Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-25
MORE BOREAN BLAST,
Rock Island Again in the Ihroes
of a Winter Cy-
clone.
BUSINESS NEARLY PRosTRATED.

and Few People srs Seen on the
s'rssts-orlstn Of the storm. Y.s Er-
tent and the Pr speets - scho, L, Dt
mss.
Rock Island is sgain 10 the throes
OF midwinier storm. 1t is Of the
vii and ~oolly. ferocious, bowling.
bowing nature that seems to be a
cross between q cyclone and o bic.
zird. Like lis immediate predeces-
sor, IL broke loose on the Gulf Of
Mexico. and has been coming from
the southwest boosted bv o 2i-no.cn
az hour breeze since early yesterday
Affirming. Its course is toward the
great lakes. where 10 is schedu ed 70
srrive tonight. and is nov central
about 81. Louis. II startsd in driv-
log rains, which, as the storm ap.
preached the Missouri river, turned
into s!eel and snow. These ere the
elements which are contributing so
much to our Happiness today. OBJ
server Hunt says ii en- hardly be
termed blizzard at the present stage.
as 1t Is NOT violent enough for
that, but it may turn into one on
very short notice. Mr.. Hunt rather
anticipates, however. tha. the storm
will have spent its fury by tonight,
when IL will clear of, aud the indi.
cations are that it will be a bright
day tomorrow with Temperature
eighty colder.
The storm came on early this
morning and has been increasing in
fury throughout the day. II the
barometer rises the wind may shift
TO the northwest and then we would
&c very apt TO get taste Of the real
thing, according to the latest version
o. klondihe.
Busin.ss Frostrates.
The storm hiss had the effect OF
putting sn effective damper on busi-
ness. Few people have ventured out
OF doors today. duty alone indu chg
those who did 50. Merchants have
consequently had quiet day. and
many Of them have remained within
the glow Of their own firesides this
afternoon. A large number Of bust
ness and procession ell men took lunch
down town.
Supt. Young did no. dismiss the
public schools at the customary noon
hour today. but detained the pupils
until i o'clock, when be sent them
home for the day, an exceedingly
thoughtful and wise precaution on
his part.
Trosb'. for the Rsrr ,ad,.
The storm has nesr,y sd cccs dsd in
tying up che railroads. AL OF them
have been fighting bravely endeavor-
ing to keep trains, particularly the
passenger. moving. The Rock Isl.
ana has practically abandoned its
freight service on the west end.
The No. % passenger, due at l:30
p. r, on the Rock Island came in
two hours behind time The Bar
iington's Beartstown passenesx ar.
rived at ~ O'Clock. 3 half hour late
Ii Was blocked in the yards here for
q couple OF hours By the snow. and IL
was with struggle that 1t reached
the depot in time to leave on the re.
turn trip. The Milwaukee, noon
express did no: reach Rock Island
until 1905, 30 minutes behind sched-
ule time. The Milwaukee, 4 o'clock
passenger will 20 ont with a double
header. and the evening express will
also be pulled IN by two engines.
The Peoria's passenger arrived a,
1887 minutes behind time. The
train leaving here at 8 o'clock
reached Peoria 20 minutes lste. The
Peoria is managing 20 keep its
freights on the move. So are the
Burlington and the Milwaukee, but
all are running irregularly. The
Rock Island is keeping the freighis
on her Illinois division moving
along. too. The Rock Islands No. i
passenger train. due here a. $3.50 p.
u. came 10 behind two engines.
The engine Of the outgoing after
neon Pecris passenger jumped the
track shortly after leaving the
Twentieth str,et depot, and it
looked for awhile like d.n-
gerous accident. bat after some de-
lay the engine was restored TO the
track. and the train resumed its
Journey.
stree Raiiws Q, mpAn. . Fight.
The Tri-City Railway company
has been bravely fighting q blockade
sll day. and by means Of the two
electric sweepers and the other plows
has kept some cars moving through
on: the day on the two main lines
where the regular complement was
considerably reduced. The Bridge,
Tower and Elm street branches, how
ever. were abandoned before moan.
but the company's forces have not
yet made complete surrender to
the blockade. and efforts we're being
concentrated late this afternoon to
getting tracks open for some cars
about the time OF the usual 6 o'clock
rush.
Late this afternoon the storm had
subsidized considerably, and there
we're evidences Of general DISPOSE
ton on the part OF the people to dig
out.