The evening world. Newspaper, January 7, 1904, Page 3

{ | . ‘ RIVER FROM SHORE 10 SHORE Not Since 1866 Has the Ice Formed Be- fore in a Solid Mass So that It Was Possible to Walk Jersey City. FROZEN from New York to Just thirty-eight years ago next Baturday New York was treated to a mpectacte that the oldest timer of that "ge had rarely scen before. ‘The North River was so solidly frozen over from Mhore to shore that.frisky persons with berves were able to walk across and Kiver craft were tied up. 1 This morning the North River was Again = solid of thick ice and an Army could have crossed it with ease. Wo one did, so far as could be learned, put hundreds during thp early hours of the morning ventured out a little way from the Jersey shore and enjoyed the ‘unusual sensation of finding solid foot- ing as far out as they dared to go. Unsentimental ferry-boats and tough- Rosed tugs had bumped their way through the’arctic floe before the thou- jands of commuters had got under way, ase many hundreds would have made & bid for fame by crossing the river afoot, but even*as late as 6 o'clock there was still solid footing at somo Points of the river if any one cared to try It. ‘The early ferry-boats had a hard time of it for hours, and at daylight they Were still consuming three times the usual time in making trips. At one time eight big ferry-boats, six of them ‘Gouble-deckers and two of them power- ful-acrew boats, were tied up in the middle cf the river and could make no Kpr a while it looked headway at all. as though they were going to be stalled for good, but by churning away patient- jy, backing in what little clear water they had and then starting ahead at to slowly crumble away the obstructing {ce and full speed, they managed jard Trip, ‘st boat to start out from thp hore, where the Ice was thick- est, was the John McCullagh, of the Erie line. Her commander, Capt. Fred- erick H. Rogers, one of tae most skiful| } pilots on the river, found himself frozen into the slip, but by turning streams of hot water on the ice he managed to free himself and start ahead. The Mc- Cullagh hadn't gone a dozen feet bo- foro she stopped short. Capt. backed into the slip and then started out again at full speed, This time he crashed his way ahead for a distance of about twenty feet. The breaking fee ‘vas fully six inches thick, but by keep- ing steadily at his task Capt. Rogers managed to get his boat out in mid- stream. There he came to a stop, for the ice was piled high in front of him, some of the cakes reaching almost up to the deck. At about the same time that the Me- Cullagh left the Jersey shore the Sus- Rogers FERRYBOATS STALLED IN THE FROZEN NORTH SKeTCHED BY MORTIMER FROM THE DECK OF THE ERIE FERRYBOAT “JOHN M'CULLOUGH.” pees WiGcL oN systema = nero PT — x es os lenag 7M 7 but were compensated for this e peautiful sight that the river, t the nigiit was responsible forthe river inches thick and knitted freezing over. The ebb tide brovght an | cakes touclivd each other. ‘ aby enormous amount of ice down trom the | On the ebb tide to-night river pllots| pres |. The only accident was |itudson with it A norehweat:-wind | say that there. will he another. bp. foe | Feported ‘anywhere alone, clther shore | would have piled this up onthe New | of tce and that, unless river craft are | occurred the foot of Sixth . = |f0 Dreak up, and after that the boats | York shore and n northenst wind would | kept going night, the river may! Jersey City, where a coal car running a in hour to make dan easy time of it, by comparison. [have piled ft up on the Jersey shore, | freese over again, [out on a’ bridge broke through Across, and some of the ferry-| Capt. Rogers told an Evening World | Bu there was no wind at all, it just} ‘Thousands of paxsengers on the ferry-| gates and deposited fiftv tons of nd | boata on the first trip tqok even longer [reporter that the lack of, wind during formed a solid mass from six'to ten | boat were delayed in getting to busi-|on the Ice. It didn't even crack the quehanna, of the Erle line, left the New York shore. She got In midstream by the persistent hammering that Capt. too, 7 get to their slips. But it was only done | than this. y backing and then shooting ahead | Until 6.15 o'clock all harbor oraft had rsistently, and after the boats were |to fight hand to get througn. ‘Then, in the slack water that prevailed and ‘the €radual turn of the tide, the ice gegan 'Penneylvania In the Hamburg, of the Lackawanna lin the New Jersey, of the Jersey Central line, and the Kingston, of the West hore. ‘These other boats fought their vay slowly out Into the middle of the r, and there they were, all eight stuck at once. The tce had formed solidi hind them and they coufdh't move ward or forward. ‘There waa no use getting angrys 8 the pilots amused themselves by footing salutes to one another, while the deckhands and passongers ‘yelled a other, such as “Gel for? ta and “Watcher walting All Charned at Once. After awhile the varlous pilots sig- nalled to one another that !t might be a good thing to all start churning at once. This was done, and the boats managed to get a little headway. Then ‘the only real ice-breaker in* the North River, the big tug Cheney, of the Cor- nell Towing Company, came down, the river, smashing things at @ great pace. She helped the ferry-boais out, and all managed to extricate themselves and Motormen and Conductors Are Made Strong by This Wonderful Remedy. a CLUB ATHLETE WRECKS FLAT William Seaton, Physical Di- rector of the Crescent Club, Punches Holes in the Furni- ture of His Home. / ‘William Seaton, director of athletics fm the swell Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, is under arrest in the West Thirtieth street police station, charged with disorderly conduct. Seaton ‘lv fn an apartment-house at No. 41 West ‘Thirty-sixth He and ‘his wife occupy rooms on the second floor. The house was owned by Dr. Messinggr, ‘ho lived on the first floor until yes- terday, when he was buried. Opposite Seaton lives C. J. McCarthy. In the two apartments on the floor above live Arthur Latoka and Nathan Durland, Seaton arrived at his home about o'clock this morning in a very ugly, mood. His wife soon fled and took ref- uge with the Messinger family below. There she could hear the crashing of broken furniture and the smashing of glass as Seaton started to wreck his flat. MeCarthy Failed to Escape. McCarthy on the other side of the hall also heard the noise, thought he would FO up-stairs and Join forces with Latoka and Durland. He was slipping quietly long the hall, when Seaton suddenly Dpened the door of his apartment and paught sight of him, McCarthy is a ymall man. Seaton fs a big, brawny M&x-footer, powerful as a bull. * ‘With a bound he was on the fright- @med MoCarthy, shaking him as a ter- rer would a rat, ‘Then he threw Mc- Carthy on the floor of the hall and sat on his chest. He ‘ud a razor in his hand, and with th made passes at McCarthy's ears &uu nose, McCarthy Pleaded and begged with Seaton, and the big fellow finally let him get up, He Ch. His Mini McCarthy then changed his mind About going upstairs. He flew down- tira instead and into the Hotel Col- weg. next door. There he related his expoviences to a Dr. Scott and Mr, ‘Walsh, ,the manager of the hotel. Mo- Carthy sala the man ought to be se- cbred at once, because there was no telling where he would wind up or what damage he would finallly do, Dr. Scott and Mr, Walsh finally agreed to go back with McCarthy. They orept into the hall and heard Seaton trying to ‘force an entrance into the apartments above him, He had tired of wrecking his own apartment and fwas bent on seeking fresh pastures, The three ‘men crept upstairs and threw themselves ‘pn. Seaton. Seaton fought likg a tiger and might have suc- ceeded in beating off the attacking force if reinforcements had not oppor- burvee station, to which Mee venee eet kslepngned before going in afer Seaton, ‘They Rnally carried Seaton down vo the Patrol wagon and lodged him sacery In #enton is forty-one years of age and has been prominent in athletic circles ail his life, He was formerly athletic director inthe old Manhattan Aohletc Club and more recently in the Lotos ea VES Absent-Mindedness of Great Heads, (From the Detroit Tribune.) It is known that intellectual people Qre prone to absent-mindedness. In- cluded are inventors, ministers and Newspaper men, of course. Illustrations are: Edison, who having in the after- noon left a merry company at his house, White hie ran down to the lavuratory to r in “avout five minutes,” suddeniy clajmed near midnight: “By ginger, Wuat Ko home! 1 was iarrie| to-day. A minister is’ reported to have made| the Diunder of transposing himself with Jie Wet Umbrelli,, which on his returh, from prayer meeting he placed in bed with lis wife and then stood himself In @ coruer. Aw Adrian printer was last Week meditating on how, to make his ealary meet the family expenses, and at Sisgme ume drawing & handsled on which, snugly wrapped. 8 the hone of a future Horace ee the youngster wa. lock beyond where le had iwiened. erage Covwettutnena oF tho Ms things | ‘ | ments. reiterate divorce by his wife. apparent unconcern, eipuriher iinections alisitea wash fur a ns el o1 denials trom Bar. More OY C. W. MORSE IS SUED BY FS WIFE Action Begun,,by:Clemence. C. Morse, but All the Facts, Even the Identity of the Parties, Are Kept from the Public, Locked up in “Mr, Patterson's safe” in County Clerk Hamilton's office is a set of papers in a sult the title of which is Clemence C. Morse vs. Charles Morse, which 4s pending before Justice Fitzgerald in the Supreme Court and in which former Justice William A. Keener has been appointed Tho papers are kealed by referee, order of the Court and the attaches of the County Clerk's office profess abso- lute ignorance concerning them. The lawyers for the plaintiff thls mysterious sult are Fursman, Lit- tle & Schwarzkopf, former Justice of the Supreme Court Furtman being ihe head of the firm. The name of the at- torney for Chafles W. Morse, as It ap- pears on the papers, is “W. Lynn," but Judge Waunope Lynn avers that he knows nothing whatsoever about the action, be Many Contradictory Statements. From the attorneys and others con- yersant with the contents of the papers ‘The Evening World has been favored with a great many contradictory state- One assertion that hus been made {s that the names of the plaintiff and defendant have been spelled wrong —that they should be Clemence C. “More” and Charles W. “More.” This came from an assistant in the office of Fursman, Little & Schwartzkopf. Under the Code of Civil Procedure a Supreme Court Justice can seal papers only in an action in which it 1s sought to sever in some manner the marriage contract, elther by Mmited or absolute divorce or in an action for annulment of marriage. When secrecy 18 sought in other actions an application must be made to a Justice of the Appellate Division, Justice Bischoff is a Supreshe Court Justice. ~ An Evening World reporter inter- viewed separately all the members of the firm of Fursmay, Little & Schwarz- kopf, counsel for the plaintiff in the suit. : q Lawyers Are All Reticent. In reply to questions put by the re- porter ex-Justice of the Supreme Court Fursman said he had nothing to say about the case. Mr. Schwarzkopf en- deavored to evade all questions by as- serting that he thought the parties to the sult were persons of no consequence. Mr. Schwarzkopf sald, after consulting the journal of the firm containing all data in reference to afl litigation Jn progress: ‘There are certain,entries in the journal that would lead me to be- eve you have made a mistake.” “Coud you tell me thé address of your client?” asked the . reporter. Mr. Schwarzkopf. said the only address he could find was a post-office box, “No matter who the parties to thé suit are and the nature of the action,” replied Mr, Little, “it would be a viola ‘ulm of professional confidence to reveal any fact in connection with the suit. That is all I have to say about the matter," 2 Ex-Judge Wauhope Lann, conusel for the defendant in the suit, waa asked by an Evening World reporjer if he would disclose Khe identity. ofthis cllent Mr, Lynn replied: “I knqw nothing about the matter.” Lynn Knows Nothing, Too. “You are counsel of record for Charles W. Morse, named tn an appll- ation for a referee granted by Justice Bischoff?” persisted the reporter, “I know nothing about the matter,” the lawyer with an emphasis that closed the interview, Referee William A, Keener absolutely refused to discuss the matter. An Evening World reporter called upon Charles W. Morse at his office at ‘0. 41 Wall street. The reporter asked Mr. Morse if he was being sued for “Why, no,” replied Mr. Morse with “I am not being further The daily work of a motorman is enough to break down a constitution of steel. He must face cold and storm day and n Cooped up on his narrow platform, he must stand while the bitter winds pierce him to the bone, no matter how heavy his cloth Every minute he must be on the alert, and in the midst of suffering his judgment must be quick and sure, for an error may cost a hum life. Tired and hungry after hours of work that keep his nerves tense as fiddle-strings, he sits in the corner of a car to devour a cold hasty meal from a tin pail. These brave men are exposed to risks as great as those of the battlefield. Fortunately, when nature can stand the strain no longer, the railroad men know where to find new strength and energy. The statements printed below tell of won. derful cures by Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy. SMALL BOYS UP ON ARSON CHARGE |Two Who Are Accused of Set- ting Fire to a Tenement- Swamp-Root Cured Me. {Splendid Results Obtained by|Lame Back Cured by Swamp-| ° Weak Kidneys Cured by | Heartily Recommends Swamp- House Are Permitted to Go (TO A REPORTER.) * the Use of Swamp-Root. Root. Swamy p-Root. Root. "3 “Te 5 ry 7 (TO A REPORTER.) 4 i REPORTER ) = (TO A REPORTER.) * f Under a Suspended Sentence,| ‘Like magic fittingly describes “During. the epidemio of grippe a Se El oy Outdoor workers Suffered « Tong time with pa the manner in which Swamp-}i, ysgy°i fell a victim; since then, at the change of the sea- sons—Spring and Tall—l suf- fered more or less severely with fearful pains in my bones, accom- Justice Wyatt, sitting in the chu-{ Root cured me of poor digestion, dren's Court this morning, had four coated tongue and loss of appe- small boys before him charged with st (tite eon y years® standing, I ite, of many y . | tric dyspepsia, which no remedy seemed to benefit mntil T of menced taking Swamp-Root, “1 first tried a small sized bottle,’ of every kind escape grave dangers by tak- ing Swamp-Root at “For 3 with tapachs I tried plasters, liniments and divers concoctions without relief. Hearing and ting fire to buildings. Two who admit- . . . ted that they had started a fire in the} reading so much abot the merits basement of a tenement-house at No. 16 in East One Hundred and Twentieth street, wero released under a suspended wen- tence. ; They were Jacob Bernstein, fourteen Years old, of No. 7 West One Hundred and Eighteenth stréet, and Mannie Marks, thirteen, of No. 1142 Fifth ave- panied with a general exhaus- tion, sometimes so bad I would have to take to my bed. Last Fall I was threatened with the usual attack, and, hearing of the good results obtained through the first sign of kidney or bladder trouble. Don’t wait until to- nue. They were accused by George Ma- lone, janitor of the tenement-house, of starting a fire in the basementyyesterday genre. E ‘ he boys said they had It some papem so that they could gee the dumb- waiter. They were delivering groceries at the time, When Malone discovered them they ran, but were caught later by a policeman, ! Eleven-year-old Arthur Donovan, of | No. Vest One Hundred and Twenty- | ninth street, and Joseph Revieno, four- teen yeurs old, of No. 60 Weat i Hundred and Thittfetn ‘street’ were arrested yesterday on. suspicion of having set fire to Public School No. : 43, at One Hundred and avenue’ "wate | y street and Amsterdam avenue, were i rary the other prisoners. Because one wit-|tried nearly every medicine for} ness was absent Fire Marshal Mallg- of Swamp-Root, I thought I th non asked that the case be put over|stomach trouble that was recom- eh 3 hs 2 Hincesdcents Donovan bay described |mended to me, without relief, vould a fi ae with such good results that I de- theistic artiste” Cf Mike” Donovan, | inti] T tried Swamp-Root on the Riana Satie termined to try more, and it~ ‘tstic artist.” e what?” said the Judge. “Why. the prize fighter, of cours said young Donovan, wondering at Court's Ignorance. BELIEVED TO HAVE STARVED TO DEATH in my back had nearly disap- peared; this encouraged me to use it faithfully. Five bottles cured me entirely, and although it is over six months since my recovery T have had no pain or ache since. It certainly affords me pleasure to indorse Swamp- Root. J? Roy 1381 Herkimer St., B’klyn. cured me so effectually that,’ though it is now nearly a year ago since my recovery, there has been no return of the dread gas~ tric attacks. I take this means of showing my gratitude, and heartily recommend Swamp- ay Root to all suffering the same t# [ did.” LE Bee 1696 Bergen St., B’klyn, © advice of a friend. It did not re- quire more than four bottles to set my stomach right,’ and for the past two months I have been eating with a relish anything set before me, something I had been unable to do previously for years. Am stronger than ever.” Aged Man: Found Lifeless on the Stoop of an East Side Tene- } ment House, Where Many] 1009: Nostrand Ave., B'klyn. Tenants Passed by Him. Swamp-Root, I bought a 50c. bottle, ‘which benefited me so greatly that, to make assurance doubly sute, I bought another, which cured me so effectually that I have had no/pain or ache since. Swamp-Root has my grate- ful and hearty indorsement.” cee 156 Marion St., B’klyn. Why Swamp-Root Gives Strength. : Almost every one, from personal experience, knows that the effects of any kind of severe physical strain are felt, first of all, in the of the back—in other words, in those Vital Organs, the Kidneys. This is as true in the case of the very powerful man as it is ope the house at No. 131 Bast Second street; With one of less strength, and it is especially true whenever the kidneys are weak. Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible for ~~ today. pedraggied, the o1a renow, Ore Sickness and suffering than any other disease; therefore when through neglect or other causes kidney trouble is permitted to ~~ who was apparentiy sixty sears of nee, continue, fatal results are sure to follow, i 4 iS was seen wandering along the street at | SWAMP-ROOT STRENGHTHENS THE KIDNEYS and through them helps all the other organs. When this wonderful medical seeping inore thane ana ae Ratt aerPted | discovery can put the human body into condition to stand the hard work and the tremendous strain of the motormen, it is easy to under- cases of drunkenness so frequent in the Stand how it has cured thousands upon thousands in the more ordinary and less strenuous walks of life. - : Bre Tene cane wie oer tentene trate | No matter how many doctors you have tried—no matter how much money you have spent on other medicines, you really owe it to. [ Its strongest friends to-day are those who had almost given up hope “In my case Swamp-Koot was the one kidney remedy that cured me when all others utterly failed. I consider its effect on weak kidneys really wonderful and am pleased to indorse its merits. It cures and gives strength.” 1408 Fulton St., B’klyn. 1 “Death from starvation.” Tn all prob- ability that will be the verdict of the Coroner after an autopsy has been per- formed on the body of an old man who Small passed his last minutes on the stoop of At No, i81 Second atrest was reached ‘yourself and to your family to at least give Swamp-Root a trial. steps, All morning the tenants of tne Of CVEr becoming well again. 5 house passed in and out, . 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