The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1906-01-26
ideal Spring DAY
IN MIDWINTER
EASTERN STATES REPORT THE
WARMEST JANUARY Wealth
Err IN MANY YEARS.
Butterflies Fit About in Vermont
Baseball Is Played in ohio-In the
Far Northwest, However, Below
Zero Weather Is Reported.

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Washington. Jan. ga warm wave
which scores the highest record in
temperature since 1890, prevailed Sun
day throughout the region between the
Mississippi valley and the Atlantic
coast. Its crest was in Ohio, where
the temperatures in the afternoon, as
reported to the weather bureau, ranged
from 20 to "a degrees. South of the
Ohio river it was less warm, because OF
heavy rains and thunder showers.
Thunder storms also prevailed in Ten
nessee, Mississippi, Alabama and north
west Georgia. The weather bureau Of
fetal report characteriZes Sundays
warm weather as 1.-The greatest general
midwinter warm spell since 1897 and
! says the maximum temperatures in the
Ohio valley have been exceeded by a
| degree or so only once or twice in the
last SO years. I'm a few localities" it
adds, 1.-The record has not been exceed
ed"
Parks Crowded.
New York, Jan. 22.-The continued
warm weather of the past few days in
| this city reached its climax Sunday,
| when at three O'Clock in the afternoon
the official thermometer reading at the
United States weather bureau station
was SO degrees. The warmth and sun
shine of the day brought to- Central
park, to Riverside drive and to other
promenades thousands of pleasure
seekers. The sparrows singing in the
trees, the playing of fountains and nu-
merous small craft dotting the river
gave the outing grounds of the city the
appearance of a splendid day in spring.
Butterflies Out in Vermont.
Rutland, VT, Jan. 22-With a max
imum temperature of IS degrees and
delightful weather conditions many
| people occupied their piaZzas here
i Sunday Snow has disappeared and
butterflies were seen for the first time
this year.
Frustrated by Heat.
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 22.-Under clear
skies and gentle breezes the tempera
ture Sunday reached 741a degrees above
zero, breaking all previous records for
January in this region. One prostra-
ton resulted from the unreasonable
heat Stephen Hymess, aged 63, of
Mingo Junction, O., collapsed while
walking in Fifth avenue, near Smith
field street. and the hospital physicians
say his condition is serious.
Played Baseball.
Columbus, O., Jan. 22.-The warm
est winter day since 1878, when the To-
cal weather bureau was established,
was recorded Sunday. when the maxi
mum temperature reached a fraction
over 70 degrees, according 10 the Of
| fetal observations. Street thermome-
tiers recorded as high as rs degrees.
A baseball game, the first ever known
| to have been played here in the win
ter. was witnessed in the morning by
a large crowd. The warmest previous
winter day on record here was Febru-
airy Is, 1883, when the temperature
was " degrees.
Different in the Northwest.
St. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 22.-The mer-
curry dropped over 30 degrees in II
hours in st. Paul, standing at two
above zero at eight p. M, and with
indications of at least ten below be-
fore morning Nearly every station
in the northwest reported sub-zero
weather Sunday night, ranging from
% below at Qu'appell. in the Cana
dian northwest, to two below at Pierre,
s. D. Devils Lake, N. D., reported 20,
Bismarck, N D., II, and Havre, Mont,
eight below, respectively. In the Cana
| dian northwest the drop in tempera-
ture was preceded by blizzard which
piled the snow in great drifts and Sc
siously delayed all railroad traffic.
One man is reported lost in the storm
near Portage La Prairie. Manitoba.
Sleet Storm Paralyzes Business.
Chicago, Jan. 23.-Following the
mild weather of Sunday a sleetstorm
that paralyzed business, delayed tens
of thousands of persons, cost the city
many thousands of dollars, practi-
cally cut off all Geographic communi-
cation for hours, and made the parks
woodland of ice, gripped Chicago
Monday. Never in the transportation
history of Chicago has storm worked
such havoc with the city's transporta-
ton service. The elevated roads were
tied rp absolutely for hours; travel by
trolley was succession of jerks and
flashes; the steam railway schedules
went to smash, and only the despised
cable train ran on anywhere near
schedule time. The result was that
Chicago settled down to business some
two hours later than usual.
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