The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-14
TRAIN SERVICE BETTER
EIGHTEEN BELOW THIS MORN
ING-COLD SNAPS IN MADI-
son CAME JANUARY IL.

1t was pointed out today that three
Of the coolest periods of the last four
winters in Madison started on Janu-
airy ~. The present cold snap had
It's inception on the 18th; the coolest
day of the winter of 1914-15 vas on
January IL. when a temperature Of 8
degrees below zero was recorded, and
on January IL, 1913. it was 35 de-
grees below zero, the coolest day of
that winter.
Life Lost in big Storm.
January IL was the twenty-eighth
anniversary of the great blizzard in
the northwest, which claimed scores
of lives. One Madison man. Andrew
Johnson. cousin of j. A. Johnson,
merchant, had been fishing through
the ice in Lake Madison. When
the storm came up he started
for home, but lost his way He is
thought to have walked between
twenty and thirty miles through the
binding snow, before he was finally
overcome. Searchers, who left here
after the storm abated, followel his
tracks and found his body on a drif'.
Eighteen Below This Morning.
With the temperature at is de-
grees below zero at 7 o'clock this
morning, Madison entered this morn
ing upon her third consecutive day
OF near-Arctic weather. although
business and travel generally are not
being hampeTed so severely today rs
/ 4l1~ .~aro -. The ,vnoprftrn GOLD pf tn.
last two days.
BY ! O'Clock TO-DAY the mercury
had climbed up TO about | degree
above zero. Owing TO trouble on the
telephone circuits between here and
Huron. no weather forecast was re-
ceived today from the government
bureau there. The opinion is ex-
pressed by many. however, that the
cold snaps backbone is probably
shattered.
Although local train service is on
siderably more regular than it was
yesterday and Wednesday. traffic on
the transcontinental lines is reported
today to be still in a disjointed con
dition. The Milwaukee passenger
train arriving here this morning from
the north did not make connections
with the Pacific coast train. Both
the morning trains from the north
and west were about thirty minutes
late on arriving here. The train for
the south again today went by the
way of Egan to Sioux Falls. This
will be the third day that towns on
the cutoff" have been without mail
service. 1t is thought probable that
the line will be opened up today.
Freight service has been practical
" demoralized, but freight trains left
here today.
There was only one long distance
telephone line working out OF the
city today. Long distance circuit
wires between here and Pipestone
and Egan. and between this city and
Sioux Falls were snapped in two by
the cold. There Is one circuit be
tween here and Sioux Falls in opera
ton. The work of repairing the
damage done is being rushed. it WAS
said at the headquarters of the Da-
kota Central Telephone company to-
day. II is not known when the usual
Ions distance telepnonic communica-
ton will be restored. At the West
ern Union telegraph office il is re-
ported that company's wires today
are in good working order.
Cold Strikes Farther South.
That the storm and cold were un-
!, usually severe as far south as Omaha.
is attested by r. c. McCreedy. of the
Porter drug store staff. who return
!, ed from the Nebraska metropolis last
!, night on the belated Milwaukee pa.
I senger train from the south. Mr.
McCreedy. who visited a brother
r Lloyd MeCreedy, in Omaha. said thai
/ the train on which he left that ely
2 was four hours in getting ir0o
j Omaha 10 the Council Bluffs depot
D a distance of three miles or so. IL
saw a passenger train that had run
completely off the rails. He told tina
dozens OF passenger trains were helc
I up in the various Omaha railwa!
yards. Mr.. McCreedy related tina
nearly all trains arriving there Were
= from one to several hours late.
The train from Bristol, due at Mad
ison at 9:15 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, did not arrive until late las
night. The engine had broken dowl
at Bristol. After repairs had beer
completed it required almost min
Z hours to make the run to Madison
The distance is ordinarily covered il
= about four and a half hours. TIL
{ train due from the eouth at 2:15 yes
. terday afternoon, came in shortly be
3 fore Q o'clock last night. The trail
= is said to have been three hours lat
y when starting from Sioux City.