Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-23

With a sudden drop In the tempera-
ture of nearly sixty degrees in thirty
six hours. Ottumwans whd found 1t
necessary to discard their overcoats
Saturday on account of the warm
weather, are today shivering in the
the throes of one of the worst biz
yards of the winter in Southeastern
Iowa.
Saturday was one Of the warmest
January days even experienced In Of
rtumwa,,e the thermometer at the local
government weather observatory regis
tering 64 degrees above zero. Late
Saturday night there was steady de-
cline in temperature the thermome-
ter Sunday morning showing 16 above
zero. During the day the weather mod
Grated to a certain extent but during
the evening icy blasts direct from the
arctic regions struck Wapello county
In full force. This morning the ther-
mometer registered above zero at the
weather station, the coldest day of the
winter with one exception.
Considerable snow accompanied the
strong wind, but street car and rail
road traffic is not seriously affected.
Many telegraph wires are down and
for this reason the Ottumwa Courier
and the evening papers in Burlington,
Cedar Rapids, Muscatine, Des Moines,
Davenport and other Iowa cities have
only very condensed Associated
Press service this evening.
Fair and colder weather is promised
for tomorrow.
Chicago Is Isolated.
Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. %. 81 Communica
ton with the outside world was this
morning practically cut off through the
agency of a heavy sleet storm which
began about midnight and still con
tinues. Transportation in this city is
badly demoralized.
Wires and Railways Crippled.
But few telegraph wires are work
Ing out of the city in any direction, and
there is no communication whatever
with the east. Inside telephone com
munication is badly crippled and al
transportation is badly demoralized
On some of the railroads to the cas-
hundred miles of wires in the ag
gregate3 are down and trains from the
east are from two to five hours late.
Heavy Snow at ST. Louis.
ST. Louis, Jan. pa blanket o1
sleet covered everything to deptl
3 of two inches this morning and the
temperature was 16 degrees above
zero Street car traffic was impedet
and railroad traffic was delayed. Tel
egraph communications with the cas-
was entirely cut off for two hours ane
finally communication was partially re
stored by roundabout circuits. Tele
graph communication to the west is
not interfered with A drizaling slee
continues to fall during the dag.
Cold in Southwest.
Kansas City, Jan. 22.-At Kansa;
City and Oklahoma, City 12 degree
above zero is predicted. There is ;
general snowstorm in Arkansas.
High Wind in. Kansas.
Topeka, Jan. 22.-Wind from th
north at twenty miles an hour pre-
vailed today with a temperature Of
degrees above zero. There is no snoy
with the storm.
Blizzard at ST. Joseph.
ST. Joseph, Mo-, Jan. pa blizzar
is raging here today, and the mercur
has dropped SO degrees in forty-eigh
hours.
Nebraska Cut Ice.
Lincoln, Neb., Jan 22.- A har
wind, but no snow prevails here. Tn
temperature is one degree above zero
Ice cutting was begun in all parts {
the state today.
All Iowa is Chilly.
Des Moines, jan 22-From As d,
grees above zero last night the ten
perature has dropped to zero all owe
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