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The leader., 1903-07-08
A BLOODY FOURTH.
Forty-Eight Deaths Result From Gel
ebration.

Chicago, July 5.-Reports from all
parts of the United states show that
the Fourth of July fatalities are more
numerous than ever before.
Forty-eight deaths and 3,431 in
jured is the record of one days ex.
plosive celebration.
The figures given are not complete,
but comprise all reported up to this
time. How they compare with the dis
asters of last year can be seen at a
glance.
According to the reports on the night
of the Fourth last year, there were
twenty-one killed and 2,171 injured,
the total the next day being still larg-
er-thirty-one dead and 2,772 injured.
Following the rule, toy pistols anl
cannon crackers did the greatest
amount of harm, but every variety
Of fireworks had it's share in filling
the hospitals.
There seemed to be even more in
genuity displayed in ways of getting
hurt than ever before, persons being
reported injured in most unheard-of
ways.
The list of dead in Chicago thus
far reported is sums up only two. The
list of injured is unhappily large.
Up to midnight the number of persons
injured reached IT.
To the country's total of casualties
Chicago furnished its usual quota, and
in this city sorrow and suffering were
present in scores of homes last night
Dozens of boys and men, if they
survive their injuries, will go through
life MANNED.
From all parts of the city it was
the one story of blood and carnage,
of mangled forms of men and chill.
dren, paying the penalty OF reckless
handling of powder and explosive.
The leader., 1903-07-08
KEEPS PLEDGE TO DYING WIFE.
Found Lifeless in His Bed ust Before
the Time He Had Stated Would
Be His Last on Earth.

Chicago, July 5.-Death kept the
pledge of Matthias Luecker, 29O1 South
Canal street, to follow his wife into
the valley of the shadow before three
score days had passed over her grave,
and came down upon him Saturday
night, as he lay in his bed waiting
for the last hours within which he
might keep his word.
He made the promise as he stood
beside his helpmeet's deathbed two
months ago.
81 cannot live long after you are
gone" he said. Before you have gone
two months l shall follow YOU"
After that came the burial and the
taking up of old ways. His children
returned to their work, forgetting the
fathers strange prediction
At noon Saturday he said to his
son: Il have come nearly to the end
of my time here. Before midnight
the two months will have passed since
the death of your mother"
The son looked upon it as the va
gary of an old man suffering under
the weight of heavy sorrow, but later
the force of the words came home to
him and he went to his fathers house
that night at 10 o'clock.
He found him lying on his bed in
his room, death having come appar-
emily just before the time of his pledge
expired.
Luecker was a prominent political
figure in the old Fifth ward. He
came to Chicago fifty years ago.
The leader., 1903-07-08
FOUR DEATHS IN THE STORM.
New York struck BIZ aTerrlhc Storm Fol
lowing Period of tho Most
Intense Heat.

New York, July "a terrific storm
here, Thursday, followed a period OF
most intense heat. There were four
deaths from the heat and a
score or more prostrations. Already
three deaths directly traceable to the
storm have been reported, and many
persons were caught in the fury OF
the wind and injured.
AT one time the gale blew at the
rate of ~ miles an hour in the upper
part of New York according to the
weather bureau. Many places were
struck by lightning, which played
continuously for an hour or more.
A great section of the Manhattan
field fence was blown down, and
there was almost panic among the
thousand men and women who had
gathered at the Polo grounds adjoin-
ing to witness the New York-St. Louis
game. The Polo grounds were flood
ed with a foot of water, the game
was off and the attention of the Off
Gals and police was directed to get
ting the half panic-stricken baseball
enthusiasts to place of safety.
There were in reality two storms
blended into one. The Bronx was the
first to feel it's effects, and the lower
portion of that borough suffered
most. A wind of extremely high We
locity swept from west to east, up
roofing trees, smashing plate glass
windows, blowing pedestrians from
their footing and doing all kinds of
damage. Apparently the storm was
in two divisions, one advancing down
the valley of the Hudson river and the
other approaching from Long Island
sound, which was torn into fury by
the force of the wind. These two d.
visions met over the lower Bronx
with dazzling displays of electricity.
The first wind storm was followed by
a heavy fall of rain, like a cloud
burst in character and a shower of
large hail stones.
Fannie Kinsler, a six-year- child,
frightened by the storm and blinded
by the rain, ran directly under a
swiftlymovfng wagon and was killed
instantly.
John Dominick, dock laborer, was
knocked into the East river by
plank which had been picked up by
the wind and was drowned.
The wind swept the embers of
bonfire, kindled by number of boys,
over the Pinafore of three-year-old
Clarence MADDEN, and he was burned
to death.
Miss Mary Carman, of Rockaway
Beach, was dashed by the wind
against the Flatiron building and so
badly injured she had to be taken to
the New York hospital.
Among the places struck by light
ming or damaged by the gale were the
church of the Divine Paternity on
Central Park, West, Hotel Normandie,
the Lancaster apartment house on
West End avenue, and the Arbucl<fe
building on Water street.
A squall overturned a catboat at
Sandy Hook. Launches from Sir
Thomas Ipton's yacht, Erin, were
sent out at once to the boats assist
ance, and several men and women
were rescued and the catboat taken.
in tow
The leader., 1903-07-08
Striker Killed.

Richmond, Va, July fin Man
chester tonight Luther Taylor OF
Sphinghill, Va, was shot and killed
by one of the militiamea on duty
there in connection with the street
railway strike. Taylor had been ar
rested for interference with the rum
ming of cars, and was being taken to
Jail in his own buggy. when he pushed
a corporal out of the buggy and drove
off. He refused to stop when ordered
to halt, aud was fired on by sentries
and killed. Taylor was puddler at
the Old Dominion iron works on Belle
Island
The leader., 1903-07-08
AN INDIANA CLOUDBURsT.
EImwOOd, Ind, DeIuged Under SAX
Feet of Water BY q Cloud
burst Thursday Morning.

Peru, Ind, July 3.-The geratest
flood that ever struck Peru occurred
at five o'clock Thursday morning, due
to cloudburst on the hills just north
of the city. Rain fell in sheets for
an hour and streams overlooked their
banks in less than ten minutes. The
water backed up to the Wabash rail-
road tracks and entirely submerged
North Peru and Elmwood, where $50
families reside.
Elmwood is under six feet of water,
and the water stands two feet deep in
some houses which have been desert
ed. Fences are not to be seen, and
household goods are stored on the
second floor. People are riding over
the streets on hurriedly-made RATS,
constructed of culverts and board
sidewalks.
The leader., 1903-07-08
CLOUD BURST VISITS TEXAS.
Done to Property, Railroad Tracks
and Bridge Washed Away.

San Antonio, Tex, July IA
cloudburst, Thursday, visited the
southwestern section of Texas, caus-
ing the death of several persons and
entailing heavy property loss. No
accurate reports of the loss of life
can be obtained, as the telegraph
wires are down in the storm-swept
section, but enough is known to war
rant the belief that at least twenty
people, mostly Mexican laborers and
farm hands, persisted in the flood.
At Beeville, one Mexican was swept
away. Near Normana ten Mexican
farm hands are reported drowned
and 12 more are said to have been
drowned at Pettus.
The heaviest damage was sustained
by the San Antonio & Arkansas Pass
railroad. Several thousand feet of it's
tracks and one bridge were swept
aWay
The leader., 1903-07-08
CANADA WHEAT CROP.
Largest Ever Harvested Indicated by
the Reports.

Largest Ever Harvested Indicated by
the Reports.
Ottawa, Ont, July 5.-The official
bulletin now issued, together with the
reports received by railway companies,
indicate that the largest. wheat crop
ever harvested in Western Canada will
be gathered this year. No more sat.
isfactory reports have ever been re.
ceived than those now coming in, and
is stated that the crop conditions
IL the West are as near perfect as pos.
sible. A record harvest this season
will be of incalculable benefit in many
ways to the whole of Canada Man
itoba and the Northwestern Terrific
ries are receiving such vast army
of newcomers that the amount of land
at present under cultivation is 20 per
cent. greater than last year. In the
province of Manitoba alone 3,573, 173
acrse are under crop, being an il
crease over last year of nearly 1,000,-
900 acres
The spring bulletin of the Mani
toba department of agriculture, just
issued, makes it clear that with a con-
tinuance of good weather, Manitoba
will be in a position to announce next
fall the greatest crop in the history
of that province. The same conai-
tions prevail throughout the terrific
ries also, the crop reports of the Ca
madam Pacific railway, made up from
Geographic news from all parts of the
West, showing that the prospect there
is for a record crop.
1t is estimated that upward of co.
100000 bushels of wheat will be the
amount of this years yield in Mani,
toba and territories, and with no un-
toward happenings, this estimate may
be exceeded by 10,,000,000 bushels
more when the returns of the harvest
are all in.
The leader., 1903-07-08
The pope is Dyinu.

Rome, July 5, Midnight. The life
of Pope Leo is fast ebbing away. The
aged pontiff, stricken with senile pneu-
monia, realizes that death is only a
question Of hours. Despite the physi-
clans orders that he should remain
in perfect quiet, he talked today for
two hours with Cardinal Oregalia Of
arrangement for the conclaye that
will be held when he shall have passed
away. His holiness favors the sue.
cession Of Cardinal Gotti, and ex-
pressed his desire today that his IA
vorite should become pope.
The leader., 1903-07-08
PARKER RETICENT.
New York Man Will Say Little About
Politics.

Atlanta, Ca, July So am in love
with my present work, and cannot
say that l would care to give it up
for anything"
The above statement was made by
Judge Alton B. Parker today in an
swer to questions touching his proba-
BILE nomination for the presidency by
the Democratic party in 1904. Judge
Parker was asked by influential Dem
ocrats to make statement as to his
attitude and he replied in the above
words. More than that, Judge Parker
would not say.
Judge Parker came over to Atlanta
this afternoon from Athens, where he
has been the guest of Hon. M. Edward
Lumpkin. At Athens Judge Parker
visited the old homes of Benjamin
H. Hill, Gen. Howell Cobb and Henry
W. Grady. He also visited the home
of the late Miss Harden, the sweet
heart of John Howard Payne, the au-
thor of Home, Sweet Home 1t
was to Miss Harden that Payne gave
the original manuscript.
Judge and Mrs. Parker left Allan
ia tonight for Savannah, where they
will take steamer for New York.
The leader., 1903-07-08

The number of persons in the en-
ployment of the railways of the
United States is 1,1S9,315, or an aver
age of 594 employees per 100 miles of
line. The classification of these en-
ployes shows that 4S,31s were engine
men, 5O,651 firemen, 35,070 conductors
and 91,3S3 other trainmen. The serv-
ices of 41,O71 employees were required
for general administration, 800, 592 for
maintenance of way and structures,
22S,2s0 for maintenance of equipment
and 51S,39O for conducting transpor-
tation,
The leader., 1903-07-08
HUNDREDS ARE KILLED
Result Of . Cloudburst at lakewood
Park, Pa.
Impossible to Get Details, MS No One Gan
Get Near the Stricken LOcallty-Ths
Death List, However, WIN
he Appalling.

Pittsburg, Pa, July GA report by
telephone just reaches this city of q
terrible calamity at lakewood Park,
near Jeanette. Pa.
| About 5 o'clock a cloudburst hap
pened at that place and one hundred
to four hundred persons are said TO
have been killed.
Trains from the East are all arriv-
ing from two to three hours late on ac-
count of the devastation caused by the
cloudburst at Jeanette, Pa. Details
regarding the horrible calamity are
not obtainable yet, as it has been
found impossible to get near to the
scene of the cloudburst. Inquiries
from passengers arriving from the
East confirm the news given in the
earlier bulletin, inasmuch as large
number of persons have been drowned,
| but in regard to the number the re-
ports vary widely. Some give the
number killed from seventy-fve to a
hundred; others even larger-as high
as 400.
Eight Bodies Recovered.
Up to / o'clock this (Monday) morn
| ing but little if any definite news had
been learned of the effects of the
cloudburst near Jeanette. 1t is fair
| ly certain that numbers of people who
were out for pleasure in and around
| Oadwood lost their lives, but little has
been done in the work of recovering
bodies, and nothing more than a guess
can be made at the real number killed.
| Up to this hour eight bodies have
been recovered from the flood. Some
| of these are believed to be:
Miss Gertrude Keefer, aged 10, OF
Jeanette.
Edward O'Brien, of Latrobe, an en-
ploye of Brown & Ketcham Company,
here.
Jos. Overly, of Indianapolis, en-
ployed by Brown-Ketcham Company.
Lucy Crum, of Jeanette.
Councilman John Light, wife and
two children of Greensburg.
The crowds sought shelter under the
| fimsy buildings in the park which is
situated along deep valley with a
damned lake at its upper end.
The proprietors of the park urged
the people to leave the unsafe build
! ings as they feared the lake would
| burst the dam and that the water
would be precipitated bodily upon the
people. When the cloudburst struck
| the place torrents of water poured
down upon the car barns, and stalled
cars of the park lines at the junction
of Jeanette and Greensburg.a One of
the cars was swept into the creek and
how many were carried to their death
within it is not known.
The water also struck the railway
waiting room at this point, which was
crowded with people, and here also a
number were drowned before they had
tie slightest chance to escape.
One of the survivors was William
Cline, Jr., of Greensburg, who says
that practically none of the people in
stalled cars and waiting room upon
which the flood broke escaped with
their lives.
The leader., 1903-07-08

Los Angeles has the biggest park in
the world. It was presented by a
newspaper man by the name of Crit
fifth and is called Griffith park. The
giver asked that no railroad leading
to the park should be permitted to
charge more than five cents fare,
Central park, New York, cost over
$15,OOO,0O0, and consist of $40 acres.
Griffith park, Los Angeles, is a tract
of 5000 acres. 1t includes 21s miles
of frostless FOOTHILLS bordering on
Cahuenga valley, five miles of Los
Angeles river bottom and beautiful
little valley.
The leader., 1903-07-08

Two French doctors have been
looking into the question of bearded
women and have discovered that out
of every 1000 sane females 200 are
light down, 40 have a very visible
beard and 10 are Enthusiastically
adorned with this hirsute appendage.
Out of 1000 insane women examined
491 had slight boards, while Sc had
boards well grown.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Shot H1m.e1f On the Train.

A. M. Kate, a well-known lumber
man, committed suicide on South
ern railway train near Decatur, Ala.
Kate, who was a married man, his
wife being away at summer resort,
brought two tickets for himself and
Miss Belle Roehl, of Knoxville, Tenn,
for Sherman, Tex, and the two start
ed for that point. When Conductor
Mitchell passed through the smoking
car between Decatur and Trinity,
Ala, Kate was found lying in the
aisle. A revolver lay by his side, and
there was bullet hole in his right
temple.
The leader., 1903-07-08
convicts Escape,

Baton Rouge, La, July 5.-Three
convicts escaped this morning from
the State penitentiary One was re
captured in seven hours, before he
had gone beyond the precincts of the
city. The free prisoners are Tom
Stancy, white, 10 years old, sent up
from Caddo parish for twelve years
for burglary and larceny, and Rich
ard Rawlings, colored, sent up from
Orleans parish in 1890 for a life term
for murder. George Spencer, colored,
sent up from st. Tammany parish in
1901 for assault with intent to rob
armed with deadly weapons.
The leader., 1903-07-08

The railway across the Andes, be-
tween Chile and the Argentine Re-
public, which was projected 20 years
ago, is at last to be completed. The
Hottest part of the pass, which lies
not far south Of the great Andean
giant, Aconcagua, and which has an
elevation of 5000 feet, is to be pene-
trated by tunnel, which will serve
both to avoid snowdrifts and to de-
crease the maximum elevation of the
road. The terminals of the railway
on each side Of the pass are now
within one days travel by mule cara
van from one another.
The leader., 1903-07-08

Nathaniel S. Shaler, professor of
geology, Harvard university, fully
commits himself to the view that in
telligence is possessed by everything
in the universe, commencing with
man and going down even to the
lowest grade of plants. Further
more, the professor informs us that
the trend of modern naturalists is
in the direction OF this belief and
that he does not profess to be pio-
The leader., 1903-07-08
A Kentucky Tragedy.

John Henry Hacker killed Hiram
Barnett, his rival, in the presence of
the girl they both admired, Miss Leila
Gurns, in Breathitt county, KY,
Greenberry Prather, a companion
of Barnett, was also wounded. Miss
Gurns is niece of Burns Fitz-
patrick, the man who hung the jury
in the trial of White and Jett, charged
with the murder of J. B. Marcum in
the famous Breathitt county feud, and
this feud was indirectly the cause OF
the killing.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Buried Under the Debris.

Paducah, KY, July SIT was
learned today that Lloyd Scimmill, of
Gilbertsville, lost his life fighting the
fire that destroyed a portion of the
Illinois Central bridge across the Ten
nessee river Saturday.
He was precipitated into the water
when the burning span fell, and is
supposed to be under the debris. It
will be week or longer before trains
can cross the bridge.
In the meantime, passengers, mail
and express will be transferred by
steamer.
The leader., 1903-07-08
The Pacific squadron.

San Francisco, July S.-The Pacific
squadron. commanded by Rear-Ad-
miral Glass, has sailed for Puget
sound, en- route to Alaska. The
squadron is composed of the New
York, Bennington, Marblehead and
Concord.
The leader., 1903-07-08

The salt trust having promptly paid
its fine of $1,000, with equal prompt
tude levied the fine on consumers. 1t
is rare day in June or any other
old month when a pinched combine
fails to shift its troubles.
The leader., 1903-07-08

The Colored National immigration
association will ask the next con-
gress to appropriate $1OO,OOO,OOO for
carrying colonies of negroes to the
republic of Liberia. Ten chances to
one the congress after the next con-
gress would be asked for an appro-
priation to pay the return passage of
the eXpatriated.
The leader., 1903-07-08

Some envious fellow discovered that
bridge tender in Chicago has been
drawing salary of $500 year for
watching a bridge that has not been
opened for two years. Twas ever
thus. Every time man falls onto
good thing some envious mort Il
pulls his hammer and gets busy.
The leader., 1903-07-08
For Failure to Pay AIimony.

Jerseyville, H., July 3.-Adam T.
Haynes, prominent farmer of Jersey
county,i is locked up in the Jersey coun-
ty Jail for contempt of court, in hav-
ing failed to pay his,wife, from whom
he is separated, $25 month, as or
dered by the court.
The leader., 1903-07-08

The greatest bank in the world is
to be organized in New York 1t is
to have a capital of $10O,0OO,OOO and
will make a speciality of financing
great enterprises. When it begins
doing business the Bank of England
will have to take second rank among
the worlds great financial institu-
tiOnS
The leader., 1903-07-08
AGE wlTHERs HIM NOT.
Man 60 Years Old Sire Of the TWEEN.
tieth Child.

Pittsburg, Pa, July 4.-Theodore
Roosevelt, whose surname is Signet.
arrived yesterday at the home of ex-
Chief of Police William H. Signet, at
McKeesport. The presidents name
sake is the twentieth child born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Signet, and to mark the
proud event the boy will have the
given name of Theodore Roosevelt.
Mr.. Signet has notified the president
of his new namesake. The father is
a veteran of the civil war and is 81
years old.
The leader., 1903-07-08

1t is said in Philadelphia that when
Samuel H. Ashbridge went into Office
as mayor of that city he had debts
of record amounting to about $4,000.
When he retired last April at the
close of his term he became president
of a bank.
The leader., 1903-07-08
BLIND TIGERS

Will Now Be TraIIed BY Hired Detec-
tiVes.
Nashville, Tenn, July 1.-The State
Anti-Saloon League has employed G..
E. Matlock, ex-deputy sheriff of Da-
wilson county, as special agent to look
after violations of the anti-liquor law
in towns which have taken advantage
of the Adams law.
Matlock is also to watch drug stores
which are selling liquor.
The indictments against Druggist
Ramsey, at Mckenzie, were worked
up by Matlock.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Fatal Wreck i'm Tennessee.

sight of an order caused fatal head
end collision between freight trains
at Venable's siding, on the Virginia
& Southwestern railway, in Tennes-
see. While rounding a curve at a
rapid rate the two engines came to-
gether. Fireman L. H. Fain was killed,
and Engineer R. G. Clowers was fatal
ly injured.
The leader., 1903-07-08

1t seems that the socialists in Ger.
many gained no less than 100000
votes at the recent election. The
kaiser will doubtless see that the
party is one to be reckoned with in
the future of the empire.
The leader., 1903-07-08
Sentenced Tor Peonage.

George D. Cosby and Barancas F.
Cosby, farmers of Tallapoosa county,
Ala, pleaded guilty to the charge of
peonage, and were sentenced to serve
one year and day in the Atlanta
nenitentiarY.
The leader., 1903-07-08
DORA GOES BACK.
Will Spend Rest of Her Time With
Gen. Clay.

Gen. Clay.
Lexington, KY, July 5.-Dora Brock.
the former child wife of Gen. Cassius
M. Clay, buried her husband, Riley,
who was killed by train at Long
View, ILL.,, and left Nicholasville yes
terday for Richmond.
She says she will go back to White
Hall and remain with Gen. Clay the
remainder of his days. She will go
to care for the general, who was re-
ported insane the first of the week.
She has information from Gen. Clay
to indicate that he is all right.
Joseph Perkins and Will Bowlin,
bodyguards of Gen. Clay, both deny
that the general is insane. They say
the Lexington physicians who called
to see Gen. Clay were frightened away
before the general was ready to re-
ceive them.
The statements of Bowlin and Per-
kins are not generally believed, 1t be-
ing felt by the neighbors of the sage
White Hall that they are holding
something back.
The leader., 1903-07-08
RACERIOT AT EVANSVILLE
Gun Stores Looted and Blacks Slaughtered
by Wholesale.
VIOLENCE RAMPANT, AUTHORITIES PowERL
Negroes Parade the Streets and Wanted Fight First But
When the Pinch Came Scooted Hurriedly for Cover.
Negro Quarter Under Bombardrnent

There is an unconfirmed report that
several houses have been blown up.
Up to this time a a. m.) the militia
has not rallied, but efforts to get 1t
together are in progress.
The negroes after the first armed
display of resistance scattered and
have not made stand since. They
are flying in terror
The leader., 1903-07-08
Another Kentucky Tragedy.

Bud Garth, member of prominent
Todd county (Ky.) family, shot
Younger Watkins, aged 20, at the lat
ter's home near Trenton. They fought
about a woman, and Watkins swore
out a warrant for Garth's arrest.
Garth went to Watkins farm and was
met by Younger and Henry Watkins,
armed with shot gun. Shots were
exchanged, and Younger was killed.
The leader., 1903-07-08

From a st. Louis paper: Mrs. Ola
Santen, of Kirkwood, gave birth to
a son on a suburban car at Maple
wood Monday morning. Mother and
child are all right and the conductor
is doing as well as could be expected"