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The evening world., 1902-12-05

early to-day walking along Amsterdam
avenue. near SIxty-eighth street. clad
only in a ragged shirt and threadbare
trousers with his bare feet exposed TO
the icy pavement, He appeared to be
happy, for he was whistllng "In the Good
Old summertime and doing a fancy
step with his half frozen feet.
When arrested and taken to the west
SiXty-ciEhth street police station he was
almost blue with cold. He told the SER
gcant that his wife used all the money
he could earn buying things for her
self and left him nothing to buy shoes
with.
While he was discussing his wife's cru
city TO him she appeared in the station
house and asked hat her husband be
retained in the custody of the police.
She said he had started to go out in
the storm, and after trying peaceably
to restrain him she had seized a snow
shovel and hit him over the head with II.
The sergeant could not refrain from
smiling at the complaint. but on being
asked to have her husband sent to
Blackwell's Island he refused very pos
lively, remarking that Hirsch had al
ready suffered enough. The daughter,
w.o arrived n few minutes later, also
tried to have her father committed. but
her plea was In vain.
The police think Hirsch Is suffering
from temporary insanity.
The evening world., 1902-12-05
JAM AT THE STATIONS.
SURFACE CARS HELP,

As soon as the tie-up of the elevated
roads was apparent the Metropolitan at
tempted to hn the gap by running out
sufficient surface cars TO comfortably
carry the patrons OF the H."
But 1t was late n the crews to hnn-
die the cars could not be found. Con-
s~eduently the addition of extra cars to
the usual all-nlght service of the sur
face rolds was imperceptible. Every
car wa packed and tammod to the
platforms, and although outside the
weather was cold. with sleet and snow
and n raw wind. men hung on wherever
they could.
AS the day wore on and the regular
tide OF travel set in locomotives were
brought into requisltion. but the opera
ton vas slow, and all the stations up
were damned, even the stalrways
being crowded. Many who could not
board cars and were unable to make
their way downtown in the storm turned
back home. to make another attempt
later.
Inc ordinary condition of damned cars
was exaggerated. and those who did get
transportation suffered for II. but they
had the satisfaction OF making the trip
and getting to their places OF business.
The evening world., 1902-12-05
BRONX A
A HARD TIME OF 1T.

The first L train to come out of the
Bronx got across the Harlem Bridge at
Z o'clock, 1t was loaded to the very
with passengers. 1t was an hour
and a half before the next train got
across.
The New York Central got the over
flow which the trolley cars couldn't take.
1t vas said that the road carried In
more persons IN its suburban cars than
II has since the 1883 blizzard, when
every kind OF local transportation COM
was out of business. 1t took one
train one hour and twenty minutes to
get from One Hundred and S%ixty-nlnth
street TO the Harlem River. The ordi-
nary running time is thirty minutes.
One OF the worst features about the
tle-up both in the Bronx n Manhat-
tan was the persistence with which the
ticket-sellers continued to dispose OF
tickets. The City Hall station was so
damned with passengers from Brook
Ign at 7.3O o'clock this morning that
the police lnterfered and refused TO al
low any more persons to mount the
stairs, The poor people stood there In
the biting wind and singing snow, as
they did for that matter on every sta
ton in town, waiting for the trains
that moved not at all or so rarely that
they made no impression on the great
crowds.
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device which would scrape the ice and
nov OFF OF the third rail in front Of
the shoes which pick up the current,
he said he believed that UGH was true.
but did not believe any OF them had
been delivered.
"Is 1t not a fact that in planning for
the third rail the company neglected to
plan for the device to keep the rail clear
and that that negligence Is the cause OF
the present inconvenience to the
Dublic?"
Now, really, l did not know the pub
lie had been put to any Inconvenience"
This was the first severe test of the
now third rail. The Second avenue line
was the first to be equipped with cleo
trio motive power, their first rains
starting last April. The Third avenue
began running electric trains soon after.
but II was not until August that all
trains were included.
The first electric trains on the Sixth
avenue line ran only to FIfty-eighth
street In September. In October tho
third rail was extended to Harlem
and since then work has been going on
with the extension of the third rail- to
the Ninth avenue line, which has been
operated exclusively by steam.
At s A. NJ. to-day the weather condi-
lions were al their worst. The tenn
perature fell several degrees and the
rain turned to snow. The wind fresh
and the weather assumed the pro-
portions Of a blizzard. In a half hour
inch of snow fell, forming n crust
on the slush which had already covered
the city
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TRAIN
THE o A

The trains drawn by engines OF the
Ninth avenue line kept the tracks clear
for awhile. but at $50 A. M. a sixth
avenue electric train which tried to
turn on OF the Ninth avenue tracks
into Fffty-third street was stalled by
The L.. and Just ut 4 point where It
blocked the tracks OF all trains, north
and south, It stopped n remained
here. thus stopping up Ninth avenue
transportation. which the officials had
hoped to keep open with locomotives.
From 2 A. NJ. until daylight the four
long lines OF steel roadway were illu-
minated by gorgeous electrical pyro-
namics. A trackman would cut the Ice
rom the third RAJ. In front of a stalled
lrhin and the cars would move a few
I16E. until the shoe again struck the
40. Then the separation OF the Rhoe
IIom the ran would cause great blue
me 70 shoot out in all directions,
Intense heat melting the metal and
siering the globules OF molten Iron
2 side area.
Wherever q train was stalled these dis
The evening world., 1902-12-05
SURFACE CARS
SLOW IN BROOKLYN.

The storm had no effect oil the Brook
lyn elevated roads, but with the surface
lines traflc n slower and suffered
many delays. In outlying districts tho
snow banked up oil the tracks and the
trolley wires became coated with ice,
making II dificult for cars to move
Schedule time was not attempted.
on lines running out Of the city the
number Of cars was reduced. More
thar half OF the cars were taken from
the Bergen Beach line, and the same
was true with the Coney Island and
Bath Beach roads.
Supt. Clark. OF the Brooklyn street
cleaning department, said this morn
move the snow from the streets
as soon as the storm stopped.
For the very worst kline of a storm he
can call out about 1000 trucks. with
more thar 1000 men. For an ordinary
storm he said hat Loo trucks and 5000
men would be suficient. To prevent
fraud he has arranged to pay trucks 81
a day and demand n certain number OF
loads from them.
During a half hour in the morning
the trolley cars on the Bridge were
blocked by Ice on the trolley wire, but
the cars were moved as soon as the
Ice was removed.
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STALLED BY THE TOR AT
1O4 TIL STREET N COLUMBUS VENUE.

tongs and decorating his left arm. The
wound bled profuselv and he was taken
TO Roosevelt Hospital. where his arm
was bound In a tOurniquet.
Eugene Rey, thirty-four, OF No. i02
Fast Thirty-scventh street, fell on the
sidewalk in front of No. l73 Fast Eighty
fourth street. n fractured his right
knee cap. He vas taken to the Presoy-
tertan Hospital.
Alice Keckan. sixteen years old, was
swept by a fierce gust of wind and
thrown against a frame building at the
corner of Grove street, Jersey city, this
morning, Her head was cut. She was
taken home.
Fritz Adler. twenty-seven years old.
an cXpresSman of No. y? Bloomfield
street, Jersey City, was driving down
Broadway this morning. and when OPP
posite Rector street. was blown from
his seat back into the wagon by n heavy
gust OF wind. He was rendered uncOn-
scIous, but revived by an ambulance
surgeon from the Hudson Street Hos
pital and went home.
The evening world., 1902-12-05
VICE-PRESIDENT SKITT
AXE ACTIVE A N

At the Offices OF the Manhattan Rail
way Company there was much worry,
Vice-President Skitt. who is the active
manager OF the system. was out on the
road somewhere. trying to have the
trains moved, and the other ~ofticlals
connected with the operating depart
ment had been sent to various points
to work under his direction,
Assistant Superintendent Grape was in
charge Of the office. He seemed greatly
astonlshed that there had been a tie-up
OF all the lines.
Nov. really. you know" he said,
this is the first / heard Of It. Has
there been a delay? 1 do not think 1t
could amount to much. oh, heavens, no;
the third rail- is an immense success, and
while OF course installing and operating
1t costs us a great deal more than the
old way, we are determined to sacrifice
dividens to give the people a 1ne serv-
Ice" While Mr.. Grape was talking nc
was employing scores OF men. who were
In the hall waiting, and was sending
them out to work under Mr., Sldtt and
his aides In clearing the bloekades,
WheH-tt Eas suggested that the sam
pany had contracted for . mechanical
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That Z per cent. guarantee OF the In
terborough Rapid Transi Company on
the Manhattan Elevated stock didn |
look A particularly good thing for the
subway people to-day. Based on the
change of motive power from steam TO
electricity on the H." the guarantee
must have given them the shivers when
they awoke to find the third-rail system
~ complete failure in the face of the
rhowstorm which settled over tho city
last night.
There has never been such a collapse
OF elevated transportation since the
famous blizzard of 1888. and this snow
storm Is only a baby. People asked
themselves II a little furry like this IAN
nut the whole system out OF joint, what
is going 10 happen when We get a real
live Euowstorm? Unless the officials of
the 81" can obviate these difficulties 1t
IL certain that they will have to 20 back
TO steam.
At 2 A. NJ. the Manhattan Elevated
Railroad officials were aware OF the fact
that their third rail Is not proof against
sleet and snow.
AS the storm grew in intensity, trains,
most OF them loaded with passengers, at
first found great difficulty in moving
and finally all OF them were compelled
TO abandon the attempt and they were
literally moved in.
As the third rail carries a deadly cur
rent OF electricity II was the desire OF
the officials to so protect II with fend-
ers that employees and others would not
step or all on It. A continuous board
was attached to each side of the rail
80 that 1t extended two inches above
the rail.
The snow and sleet banked into this
groove and formed a coating in many
places an inch thick. 1t was impossi-
BILE for the shoe or dog attached to the
car and which slides along on top of
the third rail to pick he current up
through the layer OF Ice. and the trains
came to a stop.
It Is only fair to say in their be-
half. however, that the storm caught
them ~unprepared. They have been
afraid that it would come and do more
on less just what 1t has don They
have out a contract now for snow scrap
ers for the ploughs which conduct the
power from the third rail into the motor
cars, but tire contract was let so recent
ly that there has not been sufficient
time In which to make deliveries.
Some OF the plougihs were fitted to-day
with little brushes. but the sleety char
acter of the snow made them useless.
They slid right over the Ice which
formed on the rail. This ice. together
with the snow which drifted into the
gully formed by the protecting guard
OF wood all along the steel rail, pre-
vented the feeding Of the current into
the motors, and made the roa almost
useles8 eor I'VE hours.
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MUCH SNOW, NO COAL IN
COUNTY.
Special to The Evening world)

WHITE PLAINS, Dec. 5.-All trolley
cars are being delayed by icy rails.
During the gale which accompanied the
snow storm about a score OF telegraph
poles were blown across the Harlem
tracks at Fleasantvllle, stalllng the
Chatham train No. 10, loaded with com
muters, for some time, The storm
caused many lawyers and jurymen in
attendance at the December term of the
Supreme Court to be late in reaching
tho court.
The sudden drop In the temperature
has caused much suffering among the
poor.
It is impossible to buy coal In Mount
Vernon, New Rochelle, White Plains
and other towns, and II is feared that
many will literally die from the lack
OF heat. In Yonkers thousands of poor
factory hands are suffering from the
chld.
In Mount Vernon Mayor Fiske Is urg-
ing a plan TO cut down all the old
trees and distribute the wood among
the poor
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HACKENSACK MAN
FORETOLD STORM.

The more II SHOWS to-day the more
people have to fume and fret and swear
at the delay in cars, the happier is the
Hackensack weather prophet.
He predicted snow to-day. The Gov
ernmen shnrps played safety and said
there might be snow. With them 1t was
snow "6r rain" The Hackensack fore
caster, who r~ejoices in the name of A.
j. Devoe, played snow hard and won.
He is not an unamiable man, but the
jealousy OF his profession makes him
glad to see Forecaster Emery fall down.
so that II It SHOWS twelve inches he
will be twice as happy as II 1t SHOWS
but six
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White Star Liner Buffeted by
Seas During Entire Voyage
and the Passengers Were
Ordered to Remain Below.
ALL NIGHT AT QUARANTINE.
Trip Completed Without Accident TO
Mar It, and Singers and Other
Musicians Gave Daily Concerto
sIowest Voyage Of the Ship.

From the time she left Queenstown
until she tied up at her pier to-day the
White Star liner Teutonlc was buffeted
by northwest and southwest gales and
towering head seas. The time of the
voyage was seven days. IS hours and 50
minutes. about the worst ever made by
the Teutonic.
Few OF the passengers had the nerve
to venture on deck, and on some occa-
sIons, notably during the second day
out, the officers gave orders that the
passengers should remain below. For
~tunatelv ne accidents marred the voy-
age, and among the eighty first cabin
passengers there was such an array OF
singers and musicians that daily CON
certs served to while away the tedium
Of the long trip.
The storm that Is sweeping over New
York to-day was encountered by the
Teutonic yesterday evening off Fire Isi-
and. n was the ~iercest ofsthe voyage.
II was dark as pitch when the steam
ship arrived at Sandy Hook n the
mailboat came alongside to AXE or
2.02S bags of mail.
Transfer or hInII Exciting.
lHb driving StOTH OF SleeI ana snow
shut out the view OF light and the little
mailboat was bounced against the tow
ering sides Of the big liner with such
force that It was feared she would be
stove in. The ransfer OF mail was one
of the most exciting Incidents Of the
trip. q
From Sandy Hook the Teutonic felt her
way up the lower bay and the Narrows
~ Ia - N - NI@A aIA 49, IL N.A
Her trip up the river this morning
was made under difficulties similar to
those that had been encountered clear
across the ocean, and 1t was a relieved
crowd of passengers that filed Oh the
pier into the snowstorm.
Albert Palmer, a seaman, from his
experience on Dec. 8 is known on the
ship as the human pirfg-pong ball.
tarpauhn fast over the forward hatch.
While at work he was picked up by a
sea that came aboard and hurled the
that he must go into the ocean another
sea came aboard and buffeted him back
aga!E. Three or four times he made the
round trip across the deck, batted from
secure a grip on a stanchion and hold
on until rescued. Beyond a wet1nE and
a scare he sustained no injury.
Comes Here to Live.
most popular pursers on the White Star
line, has determined to become a citizen
Of New York. He said when he cane
on the Teutonic TODAY that he g about
to start a Rodsga in the Tenderloin...
A Bodcga Is n hotel on the English
system, with a magnificent tap
in which all liquors are drawn from the
original packages in sight Of the GUS
toner. Mr.. brandt believes that the
English system, with the addition OF
all American improvements in hotel con-
,k,,,ntipn and cement Will mAKA
his place one of the show places OF the
city.
The evening world., 1902-12-05
SNOW BLINDED
FERRYBOAT Q

The ferries were also delayed by the
heavy fall of snow, which made river
navigation as dangerous as though there
were n fog. The pilots In the wheel
houses could scarcely see thirty feet be-
fore them. Fog horns were blowing all
over both rivers and the signal bells at
the ends OF the ferry piers were kept
ringing all day to guide tho travelling
beetles safely to their slips.
The Sound steamers got in practically
on time. although some OF them were
o~bliged-to slow down, not 80 much from
the binding snow as from the rough sea
kicked up by the high wind, which
ranged aroun forty-five miles an hour.
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LAY WOUNDED IN STORM.
Found In Area of His Home-PoIIce
Think Mnn shot Himae1f.

Harry Frink, twenty-five years old, re-
siding with his parents at No. SIS Mon
roe street, Brooklyn, was found in the
area of his home early to-day with a
bullet wound in his head, Mrs. Brlnk.
hearing screams, ran downstairs and
discovered her son lying in II pool OF
blood and the rain beating down on him
Surgeon Sharp, of st. Mary's Hospital,
who was called, located the buiet under
the young mans scalp and removed him
to the hospital.
When questioned by his mother as to
the cause of the shooting Frlnk would
not reply. The police are inclined TO
believe Il was an attempt at suicide and
are having him watched H18 condition
10 not considered seriouA
The evening world., 1902-12-05
BIG STORM SWEEPS
OVER MANY STATES

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 5.-Raiiroad
service in all directions is badly crippled
and telegraph and telephone wires are
Frustrated. Throughout the anthracite
coal region the fall OF now is reported
to be very heavy and 1t is drifting
badly, necessltating the shutting down
of many collleries.
George sherverton, driver OF an ex-
press wagon in this city. becoming con-
fused by the snow, drove his team into
a trolley car and received injuries from
which he died.
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VESSELS IN PERIL
OFF CAPE HATTERAS.
lsneal.l . rao ErtnIng world.l

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 5.-The Virginia
and Carolina coasts are to-day storm
fTTsPt; a All H 9fIssTaPh ar %iF dSwb to and SdHP So
word can be had from these points
where shipwrecks usually occur during
such storms. There are great fears for
all shipping at sea.
The wind blew sixty miles an hour
here this morning. doing great damage.
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WIRES
DOWN

New York's telegraphic connection
with the rest of the country was sadly
impaired by the storm. East OF New
York the snow and wind a swept
down hundrsds OF miles OF wire. and 1t
was almost impossible TO get conne
ton by telegraph or telephone with
New England points.
The service was also badly impeded
throughout all New York state, where
a great deal OF snow had fallen In tho
last twenty hours, As far south as
Washington there has been heavy sleet
which has proved disastrous to the
wires. and all that section OF the coun.
try. as we'll as that to the west or
Washington, is badly crippled,
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STORMS IN ENGLAND
AND ON CONTINENT

LONDON, Dec. 5. Bitterly cold
weather continues to prevail through
out the United Kingdom, Gales and
seas interfere with the channel traffic
and there have been many minor casual
ties among the shipping.
The fall OF o Is geneSal. including
the channel islands, which is almost un-
precedented. Londoners expect skating
Sunday. Similar conditions exist on the
continent.
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Up to noon about eight inches Of snow
had fallen here. The local trolley SER
vice was badly crippled and cars on the
lnterurban divisions extending into Al
bany, and Wateryliet We're greatly de-
layed. The eastbound trains on the
New York Central Railroad were sew
eral hours late, but thus far the west
bound service is being maintained as
per its schedule,
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DUE
TO SLIPPERY STREETS.

Patrolman George Haphmaker, of the
West Sixty-elghth street station, who
lives at No SIS Ninth avenue, fell on
the Icy stoop at No, 42s Columbus ave-
u fraeturing his left leg, He vas re-
moved TO Roosevelt Hospital.
As Matthew McSweeney. thirty-seven
years old, OF No, cal West Forty-ffth
street, was leaving the house At No, 40
Columbus avenue, where he had been
delivering ice. he slipped on the pave
ment M fell. landing upon his Toe
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HER STORY CAUSES ARREST.
Mrs. BIackman Taken to BellevSS
in a Serious Condition.

Mrs. Mamie Blackman, thirty-tWo
years old, of No. 1851 Lexington avenue,
was transferred from the Presbyterian
Hospital to Bellevue Hospital last night
in a serious condition from the enect
Of an operation,
Upon her arrival at Bellevue Detecnve
McGlrr asked her who performed q
oneration. Mrs. Blackman accused MRs.
Kate Scack, of No. 90 Lexington ave
ME. Mrs. Scack was locked up in the
East ThIrty-fifth street station.
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ENTIRE EMPIRE A
COVERED WITH SNOW.
Especial to The Evening world.)

ALBANY, n. Y, Dec. 5.-From Mon
tauk Point to Buffalo the State of New
York Is covered with snow to-day. The,
storm began here early this morning
and is still In progress. Thu surface cars
are slightly impeded, but the company
has employed hundreds of extra men,
who are keeping the road open. All
trains are from one to Ave hours late.
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Cold Wave I'm AInbnmn.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Dec. 5,-A cold
wave reached Birmingham yesterday
and caused a drop OF 30 degrees in tenn
perAture. 1t was accompanied by a high
wind, rain and snow. The wind is re-
ported to have o n considerable dam
age west of this city.
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Grcnt nron in Temncrnturc.

WATBRTOWN, n. Y, Dec. 5.-Wa-
tertownians awoke to-day. to find the
mercury 3 degrees above zero, n fall
of 70 degrees IN the last thlrty-six hours.
Little snow has fallen. =
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AMSTERDAM, y. y, Dec. "a
driving snowstorm from tho northwest
set in to-day. The depth of the fall so
FAR Is five inches.
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UTICA, y. Y, Dec. 5,-Rcports from the
A~dlrondacks indicate that there Is a
lakes are closed by ice. Snow is six
Inches deep here.
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report has reached here OF an Immense
snowsllde which occurred at Cornucopia
last night. No details are obtainable,
except that two miners were killed and
immense amount of damage done.
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SIXTY-MILE GALE
IN THE CATSkILLS.

CATsKILL DEPOT, ". Y. Dec, 6-A
blizzard struck the Catskin region early
to-day. The wind is blowing a sixty
mile gale and traffic Is delayed.
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Way Down in MissIsuippi.

VICKSBURG. Miss, Dec. 5.-A cold
wave accompanied by rain, snow, sleet
and a stiff southwest gale, struck this
and ragged furiously all day. Snow, The
heaviest seen here in many years, fell
for several hours.
The evening world., 1902-12-05
RenI ThinE in OREGON.

BAKER CITY, Ore, Dec. A snow
storm has been raging in this section
for t~hirty-six hours nj the ground Is
covered to the depth of one foot. All
traffic is delayed.
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nnItimore,s white Mantle.

BALTIMORE. Dec 6.-Two and a half
Inches of snow have fallen here, and the
storm still continues.
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BALTIMORE. Dec. 5.-The schooner
Il. Herbert Taft, which sailed yesterday
for Port Tampa, is ashore in Patapsco
River on Bodkin Point. Tugs have been
sent to her assistance.