The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-26

Duluth it was %, Moorhead 2S and Far
ibault 81
In Wisconsin the temperature ranged
anywhere from 25 below, which is re-
ported from several points in the north
ern part of the state, to IS and 20 be-
low the latter being at Milwaukee,
Throughout Michigan it was between
Is and 80 below, the latter being from
Marquette and its vicinity. Rockford
registered the lowest in Illinois, 26 be-
low, and Chicago came next with 20.
Clear down the Ohio river not single
town reported anything higher than 10
below
In Missouri some curious streaks of
cold were Observed At ST. Joseph it
was 10 below and at Kansas City, sixty
miles away, it was above. The lows
were in the majority, however and had
things pretty much their own way
South Dakota reported anywhere
from % to 80 below, and North Da-
kota an average of 5 lower than that.
The only place in the West that showed
any signs of warming up was Nebras-
ka. In many places, however, the mer-
curry was so low that up was the only
direction it could easily take-but the
fact remains that 1t is growing warm
in Nebraska-and nowhere else.
With a minimum Of 20 degrees be-
low zero and a maximum Of 10 below
today was the coldest day in the his
tory Of Chicago. The mercury hung at
the 20 degree mark from 6 o'clock to
8 o'clock with a persistency worthy OF
a better cause. Not until o'clock p.
bn h VT oP no rJo hok
lowered over the thermometers in front
of the jewelry stores gladdened by the
sight of the mercury ascending and
touching the first turn mark But it
touched it slightly and hung trembling
there for three hours, and then at 8
o'clock started on it's downward career
again. At 9 o'clock the thermometers
showed IL below and continued falling
through the night. The mean tempera-
ture today was Is below, which is quite
the lowest Chicago ever experienced.
While there have been days when the
temperature in Chicago was 20 degrees
below or lower, the maximum tempera-
lures upon those occasions have been
so much higher than the maximum
temperature today that the dubious
distinction Of being the coldest day in
the history Of the city will still remain
with Jan. g. 1897.
Only one time do the records of the
weather bureau show that the ther-
mometer reached a lower point than
yesterday. That was on Dec. "a, 1872,
when it reached % below But it last,
ed only for the briefeSt time. Then
the temperature rose to 4 above MAX
ing the average Of the day much warm
er than yesterday, when the change
from 20 to 10 degrees was so slow it
took nine hours for the mercury to
climb up 10 points.
Only one death has been reported to
the police, that Of Freda Buson,
years old, who succumbed as the re-
suits of exposure. The ambulances,
however, were kept busy conveying peo-
pie to the hospitals with their feet and
hands frozen. George Grant was found
in a freight car near Ninth street, al
most dead and with his feet so badly
frozen that they will have to be am
putated. The work Of clearing the
downtown streets Of snow has been
abandoned, on account of the intensity
Of the cold. Many of the men had no
gloves or overcoats, and nearly 400 of
them were more or less severely frost
bitten.
Joseph Fey, a driver on q snow-plow
Of the street clearing department, had
his body and limbs so badly frozen
that he will probably die. Many Of
the men were removed to their homes
or the hospitals in the ambulances. On
some lines, passengers on the street
cars suffered badly. Miss Emma
Smith, while riding from Thirty fifth
street to Madison, on q Clark street