New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-20
COLD IN THE WEST AND SOUTH.
SNOW INTERFERING WITH RAILROAD
TRAFFIC.
)R PEOPLE SUFFERING IX SEVERAL STATE:
APPROACH OF WARM WAVE.

APPROACH OF \ WARM WAVE.
st. Paul Mlnn. Jan. 1o.-Last night the coolest
In this city since February OF a, year. and with that
exception the coolest since the memorable January II.
iS-c. when the thermometer reached Al below. The
lowest point touched last night. according to the
official register Of the Weather Bureau. was - below.
Reports from outside points show large variations In
temperature clearly indicating the approach Of warm
spell.
At Minnedosa. Manitoba the minimum last night
was fl below, while al O'Clock this morning IL was
only H. showing rise Of 30 degrees during the small
hours OF the morning. At Pierre :. D.. the transition
still more abrupt ~ below being registered there
early this morning and rs above at O'Clock. showing
rise Of 40 degree, I'm forty-eght hours. Al Huron
the lowest point reached "a. and at o'clock 1t
was 20 below. At the same hour at Pierre 1t was 90
above, thus making difference OF % degrees in tenn
pcIture in distance Of considerably less than $50
miles. This shows the warm wave to be approaching
In this state variations have not been so marked
Chicago, Jan. 19.-.NdviccS from many points in
Illinois show that a nard -Iiow,torm i prevailing
throughout the state. In lsboro the snow is about
two feet deep a level the storm being the wor,; for
many years At Nandala the has reached a
depth Of fifteen inches .hc deepest for eighteen years
Points along the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad from
BcardstOWn to Shawncctpwn report the snw from,
fifteen 10 twenty-five inches deep on a level. NJ both
Quincy and Jacksonville the wind j. drifting the snow
greatly ntcrfcrcd with. MI tram, ruLninr into spring
field are reported cral hours late and >trcctca
traffic has been entirely suspended. Most point r
port the weather rapidly growing colder, the tler-
momcter already ranging ron - below. Stock
/, already reported 20 have suffered -rca'ly.
Cf twenty the, mail train, due in Chicago this morn
ing from all points fourteen lad up TO failed To
arrive and not one OF them on time. The snow
blockade Is Of the most extensive the postofiice
officials remember To have e. pCricnccd.
Marshalltown. Iowa Jan. lJ.--Tle climax Of the
present cold period, which ior duration and severity
has not been cguallcd IN many years. was reached this
morning thermometers Registering from % TO - de
gree, below zero.
Kansas CITY No. Jan Io.-Thls was the coolest,
morning I'm Kansas city the Oldest lnhabitant remem
bers The Thermometer in the signal Station made
II Il degrees below zero. The weather moderated
somewhat at noon. and the Thermometer registered
only 10 degree, below Atchl.on, Kan, thermometers
registered 20 degrees below zero at : o'clork tins
morning \ great deal Of suffering Is reported among
the poorer cas-c, and the Poor Omni ssloner has his
hands full.
st. Louis Jan. 10.-rOurecn inches OF snow Is th9
record for ths region. rs soon the snow stopped
falling late last hight the mercury began 10 drop, AMI
it. /, now lowering about the zero mark. MI trains
from tn West and East badly dclalc this morn
ing and the Air Line had 10 abandon 10 eastoohd
train from Louisville last night owing tO the drit'
Report, from many point, IN " ,sour Illinois ana
Arkan.a. state that blndins snow storms hnN" RACED
for the lat twenty four hour, and that all business
is ~ stanGstll.
D.spatchc, from Texas ~iy that ths rnn'torn ''
Monday morning TUNED into -,ect during he day ara
that live stock arc suf,i tcrrby from To eN'lemcN
cn WrAl.r ,u pr.N ilIr. In th rif fl' D. a ,
having "A sid experience. but many contributions II
money. clothing ard fuel haze been MAD and 'yS
tcuatic distribution of these !, bcng made.
Ecrl North. Tex. Jan l0.-Pgitac advice rom ne
Cherokee Nation .y the streams ana pools are frozen
over. Cattle arc drowning by ycntufms to- lar on
the ice in search ~ water.
Vlchsburg. M->.. Jan. lo.-I9lc weather throushout
Mississippi L0ul.il0a and tennessee fDr the lat few
day- ha, been cold and dl-agrccablc II T. the coolest
known I'm this vicinity for year In N0rh L'u>'hut =
a the smaller and laAe have been iTufcu ana
,teamboit, al along the Nsi-pIl IN Oh" sfacs lamcd
have great difficulty in handling freight bc-aD," - se'
And lee. Country i1dd, almost lrpa'-Nl' \
heavy fruit crop rdctod n consequence ~ retarded
lopm"ut 0f buds. aud asucuiiur.' generally re-
gard Tie lor freeze favorable 90 iituir crop.
Illriiu-Iru Iowa. Jan. 10 SPECIAL. He remark
ahly rold weather -'.ll 60 tuHc> M - uhr Il" Iowa
Report, fr M various points how IN" Temperature ~
lov a. =. degree below Ia this city II Wa> 20
dcgfe. below at da, light ami B, nearly ~ cold 4" night
Al Wintersct. IcWi. o." mercury thermometers are
nearly an broken fr,m the cold. - dcslecs being
registered there all day. stock +, suffering