The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-06
HENRY ID. STONE KILLED WHILE
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH.
Fireworks Mine Exploded While He
Was Handling 1t and His Skull
Was Fractured.
MANY HOLIDAY CASUALTIES
FIVE PEOPLE KILLED AT CHICAGO
AND ABOUT FORTY INJURED.
Eight Pleasure Seekers and Two Men
Who Were Discharging Fire
works Drowned.

Who Were DischaFRinE Fire
works Drowned.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July 5.-Henry
B. Stone, formerly president of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad and presi-
dent of the Chicago Telephone Company
was instantly killed at Nonquitt this morn
ing by an explosion of fireworks. Mr..
Stone, with his family and other summer
residents of Nonquitt, was celebrating the
holiday with handsome display of day
fireworks. Among them was a mine which
was so devised as to scatter paper animals
of various colors. Mr.. Stone applied the
torch to this piece, but for some reason it
did not appear as if the spark was going
to reach the mine Mr.. Stone advanced
and took the piece up in his hands, when
the piece exploded, striking him full in the
face. His features were badly mutiated
and he suffered a compound fracture of the
skull. His friends who were present can
not tell just how the accident occurred.
One gentleman states that when Mr. Stone
first applied the torch to the bomb the
party turned their backs toward Mr. Stone
and ran a short distance for safety just
about the time the explosion should have
taken place When the bomb did not at
once go off and seemed as if it was not
going to, Mr.. Stone took it in his hands,
holding it quite close to his face, presuma-
bly, to fan the spark into a blaze by blow
ing upon it. Before the party had fairly
turned to view the explosion they were hor-
rified to see Mr. Stone drop to the ground
and crash and volume of flame and smoke
followed. A physician was Immediately
called, but nothing could be DONE Mr.
Stone having been instantly killed by the
shock.
Mr.. Stone was a regular summer visitor
to Nonquitt with his family, owning cot
tage there. He leaves a widow and four
children. He had been contemplating a trip
to Europe in the course of few weeks.
His remains will be sent to Chicago for in
terment.
Five Killed and Many Hurt.
CHICAGO, July 5.-Patriotism claimed
five lives to-day, and there was an I'M
usually long list of manned and injured
people a result of the Fourth of>July
celebrations. The dead are:
JAMES W. KEENE. found dead in his
back yeard struck in the head by a stray
bullet.
CHARLES SMITH frightened by the ex-
ploslon OF giant tirecracker and fell out
of a second-story window.
John HOFFWkTAR, eight years old,
Killed by explosion OF powder in a glass
bottle, which he held in his hands.
JOHN THOMAS, twelve years Old killed
in ,T eTaftlX the same En- manner as hoIfweter
clothing ignited by frecrackers causing
About forty people were slightly injured
during the day.
Two Men Drowned.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July 5.--The il
Elimination and fireworks displayed on the
river tonight We're marred by the drown
ing of two men who were handling the
fireworks-W. Malone, of Brooklyn, and
John T. Nolan, of New York The men
were on float in the middle of the river
and had been drinking frenely. Malone
was arranging some fireworks when he fell
into the river. He went under the float
and came up on the other side AS he did
so Moan saw him and Jumped into the
water Hardly had he struck the water
when Malone grasped him with a drowning
mans clutch and Nolan was unable to
loosen his hold. Both men sank before
the accident was known to those on shore
or in boats near by, and the first intima-
ton the spectators had that anything was
wrong was the delay in the programme.
Nolan was New York policeman off
poye of the Paine Fireworks Company and
was sent on by the company to handle the
fireworks.
Four Lives Lost by Drowning.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, July "a terrible
accident occurred on the river tonight
which resulted in the drowning of four peo-
pie The drowned are: Miss Josie Sanders,
aged eighteen, of Little Rock Miss Mary
Arber, aged nineteen, of Little Rock; Jake
Dante and Joe Dante, of Pine Bluff. Miss
Arber was the daughter of Mrs. c. Arber,
and was prominent in Jewish society circles
in this city. Miss Sanders was a beautiful
young lady of this city. Miss Sand
ers Miss Abner and the Dante brothers
they had gone to view the fireworks beng
set off from the center of the new bridge
When the pyrotechnic display was over,
the pleasure steamer L. Is. Riggs started
on an excursion up tho river and ran down
the skiff, throwing all the occupants into
the water.
Rocket Shot Through Her Thigh.
MACON, Mo-, July 5.-There was a dis
astrous ending to the Fourth of July cele-
bration at Ethel in this (Macon) county
Sparks from a misdirected Roman candle
struck a large package Of fireworks which
exploded in the midst of the big crowd at
tending the festivities. Horses reared and
plunged. and tore through the crowds,
knocking people down right and left;
number of people were struck by the
promiscuous flying fireworks and wounds
of various character were inflicted A Miss
King was hit in the thigh by a sky rocket
which tore its way through her limb in
f1ictinS frightful and probably fatal
wound.
Four People Drowned.
WEST SUPERIOR Wis, July 5.-Bv the
capsizing of boat in Superior bay to-day
four persons lost their lives. Daniel Chris
tie and May Mcdonald, of Itasca. and Bur
ton McCurry, of Omaha, an electrician
were drowned, the other three members of
the party being saved. The boat was over
laden and shipped water over her gun
wales. Some of the party climbed out of
the boat, which was in some way over
turned Lewis Sprague, A Ingram and
Agnes Mcdonald were rescued by John Bar
don, whose yacht happened TO be near at
hand.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAV0RERS.
General Secretary Baer and Other
Delegates at San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5.--At the prin-
cipal hotels this morning only a few dele
gates of the Christian Endeavor conven-
ton were found to have registered, but
number of the advance guard of Endeavor-