The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-02-07
NORgTDL|ZZARDN NARS
Chicago Tied Up by Tremendous
Snow, Sleet, Rain and
Windstorm.
WIRES DOWN AND TRAINS DELAYED.
from the Great I.nkes West 4" the
Rocky MOuntninA--lllixznr d RnEes
at Milwaukee and Throughout
WiAcOnkiM.

Chicago, Feb 5.-Chicago was in tho
grip of the wors, blizzard in years
Tuesday and Wednesday. wires being
down in every direction as result of
the mountaineering fall of snow and
sleet during the pas, "a hours. All
telegraph wires, with the exception
OF the Chicago & Milwaukee Tele-
graph company's copper wire to Mil
waukee, were down. as were the long
distance telephone wires. Chicago for
hours Wednesday morning was cut
Off from the news of the outside world.
The board of trade showed the effect
OF the stoppngc of outside quotations
i'll The dizziness of it's own trade.
Snow has fallen. not only in Chi
cago. hut generally from the great
lakes to the Rocky mountains. almost
continuously since Tuesday morning.
Nearly a foot of snow fen Tuesday,
and at night rain and slcet. accom-
panied by a gale of wind against
which il was almost impossible for
pedestrians to make progress. COM
hours. and Il, the opening of bust
ness Wednesday interests which de-
pend on Geographic communication
discovered tina, communication was to
he had only with Milwaukee and in
tcrmrdiate points on the Chicago &
Milwaukce's wire.
Street car traffic was greatly inn
Il Il
ton had packed tightly. Incoming
trains generally were reported late.
During the forenoon Wednesday
snow in huge flakes. driven by stiff
west wind. continued to fall. hamper
ing the work of the repair crews sent
out in every direction by the telegraph
companies. The temporal urc, how
ever. was only slightly below the
freezing point, but n drop was pre-
Gictcd.
Long distance telephone connection
WAS established to st. Paul shortly
after noon. and little European and
southern news was received from he
east by way of the Canadian Pacific
telegraph lines: news from the west
being sent cast and south by the cir
clitous route. Meanwhile the direct
wires from he east had been rcrs-
tahlishcd as far west as Hammond,
Ind. and a large force OF rcpnirmen
was ut work trying tn bridge the gap
between that point and Chicago.
Entirc East Cut or.
At 1890 the long distance telephone
company succeeded in getting conncc-
ton with Omnin. from which point
far western and northern points could
be reached by telegraph. The tele-
graph companies were making heroic
efforts to establish n New York con-
ncction, but up to II o'clock not n line
of news had been received from the
east.
The first direct news from New
York finally succeeded in getting
THROUGH over Il Western Union wire
little after one o'clock. but the en-
tire west was still Gu, Off from Chi
c""o except Ivy long distance tce-
phone to OmnLn.
Milwaukee Hard hit.
milwaukee,. Feb. 5.-'Thr blizzard
which started Tuesday throughout
Wisconsin S,ill continues. Snow plnws
were KEEP, ut work on the street rail
way lines in this city MI night. hut
in spite Of this much difficulty is cx-
prricnrrd on some Of the lines to con-
tinuc operation because of drifting
snow. The storm is the worst Of the
season. Railway trains are running
very irrrGunrlv. Telephone and trlc-
rrarh wires are FRUSTRATED in all d.
rcctions.
Drifts High In the Country.
ST. Paul. Mimi. Feb. 5-A Rlnck
River Falls (Wis.) sp"rnl TO the Dis
patch SAYS: One of the tirrcrs, hliz-
Yards for years has been sweeping
over his section the entire NIGH, and
SNOW drifts are mountain high on all
roads H,I<inres is practically s,ls-
pended and early trains are detained
for two or four hours.
All Traffic Tied Up.
BLACK River Fails. Wis. Feb. 5.-'The
par, Of Wisconsin,.
Intensely Cola in Knn.nn.
Topeka. Kan. Feb. 5.-rhp cold
wave :rnchrd its worst state N 1890
"Wednesday morning. with the thrr-
mnnr1rr at four above. The Santa
+" rrpor, most OF their trains on imc
The Rock Island is more seriously de-
layrh. The Rock Island Colorado
trains at present are reported several
hours late. Little snow fell in this
section.
A DcImEe In J'cnn sser.
Chattanooga. Tenn. Feb. 5.-The
storm reached climax Tuesday night
when the rain fell in torrents for five
hours and the wind reached almost
cyclonic velocity. The streets were
flooded, signs blown down. trees up
rooted and telephone and telegraph
wires badly demoralized. The Ten
nessee river is rising rapidly.
Tornado In Texas.
Dallas, Tex, Feb. ga small tor
nado passed over Srngoville, this coun-
ty, in.juring four persons; how badly,
it is not known. Those injured were
pupils OF the public school, which was
destroyed, along with private resi-
dence.
Aged Minstrel Dead.
New York, Feb 8. - Addison
Weaver, q retired MINSTREL 70 years
of age, who made his first public an.
pearancc in 1853, died Monday at the
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