Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-26
FOR cHicAeo's POOR.

ever, presage another drop OF the tenn
perture later In the week.
FOR cHicAao's POOR.
CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-At nine O'Clock
this morning the government thermo-
meter showed temperature OF 10
degrees below zero, thres deg rees
warmer tnaD at the same tins
yesterday, but there was little comfort
derived from that fact, II being one
degree colder than at 2 p. m. The
signal service today reports cold area
ex,enulny all over the West and
Northwest and no prospect OF any
material let no in the Int usity OF tue
cold for at least twenty -four houre.
All trains today were delayed by snow
drifts and inability TO make eteam.
The proclamation OF Mayor Swift
met with hearty response. Besides
over $4,000 cAsh, hundreds OF tons Of
coal anu almost unlimited supplies OF
prOvislOUs have been sent In and
promptly distributed. Seven hundred
more desperate cases OF destitution
have already been relieved and the
work Is being carried on without
cessation.
Fally two thousand people were
given shelter last night Mt police sta
lions and the Salvation Army BAR
racks. The new isolation hospital was
thrown open today, tue council hav-
ing appropriated $4,000 for the pur-
pose aud will be uted for cases OF
contagious disease among the poor.
II will also relieve the congesleu
condition Of the city Anu county hos
pitals, which are so crowded that not a
case of contagious disesns has been
tsken In since Frldsy. Eight hun
dred new cases Of families requiring
immediate aid were reported by the
police today.
AT IL O'Clock the government ther.
mometer registered III degrees belo "
zero.
An unknown man was found frozen
to death near Finley park on the Rock
isiand road. Several cases OF severe
freezing were reported, some OF which
viii probably result in the loss o!
hands or feet.
Fire kept the firemen busy nearly
ail cay and nearly every man In the
department is almost exhausted by the
constant battle with flames In the
bitter weather.
UNDERTAKING In NEW YORK.
New YORK, Jan. 26.--There was q
slight out nVt appreciable modeTatio n
In the tempera, here today. At
$3.50 1t Was sos degrees above zsro,
tnv wind being 81 miles All hour. A
8 O'Clock tho mercury had rsised to 7
degrees, and the wind subsidized some
what. In the interior there has b. en-
more MARKED rise OF temp erRture,
the moderation being also quite
marked in New England and Canada.
Snow Is reported in many places.
A Sixty MILE BREEZE.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 26.-This city
was swept all night by sixty Ii lie
breezs which made the weather seem
more severe although the cold had
moderated. AT 8 q. m. today the ther-
mometer was IL degrees ABOVE.
Buffalo ID again experiencing water
famine, owing to ths alnsh and Ice in
tue Niagara river W hich is sucked In
at the inlet pier and clogs the pumps.
FROZEN TO DEATH.
PITTsBuRG, Jan. 26.-Last night the
mercury in the signal service thor.
mometer dropped TO 5 degrees below
zero, but more exposed thermometers
registered 10 degrees lower. Tue COLI
caused great suffering among the poor.
Mira. Mary Morris, colored, was over.
come on the street and died In a few
minutes. Frost bitten hands, feet and
aa "a ware lrtuuenk among ina train