Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 20, 1881, Page 2

Fo) . and slush, which has not vet sub- - sided. A portion of the glass front of Pil- eher & Anderson’s hardware house -was blown in by the storm, but no other damage has thus far been done. The snow and slush Is 50 soft as to pack wherever it falls, and it is feared that railroad travel will again be shut off. The es are in 4 very bad condition, nothig passing between here and Chiicago to-day. MENDOTA, ILL. Special Dispaich to Thie Chicago Tribune. MzexDoTa, 11, Mareh. 19.—Another of the periodic blizzards of this season set in here at 4:20 this morning and continued without interwmission up to the time of writing (10 p. m.) to rage with greater violence than any we have yet had. Owing to the furious zale it Is impossibte to estimate the snow-fall with any degree of accuraey. Many think it wounld average two feet. Trobably twenty inches is not an overestimate, but certain it fs$hat severe as the paststorms have been the present fall is far in excess of either of them. There is no sidewalk in the city passable. The snow is piled in continuous drifts higher ilan the fences, and the middle of the road or street is the only place through which one can wade, and that with mueh difficulty. These drifts are from six to ten fect high. All railroad travel has been abandoned since the forenovn on the Burlington, and nothing has passed over the Tliinois Central to-day. No mail amin, and the probability is that thls will prove one of the most obstinate blockades of the season. BLOOMINGTON, ILL. . Spetial Disvatch to The Chicago Tridunss BLooMINGTON, 1, March 19.—A howling bhzzard has reigned supfeme from 1a. 1. until now, when there are some signs of abatement. .Street-cars have been ldie all day. The are streets badly drifted. The Lake Erie & Western and Chicago & Alton Roads are not suffering as yet, but the Iliinois Cen- tral and Indianapolis, Bloomington & West- ern are in bad condiuon, The El Paso night express north- has been abandoned, znd all trains on the line north of that point pulled *off. The Indianapolis, Bloomington & West- ern passenger-tiain east-bound stuck at - Pekin, and all other trains. are in trouble. The line is likely to be badly blocked. - STERLING. TLL. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunc. StERLING, 1L, March 19.—You can add together all the fearful storms of the present aceufsed winter and they would be buta bagatelle beside the one_that has raged here since 5 o'clock this mording. More thana foot of snow has fallen, and the wind has blown a perfect frale all day. The railroads are' completely blocked, and all trains are abandoned There is no reasonable prob- ability of our escaping the most terrific flovd the people of Rock River Valley ever saw, There is no longer any use for the oldest in- habitant. g WATERTOWN,. WIS, Special Disvaten to The Chicago Tribune. WATERTOWN, Wis., March 19.—It has been snowing and blowing fiercely from the north- east all day, the storm assuming a severe blizzard character. At first the snow melted as it fell, bur it is now accumulating and drifting into the cuts and thoroughfares, making another blockade to the railroads in- evitable, and rendering the outlook for trayel on the country roads again dubious. Al trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Chicazo & Northwestern Roads have been suspended. MANITOWOC. Bpecial Dispateh to The Chicago Tribunt- MaxiTowoc, Wis.,, March 19.—A snow- storm exceeding in ferocity either of the two last storms began here this afternooi. The wind blows a hurricane from the northeast, and the snow comes down in blinding quan- tities, with no immediate prospeet of cessa- tion. The steam-barge Dais{ Day and schooner Mariner are in the harbor. The * latter went out yesterday afternoon, but was obliged to return last evening on account of heavy weather. S NORTHWEST MISSOURI. St. Louls, March 19.—A dispatch from Kansas City says that the most severe snow- storm of the season set in last evening and still continus this morning. The snow is very moist and packs as it falls. News ob- tained at the railway offices is to the effect that the storm extends some 200 miles west ana southwest from that city. ' In this city it was raining early this worning, and the wind was very high. Later considerable snow has fallen, but it melts as fast as it falls. SANDWICH, ILL. “ Special Dispatch ta The Catcago Tribune. Saxpwicn, 1L, March 19.—It has been snowing and blowing here furiously ever since early this morning, and the railroads are again blockaded. The two Chicago, Burlington & Quincy passenger trains from the west have reached here, and are unable to proceed furthér. A freight train is buried in the snow between hereand Plano. It is the worst storm this winter. . GRAND HAVEN. MICH. Special Dispatch ta The Chicago Tribune. Graxp Haw -Mich., March 19.—The wind has blown a gale from the northeast all day, and considgrable snow has fallen. ‘The steamer City of Ludington arrived from Alilwaukee at 4 p. m. The Menominee started for. Milwnugee this morning, but was driven back by the storm. The Depere is alsv here weather-bound. OTTAWA, ILL. OTrAWA, 1IL, March 19.—A fearful snow- stonn has been coming from the northeast since midnight. The roads are blockaded, and all business is suspended. The ice start- ed in the Illinois and Fox Rivers at1 o’clock vesterday. There was much damage done, among which was the carrying off of a por- tion of the trestle-work of the wagon-bridge over the Liinois. CEDAR RAPIDS, TA. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. CEDAR RaPIDS, 12, March 19.—A snow- storm of great severity, accompaunied by a furious gale, prevailed all day. About eight inches of snow has fallen, and it still continues to-night. Trainson all roads have been abandoned. Reports indicate that the storm is the worst east and south of here. . CARLINVILLE, ILL. Special Disvatch to The Cidcago Tribune. CARLINVILLE, 1L, March 19.—This portion of QCentral 1lllinvis is experiencing an equizoctidl storm of unusual violence. The wing has blown a perfect gale the entire day, ‘with a heavy fall of snow. The storm still continues with fury, 1t isaregular blizzard. . GALESBURG, ILL. . Bpecial Dispatch 1o The Chicago Tridune. GarespuRe. Ill, dMarch 19.—Early this morning a driving snow set in and Is still in progress. The drifts are fearful. The rail- roads are in 2 worse condition than pefore this winter. The north and south roads are impassable. TLANQ, ILL. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, PLANO, I1L., March 19.—Snow commenced falling here at about midnight, and has been reeing with unabated fury ever since. No mail has heen received siuce 5 a. ., and no passenger-trains have been through since D 0 & m, . _ QUINCY. ILL. Qarvey, IN, -~ March 19.—The heaviest snow-storm of the season began last night. The snow is very heavy,—one foot deep un a level, and driftime badly. It was still snow- ing 2t noon. Business is almost entirely suspended. WINONA, MINN. ¢ St. PAuL, Minn,, March 19.—A dispatch from Winona, in this State, received here this morning, says that it is snowing fiercely there, and the prospects are that the railroads will be again bl ded. Fies AURORA, ILL. i CAGRORA, IIL, March 19.—Again the snow- storm . ages, and & soft. damp snow is falling, with considerable wind to put it in drifts and obstruct both the rail and wagon roads. We all smile and endure it. TREOR STURGEON! BAY, WIS. Spectal Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. - SturcroN Bay, Wis., March 19.—Another terrific storm set in iere about 2 o’tlock this afternoon. ' The wind is blowing a gale from the north, and the snow is coming down in blinding quantities. DUBUQUE, TA. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribunes DUBUQUE, Ia., March 19.—A heavy snow and wind storm has been ragging all day, and all trains east and west arc blockaded. DETROIT, MICH. DeTrorr, Mich.,, March 10.—A steady, cool rain prevails here. - THE SIGNAL SERVICE. OFFICE OF TUE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WasiixGTox, D. C., March 20—1 a. m.—For the Ohio Valley and Tennessee, clearng weather, strong - southwest to norlh\y,est winas, lower temperature, and decidedly higher barometer. . For the Lower Lake region, cloudy and rainy weather during theday, colder weather, southwest to northwést winds, snd decid- edly higher barometer. For the Upper Mississippi and Lower Mis- souri Valleys, northwesterly winds, gener- ally higher barometer, elearing weather in r.h]aLfirst and fair weather in the latter dis- trie For the Upper Lake region, clearing weather, northwesterly winds, higher barom- eter, and stationary or lower temperature, The Cpmlgerlund.. Tennessee, and Ohio Rivers will rise rap! JL\: Cautlonary 'northwest_signals are ordered for Milwaukee, Grand Haven, and Luding- ton. LOCAL OBSERVATIONS. CHICAGO. March 19—10:15 p. m. Vel| itn.| Weather w 5[ L1 snow “Raromerer corrected for temperature, elevation, and Instrumental error. Mean barometer, 20.3%; mean thermomuter, moan humidits, 53,0 highest temperaturo, 3.0; 10west temperature, SLU. 1)eited snow. - GENIRAL ONSERYATIO: Ci1CAGO. March :15 p. m. R'n{winr, 3! Lesy lilrain. ABICIdy. 3.LLsnw 2t 2 erniLruing . i | 3 Gy - | Enics Clear. H, VEBSENSRERRESK ERHERRYE: U S:r‘ih GELEENRALHTARRRXSEELLEERE: 1N §43 Yankied ...... =) CHICAGO. TITE WORST OF THE LOT. Not only the worst, but at the same time the most utterly unexpected snow-storm of the “seasor® ruled the city yesterday, and placed what it is hoped will be the climax upon the monumental series of storms which have made the present winter the most ex- traordinary of its kind. Friday evening there ‘Wwas no reason to look for a display of eccen- tricity on the part of the weather. The sun- set was obscured by the usual bank of dim clouds which usually spoil the sunsets of big cities, but overhead the sky was bright and blue, with here and there a cirrus cloud that conveyed no token of the coming trouble. Better than these symptoms, which cannot always be relied upon, the supervisor of the weather at Washington thought fit to predict “fair weather for the Upper Lake region,” so that, take it altogether, the pros- pects Friday evening fora continuation of the delightful spring weather which has pre- vailed of late were exceedingly favorable. Saturday morning’s realities, however, were sadly at odds with Friday night’s probabilities, Suen people as rose at the reasonable hour of somewhere between 7 8o’clock in the morning were made once more alive to the fact that the beautiful yet much objurgated snow was again assert- ing its might; that the front gallery was cov- ered with it, and that the day’s coal could pot be removed from the gellar until a way for the cellar-door” to swing back on had been dug for the—well, say thirtieth time this winter, They were, perhaps, not prepared for the other incon- veniences that awaited them, but asa before- brealkfast intlication of the unpleasant possi- bilities of a mid-March snow-storm this was quite sufficient for the time being. Hardly too much ean be said in reprehen- sion of this utterly unwarrantable prolonga- tion of this perfectly abominable winter. Previous St. Patrick’s days, if recollection serves correctly, it will be remembered, have often-been disagreeable on account of the extreme dustiness of the streets and the al- most unbearable heatof the sun, and here the eity is suffering from weather that would, as a rule, disgrace MMiddle Minnesota at this time of the year. The wagon- roads lie underneath from six solid inches to a foot f ive,—the result of suc- cessive snow-talls, and thaws and freezings, —and on top of this rest four inches of the dampest, densest, most uncomfortable snow L!xlill ever clogged the thoroughfares of any (3{ course the Sigmal-Service men, who have the prediction if not the regulation of the weather under their countrol, had to be seen on the subject of vesterday’s abnormal display, and the visit to their sanctum on the top story of the Major Block was all the more interesting from the fact that the probabili- ties announced the day before from Wash- ington had given no hint of the coming trouble. *Why didn’t you prepare us for this?" the reporter ked of the operator in charge. fhe gentleman acknowledzed that to a cer- tain extent—he would allow nothing further —the authorities were wrong for once, .and set to work in a very salistactory manner to show where they were right; but the re- porter abandoned the criticism of the Depart- ment’s mystical lore and asked for informa- tign as to the realities of the occaslion. The observer said that the fall of the ‘barometer accompanying the storm had been remarkable.. From 10:18 p, m. Friday to 6:18 a. m. Saturday the ftall had e\cen -100 of an nch. The storm had been vpreceded by few _indications of its coming. At 9 o’clock Friday evening the weather was cloudy, and the northeast wind, which accompanied the storm through- out its duration, began to set iu at the very moderate rate of seven miles an hour. 7T increased in velocity steadily until at 7:30 Saturday moming the gale wits tearing ajong at the rate of thirty-five miles an_hour, sub- sequently falling tothirty miles, about which speed It maintained during the greater part oth.‘he day. ' e extent of the storm was very lar 1t had its centre at Louisville, Ky., éxwmfi&l west as far asthe Rocky Mountains, north n\? far as St. Paul, and east as far as Buftalo, The snow began to fall in Chicago at 5:20 a.m., when it was very light, but by 6:18 a. m. the fall was very heavy, it having at that timé assumed the' shape “which it kept up during the rest of the day.. B It was the peculiar eharacter of the indi- vidual snow-lake, rather than the eccentrici- ! ties of the wind which blew it about, which gave the snow-storm its remarkuble unde- sirnbility. Hitherto_this winter the snow Thas been generally of a dry kind, the trouble it caused arising irom its tendency to gather in'drifts just at the point where it was not wanted. ~ Yesterday’s snow-flake, however, was a big, fat, dawmp, sticky fellow, which, even in the brisk wind blowing, declinea to move about at an undignified pace, and whicly, once fallen upon the ground, settled where it fell, elung tenaciously to the Crys- tais of the snow-flakes which had pre- ceded it, and refused to be moved from its resting-plage. The result wus- that the mass® was a_ thick, ponderous, and moist one, which, as far as its ability to disturb traveFwas concerned, proved more trying than all the drifts of all the pre- vious snow-storms of the winter. < STREET-CAR TRAVEL. So the street-car' peoplofound out at a very " early hour. . “/Phis 4s the crowning actof the yéar,” Asslstapt-Superintendent Swinarton, of the West-Side Street-Railway Company, said to aTrmuNEveporter. * It came ofi sosuddenly that it took us fairly by surprise. We gotthe carson the- street at the usual hour in the morning and theyvmade the down trip all right, but on the way back they had to use both tracks. We kept running pretty well up to 11 a. m., but then we had to give it up. Snow-plows were of no avall; the army of shovelers we employed male no headway against the snow, and we had to run the cars in as a sheer necessity. We tried four horses, and then six horses, but it was no use; it was just as if they wera pulling a loaded car through the sand on the lake-shore.” p The West Side line made a gallant but in- effectual struggle to keep running. Trouble came early, the most serious block, which was aggravated by the rowdyism of a gang of hoodlums, occurring at 8 a. m. at the cor- ner of Madison and Robey streets. Some twenty cars got blocked here, and, despice the eiforts of horses,drivers, and conduetors, they could not be budged. While the well- Toaded cars were standing immovable in the pelting snow a-zang of some 300 young men and boys began snow-balling them. ral windows were broken, dnd, not fied wIth this,. the blackguards at- tempted to overturn a number of the cars, which caused a stampede of their oceu- pants into the street, where me?‘ became the object of a merciless show-balling. At last the Polive Patrol was communicated with, and four of the ringleaders were arrested, which put an end to the rowdyism, The Madison and Raudolph street cars stopped running at about 11 _a. m., and pe- destrianism was the order of the day forsuch far West-Siders as_ had not made the down- town trip previous to that hour. The Blue Island avenue line managed to make irregu- lar trips during_ the atternoon, but 1t was only with the aid of six horses'to_aear_that this was accomplished. was accomplished with the aid of sleighs, whose enterprising proprietors reaped a rich harvest at the usual fareof five cents a head, The snow-plows were kept running over all the West Side lines all da$ long, but the only effect they produced was to keep the snow- pile dosn to a minimum. With sixand even eight horses aitached to «ach they were not able to clear the rails which the heavy snow congealed to as soon as it fell, forming a compact and mucilaginous mass too hard,for brooms and shovels to remove and too soft for the attentions of the vick. The South Side ear people made a plucky attempt to keep “abpve the rail,” but it was only partially successful. Mr. Holmes_ al- most succeeded In being at three or four places at onee, but if ne had managed to be simultaneously present in twenty he could hardly have done any good. At3o’clock in the afternoon a reporter called at the Cam- pany’s barns on Twenty-first and - State streets, arriving at the very moment that AMr. Holmes returned from a trip of inspec- tion along the Jines south of his headquar- ters. After the Superintendent had relieved himself of the avalanche which enveloped hiwm, of a weather-proof covering and over- coat, he invited his visitor to a seat and pro- ceeded to dilate upon the storm. “We are,” he said, ** doing our utinost to keep goiug, not so much 1o accommodate present travel as to be able to supply the wants of the 6 o'clock rush. The great frouble is on the south eund of our lines. There are mud roads there, and every pass- ing wagon throws a collection of mixed mud and snow upon the rai nixture is terribly hard to gope with. It is sticky, slip- pery, and ponderous. 1 have streot-plows trying to clear the rails of it, but they make no headway whatever. They do not throw itaside. They simply collect in front of the ways in such masses that often after moving ten feet the plow has gathered a collection o the stuff which a dozen horses could not budge. When an attempt Is made tocut through it the snow-plow simply rises on top of it. and there is an end of it. Thesame thing happens in a less "agzravated form with the serapers which are attached to the cars. Hitherto they have proved Invaluable in cases of storis, but to-day they are of very little avail. i At this moment a gentleman entered the room and Mr. ilolmes said to him: * Johu, order 200 shovels immediately.” * I have ordered 200, was the reply. “] know it: order 200 more. That makes 500 aliogether we have purehased to-day,” Ar. Holnes remarked, the latter sentence be- iny for the benefit of the reporter. I “ I gave an_order for 100 more picks just now.” Mr. Holmes added, *‘and that will make 425 picks which we have purchased. This isdone in case of emergency. There is a possibility that a freeze will follow ~ this storm, in which case tha rails will be covered, through their full extent of forty-four miles, with solid ice, every Inch of which will have to be chipped off with the pick.” .9 = * Pretty expensive work, Ishould imagine. How is ‘your line southof Twenty-second street 27 X 4 “The Cottaze Grove line is in a terrible condition. There are bad drifts at the places where the openings to the east oceur. ‘The snow-plows are of no avail. They simply mounton top of the drifts and stick fast. ‘The only work that can be done there is with the shovel. We mny possibly be able to do something for our passengers at 6 o’clock, but I very much doubt that we shall be able to take them south of Twenty-fitth street.” The troubles which beset the icc-laden paths of the oiher streei-ear companies were felt upon the North Side flines, all of which, with the exception of that on North State street, were kept open at irreglar intervals, Doubling up was the order of the day but even with this increase of locomotive power, the cars could not keep the track any better than those in the other divisions of the city. Here, too,they jumped the track and dey eloped an irresistible tendency to move over on to the rails intended for thie curs moving in- the opposlt direction, the zig-zag movement be- ing anything but satisfuctory to the passen- ‘The snow-plowhs and salters were pt busy, but they had all they could do to on the track themselves, much less put it in condition for the cars, whose prog- ress they often delayed instead of accel- erated. . The good temper with which the street-car passengers stood the delays and inconven- iences of the occasion was a noticeable feature of the day’s discomforts. Stoppage after stoppage only seemed to add to thelr pleasure, and the usual demureness and dis tant bel r claracterisiic of the average- cai-load of people gave way beforea suc- cession of jokes over the succession of dis- asters. Incidents kept on occurring which on ordinary occasions would cause an out- pouring of wrathtul vials, but which only served to add to the' gereral erriment. A Jady. was put on the Wabash-avenue car at Eighteenth street with instructions to hall the up-coming car so- that she might be car- ried to Twenty-fitth street. It invariably happened that the coming car was oo crowded to receive her,but, though she was carried to Randolph street before she commenced her homeward journey, she bore her fate with almost masculine patience and equanbmity. The serpentine course which the cars took was always made the subject of laughter, and an Ogden avenue car-driver, who lét his'six horses drag_the_car-load. of passengers clear over the other track into a ¥ complimented by his patrons because he had not landed them across the tracks and thus delayed the advance of the next car, which arrived in the “course of about twenty-five minutes, aud took aboard just a dozen of the sixty-five belated persons,” ¢ TELEGRAPH LINES. ‘The damage and inconvenience to -the telegraph companies was not as great as might have’ been anticipated. M. Charles Wilson, of 'the «Western Union ‘Telegraph Company, informed the reporter that-ne did not know of any wires being down, but that they were " very * heavy,” an expression indicating that the gatbered snow had very seriously interfered with their insu- lation. The snow—an excellent conductor Some little retlef | dritt where it stuck irretrievably fast, zot —collecting on' the wires and around the glass Insulators on the cross-treesran in a continuous body to the ground, whither, of course, it carried the electric current.” On short®dreuits no sgeclfl] trouble was felt, but inthe long ones "great dificulty was_ ex- perienced. Between Chicazo and New York the quadruplex had been dispensed with, and on the Hnes running south aid southwest still greater injury of like t mEumr)' char- acter was caused. Betwegn Chicago and Ogden It had been found necessary to repeat messages every 500 miles. A similar ex- perience was reparted av the oflice of the American Union Company. The storn played havoe with the fire-alarm - wires, about a dozen of them being “ crossed with telephone wires, which broke and fell uFon them. Prof. Barrett had hismen out all day, but they couldn’t do much, and he was apprehensive of losing analarm or two; as it wns out of his power to zet the lines in working order, - JAE both the telephone companies the ‘crosses” consequent upon overwelghted wires gave great_trouble all* day long. A gentleman would- ring up his wife for the purpose of designating the peculiar menu which his growing appetite snggested for thg evenlng meal, and, after giving succinct in- structions on the subject, would find an irate banker or other much occupied business-man howling frantically at him. asking him who he was, what he wanted, and why in thunder he—the banker—should be interrupted in the midst of an important and delicate ne- gotiation to be fnformed that a gentleman of whom he knew or cared nothing desired sir- loin steak and onions for supper. Of course it was not always so bad as this, but the telephone mischances of the day wers nu- merous, and the young - lady go-between of would-be long-distance conversationalists re- celved many an undeserved rebuke from those unacquainted with the clectric ec- centricities connected with such wild weather as that which yesterday prevailed. AT TIE CRIB. At half-past 1 o’clock yesterday morning the wind set in from the northeast, and at the Crib blew at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour. At0o’clock Capt. MeKee reported the velocity of the wind to be fifty miles an hour. The ice was running past the €rib at a high rate of speed, but no ‘difficulty had been experienced in regard to the flow of water through the ports. About 10 o’clock the heavy fields of ice which drifted lake- ward a day or two previous began to return, and one of the ports was soon closél up.. When this last report was received from Capt. McKee, City Engineer Cregier ordered the tue O. .B. Green to leave for her port of duty. This order was obeyed to the letter, and soon after the uoon hour the stanch tug was enzaged - in dn unequal con- test with the vast fields of pack-ice that had been driven shoreward. Capt. Napier apparently did not attempt to force his way through the packs by butting rizht at them, but selected rifts and breaksin the fields as an easier and less dangerous mode of reach- ing his destination, jProgress under such circumstances and conditions could not be otherwise than-slow, and it -was therefors not until about 4 :o’clock in the afternoon that the anxious accupants of the Crib c: sight of the gallant Ittle craft at a dista of about halt, a_mile south by _eust. from them, She had Drought up in a heavy field of ice, and was lying mo- tionless. After watching her awhile, Capt. McKee began to fear that a portion of her machinery had given out, in_which event not ouly the boat, but the lives of all on board might be lmperiled. He aceordingly hastened to the telephone and informed Mr. Cregler of the situation. “The Iatter gentie- man was equally prompt in conveying the'in- formation to Capt. Williaws Harmon, one of the managers of the Union Towing Associa- tion, to which the Green belongs, and Mr. Harmon lost no timein securing the services of the tug A. Mosher, of Capt. J. S. Dun- ham's fieet, for an effort to render assistance, The Mosher left her dock shortly after 5 o’clock, under command of Capt. Dunham gorsmmlly. Mr. Harmon accompanying. ‘The [osher experfenced fno difiiculty” until the end of the north harbor pler was reached. There she encountered a solid wall of pack- ice, which had been forced by.the tremen- dous pressure of an extensive field beyond into every concelvable position. forming an impenetrable abatis. Capts. Dunham and Harmon kept a sharp lookout lakeward in the hope of bemg able to ascertain the exact whereabouts of the, Green. Objects resem- bling a tug were djscovered in every diree- tion, but closé serutiny ‘proved them to be simply huge sheets of clear blue ice about sixtuen inches thick which had been set on end, like tombsiones in a cemetery, in the shoteward _movement of the packs and fields. “The Crib could not be made out in the driving snow-storm, and it was only ‘occasionally that a gilmpse could be caught of the light at tho lower end of the north breakwater pier, Thus, whilg an impression had gained that the range of vision covered a distance of up- wards of three miles lakeward, actual expe- rience lessened it to less than three-quarters of a mile. The rapid approach of nixzhtfall, and the absence of any apparent break in the ice through which the Mosher might be en- abled to pass, led to a speedy abandonment of the rescuing expedition for the time being. ‘This morning, however, another effort Is to ‘be made by the Mosher, with a crew of vol- unteer tugmen of experience, and it is to be hoped that the effort to renderassistance will prove successful, provided the beleaguered 0. B. Green is still afloat. and those on board are In the Iand of the living., It is use- less to disguise the fact that much anxiety concerning her safety exists among those having friends on board. There appears to .be no fear that she has been crushed in the jce, because of the known strength ot her hull. Butthe liability to destructlon through the derangement of either boiler or machin- ery lsl generally admitied aud. freely dis- cussed. When communicated with at 7 o’clock last evening Capt. McKee is revorted to have stated that the Green had drifted away with the field of ice In which she was first. discov- ered, and, according to the best of his judsz- ment, was then about_three miles east by south of the Crib. Some doubt appears 10 exist .concernime the quantity of pro- visions on_board of the tug. Parties who rofess to know say there is very little food n her locker. In this event, those on board will be compelled to fast until assistanee can be afforded, provided nothing in the shape of a serious mishap has befallen the eraft and 1 “The crew of the (ireen numbers six men, as follows: Captain, Edward Napier, eldest son of the lamented Capt. Nelson W. Napier, of theill-fated steamer Alpena; Englneer, George Shaw; firemen, Willinm Preston, Henry Garrity, and one other, name un- known; wateliman, Henry McKee. Last night the bell on the Water-Works Crib was kept ringing,” and the lamp on the tower was lignted, in order to direct the movements of the | tug should she be fortunate enough to_free her- Seif from the,pack-ice unharmed. It remains “to be stated, however, that the chances of re- lease are very slim, as the storm has once more bridged this end of the lake with heavy jce, much of whichis undoubtedly grounded in twenty-five feet of water. Iustances of vessels being caught in pack- ice: during heavy gales and snow storms, and ‘escaping unharmed, are Su NUmerous. par- ticularly in‘the history of winter navigation on this lake, as to rob the present experience of the O.B.Green of some of ,its terrors. During the present winter, for instance, - the new Goudrich Line propeller, City of Lud- ington, spent three weeks in the ice on the east shore, and - effected ler release only aftér a vialent northeaster had driven thefee which held her a prisoner across the lake to Milwankee. Then there is the experlence of the propeilers Manistee and Messenger, undonbtedly still fresh in the minds of many. These boats spent sixty- nine days In the ice between Ludington and Grand Haven, shifting back and forth a few miles with every high wind, ata distance of from seven to ten miles off the land, supplies of fresh meat, milk, butter, eggs, ete., being packed to them by the ofticers across the ice, which during the greater portion of the time remained solid. Sail vessels, too, have not | unfrequently been " caught in packs off fcs - along the . west shore dur- ing. easterly storms. of wind and snow, but not a single instanc€ can be recalled where one of thém has been crushed or ¢ seriously injured by the encounter. In near! every case the Captalns of these crafts statéd, that, instead of being elements of danger, the ice-pucks were actually the means of saving them from destrugtion. The vessels werei variably pinned fo the shore fce by the drirt and held as a vice, whereas-otherwise had they been driven agaiust this shore ice“and expnsed to the fury of the waves they must necessarily have been dashed to picces and all on board hiave perished. Thus It is clear- ly shown by actunal experience that fioating ice instead of being an element of danzer n winter navigation in‘ reality affords protec- tion to vessels eaught out in heavy weather, In fact, it has become a common practice among Captains engaged in the winter tratlic between the west and cast shores of this lake to run their boatsinto the ice' dur- ing héavy weather, and thus escape the se- vere nunishwent to which they would be ex- posed had they only the waves to contend with. - Vessels thus forced Into the broken, floating ice are sid to rest lmost ag easy as if.they were alongslde of a dock in harbor. A reporter had a talk with Capt, McKee by telephone Iast evening about the effect of the storin _and ice upon .the water-supply. 1le said that the northwest gate was en- tirely closed by the ice . and- that the north -gate was p:\rd:y!l_v - closed, but he apprehened no _trouble, “The north . and west gates were- clear, the water was high, the wind had fallen, and all af the slzns were favorable. Ile spoke of the storm as having been oneof the most violent of the winter, but it had not been near as trying upon the crib as some of the storms hé hail passed through, from the fact that there had not been as much ice. At the time he spoke, about 9 o'clock, the velocity of the wind was about twenty-five miles™an hour, and the structure was trembling some- what, but he said he felt perfectly safe, and tertained no fears of any difficulty with the water-supply. Y THE RAILROADS. To tell of the result of the storm, so far as the railroads were coucerned, Is to repeat a story that the many blockades of this vButer lhave made almost tiresome. The storm as very general with the railroads,—worse in the Northwest than anywhere else, of course,—but the telegraph wires worked so very badly that It was ex- tremely ditlicult to learn anything from dis- tant points on the various lines. Indeed, as arule, the wires did not work atall. Many of them were down and the wet snow cling- ing to the wires acted like so much water, making the transmission of a message alimost fimpossibl The 1linois Central, for in- stanceghyd not received a single dispatch about the'storm in the West at 3 o’clock yes- terday afternoon. = ‘The Chicago & Northwestein trains from St. Paul and from the West were from one to three hours late yesterdany morning, add, the storm growing much worse, no thronghy trains were s2nt out on the road last night; even the St. Paul train_had to “lie down.” The short trains were running on irregular, time. The 5 o’clock for Milwaukee left here as usual, and one was started from that city* to Chicago. Very little freigh@wag moving., —only an short hauls. ‘The through Rock lsland train, due here at 2:45 yesterduy afternoon, wag held back several fiours by the blockade of a frelxht- train at Mineral, 111, about 150 miles west of here, ‘T'he same train had arrived at Daven- port fifty minu fate. -The train due here from Omaha yesterday morning was only an hour and a half late. All trains were started out from Chicago as usual, except that the reight-trains were very irrezular. 'he Lake Shore®& Michigan Southern camplained more of the wires than of the The morning train from New York, however, was several hoprs late, meeting the blocknde, though, only” in thé vicinity of Chicago, and being delayed partly by a Passenger-trains left here as usual i train of the Chicagods Alto from St. Louis was only abotit an -hour late, ‘The 2:30 p. n. tmm{n: also behind time to the sme extent, Passenger-trains left here as on other days, . The Chicago and Milwaukee people said yesterday afternoon that they had started out their through traiif$ a little behind time and with snow-plows ahead of them. ‘Lbe wires not working, their fate had not been learned. Possibly they might be abandoned. The incoming trains were not very late, and the short trains would certainiy continue to run. ¢ . The Chicago, Burlington & Quiney train that left here yesterday morning at 10 o’clock gotoftf the track at Lawndale and had to be andoned. The passengers were brought town again und sent out on the train ich should have gone at 12 o’clock, but which did not go until 1, The .Incoming trains were from one to two hours late, ‘Thie Lliinois Central train from the South, due at-7:20, was blocked ot Thirty-first street, where: the passengers waited until an ac- commodation train ~came alonz about 10 o’clock and brought them t6 town on a freight track which ehancea to be clear. The through train for Dubuque was abandoned, and also the Hyde Park accommodation. Otherwise, the passenger trains started out as they did the day before. i ‘The Michigan Central trains coming into Chicago were from one to three hours_late, ing much bothered on-the Lake-Front The 3:30 and 5:15 trains for New York were i‘ bunched ”” as one and sent out at the latter lour. - ‘The Wabash train which left hgre yes ter- day morning at 7 o'clock got sstuck at Man- hattan, about forty nriles down, and the out- going noon train was tied up_at Fortyaninth street. The incoming 7 o'clock morning train was one hour late, and the incoming 2:50 p. m. train had to tie up at Manhaitan. The Fort Wayne and the Baltimore & Ohio passenger were_noi_delayed to any considerable extent. But the freights were all out of time. BOB-SLEIGIS AND SNOW;BALLS. The owner of n bob-sleizh and a pair of plugs was placed in the way of coining money Iast night, though the pleasure and’ profit were not unatloyed by pajn. There was one virtue in yesterday’s snow; it made capital snow.balls. There is mno tellingl why it ‘should have been thus, but the fuct remains that the youthful pedestrian seemed to conceive a violent antipathy to the man who, unable to ride home in his usual street-car, accepted the alternative of a drive in one of the - heavy bob-sleighs which patrolled the main arteries of the eity. At every point those sleizh loads of passengers were made the targets of bands of snow- ballers, and as the average snow-ball of yes- terday was of about the weizht and con- istence of a base-ball, the gauntlet they ran of a decidedly unpleasaht nature, It at the street-corners that the boys athered in greatest numbers, and the show- of sno which fell at each of the roads fpon each sleish load of passen- gers were wonderful. Of course the driver was selected as the bull’s-eye of the targe, but the passengers received their full share, and the hard knocks which some of them received showed that the joke, which was of such wide extent as to be above police super- vision, was carried a trifie too far. *“CLEAN YOUR SIDEWALKS.” Superintendent McGarigle-issued the fol- lowing order to the Captains yesterday: “Jlave your men notify householders to clean the sidewalks in front of their prem- ises.” " This order came in good seasom, as the slushy and slippery condition of the side- walks which was so trying yesterday to foot- passengers bids fair'to last, unless the house- holders use unwonted energy, for several days yet. There is no other moisture so penetrating as that which oozes forth from the gathered mass of such snow as fell yes- terday, and there is no road so hard to traye! as that. which is overladen with an inch or two of the sticky stuff. It wili not bean easy job to remove it, but perseverance, mus- cle, and an iron-bound snow-shovel will be found to work wonders, and it should be remembered, of course, that, in au emergen- cy like the present, where nearly the whole cityis obliged to go afoot, a half-hour’s ex- erctse in open-air work, if 1t result a clear sidewulk, must be considered by the dest reguh\(e(‘ church organization as a work of necessity, it not one of beneficence. _STREET DAMAGE. “T'he storm does not appear to have been so destruetive to trees, §_lgns. and other proper- tyds was some of its” predecessors, and no damage worth reportine is mentioned by the police. A few signs and several poorly-con- strueted display lamps about town suc- cumbed to the high wind and the | ¥ snow early in the morning, and in a few in- stances plate-glass windows were blown in. and swashed. - . WHERE. IS ISAACS ? The verdict in the Aldrich case -caused the’ bondsman of the Emanuel Isaacs, the pawn- broke under indictment for receiving the stolen jewelry, to appear in the Criminal Court yesterday, and manifest his desire to have Isaacs brought into ‘court and the bond set aside.” l)epuly-Sher‘ubl Louis Iaas was intrusted with thé mattery but when ke went to Isaacs’ pawnshop, on Cluark street, near Adams, in order to make the arrest, the pawnbroker cleverly con- cealed his Identity, and by aruse succeeded in getting out by a rear door and away. le has considerable property in the shop, and it is not at all likely that .he hasg jumped town. e undoubtedly realized that it would be . impossible for ?lhn to fur- nish new bonds, and to avoid lying in jail over Sunday skipped out with the intention of remaining under cover until to-n10rrow£0r sueh time as he is prepared to goto court’ with & new bondsman, - « FOREIGN. Solemn March with the Czar's Body from Church to . Fortress. Pompous Display of His Nine «Crowns and 130 Deco- i s rations, Partial Explanation of the.As- tonishing Success.of the 2 Nihi;}ists. B Trial of e Major-General® Who Could Kot Find a Mine Where There ‘Was One. & kS Brobability that It Will Result in the Downfall of the Ministbr - of Police. The Petroleurs and Petrbleuses of Paris Celebrate Their Horrid 18th of March. ’ . Consequent Arrest of the Leadimy Spirits, Eminent Nihilists % - Among the Rest. . The London Papers Alarined Over the ‘Present Aspect of the East- . ern Question. A Hitch Between Grovy and Gambetts Over the Manner of Holding Elections. , | THE ASSASINATION. SOMETIING TO BE DONE FOR THE COMMUNI- kd TIES OF PEASANTS. Loxvoy, March 19.—A dispatch from St. Petersburg says: The idea at present urged issaldto be to do everything for the agri- culturnl interests represented by tho peas- ants and landed proprietors. All other sec- tions, such as capitalists, manufacturers, scientists, and literateurs being regarded in certain quarters as more” or less disaffected. The follpwing broposals are said to be under consideration: Imperful ukases to be issued on the Emperor’s sole initiative, tims giving eyidence of the firm purpose of his own will, firstly to promote intercolonization by the migration of peasants to rieh, unoccupled lands, funds beinz provided therefor; sec- ondly, to give morgland to peasants gener- ally: and, thirdly, to liberate peasants from the expensive rés:ig\e of passports. THE CZAR'S FUNERAL-PROCESSION to-day will bé divided into thirteen sections. Seventy-five orders and decorations and nine Imperial crowns will e carried beforo the funeral-car. The route of the ' procession passes along.the English quay, over Nich- olas bridge, through the Istand of Vasih, over another bridge across the Neva, and then on to Petropaulovsky Fortress. THE REMOVAL OF THE IODY OFf THE LATE : CZAR from the Cathedral of the Peter and Paul Fortress to-day was conducted with great pomp, Folloying was the order of proces- sion: - * The late Emperor’s borses. Fuactionaries berring his one hundred and thir- ty-two Russizn and forelzn deco- rations. Others bearing his uine crowns, the last of the number being the Imperial Crown . of Russit. The clergy, dressed in b'ack velvet, embroidered with silver. The funeral car, richly ornamented with gold, drawn by eight borses. The four oldest Generalsin the army, holding corners of thgpall. * * " The Empe#dr, on foot. b The Grand Dukes, Ministers, and Foreign Trinces, on borseback. Grenadiers and carringes with the Empress and her cbildron, and tho Grand Duchesses. TREASON IN HIGH PLACE Maj.-Gen. Mravinsky, belonging” to the Prefecture of Police, who-was first deputed to search tho cheese-monger’s shop in Lit- tle Garden street, and who reported that he found nothing suspicious, is being sub- jected to a judicial examination, and it is thought this investization will lead to the resignation of the Prefect of Police. EFFECT OF THE Cz. DEATH ON HE: WL~ LM, Later advices from Berlin agree ns to the effect the news of the death of the Czar pro- duced upon Emperor William. When first announced to him, he sobbed violently, and with dificulty could be pacified. > = AUSTRIAN INCIVILITY. - The refusal of the Austrian Parliament to -pass a formal vote of condolefice with Rus- "sia, in contfection with'the death of the Czar, vroduced a baddmpression at St. Petersburg, and a Berlin dispateh anuounces that the motive which inspired the refusal was a well- defined purpose to show publicly a coldness to Russia. The effect of the nction of the Austrain Parliament upon European affairs, it is believed, must be serious. K PLANS OF THE NIIHILISTS. Ninety pounds of dynamite were found in the Nihilist mine recentlydescrised in these dispatehes; in addition to the dfupmite was found an infernal machine containing 2 hor- rible mixtnre of explosive nytro-glycerine and fulminating mercuty. The latter isone of the most violent and sensitive explosives known. Connccted wigh the machine wasan electric wire leading to a battery in the shop which covered the entrance §o the mine. ‘Tiad the scheme to blow udy the Czar with bombFfailed last Sunday, it was the imten- tion of the conspirators to explode the mine when the carriage reached the spot onits return from the review. AT SATISFA CTION. . The circular of Giers, the Russian Ministes of Foreign aflairs, gives general satisfaction in London, Berlin, and Vienna. The belief prevails in these Capitals that the policy of the new Czar will Le thoroughly pacitic, and the exertions of the Russian Government will be wholly devoted to the accomplishment of domestic reforms and the amelioration of its subjects. v + PROPERTY IS ROBBERY! The Frelheit, crgan of - the Soclal - Demo- crats in London, appears to-day with a broud red border. Its first article is headed At Last.” The. .article begins as follows:- “Triumph! Triumph! One of the wmost abominable tyrants is no more," ete. : THE ATTITUDE OF ROME. The Pope has written the ‘Catholic and Dnited Greek Bishops in Russia, instructing them to ‘order requiem masses_to be cele- brated in the churches of their Dioceses for the late Czar, and requesting ' them to issue pastorals requiring loyalty to* the ne® Czar. The Pope at the same time announces . that the freedom of the Catholic Church in Rus- sia agreed upon by the late Erperor will be maintained by his successor. v THE 1STH OF MARCH. . PArs, March 19.—In consequence of bun- quets yesterday of extreme Radicals, cele- brating the anniversary of the Commune, the DOHCYE hl‘x\-;h: ral persons, including Terkesof the Nibilists in Paris, and a Gey ist named David. THE CUSTOM-TIOU: have seized on the Irosr:i!:: ?:;Au lg.:m_s_ containing photographg wl??“m"' Nihilists were endeavoring to cnn':’gel; 1% b € ity France. THE FRENCIT SHIP Copy; embarked a quantity of Orslufln Pampluna for St. Petersburg, byt on s into Denmark the Captain, learn; ) itng assasination of the Czar, j T nmediate]; quainted the Russian Consul ey his eargo. o5 thssatury o ahtbmk of Irested seg T, Chiet gp Tan Soejy. _ AN IMPERIAL URAsE has been issued whicn confirms ang yy, tains the religion, law: i 2l Bl v 10WS, and. privilegys ot BRITISH. 2 'm;; READING RAIrSvAY, ONDON, March 19.—[essrs. Bros. have issued a cirelll:\r“:sn}e?&m‘ml recent proceedings in the matter of the Phi delphia & Reading Railroad Company, h{ll& has excited attention and l:ommem'.w:1-(:n Ta{cumph concedes that the circular is ‘bha written, and the position taken by the ir thors difficult to dispute, but they yse ;em- of unnecessary bitterness towards Gownm who it accuses of havine been gujl = sophistry and subterfuge in his mnnlyuj‘g tion of the affairs of the Company durj E It visit to London to get help to tide LhemZ'» i pany over its troubles. In the cireular f,, Messrs. McCalmont treat the business of the Lith inst. asa valid election and say trust they will soon be able to :mnon‘nc: ¥ judgment of court establishing a neyw Pmla dent and Managers in possession of the pr - erty of the Compan; i NEW COTTON-RECEIVING POPT, The Oidham cotton-spinning companj hava resolved in favor of Gnrsmlmslco(mi receiving port instead of Liverpool, owing to the lizhter harbor dues at the firsl-'namg&' vort. Twu ships with Awmerican cotton hays alrendy arrived at Garston. ¢ 3 THE BRITISH BUDGET. Mr. Gladstone has given notice that he wiif introduce the regular budget for the year on the 7th of Aprll. REMARKABLY CLOSE. The shooting match between Dr. Carver and Scott concluded to-night, resulting intha ;ulluwing total scores: Carver, 9,787 Seott, ), 735, THE EAST. A BIG SPECK 0 WAR. Loxvoy, Mareh 19.—The Pall Mall Go zette, in a leading article, says: * News from the East is ominous ot war. Crete i3 ths maximum which the Turks offer to cede, The cession of Crete and Thessaly is the minjimum which the Powers will .accept. Unless means can be found, to bring the minimum rear the maximum the Greeis will cross the frontier, and a war will be gin which may hot close until it has spreag | far beyond the limits of the Ottoman Eie pire.” THE “STANDARD ” says: “We have good grounds for saving the Ambassadors will make & proposals that the Porte shall cede not only Crete, but Thessaly, and perhaps a strip of Epirus, War is almost inevitable in consequence of the indifferent attitude of Austria and Ger many. We have the best reasons to be- lieve that the Powers have informally not- fied both Greeee and Turkey that the latter will not be permitted to send ships to Greek waters.”” AN IMPORTANT MEETING. o CONSTANTINOPLE, March 19.—1It is believed that to-day’s meeting of Ambassadors and Ottoman delezates has been an important one. The delegates were furnished with de- tailed instructions regarding the. Territory ‘which the Porte is willing to cede to Greece. - TWO TRANSPORTS C e are embarking 6,000 troops for Volo. i FRANCE. % -SCRUTIN DE LISTE. 2 PAxis, March 19.—The Republique Fran caise says: “As the question of serufinde liste is one that concerns the Chamber onlj, the Chamber should solve it in tfie plenittide of its independent sovereignty.” ¢~ The Senate has rejected (136 to 129) the duties fixed by the Tariff Committees on yarns and cottons, Which were about % per cent above the duties adopted by the Chame ber of Deputies. GREVY AND GAMBETTA. Panis, March 19.—After the Cabinet Courr cil to-day upon the serutin-de-Jiste system of voting by Departments, rumors weré clret lated of a Ministerial crisis. La Liberts says the result of the forthcoming deatecn this question in the Chamber of Depmlu} must inevitably invelve a fatal blow to Prey- ident Grévy or Gambetta. PORTUGAL. TROUBLE IN PORTUGAL. Lissox, March 19.—The agitation againgh the present Cabinet, in which Don Antoalo Jose Broameamp is President of Counell and Minister of Foreign Affairs, isassuminga serious aspeet. Broameamp, who nad been 4 member of the Council of State under the Ministry of De Mello, was appointed Premier on the Ist of June, 1579, He has never beed n favorit with the people. _— ITALY. ; RESIGNED, TRoME, March 19.—The resignation of Gen. Milon, Minister of War, has Been accep! oh account of the state of his healih. "~ = —————— GEN. EMERY UPTON. 3 Funeral of the Late Distingolsbed Soldier In San Francisco Yesterday= An Imposing Military Display. . Sax Fraxcisco, March 19—~The ganeral of Gen. Emery Upton to-day was the largest military demonstration siuce the obsequles of Gen Canby. Three thousand sabres muskets were in ling. The ceremony begal at Presidio, where, at 2 p. m., the reuml;xs were recéived with honors and, escorleq‘:l y the Fourth Artillery 600 strong takes 0 Vanness avenue, where the Second Brlgfld: of the National Guard, Briz.-Gen. MeCom commanding, met the corpse and escol 3 to Washington street wharf. At .let pol i the body was put on board the ('oremfl]u tug Gen. McPherson and taken to Oak! pred wharf with a guard_of honor from o Fourth Artillery. . The remaius Wi be guarded to-night, and forwarded under charge of Capts. Johr® Ezan John B. Campbell, of the Fourth A.rmlfl:': tg-morrow. The pall-bearers were Mfl']-"-" Trwin McDoweil, U 8. A., and Maj.Ger. . Barnes, National Guard; Col- A--R: Kautz, Eighth Regular Infantry; Col. W.B. }b'\lix:m!ll‘m n; Nationu! Gl{:ml 3 n);.\ Z;V Henryy 5 OAL: A o i Third Cavalry, U. 5. A.3 Capt. Heor 1asbrouck, Fourth Artilery, U.S. -}‘:E;:!;{l: the line of the procession fia Jayed at half-mast on a great mll'l:l:er‘]‘f Juildings, and along the \\'a'tcr-'tronn - buildings and smupmgr%;aurm, P t::hc ring style: 8 customary mourn . ottt were densely crowded on the line of muscho: ” ANOTHER MINNEAPOLIS FAILURE. - St. Paur, Minn., Mareh 19.—The fir; pl: Hahn, Knight & Co., whulesale hmls’duo .9 and furs, of Minneapolis, closed thel rjud( to-lay at 12 The following confessed. e ments were filed 1n the order nnmd Wl a . Clerk of the District Coul Fr:::'! 3oony, New York, S10,021.925 Firsg; ation- 3 al Bank, Minneapolis, § 194,135 s‘;;.s’l& Knight, Minneapolis, 53112; tnl::ellr.n- e Sulis tly the firm miade 3ge! . i efe! x‘fn‘:ntné{"!hz{rnflnhs for puotication. - - i A. KEENE RICHARDS DEAD., LOUISVILLE, KJ., AU Eean March 19.— i Richards, & well-known tur(man.rl_s deade 3. @&