Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-08
DETAINED BY
The WEATHER
Trouble On the Railroads In
Colorado.
MANY SHEEP ARE DYING
From Cold and Hunger IN the South
ern Fart Of the State--Spe-
cial Trains Sent Out.
MANY SHEEP ARE DYING

Denver, Feb. 7.-Three special trains
We're sent east from GlenWood Springs
today, bringing all the passengers that
mad been detained there and they will
arrive in Denver tonight. The passen-
gers united in a letter of thanks to
President J~effreys for the kind treat
ment given them while s~nowbound. The
West minstrel troupe, after being de-
tanned a week at Basalt, return west to
Ogden and if not again delayed will
reach here by the Union Pacific tomor-
row.
The Midland has encountered fresh
difficulties, the wind drifting the snow
and filing cuts that had been cleared.
Besides, the cold is so intense that men
cannot endure work long at a time in
clearing the tracks. Until the Midland
is opened it's through tranis will run
over the Rio Grande tracks.
After weeks of toll the Colorado and
Southern has been forced to abandon
the effort to open the high inc" be-
tween Como and Leadville. A high
wind last night filled the cuts with
snow and the rotary was returned to
Como to remain until the weather mod
crates and storms cease. The line be-
tween Denver and Como will be kept
open. This company is having no
trouble with the 0 to the south, trains
running practically on chedu time.
1t is estimated hat &C, 1000 sheep in
southern Colorado are dying OF cold and
hunger. Many tlocks have been aban-
+! doned by their herders.
another "a hours of weather such
as has been sweeping Wyoming since
February | and so per cent of the cattle
will be dead" said H. Frank Hunter to-
day. THE winter is without exception
the worst that has ever been experienced
in hat part of the country. There is
not a shrub or bunch Of grass of any
kind visible between this city and west
ern Wyoming along the railroad and it
would be impossible for the cattle to find
anything to eat, even if the weather was
warm enough to excite them to such al
attempt.
"All along the line of the Union Pacific
the great white stretches of endless
prairie can be seen dotted here and there
with the carcasSes of m Even
should the weather improve Immediately
the loss will be almost incalculable, as
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of suffering from cold and hunger. They
have reached the semi-conscious state
when they begin to look for something
as a support. From the car windows
the cattle can be seen leaning bach
gains the fences. OF course my in
formation is only regarding the cattle
along the railroad line, but it is highly
probable that the same condition exist:
all over the state, In eastern Colorado
co far as nossible, range cattle are be
ing fed, but if the cold weather continues
much longer the supply of feed will b.
exhausted
Omaha, Neb. Feb. 7.-This has beer
the worst day of a very bad winter il
Nebraska. The mercury stood at four be
low zero at 5 O'Clock this morning ant
the warmest during the day was tire
below at s o'clock when it began to fal
again and at 9 p. IN. registered IL beloV
and at midnight II. This is decidedly tn
worst winter Nebraska has experience
for years.