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ACCIDENTS OF THE 4TH Celebration Claims the Usual Number of Victims. BIG EXPLOSION ,4T CLEVELAND Caused Seven Deaths and In ured Thir ty-Six Deaths and Two Hundred In jured in New York City. Cleveland. Ohio. Seven persons were killed, at least two oihers were fatally injured, and fully thirty more were severely hurt, as the result of a fire in S. S. Kresge’s Five and Ten cent store. The store, which is located near the busiest corner in the town district, was well filled with shoppers, mostly women and children. Practically all of the clerks were young girls. Al though the explosion of the fireworks caused consternation, the real panic did not occur until someone shouted ‘•fire.” Xew York City.—Fortunately the death list was not as large as some previous years. Six deaths were re ported and there were over 200 per sons injured. The hospitals and board of health stations were filled with patients all day. A number oi' the injured were so seriously hurt that they may die. Atlanta, Ga. —The usual blank car tridges that turned out to be only too little snam, resulted in Young Marvin Eckerle, Jr., age 7 years, being shot in the abdomen and seriously wound ed. The little boy was shot by a com panion, Edwin Gray, 10 years of age. Homer Davis of Dalonega, Ga., was killed near his home there. He plac ed his gun on the ground and when he stooped to pick it up in some unac countable manner it discharged, wounding him so badly that he died before a physician could get to him. New Orleans, La.—Allison Jack, a well known young athlete of New Or leans, died as a result of injuries re ceived at a track meet July 4th. When preparations were being made for throwing the hammer Jack was acci dentally struck on the head by the hammer, and his skull was cruhed. He formerly lived in Michigan. He was also prominent in athletics throughout Texas, serving as an in structor at San Antonio for several years. Lemans, Ohio —Wilbur Wright, who has selected this place for his experi ments, was painfully scalded on the chest and arms July 4th as a result of the bursting of a water tube with which he was testing the mechanism of his aeroplane. The boiling water spurted over Mr. Wright, who lost con sciousness under the overwhelming pain. He quickly recovered, however, and declared that he was not badly inpured, and insisted upon walking to his hotel. The aeroplane was not damaged. Reports from the different sections of the United States tell of many minor accidents caused by toy pistols, fireworks, etc., but taken as a whole the number of fatalities caused by celebrating the “Glorious Fourth,” re ported this year, is below the number reported in former years. BURIED FOR NINETY HOURS Convict Makes Desperate Effort to Escape—Nearly Dead When Found. Nashville, Tenn. —Practically buried alive for ninety hours without food or water was the experience of John Robertson, a young; convict, who sought to escape by hiding in a hole beneath the floor of the pattern room at the prison till opportunity offered to get over the wall. When his dis apperance was noted the prison au thorities put guards on the walls and locked up Robertson's cell mate, cut ting off a chance fo supply of food and driijk. Incidentally the man’s hiding place was covered over with iron pots. Someone remembered the hole under the pattern room and it was investigated, Robertson being found nearer dead than alive. COUPON DAY in mm. $176,967,371 is Paid by New York Banks—Crowds Throng Banks. New York City.—July first was div idend day as the semi-annual payment day for the big corporations is called and the various railroad and indus trial concerns whose fiscal agents are the banks, paid out through the latter $176,967,371. * The $176,967,371 paid out makes a remarkable good showing considering the conditions of the past nine months. Railroad dividends this July 1 were $36,037,908 As compared with $37,722,663 in 1907 and the dividends paid by industrials were $32.567,063. as compared with $40.549,356 last ) ear. PHILIPPINES COMMISSION. Appointments Announced—W. C. For bes. Vice-governor. Washington, It. C. —The bureau ot insular affairs of the war department announced the following appointments made by the firesideut: Vice-governor of the Philippine Is lands. \V. Cameron Forbes, of Massa chusetts, now a member of the Phil ippine commission. To be a member of the Philippine commission ar.d secretary of finance at and justice of the Philippine Islands, Gresrorio Araneta, of Manila. To tie members of the Philippine commission: - Newton W. Gilbert, ef INdiaua. and Rafael Palm, a native of .the Ph.lippinc Islands. f ALL TO GET THEIR MONEY. Depositor* in New York Banks Are Being Paid. New York City—Eight months af i ter the passage of the financial troubles of last fall, the depositors of the dozen banks and trust companies which closed their doors have receiv ed their money at least in part, or in the case -of the few which have not yet reopened or have gone into liqui dation are about to receive it. The Hamilton bank, which was one of the first of the institutions in which the attorney-general’s departmeent in tervened to reopen, has already an ticipated all of its deferred payments which under the original plan were to have extended into November. The Knickerbocker Trust company, which was the largest of the suspend ed institutions, and reopened like most of the others under a deferred payment, plan, anticipated the first two deferred payments on June 1, paying io per cent, of which one half, under the original plan, would not have been paid until September. The Oriental bank, which was one of the four to close its doors in Febru ary, paid its depositors in full prelimi nary to liquidation. Of the other three which then suspended, the receiver of the National Hank of North America has paid depositors 50 per cent in dividends, and the receiver of the New Amsterdam National has paid 25 per cent. The Mechanics and Traders deposi tors have practically agreed to a de ferred payment plan, which will be put in force when the percentage of assenting depositors is brought up to 90 Of the Brooklyn banks which closed, the Jenkins Trust company, reorgan ized under the name of the Lafayette Trust company, has anticipated pay ments; the Borough banjc and the Home bank have reopened and the Brooklyn bank and the International Trust company have reorganized. LUMBER COMPANY FAILS. Receiver Appointed for J. L. Philips & Cos., Also Subsidiary Companies. Atlanta, Ga. —Acting upon the com plaint of J. C. Magness of New York city, and other stockholders, Judge Emory Speer, in the United States cir cuit court for the southern district of Georgia, southwestern division, has appointed J. M. Wilkinson of Valdosta receiver for the properties of J. L. Philips & Cos., the Tallahassee Saw mill company and the Cherokee Saw mill company, all of which concerns have their main offices in Thomas ville, Ga. The Tallahassee Sawmill company and the Cherokee Sawmill company are subsidiary companies of J. L. Phil ips & Cos., anil the combined assets of these companies aggregate consider ably in excess of a million dollars. Their liabilities are placed at $235,000. The action is a friendly one and brought by the stockholders to enable the defendant companies to tide over a period which has brought financial embarrassment,. The companies own large tracts of timber lands in both Georgia and Flor ida and own small logging railroads in addition to large sawmill plants. EARNINGS OF RAILROADS. Decrease $108,608,346 This Year in Earnings of Leading Railroads. New York City.—The gross earn ings of the railroads of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30 were estimated by the Wall Street Journal to amount to $2,477,304,656, a decrease of $108,608,346 as compar ed with last year. The net earnings of the railroads are estimated at $718,- 542,578, a decrease of $121,273,302. These estimates are based on the earnings of 105 of the leading rail roads for ten months or more. The paper estimates, also, during May and June the gross receipts of the railroads are showing a net loss at the rate of $600,000,000 a year in gross and of $200,000,000 in net Warn ings. ARRESTED AS A SPY. H, Barrington, American, Probably Executed in Guatemala. San Francisco, Cal. —Passengers who arrived from southern ports on the steamer City of Sydney tell of the arrest by officials of the Guatemalan government, of H. Barrington, said to be an American citizen, as a spy. The arrest was made at San Jose de Gua temala. when Barrington went ashore in t-hat city from the City of Sydney. Barrington went to Central America from New York many months ago. The passengers who tell of the arrest say they expect to iiear that he has been put to death, as they claim that he having papers in his possession the evidence against him was’ plain when taken which proved beyond doubt that he was a spy from Salva dor. The papers, they say, proved him also to be inn a conspiracy against President Cabrera. PENNY A WORD CABLEGRAMS. They are Coming Soon. Says John Henniker Heaton. London, England.—John Henniker Heaton, who was the first to announce the conclusion of a penny postal ar rangement between Great llritain and the United States, made a significant statement at the Fourth of July din ner of the American society, with re spect to a penny-a-word cable rate across the Atlantic. He said: “We will shortly- have a penny-a word cablegram. 1 am confident that with the assistance of great electri cians whom vre have interested in the matter, this soon will be accom plished.” JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS “Uncle Remus,” Poet, Journalist, Philosopher, Passes Away. BELOVEDBYOLffAND YOUNG His Stories Entertain People the World Over-Noted Personages Among His Many Friends. Atlanta, Ga.—Joel Chandler Harris, journalist and author of the Uncle Remus stories, died Friday, July 3, at his home in this city. The noted author was surrounded by all the members of his family, who had realized for several days that death was inevitable. He was totally unconscious for twelve hours preced ing his death. Cirrhosis of the liver finally developed uremic poisoning and the case became hopeless. Joel Chandler Harris. Joel Chandler Harris, had his first taste of newspaper life on The Coun tryman, a weekly newspaper publish ed by Joseph Addison Turner, on his plantation 9 mileq from Eatonton, Ga. After leaving the plantation he was engaged in newspaper work in Sa vannah, Macon and New Orleans. He practiced law at Forsyth, Ga., at the same time doing some editorial work. He joined 1 the staff of the Atlanta Constitution in 1876 and in that paper “Uncle Remus” stories were first published. Uncle Remus was born under Geor gia skies, whose blue was reflected in his genial, kindly and merry eyes. In on December 9, 1848, he first saw the light. On the plantation of his first em ployer, Joseph Turner, he received the rudiments of education. In the well selected library of this prosperous farmer, to which he had unrestrained access, he imbibed a knowledge of the English classics. Hanging around the cabins of the negroes, listening to them at their work in the cotton fields, and observing them in their hours of recreation, he gained an in sight into their character, and heard the weird stories which had hitherto been handed down from generation to generation of blacks bv tradition. To Uncle Remus was left the task of giv ing them permanent form in English literature. When the President and Mrs. Roose velt visited Atlanta in the fall of 1906, Uncle Remus was the object of their special Interest. President Roosevelt, In his address said; ‘‘Presidents may come and presidents may go, but Uncle Remus stays put. Georgia has done a great many things for the union, but she has never done more than when she gave Joel Chandler Harris to American literature. Telegraphic messages of condolence, personal calls and sweet floral gifts poured into his home in Atlanta, Ga. Strong men wept as they testified their affection for the Sage of Shady Dale, whose departure into the eter nal shadows they couid not realize. Loving mothers cried as they looked upon the pulseless figure of the little man whose Bre’r Rabbit and Bre r Fox and Bre’r B’ar had delighted their little ones in the days of their earliest childhood. The greatest gift of ‘‘Uncle Remus” was the love of lit tle children. He gave theai laughter, aud the gentlest amusements of childhood, and now he has their great er gift of tears. Sleep found him trustful and placid, well-loved and well-loving to the end. He wrote his own peaceful epitaph when he said of a- comrade newly departed: “Having made a friend of Life, we may be sure he made a friend of Death.” The last rites over the remains of Joel Chandler Harris were conducted Sunday, July 5. Psalms were said at the residence and were immediately followed by the funeral obsequies at St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic chapel. Father Jackson officiated at the ser vices. The interment was in West view cemetery, Atlanta. Ga. STANDARD OIL PENSION System Described in Hearing of Ous ter Suit in New York. New York City—The-pension sys tem of the Standard Oil company, of New York, was described at the hear ing of the government’s suit to dis solve the corporation. William R. King, general sales agent of the com pany, testified that few of the em ployes ever leave, because this sys tem provides that any of them may retire at the age of 65 on 25 per cent, of their average salary for the past ten years , for life. It also provides that any employe of twenty yeears' service may retire when 60, receiv ing for ten years half of his average salary for the preceding tea years. A Happy Family When you fix upon having a good Insurance policy, your mind is at rrest, your wife is touched by your thought, and even the baby sees there’s something of importance going on and Joins in the general good feeling. That’s the best thing about a po!icy=-it’s the on*? settled, safe investment in this world of trade changes. See me. GEO. 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