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Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20
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ISpho bay, MAY 20, 1904:
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50pto 745 s.s5 a. m. 245 p. M
50ot h. sourrl-lO.5i a. M o'SO p. NJ
COct Sill soo % ,bs Post Office twenty minutes
Gugari .s1 sE'. tras. a.. :
oqme Q .,,v tickets call at CHRONICLE
oo-diners for window screens,
y. cheapest and best in town.
Pinto C: :::: s: :.::.:: ::: :::: ::: ::: ::..
sr cents cigars, Royal
!, in Milford at Asbury Smiths
If 50, Com. BY.
bouse and dwelling to rent for
rsor 1904 Store part suitable for
pared, comeh t,ocerv business. Apply to
1ent 70 VIM. E. DEPUTY.
,touality paints and varnish, stove
at GARDENERS.
Tvs Hair Health. Keeps hair soft,
~ healthy and abundant
and saver "''''- Red Star Drug Store.
.tsDs, suits cleaned, pressed and re-
',sd promptly, at reasonable prices,
@Sa-u-a. AbbOtts
Ipn,e r. .5ies, suits cleaned and pressed
'Oi3 mpty, at reasonable prices at Alb
b.
Zine bedroom suits, lounges chairs,
"a bnffets. springs mattresses, etc.
carry the Pc otii'''' 'p''De GARDENERS.
mems stiff Ah ~
is in NIilo5 Deutsl Foam-an ideal antiseptic for
carry our 4 teeth. 10 cts Red Star Drug
shapes Dre
Ing of SOC
at S2.ooa, Berry Baskets, the best on the mar
last ver n at Smith Manufacturing Co., Lin
have The IN, Del
lse you
- Dr. Roberts the veterinarian, can be
=, fr1ud at his residence on South Second
6iOVi arget Either day or evening. Tele-
S' rhone communication.
Wis ct,- sul closing out all goods in the store,
w. Scfs, bur opportunity to secure bargains.
Mrs Anna MusgrOve.
Pretty toilet sets, lamps dishes, glass
laranteed ware at GARDENERS.
Bag Death. Keeps the plant free
q" SEC "a hOm insects. Red Star Drug Store.
Ask to be shown our Excelsior and
Daisy box paper. Bargains at 10 aud
~ l5c. and 1Oc CASTLE soap with face
cloth, at Sussex Drug Go.
JUST received fresh lot Of meat and
bone meal for poultry, Also fine
condition powder for horses, cattle
hogs etc. Try them.
A. SMITH.
Everything you need for your kitchen
to make work easy, at Gardeners.
For new tomatoes, lettuce and radish,
A fresh every Friday and Saturday, go to
W. H. Davis meat market
Dwelling house for rent, possession
given at once. Organ and refrigerator,
also other household goods for sae
cheap. Mrs. Anna Musgrove.
Extra Early
Tomato Plants. Burpee's prize stock,
for sale by Chas X Sampson, 4th and
Walnut street.
Get Your Berry Tickets Ready.
The best materials are the cheapest
Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20

FOR SALE,-lO3 acres woodland, near Hol
landsyllle Mrs. j. s Willis. Milford. Del. IL
Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20

FOR SALE.-Good farm wagon; iron axle
Apply to A. l.. Quillen, FELTON,, Del. Is y
Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20

Cabbage and tomato plants at Chronicle office
Saturday, May o.
Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20

FOR sALE.-An eight-horse engine and a
twelve-horse boiler; both good as new. APP
ply TO J. S. Clark, Frederica, Del. l3 #
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pony cart nearly new; also side saddle for
sale cheap Address, Box 4, Lincoln z. o. 5 20 St
Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20

WANTED.-2OO berry pickers, all-day pick
Greenwood Del. Is u
Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20

Furnished rooms to rent X. p. o, Box, pa
Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20

Wis Glor.
|yySctsr
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5.9)2t
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FOB SALE. - Young horse; good driveri
also riding Saddle ahd bride. W. C. Dixie.
Milford chronicle., 1904-05-20

FOR sALE.-5OO0O sweet potato plants. stocky
and well-rooted Wallace $. Watkins,
O2t Milford, Del.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
HING EMMONS IN EFFIGY.
Boston Cro7cds Resent Police Strict
Ress-A Quiet Dag.

boston, July 4-Orders by Judge E,r,mons. chair
man OF the Boston Police Board. and BY Chisf
shaw OF the State police restricting the sale OF
fireworks 10 the milder explosives and in general
way demanding quieter observance OF the day.
had the effect of producing the most peaceful July
ana night before for many years II not N the
history OF the city An extra force OF police
on the streets to see that the orders carried
OUT 10 the letter. In consequence there were noe
only no violations of the law, but also there
little celebration Of any kind. NJ several places
Judge EmmOns was hanged IL efigy in the presencs
OF deIisive crowds
great variety of sporting contests. parades.
patriotic exercises, band concerts and the usual
noise and display OF fireworks comprised the Inde-
pendence Day programme this city and it's vicin-
Ity. The weather fine At "a. m. Governor
Bates reviewed long carnival parade in East Bos-
ton. ard atec similar display was given by the
young msn of jamaica Plain. Athletic games
We're held all day in various parts OF The city. In
Guiding the New-Ensland championship IN West
RoXbury. Thousands OF persons lined the banks
of the Charles while the metropolitan Rowing Re-
Stttta was beng held. Bicycle Cambridge
ana Revere and horse ReadVilis and
SauSus attracted large crowds.
The Grafton of the day at the exercises held i'm
taneUil Hail, under the auspices OF the city OF
Boston. delivered by Congressman John A.
man of the Board Of Aldermen. presided At a
celebration III Jamaica Plain Congressman Mccall
Was the orator Ii is estimated that 10000 people
went out Of town for the holiday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
MURDER ON S. /. TRAIN.
italian Shoots in Quarrel Orcr
UOman-LeapS off and ESCAPES.

man not Yet identified. early this morning was
shot and instantly killed Staten Island Rapid
Transit train. while 1t running from Rosebank
10 clifton at II 80 last night. The man who shot
him !eaped from the train and had not been caught
up T. o'clock This morning. He is on the island
however. as he could not have reached a ferry be-
toTe the police guards set The police are
also looking for him in Manhattan. where he has
a barber shop at No. SIS hottest His name is said
10 be AliSo. His first was not known 10 the
woman who furnished his last TO the police
Mary Sweeney nineteen years old OF No 42s
Avenue ID. appears TO have been the cause of the
shooting. She too hysterica last night 10 give
any clear story From what the police could learn
she met Aligio recently. He invited her to accom-
pany him to an Italian picnic yesterday I4sz-
zaris Park. Rosebank There she accepted the at
tentions OF the man who killed II is thought
he Italian.
The train which the shooting occurred was
bound from South Beach. II stopped at Rosebank
and the two men and woman entered the third OF
the eight cars. They sat down in OF the
seats The Sweeney woman sat down with the man
VINO did the shooting. Others in the car heard him
say angrly:
IF that man bothers you I'll settle him"
There was some other talk and the girl shifted
her seat. Almost instantly Aligio whipped out
revolver. placed its muzzle against the other mans
vo!ver on the seat ran 10 the platform and jumped
OF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05

years year. OLD was shot in the abdomen nv str..,
SIae was taken 10 Chri.t TTosrI.ei Irs
recovery Is doubtful. iiOStltA- aer
ihhEE RECEIVE BAD BURNs-V-b,1. u,.,
hrecracker in the yard at her homo ~ .a5
Nineteenth-st. Rose Zetinan ten wears ol5 80
Ire 10 her Dress. She was badly burned atou+ -.
less ana lower body. The girls three-vaar-oId .t
So Hieoe plucky attempt TO put out thu
IRE. ana was severely burned ahout the ba-ds go
49, S-;ro.So Schell. twenty-five years old Of No
~ -Slheleenth-st. succeeded in nuttirg ~ a. a.,
out, but received severe t,Ir.- ule IRE
WAS taken 10 the NorW egian Hospital -3 i''Se
SHOT by HIS AUNT-Aaror yar1c-br,,,,
eisht years Old. was accidentally shot in the had
Dy ms aunt at 10 o'clock last night in potorso,
y j. The boy had been kent in his home an da,
oy ms mother for fear Of fireworks He stonrod
PeA up an unexploded frecra cker. and as he
ou so a bullet fired from a window fifty fee,
way struck him in the left temple above the eve
ana entered his brain and passed ou Tie ririr side
60 -! W. leau when picked llp Thu. shot va
~ b,;sl-atsi lLzZle Denares; aunt of the BOY
reS-oI1ier t nG12re coins to bed had loaded tie
iii ~ o, ne had neen shooting from the window
az "te SaenliS these the last ! have he
sara 10 MS wife as he left her at the windov She
ass1 the nve SHOTS in the revolver. and was MOI
apprised OF that fact by noicenaan I5rnGip IN
Fesueauon she was locked up.
HORRIBLY BURNED ABOUT FACF-N,chae,
Gronn eight years old of No 50 Monroe-st. was
terribly burned and lascerated about his face late
last evening in front of No. q Mott-st when
giant nrecrackcr, thrown by an unknown person
eApIoGed al the moment il struck him. He was i'm
IerIlp!e suHerlng. until his pain made him faint
ana ne was taken 10 Hudson Street Hospital still
figured for life. " " ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
CAR IN CRASH.
Engine Hits 1t at High Speed
Three Fremen Get Bad Falls.

In collision between Madison-ave. car and
Hre engine No. SO One-hundred -and-twenty-
sXth-st last evening the driver of the engine the
assistant foreman and the engineer were thrown to
'he street, the engine practically demolished,
e'eFy window in the broken and traffic
was tied up the Madison-ave. line for forty-fve
minutes
Inc engine going west in One-hundred- and
twenty -siXth-st. to small fire at No. 2G5l Fifth
ave According to Assistant Foreman Patrick
Boyle the engines whistle blowing from the
tine it left the engine house, at Park-ave. and
aud-tWenty -sixth-st.. but the motor
man either did not hear It he thought he had
time 10 get by ahead Of the engine for he made
10 eIIort to stop his Il is declared until
1ate ana the two came together with a loud crash.
Inc car was southbound and filed with pas
sengers. most of them being women. The ear
struck The engine squarely in the centre knocking
I'll tHe TWO rear wheels and doing other damage
the track. Thomas Gilmore the driver OF the en-
FIfe was not strapped 10 his seat. and was thrown
IRON m the engine falling fully feet in advance
foreman, and William Cawlcy. the engineer. who
street and We're stunned As soon as Gilmore
PICked himself up his first words were. Are the
scratches
It was probably because the car was so crowded
with passengers that they could not be shaken m
much that none were seriously hurt. Every win
COW IN the car was shattered and 4 number of the
passengers were cut by flying glass. however. A
physician on the who refused to give his name
mad his instrument case with him. and he treateG
those Of tho passengers who needed his services
to hospital - ~
Immediately after the accident Foreman CovIa
returned 10 the engine house and reported il TO
o. ne birdrqgarIers lie then returned to the East
a complaint against James Barnes. of No is East
Nlneueth-st.. the mOtorman.
The engine was 50 badly damaged that it was
rom me track. Parts of the engine hurled
moro than nifty feet. and many parts were lost
altogether * is thought
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
MADE CAPTAIN FLY THE FLAG.
Then Americans in the Yukon Apologized
to British Collector of Customs.
Icy TELEGRAPH TO THE rR1BuxE.I

Montreal. July IA special dispatch from
Dawson yukon Territory, says that flag in
cdent occurred there on Saturday which is
likely to lead TO International complications.
The British steamer Tyrren engaged TO
take Fourth Of July excursion of children up
the river. The committee and other Americans
present the dispatch alleges, forced Captain
Ritchie, Of the Tyrrell. to raise the United
States flag on the middle flagstaff before sail
Ing.
protest was made to Collector OF Customs
Busby, who. on the return OF the vessel sum-
moned the captain TO his office and demanded
explanation. The captain admitted the charge
but declared he was forced to fly the Stars and
Stripes by the clamor OF the Americans present.
Collector Busby declined TO accept the apollo
gies Of the members of the committee and Will
transmit report TO the Ottawa government.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
STEAMER DRTYEN ASHORE
Terrific Storm on Chautauqua Lake
BUILDINGS Demolished.

jamestown, y. Y. July 4.-Bemus Point on
Chautauqua Lake, visited this afternoon by
a terrific storm. The steamer City of Buffalo
with three hundred passengers on board, was
driven hard ashore near Bemus Point dock
Part of the hurricane deck was carried away by
the wind. In the panic which ensued a number
of persons were slightly hurt. The passengers
on the stranded steamer We're taken on board
another boat and landed
The buildings OF the State Fish Hatchery at
Bemus Point We're demolished. Crops and fruit
trees were damaged TO the extent of several
thousand dollars on the beach large elm trees
We're uprooted and several carriages standing in
the shelter of them We're demolished. A pecul-
lar feature Of the storm that it came when
the sun shinging brightly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
ACCIDENTS OF THE Day.
Deaths and Injuries Reported from
Many Places.

Colfax, H.. July 4.-By the premature explosion
OF cannon at Colfax to-day Leo Chapman Roy
Harris, Frederick Grending and Ralph Hester wore
perhaps fatally injured While they were using a
broOmstiCk for A Tamrod and were pounding II in
with A baseball bat. the powder exploded blowing
victims.
Lawrence, Mass, July A canoe containing
Eveline Bliss. fourteen years old, and Nellie Kane.
fifteen years OLD caught IN the swift current
above the falls in the Merrimac River here to-day
carried the falls and capsized Both girls
we're drowned and Seymour J. Leighton. a Are
man, later lost hts life in attempting recover
the bodies OF the girls The parents Of both girls
and Le!shtons wife have homes IN this city.
Pittsburg, July 4.-HuGh McGreevy a twelve-year-
old boy. OF Port Perry. Penn. is dead from burns
inflicted by exploding pinwhee
Malone. y. Y, July 4.-Octav Guroux Of Chateau
gay. who came Malone to-day attend a
celebration. instantly killed by falling between
freight His head and almost
severed from his body. Guroux about nifty
years old and unmarried.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
H0MESEEKERS IN LINE.
New-Ycrk Man First to Register for Rosebud
Reservation Land.
IBY TELEGRAPH 80 The TRIBUNE


Eo1esteeL s d. July 4-The registration blanks
We're this afternoon placed In the hands OF the
notaries. and Immediately afterward hOrneseekerS
began preparing their afidavits by which they
hope to secure a homestead in the famous Rosebud
Indian Reservation Within half an hour after tbs
office opened five Thousand blanks had been
issued.
Joseph s. Barnes. o. No 6S West Sixty-eighth-st..
NewYOTk City, has secured the first place in lins
and Will be the first to register for the drawing.
He will stand IN line from o'clock this afternoons
until Tuesday morning. when Commissioners
Richards. OF the General Land Office, will begin
the registration. The first person TO whom blanks
issued Miss Mae Newcomb a pretty
blonde. who has opened a locating Office. and. az,
she is the only ''Iocater'' the grounds 10
doing a heavy business
The Indians who to the number of one thousand.
were expected furnish the Fourth OF July cee-
bration to-day. night decided 10 go dfstane
part of the reservation and hold a jubflation OF
their own. No amount Of persuasion affected them,
and this morning all had broken camp and gone
out on the reservation. The banks of BOnesteeI
have employed number OF well known scouts to
guard their strong boxes during the influx OF the
landSeekerS, dozens of the most notorious crooks
Of the country in and around BOnesteel. These
guards, carrying WinCheSterS. within sight OF
the buildings all day and all night, and pre-,
pared TOR trouble should any hOd-up be attempted.
The real lineup in great numbers cannot be I'M
papers cannot be legally attested until that time
Barnes, the New-YOrk who is first in line has
employed notary to 10 him at midnight and
attest his papers while he Is in line.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
BIG DAY AT THE FAIR.
Speeches, Parade, Athletic Contests, Music
and Strike.

ST Louis July 4-In spite Of threatening thun-
derehowers, there record breaking crowd on
The Exposition grounds to-day. The principal cere-
monies were held at the Louisiana Purchase monu-
nent where addresses delivered by Lafayette
Young Editor OF The Des Moines Capital" and
William Jennings Bryan.
At Festival Hall Governor G. c. Pardee. OF Call
,ornia and j. Hamilton Lewis. OF Washington.
spoke There were also patriotic exercises at the
PENNSYLVANIA Building, where the Declaration of
Independence was read over the Liberty Bell.
There was parade. which was reviewed by
President Francis Cardinal Satoll, General John
g Ratas and the different State Governors who
were on the grounds. Athletic contests at the
Stadium numerous band concerts ana balloon
race conpleted the days entertainment.
About one hundred and fifty roller chair boys
went on a strike to-day. They had asked their
employer 10 guarantee them at least 81 day. but
did not get a satisfactory reply The boys are
maid IL cents an hour for the hours they work ana
there are about three hundred on the grounds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
NINETEEN DEAD IN WABASH WRECK.
Misplaced Switch Said to Have Been Tam
pered With.

st. Louis. July 4-No information received to-
day at the office of joseph Ramsey. jr. president
OF the Wabash road. makes any change In the num-
Der of dead and injured in the wreck at Litchheld
H. as given last night. The injured number
between thirty-fve and fifty. Two OF the injured
died during the night. 1t will be time before
a complete list OF victims be obtained.
The dead nineteen. follows: Mrs. F1oreuc,
Smith. Mrs. Perkins Charles Galaise and Harry E.
Dietrich all of Chicago; Miss c. + Luther. of Mil
waukee. Isaac r. Mills. of Decatur: Ubald St.
Pierre of Montreal. Canada: Jacob Barber of Park
River n D.: l. A. Eichstadt. OF Chicago; James
Sanford engineer of Decatur; the Rev. y. NJ.
Mills of Bridgeton. N Y: Charles Ward, of Chi
cago; II l. Graves train dispatcher OF Decatur;
w F Smith. fireman. of Decatur: Richie Noack.
boy about eight years. oe Chicago and four I'M
identified men,
Among the injured are william Archibald and
have broken legs Mrs Anna Kenyon of Kings
ton, N Y, is suffering from a badly bruised leg
and her face is cut. Miss Eliza Townsend of
Bridgeport. Conn, sustained slight injuries.
Charles Corneau. station agent at Lltchield. said
that che wreck yesterday was the result OF mali
cio1s mischief. He said the north track, as that
siding is called. had not been used Yesterday. and
il is plain that the switch was tempered with. Not
fifteen minutes before the accident the third
over 1t safely but when No. IL came along the
switch turned and the lock was lying ON the
Mayor " j. King of LitchfcId has issued a
proclamation calling off the Fourth of July cele-
Howard Groves. the dispatcher riding in the
cab with the enginemen. and has not been found
and Smith. the fireman. who are buried under their
engine.
County has impanelled jury of twelve men for
The Rev. n. NJ Mills died after being removed to
the hospital. being unable to withstand the neces-
Sary operation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
DoWIE TO INVADE LONDON.
About Six Thousand Announce Desire tor
Go with Him.

Chicago July 4-London is to receive a vIsitations
from John Alexander Dowie and his restoration
host" who will Dc taken there in feet Of gospel
ships
At his tabernacle in Zion City. m the course OF
his first sermon after his return from his gloco
girdling trip, Dowie announced his plan he called
upon all who wished to with him TO Use 70 their
feet and about six thousand persons. or nearly
every one in the hall. stood No time set for
the invasion. and Dowie's followers do not expecs
it will OF attempted until after next year.
The announcement % Dowie followed attack
on the government and the Church OF England He
attributed his recent failure to obtain halls for
preaching or accommodations for himself and fell
low travellers at several London hotels, 70 the in
iGcnCe Of high officials This influence was oFoOShc
20 hear. 10 intima ted. result of his diatrtoes
against King Edward delivered in the Auditorium
N'hiclEn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
AGED MAN HANGS HIMSELF.
Thought Himself Nuisance-Said to Have
Been Hi5 Seventh or Eighth Attempt.

Because he thought himself a nuisance, his
friends say John Kurtz. eighty years old. com
mitted suicide yesterday ut his home on the top
floor of No Co.'S Ninth-ave. by hanging. Kurtz had
lived in the neighborhooct for forty years and was
known as the singing shoemaker" He had q
shop in Forty-secOnd-st. aear Ninth-ave until
few years ago, aud attracted much attention by
his singing The police say he had attempted his
life six or times before.
The man was alone yesterday his son and his
daughter-in-law with whom he lived having gone
TO Spring Valley. N. Y. for the day The old man
had dinner with another son. William. and his
wife who live the floor below He then
greatly respondent. After dinner he said he was
going 10 take a nap. He got q clOtheSline and.
standing a chair under the transom between the
parlOr and his bedroom, he fastened the rope 10
hook and then about his own neck. Then ne
kicked the chair away.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05

Yards for CeIcbrators and
Their Victims.

Doctors and nurses were kept busy at the various
hospitals throughout Manhattan and The Bronx
yesterday treating Fourth of July celebrators and
their victims. The calls began early. and as the
day wore on increased. Men women boys and girls
or varying ages. suffering from wounds of various
nature by the score. asked for treatment
At several of the hospitals special preparatIons
had been made for these patients room being
set apart Tor them. and and nurses detailed
for service in the room Ninety-Ave persons were
treated ~ the Harlem Hospital None of the in
juries were regarded serious. The ambulance
was IN requisit!on almost constantly throughout
the day. At the J. Hood Wright Hospital g. cases
were treated; at Mount Sinai. 30. St Luhe's Is; ST
Alncents. p, NewYO-k. 8: Bellevue 81: I.eha non.
The Bronx. IS; Lincoln. z; Presbyterian {: German
:: Flower. 70. and Roosevelt %.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-05
CHICAGO's LOW DEATH RATE.
Favorable Weather Causes Lessened Morta-
ity Among Children.

tho last two months has given Chicago the lowest
June mortality record not only in its history.
but among the great cities OF the world, according
to the weekly bulletin Of the Health Department
May averaged 81 degrees, about one degree
warmer than tho record of thirty-threa years
saws the bulletin. June averaged 90 degrees. two
degrees cooler than the record The warmer May
and tho cooler June We're especially favorable to
the health OF the young
There were LIS deaths at all ages reported dur
ing the month-an annual rate OF HOP per L000 OF
population and "A per cent less than the average
June rate of the previous decade, which was lisp.
OF this total there 40 under five years OF age
or less than one-fOurth t246 per cent?. Ten years
ago. in 1894 there 2,033 deaths Ali ages in
June OF which number $50 under i've years
OF age-a proportion of nearly double G71 per
cent? mat Of June. 1904.