Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-02-10
EXTENDS EAST TO NEW YORK AND
SOUTH To FLORIDA.
MoDERATINe NOW, HOWEVER
ZERO LINE EXTENDS THROUGH AR
KANSAS AND VIRGINIA.
Twenty-Five Degrees Below Zero in
Kentucky, ~ ut Chicago, 10 Mt
st. Louis, 10 at Cincinnati
and 1 Above in New
York.

CHICAGO Feb. s-To-day was the cold
est here In six years, and there is no record
of a February day so cold. The low mark
in the weather bureaus books, that of
December "a, 1887. was but 2 degrees lower
than the minimum of q below zero reached
at s o'clock in the morning.
The cold wave fingers persistently over
the entire Central and Eastern section of
the country and runs far down to the
borders Of the Gulf states. The area of
the Arctic blast covers SO wide an ex
panse Of territory that it moves slowly Off
the continent In the far West there is a
slight but steady rise in the temperature.
The intense cold has had no marked
abatement at any hour. The range of tenn
perature was inappreciable. There was a
range Of but II degrees while the days rec
ord which Is expected to be the record Of
the winter passing to its close. was q de-
grees below, the highest temperature re-
corded was degrees below.
With the sinking of the sun the mercury
again started on Its downward course to
the bottom of the shaft and the local fore
caster predicted a coldness by tomorrow
morning but slightly less acute.
Eighteen degrees below zero is his guess
for the lowest point. The slight warming
up Of the Western country will reach Chi
cago in the eastern movement. and zero
will be reached during the day.
Nine deaths from freezing are reported
from Illinois and neighboring states as fol-
lows:
H. Biuensield. Chicago.
Frank Dribriet and George Hamilton,
Joliet, ILL.,
Thomas Keegan. Rockford, Ill.
Henry X. Fortune. Oskaloosa, Ia
Thomas Bridges. Princeton. KY.
Annie Miller. Louisville. AZ
Unidentified man. Toledo.
Mary Lyme. Henderson, Ky. +
JACKSONVILLE. FLA, Feb. 9.-The Sc
verest cold wave of the season covered
Florida last night and to-day. In the
northern part Of the orange belt the range
OF the mercury was from rs to 81 degrees.
Only the young spring growth on the
orange trees were injured and "drone," or
useless, bloom made to fall. Truckers suf-
Tered some loss upon crops of beans, lettuce
and tomatoes. Strawberries were partially
hurt. Ample warning by the weather bu-
reau enabled the truckers and orange
growers generally to take precautions for
protection. Pineapples were not hurt
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9-The cold wave
which has prevailed during the past twelve
days In the Central valleys, West and
Northwest has finally reached the Atlantic
coast and extends from Maine to Florida
This morning the line OF zero temperature
extended through Oklahoma, Arkansas.
central Tennessee end central Virginia,
while the l0weet temperature reached was
70 degrees below zero, at Willtston. In
Florida the line of freezing temperature
extended below Tampa, with a minimum of
30 degrees at that place. In the districts
from Iowa and Missouri eastward through
the Ohio valley and almost to the Atlantic
coast. the temperature ranged from zero
to 26 degrees below zero, and were from
peratnres previously recorded during the
first decade Of February. The tempera-
lures, however. are moderating in the East
Gulf and South Atlantic states, and the
Central Rocky Mountain region.
Freezing temperature occurred in Florida
last night as far south as a line traced
from a point little south Of Tampa to
the Atlantic coast just north of Jupiter,
Tampa showing minimum temperature of
20 degrees and Jupiter a minimum Of &c
degrees. At Jacksonville a minimum of 2s
degrees was reached.
The thermometer went to below zero
here in the early hours this morning, the
lowest since December. 1881 The city is
covered with deep snow from the storms of
the past week and sleighing is more gen.
eral than in years. The Potomac is frozen
over.
ST. LOUIS. Feb s.-Not since January S,
1884. has the weather been so cold in St.
Louis and vincinity as to-day. At the gov
ernment observatory on the Federal build
ing, the lowest point touched by the ther-
mometer was 16 below Zero between and
s a. m. At Shaw's garden, in the outskirts
of the city, another government thermome-
ter registered 19 below, while at the suburb
an towns OF Clayton and Ferguson the rec
ord Vas q DEGREES below.
Onez death from freezing fs reported,
that of Sam. Kennedy, q laborer. whose
body was found in a coal ef1ed.-r
INDIANAPOLIS. IND Feb. s.-The
weather te-day was the coolest of the sea
son and the ooldest day in February known
to weather statistics in this city for the
past 4wenty-eight years. H'he. maximum
during. the day was degrees below and the
minffhum temperatere 1st degrees below
with the mean temperature II degrees be.
low zero.
The supply of fuel gas has been diminish
ed to u minimum and many of the schools
have been dismissed.
Advices from the various towns In the gas
belt Indicate bad results from the cold
snap. ..In Anderson. the gas flow was at
: the ebb and factories found 1t difficult to
secure sufficient steam. In Lafayette, the
mercury fell to "a degrees below and schools
were dismissed.
JOLIET, ILL. Feb Sit is &c below zero
to-day. Business is paralyzed. Frank Du-
briet of Columbia Heights, was picked up
frozen, dying soon after. George Hamilton
also found unconscious; died.
DETROIT. MICH, Feb. 9-The lowest
point reached by the official thermometers
In Detroit this winter was IL below zero at
o'clock this morning. This Is the coldest
weather IN TWO years. Niles reports q
below. - 7s-e-s- y.
4 CLEVELAND, o., Feb. s.-Fhe thermom.
eter to-day registered Il below, or within
- deg. of the low record, which occurred on
January rs, 1873, when the mercury touched
IL below zero.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Feb. 9.-Louisville is
experiencing the coolest weather since 1854
The government thermometer to-day regis.
tered IA deg. below zero. Many private
thermometers registered as low as Is below
PITTSBURG. PA, Feb. 9.-Ten degrees
below zero by the weather bureau ther.
mometer and from Is to 20 degrees below
in more exposed places was the record
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