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Show STORMS IN EAST DELAYTRAFFIC Denver Cut Off From Telephone Tele-phone and Telegraph Communication. SNOW BLOCKS ROADS Stalled Train Missing Severe Storm Extending East Bitter Bit-ter Cold Other Reports. Denver, Colo., Feb. 23 A rain in tho Missouri river valley yesterday turned to sleet last night and with the freezing temperature this city practically was cut off from telephone and telegraph communication with the east at the opening of business today. Headquarters of the telegraph companies here reported their wires prostrated east of Lexington, Neb., and Fort Dodge, Kansas. There was a light snow in Colorado yesterday and last night, the lowest temperature in Colorado in the last twenty-four hours being two degrees above zero. Today was clear with rising temperature. Pueblo, Colo., Feb. 23. Officials or the Missouri Pacific railroad are endeavoring en-deavoring today to learn the fate of the passenger train blocked by snow on that road, last night, near Castle Grove, Kansas. Because of wire trouble no wora has been received of the stalled train this morning. Reports tell of a severe snow storm extending from Ordway east into Kansas. Castlo Grove, near where the train Is stalled, Is between Herslngton and Osawatb-mie, Osawatb-mie, Kansas. Chicago, 111., Feb. 23 Two severe storms raged through the middle west yesterday. High winds and snows were reported throughout the southwest. south-west. Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma Ok-lahoma and Arkansas reporting drifting drift-ing snow that in many cases greatly impeded traffic. The wind and snow were accompanied by severe cold throughout the northwest. Montana points reported -10 degrees below zero. The thermometer was rising, however, howev-er, as the storm approached the Great Lakes. Three deaths were reported In this :aity.. An-aged-,oouple-,- Frank Kachel1 hoffer, and his wife, were found dead from hunger and cold in their two-room two-room shack on the river and an unidentified un-identified died from exposure while being taken to a hospital after ho had collapsed in the streets. Telegraph and telephone wires were reported down in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, and trains between the Missouri river and the Rocky Mountains Moun-tains were stalled The wind here caused many accidents among pedestrians. pedes-trians. On the lake front, it was almost impossible to face the wind, and several accidents were reported by those who had had serious falls due to the wind. Oklahoma City reported a wind velocity ve-locity of 52 miles an hour which had drifted the snow so that train service was interrupted. Omaha, Neb., Feb. 23. Omaha and environs were swept by the first blizzard bliz-zard of the winter yesterday, tele"-graph, tele"-graph, telephone wires, railroad and street traffic was badly hampered. The storms started about noon and late last night was raging unabated. The thermometer hovered around the zero mark with Indications that it will take another decided drop before morning. Denver, Colo., Feb. 23. A cold wave and snow storm dropped upon Denver Den-ver and eastern Colorado early this morning, sending the thermometer far below freezing and bringing suow to a depth of 6 inches. Today's weather was in marked contrast with that of yesterday which was the warmep' February day ever recorded by the weather bureau in this city, at a maximum temperature of 20 degrees. Reports from Arkansas valley points in Colorado indicate a general snow fall of six inches. In La Junta the thermometer fell 70 degrees in 12 hours. Telegraph and telephone operations were badly demoralized through the western plains region. Kansas City, Mo., Fez. 23. A storm of sleet and snow on top of a driving rain today swept over Missouri and most of Kansas, and these districts tonight present a winter aspect hardly hard-ly equalled in tho present season. Driven by a gale by a sleet that gave an icy coating to everything, making roadways treacherous. Washington, Feb. 23. A violent storm sweeping across the continent from Colorado today, according to the Weather Bureau, caused rain today in the southern states and snow in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, tho Lake regions and the North Atlantic stales today and Tuesday. "This disturbance," tho bureau's report re-port said, "will be followed by a pronounced pro-nounced cold wave which will overspread over-spread the Mississippi valley the southern states by Tuesday. Following this storm the weather will become fair and will remain so for soveral days in the region cast of tho Rocky mountains. Rains will be frequent tho greater part of the coming week in the North Pacific states. In California and the southern plateau legion thG first halt of tho week will be fair while during the latter half week there will be rain. "A goneral change to warmer weather weath-er will set in over the northwestern states about Tuesday and this will spread eastward over the great central cen-tral valley by Wednesday and tho eastern states 5by Wednesday or Thursday. , & The next disturbance to cross the country will appear on tho North Pacific Pa-cific coast Monday or Tuesday, cross the great centra valleys Wednesday and the eastern states Thursday. This disturbance will be attended by snow in northern and probably rain in the southern states (cast of the Rocky mountains. Chicago, 111., Feb. 23. The storm of snow and wlncf which descended or. the mlddle-westqrn states yesterday still held them in' Its grip todaj'. Snow continued to fall and drift In nearly all of the affected regions and even in those localities where storm conditions con-ditions abated, low temperatures made difficult the work of clearing railroads rail-roads and setting up miles of prostrated pros-trated wires. r Conditions in Indiana grew worse, it is reported. Sjiow was being driven driv-en before a 25-mile wind at St. Louis, Similar conditions were reported from Illinois. Several t fatalities due to -thecold-' were-SxybrUed.' in the. .state. The storm was moderating over the prairie states, however, though trains were fighting their way , three to six hours late through 3Uow drifts. There was a heavy task of repairing fallen wires and clearing roads lu prospect all over Kansas and Missouri. Missou-ri. Ohio points reported snow falling fall-ing without cessation and drifting before be-fore high winds. Mail trains arrived ar-rived in Chicago from the east four and five hours late. Grain men here were apprehensive of the effect of the storm on the winter wheat crop. Zero Weather Reported. Zero weather was reported from Hutchinson, Kansas, the snow sticking to the wheat fields practically well, though spots now and then, are bare. In Illinois and Missouri many trains were reported stalled by the deep snow which had been drifted badly by the wind. Interurban lines were put out of commission and in several states street car traffic was entirely stopped. In Des Moines and central Iowa, the temperature was eight above ziio today, with still colder weather predicted. pre-dicted. Blizzard Continues. A blizzard that struck St. Louis late yesterday continued today, delaying delay-ing trains and sending tho thermometer thermome-ter to 14 degrees above zero. The storm was general throughout eastern Missouri and southern lllr-nois. lllr-nois. Peoria, Illinois, remained in the grip of an intense blizzard. Practically all telegraph and telephone wires were down there. With the thermometers hovering near zero at Columbu3 and other points Ohio continued today in" the grip of a heavy snow storm which had swept tho state since early Sunday. All rail traffic was badly demoralized Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway trains were stopped for a time today by a hurricane between Kansas City and Parsons, Kansas, which rocked tho coaches. Bakersfield, Cal., Feb. 23. Over three thousand Santa Fe and Southern Pacific passengers arc detained hero as a result of track and bridge washouts wash-outs between Bakersfield and Los Angeles. They are making the best of the delay and are spending tne time in sight-seeing in the oil fields and with dinner parties at the hotels. Mr. Silas Clvriptofferson, wife of the San Francisco-San Dieo aeroplane aero-plane pathfinder, was the guest of honor at one party last night. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 23. Continued Contin-ued snowfall crippled railroad traffic to such an extent that late last night train service in and out of Kansas City practically came to a standstill. The paralyzed condition of wire communication com-munication cnused the annulment of several trains, including two California Califor-nia trains on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad. Tho Topeka, Kan., offices of that roud reported more than 100 telegraph poles down In a distance of 25 miles west of that city. Madrid, Spain. Feb. 23. Fierce storms of wind and rain were ravaging ravag-ing tho whole of Spain yesterday. Telegraph lines are down In all directions di-rections and in some instances trains found it lmpossiDle to make headway against the hurricane force of the wind. |