Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1903-02-16
THE COLD WAVE IS
GENERAL IN West
Intense Cold Is Reported From Ne
braska, Iowa, South Dakota
and the Other Prairie
States.
HURON HAD "a AND SIOUX
CITY u DEGREES BELOW ZERO

below zero was registered here this
morning, being the coolest Of the year
The cold wave covers the state, Iowa
and South Dakota. Valentine reports
a temperature of 12 below, Rapid City
10 below, Huron "a below, and Sioux
City IA below. Little or no wind is re-
ported and there is no report Of suf-
fering from lack of fuel.
THE STORM IN THE SOUTH.
Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 16.-One Of the
worst storms in years set in Sunday
morning. Trains axe from Ave to ten
hours late. Street car traffic Is practi-
cally at a standstill and telegraph and
telephone companies are seriously ham
dicapped. Reports from Mississippi
Arkansas, Oklahoma Territory and
Texas state that the storm is general.
The railroads are badly crippled and
m: ny trains have been annulled.
NO SUFFERING IN KANSAS.
Topeka, Feb. 16.-Nine degrees below
zero was registered here at o'clock
this morning, being the coolest day of
the year. While this section Of Kansas
is covered with eight inches of snow
there is no wind and no reports Of suf-
fering from absence Of fuel.
THE COLDEST SPOT.
Williston, N. D., Feb. 16.-Williston is
the coolest in the United States today,
the mercury registering AZ degrees be-
low.
TEXAS SNOWBOUND.
Dallas, Tex, Feb. 16.-Street car traf-
fic in this city is suspended and busi-
ness is at a standstill on account OF a
blizzard. The storm Is unusually Sc
we're in the Panhandle country.
DEEP SNOW AT THE WINDY CITY.
Chicago, Feb. 16.-Seven inches OF
snow on the level accompanied by a
gale reaching a velocity of more than
40 miles an hour ushered in cold wave
which this morning sent the mercury
close to the zero mark. The traction
and steam railway service, telegraph
and telephone wires are suffering from
heavy fall of snow. Loss Of life was
less than anticipated, but one person
so far as known having succumbed. An
unidentified man was found frozen IN
snow drift down town. The cold which
at midnight registered II degrees
above, gradually increased until four
above was reached early in the day.
TwENTY-THREE BELOW.
West Superior, Wis, Feb. 16.-This is
the coldest day of the winter. The
mercury recorded 20 below zero at z
this morning.
IT IS GROWING COLDER.
Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 16.-The local
weather bureau reported the following
temperatures at o'clock this morning:
Missouri, Kansas City, below;
Springfield, 2 above and falling. Kan
sas, Wichita, 6 below; Concordia, IL be-
low; Dodge City, 16 below. The atmos-
phere today in this part of the south
west is clear with prospects of furth-
er fall in temperature. All trains in
and out of Kansas CITY are late.
A BLIZZARD IN TEXAS.
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 16.-North
Texas is experiencing the worst bliz-
zard in seven years. The snow Is a
foot deep and continues to fall. The
street car officials are making no effort
to run cars. Trains are late.
ROCK ISLAND TRAINS SNOW
BOUND.
Bucklin, Kas., Feb. 16.-Severai
trains are snowbound in this vicinity.
The westbound Rock Island passenger
which left here at noon yesterday re-
turned early today after being stalled
all night. The westbound Golden State