Show sweeping over the mississippi sis sippi valley MAN ARE coldest weather yet experienced ason weather bureaus as pert ST PAUL minn jan 25 the coldest weather of the winter thus far was experienced in this section last night and today the mercury being away down in the minus from 20 to 30 degrees below thermometers yary ing in different parts of the city last night at 7 the weather bureaus official record in ahia city gave 18 below zero while other northwestern stations reported aa follows halena 14 bs low huron 20 below and duluth 18 below specials from rochester Ro minn oay that today was the coldest for many years the thermometer at noon indicating 20 below and ahe eyere cold was intensified by a 25 mile gale from the northwest the mercury is falling steadily aberdeen S D has not had a mail train from any direction since friday night and indications are strong that the blockade v 11 ll prove to be the worst yet experienced no effort has been made to clean the roads for two davs past because of continual wind and the cuts are now full bismarck D reports a severe blizzard prevailing with the mercury 32 below zero end a high wind blowing it is the worst storm of the season and the loesel will probably be ksavy the first trains for the east for three days arrived today but storm will cause a further blockade it is doubtful if legislators can arrive in time for tuesdays ees sion frozen to death HAMILTON mo jan 24 park sterling a negro coal miner was brozen to death near here last night he fell by the lo adside while drunk and was dead when found abia morning lexington mo jan 24 last night was the coldest experienced here this winter martha lacey an aged negro woman who had no home was frozen to death in the basement of a dilapidated and unused house where she had gone for shelter with her two little children the cries of the chil iren attracted attention to them thia morning the ecman was frozen stiff but the children though badly chilled were not seriously injured |