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EXPLOSION OF
Three Victims of Fourth of July
Pyrotechnics in Philadelphia
Entire building Wrecked-Many Injured
Usual, is tho Cause of the Disaster.

Philadelphia, Pa.--Assailpd by a ter
rife bombardment OF exploding fire.
works, which o%verlcaped the second
story Of No. S2G Arch street and swept
the third floor with terrific force, two
men and a woman met their death and
many were injured.
The explosion which started the bonn
bardment took place or the first floor
of the building. occupied by the D!a-
mond Fireworks Company. Firemen
in their work Of rescue became targets
for blast Of powder, rockets impeiied
with the swiftness Of tire-tipped ar
rows ard small pieces. which rained an
u%nceasinS tempest of fiery brands upon
them. In the brunt of these assaults
the men fought their way to the third
floor in the efforts to rescue the i'm
periled occupants.
The dead are: Oscar Barman, twen-
ty-seven: Jacob J%ancovitz, thirty-one,
and Lena Samson. twcnty-one.
Three persons were seriously injured
and about twenty others more Oh less
hurt.
Ghe building in which the fireworks
$40. 600 worth of them. the owners
say-were stored was a three-story
brick structure.
Thompson Conway. one Of the pro-
prietors of the store, WAS waiting on
4 woma customer whose name he does
not know. A girl clerk was wrapping
up S. worth of miscellaneous fireworks
n few feet away from where Conway
was working.
paper about his package when Il
'snake in the grass" began to sputter.
He dashed it toward the door, where
Louis Strauss. another member of the
firm. stamped it out. But 4 spark had
communicated with a Roman candle in
the package. which shot blue stars in
every direction. This started a fire of
small pieces, which was shortly fol-
lowed by the booming Of fireworks Of
heavier calibre.
The occupants Of the store fed for
their lives. slapping out the flames of
their burning clothes as they ran. An
explosion of powder blew out the front
of the first floor a few seconds after
they had escaped. and the building be-
came the centre Of a d%eafening hom-
bardment. The entire square from
Eighth to Ninth street was the scene Of
a brilliant display. Windows.of stores
across the street were shattered by
hundreds Of flying ~skyrockets. The ten
ants fed in panic, and the whole neigh
borhood was in sn uproar. The second
floor Of the building was unoccupied,
but when the 6remen arrived shouts
went up from the crowd that there
were several persons in J%ancovitz's hat
factory on the third floor.
Into the tempest of hurtling missiles
the fremen plunged. protecting their
eyes as best they could. and unheeding
the tormenting brands which wounded
them. Four firemen. led by Foreman
Edward Diver. climbed the tortuoCs
path to the third floor. where they first
found Miss Samson. Diver started with
her down the ladder. the brilliant
flames which enshrOuded him making
the spectacle q thrilling n She was
hurried to Hanneman Hospital. but OK
pired shortly. Berman and Jancovitz
were dead when the 6remen got to
them.
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works of aboriginal Americans" The
one here pictured is twenty-five feet
high. twenty-seven feet in circumfer.
ence on the top, and twenty-five at the
base. The majority are round; others
are square in shape. In these the bod.
les were inferred with great pomp and
ceremony, together with rich offerings
of gold. silver and choice pottery. The
interiors Of the Chulpas vary in size
and construction; some have a single
vaulted chamber. others two, arched
over by stone. A few have inches. The
entrance is gained through a small
opening at the bottom, hardly large
enough to admit the body Of a man
This was closed by a stone slab.-Sci:
entifc American.
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ployed. The original feature of the
device is ip the addition of a supple
mentary adjustable handle. The
weights are Of the usual spherical
form, and are joined by the usual
shaped handle. Projecting radially
from the ends of this handle are two
parallel rms. Between those arms is
disposed a second handle, pivoted in
such a II as to extend the reach
or grasp Of the fingers and thumb. The
practical effect of this construction is
to give a frmer and more vigorous
grasp, resulting in a better develop
ment Of the muscles of the hand and
forearm. A minor detail in the design
is the provision for the adjustment Of
this auxiliary handle so as to make
the span of the grasp longer or short.
er as desired.
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OUR ADOPTED A

Thousands of Japanese are emigrat-
ing from Hawaii to California. and the
regular steamers have not sufficient &C.
commodations to carry all who wish
to go.
The transport Fitzpatrick. having on
board 100 Porto Rican teachers. sailed
for Boston. and the Sumner, with 200
teachers, sailed for New York. The
teachers will spend TWO months in edu-
cational institutions in the United
States.
A school for English has been insti-
tuted for the Philippine sec cuts. Chap
lain John C. Granville is in charge.
The school is providing much interest
to visitors.
Filipinos and ether Americans in the
eastern islands expressed pleasure at
the reception their Republican dele
gates received here.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
MINOR EYENTSOF THE WEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

President Roosevelt appointed a
board. headed by Rear-Admiral Bob"
Evans. to consider the wireless tele-
graphy service of the Government.
Senior de Obaldia. the new Minister
from Panama. was received by Presi-
dent Roosevelt at the White House.
Orders were given from Washington
that the Igorrote and Negrito tribes
men at the Worlds Fair must wear
clothing.
The President Of the Cabinet meet
ing issued IN order extending the Ding.
ley customs tariti to this isthmian canal
zone, to be made effective immedi-
ately.
August L. Shaffer. q former cmploye
Of the Government printing Office. who
Killed his divorced wife last August.
was found guilty Of murder III IT,"
first degree.
President Roosevelt received Cardi-
nal Satolli in the Blue Room Of the
White House. The Cardinal was pre-
sented by The Rev. d.. D. !. Stafford.
rector of st. Patrick's Church, New
York City.
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ton, for it remains to-day a veritable
enchanting riddle to the archeologist.
The best preserved architectural ru-
ms, and those showing to striking ad-
vantage the extraordinary skill Of the
Incas in handling, polishing, and set
ting massive stone blocks, are the Chul-
pas or burial towers. A celebrated and
typical group is found at Sillistani,
neal Puma, built on a promontory 200
feet high. These peculiar and sump-
tuous sepulchres are termed by the
late E. G. Squier, an authority on Pc
ruvian culture, "the most elaborate
ard INTELLECTUALLY the most wonderful
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massive and peculiarly orna-
hented walls and groups of single
tory, gable-roofed houses and court
ards. Mr.. Bandelier estimates that
bme 10000 persons occupied the place.
The architectural plan Of Chan-Chan
bmprised a series of about twenty
pen squares of courtyards intersect-
bg n another. On certain sides fac
be- these were erected a number Of
hlaces or religious edihces. Each
huare was surrounded by an exter-
pr wall of adobe blocks twenty-five
BET in height. The larger buildings
bntained innumerable chambers and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
Drinking Among "ths 400"

In New York not long since a social
leader, together with the President of the
New York State w. G. T. u, made a
thorough personal investigation Of that
city to ascertain whether the use Of liquor
in public places was general among the
fashionable set. To this end they visited
the places where fashionable people lunch
and dine, at the hours when the greatest
numbers were present. At q tavorlte
lunching place they noted that at nifty per
some kind of liquor. There were only
three or four men in the room, but women
lunching alone ordered wine, champagne
and claret as freely and naturally as any
lady would order tea or coffee.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
The Care of Dninty China.

In Holland the good OLD custom still
obtains among ladies Of washing the
china and silver after breakfast and
tea with their own fair hands. This
they do in the presence Of the family
and any guest who may be there, and
the fashion has lately been revived
in some American households, partly
because it gives a touch Of homely
simplicity and partly because a lady's
gentle handling is needed if the deli
cate china and glass are to be pre-
served for any length Of time.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
GOES TO CHAIR SMILING.

Burmese, Who Confessed to Having
Murdered Four Men, is Electrocuted. :
Ossining, n. with a smile on his
face Frank Henry Burness. who killed
Captain George B. Townsend OIL the
schooner Charles Buckley off Bay
Ridge last November, and who con.
fessed to having killed three other men,
went to his death in the electric chair
in Sing Sing prison. While the straps
and electrodes were being adjusted
he looked smilingly at the officers and
witnesses in the death chamber. and
even assisted the men who strapped
him to the chair. Four electric shocks
were given before he was pronounced
dead.
He was forty-four years old and was
born in Butler, Pa.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
Great B~ritutn's Powerful Brewers.

lIr. T. w. Russell, N. P, speaking at
the United Kingdom Alliance Jubilee
meetings in Manchester, asserted that If
the drink bill could be reduced one.half
"the nearly dead bones of 100000 of
people would vigorously live" He stated
further that in Parliament affairs are dom
mated by the great brewers, My blood
boils when | see them in the House of
Commons treating that assembly as if it
we're a counting house of their breweries."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
SAILORS SCALDED TO DEATH.
Penncd in Boiler Room Of French
Cruiser-Comrades Could Not Aid.

San Francisco. Cal.-Stcampr Mari,
poSa from Tahiti brings news OF the
scalding to death of fifteen NEIL who
were penned in the boiler room Of the
French cruiser DURANGO. While the
warship was on her way from Papeete
to NOumea recently.
The captain fully realized their fate
but was helpless to save them. One
Of the boilers of the cruiser had OK
ploded and had filled the boiler room
with ~superheated steam.
The shrieks of the men dying in
agony came up to them with clouds OF
killing steam. but not Il man could e
below until many minutes had passed
and then all Of the fifteen who were
in the boiler room at the time of the
explosion were dead. every nan ssald
ed almost beyond recognition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
Sanctuary Ia Korea.

In Korea the rooms Of a wife or
mother are the sanctuary of any man
who breaks the law. Unless for
treason or for M other crime, he can
not be forced to leave those rooms, and
so long as he remains under the protec-
ton of his wife's apartments he is Sc
cure from the officers of the law.
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Liquefaction of Gelatin.

Che liquefaction Of gelatin in old
canned meats has been found by DR..
Gri1oni to be due to bacteria. AS ami
mails were poisoned both by injection
and feeding, he concludes that canned
meats that splash on being shaken
are dangerous unless boiled before use.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
Tho Antt.Saloon League,

The Wine and Spirit News. one of the
prominent organs Of the liquor traffic, re-
Gently published tie following significant
paragraph concerning the achievements CT
The Anti-Saloon League and its probable
future: The Anti-Saloon League has &C.
,omplished more than any oths organize
lion formed in a similar time. It will cap
ture the State; then God have mercy. on
live at all"
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why Mon Go to Saloons.

evils of the saloon are made possible
by the wrong conditions existing in the
homes of working people. Men go to the
saloon to escape the misery, noise, eonfu-
sion and r~gliness OF the small homes
where incapable women hold sway as
wives and mothers" So said Mrs. w. S.
Stewart, President of the International
Board Of Young Women's Christian AS
sociations, at the twelfth annual meet.
ing of the New York and New Jersey
State Board.
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Suicides Favorite Beverage.

Health Commissioner Darlington, OF
New York, said he would take ,teps
to have the law regarding the sale OF
carholic acid by druggists enforced
more stringantly.
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Ians Accused of BarbariSm.

Regarding the battle OF Wafangkou,
several Russian correspondents. includ-
ing tho novelist DantchenkO. state that
the Japanese for the first time showed
themselves barbarians, horribly multi
ating wounded Russians.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
HOUSEHOLDS
-Matter
Lamp ChiMneYs.

To prevent lamp chimneyS from
cracking, wrap each chimney loosely
but entirely in a cloth; place them to.
gether in a kettle, and with cold
water. Bring the water to a boil, con.
tinue the heat ten to fifteen minutes
and then cool off. BY this tempering
they are toughened against all ordinary
lamp heat.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
COrruptiOn In Swiss Arny.

Bribery and corruption have been
unearthed in the Swiss army and Of
ticers Of high rank have had to re-
sign.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
Oi1lng the WrinSer.

Do not fail to oil the wringer every
time you wash. If oiled often, there
is less wear on the machinery, and
less strength is expended by the oper-
ator. To clean the rollers, rub them
first with a cloth saturated with kero-
sene oil, and follow with soap and
water. Always loosen the rollers be-
fore putting the wrirger away.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1904-07-20
Canadians Warned Against q. S.

Canadians were startled by a mill
tary officers warning that they are not
prepared to resist an attack lie fancies
impendiug from the United States.
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Drowned in Wate- Main.

Thirty-three persons We're drowned
by an accident in a big water maip
@ q Kingston, Jamaica.
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General Porter Honored.

France has conferred the Grand
Cross of the Legion of Honor upon
General Horace Porter, United States
Ambassador in Paris.
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Wheat Scare Srbsiding.

Alarm over the wheat crop is grad
ually suDsiding and favorable reports
indicate that prices are likely to de-
cline.
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Root Spe.kS to Yale Men,

Elihu Roo: told Yale graduates OF the
danger Of high officials usurping
powers that GO not belong to them.
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Month of Marriages.

In all countries more marriages
take place in June than in any other
month.
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DUMBBELL OR INDIAN CLUB.
An Excellent Feature In an Exercising
Apparatus.

An entirely new design Of dumbbell
has recently been patented which per.
mits of its use in much the same move
mentS in which Indian clubs are EN-.
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TIT
Ruins
Of the
Ancient
Inca Empire
By Walter l.. Beasiey
TIT

Aoi~ T is said that the Inca tribe
y did not commence to be
B O conquerors until they Lad
first shown themselves to
~AN ho statesman and wise and
The Washington times., 1904-05-04
No Backbone to Team.

There's no backbone TO the Washington
team. Most Of the vertebrae are there,
but the spinal cord. which was TO have
materialized in the person of Patsy
Donovan, is missing.
AS a result the team ratified around at
American League Park yesterday like
the ,iisintegrated skeleton it is The
Highlanders defeated the defunct by the
score Of s TO ?, which doesn't accurately
represent the difference between the
quick and the dead. He jacet Washing
ton. Peace TO its ashes.
1t may be that later on in the season
the Senator's VIII rise like the phoenix OF
fable from its own ashes. Such igno-
mlny as was undergone yesterday cannot
long be endured.
There was one real live man on the
team that faced the Highlan6ers yester-
Gay, however. He went South with
Griffith, but was sacrificed 10 make ar
ers of the Highlanders would like to see
him back In the fold. A word 10 John
Andersen in this matter should be suffi-
cient- Thoney played most of the game
for Washington yesterday. He was con-
spicuous at the bat. and in the field he
covered enough ground for two men. His
throwing arm was in fine shape, one OF
his throws from deep center field to the
plate. without the bound-Deing the pref
test effort OF its kind made on the
heights this season It would have nail
ed the intended victim, too. had not
Umpire Carpenter failed 10 note the fact
that the runner dug away from third a
fraction Of a second before the CATCH
New York Herald
The Washington times., 1904-05-04
insists Were Amusing.

WashingtOn's insists gave an anus
ing. and for them disastrous. exhibition
of baseball yesterday at American
League Park. Hard hits by the High
landers were followed by Senatorial
nuns and blunders. and in consequence
the visitors are still without victory
10 offset their long string Of defeats.
This time they got it by runs TO 2.
Bets were freely offered after yester-
days performance that they will never
win game unless they improve on their
present form
MUfing fly balls was the principal
amusement offered the spectators by the
visitors. COughlin. ThOney. Cassidy.
and Drill each dropped easy flies.
The spectators laughed loud and long
IN the sixth inning. Keller was caught
OF hrst base and five Senator'S tried to
run him down. Mason stood in the
pitchers box watching the scramble. In
stead OF guarding first base Keller
finally lodged Stahl and returned in
safety TO the initial bag.
Just 70 show that the Senators were
alive. COughlin tried to steal home from
third in the second inning. and came
within an inch, of reaching the rubber.
New York World.
The Washington times., 1904-05-04
TEAMS ARE UNEVEN
IN CHURCH LEAGUE
Games at Mount Pleasant Grounds
Have Been One-S ided-Gunton
Beat Sixth, "a to 9.

The Sunday School League fans are
in hard luck not TO see better games
than have been played on the grounds
this season Three out Of five games at
Mount Pleasant have been poorly played
and poorly fielded on one side, and well
played and well fieIded on the other.
The teams that have met so far seem
ed 10 be most unevenIy matched. The
game OF yesterday between Gunton and
Sixth was of this kind. The score was
Ii TO in favor of Gunton
The Sixth team was out Of the game
from the first, its fielding being bad
and its team work worse The men do
lot play together. Their individual play
ing Is all right, but they cannot act in
harmony. There is no team batting
The hits are made all right, but the
men either are afraid 10 try TO steal
or die on bases.
Six men reached first yesterday by
being hit by the pitcher
The first bad accident of the season
was pulled off yesterday, when Lang
ley, the first baseman for Gunton, in an
endeavor to put man out on a throw
from short. was spiked In the hand and
had the end of one Of his fingers severed
The Washington times., 1904-05-04

as the best athlete in the high schools.
was sent to Princeton TO take part in
the inter-high school championship ath-
letic games. which took place on Sat
urday. and was reward, a with third
place In the running bread jump. cover
ing 20 feet. inches
Other Meets in View.
1t is planned to send men from Central
and Western High School TO the outdoor
games OF the Boys Latin School. I'm
Baltimore. and to those Of the Jacob
Tomb Institute, at Port Deposit Nd
Both Cook and Connors will probably
carry Centrals colors IN these meets
The former will, in all likelihood be a
contestant in the 100-yard dash and shot
put. and CoEnors Will go in for the
distance events and the broad jump.
Western coatemplates sending Fetch
er and Bryan TO compete in the 100
and 220-yard dashes, while Allen is to
compete In the 75-yard dash, junior
Technical Forging Ahead.
1t is unlikely that either Eastern.
Business, or Technical will send men
to any out-of-town meets this spring.
The two former have fallen back in
athletics recently. and they are little TO
be feared In the meet at Georgetown,
put Technical has rapidly come to the
front since Its separation from Central
and majority OF the high school stu
dents look to the Manual Training
School boys to give Central a hard tus-
sic Tor the championship cup this year.
The Washington times., 1904-05-04
SECOND CREW
BEAT VARSITY
Annual Squirt Race Fur
nished Big Surprise.
WON OUT AGAINST HANDICAP
Great Rejoicing Among Second urs
Corresponding Surprise in Varsity
Ranks-Linahan the Hero.
WON OUT AGAINST HANDICAP

Coach Dempsey yesterday afternoon.
in order to test the squirting abilities OF
the Georgetown crews, had the oarsmen
row a one-mile trial sprint race and
tlIe second eight won out by about a
length and half. Hence the rejoicing
within certain precincts of The old and
honored institution across Rock Creek.
1t was yesterday that the second or
junior eight was freed from the brll-
talizing yoke that has long enslaved
1t and was restored to the superior posi-
ton occupied by the varsity before it
left the float.
To each and every member OF the
junior aggregation an almost limitless
need Of praise is due for. bothered at
the start by a slight handicap. they
fought with spirit which was be-
hitting Georgetown athletes and worthy
OF their great university. Li1ahan had
driven his fellow martyrs into POSI-
ton OF prominence from which only a
most decisive defeat can move them.
The whole proceedings were viewed
from place OF vantage by Stanley.
The roll OF honOr-Linahaa. stroke:
Mudd, No. q; Wade, No. S: Ham No 5;
Stanley, No. 4; Ridgway, No. 3; Stuart
No ?, and Kirby, bow, with Doyle cox
swain
Erstwhile varsity-Atkinson, stroke;
Brenner. No Z; Shepard, No. 6; Canario.
No. 5; Graham. No. I. Seitz No 8: Ken
nedy. No. ?. and Bocock, bow, with Des-
mond coxswain. Chief mourner, CarariO.
The Washington times., 1904-05-04
CALLED A FARCE
BY GOTHAMITES
Newspaper Critics Roast
Senator's Playing.
SPECTATORS HAD TO LAUGH
Could Neither Field Nor Bat-Predic-
tons Made That Washington Will
Lose Twelve More Games.
New York. 8: Washington, 2.

NEW YORK, May 4.-The seventh vic
tory of the New York Americans and the
twelfth defeat Of the Washingtons, inter
dependent happenings at American
League Park yesterday, were accompa-
MED by good playing on the part OF the
New Yorks and playing by the Washing
tons so bad 1t bordered on the bizarre.
On Monday the Washingtons could not
bat; yesterday they could not field They
made errors manual and mental, or
commission and omission; twice they
made errors in couplets, and their play
ing. while distressing to lovers OF scien-
tifc bail, was sufficiently ludicrous to
arouse the risibilities. The sensational
comedy troupe had to laugh themselves
at some of their blunders.-New York
Sun.