The evening world. Newspaper, January 4, 1904, Page 4

ORFTS OF SHOW ‘ero Weather Causes Great Suffering and the List of Its Victims Is Likely to Be Large- ly Increased. ‘POOR ARE FORCED TO PAY HIGHER PRICES FOR COAL. Traffic on All Raliroads Is De- layed—Five Thousand Shov- ellers and 2,000 Wagons En- gaged in Removal of Snow. TO-DAY’S TEMPERATURE. 12,00 Midnight ...--.-..--------- 1,00.A. 2.00 A. 3.00 A, 490 5.00 6.90 7.00 8.00 9.90 10,90 11.00 12.00 1P. 2p. 3P. 4p. BP. zzZzezzzzzzz LIST OF THE DEAD. BILIANG, IGNATZ, of No, 563 West One Hundred and Vorty-ninth atreets f fide the New York Centr: dred and Forty-ninth JOHNSON, PETER, was frosen on iohmond County bank. OTHER VICTIMS OF COLD. M'KELWAIN, JOHN,of No. a44 York and Navy ater nent Brooklyn Hospit REDDY, MICHABL, collapsed in a i at ‘Twenty. Second avenue; sent to Belleva VIKE, WILLIAM, frozen to death near a barn nat the rear of No, 7S Richmond Terrace, Mariners’ Harbor, ACCIDENTS DUE TO SNOW. OSWORTH, RK. S., of No, 359 Kast ankle. He wan taken to the Hud- son Sirect Hos; DOSNELS YO FRA I$ L., of No, B00 Third avenue, spraintag hin SEG MEAN, of No, 163 Raat Mighiy-ninih street, fell in front of No. 1049 Pork ue. Min right leg was fractured, He wan tthe co the Presbyterian Honpt- | ta Four persons frozen tu death, several vilers in hospitals suffering on account of exposure to the cold great distress ull over the city, especially among the pour, for whom the price of coal bas Irvady been ruised, ure some of ue results of tue intense cold weather whieh lus locked New York tn its grip. At is Detleved Whitt the list of the victim will be Jargely increased, Whe Jow temperature iy a serious diswback to the removal of the white blanket which covered the streets when J the snowfall ceased Saturday night. Ail ef yesterday 5,00) shovellers und 2,000 ¥ tons were at work, and the same is engaged to-day in the effort wo Wer the main thorougifares und make, fairly easy for trattte, is practicaliy imposelile for rail- Podd trains jo tun ou scneduie. ume ‘grits trom tne West aug vown sisi BE OF Lares nour 4 & restoration of tormal conditions can- Hot be effected within foriv-vight hours Phe Weuther Bureau predicted thus os day will be generally fair int ty but sli nay highes our hours. Reports from up the State ara" New England give pictures of even. worse conditions than in this neighborhood, In Saratoga it 1s eight below zero, and the season is the hardest winter in twenty-five years. Goua y and Long taland harder than other I Immediate neighbor and villages on the ot side of the Harlem River are snow: bound, A New Haven local train which left here at 1147 Saturday night not eet to Mount Vernon vatil 4.5) Ofelock vesterday morning. the wtexr gave ou! and passengers might as well have been in refrigerators, Harlem River Frozen over. For the first time in elght years the Harlem “River was frosen ut rom Macomb's Dam Bridge to Furie Duyvil Crook, ‘The tce is trom and forms @ f acted the ice mii to walk on for a dis- miles, e ——— _ SOAL FOR THE POOR » RAISED TO $30 A TON. Pho Suffering of tlie poor on the east from the excessive cold’ was great- Ancreased to-day when all the »mall oon dealers in the district raised the ‘ot Wel to from seven cents to Set pail. This brings the cout poor to between $23 and coal, he came upon a woman clad in. flims) armonts and carry fhe was almost blue from the cold talk, She # ‘Michuel’ Hubthowits and lived ui “28 Forayth street. i Ht walked almost a mile LIM PIKE Dateman fo deal for us when you heat we can get trot cont this Tittle pall will hold le I went to told me 1} ning cents instead Thave gone to him fora e few pleces of DYING FROM COLD AND STARVATION John Campbell and His Wifa| te bmvert. 3 ae Ibert has a reputation among his Found in a Most Pitiable Con-|trienas ot being the most practicar aa ‘ dreamer that ever lived. His “sleep- dition with Hands and Ears} thoughts are full of utilitarian value, The very morning before the eventful ride over the much cut-up street he said to the first friend he met: "I had a fear- would have to pa € o} to the ‘opt on going from o and they all asked the would ail my pail for eight cents, gents and what do you’ think Ho took a littl: almost half the ordinary a 1 somewhere else arid pay nine ‘The woman then she }aix pounds of coal in her b more than half filled hee got to last me the why |, as she shivoringly vy Same Story Ail Around. All throughout the E atory was told v Frostbitten. Whirtieth street, Paterson, alippel | aud fell fee coverfna of the street, dislocating his right John Campbell and his wife, Helen, starving and and feet frozen, from thetr mt Many of them wera clad only in sum: orriwateune, Cell in front of No.) clothing and bare headed le and rickety tene- 3S Hast Fortleth » ta Ballavue Hospital, living upstairs smetled gag | , Michael Cav | led Polleeman Urqu- the Past Thir ® policeman broke {ntl MAA UNCOHACIOUS On + ® thin voveriug Ppawemtly tied to turning it on ashe ankiny ue ¥ oa then to the | JP Hot to us, when Ine ‘ne home and but the house to buy bread. a few pennies m NEARLY FROZE TO. DEATH WA CAR Overcome by the Intense Cold, Passenger on Flatbush Ave- a nue Line Was Taken Uncon- | scious Into Drug Store. | mpvel! ight gus Jot, Mghiting tt he wl tt was the n he tried to | He M got em by t rt without carpet, severat| SI ighe RANG Sus hoodooed by had been broken wind whistled in Ruegn While riding s MY fond in 1 man was ove © cold to-day. had had no ad Jost count of the ekwell and an am) not heat its cars st morning of the year the coldest in dd through the making 1t warmer outside vast walk to ker in efreulation hands of boun the doctora | efvort been from luck of tood | or feet continually, aud slapped thelr bands tor er and wrapped thelr them lke a cabman does on his xeat. Of the doctors fear they may die, Working hostler ampbell was it face was blue He was observed by His breath had caused an felcle to form on the end of his nose, Ruch remarks as thin do not generally} etteched to eae! to none of thelr nelghbors for tna RT erator Ose mene eas destitution until the door was n by the he doubled over timp ntood In the nelghbors, was and Unconscious door a week a Not going to elop the car, 1d be docked if Ms car Was not idge on schedule time. and a grocer ang the bell and inform ried that If she didn’ a ket in the how would freeze to! i 1 ie mun was last seen on the same evening, wolng, into the hone, a n hor’ fits | Grug store, Pacific rect ond Flatvuan | {Y ae ee Hie Roune an8 | and there it was found that he | mas time they Uttle that would hrve made them con idly becoming the nN felephoned to. Lolice Hoa'lauartsrs #n ambulance and one wit! came from the Brooklyn i, The doctor bait avanti s of, capsicum naclous man's bog —— HERMAN STIEFEL PROMOTED, iy hypodermically fr hat in wonderful but it_works fine. report that to the Medical Society man was freesing to death, When the man had ¥ found Rant ae heat he gained conglder- administration sl ma rum, which revived hin ( of Mayor Strong causing ine | actoumaen, He retused to go to. th bat call b and ord hy Cviahia pwoeey THE WORLD: MONDAY EV MR. AND MRS, BATEMAN AND THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD ROY, LAWRENCH, THEY ARE ACCUSED OF ABUSING. ~ ANOTHER TO PRISON Welch Tried to Steal It. Glisten on the immaculate shirt fronts | of rich brewers. Frank Ibert, who lves at No, 1041 Bushwick avenue, Brooklyn, and who is the president of a brewery company, was the passenger in the same that Welch selected for his own transit across the island of Manhattan. Welch n't help being attracted by the sparkler, “I'll Just feel {t for a second,” he sald 4 ful dream last night. I dreamed my Kohinoor had disappeared.” Dreams make such an impression up- jon Mr. Ibert that they don't wear off for at least two day ‘The soft touch of Welch in his cam- palgn of diamond-getting sent @ thrill of suggestion Into the mind of the bre It was whit the | learned | paveliiats, call sub-conaclaus suggest ion, And then. the, dkeamer woe up all at, Tio nimble Angers of Welch from the 'sparkler and the became a man of action, man on the back ne platform sked for his assist Aince, und the two had no trouble in Velch down to headquarters, sured him and noted the {stone must be worth $300 at «| Perkins, the cop who made least, u Arvest What" howled the victim of a dream, cent. ‘That «uy doesn't kr the thing costs, ba f day Welch showed a de- A guilty, He thought that dream. he might as well not tempt the spirit world him ta 1 ph ra} ought pee t he didn't get t en suggested thal held guilty of an at- to) {othe seeding, 40 he was remanded to the Tombs for trial ——— |MINES ‘OPEN UP ON DEMAND FOR COAL. vening World.) » Pa, Jan, 4.—The the Red Ash Coal Company this morning to resume work after a strike of six_months was a failure, The men refused to work until their griev ames are adjusted and the company de- | clined to receive thelr committee. The | strike at the Silver Brook colliery of Wentz & Co. ended to-day, the men re- auuming work yon the company's prom- ise to recel ¢ Grievance Committee. All ‘anthracite colteries have been idle for the jase two weeks resumed operations to-day with a full force of workers. There is an unprece- /tlented demand for domestic sizes ow- ing to the long suspension and the se- vere cold weather. (Special to WIL ppointed Herman Stelfel as Chief of a salary year, This {# a promotio 1} was an assistant corpor tion counsel under Mr, Rives and had under every that the in Generar Pear, ot Ms. Suurel le fifty-two years okt and native of Heqsen Cassel, MAN'S DREAM SENDS Frank Ibert Thought His Dia- | mond Stud Had Disappeared, and the Following Night David excited manner, the stepmother of the | abused child was taken to @ seat in the David Welch, whore happiness was wrecked by the dream of another man on Dec. 5 wile both were riding in aihe started and shivered whenever & Forty-second street crosstown car, ap- | atran ound was hi peared before Judge Newburger to-day | in Part I,, General Sessions, to answer | @ charge of larceny. Welch has a fine | eye for diamonds, especially when they | slyen hire iy was led into the court-room, being held onthe’ evidence of a c¢ screxmed and moaned dramatically, pro- ANNUAL MARK-DOWN SALE Thousands of pairs of good shoes. Lines which we discontinue. All widths. Usual guarantee. MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN. Sixth Avenue & Nineteenth Street. G, JANUARY 4, CHILD HUNG UP BY THE THUMBS S. P. C. C. Physician Swears He Found 67 Abrasions on the Body of Little Lawrence Bateman, Five Years Old, “No, I don't want to see my step- nother.” A pluintive, pathetic, trembling little hild of five years, looking with bewil- | dered eyes at the crowd in Yorkville Court to-day, clung close to Agent Fo- {garty, of the Children’s Soctety, when ‘the case of John J. and Nellie Bateman, arraigned before Magistrate Barlow for mistreating Lawrence Bateman, five | years old, was called. | Covering the child's pale face wero | horrible scars and on his head, from | which huge patches of hair were miss- | ing, ldoking as though they had been torn from the scalp, were cuts and ashes. ‘Tho little hands were cruelly scarred and the child's body waa a mass of bruise: When the man and woman accused of mistreating the Mttle boy faced the Court the child shuddered, Nelile Bate- man, © young woman of about twenty- eight, holding an elghteen months’ old baby In her arms, stood beside her hus- band, John, a huge, muscular fellow of six feet. A hush of horror fell over the eritire court-room as Agent Fogarty held up the helpless little child for the Judge to view and exposed the cruel wounds} on the child's face and head. Stepmother’s Denials, “I never made those wounds, screamed the woman before any action had been taken, “Let them examine the child's body. I never hurt him,’ Screaming and moaning in a highly court-room, while the husband took thelr baby from her arms. During his stepmother’s dramatic per- formance Uttle Lawrence looked at her with dull, apathetic eyes, still clinging to the side of Agent Fogarty. When the child was brought into the Society's room at court by Agent Kelly eard. word of complaint came from | ure tittle fellow. howelur unt he: was queens lone: ‘Lawrence, how did those s come ull-over your face and head? World reporter, Question J closer Be “My mamma hit m cause ed ec couldn't help. that couldn nde tg oft the child's “mittens, which the Children’s Soclety had provided, the reporter found the litte hands lacerated and bruised. Hung Up by Thumbs. te my thumbs are sore," said he, a pelted Wook coming into his big blue eyes, "Rupa used to tle them with twine and hang me up so my toes would not touch the flour, Then he would go ve me. “nem lenuonina hit_me on the foot hi ale dt hurt me, but 1 dare cr; ig {old he must go out in the court-room where his stepmother and father were the child looked as though the expected no mercy. The boy is at- tractive looking, but his big blue eyes have a dazed renin which could come constant suffering, from veak little snulle read over his face when he id about the warm clothes the -chud Society had T don't want, + go back to ry Sami and .papa,! he said when Lawyer Gi Adumntth, who, appeared for tiie Hintema 8, objected to his clients dye. Burlow allowed the objection | Agent Womarty prepared an “aitidavit Which charges the Batemans with a rious crime thal man and) woman each on the charge of endangerin, life and health of Lawrence Bateman. Woman Screamed in Court. When the Wuuun neurd that she was still held for further examination she Tessing her. innocence of the wounds which covered the child's body Wien litle Lawrence illustrated to a up of court officials and a World re- rter how his father had hung him up by the thumbs there was not a man In the room who could look at the lacer- ated little hands without the deepest ity for the patient, suffering little fel- low. Agent Kogarty, of the Children's 8o- clety, says that to-morrow he will have witnesses that will make the case against the couple unusually strong. eee GREAT ARMY AT WORK TO REMOVE THE SNOW. ‘The city's snow experts estimated to- day that the snowfall of Saturday and Sunday, lying 9.1 Inches on the flat, sumounted to 1,750,000 cuble yards In the 000,000 square yards of area in Man-! hattan alone. ‘The contractor and the clty authori tles have sent out an urgent appeal for | more carts and wagons with teams and | art M. B, Bouten, who haa charg of the snow removal under Commis- | sioner Woodbury. and who has estab- lished this headquarters on che fifth oor ae 60) Fi¢th avenue, has sent word suburban towns’ thet men who have wagons can make big money oy | Femoving snow from the streets of New | SSS ee a eee ete 1904. his rocin in the} on him. but he was getting away from daylight to-day in boarding-house at No, 521 West Eigh- | them when two policemen, called by the teenth street, and before he was sub-| women, arrived and added their weight dued he had driven most of the women | to that of the four. Dr. Reid, from the New York Hos- os of rappings on | after the greatest difMfculty the priest from the house Jn thelr nightgowns. THE BOARDERS QUT ‘The first warning of tho priest's men-| pital, came with an ambulance, and tal fullure was a se: | the wall of his room. Suddeniy the | was placed in a strait-Jacket and taken door into the hall swurg open ail the | to Bellevue Hospital, muniac vented @ shriek which was cal-| The actions of the priest for some Minister of the Greek Church) culated to stop a Brooklyn trolley car. | {hme ‘This was followed by other shrieks and | been considered 2s pecullar. He constantly prayed, was gloomy and Causes Wild Early Morning) yeuis, ana then came the screams of the | **emed to be in fina g ial Pee wie c He had been in New York Gite frightened women boarders. Tine pri Al i thorb while and at the a Excitement in a House iN} went trom door to door, kicking, 5 | one in. Men and women, all in their West Eighteenth Street. | night robes, ran from him. Some in| | thelr fright went to the street, but most} of them found security Michael Dirm, forty-five years old, aj of the furnace in the cellar, priest of the Greek Church witho charge, bocame violently insane bef: vas"not kacwn if he had taatives hee. SeananerrsspeeeT STRIKE PARALYZES SHIPPING. BARCELONA, Jan. 4—A general | strike of all persons employed by the shipping interests has been dectared, in the vicinity Four of the men in the house finally | shipping | inter which trade and com: got the priest down on the floor and sat’ terce are paralyz Muslin Underwear. CORSET COVERS—sizes 32 to 50, plain hemstitched, embroidery, lace, inserting and ribbon trimmed, NIGHT GOWNS—decollete, negligee, low, square, empire and bishop effects, long, short and elbow Sleeves, frOM....+++seere server eee 45C, 10 $6.98 PANTALOONS—open and closed, yoke bands, shir- styles, from. -25c. © $4.98 WALKING PETTICOATS—with deep flounces of embroidery, lace insertings, space and cluster tucking, also extra dust ruffles, from......45¢, © $17.98 Visit our FRENCH LINGERIE DEPARTMENT— hand-made undergarments for ladies, misses, children and loons, Corset Covers and Chemises at SPECIAL PRICES during this sale. (Second Floor.) Fine White Goods and Wash Dress Goods. Qur assortments are 3-fold larger than ever before and includ: the very choicest designs of both foreign and domestic man- ufacturers. Special Values for Tuesday. WHITE MERCERIZED MADRAS, a 25¢ inches wide, value 50c. yard—Sale price......, WHITE MERCERIZED MADRAS, 2 19¢ inches wide, value 30c.—Sale price. . ie MERCERIZED SATEENS, 30 inches wide) dainty exclusive patterns, ring and dot effects, value 25c. yard—Sale price....006.0560 40 HEAVY COLORED P. D. SUITINGS, lisht) 1 94, or dark grounds, value 20c, yard-—Sale price...f +42! IMPORTED KNICKER SUITINGS, value 2c. per yard—Sale price. ....ee0.cccseseseee } 15¢ NEW FANCY MADRAS, 32 inches wide, value 20c. per yard—Sale price. lic *} 4c ONeill & Co. Special Values in the White Sale. These and Many Others Are Still to the Front. ring strings, embroidery, lace, inserting and ribbon, all! babies—Guimpes, Caps, Shoes, Petticoats, Gowns, Panta- |, Sheets and Pillow Cases Below Manufacturer’s Cost. (First Floor.) | Table Linens, Napkins, Towels and Towelings. SCOTCH NAPKINS, extra heavy, value $1.25; dozen. IRISH LINEN NAPKINS, value $2.25; at $1.75 doz. IRISH LINEN NAPKINS, value $3.00; at $2.25 doz. WHITE TABLE DAMASK, 72 inches wide, regular $1.00 quality; at 79c. yard. WHITE TABLE DAMASK, full width, regular 65c.; at 50c. yard. TABLE CLOTHS (no Napkins to match), sizes 6-4, 8-10, 8-12, special at $1.25, $1.65, $1.98 each. Also an odd lot of DOUBLE DAMASK TABLE CLOTHS, all sizes, much below regular prices. WHITE TOILET TOWELS—6,000 dozen to select from, all at cut prices for this sale. it 98c, (First Floor). 2,500 New White Bed Spreads. Heavy Crochet BED SPREADS, hemmed ready for use. Special lots at 98c., $1.25, $1.48. Heavy Marseilles and Satin BED SPREADS. Special lots at $2.00, $2.50, $3.00. Grirst Floor.) WHITE HEMMED SHEETS—Single, three-quar- ter, full bed and extra large sizes— Special at 43c., 58c., 63c. and 70c. each. Also HEMMED PILLOW CASES, in all sizes, Prices range from 7}4c. to 25c. each. (Firat Floor.) 500 La Vida Corsets at % Regular Prices. They are mostly black and white, new straight fronts—ends of lots which swust be closed out to make |room for spring productions, hence these ridiculously low prices—imade of the best Coutils and all whalebone | used in their manufacture; they are the equal of any cor- tet of French manufacture at double the regular prices. Regular prices $4.50 to $7.50. Now $1.50 to $2.95 pair. (Second Floor.) Sixth Avenue, 20th to 21st Street. “THE RED YACHT,” by MAX PEMBERTON. SCHOOLBOY CARD'S CALL ON PRESI- DENT ROOSEVELT. THE HEART ROMANCE OF RUTH BRYAN, Artist Leavitt and Miss Cook, of Newport. alan, al THE TRAVELLING MENAGERIE Owned by New York School Children. THE “STORY OF A GARRISON” Which Upset the German Army and Made Talk in Many Coun- tries, “THE REASON NEW YORKERS GAMBLE,” by Alfred Hodder, of the District-Attorney’s elie THE STORY OF A SWELL NEW YORK FENCING CLUB for Girls, with a Dashing Mlus- tration it, Colors, \ |DID YOU READ oa @ IN «w@2o@ 2 Yesterday's Sunday World Magazine ABOUT: York, YORKERS—When They Rise, How Thzy Work, oy at] penne eee Howat hover The Love-Letters Which Tell the True Story of jnent Physicia An Article About WOMEN SMOKERS in New THE LI IVING RUL ‘S OF PROMINENT NEW lay—The Ideal Working Day, by Em- ns. BERNEY,” by O. Henry. STE, TRANSFORMATION OF MARTIN with Page-Wide Speaking Portraits of the Distin- guished Counsel for the Jews. THE STORY OF THE KISHINEFF TRIAL, Why It Isa Third | Higher than Any Other City. That Remarkable Photograph, “THE SKY- ~| SCRAPER DISTRICT AT NIGHT”? THE COST OF LIVING IN NEW YORK— And Did You See TEREST, in Colors? All These and Other Features in Addition, of Course, to the Fashions, Puzzles, Humor and Other Regular Sunday Features. DID YOU? Whether You Did or Not You Cannot Afford to Mis NEXT SUNDAY’S WORLD MAGAZINE ; Which Will Be Packed Full of Good Things of : Seeciet Interest to New Yorkers. And the Page of DRAMATIC FIGURES OF IN- \