Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-12-14
A BLIZZARD AND
A COLD WAVE
The Entire West Is Experiencing
Extraordinary Cold Weather
at This Time.
BLIZZARD IN THEPANHANDLE
It Comes After Long Dry Spell and Cat
tie Will Die by the Hundreds Cloud
burst Does Damage in the Ten
nesse Mountains

Ft. Worth, Tex, Dec. 14.-The blis
zard prevailing over Pan Handle wi
likely prove disastrous to cattlemel
There has been long dry spell an
| feed is scarce and high. The entil
section Is cover"s' with snow, a. +, it
stays on the ground an, length {
time, cattle not in prime condition vii
die by the hundreds.
25 BELOW AT ST. PAUL
| st. Paul, Dec. 14.-The mercury at
a. m. was 25 degrees below zero. Evel
colder weather was experienced a
other points in the northwest. Their
was great suffering. j. Sulpher, 6
years old, farmer living in Bentol
county, froze to death within 40 rods o
his home.
BITTER COLD IN WISCONSIN.
La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 14-The Mis-
sissippi river at this point is closed
with ice forming in the channel. At
o'clock the government thermometer
registered 23 below zero.
IA BELOW AT DENVER.
Denver, Dec. A.-Fourteen below ze-
70 was the temperature recorded By
the local weather bureau at a. m. to.
day. Pueblo reported below. Grand
Junction above. Cheyenne, Wyo, q
below. Lander, Wyo, "a below.
COLD IN KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City, Dec. 14.-At Z a. m.
today the temperature in Kansas City
was s below zero. The local weather
bureau predicts but little moderation
in the next "a hours,
A TENNESSEE TOWN FLOODED.
Spring City, Tenn, Dec. 14.-A cloud
burst in the mountains last night
forced the Pinet river out of it's banks
8 to feet higher than ever known be-
fore in the flooded town, driving many
people from their homes.
FROZEN TO DEATH.
Milwaukee, Wis, Dec. 14.-Eleven de-
grees below zero is the record Of wealth.
er at Milwaukee today. An unknown
man was found frozen to death in a
public school yard at Wauwautosa.
GROWING COLDER AT CHICAGO.
Chicago, Dec. 14.-At a. m. today
the thermometer here registered 8 be-
low zero. The forecaster predicts the
temperature tonight at Is below.
THE COLD WAVE rs GENERAL.
Washington, Dec. 14.-The cold wave
spread southeastward as far as Chica-
go and st. Louis, at which places the
fell "a degrees In the last
"a hours, reaching degrees below in
Chicago and zero in st. Louis. The
front of the cold wave today extends
from northern Illinois southwestward
to Arkansas. In all this region the
temperature has fallen from 40 to so
degrees in the last "a hours. The cold
promises to be severe during at least
two days, extending eastward and
southeastward, reaching the Atlantic
coast districts by Sunday. A. j. Henry,
forecast official.
THE STORM IN GREAT BRITAIN.
London, Dec. 14.-Although abating
over the channel, the storm on the
east coast Of Great Britain continues
to be fierce. The British bark Wave
Queen sank this morning off Westpart-
lepool. Seven of her crew were drown
ed. The Spanish steamer Alangueta,
from Hamburg, with 20 men on board,
went ashore near Sunderland. The roc
ket brigade twice got a line on board,
but the crew was apparently unable to
the apparatus. Many min
or wrecks, involving the loss of life,
are repOrted.