The evening world. Newspaper, December 3, 1903, Page 3

SHOW BRINGS ONTO MANY ~ Five Thousand Men Find Em- ployment in Clearing the Ves- tiges of the Storm from the Streets, SLEIGHING IN PARK; CHILDREN DELIGHTED. Traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge Delayed for a Time, but Little Interruption on the Elevated : Lines, ‘Though a source of discomfort to the army of toilers compelled to seek their oMfices from the four corners of the metropolis, the winter's first snow came, @s a great boon to the thousands of unemployed. In the course of the day ten thousand men who were in sore need of a few shillings’ worth of com- fort earned $1.50 each and 4,000 teams were pressed into service, the snow contractor paying $ for the use of each team, At midnight last night ~Contractor ‘William Bradley saw that he would ave a heavy tas on his hands and he began his preparations before daylight. By 6 o'clock, when the blanket of failing snow still obscured the approach of dawn, Mr. Bradley hag 5,000 men at ‘work shovelling snow {nto 2,000 carts. From then on until noon his offices at No. 54-36 West Forty-elghth street were Desleged by an ewer flowing stream of hundreds seeking work. As fast as they came they were engaged, turned over to istrict captains and sent out about the city. Went to Work at Once. Mr. Bradley sald to an Evening World feporter that in beginning the work of tlearing off the-snow before the fall had ceased he had disregarded the ‘usual custom. “I was assured by the ‘Weather Bur- au, however,” he said, “that the worst ‘of the storm was over at dawn, and ‘hat the fall would cease entirely be- fore noon. Therefore, I sought to get mt the work as expeditiousily as pos- able. I expect that to-day’s Job will wost between $35.000 and $40,000, , With the first covering of white on the streets sleighs were dragged from their quarters, and all night long the jingle of bells was heard along the avenues. Fearful lest the morning should bring gunshine and drive away the snow, the Pleasure-seekers stayed out all night And scores deserted the city for the qulet Rountry roads, Road-houses did the first brisk busi- hess of the season and distributed the magnums that go to the first of the feason's customers who arrive in slelghs, With morning hundreds more caught the spirit of the snow nymphs. Every con- ceivable excuse for a sleigh was called fato service, Brought Delight to Children, ‘To the children the storm brought de- Nght, The Jitgiing of the. bells during the night called up visions of Sante Ciaus and Christmas to their dreams, and with the break of day sleds were rought from thelr long hiding places, ‘The streets were filled with tho cager youngsters’ and they were at the coast- ing places in the parks long before the @ttendants were ready for them, ‘The new snow plough designed to scrape, fice and snow from the third rail was a partial success, if not all that was ected of it by the officials of the roads, The trains were blocked ov- easionally and in all cases moved slowl: but they did move, and that was a dig improvement. The device is attached to the truck and scrapes the rail just in front of the “shoe which carrie’ the current to the motor. Its steel edges are sypposed to cut through ice and snow and leave the rail clean, but it does not do this en- threly, Where it failed there were ttashes of electricity that could be seen tor many blocks, and all night long the display of electrical fireworks was con- tnued. Second Avenue Suffered Most. Second avenue suffered the most trom the storm. The “L” trains there were tied up several times, the greatest point of trouble being at Twenty-third street. Despite théso setbacks the om- clals declared that the new scraper was satisfactory and that no storms would tie up the lines as in the past. The weather bureau sent a warning. that the storm raging over the Atlantic would send high winds in the wake of the snow flurries and the winds came on scheduled time, ‘Many delays were cated on the sur- ip = Winter-Day WANTS, 1,992. + Business Chances in Wanted to Purchase . Auction » Sales ‘Amusements Financial . Pianos This Morning’s World, | THE-WORLD: THURSDAY EVENING; DECEMBER 3, 1 THE FIRST REAL SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON AS IT AFFECTED TRAFFIC ON BROADWAY AND THE BCWERY TO-DAY. THREE INCHES OF SNOW AND-MORE IS EXPECTED, Snow fell to a depth of three inches, ” Sleighing excellent in the park. Traffic delayed on Brooklyn Bridge. Five thousand men clearing the streets. Another storm is expected. Weather Bureau predicts several days of genuine winter. a a face and elevated roads on the Brook- lyn Bridge. In eome oases the block- ade of trolley cars on the bridge lasted 80 long that thousands got out and walked. The elevated trains, without exoep- tion, made very slow time and when they arrived at the Manhattan end of the bridge the rush made by the be- lated passengers caused jimeyat entrances In which the | pol were forced to take a hand to proveot women | and children from becoming burt. When the rush to Manhattan was at ats height a fuse blew out on one of the elevated trains, just as it was en- tering Jhe terminal, This delayed the trains for about ten minutes, after which the disabied train was shunted on to a siding and ‘the track cleared, Another blockade of a similar aature occurred on the trolley Ine at the Brooklyn ead of the bridge. —_-—_ OLD WASHINGTON SLEIGH AGAIN ON THE ROAD. (Special to The Evening World.) ‘WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Dec. 3.—Paul G. Theband. the wealthy clubman, went out riding to-day in a sleigh said to be over one hundred years old, and in which George Washington once rode. It fs a noted relic and Mr. Thebaud has had It fixed up In fine shape, the | SNOWPLOUGH TACKLES THE . BIG DRIFTS ON PARK ROW. UNCONSCIOUS AND COVERED BY SHOW Man Supposed to Be Fred B Winchell Found by the Police} . Under the Elevated Structure in Harlem. A well-dressed man, having the ap- pearance of a prosperous business man, was found unconscious In the street at Elghth’ avenue and Qne Hundred and Fitty-fifth street early to-day and was taken to the J. Hood * Wright Hospital, where he is in a critical condition from exposure. Irom letters in his pockets the police thought #ft first he was Fred B, Winchell, who has an office in ropm ii, St. James Building, Broadway and Twenty-sixth street, At the office of Hermann & Bloch, feal-estate brokers, Room 01, ‘St. James Building, it was said, however, that no-one by the name of-Fred D: Winchell was ever employed there, and that no one by that name was known to the members of the firm, Patrolman Steppe, of the West One Hundred ‘and Fitty-second street sta- tion, found the man in the snow under the.” elevated, structure. ‘The snow nearly covered himand the policeman al- most’ stumbled over him tefore he raw {t was a.inyn, He tried in vain to arouse him and then called a ambulance. ‘The doctors and nurses at the J, Hood Wright worked for hours, but they were unadle to restore the man to consclousness. Several ‘letters with the mame and address given were found in his pocket, but there were no other marks, of idegtity.and nothing showing where he lived. ——— EXPLOSION IN LAUNDRY. Engineer Madly Scalded on Hands » by Escaping Steam, The exhaust pipe of the boller in the Liberty Laundry, No. 207 East One Hun- dred and Jleventh street, burst to-day with sufficient force to create alarm in the neighborhood and to send the sev- enty-five employees to tne street in a rush. Charles Bock, the engineer, could escape the sudden rush of ‘steam th followed the bursting pipe and badly scalded about the arm: , He went to the Harlem Hos- pital for. treatment. Somo one sent in a fire alarm, but when the firemen arrived there’ was nothing to do, CAB STRIKE WORRIES HuB. Snowstorm, with Rize Tiea Up, Makes Travelling Bad. ghOSTON, Deo, 3—The ntrike of the rivers 0} Boston Cab Compan: for shorter hours, whi ts Cine aE cages a, Met at the raliroad hotels than fore, snowstorm made travellin; a mp ry a ° removal ‘of the “baton Come ts Reale weariness oeiteyc been nen great for the tramc, the 3f, the )| Hundred and ansed more} re | wil HE FROZE 10 DEATH WA LITTLE RUT Body of Herman Hajel, Former- ly an Officer in the German a Cot. | Herman Hajel, fifty years old, a | watchman and formerly an officer in the {German Army, was found early to-day frozen to death in te little hut where the lived at, No, 815, Bast Dinety-nmth street, y is used ir the daytime Herman Worth, a furniture dealer. Worth found the old man Army, Was Found To-Day on) dead on his little cot when he opened the office to-day. Policeman; Allen, of the East One Fourth “street station, passed the shanty shortly before mid- might and saw the old’ man making a fire in q tiny. stove near his cot. ‘fe stove was cold this morning. Hajel told the policemen he met, con- stantly In his ‘roands that he was of royal blood, and,-as he wore his mus- taches a la‘iKaiger Wilhelm, he won the title of "Emperor." His only posses- sions found in-the little shanty were two suits of wellsworn clothes and a rusty cavalry sword, In which he took a great pride, , PILOT COMPELLED TO BE PASSENGER Took Steamship Rhein Out of Bremen Harbor, but Heavy Sea Prevented Him from Reaching His Boat. rth German Lloyd steam- ship Rhein came up the Bay to-day from Bremen, she had on board one passenger who didn't think much about the trip, and who preferred to be at his own fireside Instead of stepping Into a new ‘country... He Js t lot who took the Rhein out of Bremen harbor. ‘The touched at Bremerhaven and the pilot’ propared* to leave the sinip,» but ‘there was such a heavy runnin, and a high northwest gale, that he coul Not get Into the boat. When the > Instead of waiting for the weather to subside, the Rhein went on, pilot and all. , Now the North German Liord Company ithe pilot his wages fs usm ie BARK STRANDED BUT CREW SAVED The Dharwar, Bound from Hong! Kong to New York, Runs: Aground in a Fierce Snow-| storm on the Maryland Coast. (Sprctal to The Evening World.) LEWES, Del., Dec. 3—After a voyage of, 12 days from Hong, Kong for New| York, the bark Dharwar, Hes stranded | on ;the J out one’ mile “CLEANING HOUSE” A Change of Food Cleans the Soul's House. When the body is clogged: up by the! use of improper food ahd sickness sets in there is nothing ‘so good as a} “house cleaning,” and the right way to do this is to change the food; for! although taking medigines may af- ford ‘temporary ‘relief ‘a complete} change-of food is much'the surest and safest way. : The highest medical authority in the world, “The Lancet" of London, says of Grape-Nuts: “Our analysis shows it is a nutritive of a high order since it contains the constituents of a complete food in very satisfactory and rich proportion and in an easily assimilable state.” ‘ “About two years ago,” says a resident of Springville, “T had terrible stomach trouble, although I tried all kinds of medicines none of them cured me, [ ‘was so run down | could not eat, g very little stetp and was dizzy-headed and miserable all of the time. About that time a friend told me that the only way to cure my’ trouble was to change my food, and recommended Grape-Nuts, “From my very first meal of Grape- Nuts my stomach began to get better, and all the improvements that come from a healthy stomach In place ct} ‘an unhealthy one goon followed, and} this was not all, for just as great anj improvement came in my brain. All| of the dizziness is gone and my brain is now clear and active, I can eat! anything I want, sleep well and am} altogether a new man mentally and, physically. “At the time I commenced to. use this food I- was’ nothing but a skele-| ton, weighing 130 pounds, but now I/ have back my normal woight of nearly 200.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, ‘There's a.reasén, Look in éach package book, for a “The’ part of them Jandin, the remainder being bi the life-savers in the breeches buoy. brokers. First ing and cargo ‘bel vices state that cargo and vessel still ¥ good shape. Th tug North America has left the Breai the Merritt Wrecking Company Is send- ing a tug from Nortolk. Th: about forty and the beach at that making it extremely «dd Bet to ship and {a listed ag forty years old, tion, She is in @ dangerous position, with a lst off shore ‘and a. heavy sea driving ponding her. ‘Tie accident occurred jast night. Suaw had been falling all day and the weather conditions were charge . lost ashore. and a strong northeast such that thelr reckoning and those wind in ran The crew of nineteen men are all safe. in their boat and rought to shore by The cargo consits of 1,800 tons of Chi- bull is intact 18. Wreck water to asaist her e wrec pint Is very er. The Dharwar ng ruined, put later a e nese matting consigned to New York reports had the ship leak. a and rk is miles south of Breakwater fat, joult for tugs to a Swedish SNOW CAUSED FIRE ON BROOKLYN “'L” Third Rail Packed So Heavily that a Short Circuit Was Es- tablished and Crowded Cars Began to Blaze. Snow was directiy responsible for a fire on the “LY” at Broadway and Hughes streets, Williamsburg, during the morning rush hours to-day. It packed the third rail so heavily that @ short ciroult was produced, when a train crowded with passengers bound for New York slzzied over the rails, When it was discovered that a fire was raging under the cars the passen- gers got frightened, and in the rush to the doors many had clothes torn and hats smashed, but none was injured. Several attempted to get through the windows, An alarm was turned in for the Fire Department, the wrecking crews and the emergency corps of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, All arrived: upon the scene at the same time. Then began the work of fire fighting. Water could not be turned upon the burning ities on account of the dangers of the circuit. @o the firemen and wrecking crew got ladders and armed with hatchets began cutting the fire out Sacks of sand were finally ob- tained and the fire was smothered. “That's the first time I ever saw snow * said the captain of the wreck- The trains were stalled for a halt hour, ee SLEIGHING IN WESTCHESTER. MOUNT VERNON, N. Y., Dec, 3.— ‘The rich New YoYrkers who have coun- try seats in Westchester county and Connecticut are taking advantage of the fact that about four Inches of snow has fallen and that there is good aleigh- ing in all the suburban towns. Sev- eral millionaires had their sleighs out y, Wille a number of sleighing par- ties will be entertained at the Ardsley Casino to-night, EMPEROR ABSENT FROM RECHSTA Chancellor Von Buelow, Stand- ing at Left of Empty Throne, Reads the Speech of the Ger- man Ruler. BERLIN, Dec. 3.—Chancellor von Bue-| ¥! low, as the Emperor's rep: opened the Reichstag in the W! of the Palace to-day. The members of the Reichstag, in evening dress, court costume, military untforms or clerical coats, stood close sentative, te Hall together In front of the empty throne | and did not occupy much space in the great marble room, The assemblage was smaller than on the Iast occasion, twenty-five of the Loyalists having been turned out by the Socialists, not one of whom even attends the opening of the Reichstag, which 1s essentially a court function, all the members present wearing a royal! order, Both the Protestant and the Catholic members were late, as each of these bodies had been detained by serviees in thelr respective churches, The Chancel- lor also kept the company waitin; When he appeared, with the Cabinet Ministers walking two by two behind him, all present were bored. Von Buelow stood on the left of the throne and read the Emperor's message to Parliament. He began by saying: ‘Fis Majesty has directed me to ex- prees here his thanks to all those who have sympathized with his sufferings and to say that thelr sympathy and hopes for his recovery have greatly re- Joiced him.” The Chancellor then passed to the economic state of the country, which, the sald, still suffered somewhat from the worldwide depression which was un- favorably affecting the imperial finances. Emphasizing the ever-increasing neces- sity for regulating the financial rela- tions of the Empire with the separate States, the Chancellor remarked that although a radical settiement of the question was not now feasible the Gov- erament would propose a measure: in- troduoting the most essential reforms. Chancellor Von Buelow, on conclud FORMER PRICES $14 $18 $22 ADDRESSES 44 Nassau St., near Pine oolcn Mill A MILLION YARDS OR? Scotch Woolens,| 113 Nassau St., near Beekman Grand Circle, 59th St. 8th Ave. 64 Bowery, Cor, Canal 964 3rd Ave., (Pructor’s) 1357 Broadway, Mariborough Hotel, cor. 36th St. Comprising the entire output of our mills. FORMER PRICES turn out a Suit from $20 to $3 oe During the Opening Days of this Sale all Purchasers Will Receive a Handsome Pair of “$5” Trousc:rs Made from Fine Worsted or Same Material as Suit, ABSOLUTELY FR 12 STORES IN GREATER NEW YORK. 360 in the United States, OVERCOAT FORMER PRICES IGNORED BE YOUR QWN SALESMAN Walk into any of our twelve stores, select any- thing you see and we will take your measure and ment in the world. Tailors. For a Limited Period WE WILLMAKE TO MEASURE SUIT 7 or Overcoat that would cost 5 in any tailoring establish- ADDRESSES 256 Broadway, opp. City Hall Park |! 260 West 125th, mear 8th Ave. 714 Tremont Ave., Bronx ing, nodded to Dr, forward, propoeea fo) Emperor, in which’ the Present joined. ‘The message was, favoraly ed upon, emphasis being fact that the Government any unusug| demands on BANDMASTER ROBBED. Conterno Held Up in sixth Aveane by Two Negrace ; Luciano Conterno, the famous tand> master, who lives at No. 134 West jaunared and Situ sureet, reported 16 the police dast migat thac he aud f held up by,two negroes, about MP. ie” in ‘Rwenty-fourth etreet, pear Sixth aves niu, ana robbed of $3. 7 3 fe alleged that his assallants spra’ on him ands while. one of home g Rey: him up against a wall, nearly |him, the other searched’ his pocket made an effort to ery out, but cou do so, He was then thrown to. th ; ground, and his assailants ran away OKI MBS hg no BEAUTIFUL $ 149 UPRIGHTS, A) Including stool and cover, $5 monthly until paid. - See the following used pianos. Ove 200 others to select from: - || UPRIGHT PIANOS, ~ $100 Empire $4. ! 175 Sterling 5 190 Hardman ; : See oe bsteies , radbury 350 Steinway&Son 8. SQUARE PIANOS $35 Lynch 35 Bradbury 40 Steck 60 Weber a 75 Hazleton Bros. juntt) Dada’ 80 Steinway & Son 3 moncats, GOEIZ & CO.) 81, 83, 85, 87 COURT ST. BROOKLYN, mes ONE BLOCK FROM CITY HALL, . OPEN EVENINGS, - are in great demand: pad Baliye by rs permanent pos! are obtained ‘hroagh fais extra help rush.” Women Wanted ia THERE ARE Paid Help Wants in the and and if you | lance t! Wo: | Want columns you will se a great many more people Portant p! tions as. | Me The World | Soe ea | 8 7 Paid Help Wants in this | morning's World, bat © 346 13 other Nev ~ork papers combine? NURSES BOYS ...., BRASSWORKERS 3 OST. PEATRER HANDS PAINTERS 's | PAPERHANGERS PIANO HAND&), If PLUMBERS . CASHIERS 4 CHAMBERMAIDS 15 | PORTE CLERKS ...... 2 ‘ PRESSMEN , COMPOSITORS ROOFERS 4 COOKS . SALBSLADIES yf SALESMEN 55 90 SEAMBTRESSES., §' | SLEEVE HANDS,” TAILORS TINSMITHS TUCKEAS, , CUTTERS . DENTISTS DISHWASHERS. DRESSUAKERS.. DRIVERS . DRUG CLERKS. ELEVATOR- RS BROOKLYN STORES 449 Sth Ave. cor. 9th St, EMP, AGENCH ENGINEERS,