The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-01-26

There is an absence Of wind. On the
ranges AT Virginia. 81 degrees below Is
the figure; at Towes AZ; a, Ely 30; at Two
Harbors %, and some wind.
THE DAKOTAS.
st. Paul, Jan. "a Bismarck special
to the Dispatch says yesterdays storm
was the seve1est in years. the wind blow
ing thirty f6urmiles. with so below. II
has abated today but the wind is still
blowing thirty miles an hour and tbs
temperature is % below. Two inches of
dry sn0E fell Saturday, and yesterdays
wiad pft51 this in greatd riffs. effectually
blockad;YG all trains. 1t will probably
be three days befor the Northern Pacific
Is again clear. They had succeeded in
cpening the road yesterday, after three
days blockade caused by the storm Of
las. Teek, only TO be again shut off. A
special from Bozeman, Mont, says that
Eczeman experienced fearful blizzard,
beginning on Sunday morning when the
thermometer registered Is above, and
continuing for two days The thermom-
eter fen IS degrees in ten hours and in the
first twenty-four hours fell so degrees,
something never known before. This
morning is bright and clear, but % below
and the snow is lying in huge drifts
TO the Dispatch tell Of intensely cold
fering reported.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. ga special
to the Journal from Fargo, n. D., says:
There have been no trains over the North
ern Pacific since Saturday Sunday and
tooay'S passenger trains for ST.. Paul are
In the yards here Three trains east
bound are at Valley City, n. D., and to-
days coast trains for the west had not
reached Mandan at noon. A terrible
storm. with the Thermometer 80 below
ragged all day yesterday from Bismarck
west to Gendiye. Between Bismarck
and Valley City roads are all right but
the cut at Oriska, just this side of Val
ley City, is the source OF trouble Three
rotaries are AZ work there and it is con-
ideNly expected that the road will be
opened this af2rnoon. Temperature all
over the state registers from % to 80 de-
grees below.
MISSOURI
st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 25-Last night was
the coolest of the season, if not in years.
and much suffering among homeless and
destitute people resulted. More than 500
tr3nnps Snd homeless persons, among
whom were many fairly-well dressed
men and women out of employment. took
refuge in the various police tations
Throughout the city. A number of others
who could not get shelter were badly
frozen. The demand on the Provident
association and kinired charities for coal
provisions and other necessaries of life,
was never SC heavy except after the tor
rado las; May. At an early hour today
the doors OF these institutions were
throneed with the needy who received
aid. Ellen Short, single woman aged
81. living alone in tenement, was the
mos: pitianle case reported. She was
found frozen and starving and was TAX
en- to the city hospital where il is thought
she cannot recover. H. c. Frankenfield.
the local forecast official. reported this
forenoon that the lowest temperature at
st. Louis last night was one degree be-
low zero. At s a. m. it was zero. II
was much colder in exposed places where
the wind had full sweep. Continued cold
weather for this section and the south
west will be had tonight, except in west
ern Texas Which will be warmer. For
Tuesday continued cold weather is indi-
Gated, but no. quite so cold as Monday.
The cold wave reached down into Texas
and covered all the territory between
here and there. At Guthrie, o. T., the
worst blizzard for years ragged. the Their
nloDeter falling more than 70 degrees to
Midnight. In Texas the snowfall is the
heaviest of the season
Lexington. Mo-, Jan. 25.-Last night
was the coolest experienced here this
winter. Martha Lacey, an aged negro
woman who had no home, was frozen TO
death in the basement OF an unused
house where she had gone for shelter
with her two little children. The cries OF
the children attracted attention TO them.
The woman was frozen stiff. but the
children were not seriously injured.
ST. Joseph, Mo-. Jan. 25.-The mercury
went lower last night in this city than on
Saturday night. This morning at day.
break 10 below zero was about the high
es; recorded by any thermometer. There
is much suffering among the poor.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 25.-This part
OF the southwest has experienced the cold
est weather of the season, during the
past twenty-four hours. A terrific north
wind has generally prevailed, but there
Is no snow. Rivers are frozen deep and
great damage to cattle is reported. The
cold wave extended into the territories,
where the suffering among the unpro-
tected must be intense. The local wea-
Their bureau at $50 this morning reports
4 degrees below zero, with no prospects or
immediate warmer weather. At $50 it
was degrees below. An average OF
degrees below prevails in Kansas.
TEXAS.
Austin, Tex, Jan. 25.-The cold wea-
Their that struck here yesterday swept
over the entire state. II has beer snow
ing here all morning and reports from
western ranges show that there IL much
suffering among cattle and sheep, with
considerable loss of life. The blizzard,
following the heavy rain storm, found
the cattle wet and they are freezing 10
death rapidly. Much suffering among
poor pacple is reported and and the cold
is increasing hourly.
TENNESSEE.
Nashville. Tenn, Jan. 25.-The mer-
curry at the government signal station in
this city reached six above zero at $50
o'clock this morning. No damage will
result to fruit or other crops in this i'm
mediate region.
Chattanooga. Tenn. Jan. o5.-The tenn
perature has fallen "a degrees here dur
ing the last twenty-four hours. and at IL
a. m was Is above zero. The cold snap
Will have no effectupon the fruit crop
in this section. as the sap is not far
enough advanced.