Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-04-25
WIND, RAIN ANDSNOW
A General Mixture Of Weather Con
ditions Reported.
GALES In WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN
Much Damage to Tree and Telegraph
Wires = One Fatality - blizzard
Raging in Northwest-l1an-
sas Drought Broken.

barns and killing Gillett Reed, a farm
er, and six head Of cattle. The barns
we're owned by Adm Reymonds and
William Potter, and Reed was In the
Potter barn when it was blown down.
uhe cattle were killed at the Same
place.
A special to the Sentinel from
Johnson's Creek, Wis, says: A tor
nado swept over this place Tuesday
afternoon, demolishing barn, injur-
ing seriously, but not fatally, Mary
Pertisch, Is years old, and tipping
over dozen ,tombstones in the local
cemetery and breaking of the
branches of trees in the graveyard.
Specials from various parts of the
state tell of much damage done by
the high winds. Oshkosh, Waukesha,
Woodland, Horizon, Green Bay and
other points report small buildings
blown down, trees uprooted and sim
liar freaks of the wind. At Cumber~
land, Wis, the heavy rains put out
forest fire which threatened to, do
great damage. At New Richmond,
Arthur Roetger, aged IA years, was
struck by lightning while eating
lunch in schoolhouse, and instantly
killed.
A series of short, sharp showers
throughout Wisconsin late Tuesday
afternoon brought an end to the hot
weather which threatened for a
time to ruin the crops in many parts
of the state. In the morning it was
intensely hot, but before three D. m.
there was a change in the tempera-
ture. At three o'clock Monday the
government thermometer indicated
a maximum OF 81 degrees. An hour
before that time Tuesday the mer-
curry was n, and fell steadily after
that time. At three o'clock the first
shower of the spring drenched the
fields in the southeast section of the
state, and shortly before that time
there was series of small tornadoes
IN the southern part of Wisconsin.
AT about the same time the tempera-
ture in the north part of the state
as indicated by dispatches, turned
colder, and that section was visited
by rain, though not in the quantities
which fell in the south.
i Gales I'm Michigan,
Detroit, April 23.-The maximum
temperature was reached at five
O'Clock Tuesday evening, when 81 de-
grees was reported by the weather bu-
reau. The wind dropped from a As
mile gale, which prevailed in the aft
ernoon, TO "a miles at nine O'Clock at
night. Grand Rapids reports that a
severe windstorm struck that place at
six o'clock Tuesday night, which
twisted things badly. Shade and fruit
trees were damaged. Reports from
other points in the western part OF the
state show that the storm was of
great severity and much damage was
done. At Hamilton, small village in
Allegan county, big sandstorm ragged
for time, and forest fires, famed by
the wind, threatened many dwellings,.
AT Bay City severe southwest gale
prevailed all day, doing much damage
in leveling trees and telephone and tel
egraph wires.
Snow I'm South Dakota.
Deadwood, S. D., April 23.-Two and
half feet of snow has fallen in Dead
wood since Monday noon and is still
falling. A high wind accompanies the
storm and all trains are delayed. At
Belle Fourche a foot Of snow fell Mon
day night. 1t was raining on the cattle
range until nearly morning, when it
turned to snow. The storm is general
over the hills. The deepest snow is in
the higher ranges.
Snow Blockades Railroads,
jamestown, N. d., April 23.-The
fiercest April snowstorm ever known
in this section of the State began
Tuesday morning about 1880 o'clock,
and steadily increased in fury. Over
Il foot of snow has fallen. Snow is
drifting and railroad traffic is at a
standstiIl, with the exception of |
through passenger trains on the
Northern Pacific. Efforts are being
made to get freight trains onto side |
tracks, there to wait until the storm |
abates. Wedge snow plows have been
ordered out, and efforts are being
made to prevent drifts from becom-
ing too large. Attempts will be
made to keep the railroad open.
Should the storm continue rotary
snow plows will be sent out. The
weather is not cold, and it is not
thought there will be any loss of life
1t is feared that spring lambs and
spring cattle may suffer. where not
in barns. The storm is worst be-
tween Buffalo and Dawson. 1t will
give seeding great setback, and will |
result in a fiood, as it will melt |
quickly. In jamestown business is
almost at a standstill.
Drought Broken.
Topeka, Kan, April 23.-The dry
spell in Kansas has been partially
broken. A good rain fell over the Rock
Island line from Belleville to Omaha
and over the Clay Center division. In
Manhattan it rained hard for two
hours, and the crops in that region are
looking very we'll. A light rain fell
also over the Herington division of the
road. The wind was very high all day
blowing up so much dust as to be al
most unbearable. The skies are over
cast and the temperature has fallen
considerably. More rain is expected.
The ground is dry and hard, which
makes the outlook for crops some
what unfavorable, but the cooling of
the temperature and the rain within