The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-27

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Bitterly cold wea-
ther, aggravated by wind. continued tc
afflict the poor people of Chicago to-
day, and make the lot of those more
! fortunate at least uncomfortable and
attended with danger from frost bites
At midnight tonight, the official record
was that of three successive days of a
temperature below zero, and in the
double figures most of that time too.
/ The most cheering information that
can be given by the weather bureau
as to the future is that the tendency
to moderation manifested after noon
today, will probably continue tomor-
row. 1t will not be so cold about zero,
and the cold wave may slowly. de-
crease during the day.
The day began with the mercury
showing IA degrees below zero, falling
to 16 by o'clock in the morning. When
| the army of store workers and other
wage-earners were compelled to leave
their homes they suffered under a
temperature of Is degrees below.
AT noon the weather had moderated
to 9 degrees and from that time until
4 o'clock the mercury continued ris-
ing. 1t was stationary at degrees
for several hours after that hour, but
fell slowly late tonight as usual
An unknown man was found frozen
to death on the outskirts of the viii
lage of FINLEY Park, near Blue Island,
on the Rock Island, this morning.
James Mccormick and George
Werntz, a telegraph operator, were
found at an early hour together on
Wells street with both their hands
frozen. Many less severe cases of
freezing were reported during the day
from the police stations and drug
stores, where most of the victims take
refuge.
The cry of suffering for want of heat
and food and sufficient clothing has
been answered by a general and gen
erous contribution of money, food and
clothing. The mayors special relief
fund reached nearly $4,000 this after
noon. Subscriptions coming from out
side the city and many thousand dol
lars worth of supplies were received
from citizens in lieu of cash donations.
The whole available police force of the
city under the practical direction of
Chief of Police Badenoch was utilized
day and night to ascertain the needs of
the sufferers and distribute supplies in
patrol wagons and ambulances. 1t is
estimated that $1,000 persons have been
given enough food, fuel and clothing
to keep them from extreme suffering
since the mayors proclamation was is
sued.
Mayor Swift said more distress had
been found among the poor and abso-
lutely destitute than had been ex-
Dected and the demands made for
help were becoming so great that IL
might become necessary for him to ap-
point special committees to collect ad-
ditional funds among the business men
of the city. Every police station has
been a store house for coal. beef. beans,
peas, coffee, flour and meat. The starry
ing people were brought to the stations
and given a liberal allowance, with an
invitation to call again when the sup
ply was exhausted. The most numer-
Gus cases of acute suffering come from
South Chicago and Grand Crossing.
The officials and employees of the
Postal Telegraph-Cable company made
up a fund of $4,000. The ignorant fear
of many foreigners prevents them
from seeking the extended relief at
police stations.