Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-13
10 pAcEs-LAsT EDITION.


ing to 20 de .rees below zero. Much
suffering Is experienced throughout the
state.
TWENTY SIX BELOW AT LIN
COLIN.
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. i3,--The mercury
registered 20 degrees below zero early
today, the coolest since 1897. on ac-
count of bad train service, interrupted
by the recent drifting SHOWS, there is
a scarcity Of steam coal here In CEN
trail Nebraska the thermometer showed
as low as 80 degrees below
GOING DOWN AT OMAHA.
Omaha, Feb lS.--There was con-
tinued fall In the temperature during
the early hours Of the morning
Twenty-Five degrees below was reg
istered at the weather bureau early to-
day.
Norfolk reports 20 below zero with
no indications of abatement. Much suf-
fering and some loss is reported among
livestock throughout the state while
tiocks OF small game are said to be In
a half starved condition.
The condition Of freight traffic re-
mains unchanged. Hunrdeds of cars of
merchandise are blocked. I'm the yards
In Omaha with no prospect of imme-
date movement,
COLDS BACKBONE BROKEN.
Denver, Feb. 13.--The backbone Of the
cold wave which covered the Rocky
Mountain region Saturday and sun
day appears to be broken. The mini
mum temperature at the weather bn-
reau in this city during the night was
II degrees below zero, which was reg
istered between and o'clock this
porning, At 8 a, m. the official tenn
perature was zero, with indications Of
a further rise during the day and much
warmer weather tomorrow.
Charles G. Friese, a shoemaker Of
FloDnce Colo, was found dead near
the Arkansas river. He went out TO
hunt rabbits and froze to death,
Near Walsenburg. Colo, William Pet
tie, a negro, lost HIS way and froze
10 death.
COOLEST THIS WINTER,
GAINESVILLE wis, Feb. 12--The mer-
curry registered "a below zero today.
the coolest this winter.
sHEEPHERDER FROZEN.
Helena, Mont, Feb, ia special TO
the Record from Lewiston, Mont, saws
Jack White, a sheepherder employed
near Utica, Was frozen to death Satur-
day night.
Warren Draper a well-known Lewis
town merchant, was nearly frozen TO
death on the road from Kendall to Lew
istown. He was walking ahead OF the
stage to keep warm when he became
confused by the intense cold, lost his
way and was nearly dead when found,
his hands, face and feet being frozen.
LOWEST RECORD EQUALLED.
Pueblo, Colo, Feb. 1S.-The official
temperature In this city was 26 below
zero at o'clock this morning, equall-
ing the lowest record. Missouri Pa
ciflc trains from the east due here last
Saturday are snowbound, and on the
other roads trains are many hours late.
Telegraph and telephone service is bad
ly demorallzed.
MILWAUKEE.
Milwaukee, Wis, Feb Milwaukee
Is experiencing It's coolest weather Of
the winter today, the Thermometer
reaching is below.
HlOIA RAblsN'
Sioux Falls, S. D., Feb. i3.-.Unpre-
cedented cold continues, The mercury
today registered 30 below zero.
BURLINGTON.
Burlington. IA, Feb. 18.--Today was
the coolest ever known here The ther-
mometer registered 30 below zero.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.
Bloomington, ILL.,, Feb. Blast night
was the coolest in central Illinois for
many years Official thermometers reg
istered &c below today.
SUPERIOR,
Superior, wis, Feb. lathe mercury
today dropped to rs below zero accord
ing to the weather bureau. Street
thermomete rs 81 below.
ST. JOSEPH, MO.
ST. Joseph, Mo-, Feb l3.-The mer-
curry registered II degrees below zero
today, the coolest In IL years.
TOPEKA.
Topeka Kas,, Feb. l3,-The tempera-
ture today was 20 degrees below zero at
the coolest point and Is slowly rising
WICHITA.
Wichita, Kas Feb, 13-Weather OBJ
server Todd reports that the tempera-
ture during the early morning hours
was Is below zero. This Is the coolest
It has been here for six years, ana
with single exception the coolest It
has been since the weather bureau was
established in Wichita.