Evening star., 1899-02-09
COOLEST IN YEARS
Reports Of Unusually Severe Weather
All Over the Country.
MANY PERSONS FREEZE TO DEATH
Great Suffering Among the Poor
in Some Places.
HARVEST FOR THE ICEMAN

midnight the temperature was 16 degrees
above zero; at 3 o'clock, II degrees; at 6
o'clock, degrees and at and 8 O clock,
degree above zero. The wind, which blew
a gale all night, abated in the morning,
however, and in that respect the weather
was more to1erable The local forecaster
gives warning of still lower temperature
tonight.
Reports from points up the Hudson river
are that the cold there is the greater by ~
to 20 degrees than in this city. The Hud-
/ son river icemen are profiting by the cold
snap and putting in the largest crop cut for
several years past.
PHILADELPHIA, February 9.-This city
is experiencing zero weather today, the
weather bureau thermometer registering
zero at o'clock this morning. This is the
coldest weather experienced here since
February, 1896 when the mercury touched
zero.
Reports from the mountain districts of
the state are to the effect that the weather
is the most severe for several years. AT
Nilliamsport 1t is II below; Clearfield 10:
Altoona, s: Hazelton. S; Wilkesharre, 6:
Lock Haven, 10; Reading, ), and Pottsvilie
D. AT several other points the mercury
ranged from to D degrees below zero
PITTSBURG, Pa, February 9-Ten de-
grees below zero by the weather bureau
thermometer and Is to 20 degrees below
in more exposed places was the record
here today. This is the coldest it has been
since January 3, 1879, when the mercury
dropped to Il degrees below zero.
Chicaeo's Record Broken.
CHICAGO, February o.-This city is in
the grip of the coolest weather since 1872
The Thermometer began to fall steadily at
midnight and by o'clock registered -
below at the weather bureau. Many ther-
mometers throughout the city, however.
showed the mercury down to - and 2S,
and out in the fashionable western suburbs
like Lagrange it is claimed 80 below was
reached.
About twenty people were so severely
1rostbitten during the early morning hours
that they had to be removed to police sta
tions and hospitals. The fact that there
Is no snow on the ground causes the frost
to penetrate to the water mains, and sew
eral portions of the city are suffering from
a lack of water supply.
II. Biuesieid was found frozen to death
on the street about S o'clock by a police
officer. 1t is believed that the man while
intoxicated lay on the ground and sue
cumbed to the cold.
ROCKFORD Ill, February 9-The ther-
nometer registered 2S below here TODAY
the coolest of the winter. Thomas Keeran
night Watchmau for the Water Power Com
pany. was found frozen to death on the
Ice under the Burlington bridge.
PEORIA, Ill, February 9-It was a de-
sress below zero in Peoria today.
EVANSVILLE, Ind February g-This is
tne contest day IN twenty years. The gov
ernment observers thermometer registered
10 degrees below zero. At exnosad noints
IT showed degrees lower and on the river
front. where a strong west wind has full
force the mercury shows % below
Very Cold Throughout Ohio,
CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 9-The
local weather bureau thermometer early to-
day registered IA below. or within 3 degrees
of the low record which occurred on Janu-
ary % 1913. When the mercury touched II
below zero.
A biting west wind combined with the
severe cold makes life out Of doors almost
unbearable.
The telegraph service is demoralized to
more or less extent. the wires being
broken in many places, owing to the intense
cold and high wind.
Nearly all trains from the east are COM
ing in from one to two hours late.
CH1LLJCOTHE. Ohio. February 9.-With
the thermometer two 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 prevented
great suffering.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 9.-Today is
the coldest in years, the mercury standing
part of the city to II below in the suburbs
The prediction is for colder weather.
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, February O.
The thermometer registered Is below zero
resulted in the oil fields. Work there is
practically suspended. All the gas lines
IN the city are frozen and the fuel supply
cut off.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. February o-Tbe
coolest weather for a long time is now here.
The temperature at the weather bureau
registered IL degrees below zero The in
strument is located on the government
building. On the hilltops the record was
much lower. The lowest record was at the
Cincinnati observatory at Mount Lookout.
20 degrees below zero, At 8 am. the tenn
perature in the city is 10 below zero
LOUISVILLE, KY. February 9-I.ouis
Vile Is experiencing the coldest weather
since 1884. AT o'clock this morning the
government thermometer registered IA de-
grees below zero Many private thermome-
ters registered as low as IS below. There
Is much suffering among the poor.
Extreme Even for Dakota
Huron, n. D, SO below zero, was the
coldest place in the United States TODAY.
Bismarck, n. D.; Duluth. Mimi, and La
crosse, Wis., reported 81 below zero. The
coId wave shows increased intensity in the
central portions of the country The line
vi zero temperature passes from Chesa-
Pestke Day Westeward over Tennessee Ar
he'its<bs auu oklahoma- Freezing temDer-
atures today are reported as far south as
central Florida. The indications are thai
the extreme cold will moderate somewhat
Friday. -'N p" nat
ST PAUL, Mimi, February 9.-The win
ters cold record was again broken last
night. the official local mercury rsachine
80 below zero. Inns
DULUTH, Mimi. February 9-Last night
was the coolest for several years. the ther.
mometer dropping to "a below zero. The
wind has ranged from 20 up to 80 miles
an hour throughout the cold snap, making
it doubly severe.
DETROIT, Mich. February 0-The low
est point reached by the official thermor
eters in Detroit this winter was 13 below
zero, at o'clock this morning Within an
hour it had risen three degrees. This is the
coldest weather in two years. At several
points in the lower peninsula the tempera
ture sank to 20 degrees below zero, and
Niles reports &c below.
FRANKFORT, Mich, February o
Frankfort harbor is closed for the first time
in five years The Ann Arbor railroad
steamers have been ice-bound two miles on
in Lake Michigan for twenty-four hours.
Thirty Below at Dubuque.