Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1888-03-16
Roscoe Conkling's Experience With
Drifts in Union Square Related
by Himself.
Messages From Boston to New York
Cabled Across the Atlantic
and Back. 1.4
The Frozen Bodies of Victims Found
in Drifts on Every Hand by
WOrkmen.
THE STORM ON LAND.

NJ 4M1hOVEMEN1s
New YORK, March 14.-There are no
signs of railroad communication for this
city. There is over four feet of snow on
the level and drifts are so high in some
places as to reach above the second story
windows of the houses. An afternoon
paper estimates the business loss, contin-
gent loss and actnal pecuniary outlay
which the storm will occasion in New
York City at not less than $7,OOO,OOO and
the loss to the state is valued at $2O,OO0OOO.
The sun shone brightly this morning and
the weather moderated, but at 10 o'clock it
began to snow again. No trains are yet
leaving or entering the Grand Central de-
pot Meagre reports received show that
people living in New Jersey towns
HAD DREADFUL EXPERIENCES.
Many trains were showed in few miles
from the city and passengers were COM
PEELED to sleep on them or wade through
the snow to look for shelter in the villages.
A number of persons, it is reported, per-
ished from cold and exhaustion. At Eliza
bethport dozen employees of the Singer
sewing machine works started for their
homes. Several of them were badly frozen.
One man named Ellis was picked up out
of the snow stiff and breathless. He was
carried to the railway station, where he
soon died. At South Elizabeth stock
train is blocked on a siding and many
sheep and cattle are frozen to death. In
the Pennsylvania freight yards car load
of stock perished. The milk famine is
becoming alarming. 1t is almost impos-
sible to get anything but condensed milk.
One OF the hotels paid fifty cents quart
for the last fifty gallons a dealer had.
The meat supply is short and prices are
advancing. Ten dollars per ton is being
paid for coal.
ROSCOE CONKLING'S EXPERIENCE.
Roscoe Conkling said last evening that
he had fair constitution and had been in
some pretty tight places in his life, but
that he never found himself so far gone
physically as on Monday night in Union
square. He continued: ut was dark and
it was useless to try to pick out path, so
went along shouldering through the drifts
and headed for the north. l was pretty
well used up when got to Union square.
There was no light and blundered right
ahead on as straight line as could.
Sometimes have run across passages in
travels and great adventures in snow storms
but have always considered the repre-
sentati0ns exaggeratiOn. Ishall never say
so again, for after what encountered in
last nights blizzard l can believe that the
strongest description would fail to approx
innate the truth. had got to the middle Of
the park and was up to my arms ina drift.
leone as near giving up and sinking down
there to die as man can and not die. I
finally got out somehow and made my way
to the New York club completely ex-
hausted.'
TIMELY CONGRATULATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS, March 14.-Major Ed
wards, of the Fargo Argus, who is here to-
day, sent the following to Hon. Roscoe
Conkling OF New York: "Dakota robins
sitting on orange blossoming trees join in
thanks for your safe delivery from the
New York snow drifts. Here all join with
me in congratulations to you and say come
to the banana belt where every man is
your we'll wisher."
TELEGRAMS VIA EUROPE.
The wires are down everywhere. New
England messages from Boston to New
York are cabled across the Atlantic and
back to New York. Affairs in Pennsylva-
MIA are equally deplorable. The entire
Pennsylvania railroad is at standstill.
Trains are snowbound in all directions,
wires are down and no communication
with Washington or the south can be had
except via Chicago.
A DIsC0URAGING OUTLOOK.
A steady progress towards the ultimate
release from the effects of the great storm
has been made to-day. Large gangs Of
laborers have been at work all day on the
main lines of traffic and the streets in
which are car tracks. With picks and