Show G EVEN IN OMAHA PITIFUL STORIES OF WANT AND DESTITUTION City Authorities Supply Coal to Over One Thousand Families Charitable Charita-ble Institutions Are Overtaxed Omaha Jan 25 Pitiful stories of want and destruction are coming to the attention of the authorities aggravated I aggra-vated by the intense cold which still holds its grip on the city and state The city authorities today had over 1000 families to provide coal for in I addition to food and clothing The charitable institutions of the city are I able to assist only a small proportion of those in actual need of protection There is a report tonight that a woman wom-an and baby have been frozen to death at Oak Hill a suburb of the city I Several persons were seriously injured by bursting waterbacks and one child I may not recoer from injuries received re-ceived The Missouri river is entirely frozen over and ice has formed a foot I thick on the lakes Out in the state the thermometer ranges from 12 to 17 degrees I de-grees below rezo it being the coldest in Columbus 100 miles west of this I city Stock seems to be weathering the cold snap better than 1 anticipated |