, 1905-02-13

IL BELOW
PLAIN GETS TOUCH OF
METEOROLOGICAL STUNTS
WEATHER CLERK
PERFORMS.
Banana Belt Feeling Touch Of Real
Cold and Thermometer Makes New
Record-CoIdest Day Experienced
Within Memory of Some of the
Oldest Inhabitants of the West
Sunday.

The weather clerk is doing 4 few
things in the east and Sunday gave
can do when he gets his cold weather
iurs and ear-bibs on and starts out to
cut a few new notches in his record.
The mercury at the university regis
tered AZ degrees below zero as the
minimum Sunday. and those who were
compelled to face the weather at an
early hour thought the man in charge
mad given himself the benefit of the
DOUBT and failed to take note Of a few
extra degrees thrown in for good count.
rhe report that it was 40 below at
Sherman hill the night before was not
permitted to go unchallenged, and the
banana belt, noted for records in the
matter of meteorological conditions,
made a new record that cut the life
out of the little touch of winter felt
on Sherman hill.
This cold enough for you?" inquired
the anxious citizen, lodging in time to
avoid an angry kick.
Yes, it's cold enough for me and
cold enough for you, too" was the re-
tort.
But I've seer it colder"
Never
Fletcher the drinks
Go ye."
And the Two repaired to a fountain
and quaffed the drinks in advance.
The night was certainly Il of the
coolest, from sunset to sunrise, pre-
ceded by a cold day and followed by
another, ever experienced here. At no
time during the Sabbath, in spite of
the shining of the sun nearly all day,
did the mercury go above zero, and
only for a little while was it that high
and only in favored spots. Thirteen to
IS below were noted in many places
in the warmest part of the day.
There was some complaint of frozen
water pipes, and the plumbers were
busy all day, but the reports of dam
age were less frequent than one would
have supposed. 1t was reported that
two men had been frozen in a box car
in the east end of the yards, but Cor
oner Robinson and Health officer Ham
ilton could find no foundation for the
story.
Several men had their ears and
noses frozen, but the damage in That
direction was not serious.
There was about the usual attend
ance at the different places of worship
during the day, but the evening SER
vice at the Presbyterian church was
abandoned, the repaired building be-
ing too cold for comfort. President
Tisdel was to have inaugurated the Sc.
ries of popular lectures at that church
last eveing, but the opening was post
poned and the church remained dark.
The services at the new Methodist
church. where Chaplain Stull preached
morning and evening, were well at
tended, despite the cold and the in
convenience of the first service in the
new church. The cathedral drew its
usually large and well pleased audi
ence.
There were no services at the Grand
Army hall, except the Sunday school,
of the Baptist church the absence of
the pastor controlling that and not the
weather, the hall being made comfort
able.
The railroad suffered some from the
cold, but more from the snow, the
drifting snow blocking the track and
making train service very uncertain.
There vas a severe storm in Kansas
and Nebraska, and those divisions
of the Union Pacific were ~hampered.
The trains from the east were further
off of their schedules than those from
the west, the storm being more severe
in Kansas and Nebraska than in Wyo-
ming and Utah. Train No. 3 arrived
at 10: 40 last night, No. 5 coming at IL
o'clock. No. 9 arrived at $3.50 this
morning, No. l coming more than an
hour afterward.
From the west No. 4 arrived at 4:1O
Yesterday afternoon, No. 6 coming at
sos this morning and No. 2 at $50.
Snow plows preceded all trains and
the heaviest trains were drawn by two
engines. Today No. 4 was more than
an hour late, and the schedule on
Nos. 3 and 5 is indefinite.
The fire department responded Sat
urday afternoon to an alarm from the
deanery, the engine making a very
quick run, followed by the hose COM
panies well manned. The cold was
intense, but the boys fought the fire
like Trojans and paid no attention to