St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-08
TRAINS ABANDONED.
And Others Many Hours Late
on Account of the
Storm.
THE MERCURY YESTERDAY
Fluetuated All the Way From
6 to 20 Degrees Below
Zero.
TODAY FAIR AND WARNER,
If the Predictions Of the
Weather Bureau Are
Worth Anything.

To-day will be fair and warmer.
Yesterday was fair and warmer" 1t
was fair, but it was not warmer at any
time during the day. The public had
been given the solemn assurance of the
United States government that the cold
would steadily increase throughout the
afternoon. BUTT didn't.
Forecaster Lyons was asked last even
ing to explain this paipable violation of
good faith. He claimed that the pre-
diction of Wednesday night was strictly
correct and according TO the rules, and
he offered official proof of his
assertion. 'Volume 81" said
he, "of Departmental Fore
cast Regulations, Series of 1890,
as amended by supplementary rules BAG
and 8I9, taken in connection with addi-
tional barometric exceptions. sections 10
and 200, as you see before you, clearly
indicate, you observe. that the resul
the phenomena under obserYat.
last night would be a marked
and steady decline Of temper
ature-in 90 cases out of 100. Now,
there is the rule % cases out of hun
dred, but you will notice that i've ex-
ception are necessary, indeed absolutely
imperative. Yesterday was one o f
them. Had the prediction hot have
proven false, the regulations would
have been violated, ana the first
duty of 4 government official is to act in
strict accordance with his department
regulations. Why, the more you ex-
anime into the matter, the clearer you
see the necessity for the weather
being exactly as it was. When
ever an area of isothermic
gradients becomes surcharged with
a series of orific strata, the crest OF the
barometrieaf pressure is at once rari-
lied and the resulting impact OF merI-
dianaI congealation must be correlated
by diurnal observation. This, Of
course, cannot be otherwise" The re-
ported admitted that, under the cir
cumstanceS, the public had certainly
been warned i'll time.
The highest temperature in st. Paul
Yesterday was below at 2 p. H., the
lowest ~ below at 8 a. III. The wind
was light, gradually shifting to the west.
Today BUreaS will adjust Ills bellows at
q southwest angle.
AT Z D. III. last evening the thermOm-
eter indicated d below at Duluth; II be-
low at La Crosse; Huron, 20; Pierre, 1S;
Moorhead, Is; st. Vincent, Is; Bis
marck, ~; WIl!StOn, s; Miles City,
above: Helena, above; Prince Albert,
+ below; Calgary, 20 above; Edmonton,
8 above: Qu'Appelle, II below; Mime
GOSa Is below. WinUiDpg % below
At Edmonton, the farthest northwest
of all reporting weather stations, the
mercury mad risen last evening to
above, showing that warm wave is
coming this way. This pleasing proba-
bilitY is further supported by the Cal
gary record OF 20 above.
Tie cold wave Is supposed to have
passed to the eastward and little to
the southwest OF st. Paul, which, there
fore, did not receive the full
benefit of its cOngeaIing possi-
bIlities. At any rate it is evident that
our loss was our neighbor's gain, Tor
Il severe storm prevailed III the vicinity
OF Chicago Ali OF the Eastern trains
were several hours late. The MilWau-
kee was delayed an hour and d half:
the Omaha, six hours; the Burlington,
nlne hours; the Milwaukee. OH its l.
and NJ. division, five hours; lille
the Chicago Great Western train was
abandoned entirely. The latter road
reported their chief trouble Oh the Chi
cago aud Dubuque division. some dis
tance tniS side or Chicago. All trains,
however, will be running as usual on
the Great Western this morning. The
delay on the Omaha line was ali east Of
Elroy.