The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-01-30
A COLD WAVE.
Extreme Wintry Weather Through.
out the Northwest-FIoodsi In
the East Abating.

st. Paul. Mimi. Jan. 25.-According
to the weather observer the mean tenn
perature prevailing in St. Paul Sunday
established new record, being 81 de-
grees below zero. The maximum tor
the day was 22 degrees and the
minimum on the official thermometer
was 80 below. Other thermometers
registered as low as 40 below during
the early morning hours. At seven p.
m. the government record stood at %
below and the observer predicted that
at least 80 degrees below would be re-
corded. He held out but little hope of
an alienation of the cold weather be-
fore Tuesday.
Duluth. Mimi. Jan. 25-With one ex-
ception Sunday was the coolest day
since 1864. The government thermom-
eter registered 81 degrees below zero
early in the day and at eight o'clock
p. m. at "a below. Forty-seven degrees
below zero was reported at Ely. on the
Vermilion range, Sunday morning,
while towns on the Mesaba range re-
ported from IS to As below.
Milwaukee. Wis, Jan. y25.-Specials
to the Sentinel show wisconsin to be
experiencing the coolest weather of
any state in the union. ISew Richmond
reports maximum temperature of As
degrees below zero; Hayward and
Cumberland report 40, Superior SO and
Unity 3S below. Other low tempera-
lures are Black River Falls 80, Bara-
LA
weather in rs years. the registration
being % below. A strong northwest
wind Is blowing and trains throughout
the state are running irregularly.
La Crosse, Wis, Jan. 25.-The cold
est weather of the season prevails here,
the government thermometer register
ing rs degrees below. Reports from
the country say large number OF cat
tie have been frozen to death.
Chicago. Jan. 25.-All day Sunday the
mercury stood below zero. the highest
point reached being two below. The
range Of temperature was from two be-
low at II o'clock in the morning to Il
below at midnight. The wind reached
velocity Of "a miles an hour. Intense suf-
fering and death accompanied the bitter
wave. Two men persisted on the North
side, while thousands found it impossi-
BILE to keep warm in their poor dwell
ings.
Pittsburg. Pa, Jan. 25.-The flood has
in great measure passed this point, but
portions of the two cities are still sub
merged and will not be freed from the
water for some hours. The biting cold
weather that has prevailed all day aug
mented the distress which exists In the
flooded sections. In Allegheny the gas
supply was erratic and the distribution
poorer neighborhoods brought about a
riotous condition.
The toll of death from the heavy floods
throughout the state was increased Sat-
urday. The bridge at Sharpsville was
swept away and Victor Durham and
three foreigners were drowned. Jacob
Hoffman. of Salem, o., was drowned in
Yankee Run while trying to ford the
stream. Four men and woman who at
tempted to ford stream at Sharon were
swept away and 1t is reported that all
were drowned.
Cleveland. o., Jan. 25.-Five lives lost,
damage to property reaching over ST.
900 900, business almost suspended. mills
and factories ide, steam and electric
railway traffic paralyzed, Is the result Of
one of the worst floods In the section east
of Cleveland. including the extreme
western part of Pennsylvania.