Omaha daily bee., 1899-02-12
COVERS WHOLE SOUTHWEST
Second Gold Wave scuttles the Mercury in
Missouri and Kansas.
STOCK AND CROPS ARE BADLY DAMAGED
Little Improvement Noted in Snow
bound Colorado - Chilling
Breexes Over Wide
Range.

istered 19 below zero In Kansas City. Later
in the day there was some moderation, but
at 10 o'clock tonight 1t is IA below and
colder weather before morning Is threat
ened. Other points in Missouri report very
cold weather today.
st. Joseph, in the northern section, re-
ports 26 below and Webb City, in the
southern part, reports 10 below. Similar
reports come from Kansas. Hutchinson re-
porting 26 below, Larned 25, Salina a. Law
! renee and Abilene 20, Newton 20, Leaven-
worth is and Pittsburg and Fort Scott 10.
I'll Reno and Guthrie, Okla, report 0
and 10 degrees below, respectively, and
South McAlester, I. T., 10 degrees below.
Poor Are Suffering.
LEXINGTON, Feb 11.-Five inches
of snow fell today, which makes a depth
altogether OF foot. The temperature is
still below zero and is growing much
colder. Street car traffic was almost en-
| tirely stopped today and trains are from
three to ten hours late. All but two coal
dealers in Lexington are out of coal and
their supply Is short The poor are suf-
fering greatly.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11.-Several inches OF
| snow fell throughout the state and in IL
| linois last night, impeding railroad traffic
to such an extent that trains arriving
today are from two to fifteen hours late.
| Owing to the prolonged cold spell the de-
mand for coal has trebled and not since
| the coal strike last year has there been
| such a scarcity of fuel in st. Louis and
| vicinity
| DENVER, Feb. n.-There was no i'm
provement today in the conditions on the
railroads traversing the mountains. Snow
continued falling in the vicinity of Lead
| vii haI hn mir mol nf fhn
storm and it also showed generally today
| east OF the range.
| Provisions cbtainable for blockaded towns
have rapidly disappeared. Again, dispatches
| say, breakfast food is being fed to horses
! and stock. Another week and the snow
walled camps and towns will be on the
verge of starvation.
Notwithstanding that both the Rio Grande
and Midland were getting coal into Lead
! vile today, the coal famine Is not entirely
averted, as there is scarcely more than a
forty eight hours supply of coal in camp.
Contrary to the report of yesterday, the
company Is having no trouble with its snow
shovelers, who are paid $175 per day.
More slides have occurred in the canon OF
the Grand river but some progress has
been made toward opening the road. Tre-
mendous efforts are being made to open
the line between Genwood Springs and
Aspen and as soon as II is done coal will
be rushed to Aspen, where the supply Is
short
The Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge
line Is again blockaded on Marshall Pass
where the storm was very severe.
From Cheyenne comes the statement thai
with eighteen inches OF snow covering the
earth and temperature of 20 degrees be-
low zero, stockmen are greatly worried
Cheyenne is threatened with coal famine
Heavy storm East.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 11.-At thi
| Weather bureau at 6 o'clock this morning thu
thermometer registered below zero and Il
above was the highest of the day. The rail
roads are seriously affected and in som'
instances trains have been abandoned. Nav
igation on the Delaware and Schuylkill river
has practically closed, Not a merchant yes
sci OF any kind arrived or cleared port to
day. The demand OF the poor on the chari
table institutions is almost unprecedented
Tonight snow storm set in. Various po
lice stations sheltered over 800 persons.
NEW YORK. Feb. 11.-This was the cold
est day New York has had since th'
Weather bureau began business. AT
o'clock this mornlng the thermometer regis
tered 6.2 degrees below zero This is th'
| had three days OF continued zero weather
There is a continuance of suffering amooe
the poor. The continuance OF the colo
weather has congested the North and East
rivers with floating ice. In some places
the foes are SO thick and heavy as TO pre-
vent the passage of river craft, One OF the
features OF the cold snap Is the contraction
OF the steel and iron works on the Brook
lyn bridge. The central and lateral give
ways, which allowed for the expansion
and contraction of the steel and iron in the
bridge, are wider than every before. The
engineers say the limit of contraction has
been reached, aud 1t matters little whether
the temperature falls a few degrees more
or not. there viii be no more contraction.
TOPEKA. Kan, Feb. 1.-THE unprece-
dented weather In the southwest is causing
| many cattle to perish on the ranges. From
Meide it is reported that fifty animals were
! found frozen to death this morning in one