The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-01-24
The Whole Northwest in the Grip of
Snow, Ice and Wind.
The Thermometer at st. Paul Twenty
Three Degrees Below Zero-BIiz-
zard Throughout Nebraska, Caus-
ing Great Suffering Among Stock
Trains Tied Up on Account of the
Heavy Snow Drifts.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23-High winds, a
heavy and continuous fall of snow and
a temperature only two degrees above
zero combined to make this the storm
lest day Of the winter. The wide area
of the storm gave the officials of West
ern railroads cause for fear that their
lines would be tied up before morning.
The conditions outside are rapidly get
ting worse, and the prospects are for
blockade over Sunday at least, even
with the most vigorous measures for
the clearing of tracks. Mail trains came
in late tonight from the West. The
city street cleaning bureau and the
street car companies We're compelled
to put hundreds Of laborers, teams and
snowploWs to work, and at a late hour
it looked as if they had an all-night
job before them. AS it was the street
car traffic was much impeded. The
whole Northwest is in the grip Of ice,
snow and wind and zero temperature
BLIZZARD IN NEBRASKA.
OMAHA CNeb.), Jan. 23.-Nebraska
is in the track of blizzard. The wind
is blowing a gale, and intermittent
snow hurries have been the order OF
the day. In Omaha the thermometer
tonight registers eight degrees below
zero, and the steady blow has perhaps
increased its velocity. Reports from
the railroads indicate that what is true
of Omaha prevails all over the State.
Towns to the northwest report the
worst windstorm of the winter, and
fifteen degrees below zero. Stock will
Gil moi Do
and Omaha road going north are de-
layed by the wind.
Dispatches from points in South Da-
kota give details of a severe storm in
progress over the entire central portion
of the State. All the trains on the di-
vision Of the Northwestern running
through Huron are tied up, and nothing
can be done toward opening the road
till the weather clears. The depot at
Arlington, S. D., was blown out of
shape, and many snow fences have been
blown into cuts, which are choked with
snow
STORM IN KANSAS.
KANSAS CITY Jan. pa bliz-
card Of unusual severity is raging over
Kansas to-day. The snow, which is
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State, is drifting badly, caused by the
high wind. There is much suffering
among stock. Indications point to a
block Of railroads before morning. At
Salina there was a fall in temperature
Of fifty degrees in three hours, and the
thermometer was still falling. Snow
driven by strong west wind is filling
up the railroad cuts badly. 1t is feared
that intense suffering and death will
be the result among families in the
north and west, where they have poor
houses and little fuel
Wichita reports a severe blizzard
raging there.
WAY BELOW ZERO.
ST. PAUL (Minn), Jan. 23.-The
weather is excessively cold throughout
Minnesota, South Dakota and North
Dakota The Thermometer is twelve
below zero tonight at st. Paul. with
prospects of a further drop of ten or
twelve degrees before morning. Trains
are moving irregularly.
Aberdeen, S. D., reports that the Has
tings and Dakota division of the Mil
Waukee road and the Great Northern
branch from Breckenridge have been
practically snow bound since January
18th
ST. PAUL (Minn.), Jan. 24.-At 1
o'clock this Sunday morning the Their
mometer registered % below zero.