian fifih 'which lives in the Black Bea. ; When the hatch-ing season approaches it seeks tho shore and builds there a nest for its young. Both father and mother unite in gather-ing seaweeds and deposit them in small holes on the shore. There the mother lays her eggs and watches over them, like a careful hen, until they are hatched. Youth's Companion. A Poov Pine 9 for Watermelons, Between the Jral and the Okhotsk seas there is a spot half as large as the state of Michigan which is frozen ground to the depth of ninety-fou- r feet. That is, it has liever thawed ont since the world was created, and probably never will, and even if it should no-body would have any use for it De-troit Free Press. Honoring a Fiucky Woman. Amelia B. Edwards, famous as a novel-ist and Egyptian explorer, was presented recently by the women of Boston with a handsome bracelet as a token of their ap-preciation of her pluck in keeping a lec-ture engagement at Indianapolis the other day, only four hours after meeting with an accident in which her arm was broken. The recipient, in reply to tho address made by Mrs. Mary A. IJvermore, said. "A broken bone is an ordinary accident, but a broken engagement ali! that is a calam-ity indeed, und one in which happily I have not bean involved during my lecture course in your country." How Be Understood It. My three littlo boys Henry, Jean aud Charlie age 6, 4 and 3 3 years, were talking of cremation. (They are all in favor of cremation, because their par-ents are.) Henry and Jean said they were going to be cremated. Charlie turned to me ard said: "Mamma, when are we going tc bs eat .vith cream?" Babyhood. There is a thceatcnert row in atnletic cir-cles in San Francisco, and without wise legislation the Olympic Athletic dub and the California Athletic club will have a grievous difference. The California club has an amateur annex and admitted Al Iean, the- - vrcstler, and several other atk letes to msmlwrship without initiation fees. Lean, contrary to the wish of the California Uub, made a match with Kolb ; to wrestle ill the Olympic club. Expulsion for him and 14 her club members who may participate il he Olympic games without ! permission fm the club may take place, j TUo Whipping Tost in live. Georgetown, thecapilal of Sussex county, Del., witnessed a punishment recently that was quite common in "good old colony days," but which is iu vogue nowhere now save within the boundaries of what some people facetiously rail "the state of Bay-ard.'' i'unr horse thieves were whipped and pilloried in the most central part of the town, iu the main street. Tbe sctac;e had to be witnessed by pedestrians whether they wtsre Mdispoaed or not. |