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Show EAST IN GRIP OF STORM XING , Element Raging In Mighty Wrath From Rocky Mountains to Atlantic Atlan-tic 8now In the North, Rain In The 8outh. I Storn conditions today extended from the Rocky mountains to tho Atlantic At-lantic coast, with rain and thundiir A storms In the south and a heavy fall J of wet snow north of the Ohio river. Tho storm was central over sou- thcrn Illinois and was moving east-I east-I ward. A. heavy snowstorm Is raging I throughout tho lower lake region unt I Ohio valley? More than thrco Inches I of snow has fallen In many sections and the 'fall continues. I Both railroad and telegraph comp- I nnlcs aro experiencing great dlfflcut- I ty as a result of tho storm. Wire B conditions universally are bad. I It is predicted by forecasters that tho fall will continue throughout the I day and tomorrow will bo clear and H colder. Extreme cold weather Is not 4 B expected In any part of the storm A I belt. I Kansas City, Feb. 26. Covered by I B six Inches to two feet of heavy sod- A B den snow, tho southwest to'day faced I B tho worst traffic conditions of tho I B winter. Dcsplto efforts of yesterday k B afternoon and last night to clear f B tracks and repair wires, practically I B no trains from tho west woro runn- I B lng on scbodule, and telegraphic sor- I B lco from many points are cut off. I B Traffic conditions in Kansas City I B were tho worst in years. Ten Inches I B of Bnow in tho streets was so heavy A B that ditllculty was experienced i'i I B making passage oven with power I B snow plows. A B Several Bmall fires which broke out ! B in residence districts during tho nlgut f B were subdued by volunteer flghtcia, A B becauso tho flro department could not B make progress through tho streets, f B I'or hours tolcgraph connections on A B every road to the union dopot wcro I! B broken and lost trains wcro in ordor. f B Hotcbs usually crowded on Sunday 1 B nights woic nluioht deserted. B Small Jrmy Cliar Street I B Today a btiuill army of men under A B tho personal direction of the street t Bj commissioner set to work clearing the BJ streets. A special call was Issued for I BK 500 men and 100 teams: I . Becauso of demoralized car service f W most of tho churches wero desertc.l A of last night. Drifts on sidewalks made I B it practically Impossible even for poJ- f H cstrlaus to get about. Large districts i B of the nlty wcro without light becauso I B of the breaking of electric fires I' B Telcphono circuits were destroyed. 1 B At tho offico of tho general manng- J B cr of tho Rock Island railway it -was'. I B said that tho storm In Colorado, New 1 B Mexico and western Kansas was the I B worst the lino had ever experienced. I fi The snow In western Kansas was ac- I B companlcd by a fifty-mile wind. f B Headquarters of the Rock Island A B here were cut off from communlca- I B tion with tho southwest. Tho Golden I B Stato limited, due from the west at A B 8:10 last night had not been heard I H from since yesterday morning, when I B it was hold up at Dalhart, Tex. i B Bastbound passenger train No. 2, due f B here at 1:30 a.m. this morning was I B expected to be hours late. i B Train Annulled f B Missouri Pacific eastbound No. 2, H due from Pueblo at 8:15 this morning1! B was annulled west of Holslngtou, I B Kan., No. 3, westbound, duo to depart A B for Puoblo at 8:30 was annulled. I B o- I |