The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-01-31
It WAS 4 BLIZZARD
Storm of Yesterday Was
Worst in Two Years.
WICHITA SNOW BOUND
Street Cars Stranded Tales
of the Storm.

was one u Inc WOiSL mat mas 81 N~@N N---
Section for many years, not perhaps in the
way of suddenness Of change in the tenn
perature, but in the steady severity of the
storm The wind that had kept up an IN
ceasng blow ali day Sunday and Saturday,
was made more disagreed bic MONDAY by
a binding snow from the north, which rem
tlered travel in the open almost unbearable.,
The storm seems to have been general all
over Colorado and the northwest, as well
as north and a great portion OF the east
ern states, extending far south as The
coast The storm center was the central
portion of Texas, which accounts for the
fierce north wind here. Weather Observer
johnson says that ii will take about day
for the storm center TO work eastward far
,enough to give Wichita a westerly wind,
land he thinks that by the middle of this
afternoon the mild westerly wind will be
effective in restoring the balmy weather 0:
1he past few weeks.
Such a variation Of temperature has
scarcely ever been noticed in this country.
The temperature varied from "a degrees
above zero at Galveston, to 80 degrees be-
dow at the Great Lakes and along the
northern line Of North Dakota and T7aHo.
Here in Wichita the temperature varied
from Y degrees above zero az noon, to
degrees below zero at O'Clock last night,
with an additional drop of eight degrees al
81 O'Clock last night. This is the most sud
den change and the most dsaSreeable
weather since 1897 when on December %
The thermometer fell from IS degrees above
10 below zero in twenty-four hours. Then
the wind blew 80 miles an hour while
yesterday the wind had a velocity Of only
Is miles an hour but was accompanied by
the snow. which made the day a great deal
more disa agreeable to those who had to be
out in the storm.
The street cars never overly anxious 10
get anywhere. were not in il at all yester-
day, at least not until late in the after
noon. and then one was very uncertain of
reaching destination after one once got
ln a car. Business was almost suspended
sn some portions of the city. except the
restaurants, which were over-run with
customers who could not make their way
back home for dinner
A reporter for the Eagle succeeded in
working his way north on Main street, and
encountered pedestrians with frozen ears,
tcicied moustsches, noses that had better
have been left at home, and because they
were not will probably cease to be OF any
further use 10 their owners; little children
with frozen hands, and most all sorts of
humanity either unprepared or so unaccus-
toned to the severity of the weather that
they did not know when they had gotten
enough.
At the court house everything was quiet
and imperative on account of the storm.
Judge Dale adjourned court in the morning
on account of the cold, the man in the
basement not being able to keep up the
temperature to a comfortable degree.
Farmer Doolittle was found in the base
nent with both ears soaking in cold water
In order 10 take an over-accumulation OF
frost out Of them. He will probably be
adorned with side ornaments equal to the
campaign cartoon of Frank Grimes when
the effect Of the freeze comes on.
Judge McCanless was plugging away at
his desk. but one could tell that something
like a chill was playing around his spinal
column. and it was with much difficulty
that the judge could be made to talk. He
said<hat il was fortunate that he went
TO bed Sunday night with the pleasant
Thought that the weather would be mild on
the morrow. In that condition he slept
well and comfortable. while If he had been
forewarned of Mondays blizzard he would
have frozen TO death in his sleep.
The county commissioners had more calls
for help than they have had for years be-
fore. All during the day miserable crea-
tures would struggle in for help. Some
twere stout and able-bodied men. but their
families were no less needy. now that they
had been caught unprepared in the storm.
Others were women. and some of them
related Ditiful tales of woe. The commits
Eioners denied no one. One sickly looking
woman came and applied for coal and
Hour. At home she had two children. one
only four months old. Her husband was in
Sail just across the way for robbing a
man at Andale, and his wife and little ones
have to suffer for his crime
Notwithstanding the binding snow and
the great amount of II on the ground. the
bicycle was not entirely knocked out. Tom
Shaw went sailing down Main street
through snow drifts and over icy places
with utter disregard Of the elements
A little dirty-faced boy ran ont of
hovel on North Main and in his anxiety
TO get cold morsel on his tongue. greed
sly licked frosty iron lamp post. He
didn't get loose for almost ten minutes. and
then someone ran out with cup Of warm
water and thawed the frost ont. The little
fellow was then told Of the effect and reIa-
lions Of frost and iron but he had had an
experience that VIII stay with him for A
long time
The rather ancient sight Of a still more
enciently improved salt car. drawn by a
pair OF mules that looked as II General
Shsfter had ridden them during the Cuban
campaign. WAS the occasion of much merri-
inert to a group OF drummers or Douglas
avenue yesterday afternoon as il went
floundering along over the snow-covered
car tracks. while the man inside was busuv
engaged pounding salt down the pines 10
keep the snow warm. Such sights are
rarely seen in this enlightened age of street
car railway equipment and as one OF tha
travellers remarked. was the only ANTIQUE
feature he had noticed in this busting
CITY"
IL Mr.. Johnson's presictions prove cor
rect the storm Will he over by noon TODAY.
II il isn'- Mr.. Johnson will likely he
Esgsnized by an outraged populace or sub
jected to a severe trial by a local cour; Of
Visitation.
DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. that mar
Vicious medicine for throat and l,,re
TROUBLES, quickly relieves and cures -ba
painful and dangerously sounding cour,,
indicative Of congested lungs. No Other
remedy IS its equal