Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-05
CLAIMS
TOLL OF ONLY
A SINGLE LIFE

is not considered serious, bait this police
Of the Third Precinct are looking for
the man Who fired the shot.
Following is q list of the minor ac-
BAXTER, HOWARD, 6 years old.
of 81 Newton streetc powder burns
In palm of right hand; herman
Hospital.
JAMESON, FRANK, Q years old.
of II Paramount avenue; burned on
the face; City Hospital.
KIDNEY, JOHN. 81 years old. OF
" Mulberry street: right hand
burned; City Hospital.
LURE, BENJAMIN, 9 years old,
of 4s Boston street: powder burns
on right palm; German Hospital.
Nicely, CHESTER, 10 years old,
of 1913 Bergen street: burned on left
hand: City Hospital.
NORTON, FRANK, IL years old:
skin burns about the right yvs
st. Michael's Hospital.
PASPAUKO, GEORGE, 9 years
old, Of % Hartford street; burned
about tire face; city Hospital.
SCHECKTEIL. MARGARET, .
years old, Of s5 South Sixth street;
fingers burned; City Hospital.
STINDINTIO, MARY, s years old, "a
of 40 Delaney street: tip Of second
finger on right hand blown off and
she was burned about the eyes; st.
James's Hospital.
Ice-cream and cakes featured the
celebrations at the various Fairgrounds
of the city, and the reading Of the Dec
laration Of Independence and singing
of patriotic songs completed the exer-
cises.
Few arrests were made by the police
for violations Of the law ! n connection
with the celebration. Two storeu
keepers-Samuel Russell, Of 1T Broome
street, and Welaw P. Herr, of Seven
tenth and Belmont avenues-sold fire.
works without a license, and others
were arrested for various petty viola
tons of the ordinance.
The Leni Lenape Club, in Court
street. held "open house. for the chill
dren in the afternoon. Each child was
supplied with lemonade and cake and
given a package Of irecrackers. Alder
man Elmer A. Day read the Declare
ton of Independence.
The oficial celebration of the city was
AttQ III Tile llOi AAti6 a. AN AC6SA
Auditorium, under the auspices of the
Fourth of July committee Of the Com
mon Council. After the singing of the
''Star Spangled Banner" by the large
audience the Rev. George G.. Vogel,
pastor of the Centenary M. e. Church.
offered the invocation. Arthur G. Bal
com, principal of the Franklin Street
School, read the Declaration Of Inde-
~pendence and was followed by the ora
tor of the day, David B. Corson, as
sistant superintendent of schools. Ad-
dresses were also made by Mayor Jacob
HaussIing and Alderman James Shape,
chairman of the Common Council COM
mittee. The music was furnished by
the quartet of the First Presbyterian
Church.
All in all, the day was most httingiy
celebrated, without h awful toll OF
youthful victims which the day has
usually exacted as a price for the day
recognized by all true Americans as
the cradle day OF liberty. Even the
weather outdid itself, and the day, 90
often spoiled by inclement weather,
was cool and delightful, thus adding
the Joy Of the heavens to the tribute to
American freedom and its birth.
In the Third Precinct court today
william Masilla, of 152 jackson street
and Clemence Cinnis, Of "a Adams
street, both of whom were arrested
yesterday for firing a revolver on Jack
son street. were arraigned and deposit
ed s25 for their appearance in court
tomorrow when their cases will be dis
posed OF. Counsel for the men demand
ed a jury trial, with a view to TESTING
the ordinance prohibiting the discharge
of firearms. but Judge Hahn denied the
application. c%onsenting. however. to tbs
p-ostponement.
Theodore r. Salmon. so years old,
of Greenwood Lake. N. Y. is minus
one OF the fingers of his right hand az
a result OF his celebration of the Fourth
yesterday.
Salmon was shooting off firecrackers
at the lake yesterday, and one of them
exploded in his hand. He was advised
to come to the City Hospital to have
his wounds dressed n did so. /,
was found by the doctor who attended
him at the hospital that 1t would be
necessary to amoutate one of hif
fingers. After that operation had beer
| performed Salmon went home.