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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1904)
TUB HORNING AflTORIAK. THURSDAY, APRIL 28. 190-4. PRINCE OF THE AIR ALL . BUT LOSES HIS LIFE Ascends With His Balloon While Suffer ing From a Badly Broken Leg Caused at the Start. MONDAY OX TUESDAY i-'eattle. Acril 7.-After he had Broken his left leg In two places at the start of a balloon ascension at Madison park. Join Leonard, the aeronaut, made the flight cut loose from his balloon and descended to the ground short distance from the starting point, He Is now a patient in the MonoJ hos pital, where he will probably be laid up for nearly two months. He suf fered a compound fracture of his left He talked freely of his experience last night and censured the crowd col lected about the balloon for being the cause of the accident. Leonard, who Is heralded as the "Prince of the air,' has agreed to make a series of balloon ascensions at Madi son park. The ascension yesterday was to have been the first. A large crowd had collected about the balloon before the attendants had started the Inflation process. The weather was bad, and for a time Leonard believed that the flight would have to be post poned. At 3:30 o'clock he decided that he would make a short ascension, and the work of filling the balloon started. A wind-break 30 feet high had been built at oone side of the balloon, from which direction the wind usually blew. Yesterday the wind was off the lake, however, and the wind-break was of no use. Under ordinary conditions the aeronaut would have cleared the break but the crowd surged so close about the big gas bag that It could not be inflated properly and did not soar straight up, as it should. At 4:30 o'clock the guy ropes were cut loose and the big bag started up wards, but swerved over In the direc tion of the wind-break. Prof. Lea. nard hangs 40 feet below the balloon m a trapeze, and he waa hurled with terrific force against the top of the within 300 feet of the starting point. The attendants were there to assist him when he alighted. Leonard was pale, but did not lose consciousness. He told his friends what had happened and a telephone call was sent at once for a conveyance. The ambulance was sent and on the way to the hos pital Leonard smoked a cigarette and talked of his past life with the am bulance attendant. "I have been In the business fori about S3 years, said Leonard at the hospital last night, "and this Is, the second time I have ever been hurt and the first time that anything! i serious ever happened to me. The only other time I waa hurt was In Dawson in 1SS9. I merely sprained my ankle at that time and soon re covered. When I struck that wind-break I knew that my leg was broken, but realized that I had to hold on or drop to my death. It was hard, but I went through It all right. The ascension was not as high as I make, but It seemed the longest one I had ever taken." Leonard Is the aeronaut who made ascensions during the carnivals here last summer. Since that time he has been living about the sound. Drs. Bates and Mott, who are at tending the Injured man, say the frac- ure Is serious and will keep him in bed for several weelis. Monday, 2nd, Tuesday, 3rd. This Expert Tailor will be her for but three days, and with out question ha will be busy every minute. Corns early in the day and it will be better II around. Monday, 2nd. Tuesday, 3rd, Astoria men who want all that la best In style, goods and prices for Spring and Summer Clothes, will be on hand at C. H. Cooper's on one of these day. MONDAY a TUESDAY 1am 6ominqm MONDAY 2L TUESDAY GREAT DISPLAY OF WOOLENS IN THE PIECE WILL BIS MADE AT OVR STORB ON MONDAY and TUESDAY, MAY 2 and 3, 1904 - The full line of Strauss Bros., Matter Tailors, Chicago, hat been tent to us especially for this event. A ipecial representative long skilled in the tailoring bualneai will have charge of the display. Come and see the swell new designs now shown for the first time. Get pointers on the proper thing to wear. Don't miss this great chance to order your clothes to the best advantage. LEADING HOUSE OF ASTORIA Monday, 2nd, Tuesday, 3rd. Good dratiers can net afford to Ut such n opportunity as this slip by. You will be matiird . promptly and hav a oriole of hundreds of fin pat terns.. Com .early, p !. Monday, 2nd, Tuesday, 3rd. Twlo a year this Chloago Tailors and their , rpranttiv to Astoria. Score of men wr pl.at.d last yr, and thar Is no raion , why . you should not b. MONDAY (SL TUESDAY C wall. Tm hurt," he called, to his assist ants below, but clung to his trapeze and kept going upward. The moments seemed hours to those in the crowd below. They realized that the areonaut had been injured, and seriously, but wondered how he managed to cling to the trapeze bar. Suddenly something dropped. The crowd watching the ascension believed it to be the balloonist. Women shut their eyes and men looked with horror at the thing dropping through the air. The object had dropped but a few feet, however, when the parachute and Leonard sailed slowly to earth Th Reward of Learning. A certain judge who possesses a de gree from a leading university dropped in one day at a new thirst resort, part ly for the purpose of getting a drink and incidentally to soe the decorations of the place. When the Judge entered one of the barkeepers was discoursing to a customer upon the beauty of a stained glass window "Dat window," he said, "Is de hand somest one in any Joint in town. I don't know what dat Eye-talian on It means. Wish't I did." "That motto," said the Judge oblig ingly, "Is Dura vlvimus vlvamus and means, "While we live, let us live.'" Say," replied the barkeeper, "ain't GOES INTO PAINFUL DETAIL dat great! I'm mighty glad to know what dat spiel stands for." The next day, the Judge being in the Dr. Chester Lyman Leaves Sail- fffl eooPE LONGEST WILL EVER FILED Instrument Contains Thousands of WordsFiled at Chicago. same neighborhood, again entered the resort to get some refreshment, when the barkeeper cherlly greeted him: "Good mornin' professor. Glad to see you. Say, I'll give youse some good whisky dis time." CENTRAL MEAT MARKET G. W. Morton and John Fuhrnian, Proprietors. CHOICEST FRESH AND SALT MEATS. PROMPT DELIVERY. 542 Commercial St. Phone Main 321. Qiv us your order for any kind of Irinting; plain or artistic, business or personal. We guarantee satisfac tion. Best workmanship. Most reasonable prices. JOB PRINTING THE BEST WE SUPPLY IT Two linotype machine enable us to print briefs and other book work on short notice. Newspaper composition a specialty. Writ for Term. ASTORIAN PUBLISHING! CO cer Worth $1000 aud Canes of Value Made from Fa mous Battleship- Chicago, April 27. Although dispos ing of an estate valued at only "3,000 the will of Dr. Chester Lyman, who died March 29, Is the longest document filed in the history of the Cook county court. The instrument goes Into minute details, describing each article owned by the testator, Its origin, Its history and U present whereabouts. The will contains so many thousands of words that It was reproduced in printed form and in this ehape it was filed in the probate court, together with the original document. Dr. Lyman was a collector of souve nirs and some of them are considered valuable. A Washington saucer val used at 1,000 bequeathed to the Field Columbian museum, is a Peruvian im age made in bronze. It is said to be 4000 years old and was recovered from an ancient mound in the Andes. An' other relic Is a "Constitution cane." It was made from a piece of wood cut from the United States frigate Conrtl tuUon on an evening in 1833, when "Old Ironsides" sailed into Boston har bor for the first overhauling after the war of 1812. Another cane was made from a piece of wood taken from the man of war Kearsarge in 1872. Both canes are bequeathed to he army and navy museum at Washington. PERSONAL MENTION. J. C. Mayo Is in the metropolis. Mrs. Robert Hill, of Portland, is vis iting Id the city. State Superintendent of Instruction Ackermon I In the city. Collector of Custom Kobb Is at Til lamook on official business. J. E. Ferguson went to Portland yes terday on a short business trip. J. N. Winner, a member of the Unit ed States flsh commission, Is In the city. Mrs. 3. Simpson, wife of a Portland clergyman, Is visiting with friends In Astoria, Charles Jones, representing the Ore gon Teachers' Monthly, Is in the city attending the institute. Frank W. Pettygrove, the well known Seattle traveling man, I in the city In the Interests of J. A. Folger & Co. Professor L. B, Truvers, superlrv tendent of the Salem public schools, and Professor H. D. Sheldon, professor of economics at the state university, are attending the teachers' Institute. Elaterito Roofing , oom;,c,,r m fli.ui that is necessary ia to lay, nail an J cement It. It require no palrtlntf, ooatlitK, hi riding or graveling of any kind at any time. It is riidly guarantee!. Wrtie n for price and doocrlptlvo matter. The Elaterite Roofing Co. 'WB3gn3SS Conferees Reach Agreement. Washington, April 27. The conferees on the river and harbor bill reached an agreement this afternoon. By the agreement the amendment carried by the bill, as It passed the house, Is not Included. All surveys provided for In the senate amendments are eliminated ROBBED THE GRAVE. A startling incident Is related by John Oliver of Philadelphia, a fol lows: "I was In awful condition. 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