The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-22
MERCURY WAS AT
9 BELOW TODAY
Predicted Cold Wave, Tho Not
Severe, Causes CONSERVATION
After Mild Weather.
Indications Are that Tonight Will
See Mercury Drop Down
Tube Again. r

Tho predicted over twenty-four hours
before it arrived, the cold wave which
struck Minneapolis yesterday came as
surprise to many. After the uncom,
seemed well-nigh impossible that the
mercury could get down into the zero
end of the tube in less than a day.
Saturday, When chill northwest
winds "a, accompanied 1e by sting sting
thu thru. the streets and 'H1 made the
owl-car patrons huddle in doorways for
shelter. By 8 am. Sunday, the govern
ment thermometer had fallen to de-
grees above. Today the official quota
tions opened at degrees below, with
the chances in favor of a further drop:
While this does not touch the record
minimum for the last fifteen years, -33
degrees on Jan. "a, 1904, it is causing
considerable discomfort after the upper
30 weather of Saturday.
Fall Was Steady.
after pm. Saturday. At that time
the reading was "a degrees above. At
midnight the record shows 10 degrees
and by 6 am. Sunday the temperature
had fallen to zero. Thru the day the
mercury fingered at the 4 degree mark,
but by Pm. it was down to zero
again. At 8 am. today the minimum
of g degrees was reached, but by noon
the cold had Stacked off couple Of
degrees. It is hard to say what will
happen tonight, but it is safe to pre-
dict that the cold will at least regain
the ground it lost while the sun was
shining.
That the cold is more apparent than
real is indicated by the fact that plumb
ers have not been rushed with repair
orders. The majority of shops report
that they have had few bursted pipes
to repair and a few more to thaw out,
but not enough to swamp them. While
all trains have been a little slow in
coming in, due to the difficulty Of keep
ing up steam in the face Of the cold
wind, the time card has not been seri-
Il ously disarranged. "". Ef
The charity bureaus report that de.
mands upon them have not been in
creased because of the cold. This is
largely due to the fact that they have
been preparing for such an emergency
all winter and now have their regular
dependents warmly housed and clad.
Fuel Market Active.
The fuel market is active, but the or
ders- are for small ton and half-ton lots
for domestic use and the dealers say
that they are still behind last winter Z
record of sales. They scout the idea
of fuel famine. One leading dealer
said today that there was enough Woo
available to last thru a cold spell Of
ninety days and that the coal supply
was safe as it would be easy to ship il
enough to meet any demand should thu
present supply run low, which is i'm
probable. In connection with the fue
side Of the present weather the Saliva
tioin Army employment bureau report
a good demand for wood sawyers.
The wave is booked to hinge
for two OF three days, and tn
further decided drop in temperature, TO
reports from North Dakota and the Can
adam northwest show temperature
ranging from 20 to % degrees below
zero. Some of the really cold place
are Qu'Appelle, -2s; Devils Lake
30; Batt1eford and Prince Albert
" ga; Edmonton, 30 and Bismarck
-12. Temperatures on the north Pa
cifc coast have already recovered an
This warm area will move this way
and should break the cold here som
time Wednesday or Thursday.
In the southwest blizzard is raging
In Texas stock is suffering from tn
sudden cold, while little further mort
|" the disturbance takes the form of thur
derstorms accompanied by cold rain an
hail and followed by snow. The war;
wave which passed over Minneapol
last week has moved eastward, becon
ing more pronounced as it approache
the Atlantic coast and is causing
much discomfort as the cold in the ives
Baseball games, heat prostrations an
open-air swimming figure largely in tt
eastern dispatches.