The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-19

TH= COLD WAVE.
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VI WABASH, Ind, Jan. 16.-At6 O'Clock
Sunday morning the thermometer reg
tstered ~ below zero, the coolest ii
over twenty years. The increased colo
was felt before midnight and steam
was kept up in all the factories. Stock
is suffering severely, and there Is nj
doubt that all fruit is killed. "A high
wind is blowing from the southwest
and another cold night is imminent
The natural gas supply is abundant
and of good. quality. ...---~-...-., ~,-.p@,s
LEBANON, Ind, Jan. 16.--Throuef
misunderstanding of orders between
employees of the natural gas compan,
the supply of this city, which come.
through pipe line 20 miles in length
was shut off about II o'c:ock 5 ,nday
morning with the thermometer Is de
Rrces below zero. There was great
suffering among the people. Church
services were discontinued and mos,
of the population went to bed keer
warm. The supply came on again at :
O'Clock. ...-
h EVANSVILLE. Ind, Jan. 16.-The Ohio
river is frozen completely over at this
point and river traffic is entirely closed
This is the first time in fourteen wears
that the river has been frozen over
and the coolest weather for eight
years has been suffered Sunday, the
Thermometer registering degrees be-
low zero at a. m. From New burgh,
IL miles above here, to Henderson. IL
below, there is a solid gorge of ice, ir
some places piled several feet high.
JOLIET, ILL.,, Jan. 16-The city il
threatened with a coal famine. Freigh,
trains on all the roads have beer
abandoned because of the snow block
ade. and the supply is nearly exhausted
For nearly week dealers have beer
doing out coal to their customers i1
small quantities, hoping to be able *
replenish their stocks soon, but the out
look is just now very dubious.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,. Jan. 16.-The mer
curry broke its record for this season
Saturday night by getting down to q
degrees below zero mark. In fact Sat
urday night was the coolest in this city
in eight years. Saturday the coal sup
ply of both Champaign and Urbana
was exhausted, and great many fam
lilies are suffering on account of lack OF
fuel
GREENsBURG, Pa, Jan. 16-A little
child of David McCracken, of Logan's
Ferrr, was frozen to death Saturday
The baby was 2 months old. Mrs. Nc
Crac n, wrapping the child up, started
to walk to Parnassus. a distance of {
miles. When she arrived there the
babe was frozen stiff.
MAsCOUTAH, ILL.,, Jan. 16.-The re.
ports from st. Clair, Washington, Gin
ton and adjoining counties in the great
wheat-gcowing section of southern
Illinois indicate that the growing cror
has been badly injured by the Deem
Der drought and the exceeding colo
weather of the last two weeks. Ar
accurate estimate of the damage can
not be made at this time. The Their
mometer registered 9 degrees below
zero here Sunday. the coolest in years
CAPE CHARLES, Va, Jan. l6.-Snov
fell early Sunday morning, covering
the peninsula from II to II inches deep
The mercury is at 10 degrees. It wa.
the coolest dav since 1857. Steamer.
between Cape Charles and Norfolk arc
making their trips with much difficulty
on account of the ice. At SIN this
island ice extends mile and hall
into the ocean.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Jan. 16-Sunday
was bitterly cold. The Cumberland is
frozen from bank to bank and during
the day was visited by thousands look
ing at the unusual sight. Ponds neal
the city have been crowded with
skaters, scene rarely seen here.
BALTIMoRE. Nd, Jan. 16.-Dispatche.
to the Sun from all parts of Maryland
show that the mercury marks below
zero in the eastern shore counties, a:
we'll as in the western and noun
famous section of the state
Salisbury reports 10 degrees be-
low zero, and in the country round
about birds, owl and rabbits are found
in large quantities frozen to death
There is much suffering among cattle
on the marshes and many will die
the Wicomico and Nanticoke rivers
are frozen solid for miles, and in many
places the ice is banked up 5 feet high
in the lower Wicimoco.
LONDON, Jan. 16. - The weather
throughout Europe is intensely cold.
In Russia the mercury is reported tc
have fallen to 50 degrees centigrade
below zero and in Siberia to 70 de-
grees below zero. Wood fires are
kept burning in the streets of St
Petersburg for the benefit of way.
farers. Even the double windows O:
houses are coated. In the south o.
Russia the mercury indicates As degree.
of frost. All river and canal traffic ir
Germany is interrupted. Navigation or
the Baltic has almost ceased
The pontoon bridges on the
Rhine have been haused in. Ir
some parts of Hungary the Their
mometer is 50 degrees below zero cen
tigrade, and in Constantinople tran
cars and cabs have stopped running
and snow has blocked all traffic in the
suburbs. Even telegraphic communi
cation in Turkey is generally inter.
rupted. Many deaths from cold have
been reported.
Chicago Pork Comes High.
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 16.-Chicagt
pork has advanced within the las
three weeks in Halifax from 81 to S!
per barrel to $3.50 and $3.50 Prime
mess is worth $3.50 and is scarce al
that. Mess is quoted as high as $40
Fresh pork has advanced in the same
line from 6 to 81 cents per pound.
Death of Gen. Rufus Ingalls..