Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-23
COLD WAVE COESEAST


above zero. At Kansas City and Oklahoma
City II was IL degrees above. The present
indications are for zero generally through
this territory by night. 4 snow storm Is
reported TO be general in Arkansas today.
In portions of western Missouri the bliz-
gard that started in last night continued
today. a high wind drifting the snow badly
and causing interruption to street car and
railway traffic. At Kansas City the storm
was not severe.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Jan. est. Joseph is
in the grasp of blizzard. The mercury
has dropped nearly fifty degrees in forty
eight hours and It is feared the Iruit crop
has been badly injured.
Low Temperature in Nebraska.
SEWARD. Neb, Jan. 22-(Speclal.J The
thermometer is much below zero this u. m.
How much below is owing to the indi-
vldual who owns the thermometer
WEST POINT, Neb., Jan. 22.-(specal.)-
The weather today is recordbreaker for
the winter in respect to cold The Their
mometer registered 19 below zero 1T day
break this morning. brisk northwest
wind is blowing, the temperature remain
ing nearly stationary all day.
ALBION, Neb., Jan. 22.-(Special J--t.uite
a change in the weather has occurred
since the latter part of the week. The
mercury reached zero Sunday morning and
Was 10 degrees below that point this morn
ing
FREMONT, Neb., Jan. 22.-(Special 1.-The
mercury stood at 10 below zero this morn
ing Ice men are getting ready to har-
vest the crop which is of good quality
The cold weather will cause some delay
in ballasting and tracklaying on the Great
Northern. Seventeen boarding cars for one
gang have been placed on a temporary
siding in the northwest part of the city
and it will take considerable time TO get
the yards in shape.
LINCOLN. Neb, Jan. 22.-This was the
second coolest morning of the season in
eastern Nebraska, the mercury here ,cs!s-
tered l degree above zero at ! o'clock.
Throughout the night there was a lard
wind but no snow. The situation for rail-
roads and other companies using natural
ice has been greatly relieved by the in
formation Of good ice and the work of
| today.
| DES MONIES, Ia, Jan. 22.-From 80 de-
grees above zero, one of the warmest jan
uary days in history, the mercury dropI ed
last night to zero all over iowa The ice
and the cold spell relieved all fear OF a
famine. Wind accompanies the cold wave,
damaging telegraph and telephone lines
| In Kansas.
| WICHITA, Kan, Jan. 29.-This section
! has escaped the blizzard that for twenty
/ four hours has been raging elsewhere. The
/ temperature this morning was IL above
zero Observer Sullivan says it will be
yta A high Cos
| twenty hours. II is partly cloudy. There
has been no precipitation for a week.
| TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 22.-The government
weather bureau reports a twenty a n
hour wind from the north prevailing today,
with temperature of 9 degrees above this
being but a trifling change from Sunday
nights conditions. There is no snow with
the storm and it is not thought that stock
will suffer severely. Some fear is felt fol-
the fruit crop
PITTSBURG, Kan. Jan. 22.-The blizzard
which struck this part of southeastern
Kansas yesterday afternoon still ragged to.
day Street car traffic was suspended OF
account of the drifting snow, all trains
were late, country roads were practically
blocked and wires were worked with diff.
Guilty.
| I'm the East.
! NEW YORK, Jan photographic COM
munication with Chicago was cut eff al
$685. this morning. The service up to that
time had been slow owing to storms. Al
1880 the wires were working as far as
Toledo. Just before communication will
Chicago was lost news was received tina,
terrific sleet storm was doing much dam
age within radius of seventy miles Of
Chicago. 1t was also reported that tht
storm was moving eastward.
The spring weather Of yesterday con
tinued here today. New York harbor wa,
practically bound today, the mist reinl
so thick that no craft entered or left tn,
harbor Several liners arrived oursid,
Sandy Hook bar but did not enter.