St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-23
Special to the Globe.


ROCHESTER,, Mimi, Jan. 22.-During
the past twelve hours a high wind from the
north has prevailed and the railroads are
blocked. No attempt has been made by the
| WmOna 4 St. Peter To move train since
last evening. and probably none will
move for the next twenty-fOur hours. as the
storm still continues. The thermometer is
2Oo below zero.
AT HURON.
Special TO the Globe.
HURON. OAK, Jan. 22.-Last nights
storm was the worst this winter. The north
wind blew what little snow had fallen into
drifts. which was so binding that all trains
were suspended. The mercury fell from
90 above at noon TO 100 below at in the
evening. This morning it was 2So below
at s O'Clock and % = below at noon. There
are no mails east of Tracy and Hawarden.
The storm is less severe west of here, but
the cold is equally intense. Reports give
the storm as general in Central and South
eastern Dakota.
AT wAsECA.
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WAsECA. Mimi, Jan. GA very hard
wind is blowing from the northwest. a per-
feet blizzard. The train on the Northwest
ern railroad is suspended. On the Mime
turned around at Waterville. No mails ar
rived to day. There are no signs of a let
up at p. m. There are no teams on the
street nor any one moving, if they can
help it.
AT MILWAUKEE.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. Jan. GA severe
blizzard made its appearance in this section
early to-day, and at a late hour tonight
gives little indication of abatement. Spe-
Gals from various parts OF the state show
the temperature to range from 10 : to 80
below zero. Drifting snow has caused the
railroads great trouble and several passen-
ger trains are fast in drifts at various points
on the lines entering this city. No effort is
being made TO run freight trains. those out
having been side-tracked and all others
abandoned. Preparations have been made
by all lines to send out snow plows and
large gangs of shovelerS as soon as the high
wind goes down.
AT MARsHALLTowN.
MARsHALLTowN, Ia, Jan. GA biz
card struck this section at 2 o'clock this
morning and everything is showed in, with
the wind still high. The thermometer at
6 a. m. was 20 > below zero. On the rail-
roads the cuts are filed and the snow
packed hard and solid. No trains can reach
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forty-eight hours.
AT DETROIT.
DETROIT. Mich. Jan. ga regular
blizzard struck this place this afternoon,
and tonight the wind is bowling in frozen
glee. AT $3.50 the mercury recorded six
above zero. and it is still on the down
grade. Reports from different parts of the
peninsula indicate that the storm has been
ppnprol i'm itc uuyvaleOnc Saverifv
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-AlthOugh no snow
fell in the vicinity of Chicago to-day, the
drifting OF very fine snow was such rs to
make railrOading very hard and to delay
trains. The same state of affairs, from dis
patches received by railway mail service
exists in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
and'the signal Office predicts that tomorrow
mails from the West and Northwest will be
from ten to fifteen hours late. The mer-
curry descended rapidly here this afternoon
and tonight. AT IL p. IN it was ten TO
twelve below zero and still falling.
AT KANSAS CITY.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 22.-All through
trains west are again abandoned, and bust
ness is at standstill on the Santa Fe. Kan
Sas Pacific, and Burlington 81 Missouri
River roads. Except for local trains the
Missouri Pacific to Omaha is also reported
blockaded above AtchisOn. The pres
ent experience is the worst west
en roads have known in many years.
The Santa Fe road has been cleared
FIVE times during the month and as
often blockaded again. partly from adj
ditiOnal SHOWS, but chiefly by high winds.
which ill up cuts after the snow has been
cleared. The mercury is falling here to-
night.
AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22.-General
Traffic Manager Stubs of the South
em Pacific company reports the
company's line between New Or
leans and Los Angeles open
and all trains between those cities running
OH time to-day. Repairs between Los An
geles and Mojave are progressing favOrably.
Telegraph wires are working at nearly all
places.
TLos ANGELES.
SAN Francisco. Jan. 22.-The steamer
OriZaba, which arrived to-day from Los
Angeles, brings details of devastation pro-
duced by the storm in that city and vicin-
ity. The rains Of Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday were reinforced by a cloud
burst in the San Fernando val
ley on the last-named day and
Los Angeles river, almost without warning.
became raging torrent and soon flooded
the southern part of the center of the town.
Water also covered over two thousand acres
of orchards and vineyards and rose two
feet higher than the flood of February,
1884. Over fifty houses were
washed away or completely wrecked.
Every bridge across the Los Angeles river
was swept away and also hundreds of feet
of the track of the Southern Pacific and
local railroads. Telegraph poles were in
cluded in the general destruction, and for
three days the city was cut of from tele
grashic and railroad communication with the
rest of the world. Mrs. Kate Suttle and Miss
Theodore Whitney were drowned while be-
ing rescued from partially wrecked honses.
a number of other lives are believed to have
been lost. A large quantity of stock per-
ished. The damage to property in the city
and county of Los Angeles is estimated
$500, 600.
NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The business
failures during the last seven days, as re-
ported to R. G. Dun IL Co., number for the
United States 3O3, for Canada %. total OF
329, as against 1872 last week and 1886 the
week nrevious More than two-thiris of