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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
EVEN JUSTICE
Put Up Her Sword and Refused to Buffet
the Elements.

Even justice was blinded by the storm
of yesterday and not only did the dig
nifty of one of the judges succumb to
the intensity of the storm, but two
jurors whose presence in court was
necessary to a resumption of an i'm
portant case, were unable to reach the
court house until they We're two hours
late. There was little business at the
court house, and in nearly all the Of
fees the stenographars and copyists
were allowed to return home early in
the afternoon after a light days work
Judge Francis A. Gaskill, who is pre-
sizing at the regular Jury session of
the superior court, was on hand with
MS usual characteristic promptness
and punctuality, but two jurors whose
residence is in the suburban districts
could not be as prompt, and Judge
Gaskill patiently awaited their ar
rival.
AT 1880 o'clock the, jurors arrived be-
coated with snow, and the 5000 horse
kicking case of Herman Rosenthal
against William and Joseph Move of
Gardner was resumed.
The atmosphere of the court room
was decidedly cold, and as the heat
ing apparatus failed to respond to the
extra eXertion demanded of it, the at
mosphere became too cold for comfort
and taking into consideration the
health of the jurors and the counsel
present, Judge Gaskill wisely ad-
journed court until this morning, the
afternoon session being omitted
Judge Daniel A. Aiken of Greenfield
was assigned to preside at the jury
waived session of :hS superior court
which opened at 10 O'Clock, but his train
from Greenfield reached Worcester
over an hour late, and it was 11.3O
o'clock before court was formally
opened. The lawyers were few in at
tendance, and zone solitary divoI ce case
was heard at the morning session. By
reason of the vigor of the blizzard
Judge Aiken finally decided to adjourn
the afternoon session until today.
The big office buildings, the State
Mutual, the Five Cents and Walker
block, presented visible evidence of the
terrors of the storm in inviting the pro-
fessionaI men to remain in the pri-
vacy of their homes during the day.
Many of the lawyers We're at their
offices as usual, although late, and
once there, remained snugly ensconced
throughout the day, preferring to re-
main at the building than to Eun the
gauntlet of the storm to dine with their
families.
William ]. Taft of the firm of Dodge
& Taft, started for New Hampshire on
the sos train over the Boston & Maine,
and succeeded in reaching Nashua,
where old Boreas lodged for the day,
making railroad transportation impos-
sible. Two Worcester lawyers were
belated on the o'clock express from
Boston on/the Boston & Albany, and
today they will relate their experiences
in walking from the Deep Cut to the
heart of the city in the teeth of a ter
rible storm
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14

BAD MAN IN TEXAS.

/ was on a chair car in Texas a few
nights ago 'tother side Of San Antonio,
said a New Orleans business man to a
Times Democrat reporter of that city.
when g. typical frontier tough got
aboard. He was a little chap, but
powerfully built, and about half drunk.
AS soon as he came in, he drew re-
volver that looked as big as stoyeplpe
and bawled out: I'm the hottest man
this side of FL Paso. L can HEX any
galoot on the train" There were some
ladies at the other end Of the car, and
a good-loolSing man who was with them
half rose as if to put a stop to the dis
turbance. He considered the enterprise,
however, and sent for the conductor
instead.
Meanwhile, the wandering eyes of the
stranger lit on the head rests of the
chairs. which We're round, padded disks
about a foot across. Naturally, they
were suggestive or targets, and he pro-
ceeded to draw bead on several. The
occupants promptly sought seclusion
under the seats, greatly to the edifica-
ton of the bad man with the gun.
"Wowi wow" he reared I'm the hot
test gent in Texas Watch me plug that
Teller in the heel" The passenger re-
ferred to crawled hastily into the wood
box, and, to tell the truth, we were
all in a state of pitiable funk. Just then
the conductor came walking brislxly in.
He, too, was a little fellow, but he had
a voice like a megaphone. where's
that bad MANI" he doomed We held
our breaths and looked for a tragedy
instanter Here 7 ami" yelled tho
other chap. "Yowi I'm the hottest
49," yes, | heard about that" said
the conductor walking right up to him;
gimme that gun!'
To my amaHement. the stranger per-
mitted him to take it without the least
resistance. Nov, look here" the
conductor went on, you're too warm
for this car. We've got stove here,
and you make 1t unpleasant. So you
get right out on that platform, blast
your eyes, and stay there until you
lose some of your heat" The hot man
meekly allowed himself to be propelled
through the door, and stayed on the
platform all the rest OF the trip. The
men inside looked at each other rather
sheepishly, and I asked the conductor
confident.ally how he dared take such
chances. "Oh! there wasn't any
risk" he said. II had the fellow sized
MP. If it had been somebody else, I
might have acted differently. One Of
the first things you've got TO learn In
this business is how to tell buffer"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
j. p. LosslER.
He Has Seen Other Blockadss and is
Rather Used to Il.

He Has Seen Other 5ockadss and is
Rather Used to Il.
J. P. Lossier, a travelling salesman of
Chicago, who was one Of the passengers
of the New York train stalled at the
Union station last night, was found in
the smoker by a. Spy man, comfortably
settled for the night. In talking to the
in the big drifts, he said that in the
last Is years he had Travelled all of this
country, and through the Canadas, and
had never yet found himself in SO try
ing a situation as that of last night.
He had been stalled in the Rockies
for long periods, but under circum-
stances that had already been antici-
pated by the management of the rail-
roads, and we'll provided for.
He was in the famous iblocade at st.
Elmo, in the winter of 1889, when they
were obliged to leave the train and
hunt for fence wood underneath the
snow to make fires with which to keep
warm, but the conditions were vastly
different on the Canadian railroads
from the elaborate systems maintained
in New England, and 1T was matter
of very great surprise to him that the
powerful modern plows, with which the
railroads should be equipped, had not
begun their work hours before He was
prepared, however, he added, to remain
there and put up with the situation as
long as the railroads could
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
TIME TABLES.
Many We're Sadly Smashed
by Force of the Storm.

Every train its own schedule and mo
train on time was the rule Yesterday
owing to the raging storm. During the
early morning the expresses and local
passenger trains were a little late. and
the entire abandonment of all schedules
ana regular running time became more
frequent as the day advanced. until in
the afternoon orders were issued from
the train dispatcher's Office TO keen the
trains where they were and not to send
out any more until this morning.
SO traffic from yesterday afternoon
until or o'clock this morning has
been practically at a standstill Wher-
ever train was last evening. the order
was to hold until the abatement of the
storm On the Boston and ALBANY
railroad there were no trains stalled ex-
cept at the deep cut, SO fully were the
orders carried out, and all trains en-
route were held in protecting train
sheds.
The same orders were issued on all
the other roads, Boston and Maine,
Norwich and Worcester and the Provi-
dence division There was one excep
ton, however, on the Boston and Maine
road, when an afternoon train that
steamed slowly out of Union depot fin
ally succumbed at North Worcester.
on the Boston and Albany railroad in
particular the Sol o'clock train, the Z
o'clock train and the and o'clock
expresses for Boston left on practically
schedule time each train leaving Union
depot about 10 minutes late and ar
riving in Boston about 30 minutes be-
hind time. The fierce wind got in its
work during the morning, and the 10
O'Clock local and the 1915 express were
out OF Union depot from half to
three-qualters Of an hour late.
Then the trouble began. The 1.0S
express in the afternoon was the last
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14

tells, last night. Travelling men in
Vulnerable, who did not care to chance
spending the night stalled in some drift,
left their respective trains and sought
hospitality in the local hotels.
In addition to knights of the grip and
sample case, there was a big delegation
of urban suburbanites, who preferred
to stay down town to wading through
the snow to their homes. Most Of the
smaller towns along the electric lines
leading into Worcester, were also rep
resented.
One delegation from Millbury waited
two or three hours in the Union station
for a train over the Providence road,
but when the train finally pulled in,
the railroad men announced that it was
thought unwise to attempt the return
trip, and as a result several Millbury
ties will be in town this morning, ready
to attend to business without the usua
journey.
Whist was popular game in most of
the hotel Hobbies last night, and special
tables were brought in to accommodate
the guests. Every one wore a sort Of
worried expression but made the most
of an opportunity to forget the snow
and wind.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
STORES WEREIDLE.

1t is seldom that snow falls when the
temperature is at such a low ebb. The
mercury generally rises to fairly COM
Portable height in ordinary snow
storms, The oldest inhabitants were
tor once mistaken, and they could not
explain why it was so last evening.
Practically no business was done in
the retail stores. Many of the clerks
were unable to get from their houses
ana customers We're as scarce as dan
delions We're in front yards of Wor-
cester residents yesterday. The dnll-
ness Of trade had a depressing effect
upon all the merchants, and if some
poetlcally inclined clerk had, sprung
eight or ten stanzas of a poem on beau
tlrul spring he would have been re-
eeived with open arms, but on the other
hand, If any one had dared to saw anv-
thing about beautiful snow their posi-
morning. '"ie
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
PLOWS STALLED.
Boston and Maine Snow Apparatue Meets
With Hard Luck.

The snow pillow that left Worcester early
in the afternoon to clear the Boston and
Maine tracks as far as Aver h9d hard
time of it.
1t took several hours before the plow
accomplished any amount of work. After
it reached Aver Junction, the conductor
IN charge decided not to go any further
after the difficulties the men met with
OUT from Worcester, and it made a return
trip over the same tracks. leaving Aver
junction at 10. at night. The tracks held
almost as much snow as they did the first
Cme the piow went over the road and it
was a hard proposition to make any head
way The plow however, came into the
Union depot at 12.15 with the men on it
nadly used up from tedious labor.
me train that left Worcester at 4.55
o'clock for Aver got as far as the Garden
street crossing and there 1t STAYED for =
couple OF hours, when it managed to GET
started again. 1t continued as far as Oak
dale, when 1t got stalled for the second
TIME and despite everything that was
Done the train could not be moved and
was still there when the snow plow thar
arrived In Worcester at 12.15 passed that
town on the way to this city.
Inc train due to leave the Union denot
at 6.20 for Aver had not got started az an
early, hour this morning. 1t was waiting
Tor the plow to return, but when If was
found out that the train that left before
II mad got stalled the conductor wou1d
given. Wv % were
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14

them out. After considerable difficulty
they We're released from their positions
and brought into the barn. The con-
ductors and motormen in charge Of the
stalled cars suffered considerably from
the cold while waiting for assistance
to arrive.
The Chandler street and Park ave-
nue. line was also completely at the
mercy of the elements. Three, cars
were stalled on Park avenue between
Chandler street and Webster square
and they had to be dug out of their
predicament by the plows, sweepers
and shovelers, who were sent from the
Market street barns
On the South Worcester line four
cars were stalled after 4 o'clock and
had to wait their turn. to be dug out
OF the drifts. The crews stuck to the
cars during the latter part of the after
noon and the early evening hours like
heroes, but they wished that they were
employed on a Cuban trolley line,
Where snow never falls
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ing, and residents in these districts
were content. considering the severity
of the storm, with only one in the af
ternoon.
On the routes adjacent to Main street,
the carriers found little difficulty in the
morning in dispatching the mail,
but were obliged in some instances in
the afternoon to return to the office
without fully covering their routes. The
new storm door at the north entrance
OF the federal building was opened to
me pubic yesterday, and was given a
severe test. 1t is both an addition IN
the interior beauty of the corridor and
a preventive of drafts in the build
ing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
MEN DISCHARGED,
They Wanted to Stop to Eat But the Off
Gals Wouldn't Let Them.

They Wanted to Stop to Eat But the Off
Gals Wouldn't Let Them.
Over 100 extra men were employed at
the Boston and Albany yard all day long
and worked into the night without getting
an opportunity to get a bite to eat They
had to shovel for everything They kept
open switches for the use of the trains
that came in and for the use of the extra
engines which went out to pull in the
train that was stalled in the deep cut.
Late into the night they got an extra
dose of work shoveling for the snow plow
which was in charge of the Boston crew
and which was to be sent out as early as
possible. The pillow was frequently stuck
Iust east of the Grafton street crossing
from the immense piles of snow which it
mad turned aside and which were blown
back on the track the plow occupied
About midnight several men were dis
charged because they refused to work
until morning. They asked few minutes
on until they could get a mouthful to
eat; Ihey had been working all afternoon
ana evening without a morsel since din
ner time. They were not allowed time in
which to get anything to eat, and when
they refused to agree to work until morn
ing they were Immediately discharged.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
MAIL TRAINS LATE.
Only TWO Mails Arrived From Bcston Lasl
Night

Night.
Yesterdays storm also had it's effect
on the receipt of the mails at the local
post Office Early in the day, as soon
as the cars on the suburban lines be-
came stalled, the delivery and re-
ceipt of the mails was stopped, and was
not later resumed. The mail from
Paxton, which is brought in by stage,
and which usually arrives in this city
at $40 a. M, was an hour and seven
minutes late THE afternoon mail was
sent out by the same coach, and it is
not known whether it reached it's des-
tination or not
No mails whatever were received dur
ing the day over the lines of the New
England, the New York, New Haven
and Hartford or the Boston and Albany
railroads from the west, and only two
from Boston. The train which leaves
Boston daily at o'clock and is due to
arrive in this city at sos, was stalled
in the Deep Cut, and the mail did not
reach the office until nearly II o'clock.
Another train which leaves Boston
at o'clock and is due here at 100.
followed soon after and these were the
only mails received during the day.
Late in the afternoon communication
was shut off with Quinsigamond and
Greeendale, ana II was with difficulty
that the transfer of the malls between
the main office and the other sub-sta-
tons was accomplished. So deep were
the drifts and so difficult was the
travel. that the local screen wagon SER
vice was abandoned between the main
Office and the sub-stations early in the
evening.
No mails were received after S
o'clock yesterday morning on any of
the roads. AS early as in the morn
ing. the train from Boston. due to ar
rive here, was two hours late, and the
New York and Chicago mail train, due
here at 6.4S, dtl not arrive until 1890
Throughout the day, wherever ii was
possible the mails were dispatched by
steam railroads instead of electric lines,
to avoid delay.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
BUSINESS SUSPENDED.

The storm brought a respite to tba
employees of the big department stores
of the city, and although Monday is
pay day in several, in each store the
girls and young women at fine soIas
counters We're allowed to so home 81
2 o'clock in the afternoon. AZ the store
of John c. Machines Company ths
salesladies were sent home early in tbe
afternoon, so that they escaped fhe
rigors of the storm in the latter part Of
the afternoon. At the Boston store
Barnard, Sumner &c Putnam % ;s ~
l.. Clarke's and other big dry good.
houses the same privileges were eT9
tended to the lady clerks, so thar a.,
many places nearly two-thirds Of the
staff were allowed to depart and en-
JOY the storm by the more cheerful
hearth at home. Shoppers were few ~,
the street and the stores were AIN 81
entirely deserted. iii"st
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
PROBATION
For Once Resulted in Delay Instead of
Aiding Matters.

FoF once Resulted in Delay Instead of
Aiding Matters.
Had the train which was stalled in
The deep cut pushed along and neglect
ed to notice a burning fuse, which Law
alongside the tracks, it would have
reached the city without assistance.
The train picked up fiagman at North
Grafton who had been left out by the
Springfield train which reached the
Union station in the afternoon, and
which was held in the station. The
train which was stalled followed that
Springfield train closely.
The custom of trainmen during such
weather as that of yesterday is to
throw out fuses, which will burn a
warning light for 10 minutes, in order
to let any subsequent trains know that
train is ahead. The train which left
session at APO ran on to one of those
fuses in the deep cut and stopped. 1t
could not get started again and was
stalled for hours
1t was finally pulled into the city. two
engines being sent down from the ward.
There We're two engines on the train.
SO that four were required to bring If
IN from the deep cut. The snow slid
from the bank and covered the train
to the depth of the top of the windows
on one side
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
THE WORST FOR YEARS.

The chief clerk of the mail car of the
east bound New York and Boston train
said: 1--WE left New York this morning So
minutes late. The storm struck New York
in the early morning and nearly all of the
trains from the city were late in starting.
This was the case with all connecting
lines between New York and Worcester
and the result is delay for mails from all
points 1t is hardly probable that we
shall reach Boston tonight. as / am in
formed that we are to remain here until
daylight.
This is the worst storm that have
seen in all my experience on the line. and
l have been in the service for ten wears,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14

ly for the little fellows. Conductor Da-
wilson was at his wits ends in his eff
forts to keep peace in the family, and
answered all the queries with the cheer
less information that he knew no more
about the situation than his question
ers. He advised them that the best
possible thing to do under the circum-
stances was to retire. This they alb
solutely refused to do, and several of
the passengers went so far as to go out
to the station and fire their queries at
the telegraph operator, until at last
they became the terror of the entire
station force.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
WIRES SUFFER LITTLE.

Overhead wires suffered but little in
yesterdays storm. The lines of the
telephone and telegraph companies are
reported as working all right, both To-
cal and out of town. The electric light
company reports no serious trouble.
At the telephone Office, the principal
difficulty experienced was in getting
the operators to and from the build
ing. Two large sleighs were chartered
for the purpose, and the young women
were transported to and from their
work. At the noon hour dinner was
furnished them at the expense of the
COMPANY
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
WORKED ALL NIGHT.
Conductors and Motormen Put in Long
Hard Shift.

The Consolidated Street Railway
Company had hard work getting their
stalled cars into the barns. They. re-
lieved them as fast as possible, and
succeeded in getting them all in out of
the wet at midnight, after hard and
laborious work. The cars followed the
plows and sweepers over the fines to
the barns.
The Consolidated barns were a scene
of activity during the night, and many
OF the conductors and motormen
worked on the plows and sweepers all
night long and wfll today take their
cars out as usual if the tracks are
cleared.
The officials We're all busy and worked
their brains to devise the best plan to
eXtricate themselves from the tie-up
and expressed the opinion late last eve
ming that they would be out Of all trou-
BILE IL the storm ceased by noon today.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
ENGINE OFF THE RAILS.

The switching engine of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road which does duty near the Boston
and Albany round house, ran off the
tracks at that place yesterday after
noon, and is still on the ground. Three
engines were hitched to the derailed
locomotive, but they could not bulge
1t an inch. The job was finally given
up and the railroad men will have TO
dig it out before they can get it back
on the rails
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
A REMEDY FOR THE GRIPPE

a. remedy recommended for patients
afillcted with the Grippe is Kemp's RaI
sam, which is especially adaptedp - 5 az
eases. of the throat and lungs. 10 us us
wait for the first symptoms Of The diSesm .e
for use the moment IL Is needed IL II nailu
lected the grippe has a tendency TO br;pS,-
on pneumonia. The Balsam prevent1S t th.g
BY k.eeping the cough loose, All drusr islts
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
MAYOR CHASE WON'T COME.

Mayor Chase Of Haverhin whose
election as the chief magistrate of that
city was one of the surprises of sths
last state campaign, who Was expected
to address a meeting of the social de-
mocracy at 20 Pearl street, this even
ing, will be unable to attend owing to q
special meeting of the board of alder
men Of Haverhill. An effort will be
made to secure him for the meeting Of
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-14
SNOW BANKS.
They Tower Like Fleecy Mountains on
Every Hand

There are all sorts Of snow drifts in
town, and an attempt to specify any
particular locality in which the snow
banks ranked higher than others. would
be to do other localities an injustice
There are places In the city where the
ground is bare. but few steps to the
right or left brings one into a drift va
rying from a couple of feet to- the
height Of a mans head
At either side of Main street, the
snow is banked up to height of four or
five feet, while on the outskirts it is
of course much worse. Foster street
is badly drifted, and avenues Of ap-
proach to police or fire headquarters,
are badly drifted.
In front of the Haywood boot and
shoe shop on Winter street, there is a
drift fully 10 feet high, and on Prescott
street there is a bank of snow reach
ing to the tops of the windows at the
front of one house.