Show TERRIFIC BLIZZARD SWEEPS CENTRAL WESTERN STATES TATE I i Worst Storm of ot Many Winters Rages Through Missouri Illinois Illi- Illi I t nois Arkansas Kansas and Southwest Causing Intense Suffering f. f S RAILROAD T TRAFFIC IS 13 PRACTICALLY SUSPENDED Added to Situa Situation Is Mena Menace e of Flo Floods ds Which Have Been Greatly Augmented by y Heavy Rains and Snow I t tI J I Washington Feb 18 For Forecast Forecast t r for r Utah Utah Fair Wed and Thurs I St. St Louis Feb 18 TonIght Tonight th the worst storm of the winter Is raging throughout Missouri Illinois Arkansas Kansas and the Southwest In Southern Kansas the storm has prevailed since Monday evening without l abatement snow and rain falling accompanied by wind and thunder The Missouri Pacific has two trains sn snowbound In cuts west of Concordia The street railways at Atchison Kansas are unable to operate the snow drifting driftIng driftIng drift drift- ing in huge banks in the tho streets A snow plow has been sent to the relief of a passenger train in Northern Kansas j 4 The t temperature Is falling rapidly In Kansas and a no blizzard seems ent nt Special dispatches say ay Arkansas Is suffering much the same fate tate as I Kansas Snow Saos has been falling I. hours traffic of 01 all kinds Is practically suspended and the cold 1 Is intense Missouri is In the very cry grip of or the storm Three Inches of 01 rain fell tell last nr night ht In the western part palt of ot the state followed today b by n a blizzard Small streams streams' arc are swollen n and bottom bottom- bottomlands lands are arc co covered cored red with water and Ice Bates 9 r C reports live JIve stock to bo be sufferIng suffering suffer suffer- ing Intense Intensely The southern as well as the northern rn end nd of or the the- state Is suffering suf sn- r fering- fering tho the north winds and rain and snowfalls n adding dlug to tho the situation A fierce snowstorm has been sweepIng sweep sweep- 1 lug Ing over o southeastern astern Iowa all day and I ten Inches of ot snow v covers the tho ground roun on the tho level Jevel A gale gaJe of ot wind has been drifting the snow and country roads J V. V nr are hopelessly blocked h Livestock throughout the state Is suffering Southern Suffer Southern Illinois s seems senis ems to have havo re received rep re- re L tl the tho severest attack b by br the tho p storm Twelve to fifteen Inches of ot fallen the hIgh snow had n I t ft i n I rk pa a t t c l ly cut off ott tIO ont t nd Is ls suffer Butter Buttering Ii ing wort storm lorm In many years Cou Added to 0 this mig situation is la the tho menace of ot floods which have been greatly augmented the tha last few hours L by h heavy avy rains and snow BilOW All 11 bottom lands aroun are arc un under er water stoe stock is suffering and nd il dying nn atu and the people are arc terror terror- stricken by Ly the ominous signs of ot the the- night Tho winds continue high and the tho temperature is st steadily falling Indiana Tennessee Oklahoma and andare Nebraska are aro bellI being swept b by blizzards the snow drifting badly and ana the cold com COld Intensifying with each hour Terre I lau to Ind md reports the Wabash above the danger line and far into the lowlan low lowlands lan lands s causing much suffering In Jn St St. Louis and vicinity the storm has hns raged since last night flight Tho The Public Utilities companies have kept up their service well considering the gale but there Is great suffering among the thc poor The driving sleet and snow sno has hn blazed tho the WR way for tor a very cold tomorrow to morrow and there la 10 no Indication of ot a s J relaxation CHICAGO IS in Cr Dh umfort Vind Windi lt Io Ai M nol smi Truffle Chicago Feb Twelve l Twelve Inches of ot Chicago and nud the surrounding sur- sur surrounding sur SUi- snow SnO fell tell upon rounding country countr to today ay b between tween S 30 a. a m in and midnight t and aud brought death I discomfort comfort l and suffering to man many tho thousands thou thou- sands of or people Not Mot since the weather bureau began keeping records s In 1885 has there been a n tall fan of sno snow the db over ocr swept heavy as ns that which I Inn nil all day and far into the night In tho the month of 01 February 1900 Inches of ot snowfall was recorded the next heaviest being recorded March 14 14 1904 A fierce gale which at nt times attained at at- a v velocity of ot 48 43 miles an hour today todar prevailed l at times and piled plied up to tremendous drifts that paralyzed railway railway rail rall- traffic completely on several lines wa way t. t ro and l delayed trains on other othor lines JInes for tOl hours Ample warning was given L by the Weather neather bureau of or the approaching storm torm It came from the tin southwest and ond had bad Its origin In the panhandle le district district dis dis- o of T Texas as Not until it reached the valley of the Mississippi did It reach rench It tool took the dimensions of 01 a n big storm o i 14 northeastward along tho the St. St t. t Lawrence river r valley a and d Is due to 10 die diG l Thursday according to tho the predictions I t. t of Dt the the weather bureau westward Tonight ht l If H ha had progressed as far tar as eastern Ohio and was breakIng real break In Ing records In many places The zenith of or the storm was reached In tn Chicago go In the afternoon when It assumed assumed as ns- L hut But sum cd the tho likeness of a blizzard bUzzard for tor the fa fact t that the mean temperature for tor the da clay was 24 1 degrees above zero traffic and outdoor business would have been Leen completely paralyzed K C- C It nn t. t of or tho steam railroads s c p the paralyzing effects or of m the storm The Chicago o and Northwestern railroad and the Rock noel Island l railroad stopped all traffic late in the afternoon delayed 30 after aCter ever every train had hall been Total Fetal two and three hours minutes s to r i d demoralization of ot the train service ser was r reported upon the Northwestern r road at C 5 j p. p Ut m mand m and tonight there w were re a fl standing in t the tiO e dozen or more trains if 7 at nt the Wells street station which out dared not Incoming and out outgoing oln trains suffered suf sut- line alike on the Northwestern Limited left the station The Tho Overland O two hours late bec because use of or the hIe condition of ur the tracks All AU suburban suburban ban lIun trains were abandoned after C S j p. p m. m to and thousands of people were left lIn lines 8 reach their homes b by th the surface or remain over o night 1 In In Inthe the city to Its light Rock Roele Island gave up The clear early in the tho uit uri af- af tracks tho the keep trains trans going S 5 o'clock all aU t rno 1 By i t and andt stopped out oct and coming in n were Er with l crowded wt w t th r. r f t I suburbanites who were at a 3 loss for means of transportation to their homes At the Union depot all an incoming trains were behind time from one-half one hour to three hours The Omaha train on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. St Paul reached the station over three hours late WORST OUST I IN IX VE T TWENTY TY TY Union c no and Burlington rood rond Hard liar lilt Omaha Net Neb Feb FeL The IS-The IS Tho worst storm lJ Ii In 20 0 years yearn according to the weather bureau Lureau has been raging over ovet Nebraska prairies for tor the last 24 hours and at midnight tonight la is still e ed Railroad traffic is Js demoralized on all nil western r roads ads and both telegraph and telephone service Is at nt a a. stand stand- still The Union Pacific Burlington and Northwestern railroads s are particularly hard hIt hlL The Union Pacific Los Angeles Limited Limit Limit- ed which should have Ja arrived In Omaha early carlY tonight is yet In the Wyoming mountains and will wUI not arrive arrivo until Ve Wednesday afternoon The Tha Overland te 1 l Y b hl 0 and ll W havet cu d r- r Two trains wens o b blocked don on the b big II Missouri 11 river ther bridge hero toda today and for more moro than an nn hour were obliged to remain there one ono hundred feet In Inthe Inthe inthe the air all with the wind and snow whistling whist ling about them theta Later tacy were passed passed passed pass pass- ed Into the terminals Tonight railroads to the Black Hills are blocked in northwestern northwestern northwestern north north- western Nebraska while trains for Denver and th the coast con are arc simply creepIng creep creep- ep- ep Ing lug through the great drifts thrown up by the wind Deep cuts are completely filled with snow and all railroads arc running every snow plow they possess ItIer ot nt it Cincinnati Cincinnati Feb 18 The Tho Ohio river rl passed the foot 48 stage early today and according to the predictions of 01 the weather bureau officials will reach 50 feet the danger line tomorrow morn morn- ing It Is not expected that tho the river will go much above 60 0 feet unless the heavy snow that has been falling all nIl nIlL afternoon and evening should turn to L vaIn ain and cause local streams to run out rapidly at this point nn and hold b back the flood lood tide coming down nom Irons above and unu cause it to pile up here Tho The river Is rising from Parkersburg down lown to Its Us outlet into the Mississippi U and probably will continue rising slowly slow slow- slowly ly until Wednesday or Thursday when the crest of the tho swell will have ha passed this city Property owners living close to the tho river have ha had ample warning to move their goods to safe territory and thus far no serious damage has hac been J done by the flood lood fug TUK I I. Lout LeNt In storm Chicago Feb IS After After battling for three hours against the fury of ot tho the blizzard tho the fishing lishing tug was crushed b by the slush Ice off ort Waukegan harbor at nt 6 S clock o'clock tonight and sank annl beneath the waves with two men of or her crew Henry Bellinghausen assistant master and Jacob Jacobson engineer The Tho master of the tug Captain Oliver Ruber and the tho other members of the crew escaped death b by leaping to alife aUte a alife life Ute craft and walking to the over the field fled of 01 ice Tho The wreck of or the came suddenly suddenly sud cud denly after al ai efforts had been made to rescue by tho the life Ufe saving crew of or Vau Jeg kegin n and amI hundreds of friends of ot the thc imperiled fishermen from the shore l nt at Bloomington Ill Feb 28 Snow S. Snow which began falling over oer central Illinois Illinois Illi Illi- nois note at daybreak this morning Is la still falling at a late late- hour tonight the storm being by far the heaviest of or the winter henI tonight The fhe snow Is di drifting If ting heavily and end transportation lines are arc badly han han- Tho The Chicago and Alton has hns abandoned all freight traffic Il ily All AlI passenger trains are being moved with headers double and tho the telegraph telegraph telegraph tel tel- wires are ato ballI badly affected |