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I precarious condition the llalrVt is be
* ins; -watched by the police to prevent any
{ at the residents Ircm returning: to their
! homes until they have been thoroughly
\ Inspected.
• The fl«od was discovered by Patrol
,* man Dolan. who saw the huge v.aye as
* It surged over th»- dike and rushr-d tow
! ard the streets arhleh r-on!- I the river.
t He succeeded in getting many families
• to flee before th«y were isolated by the
I water.
* The Baard of Ccntrcl provided quick
i accommodations for the refugees and la
* ur.rtion Trtth the police did effective
I service. Th* local lodges of Eiks and
I Knifhts of Columbus threw cpen their
* rocrr.s 2nd in conjunction wtth th- thca
1 tres prodded shelter until quarters at
* tht State Armory and in 0m "Williams
I Pchjo! could be secured. Armories in
1 furrnur.ainpr cities sent mattresses and
I blankets to the Chelsea Armory. The
; < ity Tis^ in darkness to-night. Electric
. •wires -..-• down, and the pas waa shut
I off. as the transformer s la th*» flooded
I diftrict
I: A ireie*« naeaca^re from Rlghlan.3
\ Light f&ys an eighty-four-mile gale
* n^ept the sand of Cape Cod for two
' hours this afternoon, a velocity which
* has net been exceeded since IS3S. T!i<3
tide went completely over Main street in
FrovSncetown. BoOaBSSg the cellars cf all
the houses on tha waterfront and under
tßining many summer houses. Tho fish
ing sloop Bonito was driven ashore aa
Tjon? P-'.nt but the crew escaped with
come difficulty.
STEAMER LOSES ANCHORS.
The st'-am^r Governor Cobb. of tbe
Castern Steamship Company, bound to
•Xniprhts Key, na- spent the nicht in
• Provineetown, but put to sea this fore
. nocn and managed to weather the cape.
She reported later, vhtn off WoaeV Hole.
♦het ehG had lost both anchors and was
forced to continue her voyage. Bbc will
go gjrect to New York, and has ordered
tug* to nie«t her at Execution Rock, st
the he£d of Long Island Sound, as she
ha« no means tC a'.i-horM in t)i- East
Hlvcr.
The gcvemrr—M f-ireless station at
Prcrlncetown lost its aerial at tile height
«f the storm, but the operators managed
to 6trii!sr fi""« temporary wires and re
•£ts.bl.?h ccnamui with Boston end
Portsmouth, Id H.
At Lyr.r: the tide aaade a. clean sweep
• across tl *■ narrow isthmus hieh con
nects *vah&r.t with the inainland, ar!
for several hours that rocky peninsula
*"as an island. The stml highway was
'covered to a depth of four feet with sea
' •»• ecfi.
Fifty families In the vicinity of Saugus
. River were driven from their homes by
.'The tide and r.iar.y v.-ere taken out of
their houses in boats.
On iCastasket Beach In Hull, all the
bulkheads from Pcmbcrton to the At
lantic House were either washed ay.ay
or badly damaged, while every cummer
sieus<? between Point Allerton and the
Ivantaskf-t House lo ■ piazzas and many
at the structures were undermined. It
?s estimated that the damage to prop
erty in that town aione v:lll rrarh $100.-
C'C'O*.
GREAT DAMAGE AT BEVERLY.
Beverly, the summer home of Presi-
Cest Taft, was cut <">ff from eomraunica-
UCO with the outride world by telephone
and telegraph. A messiinjrer from ther<?
"r. r»» to-night raid that the storm and
■ tide <sv.?-.d great damage along the
waterfront, flooding cellars and carrying
rrraft away from their moorings. Half a
<loifi! oottagsa .at West Beach vere
Utflly damaged. The Taft cottage at
Woofibexry Point i? believed to be sr.ffi
riently elevated above liigrh water to
ii r iv«: esft&psd Jamago.
Is this city the Etorm d<i£U its hard
*fi blow along the Atiajitic avenue
-vaTTfr;nt, where a dozen big wharves
were fu'.'rif-rjTc-d end half a hundred fish
ing craft, big and little, lyins; alongside
Here either raised and left high and dry
on in* pilicss or swept from their moor
ings and driven out into the bay. TbOU-
Eanris. cf dollars' worth ot merchandise
piled on the wharves and stored in the
wharf houses and nearby buildings were
badly damac'-d, to what extent can
harffly ba estimated to-night.
The motor fishing beat Eon Pedro, one
■f the Italian fleet rvhirh anchors on the
rcuth e:fle <->f historic old T wharf, was
liurlrd ag-^inst come pi!in?s under the
«%ld structure. Piles which have beer.
ctasdng for year; were broken off and
tr. a result the wharf has settled several
frch^s. The Don Pedro i? one of the
Sourest motcr fishing boat*, in the har
bor, bc'.r.t: more than sixty feet lor.?.
!"tr side was staved '.n. brt rot eonogh
to prevc-rt repairing and subsequent
«s.ag*. T wharf at present if flying the
darker e'^na! and there is considerable
••xpeetarirr just at present as to what
ib* firhir.g' flf-et which is due to-morrow
will do.
rrr-7-p'jrt. R. !, Jjtn. 26. — Th* v:\vi at
n.'.nc6 a vr-'oesty ct more than Beveaaty
»r.:!es an hour to-Say, and at hi?:: tide the
«aVca broke against tie life s&vir.g station
tt Price's Neck. The famous ocean drive
T.as b&<s!y washed, especially in the vicin
ity of Eatcman s Pcinr.
* , ._
Portland, Me.. Dec. £€.—lne. — Ine <v.:ter edge
ct the storm struck Pcri:an<l late to-day,
the v.tr.d driving up the highest tide in
;tar?, f.ft&ding the streets lea&ng dov/n to
tr.e T.-ator front and causing exter.? ive dar::
«g» to buildings, craft end rricrchar.dise
*long the fhore. Or. street car lines to
toath Portland and Car* Elizabeth the
WS9CS dashed up against th* trolley cars
cc they made their way o--»r the tracks.
rLEVELANT) SNOWBOUND.
Tall r>f Seven Inches, but Drifts of
Three and Four Feet
Cleveland, Dtc. Z.&.— lht heaviest fti?>*t
laU ia seven years has impeded traSic la
Cleveland, leaving n:ar.y of the outlying
er-ctior.s practically Esowbeusd.
Sterna conditions cart and west have held
ip about fifteen hundred freight cars at
VounKftown, ato'it tv. p o ihousar..] at Buf
falo, tn a fifteen hundred in the Joca! yards
Cl the Lake Shore Railroad, according to
r-;>or:s rc-cthei at the general ofS^Ds here.
Cotl trains from Pi:uburs to Buffalo
have fceea eeriouslj; delayed and Use traf
fic moici^ert iJ far J>'h;^d. Condition*
iipxUar »'- those on the L^lce Shore itall
r«.ad £rcrafl on other lines entering Clti-c-
RCTAW
£ BRACER,
TKE MORNING AFTER
rSTATT IE A FPAKKIT.NG TREATED
V7ATi:n ASCD ACTS 6PEE2ILT I.V CASES
or irgsvotn ucat>aciis and cLrpitcs
€:CN rOZA/XBTIKQ AL-COHOLIC AND
PTli£ft EZCSS2S& BOTTLED Hi EMJTS
S.-OT A X.AXATIVE.
ZiC'.tJ* Cints. C*ii» u<i Dtsssjhlaj
FIVE DIE IN STORM
Continued from flrrt rase.
a record breaker. The snow drifted joy
ously . Down osi Gravesend meadows,
between Coney Island and Ulmer Park.
three trains were held up more securely
than ever did fearless bandit, and 250
passengers spent their Christmas night
In a eolitude made fearsome by the ele
ments.
T>r ITH IN THF, BLAST
I>eath came in the snow-laden blast.
V>i;t the harvest was light, for the tem
perature was not low. It hovered around
the freezing point, and that *was all.
Over in Brooklyn, here In Manhattan
aud in the other boroughs there were
accidents due to falls on the cleared
pavements after the storm, but the tense
: ing o( other great winter storms
v as absent.
Surface lines here and elsewhere in
the greater city struggled hard to give
service, but it was an almost fruitless
effort until well toward evening yester
day. Cars were stalled and made the
rport of giant drifts. Railroad yard 3
were choked with the snow on Christmas
bIgJM when the" fall was heaviest. Over
in the I.aekawanna yards, in Hoboken,
hydro-carbon was poured over the
switches. It "burned up" the snow and
prevented an extended blockade. Other
means vere used in other yards of the
great lines with more or less good effect.
To the weather man the storm was a
matter of figures. There it was said
that it began at 10:27 o'clock or. Christ
mas morning and that the last flake Cell
at 11:45 o'clock yesterday morning.
The barometer was lowest of any time
eince November 13. 1904, when it regis
tered i'S.7O. Yesterday morning at 4:SO
o'clock it registered 25.79. The fall was
a little more than ten Inches, measured
by the precipitation, which was 1.47
inches of water.
There was once a great etorm which
pnralyzed traffic for days. That was in
]SSS, on March 12. The enowfall then
vas eighteen inches, and the cold was
intense. All storms since that time are
measured by the famous blizzard. This
last storm was moist. The snow had
weight- It clung and bore down and
held fast. Every traffic manager had
cry snow plough or sweeper at his
command at work from start to rinifh.
Jn epite of this the Pennsylvania and
other railroads -vere all but crippled for
hours.
TROVBLE WITH MAILS.
For a time it seemed as if the mails
would be seriously delayed. All long
distance trains were very late. But the
etorm could not have chosen s better
timr for its raging than the two holidays.
At th Postofflce it was said last even
ing that the mails would all be in and
ready for distribution at the usual time
this morning. This referred to the mails
from the leading business centres.
Those from below Philadelphia may bt
late. Extra forces will be put at work
to aid in preventing delay.
The two greatest trains running in or
out of this city — those of the New York
Central and the Pennsylvania, making
Chicago in eighteen hours were late.
The former limped in here three hours
behind time. The Pennsylvania was
more than six hours behind time. At II
cv. hour to Bach passenger for the delay,
a stipulation made by the railroads, this
meant about 54,000 returned to those
who Lsav«llad on these trains
EAST FOR THE SUBWAY.
The Intcrborougli, as reported by the
officials, had easy ling throughout the
storm and after. There were slight de
lays, due to the blowinc out of fuses.
The surface lines were hard hit. From
the time the snow hns;sii to Call In a
businesslike way until the finish sweep
ers and ploughs were kept moving, but
the work of the wind as more rapid
In a few minutes impassable drifts were
formed and blockades were the result
On Canal street there was a half-day
Interval between its, but elsewhere
there was more frequent service.
In Brooklyn, Wh^re the overhead trol
ley is used, the blockades w^re more se
r:ou? Car«- were frequently derailed,
and then they formed th* necessary ob
stacle for a fine drift, whiefa frequently
eurk over the roof. On £taten Island
and in The Bronx there were also mor6
frequent blockades than in Manhattan.
Automobiles liirped along and There was
no breaking of the speed limit. In the
suburbs stalled automobiles were num
erou?. but the chauffeurs stuck to their
machines until aid arrived.
Ootrl ■ to expectation the cheap
lodging houses and the municipal lodg
ing house were not overcrowded last
right. At the latter only 190 m^ii asked
for fre« shelter to 341 the night before.
The manager said that the frequenters
had obtained work clearing streets of
snow* and had money to spend.
t
"EIG BILL'S* MEN AT WORK.
Hc-rec-s did not suffer much yesterday.
The trucks were absent, of course, and
tever of danger to the animals there
may be will come to-day Cab horses
mre carefully handled, and the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
li3d little te -'i r T&xicabs were mainly
•j«ed on the itteef that had been cleared
by the Street Cleaning Department and
those 'vhere car tracks had been swept
cl^an. ' Ei» Bill" Edwards, the Com
missi^ner, had his men busy before the
storm had eeaaed, and the principal ave
nues of trafT c may be cleared before
nomine.
The fleet of battleships and cruisers
pulled I'iard at their anchors, and the
launches that brought a few of the ofn
cers and ■aitora ashore had to fight their
way back tc the ships from the landings
in an ue •• chop of a sea. "Liberty
parties" have been curtailed until the
weather moderates, when the crews of
the ships trill have an opportunity to
finish their holiday visits. Few citizens
cared to brave the rough treetber in the
Ncith River yesterday to visit the fchlps.
FAMILY JN BUZZ. i UD.
Brooklynitei with Children,
Have Hard Battle with Storm.
When the Municipal ferryboat osoud
was approaching her slip at St. George
early je.Hcrc'ay morning a v and a
woman, tr.fh carrying a small cbfld,
•rslked rit-jectedly Into the ferry house
from v Tcitc ville train and fell exhausted
on a wat. The woman carried a baby
alicut «. >e?r eld and lic-r bushand liid his
four-yea r-o!d laught down betide her.
With their, was en old couple, the father
and mother of the husband, and they too,
were scarcely able to v/a!lc. The woman's
hnlr was blown around her f.houl<J<*rs and
th* entire I trty showed the tfr*<t« of •
htrd tussle with the etrrrrs.
They w?r« crtnchfcd wfth melting tr.ow
anu after a (ew cups ci coffee bad revived
then Om huelianJ told Uietstory of v.v tt
VFVT-YorfK DAILT TRIBUNE. MONDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1003-
fort made to get to Brooklyn from Staten
Island en Saturday night. They had been
spending Christmas at Richmond, and
wbea It seemed as if the storm might b« a
b!g one they boarded a trolley car for St.
George at p. m. When the trolley got to
Dongan Hills th* snow piled up bo high
the motors were, unable, to drive through
it According: to the man a short circuit
cut off the heat of the electric radiators,
and the party suffered with cold.
' In daepalr th* man with bis wife, chil
dren and aged parents started through
waist-deep *now from the trolley line to
the line cf the Staten Island Railroad. He
said it tooU them fix hours to walk a mHe
and a quarter, and that after Striking the
railroad they had to wait two hours for a
train. '
The man decline* to give his nam*. but
saH that he lived In the Ri^ewood 1 dis
trict of Brooklyn. He said he expected 'to
get home by 0 a. m.. and the entire trip
from Richmond would have consumed
thirteen hours, all of which was rpent In
exposure to the blirzard. He said his par
ents, who accompanied him, lived in Tren
ton, N. J.
STORM KILLS FIVE.
Gale Leaves Trail of Death
in City.
Three deaths, two in Manhattan and the
other in Richmond, were traced to th«
storm. Lying in th« hallway of. tha house
at No. 500 East l-3d street, the bsdy »t
Thomas Croke, fifty years old, was found
yesterday morning. Exposure was the
cause of death.
Apparently the man had walked about
th© streets all night, for when his body was
found by William Gugg, who lives on the
first floor, the clothing was wet. The man
had walked into the hall and fallen near
the stairs. Letters, the writing of which
could not be made out. were found, as was
17 cents. Dr. Touart, of the Harlem Hos
pital, said that the man had been dead
more than an hour when found. The body
"as taken to the Morgue.
Robert Coleman, thirty-eigrht years old,
died from exposure in the rooms of James
J Hogan. at No. 224 East 104t'.i street.
The man had teen ill recently, and on Sat
urday went out to look for work. He re
turned late at night in the storm and went
to bed. He was found dead in the morn
ing, and the ambulance surgeon 6ald that
exposure was the cause.
The body of Frederick C. McDonsJJ,
forty-three years old. a travelling salesman,
living at White Plains. N. V.. was found
alongside of the power house of the Rich
mand Light & Railroad Company, in Rich
mond Terrace. Livingston, shortly after 7
o'clock yesterday morning by John Doran.
McDonald had fallen do^n in the storm and
frozen to death.
McDonalO and William Nelson, also ol
White Plains, spent Christmas evening at
the horn* of Charles Suridenhoffer. on Davis
avenue. Livingston. They became sepa
rated in the storm on their way to the
I of the Staten ss=land RapiJ Transit
Railroad T ~ tafc« train to New York.
■i reached the ota ot, waited for some
I sac und then went over to New York. Ha
k!>.°H" nothing of McDonald's fat*:- until told
■ est« rday.
Tv o deaths resulted from the storm in
Brooklyn. Mary Lennon, forty years old,
employed a* a maid at No. D 9: DeKalb
avenue, was found exhausted on the side
walk at Waverly and Greene avenues early
yesterday morning. She died soon after
she was found.
Gairo Condo. twenty-one years old, r > f
No 130 Stone avenue, was found frozen to
death between the rails of the Brighton
Beaen line yesterday, He had been em
ployed an ■ laborer by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company..
GAYNOR OUT OFF BY STORM
Mayor-Elect Snowbound in His St.
James Country Home.
Mayor-elect William J Gaynoi
M hla country home In £'. J
Long Island, yesterday, and was unabl" to
return to Brooklyn in the evening, as he
had expected.
Mr. Gaynor fetarted f or St. James Satur
day afternoon, before tN- storm had gained
much headway. His family, at No. .'■
Eighth avenue, Brooklyn, believes he ar
there " Ithoi I i
However, th€ telephone and telegraph
arc- dowi ■ communication
could be made with B< James yesterday.
HAVOC ON LONG ISLAND
Railroad Trains and Trolley Linc3 Out
of Commission Early.
Hempstead, Long Island, Dec. 25. — Not
since the blizzard of IsSS has this section
been visited by such a severe storm as that
last night, which put the Long Island Rail
road, all the trolleyi and telegraph wires
and the telephones out of commission.
All the lines running to Oyster Bay and
eajt of Bfineola were early C ir. of coramls
sion, »wißg to the snow in the cuts, which
measured eiclit feet in many places. One
train was stalled in the Floral Park cut
and had not been released at fc o'clock to
night.
At Z o'clock this morning fire broke out
In the residence of O. M. Clark, oa Fulton
: lead, and It had gumed con
slderable headway before Mr. Clark man
acrd to get an alarm sounded, the regular
:* of use. Thirteen fin-men,
under Wi!lia.i« R S*aman, the chief i
department, responded to the alarm, and
hauled some hose to the bouse In a milk
After hard work they managed to
j,et vs.* flumes under control, and eventually
rut them out. The fire destroyed the lower
part of the house. The damage was placed
by Mr. Clark at fl
THE JAMESTOWN DELAYED
Reaches Norfolk with Every One Sick,
Many Hours Late
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.)
Norfolk, Va , Dec. —The Old Dominion
steamer Jamestown, from New York, with
|0g passengers, due to arrive here at 10::x>
o'clock this morning, came In at 6:20 to
night
The pafferifers could not sleep last night
on account of the storm, and n'-arly t!!
v.ere sick. Some of the women wore iifc
preeervers all nisht. and the men had them
within reach
PITTSBURG ALSO CUT OFF
No Trains from the East After Early
tSunday Morning.
[By Tclseraph to The Tribune.]
Pittsburs, Dec. 20.— btorm in Western
Pennsylvania is cne of the worst that has
been known in years. Not since 7 o'clock
this morning has there basa any com
munication by lailroad with the East,
though late ut-nicht it was said trains
would he brought through before daybreak.
It Is one of the worst blockadi the
Pennsylvania Railroad Las ever known,
and this afternoon more than one thousand
men were hurried into the mountains from
I'lttsbuig to si -.-t in i ting the tracks
clf-ar. Advices I , OIU the eabtr: elope of
the Allegheny Mountains find beyond are
that ihfi fctorni ia much worse there, that
it is traualilng weal at a fast rate, and
that the- western, side of the nountaina may
expect heavy enow and blockades l.y to
moriov,' n ornii |
All k>iiC dlstamo trains on Hi* Pennsyl.
vanl.i. Baltimert &. Ohio and Pittsbi &
Lake Erie railroads, both c-asi and west
bound, have practically abandoned eched
ul« In and out of Plttsburt,'.
This was the first Sunday in many y»ars
that Pittabufg lid not "get a Sunday paper
Xrom Kc.v York, _
Guardian
Trust Oompany
of New York
170 Broadway
Capita? X Surplus SI.OOB.fIDQ
HELD Ur TEN HUUIiS
Continued from flr»t pftK*-
was begun. The men ' whose families
were on th* trains bid as high as $10
to be taken to nearby hotels, while the
first pail of coffee sold for $1. Other
supplies came from the negroes, who had
mado repeated efforts to reach the cars
for many hours.
RESCUED IN SLEIGH.
■Louis J. Washauer, a clothing mer
chant living at Coney Island, vho, with
his wife and eight -year-old son, was a
passenger on the train bound for th«
West End terminal, was the highest
bidder for the sleigh.. He was exhausted
after his experience, and said that ha
feared for th© health of his and
child. With his family he left Ulmer
Park at 11:55 on Saturday night and
reached home in* Coney Island at 9:30
o'clock Sunday morning.
'The storm was the worst that Coney
Island has seen In se\-enteen years," ho
said, "and from its havoc It can bo
imagined what kind of a night we spent
on those cars. The motorman and con
ductors gave us no information. We
did not know what had happened, and
none of us cared lea\e the car. There
were about three hundred people in the
train Avhen dawn broke over tie mead
ows and I was able to take my family
away. The railroad did not supply any
food until the blockade was lifted. Dry
rolls and coffee were given to the chil
dren and women.
"The cars rocked, there was no heat
and we despaired of being rescued. Men
tried to shovel the snow away from the
rails, but this failed. A Mr. Brunner
volunteered to !ea<i an expedition to
Harway avenue and starch for a sleigh,
and it was this party that finally got us
away from the cars. I do not know
how long the others suffered from the
cold. Women and children, worn and
tired by the exposure which they en
dured while they were being transferred
into other cars, were in a bad condition
when the rescuing parties reached the
cars."
Miss Lizzie Magolies and Miss Lizzie
Slutzki. of No. 3 721 Bath avenue, were
among the passengers on the train, which
was lirst to leave Conej- Island. The
women had been to a danc^, and were
not tak^n from the cars until 10 o'clock
yesterday morning. They enjoyed the
experience, which, they said, was en
livened by sailors from the United States
warships, who entertained the pas
sengera. Miss Margolies said that a
Mia Kipp. of Borough Park, who is a
trained nurse, relieved much of tbfl suf
fering among the children, man-.- of
whom were infants in their mothers'
arms.
LIXER ICE COVERED.
La Touraine Comes In 'After
Night Off Sandy Hook.
The French liner La Touraine, snowclad
and icy. arrived here yesterday from Havre.
Bhe anchored or> Saturday night off Sandy
Hook in the storm and landed her passen
sers yesterday, """Among them was Dr. Ar
thur Lemleux, of Toronto, brother of the
Postmaster General of Canada. He had
been abroad on a visit and spoke of tbe
general feeling of sympathy existing be
tween the United States and Canada.
"Canada," he said, "should have diplo
matic representation in Washington. Lon
don cannot appreciate the close trade rela
tions, understanding: and sympathy exist
ing: between the United States and Canada.
I think a. much better ieeline; could be
brought about if Canada had her own
diplomatic representative in "Wash!rgt n."
When the Tojrnine was a day out from
Kavre Jacob Vogelin, a Swiss, in the sec
ond cabin, attempted to kill himself with a
small revolver. The bullet inflicted a ecalp
wound and Vogelln was taken to the ship's
hospital. While recoverins;, it Is said, he
made another attempt on his hfe. He
threw overboard a check for I.OCO francs
and remarked that a dead man had no need
for money. Vogelin was removed to Ellis
I-larrd, where he will be observed relative
to his sanity.
Charles Le Verrier. professor of philcso
rhy in th 6 University of Paris, arrived on
the Touraine and will deliver a series of
lectures in this country under the auspices
of the Alliance Francaise.
Jean Le Calvez, a fireman, who had made
merry en the evening of Christmas, aa
missing when the Touraine got in yester
day, and it is believed by his friends in the
ptokebole that he fell overboard and was
drowned.
SPEAKERS HELD BY STORM
Gifford Pinchct and Sir Horace Plun
kett Couldn't Reach New Rochelle.
Because of the blizzard, the Forum meet
ing at the New Rocbeile Theatre had to be
postponed yesterday afternoon, as GiKcrd
Pinchot. chief forester of the United States,
who was to speak on "Conservation and
Equal Rights," was snowbound and could
not fat to New Rociielle in time. Sir
Horace A. Plunkett. a former member of
the British House of Parliament, who was
to be the presiding officer at the meeting,
and was staying at the country homo of
General Lloyd Bryce. telephoned to Justice.
Keogh that he could not be present, owing
to the storm. \
The/kudienco adopted resolutions of regret
over the inability of the speakers to be
present
TWO DIE IN CHURCH
Both Deaths in Catholic Churches Dur
ing the Early Masses.
Two men died yesterday while attending
masses in Roman Catholic churches. About
half an hour alter the 6 o'clock mass at St.
Bernard's Church, at No. 330 West 14th
street, was over, tho £'-x!oii. John Fuller,
found a man kneeling in one of "the pews.
Fuller spc>ke to him, but there was no re
sponse-. Investigation revealed the fact
that the man was <I.\id. Dr. Walther, of
St. Vincent's Hospital said that apoplexy
caused ins death. The man was John
burns, or No. L.i Fenta avenue. He was
sixty years old.
Joseph iluii. clxty.fiv« sfjurs old. of No.
410 West 4Sth street fell unconscious u\
ths Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus,
at N T o. ill West 51st street, and died after
he had bfen taken downstairs to a small
chapel, and "Father Cnmey • rotnisu red
the last rlt»s. Dr. Cornelius F. Orben, Ot
No. 427 West slst Btreet,' said that death
was caused by heart disease brought on by
his exertions in travetUng thaoush the enow
to reach tiic church.
Important
Mid-Season
Sale of
Imported
Models
384 FIFTH AVENUE "STWWT
TELEPHONE 2044-MURRAY HILL.
QUAKER CITY TIED UP
Trains 'to Washington and
, Harrisburg Abandoned.
Philadelphia, Dec. — Snow "which fell
steadily from 9 o'clock yesterday morning
until noon to-day broke all records for
this city and vicinity and played havoc
with transportation companies, both steam
and electric.
Ttaa Weather Bureau said to-night that
the actual fall •was 22.3 inches, ■which had
packed down until it was just sixteen Inches
above the ground in spots where it had not
drifted The snow was-accompanied by a
high wind, which caused It to drift to a
height of more than ten feet in some places.
The. greatest two previous etorms in this
city were in February. 1599, and in March,
ISSS. In the former year the storm lasted
three days and the total snowfall was IS 9
inches, and In ISSS the fall Tras 10.5 inches.
All of the railroad companies entering
this city felt the effects of the storm, but
the Pennsylvania. Railroad probably was
the greatest sufferer. The company to-night
abandoned traffic temporarily between Har
risburg, Philadelphia and Washington. Only
one train reached here from Washington
since last night, arriving at 5:23 p. m. Th«
train carried passengers who were picked
up from stalled trains along the route. This
train left Washington at 12 :30 o'clock this
morning.
At the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's
offices It was said at 10 o'clock to-night
that several trains were still stalled be
tween here and Washington, the greatest
trouble being near Perry Md. It is
also announced that two trains from .New
York for Philadelphia are stormbound in
the vicinity of Trenton, N. J. The passen
gers, it is said, are being -well cared for.
Several fast trains, among them the
eighteen-hour special from Chicago for
New York, were delayed at Frazer. Perm.,
twenty-four miles west of here, but after
being held nve hours proceeded.
In Philadelphia to-night streetcar ser
vice is abandoned o.n all except one of the
many lines. Three men who were caught
in the huge snowdrifts in this city died In
hospitals from exposure
The storm was general throughout Penn
sylvania. New Jersey and Delaware. Re
ports from interior places in Pennsylvania
say the snowfall was heavy and that traf
fic was seriousU- impede*!.
Atlantic City suffered little from the
storm, but was isolated rrom the outer
world, so far as transportation facilities
were concerned, for many hours. Late this
afternoon milk and paper trains came in
from Camden hours late. The Pennsylva
nia Railroad Company's electric line suf
fered severely from ths storm, and It is
said five of these trains are stalled between
Atlantic City and Camden.
While much impeded by the storm, the
officials Of tha Philadelphia & Beadins
Railway say they have trains running on
all except two divisions of their lines.
The storm began yesterday, and at an
early hour this morning the local street
railway company abandoned all traffic.
Cars were abandoned by their crews in all
sections of the city, and passenger wera
compelled to remain in the cars until day
break because of the intensity of the
storm. Snowploughs and sweepers proved
useless, and the snow, ■which first slightly
thawed and then froze, is being removed
by gangs of men with picks and st-ovels.
Hnrrisbursr. Perm., Dec. 28. — About five
hundred passengers on the Pennsylvania
Railroad arc held up here as a result of
Urn snow blockade east of Lancaster. Pen:;.
All trains from the west were stopped
here 10-day, and it was announced to a
waiting crowd at the Pennsylvania sta
tion to-nig'at that no trains ■would be run
eastward during the right.
Every available room at the hotels was
taken by the delayed travellers. Officials
of the railroad companies are providing
for the wants of tlia stranded passengers,
some of whom were without means to pro
cure, aixoinmodatlons for the night.
Baltimore, De-. 26— A heavy fall of snow,
wolch I egan yesterday morning, to-day
caused the practical suspension of train
terries on both the railroads to Phila
delphia, though they a>e open to the south
or this city.
Two trains started by the Pennsylvania
Railroad for Philadelphia to-day are
btalleii In the neighborhood of Elkton,
( ecil Cooat)
XICIIT f\ SXOWIWIFT.
Tvco Women and Man in Anto
mobile for Ten Hours.
[By T«'«sraph to The Tribune.]
Chester. Perm.. Pec. 20.— Held fast in a
6ixteen-foot snov. drift from 11 o'clock last
night until 0 a. m. to-day, unable to make
tlielr signals of distress heard or seen, j»nd
atraid to venture from their automobile ior
feur of biiu'-i lost in the storm, was the
thrilling experience ,-,f .Mr. and Mr I. ||,
T. Kerr. \\<-n!il'V r.-i.!r-nts of Trulner. ami
Miss Josephine, Klliott. oi i'hiludelphla.
All lia'i n narrow M< <«pc from diutli by
exposure.
After -i r,>u<l was broken \'• j. h»igo
snow plough drawn by t«n hor^i'-. Mrs.
Kerr, who had been taken ill, was carried
to t!ie residence of M. n. Graham anil
£iven medical mtcniiou
J
importing - Maraifccturing
Carriers
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reduced prices, remainder of
IMPORTED MODEL <
Together with large assortment of our
own exclusive designs in long coats of
ERMINE, CHINCHILLA, BROADTAIL,
CARACUL k HUDSON SEAL.
Full length Pony Coats - )•& *85 and $100
Hudson Seal ( Musquash » plain at $129
Hudson Seal (Musquash*, Russian Collar of Skunk,
$200 up.
NECK SCARFS & MUFFS
RUSSIAN AND HUDSON BAY SABLES
NATURAL BLUE AND SILVER FOX
FISHER AND SKUNK
at most attractive prices
Third Floor Devoted to Ladies' and Mens Fur-Lined
Coats, Auto Garments & Robes.
WILL OFFER THIS DAY (MONDAY).
15,000 YARDS OF DRESS SILKS
IN WHITE AND EVENING SHADES.
AT EXTREMELY LOW PRICES.
Tifib avenue, 34tb and sstb Streets, Hew YcrK.
MUSK OX CAVORTS.
Polar "Animal in "Zoo" Ret els
While Blizzard Rages.
A musk ox from the Hi'dscn Bay
territory, a recent acquisition of tIM
"zoo" in Bronx Park, ran a Marathon
race yesterday in its inclosure, despite
the- snow drifts. A well v.orn circus rins;
In, the snow showed how well it had been
packed by the ail day cavorting of tha
antmaL -Besides running: about and
kicking up, the musk ox nearly got As
sistant Curator Ditmars's coat Ar.i N
was all on account of the small blizzard
which struck here on Christmas.
According to the keepers at Bronx
Park, no other animals ar^ such good
barometers as the musk" ox and buffalo.
So when the musk ox got to -^nirTln;? and
pawing on Christmas Eve It was known
that something was brewing.
It was about noon yesterday van Mr.
Ditmars was told by one of his keep
ers that the musk ox had tried to get his
best Rocky Mountain goat, which is in
an adjoining lot. but had been finally
driven away, and that the musk ox was
going around in a ring at full speed. It
was twilight before tha animal calmed
down.
Curator Ditmars said that all the Polar
animals, especially the bears, had kicked
up and roiled about in the snorv all day.
NO MORE SXOW.
Cold Weather Not Follwcing
in Its Wake.
Washington. Dec. li.— The snow that lent
a holiday air to Christmas has gone for the
time- being, according to tho Weather Eu
reau. and snowdrifts may now be expected
to turn Into unsightly and sloppy seas of
slush.
While snow still was falling to-night ir.
New York and New England, tho precipi
tation is expected to come to an end within
the next few hours, la the states south
o? Pennsylvania and Delaware tha storm
has passed, and it now is centred oft tha
coast of Maine. At sesj there is a blinding
storm of snow squalls, and titles] weather
prevails generally. Cold weather is not fol
lowing in the wake of tha blirzard. the
weather forecasters report to-night.
•'There may be some crisp weather." said
Acting Forecaster Frankinfleld. 'but no
where 13 ther» the slightest indication that
zero will be reached or even approxi
mated."
LONG CHASE EXDED.
Alleged Embezzler, Sought 3
Years, Found Here.
Through a clever ruse. Russell Z.
Geyer. who Is wanted In North Carolina
on a charge of embezzlement, was ar
rtstcd last night at No. 612 West 137 th
6treet, aiter a chase of three years.
Geyer was indicted for embezzlement
three years ago. He disappeared, and
Wilson, the complainant, followed him
and hired an apartment In the saraa
house h'-re. but was never able to land
his man. He tinully Ittt this city and
went South again, but Detectives Daley.
Boyle and Dwyer continued to work on
the case. As Geyer's father had an of
ti«.e In Wall street, they thought that the
son would come lujre some day, and the
Christmas holidays seemed a particu
larly appropriate 'time.
Last night, armed with two packages.
Detective Daly went to the house and
was shown by the h;i!)hn\ to the Geyer
apartment.
'•I'vft Eot two packages here for Mrs.
Geyer," h« s»uid to a man who opened
t!>« door.
"Well. 11l blsjbj for them. Im Russell
E. Geyer." was QM reply.
"And you're my man. too," responded
the Hawkshaw.
Oeyer is held as a fuflti\e from Jus-
Uce. The police say that the formal era.
18. Alfcnatt & GJn.
Coward
Shoe
Strength for Weak Arches
The Urm, springy steel sup
port in the rraist of the COW
ARD ARCH PROP SHOE,
exerts a gentle, upward pres
sure beneath the foot struc
ture, which eases the strain
on sagging muscles, relieves
the ache, and restores
strength and elasticity to tha
arch of the foot.
SOLD NOWHERE ELSE
JAMES S. COWARD
264-274 Greenwich St., N. T.
Steal Orders Filled | Sesil «or Catalojao
bezzlement charge is only one of Tiany.
and that about ftt\4M n a:: is m
\ olved.
HUSBAND HELD FOR KILLING
Woman Accidentally Shot as She Retd3
Christmas Gift Book.
Elizabeth. X. J.. Dec. StWWfctta read-
Ing a novel w:-iich sjht had received from
her husband as a ChVSM jift Xlra.
Edr.a Jacabson was accidentally ahot Sy
UM man with a rifle at 4:30 n'claul this
afternoon, and died a few mir.utes later.
The bullet entered her shoulder and
glanced downward. Immediately there
after the husband was taken into custody,
but the police believe the shootins was ac
cidental, and he will likely be dlscr.areed.
The couple, •.; Is .s.i!.!. were on t>.e best
of terms. The tragedy took place in UM
parlor. Near by stood a Christmas tre*
laden with toys for the two-year-old child
Of the couple. The child was p'.ayir.ff near
the tree when the mother was shot down,
lut went on playing: with his doll, un-
BSjißsVttl of the occurrence. The body wast
removed to the morgue.
FATAL CHRISTMAS PARTY.
Huntinston. W Va., Dec. -News
reached hsfl* to-day off the fata! shooting
yesterday of Samuel and Freeland ■nngess
and Frederick Henson at a Chrlstma c*>\*
br.itlon at t.i^. home ot Samuel Dingess, at
Feck's Mills, Loeran County.
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