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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

the ice, so that the hard work is to fol-
low, and when the ice is extra thick
progress is rather slow. The man cut
ting the ice is furnished with an ice saw.
which is similar to a cross-cut, except
as to the teeth and having only onp
handle, running across the blade, In
stead up with it.
Saving Is Slow work.
When the saving begins an aperture
large enough to allow the saw to be in
serted is made, and the rest of the work
is merely saving up and down, like a
boy at the wood pile. 1t is tedious work
this saving, and to one unaccustomed to
the work, it is not easy to understand
how man can bow up and down all day
long, dragging a heavy saw against over
two feet of ice. 1t brings all the mus
cles into play, as well as those of the
arms, while the legs come in for their
share of the DeIsarte.
The rate at which a man moves along
his particular line is so slow as to be
discouraging, but as the man found
working these is usually paid by the day
or month, he does not allow this fact
to worry him to any appreciable extent
With several men saving there are soon
a number of cakes loose from the mass
Of the river, and these are gotten out so
as to make a channel. The first cake of
ice that is cut loose is usually broken
into Fragments as it would be rather
difficult matter to haul it out of the river.
After that has been done there is some
room, and each cake that goes out heIos
to make the channel When once the
channel has been cut each cake, as soon
rs lOOsened, starts moving with the
water. The men take the precaution to
begin their work up stream from where
they intend to load so as to allow the
ice to float down from the saw to the
endless belt that will load it on the sled
1t is guided dexterously to the belt by
poles of a harpoon nature, and at the
belt it is still dexterously slid on to the
iron teeth of the chain, much the same
as logs are hauled from the river into a
sawmill.
The endless chain runs from a plat
form the height of bob-sled to the end
Of the channel, from where the cake Of
ice is carried to the end of the sleigh
The driver with his ice tong keeps in
practice for the nimbIe work he is call
ed upon to do in the summer time One
jab that makes the tinted chips fly and
he has the cake fast and sound, and a
few jerks land it at it's proper position
on the sleigh When enough cakes have
been loaded the team starts for the ice
house.
At the ice house there is a vast GUAM
tity of the glacial product very carefully
tucked away in sawdust. Here there is
either another endless chain with it's iron
hauls the ice up to the different landings
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
Minneapolis News.
WORKSWELL
POLICE ARE WELL PLEASED WITH
THE EIGETT-HOUR
SHIFT

Officers at the various police stations
III the city are already prophesying that
the eight-hour system recently installed
in the police force by Mayor Ames will
prove a success.
They claim that the work under the
new system is more equally divided
among the members of the force, and
that the city is at all time more thor
oughly protected Ihan under the old sys-
tenn of long shifts. They also say that
the men are doing better work. Under
the new arrangement they have longer
beats, and in order to cover the territory
assigned to them have no time to waste
loafing on corners or in stores along the
way.
1t is generally admitted, however. that
the efficacy Of the system cannot be con-
clusively demonstrated until after it has
been in force a month or more. The num-
Der of crimes committed without detec-
ton will then tell their own story.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
WESTERN EUROPE SUFFERS.
Unprecedented Storms Destroy
Lives and Property.

Unprecedented Storms Destroy
Lives and Property.
Nd LONDON. Feb. 3.-The recent gales
have been succeeded by heavy snowstorms
in Western Europe, and the shipping
along the &C asst Of Spain has suffered con-
siderable damage.
Forty lives are reported to have been
lost in shipwrecks on the Italian coasts
Several persons were killed by avalanches
in Italy, rivers there have overfioWn their
banks, a score of bridges have been
broken and many towns are blocked by
the snow village near Verone has
been wrecked by the storm, and certain
districts adjacent to Rome have been
flooded. There is three feet Of snow at
Turin and Milan
A German bark was stranded on St
Martin rCck, off Sicily islands, this even
ing, ard was broken up before the life
savers reached her. The crew of the
bark was drowned
Much North sea wreckage is washing
ashore at Sheerness.
The mail steamer Marie Henrietta.
smashed wheel on her way from Dover
to Ostend and became nmanageabIa
after the accident. Her passengers had
a terrible experience
The DOver-Ostend service is again su-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

has a pretty hard time of it. Cold, snap
py weather is what he delights in, ana
every time the mercury gets above the
freezing ba@int the iCaA1Nn's hears and
spirits droop proportionately. In the first
place, there are not so many good plaes
for cutting ice within easy hauling dis
tances, so that one spot has to be used as
often as possible. The beauty of the ice
mans crop is that so long as the weather
remains cold and the water holds out, he
can figure virtually taking out the same
cake many times When he has finished
cutting on one side Of his patch he wiz,
start IN the other and by the time that
is out the first is frozen over once more,
and he starts there again. If the weather
would only keep up to his standard he
could 10 this I'D intinitum. but it doesn't
There comes q thaW, and operations
cease, unless there is a patch already
frozen. Of course if it didn't thaw some
time there would be no market for the
ice, but what the dealer in chilliness
wants is consistency in the weather. He
wants it cold when it should be cold, and
he furthermore wants it hot as can be
when it is appropriate that it should be
hot.
He usually manages to get a good sup
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
An Industry - y ~ -
Which Keeps Hundreds
Of Men Employed ~ b. ~

as the pile in the inside grows higher
and higher. The ice houses now are about
half full, including what was left over
from last season. Every year there is a
considerable quantity that is not con-
sUmed during the summer as there are
customers for ice even during the cold
est days of the winter time.
Before winter ends, and the spring be-
gins to cause the ice in the river to 'trot, =
these long, high shells Of buildings will
be filled to the top, and the owner there
of will settle back and begin figuring on
his profits.
At this season of the year it is mostly
all expense and no profit with him, as ne
is obliged to have small army of men
The men and teams are as a rule. hired
the driver receiving so much for each
load, generally 40 to 70 cents, or perhaps
more if the haul is so long that the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
VOW THE ICEr1AN ~
l GETS HIS SUPPLY

Although the icemah may not be so
prevalent at this season of the year as
he is when the mercury is lowering
around the 100 mark in the shade, he is
nevertheless cutting his product, and
any person who believes this much-envied
individual is alternating through the
winter has only to stop for a moment on
any Of the bridges that cross the river
to be disillusioned.
The ice crop is ripe now, and every
day along the river there are crews of
men busily engaged in getting the win
ters supply into portable shape for the
coming summer, when the suns rays
will increase it's value in geometrical
ratio to the size Of the chunks
The harvesting of ice is a science, the
same as the harvesting of grain, and
there are substantially the same require
ments for one as the other. To know
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

when the ice is ready to be squared up
and taken out of the water, and when
to do it. is something that only comes
with long years Of experience and study
To the layman the fine points of ice
are completely lost, except possibly as
a cooling agent for the feverish brow
when the enthusiasm has been dissipated
by the arrival of morning.
The first thing to be done when the
water has frozen sufficiently thick is to
scrape the ice clear of all snow and for
eign substances. This is done with a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

large iron-shod scraper, to which is at
tached a team of horses who are ''sharp
shod, the cOrks on their shoes being ex-
ceptionally long and sharp After the ice
is cleared the thing that comes next is
1t off in squares for the saw
to follow. For this purpose there has
been invented pillow, which is a combina-
ton of two saws put together and two
horses. A few years ago there were crude
devices, which a horse drew along the
ice, making well defined scratch. These
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
IN BRITISH PROVINCES.

Quebec, Newfoundland and NOVA
Scotia i'm Storms Grasp.
MONTREAL, Feb. 2.-Montreal is held
tight in the grasp of the biggest snow
storm of the season. It began showing
early Sunday morning and this evening
the snow continued falling steadily. A
strong northeast wind sprang up and
drove the street railway company prac-
tically out of business, a thing which
has happened but twice in the past ten
years. There are no incoming trains to-
night, and the outWard-bound trains left
on time with poor prospects of getting
through. The appearances are that the
morning trains will be very late.
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. at is feared
that some of the American fishing yes
sells bound for Gloucester with cargoes
of herring were caught in last Thursdays
gale. The revenue cruiser F1onia, which,
arrived here today, reports the gale to be
one of the worst for many years.
HALIFAX, N. s., Feb. "A blizzard
which promises to be the severest in
years, prevails throughout the provinces
having been preceded by wind of almost
hurricane force.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
YOUNG CRITIC FROZEN
: THE PACE THAT KILLS HAS
- THROWN Hint DOWN.

CHICAGO, Feb. 2-AIbert Grifiths the
Australian prize fighter, best known as
Young Critic" was found today nearly
frozen to death in a vacant lot within
hall a block Of the Bridewell. Both hands
and feet were frozen, and surgeons are
Oh the opinion that amputation of the
hands would be necessary
Grl1Io Tor many years was q fistic mar
vel and was considered one of the most
donned boxing gloves. OF late years he
has been leading a fast life and was pen
nlless. 1t is thought he wandered toward
the BI1deWell IN search of food and shell
ter, as he was but recently discharged
from that institution, where he had been
serving a sentence for disorderly CON
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

were of various patterns, and looked like
the primitive pillow that is pictured on
the front pages of the implem MT pros
pectus.
The plow used nowadays is composed
OF two steel blades, with teeth like
cross-cut saw, the teeth resting on the
ice. Cross bars connect these together,
and with plow handles the apparatus is
complete Added a team of horses and
a man, the ice marking begins. After
the first furroW or scratch has been made
along the ice the rest of the work is
comparatively easy, at least for the man.
One side of the plow falls into the
scratch that was made on the previous
trip, SO tHat the other must follow ex-
actly parallel, and so on until the en-
tire field of ice is laid out, Ike a gigantic
checker board
The pillow does not cut very deeply into
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

To accommodate those who are par
tial to the use of atOmizers in applying
liquids into the nasal passages for ca
tarrhal troubles. we prepare Cream Balm
Cream Balm. Price including the spray
ing tube is rs cts. Druggists or by mail
The liquid embodies the medicinal prop
critics of the solid preparation.
Albert Lea. Mimi, March q, 1901.
Messrs. Ely Bros.-I suffered from a
severe cold in the head. I could not
breathe through my nostrils and wa
your Cream Balm and woke Up with d
clear head. 1 would not take five dollars
for my bottle of Cream Balm if 1 could
not get another. S. X. LANSDAI,E
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
DESTRUCTIVE Billiards RAGE OVER WIDE AR[A'
Many American States, Canadian Provinces and All
of Western Europe Report Storms of Wind and
Snow of Unprecedented Severity.

NEW YORK, Feb 2-The storm which
has been prevalent all day in this sectloa
OF the country made itself manifest in
this city and suburbs to the great discom-
fort of all people who ventured out of
doors On top of a heavy fall of snow
came rain, which turned the snow into
slush and made swamps of low lying
grounds. In the early afternoon the rain
drops turned to flakes, and a little later
this conditions disappeared in the face Of
a decided drop in temperature. This was
accompanied by a gale which, in exposed
oarters, broke branches of trees, blew
away insecure boar ding, tangled up Wires
and in the city and towns sent store
signs flying to the streets and broke Win
doWs. One fatality from a falling sign
was reported here in the early evening
Ionight the high wind continues and the
temperature is falling
The sea outside Sandy Hook and in
the New York lower bay is extremely
rough. On account of interruption to the
electric lighted buoys, the French line
steamer / Aquitaine, from Havre, and the
neutrality-suspicious. line steamer Phoeni-
clan, from Hamburg and BouIogne, each
carrying many passengers, were forced
to anchor outside of the Sandy Hook
bar. where they are having a rough ride
tonight.
Buffalo-This city and western New
York generally today experienced the
second big snow storm Of the season. A
fifty mile-an-hOur gale from the north
west drifted the fine snow onto rail-
road tracks between the huge banks
thrown up after last weeks big snowfall.
The street railway company had many
lines badly crippled.
Syracuse, N. Y.-The wind is blowing
thirty-five miles an hour and the heavy.
wet snow is drifting badly IN Syracuse
and in central New York. Railroad trains
are late.
OSWEGO, N. Y, Feb. "A fierce
storm is raging in this section tonight
Telegraph and telephone wires have been
badly damaged, and railroad trains are
all delayed Since last night seven and
one-half inches Of snow has fallen
KALAMAZOO, Mich, Feb. 2-For
~nearly twenty-four hours a blizzard has
been in progress here. Nearly foot
Of snow has fallen, and it is drifting
badly, impeding railroad traffic.
GREENSBORO, KY, Feb. 2-The
streets are still almost obstructed with
piles of wires and ice The electric
Light plant now has one circuit on The
street cars are not yet running. The
carnage to property here is now esti-
mated at over $15O,00O
BURLINGTON, VT, Feb. 2-Within
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
RECEIVED HIS MONEY BACK

Roman Meix, of Alpena, Mich. who
got mixed up in Minneapolis last Decexl-
per per ana was victimized out of draft for
nearly all, that was stolen from him
Inc parties Who got possession of the
graft endeavored to pass it on a. ST PauI
t pank' where it was held for identifica-
tion. MEEK, who had already left Tho
city for his home at Alpena. was teia
grapned to, and after some negotiations
q satisfactory settlement was made 0-''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
GREAT CHESS MASTERS
Will Open international Tourna-
ment at Monte Carlo Today.

MONTE CARLO, Feb. 2.-The Intar-
national Chess congress opened here this
morning when meeting Of all the com
peutors ana the committee was held for
to govern tl-e International tournament
to begin tomorrow. The committee an
nounced that the following twenty-five
contests:
II. n. Pihsbury, F. J. Marshall. w. e.
Napier, America; J. H Blackburne.
James Mortimer. 1sidOr Gunsberg, James
Britain; Adolf Albin, D. Janowski and s.
Taubenhaus, France; Jacques Miesas'
Theodore Won sScheve and DR.. Siegbert
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
second Fire in Two weeks.

For the second time within two weeks
the fire department was called to ex
tinguish blaze in an empty house al
1879 Marshall avenue, owned by JOIN,
Simmons, at 1915 o'clock last nisht. TIE
mons had some furniture in the house
and on the evening OF Jan % it was
damaged by fire. Last night flames broke
out In the summer kitchen and did about
$100 damage.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

driver cannot make enough trips in the
day to pay him for his labor and that of
his horses. A good fast worker can earn
as high as 5.25 a day.
When the details of the iceman's career
are carefully looked into it will not ap-
pear that he has such a sinecure on the
worlds possessions as to warrant ballads
being written about it. In fact, he often
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
Aged Shepherd Called Home.

NEW YORK. Feb. 2-The Rev Father
Patrick Francis Smith, pastor of ST..
Marys Roman Catholic church, Hudson,
r. 4. for the last twenty-five years,
9 Tne today IN this city, aged eighty five.
Baldwinsville and Geddes, all in the
dlocese OF Albany. He was a cousin of
Archbishop Kendrick.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
BRIGHTON BEACH PURSES.
Five Big Events for the August
Meeting.

:, NEW YORK, Feb. 2-secretary McCul-
purses which will be contested for At the
meeting of the New York Trotting asso1
citation at Brighton Beach race track
aug. IL to Is. He names five events for
Wmch prizes aggregating $50 900 will be
given. The first is the Bonner Memorial
ZIP class trotting for a purse of $1,000
horses to be named Aug / that were
el55glble March 1; the Hiram woodruff
~ class trotting, $1,000; the John II.
Shuts for four-year-olds. 2:25 class
trotrng, 5000; the Metropolitan 2:2O class
pacing, $4,000; the Brighton 2:1O class
pacing, $4,000, horses to be named Aug.
close on March l and the Brighton svs-
tenn of retiring a horse to the stable
when fails to win one out of three heats
VIII be adhered to.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
w. BoURKE COCHRAN TO SPEAK.
Members of Catholic Faith Planning
Celebration st. PatricIS,s Day.

The Catholics of Minneapolis are max
ing elaborate preparations to honor their
patron saint next month at the celebra-
ton of st. Patricks day. All the English
in the city will unite on that day. and
the principal feature will be an address
at the exposition building delivered by
that noted New York orator, w. Bourke
Cochran.
The following churches will unite in the
Union celebration: Immaculate Concep-
ton, Ascension, st. Stephens St
Charles. st. Anthony and ST. Lawrence.
Holy Rosary will also be represented 4
literary and musical programme will be
presented
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
PARIS is STORM-BOUND.
Electric Street Cars Compelled to
Suspend Traffic

suspend Traffic.
PARIS, Feb 2.-The heaviest snow
storm of the winter commenced here early
this afternoon and continued until dark
covering the streets of the city to the
depth Of several inches, seriously imped-
ing traffic and forcing the electric
street cars to suspend service. The snow
storms continue at many points in the
provinces, especially in the south and
along the RIVERA
The carnival at Cannes, which should
have commenced today, has been post
poned on account of the weather The
violent gales prevailing along the coast
of France have caused numbers of minor
shipping casualties. Much snow has fall
en- at Madrid and elsewhere in Spain.
accompanied by great cold, and five de-
grees Of frost have been recorded at Sc
Vile
The Alps, in the ignborhood of Sim
plon, are covered with snow to the depth
of seven feet, and many Alpine villages
have been completely isolated
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
OCEAN LINERS.

New York-Arrived: Kensington. Ant
verb and Southampton L'Aquitaine,
Havre; Phoenicia, Hamburg and Bou-
loSne; Rhein, Bremen; St. Louis, South
aInptOn and Cherbourg
Shanghai-Arrived previously: Ching
Wo, Glasgow and Liverpool. via Hong
kong, for Yokohama and Seattle
SueZ-Arrived: Glenfarg, Seattle and
Tacoma via Shanghai, etc, for London.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

spended today. Dover reports the pres
ent unabating gale to be the most severe
in years, and that it is accompanied with
unusual cold.
There has been considerable minor dam
age to the shipping in the Thames at
London.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
SELECT HOCKEY REFEREES.
Those to OfEciate This Week in
Twin City League Are Nsmod

At meeting of The Twin CITY HoeKy
association. held yeste1 day afterno IN.
referees re it for The matches to take place
day, Mascots VS.. Central High Rroad-
way rink; H. F. Lawrence. Wednesdav
,..l VS.. Minneapolis. at Virginia
TihK; j. ii. Jones. Thursday Mascots VS..
Mcbride. Friday Minneapolis vs. Genital
high, at Minneapolis rinK; J. II. Jones
saturday, Central High VS.. st. Paul. at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

Cherbourg-sai Philadelphia, from
Southampton for New York
Malta-Passed: Athesia. Yokohama
Shanghai. Hongkong. Singapore, etc., for
New York
Hamburg-Arrived previously: Mem
phis, Seattle, Tacoma and San Francis
co, via Valparaiso, st. Vincent, etc.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

ply of ice If there is any to be had. and
1t IS not yet on record that there has ever
been summer when the cry, want any
Ice, was not heard up and down through
out the city, although sometimes reserve
supplies have had to be drawn upon.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
PASSED AS AN OFFICER.
Pat LydOn Arrested ON the Charge
of Robbery.

Pat LydOn was arrested early yesterday
morning, at Washington and Hennepin
the central station on charge of high
way robbery. 1t is charged that Lydon
held Up two dodgers at the Flour City
hotel several weeks ago. 1t is claimed
that he represented himself to them as a
plain clothes officer and demanded money
to prevent his locking them up.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
Submarine PIunger Launched.

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The submarine
torpedo boat Plunger was launched at
Ellzabethport, N. j., today The vessel
was Eamed by Mrs. Myron T. Herrick,
snip of the Moccasin, Adder, Porpoise
Shark and Fulton She is sixty-three
feet four inches long and eleven feet nine
inches beam.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

The funeral Of Mrs Catherine Nc
Loughlin, who died Saturday at the res
idence of her son, p. Mclaughlin, IL
Winnipeg avenue, will be held this morn
ing at 500 o'clock, with a service at St
Patrick church at o'clock. She was
eighty years of age.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
TERRY BEGINS TRAINING

Date OF the McGOvern-SuIIivan ScraD
Unsettled.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Feb. 2.-Terry Nc
Govern arrived tonight and, accompanied
Dy pan Daugherty, Joe HUMPHREYS, Hugh
McGoVern, Charles Mayhood, j. Hum
phrey Harris and others, went direct to
ms training quarters at the Norwood
manager Harris goes to Louisville to-
morrow to consider a change Of the date
for the fight with Dave Sullivan FROM
Feb Y to Feb q or "a, as many report
their inability to leave their business on
saturday, night to attend the fight Terry
expressed the fullest confidence in his
condition and his success over Sullivan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
English FOrger WIN return.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1-4Jeremiah Foley the
former paymaster in the British army.
who was arrested here yesterday on
twenty seven charges of forgery, said to
nave been committed in England, today
agreed TO return to England without
fighting extradition Mrs. Foley. who
also was arrested, will accompany her
husband.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03

Tarasch, German; George Marco, Gesa
Marcozy, Ignatz Won Popiel, Carl Sch
Iechter and S. Wolf, Austria Hungary;
STA; A. Reggie, Italy.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-03
Count Tolstox Very III.

ST PETERSBURG Feb 2-Connt
Leon Tolstoy is very ILL He win be
attended by specialist from ST. Peters