The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-05
From that Hour Until About the Same
Time This Morning There Was
No Cessation.
THE ACCIDENTS OF THE DAY
THERE WE'RE NOT MANY AND NONE
WAS VERY SERIOUS.
Five Arrests Made for Violation of
Ordinance in Firing RevoIvers-
Days Incidents.

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owing to the announcement of the police
department that the time. place and man
ner Of violent celebrations would be re-
stricted. and as a consequence the noise
and smoke batteries of the small boys did
not open in earnest until about 5 a. m.
from which time on until early this morn
ing there was little cessation. The manner
of noise-making was TO a great extent
limited to the firing of cannon crackers
and loaded canes, into which large caps
were placed and then dropped upon the
pavements. There was a noticeable lack
Of firing revolvers and blank cartridges
owing to the recent police orders to the
effect that all persons found with revolvers
III their possession would be arrested. An
other cause was the Improvement in harm
less Matchmaking The canes
which may be loaded make even more
noise than revolvers and blank cartridges.
and on the Glorious Fourth terrific noises
are the ambition of small boys. The canes
and ammunition for them are also much
cheaper than the revolvers.
There were a few who violated the new
ordinance, and of these five were arrested.
They were Frank Douglass. of 2025 North
Illinois street, who returned TO the city
yesterday morning and knew nothing of
the new law; Ed Griffin. of 935 South West
street; Mike Guiliana. of 42s East South
street; Frank Stark. 36 Bright street. ano
Jesse Markowitz, of Alb Massachusetts ave-
nue..
A FAVORITE AMUSEMENT.
One of the favorite amusements down
town yesterday was the placing of large
torpedoes on the street car tracks. Pass
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ports. sufficient TO nearly brighten many a
woman TO distraction. At one time on
South Illinois street a crowd of boys
placed several hundred of the torpedoes
on the track close together. Their dis
charge was ikened to rapid light artil-
lery fire. and the motorman shut off the
current and held his hands to his ears
until he had passed over all of them.
The celebration on downtown streets was
limited and participated in by only a few.
Most Of the people on the streets between
3 a. m. and 5 D. IN. were those en- route to
the parks, and il was not until late in the
evening that the streets presented anything
like the usual appearance. The breezes
during the day were variable, and when
for a few moments there was absence of
wind the heat was almost unbearable, the
heat stored In the pavementS and walks
being much In evidence. The little parks
and grass plots in the center of the city
were filed with people who had not time,
owing TO business matters, TO take a days
outing. and sought the green spots during
their short leisure moments.
During the evening there were many pri-
vate exhibitions of fireworks, of course. for
the benefit of the children. but in which
grown people took evident delight. The
roof OF the Blacherne was well filled with
that buildings tenants and friends who
gathered there to witness the displays
throughout the city. The fireworks at Fair
view and those in all parts of the city could
be plainly seen from there. One of the
curious things noted last night was the
number of hot-air balloons, which arose
rapidly and were gradually lost 10 sight
without turning over or burning UP.
NOT MANY ACCIDENTS.
One of the peculiarities OF yesterdays
celebration here was the small number of
accidents reported by doctors, the police
and the City Dispensary. and withal there
was none of a serious nature.
John Hirth, OF 1923 West Washington
street. tried early yesterday morning to
explode a ground cannon and was cut
about the face. TIL cannon is made by
burying a tin can. in which powder is
placed and ignited with a fuse. He did not
like the delay in discharging and went TO
investigate the cause, when the fire reached
the powder His face was. besides being
cut. filed with small particles of powder
and gravel. Several stitches were taken
by City Dispensary doctors TO close the
CAAI0 Ills was 4 ICu III los
serious accident of the day.
virgil Hart, OF No. go Bates street. called
at the City Dispeusary TO have a wad from
a blank cartridge extracted from his hand
Charles Okane. of No. 14l4 North CapitoI
avenue. got careless in handling a revolver.
6ischarging a blank cartridge while the re-
volver was pointed toward his foot. The
wad became imbedded I'm his leg and Dis
pensary doctors extracted il and dressed
the wound.
Will Koss, eighteen years of age. and Iiv-
ing at No. 7US Greer street. built a small
cannon, which exploded and filled his face
and hands with powder, which required
three hours work by DR.. Petersdorf TO pick
out.
DR.. Petersdorff also attended F. A. Aich-
born, a clerk. living at No. 701 East Morris
street. who carelessly allowed a Roman
candle TO discharge near his face. An
hours work was necessary to remove the
particles of powder.
nue.. was sent to the City Hospital yesrer-
day afternoon 10 have powder picked from
her face. Her injury, which was not dan
gerous, was due TO the DISCHARGE of a blank
cartridge close to her face.
1t might be noted that in all of the acct
dents reported all but ore resulted from
the use OF revolvers or cannon. the use of
which was prohibited by city ordinance.
which the police have tried hard to en-
force. There were. of course. MANY per-
sons who received slight burns from allow
ing crackers TO discharge in their hands.
but most OF these were of little conse-
quence and dressed without the aid of a
uhVSiCian.