The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-05
DROPS TO A. BELOW
Coolest January 5 on Record in
Kansas Today.
Mercury Drops as Gas Pressure
Fails Over State.
OVERCOATS IN HOMES.
Are Worn by Shivering Men and
Women Here.
Little Relief in Sight by Weather
or Gas Man.
OVERCOATS IN HOMES.
Todav,s Tenperatures.
*Below zero.

All Topeka is seeking the warm
places. These spots, however, are few
and far between With frigid tempera-
/ lures throughout the night and the
thermometer registering 4 degrees be-
low zero at $40 o'clock this morning
the gas supply in the city is almost nil.
The mercury was expected to climb to
zero at noon, but it didn't and was still
2 below at 2 o'clock.
The stoves that are supposed to radi-
ate warmth in abundance show but a
sickIy blue flicker of a blaze. and those
who are dependent on natural gas for
heat are finding it necessary to crawl
into great coats and hug the heaters in
almost a literal sense of the expression.
This is the coldest January on record.
Complaints are coming from Law
renee, Atchison, Leavenworth, and St.
Joseph that a like unsatisfactory condi-
ton prevails as regards he gas supply.
J. w. Waggenner, at the head of the
supply company in Atchison, asserts
that Kansas towns are being allowed to
freeze while an effort is being made to
bolster up the gas pressure of Kansas
City. He has expressed his intention Of
filing an injunction against the Kansas
natural.
I'VE are not having severely cold
wea ther." remarked Sunny Flora, the
local weather man this morning. "A
year ago the minimum temperature
was 3 degrees below zero and on Feb.
u. 1899. the thermometer registered 25
degrees below. However, the tempera-
ture is remaining low, without at least
a slight warming up for an unusually
long period. The reason for this fact
IS that there is a coating of snow all
the way from the southern line Of Kan
sas to the North Pole. We can expect
1sav- -
come"
There is slight relief in sight from
the severe temperatures, but there will
be more disagreeab1e brand of cold
weather. The indications are: 'Increas-
ing cloudiness, with probably snow to-
night and Sunday; not so cold tonight
Kept Below Zero Mark.
Only once today has the tempera-
ture been above zero-that was at
O'Clock this morning, when it was
above Study the record below-and
then think about the gas pressure.
sunny Flora. the weather man, says
it is liable to be worse although he is
not expecting such severe weather to-
night It Will be cloudy with possible
snow tonight and early tomorrow But
it viii not be so cold
Conditions are ripe for a rfp-snort-
er OF a cold SPELL said Mr.. Flora.
Tell the people to be prepared for it
whether it comes or not The
54OUuu ~ lHOrOuSnlN cn11leQ ana there
IS snow from Kansas to the North
Pole Although there is nothing on
the weather map now that would in
dlcate a colder wave-still we are not
able to forecast those things. Get
ready, anyWay-We are rather expect
ing it,
The wind is blowing 10 miles an hour
from the northeast at 2 o'clock this af-
ternOon.
TreIeaven Promises No Relief.
Manager Treleaven-the name that is
a synonym for trouble-sat behind his
busy desk this afternoon with
wrinkle on his forehead-just like the
one you see on little Jeff. When Wis
1tor entered his office on tip-toes the
manager laid down printed folder
On this folder in red type was printed:
The Humptydump Gas Pressure
Regulator It reduces the pressure IF
gas into your furnace and stoves. The
best thing on the market"