The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-01-05
west GETS taste
!. OF real WINTER
- "a -. 50 ts,Ts1 -
Fun1oussToRMo OF SNOW, sLEEr
ANp W1ND D11roRALUEs
TRAFFIC AND BUSINESS.
Many Trains Are Stuck in Enormous
snowdrifts Several Deaths Are
Due to the Blizzard-Damage at
Many Points Very Heavy.

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st. Paul, Mimi, Dec 29.-Although
causing but little trouble in st. Paul,
Tuesday nights storm brought serious
trouble in many districts of the west
and northwest, paralyzing railway
traffic and working havoc with the
movement of trains. Five through
trains from Chicago, st. Louis and
Kansas City were caught in snow
drifts and did not arrive jim st. Paul
Wednesday morning. A dozen south
bound trains were likewise showed in.
Traffic at standstill.
Marshalltown, Ia, Dec. 29.-Traff1c
on two roads out of this city, the Iowa
Central and the Chicago Great West
ern.gda ala standstlA. No tr4idas have
been handled III orSout on eithersaine.
since Tuesday morning. The only
trains moving are those from the east
on the Northwestern. The Iowa Cen
trail is unable to get trains south Of
Hampton Or north soi searsboro. The
Northwestern is unable to get farther
east than Ames. On the, Great West
ern there is drift at Fairbank half
mile long, IL feet deep, and thousand
49, "' Three n 8 reported.
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 29.-Two
deaths are known to have resulted
from the recent blizzard. Near Hia-
watha, Kan.,. Constantine Miller, an
old soldier. lost his way sin the storm.
md was frozen "a n death. The dead.
body of Charles Clock was found near
Lees Summit. Mo-, Wednesday.
Blown from a Train.
Centralia, III. Dec. ga brakeman
named Perry was killed near decatur
by being blown amsa freight car and
run over.
Three Veterans Die.
Columbus, O., Dec. 29.-Specialss
from Dayton and sandt1sky, O., tellsof
Fthessd eatHa res civil war xstefaAsi
from exposure during the storm OF
Tuesday night. At Dayton the dead
bodies of Daniel L. Stewart and James
Hdfsa, inmates Of the National Sol
diers' home, were found in roadways
near the home. At Sandusky the dead
body of George Weber, an inmate of
the Ohio Soldiers home, was found
near the home, where he had appar-
entity fallen asleep.
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woodru,f Wis Dee ao-sta,,ed in
a great drift that covered the cars to
the windows IN the Lac du Flambeaux
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In danger of heine frozen. to. death
should the steam in the engine boilers
fail 40 nassengera from Ashland. Res.
.emer and brentwood snent "a tarrihla
hours on a Northwestern train q the
blizzard If Tuesday nirht and Weakness
dav. That thew did. not nerish "a dua
to Conductor beatty who Moved his
way through Ave hours Of blizzard f.
this village and summoned assigtance.
to the brave lumber camns, foreman
George Ennis. who brought tham food
and furnished the mon tn din tha +ro;n
ont and tn Engineer nonahne ond III.
fireman, who worked on their disabled led
engine, lying on their backs in the
snow for hours, that fire might be kept
under the boilers. Many Of the pas
sengers were without food for 30
hours.