Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-12-20

astrous to the cattle that were un-
protected from the fact that their own
ers had not anticipated the sudden.
change.
From the Greek and Cherokee ma.
tions of Indian Territory come reports
OF intense suffering among the full.
blood Indians, whose crops were
ruined by the drought. Upverified
rumOrs come from isolated districts to
the effect that there has been several
deaths among the younger full.bloods,
The blizzard is proving q great hard
ship to the settlers in the new country
who are living in tents and shacks.
The coolest weather for this time OF
the year in nineteen years was expert
enced in st. Louis last Saturday. The
records OF the local weather bureau
show but two instances of colder wea.
ther at this season since the records
began, thirty years ago.
Saturday was likewise cold day for
Nebraska. A Lincoln Dispatch says
The twenty-four hour period ending at
Z o'clock that night had been q record
breaker for December. Since 7 o'clock
p. NJ. the mercury was at no time
above 6 degrees below zero. The
minimum for Lincoln was Is de.
grees below. At Alliance it was &c
and at Greeley % degrees below. The
average for the State was about Is de.
grees below. In the range country,
where there is two feet of snow, stock
is suffering and there will be some
loss. Ten carloads OF sheep from the
Northwest reached Lincoln to-day en-
route for the East. When unloaded
there it was found that 248 had been
frozen to death.
A special from Billings says cold
wave was on in eastern Montana 1t
was reported that two sheep herdera
were frozen to death on the plain
south ef Billings.
1t is feared stock will suffer severely
as result of the intense cold.
The weather changed the previous
night (the 13th). registering twenty.
three degrees below at Crow agency
and at other points farther east forty
seven was reported.
1t seems that very general meteo-
rological disturbance was experienced
farther East at the same date on
which the Storm King seems to have
held high carnival.
At Pittsburg. Pa, continuous and
heavy rains prevailed from early
morning until 8 o'clock at night,
when it turned into snow storm oil
the blizzard type. At midnight the
snow storm began again and continued
all night.
At Chattanooga cloudburst in the
mountains Saturday night forced Pinet
river out Of its banks from three to
five feet higher than ever known be.
fore and flooded the town, driving
many people from their .homes and
damaging property.
At Nashville, three lives were LOST
from sudden rise of the river.
The thermometer stood at IL below
zero at Milwaukee and one man was
frozen to death.
At Lesvsnworth, KS, one victim u
extreme cold is reported.
Two victims are reported at Terre
Haute, Indiana.
At Marshal, No., a negro was frozen
to death on the street.
At Cincinnati, Ohio; at Louisville
KY; at Kalamazoo, Mich. at Denver
COL. and at Burlington, Iowa, excep
tionally cold weather and severe
storms are reported.
The Mississippi river, at La Crosse
Wis, is closed by ice.
Never before within the memory ol
the people has such a widespread and
severe storm prevailed in this coun
try.
Late accounts say OF the storm il
Pcnnsylvanis that for severity and de
structiveness, the great disturbance o
the elements has not been equaled fol
a quarter of q century at least. Th'
storm.center seems to have been tn
| eastern and central part of the State
causing almost unprecedented dsmag'
and resulting in the loss of at leas
four lives. The havoc in the coal re
gious is enormous and the loss to rail
road and mining companies vii
amount to millions of dollars. Th'
Schuylkill, Lehigh, Susquehanna ani
Juanita rivers have risen as high as l!
feet above their levels and all of thei
tributaries have overflowed, inundat
ing the surrounding county in NOR
than q dozen counties. Innumerablt
washouts have occurred on the Penn
sylvania. Philadelphia & Reading
Northern Central, Lehigh Valley. New
Jersey Central and Lackawanna rail
roads. Bridges were carried away ant
traffic is at . standstill.
On the 10th, the delegates to th'
convention OF American Federation o
Labor were storm-bound- at Scranton
with no idea when they would be abl'
to,leave. The force of water weakened
the supports of bridge spanning .
creek near Willismsport, and as re
suit freight train was wrecked ant
three men killed. At Oneida, nea
Hazleton, q miner was swept from /,