The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-06
FOUR DIE OF COLD.
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night and Sunday and the temperature
would drop several degrees. No pre-
dicIiOn as to when the mercury will
again start on its upward journey
would be made by local fOrecasters.
The general temperature range in the
Canadian northwest today is from Ia
to SO below. The range in the north
western part of the United States is
from 8 to 80.
Locally. the records for two years
were broken today. Just two years ago
today the mercury dropped to 10 be-
low zero, the low mark touched here
at 5 o'clock this morning. A brisk
wind blew from the northwest Tele-
graph companies have experienced
much wire trouble.
Sleep in the NIorgue.
New York. Jan. 6.-zero tempera-
tura accompanied by high northwest
winds caused intense suffering during
the night and early today. The mer-
curry in some localities went below
zero.
The city lodging houses were taxed
to their capacity and in the emergency
the morgue chapel was thrown open
for the wanderers, 100 of whom took
refuge. In the host of unfortunates
who applied for admission to the nu-
nicipal lodging house were 70 women
and four children.
Twenty Below in Nebraska.
Lincoln, Jan. 6.=Practically every
train running through this state is re-
ported from half an hour to an hour
and a half late as the result of the Sc
we're cold weather. The temperature
| throughout the state today ranged as
| low as 20 degrees below zero
At Lincoln the thermometer regis
tered II below at o'clock this morn
ing. Reports from the cattle coun ny
are that the stock are standlns the
| cold weather well.
Work Is Declined.
st. Louis, Jan. 6.-Temperature
along the northern border or eastern
! Missouri ranged as low as 10 degrees
below zero today. In southern limos
4 at Cairo the therm ometer redolhS was
II degrees above
The heavy snow which fell over
Missouri extended into Arkansas IN
St. Louis the lowest readlng OF t 5ae
government therm ometer was de-
grees below and street car service was
demoralized by the snow which or1Ited
heavily Women and children were
cared for at police stations ana SUI
| HON eIess men sought refuge at the po-
lice shelter in the business dlstrlct- u
| the 600 but thirty appeared later IN
| the railroad yards where Work OF
| shoveiing snow had been ollereo u
I all who would apply.
Four Deaths in New York.
New ork. Jan. 6-Four persons died
here today as the result of the cold
Heaviest Snow in Years
Helena, Mont, Jan. 6.-Montana is
covered with snow, the ran IN the iast
! 26 hours having been the heaviest for
several years. Zero weather, with some
points reporting even lower tempera-
lures, is general throughout the state,
High winds have drifted the snow in
many sections and country roads are
fmpa ssable-
Ali railroads report delayed trains
/ Westbound trains, many hours late OUT
of North Dakota, are. further delayed
J f,1, snow in Montana. Eastbound trains
are falling behind schedule time. be
ing reported from two to eight hours
Five Inches of Snow.
Boise, idaho, Jan. 6.-FjT-e inches Is
the average depth of the snowfall over
northern idaho today. In the southern
mart of the state, the fall was less
zero weather early today was followed
I nv higher temperatures.
Thousands Apply for Aid
Chicago. Jan give thousand aP-
3 7,licafions for aid from poor families Of
Chicago were received today by County
AGENT JOS Meyer, who declared 1t wal
fhe. biggest day in the history of th'
once BY 500 per cent