The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-02-16

The local trolley iIDes bjttled bravely
with the storm, bur, as road after road
became stalled. further effort grew
fruitless, and now there are practically
no means of transportation.
Over 10 members Of the state legisla-
ture are stalled at Broad street station,
waiting for train to harrisburg with
au anxiety which is intensified by the
senatorial deadlock at the state capital.
There were q number OF deaths ana
many casualties attributable to the pre-.
vaiting conditions. John w. Ieamans,
aged oD years, fell dead at Seventeenth
and Cherry streets; Benjamin Zebley,
aged 10 years, became unconscious on
the street and died within few min.
utes, and James Hail was found dead
in yard down town.
HARRISBURG, Feb. 14.-The snow.
storm paralyzed business in Harrisburg.
The street car lines were closed. All
the passenger trains on the Pennsyl.
vania railroad between Philadelphia
and Pittsburg were annulled. Traffic
was suspended on tho Philadelphia and
Reading and other railways centering
in the city.
YORK, Pa, Fob. l4.---It was the worst
storm known here. Business was at q
standstlll. The railroads were all
badly blocked.
SCRANTON, Fa., Feb. 14.-No coal or
freight was moved from this point.
More collieries were forced TO cease op-
erations owing to the intense cold. Lo-
cal traffic on street railways up ana
down the valley was at a standstill.
ALTOONA, Pa, Feb. l4.-Business
here was nearly suspended. The same
conditions existed oil along the line of
the Pennsylvania railroad between
Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
WILLiAMsPORT, Pa, feb. 14.-Ooun
try roads were almost impossible.
owing to the blockade only three
judges OF the superior court succeeded
IN getting through. and as a result the
sessions were abandoned until today.
WILkEsBARkE, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE
snow blockade on the various railroads
oentering here was almost complete.
The greatest diffit u ty was encountered
on the mountains, where the snow had
drifted badly. A large force of men was
at work clearing the tracks, but owing
to the extreme cold the work proceeded
very slowly.
1t was license dav in court, and the
Hazleton applicants were to be heard
A train carrying the hotel ana saloon
men of Hazleton lett that town at /
o'clock in the morning, but at Z O'Clock
in the evening they mad not arrived
here yet. A telephone message said the
train was snowbound at White Haven,
on the other side OF the mountain.
CHAMBERsBCKG, Pa, Feb. l4-Rail.
road traffic was practically suspended
and roads were impassaOle. Thele had
o"en no trans from east or wrst since
Sun lay. WaynesOoro, Shippen> burg,
D.. cersburg, Green Castle, Hagers.
wn were all cut on from the RESI- OF
ths world. Indu ,trial establishments
aud schools were closed.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. l4.-The following
fatalities, due TO the extreme cold, oc.
Cured i'll this state within a hours:
William Brockman, carriage painter,
found dead III bed at kiChmoud.
Albert Naples, overcome by the cold
near Jellica and was dead when found.
Mail carrier from hazard, Perry Coun.
ty, 10 Mount Elkhorn.
Colored woman, na,ue known, and
her year old cnlld, found dead in field
near PaduCah.
Negro child, CatlettsAurg.
LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. l4.-Attested
thermometers registered - Oeguecs be.
bNN NNAOs 4 OOA pJDIit VI ~ q ttNl IItt al
q soup house ana varlOnJ citizens 90.
mated coal Only two Codlydrd, in Lex
ington had any coal, and they would
not furnish 10 any one person more than
a ton, Coal Jumped from g2.25 70 81 a
ton. The weather bureau predicted q
drop to SO below zero.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. IA. Associated
Press dispatches throughout the south
indicated without exception the cold
weather record was broken III every
state. Death and the destruction OF
early fruits and vegetables accompanied
the cold blast. The deaths of ten per.
sons were reported.
GALLlPOnIS, o., Feb. l4.-Gallipolis
is practically without fuel and coal
famine IS threatened. Not solitary
deale in this city, except one, has u
bushel OF coal, and tnis particular dealer
has his barge OF coal III the river and
cannot get at 1t. Many in this city are
without fuel.
PursBUNG, Feb. I4.-At O'Clock last
night the official Thermometers in Pitts.
burg pointed TO 2 degrees above zero,
the lowest temperature reported from
any section OF the country.
Weather Forecast For Today.
Western Pennsylvania and Ohio-Fair;
not 50 coldi fresh vino, becoming south.