Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-02-18
Tennessee Almost Has Minus Read
inEs, while Even New Orleans
shivers when Eleven Degrees
Above Freezing IL Recorded.
Minimum Temperatures.


New YORK ...............''..'''...''.. 70
rev OTieane ...s............ss....-....s 80
CHEYENNE, wyo., Feb. 17.-Last night
an average depth of ten inches of snow
covered the plains. when a strong wind
sprang up. The cuts we're quickly filled.
During the night the main line of the
Union Pacific was kept open by hard work.
but today trains became blocked on Sher-
man hill for several hours. They were
pushed through to Laramie, Wyo., where
they are now tied up. On the Cheyenne &
Northern branch OF the Colorado South
ern a passenger train. one freight and sew
eral snow plows are snowbound this side Of
Hartville Junction. The company hopes to
open the road tomorrow.
On the Fremont, Elkhorn Missouri VAL
ley two trainloads Of the Thirteenth
cavalry. enroute to San Francisco. are
snowbound at Lusk
Great difficulty is being met in moving
trains over the Denver g. Pacific road.
Another snowstorm is now in progress
near Medicine Bow and in the vicinity OF
Rock Springs, Wyo. This will probably
make more trouble for the Union Pacific.
Colorado stin in Throes.
DENVER, Feb. 17.--The most severe snow
and wind storm experienced in years pre-
walls in South Park, on the Gunnison and
Leadville branches of the Colorado q
Southern railroad.
The Leadville branch is snowbound be-
tween Como and Breckinridge. a distance
of thirty miles. Passenger trains are
stalled In the drifts between these points
snd engines sent TO their rescue became
fastened in the huge piles OF SNOW ana are
aelpless. Freight trains are also stuck in
the snow.
Unprotected live stock throughout the
,Ark is reported as suffering terribly and
the probability is that serious losses OF
sheep and cattle will be sustained by own
urs whose herds we're not sheltered.
All trafie on the branch from Como Il
Gunnison has been suspended. Two trains
gre dead at St. Elmo. from which place
they have been trying to move for three
days
Conditions are serious for the compan!
pt Alpine tunnel between st. Elmo ant
Gunnison. But one train has passed through
The tunnel in several days.
Cold in Des MOines.
DIES MONIES, Ia, Feb. 1.-THE ther
b,ometer registered degrees below zer
this morning. 1t being / degree higher thal
.he record for the winter.
lneFe was COnhlueTdple ulInCulty expert
onced in the operation OF the electric line
in the city owing to the heavy pull cause
by the cold weather. There is no win
blowing and but little suffering is expert
enced.
Breaks Record I'm Kansas.
Topeka. Kan. Feb. 1.-THE cold toda
made a new record in Kansas, the govern
ment thermometer registering this mornin
IL below zero.
Reports from western counties show
great shortage in the coal supply. Tn
railroads have not been able to delive
cars on account OF the storm and as a re
suit the suffering has been widespread. a
the outcome of the recent legislative COS
famine investigation. two bills we're toda
reported in the Legislature. They make
q crime for a railroad to confscate an
coal consigned to a shipper. no matter no
great their need may be.
Cold in the Southwest.
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 1.-THE intens
cold weather In the southwest continue
In Kansas City at s o'clock this morniu
the thermometer recorded 9 degrees belo
zero, the coolest of the winter her
Further west the temperature was sti
lower with no indications of moderation
Train schedules are still badly demoralize
SIX Below In ST. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 17.-At I a. m today II
thermometer registered degrees belo
zero. the coldest weather OF the season 4
this vicinity, This is a drop of l2 degre,
from midnight. Out in the suburbs al
through southern Illinois and Missouri r
ports OF even lower temperatures are beir
received. Weather clear and temperatu
greatly moderated. Incoming trains a
somewhat delayed.
All trains except short run accommod
tions were from two to six hours late n
morning and the Vandalia and Chicago
Alton reported many poles down aloi
their tracks.
The telegraph companies have had a ha
time keeping communication open. B
cause OF the lack OF fuel at the city hosT
tai. the lives OF 200 patients. some OF who
are at the point of death. are cndanger
by the cold.
Since the cold snap struck ST. Louis I
hospital has been without enough coal a
the authorities have been compelled
economic in the use OF what they had
An insufficient supply of coal at the COZ
house resulted in the closing OF the coul
and offices there today. There seems TO
plenty OF coal in the city. but owing to I
condition OF the streets and the CO
weather Il is extremely hard TO deliver.
Coolest of season In Chicago.
CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-THE people shiveI
today in the eOldest weather OF the seas,
The cold wave which descended upon
city yesterday increased in sever
throughout the night and sent the mercu