Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-01-17
FROZEN OUT.
Dreadful DestitutiOn Pre-
vailing in Kansas.
SCARCITY OF FOOD AND FUEL.
One Hundred and Fifty-One
Deaths From Exposure in
the Northwest.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, January 49,
Saturday and Sunday nights were the
coldest experienced in this section
The thermometer registered 10 de-
grees below zero. Reports of cases
of freezing from points in Kansas are
appalling. 1t is estimated that 5000
people in Clarke county are in desti.
tute condition.
The Presbyterian minister at Hart.
ford, Kearney county, writes to the
aid society imploring assistance for the
people of fthat section, saying: "Ifreliei
does not come soon hundreds will die. "
HEAVY LOSSES TO STOCK.
Specials from different parts indi-
cate that the casualties among stock
have been greater than ever before
known in Kansas. Horses and cattle
have perished in their stalls. Two
trains of cattle coming in on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway were caught in
the blizzard and every animal was
frozen to death.
In the Indian Territory the entire
range is frozen over, and the loss will
be very great.
= kilograms from points in Texas re-
port the mercury lower than ever be-
fore known. The suffering among the
poor people is very severe. Cattle
men apprehend great loss.
THE WORST SINCE 1864.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, January 16.-The
great storm which swept over the en-
tire country last week has been fol-
lowed by freeze, the like of which
has not been experienced since the
memorable winter of 1864. Extreme
suffering is reported from all direc-
tions, especially in Minnesota, Dakota,
Montana and Nebraska, where many
lives have been lost. In Kansas thou
sands are suffering for want of food
and fuel. The storm, while less Sc
we're in the Southern States, still found
the people there unprepared for it and
much suffering has resulted. Dis
patches from the Northwest report 125
fatalities already.
MILWAUKEE, January 16.-Specials
from various portions of Wisconsin
indicate that last night was the cold
est in years, the thermometer rang
ing from 80 to so degrees below zero.
HELENA, M. T., January 16.-The
cold wave continues unabated. The
thermometer ranges from 20 to 38
below.
SOME SAD STORIES.
In Dakota. Bessie Stansfeld, 49,
year-old teacher, left her school dur
ing the storm to 60 to farmers
house, thirty yards distant. Her
dead body was found nearly mile
from the schoolhouse.
-Four children froze to death in the
schoolhouse at Mellette. The teacher
left them to get assistance and her
body has not yet been found.
Miss Stenbeiner, another teacher,
Twelve miles northeast of Aberdeen,
was out all night in the blizzard.
When found she was barely alive and
died shortly afterwards.
William Worrels went out of the
house on Thursday evening to 60 a
few rods to the barn. He become
confused and was found dead two
miles away.
H. G. Chaplin, a collector for a
threshing-machine firm, left Keith
vile Thursday morning with livery
man to visit farmers near by. They
have not been heard from and are
dead.
o. T. Owens and wife, OF Went
worth, Dakota, were lost on the
prairie on Friday night. When found
Mrs. Owens was dead and he badly
frozen.
LATEST RETURNS.
Sr. PAUL. January 16.-Additional
reports have been received showing
that 50 far Isl deaths through the
storm have occurred at different
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