The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-02-17
COLD WEATHER RECORD
The Middle West in Grasp Of the
Winter King.
MANY PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH.
Much Damage Has Been Done to Livestock
Mercury Falls to IS Below Zero in Chicago
Kansas Suffers Under Temperature Of
Is Below and rs Inches of Snow-Cold Wave
Spreads Over the Southern States.

Chicago (SpeciaD With almost TN
prccedented cold and deep snow, delays
in passenger and freight transportation,
much loss of human life and some dam
age to live stock were reported from
vast territory west, south and north OF
Chicago Tuesday. Moderation set in
at night north and west of Chicago.
In Chicago the rare temperature OF
IS degrees below zero was reached Mon
day, causing great suffering among
the poor Absence of wind made the
cold supportable to those who were COM
PEELED to be outdoors, and snowplows
working steadily prevented any great
delay TO transportation.
The most unusual of the present cold
weather l1ardships are experienced in
the Southwest, including Oklahoma, In
dian Territory. Arkansas. New Mexico,
Missouri and Northern Texas.
With a record-breaking temperature
of IS degrees below zero in Kansas and
IS inches of snow under clear sky,
and tilis indicates conditions in the
whole Southwest, dozen persons have
been frozen TO death during the last
two days in Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory and adjoining states.
Trains are delayed by snowdrifts, but
wheat is protected and live stock losses
will not be extensive. The tempera-
turc in the Southwest tends toward
moderation.
Henry Ball, of Ponca City, Oklahoma,
a wealthy cattle man, was frozen to
death while driving.
Charles Williams was found near
Guthrie, Okla, frozen stiff.
Zero weather prevailed throughout
Northern New Mexico, the coolest in
many years. Trains on several New
Mexico railroads are many hours late.
In the Middle West, including Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska and adjoining states,
the cold is intense, but not so unusual.
Trains are much delayed, and coal IS
scarce at several places. Herders and
travellers have been frozen on the
prairies in several states.
Intense cold and deep snow are killing
hundreds of deer and other wild animals
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igan. Even wolves carcasses have been
found. Farmers report that wildcats
and wolves appear to have lost all fear,
raiding chicken coops, pigeons and even
cattle barns.
With the South just beginning to re-
cover from the paralyzing blow to wire
and rail communications inflicted by
sleet storms of last week, cold wave
has spread with great speed from Arr
IONA to the. Atlantic and from the Ohio
River to the Gull.
In Mississippi, Alabama and Ten
nessec heavy snowfalls are reported
Railroad traffic is ,hndered by snow
around Birmingham. In Mississippi, in
the central and northern portions, the
tieup of railroads was made almost COM
plete Monday. There have been no
trains between Meridian and New Or
leans for a week
Atlanta's expectations. of breaking the
wire blockade OF the last week were
shattered by Mondays blizzard, and
only three or four wires are giving reg
ular service in and out of the city.
The line of zero temperature was ex-
tended as far South as Memphis and
several Arkansas cities, while at New
Orleans the mercury dropped down in
the tWenties