Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-02-17
IT BRINGS DEATH.
The Wide-Sweeping Blizzard Finds
Many Victims.
Loss of Life and Great Suffering In Okla
homa-TraHc Interfered with and
Business at n Standsti1I In
the No. thwest.
HORRORS OF TIE STORM.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Feb. 14.--Reports
cone from the strip OF great suffering
among the homesteaders residing there.
Several persons, it is reported, have
perished in the storm, among them two
families residing near Cross. No par
ticulars can be obtained. Hundreds of
head of stock were frozen to death.
Many people are still living in tents
and as fuel is scarce the condition Is
awful. James Mulligan, living miles
south of Perry, was found Monday
evening frozen to death, and his
partner, Harvey Newcomb, died from
exposure and cold fifteen minutes after
being found. AT Ponca Mrs. Jennie
Cramer and two children, Lizzie and
Sallie, were discovered frozen stiff in
coyotes burrow, 10 yards from their
abode.
An Awful Alternative.
Word comes from Cross that Sherman
Stone and family, consisting of wife
and five children, were found sitting
about a stove with their throats cut
from ear to ear. The following note
found on table near by Stone gives a
horrible story of murder and suicide in
connection with the storm.
Wood all gone. Mollie frozen to death the
rest OF us freezing. l have killed my family
and now kill myself to prevent further suffer-
ing God have mercy on us
Stone was homesteader and lived in
tent 1t is thought that after the
snow melts hundreds of dead settlers
will be found, along with the remains
of thousands of cattle.
Other Fatalities.
Col. Henry Melton, a cowboy, who
was with Buffalo Bill at the worlds
fair, was discovered by party of
hunters early Monday morning dead
under his horse. At Anadarko two In
dian pupils were found Sunday even
ing buried under snowbank. Upon
being taken 20 house one of the chill
dren Immediately expired. The other,
however, showed signs of recovery. A
report has reached here that family
named Sears, residing on a claim near
Woodward, was found frozen to death,
but no particulars can be obtained.
A Missing schooima'am.
Miss Jennie Johnston, young In
dian teacher, who came to Alva re-
Gently from Scranton, Pa, let her
school Saturday for her loarding house.
ONO has hOJ DttH SteH SluCG. NO re-
ports have been received from other
west side towns, bat it is certain the
suffering is great, as the west side peo-
pie are living mostly in tents All trains
are delayed.
Miss Johnston's case is rather ro-
mantle one. She recently fell heir TO
$4,000 at her old Pennsylvania home,
and was Immediately surrounded by a
score of admirers. Miss Johnston, of
course, thought all of her lovers were
mercenary, and, feeling piqued, gath
cred up her effects and came west,
where she secured school.
courier just in from Alva, another
strip town, reports great suffering
among the homestcaders near the river.
One hundred head of horses and cattle
were frozen and volunteer relief COM
mittecs are now securing the country
gathering together the people and
caring for them in the schoolhouses.
Worst Ever Known In Kansas.
EMPoBIA, KAN, Feb 14.-rhe worst
storm ever known here began Sunday
and lasted through the night. Not less
than feet OF snow has fallen, and il
has drifted so that in places it is 20
feet deep. Railroad traffic is stopped,
trains being showed in at numerous
points. Thousands of head of cattle
are endangered and great portion OF
them will die of cold and lack of food.
Wheat raisers see CLEAN of hope in
that the snow covers their crops and
protects them.
Trains Showed In.
WICHITA, Kan, Feb. 14.-Train serv.
ice in this section of the state has been
abandoned since Sunday. The Mis-
souri, Pacific and st. Louis & San Fran,
cisco trains stuck in the flint hill and
are still there. The storm has beer
extremely severe, and by reason OF
high winds the snow varies from to
Is feet in depth,
Worst Since 1885.
RACINE, Wis, Feb. 1.-THE worst
blizzard that has struck Racine since
the memorable winter of 1885 has
ragged here with terrible fury.
fierce gale has swept over the
city and vicinity from the lake
driving ice like snow PARTICLES, so thai
pedestrians were nearly blinded
Street car.traffic is paralyzed and since
9 o'clock Monday night no car has beer
running. Great banks of snow nearly
as high as the doors block the entrance
to many business houses, while on the
other side the walks are swept clean
The steeple of the First Baptist church
one of the handsomest structure!
in the city. was blown down, involv
ing loss of S3, ,0OG John Janaschauck
4S years old while intoxicated, un
dressed upon the public street and lay
down in "a snow bank to sleep. He wa
discovered and taken to a hospital
where he died inside of an hour.
In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1+.-The storm whicl
ragged here all day Monday was th'
/. worst ever known in the line of biz
yards in this vicinity. a The wind blew
at "a rate of from 80 to u
miles an hour. Business came to
standstill. while the wild storm tossed