The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-10
THOMAS BRIDGES, Princeton. KY.
ANNIE MILLER, Louisville, Ky.
MARY LYME, Henderson. KY.
Unidentified man, Toledo.

MAR4 LYME, henderson, NY.
Unidentified man, Toledo.
Rockford, H., Feb. s.-The thermometer
registered q below here today. the coolest
fthe winter. Thomas Keegan, night
Waterman for the water-power company
was found frozen to death on the ice IN
| der the Burlington bridge.
St. Louis, No. Feb 9.-Reports from
nearby towns in Illinois show the follow
ing beIow-zero records: Alton, %; East
ST. Louis. IS; BeEevine. rs, and Greenup
u: Alto Pass. %; Golden, 20; Quincy, %;
Cairo. II, and Odin, % below.
Joliet, Ill, Feb. Sit is Is degrees below
zero today. Business is paralyzed. Frank
| Dubriet of Columbia Heights was picked
up frozen, dying soon after. George Ham
| ilton, also found unconscious. died.
Freeport, H., Feb. 9.-Today was the
coolest in years, "a to so degrees below
Trains are late.
| Peoria, Ill, Feb. s.-It was "a degrees be-
low zero in Peoria this morning.
FROM THE OHIO TO THE LAKES.
Cleveland, O.. Feb. s.-The thermometer
today registered "A degrees below. or with
in 3 degrees of the low record, which &C.
! CURED January %, 1873, when the mercury
| touched II degrees below zero A biting
/ west wind, combined with the severe cold
makes life out of doors almost unbearable.
| The telegraph service is demoralized TO a
| greater or less extent, the wires being
| broen in many places, owing to the intense
| cold and high wind. Nearly all trains from
| the east are coming in from one to two
/ hours late.
| Marietta. O., Feb. s.-The severe wealth
er is fast closing the Ohio river, render
ing the towboats and their heavy fleets in
! danger OF total destruction. The towboat
Joseph Walton and fleet are aground on
the bar at the mouth of the Muskingum.
The ice is gorging above the towboat Far
ley and its large fleet is in a similar posi-
ton on Carpenters bar.
Cincinnati, o. Feb. 9.-The coolest wealth
er for a long time is now here. The
temperature by the weather bureau regis
tered 16 degrees below zero. The instru-
ment is located on the government build
ing. On hill tops the record was much
lower. The lowest record was at the Gin
cinnati observatory at Mount Lookout, %
degrees below zero.
Evansville, Ind, Feb. e.-This was the
coolest day in twenty years. The gov
eminent Observers thermometer register
ed 10 degrees below zero. All exposed
points showed degrees lower and on the
river front, where a strong wind has full
sweep, the mercury showed % below.
Bowling Green, O., Feb. 9.-The Their
mometer registered Is below zero here this
morning and much damage has resulted in
the Oh fields. Work there is practically
suspended. All the gas lines in the city
are frozen and the fuel supply cut off.
Chillicothe, O., Feb. 9.-With the ther-
mometer 20 degrees below zero and still
falling, the natural gas supply was cut
off by an accident in the gas field. An
effort to husband the supply has not pre-
vented great sufferig.
Columbus, o.. Feb. 9-Today is the cold
est in years. the mercury standing at from
13 degrees below in the central part of the
city to II below in the suburbs The pre-
diction is for colder weather.
THE EAST AND THE SOUTH.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 9.-Ten degrees be-
low zero by the weather bureau Their
mometer and from 10 to 20 degrees below
in more exposed places was the record
here today. This is the coolest It has been
Since January, 1870, when the mercury
dropped to u degrees below zero.
Washington, Feb 9.-The Thermometer
went to degrees below zero in the early
hours this morning, the lowest since De-
cember, 1851. The air is clear and the sun
is out so that the cold is not felt so much
as the thermometer would indicate.
New York, Feb. 9.-This was the coolest
day of the winter in New York and ex-
tremely cold for this latitude. At I a. m.
the temperature was / degree above zero.
The local forecaster gives warning of still
lower temperature.
Jacksonville, Fla. Feb 9.-The severest
mold wave of the season covered Florida
last night and today. In the northern
part of the orange belt the range of the
mercury was from % to "a degrees. Only
the young spring growth on the orange
trees was injured and "drone," or useless
bloom, made to fall Pineapples were not
hurt.
Louisville, KY, Feb. s-Louisville is ex-
periencing the coolest weather since 1854.
The government thermometer today reg
stered IA degrees below zero. Many pri-
vate thermometers registered as low as IS
below. There is much suffering among the
poor.
Lexington Ky, Feb. AT Lexington
the thermometer this morning at O'Clock
registered 10 degrees below zero and dur
ing the entire day the highest temDera-
ture was below. The peach crop is re-
ported entirely killed.
Fort Worth, Tex. Feb. 9.-The heaviest |
snow known in northern Texas fell to-
day. Street car traffin IS suspended Re |
ports from northern Texas say cattle are
dying in large numbers from the severe /
weather
Macon, Ca. Feb. s.-Advlces received /
from the peach-growing centers in South |
Georgia indicate that the peach and Plum /
crops have been cut of at least third /
and may be a half. by the present cold |
snap.
ST. LOUIS AND MISSOURI.
st. Louis, Mo. Feb. 9.-Not since jan
uary 5. 1854. has the weather been so cold !
in St Louis and vicinity as today. At the
observatory on the federal
the lowest point touched by the
thermometer was IS degrees below zero.
between Z and a. N. At Shaw's Garden,
in the outskirts OF the city another gov
eminent thermometer registered 70 degrees
below. while at the suburban towns OF
Clayton and Ferguson the record was .
degrees below. According TO the local
weather observer the present cold spell
win -ast several days longer. Since yes
,erday the rivr has risen three feet. indt
eating gorge a some point below. The
present cold snap has caused much suf-
,ering among the destitute. Last night
hundreds OF homeless unfortunates found