Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-15

on a decidedly more cheery aspect, out tne
situation as regards railway trafic continues
serious. The city Is still cut of for the
most part from rail communication with the
outside world. Last night the New York
Central ceased its efforts to send out trains
On the New York, New Haven G. Hartford
road no through trains are being run. The
Pennsylyania road Is still tied UP and com
munication with the south is entirely cut
off. Traffic on the Long Island railroad
continues paralyzed.
No out-of-town mails we're received In
the city during the night An attempt will
be made today to send away at least
portion of the outgoing mail that has piled
up in the New York and Brooklyn postof-
fees A New York Central train, which left
the Grand Central depot at $40 last even
ing, arrived at Tarrytown at o'clock to-
day after fighting snow drifts all night.
The suffering among the poor is intense.
Mrs. Charles Morrissey, aged 20, widow,
OF Jersey City, sank exhausted in the snow
and died before medical aid could arrive.
Mary Dolan, aged 20, was found frozen to
death in her room on First avenue this
morning.
Pittsburg In Left All Alone.
PTTTSBURG, Feb. 14.-After battling
against unequal odds with cold weather for
not a through train has left Pittsburg for
the east since yesterday afternoon. The
last train out of Pittsburg on the Penn
sylyana railroad was the Philadelphia ex-
press, which left here at 4:30 p. m. yester-
day, and it got no further than Altoona.
On the Baltimore G. Ohio the night express
left at o'clock and ran to Cumberland
Today the officials were all at sea ana
were unable to say when traffic would be
resumed, but hopes were entertained that
the roads would be opened UP tonight.
This Is the second time in the history OF
Pittsburg that railroad communication with
the eastern coast has been entirely cut OF.
All western trains are moving, but all are
from one to four hours late. All through
passengers destined for eastern points are
being cared for at the hotels by the rail-
road companies.
The mercury was below zero again last
night but the worst as far as Pittsburg Is
concerned is believed to be over and
warmer weather is looked for within the
next twenty-four hours.
Legislators Are SnOyvbound.
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 14.-Up to the hour
for the ccnvening of the legislature no trains
had yet arrived in Albany from any direc-
ton. The legislative train which left New
down the river and many members are de-
tained there.
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 14.-Wilming-
ton emerged from the blizzard this morning
bright and smiling, but buried under snow
drifts that completely stopped travel on all
the steam railroads running through the
city,
Rex Parade is Chilled.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 14.-The weather
in New Orleans has moderated some
what today, but it is still too cold and
damp under foot to make pedestrianism
pleasant. The mercury steadily rose yester-
day and last night from above, the lowest
ever recorded in this section, but toward
morning it began to fall At o'clock this
morning it stood at % degrees. Throughout
the state it has been bitterly cold, and
heavy damage has been done to the vegetable
and orange crops in spite of the warnings
sslat were sent before the approach of the
cold wave. Bayous Terrebonne and La
Fourche are frozen for the first time since
the war. Bayou St. John at the Esplanade
bridge, on the outskirts of this city, is frozen
and there was skating on the ice this
morning.
Trains on all the roads are away behind
time, and there is serious interruption to
the mail service. The races have been post
poned until Thursday owing to the treacher-
GUS condition of the track. The city, how
ever is filled with visitors and the Rex
parade is taking place today, but there is a
noticeable absence of the promiscuous mask
ers whose presence on the streets Is always
one of the features of the carnival The
war ship Chicago, which was ordered here
for the carnival, has not yet arrived. 1t is
thought it Is detained by the storm.
Reports from all sections of Mississippi
indicate very severe weather and there has
been much damage to crops. On the gun
coast the temperature has been below zero.
AT Meridian 1t has been as low as below.
Bay st. Louise which enters the Mississippi
sound, is frozen at Henderson Point. The
ice gorge above Vicksburg is causing much
distress to steamboatmen. The reports from
Florida brief because of the partial prostra-
tion Of the telegraph wires, are to the effect
that the orange crop has suffered serious
damage.