The record-union., 1899-02-10

IN WISCONSIN.
MADISON. Feb. 9.-The official ther-
mometer at Washburn Observatory reg
istered % degrees below here, the low
est since 'SS, when it was 20 below, the
coldest on record It has been below
zero for twenty consecutive days.
IN MISSOURI.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 9.-Never before
since the Government Weather Bureau
was established has such cold weather
been known in Western Missouri and
Kansas as prevailed last night and to-
day. In Kansas City the mercury reg
istered 20 degrees below zero this
morning, and at 4 o'clock this after
noon below was recorded. At 10
o'clock tonight the temperature is
higher, zero weather prevailing.
This unprecedented weather has
caused much suffering among the poor.
At the Midland Hotel to-day Manager
G. T. Stockham fed 500 shivering men
with soup, coffee and bread. The va
rious charitable organizations have re-
ceived many calls for assistance.
Throughout the Southwest the cold is
intense, and heavy losses Of cattle ON
the ranges are feared. ALI points in
Kansas report temperatures below zero.
Atchison reports % below, Lawrence
and Junction City 1S, Topeka II, Fort
Scott 13, Galena II and Wichita 8.
Still colder weather is reported in
Western Missouri. Hopkins, in the
northwestern corner of the State, re-
ports 80 below, Maryville and Chilli
cothe %, CentraIia 26, ST. Joseph %,
Sedalia and Columbia 20, Springfield IA
and Webb City -
OF the forty-two passenger trains ar
irving in Kansas City this AFTERNOON,
only two were on time. Trains were
delayed from fifteen minutes to three
hours on account of the extreme cold.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9-Not since Janu-
ary 5, 1884, has the weather been so
cold in ST. Louis and vicinity as to-
day. At the Government observatory
on the Federal building the lowest
touched, by the thermometer was 16 be-
low between and a. m. At Shaw's
Garden, in the outskirts of the city,
another Government thermometer reg
istered 10 below, while at the suburban
towns Of Clayton and Ferguson the rec
ord was % below. According to the
local weather observer the present cold
spell Will last several days longer.
Since yesterday the river has risen
three feet, indicating gorge at some
point below.
The present cold snap has caused
much suffering among the destitute.
Last night hundreds of homeless un-
fortunates found shelter in the police
stations and mission homes. One death
;e <oI -, 1f Go
Kennedy, a laborer. whose body was
found in coal shed.
IN COLORADO.
DENVER, Feb. 9-This was the six
teenth day of the great snowstorm in
the mountains. The wind was blowing
gale, filling railroad cuts with snow
and fresh slides occurred, covering the
tracks with great piles Of snow, rocks,
etc, at various points Not a wheel
was turning, and the outlook is more
serious than at any time since the
storm began.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
was open only between Denver and Sa-
Ida. Two eastbeund trains are stalled
at Minturn. The passengers are being
cared for by the railroad company.
The Colorado Midland remains block
AIDED both east and west of Leadville.
No further attempt will be made to
open the South Park line beyond Grant
until the weather moderates. The I'm
ion Pacific is still open. although trains
have been seriously delayed by snow
on Sherman HILL
In this city to-day the sun shone
brightly, the temperature was higher
fba cf foy ~
night, and the snow melted rapidly.
Local Forecast Official Brandenburg
gives it as his opinion that the storm
at Leadville is due largely to the to-
Biography of the country. No matter
what the wind conditions are, some part
of the mountains will receive regularly
snow The barriers formed by the
mountains themselves are opposed to
the winds, which otherwise would tend
to dissipate the disturbance.
Reports from Eastern Colorado, Ne
braska and Wyoming state that high
winds have drifted the snow, clearing
the prairies in places sufficient to fur
nish some feed for both cattle and
sheep Indications are that the heaviest
losses will be in the south, the cattle
of the north and the west being in
better condition to withstand the cold
weather and having more feed.
LEADyILLE, Feb 9.-Two feet of
fresh snow has fallen in this vicinity
yesterday and to-day. The people have
begun to realize that the camp is facing
a desperate situation. The ordinary
consumption of coal in the camp is
GOO tons per day. There were to-day
but few carloads left, and the railroads
were blockaded on both sides of the
city. The big rotary snow plow on the
Denver and Rio Grande was out of ser
vice, being caught between the two
trains. surrounded by snow slides, near
Redcliff. 1t was evident that unless the
Rio Grande or the Midland could be
quickly opened, not only must the
smelters and mines be closed down, but
the pumps at the down town mines
must stop work. causing irreparable
loss.
A meeting of mine and smelter man.
ayers was hastily called to consider the
matter of relief Colonel George w.
Cook appealed to the managers to come
to the aid of the railroads, not for the
purpose of enabling passenger trains
to move, but in order to bring in sup
plies OF COAL He said if the smelters
closed down and the water flooded the
down town mines, it meant a years
work would be lost to Leadville. The
response was prompt. In less than
ten minutes 600 men had been fur
nished In the morning Colonel Cook
will go out at the head of LOCO shovel
ers to clear the Rio Grande tracks to