Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-10
From All Quarters. COLDEST IN A CENTURY. Intense Suffering in Many
 European Countries. \ SOLDIERS EXTENDING BREAs1WoRks The Natives of New Guinea
 Attacking Villages. THREE GOVERNORS IN NEBRASKA. The Proceedings of House
 and Senate.
THREE GOVERNORS IN NEBRASKA.
THE COLD WEATHER IN EUROPE.

Nearly Every Country Wrapped in Snow-CanaIs and Streams Frozen -Icebound Vessels In Many Rivers Numerous Deaths from the Ex- treme Weather-Suherins and Dis
 tress-Snow in Italy and Spain. LONDON, Jan. 9-It is now tbe seventh week of the prevalence of frost throughout the kingdom with no signs of abatement of the severity of the weather. From John Greats to Lands End the country is wrapped in snow, and canals and streams are ice bound. Even number of tidal rivers are frozen fast For duration of frost period this is the greatest weather of the century, and in point of severity the winters of 1913 and 1914 alone exceed it. Fairs were then held on the ice on the Thames, Severn, Tyne and Tweed. Booths were reared, and all the usual fair frolics were held thereon. The Thames below Richmond remains partially frozen and is covered with ice foes, which are impeding navigation. Above Lexington the ice on the Thames is eight inches thick. Car riers' vans can cross the river's frozen sur face. Skaters have free stretch of many mile above and below Oxford
 NUMEROUS DEATHS.
 Numerous deaths have resulted from ex- treme cold, several at the very gates of warehouses, where the poor people were waiting for shelter Midland newspapers declare that thousands of persons in that region are in condition of semi-starva- ton, many laborers being compulsorily idle without fires or food. Mayors of cities, with the aid of local boards, are directing in organized distribution of bread and coal, and are starting relief kitchens; still they fail to reach host of cases of distress. Numerous instances oc- cur of coroners' inquests on the bodies of people found dead in bed where the yer dict is that death resulted from cold and hunger.
 ICEBOUND STEAMSHIPS.
 In every country on the continent there is suffering because of the severe weather. The coasts of Belgium, Holland and north Germany are blocked with ice. In the Scheldt river navigation is nearly at a standstill on account of the ice. At the north German port of Cuxhaven twenty nine steamships are icebound. Pilots there are unable to communicate with yes sells on account of the ice foes, thus mak- ing the harbor inaccessible. Several yes sells were struck by immense masses of the floating ice and their hulls were so badly damaged that the boats soon sank. In every instance their crews were saved from death only with great difficulty.
 STEAMERS DRIFTING.
 A number of steamers are drifting help lessly between Ottendorf and Brunsbetel. They have lost their anchors and have been considerably damaged by the floating ice.
 At Hamburg navigation is greatly i'm peded by the immense blocks of ice which fill the river. The board of navigation is making every effort to keep the river open and is employing three of the strongest tugs that can be secured and ice-breakers. Many vessels have also been damaged here by the ice, but no serious accidents have as yet been reported.
 TEN THOUSAND OUT OF WORK.
 At Antwerp ,OO0 workmen have been thrown out of employment owing to the unusually severe weather which is prevail ing at present. The misery caused among the poorer classes in consequence is wide spread and intense The use of dynamite is to be tried to break the ice at Copen hagen, where several steamships lie ice bound. At many ports tugs are actively engaged in efforts to break the ice, but not with much effect The Oeresrund is full of ice foes
 Dispatches from the German ports of Lubeck and Swinemund all tell of the in accessibility of their harbors on account of ice, and say that navigation has ceased and that there is much snow and no open water visible. In Berlin the temperature is at sixteen degrees F. The horse railway is snow blockaded and the mails usually conveyed by the trains are now transport ed in sleighs.
 All Bavaria is covered with snow and in the country between the Danube and the Alps the snow is eighteen inches deep. In certain localities along the Rhine snow drifts are piled in some places seventeen feet high, threatening inundation when they thaw. In northern Italy snow began to fall on Wednesday and did not cease till to-day. The inhabitants of that region arc suffering acutely, such weather being entirely unknown to them, and it is feared that numbers of people have perished in the storm. At Mantua, Turin and Milan rallWay IralnS are mucn uelayeu on ac- count of the heavy snowfall.
 Dispatches from Vienna say that com | munication with points south of that city | is greatly impeded, and that on railways | centering there the movement of trains is | virtually suspended.
 IN FRANCE AND SPAIN. 1 At Marseilles the hospitals are gorged with sufferers from various affections caused by the cold weather. More snow has fallen today in Marseilles. Dock la borers there have lit along the quays grea fires at which to warm themselves during working hours.
 A telegram from Madrid reports heavy snow falls in Spain and says that commu nication with all the provinces of Spain ii difficult. It also reports the prevalence O intensely cold weather in Valencia where orange groves have been swept by tn
 storm ,entailing heavy losses to the owners | EXTENDING TO AFRICA.
 l A violent storm, accompanied by hai
 and snow and extending a long distanc
 inland, is reported from the seaport of Al
 giers in North Africa. The report
 coupled with the assurance that nothin
 like such severity of weather was eve
 known in that region before. Advices fror
 Paris say that the Seine is blocked with ic
 near Rouen and that the Saone is froze