Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-25
THE MISSISSIPPI
IS FROZEN OVER.
All the Rivers and Creeks in Iowa
Are Bank-full aud Frozen
Solid.
PIERCING COLD IN NORTHWEST.
Fifteen Below In Chicago-At Racine
Coolest Weather in Thirty
Years.

Keokuk Iowa, Jan. 25,-Both the Mis-
slssippi and the Des MoInes rivers are
closed, frozen almost solid The Their
mometer is eight degrees and falling.
All rivers and creeks are bank-full and
frozen solid. Much danger Is expected
where the ice breaks IN the spring
COLD IN NORTHWEST.
Chicago, Jan. 25.--Plercing cold made
the whole northwest suffer today. The
thermometer reached 10 below zero In
Chicago. The record here Is 20 below
and there Is some expectation that
new low point will be touched before
the cold spell is ended, one man,
frozen stiff, was found by pedestrians
on an outlying part Of Thirty-second
street. He had apparently struggled
along until exhausted by the cold and
had dropped unconscious and literally
was frozen to death in his tracks In
the snow. The unidentified corpse was
taken to morgue. There were count
less instances Of frozen hands and ears.
Traffic was greatly hampered.
The bitter cold experienced today at
10 below is the most intense so far this
winter In Chicago. Stretching TO the
northwest the mercury shows swiftly
descending scale, the minimum in the
United States being at Bismarck and
Willlston, North Dakota, where the Of
fetal figures are at 81 below zero. The
crest OF the wave il, however. beyond
the national boundary line. Mnnedosa,
~ w. r., reporting IS below. There
are no telegraph stations northward
from Minnedosa.
BLIZZARD IN KANSAS.
Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 25.--This por-
ton Of Kansas Is In the grasp Of
fierce blizzard which came sweeping
down from the north Sunday night. The
government weather bureau reported
the temperature at degrees below at
yo'clock and constantly growing colder,
VERY COLD IN MISSOURI.
Kansas City. Mo-, Jan. 25.--North-
western Missouri and northern and
eastern Kansas are experiencing the
coolest weather OF the season today,
with still further fall In temperature
predicted tonight. In the northwestern
portion Of Missouri the temperature at
o'clock this morning averaged 10 de-
grees below zero. Snow f1urries are re-
ported from all this part OF the SOUTH
west.
ST, LOUIS IN A BLIZZARD.
81. Louis, Jan. 25.-Street car and
railroad traffic IA considerably delayed
today because of a blizzard that has
prevailed for several hours. While not
the coolest day OF the season, the ther-
mometer stands at about four degrees
above zero, few points higher than the
lowest point reached this winter
The full effects OF the storm were
felt AZ the worlds fair, where less than
one-half Of the 10000 men employed on
the construction work reported for duty
today. These worked under great diff
Guilty and with considerable suffering.
The work OF the 400 abandoned.
has been temporarily abandoned.
II BELOW AT OMAHA.
Omaha, Jan. 25.--Extreme cold con.
tinuss throughout Nebraska and west.
ern Iowa today the minimum tempera.
ture being IL below, and the maximum
for the past "a hours seven below. The
local weather bureau predicts con-
tinuation OF the low temperature to-
morrow with moderation Wednesday, |
The bitterness OF the cold is increased
by biting north wind
EXTREME COLD IN RACINE.
Racine, Wis, Jan. 25.--The weather
here this morning Is the coolest In 30 |
years, the thermometer standing at 20 |
below zero.
so BELOW AT DULUTH.
Duluth, Mimi. Jan. 25.-The Their.
mometer here this morning registered 80 |
below.
AT DETROIT.
Detroit. Mich. Jan. 25.--The govern
ment thermometer registered 6 below |
for eight hours last night and the oh. |
server predicts that II Will go lower To-. |
night Although there was OF necessity |
from the cold among the poor |
last night, no deaths have been report. |
I'd today.
COLD CHECKS FLOODS.
Cleveland, o., Jan. 25.--.The prevailing
cold wave has effectually checked the |
destruction from floods throughout |
northern and central Ohio. II is four
below here today,
BLIZZARD AT WINNIPEG.
Winnipeg, Man. Jan. 25..-A severe
blizzard is raging In Winnipeg There
have been several deaths.
20 BELOW AT ST PAUL.
ST. Paul, Mimi, Jan, 25.--ThIrty de-
grees below zero was the Official record
ioday, although thermometers In vari-
BUS parts OF the city registered from
10 degrees lower.
POOR ARE SUFFERING.
Lacrosse, Wis, Jan, 2b.--The govern.