Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-12-27
THE SNOW KING
Is Monarch 0f America To.day-A
storm in Many Respects Unpre-
cedented Has the Country In
Its Clutches TO. day.

Philadelphia, Pa, Dec, 27.--The sleet
storm which followed last nights fall of
snow appears to have wrought great
damags to the telegraph and telephone
circuits withing radius of fifty miles in
this city. The Western Union and Post
tai Telegraph companies are badly
crippled on every circuit. The snow is
from four to eighteen inches deep over
Pennsylvania to-day. Six horses and
two mules were killed to-day by coming
into contact with some deadly electric
light wires blown down by the storm.
A BLIzzARD AT CHICAGO.
Chicago.-The mercury fell with the
snow here to-day and the storm developed
into veritable blizzard. Railway trains
were generally on time but street block
AIDES we're numerous.
GOLD AT TORONTO.
Toronto, Ont.-A blizzard struck the
city early this morning, The velocity OF
the wind decreased about noon, but the
snow is still falling. -
CAUGHT IN A STORM.
Martins Ferry, O.-John Moreland was
found frozen this morning at Gleims Run,
near home. He was an old soldier and
had worked in the Elson glass factory.
He started to walk home from here last
night and was caught in the storm.
WINDY IN NEW YORK.
New York.-There is no direct tele-
graphic communication between this city
and Sandy Hook, owing to the storm.
All messages are received by way of
Long Branch. At Sandy Hook the wind
is blowing moderate gale from the
northeast. Reports from the interior
indicate more or less serious interruption
to railway traffic, central New York show
ing the most general disturbance.
HEAVY SNOW AT PITTsBURG.
Pittsburg.-The snow storm which
started last evening proved the heaviest
known here for several years. Up to 10
o'clock this morning twelve inches of snow
had fallen and it is still showing. Street
car travel in the city is seriously inter-
fered with and in some parts of the city
telephone and telegraph wires are down.
The blizzard was general over this Sec
tion and especially severe in the AL
leghany mountains where the snow drift
ed and impeded travel. Through trains
from the east are from four to seven
hours late and from the west nearly as
much behind time.
TWENTY INCHES OF SNOW.
Dubois, Pa.-The snow storm which
set in at dusk last evening has continued
without abatement. The ground is COW
cred to depth of twenty inches. Traffic
on the Pennsylvania Valley road is prac-
tically at a stand still.
SWEPT BY THE BLIzzARD.
Saratoga, N. Y. = The Adirondack
region is being storm swept by the bliz-
zard. A foot of snow has fallen since
midnight and is being drifted by the
northern gale.
A RAGING STORM.
st. Louis.-All morning trains at this
point bear evidence Of storm raging in
the Mississippi valley. Those from the
south are especially covered with snow.
The conductors report about fourteen
inches of snow about Paducah.
AN UNUSUAL STORM IT Is.
Washington.-FrOm the weather bureau
it is learned that the chief characteristic
Of the present storm has been the rapid
ity of its development and movement,
this result being largely due to baro-
metric pressure in Montana of 31.3 inch
es, the highest recorded by the weather
bureau. Rain or snow has fallen gener-
ally east Of the Mississippi, while from
the west cold weather and high winds are
advancing. Bismarck leads the cold
weather stations with % degrees below
zero, and it is eighteen below at many
points in the far northwest.
SNOW IN KANSAS.
Kansas City, Me-, Dec. PA mild
blizzard swept over central Kansas yester-
day. Snow began falling shortly after
midnight and kept it up steadily all day.
The snow in many places is six inches
deep. It is very GOLD to-day.