The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-10-03
GHI-CENTEHNIAL
|, ,As Admission of Iowa to the
Union of states
nLraLEBRATEU AT BURLINGTON.

. prOcssIings Marred by the Collapse
Reviewing Stand Gov. Drake,
q ve.-President Stevenson and
Others Hurt.
: neIseroN, la, Oct. 1.-The semi
.,sunial celebration of lowa's state
: a oueued in a blaze of glory. After
! /, weeks Of steady rain the sun
,se iorth Wednesday, and all night
/, street sweepers and great gangs
: reu and wagons secured the streets.
..,trIe lights are strung at intervals
y H. feet on all the main streets, aud
I, oi banners and bunting is strung
~ The streets and on the
Ddars even out into the resi-.
me- district Wednesday night. at
Coliseum, $4,000 people attended
rand opening concert and ball.
N music was furnished by the Iowa
N band Of Worlds fair fame.
utA the break of day cannon
AIMED from the bluffs, bells rang and
|AblIes blew, and again at noon for
minutes the noise was repeated
N parade, the grandest ever
M here, started at IL a. M,
vas witnessed by $4,000 peo-
Gov. Drake and Vice-President
senson rode near the head Of the
pumu, followed by the governors
M, mounted and gold laced. A full
,ihllou Of the Iowa national guard
.,led the column. Brass bands
pm all over the state were in line.
bats representing the progress of
m from 1916 to 1896 were also in
be- A band of 40 full-blooded
ina Indians followed the troops.
no cowboys dashed after the
dams and ran for u minutes through
dense crowd before they were cap
bed Great excitement prevailed
narrow escapes were numerous.
nok the policemen ten minutes To
The crazed cow-punchers from
biz horses, and hand-to-hand
htwith whips and clubs took place.
Fparade was far ahead of anything
Gseen here.
a Accident Mars the FsStIyltles.
brmlSeToN, Ia, Oct. l.-Jiist afterf
procession in the semi-centennial
srstlon got under headway and
ils 5000 people were in the streets,
r5csing stand broke down. Gov.
hIs and Vice-Presidcnt Steven
we're slightly injured. County
hnufcr L. 5. Burrus will die.
y Clerk Fred l.. Poor is danger
NJ Injured; State Commissioner Sew
'H Jones, badly hurt; j. d. Rowen,
uov brakes staff, badly bruised.
FTne on the stand was more or
nlnjured
aler rumor says that Gov Drake q,
nce-President Stevenson were q
M SERIOUSLY injured. The great con.
Non and immense crowd makes n 9
possible to confirm the report Just [
THE INJURED. y
vow Drake and Vice.P President Ste d
a'on we're in the front tier of seats
were thrown backward upon the I
a'if and thus escaped fatal injury, il
nevertheless were badly shaken +
and considerably bruised !.
4dov. Sherman, of Iowa. was In the !,
a@ 'he stand and fell at the very
~n OF the mass. lie was found \
saa leavy timber across his legs .,
sp,ank resting on his neck and :,
He Is badly hurt. =,
NY heyman, of Ottumwa. was in. :,
nln the spine and is paralyzed. :
E ~aly he is hurt will not be !
~, 'a ior several days. 1t was ex- l.,
n .'a, y Ou, afterwards denied, that his ~ ~
/. '"' Dibht1, |
'urfus, treasurer of Des Moines :,
E..s .y' may die; both of his legs are p
"'e''c loung, editor of the Iowa u,
Ess sSV', was badly cut and bruised ol o,
lsut oor was bruised ID
/, ' wary Lord Drake, the govern.
m nass,l'er' asu was slightly bruised. 81
- y 'pe staff officers suffered more "a
\ b,al, anu their swords and regalia ..
M" p'o'y broken and badly torn. OF
NJ. toa a.nissioner Seymour jones de
wv. na' ~ Jured. The sufferers were
l ''vu 10 hospitals and hotels and at
rl rIsu''cs promptly attended In
I, ae stand was private co
.a aaS'ly constructed and pli
o,has NV been inspected like ca
h as.S VI Inc crowd was warned
W,rs sS On On, 1t, as the officials were all we
l ,pI;,,,elutcnded !, to occupy it, and for mi
VI. "as @ su iiiciently strong, but wi
Il rss y maze, aud the stand. as pre. ste
" went down. 10 p sh,
SECRET MEETING Coz
''ass Manufacturers Held at lne
Pittsburgh. 20.
plsss "eh' "a, Oct. 1.-The win. ~ ~