The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-29
ZERO MORE THAN
IT USED To BE
Only the Man by the Stove Con-
tends 1t Is Nothing.
TWO HUNDRED SOLDIERS DIE
-
COLUMBIA RIVER FROZEN OVER
AND FERRIES sToFPED.
TWO HUNDRED SOLDIERS DIE
Special to The Herald.O

Rexburg, Ida, Jan. 2S.-Thirty- five
and forty degrees below zero, and get
ting colder is the weather status here
this morning. The recent snowstOrm
which prevailed throughout the inter
mountain state also remembered Rex
burg with a little more cOpiOUs precip-
itation than at points further south
and farmers are correspOndingly
happy
The country along the Teton river
and its tributaries has become SO
thickly settled that water rights are
constantly conflicting between the
ranchers, and, as a consequence, a
mammoth water suit has been
launched by the Rexburg people
against the settlers of Teton basin,
with the object Of adjusting the pres
ent conflicting interests.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 2S.-Another biz
card, the second within a week, ragged
today, and is stir in progress at mid
night. Four inches of snow was al
ready on the ground, and an addi-
uonal fan is being piled in drifts by
strong northeast wind.
London, Jan. 2S.-The Toxic cores
pendent of the Daily Express cables
that over 200 soldiers have been frozen
to death in northern Japan.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 2S.-Two days of
very cold weather in Kansas was fol-
lowed this afternoon by a severe snow
storm. The snow commenced in west
ern Kansas early this afternoon and
rapidly Travelled eastward. In some
places the storm is approaching the
proportion of a blizzard.
Winfield, Kan. Jan. 2S.-Two farm
ers this afternoon found the body of a
lZ-year-old boy on the banks of a small
creek several miles from here. He had
wandered off. lost his way and then
froze TO death in the snow. His body
was being guarded by two dogs. No
clew to the boys identity can be found
Portland. Ore, Jan. 2S.-The Column
bia. river above Vancouver. Wash, is
closed to navigation and today no boats
left for upper river point Floating ice
below Vancouver interferes somewhat
with river steamers. though regular
trips are still being made on the lower
river. The steamer Undine left this
afternoon for Vancouver with the
mails, but it is expected a landing will
be made several miles below the town.
transferred by stage. Vancouver ferry
across the Columbia is tied up. and all
direct communication with Vancouver
is shut off.
La Cross, Wis, Jan. 28.-At o'clock
this morning the government thermom-
eter registered "a below zero, being the
coolest of the year.
Chicago, Jan. 2S-The cold wave in
the extreme northwest has moderated
materially, the temperature ranging
from zero to 4 below. At o'clock the
thermometer in Chicago was 4 degrees
below zero, and at 10 it was l degree
below. Predictions are that there viii
be further moderation of the cold as
the day advances. and that there will
be 20 more zero weather with this cold
wave.
Seattle, Wash. Jan. 2S.-The body of
an unknown man about 40 years of age
well dressed, was found frozen stiff on
First avenue south near the city limits
this morning. The body lay in the mid
die of the roadway where the man is
thought to have fallen while intoxicated
and frozen to death.