Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-07
THE STORM ELSEWHERE,
From Canada to Georgia tho Cold Wave
Extends with sweeping Gales
and SNOW.

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I inch and 90 hundredths at Havre; lbs at
Medicine Hat and 1.S2 at Swift Current.
and had fallen more than half an inch at
Kansas city, Des Mones. keokuk. Spring
field Ill., Hannibal and St. Louis, Mo.
These conditions have produced very
steep gradient of the barometer and wind
velocities of 10 miles and hour at Valentine.
Neb.. ~ at Cheyenne. Wyo, and 46 at
North Platte, Neb. Emergency warnings
indicating violent gales with snow have
been sent to the states in the upper and
middle Mississippi and lower valleys and
upper lakes region. The indications are
for the severest cold wave of the season
in Colorado. Northern Texas. Oklahoma,
Indian Territory, Kansas. Nebraska. Iowa,
Minnesota and South Dakota tonight. In
lake region Thursday afternoon and night.
Akron, col, Feb ga great blizzard has
been raging for the last eighteen hours and
the thermometer registered most of the
time 8 to S degrees below zero. Such
storm as this has not been witnessed since
1891. when several persons and 9 number
of stock perished. Stock will suffer II the
storm continues long. as many ranchmen
are running short Of food,
Quincy. H., Feb. s.-The present cold
spell is a record-breaker. The thermome
ter, has been down to % below this week
and under zero zero alm9st constantly for tsn
the mercury steadily sinking.
Chicago. Feb. 6-Chicago was in the
grasp Of another well-develored blizzard
the night and the storm continued the
greater part of the day. the strong wind
whrlinE drifts over street car tracks and
crossings. All the morning suburban trains
were delayed. the Illinois Central suburban
traffic suffering the most severely. Gable
and horse car lines were in trouble all day.
the snow shovels and sweepers being un-
able to prevent frequent blockades.
SIOUX City, la. Feb. 6.-The blizzard here
is increasing and the weather is growing
colder tonight. Specials to the Journal
from points in South Dakota and North
western Iowa show that the severe storm
mile gale is blowing.
Atlanta. Ga. Feb. 6-The first touch of
the, cold wave was felt here this morning.
The thermometer is falling fast.
Rutland, VT, Feb 6.--For the first time
over its entire length.
Toronto. ont, Feb. 6.--During the night
the thermometer went down to % degrees
Concord. y. H., Feb. 6-The temperature
here at daylight was 25 degrees below zero.
saranae Lake, n. " Feb; s;;-The cold
listersd 20 deg, below zero and at I q. m:
Min9,s,apolis;, Mi9n., Feb. "a dispatch
nw one Of % he wors s6rs saxs evsr nGn
In Eastern Montana, Spencer Henry, Will
lam Moore and Lee Parish left in the after
IN sleigh. but became lost in the hills
Henry walked into town this afternoon
Sili TtpullS ms companions frozen TO Vedtn.
Mnneapolia, MINI. Feb. s-Dispatches
from many South Dakota points tell Of .
ss ns an hor and the dSrS to 10 S T
l5 below zero Unprotected cattle will su:-
fer severely
Iazelton, Pa. Feb 6.-The thermometer
here last nirht registered 90 deg below
zero and at Blvarton Hill, 80 below Water
ppes are frozen n, and trains are run with
'"' ritisbnrE. 'i''"u Pa', fEeeb s.--1ntense cold
weather has prevailed here for three days
pnrx
| day. Last night 1t dropped to deg. he
low and at o'clock 1t was below. For
are frozen oyer. The Allegheny is frozen
solid from Oil City to Logans ferry, dis
Of at 2ey S6 pons an
| are entertained Of damage when the wealth
er moderates The usual shortage of nat.
| families have returned TO coal for heating
Boston Feb. 6,-seven deg. below zero
the best. business Of the year for plumbers
northeast gale, which has been blowing
since yesterday. has added TO the dscom-
fort, Suburban car lines arc badly blocked
from, north and east are hours late. In
the haTbor shippin,s Is ,in iprac,Gally M az
arriving, All report heavy weather out
day here since December 81. 1850 v when the
| thermometer registered deg. below zero
| ana the tnlru coolest ldN on record since
| the weather bureau was established in
1916 The other two days colder We're Feb
ruary ~ 1873, when the mercury dropped
| TO deg below zero, and January TO- 1876
| when It registered below. To-day al 7
a. m. the weather bureaus thermometer
| 800 feet above Broadway, registered 3 he
| low. Since midnight. when the thnrmom-
eter read deg. above, IT fell steadily I'M
IL pran nnFs n Rise Tasn sn the a. NJ II hs eos tpss m
| zero and AZ n q. m. read above. with the
| prospect of further rise.
Omaha, Neb.,, Feb, "a very severe
blizzard prevails su, IN Nebrn ska tonight;
with sand, and all railroads are running
| on schedule time with the greatest diff
| Guilty, So threatening was the weather in
| omaha at noon that all the public schools
Were dismissed. II is u below zero to-
DUBUQUE, Ia, Feb. Ga heavy snow ac-
companled by high wind prevailed all
| day, seriously interfering with railway
! business. The weather is growing intense
| ly cold to-night.
| St. Paul, MINI, Feb, "a Huron, s.
D., special to the Pioneer Press says
the great blizzard Of lsss has prevailed
perature has been from 70 TO a deg. he
! low zero the. wind came from the north
west at a velocity of forty 10 fifty miles
an, hour. driving the snow so fast that
Railroad traffic is Interrupted all trains
/ being from two to four hours late. Bull
| letins announcing the approach of the
storm were posted last night and 1t is
! thought no fatalities will result as the
storm really began yesterday morning.
AN ORIGINAL WIFE.