The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-11

tiet up lightly. II the eanvon q. re
1rasac tners have bear Ell srawsi.Ses Ore
% t7sra was 80 feet n Iengtn and .ntr.v-
trees ~**1
Superintendent Sample ard Assistant
Genera! Manager Schazeas are O. fzsr
around experimenting rs work - clear
iag lie Rio Csran4e track
TIE snow shovelerg a. sao~hone struck
7oSaE fer 81 Increase 81 wages from 3 :
IN 40 a day.
The Marshall Pass is again closed. bss.
ne rotary Is hucking the drifts there, ara
ms narrow gauge may soon h. re-ag,sres.
Down on the Camnres pass tie s,orrr, has
pat 81 end 20 rallroading for several days
and taeTs are 80 many other troubles o.
more serious nature iaat al present Csgra-
breH ss given the go-by
Tne Two delayed trains which were at
beldeS were finally released and reached
Denver today. The passengers On twc
east bound trains xno had been xsayfrg a.
6.enwooa Springs were senf back &c Ox-
den va The RIO Grands Western. and viii
De brought East over the En!or Pacific
II IS beiiexed thai the two eas.-boaad
trains tied ~ at sOntgru viii oe able 20
set through tonight
ON toe South Park lire trains are run
] ming en- time a. far ax Gran.
Como breckenridge kok9no ana all
towns on the High Line 70 Leadvlhe are
practically Isolated No news was receix-
I'd from these places today. but IL Is kunsn
mat IL some OF them fuel and provisions
are becoming scarce.
In the North Park there IS about three
feet % snow on the level. Travel is i'm
possible on account Of the large drifts
Walden 8as received 10 mali for geek.
and expects none for ten days 70 cone.
II Is doubtful il any freight car reach
that ;own for month.
snowstoFm viva a cod wind from the
north began here today. and should an
other very cold wave follow 1t, Will az
Goabtedly have disastrous effect on the
ike stock OF the ranges.
Telegraph Lines Working.
DENVER. Col. Feo~ IC.-Telegraph
wires 10 Aspen. which failed yesterday.
are again 10 working order The Times
! has received the following special Dispatch.
a bout Two feet Of SHOW eel IN tAe Storm
/ of yesterday. and the mountain trails and
railroads completely blocked. \ side
damaged tae People electro plant ana tie
western part o. the city Sas In darkness.
People living at the loot Of Aspen noun
tain are moving Out - escape me danger
Of impending STOW sides Several build
in9s ia the city have collapsed under me
great weight ~ snow bat no serious acc,
dents have occurred.
j A$ danger OF "a Goa famine has again
become apps rant. and some Of the Big min
ing companies here have announced that
they VIII nave ~ sAut down within a dGy
or two
Frozen to Death in Her Home.
oIATHE. kaa. Feb i0.-Aunc Dizzy
Dibb- aged ~ years, Mas found frozen 80
death III her home a. Shawnee. where she
had lived alone for years. she had appar-
emily hurt herself by fall and was unable
TO call fer n@,p
Fruit Crops Killed.
NEVADA, Mo, Fec 10 The peach and
apricot crops Of Vernon ana Cedar coun-
ties are reported killed today. Tire loss is
estimated AZ more than S!..S9. The we~ti-
sr is tne coolest ia thirty years.
British Columbia Gets n Dose,
| VANCOUVER. b <. Feb ia very
| cold wave has passed over the naaing re-
| g.orss OF British Columbia At Sanaon thc
/ thermometer went 10 = degrees be'o~ Zero
Two Frozen to Death In Chicago.
CHICAGO. Feb io-The weather claim
sd numerous victims Outing the day 4So
men froze 10 death.
The dead
! Charles jacobson. died from cod and
Unidentified man, found dead on the
sidewalk a; 5l&5 Hals9ead street
All the others sustained frost bites, some
I Of them serious.
: CINCINNATI Feb. to,-The extreme
cold weather OF yesterday has aoaiet
/ here The thermometer r. glStered from
/ u below ut a n. TO below ai ?. N
who has served several terms as saeT H.
was found 81 al on the roadside. iaH Nc
frozen - death while en- route nome.
/ Near Dayton. o. Martin DIfffger was
/ found dead he was out feeding his hogs
Az Cincinnati. the 0r.y deaf. from iTveE-
+ ing WAS thar of Ms Mary HaveFkaFnp:
! f,uf there have been nU;i4efo CUE cases OF
/ frozen limbs and other disabilities
Omaha Has small blizzard.
/ OMAHA. F.b. 10 Early THIS afternoon
+ the cold wave sigma Was put "eI ana
1 ia less than an hour the tempe atare.
which earlier IN the day moderated ma
feriaely began 10 fait. and by clock the
/ mercury stood az : below Zero. al MI
/ night 10 below. with ina cations 81 a iarth-
/ or fail before morning \ stlU unrth "lod
/ Is blowing and fire snow - !AI.inS
! Many Frustrated From Cold.
! PHILADELPHIA. Feb ia-The cold
weather - last night and today ~ his
/ cty broke all existing records ~ the
weather bureau during - twenty nine
+ years 81 exist encs and while beyond that
! period there Is no authentic data, X - sttd
/ that todays minimum tenperature~e be
l0w-waK the lowest with one exception
{ sine. February lF4- TIE exception vas
! IN iSSS. The therruemet~r VAS even lcNvr
, ia yho suburban str'ct~. where b. lowered
around ID arsd T. degrees below
C;eorg, Stewart. aged -. was found dead
from The cnla in 4 stable THIS morning.
! and there were "a great number ~ prostra-
items. some Of which are likely - prove
Z fatal.
Tne extreme cold Is general throughout
Eastern PENNSYLVANIA. In the foconomo
mountains the thermometer was > below,
ara at Eacba in Pike county. a below
stock Losses in Texas Heavy.
FORT WORTH Tex Feb i0-tIsueyal
1feA sock Agent Pennington. of the
Santa F'e system. today gav" out state
,urnt ~ the prooahls less % the stock In~
eercsta in the various states owing - she
b prevailing blizzard Conservative estf-
mates place he iosSPs aF p per cent ~
tns, Pan Handle Wyoming Montana sn1
tbe pakntR@ The Losses I'm Northwest