Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-20
THREE MEN FROZEN STIFF IN INDIANA.
Unknown Man Frozen MT Milwaukee
While Seeking Shelter-Coldest
weather in Minnesota Ever Expe-
ricnced During Decembcr-Cold
Wave Extends Into the South.

Milwaukee, Dec. 16.-Eleven degrees
below zero was the record of the
weather i'll Milwaukee Saturday. This |.
is fall of 40 degrees in the past As
hours.
An unknown man was found frozen
to death in the public schoolyard at
suburb of Milwaukee.
The body was thinly clad and it is sup
posed the man was seeking shelter I
when he was overcome from numb
ness. 1t is thought he was an inmate
of the asylum or one of the other instl-
tutions of that suburb. Severe cold
prevails throughout the state.
mississippi Frozen Over.
La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 16.-At 7:40
o'clock Saturday morning the Misslsr
sippi river at this point closed, the ice
forming in the channel. AT eight
o'clock in the morning the mercury in
the government thermometer at the
federal building registered 23 degrees
below zero. This is the coolest day the
city has experienced since 1884, when
the temperature dropped to rs de-
grees. The thermometer here fell 81
degrees since Friday.
Intensely Cold in Minnesota.
st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 16.-The lowest
official temperatur for December for
many years was reached at seven
o'clock Saturday morning in this city,
the mercury reaching 25 below zero.
Even colder weather was reported at
other points in the northwest. Fri
DAVIS gale had subsidized and the wealth
er was clear, but the intense cold ex-
tended over the entire northwest.
There was considerable suffering at
various points in the country.
Frozen Near His own Door.
Benumbed and exhausted with his
long fight against the storm, Joseph
Zulager, 65 years of age, a farmer liv-
ing three miles from Rices, in Benton
county, fell in the snow and froze to
death within 40 rods of his own home.
At Colorado and kansas Points.
Denver, Col, Dec. 16.-Fourteen de-
| prees below zero was the temperature
| recorded by the local weather bureau
at seven a. IN. Saturday. Pueblo. Col.
reported temperature of eight below
zero, and Grand Junction, Col, four
above. At Cheyenne, Wyo., it was *
below zero, and at Lander, Wyo., "a
below.
| Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 1e.-At sever
o'clock in the morning the temper.
ature at the points given in the south
west registered as follows: Kansa:
City, eight degrees below zero; Con
cordia, Kan, ten below; Dodge City
four below; Wichita, six below
Springfield, Mo-, two below; Oklahoma
City, Okla, two below; Abilene, Tex.
ten above.
Cattle Perish in Wyoming.
| Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 10Th,
storm raging in the southern part o;
Wyoming for the past As hours shows
no disposition to abate. The Their
mometer is now below zero with .
wind blowing that cuts to the mar
row. Several herders have beef
frozen to death in efforts to gathe
scattered bands of sheep. The los
of sheep in Red desert cannot be est
mated, as the flocks are scattered t,
the four winds.
A snowslide occurred at the min,
of the Battle Lake Tunnel Site com
pany on Cow creek, near Battle Lake
Wyo. A company cabin occupied b,
q whole family of people was carried
down the mountain side for 80 feet
but no one was seriously injured
The buildings of the company ar
buried under many tons of snow an,
are much damaged.
Zero Weather for Memphis.
Memphis. Tenn. Dec. 16.-Ther
, was a snowfall of about two inche
here and in all the adjacent countr
Friday night. Incoming trains ar
delayed to some extent. Zero wealth
: er 10 predicted.
Snow in Kentucky.
Louisville, KY, Dec. 1e.-The frs
general snow of the season in Ke1
lucky is falling and cold wave
) being felt throughout practically tn
5 entire state.
Blizzard in Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex, Dec. 1e.-Th
OAASLoio PACNdlAAuS OSCI Uuc Z dL
Handle of Texas will very probabl
prove disastrous one to the cattle
men. There has been a long, dr.
spell and feed has been scarce an
high, preventing any great amour
, of provision for the wintering Q
3 cattle. The entire section is CO,
a cred with snow, and if it stays O
, the ground for any length of tim
7 the cattle not in prime condition wi
: die by hundreds.
Extent of the Cold Wave.
Washington, Dec. 16-The cold wav
! predicted by the weather bureau flo
5 the middle Mississippi and Missoul
: valleys and the upper lake region ha
! spread to the eastward and southeast
!, ward as far as Chicago and ST. Louis
: at both of which places the tempers
: ture fell 81 degrees during the last 2
. hours, reaching six degrees below ger
, at Chicago and zero at ST. Louis. Th
front of the cold wave was extende
from northern Illinois southwark t
, Arkansas. In all of this region ten
a | perature has fallen from 40 TO so de
grees in the last "a hours. The col
wave promises to be severe during a
least two days. 1t will extend cas-
ward and southeastward, reaching tn
Atlantic coast districts by Sunda.
A decided fall in temperature will OF
cur south Of the Ohio and east Of tn