The sun., 1902-04-23
Big STORMS BREAK DROUGHT.
SNOH, WIND, SLEET, RAIN AND
FREEZING IN NORTHWEST.
Fan OF Temperature Not severe Enough
to DO Damage I'm Many states
Greatly Refreshed Drought Stili Holds
on I'm Kansas - Stoct,men Anxious.

CHICAGO, April 22.-The hot wave that
struck this city and the West and North
west yesterday was broken to-day by rain
and snow. At Deadwood. $. d., snow has
been falling since Monday noon. Two and
a half feet has fallen 70 far. and there is
no sign Of let-up. The weather is not
cold, but the snow will cause great loss
10 stockmen.
Al jamestown. n. D., II has been showing
furiously since o'clock this morning and
the snow is over a foot deep on a level.
Railroad traffic is almost at standstill
The storm will give seeding great set back
and will result in a flood, as IL will melt
quickly. Other towns in North Dakota
report severe wind. rain, sleet and snow
storms.
Freezing temperatures and unusually
heavy precipitations are reported for many
sections OF Utah and the inter mount ain
country, last night. IL is not thought,
however. that any damage TO fruit will
result. The crop outlook in Colorado has
been improved by the rain and snow Vege-
tation is not far enough advanced to be af-
fected by the sudden changes in tempera-
ture.
There was marked difference In tenn
perature in Nebraska to-day. the ther-
mometer registering a fall OF "a degrees.
Temperatures in western Wyoming. Ne
braska and western Iowa were below nor
NAL. A light snow fell at Valentine, and
there was freezing weather in northwest
Nebraska and parts OF Wyoming.
During the night there was a fall Of about
twenty-five inches Of rain. Crops in Ne
braska have not been damaged by the
excessive warmth. and last nights rains
will he a considerable relief. Western
Iowa has experienced an almost unpreoe-
dented spring drought. and stockmen are
suffering severely In many places for want
of water.
night and continued to-day becoming a
blizzard. A violent wind and rain storm
visited Lincoln this morning, bringing
relief from the drought and materially
lowering the high temperature The rain
fall extended south and east nearly TO the
Missouri River, but was insufficient TO be OF
great benefit to the crops. At Ch8dron
snow has been falling for hours ana th're
is now about foot on the level.
Topeka reports the wind OF the last III Ae
days as having dried the surface of the
ground. but reports from over the State
Indicate that the damage to wheat has not
been 40 great az was feared. The wheat
is several inches high, which kept the dirt
around the roots. Rain fell this morning
az Wichita and at points in central Kansas,
and it is not believed the damage will be
great
Milwaukee had dust storm this after
noon that for n time put the city in almost
total darkness Rain, which followed the
heavy blow finally brought relief Never
in the history Of Wisconsin has there been
an April as dry and unsatisfactory TO farm
ers as this.
The rain tonight merely laid the dust,
in no wise improving the crop situation.
Farmers are discouraged at the prospects.
KANSAS CITY. April 22.-There was a
good shower here this forenoon, but II
was soon over. The hot winds Of the past
three days have subsided. The east half
of Kansas is still dry. but rains are re-
ported along the Rock Island from Herring
ton to Omaha. There il much anxiety
for the wheat CROP There u a panicky
ieeiinZ among the farmers.
ToPEKA, Kan, April 22.-Reports from
over the State indicate that the damage
20 wheat has not been 30 great as was feared
Al Kansas City and vicinity showers fell
this morning. In Oklahoma there was a
trace Of rain in the vicinity Of Oklahoma
City. AT Wichita a soaking rain fell after
two days Of severe southern winds.