Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-04
new YORK SPENDS
ABOUT FOUR MILLIONS
Annual Roll of Dead Is Expected
to be Biggest Ever in the Big.
geSt City TOddy--NdtiOndl
Capital Celebrates with
Enthusiasm

New York, July Anew York will
spend about $4,OOO,000 today in cele-
brating the anniversary of the Declar-
alton of Independence, If Jupe Plu-
vius and the local weather snarpS
provide anything resembling fair
day. incidentally several persons,
mainly small boys, will lay down their
lives upon the altar of patriotism.
The number of injured will mount
into the hundreds-the list last year
numbered nearly 400. A dozen or
two youngsters will pick it up be-
cause it didn't go off right away, and
will lose a few fingers or an eye or
| two as a result. Tne perennial fool
who didn't know it was loaded will
get in his usual deadly work.
Premature explosions of fireworks
will take place in many and divers
, places and the firemen of the me-
tropolis will be kept busy. The am
bulance surgeons, too, will have an
active time of it in administering first
aid to the injured. Altogether, it may
be said that New York is headed to-
ward another glorious and bloody
Fourth, and nothing but the details
are lacking for a full description.
their habitat in Park place, admit to
! doing a bigger business than ever be-
fore. 1t is estimated that 100000
is a modest estimate of the cost of the
explosives and fireworks that will go
up in smoke, and that the grand total
for the nation will be in the neighbor-
hood of S25.OOO.OOO. Many new and
novel ways to burn up money have
:
If all the folks within the greater
city would stay at home and set off
their firecrackers and fireworks, the
biggest town in the country could
easily give a $5,000,O00 flip to the
day we celebrate. But from early to-
day every train and boat departing
from New York will bear its share of
a goodly slice of the citys population
bound for the country, the seaside or
, the mountains, where the air may be
cooler. but the noise will be as great,
propOrtionately.
New York will have a go-as-you-
! plase celebration. No official cog
| nizance, in the way of exercises, will
be taken by the city authorities. Coney
island and the other scashore resorts
are ready to handle the biggest
. | GrONuS OF lnt season. IT " OOeSn ram
Despite the detection of many OF
the big chiefs, who left for Denver,
| Tammany Hall will have its usual
| Fourth of July scream and the tail
of the tiger will be pulled until he
roars as never before. There will be
numerous sporting events on land and
water.
Last years record in New York wa:
four killed, about 400 injured and 116
fires. With fair weather, todays roll
of the dead and injured is expected
to be even greater and more glorious
Fourth i'm the Capital.
Washington, July 4.-Dedication of
the new municipal building, which
will be marked by especially signifi-
cant ceremonies, will be the feature OF
the Independence day celebration In
the national cap tai. There is every
indication that the observance of the
day will be the most enthusiastic IN
years.
The forty-Sixth star, Signalling the
admission of Oklahoma as d state
will be officially added to the flag.
The field, or union OF the national
flag in use in the army will consist
of forty-siX stars, i'm six rows. the
first, third, fourth and sixth rows 10
have eight stars, and the second and
firth rows seven stars each, in a blue
field.
To Raise Oklahoma Flag.
Philadelphia, July A forty six
star flag will be hoistcd above lnde-
pendence hall for the first time when
a party of prominent Oklahoma off,
cials and citizens will join in a great
! celebration. At 10 o'clock the new
banner will be raised over the his
toric building and the news will be
flashed to every city and town In the
new state. The Okbahomans in this
city will sing THE star Spangied
Banner" and at virtually the same
moment the Oklahomans in their own
state will join in the chorus OF the
national anthem.
Chicago VIII Celebrate.
Chicago July 4.-Despite the fact
that thousands Of Chicago citizens are
abandoning the city today for a brief
vacation along the lake or in the
country there will be a sufficient
number left to render the celebration
one of the most glorious ever held
here.
Democrats in Denver
Denver, Colo, July 4.-The ad-
vance guard OF the Democratic hosts