The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-15
ST. Louis Frozen stin.

st. Louis Frozen StiH.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14-The coolest
weather for this time Of year In nineteen
years was experienced In st. Louis last
night and today. The records of the local
weather bureau show but two instances
of colder weather at this season since
the records began in 1871, thirty years
ago. In the twenty-four hours beginning
at a. m. yesterday and ending at the
same hour this morning the mercury fell
from 81 above to zero, the greatest drop
registered in the citys history, and 1t
lowered about the latter figure all day.
Most of the incoming trains were from
ten minutes to four hours late. Added
to the frtgidity of the atmosphere was
q strong wind travelling at the rate or
twenty-six miles an hour. accompanied
by hail. rain and snow.
Hard on Settlers and Stock.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Dec 14.-Late re-
ports received from the southern, west
ern and eastern portions of the state
show that the weather for the past
twenty-four hours has been of unusual
severity, the temperature falling "a de-
grees below zero at many places. AT
Cheyenne the temperature was % below
at o'clock this morning. Reports from
Laramie, Rawlins, Green River and Cas-
per tell of temperatures ranging from
20 to IS degrees below zero.
| The weather began to moderate today.
Thus far no official reports have been
received from stock losses, but report
has just been received that five sheep
herders persisted in the blizzard near
Point of Rocks Thursday night. Up to
date ten lives have been lost as the re-
suit of the blizzard in Wyoming.
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GUTHRIE, Okla. Ter. Dec. 1.-The
blizzard which has been raging over
Oklahoma and Indian Territory since
Thursday at midnight has done great
damage to stock in Western Oklahoma,
where the ranges are unprotected and
cattlemen had not anticipated the sud-
den change. The same Is true in all por-
lions of the two territories, but not to
such great degree. The prolonged
drought of the summer injured all stock.
and their condition was not fit to with
stand the fierce weather.
From the Creek and Cherokee Nations
of Indian Territory come reports of in
tense suffering among the fullblood In
dams whose crops were ruined by the
drought, and who must rely on appr0-
priations from their legislatures during
the winter. The blizzard Is proving a
great hardship to the settlers in the new
country who are living in tents, shacks
and sod houses.
Wisconsin In Icy Travail.
!. MILWAUKEE, Dec. 14.-Wisconsfn is
wrapped in the seyerest December cold
wave known in many years. The coolest
point in the state heard from is Plain
field, which reports So degrees below zero.
Other cities reporting low registrations
are Mondovi, 80; Baraboo, "a; La Crosse,
%; Green Bay, Is; Madison, 18; Oshkosh,
Is, and Marinette, IA, all below zero. AT
8 o'clock tonight Milwaukee thermome-
tiers register 10 degrees below, or one de-
gree above the lowest point Of the day:
The figures show a drop in forty-eight
hours Of Al degrees. The total snow fall
which ended last night, was four inches.
Steam railroad trains were q trifie late
today, but street car traffic was unim-
paired, excepting one suburban line to
Waukesha, which suffered from high
drifts
So far one death from the severe cold
has been reported in the state, that Of
Philip Krenenberger, an Inmate Of the
aims house at .sWauwatosa, Milwaukee
county. Kronenberger was seventyone
years old He was found dead this morn
ing in the vicinity of the Wauwatosa.
high school, where it is supposed he was
overcome at q time when he was seeking
shelter He disappeared from the instt-
tuition yesterday.
Director w. NJ Wilson, of the local
weather bureau, expects that the Their
mometer will show the temperature at 20
degrees below zero tomorrow morning. 1t
will be the coolest day in December that
Milwaukee has seen in many years, II It
matertalizes.
Missouri and Kansas Frozen Up.
KANSAS, CITY, Dec. 1.-THE temper
ature here today ranged from to 8
degrees below zero The present cold
weather breaks all weather bureau rec
ords for the first half Of December. Ali
trains are late. The lowest temperature
reported In Kansas was 16 below zero.
The temperature here will fall to 10 or
IL below zero before daylight, the
weather Office says, and then will rise
steadily.
Reports from Kansas show that state
Is getting no relief from the cold wave
that struck the state last night. The
temperatures tonight are slightly higher,
the average being about zero. Lives lost
in Kansas, so far as known tonight,
number only three. Unauthenticated re-
ports tell Of herders on the plains who
have not yet returned, and they are
feared to have persisted. Much stock has
died A dispatch from Peabody tonight
says the wheat in that district has been
killed by the cold, there being no snow.
Salina reports that wheat there is in bad
condition, but will be saved IL the cold
abates tonight.
Michigan and Ohio Congealed.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, Dec. H.-Not in
years has Michigan experienced such
cold weather in December as now prevails
here. At 8 tonight 1t was five below
zero and rapidly growing colder. Six
inches Of snow covers, the ground.
DETROIT, Dec 14.-After almost two
days of continuous warm rain, the tenn
perature suddenly dropped early today
to the freezing point, and the rain chang
ed to snow The thermometer tonight
registers ten above In Detroit, with pros
poets of going lower before morning.
Throughout Southern Michigan similar
conditions prevail, except in the western
part, where zero weather Is reported,
with a heavy fall Of snow.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. Dec 1.-THE
weather bureau reports a drop Of 40 de-
grees, from 65 to Is, in temperature from
midnight Friday until o'clock tonight.
A steady rain fell, beginning at midnight
Friday until 8 a. M Saturday. At
o'clock this morning snow began to fall,
and a high wind has prevailed all day
and still prevails tonight, delaying tele-
graph communication greatly. Train
service is not seriously affected.
CINCINNATI, Ohio Dec. 1.-THE Their
mometer, which registered SO degrees
above zero at a. M, fell to 8 degrees at
6 p. m, fall of "a degrees in twelve
hours. and the indications are that zero
weather will be reached before morning.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. H.-The Their
mometer. which registered Is degrees
above zero at: la. M, fell to degrees
above at midnight, and indications are
that zero will be reached in a few hours.
The cold wave Is general Throughout this