Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-01-25
LOW TEMPERATURE
A Cold Wave from Canada Sweeping
The Entire Country.
AMBULANcEs BUSY In CHICAGO.
Reports of Int,nse Frost and ufferlng
Among the Poor In Many
Places,

Vices received by tbe weather bureau
MITIGATE that the iuil force OF the cold
wave will not be- felt 10 the middle
and south Atlantic states until tonight
and tomorrow morning, when the
lowest Temperatures OF the season
entire country from the Rocky Noun.
tains to the Atlantic coast will feel
severely the effects OF the cold snap
which. ia due to an exceedingly bigb
barometer from the cold.bree1ins
regions of the Canadian northwest
provinces, pushing south and eastward,
Iisplacing the low barometer In those
sections. Local SHOWS are generally
reported In Texas and Mississippi val
Icy.
CHICAGo's WINTER.
CHICAGO, Jan. 25.-rhe cold wave
struck Chicago harder toony than
either yesterday OF tho Gay before,
going materially under the ioweat
points on SUNDAY, when the record o.
twenty-five years was broken. ALI
8. M. today the signal service reporter
the temperature 20 degrees below zsro
with NO reIiet in eight. At eight the
temperature was about the same. A
heavy fog from the lake whicl envel-
oped in the down town district MAZE
the cold uoubly dangerous. Frozen
dDgeIs, uoBeH aud care were common
OcourreuceP, and numerous cases OF q
more serioua character were reported.
Only one death from cold has been
repurttd 10 the police up TO noon, that
OF Freda Busch, b years old, who
hGn nj
balances, however, were kept busy
conveying people to the hospitals,
with tn cir feet and hands, rozen George
Graut WIS found In IA freight cur near
North street almost dead with his ieet
badly frozen. They Will have TO be
amputateu. The work OF clearing The
down town streets OF SNOW has been
abandoned on account OF the intense
COLI. Many men had 10 gloves or
overcoats and nearly 400 were trost-
bitten.
Joseph Fevy, driver OF snow plow
of the street cleaning department, had
hlB body and linus 80 badly frog IN
that ne probably will die. On sDme
lines the passengers On street cara SUI
iered badly. M.ss Emma smith,
while ruling from Thirty-hith street 10
Madison street on Ozark street car,
became Unconscious and was only
re,usciated after nsntly an hours work
by onysiclnus.
Vatious police atstions were crowded
to the utmost. Harrison Street station
alone sheltered over 800 umortunstes
The Salvation army barracks on West
Madison street were kept open all
night AMI many were taken care OF
there.
AT MINNEAPOLIS,
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 25.-The lowest
temperature reached hers last night
was 80 below, the coolest IN three
years.
AT ST. PAUL.
ST. PAUL, Mum, Jan. 25.-The
mercury uid not get above fifteen
above zero all dav yesterday anu this
mo. ming reached 80 below.
THE Mosg SEVERE SINCE 1880.
OsKosu, Wiz, Jan 25.-rhe most
severe cold wave sincu 1880 ia now
on ana there are no indicatioHs Of
moderating. A drop OF 81 degrees in
five days mas been experienced. The
local weather bureau thermometer
registered 20 degrees below at s O'Clock
this morning.
AN ARCTIC WINTER.
LA CROSSE, Wis., Jan. 25.-The
temperature is twenty-eight below zero
here.
DULUTH, Mimi, Jan. 25.--Ths
weather IN Duluth Is very cold, the
government thermometer registering
32 below. On ranges, at Virginia, rs
below; N Towers, AZ; Ely, 40; Two
Harbors, 20.
THE POOR ARE SUFFERING.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 25.-The
cold wave which struck this section on
Saturday night continues. This morn
ing IL was 20 below. whitehall carries
the banner Of Wisconsin with record
OF 81 below. The suffering OF the poor
10 bitter.
BITTERLY COLD.
BUFFALo, N. Y, Jan. 25.-Last
night WAS bitterly cold. The mercury
stood at zero all night. The wind blew
ioriy-four miles an hour. Reports
from western New York indicate that
the mercury cropped below zero IN
many exposed places.
sT. LOUIS, No., Jan. a5.-The low
est temperature last night was one
below zero. At a. m. 1t was AT zero
at Guthrie, OkIahoma. The worst
blizzard for years ragged, the Their
mometer falling moro than seven de-
Rrses tonight. In Texas the anow iall
Is the heaviest OF the season and the
cold 10 intense.
SNOW AND COLD.
PI1TsBURa, Jan. 25.-The mercury
dropped 10 seven degrees below zero
this morning. The thermometer IN
The couetry registered from i've to
seven degrees colder.
The o7ld wave VIVA preceded by
heavy snow.
SUFFERING AMONG THE POOR.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 25.-At the
weather bureau this morning OF U
O'Clock the mercury registered fifteen
below, within three and a hall degrees
OF The lowest point reached In over
twenty years. The severe weather Is
causing much suffering among the
Door. The telegraphic service "
badly crippled, caused by sharp con-
traction and swapping OF the wires.
DUBUQUE, lows, Jan. 25.-It was %
below Zero here this morning. The
Ioor are In desperate straights.
TERRIFIC NORTH WIND.
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