Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1895-04-06
SNOW A FOOT DEEP
The Worst Western Storm in
Many Months.
SERIOUSLY IMPEDEs TRAVEL.
Huge Stones Lifted aud Hurled for Hun
dreds Of Feet Into the Air B.
the Mighty Wind

Denver, March 3O-Colorado expert
enced today the worst storm In many
months. A tremendous gale is blowing
from the north.
The snow and Windstorm continued
all day with unabated fury. It Is the
worst storm since the memora BILE one
of March, 1891 which continued for
three days. Heavy thunder and vivid
flashes of lightning accompanied the
beginning Of this storm. The velocity
Of the wind just before daybreak was
| terrific and but for the heavy wet snow
which served TO hold things In their
places, much damage would no doubt
have been done.
At 5:20 a. m. the wind was blowing
at the rate Of 48 miles an hour. but 1t
slowly decreased up to noon, when 1t
registered 81 miles. A gable OF the
Columbine schoolhouse was blown out.
Stones weighing S5 pounds were blown
over 80 feet, while heavy blocks lay
piled up over so feet from the building.
The tramway and cable companies are
having great difficulty If moving their
cars and many OF the :eet railway
lines are blocked.
At p. m. the snow was about foot
deep In this city and badly drifted
Trains are considerably delayed ard If
the storm continues much longer gen
eral blockade will occur. The storm Is
exceptionally severe in the western por-
ton Of Colorado.
AT OTHER POINTS.
Glenwood Springs, Colo, March 30
The weather at Glenwood, which for a
! week or 10 days had been very warm
and springlike, suddenly changed yes
| terday and a cold rain set in which
| continued to late in the night, when II
! turned to snow. It is a very hard storm
and 1t Is thought that many cattle will
perish.
Castle Rock, Colo, March 3O.-The
worst snow and windstorm Of the sea
| son has prevailed here since an early
hour this morning.
| Central City, Colo, March 30.-Eigh-
| teen inches Of snow has fallen here.
| and traffic Is entirely suspended.
| Brighton, Colo, March 30.-The storm
| is very severe here. In many places snow
has drifted to a depth Of FIVE feet.
/, NEBRASKA COLD AND WARM
| Omaha, March 3O.-A great snow
storm is raging in the northwestern
part of Nebraska. Snowplows have
been sent from here. Five inches fell
! today. In Omaha the thermometer
registered IS degrees.
| The following specials to the Bee show
| the extent of the storm raging In north
| western Nebraska the Dakotas and
Wyoming:
| Chadron, Neb., March 30.-Twelve in
| ches Of snow has fallen here today and
the storm is still raging. 1t Is the heav-
| lest snow Of the season. Railroad traf-
| fc is blocked west OF here.
IN WYOMING.
| Cheyenne, March 30--A fierce snow
| storm, accompanied by high winds, has
! been in progress here for "a hours. Pas
senger trains on the Cheyenne & North
ern and the Cheyenne & Bordentown
| are tied up. Unless there Is q speedy
cessation Of the storm, losses Of live
| stock will be severe throughout south
ern Wyoming.
| Casper, Wyo., March 30.-Since yes
| terday noon a snow storm has prevailed
| here. The snow is now II inches deep
The absence Of wind is remarkable, and
local sheep men are getting uneasy
Unless wind comes up in the next "a
| hours It Is thought the sheep range loss
will be considerable
| EDITOR ANTHONY AEslNG IS DEAD
Former Publisher OF the Stats Zeitung
the rInan Paper Of Illinois.
Chicago, March A.-Anthony c. Hesing,
| former editor and publisher Of the Illi-
! nois Staats Zeitung, died today at the
age Of u.
For the last few years he had retired
from active business and political life.
| When Mr.. Hesng retired from the news
paper his son, Washington Hesing, post
| master OF Chicago. took up the work of
the paper. Washington Hesing tonight
| said that for the last two months his
fathers health had been much better
than for some time previous, and that he
was able to get around and busy himself
with number OF matters Of Importance.
He was able to call at the postofflce last
Thursday and see his son. Mrs. Hesing
| died some years ago. Washington Hesing
! Is their only child.
EDWARD BRADFORD BARNES.
Corning, NY, March A.-Edward Brad
| ford Barnes, correspondent at St. Louis
of the Northwestern Miller, published at
Minneapolis. died In this city today after
a brief illness Of typhoid fever. Mr..
Barnes was % years old, graduated from
Cornell class Of '8S and was one Of the
leading journalists In the United States.
He was for number of years identified
with the Minneapolis Journal and Trib-
une.
THOMAS BABBITT.
Dayton. O., March 31-Thoms Babbitt
one OF the most wealthy and prominent
men OF Dayton, died today from cancer.
GEORGIA TO ENTERTAIN LAWLER
Confederate Veterans viii Meet the
Grand Arny Leader,
Atlanta, Ga, April 2.-The following or
der issued by General Clement A. Evans
! explains ITSELF
'Headquarters Of the Confederate Vet
erans' Association of Atlanta, April g.
| 1895 To the Confederate Veterans:
! courteous invitation has been given by
| O. NJ Mitchell Post, G. A. r., through my
| self to the confederate veterans and their
| ladies to meet the commander-in-chiefo of
! the G. A. r. and his staff at an informal
reception to be given him at the post
rooms in this city at p. m April 6. I
| have accepted the invitation on your be-
| half, and feel assured that the occasion
| will further show the cordial relations ex-
| listing between the brave men of both
! armies. CLEMENT A. EVANS,
! Commander"
/ Commander-in-Chief Lawler of Rock
ford, ILL.,, with his staff, is visiting the diff
| ferent departments Of the G. A. R., and
will reach Atlanta Saturday.
| CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDIANS
Archbishop Kahn Thinks the Government
Has Acted In Bad Faith.
St. Louis, April 2.-Archbishop Kahn
said in regard to the cutting down by
/ congress of appropriations for Catholic
| Indian schools:
II think the government has broken
| Goth cfoh 1iSho7 T,,1{
| schools, as did the Protestant denomina-
tions, at the request Of the government,
| which promised to maintain the schools
| If the churches built them. The Catholics
~built more schools and had more pupils
| than the others because our people gave
! more money for the Indians than did the
| Protestants. OF course the Catholics were
| they got 100000 and the others only $780,
] Q0Q the reason was to be found in their