The new North-west., 1897-01-29
In Wisconsin,.

| with record of 81 below. The suffer
ing among the poor is bitter.
| Oshkosh Wis, Jan. 25.-The most Sc
| we're cold wave since 1880 is now on, anC
there are no indications of it moderat-
| ing. drop of 62 degrees in five days
has been experienced. The local weather
| bureau thermometer registered 20 degrees
| below zero this morning.
Lacross, Wis, Jan. 25.-Twenty-eighi
| below zero.
! Madison, Wis, JAM 25-The tempera-
| ture was % below zero this morning
| This is the official observation of Wash
burn observatory. A phenomenon is that
while the ice is a foot thick in some
places in local lake, other places are open
Nothing like it has been known here be-
| fore.
| Prairie Du Chien Wis, Jan. 25-The
| frozen body of a man, supposed to be
Henry Luetch a hunter and trapper, was
found six miles north of here yesterday.
Racine, Wis, Jan. 25.-Railway traffic is
delayed on both the Northwestern and
st. Paul roads, and cars have been aban-
doned on the Milwaukee, Racine & ke-
nosha electric road. Two cars are stalled
in the snowdrifts between this city and
South Milwaukee. The motormen and
conductors were brought to this city by
farmers.
In New York.
New York. Jan. c5.-The mercury, which
at Z O'Clock this morning was I degrees
above zero, the lowest mark this winter,
will continue to fall, and by tomorrow will
be below zero. Freezing temperatures are
reported from everywhere except the coast
Of the Carolinas, Georgia. Florida and
along the borders of the Gulf of Mexico.
Those badly housed are suffering greatly.
Dispatches received by the Associa-ed
Press report the temperature at Peenks-
kill, TarrytoWn, Sing Sing and other cities
on the Hudson to degrees below zero,
Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 25.-Last night was
bitterly cold. The mercury stood at zero
II night. The wind blew A miles an hour.
Reports from western New York indicate
that the mercury dropped below zero in
many exposed places.
New York, Jan. 25.-The threatening
antics of the weather for some time
past eliminated today in the most severe
cold throughout the state of New York
experienced this season. In New York
city the mercury got down to the record
point of the year, and in the upper part
of the state it succeeded in disappearing
almost entirely.
Reports from Canada indicate an even
more rigorous condition of affairs. But
it was in the large cities of the state
that the direful effects of the cold were
the most painfully apparent. The poor
of this city suffered terribly today.
In Missouri.
st. Louis, Jan. 25.-The demand on the
Provident association and kindred chari-
ties for coal, provisions and other neces-
saries was never SO heavy except after
the tornado last May. Ellen Short Il
single woman aged GA, living alone in a
tenement, was found frozen and starving
and taken to the city hospital where it
is thought she can not recover.
L Ton, nj ,f+
southwest has experienced the coolest
weather OF the season during the past "a
hours. a terrific north wind generally
prevailed but there is no snow. A great
loss of cattle is reported in the territor-
les, and the suffering among the unpro-
tected must be intense. The weather bu-
reau at $3.50 this morning reports / de-
grees below zero, with no prospects Of
immediate warmer weather. At $3.50 ii
was below zero.
st. Louis, Jan. 25.-The lowest tempera
ture at ST. Louis last night was 1 be-
low zero. At a. m. it was zero.
AT Guthrie, Oklahoma, the worst bliz-
zard for years ragged, the thermometer
falling more than 70 degrees to midnight.
In Texas the snowfall is the heaviest of
the season and the cold intense.
In Ohio.
Cleveland Jan. 25.-At the weather bu-
reau this morning at o'clock the mercury
registered Is below zero, within 31a degrees
OF the lowest point reached in over 20
years. The severe weather is causing
much suffering among the poor. Tele-
graphic service is badly crippled, caused
by the sharp contraction and swapping of
wires.
Cincinnati, Jan. 25.-At this morning
many thermometers registered 10 and -
degrees below zero.
IN, 4I..-
morning registered 16 below zero, the cold
est since the establishment of the signal
service, % years ago.
In Minnesota.
Minneapolis, Jan. 25.-The lowest tenn
ptrature reached here last night was 80
below, the coolest in three years. There
was a cold wind very difficult to face.
St. Paul. Jan. 25.-The mercury did not
get above Is below zero all day Yesterday
and this morning reached 80 below.
Duluth, Jan. 25.-'rhe weather in Duluth
is very cold, the government thermometer
registering 30 below zero. At Virginia, 81
below; at Tower, AZ below; Ely, 40: Two
iIarbors, 40.
In Iowa.
Dubuque, Jan. 25.-It was % below zero
here this morning. The poor are in des-
perate straits.
Council Bluffs, Jan. 25,-Last night was
souri, river is frozen solid.
In Various States.
Denver, Jan. 25.-Thermometers regis
tered to 10 below zero this morning. The
cold was severely felt on account of the
sudden change In some places the tenn
peratnre dropped 10 degrees in II hours.
Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 25.-Reports from
western Tennessee, northern Mississippi
and Arkansas are to the effect that the
coldest weather of the season is prevailing
tonight There is no suffering reported,
however. In Memphis and vicinity the
| Thermometer registers Il degrees above
zero.
| PiNsburg, Jan. 25.-,Fhe mercury dropped
TO from Z to 10 degrees below zero this
| morning. Thermometers in the country
! registered to 10 degrees colder. The cold
| wave was preceded by a heavy snow.
| Austin. Tex, Jan. PA cold wave has
| swept uhe entire state. 1t has been snow
| ing here all morning. Reports from west
| err ranges show much suffering among
| cattle and sheep, with considerable loss OF
| life The blizzard, following heavy rain
| storm, found the cattle wet and they are
| freezing to death rapidly.
| Boston, Jan. 25.-rhe thermometer this
| morning touched s above zero, the lowest
| point this winter. northwest wind was
| blowing 90 25 miles per hour, making
| the weather severe. Tonight will bring
| much lower temperature.
| Marquette, Mich, Jan. 25.-Joe Martin,
| Jack Ford and Pat Donohue were return
| ing to their lumber camps in a binding
| snowstorm when a tree fell on them kill
| ing the first two outright. Donohue was
| horribly mangled.
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