The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-31
ICE KINGS BREATH |
CONTINUED TO SWEEP DOWN FROM
THE NORTHWEST ALL OF
YESTERDAY
MERCURY DROPPED AGAIN
was About as Low mt Midnight as
the Night Before, but There Was
Less NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for To-
day Indicate a Rise in the Tenn.
perature-The Coolest Snap Ex-
perfenced In Years,

Ihere was a hope expressed in the
predictions Of the weather bureau that
the back Of the coolest snap that St.
faul has experienced for ten years is
broken and for today the government
experts say that in Minnesota and
North Dakota the weather will be fair
With rise in temperature and varia-
Die winds. becoming southerly
During the day yesterday the mer-
curry toyed with the lowest ranges of
the thermometers and good strong
winds accentuated the coldness. At
midnight the street thermometers reg
1stered from 20 to "a degrees below
zero.
Il have been deluged all day by in
qulrles from the oldest inhabitants who
wanted to make comparisons" said OBJ
server Lyons yesterday. 'This is the
coolest spell we have had in Minnesota
since January, 1888, when the tharmom-
eter registered IL degrees below. The
coolest day last year was only Is below,
and that was during February. This
winter Is one of the old fashioned kind
that started in early with the chilliness
and kept it up. There is still a whole
lot Of cold weather lowering around,
but l believe the climax will be reach
Northwest has come in for it's share of
the frigidity and the cold wave has
beeh felt as far South as central Mis-
souri,
The cold snap has been productive
Of much suffering among the poorer
classes throughout the city, occasioned
for the most part by lack Of fuel and
the proper clothing to withstand the
biting cold. The demand made yes
st@1~ -
cietfes was so especially heavy that
M. L. Hutchins, secretary Of the Re-
lief society. found it necessary to issue
a public appeal for help. The follow
ing Is q copy Of a letter received from
him by The G i o b e:
On account of extreme cold of the past few
days special demands have been made on the
relief society, and at present, to prevent SUI
fering, there is a great need of the follow ing
Food. heavy, warm fannels for working men
wooden mittens, bed comfortables and wooden
blankets. also small donations of wood or
coal. Els there Is great demand for fuel, es-
peeially where sickness Is found: As is the
on Sunday, Mr.. Hutchins drove to a cottage
yesterday where he knew quilt was needed
and took it along. for hard working woman
with five children. the eldest not strong. a
son in camp and the husband minus his
hands. which were amputated some time ago.
This gives some idea of the other side Of
Mr.. Hutchins was seen at his office yester-
day and was authority for the statement that
although the winter so far has been marked
for its protracted cold. there has been less
suffering and fewer calls for charity than in
previous years which Is due to the fact that
nearly all who are willing have been able
to find employment. The harvesting Of an
immense ice crop has given work to hun
dreds of men and teams. and the cleaning of
streets Of heavy SHOWS has played an impor-
tant part. In every call upon the relief So
ciety. Mr. Hutchins said. some measure of re-
lief has been given. but continuation Of
sub-zero weather will find the society ham
pered by need of necessary articles men
toned in his letter.
Mr.. Hutchins had. several cases where the
conditions were most deplorable but does not
wish them mentioned as it was best that
charity should reach its object through the
society.
!. Mr.. Gutridge secretary of the local board
of Associated Charities. which is in the ma
ture of an Information bureau and agent Of
different charities. gave it as his opinion that
there less demand for charity this win
ter than heretofore.
A visit to the several coal offices disclosed
the fact that the price of coal and wood had
remained about the same as they had BEEN
ccal ranging S.. so to 81 and hard wood s.
and s. go ard even with the strong demands
made by severe winter there was an abun-
dancR 0f both TO ha had