Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-22
LERO Is NOW AL HAND
Winter Finally ssa In for omshs and
surrsrnding Country.
COLD WAVE FROM NORTH ENDS SUMNER
Sunday kais DissgresSbls by Sharp Drop
IN Temperature.
wLRM WEATHER IN THE EAST
TemperstuIs Of Eighty Degrees Reported
in Boston Suburba
MAN FRUSTRATED BY HEAT IN PITTsBURe
zephyr from Northwest fr Moving
Eastward and VIII Reach the
Atlantic Senbosrd To-
night.

Sweeping down from the northwest q
wave Of extreme cold. driven by a wind
Of high velocity. brought an end to the
season Of warm weather which Omaha has
been experiencing Tor several weeks The
mercury began to drop early Saturday
evening. getting lower and lower az the
night advanced, and by O'Clock yesterday
morning had reached 16 degrees above zero.
n continued to fall slowly until ~ o'clock,
when there was a rally for the forces from
the south. which resulted in a rise Of
degrees by O'Clock in the afternoon. That
was the end Of al attempt 10 send the mer-
curry higher, and from then until
O'Clock last night the records at 'ae
weather bureau showed the decline to be
rapid, with favorable indications that the
zero mark might he reached by morning.
} With the frigd weather came wind of
unpleasant velocity. which made the cold
seem more intense and sent people to shell
tor wherever 1t could be found. There was
some abatement In the wind during the
night and its course is run, as far as Ne
Lrasla is concerned. II the weather mans
indications prove true. Today, he says,
will be fair, and with n cessation OF the
wind ought to be a more pleasant day than
was yesterday.
sharp Drop In Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. Z.-The unusually high
temperature for this time OF the year,
which prevailed yesterday over the middle
west reached the crest shortly after mid
night and early today the mercury com
menced to drop
In Chicago at a IN. the thermometer
stood ~ 62 degrees above zero and at 3
o'clock tonight ii had dropped to is above
The mild winter and the absence of frost
thus far experienced is responsible for the
large increase in numbers of contagious
diseases in Chicago. according to Health
Commissioner Whalen- The number of cases
reported TO the department has increased
150 per cent over the total for the CORE
spending week OF 1905.
blizzard I'm Kansas.
In Western Missouri and Eastern
Kansas. where yesterday the temperature
WIS GO degrees above zero. a blizzard is
Sas1ng tonight and the therHometer is
below the freezing point
IN St. Louis the temperature dropped AZ
anDreas IN twenty-four hours and tonight
- degrees above zero was registered. High
temperatures prevailed today throughout
the Ohio valley. the highest record in years
being recorded al Cincinnati, where the
Thermometer stood at "A degrees, while
Indianapolis Luoisville. Columbus and
other points reported temperatures almost
equally as high.
In the northwest, however, low tempera-
lures and blizzard conditions rapidly de-
veloped during the day. Al st. Paul the
mercury dropped from 81 above TO above
in twelve hours with Indications OF al least
10 below by morning, while from nearly
every station in the northwest came reports
hale rha url
ranging from below at Pierre. S. D.. 10 q
below at Gu Appealle in the Canadian
northwest.
Cold Wave VIII Move East.
WASHINGTON. Jan. IA warm wave
which scores the highest record in tempera-
ture since 1890. prevailed today throughout
the region between the Mississippi valley
and the Atlantic const. Its crest was II
Ohio. where the temperature this afternoon
as reported 10 the weather bureau. ranged
from 70 10 "a degrees. South OF the OhiC
river IL was less warm because Of heavy
rains and thunder-showers. Thunder
storms also prevailed in Tennessee. Missis
sippl Alabama and Northwest Georgia.
A cold wave which developed in the ives
is rapidly following the warm wave and III,
forecasts say it will reach the Atlantis
coast Monday. night but its force will b,
diminished It progresses east Th'
weather bureau Officially announces the fal
Of teinpera tures east viii approximate
degrees In the region just west OF the Mis-
sissippi river and north of the Missouri
while II will go below zero in the Dakotas
Minnesota, Nebraska and the middle Rock!
mountain region. In the Ohio valley th'
temperatures today about equal all pre-
vious records and in a few places exceed
them
In Washington today the weather wa
sprinklike. with a maximum temperatur
of ss degrees. which. however. is mucI
lower than the January record. In Parkers
burE. w. Va. the temperature. "a degrees
was the highest ever recorded by tn
weather bureau
The weather bureau official report tonigh
characterized toeay's warm weather a
''the grcatesf midwiuter warm spell sine
issa" snd says the maximum temperature
Ia the Ohio valley have been exceeded b.
a degree or so only once or twice in IN
last thirty years. In a few local.
ties' Il adds. the record has not beer ex
oeeded
Summer in View York.
NEW YORK. Jan. g.-The continue
warm weather of the past few days In thi
city reached it's climax today. when at
o'cloek this afternoon the oficial ther
weather bureau station was 55 degrees
There had been steady climb up 10 tina
hour with a minimum Of ~ degrees regis
tered al g. m Tonight the weather cor
tinues warm. a vRpor typical OF earl
spring evenings hanging over the waite
front
The warmth and sunshine Of the da
brought 90 Central park, TO Riverside driy
aud other promenRdes thousands of plea,
are seekers the sparrowE singing In n
\ trees. the playing of fountains and m
merous small craft d0tting the river CAV
l. 10 the outing grOuncs OF the city the Al
pearance of day IN spring The churc
promenade In Fifth Evenus was suggestis
OF Raster day.
The warm weather Of the morning brougi
heavy fog and shipping was seriously d.
layed. From O'Clock until well after noe
navigation IN the hay and hArbor va
periloue The big transA tlsntic liner UInbr
fConItnued ON Second PaKel