The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-23
SNOW FOLLOWS HOT WAVE
BLIZZARD RAGING IN THE VEST
 AND NORTHWEST.

Central Nebraska Under a White Blnn-
 ket-Fiercest April Snow storm Ever
 Known at Jamestown, N. D.-Two
 Feet and Half at Dendxvood-Heat
 Travels East Sending Mercury Sonr-
 ing to Record Marks.
 Lincoln, Neb, April 22.-There was a drop in the temperature to-day from the high point of yesterday of from 40 to 50 degrees throughout the state. Following a slight fall of rain, the wind changed from the south to northwest and tonight a snow storm is prevail ing in central Nebraska, with indica- tions of a blizzard. Railroad reports from the extreme northwestern part of Nebraska and the Black Hills tell of heavy fall of snow, fifteen inches at Custer, and nearly two feet at Spear fish. Trains are slightly delayed more, however. from the furious wind than the snow.
 Milwaukee, Wis, April 22-Showers throughout Wisconsin late to- day brought an end ito the hot weather which threatened for a time to ruin the crops in many parts of the state.
 Jamestown, N D., April 22,-The fiercest April snow storm ever known in this section of the state began early to-day, and steadily increased In fury. Over a foot of snow fell during the day. Railroad traffic was at a stand still, with the exception of through passenger trains on the Northern Pa cif1c.
 Deadwood, S. D., April 22--Two feet and half of snow has fallen here since Monday noon and it is still fall ing. A high wind accompanied the storm.
 heavy snow has been falling for 12 hours and tonight there is about foot of snow on the level.
 Milwaukee, April 22-Specials late tonight show indications of a blizzard in the northern part of the state.
 Kansas City, April 22.--The weather is unsea sonably cold, the temperature at 8 D. m. being AS. The sky is over- cast but the gale continues.
 St. Paul. April 22.-hethermometer at 7 o'clock tonight stood at 46 drop of 20 degrees in four hours. Reports from the northern part of the state in dicate that the blizzard prevailing in North Dakota Is moving rapidly east ward
 Topeka, Kan, April 22-The dry spell in Kansas has been partially broken. A good rain fell to-day from Belleville, Omaha. The wind was very high all day. blowing up so much dust as to be almost unbearabe
 Chicago April 22.-The temperature rose to 77 at 2 o'clock to-day when a rainstorm brought sudden change and tonight the mercury had dropped to 56. The high wind that has been blowing for several days died down to thirty miles an hour.
 Cumberland, Md. April 22-The thermometer registered 92 degrees in the shade here to-day. Several pros trations were reported.
 Detroit April 22-The maximum temperature was reached here to-day at o'clock this evening when S1 de- grees was reported by the weather bu- erau. Reports from points in the western part of the state show that windstorm of great severity occurred tonight and much damage was done.
 Pittsburg, April 22.-The heat-record of the past ten years for April 12 was passed to-day when the thermometer registered 86 on the government weather bureau instrument. Up to midnight no fatalities have been re- ported
 Wheeling, w. Va, April 22-The reached 22 degrees here this afternoon. A score ormore were 
 Indianapolis, April 22.-The maxi | mum temperature to-day, as reported | by the local weather bureau was S1, minimum es The wind reached ve- ocity of 49 miles an hour.
 Baltimore, April 22.-A maximum | emperature of 89 degrees was register i d by the thermometer of the weather | bureau to-day. The minimum temper l ature was 56 degrees at a. m. At s T. m, the thermometer registered 73 | degrees and the relative humidity was Y.
 Columbus, O., April 22.-The maxi nun temperature here to-day was S6 degrees, a mark for April which has ,nly been exceeded three times since he local weather bureau was estab- ished. At 8 D. m. the temperature had allen to v degrees.
 Louisville, Ky, April 22.-To-days maximum temperature was S5 at p. n.
 HOT DAMN NEW YORK,