The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-05
Few Accidents Were Report
ed-Citizens Spend Day
in Various Ways.
PARKS ATTRACT MANY
County Streams Lined With.
Picnickers-Police Have
Very Quiet Day.

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yesterday. Fewer accidents than ever
before were reported. Much of the dis
play of fireworks was held the night
before. Although several thousand
persons were on Main street on the
eve of the Fourth. the Gay itself was
marked by a lack of traffic on the
main thoroughfares OF the city. There
were no fatalities in or around Rich
mond. and the only accidents reported
were minor ones.
Yesterday was an ideal day. being
slightly cooler that the preceding days
of the week. For the srst time for
several years there was no rain dur
ing the day, a small shower falling
after midnight.
Chief Compliments PopuIace.
The citizens of Richmond have be-
come law abiding, according to Chief
of Police Gormon. who says that the
police experienced no more trouble
in handling the crowds than on a
busy Saturday night. On the eve OF
the Fouth six revolvers were taken by
the police who had orders to con-
| fiscate every one seen. No arrests
were made yesterday. and for the first.
time in years. no police court was
held this morning. following the
Fourth
Traffic was light during the day. and
| although the railroads and traction
/ company had prepared accommoda-
| tions for immense crowGs, very few
persons left the city or came in from
other cities. Inbound and outbound
traffic was about equal
Swimming Holes Visited.
Owing TO the heat of the past few
days. many persons preferred remain
1 ing at home in some cool spot, rather
than celebrating in the open. A large
number, however attended the various
attractions in and around the city
| Tired business man with a day on
sought the river banks and every
deep hole, was surrounded by follow
ers OF Walton. Large parties left early
Friday morning in buggies and car
riages seeking the cooling breezes un-
der the trees along the rivers. At Haw-
kins' bathing pool more than seven
hundred persons spent part of the
day
One Thousand At jackson Park.
Jackson park. where there was dan
cling during the entire day, drew more
than one thousand persons from this
city, while two thousand persons at
tended the motorcycle races at the
Driving park, east of the city.
Glen Gets Crowds.
: Parties of picnickers swarmed
through Glen Miller Park There
were almost ten thousand persons In
the park. For the first time the mer-
ry-go-round, operated by Charles ret-
ger, was running and this furnished
several minutes amusement for 1900
persons. About three thousand took
their suppers to the park
Probably the most excitement dur
ing the day was at the home of Robert
G. Shriber. 2O1 South Eleventh street.
A big party of young people was seat
ed on the porch around three boxes
of fireworks. A ball of FIRE from q
misdirected Roman candle struck the
fireworks. igniting them and causing.
small panic among those present
Excitement Created.
While "whistling willies," skyrock-.
cts, Roman candles and a variety or
other display fireworks were simul-l
taneously exploding and shooting IN
every direction, a mad scramble to
get away from the place was made.
The fireworks shot in every direction,
some going into the windows and 9TH
ers into neighboring yards
While neighbors called the hose
companies. fire brigade was hastily
organized and the fire was extinguish-
ed with a garden hose. The loss to
furniture and damage to the house
was $50. The dresses of several OF
the girls caught fire. bur were put out
before any burns resulted Two or
the girls became hyster1caI. one OF
them becoming lost. A search party
was organized and she was found
several squares from the place.
Kitten Was sinsed.
A peculiar feature of the affair was
/ the singeing of kitten. The kitten
was on the porch when the fireworks
were ignited. IL was struck by sew
eral skyrockets and enveloped In the
/ sparks of Roman candles When the
excitement subsided and the kitten
was found ii was entirely devoid OF
it's fur.
/ Boys Have Battle"
A number of boys residing on South
Seventh street loaded a cannon with
ten ounces OF powder and then pound
ed a solid iron bar into the mouth Of
the cannon. When the charge was
lighted. the iron bar passed through
two small trees. tearing the limbs from
them. II struck fence and tore sew
eral palings from IL. Its flight of more
than one hundred feet was stopped
when IL dug its way into the yard on
South B street. The boys were severe
ly lectured by the chief OF police for
the prank
1 Don Gordon Hurt
/ Don Gordon, aged Is, son Of Bert
Gordon, ga North II street, was in,