Show TELEGRAPH connection CUT OFF heavy rain and snow st ams in n the northwest f T CHICAGO nov 18 in t arty aix hours not ot a click has been heard arom om tile tele grath instruments connee conne connecting ec cling ing w chicag 0 with it the treat great northwest at U f to r I 1 it the situation Is n 0 anaed al it nas was learned from E J 1 Earlif alf if tg 9 gene ral I 1 nian manager a ger of the chicago chicag 0 milwaukee 31 aukee it sk I 1 t I 1 w I 1 JF st paul rail railway who arrived from ill the northwest that last nights at storm orm was ver y severe e V ere throughout J wisconsin iscon in iowa nn fill d southern minnesota ta it started with a heavy wind I ind and rain storm the rain suddenly turned to snow allow which fe fell I 1 I 1 to the depth of a it loot toot through western wisconsin and southern mine sola sota TI the e rain froze on the wires breaking them do down wn with the great weight of ice and any number of telegraph poles are down |