Omaha daily bee., 1908-02-20
STORM CONTINUES UNDATED
Wind and Snow Still Cause Trouble
in Michigan and Wisconsin.
RAILROADS ARE ALMOST TIED UP
Chicago Traction Lines Doing Their
Best TO Penetrate BIOckRdeS-
st. Louis Has singing
snow storm.

which swept down upon the lower portion
OF Michigan from the west yesterday after
noon still prevails with great severity and
already the snowfall ranges from eight
inches in Detroit to eighteen inches in the
southwestern section of the state. Accom-
panied by a twenty to thirty mile an hour
wind the snow is difting badly through the
country districts and roads are badly
blocked. Trains are late everywhere, al
though railroad officials generally express
themselves as greatly pleased over their
success in keeping the lines open. The
storm is most severe in that part Of the
state below a line drawn from Saginaw
bay across to Lake Michigan.
Kalamazoo reports that all trains in the
southwestern section of the state are from
one-half an hour to four hours late and
that the Lake Shore railway has entirely
abandoned traffic on it's branch through
there today Interurban lines In southwest
ern Michigan are having a desperate fight
TO get cars through The Michigan Cen
trail, Pere Marquette, Wabash and Grand
Trunk railroads all reported here today
practically the same condition Of affairs
along their llnes-snow from eight to
eighteen inches in depth, trains being
doubleheaded and delays in traffic from the
west running from half an hour to five or
six hours late. The wabash reports the
storm less severe through Canada and
westbound passenger trains arriving with
small delays
Chicago Under Deep Snow.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19-The blizzard which
began here yesterday and which almost
paralyzed all transportation facilities In
Chicago and suburbs was still In progress
today although the greatest fury of the
storm had passed. A light snow fell dur
ing the early part Of the day and was piled
into great drifts by strong wind. Traffic
on all surface and elevated street car lines,
as we'll as on steam roads, was greatly de-
layed in spite Of the strenuous efforts of
the officials of the various lines who had
large squads of men working all night in
an endeavor to keep the tracks clear Of
snow Even worse delays were experienced
because through trains from the east ar
rived here today all the way from one to
seven hours late
Many additional accidents to pedestrians,
and one death, were reported to the police.
An unidentified man, about forty years OF
age, was struck by a freight train on the
Chicago & Northwestern road and died an
hour later at st. AIMS sanatarium. Two
men, who had been overcome by the storm,
were found by the police almost completely
buried in the snow.
An aDanQOneQ duIohODne was III
a snow drift early today at Stewart avenue
and Sxty-sixth street The license tag
and head lamps were missing, and nothing
was found by means OF which the identity
of the owner could be learned.
Service on the electric line running be-
tween Elgin and Chicago was almost at
standstill. Trains operating east Of Whea-
ton on the same line, however, were only
slightly delayed.
The body of John johnson was found in
a snowbank today at Sixty-third street and
Sacramento avenue. 1t is believed he was
frozen to death.
Foot of snow at milwaukee,.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Feb 19.-The bliz-
zard which started in this section yesterday
continues with but slightly abated fierce
ness today. About foot of snow has fall
len in Milwaukee and vicinity. The cleo
trio line to Racine is tied up on account
Of huge drifts The Waukesha line is open,
but the cars are badly delayed. Trains on
the steam roads are considerably delayed.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 1s.-The tempera-
ture dropped down to % degrees above zero
today and singing snow storm prevails,
being driven by a hard northwest wind
blowing 2s miles an hour.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb 19.-Last night was
, the coldest OF the season in Kansas. Little
snow has fallen and railroad traffic has
not been impeded.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1s-A fall of
twenty degrees in temperature was regis
tered over western Missouri during the past
twenty-four hours. brisk northwest wind
during the night caused the three inches of
snow that had fallen to drift badly. Street
cars are running regularly today and trains
are resuming their schedules.
SCRANTON. Pa. Feb. 1s.-Heavy snow
has fallen today throughout northeastern
Pennsylvania. Street car traffic in the
Lackawanna valley is blockaded and steam
roads are greatly handicapped.
| GOSHEN, Ind, Feb. 1s.-The worst snow
storm in twenty years is raging here.
Eighteen inches of snow have fallen and in
places it has drifted badly. southbound
trains from Michigan points are blocked.
At Warsaw twelve inches of snow has fal-
len. other points in northern Indiana are
reporting similar conditions.
| JOLIET, ILL.,, Feb. ia relief party has
| left here to rescue the passengers on
Joliet & Southern interurban car stalled
| in the snow near Plainfield. The car left
here last night carrying twenty passen-
gers.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1s.-The flood sit
uation in southern indiana is more serious
I today. Swollen rivers increased their depth
during last night and thousands of addl-
! tlonal acres of lowlands are submerged
At Evansville the Ohio is rising one inch
an hour Rain and snow fell during the
night. followed today by cold wind, caus-
ing much suffering among flood refugees.
Trains stiIl Delayed.
| BEATRICE Neb., Feb, 19.-(Special Tele-
| gram. 1.-THE railroads have not yet recov-
| cred from the effects of yesterdays storm
Burlington passenger No. ss left Beatrice
| last evening for Nebraska City and be-
came stalled in a snowdrift two miles east
| OF town, where 1t remained all night
Roadmaster Wright Of Tecumseh and one
! OF his men walked to town and this morn
| ing secured an engine from Wymore TO
pull the train out Of the drift The pas
/ sengers suffered no III effects as a result
| of the delay. The Rock Island has not had
a train through here for two days and
trains on the Burlington and Union Pacific
! are badly delayed
Iowa Central Tied Up.
MARsHALLTOWN, Ia. Feb. l9-The
blizzard has completely tied up traffic on
the Iowa Central. In the drifts near Gif-
ford a passenger train is showed in. The
/ Chicago g. Northwestern train with two
locomotives and double sections for through
| trains Is from four TO seven hours late