Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-05
I'd Edition.
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The Dishonest Conductors.

uuctOr (naIne not yet aScertained) was arrested
this morning charged with embe2Zlilg tickets be-
longing to the PENNSYLVANIA railroad company He
was employed on the route between Chicago
and this city. He confessed that he had
held in $1,000 bail for trial James
Crawford, who was arrested yesterday on the same
held in the same amount for trial. The case OF w.
B. Pettitt called, but was adjourned for lack of
sufficient testimony. Other arrests are expected
to-day.
Far Below Zero.
ARCTIC WEATHER YEA THE ALL OVER THE WEST AND NORTH
WEST-COLDER WEATHER THAN HAS BEEN KNOWN
FOR YEARS.
BISMARCK, OAK, Jan. 5-The coolest weather
known In ten years prevails here. On Thursday
night the mercury descended to 80 degrees below
zero, and last night to 80 degrees below.
CINCINNATI, o.. Jan. 5.-The thermometer, at s
O'Clock this morning. stood 20 degrees below, which
Is the lowest point It has reached here for years
CLEVELAND, o., JAN 5.-The weather here is the
coolest reported in years. The. thermometer has
places.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-A dispatch from Council Bluffs,
Iowa, says at 10 o'clock last night the thermometer
recorded "a degrees below zero the coolest weather
In Is years At Lincoln Neb, at p. M, it was 10
below At Quincy. N, at II p. M, It was 90 below,
Rapids, Iowa, at IL p. M, it was % below
JAMESTOWN, OAK, Jan 5.-YeSterday was the
coolest DAY ever known In this locality: 1t was 4S
degrees below In the morning, and 42 below at
noon.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The thermometer at O'Clock
'iiio uluS uiUpptu W polflU degrees below
zero, which, taken with the cold record OF yester-
day, makes 1t the most severe showing in the way
or extreme weather known here in many years
Other points west report the same intense cold.
The effect In this city has been to partially par
a!yZe the ordinary course OF business A number
OF the larger wholesale houses have not sent out
their heavy trucks, and those teamsters and street
car drivers and conductors who out Drawing the
weather are experiencing a very lively time of 1T
maintaining a circulation. AS is customary in such
an unusual cold spell, fire alarms have been
more numerous than usual, and last night proved
to be one OF terror to the members of the depart
ment Three fires after midnight served to keep
practically the whole force duty, and the service
required OF them under the circumstances was such
as taxed their endurance to the fullest extent.
The severe weather caused great many needy
people and professional ramps to beiege the relief
agencies and police stations, seeking shelter and
temporary sustenance.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, Jan. 5.-The weather here to-day
Is the coolest OF the season, the thermometer regis
tering degrees below zero early this morning The
river Is running full OF heavy Ice and navigation is
suspended.
A SNOW STORM IN VIRGINIA.
PETERSBURG, VA, Jan. 5.-A northeast snow storm
prevailed here early this morning and it is still
showing rapidly. SO far as Is learned the storm
appears to be general Throughout this section OF the
state
Hotel Proprietors Organizing.
CTNCINNATI, Jan. 5.-A meeting of the hotel pro-
prietors OF Ohio VIII be held here Tuesday next for
the purpose Of forming state association and to
petition the legislature to pass laws for the proec-