Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-19
EUROPE'S COLD WAVE.
1t Causes Distress and Pleasure, Ac-
oording to Ones Means.
A SMALL BUT FIERCE CHICAGO Rlf.
Lieut.. Winters Walk From St.
Petersburg to Paris.
CANADA AND RECIPROCITY.
Intense Gold Prevailing In France. Italy asA
Germany.

Intense Gold Prevailing In France, Italy ana
Germany.
BERLIN, Jan. 1e.-Several steamers In the Ice
blocked river Elbe have lost their propellers by
dashing against ice foes. A number Of vessels
in the Elbe have parted their anchor chains and
are drifting helplessly in the stream. The
strongest tugs cannot leave the harbor Of Cux-
haven on account Of the ice and the citizens
are assisting the military 90 blast the ice with
melinite. Reports from all parts show that the
Thermometer touched many degrees below zero.
Fahrenheit. but that the cold is bearable in the
absence OF wind. The ice is sighteen inches
thick. The sea between Stralsund and Rugen,
hye miles In width. H. alive with skaters and
Meighs. The ponds are frozen 20 the bottom.
Iwenty-one head OF deer in the royal forest at
Benrath have died. and the rest are in a mser-
able condition. In Holland and Belgium the
severity Of the snowfall has put a stop 10 rail-
way and tramway traffic. Thousands Of men
are engaged in clearing the roads. On the coast
OF Holland the sea is frozen for great dis
tance. and there Is a bank Of ice on the shore of
extreme beauty. Only the harbors Of Rotter-
dam and Flushing accessible TO vessels.
Adrices from Naples report the death Of two
persons from the cold. The Italian rivers are
encumbered with ice. The roof Of a school for
boys at san Demitro gave way beneath it, bur
den of snow and ice aud the whole mass went
crashing into the school room below. TWENTY
two OF the pupils were more or less seriously
injured. On the frontier near Geneva man
was frozen TO death. Several yessels have been
wrecked in the BAY Of Biscay and a number of
lives have been lost The gales throughout Eu-
rope are the severest in thirty years.
PARIs, Jan. l9.-During saturday and yester-
day the most intense cold of the winter WAS ex-
perienced throughout France. Yesterday an
aged man was found frozen to death in has
lodgings in this city.
The thermometer yesterday touched seven
degrees Fahrenheit at Macon. nine degrees here,
twelve degrees at Toulo and five at Grenoble.
Wells were frozen at Perpignan, where a man
has been found frozen t. death in the street A
woman nas been found frozen Go death in her
bed at Epinal. where the Thermometer indi-
| Gates four degrees below zero. Slight snowfalls
| are reported from the Riviera.
GAY SCENES on TEE SEINE.
One Of the enjoyable features Of the winter
season in Paris at present is the ice-covered
surface of the Seine. The ice is now sixteen
inches thick on the river and capable of bear
ing the weight of a great number of people
Crowds parade the banks of this stream watch
| ing the antics Of other crowds who venture
on the ice and enjoy themselves immensely.
/ At night between the pont Neuf and Pont des
Arts, where the ice seems 10 be the thickest. Is
/ the center of the fun on the Seine and IL is
naturally toward that portion of the river that
| the largest crowds gather.
As night approaches huge bonfires are
| lighted beneath the Pont Neuf. and then the
real fun OF the day commences. Numbers II
young men and women join in dances % the
accompaniment of any kind Of musical instru-
/ mcnt-hute, violin or concertina can
| be pressed into their service. Strung about
the bridge and hanging upon poles about the
ice are many colored lanterns. by the hight Of
which skaters wllirl gracefully the frozen
surface of the Seine. The bonfires. dancers,
skaters. lanterns and other features of the
scene give the neighborhood Of the Pont Neuf
at night a most fantastic appearance. In TACT,
one OF the evening duties of many thousands Of
the good citizens Of Paris at present ms 10
be regular visit TO the spot where the happy
throngs of skaters and dancers gather on the
| ice of the Seine.
THE THAMES FULL OF ICE.
LONDON, Jan. l9.--There is little or no change
in the severity Of the weather prevailing in and
about this city. The ice floating on the river
Thames between London bridge and the tower
of London IN so packed that the movements OF
lighters, barges and all craft of that description
in the usual manner of sweeps have entirely
ceased. Steam power-the use of tugs-as a
rule, Is necessary even to move the barges in
side the docks. Consequently there IL con-
siderable delay in the loading and unloading
of vessels at this port.