Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-01
DEATH AND WOE
IN fRIC|D BLAST
One Man Is Frozen, Another Run
Down by Engine in Chicago, as
Result Of Cold Weather.
MUCH SUFFERING is REPORTED
AMONG The ClTY'S DESTITUTE


Elmwood, HI, and Fatal Freezing
of Another-Blizzard L. Reported
from Ohio and the Atlantic Coast
-In Other States.
Chicago, Dec. 28.-Two deaths, in
Guiding one fatal freezing and many ac-
cldents, and much restitution and suf-
fering have followed upon the heels of
the cold wave which came down on Chi
cago, and probably reached its MAXI
mum severity Saturday forenoon.
Christmas cheer in hundreds of homes
was turned into actual misery. The
sudden drop in the temperature, which
had reached eight below zero at five
q. M, according to the official reading,
found few prepared and charitable in
situations began as early as their
otnces were opened to relieve the poor.
The dead are: Frederick Houston,
1887 Constance avenue, 43 years old,
frozen to death. Found beside the Lake
Shore & Michjsan Southern railroad
tracks near Eightieth street; Archie
Stewart, IS years DID, 1858 Fifth avenue,
blinded by the drifting snow while at
work on the tracks of the Wabash rail-
road at Forty-third street, and run
down by an engine.
Zero Weather Proves Fatal.
Peoria, ILL.,, Dec 2S.-The intensely
cold weather, the thermometer reach
ing seven below zero Saturday, is re-
sponsible for two fatalities. John
Weir, aged 45, was frozen to death
near Elmwood George Baumgarten
was frozen to tree here early in the
morning and had to be torn loose by
patrolmen. He is so badly frozen he
cannot recover.
Thirty Below at Winnipeg.
St Paul, MINI. Dec 2S.-Sixteen de-
srees below zero was the record at
the local weather bureau Saturday At
Winnipeg, Man., the mercury went
down to 80 degrees below, but is now
rising and warmer weather is in sight
In. the northwest. The cold here was
accompanied by stinging wind which
made 1t more intense during the night.
Blixsard In Cleveland.
Cleveland. o.. Dec 2s.-The first real
blizzard OF the winter is reported from
various points In Ohio to have prevailed
Friday night and Saturday. In this
city the wind reached velocity OF
62,miless an hour, while heavy blind
ing snow fell to the depth Of several
inches. During the past "a hours the
weather bureau thermometer has
dropped 20 degrees and now registers
near the zero mark. Railway traffic is
delayed owing to the heavy storm.
In Wisconsin.
La Cross, Wis, Dec. 2S-A drop in
temperature Of 80 degrees in "a hours
occurred here and Saturday morning
the government thermometer regis
tered Is below. ! A penetrating north
wind made 1t the most disagreeable
day of the winter and charitable Or
CARNATIONS were besieged by pleas
for fuel from poor people.
Cold in Iowa.
pes Moines, Ia. Dec 28.-Two de-
grees below zero was recorded at the
weather bureau Saturday. At Du-
buque the mercury went to IA below,
and at Davenport mark of IL below
was registered. The cold here was &C
companied by disagreeable raw wind,
which made It more intense during the
night.
Coolest In Two Years.
Lafayette. Ind, Dec 28.-From 81
degrees above Friday afternoon the
temperature dropped to eight degrees
below at seven o'clock Saturday morn.
ing, the coolest in two years. The Wa
bash river was frozen over and there
was much damage from the high
wind.
snsw and Wind In New York.
New York, Dec. pa heavy fall Of
snow. accompanied by high wind, be-
gan here early Saturday. So thick were
the snow and the clouds that during the
morning darkness almost like that OF
aight prevailed in the downtown
streets. The snow, wet and heavy. at
6rst melted as fast as it fell, but later
tho temperature dropped and the storm
took on the semblance of blizzard.
The darkness lasted nearly an hour,
after which the storm lessened consid-
erably in severity. although the snow
continued to fall. A heavy snow
storm. accompanied at many places by
q high wind. prevailed throughout the
state.
Heavy Snow In Boston.
Boston, Dec. pa heavy north
east snowstorm began here Saturday.
The strong wind, driving in from the
sea. contributed to conditions resem-
bling blizzard.
In the West.
Kansas City, Mo-, Dec 28.-The tenn
Oerature in western Missouri Saturday
averaged five degrees above zero with
= strong wind blowing. In Kansas
and Oklahoma mild weather prevailed,
the temperature ranging from five de-
grees above zero in eastern Kansas to
30 above at the Colorado state line.
Omaha, Neh., Dec. 2S.-Zero wealth
or prevailed over the greater part Of
Nebraska and western Iowa at seven
o'clock The mercury began to rise
later with prospects OF warmer wealth
81. At midnight the thermometer reg
lstered six below zero.
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