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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
EROST AT THE THEA TRES.
Two Closed Up and Most of the Others Had
slender Houses.

The Herald square and the Bijou theatres
we're closed last night on account of.the storm.
The Empire was closed. too. but not because
of the storm. A new play was having a dress
rehearsal. Some o! the theatres thai opened
might better have remained closed. the spec
tator5 we're so few. At Days and The Gar
rick the crowd was good. At Wallack's there
were about fifty people. About twice that
number went to see The Runaway Girl a.
the Fifth Avenue.
!iav. Irwin went to Washington at midnight
Saturday to visit a sister. She started back
TO New York. expecting TO be IN time for the
performance last night. but she got snow
bound.
Most of the actors and actresses who live
any distance from the theatres in which they
are playing were late last night. This caused
more thaA ono performance to begin late.
The people who braved the storm to go 10
the theatre were sorry they had venturedso uL
at allwhen the theatres were dismissed. None
OF the surface c%arlines was running except the
cable lines. The. broadway cable cars ran SO
seldom that one had to wait Sometimes half
an hour. The majority of theatre-goers went
home by way OF the elevated road.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
LONG ISLAND ROAD TIED Ur.
All Trafho Abandoned at Soon-One Train
Stalled and Buried in SNOW.

All TrafHo Abandoned at Saon-One Train
Stalled and Buried in Snow.
Two days of almost continuous snow on
Long Island has blocked highways. brought
traffic on the Long Island Railroad and The
trolley roads to a halt and has cut Off from the
rest Of the world all the villages and hamlots
east Of jamaica. Beyond Jamaica fences have
disappeared under the snow and the highways
and fields are all merged into one great storm
swept level.
Profting by previous storm experionces. but
few trains were sent out on the Long Island
Railroad yesterday morning. and in conss-
quence when night fell every train was ac-
counted for hut one. which was stalled some
whore between Hicksville and Central Park.
Acting on instructions from the general Offices
in Long Island City. trains from far points.
such as Sag harbor. Greenport and Wading
River. did not leave. Topographic advicos re-
eeiyed in Long Island City Indicated that the
road was blocked on all its branches. so no at
tempt was made TO start trains west from the
After a hard struggle the Babylon train got
into Long Island city more than two hours
Oyster Bay; Then %atrain with a few passen-
gers ABOARD left Long island City for I{onkon-
big drift between Hicksvillc and Central Park.
and we o. me mammoth snowplouGhs. were
r re Firo 40 ta 1S1o ass's ssd ,i,o N25rd received in tho
pletely hidden under the snow that had drifted
nigh over the passenger coaches and engine.
Word was Rot through on the telegraph line To-
the conductor in charge OF the train to have
the passengers taken Off and cared for at some
koma train an, effort was made to get o train
through 10 Babylon. This train was more than
an hour ana a half in reaching Jamaica, a dis
lance OF about twenty minutes under ordinary
conditions, Fast Of this point the road was re-
ported blockaded. and the train was laid over
hotel. ~"
While these trains were being sent out every
eIIDft WAS nut forth m knnn fha Nnrth Gl,S,
branch to Flushing. and MILESTONE and Great
Neck and Port Washington open. Trains wero
Dafied and, beaten. Al noon n general order
was issued .suspendtng operations on ali
branches OF the road save the North Shore
division; Late in the afternoon two iocomo-
uVss' with two passenger coaches containing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
ON THE BIG BRIDGE X.
The Elevated Trains Ran steadily, hut the
Trolleyk Were Infre4Ment and Spnamodic.

The Elevated Trains Ran Steadily, hut the
TrolleyE Were Infrequent and S~pasmodic.
TIL trolley cars came limping into the Man
haitian end Of the big bridge at all rates of
speed and on all kinds of schedules. Some
times three or four ears of the same line would
arrive in Il bunch. then not another Of thnt
line would be- seen for an hour or so. Non"
OF the lines crossing the bridge was absolutely
stalled so far as arriving at the bridge was con-
crrned, No attempt TO keep a schedule was
possible,
Snowpioughs and brushes did not cross the
bridge, Abig gang OF shovellcrs and Sweepers
were KEPT at the loops. and they built up piles
Of snow six or eight feet high clear Of the cars:
The elevated road cars %slmtiled back and
forth on thciI tracks on the bridge freely ana
on fairly good schedule time They did almost
all the passenger business. As far as the
asphalt promenade extended the power rail
was covered in places with drifting snow. but
the motor ears got ,he current Just the sam"
and ran across. but on the steel truss part the
promenade. was swept clear by the wind. and
gangs OF shovellcrs cleared the driveway by
shovelling constantly.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
BARREN ISLAND ICEBoUND.

Communication Over the Ice and No Danger
of the People Starving.
Although Barren Island is completely frozen
in. there is no peril Of starvation for its inhab-
itants. as has been reported. Police Captain
Buckholtz, in whose precinct Barren Island is
included. and whose headquarters is at Canar-
sic. said yesterday that there are ample pro-
visions as well as fuel on the island TO last
several days. Tie police launch has been I'M
able to make n trip to the island since tho
Jamaica Bay channel was frozen over on Sat
urday. but since then scores of persons hay"
crossed and recrossed on the ice between the
island and Bergen Beach. A tug left the island
yesterday by the open sea for New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14

Deputy Chief of Police MacKellar of tho bor-
ough OF Brooklyn was notified yesterday II
forty-onc families who were in destitute rir-
cumstances, He caused the police TO investi-
gate each case, and. ascertaininG that the fam
lilies We're really in a deplorable condition.
communicated the facts to the Bureau Of Char
titles. President Alfred 4. White of the Bureau
81 Charities sent to Deputy Chief Ma"kellar
Sal in cash and suggested that each family he
supplied with 81 worth of provisions. Deputy
Chief Mark"llar communicated with the vari-
Gus police Captains. instructing them to sup
and to send the bills to him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
HARD WORk GETTING COAE.
Carts Couldn't Mako Deliveries and Local
Supplies Ran Out.

Supplies Ran Out.
Those who were not provided in advance
with coal were in trouble yesterday. Dealers
who had coal 10 sell were unable to deliver il
on account of the snowdrifts. In the tenement
districts. where the people purchase their coal
from the corner groceries. the ,grocers cmptied
came late had to &c. without, There was the
same scarcity of kindling wood. The price OF
coal per pail went up iive cents and later seven
special permit from the police, Ordinarily II
Ia a ,misdenaanor 10 cart or deliver GOAL on
SUNDAY
Coal trains were in the same predicament AS
all other trains, yesterday, and very little got
were also unable 10 get here on account Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
MIX SCARCE AND late.

Chances Are That 1t Will lie Srarcer To
Day-Price Up n Little.
Every milk dealer in town yesterday was
short Of milk on account OF the delay in the
milk trains. The milk trains from Orange
county were stalled for hours near Kingston
and It was nearly noon before a supply reached
the city. The supplies the milkmen had ON
hand were exhausted before they had half
gone over their routes.
There Was a big demand for condensed milk
and the price went up II cent a can. Condens-
ing milk also, went up Il cent u quart. advances
which were cheerlully paid. by both retailers
and consumers. There is likely to be q serI-
tinues in the suburbs. Long Island milk got
in after brief delays, but as Brooklyn consumes
the bulk OF Long Islands milk, there was no
relief for this borough from that source.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
RAY0yNE KITE PREDICrI0ys.
Storm Nearing Its End and n Fall OF Tenn
pcrature for Tomorrow.

The Bayonns kite corps experimental yes
terday with meteorological instrument sent
aloft on a piano wire kite cord. several at
tempts 70 ralss the siX-foot kitos we're futile.
the gale wrecking them. out finally after twelve
pounds of iron were attached to the base OF a
stout kite it scared among the descending
snowfaIes. The instruments were hoisted 10
a height Of more than Loo feet and kept at that
altitude thirty minutes. Capt. Hotchlin and
the pull Of which varied from forty to ninety
pounds. AT, the earth the, Thermometer regis
barometer registered 20. 80. while the humidity
was 10 per cent. During the experiment tho
corps had its cable reel Affixed TO a large sled.
which the kite pulled hither aud thither
through the snowdriits. Local Weather OBJ
server Hotchkin predicted the cessation of the
ing. with a considerable fall in the temperature
on Wednesday and prevailing northwest winds
for to-day and Wednesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE,
He Did Not Heed the SignaI-A Territ
Thrilling Story.

the stomach, liver or kidney troubles. until YOU
wake with a start to the fact that already there
has been too much delay. Creeping paralysis.
nervous prostration. serious liver and kidney
COMPLAINT. wrecked constitution or approarh.
ing insanity stares you III the face. because
The danger signal has been ignored. and
early grave.
trouble, no matter how trifinE. Of too little in.
Significance to receive attention, Take that Tor
your nerves and blood that you know will make
them strong and. well. Take that which has
most efficient nerve and blood remedy eycr
given to mankind. You will find nowhere any.
and nerve remedy. IT, stands to-day distinctly
in a class by itself rs the greatest restorative ot
a weakened. exhausted. wasting or oNerworked
strengthened and invigorator Of the nerves and
a purifier OF the blood, 1t is Of the greatest Nalus
other remedy in the world. This famous remedy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
THE ISLAND SHORT OF CO4L.
Five Loaded Barges Carr. I'd Away by tho
Tide-Borno Ice.

Tide-BOrno Ice.
There is danger OF a scarcity Of coal on Black
wells Island owing 10 the drifting away Of five
loaded coal barges which broke from their
moorings yesterday and the day before. The
barges wero lashed to the seawall. and we're
without the protection of a pier. They were
caught in the ice noas with the incoming tides
and we're swept away up the river. 1t is under
stood that there we're no men on the barge5.
After the loss Of the five already mentioned
two other loaded coal barges were ordered
IL order TO supply the island the steamer
Thomas $. Brennan made several trips yester-
day CARRYING large quantities OF coal.
ferry between Blackwell's Island and the loot
OF East Sixty-second street were unable to run
yesterday owing to the drifting ice. The Cor
rection Departments steamer William L..
Strong was sent to take their place.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
Messenger boy Overcome.

August Van Horn. a messenger boy employed
at Fifth avenue and Sixth street. South Brook
Ign. started out TO deliver a message in Flat
bush last night. He fell exhausted In a snow
He was found there by Policeman Collins and
removed 10 the Kings County Hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
Freak. of Snow on the Bridge.

A peculiar condition Of affairs. due to tho
action OF wind currents, existed ON the Brook
Ign Bridge yesterday. The north roadway. or
entirely free OF snow. On the south ROADWAY
the. snow was piled up knee deep In places,
while the whole stretch was covered with snow
from four 10 eight inches In depth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
Prices or SOME FOODS Up.
Dairy Products, Vegetables and Fruit Dear,
Fish, Not Yet.

Fish, Not Yet.
There was an nd a yesterday in the price
Of all dairy products. particularly eggs and
butter. Vegetables and fruits also advanced.
This advance was not only due to the non
arrival of fresh supplies on account OF stalled
trains. but because Of the great quantities that
have been destroyed by the cold weather in the
past fAw days.
There was no advance yesterday in the price
Of ish,. although the, merketmen say there
will be II the cold weather keeps much longer.
1t has been four days now since any nsh have
come here by water. and all oonsignments by
ceassd shippins e%ntipeIy. but snail snpnIies
are still coming from Boston. Oysters and lob
sters are particularly scarce.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14

Tick. tick tick tick tick tick tick tickk-and
so the telegraph instrument clicked out us itn-
portant message UNDECIDED. z
Ar extra excursion train, bearing humorous
of happy people. flew by the fatth!ess STATION
AGENTS most, nor did he realize that this tram,
rinninp out Of the regular time, was near MN.
until il Numbered past the door. Overcome by
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
They do tell
It's warm in hell,
But it's not so warm in Brooklyn.

Another inscription In the same car read
hogshead."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
Brooklyn Mail Service Reduced to One De-
livery.

Postmaster Wilson found it impossible TO
furnish Brooklyn with more than one mail do
livery yesterday. lie had planned for a second
delivery, but the carriers were unequal 10 the
task. fully one-third OF them being disabled
from the cold. No attempt could be made 10
use the mail wagons for collections.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
NOTICE.

On Thursday morning, February 18th, at
So'clock, Brill Brothers will commence their
Semi-Annual HaIf-OG Sale of Winter Over
coats, listers and Suits. This means all OF
IN" above goods at 30 per cent. of the proc
ert ,'i'Ing prices at all Of our four stores.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
To Cure = Cold in One pav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists
Eefand the money II 1t falls IA cure. use, NE ass.
etAshRS L. y. y. on each AbIst,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14
Frost uurl,s an Automatic Sprinkler.

An automatic fire sprinkler in the building at
III Grand street which fro&e oil Sunday night
burst Yesterday morning. aefore the water
could he shut "N one OF the floors Was flooded
and a good-si2ed stI-aIn ran dpwn the stair
way. The stock OF the New York Wire and
Brass Comp any was damaged 10 the extent ~
$500 by the water, When the sprinkler broke
an Sutomat'r t,c al2.m sounded and tho Are
men were cGIi,I to he scene.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-14

Revelation t. Ale Drinkers
Ara tie virtues In svsry bottle Of EvanS.-AGV.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-12
Could Not Be Returned.

This is one of the yarns of child
hood.
Six-year-old Tommie was sent by his
eldest sister to the corner grocery to
buy pound of lump sugar. He played
alleys on his way to the store, and by
the time he arrived there ne had for
gotten what kind of sugar he was sent
for. So he took home a pound of the
graduated article. His eldest sister
sent him back to the store to get lump
sugar. After the proprietor of the gro
Gerry shop had made the change for the
little lad he engaged Tommie in CON
versation.
'Tommie" said he, II understand
there Is new member of your family"
Yes SIR" replied the kin; "I've got
little brother"
well, how do you like that, hey 2"
inquired the groceryman.
Don't Ike it at ALL" said Tommie:
"rather have n little sister"
Then, why don't you change him.
Tommy"
"Well, we would If we could; but |
don't suppose we can. You see. we
have used him four days now"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-12

the top of a high ridge, and caught
sight of the three Indians. He trem.
blingly put his field glasses to his eyes
and, sure enough, 1t was Captain Jack
his squaw and little girl.
"Where are you going, Jack?" asked
the Major, as he rode up to the biz
chief who had been causing all the
trouble.
Heap hungry said Jack, detected.
". Guess go Clear creek catch fish,
A few hours later the old scout rode
into camp with his three prisoners The
capture put an end to the Modoc war
Drannan avenged the murder of the
Davis family, which was a sensation
al horror of the plains thirty years ago.
An inoffensive family of settlers was
killed In cold blood by a party of Mexi.
can greasers, who then made off with
their cattle. The deed was laid to the
Ute Indians.
NO" said Drannan, with his usual
sagacity, "thls Is the work of greas.
ers."
Lieutenant JuChoVh oCtailCQ ulul q
squad of men and he started in pursuit.
He travelled all day and about 8 o'clock
at night Black Bess shifted the air Gu.
riously.
Here's their camp" said Drannan,
triumphantly. Sure enough, by the
light of the dying embers the little
posse could discern the forms of the
greasers. The cattle feeding near Were
those taken from Davis ranch.
well give you five minutes to get
ready" said the Major to the Mexicans,
who pleaded abjectly, as they Were
surrounded. At the end of five min.
utes they were lined up and shot.
Drannan started on his remarkable
career from st. Louis with Kit Carson
In 1S47 and when Is years old killed his
first Indian or rather two of them.
Major Drannan is today 1.-the and agile
and stands feet inches In his stock
ing feet. He still eats bear meat and
sleeps on an elk skin bed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-12
HIS FIRST THlMBLE.
Inventor John Letting Made n For-
tune From II 300 Years Ago.


"There is rich family named Loft
Ing in England, said dealer in fancy
articles. "the fortune of whose house
was founded by SO apparently insigaiii-
cant little thing ms the thimble.
"The first thimbles seen in England
were made in London less than goo
years ago by metal worker named
John Loiting.
1.-The usefulness of the article recon-
mended it at once to all who used the
needle, and Lofting acquired large
fortune and great fame in the manufac-
tnre of the new accessory to the needle
workers art.
'sThe implement was then called the
thumb bell and was worn on the thumb
1.-The clumsy mode of utilizing it
was soon changed, but when and why
the name thimble was given the article
do not appear.
Lettings thimbles. and. in fact, all
thimbles, were made of either iron or
brass and specimens of them extant,
many of which are preserved as heir
looms, are crude and clumsy looking
tHlHSS Niih thO NOihihOACoS
thimbles of today, although their cost
was many times as much.
"Today gold, silver, iron, ivory,
steel, sometimes glass and even pearl
and celluloid are utilized in making
thimbles. Since art needlework became
fashionable thimhles of elaborate work
manship and great value, to accompany
the rich and costly implements and ma
terials wealthy needleworkers affect,
have found large sale.
"Solid gold thimbles, carved and fire.
quently set with diamonds, have been
found none too good for some people.
Thimbles made to order, with the mono
gram or initials of the person for whom
they are intended set in precious stones,
are not by any means unknown. -
Philadelphia Press.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-12
TREASURE SEEKING IN PARIS.
widespread Belief that Great Treas
ures Are Hidden in the City.

y
ures Are Hidden in the City.
Some Parisians are actually kept
from wandering by conviction that
there is hidden treasure behind the
walls, or beneath the flooring. or In the
chimney nook, or under the roof.
You are told that during the number
les sieges TO which Paris has been sab
iected. and the internal revolutions t
has undergone, there exists not a cellar
or garnet but has become the recep-
tacle of some part of the immense
riches accumulated in religious houses
and old families. There Is. perhaps,
nothing irrational In. the supposltion
that In the good old times when con
vents were made the repositories not
only of the secrets of the aristocracy,
hut of the family jewels likewise, in
stances must have occurred wherein
these deposits were buried and remain
undiscovered, together with the treas.
ure Of the confraternity. But human
folly has of late years exalted this "a
tional possibility into dazzling certain
ty. Every means is now resorted 10,
and more gold and precious time ex-
pended than the most valuable treas
IRE could repay, in order to seize the
secret which still resists discovery
while you Of the matter-of-fact, plod'
ding Angio-S Saxon race are to1llng ana
broiling In Australia and California
searching for gold, we gold-seekers of
Paris find 1t here beneath our feet in
the old quarters of the city round Notre
Dame and the Hotel de Vile, where
gold is teeming In greater plenty than
amid the rocky powders of California,
or beneath the soil of Ballarat,' said
Ducasse, the great treasure seeker.
AS If to mock this feverish and never
ceasing chase, not one OF the great ira
dItional treasures-of which four are
believed to exist-has been yet brought
to light, although now and then some
token is youchsafed of their real exist
ence. From time to time, for instance,
the tradition of the famous treasure
buried by Napoleon's order, on his hur-
ried departure from the Tuileries be-
fore Waterloo, is justified by the turn
ing up in all parts Of the palace garden
Of gold pieces and silver crowns. The
holes of the elm trees down the middle
alley of the garden were all marked
with hieroglyphic signs, which, ceasing
at certain points, began again on the
lime trees of the Terrace of the Feuill-
ians. But the elm tree where these
signs began and the lime tree on which
they have ended have been uprooted
and the soil all about them turned over
without avail. Then, during the lay
Ing out of the Bots de Boulogne, great
interest was excited by the fencing Oft
Of portion of the wood close to the
Pre- Catelan, and ransacking of this
small spot for a month, under the SUI
perintendence of a government officer.
while crowds waited anxiously outside
the line to see one of the forty work
men strike upon the golden deposit con-
fidently believed to have been buried
there by FOuche, Duke of Otranto. The
hoard Is actually calculated as part Of
the family wealth.-Chambers Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-04-12
NOTED INDIAN SCOUT.
MAI. DRANNAN, THE CAPlOh or
CAPTAIN JACK.
Veteran PIainsman VINO mas Deeh
Fighter and Hunter for Fifty Years
Some of the Exploits in Whieh nc
Figured.

One of the most famous Indian SCOUTS
and the last of the great hunters anu
trappers common in the Rocky noun
tains fifty years ago is Major william
f. Drannan. who still sees service
among the Nez Perces OF ldaho. ne
carries a knife with which he has scalp
ed thirty-five Indians. after having
killed them in fair fight.
1t was Major Drannan who captured
Captain Jack, the chief of the Modoes'
in 1873, and put an end to the Moaoc
war. The conflict between the United
States troops and the Modoc Indians
broke out during one of Major Dram
mans periodical attempts 10 settle
down" and farm. Couriers dashed up 10
his ranch, their horses covered with
foam, and brought the news that Cap
tain Jack and his Modocs had gone on
the war path.
The whole settlement was soon In
state of great excitement. The In
dams killed all the defenseless ranch
ers they could and then fed to the lava
beds OF Idaho and intrenched them
selves IN n cave. Somebody had to ride
to Jacksonville, hundred miles away,
to warn the town and bring REINFORCE
ments to the regular troops. Nobody
cared to undertake 1t. Major Drannan
saddled Black Bess and started at sun
down. All night long the sharp eyes
of the scout and the sagacous nose or
his pet mare picked out the trail as I'M
erringly as bloodhound. Before sun
rise the Major rode into Jacksonville
and told the sheriff to gather strong
posse, as Captain Jack was OH the war
path and numbering settlers by the
score. General Wheaton, In command