New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-02
peasants willingly give them up and use oxen for
poughing instead
BLIZZARD IN THE FAR WEST.
RAILROADS DEMORALIzED BY HEAVY FALL of
sNnM-sTREAMs SWOLLEN BY RAMS

RAILROADS DEMORALlzED BY A HEAVY FALL of
sNow-sTREAMs SWOLLEN BY RAINS
Laramie Wyo April The most severe snow
storm in twenty years has struck this secuoI uo-
Ing immense damage TO cattle and sheep' buS'ileS'
here is practically suspended. ana yesterday even
the daily papers were not issued. on the mann
streets the snow In places is ten feet high' WINE
bouses on the outskirts Of the city are IN some IN
stances completely buried by drifts Several pulu-
ings collapsed in consequence OF the weight ol 'e
snow on the roof The storm extends from MeuI
cine Bow TO Pine Bluffs. Wyo. distance Of l'o
miles Laramie and Sherman Hill appear 10 De 'he
centre OF the storm. All freight trains on the
Union Pacific have been suspended for the last
forty-eignt hours. and officials are making siehu-
Gus but apparently futile efforts 10 keep passenger
trains moving Trainmaster Cuross. OF the IhloH
Pacific hopes TO have trains moving before to-
morrow. on sherman Jill the big rotary snow
plough has been kept moving all day pioushns
through drifts fully twenty feet hgh. snow
ploughs are working west of here. making an en-
deavor to keep the main lines open.
Fears are entertained for the safety OF seVei''
hunting parties in this section
Sheen arc scattered al over the plains, ana II Is
expecteG the loss Will reach into the thousands.
Several herders reached town, having deserted
their herds and only with the greatest dIIh'Ni'I
escaping from being frozen to death II IS ieaiod
that the driver OF the North Park stage has been
frozen although he may have reached some ranch.
Omaha Neb April 1.-The sevorest blizzard OF
the entire winter has prevailed for the last thirty
FIVE hours in Western Nebraska and adjacent ter
ritorv and has completely stopped all trafic on
,bree Oma ba railroads-the Burlington. the Union
Pacific and the Rock Island-in that section
1rbrourhou. the Union Pacific system the storm eX-
tended along all the lines IN Colorado. Wyoming
and Kansas. The only part Of the system on which
trains were moved was between OihaA4 ana Sld-
nev Neb The Overland Limited Is snGwbound at
Uiilsdale Wyo, twenty hilles edsl oil me- ehhe.
The fast mail is lying helpless IN snowdliit near
sidney. this state. The passengers on the snow
rnmnd rains are suffering no discomfort.
"9t he Wcaiher reports Of the Burlingt ton and Mis-
so,rf me showed great depths Of snow in WHo-
NINA six inches Ardmore two inches Custer
ttIree inches Deadwood fifteen inches. Gillette
eight inches and lioyoke i%ou % incne,i m Mos' o1
uortrd heavy rains with the weather growing
Colder Great piles OF snow cover Tho plains o.
places The mercury Is above zero bul hieh
wind prevails In ihe eastern part Of the sac
Sortv-eight hours. All the streams are bank-fuH.
and the danger OF floods j. increasing hourly.
When THIS food strikes the already booming Mis-
souri disaster doubtless Will follow
ST Paul MINI. April THE Mississippi has
raseed the danger lne-fourteen fect-and !s still
r,sing slowly All the residents Of the Wesi Side
east of state-st nave been driven 10 higher
Crounds The water Is entering houses on the west
Fac ~ the street. and seNera! hundred VIII he
forced 10 move If the water flses anolhei Elk
inches There are many stories or suneflhR
minneapolis Mimi. April The Mississippi went
-, = tear last evening and dwcers along the fats
,,,,ed out I'm a hurry a huge ice jam which had
,r,od I'm the river at Forty -sccOnd-st broke. ana
20 immense volume Of water. with big cakes OF ice
ana % Iver and roaring over ST. Anthony Fails.
Sho water rose two feet INSIDE OF nan an no"r.
edgng s way up ims 'v ere He un nder e
W Vrhnm the ice jam broke the water and ice tore
away massses Of .os fnG sds Of pn g SS one bee m
man mani away The damage may reach 10000.