Morris tribune., 1895-07-10
MANY MISHAPS.
Riot Succe 81 dis "The Little Red
Schoolhouse" Parade.
Thirty-Ei Persons Seriously Injured in
an Accident at EIkhart, linda
Buffalo IN. W Catastrophe
Stray Bullets.

Stray Bullets.
Boston. July 6.-The most extraordi-
nary scenes were enacted in East Ros-
| ton Thursday. 1t began with the ex-
change of insults between the paraders
and the thousands Of sightseers who
lined the sidewalks; it ended with a
murder and the injury of two other
persons after the paraders had gone
over the route and disbanded portions
of it were on their way home.
All the trouble was In connection
with the afternoon parade, which had
come to be called 'the little red
schoolhouse parade. This parade was
booked to start at 1870, and the
head of the column started from White
street pretty nearly at that time. 1t
presented a novel appearance. 1t was
completely encircled by police, who
not alone led the column, but fanked
both sides of it for 100 YARDS There
were fully 800 policemen under the
command of Deputy Pierce and Capt.
Irish.
The paraders represented A. P. A.
lodges, Patriotic Sons of America,
Orange lodges, order of United Work.
men and other kindred organizations.
ELKHART, Ind, July Ga terrible
accident occurred at Bristol, small
town miles from this city, late
Thursday afternoon. During the prog
ress of boat race on the st. Jo-
seph river crowd of probably 600
people were jammed on three-span
iron bridge. During the finish of an
exciting race, and while the crowd was
cheering tremendously the bridge gave
way and the mass of humanity was
precipitated into the water, 40 feet be-
low. AS far as known at present
thirty-eight persons have received seri-
Gus injuries, and it is feared that many
of them will die.
BUFFALO, n. Y, July 6,--While 10000
people sat in the new grand stand at
the Buffalo driving park at $50 o'clock
Thursday afternoon section of the
stand fell. The cause was a weak
stairway, which held forty or fifty
people at the time. Sixty or seventy
men and women went down with the
ruins, of whom about forty were in
jured
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July 6.-Egbert
Mayer, aged 18years, while ceIe brating
was fatally injured by the bursting
toy cannon. The action of the heart
could be plainly seen in the terrible
wound in his side, but he lived several
hours after the accident.
Caused by Stray Bullets.
DENVER, Col, July 6.-An accident
occurred close to 10 o'clock Wednesday
evening in front of the Weber house
at 1864 Larimer street John d. Manix,
an employee of Keefe's brick yard, was
walking past the lodging house in COM
pany with John Gray, young colored |
man, when he received a bullet under
the right ear. The next moment the |
wounded man reeled along the side 7
walk and fell, expiring almost in
stantly.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 6.-Henry
Kirkendall, aged rs, was killed with a
rifle in the hands of Ben Sandefur. i
Kirkendall was playing ball and Sand
efur was in woods near by hunting.
Sandefur is under arrest.
Shot Mother and Sister.
TIFFIN, o., July 6.-The 1s-year-old
son of Silas Hull, of Attica, loaded his
shotgun with buckshot Thursday
morning and placed it upon the wall
until ready for USE It was knocked
down and discharged, the bullets
striking his mother in the abdomen,
and little sister in the breast. Both
will die.
Chicago's Record.
Five persons dead and thirty three
injured was the record of accidents of
the Fourth of July of 1895 in Chicago
up to 2 o'clock Friday morning The
dead were not all killed on the day
itself, however. Three were victims of
the dav before, and one fell dead, pre-
from heart disease, while
the Evanston celebration,
and one man was drowned.
Explosion and Panic.
LA SALE, ILL.,, July GA successful
celebration here had sad ending, and
many persons were seriously injured as
the result of an accident during
the fireworks display. A bomb
rocket was sent up, but, after going
3 short distance, 1t fell and ex- i
ploded, setting fire to a large quantity
1T fireworks, which exploded with ter
dfic force. There were 5000 people
within block of the place at the time,
ard terrible panic followed. Horses
ran away, and the crowd stampeded,
crushing women and children under
foot. One hundred persons were more
Or less seriously injured.