The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-09
MERCURY IUAHIAG DOWN.
RECORD uaEAkISc COLD SNAP IN
THE MIDDLE WEST.
Nineteen Degrees Below Zero ana
san Gstux Down. With Fredie-
items II VIII Reach x.-->imsiaF
Weather an other Locsiiffea-

CHICAGO, Feb. s.--%as since isTz has
fT4feaae experienced sacG Intense cesa as
thai zfafch prevailed today. Al Il esc>sses
iesigfs lszgs gas close aEasa tsas uzssss4Edzais
reeora . lsz. and was gaining a.f&Gs.y,
win every chance Or beating Il oas b sSF~
era 1@sTssz
TIE loves fotca reached ssncs the sxssb-
isbEnesst 81 the ~eatasE bureau ~ mis- e3tl
was z, degrees lelow ~ Il o ekpck tonight
II MSS II aesow, and wsen sl9s weather Of
fee elS4eG TIE prediction sas TIA ~ 20
ffsorrsx morning ths nsreery would seseA
70 fesos Al fhfeas5 he v est and SoFta-
~est Gae cold Vas iaten@s.
~ U~tos at D.- Hotn~s.
DIS MONIES. iowa, FEB. s.--Tos5ay vas
4 ss@oF6 breaker foF .aisnse e9'3. ~ a .ss
city & xaS - 4ss0s zsFe a - m. Ans
gradually hs aEis colder al day 1b.a Al "
q. IA. II w8s y ass0S and sfl34 gosfs ess~h
wlia The prospect VI re4 NIX ~ D"sSs Ds~
fore sfs5Eu3Gs-
~ Below mt Peoria.
PEORIA, rs, Feb ST osaighs ire tenn
reratIre h ~ below zero. with ta4ieatsN.sss
faat IL wLN gHaci5 = before Ei1FGifsk. l3'et~
IS mtles s4fiefiax ans5.s IN. ssoT 40 .9e
have left triele snEptses - TIE r8eF
tatougA feAF II bsng frozen
- Beiew IN ~. faai
ST. PAIL. Fer s-T-Tsa worst II the
almost unprecedented cod weather. II
p
tins Intense cold C1EsIa5sG through t&ts
dag. beng more eeyege D@+cati&es 81 a sharp
northwest wind TIE mig hesf the mercury
reached during TIE day 1ss II oetS~ zsfo'
Al o'clock IL wss q below sEaa falling.
Excepting Helena AZ northwestern
weather bureaus reported be.oN zero.
Medicine Hat aad hasT@ reported sEo~
with a temporal of cesSw. Al
O'Clock Eesessa saS Is above Dat buintn
reported n beiow. swift Current y fasloS.
Iix.sss fattiafogd ard Prince Attest -
a ffens 4 fass4s.
saow taii In Boise
tfrsF 5eeao Fts8 k.-ure Of the haav-
sosl SHOWS ever kunsn a.Te has fallen
during the pas two daya E@eFsa lnch
OF gtgow haA fallen. The sion IL heavy
throughout me southern portion Of the
state Trains are aoEau wfAf dsLaa@d
Another storm In Colorado. -
DENVER Feb "a saowstQrm raging
Ia sne mountains hits again lied up ihe
Colorado railroad lines 10 the wsst TO-DAY.
No Trains are running on the Midland. al
though gangs II saie tessFs are psfslstsn'fs
keeping e.; work. TWO passenger tFatHh
from ae West Oh che Denver & Rio
tsfanie we're stalled between tseadviiic
and BueaaA Vista and swo wore held "a
Gtenwaod Spring. NssfD9uud trains do
not SC hes ond saiida. The RE Grande
Officials sap tna main line giH b. feopen1d
IN fay hnurs No furNer efforts arc
being xsaaae fo clear the South Park tracks
IN the vicinity 81 Iseadvslis. Trains over
the Union Pacific are getting through, bat
Afe bsnfto TIE sENFNA4s.-
Heaviest saaw.tors In Years.
SALT LAKE. Feb s,~pnrine the past
week this elty haas experienced several
kinds Of weather Last Friday and Satar~
day aver a foot Of AuUw feil TheA fol-
lowed > period 81 30 degrees below Zero
weather last nlsh@ and today she heav-
lest snowsfnrta In yeaF- prevailed ab,saIt
eighteen riches - sues being added 20
that already covering the ground. This
evening it SIS fainsng. Street railways
telephone and telegraph service Is much
delayed
TO Above Mt Atlanta.
ATLANTA. Cd. Fen S~-The ihesmouie-
Ter fell 20 10 degrees atsovu zero in Atlanta
last nigal ibs coldost or The year.
6aai Famine in KENTUCKY.
LEXINGTON ke6. s--A coal famine IL
tSreafened Throughout keatucks- Mines
are no@asd and 4 Il lulpDss BILE 20 gog cssaL
II tas rresenf Weather lasts magh longer
great deaf Of suffering wtll rrsalt
suffering ia Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS lad Faa There IS
much suiY.Esrg Ia the poor quarters - the
city GA acS7WtF ~ the severe Gold weather
Temperature Is Ris,ns.
OMAHA Feb. Specials 30 The Hce
from points in Nebraska Western iow e
South Dakota ard Wyoming iadieatr that
Ia serious damage to tive stock has result
ed from Soc present reid wave. II Eastern
Nebraska South pakosA and Iowa the
s9H xTte b0t 10 the Westward she tqn4.
perstgrs has risen THE entire range coua-
Try hss been favored with z Wtha whi.h
has dr1trd the su0w before IL had chance
10 pack. AL 3the range has thus bees un-
covered sufficiently 60 r4fpisa feed for cat