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BENJAMIN LUCK
KILLED BY TRAIN
Meets Tragic Death at
Elba Station on His
Way to Park,
BObY DRAGGED
TO GRACE STREET
Witnesses Unable to Explain
Accident, Theory Being That
He Either Attempted to
Board or Leave Engine as
It Started to Byrd Street
Station.
While evidently attempting to board
?.he engine or to jump from It as it
started to move out of Klba Station,
Robert Benjamin Luck, of. S06 West
Marshall Street, was run over and
killed at 8:i0 o'clock lust night by
losal train Nu 89 of the Richmond.
J' edcrlckEburg and Potomac Railroad,
i Luck was Struck by the engine at
almost the point at which it nad been
Handing before moving out ot the sta?
tion. Neither Engineer Frank Chiles
nor Fireman F. c. lialslip, who were
<n charge, ?nw him. und wero not aware
of t.ie accident until notified by tbe
telegraph operator at irta Byrd Street
Station. A negro stated thai he saw
the young man near the engine, but
coubj not tell how he was struck.
Accident .Not ttxplkllued.
Luck was dragged from tn.it point
to Reivldere am. Li race Streets, where,
afur the train had pushed ever ills body
ind had continued on Its way to tnu
lower station, his body was found by
a ntgro a few minutes later. The up?
per portion of th?s body was lying b?
?.ween the rails. khe lower portion be?
ing twisted around and lying ju.it be?
yond the north rail.
Tin watchman at the crossing, who
had not seen the accident, was notl-;
lied, and he called the police. Police?
men Schleif, Walton and Jacobin! were
sen", to the scene but the only report
they couid make Was that Luck was
dead.
They Invenlgated as far as they
couid, and at the point where Luck
was rtrst struck by the train they
found his hat, his coat and his shoes,
which had evidently been torn from
lila body aa the train rolled him over
and ovor.
(.'rain Scattered Kvcr> ? here.
A dozen or 60 of hards.lell crabs,
which he had evidently just purchased,
were found scattered up and down be?
tween the rails. They were picked up
And placed in the hat.
It was some time before Coroner
aylor. who had been out on another |
call of death, could respond, and dur
ng the half-hour Interim a curious
and morbid crowd gathered around tue
body. An officer procured a sheet
from Bennett's undertaking establish?
ment, behind which the accident oc- |
curred, and the body was wrapped
from the view of the eager-eyed
crowd.
The engine. In charge of the same
crew, backed up to the crossing, but
was rot allowed to go by. the police
offtseY* not wishing to disturb the
body until the coroner had viewed
the remains. An official of the rall
ioad asked that the body be removed
bo as to admit of the passage of the
engine, but the officers refused' abso?
lutely to touch the remains until they
deemed the proper time.
Coroner "lias Body Moved.
Finally, Coroner Taylor arrived, and.
after viewing the body, permitted It
to be taken to Bennett's undertaking
rooms, where It will be prepared for
burial. Then trains were allowed to
pass.
Unices Luck had attempted to board
the engine or to Jump from it. the
accident could not bo explained by
any one. He had left his home only
a half-hour before, and was on Iiis
way to Grace Street from Klba Station
when he was killed.
Luck was twenty-three years of
age. He was a plumber by trade, but
lately had been In the employ of the
city at Monroe Park, to which place
he was presumably on his way wnen
overtaken. He is survived by both pa?
rents and by one brother, Kdward
Luck.
Mrs. Luck, who had been ill for
some time, was prostrated by the news
of her son's tragic death, and It was
necessary for her budband to remain
by her side.
Coroner Taylor will hold the Inquest
to-day.
TERMS OF SETTLEMENT
Firemen Orauted fucrepae uud Number
of Ntifroes to lie Reduced.
Atlanta, Ga., July 4.?C. J. 'doff,
chairman of the Brotherhood of Loco?
motive Firemen and Knginemen to?
day gave out the exact terms upon
which the Southern Railway and its
firemen came to terms recently, fol?
lowing their dispute Over labor ques?
tions. According to Mr. Goff. who is
the first of the delegation of rlrkmcn
which conferred with Southern offi?
cials in Washington to talk, the tire
men and engine hostlers received a
flat increase of 10 per cent, in wages.
This was reported directly after the
negotiations closed, but has never been
corroborated. In addition to the wage
matter, it was agreed to limit the
number of negro firemen to a certain
percentage of whites. The exact
figures were not given out. It means
that the number of negroes will .??
reduced on all divisions where negroes
now work.
STRIKE IS SETTLED
Street Car Bmployea In Mexico City
Will Return to Work To-Dajr.
Mexico City, .July 4.?The ulrlke of
street car employes wns settled to?
night. ? Tho men will return to work
to-morrow morning. The settlement
v.ss a compromise, the company haying
granted n pnrt of the wage Increase
asked and mode concession?: in the
matter of purchases of uniforms.
KING REVIEWS BOY SCOUTS
Army of liS.OOn From All Port? of Klug
dotu la Picturesque Parade.
Windsor. England. July 4.?King
George, accompanied by i^ueen Mary
land surrounded by a brilliant sla.lt of
distinisUlhhed officers ot the navy, arid
with other members of the royal fam?
ily, revlewod in Windsor Great Cork
to-day an army of Si.uuO lioy Scojits,
Kiithered from all parts of the United
Kingdom anvt from some of the colo?
nies. The weather was beautiful.
Lirawti up In a huge seinl-clrcle in
front of the royal lnclosure the boys,
dressed in the universally ad->p'-ed
j scout's uniform of blue, khukl or ?ray.
v.lth llat-brlmmed khuki bats and bril?
liant neckerchiefs of various hues,
toiiued a picturesque parade.
They were formed in eight divis?
ions, the place of honor being occupied
by 2.000 King's Scouts, who were se
lected from the various troops us the
most efficient, and made a guard of
honor for the King. Just behind these
were posted 120 life-savers, all of
1 whom have been decorated for lilu
tuving.
] As His Majesty came Into the pa
I radi ?round the band of one of lue
guards struck up the national anthem
and the BCOUts stood a: the salute with
their staves, while thoy sang loo llrst
verse of "Hod Save the King."
Then the King rode along the lines,
Closely Inspecting the boys.
Lieutenant-General sir Robert, ya
den-Powell, the chief scout, wa* In
command, and at his order the patrol?
I of the selected Kind's Scouts gave an
i exhibition of lire lighting and ambu?
lance work. After this, when -lie
'King had taken up his position oppo?
site the centre of the seml-elrcle. there
v. as a wild scene, us the entire army
of boys, at the sound of the "Scouts'
Call,'' charged at full speed towards
him. each of the patrols shouting its
own peculiar call us it udvnnced. Then
the "Alert" sounded, and like clock- !
work they all stood still and silent lor
a moment's time to enable them to
recover their breath, after which they
sar.g In wonderful unison two of tnelr
most popular scouts' choruses,
j The Kln*j then expressed his ?'tlfl-I
I cation at toe success ot the movement
! to Its originator. Genoral Badon-|
Powell.
DEATHS BY DROWNING
Twelve Fatalities Reported In nn?l 1
About I'll i lain I,ill
Philadelphia. Pa.. July 1.?Twelve:
men and boys were drowned In end |
about this city to-day. Charles Per- I
rlns, aged thirty years, said to be a j
wealthy New York tailor, was drowned
While bathing to-day in the Valley;
Creek, at historic Valley Forge. Per
rlns Is sain to have been on u tour
Of various places of historical Inter?
est In this country It was necessary
to open the dam to recover his body.
Three l>o><> were drowned while
swimming in the Schuylklll River be?
low the Manayunk Bridge, and u for?
eigner met his death in the same river I
some miles below.
I Two men and three boys met death
while bathlna at different points or. the
Delaware River. A ten-year-old boy
was drowned in the Fast Park reser-,
volr when he fell overboard- in an et - '.
fort to catch a ball. A deckhan-1 on]
the steamer John W. Gr.trett was
drowned at Race Street Wharf.
THREE KILLED IN ACCIDENT
_
Mnn Driven Automobile Directly lu
Front of Trolley Cur.
Warwick, "n. 1, July *4 ?His view cut
off by a dense growth of bushes on
both sides of the crossing. Gustav
Menzel, of RivertlUe. drove his auto?
mobile directly in front of a trolley
car this afternoon, and as a result
three of the occupants of the nuto
mobfle are dead, and Menzel and the
fifth occupant are badly injured. Vhe
dead:
Mrs Eva Hartley, fifty years ild. of
Providence.
Miss Millie J. Hartley, eighteen. Mrs
Hartley's daughter.
Miss Ella M. indwell, twenty-seven,
of Providence ?
Menzel's injuries consist of nruises
to his back and chest and possible
fracture Of the skull
Raymond Hartley, ten-year-old son
Of Mrs. Hartley, was badly bruised.
ARMY BARS HARDTACK
Tlme-Honorrd Ration to Re Supplanted
With "Field Rrenfl." j
New York. July 4.?Word comes to
military circles here from Washington
that the old-fashioned hardtack has I
been banished from the army ration
in favor of a new ration, to be known
as "field bread." Only on rare ncca- ,
slor.s will hardtack be used In the fu-!
! ture, as, for instance, when an orcan
izatlon is cut otf from a supply train i
or Is on a forced march.
The new field bread is compose! of i
[flour, water, salt and yeast. After j
being permitted to rise, It Is baked '
1 In a loaf. It will be the chief ?.. tlcle
Of diet for the soldier In the future, j
DR. HILL NOT TO REMAIN
Rumor That He will Stay In Rerlln In
Denied.
Berlin. July 4.?Statements emanat?
ing from Washington that Dr. David
Jayne Hill, the American nmb.taan lur
to Germany, resigned, has been re?
quested to remain at his po3t,for the
present are Incorrect.
1 The ambassador will leave Berlin,
probably Thursday next, for Switzer?
land, where be will continue on 4
leave of absence status until ho has
an opportunity to present his letters
of recall to the Emperor.
PUT POWDER IN HIS TOBACCO
Children Play Fourth of July Joke on
Father.
Plttshurg. Pa, July 4.?Some tlm<*!
yesterday the children of Charles M-w
lowe. of North Versailles township, re-j
moved the powder from some tire- ;
crackers nnd nut it in their father s |
smokinu tobacco that stood on a mnn
I tel shelf.
j Last nljiht when Marlowe lighted his
! pipe it was shattered and his whiskers
land mustache and what little hair he
had on his head was burned off
SMALL BOYS KILL FLIES
Ct ntesi In Snn Aninnlo Results In
Slaufchter of More Than ? Million.
j San Antonio. Tew, July I.?tine and i
a ouarter million dead files In tine!
heap, being a nlle three feet high and \
five feet wide, represents the slaughter
wrought by small boys as the result
of a tly-klllln? contest, which clised !
hero to-rlav. Robert Basse carried off i
first prize of $10, with an official rec?
ord of 4S 1.320 dend flies.
Uncle Sam, Mail Carrier
Grent Improvement* ore planned
fur the poNtnl service, und In next |
Simdny'H TlineH-Disputeh there will
be nn ?et n-ie vthicli tells of mi Inter?
esting tnlk with Postmaster-General
Hitchcock concerning the methods
used to Improve thr service, while
lit the mime time rutting down Its
expense*. It vtlll show flint nn em
of modern biislnenn niunnirement I?
responsible for the wiping out of
the dene11 of the depnrtmont.
FORCED 10 LAND
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Aviator Atwood on Way
From New York to
Washington.
FLIGHT WILL BE
RESUMED TO-DAY
Holiday Visitors Thrilled When
Daring Birdman Terminates
Third Leg of His Proposed
Journey From Boston to
National Capital?In Air
More Than Five Hours.
Washington Ready
to Welcome Biraman
Washington, D. C"., July 4.?As
?ured thut Harry Jf. Atwooil, ?he j
during Boston aviator, who started
from Xcn York for WnHutugtou to
duy, iiould certainly arrive to-ruor
rnn, the capital prepared to-night
to receive Ulm ?heu lie nligUts from
?he ?Uten. Granvllle M. Hiiut, of the
local Chamber of Commerce, returucil i
to-nlgu< fruiii Atlantic City, >vlierc t
the axlntor laoiled lu bin flight to- i
day.
"rnlen? the weather la such that
Mr. Atwood eaunot attempt the
flight," ?uld .vir. Hunt, "1 have com?
plete assurances thnt the Inst let;
of the Jouruey between Xew York
und Washington uiH be undertaken
to-morrow."
'l'hj chances are thnt Atw?od t? 111
Ntnrt about noun, when there geu
ernlly In n lull lu summer wind?.
In such n case he fbould arrive here
about -:"o or 3 o'clock, accordlnii
to local nvlnlnr?, who ore looking for?
ward to the accomplishment of his I
fcal \x 11 li iiiiconernleri Interest.
The plans to-nlcht are to bnvr the 1
aerial visitor alight In the ellipse
Immediately bnek of the White
House, \h.I Is to use the Wash?
ington .Monument ns n unhung mark,
and several thounnnil miliare feet
of dnrrllng white canvas ?III be
niirenil on the lann nenr the tall
-Inn i to mark the place for his de?
scent. The ellipse will lie tbor- '
oughly pnllreil, and everything will 1
he done to protect the (treat crowd I
of onlookers expected to gather to j
see the end nf the flight,
Preparations nre completed to
give Atwood a hearty reception.
Atlantic City, N. J., July 4?A thrill!
was given thousands of holiday vtsi-j
tors here this afternoon when Harry]
X. Atwood, the aviator, after sighting
heavy winds throughout his flight from;
Now York, terminated' the third leg
of nis proposed journey from Boston I
to Washington by landing his biplane
on the beach front.
During the night Atwood made threi
landings for gasolene?once ne:tr As
bury Park, the second at Tuckerton,
S". J.. and the third at Venice Park,
near this city. Mr. Atwood said that,
judging from tne amount of gasolene {
be had used, he must have traveled at
least 250 miles. He was in the air
more than five hours. The distance!
Along the coast is about 115 miles.
"1 feel too tired to attempt the trip
to Washington to-night," the birdman'
said. "My route and time of starting |
will depend entirely upon the condi-j
tlons to-morrow. 1 hope to start be?
fore 10 o'clock in the morning.
"Thi only trouble 1 had during the !
trip to-day." Air. Atwood said, "was!
with my gasolene supply. After 1 left]
Governor's Island I headed along the j
roast. A warning whir of protest j
from my engines as I neared Asbury;
Park told me that the gasolene was
low. At that time I was flying about j
1.000 feet in the air. After circling
around the resort I landed. Here l|
took on five gallons of gasolene.
Tries Higher Altitude.
"When I mounted the atmosphere]
again I tried a higher altitude. In the
hope of finding quiet air currents. The I
wind was stronger. If anything, higher1
up. so I took a traveling altitude ofj
about 1,500 feet. As I passed over j
the shore towns I always dipped to a;
BOO-foot level. 1 reached Barnegatl
and turned In for a more direct route j
to Atlantic City.
"I* experienced little trouble until I
nearer! Tuckerton. Here the gasolene]
(Continued on Fifth Page.) ~~* \
WILL NOT REDUCE
COST OF LIVING
But Reciprocity Agree?
ment Will Steady
Prices.
SPEECH OF TAFT
IN INDIANAPOLIS
Answers Arguments That Pro?
posed Measure Is Not Good
Republican Doctrine?Presi?
dent Enjoys Strenuous Day
and Sees Collision of
Locomotives.
IlMliitiiapolls, Ind.. July 4.?lYoatd-jnt I
Taft put the parting touch on h's partj
In the celebration of this city's "safe i
and sane'' Fourth in a speech on Cana- |
dlan reciprocity, at the Marlon Club]
banquet to-night. The President made
hU answer to the argument of other
Uej iibllcans that reciprocity, as he has.
piopoted it. is not good Republican
doctrine, but Democratic doctrine.
He showed that reciprocity as pre?
sented to Congress by him differed, If
at all. only slightly, from reciprocity
as advocated by Jaincs G. Blalnc, and
former President McKinley. He oald
the contention of the opponents of^hls |
reciprocity plan that the doctrine is
un-Republican, because it affects1
articles that are competitive, ind not i
merely non-conipetltlve articles, is not
sound.
"The sound Republican doctrine."
the President, said, "has become the
imposition of duties only where the
condltione are naturally unequal, and I
where duties are necessary In order 1
to enable our manufacturers and other j
producers to meet on a level the com
petition of foreign producers. The
?"'anadian reciprocity agreement, whlcn
has been made, squares exactly with
this doctrine."
Replying to the contont'on that re?
ciprocity v ould be made wholly at the
expense of the farmer, and In the In?
terest of the wage-earner of ;he large
cities. Mr. Tfa.ft said that ' Is Judg?
ment "the reciprocity --?BBBV will
not greatly reduce the cost oi living;. If
at ail."
"It will," the President continued,
"steady prices, by enlarging the re?
serves of supplies for those things that
are raised In both countries, and It
will make more remote the possibility |
' of cornering commodities and extort?
ing excessive prices Xor them from the
public.""
Crowded Program.
Although the sun hovered around
110 on tfie streets most of the day, the
President enjoyed his part in the cele?
bration of tu? Fourth in spite ot tue
orowded prog ruin, und the fact mat.
nis collars would nut stand tor more
man ten minutes ut u time.
The President was the guest of j
former * icu-Freslaent Fairbanks xit
nad breakfasted at the Fairbanks
nonie, anu later in the morning re?
viewed a parade of Houis from a stand
at the base ot toe Indiana soldiers'
und Sailors' Monument.
Practically tbe oniy unpleasant in?
cident of the da> occurred in front
of this stund a halt-hour before his
arrival, when Mrs. .-lurry Tute ?'H?r,
; occupying one of the reserved seats,
I was struck In the ?night by a spent
I bullet, fired by some one whom the
police to-ulght had not idc-iultied. Mrs.
j Tutewller was not seriously nun, and
the President was not Informed of
j the Incident.
Following the parade the President
i held a reception at the Marion Club.
H$ took luncheon at the Columbia
! Club, then drove through some of the
principal streets. : rrlvlng at the State
Fair Grounds in time to witness a
prearranged collision between two
railroad locomotives.
I The President was particularly In?
terested In the collision. The two lo?
comotives, starting under full steam
on the same track, came together at
high speed. 200 yards from where
the President sat. Neither one left the
track, but both were reduced to scrap
Iron. At the ball park he awarded
prizes to winners In the morning pa?
rade.
I ll.es '-Snfe and Sane Fourth."
In a brief address at the Fair
Grounds, t'ie President pralse<j the
Idea of a "safe and sane Fourth."
and said that he hoped to see other
cities adopt it. From the Fair
Grounds he was taken back to the
j home of Mr. Fairbanks, where he rest
(Continued on Second Page.)
EXPECTED TO ACT j
ON RECIPROCITY!
After Passage of Un
amended Bill Senate
May Adjourn.
WILL VOTE DOWN
OTHbR MEASURES
I Tentative Conclusion Reached
by Insurgent Republicans
Looks to Adjournment About
August i?Speaker Clark
Anxious That Upper
Branch Take Action.
I Washing-ton, July 4.?Passage ot the |
j Canadian reciprocity Mil, unamendcl.
i will constitute the sole tariff legisla
i lion enacted at this Bcsslon of Con?
gress, In the view of most of the In?
surgent Republican .Senators, despite
j their demand for other tariff reduc?
tions. Tills tentative conclusion Is
subject, however, to a final determina?
tion, to be reaohed at an informal con?
ference of the insurgents as soon as |
the absentees return to Washington, j
Which will be In the next few days.
Notwithstanding the contention of I
Senator Brlstow, of Kansas, that j
amendments reducing the duties on
cotton, wool, s'teel, sugar, leather and \
otiier rubber manufactures) should bu
attached to the reciprocity bill, and
the proposed amending progrum cf
Messrs, Cummins, of Iowa; La Fol le. tic,
of Wisconsin, and others, some of the
! Insurgents who believe they i?ftc-.t
I the views of their wing of t.io l>Miy,
i generally expressed thu opinion that
] tho reciprocity bill would oe pushed
: about August l. tue wool and tree 'ist
bl'i voted down, carried ovjr if -ho
regular session, and., that Congrci-s
would adjourn quickly after disposing
of reciprocity.
Speaker Cha.mp Clark an.l otner
House leaders are anxious thai tho
Serate take some action on the mras
urts. the House has passed and put
squarely before the Senate. Oven if
tho measures are defeated. Th? Sp-'uk
er was one of the Tew mimi.era if
ei-her house who braved the heat :n
the almost deserted Capitol to-day,
?nd he ventured the "guess" that Cji.
gifss would aljojrn about fcpiem
o?r 1.
"But it's only a guess." he cau?
tioned. .
Many of the Senators an 1 Hopre
sor.'latives are figuring on oAJourn
' tn?nt very soon after August 1.
No msponltlon to Adjourn.
"I do not believe the House has the
slightest disposition to adjourn until
j the Senate acts on the hills which
I the House sends over to It," said the
l Speaker, "notwithstanding the dis?
agreeable hot weather and the desire
of members to get ba?.k to their
homes.
All we ask is that the Senate act
on the reciprocity, wool and free l'st
bills, or any other bills we send over,
and so long as Congress remains in
session, we will send bills over as fist
as they can be carefully and scientific?
ally prepared. But we are not ;;oing
to rush about It.
Meantime. House leaders are plan?
ning more tariff revision measures, ,
and the Ways and Means Comm'tteo
will meet, probably next Thursday, to :
map out a cotton schedule revision.
The attitude of the Insurgent Sonn- |
tors toward the wool b*ll was reflect- i
ed In views expressed to-day hy Sena- |
tor Borah, of Idaho, one of the Insur?
gent leaders.
"In my oplnlbn." said he, "the wool !
bill a6 It now stands will not receive
the support of the progress'vo Senn
tors. I do not speak by any authority
from them, but that is my Ju-lxment.
However, a wool bill mny bo worked
out of the situation which would re- '
ceive their support." j
The debate on the reciprocity bill
will be resumed in the Semite to-mor- j
row.
Will Nome Conferees.
Washington, July 4.?Speaker Clark, '
probably to-morrow, will announce the ,
House conferees to join with Senators
Clark, of Wyom'njr: Nelson of Min.
ro'a, and Bncon, of Qeorgls, In an ef- |
tort to adjust the differences between
the two houses on the resolution for a :
constitiith. pal amendment to provide!
for the election of Cn'ted Stiild ft'.n-I
! ators by direct popular vote. The 1
j House disagreed to the Sonate plbvl
i I'fini in ued on Fifth 1 "a ?e 1
GAIETY OF NATION'S NATAL DAY
SOBERED BY SEVERE WEATHER
As If to protest upon behalf of
"Young America" against the wave of
"safety ami sanity" making for great?
er physical comfort, which has char?
acterized the celebration of the na?
tional birthday, the elements yester?
day held the greater portion of the
country In the grip of the most acute
heat wave of the year. Of the eighty
four observa tlon stations of the
Weather Bureau In this country, twen?
ty-two recorded.,official maximum tem?
peratures of 100 degrees or more,
while a considerable majority showed
over 9') degrees. f, o I
The greatest heat area was in the
Middle and Central Western states.
The-South was relatively cool, and ex?
cept that most of the territory along
the borders of the northernmost of the
Great Likes were also cool, it would
almost have seemed as if the points
Of the compass had reversed them?
selves for the day. The Pacific const
was also ri notable exception, that part
of the country enjoying plnasanl
weather.
The greatest heal recorded was Ml
degrees In the weather observato?
ries, iiicli. in uinerous Instances,
meant 0 temperature Of almost 110
I degrees at street level. Eight cities?
Albany. Boston. Charles City. Des
Mollies, Kansas City. Omaha, Sioux
City ami Indianapolis?reached this
maximum of 104 degrees. Fourth ot
July heat records were broken In a
number of cities, these Including Chi- I
cago. St. Louis. Kansas City. Cincln
natl and a number of other towns. !
Fatalities resulting from the heat1
were numerous, especially In the :urge :
cities, and the gaiety of the nation's |
natal day was decidedly sobered by
the rigors of the atmosphere.
In th.'. great farming sections of the '
West, crops suffered damage. Con- \
tinned drought in Kansas, together:
With, the ?titliug/J*?nt. which has re-|
ci-ntly prevailed, has worked great
j damage to all of the grain crops, the!
'oats crop being reported "as virtually.
) ruined.. Hay crops, likewise, are al- j
I most a total loss, while the fruit crop!
? will not average more than half Its
usual yield. Hundreds of deaths are!
reported from the cities, and the num- {
her of heal prostration will run well i
Into the thousands.
The summer resorts in the nelghbor
' hood of these etiles profiled largely!
i from the weathar, hundreds of thous- |
? unds being Induced to leave the Swelt?
ering towns by the combination of a
i holiday and the weather conditions No
I Immediate relief nppears In sight, al
' though in some sections there prob-,
ably will be a slight alleviation from .
existing conditions.
Washington, July 4.?The hot wave
continued throughout the country to?
day. Now records were established to
djy. and no promise of relief was held
out by Ihe Weather Bureau to-night.
The country fron; the Atlantic to the
Pacific faces another day of torrid
heat to-morrow, without promise of
showers or ? ven of cloud to snleld It.
To-day temperatures were neur or
above tho loo mark. While slight
drops were note,! In some cllles. In?
creases In others served K, maintain
the average lit th- top notch.
Yuma, Arizona, reported 110 degrees,
this being the record for the day. Sex*
stood St Joseph. Mo., l?tf degrees.
Boston, which beat all Its former re?
cords with iGH yesterday. "loe.i two
more 'degrees to-day. anil led the 10.ist
with 104. in Washington i>7 was the
record for ihe day Down town ther?
mometers soared to 107.
Moderate tomporrttttre prevailed In
the South Atlantic and Oulf States,
with local showers.
Above 100 Degrees lu f'hlentcn.
Chicago, July 4.?To-day was toe
hottest day. with two exceptions. In
Xo Promise of Itrllef.
tXontlnuod oa Fifth Pago.)
DEATHS NUMBER THIRTEEN 1
"Safe iimi snor" Fourth Reduce* Xum- j
her of Cnnunltlen. I
Thirteen dentils from the oltl-fnuh-j
loned rrlehrntlon of the Fourth of July !
noil the total reported lu the l ulteil
State?, necordlBB t> llgurr* compiled
by tin- Chicago Trtbuue last ulsbt. The
uutlon-vt Idc uprrnd of flic sniic Fourth
iiKivtinrui brought fruit In Hit* smallest
number of celebration easualtle* ever
recorded. In ncarl? every elt> where j
the use of explosives by Individual*
nm prohibited no accident* were re"
ported, in other*, where the dl*ehurge
of explosive* wa? permitted undet lim?
itation*, there wa* n derided falling
<>n in the number of dead und Injured,
11? compared with prevloti* year*.
The death litt of thirteen compare*
with twenty-eight reported the Hut
night of inM year'* celebration, when
the mine Fourth movement %va* effect?
ive In fewer eitle*. The nunilier of
Injured reported In 204, nn again*!
reported up to the same hour Inxt jenr.
In llion there were forty-four killed
and -.301 wounded.
Giant Ore-cracker* took the lend In]
the number of futniitic?, eaualug Qve of
thirteen deaths. Revolver* and llre
arina were second, with four. Gun?
powder cniiMrd two, nnd the toy Pln
tnlK, formerly the chief denth agent*,
caused two Menth?.
The heat killed mnny more tbou fell
victim* la the sane Fourth.
GREATLY IN NEED OF RAIN
Kansas, Oklahoma nnd Missouri Crops
Suffering.
Kansas City. .Mo.. July 4"?Kansas.
Oklahoma and Missouri crops are suf?
fering from the hot. dry weather. Ap?
proximately 100 of the m counties In
Missouri :u'c greatly In need of rain.
A report Issued to-day by T. C. Wilson,
secretary of ?he Missouri Boird of
Agriculture, declares that with plenty
of r.dn front now on. an immense
yield of corn Is assured, but thnt if the
drought continues the crop will be
1 ulned.
The wheat harvest Is unusually t-r.r
ly. The preliminary estimate or. yield
is 14.S bushels per acre: last year. 13 2.
The drought has virtually ruined the
oats crop, se.ys the report, and nearly
all new clover nnd timothy Is dead.
The potato crop Is almost a failure.
The State estimate on fruit Is 51 tier
cent, of normal.
Orousht has done more damage to
Oklahoma crops, according to a atate
n-ent by Seeretarv H*nncssy. of the
Oklahoma Board of Agriculture. "There
Is every prospect for a big cotton
crop." he said, ?'but the outlook for
ether crops Is not -rood. Corn has h-?en
badly hurt by lack of rnln."
Five denths due to the heat and
mnnv prostrations were reported hero
to-day. A temperature of 10.1 this af?
ternoon established a new record for
the year. One death from h?at oc?
curred at Atchlson, Kan., where the
thermometer registered ins, the hot?
test July 1 on record.
The highest temperature reported In
Kansas to-day was nt Junction City.
? here the thermometer showed 103 de?
grees. Topekn and Sallna reported
K>6. and Abilene, 105.
Southwest Missouri continued to
swelter, the maximum tempertuire at
Joplin being 104.
WILL NOT APOLOGIZE
Gompera Inttmittra That He Will Go
to .lall.
St. Louis. Mo, July 4.?Waiving the
guilt or Innocence of the McXamara
brothers, and onlv for the sake of ar
gt ment. Samuel Gompers. president of
the American Federation of Labor, in
addressing a McNatr.ara protest meet?
ing in a summer garden here to-dav,
said it would be better for murderers
to go uncaught than to hnve -i con?
dition prevail where It Is possible lor
accused men to he kidnapped to re?
move them from the iurlsdiction of one
State t-i another.
At one stage of his address ho re?
ferred to his own experiences in the
courts
"Who knows where 1 shall be In n
fe wweeks?" he asked, adding. "For
T go to Washington, where 1 am not
to be called upon to answer for con?
tempt, hut to be given nn opportunity
of ap.1logl7.ln3; to the court. Well. If
It Is to be a choice between an apology
and tail. I expect I shall have to go to
Jail"
Ills was one of several speeches on
what was designed as a "safe and
sane" Fourth celebration, under 'he
auspices of the Central Trades and La?
bor Cnion and the Building Trades
Council.
LOUISIANA CAMPAIGN OPENS
Gubernatorial Chair nnd Two United
Stntea Senate ?eiits Plums at Stnke.
Huston. La., July 4.?What gives
promise of being the warmest political
campaign experienced in Louisiana In
a decade, with the gubernatorial ell air
and two United States senatorial nuts
the principal plums nt stake, opened
here to-day. Special trains brought
more than .1.000 people from all parlS"
01 the State, and In the midst of the
speechmaklnc an old-time Fourth of
July bnrhecue tvas served.
There are six candidates in the race
for the Democratic nomination for the
United States Senate. For Governor
the candidates are Secretary of Stale
?lohn E. Michel, the recognised admin?
istration representative; Dr. .1 B. As
wfll, who recently resigned as presi?
dent of the l.otitsinnn State Normal
School, and Judge Luther E. Hall, of
tho Supreme Court, who has lite in?
dorsement of the Good Government
League,
Senator Foster sent a Utter from
Washington expressing regret at his
Inability to be present.
GRANDSTAND COLLAPSES
Twenty-six Person* injured, Two Se?
riously, ut llnaebnll Purk.
Reading, Pa.. July 4.?Twenty-six
were In lured, two seriously, by :ho col?
lapse of the -mill grandstand at Die
Beading Trl-St.it?? baseball park to?
day Herman .1. Folkmsn, n well
known merchant, had his back broken
and Will probably die. Mrs. A. T. Fish?
er had her spine Injured, and was i ttrt
Internally Slight hones are enter?
tained f.u- her recovery. District At?
torney Schallet- .'tistained slight Inter?
nal Injuries
The second floor of the stand tilled
iw fore the first, causing It to becotnt
upheave and fall on th spectators
below, crushing them. Many ,isved
their lives by Jumping,
$100 COUNTERFEIT SILL
Found in Louisville Rank'* Shipment
to Xew York Correspondent.
Washington. .Inly 4. ? A new coun?
terfeit $1011 gold certificate, so well
made in many details thnt the Secret
Service agents regard it as a highly
dangerous, was found yesterday in a
shipment of money from .1 national
bank !n Louisville to Its correspondent
In New York
The now bill Is a lithograph, and
although it has many defects, is prlnt
< d on the government's money paper,
which the counterfeiter must have
obtained by bleaching .1 genuine note.
It bears the portrait of Uviitoti. which
is very flat A careful examination, of
1 iho back is likely to betray It, ,
3
FORK PLUNGED
Stabbing Follows Quar?
rel During Game
of ioker,
MEMBERS OF PARTY
ESCAPE IN LAUNCH
Thought to Be in Chesapeake,
Bay?Several Men and Women
in Camp for July 4 Witness
Difficulty and Leave Hur?
riedly?Well-Known Di?
vorcee Accused,
[Special to The Ttmes-Dlspatch.]
Hampton, Va.. July 4.?Charles
I Harvey Kersey, whose home Is said
] to be cither in Washington or Alex?
andria, hud his throat cut to-day by
a woman while quarreling over a game
ot cards at Grund View Hotel,
a small summer resort on Chesapeake
Bay, three miles from Hampton.
Kersey is in the Dixie Hospital, hav?
ing been brought from Grand View
by Dr. George W. McAllister, who
reached the scene of the cutting In
time to save the man's life. The wo?
man, who is said to be a well known
divorcee of Washington, together with
the other men and women of the
camping party escaped before tho
arrival of Deputy Snerlff C. C. Curtis.
They are thought to bo aboard a,
launch on Chesapeake Bay.
Celebrating the Fourth.
The Washington and Alexandria
party in which arc three women,
leased the hotel property at Grand
View for two months, and were cele?
brating the Fourth there. During a
game of poker. the Washington
i dlvorcco angered on account of some?
thing said by Kersey, plunged a fork
Into his face and neck. Kersey, by
holding his fingers In the- wounds,
kept from bleeding to death. His
tongue is paralyzed, and but few de?
tails" can be learned ot the affair from
him.
The police are looking for the wo?
man and other members of the party,
but none have been yet arrested, for
as soon as the cutting occurred tho
campers left the wounded man aas)
fled in a launch.
Men Are Prominent.
The men of the party are prominent
In Washington. Alexandria and Rich?
mond, while the women are residents
of Washington.
According to report the woman who
did the cutting Is a handsome and
! young divorcee.
Morgan R. Mills, of Richmond, one of
the promoters of the Grand View
land scheme, was at the resort, and
he, too, Is said to have left
Mr. Mills's friends sny he had noth?
ing to do with the trouble, but was
simply spending the Fourth at Grand
View, looking after his business In?
terests.
Mr. Mills was at the Chamberlin
Hotel last night. When asked over,
? the phone to make a s;atement, he
j said that he. did not know the mem?
bers of the Washington party, nor &id
I he know that there had been a cut^j
ting affair at Grand View, until rhose^
j Interested had left the resort.. Ho
l added: "I was at Grand View on bus
j lness connected with the land company
; In which I am Interested, and after
I the unfortunate nunlr I was told that
j a woman had wounded a man named.
I Kersey, and that he had been taken
! to a hospital at Hampton. I Inquired
j about him and learned that his wounds
j were not considered to be dangerous.
I "I do not know the name of tho
j woman who did the stabbing, but I
I was Informed that she and her com
'. panions had escaped before the police
arrived at Grand View.''
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
: Negro .Meets Instant Oentb und In?
juries Fatal to T>vo Others
New Orleans. La.. July 4.?Tim Car
i roll. Frank Blaise and Michael Leonard.
I a negro, all hostlers, were killed by
i an explosion shortly before midnight
! last niy.ht. when Carroll stuck a
i lighted torch into a tank of a Southern
! Pacific locomotive, to ascertain how
I much oil it contained. The explosion
? also resulted In doing $1.100 damage to
the locomotive. Carroll's death was
I almost instantaneous; Biitise and
I Leonard dying shortly after being
carried to a hospital.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Woman Meets lleafh nitd Several Oth.
ers Injured.
I Cherryvllle, N. c. July 4.?Lightning
struck an outhouse on the plantation
i Of Andrew StrOUb. four miles from
[ here to-day. and killed Miss May C38
! tei and severely tnjurled Sylvnn?s
j Mhtinev and Charles Nell, all of Cher
j ryvllle. other members of the party.
! which numbered, about twenty, were
I shocked, but none seriously.
The party of young people had at?
tended a farmers' union t?n<! rural car?
riers' picnic at Sunnyside Schoolhouse,
five miles from here. They had sought
shelter in the vacant cotton house.
liuslneas Section Wiped Out.
Fort Smith. Ark.. July 4.?According
j to a report received here to-nlt,'ht. the
' business section of the town of Bra ass.
Okl?.i fifty-eliiht miles west ct here.
'was almost entirely wiped o'Ut ly lite
' to-day. Annum the buildings destroys
' ed were u half-dozen stores atiu rhs
! ix..?l-ol!W. The town's telegraphic arta
telephone communication Is so crip
pled that It Is Impossible to (et accu?
rate report'
Portion of Tniin Destroyed,
Princeton, Mo.. July 4,?Three busi?
ness blocks, Including the .-ntlr* north):
hide ol the public square, were de
strove. 1 by a fire of unknown . rlgtn,
which started late this afternoon in
an upper iioor of a hardware store The
^osa Is estimated at