St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-11
THE SNOW BLOCKADE.
Nearly Every Road Into Chicago
BlOckaded by the Heavy Snow
Of Monday.
Stock Freezing to Teath on the Track and
Dealers are Considerably
Discouraged.
1T Took Twenty-one Engines TO Pull
ThirtY-fou Cars on the Chicago,
milwaukee, g. t. Paul.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10.-Chicago seems to have
been the center of the snow area, and for a
distance of about sixty miles In every direc-
tion il has fallen to a great depth and is
drifting badly. Most OF it was very moist
when it fell, which makes it very heavy and
rs hard to handle almost as sand, having
since frozen hard and been ground almost
/ to powder by drifting In consequence of
this, and of the extremely low temperature
which has prevailed ali day,
most of the railroads are In a worse
/ condition, if tIat were possible, than
| they were yesterday. Il is next to impossible
( for men to work and about as difficult to
/ keep steam up in the engines. From every
! direction reports come of engines ''dead''
/ and sidetracked.
/ CONDITION OF THE CHICAGO ROADS.
| The Chicago q Alton road sent out no
! trains to-day nor did any come IN. The
) track is blocked at Braceville by train in
! the snow, which left here yesterday. The
! Baltimore d Ohio has run no trains since Sun
/ day. 1t has three trains blocked near South
/ Chicago. The Nickel Plate sent out
one train to-day. The Louisville, New
! Albany * Chicago is completely blockaded.
| The Illinois Central has half dozen trains
! in the snow. and II is impossible TO get
| trains past them. The Kankakee line is
! blockaded between Kankakee and st. Anne.
! The Pan Handle road has no trains either
/ in or out to-day. The Northwestern road
{ sent out no through trains, and It's consoi
dated suburban trains are hlockaded at the
city limits. Its train from Milwaukee is In
/ the snow at RlvenSwood, a few miles out.
/ The Danville route has not
turned wheel to-day. Three
trains arrived from two to eight hours late
over the Pennsylvania road. Its trains went
out as usual tonight The Chicago division
OF the Rock Island road s IN fair working
order. The Baltimore & Ohio is blocked by
a train ut Haskell, Ind, and its track is in
visible most OF the way from that point "a
Valparaiso. The Wabash has been out
of business since yesterday. The
Michigan Central had one train
in late to-day and sent its usual
trains ont this afternoon and evening. A
Way train on the Burlington left at noon, and
when heard from tonight was progressing
slowly. No trains arrived over this route
The Chicago x Atlantic ia hlockaded The
LakeShore seems TO have suffered less than The
others ana its trains are running nearly on
time. Suburban trains In every direction
are moving slowly, but many persons fear e
risk night in the cars and remain in the
city.
AT THE STOCK YARDS.
Cattle at the stock yards are suffering IN
tensely from cold, the sheds being unpro-
tected by roofs. Many stock trains arr
showed in on the various roads, and as The
mercury goes down the hopes of shippers
and cousignees 60 down correspondiugiy.
Dealers assert that unless speedily released
most Of the cuopcd up stock will perish, eu
failing a loss which not now be estimated
Twelve cars Of cattle were brought to the
yard to-day by eight locomotives.
Double headers we're started ou
with traius Of cattle for the London anc
Liverpool markets, but after going a short
distance il was found i'm possible to make any
headway aud they were returned to the
Yards. Railroadmen report the snow banks
tlteen to eighteen feet in height along the
southwestern roads. Tbirtv-four cars al
stock on the Milwaukee & st. Paul came ir
with twenty-one engines. Thirteen cars of
sheep, few miles out on the Chicago
Burlington & Quincy, were found
FROZEN TO DEATH.
At Fifty-ninth street this afternoon, the
Fort Wayne express was run into, head aud
head, by switch engine going to
the relief OF a suburban trains. The trainmeu
saved themselves by jumping. The pssseu-
gers were badly shaken up end both engines
/ wrecked.
Gu the Grand Trunk four engines spent
four hours in clearing two miles OF track aud
two Of them were ditchcd.
The weather has been very cold all day.
/ At 5 O'Clock this morning a standard thcr-
mOmeter marked l6 below and it remained
unchanged until noon. Al noon 1t was il
/ below. the highest point OF the day. at 6
p ID. IL marked 16 belos and al 3 P. N. D
below.
The SITUATION ~ IOWA
] DUBUoUE, Ia, Feb. 10.-It vas % below
/ in the lower city. aud on the bluffs 81 below
this morning. Most Of the trains on the
reads running iuto DUBUQUE are abandoned
aud the rest are hours behind. No mail was
1 received til D ~ to-day. On the Iiiluoi:
/ Central 4 trsiu got through from Waterloo.
4 Frcm there to Sioux eiiy the trains are al
abandoned. Il viii take tHo DAYS to open
the road. Trains LEFT for Chicago snd CSirl
/ this morning On the Chicago, Milwaukee
I x ST. Paul river division trains are running,
I but are behind time. West Of MeGrego;
/ trains are abandoued. The culd bss con.
I unued sll day, aud u bitter norta wiud has
/ made il very eating and severe
Badger State Legislature a; Work
4 Special 70 the Gsos
MADISON, Wis, Feb. T0.-Vsry feE metz
bers we're able 20 get TO the capitol for the
session this morning. A good number OF
bills were introduced, however Toe follow.
/ ing nominations were sent 10 TIE senate by
The governor; B. Q. Reyaolds, Of Wal=orta
/ member CO the state board OF health. a1d E
Wollber. OF NilEagkee: s n Has, Of osh-
kosh, aud John {. Paillips, Of P0Esage, TO Ls
normal rsgen,s-
Mrs D1Giey. Eho shot RnssA- wants 70 Be
Z batiet out O. cave an immediate cxzu.za-