The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-01-11
MERCURY RISES IN
The MIDDLE WEST
Relief From Intense Cold of Last
Week Felt in Many Places
Over the Country.

Chicago, JAM. 9.-Predictions OF
warmer weather for today brought
Joy TO the railroads west and north
lived. Heretofore throughout the
cold spell they have been hampered
by frozen pipes and other equip
nent that is damaged by extreme
cold. Now the snow is filling the
roadbeds and otherwise slowing up
triffio. Practically all trains in the
states where snow prevails are
running behind time.
At 10 o'clock this morning tho
temperature here was 8 degrees
above zero. Until last night,
Chicago had experienced almost
four days Of "below zero" weather.
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 9.-Relief
from the Intense cold came to the
Missouri valley and the southwest to-
day in the shape of a rise Of from 10
10 20 degrees in temperature. From
one to three inches of snow fell over
parts Of Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma,
Arkansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Tenn
peratures ranging from II below In
Huron. s. D., to 3S above, in Fort
Worth, Tex.
Trains from the west still were de-
,ayed today and more now n pros
pects of continued cold left the pros
meets IOT pcTII1dHtUl TcllGl lllllS pIlEHt-
er for sufferers in isolated communities
Of western Kansas. A 36-mile an hour
wind swept Oklahoma today but the
mercury there had climbed from the
below zero neighborhood to 6 above.
Nebraska temperatures ranged from
below at Omaha to 10 below at North
Platte. Des Moines showed 4 below.
zero In Kansas City and In Wichita.
Kan, was the lowest figure for west
ern Missouri and Kansas.
Cold Week In Duluth.
Duluth, Mimi. Jan. Git has been
The hardest seven days In the history
Of northwestern railroading, even as 1t
had been n record breaking period for
continuous low temperature. The
operating departments OF the various
roads report conditions unprecedented,
Loss Of locomotive power has been
fully SO per cent. The inability to
keep steam up to a high working pres
sure and the freezing Of lubricants on
| bearings combined to reduce efficiency,
Nearly all the passenger trains are
running behind schedule from so min
utes to several hours. Orders prohi-
biting making up time" have been is
| sued by several roads.
Great Damage in Portland.
Portland, Ore. Jan. 9.-There are nc
| Indications OF an immediate relief from
| the silver thaw" which set I'm Saturday
Afternoon. covering Portland and vicin-
lty with a coating of ice several inches
thick and resulting in a financial loss
which may reach $4,000 {.
All trains from the east are from IL
to "a hours late. Zero weather gener-
ally prevails. In this city whole dis
tricts were without light or telephone
connections last night. Thousands OF
trees were destroyed.
Thermometer Rises.
La Crosse. WIS.,, IAN 9.-After yes
terday recording the lowest tempera.
ture since 1888, 3S degrees below zero
the cold wave was broken today and
the thermometer has risen to the zero
mark.
Death From Cold.
st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 9.-One death a.
q direct result of the cold was reported
to the police today. A negro was fount
frozen in a barn. The temperature a
. o'clock was IA degrees above zero, q
degrees higher than the lowest tenn
perature recorded yesterday when {
fve-year record "a broken.