St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-26
SNOW AND 4 GALE
Are Causing Havoc Through
cut the Central
West.
CHICAGO IS SHOWED IN.
Streets Nearly impossible
and Trains Are Hours
Late.
CHICAGO IS SHOWED IN.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN
Throughout Missouri ana
Iowa--SnoW Drifting
Badly.

CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-ChicagO is nearer
snowbound tonight than at any other
time during the last eight years. The
storm began abont o'clock and at first
promised to amount to little, but an
hour after it began to fall the snow was
coming down in sheets which were
hurled through the streets by a gale
which was blowing at the rate Of sixty
FIVE miles an hour. Between 2 and 10
o clock tonight eight and half inches
Of snow on the level had fallen. and the
streets we're nearly impossible. The
street car companies put more men at
work than had ever been employed by
them before and managed to keep the
cars moving fairly well. The cable line
Oh the North side broke at o'clock,
and although the trouble was
speedily recifed no attempt was made
to keep the cars moving with regularity
after that time IN all other parts OF the
city the cable lines made good time, but
traffic on The horse car lines was eX-
ceedingly difficult and some of the lines
in the outer portionos of the city were
abandoned for Il time. The gale had
materially decreased at 10 O'Clock, but
was still blowing hard. The average
speed Of the wind during the storm was
ftty-two mites an hour.
The mails for the most part came in
OH time, the greatest delay any
OF them experienced being one
hour. Late tonight it was an
uounced that the mails from the
East would be more seriously delayed
than those which had come in late in
the afternoon and early portion of the
night. Trains were reported 10 be from
thirty minutes To four hours behind.
Reports from all over the Northwest
showed the storm to be widespread
and severe. Des Moines reported the
worst storm of the year. with SNOW
twelve inches deep on the level. Street
car ana railroad traffic at that point
were both badly impeded. Business
was at a standstiII in Davenport at 6
this evening. All trains were late. and
travel through the streets was very diff
ficult At Dubuque the snow was
DrIfted Four and Five Feet Deep
i'm the principal streets and was being
piled higher by the heavy gale. All
passenger trains were late aud several
freight trains had been abandoned.
Similar news comes from other portions
of Iowa. In illinois. GalesbuTg and
Quincy reported heavy falls of snow,
which was plieu into deep drifts bg a
heavy northeast wind. Street car traffic
jim both cities was badly impeded. The
worst storm of the year was reported
from Rockford. Six inches OF SNOW
had fallen early in the evening and
was dritted so badly that the streets
were practically impossible. Trains
were generally on time, how
ever. VI Bloomington the snow
fell from the early morning until
late at night. Five inches had fallen by
s o'clock IN the evening. but no serious
interference with the running Of trains
WAS reported. The same information
came from many other places III the
state. all Of them showing a heavy t3ll
Of SNOW. terrific northeast wind and
general stOppage Of street car traffic.
No accidents from the storm had been
reported up TO midnight. The storm
had most disastrous effect on teIe-
graph and telephone service in this Sec
ton OF The country, and telegraph serv-
ice, particularly west and south OF the
city, was BADLY crippled all afternoon
and evening.
Every other is weakened by adultera-
ton. Dr. Prices Cream Baking Pow
der only is absolutely pure.