The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-07

season.
Hutchinson, Kan, Feb. To-day is
fine with no wind, with the sun shining
and gradually getting warmer. The
! thermometer reached below zero last
! night and was below the zero mark all
i day yesterday and all night last night.
| But with no wind there is no suffering
| and cattle on the ranches are well pro-
tected from the cold.
St Joe, Mo-, Feb. 7.-Intensely- cold
weather follows in the wake Of yes
terday's blizzard throughout northwest
Missouri and northeast Kansas. The
temperature at o'clock this morning
| was below zero. Much the coldest
day Of the winter so far. The extreme
| the destitute and has been hard on
live stock. There has been many ap-
peals for fuel to the charity officers.
Gas Shortage at Pittsburg.
Pfttsburg. Kan, Feb. IA shortage
of gas came with the cold wave yester-
day. The gas was SO weak that the
Pittsburg residents ate very little warm
food for dinner last night. Not until
about 10 o'clock did the pressure grow
strong enough to give relief from the
bitter cold.
The temperature dropped to few de-
grees above zero last night. Modera
ton took place this morning and the
thermometer registered 30 above at 10
o'clock.
Nipped Texas Truck Farms.
Kansas City, Feb. 7.-Temperatures
over Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas and
northern Oklahoma were below zero
today. In the rural districts livestock
suffered, while in towns and cities
where gas is used for heating and
cooking, many families ate cold break
fasts and shivered in half-heated
h0nCoC hnc9nSo ~ q in, =
| ural gas pressure. The blizzard like
| winds that swept the plains yesterday
died down today and temperatures
| rose slowly The lowest temperature
| in the four states reported to the
United States observer here was 10
degrees below at Omaha. The lowest
| reported from Kansas was degrees
| below zero. at Concordia- At Okla
| homa City the mercury reached 2
| above zero.
The cold wave swept well into the
truck gardening district of southeast
ern Texas, nipping vegetables in the
Corpus Christi region with temper
ature of 80 degrees, a drop of SO de-
grees from yesterday. Conditions at
Houston and Galveston were almost
as bad.
The lowest temperature here was I
below zero. At St. Joseph, Mo-, the
| lowest was s below and at Springfield.
Mo-, below. The lowest tempera-
| ture reported from Missouri was 8 be-
low. at Sedalia.
There was suffering among the Door
here and the Prov;dent association
was all but swamped by calls for fuel
and warm clothing. Gas is used for
heating in many of the homes of the
poor and low pressure caught many
without other means of heat to fall
back upon.
Man Frozen I'm Kansas City.
Kansas City, Feb. Leon L
Yount, so years old, was found frozen
to death in the basement of his home
in Kansas City, KAN. early today
YOunt went out early to a store sew
eral blocks distant and is believel &c
have been chilled while climbing 8
long wind-swept hill in returning tc
his house. The frozen body was found
PROSTATE on the floor just inside ar
/ outer basement door.
Twice the usual number of calls fol
assistance were received by lOca
charitable organizations today. Sew.
eral railroads. to aid in alleviating suf.
fering among livestock in western
Kansas. ordered that cars Of proven
der destined to the needy regions b,
run on passenger train schedules
! Cahhv Sfroof Siwne Contr~~<