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Show tate. The temperature at Lincoln this morning was 10 below zern. KANSAS CTTV. Ph. .. D'irinK the night !i degrees bejnw r.ero was recorded hfre. and 4 below in Tnpeka. Today there was a rapid rise in temperature, with but little snow falling. EAST IN GRASP OF BLIZZARD; SHIPS IN GREAT DANGER NEW YORK. Feb. S. For more than twenty-four hours this city has been in the grip of a fWce northeast snow storm. Tan inches of snow lV.l in the twenty four hours ending at 11 o'clock this morning, equaling the amount within any gimilar period for several years. In Broadwav and all the avenue? und cross streets containing surf. -ice . ar i line the now was piled six feet high ' between the car tracks and the sidewalks, side-walks, but bv hard work ith snow- ; ploughs and shovels, most of ti e surface lines were kept in operation. Most of the elevated lines in Manhattan were run on their usual schedule tins morn-ini, morn-ini, hut those in remote section of Brooklyn were badly delaved. Through trains and sut.urt.in locils on nearly all the railroads were greatly d'luved. Harhor tragic nmveil very slowl v. An armv of snow .hnvelers estimated at 50' "J was at work on the streets today. to-day. C HATHAM. Mass . Fe,. hlmd-ing hlmd-ing snowstorm, driven hy a i t y mile northeastern gale, is ninking wild weather conditions on this cojt. I'd til observation can he taken, little will be learned of the fate of the shipping which left Boston yestenlav. HIGHLAND Lir.HT. Mas,.. Feb o The worst storm of the winter prevailed here today. A gale of sixty miles an hour, with thick snow, stopping all traffic on land and sea prevails. BOSTON, Feb. 5. The traffic of Greater Boston is seriously hampered by the snowstorm which developed last night and increased todav. Traffic is badly broken into by the snow. NEW HAVEN. Conn., Feb. 5. The wild Bnowrtorm which began yesterdav afternoon and continued today with increasing in-creasing furv had a disastrous effect on traffic on all lines of the State. Not for several years have uteam roads been so tied up as they were today. PT. PAUL. Feb. 5. The street ther mnmeter today registered from 22 to 32 below zero, according to the exposure of the instrument. LINCOLN. Neb.. Feb. 5. The heavy snowstorm of yesterday continued today to-day in Nebraska. More than a foot of enow now covers the greater part of the |