The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-18
Local weather PrognOsticatOr Says
the "speII" VIII Probably Last
Indefinitely.
TALL HUSTLING AFTER FUEL
COAL AND WOOD ARE THIS YEAR
THE COMMODITIES.
Dealers in Heavy woOlens Are Do
Ing a Land ONCE Business-Gas
Not i'm Evidence,

At an early hour this morning. the Their
mometer had made it's way dangerously
close to the zero mark. A second cold
wave following close in the wake of the
first, struck indianapolis late last night and
sent the mercury far below the freezing
point The wave came directly from the
West and from the temperatures through
out that section of the country, the
Weather Bureau prophesied that the Their
mometer would register 10 to 20 degrees
above zero. this morning. The forecast
for to-day is cold and clear. with no sign
of moderation to cheer the warm blooded
people.
Ice had begun to form over the puddles
in the roadways and places where water
was standing before midnight and the
ground was frozen pretty solid by the cold
snappy air. The drop of the temperature
was a steady process, beginning about
nightfall with the wind blowing due east.
Later in the evening the wind fell slightly
and the air became cold and biting. The
wave seems to have swept over a broad
extent of territory, reports from all
parts of the State and West record the
drop in the temperature. AT South Bend
last night, the thermometer registered be-
In Kansas City and Des Moines, it was
but few degrees above zero. All points
showed drop far below any yet re-
corded.
ACUTELY FELT.
The cold of the past few days has been
felt acutely. The merchants have been
doing a land office business in winter cloth
ing and everybody generally has been busy
preparing for winter with all its bleak and
ind
ton that one can take in the present sit
uation is in scanning the weather tables
and being thankful that 1t is not as cold
here at some points in the West. Twelve
below zero is the record In Montana, while
at Rapid City, s. D., and Valentine, Neb.,
the temperature was two below at O'Clock
yesterday morning. Throughout the far
West the mercury hovers about the zero
point.
William T. Blythe, of the United States
Weather Bureau, said last night that the
outlook was not encouraging TO those who
like warm weather, as all things pointed
to a spell of low temperature for several
days. He predicted that the next few days
would be clear and cold
CAUGHT WITHOUT GAS.
The fact that this is the first winter for
| many years that has caught the city lit
| orally without gas to be depended upon OF
| to be had by the mere turning of a key
| has caused a good many people to be un-
prepared for very low temperature. AL
though majority of the people have laid
in a good supply of coal, there are some
| who became intoxicated with the mild In
| dian summer days that obtained until g
| few days ago and have consequently post
| poned the stacking OF their cellars witt
| fuel These will be caught unawares BY
/ the cold wave and will be bitter in theil
| denunciations of the gas supply.
Even in the homes where the cellar 1:
filled with blocks of coal there Is more OIL
| less discomfort. due to the inexperience OF
| the head of the house in the manipulation
| of the furnace. 1t is certain that husband:
! who have used gas for years will hav,
| to go through a period Of training before
| they will fall into the art of regulating the
| furnace with the least amount of work
| Such an art is not accomplished I'm a few
| days. 1t takes weeks, sometimes years
| and withal Datience.