Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-09
Worst Storm in Years Raging
in Northwest.
TRAINS AT A STANDSTILL
Half a Dozen States in Grasp of
Snow King.
Twenty-Five Degrees Below Zero
Registered at Many Points.
Street Car Traffic Impeded.

CHICAGO. February 9.-The vast and
northwest are in the grip of blizzard
today that in many localities is more in
tense in it's severity than was the hard
storm CT two weeks ago. according to re-
ports reaching this city this morning. In
Montana. the Dakotas Wyoming. Colo
RADIO. Minnesota. Nebraska and northern
Wisconsin sub-zero temperatures prevail
in several sections, the mercury register
ing as low as % degrees below.
In all of the states me ntioned binding
sitting snow is being swept over noun
tains and across the prairie by blood
chilling wind originating in the vicinity OF
Medicine Hat and travelling at fifty mile
an hour clip in a southeasterly direction
and transportation service has already be-
gun to suffer, many trains being reported
late.
In Chicago and Illinois. Iowa and lower
Wisconsin. a heavy snow. accompanied by
high winds, fell last night and early this
morning. and at daylight the snow turned
into rain. Forecasts are for rapid drop
in the temperature tonight.
Falling temperatures are reported all
over the southwest. In the six hours
up to 7:30 o'clock this morning the tenn
perature at Kansas City fell fifty degrees.
standing al the latter hour at degrees
above zero. Similar falls were generally
reported. Concordia. Kan, reported be-
low zero: Okla homa City. II above; Fort
Smith, Ark. 90. and Amarillo. Tex, 10
above zero.
Worst in Twenty-One Years.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, February 9.-The
worst storm in the history of the north
west for twenty-one years is raging. In
South Dakota not train was moving at
Q o'clock this morning. In Minnesota and
North Dakota the storm is rapidly closing
in on traffic and trains are hourly being
abandon~u: the main effort being to get
them to stations where the passengers
may be cared for. In northern Wisconsin
the situation is similar.
The street car system in st. Paul and
Minneapolis is crippled, with the prospect
that no cars will be running this after
noon.
A heavy snow storm has prevailed here
since daylight driven by a strong wind
The snow is fine and drifting. Railroad
men predict tie-up as far west as the
Montana line and decentralization or serv-
ice for ten days.
Twenty Below in Nebraska.
OMAHA, Neb.. February 9.-Blizzard
conditions prevail in western Nebraska
exceeding in severity the storm of ter
days ago. The thermometer registered e
degrees below zero at Crawford asst
night A strong northeast wind last
night blew binding snow into drifts.
On the Burlington main line to Denver
freight trains are tied up and energies
devoted to keeping passengers moving.
LINCOLN, Neb., February ?.-Ratlway
men. street car managers and telegraph
companies are today struggling against a
blizzard. The mercury stands at zero and
the wind is blowing fifty miles an hour.
Many signs have been blown from their
fastenings and it is estimated that Lin
coin merchants have sustained a loss of
s., 900 from the breaking of windows.
Fall of Fifty Degrees.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. February o.
Falling temperatures were reported all
over the southwest today. In six hours
the temperature at Kansas City fell fifty
degrees reaching five degrees above Zero
today. Similar drops were generally re-
ported. Concordia. Kan, reported be-
low zero; Oklahoma City, - above; Fort
Smith, Ark, -, and Amarillo, Tex, u
above zero.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-. February 9.-North-
western Missouri is today in the grip OF
another blizzard. 1t is intensely cold,