Show I City Engineer Kelsey K sey in a Crite Crit I cal Condition The Uhe friends fr of City Engineer Frank FrankC C Halsey Kesey will wl regret to learn that he lie heis heis lieis is v cery ry r seriously ill iii U He is with wih a complete prostration of the nerve system and unless he takes tak s ab absolute n absolute b solute rest for a a couple coule of weeks as his physician declares he must a most ost critical physical condition will con oon confront front him The he ailment almet Is attributed to overwork and worry in the perform performance ance of his official duties dutes The announcement yesterday that Engineer Kelsey had had utterly collapsed was wa as no surprise to those who are on intimate terms of acquaintance with him For several weeks he has ha been far from well weH His work has ha kept him himat himat himat at his office almost nightly for months past morning commencing again agin with wih early parly The Th last lat straw came Friday night nl ht when the city council in special sea ses session le sion slon adopted a new fonn form of contract and specifications for fox public vr rr one The council eliminated the n from Irom any connection with wih public contracts and this Engineer Kelsey felt with wih a great degree of humiliation After Mr arrival at his home about ab ut mid midnight midnight midnight night he lie suffered red a collapse md and sank into unconsciousness Medical aid aI aIwa was wa summoned and for many hours his condition was deemed to obe be very e ery eilt ical Last midnight Mr I ls y was vas only semiconscious lous Engineer Kelsey has been under the tho th care of Dr Beatty for fol a long time To The Herald the doctor stated lust last lat night that his patients condition at the coun Jun I cit cil ci meeting Friday FrIda night Wa was most piti pit pitiable j i able ul Mr r Kelsey K said said Dr Beatty I had to be given a bracing prescription j 1 by me before the th council meeting I r advised him that tha this his physical condition was wa such that he ought not to go ga go to the meeting in answer t j a pr in from front the council councI hut but lut he be per ller persisted persisted saying he was going to ta t make his last lat protest prot Dr Beatty did not mince words in expressing himself about bout the way scay av En Engineer Engineer Kelsey has been atta t d by I the contractors and some members of the i city council counci who he said seem to have I lost all al sense of decency Or Dr Beatty added that the engineer had only him self to blame for wanting to serve ser a I i few more months of his official J cial term torm to complete his work in connection conn t i ilk ith j I I the water Interests Interest when Wh n all al the ih j while his attention is diverted d to de t fending himself from attacks inspired I by the tho th contractors I Mr mind is not at all aU af his affliction being only ph si i cal cl stated Dr Beatty I I |