Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-06
FOUR BELOW ZERO COOLEST
Colonel welsh Makes Good ON His
Prediction for Local
weather.

The coolest recorded temperature OF the
winter thus far put in its appearance Sun
day night. the minimum being $40 de-
grees below zero and approximately
below zero at o'clock Monday morning
1t is the opinion of Bre'r Welsh the
weather man at this point. that the crest
of the cold snap has been reached. and
that while the mercury may hover around
the zero point Monday night and Tuesday
morning. there will be a slowly rising tent
perature after, but nothing very sudden
such as would induce the production OF
straw hats and summer clothing with pre-
mature energy. There is a vague POSSIBLE
ity of snow flurrles tonight and tomorrow,
but the outlook is for fair weather Tues
day. Zero weather is reported at North
Platte and up about Valentine, while the
coolest reported is up in the Dakotas.
where the thermometer had the temerity
10 make mark Of o. below zero Monday
morning.
Nothing appears in the weather line for
the immediate future that should cause the
coal and ice men 70 celebrate with any
great degree Of hilarity, and 1t is fairly
probable the coal bin may be made TO do
duty for several days to come II conserva-
tive prudence is observed.
BATTLE CREEK, Neb., Feb. 5-tSpe-
cial.)-Thc winter here has Decn unusually
; warm and dry. We have had no rain and
very little snow The thermometer ranged
| from 10 to 90 throughout the most of Janu-
airy. Saturday it stood at % until p. m,
when the wind changed to the northwest
and 1t began to grow colder. Sunday morn
| ing 1t was at zero, fall of 50 degrees in if-
! teen hours, and a strong northwest wind
/ blowing.
HUMBOLDT Neb Feb. 5-(special)-
, The thermometer dropped into the neigh
| borhood of zero last night and brought
cheer to the hearts of the local ice dealers
who have as yet not cut pound of ice
! The fear has been expressed In some quar-
| tiers that the recent unusually mild
! weather would cause the fruit buds to
! swell and then when these cold snaps came
! the fruit would be destroyed. but local
growers say that this is not the case. Tho
| cold nights have prevented the buds from
swelling as vet and the fruit Is therefore
unframed
! KANSAS CITY. Feb. 5.-The cold wave.
central in this part of the southwest last
( night. is moving toward the gulf, accord
, ing to reports received today at the local
weather bureau. The coolest point in this
section today was at Springfield. Mo-.
where 1t was degrees below zero Zero
weather prevailed in northern Missouri and
through Kansas. Other temperatures re-
ported follow: Oklahoma City. G above;
Muskogee. ]. T., above; Fort Smith. Ark,
10 above; Amarillo, Tex, above; ABILENE
and Fort Worth. Tex. II above zero
Moderating weather is predicted for the
next twelve hours.
ST. JOSEPH, NO.. Feb. 5.--The cold
weather of the last two days has made ice
in the rivers and lakes near here five
inches thick and the first ice of the winter
was cut today. Armies OF men are EN-.
ployed by the packers in an effort to lay
In a supply before the ice vanishes.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 6.-Tbe blizzard of yes
terday gave place to a clear, cold day
today. The temperature registered above
About four inches of snow covers the
ground.
MILWAUKEE,, Feb. 5.-wisconsin toda,
is experiencing the coolest weather of the
winter. temperatures ranging from below
zero I'm Milwaukee to Is below in Superior
| CLEVELAND. Feb 5.-Show has beer
falling throughout northern Ohio for more
than twenty four hours. with the result
that traffic on many of the steam and cleo,
trio roads was seriously delayed today.
/ DES MONIES Ia. Feb. 5.--The cold wav,
In Iowa reached the maximum at Charlie,
City, where the mercury dropped to ~ de
grees below zero. Des Moines reports
below early today with a gradual rise IL
temperature. A high wind accompanied tn,
cold wave in Iowa, causing considera bl,
suffering TO stock.
SARATOGA, n. Y, Feb. 5.-A drivin,
snowstorm began here today and fell t.
such depth that II finally compelled TN,
closing of the public schools at noon.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Feb. Ser,
weather was reported from the fruit sec
ton in northwestern Arkansas today. FOL
lowing a snow storm last night. 1t is tn
coolest weather thus far this winter A
Little Rock the minimum temperature to
day was 10 degrees above zero