Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-29
INTENSE COLD IN THE EAST
ELEVEN BELOW ZERO AT CHI.
CAGO-xI ~ Sr. PAUL.
superior, Wisconsin, Shivers, With the
Mercury at IS seIow-Many Poor
People Suffer-From Eastern Mon.
tana to Northern lnoiana Weather ls
Most severe Of the Winter.

Chicago, Jan. 26.-Extra cold
weather is recorded In various sec.
ions of the north and west today.
The cold wave extends over a wide
area, embracing the upper Mississippi
Ind Missouri valleys and the western
AXE region. Particularly severe wea
her is reported in the Dakotas, east
ern Montana, northwestern Nebraska,
northwestern Iowa, northern Illinois
and Indiana and portions OF Wisconsin
and Michigan.
The thermometer today in this city
registered IL degrees below zeru.
here Is suffering among the poor peo'
ple and many OF the homeless applied
at the police stations for shelter. Only
one death, that Of fisherman. has So
tar been reported. The weather bu
reau observer says that 1t is possible
that the mercury may 60 to ~ below
.omorrow and that the cold wave viii
last several days yet.
At st. Paul today the minimum Oh
other thermometers registered as low
Is 40 below. bismarck reported Is and
superior, Wis, SO. In = number OF
places in the northwest, it was the
coolest weather of the year. A &C.
we're blizzard ragged at Houghton,
Mich, trains being late and tratic
BADLY impeded.
At st. Paul.
st. Paul, Jan. 25.-According to the
weather observer, the mean tempera'
lure prevailing In St Paul today ss-
tablished = new record, being 81 be-
| low zero. The maximum for the day
vas 20 degrees below and the mini.
mum was 80 below. Somo thermome-
,ers registered as low as 40 below
during the early morning hours. A
nigh wind prevailed early In the day.
greatly intensifylng the suffering of
those compelled to be out Of doors.
Wisconsin Coolest In Union.
Milwaukee, Jan. 25.-Specials to the
Sentinel show Wisconsin to be *
periencing the coolest weather to-
night of any state In the union. New
Richmond reports q maximum tenn
perature of As degrees below zero;
Haywards and Cumberland report 40
superior IS and Unity SO below. 9th
er low temperatures are: Black River
Falls 80, Baraboo 81. Oshkosh re-
ports the coolest weather in 26 years,
the registration being 3S below. A
strong northwest wind is blowing and
trains throughout the state are run
ming irregularly.
In Kansas and Missouri.
Kansas City. Jan. 25.-The coolest
weather of the winter is being ex-
perienced tonight In Kansas and west
ern Missouri. L.. O'Clock tonight the
temperature in Kansas City was eight
above zero and falling, and the wealth
er office says that it will 90 below
zero. Kansas points report zero
weather. The ground here is bare Of
snow. A sharp north wind is blowing.
At Omaha IL Below.
Omaha, Jan. 25.-Ths coolest wealth
er of the winter was recorded today.
The temperature was IL below and at
no time during the day did the mer-
curry 60 ABOVE the zero mark.
In Southern Michigan.
Detroit, Jan. 25.-This is the cold.
est night of the winter in Detroit and
southern Michigan. At . o'clock the
government thermometer registered
six degrees below rezo.
George Cupwait, a carriage painter.
aged SO, was found frozen to death In
a shed at Detroit today.