Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-03-18
WAS a GREAT STORM.
Thursday Nights Snowfall In the
Northwest Heaviest for Years.

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Thursday Nights Snowfall In the
Northwest Heaviest for Years.
st. Paul, Mimi, March 13.-Thursday
nights storm was the greatest of the
winter-the greatest for several win
ters, in fact. The fall of snow was six
inches. and heavy wind drifted this
and the snow already on the ground
from ten to fifteen feet. The Pacific
coast trains coming into the St. Paul
depots presented an appearance seldom
seen, even in the widest kind of biz.
card. The Great Northern coast train.
due here Thursday evening, came roh.
ing and painting into the Union depot
at $3.50 Friday morning. When it round.
ed the curve and came in sight of the
depot it looked like big, white bankof
snow moving steadily along, and emit
ting a black stream of smoke. Not the
remotest resemblance to an engine
could be seen. The train was hauled
by two enormous moguls, each coated
from six inches to several feet deep
with frozen SHOW. The engineer and
fremen were drenched with snow which
melted inside the cab, and were COM
plctely exhausted. They describe the
snow bucking done by the train as
something wonderful.
Minneapolis, MIMI, March 13.-Spe-
Gals to the Journal from North and
South Dakota and western Minnesota
show that the snow of Thursday night
did more actual damage than any other
OF this winter, one that has never been
equaled in the costs it has levied on rail-
roads. Wednesday of this week, after
almost Herculean struggles, several of
the roads opened their lines and began
moving freight to towns where food
and fuel famines existed. Much stock
on moving trains has been killed, and
thousands of head of cattle are report
ed dying in eastern South Dakota.
Ishpeming, Mich, March 10. - The
worst storm in five years is raging in
the upper peninsula. Freight trains are
blockaded on both the South Shore and
Chicago G. Northwestern lines. In
some places the snow is from six to ten
feet in depth, with drifts rapidly grow
ing larger. The street cars are max
ing no attempt to run, and business
generally is at standstill.
Milwaukee, March 10. - Dispatches
f:om the northern part of the-s state re-
port the scverest storm of the season.
At Grantsburg more than a foot of
snow has fallen and is drifting badly.
Mrs. Ruiz Appeals for Aid.
Washington, March -. - Secretary
Sherman had a call shortly before ten
o'clock Thursday morning by appoint
ment from Mrs. Ruiz, widow of the man
who is alleged to have been murdered
in the military; prison CT Guanabacoa,
Cuba, several weeks ago. The inter-
view, which lasted about five minutes,
was devoted to pathetic recital of the
total restitution of the family and their
reliance upon the United States to Sc
cure indemnity from Spain on account
of the death of Ruiz, who, it
is claimed. was naturalized
American citizen practicing dem
tistry for the past IS years in Cuba.
Secretary Sherman, after hearing the
complaints, suggested that it would be
necessary to put the petition in writing
when the department would give it
prompt consideration. Mrs. Ruiz and
her children subsequently called at the
white house at 2:15 p. m. and had
brief interview with the president.