Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-25

OF intense COlQ. many meu hau no
gloves or overcoats, and nearly 400 we're
frost bitten. Joseph Few, a driver on
snow pillow of the street cleaning depart
ment, had his body and limbs so badly
frozen that he may probably die. On
some lines passengers on street cars sut-
fered badly. Miss Emma Smith, while
riding from Thirty-fifth street to Madl-
son on Clark street car, became uncon-
scous and was only resuscitated after
nearly an hours hard work by the physl-
clans. The police stations we're crowded
to the utmost, Harrison street station
sheltering 800 unfortunates. The saliva
tion army barracks, on west Madison
street, kept open all night and many
were taken care of there.
COLD AT ST. PAUL.
st. Paul, Minn.-The mercury did not
get above Is below zero all day yesterday
and this morning it reached 81 below.
OUTLOOK BAD.
Oshkosh, Wis.--The most severe cold
wave since in the fifties is now on and
there are no Indications of moderating.
The mercury dropped G2 degrees in the
past five days. The local weather bureau
thermometer registered % below zero at
6 o'clock on Sunday and 20 this morning.
COLD CONTINUES.
Milwaukee.--The cold waive continues.
This morning it was 20 below. White
Hall, Tremplain county, carries banner,
Wisconsin with record of 81 below. Not
in years have relief organizations been so
overwhelmed with applications.
HEAVY WINDS.
Buffalo, N. Y.-The mercury here stood
at zero all night, attended by wind with
rate of forty.four miles per hour.
THE WAVE IN MISSOURI.
st. Louis.-The lowest temperature at
st. Louis last night, was l degrees below
zero. The cold wave reached down into
Texas.
FEARFUL BLIZZARD.
At Guthrie, @. T., the worst blizzard
for years ragged for hours, the thermome-
ter falling more than 70 degrees up to
midnight.
COLD ABATING.
Omaha, Neb.-The cold wave has abated
generally over the state. The minimum
temperature for the last forty-eight hours
was 10 below. There was but little snow
in Nebraska.
OTHER SECTIONS TO COME.
Washington.-Advices received at the
weather bureau indicate that the full force
of the cold wave will not be felt In the
middle and south Atlantic states until to-
night and tomorrow morning, when the
lowest temperature for the season will
undoubtedly be reached. The entire
country from the Rocky mountains to
the Atlantic coast will feel the severe ef-
fects of the cold snap, which is due to an
exceedingly high barometer from the cold
breeding regions of the Canadian and
northwest provinces, pushing south and
eastward and displaying low barometer
in these sections. Local SHOWS are quite
generally reported in Texas and the Mis-
sissipi valleyregion.
TRAINS DELAYED.
Minnea polis.-A special to the Journal
from Fargo, N. D., says: There have
been no trains from Fargo over the
Northern Paclfc since Sunday morning,
and this morning, the trains from St.
Paul to the coast are in the yards. Three
trains east bound from the coast are at
Valley City, N. D. To-day's coast train
had not reached Manden at noon. A |
terrible storm, with the thermometer at
80 below, ragged yesterday from Bismarck
west to Goendive.
CATTLE FREEZING.
Austin, Texas.-The cold wave has |
swept the entire state. It has been snow
ing here all the morning and reports
from the western ranges show much suf-
fering among cattle and sheep with con-
siderable loss of life. blizzard, follow !
ing heavy rain storm, found cattle wet
and they are freezing to death rapidly.
GOING STILL LOWER.
Boston.-The thermometer this morn
ing touched 8 degrees above zero, the
lowest point reported this winter thus
far. A northwest wind is blowing twenty
five miles an hour. Tonight will bring
a much lower temperature according to
predictions.
FR1aID NEW YORK.
New York.-The mercury which at z
O'Clock this morning had reached degrees
above zero, the lowest mark this winter,
will continue to fall and by tomorrow
will be below zero. Freezing tempera-
ture is reported from everywhere, except
from the coast of California, Georgia,
Florida and along the border of the Gulf
of Mexico. The badly housed are suffering
greatly. Dispatches received by the Asso-
ciated Press, reportt Temperature ut Peeks-
kill, Tarrytown, Sing Sing and other cities
on the Hudson to be to s degrees be-
low zero.
RELIEF WORK.
Chicago, Jan. 25.-The police depart
ment has been turned into vast relief
corps, and Chief of Police Badenoch has
issued orders that every officer make per-
sonal Investigation of all cases of desti.
tuition on his beat, and report the same
at once. Help is sent Immediately to all
cases reported and every patrol wagon
and inspectors carriage is being used for
the time being for this purpose. At the
home of Edwin Martin, 26l West 5lst street,
there was found child that died Satur-