The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-17
INTENSE COLD.
Lowest Temperature OF the
Season Generally Reported.
Zero and Below Is Marked in All
Directions.
BLIZZARD IN THE EAST
Sundays Storm JOurneyed on
Toward the Atlantic.
New York Gets Heaviest Snow
of the Season.

Chicago. Feb. If-Intense cold, the
most severe of the winter prevailed this
morning throughout the middle west,
the temperature ranging from degree
above zero at Louisville to "a below at
West Superior. Wis. Official records at
other centers were:
Chicago 10 below; Peoria Il below; St
Louis 6 below; indianapolis below;
Milwaukee 10 below; Columbus below.
Kansas city below. Des Moines 9 be
low. ST. Paul 90 below, Omaha 10 below
and Topeka II below. Farther west and
northwest the weather was moderating.
I7p to 10 o'clock no deaths directly
due to the cold had been reported but
relief committees everywhere were taxed
20 the limit in relieving suffering of the
poor There was no Indication of a coal
famine. Dealers generally have a sur
plus stock on hand.
Trolley lines were badly crippled and
both suburban and through trains on
the railways were delayed-many su-
burban trains being abandoned
Telegraph and telephone service was
seriously crippled, the contraction of the
wires causing them to break, and for "a
time Chicago was practically cut off
from communication with the outside
world.
The Official record of temperatures
showed the zero point reached at II
o'clock last night since which hour
steady decline was maintained until the
minimum was reached at Z o'clock this
morning-10 degrees below zero. While
moderating slightly during the day, no
immediate breaking up OF the cold spell
is promised and in the the neighborhood
Of 4 and 8 degrees below is looked for
tomorrow
Kansas City. Mo. Feb. 17.-The in
tense cold weather in the southwest con-
tinues. In Kansas City at o'clock this
morning the thermometer recorded
degrees below zero the coolest of the
winter here. Further west the temperd-
ture was stiH lower. with no indiea-
tions OF moderation. Train schedules
are stin badly dem0ralized
II was is degrees below zero at War
rensbuTE, Mo. and Ia below at Sedalia.
Omaha Neb.. teo lt-hlStreneiy
cold weather continued last night and
today. The temperature again reached
10 degrees below zero Trains from the
west are generally late. some being sew
eral hours behind their schedule. The
zero wave is general throughout the
state, the eastern half of Iowa and the
Dakotas, Slowly rising temperature IS
predicted
Des Moines. Ia. Feb. 17-It was 9
below zero here this morning. one de-
gree higher than the record for the
winter Difficulty is experienced in op-
Grating the electric lines
Peoria. ILL.,. Feb. 1.-THE weather is
becoming slightly colder. The tempera-
ture at a. m was Is below and at
o'clock it was IA below. Clear and no
wind.
ST. Louis. No. Feb. 17.-At 2 a. m.
the thermometer at the weather bureau
registered degrees below zero. the
coolest weather of the season for this
vicinity. This is a drop of II degrees
from midnight. Out in the suburbs and
through southern Illinois and Missouri
reports OF even lower temperatures are
being received Incoming trains are
somewhat delayed.
All trains except short-run accomnlo-
datiOns were from two to six hours late
this morning and the Vandalia and
Chicago & Alton reported manv uoles
down along their tracks as result OF
storms. The falagrar} oor,,r,e,,7iss bs,5a
had hard time Keeping eommunicatior,
open Because of the lack of fuel at tht
city hospital the lives of zoo patients.
some of whom are at the point of death
are endangered by the cold Since the
cold snap struck ST. Louis the h0sDitai
has been without enough coal. and the
aulnqrlUes have been compelled to econ
omize in the use of what they had An
insufficient supply of coal at The collft
house resulted i'm the closing of the
courts and offices there today r-ba-a
seems to be plenty of coal in tho ia,
but owing to the condition of the streets
and the cold weather Il & a,1+,s,,ssi- .s,
hard to deliver
New York, Feb l7-Tha blizzard of
last night left New York in te+f,-
condition today than was a,neote7 NJ
snow ceased falling af an ss,I,. -. lle
but began again about 3 o'cIoci5 So
face and elevated raflroa5 li-ise -
partly crippled. but were not So baeli,-
tied up as by several previous storms
this winter The predicted bie dfor ~
temperature did not occur. Ths 1-elCg.i+z,
of the wind had decreased cor,sisa,--sl,i1-
since midnight when there We q, -
crate Gale I'm fo q o,rloof, ~ . 80 -
snow faU in this ci+,- es +s,o-..s ~ - "a "a
the weather bureau. was nine a,'i 50 ~