Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-12-26
A COLD WAVE.
It Is Prevailing Throughout the
Northwestern States.
THIRTY-TWO DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
Severe Snowstorms In Montana and Kan
sas-Trains Stuck In Huge Drifts
The Coolest Weather OF
the Winter.
MUCH SUFFERING.

VIC SuoOCh CudHRcS III wedUner Jndv
have come to Kansas none have been
as severe as the storm which broke
Sunday and increased in severity until
the mercury is far below zero at every
point in the state. Wires are down,
the wind blowing 80 miles an hour
and snow p;ling over all the rail-
roads. In Missouri the greater forest
growth is affording protection, but
even in this state there is much delay.
ing of trains because of the storm. At
o'clock Sunday morning the wind
was in the south and gentle rain was
falling. There was not even bit of
frost on the streets About o'clock a
blizzard set in in the northern
edge of Kansas and by 10
o'clock it had swept as far south
peka on the east A heavy snowfall
came with it. By o'clock in the
afternoon it had reached the Indian
territory, and reports from Talequah
and Guthrie say that the storm has
struck there. Trains that should have
reached Topeka at 6 o'clock D. m. are
reported stuck in drifts far west of
there, and many trains were aban-
doned until morning At Emporia
there is a train in drift unable to get
either way. At Philipsburg about
1000 head of cattle in pens are below
ing for protection, and the owners un-
settled as to whether they should be
released and allowed to shift for them
selves in the storm. The Santa Fe's
southern branch, running south from
Newton, Kan, is block by wet
snow not far from the territory
line, and an engine has been dispatched
with a snow plow to offer re-
lief The Missouri Pacific is having
trouble somewhere between Greenleaf
and Concordia, but wires being blown
down makes it impossible to determine
just what the trouble is. Lyons, Lin
coin, Great Bend, Hays City and
Wakeeny report snow foot deep on a
level and 6 and feet in drifts and 10
feet in cuts packed very hard
Thirty-Two Below Zero.
ST.PAUL, MINI, Dec. 26.-Boreas has
broken his record for the winter in the
states 1.-THE far northwest. The mercu.
ry began falling in earnest at midnight
and at daylight had dropped down to 10
degrees below zero. holding steadily at
this point until night, when another
drop began, which reached 20 below at
Q o'clock, with every indication of a
further fall of or 10 degrees.
The cold wave, which covers a wide
area, is accompanied by heavy, damp
northwest wind. Light snow is re,
ported at some points. but the only de.
lay to traffic has been occasioned by
inability to keep up steam. 1t is ex-
tremely cold all over Minnesota and
the Dakotas, the register of the mer-
curry running from 16 to 32 degrees be-
low zero.
Snow In Montana
Reports from Montana say that there
is from to 8 feet of snow on the
ground there, and that if the cold wave
extends over many days the cattle on
the ranges will die of thirst because Of
the ice, or of starvation because of in.
ability TO reach the grass
Fergus Falls reports 25 below, Win.
nipeg % below, Moorebead "a, st. Vim.
cent, %, Duluth, 2, Lacrosse 10 and
Bismarck 16. 1t appears to be slightly
warmer in the far northwest, Qu'Ap.
pelle reporting ~ below, a rise of II
degrees; Minneapolis IS below, a rise
of 4, and Helena 2S above, rise of 10
degrees.
spent the Night In Church.
Moscow. Idaho, Dec ga violent
windstorm prevailed in Moscow Satur-
day night, doing considerable damage
Christmas services were being held in
several churches, and SO violent was
the storm that people were compelled
to remain in churches till morning.
Rev. Mr.. Campbell was blown to the
ground, breaking his collar bone.