Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-28

>. D. says. The worst blizzard experienced
In this section since the great storm Of Jan
uary i. lsSS. has prevailed since midnight
wednesday. The storm came from the north.
the snow being driven IN binding clouds by
a hfty-mle gale Scores OF telegraph
poles were broken down and wires pros
trated IN every direction. No trains have
been running hut efforts have been made
this afternoon 20 clear be tracks with snow
plows and gangs Of shoyelers and trains were
started cast and south. Fears are enter
tainod ~ suffering among settlers 10 remote
districts. where fuel is scarce Stock losses
on the ranges will be very heavy.
Wa'ertoWn. 5 D.. reports iNat j. Is stu
showing there and the drifts are eigat feet
high.
A Pioneer-Prcss special from Grand
Forks ~ D.. says: The storm which com
mcnced yesterday morning has proved the
worst 10 this vicinity for five years Rail-
roads are practically hlockaded. only q sin
gle train arriving today over the Great
Northern and one over the Northern paCi1c.
The snow is driftcd and travelling is all
most impossible. Business is practically
suspended here
RED LAKE FALLS MINI. Nov 27.-Tne
worst blizzard this section ever saw is rag
ing here. The snow. which has fallen al
intervals Tor several weeks has been piled
into huge drifts by q high wind and all
traffic is suspended.
FERGUS FALLS. MINI. Nov. 97-A heavy
storm rs still raging The mercury is al
zero Business is suspended.
FARGO. y D.. Nov. g7.-Thc storm still
continues with oven greater intensity. All
wires west and north are down The North
Crn Pacific train due here yesterday morning
is still stuck at jamestown. Another train
is stuck In drift four miles east OF Val
ley City. The coast train arrived from st.
Paul this morning. bat could not be sent
west. All Great Northern trains are aban-
doned The snow drifts in the street here
are ten feet high. 1t is the worst storm
for FIVE years
MOOREHEAD, MINI. Nov. IA blizzard
has been raging since yesterday morning
Streets are blocked, no trains are running
and business is at a standstin.
STEPHENS, MINI. Nov. 1.-THE worst
storm ever seen here is raging. About two
feet Of snow has fallen this season and the
storm has drifted snowhanks in some places
ten feet high Travelling and business Of all
kinds is al standstill Yesterdays south
bound train is stuck here in the snow
drifts.
DUBUQUE Nov Elm the last twenty
four hours the temperature hge fallen forty
seven degrees the thermometer registering
: above zero at o'clock tonight.
KANSAS CITY Nov. 27.-The first heavy
storm of the season prevailed in Kansas
yesterday and last night. Reports from
Larucd and Junction City, in the center Of
the state report sleet and snow, driven
by a wind that developed many OF the char
acterisucs Of a blizzard. The ground is
frozen and fear Is expressed that stock will
suffer In central Kansas wheat is In fine
condition. The temperature in Kansas
ranged from 6 to 10 degrees above zero
In Oklahoma II averaged about IS degrees
above. The thermometer In Kansas City fell
forty-eiEht degrees between noon yesterday
and O'Clock this morning, from 81 to lS
degrees above zero. Colder weather is pre-
dicted for tonight The cold wave extended
over the whole southwest
SALT LAKE CITY Nov. PA special to
the Tribune from Helena. Mont. says To
night is the coolest night throughout the
state that has ever been known in the recol-
lection OF the oldest pioneer. At O'Clock
this evening the mercury registered from -
to - degrees below zero in various parts
OF the city and 1t will fall easily ten de-
ErCcs before morning. The weather bureau
here reports the temperature in the north
ern part OF the state 10 be from ten 70
twenty degrees colder than !; is in Helena.
DENVER Nov. 27.-With the exception
Of 1871 1850 and 1857, today was the coolest
day ever known in Denver in November
since 1871, prior to which year there be- nc
official record. The weather bureau Their
mOmejer registered 90 below zero az 6 a. n.
Passengers on the incoming trains tell Of
severe blizzard in eastern Colorado and IL
Nebraska. The snow has fallen steadily
for two days and the wind roting Fl will
over the rolling land meeting with no CD
struCtiCn. has piled drifts as high as ten
10 twenty feet. AS soon as a track has been
cleared the rails freeze the snow falling
upon them and trains of a necessity proceed
cautiously.
PORTLAND. Ore. Nov 27.-The Their
mometer registered q degrees above zero las
night. which is one degree colder than il
has been in Portland for twenty-four years
on or before this date. In eastern Oregon
the weather is also very cold. At Kemela
in the Blue mountains, the Thermometer
registered Is degrees below zero last night
1t is feared that much damage to fall grain
will result. Potatoes are also In danger OF
freezing, as many farmers have not had an
opportunity to dig them on account Of the
unproptious season