The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-01-30
SEVERE WEATHER IN THE WEST
High Winds Heavy Snow Fall
Low Temperatures.

CHICAGO. Jan. 23.-Ihls city today
experienced the coolest weather of the
year, and also the heaviest snowfall of the
winter The cold wave started in yester-
day with a 5O-mile gale in operation, and
the mercury slid toward the bulb all day
and all night At o clock this morning
it was above zero and it warmed up but
very little today. The snowfall began 1T
8 o clock this morning and was four inches
on the level and still coming down at 10
0 clock tonight. The gale was very severe
on the lakes and such vessels as were caught
had very rough experience.
HURON, S d., Jan. pa severe
wind and snow storm prevailed over this
section Of the Northwest today The
temperature fell to IA degrees below zero
tonight. All railways are blockaded and
four feet of snow covers the Jim River
Valley, in some sections being blown into
drifts eight to fourteen feet high Loss
Of stock is feared and fuel famine will
result in remote districts if the blockade
continues.
ST. PAUL, MINI january pa
special from Aberdeen. South Dakota,
saws The present winter is breaking
all records for heavy snowstorms and rail
way blockades Early last night rain
began falling again, and the wind setting
in this morning, cuts on east and west rail
way lines have again been drifted full A
special from Casselton, n D., says the
thermometer is falling and it is now 20
degrees below zero Trains are all blocked
and cuts filling in The oldest inhabitants
are saying nothing of former winters.
CINCINNATI, ONO, Janury IA
cold wave reached this vicinity tonight and
the temperature at o'clock was below
zero, with downward tendency.
A dispatch from Valparaiso Indiana,
says One of the worst storms ever known
here visited this vicinity today. Sixteen
inches of snow fell, drifting badly. Sew
eral trains are snowbound. The thermom-
eter registers Is below zero Today relief
parties were sent out and many poor fami
lies were furnished fuel tonight
WATERLOO, Iowa, Jan. 24.-Today
was the coolest of the season. The mer
crry was % below zero this morning and
Is below at noon. The railroads suffered
from the snow and trains were late several
hours on all roads
ST. PAUL, MINI. Jan. "a The
coolest weather of the winter thus far was
experienced in this section last night and
today, the mercury being away down in
the minus figures, from 20 to 30 degrees
below, thermometers varying in different
parts Of the city, Tonight at ! o clock
the Weather Bureau official record in
this city gave Is below zero, while other
Northwestern stations reported as follows
Helena, IA below; Bismarck and Winni-
peg, "a below, and Duluth, 18 below.
Specials from Rochester, Mimi, say
that today was the coolest for many years,
the thermometer at noon indicating 20
below, and severe cold was intensified by
a 25-mile gale from the Northwest. The
mercury is falling steadily.
Dispatches Monday night state that the
cold wave was general east Of the Rocky
mountains. Its effects were felt severely
in the South, where the temperature was
expected to fall still lower Tuesday. Hun
dreds of persons were Frustrated in Chicago
and great restitution prevails among the
poor of that city Snow has caused block
adges of railroads in the Northwest The
lowest temperature was at Virginia, Min
nesota, where the mercury fell to 81 be-
low zero. At Denver, Colorado, there
was fall of 20 degrees in IA hours.