The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-03
BITING BLASTS
OF REAL WINTER
Cold Wave Extends Over Nearly the
Whole Country.
NORTHWEST is FROZEN UP
HAVRE, MONT, REPORTS FORTY.
six DEGREES BELOW ZERO.

IL west and the middle states will
continue in the grasp of the pres
| ent cold wave for at least twenty-fou
fours longer, according to information
given out by the United States weather
bureau tonight. The coolest spot in the
United States today was GIeudiVe,
Mont, where 80 degrees below zero was
reported. Other low temperatures re-
ported during the day were Havre.
Mont 43 degrees below: Winnipee "a
below; Medicine Hat. 26; Bismarck. 20.
and Devils Lake, "a. The center of the
cold wave is still i'm North Dakota. but
Is moving slowly southwark, and it is
not expected that its full force will be
spent in the middle west for several
Gays.
This was the coolest day of the year
in Chicago Early in the morning the
official report showed Il degrees below
and mean temperature of 8 degrees
below zero for the day was announced.
This is 81 degrees below the normal
temperature. AT o'clock tonight the
weather bureau thermometer registered
degrees below and was steadily going
lower with indications below zero would
be reached before morning Owing to
the absence of wind the cold has not
Deen felt as much as is usual in Chi
cago- Among the poorer classes of
People there is a great deal of suffer-
ing, but no deaths directly due to the
frigid temperature have so far been
reported.
Omaha, Feb. 1.-The bitter cold which
has prevailed for forty-eight hours over
Nebraska and western Iowa continue
tonight, accompanied in the southern
part of Nebraska by a snowstorm
The minimum in Omaha was "A degrees
oelow zero, early in the day. at Lin
coin II was %, and at Sioux CITY il
reached 80 below. There was an appre-
clable rise during the day, but at .
o'clock tonight the government Their
n.ometer registered u below. Mail
trains from the west were from four to
six hours late. Tn Omaha the street
car service was at a standstiH for
twenty-four hours on account of the
cold. over the entire state Of Nebraska
the cold weather has been the s4verest
for many years and intense suffering
of livestock is reported from many
places.
Kansas City, Feb. AT II o'clock
tonight the storm has become a biz
Yard. The temperature is below zero.
and snow is falling. driven by bitter
wind.
Armour, S d, Feb. 2.-The govern
ment thermometer registered As below
zero this morning, the coolest Of the
year.
Bloomington, MS, Feb. 2.-Tweutv-
five degrees below zero was registered
this morning, the coolest weather this
winter.
Trenton. Mo. Feb. 2.-The govern
ment thermometer here early today
showed temperature of 10 degrees be-
low zero. the coolest in the history Of
the station.
Columbus, Ky. Feb. 1.-The Their
mometer here today registered de-
grees below zero, it being The coolest Of
the year.
Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 2.-Twenty-five
degrees below zero was recorded here
this morning, last night being the cold
est in ten years.
Topeka. Kan, Feb. 2.-Kansas is
wrapped in a blanket of frost and ice
today, but without wind. The govern
ment thermometer here showed Il de-
greeS below zero at o'clock this morn
Ing This is the coolest of the year
and cattle are undoubtedly suffering
St Louis, Mo, Feb. 2-The coolest
weather of the season prevailed here
last night and today degrees below
zero was recorded.
Kansas city, Mo, Feb. 2.-Intense
cold continues in the southwest, with
Il degrees below zero recorded at Kan
sas City. Marshall No, and Concordia,
Kan. the lowest temperature expert
enced at these points since 1899. The
weather bureau promises no mOdera-
ton before Saturday
La Crosse, Wis, Feb. 2.-Today was
10 degrees colder than any other day Of
the year. the thermometer registering
80 below zero. All outside work wac
suspended.