The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-04

| losses OF stock that is not closely herded
The weather bureau predicts continued
cold wea Their and another snow fall The
| minimum temperature at Denver during
the past twenty-four hours was z degree:
below zero.
WORSE AT LEADVTULE.
Leadville, Col, Feb. 3-Another severe
snowstorm with high wind. prevails in
this vicinity today. A supply Of coal was
| received here today, sufficient for imme-
date demands, and the Rio Grand railway
| officials are struggling to keep the Crested
! Butte branch open so that there shall be
no coal famine in this city. The conIiti, h
| Of the lines west of this city is constantly
| becoming worse, though the railway COM
| panies are employing all the men available
| to clear the tracks.
The citizens Of the camp are expert
encing no hardship SO far. with the ex-
ception of the miners on the Gold Belt"
route, who have been laid off owing to the
blockade and are losing, in the aggregate
$500 in wages per day.
Both of the Leadville smelters are cut
ting down their work and are carrying on
operations in their yards with the utmost
difficulty and at the loss of a large sum of
money each day.
The coal situation is critical Twelve
cars of coal which came in on the Mid
land and twenty cars on the Rio Grande
were consumed in an hour and coal dealers
are far behind in their orders.
WYOMING'S LIVESTOCK LOSSES.
Cheyenne. Wy, Feb. 3.-The blizzard
seems to have spent its fury in Wyoming,
and it is thought the worst is over. No
idea Of the probable loss to stock on the
ranges can vet be given, but if is the
opinion of the hest informed stockmen
that the losses will be found to he great
No wind of sufficient power to blow the
deep SHOWS off the feeding grounds has
prevailed, and a s a consequence, t s ar
gUed, the cattle and sheep which have rot
been driven to cover and fed are bound
to have persisted in great numbers. Tor
the stock which have been uncared for ard
which have survived the unprecedented
snow and cold little hope is held cut.
Stockmen say the loss will be greater N
sheep than cattle, as the cattle are mostly
cared for in pastures and around ranches
where they can be fed. Most of the large
herds that formerly roamed on the range
have been disposed of. The Union Pacific
has been quite successful in keeping its
track clear through this division. and al
though freight traffic has been practically
abandoned the passenger trains have been
but little delayed
SECOND WAVE OVER NEBRASKA.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 3.-Nebraska appears
10 he unable to extricate herself from the
icy grasp Of severe weather. Another cold
wave struck the state last night, accom-
ranied by light SHOWS and fierce north
winds. This afternoon the mercury crawled
up to five degrees above zero. but imme-
diately took fall registering five below
at midnight, with indications that tomor-
row morning would be the coolest of the
winter. Culbertson, in southern Nebraska
reports sub-zero temperature existing for
the past five days and several other points
nearly sbad. The price of coal has gone
Up and cattle on the big western ranges
are suffering.
HEAVY SNOW AT SALT LAKE
Salt Lake, Utah, Feb. S-The snowfall
in this valley during yesterday and TODAY
was the heaviest known for many years.
Railroad traffic has not been seriously in
terrupted and all local trains arrived on
time today.
STORM KILLS CATTLE IN TEXAS
Dallas. Texas, Feb. 3-DaIlas cattIenen
received kilograms today from northwest
ern and western Texas. saying stockmen
IN those sections have suffered great
losses in their herds by the cold weather
or the last month Cattle have died bv
the thousands from lack OF food and BY
freezing. In Moore county the losses Of
cattle have been particularly severe and
the country west OF san Angelo is fur
Of dead sheep.