People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — IT BRINGS DEATH. [ARTICLE]

IT BRINGS DEATH.

Iha Wide-Sweeping Blizzard Finds Many Victims Km« of Life and Great Suffering In Oklahont—Traffic Interfered with and Business at a Standstill in the Northwest. HORRORS OF THE STORM. Gcthkik, 0. T., Feb. 14. —Reports come from the strip of great suffering anuMijr the homesteaders residing there. Several persons, it is reported, have perished in the storm, among them two families residing near Gross. No particulars can be obtained. Hundreds of bead of stock were frozen to death. Many people are still living in tents •ad as fuel is scarce the condition is •wfuL James Mulligan, living 4 miles south of Perry, was found Monday evening frozen to death, and his partner, Harvey Newcomb, died from •xnosure and cold fifteen minutes after being found. At Ponca Mrs. Jennie Cramer and two children, Lizzie and Sallie, were discovered frozen stiff in a coyote's burrow, 10 yards from their abode. An Awful Alternative. Word comes from Cross that Sherman Stone and family, consisting of wife and five children, were found sitting about a stove with their throats cut from ear to ear. The following note found on a table near by Stone gives a horrible story of murder and suicide in connection with the storm. “Woal all gone. Moilie frozen to death, the rest of us freezing. 1 have killed my family and now kill myself to prevent further suffering. God have mercy on us. ” Stone was a homesteader and Hved in a tent It is thought that after the ■nonr melts hundreds of dead settlers will be found, along with the remains of thousands of cattle. Other Fatalities. CoL Henry Melton, a cowboy, who was with Buffalo Bill at the world’s fair, was discovered by a party of hunters early Monday morning dead under his horse. At Anadarko two Indian pupils were found Sunday evening buried under a snowbank. Upon being taken to a house one of the children immediately expired. The other, however, showed signs of recovery. A report has reached here that a family named Sears, residing on a claim near Woodward, was found frozen to death, but uo particulars can be obtained. A Missing Schoolma’am. Miss Jennie Johnston, a - ndiau teacher, who came to Alva recently from Scranton, Pa., le't her school Saturday for her Loarding house. She has not been seen since. No reports have been received from other west side towns, but it is certain the suffering is great, as the west side peopieare living mostly in tents All trains are delayed. Miss Johnston’s ease is rather a romantic one. She recently fell heir to •UO,1)00 at her old Pennsylvania home, and was immediately surrounded by a score of admirers. Miss Johnston, of course, thought all of her lovers were mercenary, and, feeling piqued, gathered up her effects and came west, where she secured a school. A courier just in from Alva, another ■tftrip town, reports great suffering among the homesteaders near the river. One hundred head of horses and cattle were frozen and volunteer relief committees are now scouring the country gathering together the people and taring for them in the schoolhouses. Worst Kver Known In Kansas. .T&BlPOiiia, Kan., Feb. 14.—The worst ttorm ever known here began Sunday and lassoed through the night. Not less than 2 feet of snow has fallen, and it 1 has drifted so that in places it is 20 '-feet deep. Railroad traffic is stopped, Vtrains being snowed in at numerous points. Thousands of head of cattle are endangered and a great portion of them will die of cold and lack of food. Wheat raisers see a gleam of hope in -that the snow covers their crops and .protects them. Trains Snowed In. 'Wichita, Kan., Feb. 14.—Train service in this section of the state has been abandoned since Sunday. The Missouri Pacific and St. Louis & San Francisco trai us stuck in the flint bill and are still there. The storm has been -extremely severe, and by reason of >3iigh winds the snow varies from Ito £5 feet in depth. Worst Since 1885, Racine, Wis., Feb. 14. — The worst blizzard that has struck Racine since die memorable winter of ISBS has Taged here with terrible fury. A fierce gale has swept over the city and vicinity from the lake, driving ice like snow particles, so that pedestrians were nearly blinded. Street car traffic is paralyzed and since 41 o'clock Monday night no car has been (running. Great banks of snow nearly ■as high as the doors block the entrance to many business houses, while on the -other side the walks are swept clean. The steeple of the First Baptist church, -one of the handsomest structures :ia the city, was blown down, involving a loss of $3,000. John Janaschauck, 48 years old, while intoxicated, undressed upon the public street and laydown in a snowbank to sleep. He was discovered and taken to a hospital, where he died inside of an hour. In Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 14.—The storm which •Taged here all day Monday was the ' worst ever known in the line of blizzards in this vicinity. The wind blew =at a rate of from 50 to 70 miles an hour. Business came to a standstill, while the wild storm tossed ‘anountaius of snow across deserted streets and boulevards. It swept the city during the early hours of morning, heaping white mounds wecoss car tracks, filling basement stores and swirling up heaps along the aide walks. By 8 o’clock nearly all the car lines and many suburban trains had been choked to a standstill. 'The oldest inhabitant could not when street traffic was 'blocked as it was on Monday. Horses and drivers suffered equally, suod not a wagon more than was absolutely necessary was sent out Express -tompinies delivered only perishable

freight and valuable packages jester day and most of the wagons were drawn by four horses. Hundreds of wholesale and retail stores did not send ont a wagon. A number of persons were blown off their feet by the high wind and seriously injured. By 11 o’clock p. m. the storm had died and a cold wave enveloped the city. Other Points La Illinois. Dispatches from various points in this state tell of the effects of the great storm. Street car and other modes of transportation were paralyzed and business completely blockaded. Indiana Snowed Under. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 14. — A blizzard, the worst Indianapolis has experienced for years, raged for eighteen hours. It sleeted, rained and snowed alternately. The snow is over 1 foot deep. Street cars have been running only occasionally and traffic is practically suspended. What is true of Indianapolis applies to all points in this state. In Ohio. Cleveland, 0., Feb. 14. —The blizzard which raged with such severity throughout the west Sunday night reached this city at 7 a m. Monday. A fierce gale, accompanied by a heavy fall of fine, cutting snow, is in progress, and the storm promises to be a severe one. At noon the street car service was demoralized, only an occasional car managing to get through the heavy snowdrifts. On the Lake Shore road trains were reported as more or less delayed from the west, with a prospect of serious blockades. Four Men Killed* Toledo, 0., Feb. 14.—A special to the Blade from Bellevue, 0., says: Two freight trains collided on the Wheeling & Lake Erie road in the storm 2 miles west of this place. Three men were killed. The trains were running at full speed, the blinding snow preventing the engineers from seeing the danger. The collision was terrific, both engines being smashed into scrap iron. The freight cars were broken into splinters and piled up in utter confusion. A wrecking train with physicians was sent from Norwalk. When it arrived the trainmen were still in 1 the wreck, and were extricated one by one. The following were either killed i outright or have died since the collision: Engineer Connell, Fireman Me Mullen, Engineer Sam Stowell and j Brakeman Johnson. lowa Gets Her Share. Burlington. la., Feb. 1 .—The worst snowstorm of the season began here ] Sunday evening. Eight inches of snow covers the ground and is drifting badly. The weather is very cold and all trains are delayed. Dubuque, la., Feb. 14.—The worst 1 blilzard experienced here for some ■ years struck this city and raged furi- i ously all day. Railroad people are ; looking for serious trouble unless the 1 storm abates, as the wind is rapidly I filling the cuts. One of the street car j lines is abandoned. In Michigan. Grand Rai-ids, Mich., Feb. 14.—The blizzard which arrived here early Mondry morning was the worst in several j seasons. It was accompanied by much j snow, deep drifts and high wind. Railroad traffic is much delayed and business was practically suspended. In Great Britkin. London, Feb. 14. —A heavy gale has prevailed in some sections, much dam- ! age resulting. At Teignruouth, in Devonshire, a church in course of erection was entirely destroyed. The spire of St Mary’s church at Shrewsbury, j county of Salop, was blown down. At j Peterborough, county of Northampton, the pinnacle of the parish Church of j St. John was blown over and the glass i roof of the Great Eastern railway sta- J tion was destroyed. The English j Presbyterian church at Holywell, j Flintshire, Wales, was also among the buildings wrecked. A boarding school and many dwelling houses in the town were also blown down. At Newport, in South Wales, the roofs were blown off a number of houses. Several vessels have gone ashore off Margate and Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Devonshire. At Dudley, in Worcestershire, a number of factory chimneystacks were blown down. In two or three instances the falling chimneys struck the factories, causing great damage. In this town many persons were injured. Scores of houses were unroofed. Communication between London and the continent is completely cut off.