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Show MITE EASTER IS , llLT'AfTiCf STORM IS HI St Paul Reports Frigid Weather Weath-er and Blizzard; Iova Reports Re-ports High Wind ST. PAUL, Minn., April 2. A cold wave and blizzard starting late last night extended over Minnesota and eastern Dakotas today giving promise of a "White easter." The mercury fell about thirty degrees from yesterday's maximum to ten degrees above zero this morning. While the snowfall was not unusually heavy, the high wind accompanying ac-companying it impeded railroad and city traffic considerably. A fall of a few inches today at Winona, Minn., removed re-moved danger of flood waters there but many cellars in the city were full of water making dry fuel a scarcity when most needed. Duluth reported that the bli'.znrd there was sweeping ice out of harbor, giving promise of an early opening of lake navigation. DAVENPORT. Ia.. April 2. A terrific ter-rific wind, rain and hail storm strucic tho vicinity of Wilton, la., 32 miles northwest of Davenport last night at seven o'clock. The wind blew down barns, outbuildings, windmills and in some cases houses. There was no loss of life as .far as Is known. Telephone and telegraph communication is impaired. im-paired. BAR SILVER. NEW YORK, April 2. Bar silver U-26. Mexican dollars 96c. |