The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-01-28
mo RELIEF in SIGHT.
Intense Cold Continues All
Over the Country.
LOWEST TEMPERATURE KNOWN
Throughout the Ohio Valley aud the
Lake Region - Fair Weather viii Pre-
vail Likely All of Todsy--Mnch Colder
Weather Promised For the South.

WAsHINGToN, Jan. 2G The reports
received by the weather bureau show
the intense cold wave to be general
over the entire United States aud there
are no indications of relief at present
The temperature has fallen decidedly
in the southern and middle Atlantic
states and it has risen slowly in the
Missouri and upper Mississippi valley
and over the greater portion OF the
lake regions. 1t continues below zero
| as far south as the Ohio valley and 1t IS
below freezing on the Texas coast and
generally in the interior of tue gulf
| states.
The weather is generally clear except
in the st. Lawrence valley. the gulf
states aud central Rocky mountain dis.
| tricts, where local SHOWS are reported
The indications are that generally
fair weather Will prevail all Of today IN
the central valleys and on the Atlantic
coast north of Florida The tempeia
tnre will continue low. but will rise
slowly in the states of the ceutral aud
upper Mississippi valley II win be
much colder on tho southern Atlantic
and east gulf coasts with freezing
weather in Northern Florida tonight
| Throughout the Ohio valley and the
lake region tho prevailing cold wave
has been accompanied by lower tenn.
perature than any previously recorded
by the weather bureau for this ssasnn
of the year. Following are some min,
mum temperatures, with their relation
to the lowest previously recorded dur
ing the last ton days of January, viz;
Chicago, minus 90 degrees, degrees
below; indianapolis, minus Id. de
! grees below; Cincinnati, minus 10. 2
degrees below; Pittsburg. minus =, u
degrees below; Detroit, minus Ia. Il de
grees below Sault Ste Marie minus 49,
degrees below.
ST.. PAUL, Jan. 26-In the suburbs
the mercury was reported all the way
from 80 to 10 below. but the Official
thermometer at the weather bureau
office gave 26 below as the lowest
Edmonton with &c below was the cold.
est place, officially, in the northwest
Duluth and MOorhead both recorded rs
and Bismarck. Miles City, Helena and
Huron gave "a
BISMARCK, S. D., Jan 26 The wind
; is still blowing 30 miles an hour and the
temperature is % below. Trains are
snowbound There is undoubtedly
much suffering among farmers aud
others exposed to the storms fury aud
many have probably porlshed The loss
of cattle on the ranges will DO fright
, full.
BOHEMIAN, Mon. Jan. "a. The ther.
momcter fell AZ degrees in ten hours
and in the first "A hours fell 80 degrees
D something never known before. IL has
been 2S below.
8 CEDAR RAPIDS. la. Jan. 90. TIL,
( thermometer here registered % beluw
n 1t is clear and still.
a RACINE, Wis, Jan. ca Railroad
traffic is delayed on both the Moth
!. western and St. Paul roads aud ca''
a have been abandoned on the MIlwnu
9 kee, Racine and Keuusla elGctIic inad
!. Sioux FALLS. s. d., Jau 2S.---rh,
/ storm has ahated but the inrense r0lr
!. prevails alt over the state. TherWone
a ters registered % below.
HURON. s. D., Jan. 26.--The mos
complete snow blockade ia the histoi
of this portion of the northwest sine,
1881 now prevails. Here the tempeIa n
ture registered 26 below zero AN,
touched 80 in other sections Fear
:, are entertained for settlers IN the re
mote districts. where fuel il scarcc
The Chicago and Northwestern ha
sent a plow to open the line to rie,u
ID and relieve the eastbound express
l. Saturday morning. This train has a
of passengers. The Chicago and Mil
y waukee road in completely blockade,
le here and the Great Northern will no
y be open for several days.
,e NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-The threaten
r. ing antics Of the weather for some tim
re past, eliminated in the most sever
g, cold throughout the state of New Yorl
id experienced this season.
er In New York city the mercury go
Mt down to the record point Of the yea
q, and in the upper part OF the state
OF succeeded in disappearing almost en-
1t tirely. Reports from Canada indicat
is an even more rigorous condition c
ID affairs, but it was in the large cities @
n. this state that the direful effects OF tn
il cold wave were the most painfully aI
II. parent. The poor of this city sui
ct fered terribly for they had not alone
tn contend against the low temperature
he but AGAINST biting wind that opene
to mp the crevases and cut its wa
ia. through the broken windows an
under the doors.
do The thermometer registered degre,
es below and the wind blew about 20 mile
nv nm hour. Along the coast the gale wf
a. Of more furious nature. and vesse
70 that arrived over the bar came wit
.t' their decks we'll loaded down with iC
~ and their masts covered with the froze
.,y masses Of water.
~ In other parts of the state terrif
he snowstorm has ragged. In Oswego al
n9 Onondago counties sweeping stor
GU prevailed. accompanied with unusu
cold. At Buffalo the wind blew
hio miles an hour, bringing with it drif
ses ing fall of snow. For the first tin
or' this winter, Erie lake was frozen fro
vi shore to shore. Syracuse experience
the worst snowstorm of the year, b
at that place the. mercury did not |
below degrees.
of The reports from Saranac lake sho
Of that terrific storm has been raging
no that section. The New York train
that place was late, and the Chatea
Tor quay from Plattsburg, at the time
ere writing, was an hour and half owe
ton due and seemed to have been lost som
:, where in the snow drifts.
ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 26,-Captain Joyt
ma commanding the Fourth district,
which the poor OF st. Louis live. !
ports widespread destitutton and 81
fering. The river business was at
tba Btandttill on account of the ct
,,es weather.
% en- BURLINGTON, Ia., Jan. 26,-The M
e ,re. sury reached 20 degrees below zero.
~ PITTsBURa, Jan. 28.-The tempel
49, ture reached Z degrees below ha
~ There is much suffering among
poor.
COLUMBUS. Jan. 26.-The cold in {
territory ia the most severe since lS