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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-16
CASE OF PNEUMONIA.

Private Barry Taken to the City Hos
pitaI-His Condition Serious.
Private Barry. of Company d, One-hun-
dred-and-sixtieth Regiment, the old Fourth,
was taken from Camp Mount to the City
Hospital last night by DR.. Foxworthy in a
critical condition He had contracted pneu-
monia from a bad cold resulting from ex-
posture. His condition was regarded as most
serious. Doubt is expressed as to recovery.
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R. Il. Beers 4 Go,

of the result, for the whole body is
thrown into abnormal lines. The pro-
per way is this rule, by-the-way,
which is given by a well known teacher
to her pupils teacher who combines
with knowledge of the body and it's
laws unusual men al endownents Feel
the ball of your feet as you stand and
press the floor; then tip the body for
ward, using the hip-i ,int hinges, and
withnut bending the spine.
The right tip has been acquired when
an inns ginary straight line falling from
the bust would touch the ends of the
toes. Then simply lift the head until
the eye is brought TO place where one
can look straight out from the pupils,
and not from under the lids. The eye
level controls the poise of the head, and
regulates ~its relation to the spine.
Walk retaining the same position, and
always letti' g the chest be in the ad
vance, as though one were really follow
ing that. When this rule ia followed
large abdomen is concealed and almost
forgotton; it is certainly never obtrud-
ed Harpfr' Bear.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST TWENTY.

A true American welcome was given
the victorious bat; hips in the New
York harbor. Elaborate preparations
had been made for their reception and
New York and tie Nation fitly signal
ICED their appreciation of the victorious
fleet. The order of the parade was as
follows:
Flagship New York, armored cruiser,
flagship of Rear Admiral Sampson, com
manding North Atlantic squadron, Capt
F. E. Chad wick; Iowa, battle ship, Capt
Robley D. Evans; Indiana, battle ship,
Capt 81 G. Taylor; Brooklyn, armored
cruiser, flagship of Rear Admiral Schley,
Capt r. A. Cook; Massachusetts, battle
ship, Capt F. j. Higginson; Oregon, bat
tie ship, Capt A. S. Barker; Texao, bat
tie ship, Capt Philips. The shores and
excursion boats rang with a continual
thunder of voice throughout the naval
parade. The spectators who joined in
the welcome numbered hundreds of
thousands.
The biggest flag in the world with two
mountain peaks as its staff was unfurled
at Tyrone, Pa. The flag is so feet wide
by 100 feet in length and it contains ZOO
square yards of buntir g. 1t was swung
on cable half an inch in thickness and
3, 200 feet long, across from peak to peak
of the two mountain ranges at the east
ern entrance to the Juniata Valley, in
which Tyrone lies. 1t Is needless to say
it was an American flag.
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Town TOPICS.
BRIDGEPORT.

III ,me, home, sweet home, be it ever
SO no nelly, there's no place like homt ~
Oh, you immortal p'es, that's 50
Shakespeare says so, al animal and veg
etable creation says so. The chicken
seeks its roost, and man his own bed
How to make these home, tha.'s The
question. Ia order to have "a local hab-
itation and a name," marriage must pre-.
ail,and alth )ugh the " Travellers home"
may be inviting to the forlorn ones seek
ing homo, yet it is only hash, he warn =
ed over part OF the fret sweet INC r sells
existence.- re-. W. B.
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HUNTINGTON.
WHITE HILLS AND VICINITY.

Miss Lucv Bryant, Miss Jessie Gerard
and Miss Kate Matthews are spending
week in Sheffield, Macs.
August Werder entertained q large
number of bis friends at his home, last
week.
Miss Grace Dimon has returned to
Philmont, n. Y.
Miss Susie Hubbell Of Shelton has Wis
tied friends here.
Bryant Gerard has returned home after
spending week in Brooklyn.
Mrs N. L. Bievier Of Shelton has visit
ed at Mortimer HubbelPs.
Joseph Basset and family OF Asbury
Park, N. j., have been visiting friends
in town for the past week.
John Shay of Shelton has rented the
David Lane place and has moved his
family into it.
Mr. and Mrs L. B. Gray drove to Dan
bury on Friday, the 19.h, and attended q
family reunion.
Miss Rebecca Mcdonald is spending
some time at her home here.
Miss Emma Green of Morristown, N.
j. ,is spending several weeks at Bonni-
brook, the guest of Mrs D. Ell. Chatfield
Miss May Morgan Ia at Lake Cham
plain for tw o weeks sojourD.
Mrs Frank Wells has been entertain
ing her cousin, Miss Mary TAFT of Bridge
port.
Mr. and Mrs E. S. Hawley spent Sur
day at Savin Rock.
Charles Russell OF Massachusetts, a
former resident of Huntington, was in
town calling on old friends, last week.
Miss Phebe Beard is visiting her aunt,
Miss Louise Nichols.
Frank Houts of New York spent Sun
dav with his family at A. s. Smiths.
Miss Mary Murry of West Winsted
has been engaged to teach the Walnut
Tree Hill school fo~ the coming year.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Upton are with Mr.
Upton's sister, Mrs Paul Rehnberg, for
some time.
Edward Durand has purchased D. A
| Nichols land in Wells Hollow and will
move his house from French district and
expects to make it his home there.
| The Misses futile of New Haven have
visited Miss Fannie Quick.
During the thunder shower of Wednes-
day of last week the lightning struck
Paul Loverin's barn, killing one of his
! best horses.
e. K. Morgan, who has been Ill in
Bridgeport, was able to join his family
who are summering at Mrs Charles Jud-
sons.
The FarmilI River Grange held a pic
mic at Meadows End, tuesday.
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this college. Fall term opens August
20. New catalogue ready.
LONG HILL.
ZEAL WORTHY OF IMITATION,


A young lady was SO anxious to get to
church, last Sunday, that she started at
lO O.. M, instead of p. m. She found
her mistake before she went far in the
hot sun and returned home after she en-
quired OF the neighbors what day of the
month it was. The third Sunday in each
month the service in the Episcopal church
is In the afternoon. However she perse.
vered and was out in the afternoon.
Last week Mrs Clark took the up train
instead OF the down, through mistake,
but discovered her error before she had
gone far and changed her course.
Miss Edna French visited her mother
In New Haven, Wednesday. She went
from Bridgeport by trolly.
Herbert Clark's family are spending q
week in cottage at Little Bridgeport,
on the shore. Mrs Hattie Latin is with
them.
Mrs Willis is visiting friends at Fair
field Woods.
Miss Stiles, the former teacher, has
given up her position as teacher In the
North district and her sister is to take
her place.
Mrs Wallis mother from Greenfield is
with her, also her eldest son. Mr. Vail
| returned to his position in Brooklyn,
Monday, but will be with his family Sun.
days.
George Skipp has gone to Newark, N
j, to work.
Mamie E, Keefe, student of Union
business college, Bridgeport, has accept
| ed position as stenographer with
Henry A. Bishop, purchasing agent
New Haven road. Every competent stu
dent Of this college ia now employed
Fall term opens August 20. New cata.
logue ready.
| Theodore Leavenworth and wife O.
Bridgeport are boarding at f. S. Shell
| toms.
| Friends from New York are visiting a
| Mrs John G 4bler's.
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TO REDUCE THE ABDOMEN.

There is an oId-fashioned rhyme
which it will hurt none of US to repeat
and to ponder:
Hold up your head and bride your chin,
Turn out your toes and your stomach hold IN.
''And your stomach hold in!" That
is the crucial test of body excellence, and
many there be that fail to meet it. 1t
can never be done until control of the
abdominal muscles is acq tired, and for
this controls difficult one 60 acquire
every effort must be made, and all the
mind directed to the effort. Here is one
of the rules by which it may be accom-
plished: Stand in an erect position for
half an hour every day, and TO- five or
six minutes st a time practise drawing
the abdomen in and letting it out.
This is one Of the hardest Of all things
to do, and requires much patience. Ole
will be astonished to discover at first
how unresponsve the muscles are. and
how next o impo 5sible it seems to make
one move. When little Fl 3xibility has
been acquired, then hold the abdomen in
and lift the chest and draw down the
shoulders. Keeping the shoulders down
begin again to contract and expand the
abdomen. Then begin again, holding IN
the abdomen, lifting the chest, and
drawing down the shoulders; you will
lind your whole body Strengthened IS
we'll. Nothing is strained by these
movements. When the muscles have
become flexible one will discover that
when one leans over, even to pick some.
thing up from the floor, one no longer
does so without involuntarily contract.
ing the abdominal muscles, until day by
day greater campactness in those re-
gions is gained, and the stomach
learns to do the work for itself. Its size
in the mean time is reduced. Many per-
sons have gone down several inches in
the abdomen by following nc 0 her pre-
scription than this.
To ''hold up your head" properly, you
must learn not to indulge in the contor-
tions of those persons who bend the body
backward, throwing the line of the spine
out of gear, in their well-meant efforts
to get the head erect. Nothing can ex-
coed the ugliness and the awkwardness
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August IS, will begin at z 30 pm.
Miss Susie wlngfield of New York
has been guest of Miss Julia Field.
Miss Flossie Booth Of Bridgeport Ia
visiting her aunt, Mrs Leroy Sherman.
Miss Ada B. and Jessie Burr of Green
field are guests of Miss Carrie M. Hull.
Misses Hattie and Julia Field are visit
Ing In Shelton at the home of William
Wheeler.
Mrs. Zalmon Purdy has been In OAR
bury, guest of Mrs Fowler.
Mr. and Mrs Emanuel Cave of Bridge
port have been the guests OF Mrs Moses
Hull.
willard Warmer started on Tuesday
for Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Warmer Is a
musician of merit and favored the SER
vice at the Methodist church with flute
solo, s'Not a Sparrow Falleth," with q
most delicate style and with fine effect
Rev MIR Warmer, who has been grad
ually falling, lies now In very critical
condition.
George Lyon IL visiting In Stratford
and Fairfield.
Winsor Warmer, who has spent the
summer at the ocean resort, Atlantic
City, has returned.
Mrs w. b. Lamphear and son, of
Bridgeport ave been guests OF Miss
Emily Set
George on ias and wife have been
guests or Mrs George PIatt in Bridge
port.
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News in aNutshell.
FRIDAY, AUGUST NINETEEN.

The annual baby show for Bridgeport
and vicinity took place at Pleasure
Beach on Thursday; 1000 people went
over to this popular outing place to see
the 5000 or more babies on exhibition,
showing that all interest in the future of
the country hasn't died out.
The volcano, Vesuviu0, at Naples,
Italy, is reported active again, four
streams of lava flowing down the noun.
tain side at the rate of 400 yards an hour.
Constant explosions are heard in the
central crater, which is vomiting ashes
q nd fl tmes.
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IN GRANGE CIRCLES.

About so members attended the meet
ing of the Grange, last Tuesday evening
The program was quite short, Mrs Sher-
wood Banks and Mrs B. r. Pease read
papers on the question, whether parent
should choose q vocation for its child.
The pa pers were very we'll written aud
contained some excellent suggestions.
John Morehouse spoke on the advan
tagee of system on the farm. Mrs John
Osborn read very intere sting paper on
the advantages of methods in homework.
There was plenty of music and every one
enjoyed a very pleasant evening.
MIS- Simeon Banks entertained Fred
Banks and daughter of Weston, Sunday.
On account of the inclement weather
the Southport band did not put in an ap.
pearance at Greenfield, Thureday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs Robert Mills and family
have been guests at Mrs E. Brotherton's
Mr. and Mrs Harry Hull, Mr. and Mrs
Charles Gray and Mrs Harriet Merwin
with friends, are now eli'ving q weeks
outing at "Camp Anchor"
Ladies shopping In Bridgeport will fine
the Wonsn's Exchange in the Postt flee
Arcade a fine place TO lunch. Home
made edibles served in 8 neat manner al
a reasonable price.
Asphalt walks have been laid about the
school building. EF
j. C Lobdell attended the meeting OF
Conn cticut Pathological society a.
WestvillP, Tuesday.
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Mrs Abram Banks has returned from
a visit with her daughter, Mrs Raymond,
in Black Rock.
Preston Brown of Purdy, NY, spent
a few days of last week with his sister,
Mrs George FL. Merwin.
The "tea' at Mrs George Burr's, last
Tuesday afternoon, was a very pleasant
affair. The attendance was good and
about $40 realized.
The funeral of Mrs Davis was held in
New York, last Thursday. Iuterment
was In Greenwood cemetery.
Mr. and Mas George H. Merwin enter.
tanned friends from out of town over
Sunday.
Mrs William Lobdell entertained her
sister, Mrs Williams, and son of Stratford.
the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. A bert Buckley were re-
cent guests at the home Of Miss AdeIia
Hubbell.
Rev and Mrs C. Fl. Smith and daueh-
ter, Mabel. have been guests, this week.
of Miss Adelia Hubbell.
Miss Susie e. Baldwin, graduate of
Union business college, Bridgeport, has
been placed by the school as stenoQra-
pher with Burns, Silver g. Co. This ID 8
college of system, discipline and results.
prospective students may begin any day
of the week or month. New catalogue,
Christian Dietz and family have.moved
into A. p. Burr's house.
Mrs A. y. Hull spent Thursday In
Westport as guest of her sister, Mrs r.
G. Wildman.
Erva G. Brotherton has built an extern
sive addition TO bis barn, Carpenter GRAY
doing the work.
Eugene Godfrey Is doing mason work
at Mrs PerrY's.
Bradley Perry and son have commenc-
ed building new barn.
Mrs Dwight Adams and Mrs Elmer
Buckley spent Thursday at Rotten Point.
janet Smith, q student of Union busi-
ness college, Bridgeport, has been plac-
I'd bv the school ~ stenographer with
the Max Huncke Chemical Co. This
college provides more positions than any
Icho0I in Western Connecticut. Fall
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ticular. Fall term opens August 30.
New catalogue gives partial list of stu
dents employed.
Master Reuben Bassett has returned to
his home in New Haven after a six
weeks visit 0 his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs w. S. BassetG. His mother, who
made short visit, panied him.
81. S. Shaw is painting the Ridge
sebnolhouse.
W. S. Bassett is re-shingling the extern.
awe horse barn of Commissioner Miller.
The republicans will hold a caucus,
Saturday evening, to elect delegates to
the various conventions.
Miss Addie L. Sanford and her friend,
Mrs Rathbone of New York, are visiting
at G. S. Banks at Sanford Town.
Miss Fannie Shaw returned to her
home at Red Bank, N. j., on Monday,
having spent most of the summer with
her aunt, Miss j. e.. Sanford.
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Quite number from Redding attended
the auction Of wild bronchos at Danburv
on Saturday. Stephen Sanford and W..
@ Sanford were purchasers. Altogether
five came to Reddfng.
Ebert Sanford has hired the Emily
Hill place and expects to move in, this
week.
The Methodist Sunday school will hold
their picnic at Putnam Park on Thurs
day, September i.
Misses Kitty and Bessie Shaw are en-
joying visit so their aunt, Mrs j. NJ.
Parkhurst of Bridgeport. They expect
to spend week.
George s. Woods. graduate of Union
business college, Bridgeport, has been
placed by the school as bookkeeper with
Max Hunclze Chemical Co. This college
does most for its. students in every par
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Hanford johnson, who has been quite
sick.
Miss Douglass of Brooklyn is the guest
of Mrs Emma Leavenworth.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Nichols of Dan
bury are guests of Mrs Lemuel Osborne.
Rev Mr. Holmes is now numbered
among those who are victims "of mis-
haps" caused by freaks of the bicycle,
having broken one of his fingers at the
Joint. Being an old soldier he did not
mind it.
H. Fl. Caswell, q student of Union bust
ness college, Bridgeport, has been plac.
the Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine
Co. This is one of the most successful
schools in this state in educating and Sc
curing positions for stenographers.
Fall term opens August 20. Write for
new catalogue of full information.
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OUR NEIGHBORS.
BETHEL,
1NrEREsr1Na aENEALoaY.

INTERESTING GENEALOGY.
Mrs HARRIET Bassett passed her so b
birthday last Sunday, August II. She
enjoys remarkable good health. She
lives with her daughter, Miss Helen Bas.
sett on Main street. The greater part Of
her life has been spent in ElmwoOd dis
trict, where many of her ancestors have
llved,and died. Two great-grapdmother
lived to the age of 81 years. Her
grandmother, Irene Taylor, died at the
age OF % years LIVING to ell Joy seeing the
fifth generation. MRS Bassett's great
grandmother also lived to the fifth gen
Grafton. First, Lydia Dibble Benedict;
her daughter, Irene Benedict Taylor her
daughter, Mrs Milly Taylor; her daugh-
ter, Mrs Harriet Bassett and her daugh-
ter Mrs Frank Andrews and daughter,
the deceased wife of George Starr now
of Woodbury.. A photograph of the five
generations last named ha been pre-
served. Lydia Dibble Benedict left a
son and daughter. The son Ira Bene-
dict lived to the age Of 90 years or near
that age. He was the father of Orrin
Benedict, who Ia still living in Grassy
Plain district, and Is enjoying ripe old
age. Mr. Benedict and Mrs Bassett
and Leroy T. Smith Of Danbury are the
three oldest living descendants of Asahel
and Lydia Benedict. Mrs Bassett was
born August 81, 1918. Her great-great
grandmother Hannah TAYLOR, wife of
Jabez, died February 26, 1871 lin her 9lst
year, so that Mrs Bassett came within
five years of being the youngest of the
five generations on this line. Her
mother, Mrs Milly Taylor, it Is said was
visiting at one time with seven grand
mothers, a part of them over 30 years Of
age, and these old ladies all belonged in
Bethel church society and we're descend.
ants of the original settlers Of Danbury.
A number of old relics still remain to re-
mind US OF the handiwork of these old
ladies. A towel is preserved that was
spun and woven by Lydia Benedict and
is probably over 100 years old.
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term opens August 20. Send for new
illustrated catalogue.

term opens August 20. Send for new
illustrated catalogue.
DEAD BY THE ROADSIDE IN FAIRFIELD
WOODS.
Patrick Grady, who has of late resided
with his sister, Mrs William Pennier of
ZIG Lafayette street, Bridgeport, was
found dead by the roadside at Fairfield
Woods in front of the house known as the
Mooney place, about o'clock Monday
afternoon. Samuel Merritt said Grady
came to his place Sunday night and asked
for nights lodging. His request was
granted and Merritt took lantern and
went to his barn with Grady, where he
found him place to sleep and Monday
morning hired him to go to work. DR.
Donaldson said Grady gave the appear
ance OF just recovering from debauch.
The body was found hidden away in a
dense clump Of bushes, where Grady had
evidently crawled to take a sleep. His
face was covered with blood and ct first
it was thought that he might have been
the victim of foul play, but an examina-
ton showed that the man had sustained
no injuries.
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THE HILL ACADEMY

The Hill Academy will reopen on
Tuesday, September Is 1t Ia again to
be under the successful management of
r. j. Perrine of Kingston, N. Y. He
holds diplomas from Syracuse University
and from the State Normal College Of
Albany, N Y. Thorough instruction IL
ffered In preparation for college, bust
NESS or teaching. The needs of the indI-
vidus1 student will be carefully met.
Tuition 50 90 per quarter.
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A party of railroad hands boarded the
Highland division train which arrived in
Danburv at 6 80, Tuesday night, at a
station beyond Hawleyville. A mile or
SO beyond Hawleyville, one of the men
who lived in the country near there, at
tempted to jump from the trainras it was
rounding curve at q high speed. The
conductor happened to lock from the
window as he jumped, and saw that he
fell by the side OF the track and did not
get up again. He pulled the bell rope
and after the train was stopped, il was
backed up to where the man still lay.
He was picked up unconscious and as he
was bleeding from the nose and from
cuts on the head, It was thought that he
had been killed. He came to Id short
time and with the help OF his companions
in the car, went TO his home. II DanbuTy
NaWa.
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REDDING
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH AFFAIRS

A Sunday school service took the
place of the usual morning service at the
Congregational church. At the elise of
the service the church voted to extend to
Rev Herbert Wyckoft of North Wood
bury a most unanimous call to become
its pastor. Mr. Wyckoff will occupy the
pulpit on Sunday, August %, and the
people are very anxious that he should
accept the call and come at once to take
up his work among them.
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THE nEERErELn DISTRICT.

Miss Mary E. Banks entertained her
brother from Bridgeport, Sunday.
Several from this place have received
invitations to the wedding of Miss Edith
Cowles of New Britain for September l.
Mrs Thomas B. Bradley and daughters
have visited Mrs Mary L Fanton Of Ly-
on's Plains, recently.
e. B. Nichols was the guest or his reIa-
tives at Lyons Plains, Monday.
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MONDAY. AUGUST TWENTY-FIVE,

Rear Admiral w. S. Schley, the hero
Sch1ey. passed Sunday in Saugatuck with
his son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs R. S.
Wo;tley. Bridgeport ais o claims to have
had visit from him during his visit to
Connecticut.
A disastrous rear ED collision occurred
on the Providence division at Sharon,
Mass Sunday night. The New Bedford
prese, telesG oping two cars. Four per-
o 1s were killed and many Injured.
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BROOKFIELD.

THE UNION PICNIC A GREAT SUCCESS
The union picnic, last week, was a very
pleasant success. The Sunday school
children were out in good numbers, of
course. There was also an unusually
good attendance of the older people. The
day was an almost typical lpicnic day
with its usual thunder shove, which was
so late in the day that all could get home
withoutsgetting wet. The food supply
was very abundant, with much to be car
ried home. The lemonade and ice cream
held out to the last, with some over.
From actual count there were from 175
to 200 present. Every one seemed to en-
10y themselves, especially in this OppOr-
tunity of meeting so MAI y of our towns
people on such an oCcs sion. The swings,
which Mr. Curtis so generously allowed
the children to use, were in constant use.
After thesinner man was well satisfied
the young men and older boys engaged
in baseball. With theAgirls and young
ladies rarged in rows on the hillside as
spectators it made very pleasant sigh.
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AUGUST TWENTY THREE.

Bids were opened by the Navy depart
ment of the government for the building
Of 16 torpedo boat destroyers and II tor
pedo boats to cost in the aggregate not
more than $6,900,0O0
An accident on the Pan Handle rail-
road at the Carnegie tunnel, just west of
the town of Carnegie, Pa, killed eight
men and injured many more. A cave-in
of one of the walls occurred and buried
them. The dead and injured are Mostly
Italians who were employed on the road.