Show bom FOUR KILLED OUR NO OF THE THI iwo thousand injured as result of accidents of var ous kinds F re loss of new york more rigid laws and the growth of public sentiment for a sane cele celebration oration of the fourth of july ha have ve had the result all over the country in reducing the number of I 1 billed and wounded in the annual holiday pull full returns for the celebration this year show a decrease in the number of killed from the record of 1908 there were 44 fatalities reported against 56 55 last year more baleful enumeration of the accidents by the police of the larger cities and the extending of the count to the smaller towns caused an apparent increase inci ease in the list of in aured figures comp led at 4 a cirk tuesday morning showed 2431 2 tin hn aured throughout the country as against 8 in 1908 there was an increase by fire losses this year the total being 51 as against in 1908 the greater part of this increase in the loss is accounted for however by a single fire in spokane wash which de strayed property to the value of chicago and its suburbs gave strong evidence of the progress wh ch has been made in stopping the slaughter in the path of the rejoicing over the nations freedom the statistics of twelve dead and injured there a year ago wis was revolutionized only one death had been reported in chicago at 2 clock tuesday morning and the total number of injured was less than fifty of the accidents which were placed on the pol ce records only halt half a dozen were serious and it was esti mated the fatalities would not by any chance be more than two |