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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

car which was preceded by a snow plow
was in advance. After two hours Of
work, it had reached the baseball grounds
and then it struck a drift which was
somewhat bigger than the other giants Of
snow which blocked the way. Into the
drift went car and snow plow and there
they stuck. It was impossible to go ahead
and it was equally impossible to go back.
The Deering car came to standstill \
short distance away and it became ap-
parent to the passengers that they could
ride no further on the cars that night. 1t
was equally evident that it would be use
less to attempt TO walk any distance
charge of Condu ctor Kennedy contained
as many rs thirty passengers, nine OF ten
of them being ladies. There were not SO
many passengers in the Deering car, and
only two ladies. Some Of the men varied
back to the power house and that abode
the time being. The others made them
selves as comfortable as they could in the
cars and spent the night there. When at
last morning dawned, the officials Of the
road took measures to rescue the i'm
prisoned passengers and they were brought
into Portland in barge. There were
others. On the Westbrook line some dis
tance beyond Woodfords two more cars
were stalled and in them too, some of the
passengers spent the night.
The turning of the cars into sleepers
was not the only unusual thing about the
night. Ordinarily Spring street car
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

clouds. The cars had practically stopped
running and the drifts were growing SO
rast that walking was well nigh impos-
sible. Hacks were in demand and their
drivers did thriving business. AS sleep
overcame Portland people. they heard the
bowling Of the blast and felt their houses
rock as the wind struck them. When they
woke in the night, it was to hear the
same falsetto of the storm and the rattle
of the snow as it was hurled against the
window panes. Probably few slept all
night. 80 great was the noise of the gale
which ragged outside. So 1t was no sur
prise to the people when they looked cut
yesterday morning to- find the streets
piled high with the drifts and later when
men and few women began to appear
on the streets they did not express surpri Q
that the car were not running. The early
corners wallowed through the snow as
lest thcy could. seeking to find the spots
which the wind had left bare and general
ly taking to the trench out in the middle
of the roadway which marked the location
of the buried railway tracks. The early
corners adopted various expedients to get
along. Men with snow shoes were numer-
GUS. The rubber boot brigade was out
in force and with them were the possessors
OF the Lew style Arctic overshoes which
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

with the western storm go that the two
were in position to make things hum
when they had settled down to business
here at about nine O'Clock Monday eve-
ming. 1t was at this time that tho wind
began to blow and it steadily rose until it
had attained velocity of thirty eight
miles an hour, and was wh1rling the
snow round and round in the streets and
then dropping it in hugo drifts. At the
same time the barometer YVES going
down, down, down until at s a. m. yes
terday it had reached the lowest point OF
the storm and registered 28.9 which is
very low for this locality. Then the
barometer began to rise slowly and later
in the day the wind lost it's force, blowing
only eighteen miles an hour at noon and
shifting from north to northwest. 1t was
not exactly northeast storm in the city,
at least, for most of the time the wind
came from the north. Neither was the
wind so high as most people might have
imagined from the way the snow was
blown about, for thirty eight miles an
hour is not an unusual force of the wind
in storm. The snow fail, however, was
a heavy one The officials in the weather
bureau are not able to keep as accurate
measure of the amount of snow which
comes from the clouds as they are when
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
MRS. HADLey MUST DISCLOSE.
Defendant In Famous Breach of Promise
Suit Arrives Suddenly Home In
Auburn.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.]

Auburn, February 1.-Mrs. Louise
Dingley Hadley, who was the defendant
in the sensational breach of promise suit
which was tried in the Supreme court
in this city last September arrived home
last evening Unexpectedly, it is said. In
the trial verdict was found against MIS-
Hadley and judgement was given against
her in the sum of $500. This has never
been paid, as 1t was claimed that Mrs.
Hadley had no property, and her father,
the Hon. jeremiah Dingley, who is re-
puted to be the richest man in this Sec
tion of the state, refused to pay it.
This morning, the Hon. George G.
Wing, who was counsel for the plaintiff,
Arthur S. Melcher, sent Deputy Sheriff
tion with the Judgment upon her. Mrs.
Hadley, who is at the home of her parents,
was reported to be i'll and would not see
the deputy sheriff. A summons was lsft
at the house to which Mr.. Cummings
could not gain admittance. Mrs. Hadley
has now been cited to appear before
Judge j. w. Mitchell, who is also dis
closure commissioner in poor debtor
cases.
If Mrs. Hadley has. no property she will
be Obliged to take the poor debtors oath,
otherwise she will have to give up her
property to satisfy the judgment.
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The weather has got even with the
Oldest inhabitant who argues that the
climate is changing. He cannot any
longer sit around and tell of the days
when the snow used to bury the fences
from sight as something unheard OF in
these times for the snow has come and
done about all the wonderful things
which he has been wont to recall as per
tanning particularly to the days of his
youth. In order to teach the Oldest in
habitant this object lesson two storms
joined their forces and descended in all
their vigor on the state of Maine, Port
land getting her full share of attention.
1t began to snow here on Monday at 7.4o
q. m. and kept at it all day. AT that time
a western storm was moving east its
center being over Lake Huron. Down in
the vicinity of Cape Hatteras was another
storm center This southern visitor was
moving up the coast and it made union
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

of the storm was felt and while Portland
people were awaking from slumber to
listen to the cry Of the storm there were
several car loads of suburbanites who
were sitting up all night because the cars
which ordinarily would have taken them
to their homes We're stuck fast in the
drifts The storm overlook number of
freight trains on the Maine Central after
they had nearly completed their trip to
the city. One was left stranded right
across the road at the Woodfords station.
Right behind it was another and at Nor
rill's and Cumberland were still others.
The Grand Trunk was also in hard luck.
On the water the storm was felt in its
full force and there was a lively time in
the harbor How the storm performed
and the ways in which railroad men and
others fought it are told in detail below.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
THREE QUARTERS MILLION Loss
Reclaiming Plant United States Rubber
Company Burned.

Naugutuck, Conn. February la nre
which broke out in the fourth story OF the
reclaiming plant of the United States
Rubber company shortly after ten o'clock
tonight practically destroyed the entire
plant, entailing loss of upwards OF
$500, 600, partially insured. The building
was of brick, four stories in height about
seventy five feet wide. and four hundred
feet long. 1t was the largest retaining
plant in the country and was considered
practically fire proof.
The upper floor was used as drying
room and it is thought the fire started
about one of the drying machines, which
are made Of wood The factory was
equipped throughout with automatic
sprinklers, which confined the fire to the
fourth floor for upwards OF an hour.
The flames, however, succeeded In reach
ing the floor below, where vast quantltles
of old shoes and rubbers were stored, and
made such fierce fire that the depart
ment was unable to do anything to check
it, The company's steam pumps were al.
SO worked, but they had little effect.
At midnight the fire was still burning
fieroely.
The factory was built four years ago by
the Goodyear Metallic Rubber Shoe COM
pany and sold to the United States Rub
ber company about two years ago.
Most of the rubber mills throughout
the country are dependent upon this
plant for stock and it is possible the fire
may necessitate the shutting down q
some of the factories. The building was
located short distance outside Of the
town and was entirely removed from
other buildings. It was equipped with
seventy grinders and gave employments
to about one hundred and fifty persons.
The machinery was on the first floor,
the second and third floors being used
for stock
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

where the snow was piled higher than a
mans head, but there were plenty more
almost as large.
The storm interferred with the feeding
of the multitude and many family
drank the morning coffee without milk,
but the grocers were equal to the
emergency and when they found it to be
impossible to haul their pungs through
the deep snow they took of the forward
runners and perched on these light sleds
with several baskets of provisions around
them, the delivery men carried on busi-
ness much as usual. Many made their
way to their places of business found that
they might about as well have staid at
home for the streets were almost deserted
all day long and business was at stand
still. People who are ordinarily kept
hustling all day spent their time watch
ing the efforts of the passers on the streets
to geta long and discussing the prospects
of the arrival of mail. The street railway
officials and their employees did what they
could to improve the situation, but they
were uuaDlS W Stdft tAoH oolo, oAoAA
efforts being devoted to preparations for
the work to be done when the wind
should go down and give them show.
All day the wind was the chief source OF
trouble, for as soon as piece of track
was cleared the snow was promptly sifted
back again. The steam railroads men al
so devoted themselves TO getting ready for
the work of clearing up and few trains
were run. -
1t was in the suburbs that the full force
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

light. At about half past eleven Monday
night two cars started from the head of
Preble street, one bound to Deering the
other to Westbrook. They did not reach
their destination on time and at last ac
counts were still on the way. With a
great buzzing of wheels which slipped
round and round on the icy rails, and a
shower of sparks playing about their run
ninr rear, the two cars slowly made their
Wa, to the city limits The Westl 10 )k
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

covered to considerable depth. All in
all it was the worst storm that we have
encountered for ten years and so'ue
thought that it equalled the famous storm
of 1867 in severity.
The first experience that the people OF
Portland had with the storm in its full
force was on Friday night. 1t had been
showing before that, but the early snow
fall was only feeble prelude to the.storm
to come. When the venturesome left their
homes in the early evening to go to the
theatre and other places of amusement
they realized that a storm OF great geveri'
ty had struck the city. but even then it
was not apparent what Portland was
about to pass through. By the time the
pleasure seekers had started for their
homes however, the storm had arrived in
all its fury. The wind was whistilng
shrilly among the wires and driving be-
fore it the falling snow in dense white
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
FEBRUARY 9,

side streets which has not been broken
out, where the snow lay many feet in
depth, the smooth white surface being
broken only by the twigs which had been
to be seen, save one, Spring street car,
which was making round trip and was
behind time, having started about mid
night or its way down town. About the
biggest drift which the explorer encoun-
tered was at the foot of Temple street
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

The details of the great storm which
has just swept Northern New England
are now we'll at hand and show the
blizzard to have been one which has had
no equal in many years, if ever since
the regions which suffered have be-
come the prosperous and populous COM
munities which they are.
The storm appears to have confined it.
self as far as any serious effects are con-
cerned, to Maine, New Hampshire and
Northern Massachusetts,. In that section
it is probable that all day not street
car moved and only until late in the af-
ternoon were steam roads able to begin
to break the bands Of the storm king.
Boston apparently suffered most and
for l2 hours was completely cut off from
the rest of the world, either by telegraph,
telephone or railroad.
The ssnow was heavily .ladened With
moisture and clinging to the trolley aud
other electric wires bore them down into
the street in hopeless confusion. The
narrow streets of the Hub were blockaded
and ohoas reigned supreme.
In Maine the railroads were paralyzed, I,
hut will resume business pretty generally
this morning. Street car traffic was
everywhere suspended and the experiences
of the cities of the state generally were
about like Portland's. There were one or
two fires but no fatalities reported outside
of the lamentable death of Principal
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
Weather Observation.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, Feb. 1, taken
at s p. M, meridian time, the observa-
ton for each section being given in this
order: Temperature, direction of wind,
state of weather:
Boston, - degrees. -. -: New
York, 12 degrees, NV, cloudy; Philadel-
phia. is degrees, NV, cloudy; Washington,
is degrees, NV. clear; Albany, A de-
grees, w, cloudy; Buffalo degrees,
W. snow; Detroit. 0 degrees, W,
clear; Chicago, degrees, w, clear;
St. Paul. 16 degrees, SW, snow; Huron,
Oak, - degrees, Sc, snow; Bismarck,
0 degrees, NV, clear; Jacksonville, 4C
degrees, NV, clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

the moisture descends in the form OF
rain, but as near as they could estimate
had all the snow which fell during this
storm up to late hour yesterday after
noon been on level it would have been
about a foot and half in depth. 1t was
the heaviest snow fall that Portland mas
seen for number of years, and 1t came
at al line when the ground was already
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

extend we'll to the knees. and which were
puttoned outside their owners trousers.
many who are ordinarily well enough
shod with the low cut Arctics got what
protection from the snow which they
could by tying twine around their
trousers legs. Thus arrayed they MADE
thelr way slowly about. AS they jour-
neyed to the center OF the town they saw
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

Crosby of the Deering High school in that
city.
But it was on the water that the great
est suffering and the greatest loss of
property and life was born of the storm.
The story which comes from Gloucester
is most appalling and it is probable that
the worst has not yet been told: !.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
EIGHT LIVES LOST.
AIvord House Fire in G1oversvilIe Ter
ribIe Disaster.

Gloversville, N. T., February 1.-The
Alvord house was destroyed by fire today,
and it is believed eight persons lost
their lives. They were: Henry G. Day,
Gloversville; E. 7. Kimball, his wife
and their daughter Of Indianapolis, Ind. =;
VIM. Rupert, bell boy; travelling
salesman named Strickland, and two
travelling salesmen, whose names are not
known. The property loss was $40, ,0000. . .
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
Local Weather Report.

Portland, Me-, Feb. 1.-The loca-
weather bureau Office records as to the
weather are as follows:
a. nj. Barometer 2S.9SS; Thermom-
eter 1S; Dew Point II: Humidity "a !;
Wind N; Velocity %: Weather It, snow.
Sp. m. Barometer 29.511; Thermom-
eter 13; Dew Point s; Humidity IS;
Wind NV; Velocity 8; Weather cloudy.
Mean daily therm. 20; maximum
therm, 2s; minimum therr1, 13; max. We
locity. wind NE. So; total preclpita-
ton, Ito.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
THE WEATHER.

Washington, February 1.-For New
England: Fair: slowly rising tempera
ture Wednesday night; northwesterly
gales becoming westerly and diminish
ing.
Signals are displayed on the Atlantic
coast from Delaware Breakwater to East
port.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

makes a round trip in between one and
two hours, but one of them started on
trip Monday night which took thirteen
hours and lots OF work for the car, snow
plow and a big crew of men. 1t was be-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
ELECTRICs TIED UP.
Some of Them Were Out All Night With
Their Passengers.

The electric sire, ~ is not built to
take the place or he work of Pull
man sleeper SO the passengers, who had to
remain all night on one did not have a
very comfortable time of 1t. Still as they
heard the howling Of the storm outside
they might and very likely did comfort
themselves with the reflection that any
port will do l.. storm. An electric car
Is warm as long as thewres do their
duty and bri2g the heat giving electricity
to it, and the wires also provide it with
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
Portland Figuratively Unable to Move
Hand or Foot.
STORY OF GREATEST STORMS OF TWO DE-
CADES In THIS SECTION.

ParaIyzed Telegraphc
Simply Quit In the HaOof
the Storm Did Hundreds Dollars and Narrow
Train Service Will BE Resumed
MornnsBu. EIecrcs Still showed In.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02
Business Completely Paralyzed in North
ern New England.
METROPOLIS OF BOSTON SHUT OUT OF WORLD
FOR TWELVE HOURS.

Been No Oler Storm TO Com
pare Et-Not a Moving i'm Fifty Cities
RaiI a Dfifts-In Boston
Electric Wires Are Down. Traffic
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-02-02

Continued on Fifth Page.
Evening bulletin., 1898-11-07
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wheels rented; j. j. Richard
sou, Hotel treet.
Back D-lln a'ors; 10 cents q
copy a Mrs. Hanua's.
Mo p,hl, m, citing of the ri 'pe-r
BuiIdinV and l. AN Association
will be held tonight
A. B. Z. the pe"pl beer il hav-
ing n big ruu. W. q. Peacock q
Go. Ltd. ar 1t. ag nts.
The poet o Tn. Kash sing iu
today's live BULLETIN "f pr, crpt
nj the ,Itferr Q between shoduy
aud COOL pn"ds.
" hat is the matter with pur
chasI,g II water C 'udenser and
using on your tt W. ? Sc Castle
& Cookies al in days live BUL
LLTlN.
Great tarpai in 81 k. will he
the feature # Is. f. Ehl, r. d Go. Is
gr at clearance sale on Wed e.
day 5 -ih ir announcement III
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b o he's crli,Ily inv ted. s e
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li.hed hN 1t n Wv meu IT
Camp Mex nIey, Hu olulu, c'n
graduating Its editoIs upon the
fiue appearance OF the paper.
The Illuetra'el Lnudnn N-ws
Of October 20 has n group pictur'
of "tii, ers wa, ded at Omdur-
mann. Among III. m is Lieut.. Col.
A. T S ogg u, who l. b OF e. If
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cruIts to no RI the Al zoua ~ 3
D. m. today The Transport will
leave for Manila late t"Digb, o
arly IN the m"ruil q She will
take mail which clos S at tn
postoffice at 2 p. IN.
Evening bulletin., 1898-11-07

Hoars, N So iu child tbat is
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come, hoars", o ev u sfte' tn
croupy c"ngh hss "ppea' ell, 1t W u
prevent th ntAck. Many mott er
Who av" cru lid'eu alwa, :
keep T. is rrn,dy n hand AMI f' Il
that il ave- thp u ma Ii on
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p ud,h upon aud i ple SAINT t
tate For sal. hv all de i,s
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Agts
Evening bulletin., 1898-11-07
Election # Off rers

At the annual meeting Of the OLO-
WALU COMPANY, hold this 3lst day
Of October, ISIS, the foil l)wing stock
holders were elected u serve as officers
for the cnsuin- y'ar:
w q. Irwin, President.
w. NJ. Gitfaril, Vice President.
ii. NJ. Whitney, Jr., Secretary
and Treasurer.
Geo. J. Ross, Auditor.
And the following TO constitute the
Board Of Directors:
w. G. Irwin,
W. l.. Hopper, and
A. Haneberg.
II NJ. WHITNEY, Jr.,
Secretary Of the Olowalu Company.
Honolulu, Oct. 81, 1898. IU58
Evening bulletin., 1898-11-07
Praternal Directory.
HARMONY LODGE No. 3,
l.. 0 o f..

Meets every Monday evening at 1880,
In Harmony Hall, King street.
y. l.. SORRENSON, N. @.
l.. II. IIENDRY, Secretary.
All visiting brothers very cordially
invited. 1908
Evening bulletin., 1898-11-07
The u-p of shr Singer IN mil

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Evening bulletin., 1898-11-07

WIN d. 2hnrse power UNION
GASOLINE Engine, and all necessary
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ming order; same can be easily run by
any servant in very short time. The
GELS cannot buckle or short circuit.
For further informa Jlon apply at the
Hawaiian Electric Co. lo37-tf
Evening bulletin., 1898-11-07

Nicely furnished rooms NJ tn,
Popular House, l54 Fort street
from 81 90 per week no.
Evening bulletin., 1898-11-07

American Mes .enger Service
Ma. onic Temple. I, lephone
The Portland daily press., 1898-03-26

officer, and accompanied by Major Col
| through the lines and afterwards the
/ command "pass in review" was given.
! The review is worthy Of the warmest
praise for the alignments were accurate
~ kept, the step was steady and the
wheelings quite accurate.
Following this came q drill which COW
cred movements embraced i'll the school
OF the battalion. To particularize is
unnecessary. All OF the movements were
executed with precision and especially
| worthy of note, were the passagos from
column of tours to line the changes of
front, the left turns and a close column
formation to the rear.
The manual of arms is always of inter
est and the perfect unison with which
the Cadets handled their guns called forth
applause, and deservedly SO.
The setting up drill was attractive and
in this exercise the individual work of
every cadet was brought to notice in q
sort of echelon formation
In this drill, which may be designated
as the infantry part of the exhibition,
Companies j and c participated and
with Major Boyd, commanding, the com
pany officers were as follows: Company
b. Capt. q. e. Fogg, Lieuts. True and
Watson; Company c, Capt W. E. Smart,
commanding, Lieuts. Harris and Cup
till
Next came the artillery, Capt. Watson
Onyr nd, a L., hal Gp Nj
Smith, Jr, and Harris A. Jones.
No sooner had the two smooth bore
guns been brought to the floor, manned
by their detachments of gunners, etc
than the command came, Action.
'front.'" commenced firing, and OF went
the friction primers Then came nost
interesting piece of work for the wheels
were detached and the piece di-mounted.
They were soon mounted and as an evil