St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-04
COLD sHIvERs.

Yesterday shone on the glistenIng snow
and the dazzling Scintillatl0nS greeted
every pedestrian as he merged from the
warm room and cosy tireside. he came
to the conclusion that Minnesota was
again having the delightful experience
of an old-tashioned winter, and as one
cold traveller expressed it: "They say
that OF late years business has been
dull in the spring owing to the lack of
our usual winters, but if business is not
good this spring it will certainly not be
the fault of the winter"
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At the hotels yesterday the effects of
the cold wave could be plainly seen in
either stalled. or did not dare to venture
on their trip for fear Of not reaching
their destination till spring broke up
the ice. They were gathered in groups
discussing the cold. or laziy lounging
on settees reading the daily papers.
The union depot presented peculiar
appearance, and the train caller prob
ably never answered so many questions
before, as nearly every road with the
exception of one showed delayed trains.
No one attempted to travel unless it
was dire necessity, and those sitting
on the settees had occupied their places
for many weary hour. some III hopes
that delayed train would soon bring
absent friends, and others that the one
would soon start to take them to their
destination.
Inquiry at the public schools showed
that the attendance had fallen off fully
One-third, and in some cases the chill
dren were dismissed after being given
an opportunity to thoroughly warm up
before again facing the chilly blasts.
Many little man and many little
maid will have to come back Monday
morning with an excuse or be sent back
home, and stationary may take quite
boom. This is also given as a pointer
to parents to save time and write the
excuse Sunday afternoon while toasting
their shiDs at the fire.
Some of the worst sufferers from the
storm are the night police, and to 60 to
sleep Oh the beat would mean certain
death; but then st. Paul police never
20 to sleep, as can be proven by the
fact that at last nights review five re-
ported frozen ears and over dozen had
their noses nipped by Jack Frost. The
patrolman's lot IS not happy one, but
last night he spent his time more in
looking for warm spot to shelter him
from the blast than for the evil-doer.
Another class who suffer considerably
from weather like that of yesterday are
the poor cabbies, and the few seen about
the stands last night is evidence that
their consideration for the animals in
their care is fully equal to their
own. Those who did remain out
took such excellent care of their
horses as to prove that st. Paul
hackmen are not in need of any
legislation to prevent cruelty to ami
mails, and that the society for that pur
pose can rest easy on that score.
At the relief rooms is where the real
suffering could be seen. Mothers, thinIy
clad and shiverng with the intense
cold, with little baskets on their arms.
were present by the score, looking for
food and fuel, with which to feed
and warm their little ones at home.
Toddlers, hardly able to walk, whose
parents were reported as stricken down
with sickness, and unable to work or
earn bread, were also there looking for
mite with which to keep death
from the door, and some of their pratt
Ting tales Of woe We're heartrend-
ing to listen TO as they told of
mamma sick and papa probably dying.
To look at their pinched and wan faces
made every one present draw contrast
with the rosy and smiling ones of those
at his own fireside, and if more people
would visit the relief'roomS on occasions
like this, contributions would be more
cheerfully given. Agent Hutchins is
doing an immense amount of work, but
is sadly in need of more supplies.
The little newsboys also came in for
their share, and, as they held out the
daily paper for purchase, their trembling
hands showed only too plainly that
their scanty clothes were not sufficient
to- guard against % below, and it must
have been a hard-hearted man, indeed,
who could refuse 10 purchase their
wares. There were not many out, but
those who were did Iand-office bust
ness.
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Ne wspaper reporters had hard time
of it, and no city editor had the heart
chase the police man out to Rice street
to see where that fire was, or to ask him
to go to 1907 Summit avenue and ask
Senator Icicle what his opinion was on
the hoop skirt bill. Some brought in
their reports on tablets of snow written
with crystals of Ice, and had to be placed
on the radiator to be thawed out.
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The indications are that there will be
a slight let-up today, but it will not be
warm before Sunday. At any rate that
is what the signal service man at Wash
iOUtOD saws