Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-13

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fishing q record for more than TWEEN.
ty years. ~
At midnight last night the govern
ment thermometer stood at zero but an
hour later one degree below was reg
istered and at 6 o'clock this morning
this mark still stood. -,
Throughout the night fine snow
fell, driven by bitter northwest wind.
No relief was held out for the day, the
prediction being that the thermometer
might fall to 10 or IL below. ~
Each day brings stories OF suherlng
in every part of the city. The funds
of charitable organizations have been
practically exhausted and the county
Is finding it difficult to supply the
wants q the poor.
Mayor Harrison said that today he
would issue an appeal for funds for
the aid Of the city's poor.
Minimum readings for the nine days
of frigid weather, are: January q
6 below; January 5-10 below; Jan.
uary eli below; January Tie be-
low; January 7-16 below; January 8
IL heJow. gIs,ey,.,sss,. 2-,,-3 belnsy& ian
.uary 1O-6 below; January 11-3 be-
low, and January 12-1 below &.
ID, 4 Missouri Temperatures. }..s
St. Louis, Mo-, Jan. 12.-Tempera.
lures Of zero or below prevailed in
eastern Missouri and southern Illinois
last night and today. At Hannibal,
Mo-, the thermometer registered IA
below and at Cairo, ILL.,, the mercury
stood at zero. -
Locally the lowest temperature was
O Mt
Is predicted by the weather forecaster
and with the exception of the cold the
blizzard conditions of yesterday after
noon had abated. g.
The poor of the city are suffering
severely. Citizens of several religious
denominations have arranged for wag-
ons to cover the entire city tomorrow
and gather clothing for the poor.
Policemen will accompany the wagons
and act as collectors.
Postoffice officials announced at 10
o'clock today that not one mail train
had arrived in st. Louis and that In
consequence there was no outside
mail in the Office for St. Louis deliv.
cry. The only pouch of mail received
here was sent by express from Alton,
III.
The weather bureau predicted a
temperature of 16 degrees for tonight.
Warmer weather, it is said, after Sat
urday.
Coal Famine at Des Moines.
Des Moines, Jan. 12-With the
temperature above zero only once dur
ing the past thirteen days and then
h,,% So, nao n.
day faces what may result in seri'
Gus coal famine. -,
Local coal dealers have hundreds
of untitled orders on their books and
several will promise no deliveries for
at least week. Five hundred orders
for coal are said to have been turned
down by local dealers yesterday The
shortage CT coal is said to be the re-
suit of several mines near Des Moines
being forced to close down because OF
the cold weather. The output the
past week. according to local dealers,
has been the smallest for several
months and the demand for coal has
been the largest.
Des Moines is experiencing the long
est cold spell in point of continued low
temperature in the past twenty-five
years. There was no relief promised
today and at an early hour the govern
ment thermometer registered 20 be-
low zero Reports from all parts of
Iowa, show exceedingly low tempera-
lures. -
35 Below at Boone. ...
Boone, Jan. 1.-THE coolest wealth
er in the history of Boone was record
ed last night and this morning when
the official thermometer registered
thirty-fve degrees below zero.
35 Below at Fort Dodge. ~
Fort Dodge, Jan. 1.-THE govern
ment thermometer here registered
35 degrees below zero this morning.
Private thermometers registered 40
below. It is said to be the coolest day
in thirty years.
81 Below at OskaIoosa.
Oskaloosa, Jan. 12.-It was thirty
seven degrees below zero at six
O'clock this morning according to
thermometers. Readings
at twenty stations gave an average of
thirty-four below at 10 O'Clock.