Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 18, 1901, Page 7

THREE VICTIMS OF FROST Thomas Jeffarson Beyond Recovery When Feund Lying on Bidewalk. TWO OTHERS ARE IN BAD CONDITION Faken to Thawed fee Out=Hoth A Station and One man was frozen to death Monday aight and two others only escaped death by treezing because they were found before the work of the frost far The dead man Th Jott col ored, who worked as porter in a saloon Twentieth and Castellar strec other two are George H. Rhodes and Fritz Heltz both of whom are now suffering fntense Pain from numerous ffost bites, but are ot danger. Both Rhodes Helte unconscious when found At 6§ yesterday motning Patsy Havey received at the & telephone call to the effect that a man was lying senseless on th side k tront of a saloon at Twentieth and tellar streets rol wagon w to that address immediately. When it rived few minutes later the vietim sero weather was atill unconscious, though he had carried into the saloon and several men wero vigorously massaging him It was learned that his name was Thomas Jefferson, a negro who worked his trade as a barber at 2421 South Twen tieth street, but who, during the last months, had werved as porter in the saloon in front of which he had been found. The men who found him, Ed Mattes and Fred Lundeen, say he was lying on his back on the sldewalk within twenty feet of the fron door In his right hand, which was frozen #80lld, vas a ring of keys, one of which was the key to the saloon Not Able was too advanced was nag ou and were Desk Sergeant police statlon in at The pi Cas s sent ar a heen ok sald Mattes been wandering atout in the until he got,numb, and then g0 Into the saloon to get hands were so stiff he couldn't turn in the lock. Then he turned about to walk away, but belug drowsy with the cold, the sldewalk and fell asleep. Jefferson’s employers say h Aleted to drink and they scoft that he was intosicated when he idewalk He was taken to (h patrol wagon immediately curgeon, br. Borglum, nearly an hour, but he was so far gone that he died without regaining consclousnes The body was taken in charge by the oner. 1t he has any relatives living in t the have learned nothing con cerniog them a3 yel Both George Singe Door that he had early morning thought he'd but his the key “1 supy warm was not ad the theory tell on the police station in the where the police worked over him for city police H. Rhodes, a collector Manufacturing cohpany, 1314 Ch treet, wes found atupefied by the cold Riverview park day morning Charles Anderson, keeper he park, ae ststed by his wife, carried Rhodes into their house, wh they did what they could to resuscitate him, and then sent a message to the polico station, When Rhodes was turned over to the police surgeon an hour later It was found that both hands and both feet were frozen These were poulticed and bandaged. It was evident that the victim had been drinking heavily. He was unable to give any explanation of how he came to be in the park. Later i the forenoon his team and delivery wagou were found near Six teenth and Marcy streets. The team evi- lently had been wanderiug about for sev eral bours Fritz Heftz, a laborer, was found in drunken stupor at 3 o'clock in the morning inder the Douglas street bridge. His hands ears and nose were frozen and he would probably have frozen to death in another bour. He had evidently been lying there only a short time when found. He was taken to the police station in the wagon and after being treated by the surgeon was sent to his home LOOKING INTO WANTS OF POOR Police roren for 1 in te vestignted, The police department Is devoting siderable attention to charity days. Since Monday the charity con thes, sq which originally comprised Sergeant Demp- | sey and Detective Heelan, has been rein forced by the addition of three other off cers, Wooldridge, Gibbons and Flynn. These are now glving their entire time to the needs of the worthy poor. Arrangements have been made with the keepers of the county store on St. Mary’s avenue to honor the requisitions of Sergeant Dempsey, is in charge of the squad, and the result that urgent cases are now attended to with the least possible dela: Dean Campbell Falr, at the head of the newly organized City Charities, sent yes terday for a 1ist of distitute made up by the police. Hereafter the City Charities will work In counection with the police and county authoritic The police are Aid whall b who are deserving. is taking great pains that no moted out to save those and to this end every application for alms is being carefully in vestigated. One appeal for help came from & man who owns three houses, two of which he rents for $14 a month, occupying the third one. Besides this ive opu lence, the wun has steady employment at good wages. Tho police told him he should sell what he hath and give to the poor. Two cash contributions of §5 ench. been received eince Monday Both trom women of the half world PROFESSOR ELY IS COMING Noted Political ¥ nint Wi Omaha Thursdny Week to Lecture have were e 1 Prof. Richard T. Ely, the uoted political economist who is head of the Department of Economics at the University of Wiscon sin, will be In Omaha Thursday and deliver a lecture here that evening Ely has b and instruction through the west as far as Callfornin and favoring a few of the oities visited with lecturcs on present day sub- jects. He will talk in Omaha under the auspices of the Feonom'c league at Flist Congregational church, but the general public fs invited to avail themselves of t Prof. For Golrers, Sportsmen, and all who travel — much sustenance in little bulk. COMPANYS of | tew | who | will | en making a tour of recreation | the | opportunity to author of wide he went hear him reputation br He was, befor Wisconsin, the principal pr fessor of economics at Johne Hopkins ur versity and was the prime mover in th organization of the Amer onomic a for which he ha retary and presid an koclation served as ¢ — Committee Ap Question d to Present o Ciy Depnrtment Ree Councll=Fire mendntions Taxation and insurance PAl themes discussed by the mittee of the Commer form John a comm the were the prin fal elub Tuesd, was sprung by a for Appo to present to the of the club again ment of the chartered corporations fixed by the Board of Review was amended by W. §. Poy sired that the committee be clothe POWer to take up the matter of with the council and Board of Educa tion The amendment of Mr agreed to and rable d ussion f lowed on the John Steel and J. H Dumont taking opposite of the ques Mr. Dumont sald that having b before the Board of Review remain out of the council inju by the inequ be heard and not those who ¢ asscssmen The motion as amende | prevatled. After the adjournment of | meeting the committer was made up of G | B. McGilton, chairman Luther Kountze Euclid Martin, John Steel and W. 8 \\\'n.‘nr . | T the ™ r matter motion Steel asking the ttee t protest the This mo rate Poppleton wa motion tion ¥ sllent should pers 1 E i 1 red to raise nte insurance committee fol lowing report Your committee on wan reforred (e Tates,” dexires 1o report tha factory' proxress Is being made ir ter of Investiaating. Fate mittee feels confident that when obtained that ih AppE on Will be made 1n the rites den inder the new syatem of schedule re T OF the achedu tor 1 ih chark the lovernig committee i 46, und hive aeked that they send their ¢1v11 enginver horo to determine (he justice of our clajma. Tho commit every reason to befieve that & ma modifichtion will be | the and. hopes” 1o 'secure remi tirely Four mitted made insurance who question r mat fable re the th ry water «u which the rate ar oy fited thirteen with thelr of the remaining expects to remedy by improv in the fire department, and to that have asked for the addition of nir | to the department at ong Also t chase of a first-class, large-sized fire engine, a hose wagon and a hook ladder truck, to be stationed at or near eventh and Jackson streets, in the whole le and jobbing district, and that twe mpanies organized and cquipped tc handle the new apparatus as soon same |s received purchase from & 7 t of hos: The | =it Br And thon points the « mer expendl by the commi wih and develo of the fobbing interest of the eit of large and high storied # the rapid increase v vilues of wares and merchandise part of the city At A meeting of the committee the club rooms yesterday, to which Moores was invited, the whole the needgof the fire department was cure fully coffiidered, and the mayor informec the commfttee that the desired iner the deprftment would be made at and that the new apparatus would be chasell by the board just as #oon as b for the same could be recetved and upon, and that it would be put into service without needless delay Other additions and’ impr mplation angd will in the neat future, [ rtment upon i par ri velopme her business that it be as well equipg matte protection as any clas The o penditur pense in ness_proposition insuranee rates more than compe to say noth! the business fnter the fire waste of This report was following resolution, from the committec adopted Whereas, ires n the wholes the Luildings, quantity a in neces rapic held ir Mayor vements ndoubtedly b i order that interosts, may fd Ihthe belleves that thes creased maintenance partment 18 a good ¥ and that the that will fol sate the extr the added ste and the the city. supplen which and wi socurity o ted by the was reported unanimously on fire font It developes that the equipment of the the city of Omaha is ¢ eets Resoived Omaha ur il Police as will in many re Thi the the Commercial mayor and Board of missioners to take such ac result in the purchase of eqi the employment of addition follows class steam 1) . with standpi i ladder track men, to plac the basls of engine; At 1000 feet all engine nine mer u of new nine hose panies hose and men each ladder companies on basis each: the organization o panfes to handle the equipment chased and peady for use In the discussion upon the question of in nce it was said that the companies no promise of a reduction of rate the improvement of the fire depa but as they based the rate upon th fvs pointed out In tho the reduction 1d follow as a matter of course. of el new corn when pur upon ment wa Sk ALet tiat tiis: Orakiaéty Fackags | Manufacturing mpany, which was burne | out, had secured quarters in the Steels | Smith butlding. A wheelwright who desires to locate Omaha was placed in the hands of the missioner. A letter editor of the Chicago Tribune | that the article in regard to the financia condition of Omaha which wa week and which rd unfavorable ment in tnis eity had been prepared Chicago office and that it had been without ihe approval of the manager offer of that publication to give equal prom inence to a 1,600-word report upon the con | dition of Omaha was accepted with thanks A letter was received from Wu saying that it would be Impossible for to visit Omaha on his trip to Kansas City A committee on nominations for the com ing annual election appointed composed of J. 1. Dumont, H. 8. Weller an Danlel Fuller, Information Wanted The manufacturcrs of Banner com enu: com was Salve hay cine can cure in every | having heard where Banner cure ulcers, tetter, e case, but never Salve failed to sores w8, or piles it there are such cases. 1f so gladly refund the money Rescned from n Shack A pollee officer passing near the street vinduet about o o'clock heard crles for help. Upon |1t was found the cries came from I | 0. Carver. who for several yenr in a [ittle shanty under the I8 about & of ay from ch Iness, The was notifled in the hospital county h they wil last night nk has lived viaduct. Carver and I8 suffering police police Today spital mbulance to the ( he will be remove Carver's shack 18 a poor \ce for winter weathe in the sides and roof be fustened. Tha fire irkso acks are could ne in the unable to start it ¥ for the Po recolved anc enclosing $, with the Fequest money for the poor. During the Donahue received $10 from with the request that his toned. Beveral bundies of clothing an bedding were recelved last nlght and are being distributed to worthy poor Dempsey and Detective ing their for help and searching for destitute and are finding many cases worthy of More M, The police last nig Ninth st her uns from day business man aame be not men Heelan are d\ot help Iy s an COMMERCIAL CLUB GETS IN Tox | the reat aln John Smithe| | with the tax ghould the panded pur- new erec- d | Woods that | question of e in pur- weted are in may: be placed plad growth and de- and ity of its x- cduction of far X pense, lewsening of fnvestigation department club_of chment; com- panies of #lx men each and hook in was received from the managing admitting printed last n the done An Tingtang him belng ing always believed that no doctor or medi- s & matter of curiosity would like to know xteenth investigntion tation and the sick man was removed #hack had gone out and Carver was Sergeant time to investigating the appeals ople THE OMAII Works Holiday Buyers. | | STORY OF THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD |, | | Art=The Latin | . tography as an | Qun len for nple | | Life=duveniles on,” b that oln's Plan of Reconstru | les H. 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Arrangements being rapidly pleted for the big benefit In aid of the Ham McKinley Memorial fund, for Miss Gertrude Coghlan has tendered services of herself and company at theater Thrusday, December 2 tion lsts are already in cir ready responses obtained indicate that citizens of Omaha are thoroughly in a with this effort give the fund a stantfal ald. Mr. Charles T yesterday subscribed $25 for lower boxes. The management of the theater, M Woodward and Burgess, will take orde any time for seat departure from usual policy, made in accordanc thel are one of of the affair. The members of the committee add t generous well wishes and substantia sponses obtained, a personal request all citizens of Omaha Join in the enter) not only by subscribing for ticket: reminding their friends of this opport {0 contribute to a worthy and patrioth Manders ¥ WMinn wil- | which | the Hoyd's | missior Subecrip- | he ulation and the | @ the ccord | the) TS s at the with expressed intention of doing every- | thing possible toward the brilliant success o the 1 re that prise, but in unity c ob- Ject and ut the same time enjoy a good en- tertainment. H. S. Daniels, acting manager for Coghlan, arrived in the city Monday offered his services for whatever pr inary work 18 necessary. The play sel for the occasion Is “Colinette,” the effort of Henry Guy Carleton PLUMBERS HAVE PLENTY TO DO Are at Thelr Wits ~ t Maste Farnish Calls “Every man who knows a stopcock a steam gauge and which end of a monkey wrench to take hold of is busy today,” erday | “Inow have 8ix men just chasing | sald a plumber ye afternoon around from emergency calls, cofld get them. “This cold snap came so suddenly after weeks ot such assuring that it caught pretty nearly everybody piog and water went popping corke at a stag The steam he plants suffered 100, but of the trouble has been with the pipes. Had there been a secason of weather sufficiently prolonged to get ground well grozen and then a drop su. we have just had the damage would leading Omaha house to house answ pipes lunch some, stances the freezes and burstings were fined largely to the exposed parts “And that reminds me that peo; are putting in their plumbing with caution and better judgment than they to exercise. There time when builders of even shell frame houses quently put their bath roows in the n west corners of the bulldings, which w foollsh thing to as it that a house catches the brunt of winter atorms. Another they have learned take pipes less, but them nd much of the da present cold was very do is caution to expose do this ing this somo of nage done snap resulted latest Answer and I could use more it I| moderation | water | Under the elr most Miss and ellm ected trom sald | ering | and | nap- | like ating | most | cold the ch as have cum- con- now more used | n the | fre orth was 1 | there | of | is to still | dur- from such carelessness as leaving cellar windows | open Always dowetning ‘ New to ~how You. Each One a Work of Art. 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Inadequate fire proe tection of the points upon the insurance people h been basing their claim for ates. The Insur ane committee called this matter tho ittention of the mayor and explained that sche was one an increase in 1o | “Chickens Come Home to Roost,” By L. B, N Rreatest N which | he companies feel that Omaha has neither | enough cquipment Mayor Moores assured the committee that it {s his intention to increase the number of firemen and to improve the equipment of the department. He stated that he has de termined to do his utmost to make this im provement in the fire department and tha all the members of the Hoard of Fire and Police Commissioners are tnxious o put th department up to the standard of the de partments of other clties of Omaha in numbers and cquip A brief meeting of the Board of Fire and Commissioners alled Monday afternoon nsider a protest ngainst a Mquor license. As the rneys he liquor dealer were not ready to defend thei the announced that the b would consider th s which had been 1atd before him by the Commercial club ommit He explained the fire insurance companies desire that all companies hall be increased to six men cach and that all engine companies have at least nine men each. Nine additional men are necessary to bring the Omaha companies up to this standard and the board immediately de cided to employ these men. It was also explained to the board the department needs an additional cngine hose wagons and hose to bring it up to the standard desired the insurance companies. Tho secre of the Board of Fire and Police Com rs had already bedh instructed b mayor to seek bids on this additional atus, 50 £o actfon concerning the new equipment can be taken until the prices men nor sufficient fire fHighting the siz att for maye hose that ome tary | 1earnea Thirteen points were charged Omaha as a basis for an incr The insurance committee of the Commer fal club hae protested against seven of the points and feels sure that they will be removed if the companies will send an aexpert here to cxamine conditions. The ommittee expects to remove four the other points by the improvement is to be made in the fire department against age in ratos of Your Favorite Game of cards for soclal entertainments can be made most_enjoyable by getting the new Washburn Elite playing cards. High qual- ity, low price; 25 cents in money or stamps. Lyon & Healy, Chicago. 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HOSPE, oand Art. 15131515 umm We Would Be Pleased— To show you our line of Battenburge— all the new novelties of the season and at any price you wish to pay--and all hand made goods—Come In and take a look at them, We also have a very large line of Fand Crochet Clreular | Shawls—just the thing for a Christmns gift—ulso the largest lines of Fancy Knit goods, Our Cardigan Jackets for men are the very hest that are made and the prices are right on them, Golf Gloves for everybody in the latest shades and stripes. Come early to avold the rush. Jos. F. Bilz The most complete yarn store in the west. Tel.1993, 322 So, (6th $t, Mall orders promptly flled. as harps—musie hoxes —aceor drums - jewsharps toy violins—ete $1.50--Bring the ! SantaClaus—- 1s Jolly good fellow of rare good judg- ment-ns 18 shown the elegant lino of Christmns slippers ho haw sent In ad vance to Drex L, Shooman -there are all kinds of Christmns slippers—cente lttle slippers for tho ehlldren—olegant slip. pers for mamma-comfortable slippers for pa and warm slippers for grand ma—slippers in all the popnlar shapes too many different kinds to descriho them and quote prices—but you ean them all on our sample table nnd 1t will be ensy to plek out what you want-—-we will exchange them to slze to it after Christmas, Drexel bhoe Co., New Fall Ca o Now ndy. . lu-u ate Shoe Hodve, 1410 AT, A Box Pleases Her— That's why she looks so good-naiure she has just recelved a box of those clous choolate bon bons made by Balduft Every lady 18 plensed when she gets Bal luft's candy-—and now that Christmas is near at hand, you can’t send anything nicer then one of our beautiful Christmas boxes or baskets filled with our purs and whole HOm andy ~These boxes are made for either 1, 4, 8, b or 10 pounds and you can select puy kind of candy she lkes hest- We'll send jt by express If you desire— Just pedembor us for Christmas candies we've got overy kind you can lmagine—and we make it fresh every day—and it's all pure candy W. 8. Balduft, 1820 Farucwa St mal of the O HILLES, wtury " ATIONERY Ohio State Jowrnal. The and et selling talked the most about book of dny powerful Searlet More “The Letter,” More n litelike and . natural than any Nearly modern story, 100,000 in domand 1f you this book, will know what & real novel ls. If you canuot get ‘Chickens Homae to Roost” the publishers will send it postpaid for $1.50, beautitully bound, gllt top, gold deckel edge paper, ten halt- tone pictures sold, and now groater than will then you ver read Jome stamped SHING COMPA Near Ilrnudw.n. New York. See us for Mail receive prompt atten- tion. 1308 Farnam atroet. vl""'l'“”“" above hook. orders