St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-08
A FAR-REAOHING STORM.
Heavy Snow and Wind in Several
States and Territories.
Travel ImPeded Everywhere--The
Temperature Very Low.
The Track Of the Storm.
AT WATERLOO.

cPcCAD 10 tue OlODe.
WATERLOO, Ia, Jan. "A severe
sRow storm set in shortly after noon to-
day, and at o'clock this evening about
seven inches Of snow had fallen and the
the wind is blowing furiOusly from the
northwest. The Illinois Central road is
blOckaded west of here, and the branch
from Waterloo north completely closed up,
but an attempt will be made to send a train
out later in the night. The Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern had passenger
train through this evening" but it is doubt
ful whether the night trains Will get
through. The Diagonal is also showed up.
AT FORT DODGE.
Special to the Globe.
FIT. DODGE, Ia, Jan. This morning
the snow blockade was lifted. and all rail-
roads entering this citv started trains as
usual. About O'clock it commenced
showing and blowing, which has gradually
increased and is now terrific blizzard. All
trains are abandoned. The mercury regis
tiers 10 below zero.
AT ATCHIsoN.
Special to the Globe.
ATCHIsoN. Kan, Jan. IA terrible
blizzard is now prevailing here. The ther-
mometer has fallen from above zero to
below at this hour, and driving snow
storm is raging. The trains will undoubt-
edly be blocked before morning.
AT OTTAWA.
OTTAWA, Jan. IA very heavy snow
storm has been raging since Saturday last.
The fall of snow has been so heavy that
the express train from Winnipeg, which
should have reached here shortly after Z
o'clock yesterday morning. is not expected
to arrive here until o'clock this afternoon,
the line being blocked with great banks of
snow TO the west of Mattawa.
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Jan. THE signal service in
this city reports cold wave coming. The
temperature will rise slightly to-day, but
will be followed on Friday by cold wave.
The temperature will fall IS , to 25o.
AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. IA fierce storm
OF snow and wind is raging west of here
and reached Topeka this evening, travelling
eastward. The mercury is reported to be
ID , below zero. At Manhattan, Kan,
large numbers of telegraph poles have been
blown down.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jan. THE storm
which has prevailed all day on the plains is
one of the worst known. No trains ar
rived or departed tonight on the Union
Pacific or the Burlington 81 Missouri River
railroads. Telegraphic communication
with points west of here has been greatly
interrupted and many railroad wires are
down. The snowfall has been accOmpan-
led by strong winds and severe cold and
will undoubtedly cause much suffering
among the cattle. probably entailing heavy
losses. The weather here has been less Sc
we're, though tonight the mercury is 80
below zero, with keen northwest
winds and light, drifting snow falling. A
passenger who came in over the Santa Fe,
from Williams, y. NJ, states that there is
an unbroken covering of snow on the
ground for the entire distance of some
thirteen hundred miles. Reports from
Omaha say that the weather there is so Sc
we're that line men cannot go out to repair
the disabled telegraph wires in the open
country.
AT TOPEKA.
TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 7.-All trains on
the Sante Fe 81 Union Pacific are aban-
dOned. The mail which left Kansas City
at 10 o'clock this morning on the Sante Fe
road is at Usage City. thirty-five miles west
of here. The train on the Union Pacific
leaving Kansas City at the same time is at
Axemego. A terrible wind and snowstorm
prevails all over the state, but it is the most
severe in the western part At Brooks
vile. 140 miles west of here on the Union
Pacific road, the thermometer registered
Is . below zero at 4 p. m. Here at O'clock
p. m. it registers 100 below zero, with
prospects of its going lower. There is not
heavy fall Of snow here, but it is drifting
badly