The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-02-18
Death of Hon. Fernando Wood. Of New
York, at Hot Sprirgs.
The RsIcn Of the SORE, kin

OK al Fcl PIHSss
The Reign Of The Storm King
Special % EaPoRIA DAILY NKws-
CHICAGO, Feb. 14--Reports from all
over the country tell Of terribly severe
weather, the recent storm having pre-
vailed with unprecedented fury in Min
nesota, Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Wisconsin. All
the railroads have been block
AIDED, and travel has been suspended for
three or four days The fury Of the ele-
ments, however, seems to be spent, and |
the embargo on travel and transporta-
tion viii be probably opened up to day, |
by the railroad force which has been |
employed since Saturday working at |
snow drifts which lie piled in great |
stretches in all the cuts along |
the different lines. The storm has been |
one of the most terrible known for TWEEN |
ty years, and the loss in the way of
stock is difficult to estimate. There has
been some suffering among the inhabi-
tanis of the snow swept sections, but not
so much as was at first feared there
would be. The trains will probably all
be resumed by this evening.
Perlls By Flood
SPECIAL to EMFoRTA DAILY NEWS.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 14.-New Orleans is
greatly alarmed over an expected break
of the levees, and the consequent inun-
dation of the city. The most intense ex-
citement prevails, aud the threatened
danger has awakened degree of appre-
hension that is really terrible.
IL PENNSYLVANIA
and eastern Ohio sad havoc has been
played by high waters and millions OF
dollars worth of property has been de-
stroyed. Fences and buildings have been
swept away, wheat crops are washed
out, live stock has been drowned,
and in some cases loss of human
life is reported. At Washington and
Georgetown the docks and low lands are
all under water, and severe losses have
been sustained by the shipping interest
AT TOLEDO
There is no change i'll the situation.
The low lands are still under water and
the gorge in the river is unbroken. The
trains have TO depart from East Toledo
as the depot is still under water, and il
is feared the Lake Shore railroad bridge
win go down before the river goes down
Dying from Starvation
Special TO EMPoRIA DAILY NEWS
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1.-THE report
comes from Hays City, Kansas, that thu
cattle are dying from starvation, and thu
people are faring but little better. Thu
track of the Kansas Pacific is sale
TO be lined, in many places
with dead cattle, which tn
[ snow has cut off from the dry grass upol
t which they Craze through the winter
;. and the drought of the past summer s.
= effected the crop that the settlers in tina
!, locality arc bound TO suffer for common
Is necessaries unless they are helped.
{ The Fire Flend.
: Special to EMPoRIA DAILY NEWS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14-The ScOvill
II Button mandatory burned this morn
5, ing at Waterbury, Connecticut, THROWN
; a great number of people out of employ
naent. and involving a loss of $4,000
# In Critical Condition.
It Special 10 EMPosIA DAILY NEWS.
5 New YORK, Feb. 14.-Fernand
e Wood, who recently went to Hot Spring
- for the benefit OF his health, is in such
precarious condition that it is feared b
l. will not recover.
, Killed by Accident.
70 Special to ENPoRIA DAILY NEWS.
n NEW YORK, Feb. 14-General He
g man Uhler, of the Stats Zeiturg, acc
|; dentally shot and killed himself yeste
y day, while cleaning a revolver. He VA
e person of much prominence anon
+ the Germans IN this city.
The Storm in the Northwest.
IS CHICAGO, Feb. 14-The storm subsi
II. ed last evening. The weather since hi
r, remained clear and cold. The san
e. holds true for the entire northwes
b. There is still, however, trouble on II
e. railroads east and west. Several day
ne of settled weather will be necessary
get trains through on many roads IN IL
n far northwest. 1t is reported from
OF Paul that In many places the drifts a
n as high as the telegraph poles; in not
i'll few instances poles had 10 be planted
lie thu snow to carry the wire over Il
I'd drifts. 1t is said that during Friday an
of Saturday the blizzard was of such il
ut tensity that no object could be seen te
Or feet away for the driving snow. tt
he wind was SD fierce that il not only drii
be ed the new fallen snow, but licked U
o. the old that had lain packed upon Il
ground for weeks, hurting it in fierC
of and binding particles in the air.
of The Hastings s. Dakota railroad Ii,
to been blockaded almost since the begi
X ming OF the winter. at Mountain LAX
of about midway between Sioux City ar
of St. Paul, a train has been snowbour
ct since February l. They had been q
al most rescued when Fridays storm cam
Ir. and there is no hope of getting the
* out for week. The twenty-five passc
o. gers, among them Gen. Cook, sent S
In of caustic resolutions to the manage
.r of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha cor
lie. pany, condemning them for imbecilit
he incompetency and inhumanity in II
y. raising the blockade. The reply
Superintendent Winter was that Il
company had done its best, and it w
perhaps providential that the snv'
4 bound train could not leave Mounta
We Lake, otherwise the present storm mig
II have caught them on the open prair
Ut where relief could not reach them.
n MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. l4-Tl
ey snow blocade proves to be gener
y throughout the northwest; no trail
IN north or west up to midnight. All Il
es roads have a large force of men al
ne plows at work. The Chicago, Milwa
sc kee and st. Paul lines, except the mort
81 ern division, will start trains in &
is morning 1t is considered the most
AZ fectual blOcade ever known in Wisco
Ie' sin.
n DAVENPORT, Ia, Feb. 1.-THE &c
lie eral blocade, which has resulted fro
Is; the terrible storm on Friday night, W
40 largely remedied this evening. Supt
Is intendent Kimball, of the Chicago, Ro,
II Island & Pacific railways, says throul
lte trains will be running between Chicai
Fn and Council Bluffs tomorrow. T
1at drifts on the main line of this road
N. Iowa have been in places ten feet de,
er for two miles.
Use ST. PAUL, Feb. 14.-The weather
&C. bright and pleasant here. II is hop
AZ the worst effects of the late series
en- great storms are over. The Milwauk
ip- & ST. Paul train arrived at O'Clock
De night, due at l O'Clock tonight, due
ne l o'clock yesterday. The Chicago i.
IL Northwern train, due at 1 80 to-day,
nv rived here at 0 O'Clock tonight The
ng roads are now open. The Sioux CT
tn road is open TO ST. James, but closed
al the western end. The other roads
an southern Minnesota are reported as ST
re choked with immense driffs At"
nd towns are isolated, and some fear an ,
lie; haustion of supplies of food. The roa
ed in the northern part of the state are op,
us Through trains are delayed
az Destructive Freshets in the East.
its HARPERs FERRY, Va, Ii. p. In.
ire | The water his risen two inches since I
lis last report and is still rising; dep
.ir. sixteen feet.
of HUNTINGTON, Pa, Feb. 14-The flo
he the past few days has been the most d
an astrOus that ever visited the Juniata '
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