Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-12-01
THE BLIZZARD.
It Continues It's Havoc Through.
out the Northwest.
BELOW ZERO WEATHER AT ALL POINTS
Railroad Trains ow-Bound-Telegraph
Lines Suffer scverely-Cattle in Dam
Ger-Ungathered Corn Bad
ly Damaged.

St. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 2s.-The storm
which has been raging throughout the
northwest for the past As hours is the
greatest which has visited this section
since the blizzard of January IL, 1888,
In which 1O7 lives were lost. No lives
are reported lostin this storm, but there
is complete blockade of traffic in
northern Minnesota, North Dakota and
portions of South Dalsota. Trains into
St. Paul from the west are from five to
ten hours late or abandoned altogether.
II Is four degrees below zero Mt mid
night, with terrific north wind blow
ng.
Cattle Frozen to Death.
Devils Lake, N. D., Nov. 2s.-A train
lead of cattle are reported stuck in the
drift near Church's Ferry and frozen
to death. The wires are down, forbid
ding direct communication.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, Nov. 2s. - The
heaviest storm in years is raging and
all trains are badly delayed. The mcr-
curry is at zero. Business is suspended.
Huge Drifts In the Streets.
Argyle, Mimi, Nov. 2s.-The worst
blizzard ever known here has been rag
Ing for the past SO hours. Drifts in the
streets IRE rs high as the buildings
alongside. Mail and freight trains are
MI tied up. The storm shows no signs
of abatement. There may be number
of deaths reported later.
Trains Snowbound.
Moorehead, Mimi, Nov. 2s.-One of
the severest billiards. that has in years
visited this section is raging. 1t has
been on "a hours and there is no pros
pect of abatement. Traffic in the streets
passenger and freight trains are showed
In.
Grafton, N. D., Nov. 2s.-The worst
storm that ever visited this section is
now driving the binding snow at a
terrific rnte across the prairies. 1t be-
gan Wednesday evening and is still on.
Very few people dare venture far from
home. The Great Northern south-bound
train due here at 6:3O Thursday night
is now at st. Thomas, IA miles north of
here. One of the engines has just re-
turned here, coming down for coal.
Two Great Northern engines are showed
In here. The north-bound Northern Pa
ciflc got as far as Pembina and the
south-bound to Maclsinock. No lives
have been lost as far as heard.
! Coolest in Twenty Four Years.
| Portland, Ore, Nov. 2S.-The weather
throughout Oregon is very cold, the
thermometer registering 81 degrees be-
low zero Thursday night, which is cold
er than it has been in Portland for "a
years. At Kemela, in the Blue noun
tains, the thermometer registered Is
degrees below zeiS. 1t is feared that
much damage to grain will result.
Telegraph Lines Suffer.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. s5.--All the roads
running west and northwest have been
busy for the last sc hours getting up
the telegraph wires and poles that went
| down in the storm. The Elkhorn was
put in the worst plight of ALL Four
hundred poles were down. St. Paul
and Omaha wires are in bad shape be-
tween Alton, Ia, and Mankato, Mimi.
In q stretch of is miles the wires were
broken in so places, Al poles down and
SIS cross arms broken. Since early
Thursday morning there has been no
telegraphing over the Union Pacific
west of Columbus. Six hundred poles
are down.
BAD for Nebraska Farmers.
Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 2s.-Dispatches
from southeast and central Nebraska
tell of zero weather and high north
winds. Among small farmers stock is
well provided for, but further north on
the range there will be loss. Not half
OF the corn crop has been gathered, and
with heavy coating of ice which pre-
vents huslling hundreds of thousands
Of bushels seem destined to remain in
the fields until spring.