Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-22
CHICAGO HAS SLEET STORM
Very Warm in Many Sections Of
the Country.
SOME WONDERFUL CHANGES
Big Drop in Temperature in Iowa,
Missouri and Texas-Close to
Zero at Kansas City.


NEW YORK, January Photographic
communication with Chicago was cut off a
9:35 this morning. The service up TO tha
time had been slow, owing to storms. A
1920 the wires were working as far ives
as Toledo. Just before communication
with Chicago was lost news was received
that terrific sleet storm was doing mucl
damage within a radius of seventy mile
of Chicago 1t was also reported that th'
storm was moving eastward
Signs of Change in New York.
Reports from throughout the state show
that the warm wave still prevailed today
but the sky generally was overcast ant
! there were signs of a change In centra
New York robins appeared at many places
AT Watertown, In northern New York, the
thermometer registered "a this forenoon
and at points in the central and southern
parts of the state temperatures of 60 to *
were REGARDED. Newburgh reported 30. The
steamer from Cape Vincent, n. Y, to King
ston, Ont, made a trip yesterday, the latest
on record.
Spring-Like in New England.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, January 22-The
spring-like weather conditions of yesterday
prevailed today over Connecticut It was
even warmer, the thermometer here regis
tering 30 this morning, against 40 yester-
day morning
BOSTON, January 22.-Following the re-
markable warmth of yesterday in this city
there was only slight fall in tempera-
ture during the night. At 10 am. today
1t registered 81. The sky was overcast
Thermometer readings at s am reported
TO the weather bureau from various New
England stations were as follows: North
field, VT, 3S; Concord, N. H, 32; Portland,
Me, 80; Eastport, Me-, 3S; Providence, r.
l., 40; Nantucket, A.
Warmer at Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Md, January 22-The un-
usually warm weather of yesterday conttn-
ued here and throughout Maryland today,
the thermometer being slightly higher, reg
istering 80, against 40 yesterday A very
dense fog prevailed.
Seventy-Two Degrees at Norfolk.
NORFOLK, Va, January 22-The tenn
perature went up to - degrees in Nor
folk at noon today
PHILADELPHIA, January 22-This city
today experienced the warmest January
day in sixteen years. The official govern
ment thermometer on top of the post office
building registered &C degrees at nooa
while the humidity at that hour was So
per cent. The highest previous record for
January was in 1890 when the thermometer
registered 70 degrees. The warm wave ex.
tends into the interior of the state, even the
mountain towns reporting high tempera-
lures.
Sleet Storm at Chicago.
CHICAGO, January %, 1890 pm--One
of the most severe snow and sleet storms
which this city has experienced in many
years has practically isolated it from the
outside world. The storm is most severe
within a belt, the radius of which is sixty
miles. Almost all telegraphic service has
been destroyed. Electric, elevated and sur
face transportation is about discontinued
and the cable lines are operating only with
greatest difficulty. The railroads are great
ly handicapped and all arriving trains are
hours behind time. A heavy gale prevails
and snow and sleet are falling without ces-
sation.
Close to Zero at Kansas CITY.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, January 22.-Close
to zero weather with high wind and light
snow at some points were the weather con-
ditions today in this part of the southwest
The coldest point reported by the local
weather bureau was at Dodge City, KAN
where the thermometer registered de-
grees above zero.
At Kansas City and Oklahoma City it was
II degrees above. The predictions are ror
zero weather generally over this territory
by tonight. A snow storm is reported to
be general in Arkansas today
Big Drop in Iowa.
DES MONIES, Iowa, January 22-Frorn
40 above zero, one of the warmest January
days in history, the mercury dropped last
night to zero all over Iowa. Wind accom-
panied the cold wave damaging telegraph
and telephone lines.
Two Inches of Sleet in st. Louis,
ST. LOUIS. January pa blanket OF
sleet two inches thick covered the ground
this morning with temperature at l6
above and fine sleet blowing Street-car
traffic was badly hampered and railroad
traffic was delayed. Telegraphic communi-
cation with Chicago and points east of St
Louis was very poor early In the morning
when suddenly IL ceased at O'Clock and
three hours later had not been resumed. At
the telegraph offices 1t was stated that COM
municstion was being effected east of here
the service was badly interfered with on
account of the sleet-covered wires West
of St. Louis telegr7iphic communication was
established with some little interference.