River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-01-28
A COLD SNAP.
Low Temperature Causes Intense
Suffering Among the Poor.
Mercury Falls Below the Zero Mark Over
Wide Territory-Reaches 81 BE-
low In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
for aid.

Mercury Falls Below the Zero Mark Over
Wide Territory-Reaches 81 Be
low In acknowledgement
for sid.
Chicago, Jan. 26.-Tle people OF Chi
/ cage, in bodies and as Individual citi-
zens. were aroused Monday to take
1 prompt and generous action for the re-
I lief of the $4,000 destitute Inhabitants,
whose suffering for want % fuel, food
and clothing has reached an extreme
stage as a result of the terribly cold
wave which came upon the city Satur-
4 day, increasing in intensity until Mon
/ day IL reached the lowest point official
/ ~ recorded in a quarter of century,
Between five and seven o'clock Monday
morning the weather bureau in the
Auditorium tower, where it is warmer
| than on the street, recorded 20 degrees
below zero. Only once in the history of
the bureau-December "a. 1879. % be-
| low-has the temperature fallen lower
From nine a. m. TO two p. m. there was
q gradual rise, the range being IS to 10
| degrees. but the relief was hardly felt
when accompanied with a cutting wind
from the northwest. The highest tenn
perature for the day was ten below
zero.
Poor Suffer at st. Louis.
st. Louis, Jan. 26.-The cold wave,
which reached here Saturday night,
continues and the mercury remains
close to zero. with high wind, but no
snow. The suffering among poorer
classes of people is intense, and Sunday
night over 500 unfortunates were shell
tered at the police stations
/ Reports received Monday show the
cold wave extends south 10 Texas and
west to the Rocky mountains. In west
ern Missouri the mercury dropped GO
degrees in "a hours, anu dispatches re-
ceived from all parts of the state indi-
cate that great damage has EN- done to
the wheat crop, and tina. much of the
early budding fruit has been killed.
Throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas and
in northern Texas the temperature has
fallen from 30 to 20 degrees in the past
SO hours, and in the latter section light
snow has fallen. In western Texas the
storm reached the proportions of a
blizzard and severe loss on the cattle
ranges is apprehended. Throughout
southern Illinois and western Tennes-
see the weather is the coolest Of the
season. The mercury in many places
is below zero and light snowstorm
! is prevailing.
The Weather at Milwaukee.
| Milwaukee, Jan. 26.-The colo wave
which came here Saturday was felt here
Monday in full force. In the morning
| the Thermometer recorded 20 below
zero. The relief organizations of the
city are overwhelmed with applications
for help from the suffering unem-
ployed and there is much distress that
cannot be alleviated.
| Coolest Ever Known.
Detroit, Mich, Jan. 26.-The last "a
hours has been the coolest ever known
| in Michigan, and at points in the state
the thermometer registered "a degrees
| below zero. In Detroit the mercury
| marked 20 degrees below at the Michi-
| gan Central slip dock on the Detroit
river, and at St. Clair the river was en-
tirely choked by ice. and showed "a de-
| grees below zero. From all over the
state came reports of extremely cold
weather.
uihut6ota anu thc DhkOths
ST. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 26.-Excessive
cold is reported again all over the
northwest. 1t is 20 below in ST. Paul,
and as low as 80 below at points north
west of here,
Fifty-One Below.
Duluth. Mimi, Jan. 26.-The govern
ment thermometers here Monday reg
istered 80 degrees below zero, hut pri-
vate instruments went much lower.
| There is no wind. 1t is 81 below on the
ranges at Virginia. AZ at Tower, 40 at
Fly and 2S at Two Iarbors.
Suffering In Omaha.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 26.-Pitiful stories
of want and restitution are coming TO
the attention of the authorities. aggra-
waited by the intense cold which still
holds its grip on the city and state.
! The city authorities on Monday had
over 1000 families to provide coal for.
| in addition to food and clothing. The
| charitable institutions of the city are
able to assist only a small portion of
those in actual need of protection.
In Cleveland.
Cleveland, o.. Jan. 26.-The terrible
cold continues and the suffering among
poor of Cleveland eclipses any pre-
vious record. The below-zero weather
for at eight a. m. Monday the mer-
curry had dropped to Is below-brought
a tremendous crowd of half-starved.
| half-frozen, scantily-clad people to the
city relief Office. They applied for food.
fuel and clothing, the demand for coal
being greater than at any previous time
/ - 10 Of fhr nitU no
the panic year of 1898. Red tape in the
matter of investigation was dispensed
with, aud for the first time in the his
tory of the city the applicants for re-
| lief were given the benefit of the doubt.
In Iowa.
Dubuque, Ia, Jan. 26.-This section
of Iowa is experiencing the coolest
weather il has known for many years.
Monday morning it was 90 degrees be-
low zero. The heavy snowstorm was
followed by severe cold. Several cases
of freezing have been reported, but none
of them of serious nature. The poor
people are in desperate straits and the
authorities are besieged with applica-
tions for relief.
PennsyIva mia.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 26.--The coolest
weather of the winter prevails through
out western Pennsylvania. In this city
the mercury dropped from seven to ten
degrees below zero, while thermometers
in the country registered from five to
ten degrees colder. The cold wave was
preceded by heavy fall of snow.
In Kentucky.
Louisville, Ky, Jan. 26.-The temper
allure in northwestern Kentucky reg
istered ten degrees below zero early
Monday morning. The minimum in the
Blue Grass region was two degrees be-
low. Louisville's lowest temperature
was three degrees below zero at 1880
a. IN. at II p. m. the mercury stood at
two above. All cases of suffering are
being relieved by the charity organiza-
tions.
In Canada
Toronto. Ont, Jan. 26.-The coolest
weather of the season prevailed
throughout Ontario Monday. The low
est temperature reported Monday is So
degrees below zero at White River, in the
northwestern part of the province.
Eight below zero was registered in this
city, the lowest so far this winter.
Temperatures "a other points are: OF
tawa, &c below; Kazabazua, Que, 80 be-