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OaWBQO. N. Y July 6. It has been twenty
nor 'in Oswego ha had men a Fourth of
Jolf celebration as that which began thli morn
lug at 4 o'clock with the ringing of church bells
Md tbe tooting ot steam whistles. The early
morning tralm brought large numbers ot excur
sionist from the surrounding country towns
did villages and after that came hundreds ot
jicurslonlsts from Canadian ports by steam
tests. There were 20,000 visitors hero.
The records at tho weather omoo show that It
yu ibe hottest day in twenty-soven years. The
thermometer at tho Government station marked
ft degrees. That was at the top ot the Custom
House, seventy-five feet above the pavement.
Thermometers on the sidewalk marked as high
is 1)8 degrees. A dozen military and band men
were obliged to leave the parade, and seven
fslnted outright and were carried away In the
aooBuIancos.
Senator Hill got here at 8:30 A. M., and was
ticorted to the Doollttlo House. He was accom
panied by ex-State Honalor George B. Sloan. At
I o'clock ho spoke to 10,000 people In Franklin
Bauare, and, despite tho great heat, held the
Closest attention ot his audience to the finish,
lie said In part:
tut. mix's union.
Mr. Hill paid a trlbuto to the fathers of the
1 country whoso wisdom founded a republic In
stead of a uienarchy, limited or otherwise, and
argued that the right ot Belt-government
was a natural or lnhorent right Instead ot
a right derived from government Itself.
Us antagonized the positions reionlly as
sumed on this subject by some profes
sors In American colleges, particularly Prof.
Hoffman of Union, from whom he quoted:
"The rlgbt ot every member of tho State to
have a voice in the selection either of the form
of government or the governors is not an In
herent right. The doctrine that all persons havo
an Inalienable right to participation In govern
ment Is one of those baseless eighteenth century
doctrines that cannot be otherwise justly char
acterized than as pure fiction, although strenu
ously advocated by the leaders of the American
and French revolutions. Tho fact is that uni
versal suffrage ia as great a chimera as tho so
called doctrine of Inalienable rights.'
Commenting on this, Mr. Hill said: "The
propriety of the adoption ot a monarchical or
aristocratic form of government br tho con
trolling powers ot a State to promote what ho calls
the general well-being whalover that may
be regarded to mean whenever it is deemed ad
visable. Is distinctly avowed; and there is a
plain intimation that a republic, with conditions
as varied as ours, will. In tho near future, be
com palled to adopt a different s) stem of government-
I repudiate all such Intimations, pre
dictions, and arguments. They are not ouly un
American in spirit, but unsound in theory. I deny
the moral right of any power to make a king,
aay more than to mako a slave. There are no
circumstances which can Justify either. Instead
of the divine right of kings to ruleover a people,
1 assert the divine right ot the people to rule
themselves through officials of their own free
choice. That right I maintain Irrespective of
the abstract question of whether such a form ot
government docs or docs not better promote
'the general well-being.' That is trucAineri
caoUm, as I understand it.
"The I act is realized and is deeply to be re
grettedthat there is a class of peoplo in our
country, not large, but eminently respectable,
professedly American, whose Instincts, tenden
cies, and sympathies, however, are not with our
plain and simple tree institutions, but with
monarchical forms of government. They do not
late liberty lor liberty s sake alone; they usually I
aCect to conceal their preferences, but they
Irresistibly crop out here and there; they
scartely disguise their antipathy to the
'plain' people sometimes called the 'common'
people, but their admiration is reserved lor the
Wk" KinKS. the Queens, the peers, the earls and
dukes who hail from foreign lands. They are
k cenerally the apologists and defenders of the
tlritlsb Government, which they seem to regard
B as an ideal system; they manifested a greater
wM" Interest in Queen Victoria's recent Jubilee in
B London than they did in Washington s centen-
nial in New York a few years ago; they are con
M stantly endeavoring to shape American politics
H according to tho KnglUh pattern, exalting tbe
z social-political clubs where rank and social
R standing control, and decrying American pri
E raaries and conventions where numbers pre
BW dominate over quality, and where all titi
BE" tens stand upon an equal footlmr. These well
Si! meaning people. Infatuated with everything
BaT that is English if for no other reason, simply
flK because lts English, yoo know' fall toappreV'
BE elate the fact that the customs, precedents, and
methods of a Government with an hereditary
UW monarchy as an appendage, where only a re
aaaC sirlcted suffrage is tolerated, where the people
E sre without voice In its highest legislative body,
BK where a lifo tenure for officials is the prevailing
BR' rule and titles of nobility are granted and dls
BB tlnctlons among citizens exist, are wholly inap-
filirable to a repuhllc where the genius of our
nalliutions requires rotation in office. Irequent
. elections, equal privileges for all, and where the
l- only and proudest title known Is that ot an
M American citizen."
H ODIl DUTT TO CUBA.
H. Mr. nill then spoke of the situation in Cuba,
B saying:
, " For the past three years there has raged in
B the island of Cuba a struggle for Independence
M on the part ot tbe Cuban people an effort to rid
B themselves of Spanish domination and to estab-
m lish a government of their own. We cannot long-
' er remain Indifferent to such a contest. Our sym-
psthles must naturally go out toward a hereto
aH people lighting for their liberties, resisting
BB abuses compared with which the wrongs of our
BE colonies in 1770 seems Insignificant, imitating
- our example in the effort to found a republic
like ours, freely sacrificing their lives and for-
K tunes In the sacred cause, and winning tbe
m admiration of freedom-loving mon throughout
kj the world. Spain's rule In Cuba has ever been
B cruel, oppressive, despotic Spain Itself, its
-V Government, Its methods, and its purposes are
K relics of tbe dark ages, offensive to modern
HI civilization.
K inewarrareonHpain eparcnasinus raroeen
H! cruel, relentless, treacherous, almost barbarlo
m la Its features. Ignoring the rules ot honorable
BE strife, needlessly devastating peaceful homes
K attacking helpless and defenceless women and
i children, and employing murder, assassination,
jmv. rapine, fire, and pillage as the instruments by
aK'' which to spread desolation, destruction, and
K terror throughout tbe Island, and to augment
Bf the horrors of a bloody strife. But yet the fact
Bt-' remains that, after three years of such a conflict
H and against Immense odds, the rebellion still
K exists, apparently unconquered and unconqucr-
K aUe-
BJ "It Is the clear duty of this Government to
Bs' recognize the Cuban patriots as belligerents,
BJf thereby giving them all tbe rights and privileges
B Incident to a state of war between two distinct
Governments. The do-nothing policy, ordinarily
BE. safe as respects intervention in foreign affairs,
tHi becomes a mistaken policy when It sacrifices
K TPrinclples, precedents, sympathies, and self-
ffM respect on the altar ot a cold neutrality. There
' u such a thing1 among nations as well as among
een as standing so straight as to lean over
Lckward. We should not forget tbe fact
K of what Cuba Is contending for: wo should not
forget tho fact that we ourselves declared In
HI 1776 that tbe right ot revolution exists for Just
B eagse; we should not forget tho fact that wo set
M the examplo on this continent which tho people
H of Cuba are only following to-day, and, remem-
Kl wring these things, popular sentiment should
M j demand that an evasive, passive, or cowardly
r course on the part of our Government should no
longer bo tolerated.
H TUB NATION'S ILLS.
aaar "Ihave no panacea to present to you for all
f the Ills which pertain to our body politic. Tbe
BJf country Is already surfeited with the prescrlp-
BJf Uons of a peculiar class ot political physicians
BJf vino always diligently seek to Imposo their nos-
t trams upon you. It Is amusing with what sub-
i "me lontliknco and assurance they press their
J rimt,nc3 upon your attention and unhesitating-
;, If guamnteo completo relief. It is true that
Jncy lim e generally had no practical experience
.? jupubllu ntTHlrs, nor nnyoftlclnl responsibility
JWt V,V'e administration of publlo trusts; and
v nllu seldom successful In tho manage-
K, jne-it of tlielr own prlvato business, yet
J they eiiU'rtnln no doubt of their ca-
Bl R"'), to inannce the Oovernment they be-
jff "ere tbey can euro others oven If not themsolves,
K 'he probUma ot finance which perplexed a
WV Uunllton and a Gallatin, a Walker and a Chase,
V.'iit no difficulties to them: the tariff aues-
K "ou, v, hich lias divided parties In this country
K iJ'oier sixty years and wrecked inorepolltl
aK" f i4n V' " varying phases thau any other ques
W uon, Uj, no complications in their eyes; tho ovll
K a surplus or a deficiency In the publlo Treos.
Hi ".''"'"ttcrsnottotlicm theyenn easily remedy
H tl' ''' '"' " heiiltatlons, doubts, or mlsglv-
oat iX? ,0 ",u Proper course of procedure on any
Je,7 Kovt-rnuiental matter, and aro Intolerant
m ?' 'be opinions of cautious and conservative
4 S." w,' 'lo not assume to know it all; they en
fl 2e?vo.r, l0 monoDolIze every new Idea whtcd
t J,u thoughtful man has advanced, and they
A i,r' ,h " the Ills, the discontent, and tho rest
'id "?," of a busy and fickle people. .
31 m itWQuld advise you to beware of the recipes
Itlcal quacks. They have neither
at heart nor the welfare of the
cy are not really Independent men
ind act for themselves, leadors of
r movements who bare honest and
Ions and are fearless In their ex
it characters I profoundly respect
e, many of them dependent men,
rely depend upon the credulities,
no misfortunes of the people to
ito notoriety; men who agitate for
ake alone; men who are so weak
that they want a paternal Govern-
find care for them; men with per
lo grind and advantages to reap;
illoloudly proclaiming their d sin
.are actuated by even more selfish
ambitions than are incident to our
mnlty.
o are serious evils which o fillet our
cm cannot well be denied. Wrongs
and abuses exist which require tA most skilful
treatment and careful consideration, it Is the
Brovlnoe ot true statesmanship to eradicate
era. Genuine, honest, and praoUcol reform In
the administration of the Government Is ono of
the demands ot the hour. Our efforts should
not be wasted in the formulation of mere
theories, or in endeavoring to accomplish
tho absurd or Impossible. The unscrupulous
or mischievous modern philosophers who
vainly propose to benefit mankind by the
remarkable feat ot abolishing all poverty
may possibly enrich themselves, while their de
luded followers becomo poorer,
an initErnxssinut conflict.
"It Is useless Jo disguise the fact that there Is J
"an Irrepressible conflict' constantly waging In
society betwoen different business Interests.
The farmer's Interest lies in securing farm labor
Ut the lowest wages, while obtaining tho highest
rrlocs for his own productions. The laborer and
ho mechanic, rolylug upon. the work of their
hands and brains for their livelihood, desire to
reccivo tho highest possible wagos for their
soryiccs, and at tbe same time secure tho neces
saries of life all that which the farmer ralsos
at tho most reasonablo figures. All professional
men want to buy what thoy need in tho cheapest
markets.
"Insteadof concocting plauslblonnd deceptive
Innovations, which are Impotent to change ex
isting conditions, and which can only excite do
lus! vo hopes. It Is bettor to toll the people
frankly that undor our system ot government It
Is lmpoislblo to materially restrict, except In
some tow well-defined particulars, tho right of
contract between Individuals, or to directly con
trol or regulate prlocs or wages by legislative
enactment-
"1 know of no way ot stopping tho Irrepres
sible conflict between the interests ot the buyer
and tho seller, the employer and the employee,
the master and the servant, the merchant and
his clerk, the professional man nnd his client.
To a certain oxtent there will nlwavs bo a com
munity ot interest, but upon tho question ot
prices and wages there will always necessarily
arlso differences of opinion which cannot end
ought not to be influenced by any staluto. Tho
contest must go on, as It hits always gouo on,
since tho morning ot creation, controlled only
by natural laws.
A TIMK ron PLAIN WORDS.
"I realize as keenly as any ono the burdens
and sufferings which pertain to the present hard
times, the continued depression which affects
all business, tho difficulty of obtaining remuner
ative employment, nnd the hardships which are
constantly imposed upon the extremely poor
and thoso in moderate circumstances. Itut
whtlo regretting these conditions, which have
unfortunutoly como upon the country about
every quarter of a century slnco our existence
as a nation, and which ore not oonflned to this
country nlono, but exist largely everywhere, I
bog to remind you that they cannot be alleviated
by partisan misrepresentations, by plausible but
false theories of their cause, by attacking those
in official station, by arraying class against
class, by rolling against capital, or by
sowing the seeds of publlo discontent. It is In
such times as theso that demagogues thrive; It
Is In Just such tlmos that they should bo
shunned. Tholr denunciations, their appeals.
and tholr sophistries afford no genuine relief,
but only aggravato the situation. Thoy aro
utterly ponorlcss for good, but potent lor mis
chief. They can load men astray, but they can
not correct a single real or Imaginary grlovance
under which mep suffer. They nre usually pos
sessed of glib tongues, and while profuse with
honeyed words in their professions ot friendship
for tho causo of labor, have never been known to
contribute one Idea toward tbe solution of
lalnr's great problem, or to recommend, aid. or
secure the enactment of a single measure for
the amelioration ot worklngmen or the advance
ment ot their welfare.
" It Is strango indeed, and the times must be
out of Joint, when such men can find listeners
and socuro a following among reputable work
lngmen and Intelligent farmers. It Is a time for
nlaln words. There Is too much demagoglsm
abroad In the lima: there Is too much false doo
trino taught pertaining to governmental func
tions; there is too much encouragement
of the spirit of socialism and all that
it Implies. Including communistic and
chimerical schemes for a 'social Demoo-
Iracy,' so-called; there is too muc i toleration
of disrespect for courts and constituted authori
ties; there Is too much clamor for class legisla
tion; there is too much inculcation of the Idea
that mon can become rich without effort, by the
mere fiat ot the Government, instead ot earning
wealth in the good old-fashioned way; and there
is too much attention paid to cranks, blather
skites, and political adventurers, entitled to no
consideration, but who seem to hare obtained
the public ear, and are seeking to pull down the
pillars ot society.
TUE CAUBIS or HAIU) TUIXS.
"I confess that I know of no adequate remedy
for hard times within the power of tbe Govern
ment to bestow. I do not assume to be wiser
than our fathers, who confessed a like inability
in worse times than these. , .
"It is difficult to diagnose accurately the causes
of a nation's ills. This much, however. Is clear:
tho restoration of business confidence Is tbe
paramount need of the hour. Croaking- In such
times as these will not give us relief ; recrimi
nations will do no good: we must look to the
careful, prudent. Intelligent- men ot all classes
' to solve.the difficulties In tbe light of the experi
ences of the past; professional labor agitators
cannot furnish a day's work to a single unem
ployed laborer, and theoretical political evan
gelists, who pretend so thoroughly to compre
hend the money question, but whose only stock
In trade is their tine spun theories and severe
criticism of successful men, have usually not a
dollar to Invest in any legitimate business.
nOPXS FOR THE FCTURE.
"Instead ot yielding to despondency, 1st us
look to tbe future with hope and courage. Let
us lend a helping hand to tbe unfortunate. Let
us endeavor to create work for tho unemployed.
Let us encourage men of means to embark In
new enterprises. Let us welcome every publlo
Improvement. Let us patronize the public
spirited business man who does something for
tne people in return. Let our nation cease to
meddle with dangerous monetary experiments,
"This country has survived gTeater financial
storms in tbe past; it weathered those ot 1813.
18374837, 1873, and It will not succumb to the
one now pending. It will recover from Its
lethargy; it will gather Its Imperial strength
again. We have survived the shock ot great
foreign wars; a mighty civil war could cripple,
but could not destroy us: two of our Presidents
have been assassinated, but the nation moved
on, its progress undisturbed: we have recently
vindicated the Monroe doctrine in spite of Eng
lish bluster, although tbe teeth of some of our
own people chattered with tear; with firmness
snd courage we have sustained the national
credit against all attacks, open and covert, and
there are no serious dangers which now con
front us which American honor, American
pluck, and American enterprise cannot solve.
BENATOn MASON AT BXXOUAMTOir.
He Bays Bvery Hss Wfb vails la Vet Oaaht
ta Be DlaTraneblaed far Tweafr-eae Tears.
Bhoiiamton, N. Y., July 0. The corner
stoneof the new City Hall was laid to-day with
Masonic ceremonies, led by Grand Master
Sutherland. The oration was delivered by Sen
ator William Mason of Illinois.
Among those present wero Lleutv-Gov. Wood
ruff, Secretary of State John Palmer, Comp
troller Knight, Treasurer Jewett of Buffalo,
Mayor Qleason of Long Island City, all tbe
officers of the Grand Lodge, and the Mayors and
officials of Auburn, Elralra, Wllllamsport,
Bcranton, Albany, Geneva, Owego, Buffalo,
Watertown, Corning, Utica, and other sur
rounding towns.
Senator Mason said that every man should be
mode to vote, and those who did not should be
disfranchised for twenty-ono years for each
offence, after the first. He believed that
all foreigners should have a longer resi
dence here beforo beln allowed to take
part in the Government, and then
there would be no Anarchists and fewer riots.
A great danger, said he, to the country, was
the corruption of the ballot box and men In high
nlaces of poor. A man who would sell his vote
at the ballot box or In Congress was too con
temptible to live among American people, and
the man who bought a vote was as much a
traitor as the one who fires upon the flag.
Mr. Mason closed with an appeal for liberty
for struggling humanity everywhere, and
dwelt largely on the Cuban question.
He said the Spanish were murdering
women and children under the pretense
of war. The Govornmr nt should lose no time In
putting a stop to thoso butcheries and bringing
the pSrTstruggllug people of tho Island under
tho wing of our protection. He would no all ho
could to bring It about and urged al his hearers
to importune their representatives In Congress
to do likewise.
OllEAT SPORT jy TttOT.
Ballwa Aseenslon, Clvlo raratfe, and lit
oral rlrea All In One stay.
Thot, N. Y., July 8. To-day witnessed one of
the greatest observances of Independence Day
in the history of tho city. Thousands of visitors
were here from nearby places and from towns
In Vermont and Massachusetts, The programme
for the day was especially attractive. In the
morning there was a balloon ascension at
Beman Park, while In thy afternoon there was a
gJot clvlo parade In which city officials, frater
nal and citizens' clubs, and business men par
ticipated. There were several fires, but none
serious, and any number of minor accidents.
A Salute te Miss Celaaafeia,
Miss Ida Columbia of 827 Adams street, Ho
boken, was working In her kitchen yesterday
when a bullet whizzed through an open window
and struck the wall a few feet from where she
was standing. Tho bullet came frvtn a revolver
dUcharKed by ono of several boys who wero lo
an open lot.
do to Clsvsland by new afternoon train of Wsw
Tok Can iral. liave Orand C.ntral Station i 0:00
KM. arrive Cleveland 7tlt next inprnlns. Entire
Ifer 'Tork're'xrtacrfcS.-00
MR.BRYAN IN LOS ANGELES.
HJS TAZKS TO SS.OOO rttltSOKB I2f
BOUTIIERX CAZIFOniflA.
Tarns Is, TkF Wera There VThsn He Began,
feat Hair Caald- Net Hear Him aa treat
Away A Plaare Inte Uia Heser QaeetUa
Alter Sease fieaeralltlea en tbe ClarUus Dai,
Los Anoeleb, July 0. Mr. William J. Bryan
stood before the people here to-day and made
tho address which he had been Invited to mako
by the Silver llepublloan Club.
It was Bryan's only appearance In this part ot
the State. A dollar admission to reserved seats
was charged, and yet about 18,000 persons wero
present and fully a third of them were women.
Ilalf of the great lpclosuro at Fiesta Park re
mained filled when tho speakor concluded his
speech. The other half wns quickly emptied
when It was found that his words could not
reach the ears of the crowd, and though peoplo
drifted In and out the place was nt no time filled
, again.
When Mr. Bryan's most telling points wero
made there was no thunder ot cheers as when
Mr. Thomas B. Reed addressed the multltudo at
Athletic Park In October last, but to-day there
was applause from only n little over half of tho
great audience, aud the remainder sat silent.
Despite his general soberness of demoanor,
Mr. Bryan did occasionally unbend and use an
Illustration ot a comical nature. But his bog
story, his cat's tall story, his likening ot the
Government to a composlto photograph, nnd
other remarks In a lighter mood were so old
that only the man's manner of getting them
off could provoke laughter or cheers.
Taken as a whole, Mr. Bryan's address was a
simple, plain, familiar talk. He kept his hand
on his hip, and It was only when soma, flash ot
Indignation nt what he called " injustice to tho
producing masses" dilated his eyes that he
ven approached the level ot tho orator.
That Mr. Bryan felt he had the sympathy ot a
large part of tho orderly and respectable as
semblage became apparent when, despite the
fact that it had been understood that his re
marks would partake lee- of tho character ot a
political speech than ot an address suitable to
to-day, be soon dropped his references to the
greatness ot the nation nnd tho naturo ot good
government and launched Into his favorite
theme, prefacing It with the words:
"Beforo all other questions to-day Is the
mon oy question, and upon 1U solution rests tho
wclfnro of tho American people."
Tho audience evidently appreciated his under
standing of their wishes, for they woke up horn,
and from this point followed him with greater
Interest and applauded him frequently. He had
few Interruptions during the two hours nnd
twenty minutes bo spoke, nnd tho chief ono
was when he asked for tho gold standard defini
tion of an honest dollar. A voice In the crowd
yelled. "Two hundred cents."
llryan laughed with tho others present, but
wont on wfth his argument, saying that tbo
gold standard idea of an honest dollar Is a dol
lar which rtandb the smelting Dot test. Ho
would say that an honeit dollar Is that which
stanli tho stomach test. Tbe best money Is
that which feeds tho most neoule.
He referred several times to tho chsrgcs
against him elf that ho had "disturbed the har
mony of the party," or had anarchistic tenden
cies, and be seemed encouraged by the moderate
applause which bis statement that " we have as
much right to restore silver by law as to assassi
nate It by law " received.
Hn made what was proMbly tho most effective
stroke of his entire speech b n bit of irony with
regard to sending the Monetary Commission to
Europe. " I bopo tho commission will ho uccess
ful." he said. " I have been called a repurilntorso
long that I want our opponents to aecuru bimet
allism and become repudiators with me. Hut
when I think ot that commission which has gonn
abroad I have some feeling ot sorrow because I
remember tbat we were destroying confidence In
the country by agitating the money question,
and it makes me sick at heart to think that Just
now, when confidence has been restored (laugh
ter) nnd prosperity has fully'returned (Jeers), we
should send a commission abroad to agitate
the money question and destroy confidence in
Eurote."
Mr. Bryan was escorted to the stand by mem
bers of the Reception Committee, and. amid the
strains of "The Star Spangled Banner" by the
band, bo left, escorted by two big policemen,
and there was a rush of the multitude which
wanted to take htm by the hand. Receptions
this morning and a banquet to-nlgbt filled In tho
day. He will leave for the North In the morning.
wAsnisatojf'a celebrations.
Oaa Ww by Patrletle Baclettes ssd Om nu a
Bryaa Palltlcal Powwaw.
Wasotroton, July 8. Two patriotic celebra
tions were held In Washington to-day. The Sons
of the Revolution and the Sons of the American
Revolution, with the kindred societies composed
of women, held exercises at the base of the
Washington Monument.
Rear Admiral John G. Walker presided, and
among those present were Secretary Sherman,
Mrs. F. V. Washington, and Mr. Ball, collateral
descendants of George Washington. Webster
Davis, Assistant Secretary ot tbe Interior, mado
the principal address. His references to Secre
tary Sherman were received with tremendous
applause.
The other celebration was held In the Grand
Opera House under the auspices of tbe National
Association of Democratlo Clubs and developed
Into a Bryan ratification meeting. A big banner
usod in the campaign of 1881 bearing the names
of Cleveland and Hendricks was displayed at
the right ot tho stage, but the name of Cleve
land was covered. A brief letter of regret from
Bryan was cheered tumultously. In part it
read:
" I regard tbe commemoration or the anniver
sary of our national Independence Day as a duty,
and trust that the Washington meeting will be
useful In stimulating thuse present to renowed
exertions, to the end tbat tho independence
achieved by our ancestors maybe preserved for
posterity. Just now thoro is special reason tor
solicitude lest a servile acquiescence in u for
eign financial policy may rob us of the sub
stance of political freedom and leave us In the
shadow."
Gen. Duncan S. Walker, in presenting a long
set of resolutions, spoke of "that most honest,
most able, and most eloquent of the living
disciples of tho author of the Declara
tion of Independence, William Jennings
Bryan," and tho audience brake loose again.
Tbo resolutions, which wero adopted by a rising
vote. Indorsed the Chicago platform, donoumed
tbe Dlngley bill, exlouded e in pa thy to tho Cu
bans, and declared for Cuban annexation. Tlio
references to free coinage of silver and to Cuba
were cheered loudly.
Senator Daniel of Virginia made a long speech.
Complimentary referent es to President McKin
ley and Vice-President Hohart were applauded.
Much enthusiasm followol bis statement that
his vote against the adoption ot the British
Arbitration Treuty had been Inspired by tho
spirit of Jofferson and Washington.
" I am an American," said Senator Daniel,
" and I want to seo America dependent upon no
crutch, but supported only by tho brawn) right
arms of her men. I w nut to seo her stand nlono.
and go forth and conquer for tho universal
emancipation ot man and his universal brother
hood." An Interesting feature of the meeting wns the
reading of a letter from Thomas Jefferson; dated
June !21,1820.said to bo tho last written by him,
in answer to nn Invitation from Mayor Weight
man ot Washington to be present at the local
celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Inde
pendence Day.
The programme closed with short talks by men
from oach of the thirteen original States, llryan
and 10 to 1 In 11)00 was tho general sentiment
expressed In tbem.
TOSTOmOE CL ERIC VIES SUDBEXL T.
He Was Assaulted Two Years Asa, ss Ills
Assailant May Ha Item-rested.
Charles II. Wills, a clerk In the money order
department of tho general Post Office, died sud
denly yesterday in a wood between Convent and
St. Nicholas avonues, near 140th street. His
death Is bolleved to ho due to natural causes,
but as In one of his pockets was a memorandum
of an assault made upon him by one John Mornn
on Aug. 11, 1805, mid ot Moran's subsequent
sentence to a year In the penitentiary, I ho polico
may arrest Moran on general principlos.
Wills bad been employed In tbo Post Office
about two months, lie becamo III of malaria
about a week ago and was obliged to quit work.
He was SO years old and lived at 1032 Amster
dam avenue;
TIABBRTY WAS IN HARD LUCK.
Cat la a Cbewder-Partr Bow aaa Agala Wfeea
Patrol Wufi Unset,
The Georgo Curran Association of Brooklyn
gave a ohowder party yesterday afternoon at
Degen's Canarslo Grove. George Flaherty of
414 Warren street, Brooklyn, got Into a fight
with Ed Duffy of 330 Union street and a general
row resulted, Flaherty receiving a bad cut on
The police stopped tho fight, and arrested
Flaherty and six other men. On the way to the
Canarslo police station tbo patrol wagou was
upset, and Flaherty received another wound.
lie was taken to tbe St. Mary Hospital. The
others were locke d up. y
i i- & vi f t-t.wi!4.yi-wff'ffi,'-.vj
BATABD'B OLD TALK Of XUT0MIP.
t ,
He Talks t tba Phllatelahlaaa f the Rsss
Aeraas the flea.
Philadelphia, July 8. The principal feature
ot tho celebration here to-day was the gathering
in Independence Hall. Thomas F. Bayard, for
merly Ambassador to England, was the orator
ot tho occasion, lie said :
" It Is known to you that for the last four years,
I have boon the Envoy of our Oovernment and
people to tho court of SU James, and that while
so stationed I have necessarily been a deeply In
terested observer of the currents between the
two countries In tho history of our times.
Nover was the Declaration of American
Independence In 1770 so Justified before
God nnd man as It Is by the relations
and condition ot the two English-speaking na
tions, which oxlst to-day. Never was tho United
States so great or powerful In material wealth
and resources, nevor so grandly Independent
In Its self-sustaining enorgies and so full ot
all tho elements ot a blgh civilization,
of political, social, moral, nnd Intellectual
strength as to-day. And novcm.is tho empire
of Oroat Britain so mighty, bo strong In all tho
constltutents of civlllzod power, social, political,
moral, matorlal, and Intellectual as to-day.
Tho Inst month has wltncssod natural Jubilation
and manifestation of popular affection and re
spect by the people of Great Britain for their
vonerablo nnd virtuous Queen, unprecedented In
the annuls of history,
" Tho political severance ot tho two branches
of tho English-speaking races has stimu
lated competition and tho growth on
ward nnd upward of toth, and, looking
back over nnd through the mists of
prejudice, passions, and misunderstandings,
wo can now comprehend moro clearly tho rea
sons for this remarkable growth, by what It has
beon retarded and by what nourished and
strengthened, and the conditions for Its happy
and honortblo continuance.
"Mny not tho lesson be gathered from this
century of history of two free nations that mu
tual consideration and respect, with frank and
goncrous treatment and confidence, form
the best and mont enduring basis tor
the reciprocal advantages of both! On
this anniversary we now celebrate, all over the
British Empire, by land and sen, wherever nn
American c4lr.cn mny he found, hn can raise tho
flag of his country not only without molestation,
hutauild respectful salutes of British respect
and good will.
"Four years ot residence In Intimacy and
kindly relations In England cnnblo me to
bear the untnipoachablo testimony that norar
did I hear a word or becomo nnare of
an act of unfriendliness or disrespect to my
country or Its citizens; but. on the contrary, tba
prevn'incooverywhoro in tho Uulted Kingdom
of courtesy, of kindness, of a desire for closer
and kinder and wider commerclHl and aorLil re
lation with tho United States was everywhere
nnd erory day apparent. And.thsnkabetoUod,
never were the irtcrnatlonal relations between
tho peoplo of tho two countries In n clearer
atmosphere of unmistakable mutual good under
stun Mm? nnd moro true from ignorant suspicion
or hosti'e Intent than on this 121st anniversary
of American Independence. These nro truths
that cannot bo gainsaid, and I want to sny and
oneht to say them, and no time or place is mora
appropriate than in your presence on this anni
versary and upon tho spot vt hereon 1 stand."
VICTIM Of A CARELESS OUXXER.
An Itallau Laborer Hilled by a Cbanee Shat
b) One or Tbree Rpartamen.
CamllHo Barbalo, an Italian laborer, was shot
and killed with a rifle bullet while at work in
Long lslund City yesterday morning. Barbato
and three other men wero loading a dirt cart on
the Carina farm cost ot the Astoria section of
tho city. Barbato was throwing a shovelful
of dirt Into tho cart when ho threw up hla bands
nnd foil bleeding from a wound In bis left
breast. He died shortly afterward. The shoot
1 lng was reported to the poller and a roundeniun
and a squad of men wero sent out to arrest any
ona caught In the nelghorhiwd with firearms.
They toon found and arrested n party of four
men and a wnmnn. One of the men carried a
rifle and another had a single-barrel shotgun.
At tho police station the man n ith tho rifle
said ho was I'harlej Brunncr of 61)0 Ninth ave
nue, this city. John Sohmldt of 230 Ent
111th street. New York, was the name and ad
dress given by the man with the fhotjnn. Ho
woro a hunting coat and had three dead birds
in one pocket snd a handful of loaded shot car
tridges in nnother pocket, He said ho owned
both weapons and that be and the other mon
had been shooting at a paper target on the trunk
of a tree.
He denied having fired any shots In the direc
tion of tbo laborers. The other men in the party
wero Jacob Bcrmtunn of 002 Albert street nhd
Henry Elbleln of DOU Albert street. Long Island
City. Tho woman was Josephine Quansky, 23
years old. of 2051 First avcimn, this city. The
men were feoarched, but no rHe cartridges were
found upon them.
Schmidt told tho polico thnt he, Brunncr, and
Schuman hnd fired the rifle, but neither ono
would tell who tlrtd tho ln't shot, Tbe tree
pointed out by them as tl.elr target was fully
1,500 fret from where Barbato was at work
wben bbot. The police found a number ot
empty cartridge shells tbat fitted the rifle.
From tho spot where the shell were found tho
. treo was quite a dl-tanco nut nf a direct line to
i where Harbato was at work. The police are of
the opinion that as tho men had been shooting
birds with tbo shotgun one of tbem took a
chance tliot nt a bird with the rifle and killed
Barbato.
Coroner Strong after Investigating tho case
released Mlsh vjunnsky and Elbleln. The other
three men wore held in 92,000 bonds each to
await the result of the Inquest.
Barbato was 2f years old. Ho lived with his
wifo and ono child on Van Alst avenue. Long
Island City.
XO CIVIC DISVLAT IX BROOKLTX.
Batllesbtpa Deekrtf In tbe XatlAnal Cators
Decatar Street Patriotism.
Slnre the Columbian celebration in Brooklyn,
which resulted In a big official scandal, thero
bos been no special civic Independence Day
demonstration In that city. At daybreak a
salute of twenty-one guns from the battery nt
the nnvy yard cob dock was followed by tho
decking of tho men-of-war In tho Wnllabout
basin In the national colors. All work at the
yard was suspended, and tho sailor boys and
marines enjoyed various sports. Including boat
races, sack races, basohall and boxing.
Tho residents of the block In Decatur street
between Itnlphnnd Howard nenucs, who claim
to have moro concent rated patriotism than any
similar communily In the Lnlted States, nnitod
lnauntquo nnd picturesque celebration. Tho
entire block was one masinf flags and bunting
artistically arranged, nnd when night cumo on
a band of music dls ourfed patrlotlo airs In tho
Intermissions between tin pjrotcchnlo displays.
The ambulation surgeons umi the firemen were
kept busy In responding to calls resulting from
a' cldents and ftrcs. caused by Hip careless set
tlmr off of tlrecrat Lers and other explosives.
Thlrtten-v ear-old M'i;glo -McCarthy of OfiO
Hicks street, who received u millet wound In tho
head on Sundny afternoon while wnlklng with
her mother on Ixirralno street, died )osterdny
morning at tho Long Island Collcgo Hospital.
The two men who woro arrested at the time hut
nro not believed to liao had anything to do with
tho shooting have been held In $300 bull pend
ing the result of tlm Coroner's Inquest. The po
lice suspect that the bullet was 11 red from a
window by soma hoy In the neighborhood.
CHICAGO'S liEABLT SHALL HOT.
He Scatters Urstrurtloa and Death with His
Uunpewder.
CmcAOO, July 6. Moro gunpowder was
burnod hero to-day than on any other Fourth of
July in yoars.
Accidents havo been alarmingly nnmerous.the
small boy bolng seemingly mora reckless of lives
than usunl. John Splcka accldently shot nnd
killed (ho-j car-old Victoria Jnslock In front of
bor lather's house, and It is reported that several
others worn Injured mortally by tbe careless
handling nf fireworks.
Frank Nesak shot and killed himself In a fit ot
dospondency, becnuso his wlfo was not with him
to enjoy tho Fourth. The list ot seriously and
slightly Injured Is a long one.
ROUNDSMAN COREY SHOT.
Hit by a Stray Bullet at Broadway and Farts
nmt street.
While Roundsman William J, Corey of ths
West Thirtieth street station was talking with
Policeman Frank Fiynn at Broadway and Forty
first street last night, firecrackers nnd all sorts
of things were popping In the neighborhood.
Suddenly Corey felt a stinging pain In his left
shoulder, and opening bis blouse discovered that
he had been shot and was bleeding profusely.
Ho jumped on a Broadway car and wont to the
New York Hospital, where the doctors found his
wound was only a superficial one In tbe fleshy
part of his shoulder. Tbe flow of blood was
stopped, tbe wound bandaged, and Corey re
sumed bis patrolling.
SUOT HIS NEIOUBOR'S TTXrE.
He Was Celebrating the rsurla by Firing Ball
Cartridges.
New Haven, Conn., July 8. Frank Smith
celebrated tbo Fourth by firing oft ball car
tridges In bis yard in Franklin street. He did
not notice that Mr. and Mrs. John Tansoy sat
under a grape arbor In the adjoining yard, and
tired b s pistol In tbat direction. The ball struck
Mrs. Tansey In tbe cheek and went Into her
brain, kitllnff her instantly. Smith was arrested.
1
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THE DAY ON CONEY ISLAND
NOT A. aniCAT HOLXDAT CBOWD
, THERE TESTERDAT.
It Was Just aa Ordinary Crowd, Bach as May
Be Oeea aa Any Sunday Thoy Wero Old
Timers, Tea, Apparently, rer ThayVreatfat
pond Heaey Wlthoat Setting easethlng.
Tho fish market reporter translating the Coney
Island police returns lsst night read them oft
like this: Skates plontifnl and very unsteady.
Sharks abundant, but the demand light. Bom
fine specimens caught around the Iron piers.
Muttonheads by the boat load from Newark,
N. J., and other nearby points, suckers by ths
hundred car loads, but not equal to the demand,
and so firm that tbey actually wanted a show
for tholr money. So firm. In fact, that ths
Coney Islanders who make their living fishing
threateh to leave the fishing grounds for good.
I The Ash market reportor Just about hit tho
truth, too. From tho standpoint of the Coney
Island man, who Is usod to seeing people spend
their money In fool ways, and who Is himself
1 accustomed to gather It in, the peoplo had gone
back on tho island. They wore thero In plenty,
but they wero not spending. Thoy were not
i nearly as plentiful as they have been on boll-
( days In previous years, but there was a good nv
ersgo Sumlav crowd on hand, nnd everybody
i was In everybody elso's way. But they would
1 not spend.
, Even the genuine side shows In Wst Brighton,
whero you could get something for your money,
wouldn't draw, and as for tbe fake ones, why,
overybody knew them nnd nobody patronized
them. Tho barkers stood around sighing for old
times.
p It was the placo that hod out the sign "Admis
sion Free "or "Basket Parties Welcome" thst
got tho crowd. There were lots of these places.
When thoy got tho crowd they wero worse off
than tho other plaers, for they didn't know
what to do with It. Somehow the peoplo who
saw theso signs took them literally. They
stayed In the frco show places Just as long as
the show wss free.
, Tho moment there was a suggestion of pay
thsy got up and went out, and It didn't mako
any difference how much better the show wns
thnt the barker promised to give them for tho
"small sura nf five cents." Just think, too, of
peoplo with baskets nnd families having the
nervo to think tbat the sign "Basket parties
welcome" monnt that they could go In and
alt down and never spend a cont.
That's what tho poople with baskets and fam
ilies did yesterday, nnd the whlte-aoroncd wait
ers everywhere .itcod around nko statues.
In tho circumstances It unsii'i n grstt
wonder that theso whlte-apronod citirena
stuck a bit on the price when they
did make a sale or that they tried to palm oft
chnnrt forn.lollar for tho two-dollar or five
dollar bill that Ton gave them. Vhn thoy were
caught at It thoy didn't kick very herd, and
thnrnwajtn'tneaSAnnreennl whtraflifvfhnmnl
the man whoobjtoted to beine robbto.
Wbilo this saving disposition wns noticed al
most everywhere thcie was ono or two excep
tions. For Instance, thore's n new sort of razzir
dtzzlr. Tbey call It a hurdle rnco. There ia a
lot of wooden horses with real eklnson thetn.
They stur off In bitcbot of ilvo or six.
with two passengers apiece, and rare
around n half mile or so of track nn
rollers. Now a guileless reporter stood
watching theso races for nn hour, saying
things like "a fool nnd his money are
soon parted." and "what Idiots!" Tne In
closure was filled. It wes literally packed
with people. They all hold pistcboird tickets.
In that hour this guileless reporter noticed that
tho mon in the crowd Lottght fresh pastcbo-.rd i
every tltno thoy used the one they had, nr.d tlun '
tbey got in lino for another race. It wns at the
end of the hour when a radiant youth whispered:
"Trloilitjetl"
" I havo not," said the gulloleas reporter, em-
I phatlcally.
"Buy. yon want to try It." said tho radiant
youth. "It's great. I'tobeon around four times
n had n new clrl every time.
" New girl " began tbe guileless one.
"Yep: como 'n see that dali) with a pink
, waist; como on, I'm goln' t'gtt iiot t' her.
Now, there really nrs soineihlnc rnticlng
about the girl in pink waist, nnil there was
another ono with a dark blue nolst right behind
her. Somehow. In spite of lilnifclf. this reporter
wns caught in the crowd. He was drawn on and
on, oer nearer to tho place whero the horses ,
stopped to get their riders, and finally he was '
risht ut tho spot, nnd right ahead of him was
Ibe girl with the blue waist, and tho young man
and the girl with the pink waist wore Just ahead
of ber.
"Jump tip! Jump upt" shouted the hostler.
"Hurry there! Hurry up! Hundreds waiting.
Get aboard."
Tho girl with the bluo wnlet climbed a gT.iy
nag and sat nntririo. 'lhit wn all ilaht.bc-auso
nil the other girls sat astride. None of the
horses woro oldeHnddle.
"Jump up there." shouted the hostlor;
"think wo'rogoln' f wait all day fer you to git
aboarrti" This wns to the gullelens reporter,
and he was almost lifted up b-bind the girl w tth
tho bluo waltt.
"Hold fast, now." shouted the hostler.
"Grau her: she ion't car; lake lier around
tho waist." This wur to tho guileless reporter,
too. Now, whit could he dot In an Instant
the crowd shouted, "They're oil" In nnother
lustant tho wooden I nrsrs were thoollngnown
n furty-ne dc-rce grade. There was an lrre
elstlbta Impulse to grab rotnethlnc to hold fast
to. Tho oniy thing to irrnb vrvi the waist of the
girl In tbe bluo waist. I'p a hill end down another
gradoandupa hill and down another and then
around acunc. The girl In the blue wnlst clung
, to tho Iron reins. The guileless rcpirtcr well,
he had to cling to snuielhlui.-. nut he- hnd to
. cling hard, too I'p hill and down again nnd up
nnd down nnd un and down nnd then the end.
i The horse stnpi cd, nnd tho girl in the bluo waist
I blushed nnd Mid:
"Say, It was great, wasn't It I"
I The gul!clos onn didn't say nnother word
about fools and their money or about idlotp,
Tho crowd at Manhattan was smaller propor
tionately for n liolldaj than the crowd at
Brighton. Hut It spent money. Inn fact is It
had to-.so there in't anything surprising about
tbat. There wasn't a slnglo sign "Basket par
ties welcome," nor n single ono that read "Ad
misilnn free.
Tbe polico everywhere w ere pretty busy. Thoy
raided two hotels In tho morning. They wero
the Albanyon,Tilu.u'h walk and the Ocean View
on Hcndtrson s walk. Tin j got ten women r.nd
font teen men. Aiiimn; thoso tal.cn wc.-o Philip
Ero-, and his wlfo, l'h)Uls, t"o variety per
formers, who said they had Just como from
New Haven to fill a Coney Island cont-sct.
Tholr explanation satisfied Justin. Steers and
ho rrloaotd tbem. Viola Allen, Anna White,
and Sadie Smith, who daneo In tho Turkish
Theatre, woro sent to Jail; but Samuel Sanger,
tiro eater, in the same theatre, was discharged.
Tho managers of the hotels w oro held for trial.
OArE iir.r firecrackers.
A Holiday Philanthropist Spreads Joy Among
Downtuwu Children.
A man laden with big flrocrackors went about
tho lower part of tho town Kst evening. Tho
firecrackers wero of tlm kind that como twenty
in tho pack. On toeing a llttlo cripple, dl(on
solato und rugged In Fullnn street, watching
other boys shooting off fireworks, ho went up
behind him ami shoved n pack of firecrackers
Into hlj hand. Tho buy gripped the pack tight
ly and In a fmv minutes was slowly betting off
tho firecrackers as ho mil alone on tho curb
Btcuo, a block from any other celebration,
Iho flrcorackor man, who wns gray whis
kered, wandered along, and gavn away tire
crackers to all tho boys and girls ho found
without any until his stock was exhausted.
A pansor-by asked tbo firecracker gtcr
whnt his iianio was:
"(lo to," was tbo reply.
iaSaTOfi
on a sweltering hot
day is highly essen
tial to comlort and
health. It cools the
blood, reduces your
temperature, tones
the stomach.
HIRES
Rootbeer
should be in every
home, in every
office, in every work
shop. A temperance
drink, more health
ful than ice water,
more delightful and
satisfying than any
other beverage pro
Vat llrki tha Ckulu c
Dim C. rltlfiiliukla. A aaa.
ast sua (Oliai. BrfJ or-
xxuultb or txm jrvcjajtx
4a Bart Mia C!kratr Waanttt tftaltkn
reraape HertaUy-etber AoeMsnta,
Bernard Krshowsky of 104 Essex street started
to celebrate ths Fourth, shortly after 1 o'clock
yesterday morning, by discharging a 88-calibro
revolver In ths street In front ot his home.
After amusing himself by listening to the nolas
and tho whistling of bullets, which caused peo
ple to seek safety In tho halls ot their houses, he
became frightened when one of the bullets
struck George Wolt ot 160 Essex street In tho
abdomen. An ambulance was summoned, and
the surgeons said that Wblt's wound might
rosult fatally. Ershowsky was arrested, no
was arraigned in the Estox Market Court later
and held without ball to await the result of
Woirs injuries.
An unidentified Idiot who followed the same
fashion shot Aaron Bernstein In the head while
bo lay asleep on the third floor flro escapo of tho
tenement at 27 Allen stroct. Tho bullot struck
the Iron framework ot the flro escape, glanced
off, ploughod a furrow In Bernstoln's head, and
was flattened against the wall, Bernstein was
token to the Douvnmeur Hospital.
Frederiok Weber, nn electrician, of 1A3 Hast
Flfty-socond street, celebrated Independence
Day yesterday afleruoou hv firing what ho
thought wero blank cartridges out ofadoublo
bnrrolod shotgun from bis front window. He had
fired over thirty cartridges wbon he saw Ed
ward Kohler sitting nt his window on tho fourth
floor of 148 East flfty-eccnnd street. Weber
thought it would bo it good Joke to shoot nt
ltoohler, nnci did so. Kochler, uftcr dodging
awhile, left the window. Ho returned a tow
minutes later und Wcbcr aimed and flrod at
him.
This lime tbe cartridge contalnc 1 a lull which
struck Kochloi- In tho head, Indicting a slight
wound. Koehler ran around to the East Fifty
rlrststioet station and told tho sergeant at tbo
desk what had happened. Weber was arrested
and taken to the station house. He was very
much surprised when he learned of Koehlers
condition Hnd ofterod to apologize, sn lug that
he did not know- the cartridge was loaded. Ho
was looked up.
Bponcer Brown, colored, aged 13, of !288 West
12oth street, tired a small cannon In front
ot his house. It exploded and he was badly
burned abont the eej. He was taken to tho
Manhattan Hospital.
Theodoro licnkcl of Avenuo A and Twenty
first street whllo crosslr g sixteenth street near
Third avonuc, was shot in the face with a blank
cnrtriJge by u, boy who ron awa). Uowtllloso
his loft eye.
Henry lUrron, 8 years old, of 125 East 110th
street, wr io watching firecrackers in East
10-Uh s'reet, got in tho way of an ambulance
from tho 1'rosbytcrlan Hospital and was run
o r. Ho was be.dlv Injured.
Joseph Virtue, 5 years old, of 400 West Fifty
sixth street, wns run oter at Eighth avenue nnd
Fifty-sixth street while setting off tire crackers.
Ills skull wnn Iracturcd. The police took bltn
loiliMcelt Hosplttl and arrested the driver of
the mi gun, Peter Seckler.
Charles Misch of 303 East 117th street, while
at llflth atrort and Second avenue, was shot In
the left leg by an unknown person. After being
attended ho went home.
jftnies and of IS IKinsrd street, while sit
ting on tho roof ot his residence, was struck by
a stray bullet. He rooclved a slight Hesh wound,
which was dreed at the Hudson Street Hos
pital. IX mtOOKLTH.
These ore the casualties reported by the police:
Peter Engel, 1& years olu, of lO.'il Jeiferson
street, burned seserelyon tho face by powder;
taken to Ht. Mary's Hospital.
Ernest Vlch, ID, of TIM) Atlantlo avenue, and
Thomas Stewart, aged 7. ot 450 Adeipbi street,
both neguoes. wero bad!) burned on the face
and arms by iho prcniaturo explosion of a bsg
of powder with which they wero loading a small
cannon.
Sexeu-yoar-oldleadoroZledman of 051 Bush
wick avenue was seierely burned on the face,
head. ..nd arms by tho exoloslon ot a box of
powder. Howastal-.cn to St. Cathurlne'a Hos
pital. While the ferryboat Oregon of the Twenty
third street lino wns In midstream on a trip to
Wlllli.nifburg last eirnlug Mrs. Mary O'Nell.
nt yeau old, of 240 West Hlxtcrnth street, this
city, was shoL In the right shoulder, hhewas
seated at an open window In the women's cabin.
The fcrryboit was ou a lino with North Second
street, Williamsburg, when tho bullet struck
ibo woman. She screameJ and fell forward.
When the Oregon reached the slip Mrs. O'Nell
was carried into a waiting loom and Surgeon
Berry of St. Catharine's Hospital probed for tho
bullet, but was unablo to rind It, Mrs. O'N.i!
who declined to go to tho hospital, was taken to
, her home. The wound Is not serious. It is
i thought that the shooting was dono by some ono
i on the new North Second street pier.
Harrs Gold&mtlh of 280 Dcgraw Btreot, Brook
1 it. wss accidentally shot In the hip by somo
celertrator In front ot 60 East Broadway at 10
o'clock lf-at night. He was taken to the Oou
venour Hospital.
PASTOR ROCKWELL SHOCKED.
Saw a Woman Behind a Gansa Sheelleff In
Vrout or a Cooei Island Sbow.
A show, some features of which. It Is alleged,
were Immoral, waa stopped at Coney Island last
night at the lnstanco of the Rev. F. D. ltockwell.
President of the I,aw und Order Society of
Brooklyn, He was reconnoitring on the Bow-
) ery, when ho saw on Bushman's walk the form
of a woman distinctly islble behind a sheeting
of gauzo, with an electric light as a background.
Tho barker was taking a rest, trusting to tho
mute attraction of the woman to draw a crowd.
Thero was a skirt about the woman's form
reaching h little below tho hips. The minister
succeeded In putting an end to tho exhibition
I with groat promptitude. Then the barker came
to life.
"Step right in, Indies and gents," he said
softly and jmlltely, "The show outride, the treo
exhibition that we have feen giving you, has
lieen slopped bv those who do not appreciate It.
Tho thon tuslle, tho real show, take my word
lor It, goes on now. Step In nnd bo entertained."
His pol!lenc did not stall him, for Detective
Backus stopjd up and ordered tno show to
cloe up altuxether. It closed up.
OLD WOMAN INJURED BT CYCLIST.
Itan Down la Elsktti Avenue A Child Hun
Down on a Dock by a llheelman.
William Brodlo of 212 West Thirty-fifth street
aud Annie May of 308 Ninth avenue were rid
ing blcyclos together at Eighth avenue and Sev
enteenth street, last nigh' when Alralra Shore,
agod 76 years, of 221 West Twenty-first street
tried to cross the avenue. She got safely past
Miss Mar. hut Brodie ran Into her. Mio was
so badly cat aud bruited that she hnd to h stnt
to the Nrnr York Ilosp.ial. Biodlo was ar
rested and taken to the West Twentieth street
pnlb-e station. When the Seigoant bad fixed hti
ball Miss Mny stopped forward. "I'll go on
his bond." she said. "I'm worth f20,000 in
real tetato." Sho signed the ball bond, and
llrodlo wai rcleaeod.
Philip Walpert of 42S West street, whllo
riding a bicycle down the wharf nt the foot of
Harrow atrcet Inst night, ran ovor 7-year-old
Charles Honuer nf 375 West street, who was
playing thero. The child receded a scalp
wound and was rent to St. Vincent's Hospital.
While Walter Smith, n clerk of SOD West
101th street, waa riding on a wheel down Eighth
avenuo nt Fifty-seventh street last night, his
forks broke nnd ho waa thrown heavily against
the curb. Ho was taken to Itooeevelt Hospital
fur treatment.
JENNT KRAMER INJURED.
One or Ibe Two Ilicjellsta Who node Dawn
tho t'opltol Steps at Washington.
Wbbtfiei-d, N. J., July 5. What people said
wns Iho biggest Fourth of July celebration
Westfleldovcr hud here took place to-day, and
5,000 visitors wero in town. Athletic sports,
including rates of all sorts, occupied the morn
ing, and blcydo races filled In tbe afternoon.
Harry and Jenny Kramer, trick cyclists of
Washington, tho persons who rode down tho
Capitol stops, woro to give an exhibition on the
Wistrleld Athletic Club grounds at 7:30o'cloclc
They wero on ono of the old-fashioned high
whoels. tho man pedalling and the woman
mounted upon tho stop, whenco sho was to
climb to his shoulders.
She got up on lilt hips, but when about to step
to his shoulders she missed his hand and slip
ping fell In such n way that nor back struck
across the small wheel. Her spine was Injured,
Dr. Frederick Klneh aoya thu Injury Is very
serious, althougn not mortal.
1,000 MILES IN CENTURY RUNS.
Two Oranse loan Man lleaeta Atlanta an
Their War to on Urleaaa.
Atlanta, July 0. Two voung men of Orange,
N. J John Drosher nnd Wcsloy Itoblnson,
travelling on an average of 100 milrsaday, ore
here after a thousand-mile ride on a tandem.
The 100 miles botween Philadelphia and
Washington thoy rode in one day, though they
carried a fnll repair outfit, clothing, a tent, and
provisions. They Mated two days, ono in South
Carolina and the other In Virginia. Not a sin-
Sle accident or storm was enoounterod. Their
let was light, but wholesome, snd they are In
rotgnlfloent condition. ... ..
They will complete the distance to New
Orleans on their 00 gear machine, the front tire
of which will hare to be replaced, and then Itob
lnson will return by himself through the Appa
lachian Mountains to Orsne. ,,
STEAMBOATS RUN UGHT. m
THE RAILROADS OET MOST OV TMM iiillafl
HOLIDAY CROWDS. ," MM'OESHI
Te railing Off la tba Passenger TraM M ', $' M'tflfl
Kearny Betoris la Bald la Be Baa ia tha ? ; jfli-H
Faet That Tlmea Are Bettor and tTav - , 'f'' ,nlH
Yorkers Rare Moaer for In Jenraeys. -V3f :h, 'iH
Whether tho glorious Fourth bo celebrated Jjjijf ffLM
by ths populace on July 4 or on the follovrtsa ffi Jp fliS
day,. the dnto of tho celebration has coma to ba Ah V) MBL9
known on Manhattan Island as tho dty of tha Jt l jjinjJH
great oxodus. On no other day In the year la '$! w , !
there such a general evacuation of Now York yf, ;j "SttB
shops and homes nnd factories as on ths day lb' 'Sy i'jj$!m,
legally designated as; Independence Day. Tha M, ' ffSG&K
rent meaning of the day ancUtho spirit It should jv Jv'wfHE
Inspire Is lo-t sight 'of In the general desire ot T j i?Sa
Now Yorkors, young nnd old, rich and poor, to 1 ,fi , JjkH
get awny from brick nnd mortar and heated .'Sfc i 'ilJ&B
pavoments lo places within sight ot green Colds ; (f -- jciRS
and cool woods and within sound of tho ooeon'a . , ' .j", JjiB
wnes as they boom upon tho beaches. V jjjwH
For this reason the day has oomo to be a hax .J'; ;,; vjfijflg
vest tltno for all thoso engaged In tho transpor i,; t AjMjjH
tatlon of human freight away from New York, .' &J bjB
For tho railroad and steamboat companies bAT fi 'kianaaal
lng connections between Manhattan Island ancl i ') fMj-
noarby seostdo resorts the Fourth of July, or tha W, U ll-
day legally observed as the Fourth, Is account- (ihlf ' hftjfHI
ed tho most profitable day In tho year. Tha S llfjBl
day popularly celebrated as the Fourth In tho ts.1) 'jlSTH
year of grace 1 887 will bo remembered by trans- Hi $ fijjjHH
portatlon companies as one of tho least profit if'fy .. IfthjB-l
able they havo ever known. With a single ex $ u !tflfiSfl
coption, that was the statement at tbe ntnrtlnxf i)$ri''ll?!t H
point of all excursions yesterday, from the Bat MM? if I Wl
tery up tho North Klver to West Twenty-second afflr ' "flH naO
street, and up the East Iltver to East Thirty , 'MSK; 'IlSfl
fourth street. It must not be Inferred from j.Jt d HjIflH
tills that large crowds did not lcavo ths city. H' '' iljHBJ
They did, and tho boats that ran directly to seas :fyl R HHHI
side resorts, or connected with them by lines of 1 J 'Icaaaal
railroad, and the river boats all did a fair butt Al ISffl
noss. But thero was nothing stupendously Sifiit SiR.sD
multitudinous about the, crowd. It was no, ):4'2J i4anaanai
bigger and possibly not as big as loaves ths city vMfk'I 'anananai
on any flue, warm Sunday. QTWilianaaai
Thero were throe lines of excursion boats run- J mi mjmm
nlng to Conoy Islandthat of the Iron Steamboat Maaanj,-1 i(anananai
Compan) . tho Culver route, and tbat by way of ' f slanailHananaaal
tho Thirty-ninth street Ferry. The latter lino had iWHanaaaaal
a drawing card In the sparring match between; nKf laanaBi
Sullivan and FItzslmmons at Ambrooo Park. To ir9u ! Aaaanaaf
accommodate the expected enormous crowds. uriaStvaaananai
fenr boats instead of three were run from the 'ii SI'-l Inananai
foot of Whitehall street. At no timu during tha KStlBn ' ; flanaal
day were thoso more than comfortably tilled. 'df aaaM
Tho boats connected with tho trains of theCul Xl'C'j 4' Banana!
ver route to Conor Island ran under twenty- itl-Wi 3 tananai
minute headway all day, but an agent of ths 'Mm's i5 Sannai
company who has kept tabs on Fourth ot July ill-On i 7t anamai
crowds for years said at 0 o'clock yesterday t?l , I :aanl
afternoon tht had the boats run under thirty !!, ii IH
or even forty minute hood way, the ferry house sl'Ki i X afnTaai
at the foot ot Whitehall street would nevor $lW,Grananaai
havo been taken for a sardine box on account of MM JSC Banal
tbe way In which the waiting crowds wero Sli;K4! tnanai
packed lu. ... ... ,. JS3f$ i nasal
Tho Bockaway boats wero the only ones thai SfiWw '& laanai
woro reported to have beon Jammed. Up to) fjf : V (
noon so many portions had been carried away 'alMi 1 laW
from tbe city on tbooe boats that after tha K3-SL Vr SWfai
time persons who wanted to buy tickets to SruSst WuM
Ilockaway Beach nnd back couldn't get them. Wi'BLJ Sanaa!
The reason given by tho compan; 's agents for Kaa3 si asnaal
this was that tho travel up to noon hod been so ;aianal-3 Banal
heavy that It was feared the boats couldn't) jafcanaffK ananai
bring back tho people. The Iron Steamboat! ftBanaTKjf.
Compnny reported a good buslnoss, but said It 'laKSl aafSai
was not up to Fourth ot July standard. If 4'nannK'$aVaan!
has been just about a good nunday crowd," 'tltannT?'.:-aarnai
wns tho way one of the company's agents char- -j? VJ-j'.HHJ
nxterllwl the crowd. ii, '9Uif,Sa9ai
The Glen Ifland boats carried what came to ., JananC'danaBnl
them, but they could have carried moro and npa .S ykmY'kW
been subjected to tho censure of the Govern- '; 'aSHMHIH
ment's steamboat inspectors. The crowds on 'flHlaannanl
tbe Hudson ltlvcr boats to Nowburg, Wess 'S'-naf- tSflB
Point, and other river resorts wero away belovr SftSnaK rfftMMW
tbo average. The Long Branch boats, so Is 'SffMy, T'i Banal
-was said, did the poorest Fourth ot July bust- 4 'Ml vilH
neas in tholr history. . ,. IS itH
By comparison, the railroads did a much bet IWI' $ aBaa
ter Fourth, of July business than tbe steamboat sLaK- iiVsaaal
lines. The outiroLng .trains from Jersey City. "S"9V UaaBl
Weehawken, and the Grand Central Station iUS& "laanai
were packed,Jammed,and stuffed from Saturday '9-4a taanai
noon until early yesterday morning. The &(! faannl
' New York Central, tho Pennsylvania, and tha Panni i 'ilaaaal
Jersey Control passenger department omelala ?J;tnal Hasans
say that what they call their Fourth of July ti M laanai
business waa away ahead of that for two years , ?jMa AfaSH
past, at least. One of Mr. Datdels's assistant! 'AaM Kisanai
In the passenger department ot tho New York 1H! l3 Baal
Central, in speaking ot his company's bnslneif, t . ?r B ..?1H
said: . A &kmsmM
"It would have done tho croakers about hard S'-aaaft7!jnaanai
times good to see tbe crowds that left the Grand - rSt'flK'aananai
Central Station on Saturday afternoon and '3 flKlflaanal
escninqr, all day Sunday, aud a part ot to-day. CSanaUsnBaal
Thero has been nothing llku It in two years at :f fanaKflannal
least. .Now, wnat aoat mat meani h. means lA'Mmmr.VfMmm
that times are Improving, and that the people Jl -aaWifii-BB
hat o got more money. It eoste money tops' sjA S'BM
distance from Now York for a fourth of July SjaMi'.iHBJ
outing. Lat year and tho year befca-ethepeo- ' if ;Sli VW.Vaaai
pic didn't have the money. The roauit was that JaBI -JiH
our business wns light. So was that of all tha II j vSRalaal
other roads. On the other hand, on the Fourth, fUm-l $!
i of July last ear the boats running down to $tJ l",l Ban!
tho beaches rarried moro peoplo than over be- ,'HlMl' iBH
fore In their history. I took a run down to' MfaRivaaana!
Conoy Idland about noon to-dny. end the boat KEf. f Strsnai
was Jucl comfortably tilled. This year New ilWi'ftlU
Yorkers felt that they could oJTord to get away iWA StU
from New York for lom-cr than part of a day, I (gj t mm
nnl to they hso run oxer to New England re- ( Kft. $
sorts, up In the Adirondack, or to Saratoga. I M, nf-USJ
Young man, tho omen of this lourthof July Is ffl, SsjftB
of better times nnd more money, and don t yctt J. ( jSiKtfH
forget it." t aS 4 VrJS'M
EDWARD J. IfORY THUMPED. 1 'jftl '
nought Trj to Nark tbe nnr on tba County 1i 'ijan!
Lliuerlrk .sirn'a l-lenlr. ' ,W - ; fM
Tho County Limerick Men's Association and q ' i'ilB
their friends had a big oxcurslon on Sunday. f?, ' ' 3JH
Thero woru nearly 5,000 peoplo aboard tbe four ' J' -'JarJB
barges and two steamers which took the crowd T$ ; 'SrJ-M
to Union Grove, N. J. Thcic wae no trouble if rfl ' ft 'Van
worth mentioning until the bargua were in the iff ?"
Upper Bay on their way homo at 0 o'clock la 1 1 $M
tho evening. 1 hen n gang of roughs wero $. . '"yB
caught "tcallng bottles of soda and sarsnparllla 'is I St3M
from tho bar of the barge Susquehanna and , H ' tf'liS
selling it on tbe upper dick. John J. Scanlan, 4 ? 5'"tnal
who hi.il the bar prh liege, objected, whereupon 1 M. i tf-'IMj
thero was i row. The laahlrr took all the S ,
mone) Irom tho drawer nnd stirtod to count It. ( J lilM
When tho roughs Bnw the i-ioney they m vie a Z iiM
rush at tho caslihr. and tho ngbt became gen- i J .fivKB
u-.al. The air waa filled w 1th bottles and glasses, i iPjEm
andsbveralof the fighters were badly out. i ' i J'A'Iani
Edward J. Ivorj. amused of being an Irish J sis. jHUlani
di nmnltor. is a friend of Scnnlan. and was la $ ? Q5anl
the barroom of nnother barge acting as cashier. 3 J 'iimm
When the row wns ut Its height Scnnlan sent for T !' V nj
him to tome alwnrd the Susquehanna and usa ' "i ". f M
his Influence to stop tho light. Hastily thrust- S yB
lng a roll of bills Into his insido vest pocket ' 'JV
Ivory crossed ovor to the Suxtpiehanna. His ( -Hlafl
foot hod scarcely touched the deck sshen he waa t, ' A'.YM
set upon ny the roughs. They punched blm In g ''l-itl
tho mouth and nose, nnd ono of thorn hit him S i i'lM
with a beer glass. Another grabbed him about , j! flj m
the wnlst. nnd, tearing open his vest, tried to . t s Ifl
steal tho money from his inside pocket. Ivory ' ,1 imjl
resisted an best he could, but be was finally 5) ' ;,i i i'lm
knocked down nnd trampled upon. tj , i 3 W
In the mcanwhllo tho polico committee got ; f IM
together nnd mnde a concerted rush on the fight- W 4 j IfJJ
er. After a sharp struggle tbey succeeded ia ? f ,fia
subduing them, and four of the roughs wers J I 1C ' -Kvtrl
locked up lu tho hold. Ivory's money was not f f 15 . jKil
taken, but seieral watches were stolen during A i'A: $4 WM
the scrap. Tho barges put In at tho footot A jjvji aBJ
Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn, and Ivory and his "I-'F
friends wore tnken to New York on a tug. No V v t J P
arrests woro mado, J li J :V )
Usp at Hewnart, ' B -
Newport, B, I., July 0. Ths first hop of tba $ 8 T
soason at the Casino was held to-night. TherB Yl 'I I
were only enough ladles present to mak.e up ona I ii 'jln
set; men were plentiful. Among those present I I ' . .') !
were Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Drexol, Mr. and Mrs. 5 t! " J I
Harper Pennington. Mr. and Mrs. Struthers. i fij i Jf
Mre. Edward King. Miss King, T, Banlord 1 M i i
fleattle, Franhlln I'luinmor, It- Oerrr, A. C ,tg is c
Kllss, Willing Spencer, nnd H. F. Kldrodga. ( M 3 -f
IlisthnuRht that ou Friday nlgbt theattand Jt
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