The evening world. Newspaper, November 25, 1902, Page 7

* stariem frightened a acore of families | to-day | ti apd v FIREMAN AT 10 HALE AND HEARTY Capt. Holmes, of Jersey City | Department, Doesn’t Want to ‘ Retire Just Yet, and Is as Lively as Younger Men. GOLDEN WEDDING sooN. ae Been Fighting Flames for Over Forty Years, and Seems to Have Thrived on His Thrilling Experi- @nces During that Time, t o~ (Although Capt. Thomas B. Holmes, of the Jersey City Fire Department, haa ust celebrated his seventieth birthday, he has no Inclination toward retiring from the service. Capt. Holmes ts the oldest oaptain, oth in point of years and service, in the Jersey City Fire Department, and has Ween in his present position with Engine Company No. 12 for six years @a permanent captain. Capt. Holmes looks more like a man ef sixty than a septuagenarian, and he attributes his remarkable state of pres- ervation to the active life he has led and to regular habits. When tho alarm sounds at night @he Captain, who {s a hale and hearty man of 20 pounds, slides down tho Bole with an alacrity that outclasses the younger men. “I guess I must lead a charmed Ife," @aid Capt. Holmes last evening, “for fn the forty years I've been connected with the department I have never met with an accident. though I've been in the thick of all the big fires in Jersey City. Ran With Knicerbocker Hose. “I've always had inclinations toward this sort of a life, and I can't give It up. I joined the volunteers in the early fifties and have been a member of the Exempt Firemen’s Association since 1868, My first run with the volunteers was with Hudson Hose Company No, 1. Before my joining the Jersey City Wepartment, though, I ran with the Knickerbocker Hose, in Dune street, when Alf Carson was Chief Engineer of the Department of New York. “T never will forget how excited we used to get in the old boarding-house where I stayed in Franklin Square when the big bell would clang and we volunteers would make for the engine | © and grab the ropes to pull it to the acene of the fire. We fine Improve- ments since those day and the Cap tain looked approvingly at his chem: foal engine, which is his particular pride. “tt was ri \the Jersey Cit been in Jersey I'm out and out here fifty-three after that that I joined ‘olunteers, and. I've) I've tved seen lots of my friends | plate and grow Fich, but I've always held to the policy that a man who make his living where he !s known {s better off than out of nine boys ey my calling, as bee ee one of the most Jersey City. He ha aition lower than captain, an ny engine exce 6 Engine © 0- dot 1 never held a pi at of foreman or with a chemical pent with No. Golden Wedding in Four Years, ac in numerous said Capt 4 for twelv a and the rem: @nce and eners condition veteran fireman give Indication of many tee. ate my golden said the ne hours out of twel a fireman of Jers are spent by the ensine-house, with shih day at home to get acqualr with his tly’ fampeonle seem surprised that IT am really seventy years old." d ung looking old. orn In London Nov to Jersey City with my was sixteen sold Capt. Holmes is an Interesting talker, Dut he refuses to exploit any of his wn deeds. ONTve never done anything remark- able” he declared. t been on nue to be T will for a few years more, most remarkable thing to m back over my fireman's life a evolution in the fire department's methods from the days when the volun- teers used to tin through the Jersey City streets pulling the engine behin’ them.” the great TWO FIRES IN ONE BLOCK. ftallans Frightened by Two Small Binses Barly This Morning, Two fires in the Itallan district of in two tenement-houses early and sent the tenants to the street, Men, women and children were wild with fear, although the fires amounted to uttle. ‘The first call was from No. $38 East One Hundred and F¥fteenth street, where there was a small blaze in the basement. The families in the bullding ran excitedly Into the etreet, while the ut the fire. firemen Puho fire engines and trucks were ready to leave a great commotion Wee ieard in the next block, excited Wades calling fire. It was leatned that Metenement at No. 4 Bast One Hun- nd Fourteenth strest was on fire ind the people were greatly excited fe fire was little more serious than the first. WHERE IS JOHN TUCHMAN? Disuppearea Suddenly on Nov. 7, and Wife Wants Him, doing about half of his after- co work at Schwab's cafe, No. 700 Broadway, John Tuchman suddenly ed the crumb-tray which he was Bae changed his clothes and walked out of the place without saying a word to any one. This happened Nov, 7, and t been seen since. hap himat, whose heartbroken condition was apparent when she called C"Phe World office, sald that they had Married six years and that during Ime an unkind word had never i Between (lem, They lived at No. { iphty-fourth street, ‘mil! man wore rown coat jack trousers, a heavy, black ‘and @ soft black hat, $ city's service ever since, | showed any | THE WORLD: TUKSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 190. VETERAN FIRE FIGHTER | STICKS TO DEPARTMENT. STABBED IN A SALOON ROW. One Italian Cut in Cheeek and ix Urother's Ankle Broken, jer was stabbed in the fa da fracturd of the jo In a saloon brawl early this in the place of Ferdinaad An- st One Hundred and The broiuers were , a barber, of Ni econd street, and Gaetano The broth rs were cemoved to arlem Hospital, ! to the police, the brothers} loon to have a drink, An- ar, and tt Is ran argument had star tano tn the right in which the and many chairs During the ro vatore's righ le wae fractured F When the police arrived Antonio had disappeared, ‘They locked up his wife, @ young woman Inmate of the one man as susptclo! DRANK LYE FOR LY N. place and ER. 2%.—Hezeklah age ety-six years, drank 4 ity of lye, mistaking It for elder, hances of recovery are slizht, a) ~ No} | Have | | \E and one-quarter slowly one part | breakfast to tempt Qu K JEROME, UGH! \FELL DEAD WITH District - Attorney’s Suggestion her broom went clattering down “IDIOT!” ROARS JACKSON. | basement ste She wa e, but she looked Her hair Likewlse “Liar” and “That Man,” vrinkled and her wrought mental condition this morning and fairly danced with rage as he ex- pressed In words that sizzied and shot off sparks hia indignation at the Coun- ty Medical Society's resolution to take action toward the abolition of the Cor- oner’s office as a useless institution whose powers were much abused. Coroner Jackson, as he curveted madiy been thrown into a dark and dismal cell had not we," lenient and let them go? District-Attorney Jerome say that the Coroner's office was absolutely useless and that it has tong been the haven of political ringstera?” fice that should be abolished. of us could conduct his office with less high pressure gave out and Mr. Jackson @ank into a chair. Coroner continued: city prisons to hold the scum swept up Boiling When you have bought the best quality and flavor, make the most of it. 3 get the full luxury of a Quaker Oats breakfast. A simple matter—-just as easy as the other way. Have the water boiling. Salt to taste. HE SHOULD CIT!) BHO0M IN HARD, CORONER JACKSON. Ju104 Three Thousand Square’ Feet to Sweep Daily and to} _ to Abolish the “Crowner’s Scrubs Twice a) Week. Quest” Has a Remarkable Temperamental Effect. Worn out by constant hard work, | Mary Parker, the Janitress of the double tenement house at No. 53 Mor- ton street, fel dead this morning, while and Then, Having Cooled Down,| “pnis broom tting dred Ining| heavy.” she observed several He Argues In Favor of Retaining) oy’ as she finished sweeping His Medieval Position at $5,000. 3,000 square feet of hall and stairway that was her datly task. Then, too, she had to wash and scrul stairs and five halls tw 3 Early this morning the end c neighbor heard the broom fall, but nobody came to pick {t up. He Investi- gated and found Mrs, Parker lying in tho hall. “Overwork,” sald the doctor. "Shoe Just scrubbed and grushed and cleaned until her heart broke down.” Coroner Jackson was in a highly- “The County Medical Soclety.’ began about, brushing the foam from his 1178] osiginated a Sewing Machine and|' and champing his teeth, “Is made up of oes fs dog and anrrehists, Were not a couple Sh TRTOE Savere of them arrested In a shady dea) BXINGTON, Va, Nov. 2.—James time ago? And would they not h A. Gibbs, the Inventor of the Wil- “been king his chest, “But,” It was suggested, “does not Coroner Jackson sprang into the alr, ana when he dessended burst out with @ roar: “Jerome is a Har! A confounded idiot! It'a his office and not the Coroner's of- Why, any eriticlsm, Ugh! that man'’—— But the Resuming with returning heat the “If it were not for the Coroner's office {t would take ten Do we not work night coat, satin lined, s , If we were abolished how would the Magistrates keep up with the work?" It {6 only natural that the Coroners should make a passionate defense of thelr office. The job ta a nice, fat one, paylng a salary of $5,000 a year and extras. It costs the county $160,000 a year to run the office, 1 (Second the Water Cook it right and To two parts freshly boiling water stir in of Quaker Oats, Boil 20 minutes—and serve hot,—a rich, nut-flavored the palate of a King. Serve hot. No food,—-meat or cereal,—fad food or natural food, will give so much strength, nutriment and satisfaction as 20 minutes’ cooking in your own kitchen will get from akerQats It puts ‘its whole strength straight into your system—more than enough— reserve strength. A Cereta Coupon in Each Package. ‘British Secretary Well Fortified the | ‘ GIBBS, THE INVENTOR, DEAD. 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