The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-11-23

about town suffered to a considerable
extent yesterday morning. The storm
had one effect on business. So soon as
it let up yesterday afternoon, in spite
of the bad condition of the streets and
the partial suspension of the car serv-
ice. there was a revival in business in
nearly all lines-except possibly the
feather trade
HELPED TRADE ALONG.
The dry goods stores and the cloth
ing houses felt it at once And the
coal man was not feeling badly, thank
you He wore out a few telephones
taking orders yesterday morning, but
he was even long before night. 1t
needed the weather appropriate to the
season to create demand for seasona-
bic goods, and If there was some in
general loss. By today, when thu
thermometer should be below the zero
mark, there should be good reports
from all lines of business.
NOT MUCH SUFFERING.
The suffering that was entailed by
the storm was not great and the ap-
peals to the board of control for relief
from suffering caused directly by the
storm were very few, comparatively.
The most notable and obvious result
Of the disturbance Of the weather con-
ditions was the discomfort that came
to people who had forgotten that
naturally this is a vigorous winter
climate and who had not prepared for
winter.
Weather Observer Lyons looked over
his instruments yesterday, after it was
all over, and casually tossed off few
remarks about this storm and some
other storms that he has heard Of He
said:
Some idea Of the extent of the November,
1893 snow storm can be had when It is
stated that 1t stretches from the Rocky
mountains to the great lakes and beyond.
from the northern Canadian border to the
gulf on the south
In other words it may be stated that the
storm includes the enure North American
continent for before 1t has run its course the
effects Will have been felt in one form or an
other In every part of the UnIred States.
The snowfall is not great however. The
present record Of eight inches and half Of
the beautiful has been surpassed at other
times in years gone by.
The snow has been made up OF unusually
fine particles. which, with the high wind has
given the storm the general character of
blizzard. The velocity Of the wind ranged from
twenty-four to thirty miles an hour.
This storm originated in the South near the
gulf encountered the chilling blasts from the
Northwest The moisture of the South COM
ing in contact with the cold westerly winds
caused a formation OF snow.
The storm reached st. Paul at 7:20 yester-
day morning, and with the exception Of a
slight subsistence late In the afternoon con-
tinued till noon today
The storm that was central over the lower
Missouri valley yesterday morning had moved
to the upper lake region with increasing en-
ergy this morning, and is now careening
along through the Central states in the form
of snow, sleet or rain.
The cold wave continues central over
the extreme Canadian Northwest. Light
TO heavy snow or rain has fallen over
the lower Missouri valley eastwards to and
over the Mississippi valley and lake region.
1t was showing throughout the Mississippi
valley from Memphis up 10 St Paul this
morning and thence up TO Duluth and over
TO Milwaukee and Chicago.
The temperature has fallen from sixteen TO
forty-four degrees over the lower Missouri
and Mississippi valleys. including the great
lakes and has risen from eight TO fourteen
degrees along the eastern Rocky mountain
slope.
BELOW ZERO TODAY.
BY tomorrow morning the temperature at
St Paul should drop from two to six degrees
There have been some memorable storms
in past years. Perhaps the most severe was
that OF November 1856 The snow began
falling the morning of the 10th and con-
tinued uninterruptedly till the morning OF
the 18th, a period OF forty eight hours. Dur
ing this time fourteen inches of snow fell. or
about half foot more than on the present
occasion. The temperature ranged from 30
to l3 degrees and the velocity of the wind
from nineteen to thirty miles an hour.
For two days but few of the street cars
were able TO run. and 1t was not TIL the 18TH
that a showing was made In this respect
Trains running into st. Paul were late all
the way from five to ten hours and on many
Of the roads traffic was abandoned.
In a period OF twenty years the storm Of
November 1856, holds the record.
The next storm OF any Importance occurred
on Feb. p and 2S. 1923. On that occasion
thirteen inches OF snow fell, and the temper
ature ranged from % to II degrees The wind
blew a small gale of thirty-fye miles per
hour. The following spring there was
freshet the water in the Mississippi rising TO
a height Of 14.4 feet.
Nov. TO- 1896. ten inches Of snow fell and
the temperature dropped to degrees. There
were immense rain falls the following spring,
and the food OF 1897, with the consequent
rampage OF the Father OF Waters will be re-
called.
Jan and ( inches Of snow fell and
Jan. l6 81 inches. March Ii and r. 1897, the
record was inches.