Show CHICAGO IS HELD IN STORMS STORM'S GRIP RIP Great Snow Fall Fal Blockades Traffic and Stops Business CAUSES ONE MANS MAN'S DEATH Guests of of Hotel Escape With D fm 41 Breaks Out Chicago Dec Dee 21 One 11 Ono man limn Jost lost ht hIs hla Ii Ufo Ufa f 0 and six were more or le loss less seriously In Injured fn- fn In Jn n a snowstorm today the t storm of or the tho winter and ono one of or the worst won wort t In the history of oC the city All l day lone ions tho tue transportation companies electric elevated elc and steam struggled to breakthrough break long through the barrier of or wind and snow and slush and carry carr their patrons to their d v f Thousands s were ere compelled to walk through six Inches of or snow and amid slush blush in order to La reach their places o of business Other tens o of thousands were from Crom an aim hour to three hours late latu In getting d down downtown downtown wn town and the routine business was wa badly demoralized Superintendent Doherty Dohert of or the time bureau of or streets started an emergency corps of men at work early In the te morning morning to clear the time downtown streets M Men 1 en n Use Unc S hu ehl Private business houses went vent to work with wih a vim to make the sidewalks passable pass pass- able But Dut the time steady downpour all al through the morning an and until the mid mid- die dle of or the afternoon kept their eror efforts from rom being successful James Blackwell aged GS 68 was found foun dead In the snow in front font of 71 Cottage Cottage Cot Cot- tage Grove avenue De Death lh Is tho thought to tc have havo o ha been due duc to heart failure b by exertion In walking through the snowdrifts Spectacular features marked the progress pro pro- po- po gress Stess of 01 the storm There were fires fire in which snow covered ladders played a striking part A luckless pedestrian was caught unawares by thugs In the midst of or blinding blasts was knocked down and robbed and was unable to a description description tion ton of ot his assailants simply because he had hall hadnot not seen them thorn Elsewhere persons were run down or Injured In other ways wars nil al all duo due to the raging elements clements Will 11 Cost COlt the tue Cit CI City 0 It IL I will wi cost the city O 00 to clear cear off of the snow in the time downtown streets according ac uc- uc cording to Superintendent Dohert Doherty Odd Job men appeared shortly after aler daylight In the residence districts and did a thrivIng thriving thriving ing business cleaning rho Tho snow will tall fall tal tomorrow according to the weather eather man who said that taken on the lake front today today to today to- to day showed an average depths depth o of eight Inches at ot noon The he fall fail in the outskirts outskirt of the city Is heavier than this ho lie declared Snow or Os O rain has bC been n general over 10 Mississippi Mis Mis- and Ohio vale valley and there thero is no sign of or a up let-up as yet c 1 The Time s surface cleva elevated Led and steam su suburban suburban suburban su- su burban lines In and near Chica Chicago o were all al seriously na the service In every ver direction was knocked clear cear off of schedule Thousands Thousand of or were sent out carl early and at armies of or sweepers swooped down upon tho the hea heavy white blockade blockade Most of or the steam roads reads ralls reported the thelong thelong thelong long runs of or Chicago only slightly affected but the th iti Ih their trains began Immediately upon Ullon reaching tho the city cly limits Twenty five guests ts of tho thu Northwestern hotel J I and nd Wells streets were ere driven en into the str street c by a blaze which threatened to destroy tho story four structure at 3 a a. a m m. today Many o of the roomers who were awakened b by the smoke narrowly escaped Injury while fleeing down lire fire lre es escapes apes coated with wih snow now and ice Ice |