Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-12
ARE FREEZING
Bad State of Affairs in
Chicago.
COLD WAVE IN WEST
ZERO WEATHER REPORTED FROM
MANY POINTS.
Heavy Snow Fall and Coal Famine in
Sections Aggravate the
Situation.
COLD WAVE IN WEST

morning the temperature inNCHlCd8o di~
vicinity was degrees below zero. rise
Of four degrees since midnight. Much SUI
fering among the poor is reported, and
Mayor Harrison has taken steps to provide
a fund for their relief. The coal famine
renders the situation difficult. InterurDan
transportation was hampered by the cold
and snow. and number of minor acci-
dents were report ed today. s..
List Of dead from the cold
Frank Lemis. forty years old. badly
frozen, died In q chair in a saloon.
r. Rose, walked streets all night, and died
soon after entering warm room of a lodging
house.
C. G. Pool. Manila. Iowa, cook on dining
car, frozen stiff in his ROOM
Very Cold in Michigan.
DETROIT, January l2.-Following on the
heels of the most severe snow storm OF the
season yesterday came the coolest night
of the winter in this city. At 30 O'CLOCK
this morning the thermometer registered D
below zero. The zero temperature was
general all over the lower peninsula De
low Alpena, with the exception OF Sec
ton close to the shore Of Lake Michigan
near Grand Haven.
Hundreds of people who live in Windsor.
Ont, just across the river. and are en-
ployed in this city. did not get to their
work until nearly noon. 1ne snow OF
yesterday froze into the Ice in the river
and packed it into an almost 1mpenetraDle
mass, and the ferries across the river had
been able to make only four trips up to
$50 O'Clock. The car ferries mad even
more trouble blowing through the Ice with
their trains. Both the ferry steamers Lans-
downe and Great Western spent the night
in the river bucking the Ice with pas
senger trains aboard. The Canadian "a
ciic train from Toronto. due here at 2:l3
am, spent the night on the car Terry
fast in the river, and did not arrive here
until $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
Suffering in Northern Ohio.
CLEVELAND. January 1.-THE lowest
temperature of the winter was recorded
here early today, when the government
thermometer indicated four degrees below
zero At other points in northern Ohio the
temperature fell to eight degrees below.
During the night the wind reached a veloc-
ity Of forty-four miles hour from the
west and combined with the extremely low
temperature and scarcity Of fuel in many
quarters, caused much suffering.
AS a result of the great difficulty eX-
perienced in making sufficient steam prac-
tically all trains on the trunk line roads
were running behind schedule time today,
most of them being reported from one TO
two hours late.
Zero Weather in Western Missouri.
KANSAS CITY, No., January 12.--Zero
weather prevailed in Kansas City at
o. clock this morning, fall of eleven and
one-half degrees in the past twelve hours
There is no prospect Of moderation today,
of lac of will
prove severe The supply of coal in KAN
sas City which was short on Saturday, had
diminished greatly over Sunday. Similar
conditions exist at all points throughout
this part Of the southwest
ST PAUL, Mimi, January 12.-One de-
ture reported in this city Sunday. and last
night it went down to seven below. Moor
head. Mimi. this morning reported m n
imum Of eighteen below, Duluth six below,
while at La Crosse, Wis, it was eight be-
low Fuel Is scarce, and, although there Is
not vet any actual famine, there is much
suffering.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, January 1.-TWO
tenths of degree above zero was the mini
mum record by the weather bureau tails
morning Two degrees below was shown by
many thermometers. This was fall Of
thirty-two degrees in eighteen hours. For
tunately Cincinnati has no coal famine.
Warming Up in st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, January 12.-At a. m.
today the temperature registered three
above, but by $50 o'clock the bright sun
shine had raised the mercury to ten above.
WEST SUPERIOR, Wis, January 10
The government weather bureau recorded
a temperature Of eight degrees below zero
this morning. with prospects of rising tenn
perature This is relief from yesterday,
when the mercury went to fourteen below
with the wind thirty-f1ve miles an hour.
There has been as yet no suffering from
fuel shortage.
LOUISVILLE, Ken, January 12.--The Of
fetal temperature at o'clock this morning
was three degrees above zero, the coolest Of
the winter
BUFFALO, N. Y, January PA snow
storm which began early yesterday con-
tinued throughout last night and today,
and was accompanied by brisk westerly
wind. All mail trains are reported from
two to three hours late.
PEORIA, ILL.,, January 12.-After a Sc
.verely cold day and night several thermom-
eters in the suburbs and on the bluffs reg
istered from to degrees below at Z
O'clock this morning.
OMAHA, Neb.. January 12.-At o'clock
four degrees below was registered at
the local weather bureau, with indications
for little relief from the cold snap before
tomorrow. The extreme cold covers Ne
braska. western Iowa and South Dakota.
Al NdttHllHc. MOI, lIlc mercury went 10
0 degrees below zero.
Extreme Cold in Iowa.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, January H. Ex-
treme cold has prevailed throughout Iowa
for thirty hours. the temperature ranging
from zero to 6 below, accompanied by con-
siderable wind. 1t was three below zero
here this morning.
Hard coal cannot be obtained and the soft
coal supply is exhausted in many places, re-
sulting In much suffering.
MILWAUKEE,, January 12.-Fiye below
zero is the weather record for Milwaukee
today. Forecast Official William Wilson
predicts that the cold weather will mod
crate by tomorrow. Reports from various
parts Of the state are to the effect that
zero weather is general.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, January 12-At 7
o'clock this morning the official tempera-
ture was degrees below. zero. The indica-
lions are for fair weather tonight and
Tuesday. with slowly rising temperature.
COLUMBUS. Ohio. January 1.-THE bliz-
zard of Sunday was followed by intense
cold, the temperature here being 3 degrees
below zero; at Cleveland. below with zero
at Cincinnati The wind IL from 40 to 46
miles over the state, causing much suffer-
ing