The record-union., 1896-10-02
YiCe-PreSident Stevenson Narrowly ES-
CapeS a Serious Accident
While Attending a Celebration at
Burlington, Iowa.
Many Others in the Party Received
Bad InjurieS-The Cause of the
Accident Due to the OverCrOwding
of Stand Which Was of Flimsy
CONSTRUCTIVE, Only Intended for a
Few Of the Many Who Occupied 1t.

Few of the Many Who Occupied 1t.
! BURLINGTON Qa), Oct. 1.-The
celebration Of the semi-centennial of
Iowa was marked by an accident which
narrowly missed proving serious to the
| Vice President of the United States,
and which proved so to several others.
After the grand parade had formed for
the opening of the semi-centennial fes-
tlvities this morning, and had covered
| half of the line of march, Governor
Francis Drake and staff, Vice-Presi-
dent Stevenson and all of the State
and local officials We're conducted to a
! reviewing stand. Scarcely We're they
seated when the stand gave way with
a crash, and the entire structure went
| to the ground mass of broken tim
| bers.
! The injured: f. S. Burrus, County
| Treasurer, two fractures of the leg and
| internal injuries, now in the hospital
IL critical condition.; Vice President
! stevenson, left leg bruised and right
knee slightly sprained; Governor
Drake bruised and shaken; ex-Gov-
ernor Sherman, badly bruised and
shaken; Secretary Of State Mcfarland,
ankle and leg sprained; Senator Kent
of Lee County, head cut; Colonel H. O.
1 weaver of Wapello, ankle sprained !:
Mayor Nauman, badly bruised; Major
! Wyam of Ottumwa, spine seriously in
jured; Lafayette Young, editor Of the
| Iowa Capital" badly cut and bruised
in head; Fred L. Poor, City Clerk,
bruised and cut; Mary Lord Drake,
| daughter of the Governor, slightly
| bruised; Secretary Jones, leg injured
| score of others were bruised and
shocked by the fall. Women tainted
and great confusion at once reigned.
Governor Drake and Vice-President
seats and were thrown backward upon
the others, and thus escaped fatal in
jury, but nevertheless were badly
| shaken up and considerably bruised
Ex-Governor Sherman was in the rear
OF the stand and fell at the very bot
tom Of the mass. He was found with
q heavy timber across his legs and a
| plank resting on his neck and back.
/ The sufferers We're conveyed to hos
pitals and hotels and their injuries
promptly attended to.
The stand was a private affair has
! my NOiAolA QtItt, anu IIdu nOI pGeH III
| spected like the others. The crowd
1 was warned not to go on it, as the
officials We're all who were intended to
| occupy it, and for them it was suffi-
| ciently strong. A rush was made and
the stand went down. Serious as it is.
it had its funny side. Governor Drake
! who with his hat pulled over his ears,
was found sitting in the lap Of Vice
President Stevenson. The latter's hat
was also crushed over onto his face.
and neither could move until aid came
Governor Drake recovered from his
bruises and shaking up sufficiently to
| deliver a short address at the Coliseum
! this evening.
Ex-Governor Sherman, owing to his
age, may be seriously hurt, but claims
to be only badly bruised and shaken
up.
This afternoon, when Commissioner
Crapo opened the exercises at the Col
lseum he was greeted by a vast crowd
4 lie was followed by Governor Drake
ard the official poem, Iowa" was read
! ty the authoress, Mrs. Bierce of Des
Mones
The Iowa State Band furnished the
music
Tonight was held a grand river car
nival, in which a barge representing a
fortress was attacked by a fleet of 100
small boats, using the roman candles
and bombs for ammunition It is esti-
mated that 10000 people watched the
display at the river front, and that
lo.OO0 were at the park this afternoon
Nice-President Stevenson spoke at a
! banquet given in honor of himself and
| Governor Drake tonight The Vice
President said: Fellow Citizens: I
am confident that I voice the deep feel
1rg Of all the people of the great State
| winch lies across the Mississippi when
say that Illinois reioices with Iowa
/ upon this her fiftieth anniversary. We
re1oice with you in your wonderful de-
Veiopment and prosperity-n the glory
that IS yours as to-day you round out
the irst half-century of your history as
q State Of the Federal Union The
| tWenty-nlnth to seek admission, this
| historic day which marks but a little
span IN the life of a State-a day whose
coming has been awaited with such deep
1 lnterest-fnds Iowa tenth upon the list
Of great Commonwealths that make up
| the American republic.
'In all the steps that antedated ad-
| ton Of Illinois through her delegation
| III Congress- and fifty years ago this
! cay at her ancient capital twenty-nine
/ guns voiced Illinois congratulations to
| lowa-her glad welcome into the Union
| No longer a Territory but a State,
| Henceforth during all ages AN inde-
structible State of an indivisible Union
/ How wonderful the progress of the
! State and the Union during the half
century just closed, What wonderful
events make UP the warp and the woof
| of their marvellous history How inspir-
/ ing to those who in old age behold the
glory of this day as memory brings
| vividly before them the event we now
celebrate! Back through the vista of
years is the frontier village upon the
Mississippi the sparsely populated pio-
neer State whose western limit marked
| the border line OF civilization. To-day
splendid city, magnificent State
This is the fitting place for the au-
| gust ceremonies in which we are per-
mitted to take part. We stand on his
toric ground. Here the officials of the
cid Territorial regime quietly yielded
, up the symbols Of authority to success