The San Francisco call., 1909-01-30


WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-The western
storm which has been moving eastward
is centered tonight in the middle lake
region although the influence Of the
cold wave is already felt as far east
as the Appalachians, according to the
weather bureau. Storm warnings are
displayed on the Atlantic and gulf
coasts, EXCEPT south Florida; on the
California coast from Point Reyes to
Eureka and on the straits Of Juan de
Fuca- Cold weather will prevail in
the middle and north Atlantic states
tomorrow night and Sunday. In the
northwest the weather will moderate
tomorrow.
CHICAGO FEELS BITE
CHICAGO. Jan. 29.-The storm of
sleet. snow and rain. which. swirled
along by a high wind during the last
"a hours. has Frustrated telegraph and
telephone wires. stalled trains. wrecked
buildings and isolated communities,
struck Chicago tonight
The first bite Of the storm was felt
in Chicago at noon and 1t continued
10 increase in fury until the wind blew
80 miles an hour and the thermometer
registered drop of over 20 degrees.
TO 10 above.
The snow covered the streets, and or
oers were sent TO every police station
in the city to turn no shelterIess person
away.
10 trains are running tonight in the
storm belt Of Iowa and few in Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota. The Chicago. Mil
waUkee and St Paul limited train from
the Pacific coast due here at noon to-
DAY, was nine hours late into Marion.
Ia, and is not expected here until to-
morrow. On the Minnesota division a
freight train was stalled and passenger
trains We're held up behind 1t. Another
train. a passenger with neither diner
nor sleeper. was reported missing from
ia Crosse, as was one which started TO
its relief Both trains. 1t is said. were
stuck IN the snow
Madison, Wis. was one of the cities
cut on from the outside worfd, sleet
cutting communication in every direc-
tion, leaving Wisconsin for many, hours
without news Of the progress of the
senatorial fight A wire was restored
long enough TO get a brief dispatch
concerning today's ballot.
Tonight the telegraph companies sue
ceeded in patching UP service north
end west in sections that had been
abandoned during the day. Further
loss OF wires at other points in the
storms path, however, was feared.
Raging in Colorado
DENVER. Jan. 2s.-From II o'clock
last night until O'Clock today almost
the entire country west Of the Mis-
souri, river was cut off from tele-
graphic communication with the out
side world as the result of rain,
snow and sleet storm, accompanied by
wind Of almost cyclonic violence,
that swept over Colorado, Kansas and
Nebraska last night and then continued
Its work OF destruction eastward
In Colorado, where the storm has
been raging for several days in the
mountains and along the west slope,
railroads are blocked by drifts which
have rendered even the big rotary
plows powerless, and big snowslides
are reported from all directions High
winds in the mountains are piling up
the drifts.
In the Telluride and San Juan dis
tricts Of southwestern Colorado many
mines have been forced to close be-
cause Of the lack Of fuel and supplies
A slide that wrecked section of the
Telluride power cOmpany's lines put a
dozen mines and mills in the Savage
basin out Of commission.
On the South Park branch of the
Colorado and Southern railroad three
passenger trains are said to be stalled
in the drifts. with passengers suffering
from cold and hunger.
Passenger trains from the east on
the Union Pacific. Santa Fe. Rock
Island and Burlington roads are all
late. and passengers report that the
wind blew at the rate Of 20 miles an
hour across the Kansas and Nebraska
prairies over which they came
Buildings Unroofed i'm Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. 29.-Altbougb
the wind which swept Nebraska and
adjoining states had partially abated
tonight the mercury had fallen be-
low zero
Reports began coming in tonight
from outside cities and towns which