St. Paul daily globe., 1893-04-21
WHAT 4 LOVELY DAY !!
The Flour City Is Covered
With a Mantle Of
Snow.
A Genuine Blizzard Stops
Street Car Lines and
Ruins Business.
Foreign Missionary Society
Delegates Conclude Their
Convention Work.
The Criminal Courts Are
BuSy--J. P. Dudley Dead
--OtheP News.

1.-The most remarkable storm OF re-
cent years" is what the weather bureau
dubbed yesterdays spell of weather.
But the weather bureau is altogether
too proSaie and Sedate. \ hit would
have been made with the public had the
bulletin boards contained something OF
a more feryid nature. The average
citizen, as he waded through the piles
of downy snow, would much preferred
to have read This weather beats h-F'
than the simple and unfeeling state
ment that the storm was the worst or
recent years, Wednesday night 1t
rained a while and then took turn at
showing. SThe snow turned to sleet
and then to hail and finally back to
snow again. When the gray of dawn
began creeping above the Lumber EX-
change and West hotel bowling bliz-
zard was diSporting itself in the city.
The wind blew around corners after the
fashion of storms at sea, the snow drltted
in piles along the sides of the buildings
ami then choked up the streets.
The sun did not come out and smile
as it is wont to do on bright spring
mornings in Central America. The sun
remained behind the mass of dirty gray
clouds and scowled at itself for being
obliged to wake up at all. Had the big
yellow thing shown itself the inhabi-
tants of Minneapolis would have tainted
at the unusual sight. Instead, the snow
fakes emptied themselves out of the
clouds and fell down upon the weary
city like pail. December moved right
into April.
When the loyal citizens awoke and
looked out of their chamber windows,
they swOre. Then they fell upon their
knees and prayed for strength, and when
they got it, they went down town and
stoutly maintained that the climate of
Minnesota was the finest in the world,
and that the man who went any other
place to live or buy real estate was
either a traitor to his country or fool.
1t is safe to say the crop of chillblains
following this storm will be the largest
ever experienced in the Northwest.
Everybody limped around and kept
their feet from hot places. A stranger
to Minneapolis would have come to the.
conclusion that the population was COM
posed of lame people to have seen them
hObblin4 about. And still property
owners tell about the salubriousness of
the climate and Of what delightful
springs they have in Minneapolis.
Blocked the street Cars.
To make matters worse for the resi-
dents of the city the street car lines
were blOckaded. The street railway
company, thinking that daisies and
buttercupS would soon be lining the
hills, sometime ago stored away its
snow plows at Minnehaba. COnSe-
quently it was not prepared for the on
Slaught of snow made upon the de-
fenseleSS tracks. Not a wheel turned
until late Yesterday afternoon, for it
was late before the snow plowS could
be mustered into service. Up and down
the streets through the snow and slush
the thousands of people having buSi-
ness down town were Obliged to wade
and tramp. The spring coats and clOakS
of the day before were replaced
by heavy ulSters and winter
wraps. Blue noses aud tilted chinS
were as plenty as blossoms in clover
field. All outside work Oh buildings
was stopped and three of the lumber
mills which opened few days ago were
forced to suspend operations. The mills
were the Akeley, Plymouth and Shev-
lin-Carpenter. The Boom company had
to quit work. though it is expected that
the logs can be sent down again in a few
days.
All trains were delayed, with the ex-
ceptiOD of the Omaha eastern, which ar
rived on time. Several of the trains
were many hours late, the Great North
ern train from Fergus Falls being over
nine hours behind the schedule. Sew
eral of the public schools were closed
down owing to the inability of the pu-
pills to reach the buildings through the
snow. Oh, it was lovely day
The white sticky flakes continued to
fall all day long, and at times it was
impossible to see across the street. The
street car company did not get show
at all, and so it was that when evening
came the only line open was the First
avenue. The inIerurban cars began to
run shortly after o'clock, but very ir-
regularly. A car jumped the track
near the midway power house and
stalled half a dozen cars. This had
the effect of crippling the line still fur
ther. During the evening, however,
the interurban line was opened, so that
the accommodations were fairly good.
But the unfortunate residents of the
suburbs who happened to be down town
were obliged to hOof it all the way
home.
Wednesday the local weather bureau
stated that the weather for yesterday
would be 'cOlder, with light fiurries of
SNOW" There was q blizzard. The
bureaus prognostications for today are
colder weather, etc." which means
that the whole city is to freeze up aud