Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-25
COOLEST OF SEASON
Bitter Weather Last Night in
Northwest.
BLIZZARD IN ST. LOUIS
MUCH SUFFERING AMONG THE
POOR REPORTED.
One Man Found Frozen to Death in the
Outskirts of Chi
cago.


made the whole northwest suffer today. The
thermometer reached fifteen below in
Chicago The record here is twenty-three
below and there is some expectation that
a 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 32d street. He had apparently
struggled along until, exhausted by the cold,
he had dropped unconscious and literally
was frozen to death in his tracks in the
to a morgue. There were countless in
stsEces of frozen ears and hands Ira1nc
was greatly hampered.
The cold today is the most intense
so far this winter. Stretching to the north
west the mercury shows a swiftly descend
ing scale, the minimum in the United
States being at Bismarck and Williston in
North Dakota, where the official figures are
tkirty-four below zero. The crest of the
wave Is, however, beyond the national
boundary line, Minnedosa, N. W. T., re-
porting thirty-eight below. There are no
telegraph stations northward from Mime
dCsa.
Fifteen Below at Lincoln, Neb.
LINCOLN, Neb., January 25.-The tenn
perature here today was 10 degrees below
zero. Cold weather is reported from all
over the state the most severe being in the
northeastern part where a temperature of
"a degrees below was reported.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, January 25.-North-
western Missouri and northern ana western
Kansas are experiencing the coldest
weather of the season today, with still
further fall In temperature predicted by
tonight. In the northwestern portion OF
Missouri the temperature today averaged
10 degrees below zero; at Kansas City. be-
low; at Concordia, Kan, near the Nebraska
line, below; at Dodge City, In the central
western portion of Kansas, zero, while at
Wichita, central Kansas. it was degrees
above zero. At Springfield, in southern
Missouri 1t is 80 degrees above zero. Snow
flurries are reported from all this part OF
the southwest.
LA CROSSE, Wis, January 25.-The gov
ernment thermometer here registered q
below today. There is much suffering
among the poor of the city.
RACINE, Wis, January 25.-The weather
here today Is the coldest in thirty years,
the thermometer standing at 26 below zero.
Duluth Registers 80 Degrees Below.
DULUTH, Mimi, January 25.-The ther-
mometer here this morning registered 80
degrees below zero.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, January 23.-Thirty de-
grees below zero was the official weather
record today.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, January 25.-
The official thermometer in the weather
bureau here registered 9.3 degrees below
zero at 9 am. This is the coldest of the
winter. The cold is reported as general
through western Michigan.
mometer in the United States weather bu-
reau registered below zero for eight hours
last night Observer Conger predicts that
1t will stay close to the zero mark all day
and fan slightly below again tonight. Al
though there was of necessity suffering
from the cold among the poor last night,
no deaths have been reported today.
Blizzard in st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS. January 25.-street car and
railroad traffic is considerably delayed to-
day because of a blizzard that has pre-
vailed for several hours. While not the
coolest day of the season. the thermometer
stands at degrees above zero, a few points
higher than the lowest point reached this
winter.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, January 25.-This To-
cality has been in the grip Of blizzard
since Sunday morning, and last night was
the coldest of the season, the mercury reg
istering 10 degrees below zero.
PEORIA, ILL.,, January 25.-A snowstorm
has been raging since late hour last night.
Several inches of snow has fallen, and
street car traffic has been interfered with.
The thermometer this morning is degrees
below zero, and 1t Is still showing fercely.
Trains are also considerably delayed.
Rivers Frozen Over at Keokuk.
KEOKUK, Iowa, January 25.-Both the
Mississippi and the Des Moipes rivers are
frozen almost solid. The thermometer Is
8 below and falling. Farms in the bot
toms are surrounded by frozen lakes. AL
rivers and creeks are bankful and frozer
tight. Much danger is expected when the
ice breaks in the spring. Flood conditions
are expected to be more serious than las
summer.
Specials from the state report extreme
cold everywhere. At ST. Louis, Mich, the
thermometer registered 26 degrees below
zero; at Marine City, 16 below, and at Bay
City, 1S below. Trains are late on account
of the cold and snow, and the interurbar
trolley cars in the southern part Of the
state are having more trouble than evel
before, several spending the night in drifts
between Detroit and Jackson. The pas
sengers were driven to nearby towns