The Saint Paul globe., 1905-02-13

carcasses of dead sheep and cattle. At
Twin Lakes, near Leadville, 80 degrees
below zero was registered tonight In
wyoming the cold has not abated and
much loss to live stock will result.
Railroad traffic is seriously impeded
and telegraph and telephone wires are
being snapped by the cold.
Two Austrian miners lost their lives
today in a snowslide near the Irene
mine at Silverton. The cabin in which
they lived was wrecked.
Suffer in Oklahoma
GUTHRIE, Okla, Feb. 12.-For the
past twenty-four hours Oklahoma has
suffered from the coldest weather in
many years. The temperature ranged
at zero all day. From all parts of the
two territories come accounts of suffer-
ings and death as a result of the sud-
den norther which began yesterday
noon. The territory is covered with 4
coat of ice and snow ranging in
depth from three to eight inches. All
traffic is indefinitely delayed.
Catuemen state that range stock will
suffer the greatest loss In years and
some places the loss as high as 80 per
cent
Great anxiety is felt for the Indian
tribes who are in no condition to
Withstand the storm and experts say
that dozens of them will die as a re-
suit or the blizzard.
Drop in Tennessee
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Feb. 12.-After a
brief respite of the rigorous weather
conditions that prevailed in this re-
gion last week, Memphis today expe-
rienced n drop of nearly 25 degrees
in the temperature and tonight the
thermometer registers 16 above, with
a cold wind from the north swirling a
mantle of snow over the city. Reports
from Arkansas say that the temper
ature is rapidly nearing zero in that
state.
Blizzard in Texas
FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. 12.-The
worst blizzard in ten years with the
thermometer at zero and below pre-
walls in North Texas. Coming on the
heels of recent blizzards when snow
lay on the ground for twelve days this
spell of weather inflicts hundreds of
thousands of dollars in loss on cattle
men. The poor in cities whose houses
are not built for zero weather are suf-
fering severely.
Traffic Delayed in Iowa
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Feb. 12.-At
o'clock tonight the thermometer regis
tered degrees below zero. A high
wind Is drifting the snow badly and all
traffic is delayed.
Winter Record in Missouri
ST. JOSEPH, Mo, Feb. 12.-This is
the coolest night of the winter ther-
mometers registering 16 degrees below
zero.
Slippery in New York
NEW YORK, Feb 12.-Rain, which
began falling early this afternoon, froze
as II fell and for some time seriously
crippled traffic on the elevated railroad
lines. Persons who had to make their
way about in the streets found the op-
Grafton not only difficult but dangerous,
as the reports testified at all the city
hospitals, where many cases of minor
bruises and contusions were treated.
Flood in Alabama
MOBILE, Ala, Feb. 1.-THE heavy
rains of the past week are beginning
to make themselves felt in the inter-
ruption to traffic on railways enter
ing Mobile. About ten inches have
fallen here in the past nine days. To-
night the rain is falling again. At
Hattiesburg, Miss, many houses close
to the river are cut off by water and
unless the present rise of Leaf river is
checked by morning large part of the
Third and Fourth wards will be COW
cred so that people will be able TO
reach their homes only by skiffs.