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FOURTH’S LIST
, • OF ACCIDENTS
Glorious Independence Day Prolific
of Usual Casualties.
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
Ihiity-Seven Men, Women and Children
Killed and Enormous Number oi
2,153 Were Injured.
The Chicago Tribune in Friday’s is
sue says: Thirty-seven men, women
and children are dead and 2,153 are
maimed, lacerated or bruised as a result
of Thursday’s excess-of patriotism in
the United States. The number of dead
does not include five drowned
the day.
The roster of the Mead is four more
than last year’s immality. A year
ago thirty-three persons were dead on
the morning after the fourth, including
five drowned.
the death roll will in
crease day by day, and even the late
days of August will witness additions
to it. Tetanus (lockjaw), that grim
aftermath of gunpowder wounds,
claims its victims by scores and even
by hundreds for weeks after the fourth
New York leads all cities of the
United States in the number of killed
and injured. Ten persons are dead in
that city, while six or more are so se
riously hurt that it is expected they
will die within a few hours. At the
New York hospitals 423 were treated.
No record was made of the number of
dispensary cases cared for.
The police no doubt averted a great
er casualty list by arresting 423 men
and boys for carrying weapons.
There were 116 fires in Greater New
York during the day. These figures
break all fourth of July records for
the big metropolis.
Pittoburg ran New York a close
second in the grim race, nine per
sons yielding up their lives on the
altar of frenzied patriotism.
Chicago, although the second city
of the country, added only two dead
to the nation’s total.
Springfield, 111., supplied tnree vic
tims: Chatham, ills., two, and Aber
deen, S. Dak., two. No other town or
city in the country gave up more than
one of its own to death.
The total number of injured, 2,153,
is under last year’s figures, which
were 2, 1^.
The figures show that this year, as
last year, the most of the casualties
were due to carelessness in handling
firecrackers and other forms of harm
less explosives,
Victims of gunpowder s;and second
crease from last year’s figures,
in number, but show a marked de-
The crusade against the deadly toy
pistol seems to be bearing fruit, as
this year only 205 victims were re
ported, as against 304 last year.
THIEVING BANK TELLER NABBED.
Stole $54,410 From His Employers But
Was Soon a Prisoner.
Chester B. Runyan, the defaulting
teller of the Windsor Trust company,
was arrested in New York Friday, and
$54,410 of the money stolen from the
bank w r as recovered.
Runyan was found in an apartment,
where he had been since he walked out
of the bank on Saturday with all the
money in the teller's vault packed in
his suit case.
JAMES BARR IN FULL CONTROL.
Well Known Railroad Man Chosen to Di
rect Affairs at Jamestown.
The board of directors of the James
town Exposition company, at a meet
ing in Norfolk Friday night, adopted
the report of the conference commit
tee formally electing James M. Barr
as director general of the exposition.
Hr. Barr is given absolute power in
the direction of the show.
DOLLIVER DENIES STORY.
lowa Senator Says He Had No Trouble
Whatever With Ben Tillman.
In regard to special reports from
Jackson, Mich., regarding an alleged
altercation between Senators .Dolliver
and Tillman at Jackson, Senator Dol
liver says:
“There is not a shred of truth in the
story, Senator Tillman spoke at Jack
son on July 3 and and left on the same
day for Louisville. -1 made a speech
there the next day and left for Chi
cago early on July 5. I have not seen
Senator Tillman since March 4.’’
DOLLIVER A COWARD.
lowa Senator Angers Ben Tillman and is
• Promptly Challenged to Fight
a Duel.
Angered because Scnatcr Dolliivei
took exceptions to his views on the
race question, Senator Benjamin Ilyan
Tillman of South Carolina, who deliv
ered an address in Jackson, Mich., on
the fourth of July, has issued a chal
lenge to Dolliver to fight a duel.
Tillman asserted that only by this
method could his honor be vindicated.
Tillman made his usual speech before
a large and enthusiastic audience, and
at the close he requited all who coin
cided with his view*to stand up. Ev
erybody in the audience stood.
Dolliver got into town Friday .and
immediately began to abusb Tillman.
He every statement the
southern senator made. Tillman, who
is the guest of acquain:auces in a near
by lake resort, hurried into town
inserted a notice in the evening pa
pers of Jackson, in which he stated
he had been grossly insulted, that In
the south the way those things are ad
justed is by the duel foute. Dolliver
read the story in the newspaper and
met Tillman in the lobby of the Ostego
hotel. A stormy interview was the re
sult, and it was only through the ef
forts of bystanders that serious trou
ble was averted'. Dolliver said he was
not fighting duels, and Tillman brand
ed him as a coward for not being able
to back up his statement, and he de
clared that the time would come when
he would square tt-.ngs with the gen
tleman from lowa.
Dolliver left Jackson Friday even
ing. He was followed to the station
by an angry mob of several hundred,
and the police had difficulty in getting
him through the mob in the train
sheds. Tillman remained in the notel,
walking backward and forward in an
excited mood. Tillman’s speech caught
the town, while Dolliver’s efforts at
answering the South Carolina's sena
tor’s argument met with a flat fail
ure.
TO BAR “FEMALE” SOLDIERS.
Vets Issue Edict Against Women Wearing
Confederate Uniform.
At a meeting held in Nashville,Tenn.,
Friday night, Frank Cheatham bivouac,
United Confederate Veterans, the sec
ond largest confederate organization
in the south, adopted resolutions
against women wearing confederate
uniforms, and demanding that all “fe
male soldiers” now attached to Con
federate organizations withdraw at
once.
These,resolutions will be sent to all
Confederate organizations in the south.
The story behind the resolutions had
its beginning at the recent reunion at
Richmond, when there appeared on the
staff of General Stephen D. Lee a Geor
gia woman clad in the full regalia of a
general, sword and all. Her appearance
created a great deal of antagonism
among the old soldiers.
The resolutions were drawn up by
Colonel John P. Hickman of Nash
ville. It recites that “some of the gen
erals of the south have adopted the
modern woman, which is repugnant to
the men and women of the south.”
The lady, it is stated, had nursed
General Lee through a recent spell
of illness, ana for her services was
adopted on the staff with the rank of
surgeon general.
LUKE WRIGHT DINED BY JAPS.
Tokio Officials E’.xpress Cordiality Toward
America and Americans.
General Baron Kuroki, the Japanese
imperial envoy to the Jamestown ex
position, who has returned home, gave
a luncheon in Tokio Friday in honor
of Luke E. Wright, the American am
bassador. Field Marshal Oyama, repre
senting the army, expressed himself
in the most appreciative terms of the
magnificent and enthusiastic reception
accorded General Kuroki and his par
ty everywhere in the United States.
FLOATING POOL ROOM RELEGATED.
Uncle Sam Takes Hand in Knocking Out
a Chicago Gambling Syndicate.
By the revocation of the passenger
of the steamboat City of
Traverse, the government Monday
dealt a heavy blow to the alleged gam
bling syndicate of the city of Chicago.
The City of Traverse leaves Chicago
each day and anchors in Lake Mich
igan, near the lines of intersection of
the states of Illinois, Indiana and Mich
igan, and, it is alleged, is operated aB
a floatir<: pool room. The action ta
ken revokes the vessel’s license.
BOOZE FIGHT
STIRS GEORGIA
Strong Protest Made Against Pro
posed State Prohibition.
CITIES TAKING ACTION
Atlanta, Savannah and Columbus Go on
Record, While Atlanta Journal
Sounds a Warning Note.
At a meeting of about 150 promi
nent citizens held at the Piedmont ho
tel, in Atlanta, Wednesday afternoon,
strong resolutions were adopted plac
ing the meeting squarely on record
as opposing state prohibition. The
resolutions state that L is the belief
of the citizens that prohibition is con
trary to the best moral and material
Interests of Atlanta and other large
centers. It is further stated that state
prohibition is contrary to the principle
of home rule, which premits one com
munity to make its cn laws to meet
certain conditions.
The experience Atlanta had with
prohibition some years ago is touch
ed on, and it is declared that, in many
respects, the morals of the community
were worse then than they have ever
been since that time.
The mieting in many respects was
a remarkable one. It was composed of
prominent men in all walks of life.
The sentiment of the meeting was
practically a umtVor the continuance
of local option.
The Atlanta Journal, Governor
Smith’s staunchest supporter in the
state campaign, also comes out strong,
ly against state prohibi:ion in the fol
lowing editorial utterance:
“After the most earnest and sin
cere .deliberation, talcing into consid
eration every aspect and bearing of
the question, we have arrived at the
conclusion tha. it is the solemn duty
of this paper to enter its protest
against the present movement to adopt
stale prohibition in the state of
Georgia.
“But we believe that the highest
interest of the s;ate, and the dictates
of true patriotism demand that we
set our face against a movement which
menaces the welfare of our people
and is calculated to defeat the end
which its well-meaning advocatea
have in view. We feel that we would
be recreant to the people of Atlanta
and to the people of Georgia, as a
whole, if we did not voice a protect
which hangs upon the lips of thou
sands of good men and true men, high
in their morality, unimpeachable in
their integrity and supremely " devoted
to the welfare of the state.
“In the firs: place, there has been
no mandate from the people for this
legislation. In the long campaign of
last year many momentous issues were
discussed. It was perhaps the great
est educational campvign ever held in
the state. Matters of great importance
were discussed and the controlling is
sues finally evolved.
“Prohibition was not among them.
The declaration of the Macon platform
was clear and explicit. It demanded
the strictest enforcement of the local
option laws, so that prohibition in
such counties as have voted fur it in.
dividually would be prohibitive in let
ter and in spirit.
‘lt is the duty of this legislature
to carry out that plank of the demo
cratic platform.”
The Savannah chamber of commerce
and the Savannah board of trade have
passed resolutions, declaring in the
strongest terms against the passage
by the state legislature of the prohi
bition measures. Separate resolutions
were adopted by each body. All, how
ever, join in declaring that the mate
rial Interests of the cities of Georgia,
and also of the country, are threaten
ed by such legislation as is proposed.
The Columbus city council has adop
ted a resolution expressing disapprov
al ef the state prohibition bills. The
vote was 8 to 4, two members of coun
vil not voting.
REAR ADMIRAL FARQUHAR DEAD.
Well Known Retired Naval Officer Suc
cumbs to Apoplectic Stroke.
Rear Admiral Norman Farquhar,
United States navy, retired, died sud
denly at the Hotel Thorndyke, James
town, R. 1., Wednesday night. Death
was due to apoplexy. Rear Admiral
Farquhar’s home was in Washington,
D. C., and the body wa3 removed to
that city.
RIOT AT JAMESTOWN
Results fnm Overt Acts of Troops from
Kentucky and South Carolina.
Several Men Hurt.
Five hundred soldiers, members of
the Sou h Carolina and First Kentucky
regiments, in camp at the Jamestown
exposition grounds, became riotous on
Wednesday night, threw off all disci
pline, intimidated concessionaries and
took charge of the shows on the war
path, and when the Powhatans Guards
interfered a riot followed, several be
ing injured. The injured are:
Joseph Brasher, company G, Ken
tucky Regiment, probable fracture of
the skull; Guard Press, Powhatan
Guards; Captain Carpenter of Powha
tan Guards; Adjutant Carwood, Guard
Kennedy and several others suffered
slight wounds.
Earlier in the night the soldiers,
who were drinking, became noisy and
were repeatedly cautioned by the
guards. Later, when their number Jiad
increased to about 300, they threw
aside all restraint and proceeded to
the warpath, where they invaded the
places of amusement, refusing to
admission fees or to leave when or
dered out of the templo of mirth,
beauty shows and streets of Cairo,
which were the principal sufferers. A:
the latter place about fifteen Powha
tan Guards atempted to restore order
and the trouble followed. The guards
were forced to use their sabres to beat
the men back. Captain Carpenter and
Adjutant Garwood were soon on the
scene and succeeded in ejecting the
men from the streets of Cairo.
The soldiers soon return* and, their
number augmented to 500. They again
attempted to take charge of the shows
and by order of Captain Carpenter, C.
L. VaughWns of company 11, Kentucky,
and J. Tompkins of company 1), South
Carolina, were placed under arrest as
the leaders of the rioting.
This caused a demonstration, and
with drawn sabers the guards fought,
their way through the massed soldiers
to the guard camps, keeping their
prisoners, despite the efforts on the
part of comrades to rescue them. Be
hind the wire fence of the camp the
guards made a stand.
The guards were later reinforced
by detachments of soldiers from the
camp, and order was restored.
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA.
Army Officers Going Over Historical Route
Taken by General Sherman.
A second start was made from Chat
tanooga Thursday by military men to
traverse the route pursued by' Gene
ral W. T. Sherman when liy eated
havoc and wrought ( ation
through the heart ot the j’s em
pire state.
Only a year ago did I f Sherman,
a Jesuit priest, and son of the great
federal leader, essay to tread the path
his father trod. He started from Fort
Oglethorpe and marched as far as
Cartersville, Ga. A furor was stirred
up among the southerners who remem
bered the reality of "marching
through Georgia.” A stenn arose and
wicked things were said. President
Roosevelt felt the disturbance and re
called the military escort furnished
the priest.
This time the trip is being made by
commissioned officers, with only
enough enlisted men to care for the
stock and pitch camps. There are
thirty-four officers in the party who
are fresh from the military staff col
lege at Leavenworth, being recent
graduates.
There was considerable comment by
Confederate veterans, but none of the
objections raised were of serious im
port, They insist that the army officers
should study the tiictics of General
Joseph E. Johnston, a3 well as those
of General Sherman, “that they may
learn something.”
CITY OF 'FRISCO SUED EY JAPS.
Seek Reparation for Destruction of Their
Property by a Mob.
Suit against the city and county was
filed at San Francisco Wednesday af
ternoon in the superior court for re
covery of $2,577 for damages said to
have been sustained by the proprie
tor of the Horse Shoe restaurant and
a Japanese bath house, on May 23,
when a row caused by an attack on
tw'o non-union rnen who were eating
in the restaurant, resulted in tho
fronts of the two places being smash
ed by stones and clubs.
ESS
A FERN HOLDER.
Have you any odd bit of silver that
will accommodate a wee pot of ferns;
if so, have it polished and filled with
ferns and deposit it upon your writ
ing desk. Old fashioned spoonhokl
ers will hold a glass in which hemp
seed can be grown on a sponge in the
water; delicate tendrils soon show
above the silver rim and rejoica the
eye.
MARKS ON BOOKBINDINGS.
Grease marks on morocco book
bindings are effectually removed by
the application of the white of an egg
beaten stiffly. Grease spots on leath
er can be removed by applying ben
zine. It may make the surface du' ,
but the polish can be restored wi li
the well beaten white of an t gg.
Grease on wall paper yields to blot
ting paper and a hot iron, tin ,1 rub
on Fuller’s earth as a cleansing* agent.
Rainwater and soap will remove ma
chine grease from washable fabrics.
Remove car grease from a light dress
by using gasoline.
To remove grease stains from floor
hoards apply a mixture of Fuller's
earth and pearl ash, a quarter of a
pound of each, to a quart of boiling
water, leave on for twenty-four hours,
then scour with sand and water.
KEY FOR ALL TRUNKS.
Was there ever a woman born who
did not at some time in her career
lose or forget her trunk key? Who
has not experienced the wild sense of
despair that sweeps over the travel
worn. dusty creature who arrives at
her journey’s end with no more scien
tific implement than a hairpin to
probe the mysteries of her trunk
lock?
And when the pieces of baggage
number more than one, and all the
keys are left behind, so much the
greater is the mourning over the dis
aster.
Now comes along a London trunk
dealer who for ingenuity and true
business instinct puts all his Yankee
brethren to the blush. lie lias in
vented a series of trunks, skirt trunk,
bodice trunk, hatbox and every sort
of trunk or box that you may need,
nil of which can be unlocked with one
key.
Of course you may forgot the one
-—but it is less of a memory tax than
half a dozen, and, should it be forgot
ten, you will squander less of your
substance upon the village locksmith
than if you were obliged to order a
whole bunch. —New Haven Register.
FOR THE CHAFING DISH.
Lobster ala large
lobster, one tablespoonful butter,
yolks of three eggs, one-half pint
milk, one tablespoonful flour. Take*
the best part of the lobster, cut in
small pieces, and put in the chafing
dish witli butter. Season well with
pepper und salt, Cook ten minutes.
Add the beaten yolks of eggs, milk
and flour. Let all come to a boil.
Serve immediately.
Creamed Oysters—Take one table
spoonful butter, one tablespoonful
flour, one cupful of cream, one cup
ful of flour, one pint of oysters,
chopped moderately fine, yolks of
three eggs, salt, pepper and nutmeg.
Melt the butter and stir in the flour
until well mixed. Add the
milk and oysters. Beat the yolkjt>f
the eggs and add slowly, stirring all
the time. Season with salt, pepper
and nutmeg. When the eggs are set,
serve on a hot buttered toast.
Chicken ala Terrapin—One-half
cupful of butter, three tablespoonfula
of flour, one pint of chicken stock,
one-half pint of milk, three pints of
cold minced chicken, four hard-boiled
eggs, one teaspoonful salt, one pinch
cayenne, one-half teaspoonful mace.
Melt butter in chafing dish. Add
flour, stir until perfectly smooth, and
add slowly chicken stock and milk.
Then the minced chicken and eggs,
the latter having been put through a
fine sieve. Then add salt, cayenne
and mace. Cook slowly twenty min
utes. Serve at once on toast.
Cheese Fondu —One cupful, of
fresh bread crumbs, two cupfuls
grated cheese, two eggs beaten light,
one tablespoonful butter, one cupful
milk, small pinch soda, pinch cayenne
pepper, one-half teaspoonful salt.
Put butter in chafing dish. When
melted, add milk and soda. Stir u
moment, and then add bread crumbs,
cheese, pepoer and salt. Cook five
minutes, or until smooth, stirring all
the time. Lastly put In the eggs,
stir rapidly three minutes, and serve
on hot toast.
Scotch Woodcock —Six hard-boiled
eggs, cut in small pieces; two table
spoonfuls butter, one tablespoonful
flour, one tablespoonful of anchovy
paste, one cupful of milk, pinch of
cayenno pepper and rialt. Heat but
ter In chafing dish, add flour and stir
until smooth. Then add milk, eggs
and anchovy paste. Cook ten min
utes, and season with salt and pepper
to taste. Serve on hot toast.— From
The Country Gentleman.