The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-01-26
nu1nLGn,s EXPERIENCE.



mir. Services of Police Department.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-It is the mayors
purpos,. pending the time when the
work of relief through intelligence gath
cred by the police can be putinto organ
ICED form. to be personally responsible
for whatever sums it may be necessary
TO expcnd TO relieve extreme cases of
need and save the poor from freezing or
starving. Fifteen hundred homeless
men partook OF the hospitality of the
city last night and slept under. the ROOFS
OF the police station.
Flfty-threc persons We're listed as
overcome by the terrible cold in ChleaEo
Yesterday and were rescued In parity
irozsn condition. one death occurred,
which was due to the cold and a number
OF people are likely to die as the result
OF frozen limbs and exposure Most OF
the sufferers succumbed to the cold
while about their usual tasks but
number az the victims We're homeless
wanderers. ....,,s,,, the
Fron, meteorological standpoint t1e
c1Id wave is especially interesting II
v.a.Ha-
was caused in the first place by treiil enI,i,
dous atmospheric pressure III the hoL hol.til ~
,ydst extreme the barometer tntTe Les
Istarlng 3lIE Inches This IS phsuJIils,
nal. Prof. Garriott says, the hlBhes'
reading in his memory. -, a.,
ONLY one death had been rep2rIrs,u ~. W
the police Up to noon that " III
Busch, five years Old Mlo .T,is a,,,i,,,'
as the result Of exposure lhe ailu lt''l
I, ncss however. we're kept busy CON
,ss,jnr neople to the hospitals win
,bsir feet and hands frozen. George
Grant was found IN freight car near
North street almost dead ana win M M
feet badly frozen, SO tAat they WI
have TO be amputated The Work os
clearing the downtown streets "
snov has been abandoned Oh account
~ INC Intensity OF the cold. Many Oi
~. men had no gloves or overcoats anu
t,,,ri,. fonr hundred of them were
,,ors or less severely frost bitten.
T,scnh Fey, a driver on snow ploW,
NJ 40 street cleaning department. hhu
hIs BODY and limbs so badly frozen
thit he win probably die. Many OF 'ls
men we're removed 10 their HoIiieS a.. ~.
the hospitals In the amouIa!,S ny, .,,eaf
some lines passengers on the slISes
c1rs s,ifTarsd badly Miss Emma Smith
ryhu. riding from Thlriy-hfth street 70
N,dIrnn 0n a clark street car became
unconscious and was only resusclitateai
after nearly an hours hard worK ss Os
phyflclang. The various police slhtl1ns sllS.i!
were crowded 20 their utmost capacity
the Harrison street station 1lone shell ie,
trring over three hundred unfortunlaites.
,rb. Soiyation Army barracks on West
Madison street we're kept open az
night and many were taken care %
there
The police department has been turn
ed INTO a vast relief corps. CHIEF OF 70
llcc Badenoch has issued orders 70 eV-
cry officer IN the CITY to make q per
sonaI inyestigatlon OF all cases OF desti-
tuition on his beat and report the SAM
az once. Help e sent Immediately ana
every patrol wagon ana Inspector
c4-ringe are being used fOr thl5 pur-
rnrc. One pitiful case Of suffering was
reported 10 the Hyde Park station TO-
daV. Al the home OF Edwin Martin at
10 gii West Fifty-frst street. was n
child that had died SATURDAY from star
vatIon and lay nnhurled ~ the house.
Tbe family wns without food fuel or
money and had been Tor several days.