The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-02-21
AROUND THE WORLD.
FREEZE TO DEATH
FLORIDA.
Unprecedented cold Weather
Experienced in the South
Deep SNOW.


precedented thing in Florida was the
freezing to death OF man near Gaines
vile last night He was negro named
Elliott Fletcher. Just after dark he
started to walk from McCanopy to his
home, but was thinly clad and in order
to shelter himself from the cold vino
sat down i'm the rear of DR. Montgomery
orange packing house. There he was
found this morning frozen stiff an0
nearly dead. He lived only a few min
utes after being taken into d warm
house. He was a strong, healthy man
and their was no other cause than tho
cold The first instance of death from
freezing on record in Florida.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 1.-Two
feet of SNOW covers the earth here ana
the flakes are still falling. 1t is the
worst SnOWStOrm ever seen III Alabama,
and traffic of all kinds is delayed.
Cattle are dying on all slices. ana much
suffering by poor people is reported,
SO far no deaths from exposure have
been reported, although the charity
societies have seventy families under
/
the first time III years.
! ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. Is. The worst
snOwstorm in the memory of the pres
ent generation is ROW prevailing
throughout Georgia. In Atlanta it has
fallen heavily since early morning and
the ground is now covered with five
inches of fresh snow on four inches Of
the frozen remains of Sunday nights
storm.
At Darien, on the coast the people
aWOke this morning 10 find the ground
covered with snow four inches deep.
This is the first time in the history of
this ancient town that such d thing has
happened. Twenty years ago there was
a fall of snow, but it was gone IN TIVE
hours. There has never been such u
severe spell of weather aS has been Elk
Derienced for the last few weeks. All
the orange trees and early vegetables
are killed.
At Augusta a white child, aged Is
months, and one colOred, aged 9months>
died last night from exposure.
HELENA, Mont, Feb. -. News has
reached here of the total exterminatioI
of herd of $500 sheep belonging te
Helena men and the death of Eugene
Watt, one of the herderS, in bliZZard
near Okla few days ago.
MINNEAPOLIS Mimi, Feb III Ohm 5.
johnson. the breaker of numerous rec
OrdS on ice. was compelled to lower his
colOrs at the NOrmania rink today to
Peter Otlund. the champion of Europe
in a race of 500 metres or l,64O yards
\ standing start was made and Johnson
led until within twenty RODS of the
no, a n
burst of speed and won by less than two
feet in 2:53 Is. The ice was in bad
condition owing to the mild weather
and the falling snow. The race was,
nevertheless, pretty one from start to
finish and was holly contested. John
son did not seem to be in the best form.
He holds the worlds record for one
mile and has always been a great
finisher. but on this occasion Otlund
displayed by far the better staying
| qualities and his friends claim that he
, could have widened the breach between
himself and Johnson at the close had
he so desired.
CHICAGO. Feb. lS.-A specia to the
Inter Ocean, from Pittsburg. says that,
= according to Judge jacob +. >lagie, OF
+ the Allegheny county bench. the Cnlte0
states government Il0S CdhCil q IIoilNt III
the intended execution of W. /. Seward,
the American implicated in the Hawaii
2 an revolution. Slagle and Seward are
brothers in law The former returned
from Washington today, where he went
= to interest Secretary Gresham in the
) case. After hearing Slagie, the Score
+ tary telegraphed message to Van
? couver, to catch the steamer leaving
= that place for Honolulu. He then in
; formed Judge Slagle that If Seward is
5 not executed before the steamer arrives
President Dole will order stay of ex-
ecutiOn until the case can be more fully
a investigated. Judge Slagle said: In
e addition to calling on Secretary Gresham
O and Minister Thurston, | saw Senators
=, Hawley, Allison, Platt, of connecticut
Perkins and Butler. Maj Seward was
! Hawley's chief of staff, and is glad to
S aid him. An address to President Dole
was prepared and signed by the nlteo
, States senator. | am satisfied it will
have considerable weight, as the lava
e ian government wants the good Will OF
i the United States people.