River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1895-07-11
MANY MISHAPS.
Fatal Work of Explosives on Independence
Day- Riot in RoSton

DAY. Riot in Boston.
BosroS. July 6.-The most extraordi-
nary scenes were enacted in East Bos-
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
murder and tie injury of two other
persons after he 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 he called "the little red
schoolhouse parade. This parade was
booked to start at 1880, 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 flanked
both sides of it for 100 yards. There
We're fully 300 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
MISNEAPoLIs, Mimi, July 6.-Egbert
Mayer, aged is years, while cele brating
was fatally injured by the bursting o
a 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.
DENVER. Col, July 6. An accident
occurred close to 10 o'clock Wednesday
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at 1864 Larimer street. John ID. 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
walk and fell, expiring almost in
stantly.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 6.-Henry
KirlIendall, aged %, was killed with
rifle in the hands of Ben Sandefur.
Kirkendall was playing ball and Sand
| efur was in woods near by hunting
Sandefur is under arrest.
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. 1t was knocked
down and discharged, the bullets
| striking his mother in the abdomen,
/ and little sister in the breast. Both
/ will die.
Five persons dead and thirty three
| injured was the record of accidents of
the Fourth of July of 1895 in Chicago
up to 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-
sumably from heart disease, while
watching the Evanston celebration,
and one man was drowned.
LA SALE, ILL.,, July "a 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
short distance, 1T fell and ex-
ploded, setting fire to large quantity
of fireworks, which exploded with ter
rife force. There were 5000 people
within block of the place at the time,
and 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.