The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-10
THE STORM BREAKS UP
Herds Of Cattle Perish Of Hunger on
the Plains OF New ueXico.
casussy. nte at Exposure while I.ssoktag
Aner Their Cast1e-The lIosa viii
h~ Very H~esvy-Trssns Hlork~d
lsy Snow ia TexAa.

CLAYTON, ~. NJ, Nov. 9.-Thc storm has
abat.si and for the first time i'm mine days
the sun is shining. While no authentic
reports have been received concerning the
loss If life, reports come i'm that several
Mexican herdlers were frozen ON the Leoisa,
a small creek. 10 miles south of town. No
communication has been had directly
and the mails to the seven different post
offices have not arrived. Some a~pprchen-
sion il felt concerning Tramperas. a mail
driver, who should have reached Clayton
last evening, hut has not yet appeared. A
telegram from Cirande give another case
of freezing, thai Of Joe Martin, q cowboy,
who was employed with others In
that poi.t. His horse gave out
with him, leaving him OH the prSirics
eight miles from the nearest house. This
he cndenvored tn reach. bat WAS frozen
beionged in Raioa. New Mexico.
The depth of snow cannot he correctly
c cSainas VA. a . s"%S G'I by G s.iins" sw" "y m ,isr
north of the town to-slay. and only after
eight hours of shOveling WAS released.
pericnccd in different cuts. which in some
places are completely hlled with dead
cattle and sheep. Tn" loss to- both Is tire
mendous. Old cowmen say that with thu.
present depth of snow the stock will bc
unable to- live for any length of time,
and the crust which haas formed on the
SNOW is loosened. mortality among cattle
will be tremendous. Among stockn'en
who lose heavily are Carlisle Bros. of
Durango, Col. who turned loose 1,O5O head
together with T., head of horses. and the
Pecos river with H,%S steers.
Several cowboys whodriftcd off with the
herds have not been heard from and
will return tomorrow. Fuller particulars
which must bc of IL sad nature will he re-
ceivesi here in q few days.
Texas Panhandle say the deepest snow in
that region for II years Is now on the
EHrS,na. ., , Al trains ms. I nia sns d.. wG Nine a .m.
gines arr. in the snow drifts at Fields sta
ton. The drifts arc nine feet deep AT
Harley. No trains have reached here since
DENyEs, Nov; a:-Tis Rrp"tliran';
Tri%'d Mar dpsc anal Tass; Miller IhI hT sS. co% %i
boys who were frozen To death near the
Rio Grande Last week during the blizzard,
Were hr"',sha :" f Char,;a t% pye burial ani H t."lr
Jolly. were taken to Ration for medical
treatment. Jolly will lose all his fingers,
Weir SSs "' Will los. ~ ali his n 1'..,%< a S"I. a%t
foot. while both ears and his other foot
are horribly frozen. -Four other men lac,
longing to the same party are missing and
il is feared they are dead. Their names
are Charlie Rand, Manuel Jaeger. Mexi
can Joe and a Mexican whose name is not
known. IL is reported by parties who
know. that at least ~ men are missing
from this range and il * feared many al
| tIN't11 III te IfflIltI "sIbE stItt v u
tell "a heart rending story of their suffer
ings. They say The blizzard struck then
Wednesday nigh, o,d if las, week nsr,
OF 900 cattle. The wind becam.
"a hurricane before morning. and whci
Martin and JULY went on the last guard
that they could not hold the herd. Joll.
started to camp for help: III the meaI
time Miller and Weir had left the caml
to assist i'm holding the cattle. Jolly coul,
not find the camp and Miller and Wei
could not find the herd. All three wer'
drawn together by shouting. and wan
found Martin. The cold was so bite
that the mel entered an arroyo and aftc
fastening th.. horses took their saddles am
This was about so'clock i'm the Afternoon
aud 10y only the greatest effort Wise am,
jolly succeeded i'm keeping awake. The
Ter and had difficulty in talking to- cac
other. The snow piled upon them To sue
an weight that they wcr
aIa e'clecs Friday morn "a
ing Miller called Jolly and Weir an
told them that they had all better go. AN
in the drift for Miller and Martin. I'll
latter only was found. and he was deat
They took the horses and started, ieatiins
them n few rods, when they found Mile
on his knees, with his bleeding fac
against the blast, swaying to and fro, hi
the cold. He was asked To get up and q
with them. He was unable To rise AN
was assisted but could not walk: Joll
started to get assistance while Weir n
manned with their. dying companion
Both of weir's hands were frozen and b
f xas hhe.p.siis s1 in nseasn anE Ei ms ! " When wa
Rhoades' ranch n few miles distant. TIL
i n.sn and 1sid fo%na 70 him ~ i%ifeie. s.''''r INA" nee