The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-15
THREE DEATHS IN CHICAGO ARE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE IN
TENSE COLD
RAILROAD TRAINS DELAYED
Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and
other States Report the Most
Bitter Weather Expert
enced in 20 Years
WESTERN COUNTRY HARD HIT


CHICAGO, Dec 14.-Chieago ]. experi-
enced today and tonight one of the most
severe cold snaps on record for the early
part of the winter The weather office
predicted early in the day that it would
prove the most severe ewathers that the
city had felt for twenty-fiey years in the
month of December. and tonight no flaws
can be found in the prediction.
Three deaths were reported to the
police during the day, as having heen
caused by the cold They were: John
Grammar, teamster; John Hayes, no
occupation, died Of exposure; unidentified
man, dropped dead at the intersection OF
Kinzie and Wells streets; death caused,
according to physicians, by heart failure
superinduced by cold
At daylight this morning the mercury
in the weather office stood at below
zero and the highest point reached during
the day was 6 below at 6 a. m. In the
evening the temperature began to fall
and at s p. m. it was 8 below. The pre-
diction by the weather office was for 10
below zero by Sunday morning, figure
that will mark the coolest in December
for a quarter of century.
Traction Lines Badly bothered.
The cold weather today proved very
hard on the traction companies and many
of the street car lines had much diff
Guilty in running cars. The storm of last
night was at first rain and later sleee
and then snow The rain and sleet froZe
on the trolley wires and on the rails,
making it almost impossible in places to
move the cars. The elevated roads, all Of
which operate with the third rail- were
in bad shape because of the ice and 1t
was found necessary to send out men to
remove all the ice from the third rails
he
The ice and snow drifts also caused de-
lay to the railroads, many trains, par
ticularly those from the West, being
from thirty minutes to two hours behind
time. The railroads operating suburban
lines were not able to land their pas
sengers with any approach to regular
schedules. In some instances the trains
were not able to make more than three
miles an. hour and they were run at ir-
regular intervals. s4ysss & =
In the large down town stores, where
Christmas Shoppers were in force, it was
found impossible to keep the buildings at
a comfortable temperature. because OF
the constantly opening doors, and the
clerks wore cloaks and overcoats as they
stood behind the counters.
The cold was accompanied by gale
from the northwest that made the suf-
fering much more severe.
Nebraska Has the Shivers.
OMAHA, Neb Dec. 14.-The present
cold wave which struck Nebraska Vriday
noon has been the most severe expert
enced in December for twenty years. The
thermometer has ranged between III and
16 degrees below zero all day in Omaha,
and some points in the state report a
temperature of "a below. Many cases Of
severe suffering were reported 70 the
police during teh day.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec 1.-THE twenty
four hour period ending with o'clock
tonight has been a record breaker in low
temperature for December Since
o'clock last night the mercury has at no
time been higher than degrees below
zero. The minimum for Lincoln was Is
below At Alliance 1t was IS and at
Greeley 2S below. In the ranse country,
where there is two feet OF snow, stock