The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-07
A ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Sixty-four-Mile Wind at Bismarck
Damages the Capitol and
Business Blocks.
Blizzard Comes Out of the North
west and Sweeps a Wide Elk
tent of Country.

Bismarck, n. D., Jan. Bismarck is
In the midst of midwinter hurricane.
The wind has reached a velocity of sixty
four miles an hour, the greatest ever re-
corded in January since 1874. Hardly had
the two houses of the legislature adj
1ourned when the windows in the house
and senate chambers were driven in by
the wind. The heavy glass in the skylight
was blown down and fell with crash into
the capitol rotunda, narrowly missing sew
eral persons. Decorations for the inau-
gural ball were ruined. a portion Of the
capitol roof was torn off. and the cupola
windows beaten in. The cornice and
brickwork on the top Of the Webb block
fell into the street. covering the sidewalk
with several tons Of debris. and chin1neys,
were wrecked. ..s. .E-.. - ..,- -: .-..a..~,..
, Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. AT 8 o'clock
yesterday northwest wind set In which
in the twenty hours UP to II to-day traV-
eled total of 924 miles, or fortysix miles
an hour. The maximum was reached last
night at 10 when for five minutes a speed
of seventy-two miles was maintained.
Single miles were made at ninety miles
an hour, the property damaged here prob
ably amounts to $4,000. 1t is impossible to
get reports from South Dakota, the
telegraph service is paralyzed but it is
almost certain the storm was more severe
in that state.
WATERFOWL, S. D., Jan. THE hardest
+ storm Tor fourteen years is raging over
this section, starting at last evening.
There is a high wind from, the northwest
The casualties are not known, but it is
feared much stock will perish. The north
end of the Baptist church blown out
and the chimney Of the Skinner hotel, was
blown down., nearly killing a. hired girl
All trains are tied up and business is at
a standsti
Grand Forks. N. D., Jan. THE wind
has been blowing a gale here since
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Early in the
evening snow fell freely for a short time
Advices from further west are that a
terrible storm is raging, but wires are in
such shape that no details can be OBJ
tanned.
Fargo, N. D.. Jan. Fargo Is having
Its first real blizzard this winter. The
snow is wet and soft and the temperature
Is not low enough to cause much suffering.
Sioux City. Iowa. Jan. IA terrific
wind storm is sweeping over northwestern
Iowa. Telegraph and telephone lines are
down, and 1T is impossible to get accurate
news Of damage done in surrounding
towns. In Sioux City many plate glass
windows have been blown in.
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last night a furious blizzard began raging
Telephone lines are down. signs torn off
and plate-glass windows broken, and the
temperature Is falling rapidly.
~ Winona. Mimi, Jan. THE worst biz
zard which has visited this section in
years began last night The streets ARE
blocked with snow. A light snow fell dur
ing the evening and the fury Of the storm
was not felt until near midnight, when
the wind changed from the west to the
north, bringing a wet, binding snow
West Superior, Wis, Jan, 7,--AE blizzard
from the northwest struck the head Of the
Takes early this morning. Drifting snow
Is interfering badly with traffic A sudden
drop in temperature accompanied the high
wind. - IF; r. I',.s
st. James. Minn.,' Jan. IA blizzard
from the northwest struck this place last
night. 1t is the worst that has prevailed
here for years.
Omaha, Jan. 7.-Probably half a hun
dred buildings were more or less dam
aged by the gale which struck Omaha last
night. The wind did not abate with the
morning, but, continued to blow at a furi-
Gus velocity. Wires were Frustrated and
the city was in darkness the latter part
of the night because Of the damage to
electric light circuits. There has been no
rain Or snow and the temperature is bare
1y below the freezing point Telephone
and telegraph companies report wires
down throughout Nebraska and western
Iowa. -
Council Bluffs. Iowa, Jan 7-I.ast
nights wind storm destroyed Temporal rily
every electric light circuit in the city,
PIE" III many plate glass windows and
did other damage. The heavy wind con-
tlnues to-day with a light fall of snow
The storm is general throughout north
west Iowa with the temperature fallins
$ at noon. =
Morris, MIMI, Jan. 1.-The gentle rair
@of yesterday morning turned to snow
about 3 o'clock and at 6 o'clock a north
west BLIZZARD set in which is still raging
1t is the worst for years. The wind blew
in plate glass window in Northcott &
20. furniture store. The mercury stands
at 10 above zero. -
800 Albert Lea, Mimi, Jan. IA terrif,
3s wind storm has been raging here for six
teen hours. A light fall of snow is j,
progress. The snow is badly drifted.
Luverne. Mimi, Jan. THE fr,sbtfu
wind storm last night played havoc ir
=, This section, blowing off cl1imneys anf
oyerturning small buildings Tin roof
were torn off several business blocks anf
s4sp.oWiA lltIo uS1 grass fronts on the opposite
SIDE OF the street. The electric and teIe
phone service has been greatly crippled
he wind this morning assumed hurri
cane proportions and was accompanied b,
heavy snow furries. The storm is still
raging and it is showing steadily. but tn,
wind has slightly abated. All trains arr
two to six hours late. -"
La Crosse, Wis, Jan. "A severe biz
zard has been raging here all night and
Keeping up during the day. The velocit
OF the wind is thirty miles an hour. TIL
temperature is 20 degrees above. but
drop Of 20 or more degrees is promised b
to- morrow. A snow accompanied the biz
zard and has drifted badly. Railroad
are hampered by the storm.
Mitchell, S. D., Jan. IA severe snow
storm started this morning and with tn
& heavy wind blowing it, did not take Ion
for blizzardous conditions to take forrr
The wind blew perfect hurricane a
night and but for the fact that yesterda
the weather was warm and it thawed sui
fciently to settle the loose snow the storr
would be much greater in severity. Th
Thermometer stood at 20 above at z o,cloc