The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-12
EATING UP COAT PILES

Zero Temperature or Worse as Far South
as Kansas City.
La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 12.-H was eight
below here this morning with a cutting
wind blowing, making the cold felt moro
than at any time this season. The l11er-
curyxfe lower only once before this
winter, ten in December.
West Superior. W is..,s Jan 12.-The gov
eminent weather bureau recorded tenn
perature Of eight below zerostlis morn
ing with prospects Of rising temperature.
This is q, relief from yesterday when the
mercury went to Il below, with the wind
at tl1irty-five miles an hour. There has
as yet been no suffering from fuel short
age. ; - .- -,
Cincinnati, Jan. IL Two-tenths of
degree above zero was the minimum rec
ord by the weather bureau this morning.
Two degrees below was shown by many
thermometers: This was a fall Of thirty
two degrees in eighteen hours. Fortu-
nately Cincinnati has no coal famine.
:. Kansas City, Jan. 12.-zero weather
prevailed In Kansas iCty at Z o'clock this
morning, a fall Of liz degrees in the past
twelve hours. There is no prospect of
moderation to-day and suffering because
| Of lack Of fuel will prove severe. The sup
ply Of coal in Kansas City, which was
short on Saturday, had diminished great
| ly over Sunday. Similar conditions ex-
| list at all points throughout this part Of
| the southwest.
st. Louis, Jan. IAN intensely friEid
temperature prevails here. At O'clock
this morning the temperature registered
| three above, but by $3.50 O'clock the
bright sunshine had raised the mercury to
ten above. Two inches Of snow has
brought out sleighs.
Louisville, KY, Jan. 1.-THE official
ko,r, Ill
three degrees above zero, the coolest OF
the winter.
l. Chicago. Jan. 1.-TWO degrees below.
zero was the official temperature for
Chicago and vicinity at 5 o'clock to-day,
accompanied by brisk northwest wind.
Much suffering among the poor is re-
ported. The temperature, which was sin
below at midnight. began soon to 1noder-
ate until at o'clock this morning one
below was registered. An hour later two
i below was reached. Much delay to subur-
| ban and interurban transportation lines
was occasioned by the sudden and. In
/ tense cold and a number Of minor acct
i dents owing to g. heavy fall Of snow were
1 reported.
Detroit, Mich, Jan. 12.-Following on
the heels Of the most severe snow storm
i Of the season, yesterday came the coolest
night of the winter in this city. At 1880
this morning the thermometer registered
l s below zero. The zero temperature was
general all over the lower peninsula below
A1pena with the exception OF section
close to the shore of Lake Michigan near
Grand Haven. -
! Hundreds of people live in Windsor,
Ont, just across the river, and who are
employed in this city, did not get to their
work until nearly noon. The snow Of yes
terday froze into the ice in the river and
Il packed It: into an almost impenetrable
v,oo aud t,oe fs,<, vf1,o =
been able to make but four trips up to
4 $3.50 o'clock. The car ferries had even
more trouble. blowing through the ice
with their trains. Both the ferries, Lans-
downe and Great Western, spent the night
in the river bucking the ice with pas
-senger trains aboard. The Canadian Pa
cffic train from Toronto, due here at 2:15
a. M. spent the night on the car ferry
in the river and did not arrive here until
$3.50 this morning. The International
, trains on the Wabash road were an aver
, age of ten hours late, owing to the ice In
the river. and the Michigan Central and
! / Grand Trunk also suffered much delay.
Peoria, ILL.,, Jan. 12.-After severely
cold day and night several Thermometers
in the suburbs and on the bluffs regis.
} tered from 4 to 8 degrees below at |,
! o'clock this morning.
Omaha, Jan. 12.-At o'clock degreei
IsbeloW was registered at the local weather
bureau with indications for little relic,
2 from the cold snap tomorrow. The ex.
IRENE cold covers Nebraska, western lowe
and South Dakota.
Des MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 12.-Extrems
4 cold has prevailed throughout Iowa 70,
t thirty hours, the temperature ranginl
I from zero to below, accompanied by con,
0 siderable wind. 1t was 8 below zero heri
this morning. Hard coal cannot be OBJ
Ell tanned and the soft coal supply is ex.
: hausted In many places, resulting in mudl
( suffering. $50.
- + Indianapolis, Jan. 12.At Z o'clock tldl