Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-31

MILWAUKEE, Wis. January 30-Pas-
senger train No. 23 Of the Chicago. Mil
waukee and ST. Paul Railway Company
is supposed to be lost in a snow drft
somewhere on the Southern Minnesota di-
vision OF that system between kinmarc
and Fulda.
The train left Lacrosse, Wis, Thursday
night. when the blizzard set in. Since it
passed Jackson, Mimi, no tidings have
been heard of it.
Trains on other systems have had rough
experiences during the blizzard, all run
ming irregularly.
Assistant General Supt d. c. Che
ney of the St. Paul road said this
Afternoon that he was unable to give any
definite statement concerning the missing
train for the reason that the telephone
and telegraph wires were down in all di-
rections. He believed. however, that the
passengers would be we'll cared for.
Mr.. Cheney says the storm has cease
throughout the northwest. He looks TO-
improved conditions at once.
Stalled in Snowdrift.
The Chicago and Northwestern train
due at Mantowoc at $50 Friday night
arrived two hours late, and after leaving
there became Stalled in a snowdrift at
Whitelaw. where, with its sixty passeu-
gers aboard. it was held prisoner until 10
. clock today.
While the temperature was Is below
zero a train on the Omaha railroad ran
Richmond. 1t took the crew two hours
to dig a way out with shoVelS 50 that
the train could proceed.
Two trains were stalled on the Madison
division Of the Chicago and Northwestern
road several hours last night on account
of the derailment of a freight train.
A Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul
wrecking train Is showed i'll between
Beaver Dam and Fox Lake.
On the northern division of the NORTH
western and the Wisconsin Central roads
the trains are moving with difficulty.
Caught on Crossing.
At Waukesha Wisconsin Central
freight train became stalled on the North
western crossing. 1t took several hours
before the train could be got across the
tracks.
The Pere Marquette car ferry II. which
left Ludington for Milwaukee on Thurs
day night had not reached this port up
to late hour this evening. 1t Is thought
by officials that she is laying 10 some
where near Milwaukee, on siccount Of the
sea.
The car ferry Is reached this port late
today.
Number IL carries a crew OF forty-five
men, but no passengers.
Blizzard in Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, January 20
Indiana is in the grasp of a blizzard to-
day. From all quarters of the state have
come reports of severe storms.
South Bend. near the Michigan line.
and Madison. en- the Ohio river, have re-
ported severe storm, accompanied 10y
snow and Geep drifts.
The weather station here recorded a
drop of thirty degrees in temperature III
the twenty-f0ur hours between o'clock
yesterday and Z O'Clock this morning,
when the thermometer stood DIT eight de
grees above zero.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. January 30
The severity of the blizzard which is
raging in this section was intensified by
the lowering temperature last night and
today
Slight improvement Was made today III
the service of telegraph companies and
trains. Normal conditions will be at
tained by Monday it IS believed.
With several trains stalled in the snow.
others have been abandoned and mail
service is crippled worse than it has been
in many years. Trains that are operated
are from two to twenty-four hours late.