The San Francisco call., 1905-02-03
LOOK IN VAIN
FOR WARM SPOT
Residents of the Northwest
and Middle States Still
Suffering From the Cold
MANY RECORDS BROKEN
Thermometers Show That i'm
Many Places the Mercury
Is Far Below Zero Mark

CHICAGO, Feb. 2-The entire North
west and the Middle States will con-
tinue in the grasp Of the present cold
wave for at least twentyfour hours
longer, according to information given
out by the United States Weather Bu-
reau tonight. The coldest spot in the
United States to-day was Glendive,
Mon, where IS degrees below zero was
reported. Other low temperatures re-
ported during the day were: Havre-
Mont, 43 degrees below; Winnipeg. "a
below, Medicine Hat, 26 below: Bis
marck, TO- and Devils Lake, "a. The
center Of the cold wave Is still in North
Dakota. but is moving slowly south
ward, and 1t is not expected that its
full force will be spent in the Middle
West for several days.
This was the coldest day Of the year
In Chicago. Early this morning the Of
ficial report showed IA degrees below,
and mean temperature Of degrees
below zero for the day was announced
This Is 80 degrees below the normal
temperature. Among the poorer classes
of people there Is great deal of suffer-
ing.
OMAHA, Feb. 2.-The bitter cold
which has prevailed for forty eight
hours over Nebraska and Western Iowa
continued tonight. accompanied in the
southern part of Nebraska by a snow
storm. The minimum in Omaha was
"a degrees below zero early in the day,
at Lincoln it was % and at Sioux City
1t reached so below. Mail trains from
the West were from four to six hours
late. In Omaha the street car service
was at standstill for twenty-four
hours on account of the cold.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Feb. 2-Last
night was the coldest in some years.
The mercury reached 81 below zero.
Public schools are closed on account OF
the cold.
LA CROSSE, Wis, Feb. 2-To-day
was ten degrees colder than any other
day of the year, the Thermometer regis
tering 30 below zero.
TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 2-Tempera-
lures ranging from to 10 degrees be-
low zero are reported from numerous
Kansas towns tonight. In Hodgeman
County there have been serious losses
of livestock.
SILvERTON, Colo, Feb. 2.-For
thirty-six hours IT has been showing
here and the storm is continuing with
unabated fury. A foot and a half of
snow on the level has fallen since the
night before last and all outdoor work
has been abandoned. All the mountain
trails have been rendered impossible
and the railroads are showed in.
ceeded as far as Elk Park, twelve miles
below here. where 1t encountered a
snowslide. which had swept down but
a moment before the train arrived
CINCINNATI, o., Feb 2.-More per-
sons sustained broken bones in the
last twenty-four hours by falling on
the streets than on any single day in
years. Twenty such cases are reported
at one hospital, while the other hos
pitfalls report a number Of cases
ST. JOHNS, N. F., Feb. 2-Owtng to
the Ice blockade the entire coast line
except the Southern seaboard is now
closed against shipping. The whole
ocean beyond the Grand Banks is COW
cred with immense Arctic foes. Sew
eral large barges are reported In the
pack
BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 2.-Wifliam Nc
Andrews and Thomas Greedy. miners.
were killed to-day and their bodies
were imprisoned In a cage that lies in
fifteen feet of water in the Rarus shaft
They were being lowered, when the
cable snapped like piece Of glass and
the cage went to the bottom. The
cable Is tested to carry a load Of seven
tons, but it snapped on account OF the
extremely cold weather.