Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-13
ACCOMPANIED BY HIGH WIND.
r..,,. Missouri and the Territories
/, Grip Of Seyerest Cold Wave in
Twenty Years.
NEGROES AND INDIANS FROZEN.
4, s,llpa, Mo-, Temperature Went
twenty-five BelOw--Gale in
Western Kansas

Western Kansas,
cbt,aeo Feb. 13.--Today was the
,oldest OF the winter in Chicago. At
"a M. the government thermometer
,.,orsed 10 degrees below zero fall
=, o, degrees IN ~ hours. AZ a. m.
N, mercury stood IS below, and the
observer predicted that II would not
,,.. much higher during the day The
,,,snse cold was accompanied by u high
Una from the northwest. Snow ceased
falling carly last night and the sky was
,i.sr today. street traffic was not In
,s,rupted. but incoming trains on the
,team railroads were from one TO nine
hours late The coolest this winter so
Ear Is IA. on Feb. 3, 1899, the mercury
,o,ched q below, At the water C ribs
A shore IN Lake Michigan the Their
nometer registered between % and 30
degrees below zero. Men engaged In
keeping the ice from clogging the in
takes governing the city water supply
were forced to work In l5-minute shifts,
Huge leo bergs surrounded the cribs
sEyEREsT IN TWENTY YEARS.
Kansas city, Feb. 13.-Missouri, Kan
sas and the territories are today In the
rrasp Of the most severe cold wave In
"a wears. Great suffering to man and
beast is being experienced, and train
service rs demoralized. In Oklahoma at
Nferent points FIVE persons, negroes
and Indians, have been frozen to death
b, aud the loss to stock IN western KAN
81 Dklahoma and Indian Territory Is
The greatest IN "a score OF years.
In Kansas city the temperature at
me weather bureau was 20 degrees be-
low zero equallng the record Of Feb,
lg, 1899 which Is the coolest I'm the his
t0ry of the local service. In other por-
tons Of Missouri "a was reported In
central and western Kansas the wind
became @ gale, piliug the snow high IN
The cuts and the temperature went to
81 degrees below zero at Salina. Prac-
tc2lly no snow had fallen in the past
2hh0urs but the SHOWS of the three
drs previous were blown into huge
drifts that eitectually blocked railway
traffic. All trains on the Santa Fe.
Missouri Pacific, Rock Island and
Union Pacific west Of Kansas city,
we're many hours late and some OF the
through trains from California were
annulled.
On the plains Of western Kansas hun
dreds Of herds Of cattle were stam-
peded by the fierce gale
In oklahoma and Indian Territory
we weather was the coolest on record,
reaching 10 degrees below zero. The
supply OF coal Is short, and fear Is eX-
pressed mat many OF the poorer In
dams will succumb
Naltlemen in the Chickasaw nation re-
port many cattle frozen to death
N Kansas City there was intense
tlueflng among the poor and a negro
Woman was found frozen TO death In
hef hoyel near the river.
AWFUL AT ST. LOUIS.
81 Louis, Feb. l3.-Not in many years
mas me thermometer registered as low
az II did today, when the coolest wea-
tseI, win one exception, In the history
" the local station, was ushered I'm
WIN temperature Of rs degrees be-
LOW zero AZ a. m, there was only a
ISe OF one degree, and a stiff west
N,Ou combined with the cold TO Grip
te @reetcar transportation and inter
'eIe seriously with business.
C0LDEsT COMING.
Washington, Feb. l3.-The weather
s Uu.eaq today issued the following
me seyerest cold wave for the past
s,asoh Wlll oyerspread the eastern part
VI U I'VE United States tonight with tenn.
vi,aIuIe below zero as far south as
mslll,a ana freezing weather to south
''"''"l portions OF Florida peninsula,
a DROP AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, Feb lS.-The sudden dron
eilperature brought the river ice
bnrr stdnustlll, gorgCs forming al a
L' S', aV OF points The ice moved slow
i,,oe.ll gay sunday crushing everying
noS4' " ana the new freeze only post
H. Mnat, river men believe, will be
IN ,r "o.st maj breakup OF the river
4 a mqny years. The damage already
M ',il'aled at from 800. 600 TO 5000. 900
inl,,' N.ount depending on the posi-.
ti"a d. VI saving some Of the barges and
re 'lleIs which are now caught I'm me
O"yk or pushed up on the shore.
cn.. Sualllon TO the loss already in
yetiaeIl vessels and other pronertv
ono 'S 5 at more than 100000 ~ In serl.
" u'"ser OF total destruction
20 BELOW AT ST, PAUL.
~ Paul, Feb. 13.-It was 90 degrees
ssloWS zero In st. Paul TODAY I'm tho
a, 'U5% T,l It ranged from % to 2s below
" Wuiston, N. 3. WV"
DULUTHs COOLEST DAY.
Detroit Feb. l3.-Thls IA tho co,dos,
sno,. Delroit Following the heavy
,, ,US iall the thermometer dropped
Il 'e ,Iy until today It was beloN zero
,ns CITY Al Saginaw It was eight
''" ana at Grand Rapids Ave below.
COLD WAVE IN SOUTH.
louisville, KY, Feb. IA remarL
.e, severe cold wave oversnreads a.,
un Today temperatures I'm the Nc
ho,lP ana Missouri valleys ranging
,srn s .I degrees Ca 20 degrees below
ksn,. NE zero line extends into Ar.
ms ana northern Texas and east IN
rn.,t ihe cold wave Is exnected 40
,o cen Florida IN "a hours, In TEXAS tho
nsmtn. "'''ns losses 10 the cat
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
.u pss MoInes Ia. Feb. i3.-The mer.
"''e To-Day broke all records, go