Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 26, Number 14, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 8 June 1904 — Page 2

til! BOY’S FOURTH CHICAGO WILL CELEBRATE THE DAY FOB THE CHILDREN. IN THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY £ Less Danger and More Sport Is the Object of the Authorities — Firecrackers and Torpedoes for All. Chicago.—Over at Eagle Lake, down t Swan station, and even at Rolling Prairie, the Fourth of July is under discussion. In the country the day belongs to the boy. The boy looks forward to it as his first real holiday between New Year’s and the beginning of the summer school vacation. It is the day of the picnic grove, the fife and drum, the reading of the Declaration of Independence by the prettiest girl in the hamlet, and then a -thundering oration from the leading politician of the county. After that a dinner in the grove, .simple fireworks and home to bed. Through it all runs the fuse of the firecracker and the "crack” of the torpedo. This has not been the city boy’s Fourth of July ever. The boy of New York city, of Boston, of Baltimore, of Chicago, of Pittsburg has had for decides past a fourth of July of explosions, streets littered with the -wreckage of dynamite bombs, private property burning through the careless or illegal use of fireworks, and the morning after the Fourth a hospital .list of killed and wounded little ones that would simply appal the managers of any country celebration of the national holiday. Now comes Chicago, always unique, always original, rarely initiative, a great, big, overgrown city, so big that Its own people do not realize themselves Its magnitude, and purposes to have a “country” Fourth of July for its own children. It proposes to go back to first principles, to have a Fourth of July- that stands for "the simple things in the way of entertainment and yet which shall have behind it all the power of the wealth of J.he leading citizens. The proposition, connected as it is with a city having at least 2,200,000 population, is so extraordinary that it is almost funny, and yet it has a serious side of so much municipal and national importance that if it can be made successful for one year at least it may later revolutionize the celebration of the Fourth in every large city of the country. What Chicago proposes to do is just what Grassmore, Fair Oak, Blue Duck and Birdseye have been doing for years—make the Fourth of July one for the children, for the Grand Army veteran, for the public schools, for the

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COL GEORGE FABYAN, Pres-idemt of the Chicago Amusement As oociation. entire community, along sane and rational lines. It is a radical attempt on the part of a great city to return ill some measure to the ways of the simple country folk, who have always revered and celebrated in simple, American fashion, the Fourth. Chicago's experiment will be watched by not only every large city In the country, but every center of population, l),g or small. The Chicago boy’s Fourth of July of the past has been a variegated one Take a few statistics, rather carefully gathered, and it will be noted that nine of them were killed in 1899 and 165 Injured on the Fourth through the use of the dynamite bomb, dynamite cap and dynamite firecracker, and the toy pistol or blank cartridge pistol. The next year 14 of them were killed on the same day and 201 injured through the same causes. By 1903 19 ,of them were dead and 314 injured in a ■lngle day by the improper use of illegal explosives. In five years of the history of the city 71 boys, girls and babies were killed through fireworks and 1,200 injured in Chicago alone. In ten years in ten of the large cities of the country the casuallty list ■of the Fourth of July has amounted do: Fire loss through Killed. Injured, fire works. •Chicago 151 983 1725,000 New York 149 1,112 559.000 •Philadelphia 11l 690 700.000 'Pittsburg 96 412 500,000 •St. Louis 118 750 728,000 New Orleans 73 300 250,000 San Francisco 109 650 500,000 Omaha 82 275 400,000 St. Paul 83 400 400,000 Iposton 126 921 • 600,000 1 Total 1,110 5,593 (6,650,000 .{Average per year...lll 559 (665,000 To overcome such a loss of life and dniiiry of body some big-hearted men

of the city of Chicago proposed to Mayor Carter H. Harrison, as far back as that the city itself undertake to have the celebration of the Fourth under its own control, ana through its police power do away with the annual blowing up and mutilating of the small boy, and even adult—the small boy that stands on the sidewalk with a lighted Roman candle in his hand and discharges its contents into a loaded and passing street car, and the adult who places dynamite caps on street car tracks, or discharges heavily loaded dynamite firecrackers in public places. Unfortunately Chicago is bigger than her charter; she has outgrown everything but her forceful identity. The city could not legally appropriate a dollar for any observance of the Fourth of July. It therefore came about that, through the suggestions of Col. George Fabyan, of the firm of Bliss, Fabyan & Cos., of Chicago, New York and Boston; Isaac Miller Hamilton, president of the Federal Life Insurance company; Edward M. Teall, president of the Chicago Board of Underwriters; Col. James W. Nye, one of the most prominent fire insurance men of the city; Chief of Police Francis O’Neill, Chief of the Fire Department William Musham, Mrs. Charles Henrotin and Mrs. Fenton B. Turck, Charles J. O’Connor, a prominent attorney; Col. Henry L. Turner, president of the Pan-American bank, and others, it was proposed that an association be incorporated to represent the

ISAAC MILLER HAMILTON. Chairman Executive Committee, Chicago Amusement Association. city and to carry out the plans for a new and simple Fourth of July. This received the hearty approval of Mayor Harrison, was endorsed by the city council, the board of education and the fire underwriters, was incorporated by the secretary of state on May 3, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, par value of shares five dollars, each share non-profit bearing and each bearing the following motto: “For the Children and Their Fourth of July. Nothing for Profit, but Everything for Healthy Sport!” The incorporation, now known a3 the Chicago Amusement association, and already actively engaged in preparations for the celebration of the Fourth, faced the problem that Chicago children and adults use approximately each year about 19,000,000 separate pieces of fireworks for the Fourth alone. Luring the 24 ho rs between the evening of the third and the night of the Fourth it is estimated that 12,000,000 firecrackers are discharged,, 6,009,000 torpedoes, over 300,000 Roman candles, and over 400,000 explosives of other character. A laHe percentage of these are fireworks prohibited by the law, explosives that the city ordinances do not permit to be sold by dealers, or, if illegally sold by them, to be discharged by the purchasers in the public Streets. As it is the purpose of the Amusement association to. have the ordinances of. the city observed during tho Fourth, it has also been and is its intention to provide for the small boy and his sister a substitute equally entertaining and much less dangerous to life and limb. The association for the municipality of Chicago is to L act thg kind parent and to see that every small boy within its borders has the very best kind of a Fourth of July. The Amusement association, supported by 255 prominent citizens who are acting as trustees, offers the following program: On the close of the public schools the distribution of 300,000 framed copies of the Declaration of Independence, one to every school child. To provide for indigent children free firecrackers and torpedoes on the Fourth. To have every public school playground in the city, various convenient lots and the public parks entirely thrown open the day and night of the Fourth to the children and adults of the city. To have the school children educated as to the danger of suffering from lockjaw from injuries incurred through the use of blank cartridges and pistols. To give at night In three or more locations of the city extensive free fireworks displays for the children and their parents. To prosecute every dealer In fireworks or user of fireworks who disobeys on the coming Fourth the ordinances of the city. To have music, public parades, a naval sham battle and other entertainment in lieu of the past violations of the law. This is to be the city boy’s new Fourth of July, so far as the present plans of the Amusement association are concerned. They promise to be successfully carried out HENRY BARRETT CHAMBERLAIN

FOURTEEN ARE DEAD Terrible Result of Burning of Big Distillery Plant at Peoria, 111. —Property Loss,. $1,300,000*. Peoria, 111., June 6.—lnstead of ten dead, as first reported, it is now known that 14 men lost their lives in the fire and explosion at Coming’s distillery Saturday afternoon, which caused a property loss of $1,300,000. Eight bodies were recovered from the ruins Sunday, four of which were identified. Those identified are; George Gebhardt, Peter Lettemeyer, Thomas E. Montgomery, Samuel Parsons. Elmer Hagen died at the hospital. The list of unidentified dead and missing is as follows: Ernest Brown, Milton Crowl, William Finley Jr., Jphn Hobaker, Frank Knoll, Louis Sax, Alec Powell, John Unsbee, Joseph Zimmerman. Os the eight bodies taken from the ruins, only four of them were recognized and these only by means of particles of clothing, watches, knives and other pieces of metal.. The search is being continued, the fire having been extinguished and the workmen are now able to handle the debris. Six persons were injured. The Coming distillery was the second largest establishment of the kind In the country. The property destroyed comprises a large warehouse, 11 stories high, made largely of corrugated iron, in which was stored 30,000 barrels of highproof spirits, the cistern and fermenting departments, each in a three-story brick building, and the cattle sheds, containing 3,000 head of cattle, all of which were burned to death. Only the cookers are left, of the entire plant. The fire started in the warehouse. Bursting barrels released a stream of ignited spirits, which quickly spread the flames to all parts of the immense structure, and soon the explosion of thousands of casks hastened the destruction and made a noise that terrorized,all that part of the city. In a short time the warehouse fell, crushing the smaller buildings near it, liberating a mass of burning debris. A stream of blazing spirits was turned, into the cattle pens, turning them into a: seething pool of flame, which quickly killed the animals confined there. The cattle were the property of Dodd & Keifer, of Chicago, and F. CWhite & Cos., of Peoria. The fermenting houses were the next to go, followed by the cistern department, in which was 52,000 gallons of spirits. This added fuel intensified the heat and made it almost impossible for firemen to get near enough to the buildings to work effectively. A high wind fanned the flames toward the Monarch distillery, and that was threatened. This made it necessary for the firemen to confine their efforts almost entirely to preventing a spread of the fire. In spite of them the flames were communicated to the stockyards, a block distance, but the damage done there was slight For a time it was feared that the fire would sweep along the entire river bank. However, the great work of the firemen began to tell, and at seven o’clock the fire was under control, with no likelihood of a further spread. The fire at the Corning plant is the third serk>us s mishap that has befallen the compSriy the last few months. In October^a cooker exploded, killing nine men. In December a warehouse burned, causing a loss of $40,000. RIOT AT ST LOUIS. Spectators Angered at Stopping of a Bull Fight Burn the Grand Stand. St,,Louis,JuneC. —Incensed over their failure to see a “genuine Spanish bull fight,” which the authorities had ordered stopped, a riot was started in an arena near the world’s fair grounds Sunday evening by a crowd of 2,500m0n and boys, who were unable to get their money back, and ■. the buil'y.rg W3. burned to the ground. The price of admission charged was one dollar. Four men were placed under arrest by the authorities of St. Louis county, charged with the destruction of the property. The crowd, thinking these men were connected with the show, made an attempt to mob them and in their encounter with the deputy sheriffs a number were .roughly handled and some received scalp wounds. The building is said to have cost $2,500. It is a total loss, with no insurance, it is reported. The initial performance by the company of Spanish bull fighters had been advertised widely for Sunday, but Gov. Dockery, to whom numerous protests had been made by religious and humane societies, ordered that it should not be allowed to take place. Brave Engineer Dies. Cambridge, Mass., June 6. —George F. Phillips, who won renown as engineer of the collier Merrimac, sunk by Hobson at the mouth of Santiago harbor, is dead at his home in Cambridgeport. Phillips enlisted in the navy as a machinist at the outbreak of the SpanishAmerican war. When Hobson called for volunteers to sink the collier, Phillips offered his services. He remained at the engine of the Merrimac and at great personal danger reversed his engines under a storm of shells, then opened the sea valves, flooded the ship and made his way to the deck while the vessel was sinking. Has Resigned. St. Louis, June 6.—Joseph Flory has tendered his resignation as secretary of the national world’s fair commission to take effect July 1, when he will be succeeded, it is stated, bjr Laurence H Grahafte, a New York newspaperman. Death of a Jurist. Halifax. N. S., June 6.—Hon. J. Norman Eitchie, judge of the supreme court of Nova Scotia, died Sunday. He was the third member of hlsfamlly tooccupy a seat on the bench of Nova Scotia. He was 70 years of age.

ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS. Long Deadlock Ends In Nomination of Deneen for Governor—The Full Ticket.' Springfield, 111., June 4. —By making a combination with Charles S. Deneen, L. Y. Sherman, Howland J. Hamlin and John H. Pierce, Gov. Yates broke the deadlock in the republican state convention and brought about the nomination of Deneen for governor. The nomination was made on the seventy-ninth ballot, which stood: Deneen, 957%; Lowden, 522%; Warner, 21; Yates, 1. The combination was the result of a series of conferences, which were held Thursday night and Friday morning,

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CHARLES S. DENEEN. (Republican Nominee for Governor of Illinois.) and which were participated In by Yates, Deneen, Hamlin, Sherman and Pierce. The agreement had not been consummated when the convention met at ten o’clock Thursday morning and the Yates and Deneen people forced a recess until two p. m. Then the parties to the combination met and finally agreed upon Deneen as the candidate. The convention then took up the nomination of a candidate for lieutenant governor, but the leaders of the new, combination were not prepared for this and a recess was taken until eight p. m„ In the meantime, the parties to the combination which had nominated Deneen, met at the executive mansion and prepared a slate for the remainder of the ticket. At the evening session the making up of the ticket was rapidly proceeded with L. Y. Sherman, of McDonough, was nominated for lieutenant governor; James A. Rose, of Golconda (present incumbent), for secretary of state; Len Small, of Kankakee, for state treasurer; James S. McCullough, of Champaign (present incumbent), for state auditor; W. H. Stead, of Ottawa, for attorney general. The following nominations were made for university trustees: Mrs. Mary E. Busey, Champaign; Charles Davidson, Chicago; W. L. Abbott, Chicago. The ticket went through according to the slate agreed upon at the executive mansion conference except in the case of P. M. Chiperfield, who W. H. Stead defeated for attorney general. The following were elected by the convention to be members-at-large of the state central committee: Homer J. Tice, James S. Neville, Solon Philbricl;, J. B. McPatrick, Edward H. Wright, Clarence Buck and Scott Cowan. At 11:46 the convention adjourned sine die. DOUBLE MURDER AVENGED. Two Bloodthirsty Blacks Are Shot Down anti Another Captured and Then Lynched. Greenville, Miss., June 4.—As a result of a fight which occurred on the Sir,.:; and Williams plantation, at Trail Lake, Miss., 30 miles east of here, John Sims and his manager, named Cato, were killed by negroes and three of the negroes have been killed, also. The country is iq a state of intense excitement and it is feared that further trouble may ensue between the whites and blacks. The slaughter started about ten o’clock Thursday night, when Sims and Cato were shot down in their store by a negro named Sam Clark. News of the tragedy was immediately sent to Greenville, and Sheriff John Crouch, with a posse, went to the scene. Van Horn, a confederate of Clark’s, was captured by the posse, taken to jail, and Friday morning taken out and lynched. A negro convict who attempted to interfere with the posse was shot, and Clark was later killed by Sims’ bookkeeper. It is believed at Trail Lake that the shooting is the outcome of a meeting held in the vicinity of Trail Lake by a negro secret society,- and that the negroes involved were picked out to do the killing. Noted Photographer Dead. Cleveland, 0., June 3.—James F. Ryder, one of the best-known photographers in the country, died Thursday night after an illness of a month. He was 82 years of age, and had been In business for 52 years. He retired a couple of years ago, after having photographed some of the most prominent men in public life of two generations. Assets Are Light. Boston, June 2.—Hattie M. Johnson, who is known on the stage as Marie Jansen, filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy In the United States district court here Wednesday. She places her liabilities at $1,325, with assets of $177. Two Men Killed. Evansville, lud., June 3.—A freight train on the Louisville & Nashville rail-u-oad several miles below this city struck a hand car on a trestle Thursday. Two men were killed and one was injured by jumping from the track.

TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. Suicide of Mayor McLane, of Baltimore, While Temporarily Insane —Bride Soon Widowed. Baltimore, May 31. —Mayor Robert M. McLane, of this city, shot and killed himself at his home Monday afternoon in his bedroom at bis residence, No. 29 West Preston street - His bride of less than two weeks was at the time of the tragedy asleep In an adjoining room, and was awakened by the discharge of the revolver, which Mr. McLane evidently fired while standing before .the mirror of the dressing case. No cause can be assigned for the act by the members of Mr. McLane’s family. Since the fire of last February he has been kept assiduously at work administering the affairs of the city, besides endeavoring to direct the rehabilation and rebuilding of the burned district. This, together with criticisms by his political opponents are thought by many to have caused a temporary aberration of mind. Baltimore, June 1. —President E. Clay Tlmanus, of the second branch of the city council, took the oath of office as mayor of Baltimore Tuesday, becoming the successor to Robert M. McLane, who ended his life Monday by a pistol shot. Under a provision of the city charter Mayor Timanus will serve out the balance of Mayor McLane’s term of three years. SUITABLE LODGINGS. To Guard Against Imposition Upon Women and Children Going to to the World’s Fair. St. Louis, June 3.—The Wednesday clnb, cooperating with the Humanity club, wishes to give publicity to the. following: In order to give a measure of protection to women and girls coming to St. Louis during the time of the world’s fair, the following have agreed either to provide lodging houses for women or to guarantee the respectability of certain lodgings which they will Investigate, and a list of which they will have on hand at a definite address. The ministers, priests and pastors of the churches with which these organizations are affiliated will send to the various headquarters addresses of such of their parishioners as will take lodgers. In this way lodgings in all parts of the city, of unimpeachable character and of moderate or low price, will be made available. These organizations are: The Travelers’ Aid, Women’s Christian association, 1314 Washington avenue; the Queen’s Daughters, 111 North Sixteenth street; the King’s Daughters, Rest Room, world’s fair grounds; the Salvation Army, southeast corner Eighth and Walnut streets; the Evangelical Lutheran City Mission society, 1704 Market street. TO OPEN MORE LANDS. Drawing for 80,000 Acres of Devils Lake Reservation to Begin August 24. Washington, June 3. —The president has signed a proclamation providing for the opening of the eeded lands of the Devil’s Lake Indian reservation in North Dakota. The land is to be disposed of by a registration and drawing similar to that provided for the opening of the ceded lands of the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota by recent proclamation. The Devil’s Lake Indian reservation contains about 88,000 acres of land, of which approximately 550 homestead entries’ may be made. The registration will be made at Devil’s Lake and Grand Forks, North Dakota, and will begin August 8 and run until August 20. The drawing will be held at Devil’s Lake beginning August 24. TROOPS ARE ORDERED OUT. Trouble Feared at Hanging Rock, 0., Between Union and Nonunion Furnace Workers. Ironton, 0., June 2. —The trouble that has been brewing this week at the Hanging Rock furnace assumed threatening conditions Wednesday. The strikers began parading the streets carrying and threatening the nonunion men wherever found, especially the colored men who had taken the places of strikers in the furnaces. It was announced at the same time that new men were also armed. It was feared that a serious collision would occur at any time and a reign of terror existed over what was expected during the night. As the authorities were defied and helpless, Sheriff Paine appealed to Gov. Herrick for troops. Gives 100,000,000 Feet of Lumber. Lindsberg, Kan., June 2.—C01. C. A. Smith, a millionaire lumber dealer of Minneapolis, who is here attending the commencement exercises of Bethany college, announced that he would give 100,000,000 feet of lumber to the college. Given Ninety-Nine Years. El Paso, Tex., June 3. —Arthur A. Eddy, of Los Angeles, convicted of the murder of Daniel Mitchell, of Cincinnati, which occurred in this city April 1, has been given 1 sentence of 99 years. Victim of Apoplexy. Baltimore, June 4.—William M. Keyser, president of the Baltimore Copper Smelting and Rolling company, died Friday night at his home in this city. Apoplexy was the direct' cause of his death. Mr. Keyser was about 70 years old. Disaster in a Mine. Thurber, Tex., June 4,—Eli Thomas and H. M. Long were killed here in shaft No. 8 of the Thurber Coal company. They were crushed beneath heavy timbers which had become weakened by a fire in the shaft.

WISCONSIN STATE NEWS. Will Keep Hands Off. A Washington dispatch say s: “A delegation of Wisconsin republicans consisting of W. D. Connor, chairman of the state committee; W. L. Houser, secretary of state; Irvine L.’Penroot, speaker of the Wisconsin assembly; C, C. Gittings and H. P. Myrick, editor of the Milwaukee Free Press, called on tho president to discuss Wisconsin politics. They are supporters of Gov. La Follette. Their visit was prompted by the, recent call on the president of Senator Spooner, who presented to him the anti-La Follette side of the Wisconsin situation. The president has listened to the statements of both sides, but he informed both definitely that he would have nothing to do with the contest in any way.” Soil Survey Report Read. The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey has ready for distribution its eleventh bulletin, a preliminary report on the soils and agricultural conditions of north central Wisconsin. This report contains 68 pages of printed matter and ten illustrations, Including a large soil map. The area described contains approximately 7,200 square miles, and Includes the whole counties of Marathon, Portage, Wood, Clark, Taylor and Lincoln, and parts of Langlade, Price and Gates. Prominent er Dead. John Johnston died In Milwaukee, after a long illness. He was vice president of the Marine national bank and prominent in civic life. He was born in Scotland in 1838 and came to this country in 1856. He entered his uncle’s bank and remained with that institution till his death. He has held many public offices, and as regent of Wisconsin university did much for Its extension. Sentences Counterfeiter. Dr. William Aubln, of Racine, who was arrested recently on a charge of counterfeiting, pleaded guilty in the United States district court at Milwaukee and was sentenced by Judge Seaman to 18 months’ imprisonment In the Milwaukee house of correction. William Kleist, of Milwaukee, arrested in March last, was given a similar sentence fo r counterfeiting. Were Coerced. Two members of the jury In Milwaukee which convicted Commissioner of Public Works Frank Niezorawski of accepting a bribe of SBOO have made affidavits that they voted for the verdict under pressure. They declare they were coerced into voting as they did. The affidavits accompanied a motion for anew trial, which was filed with the clerk of the court. Case Baffled Physicians. The case of Mrs. Charles Burt, whose funeral has just taken place at Snidervllle, baffled the skill of the best physicians. Mrs. Burt had weighed 24C pounds, but at death she weighed only 75 pounds, having lost 165 pounds in four weeks. The best medical aid was employed, but her disease was not correctly diagnosed. Corpse Burned. Strange misfortune has pursued Ainslee J Keene, a former well known Irish comedian, even after death. He he was drowned in a rain barrel at Wakesha. The next lay his remains were destroyed by fire which burned the stables of Ray Riggs and undertaking rooms adjoining. The fire caused a loss of $30,000. I Fishers Find tfine Pearls. Two beautiful pearls were found in the Mississippi opposite Prairie du Chien clam fishers. Moore & Peacock purchased one 50-grain white globe from Albert Reiser for $l,lOO, and P. O. Heide, another local buyer, purchased a 54grain blue tint from John Zeil for $1,200. The News Condensed. An epidemic of measles has developed at Spencer. Whooping cough is also prevalent. The remains of John Hoganson, a plowmaker, have been found in Rock river, near Rockton. The two-year-old daughter of James C. Casey, of Warren, St. Croix county, was drowned in a water tank. The call for a prohibition state convention, to be held at Madison, July 27, has been Issued. James Kiltyride was caught by a cavein of dirt at the Montello granite quarries and killed. Dania society, of Racine, with 700 members, has decided to purchase a site and erect a hall at a cost of $15,000 to $20,000. The lime kilns at Rockfleld of the Mace Lime company, sheds, wagons, and two North-Western box cars were destroyed by fire. The loss is $2,000. The total loss on the fire which originated in the Delaporte department store, at Green Bay, amounted to about $76,000, with insufance of about $50,000. James Bullis, one of the wealthiest farmers of Racine county, is dead from the effects of a kick In the stomach from one of his horses. Thousands of Wisconsin residents are interested in the opening for settlement of the Rosebud Indian reservation in Gregory county, S. D. Burglars robbed the Wisconsin hotel at Madison, taking- S2OO and a quantity of goods. The eighteenth reunion of the Nineteenth regiment, Wisconsin volunteers, will be held in Madison on June 15 and 18. Mrs. Antonia Graupa, aged 72, died at Itacine from the effects of a fall from a cnair while hanging clothes in the back yard of her home. Invitations have been issued for the dedication of the new district school in the town of Somers, Kenosha county. The school rests on the site of the first district school erected in southern Wisconsin in 1845.