Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-01-30
INTENSE COLD IN THE EAST
ELEVEN BELOW ZERO AT CHI
cAGo-xi ~ ST. PAUL.
Superior, Wisconsin, Shivers. With the
Mercury at 35 5elow--Many Poor
People Suffer-From Eastern Mon
tana to Northern Indiana Weather Is
Most Severe of the Winter.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Extra cold
weather Is recorded in various sec
lions of the north and west today.
The cold wave extends over a wide
area, embracing the upper Mississippi
md Missouri valleys and the western
AXE region. Particularly severe wea-
her is reported in the Dakotas, east
9rn Montana, northwestern Nebraska,
northwestern Iowa, northern Illinois
md Indiana and portions of Wisconsin
md Michigan.
The thermometer today In this city
registered IL degrees below zero.
there is suffering among the poor peo-
pie and many OF the homeless applied
at the police stations for shelter. Only
me death, that of fisherman, has SO
lar been reported. The weather bu-
reau observer says that it is possible
hat the mercury may go to 20 below
omorrow and that the cold wave will
asst several days yet.
AT st. Paul today the minimum on
he official thermometer was 90 below.
other thermometers registered as low
is 40 below. bismarck reported % and
superior, Wis, SO. In a number of
places in the northwest, it was the
coolest weather of the year. A Sc
we're blizzard ragged at Houghton,
Mich. trains being late and traffic
BADLY impeded.
At st. Paul.
st. Paul, Jan. 25.-According to the
weather. observer, the mean tempera-
ure prevailing in st. Paul today es-
| rablished new record, being 81 be-
ow zero. The maximum for the day
vas % degrees below and the mini
mum was 33 below. Some thermome-
| ers registered as low as 40 below
Turing 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 ex-
periencing the coolest weather to-
aight of any state in the union. New
Richmond reports a maximum tenn
perature of As degrees below zero;
Haywards and Cumberland report 40,
superior 35 and Unity 3S below. 9th
er low temperatures are: Black River
Falls 80, Baraboo 81. Oshkosh re-
ports the coolest weather in rs years,
he registration being SO below A
strong northwest wind is blowing and
rains throughout the state are run
ming irregularly.
J In Kansas and Missouri.
Kansas City, Jan. 25.-The coolest
weather Of the winter is being ex-
)erienced tonight In Kansas and west
3rn Missouri. L.. o'clock tonight the
temperature in Kansas City was eight
ibove zero and falling, and the wealth.
n office says that it will go 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.-The coolest wealth
n of the winter was recorded today
| The temperature was II below and at
no time during the day did the mer-
curry go 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 &c, was found frozen to death in
shed at Detroit today.