The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-24
Tur BLlzzARD'S ICY BREATH.
northwest WRAPPED IN A
lhH MANTLE OF ICE.

80 cannot Walk the streets
Peu'Yo e,.,caro in safety-Street Car
u a.. 1s stopped-RaiIrOads Are
a,ockadcd and Snow shoVels are
c.oot Deand-RepOrts From va
.. Points in the District
70 Ill.,. Jan. 2S.-High winds,
,..rg and continuous fall of snow ana
hS''' .rotyre only two degrees above Zero
'eDg,.5 n make this the stormiest day
c0Di''' inter and seriously interferred
o. .'' root and railroad traffic towards
eyehll75, 5,..r,ometers rose to seven degrees
Inc 10 10 Al noon, making the lot OF
aoy'e 'ltrians more endurable and the Wlnu
peeu3arated a little as the day advanced
nloIJ npgtiino people to get better 1ootihs oA
tbs dangerously icy walks a..
tls ua-- ide area of the storm gave the
-. of western railroads cause Tor
onCi'-b ,bat their lines would be tied up
ie@l morning The conditions OUTSIDE
sd usa0l cjty were rapidly getting worse and
ul9 er,snects are for a blockade over sun
tle least. even with the most vigorous
ua' ',irss for the clearing of the tracks.
SfaS +raius came in late tonight from
nost The city street cleaning bu-
w ~ ord tbe street car companies were
lo-s,ellad to put hundreds of laborers,
tullps .aaras and snow plows to work and at a
,sa,'i1 va SoTr il looked as though they had an
,II "m nipht lob before them. AS it was, the
street car traffic was much lmpeded.
Tbe whole northwest is in the grip or
i.a snow and wind and zero temperature.
g Paul. Mimi, Jan. 29.-The tempera-
,,r. in the northwest has been dropping
all day and tonight it is excessively cold
from Bismarck to st. Paul.
lis 12 degrees below zero tonight in
Ct Paul, with the prospect OF a further
5.,n of 10 or p degrees before daylight.
WY To rise in the temperature is expected
for AZ least three days. Trains are mov-
ng nregularly.
The state treasury holdings of South
Dakota are nearly $3.50, 900, under a guard
of militia. is stuck in the snow thirty
niles east of Pierre. This cash is being
AIKEN back to the banks from which it
was drawn.
Aberdeen, S. D., reports the present win
tsr breaking all records for heavy snow
4 storms and railway blockades.
Part of the Hastings and Dakota division
n Of the Milwaukee and st. Paul road and
n -be Great Northerns line from Brecken-
Il since JAN l3, except for a very short in
q teryal.
Nearly 500 miles of the Dakota division
q Of the Northern Pacific was blockaded
4 by Thursdays storm. 1t will take several
jays to clear the cuts.
A dispatch from Wilmar, Mimi, says
Fl the storm of last night has kept up more
n mless all day. The wind reached fear
al velocity. and blew the hardest for
ysars, The Sioux Falls train has not yet
reached here and the snow-plow sent to
help it is stuck near Hanley Falls.
Gary, S. D.. reports the thermometer II
degrees below zero.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 23-Iowa is expe-
rencing the worst blizzard of the year.
Snow began falling about noon.
Reports Indicate heavy SHOWS all over
The state, northern and northwestern
1 points reporting the mercury at Is to 25
degrees below zero. A heavy northwest
4 wind is blowing and the fine sitting snow
3 Of real blizzard is drifting everywhere.
Railroads are expecting trouble to-mor-
row, and the street car service here and
IN other towns has been almost stopped.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 2S.-Nebraska is in
the track of blizzard. The wind is
blowing a gale, and intermittent snow
nlrres have been the order of the day.
III omaha the thermometer tonight reg
s'efs degrees below zero, and the blow
mas increased in velocity. Towns to the
northwest report the worst wind storm
u me winter and Is degrees below zero.
Slock will suffer greatly. Trains on the
o. Fdul and Omaha road, going north,
are delayed by the wind.
DlSDdtrhps fpNno v,oiY,t. a., co,,4t.
s.'e "details Of a severe storm in progress
O'er tne entire central portion of the
s,ale' Inc depot at Arlington, S. D., was
So"h out OF shape and many snow fences
nave been blown into cuts, which are
'aoked with snow.
hansas City Mo-. Jan. 2S.--A blizzard
" unusual severity is raging over Kan
''' tonight, and the snow which is fall
.s 5.s,Ii n me western section of the state is
4,.uns badly. There is much suffering
,'"Vns stock. At Salina, there was a fall
hours. Va " uesrees IN three
o snow drifts are filling up the railroad
NY 1' BADLY. The cold wave struck To-
pgSa this evening.
ing there '''NNaAu rag
Zero '''e thermometer Is al
T'''HED FOR THE USUAL CRIME