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Show a sna riii: stTitn. It I. rollowr! by n ..1.1 Vt no. Wasiiin(ITx, Jan. I. A storm of unusual energy 1 central in the Mississippi Valley near rat. IouK attended by. general ruins over the entire country east of the MIi-slppi, MIi-slppi, with the exception of the New England coast aud Florida. The storm is follow rd u the eastern ski of the- Rocky Mountains by a cold wave, extending from Mlutie sola lo Texa?, aud by snow In low a, Kansas, Indian r.rrltory nnd Western Mi-souri. The temperature tempera-ture is uuusualiy high in the Mississippi Missis-sippi and Ohio a alleys, rangiug twenty to thirty degrees above normal from Missouri and Iowa ea-Uard to PeimsyUauia aud Virginia. Vir-ginia. Clearing weatlier with a cold wave will prevail Uiroughout the central valleys and thu lake regions re-gions during Friday, prectedeil by rain, changing to snow. Jin pa ri. KanS4P Cmr, Jan. i -A bhz-ztrd bhz-ztrd ret in last lpghl and cuiitlnurii with great severity durint; the ily over iiortliem Missouri and Kansas. Kansas Ii po venal with liLinktl-nuw liLinktl-nuw fnm four Inches to a foot thick, which In many places drifts to such an extent as to seriously cripple Hie railway traffic. AH incoming train from the West are delay e-t some four hours. Dispatches from different parts or Kansas indicate nlmct an entire cessation of all but local railway trafl.'c as a r-ult of tlie storm. The Iliirllngloii casl-buHml passenger train Is blockaded on the prairie north of Hiawatha. A relief train with provisions aud fuel has been sent from Atchlou to the blockaded train, but It may be unable to plow through the huge drifts. The westbound west-bound Rock Island train L tied up at Sallna,and Ihe east bounl Un.on PaclfiL- train has Is-cii unable to get tost Hrookvillc. No frei,;hlJ have been sent from heru since noon. llt.lXDlNO bNOW STUIIJI. CElMlt ItAPin". Ia., Jan. 1. The rain of this morulng has turned i- to a blinding enow storm. One of the worst blizzards ever known here Is ragliujaud the w-ather Is growing murh colder. Hislt winds prevail ami serious blockade ou all tbe railroads an- Inevitable. Riorts from other I -arts of the State show tbe storm to be general. A Ci CLONE. Shrevtport, La., Jan. 1 At 2 o'clock this morning a cyclone struck Keache, a small tow n lu I)j Soto Parish. The Masonic Hall and Ktotllce and seviral stories were denijIMied. The Spencer House and a number of dwellings were damaged. No lives Were lost. |