The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-20
BLIZZARD SWEEPS
THE NORTHWEST
Snow Piled in Drifts in the
Dakotas, Minnesota and
Montana.
WORST STORM OF THE SEASON
Trains Delayed All Over tho Stricken
Section and Telegraph Wires Are
Down-Gale on Lake Michigan-Re-
ports from Wisconsin.


Down-Gale on Lake AIiohigan-Re-
ports from Wisconsin.
Chicago, March ia gale that
blew as high as fifty-six miles an
hour swept down on Chicago yesterday
and brought with it cold wave that
soon hammered the mercury far be-
low the freezing point. At 2 a. m. the
temperature had touched II degrees
above and was falling steadily.
At o'clock in the evening came a
snow furry. and these continued at in
tervals till midnight, when it started
to snow in earnest.
st. Paul, Mimi, March 17.-Minneso-
ia, the Dakotas, Wisconsin, and the
Canadian Northwest have experienced
the worst snow-storm in many years
and railroad traffic is paralyzed. The
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
have not moved wheel for thirty-six
hours in the blizzard-stricken district,
and have abandoned all efforts to do
SO until the fury of the storm abates
The loss to range cattle and sheep
on the ranges will be heavy, as many
OF the ranchers were caught unpre-
pared after the mild weather. Much
fear is expressed for the safety of emil
grants who recently took up claims
near Fargo, and the old settlers are
trying to rescue them.
The high wind has piled the snow
in mountainous drifts and packed it in
solid masses, many deep cuts being
filled. The temperature has been
gradually falling and is now at the
zero mark here and from to 10 below
at other points.
Not a transcontinental train has ar
rived in ST. Paul since Friday, and
none is expected for several days. The
Northern Pacific reports it's west
bound coast train, which left St. Paul
Saturday morning, tied up at Fargo,
the road beyond there being blocked.
The Red River Valley division of the
Northern Pacific, between Frankfort
and Winnipeg. is abandoned. No
trains have attempted to run since
Friday night, and the conditions on
this division are not known by the
general officers here, as the telegraph
wires were carried down by the sleet
which preceded the heavy snowfall.
TIL situation on the Great Northern
lis equally bad. The line is tied up
between Grand Forks and Williston,
N. D., and all wires have been lost
beyond Fargo. Thirty miles of wire
are gone between Fargo and Casselton,
IN. D., and all communication with
western Dakota and Montana points
has been lost.
Winnipeg is cut off from railroad
communication with the outside world.
The Canadian Pacific transcontinental
trains are snowbound somewhere west
of there, and no prospect of relief is
yet in sight.
La Crosse, Wis, March 1.-THE
thermometer here registered zero and
the mercury is falling. A hign wind is
blowing and small buildings and trees
have been wrecked in all parts of the
city. All trains are delayed.
Sparta, Wis, March 17.-The worst
blizzard of the season has prevailed
over this section for the last twenty
four hours and is still raging. The
mercury is below zero.
Plainfield, Wis, March ia ter
rifle March blizzard prevails, The
mercury has dropped thirty-five de-
igrees. 1t is the worst storm of the
season.
Kalamazoo, Mich, March 17.-There
has been drop in temperature of
ndarly forty degrees. A blizzard is
raging throughout southern Michigan.
Grand Rapids, Mich, March ia
blizzard is raging in western Michigan
and the whole lake shore is gale
swept, while the inland towns are feel
ing the force Of the wind and the
drop in temperature.
Atlanta, Ca, March 17.-Heavy rains
Saturday and Sunday in northern and
middle Georgia caused the Atlanta
weather bureau to send flood warn
ings to Eufaula, Ala, and West Point
and Columbus, Ca, predicting rapid
rise in the Chattahoochee. Northern
Alabama was deluges, as was portions
of southern Georgia and northern Flor
ida, and streams in those sections are
out of their banks.
At Albany. Ca, the rainfall in the
last three days is nearly twelve inches.
The Chattahoochee at Columbus. Ca,
rose seven feet during the day and is
still rising.
Ton Injured In Collision.
Milwaukee, Wis, March 17.-The
Pioneer Limited from Chicago ran
into a Howell avenue car at the Kin
nickinnick avenue crossing. There
There were ten passengers on the car
and all of them were injured. but none
fatally.
Carried Over the Falls.
Niagara Falls, Ont, March ia