Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-02
VERY COLD TN THE WEST
COOLEST DAY OF THE WINTER RE-
PORTED AT MANY POINTS.

PORTED AT MANY POINTS.
DETROIT, February 2.-Last night was
the coolest of the winter in Michigan. In
this city the thermometer reached below
zero. at Alpena, below; at Sault Ste
Marie, u below; at Marquise, 10 below, and
at Escanaba. IA below. Weather Observer
Conger predicts that the temperature will
fall tonight to between 5 and 10 below
zero.
SUPERIOR, Wis, February 2-Last
night was the coolest night of the winter in
this vicinity Today 26 degrees below zero
was recorded of the weather bureau. while
30 below zero was the mark reached by
street thermometers
LACROSSE, Wis, February To-day
was ten degrees colder than any other day
of the winter, the thermometer registering
30 degrees below zero All outside work is
impossible.
DES MONIES, Iowa, February .
Twenty-Five degrees below zero was record
ed in this city today. Last night was the
coolest in ten years. The fact that there
was no wind aided in materially softening
the severity of the cold spell.
meters here today registered 22 degrees
below zero
DULUTH, Mimi. February o-The mini
mum temperature here today was % below
zero. Ice in the inner harbor is "A to %
inches thick.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. February o-Thjs
is decidedly the coolest day of the winter
throughout Wisconsin. The mecury here
registered 16 below zero.
ST. PAUL. Mimi, February 2.-Thc Off
cal minimum temperature today in st.
Paul was "A degrees below zero. Medicine
dat, Manitoba, reported 40 below; Havery.
mont, 40 below. Other below zero points
are WINSTON n. D.. AZ; Devils Lake n D..
50; winnipeg, Man., SO; Bismarck N D.
90; Mills CITY, Mont, SO: Pierre, S. D., 3S;
Huron, s. D., &c.
CHiCAGO, February BY far the cold
est weather of the season prevailed here
louay' lne temperature dropping to IA below
4 1e Inc cold played havoc with many of
the transportation lines. Cars on the sur
race INES We're delayed, and the trains on
Inc roads were unusually crowded
Ihrough trains on nearly all railroads were
oe ~, rom one to one and a half hours.
WIRE service TO the northwest is in a
crippled condition. Considerable interrun
'ioii is also reported in eastern wire service
Drop of % Degrees in "a Hours
III IsBCRG, Pa, February o-The
thermometer registered degrees above
zero today, drop of % degrees in twenty
Tour hours The mercury is still fal1ine
ana the coolest weather of the winter is
predicted for tonight
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,. February o--rbe
coolest weather in six years prevails in
central Illinois. Government thermore-
tefs here registered 10 below in Blooming
ton. -
BURLINGTON. Iowa. February 2-Tbe
nf11h tsa, rt-+o~ o.
Burlington.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. February "a cold
wave from the northwest spread over Ohio
last night and today. causing n drop in the
temperature generally of about % degrees
In this city the government Thermometer
today registered degrees above zero AT
many points down the state the mercury is
reported to indicate from ) to 10 degrees
below.
LINCOLN, Neb.. February "a tenn
perature of % degrees below zero was re-
corded in Lincoln this morning, the lowest
February temperature for four years
OMAHA, Neb.. February o-Twenty-fve
degrees below zero was registered here to-
day at the weather bureau the coolest in
number of years. At Norfolk So below
is reported the mercury for the past thir-
ty-six hours remaining under degrees be-
low zero.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., February 2-I.ast
night was the coolest in many years The
mercury reached 81 below by official regis
tration. Public schools are closed on ac-
count of the cold.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 2.-Ther-
mometers here today registered below
zero. the coolest of the year
CINCINNATI, Ohio February 9. AL
though the streets of Cincinnati are COM
paratively free of ice. more persons sus-
four hours by falling on the street than on
any single day in years Twenty such
cases are reported at one hospital alone,
while the other hospitals report number
of cases.